guest:i know syracuse -- host: congressman? guest: i know syracuse well.eople in the country do not realize how diverse new york state is. off north of rockland just north of upstate new york, it would be the poorest state/ -- the poorest state. you have downstate suburbs that feed off of that mothership of new york city with some much money going through that region. it can survive a lot of depression that comes down from the state of new york. not because of this governor. there is so much regulation and stuff that has been passed and laws coming out of new york city. new york city can take it. but upstate new york is suffering for more than a decade because there is so much stuff that makes it an attractive to do business in upstate new york. as a result, people cannot find jobs within the american dream i had talked about throughout this segment. they don't have enough money to buy a house and retire without being scared. . hear you there is so much to do and i will keep on fighting and pushing. i will try to work across the aisle with democrats and re

there was in the syracuse herald journal. and i embarked on three art project into familiar ehrhardt. which all kinds of places. i ransacked the old newspapers in the bowels of the syracuse library and so on. also i was obsessed with katharine hepburn them i began to see on late-night tv. when i was getting, when i was getting from hard and i realize for decades was actually the real flame of first wave feminism. her mother was the head of the connecticut women's suffrage organization. her answer was also a campaigner for foreign suffrage and hepburn herself campaigned as a small child with balloons and eye protests. handbook for women. etc. i was given the first impact you know of 1920s, 1930s after woman had just won the right to vote in 1920. we want it, the actual page from newsweek magazine in 1963, the letters to the editor. i was given the letter to the evidence. when the soviets launched valentina into space she was the first woman to enter space of the town women were bandwidth in being in the space program. in a rep

by chance in a secondhand bookstore in syracuse, upstate new york, i stumbled on a copy of a book called, it was a british book called "the pep grams -- the end grams of oscar wilde." they thought presumably no one in the u.s. would recognize the word epigram, but they call it the wit and humor of oscar wilde. plays from -- that are organized by topic, nature be, men and women, etc., etc. oh, this scathing, uncompromising quality of oscar wilde's thinking. huge impact on me. and then in college it was, this was before the stonewall rebellion, before the gay liberation movement. gay men, once they were absolutely scathing, going against every possible social convention. they would say things that would make you wince, like about polio victims and so on, right? now, what happened to that? after stonewall, gay men had had become either increasingly recreational or very p.c. and politicized, all right? and so all of a sudden they're part of the army for the control of speech. but i think, you know, underground gay men are still just as bitchy as ever, i'm happy to say. but in college and gra

by chance in a secondhand bookstore in syracuse new york. i stumbled on a copy of a book, a british both on the epigrams of oscar wilde. it is actually still available. if that presumably that no one in the us would recognize the word epigrams another caught the rich and humor of oscar wilde. have wonderful one-liners, his plays and conversation. organized by topic. nature, men and women, etc. a scathing uncompromising quality of his thinking. a huge impact on me. then in college, this is before the stone mall rebellion. gay men, they were absolutely scathing against every convention. there was a things that make you wince. about polio victims and so on. now what happened that after stone wall, game and have become increasingly recreation or they have become very politically correct. and so all of the sudden they are part of the army for the control of speech. but you know thinking that underground gay men are just as -- as ever. in graduate school i began to read the influences on oscar wilde himself. which would be -- who was imprisoned fo

me -- i wasdy asked at syracuse university. how do we channel this against the war? you don't. it is an expression of disconnect from politics, not an expression of their connection. it is an outgrowth of anger and frustration that people feel. i do think it is something positive that we can organize. it was a character of people defending their neighborhoods against white lynch mobs and feeling the confidence to do that. i think there is a qualitative difference than some guys lighting their mattress on fire in their frat house and throwing it out on the street. i want to talk to those guys, just not when they are drunk. i want to talk about the olympics first. think this one man was the head of the committee. he was a former physical director for francisco franco. i was wondering if you know the background behind that. i don't know whether or not you talk about the situations. glickman was one of them. he was excluded from the olympics because he was jewish. you had included that in the book itself. the other question i had was the transformation/metamorphosis of george forem

as it was cited in the syracuse post standard, quote, the loss of the deduction will cost new yorkers an average of $4500 per year for those who file itemized returns totaling about $68 billion that state residents will no longer be allowed to deduct from federal returns. i saw a number of our long island republican colleagues in news day this morning, said they couldn't be for this. we hope they'll stand up to any bill, any bill that gets rid of state and local deductibility because let me repeat, 4,500 -- $4,500 a year new yorkers would no longer be able to deduct on afternoon. massive tax cuts for the very wealthy, crumbs at best for everyone else. third, the republican plan is just steeped in hypocrisy. even without filling in the details, trump's plan is already impossible to pay for. the committee for a responsible federal budget estimates that trump's tax cuts will cost about $5.5 trillion over ten years, as much as $7 trillion. that's a huge amount of money in our economy. crfb projects no plausible amount of economic growth would be able to pay for the tax plan. so the republ

this czechia robinson is a retired news anchor in syracuse.ackie grew up in north sera qs stayed in her hometown when she joined wsyr-tv in 1978. she became the station's first black female anchor. her accomplishment was written up in "jet magazine." this jackie robinson broke the color barrier in her community, and her work honored -- brought her widespread recognition. a new york statewide exam asked students to write an essay about jackie robinson. both jackie robinsons broke the color barrier and accomplished lots worth celebrating, and that is good news for us. i'm so late at o'brien. we will see you back here next week for "matter of fact." ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa here on nay area and cozi tv. today we spotlight asian pacific women. lauren lola, the mind behind the novel and absolute mind as well as the writer and producer of the "geek show." . then we sit down with reverend s

syracuse 37. upper 30s in buffalo. 556 to the south in roanoke, virginia.ve mostly clear skies with high pressure situated to the south. by tomorrow, it moves farther east. we tap the return flow and into the warm air and milder air tomorrow. as we look at our day planner, sunday, second half of the weekend, 50-degrees. bright and sunny as we get to the afternoon hours, climbing to the middle and upper 60s along the i-95 area. we track the summer preview next week with a run at records, flirting with 80s. we have the details in the forecast, alicia. >> just a reminder, whatever weather is in store get updates using the abc6 app. it's a free download for your mobile diswies. >device.>> tonight we hear that. plans to keep up the pressure on syria after a strike at the air base there. president trump tweeted a congratulations to men and women. but george stephanopolis was told it didn't make a change. >> we are asking him to stop use of the weapons. other than that, there is no change to the military posture. the white house said there will be sanctions and th

windchill in philadelphia, 35. 25 in pittsburg, 26 syracuse, new york city 34 and winds gusting over 20 miles per hour. we are starting to lose the cloud cover we had all day long. the showers are evaporated off the coast and the clearing trend continues into the late night hours throughout your saturday. start to finish tomorrow, lots of shine, 30s 7:00 a.m., 40s through 11:00 and 50s in the afternoon. wind out of the northwest gusting to near 30 miles per hour. upper 50s, feel like lower 50s in the afternoon. another breezy day tomorrow then temperatures off to the races starting sunday and in fact, the beginning of next week, we talk about near record warmth. we don't need a jacket, just shorts and tee shirts. we talk about how warm it get in the full accuweather forecast. >> you can get updates with the "6abc" app. storm tracker radar, "6abc" app is free for your device. >> limerick police are investigating the death of a ninth grade girl. indications are that bullying may have pushed her to suicide. jeff chair owe is at the limerick police department. the entire school district

this czechia robinson is a retired news anchor in syracuse.ackie grew up in north sera qs stayed in her hometown when she joined wsyr-tv in 1978. she became the station's first black female anchor. her accomplishment was written up in "jet magazine." this jackie robinson broke the color barrier in her community, and her work honored -- brought her widespread recognition. a new york statewide exam asked students to write an essay about jackie robinson. both jackie robinsons broke the color barrier and accomplished lots worth celebrating, and that is good news for us. i'm so late at orien. we will see you back here next week for "matter of fact." ♪ >> from studio 20 at kofytv, it's the show that makes you sweat to the beat of madonna and pat benatar. it's a special episode of kofytv's dance party. i am your dj, dj katie, and now the man who brings the party right into your living room, it's morris knight. >> welcome to kofytv dance party, people. are you ready for the very special episode of madonna and pat benatar? pretty in pink, yes indeed, a

>> according to the "syracuse post standard" it would mean an increase in taxes for middle class phillies on the average of $4500 per family. and the estate tax. how about that one? guess how many people, how many estates get the estate tax every year? 5200. these are the very, very, very wealthiest people in america. the average person would benefit, the average of these 5200 would benefit $3 million each. and the president went far beyond what he talked about in his campaign on that, as well. it's the whole thing is skewed to the very, very wealthy. now, look, god bless the very wealthy. i'm glad they have a lot of money. i respect self-made people and in our american system, they deserve to make a lot of money. but they don't need their taxes reduced at a time when the middle class is struggling. >> reporter: on this issue of the customer sharing payments, health care insurers has been toe lengthsly on the chopping block, what is the exact commitment you have from the administration to continue those payments into the future? are they going to pass it through next calendar year? >> we

this czechia robinson is a retired news anchor in syracuse.e grew up in north sera qs stayed in her hometown when she joined wsyr-tv in 1978. she became the station's first black female anchor. her accomplishment was written up in "jet magazine." this jackie robinson broke the color barrier in her community, and her work honored -- brought her widespread recognition. a new york statewide exam asked students to write an essay about jackie robinson. both jackie robinsons broke the color barrier and accomplished lots worth celebrating, and that is good news for us. i'm so late at o'brien. we will see you back here next week for "matter of fact." ♪ - ready? - no, gabriel. - feel the rhythm! - oh [bleep] - feel the rhyme! get up, jamaica. - i can't watch this, i can't watch this. - he's going to kill me. - gabe, don't! - cool runnings! - [screaming] - whoa! [cheers and applause] - what will that kony guy do next? welcome to tosh.0. if you enjoy tonight's show, please mail me $5, cash.

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syracuse, new york, was able to pull off two incredible featsats 1.wled a perfect 300 score in 90 seconds rolling 12 straight strikes on 10 straight lines and pumped it off running to lane, is that cheating? doug: no that is an interesting thing to do. i don't know how many people that.do i have two strikes out at that, i would be good. clearingk today, skies, temperatures in the 70's. 80's tomorrow and friday sunshine and summer weather returns. lindsey: be sure to watch abc7 news at 4: woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. "dominion. depend on us for more than energy." ♪ stand by me. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® zyrte

you may remember that moment in 1967, syracuse university journalist student, kathryn switzer foughtff race officials who tried pulling her off the race course. back then the race was still men only and women not allowed until 1972. >> if you believe that, today she returned to the marathon course with the same number in 1967 with a message about overcoming adversity. >> never underestimate your abilities. put one foot in front of the other and you can overcome the impossib impossible. >> now 70 years old she finished today's race under qualifying time at 4 hours, 34 minutes and 31 seconds. >> the ninth time she's run the boston marathon. at 70 -- >> she is not 70. >> more news tonight and david muir is next. >> we appre >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on. late today, authorities revealing the hunt for the alleged facebook killer has now gone nationwide. authorities say he shot his victim and then posted it online, with a grim warning, claiming there are more victims. tonight, what we've learned about a ping from a phone. >>> also tonight the north korean showdown. their new th

steve pike from syracuse university.a short note, your comment about dean hellman about spahn toring evaluation, my last job in the foreign service was as the director of policy for e.c.a. there is no bureau that's more attendive to monitoring evaluation but even we were scratching our heads. it can go too far. about nine months ago, syracuse university convinced me that it would be a good thing to retire from the foreign service and go up there to run the program on public diplomacy. it is an interdisciplinary program in that it combines forces of the maxwell school in international relations and the newhouse school. in fact it's housed at newhouse. i'm not a maxwell professor. i'm a newhouse professor. if you're an undergraduate and you do a dual major you're going to end up with me as your advisor, for well or ill. as far as the graduate students go it's a fully interdiscipline area courses where we integrate the two divisions. in the p.r. department because at the base of it and the thing that attracted me most is th

up to 74 in philadelphia and the winds dropped gently to the north right now and cooler air up in syracuse and to a degree down to the south very comfortable and the wind in philadelphia running 7 miles per hour and maybe go up to double that at times. but a gentle breeze and a lot of sun. we should get up 67 or 68 degrees this afternoon. and the model crash a bit. 8:00 down to 53 and as soon as 1:00 a.m. we are back in the 40s and mid-40s for overnight lows. remember that tomorrow we may start out with sunshine but by noon a lot of the area should be taken over by clouds and that gets thicker and it will be cooler tomorrow. if you have a choice between today and tomorrow. to get outside and get errands done i would say today is the big winner. a warm-up today when i step inside we'll look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. and right now a cool down and gorgeous conditions on the terrace and aeverywhere else across the region. >>> overseas tensions are reaching a boiling point between the u.s. and north korea and officials are warning that any u.s. provocation could mean nucl

next is douglas edgarton, professor of history at la, in oyne college in syracuse. he doesn't know it although i tried to allude when i speak to him he has been a mentor to me in understanding reconstruction with the legal, political and cultural implications, and he did that through his wonderful book, "the wars of reconstruction, the brief, violent history of america's most progressive era." his newest book is terrific, too. "thunder at the gates, the black civil war regiments that redeemed america." finally, edna green medford, our executive board member of the lincoln forum, speaker here. chairman of the department and professor of history at howard university, coauthor with me and harold holtzer on "abraham lincoln and the emancipation proclamation, three views." and her own volume, "lincoln and emancipation," part of the presser lincoln series. so before i ask each of them to make a few introductory remarks, i have asked each and they have agreed to pe fspeak for three t five minutes and then i will give them some questions and then we will open the floor to y

this syracuse coed secretly registered as kv switzer to hide her gender.ing the course in a sea of men until the marathon director was alerted about a woman in the race. >> and i turned and he grabbed me. he screamed at me. get the hell out of my race. >> reporter: her boyfriend then pushed that race director off the road. >> i realized if i quit the race. no one would believe women deserve to be there or they could do the distance. >> reporter: and that she did, finishing in 4 hours and 20 minutes. this afternoon, surrounded by members of 261 fearless, the running club she created to empower women. she crossed the finish line again. while they retired her bib number tonight she has no plans of doing the same. linsey davis, abc news, boston. >> great to see kathrine back. >>> thanks for watching. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. >>> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. i'm larry beil. major weekend protests led to fights and arrests. to see how rough things got at martin luther king jr. civic park. >> and a police

this blue is snow, it's snowing pretty good in areas of cleveland, erie to buffalo to rochester to syracuse. really not too crazy. a lot of the roads will be wet. we could get a slushy inch or two. again today, travel forecast isn't too bad. the worst weather is on the >>> of course our big weather story is what to expect for the phillies home opener. temperatures topping out in the upper 40s, but we have gusty winds especially for this afternoon. one or two isolated showers for the most part, mainly dry, but a chilly day. make sure you stay nice and warm. >>> thank you. here's a look at what we're working on for "nbc10 news today" this friday -- >> we're following breaking developments in syria after the u.s. launched air strikes last night. this morning, we're talking to military experts and local lawmakers about the move. >>> and the community is expected to return to normal for people riding the rails into new york following monday's derailment. we'll tell you what new jersey transit officials have planned for the morning rush. >>> welcome home, philly. today the phills are back for the

this video is from syracuse. com.wls 60 games a week, and has a 225 average. so here's what i'm saying. go pro, ben, you're good enough. you've found your calling. unbelievable. >> i'll say. >> is that crazy? >> he has skills. >> i was on my high school bowling team. just want to point out. >> what happened? >> yes, where did it go wrong? >> we were in third place in senior year. >> congrats. >> yes. >> thank you, pat. >> very athletic. >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news," big job, but phillies ready for it, how philly plans to protect the fans and the city during the nfl draft. >> and we haven't seen fitness guru richard simmons in years, but he just sent a message to his fans. hear what he had to say. katie? >> well, rahel, never too early as we always say on a monday to be looking ahead to the upcoming weekend, expecting pretty nice surge on the thermometer, highs in the 80s, some sunshine at this point it looks like both days, but there is also the chance for showers. sure sounds like summer li

this syracuse co-ed secretly registered as kb switzer to hide her gender.n a sea of men until the marathon director was alerted about a woman in the race. >> i turned. he grabbed me. and he screamed at me. get the hell out of my race. her boyfriend then pushed that race director off the road. >> i realized if i quit that race, nobody would believe women deserve to be there or that they could do the distance. >> and that she did. finishing in 4:20. surrounded by members of 261 fearless, the running club she created to empower women she crossed the finish line again. >> i feel overwhelmingly grateful for the streets of boston. they started my journey 50 years ago with a very negative thing. an attack by the race director trying to throw me out of the race and pull off my bib numbers to today where everybody is cheering me along the way. >> reporter: and while they retired her bib number, she has the no plans of doing the same. linsey davis, abc news, boston. >> true trail blazer there. >> yeah. in more ways than one. how proud must everybody be just looking a

. >> this was at syracuse. >> this was at syracuse, s. up. . and been in the kitchen more and then. >> you've given your relationship with danny and john george, two of new york's great chefs, what did you learn from them? >> both john george taught me about business and danny taught me about hospitality and how to take care of people and how to really make them feel like they're sitting at your table. >> yeah. >> in 2014 -- sorry, i interr t interrupted my drink. >> what is that drink, by the way? >> yes, tell us. eats got a lovely float on it. >> it's a thoroughfare, basically the dark and stormy. it's a dak and stormy but our investigation. >> in 2014 you go off on your own. a little scare going off on your own? >> incredibly scary. >> why did you do it? >> i felt like it was the right time. i knew i wanted to open a new restaurant. i felt like it was time to do something and i had a lot of support from friends and family at that point in time that made it while scary, made it a little more doable. >> is it up the i mean the opening of lorin

then he became a high school teacher and a professor in syracuse. so we moved into the new sector economy. in my own life i experienced all of these transitions in human history. i think it has given me an incentive to change. i am saying that the country woman were more powerful than any feminist. they were physically powerful. literally in the period before our washers and dryers. everyone did laundry by hand. i can remember my grandmother watching the back porch with a washboard. these women were powerful and had big voices and big attitudes. i mean once of my father was in new york we lived in the upper floor of a farmhouse. there was again hilarious moment. my father was out with his brother and they were smoking a cigarette. and the form woman yelled at them. i had escaped from the barn. and she said stop her! to my father and my uncle. and the calf thundered by for my father-in-law. backwards. and they chased the calf and carried it back and that she passed she said men! thousands of years women had physical power and mental power they were t

with that pressure it brings a lot of sunshine and that dome, that kind of void of cloud cover, syracuse and philadelphia down to baltimore. eventually the clouds will race back in from the west. as we look at the planner, 62 degrees at 7:00 and temperatures drop into the lower 50s under the mainly clear sky with the low temperature of 44. as we go through the rest of the week it won't be as bright and at times scattered showers and even a quick thunderstorm and as we head into the weekend as well. one day could see a decent amount of rain. we'll chat about that in the full accuweather forecast. when i head back inside. >> enjoy the sunshine. thank you. >>> closing arguments are set to start tomorrow in the trial against accused cop killer, eric frein, john rawlins was in milford, as testimony wrapped up without the defense calling a single witness. >> we'll sum up ever tomorrow and the judge will give the jury the appropriate instructions on the law. >> the jury must decide did defendant, eric frein, ambush two state trooper outside of their barracks. an expert described that corporal d

not only did ben from syracuse bowl a perfect game but he did it in 90 seconds. larry: what?ling 12 straight strikes on ten different lanes. syracuse.com believes this is the world's fastest 300 game. it took him four attempts but he pulled it off. larry: is that all? alison: amazing! erin: i want him to teach me how to do that. larry: wow! ten different balls. wow! impressive. okay. alison: hi, erin. erin: a busy time. wizards are heading back home. with the series at two games a piece the wizards will return home to host hawks in game five tomorrow night. listen to this. tip-off is at 6:00 to make it tricky for the fans to get to verizon center right after work. but head coach scott brooks says take t need to. the wizards need you there. >> throws everybody off. an our early. we need to get out there. it is important for them to be there. the crowd is great. >> i'm sure no one will complain. brandon is one of the top distance running recruits in the country. last fall he committed to stanford to further his career. scott abraham introduces us to the week's rising star. scot

buffalo, 34, syracuse, 33. binghamton, 32.rtherly breeze from canada driving southward in the mid atlantic and the northeast. even the carolinas and the virginias are in the low 50s. we're seeing a decent amount of sunshine west of philadelphia. all the showers and cloud cover to the south across the carolinas, where round number two gathers strength it will slide off to the north an more wet weather comes in heard monday and tuesday. here's the shield of moisture you can see the rain starting to build across places like atlanta, northern portions of georgia, tennessee, kentucky, the bluegrass state all that will shift in the next couple of days. nice weekend, starting out with sunshine to the north, cloud cover to the south and east. mixed skies later on. sun and clouds. the cloud cover you do see here are high, thin clouds. the sun will shine through that. later this evening, we'll see the clouds increase again. here comes round number two. tomorrow morning looks already, the rain breaks out south and east, across the deep p

this one near syracuse, new york, involving a fire truck. can see the truck was badly burned there. investigators say the driver smelt something burning, pulled over, was able to escape before flames engulfed that vehicle. no one hurt. >>> phillies minor league pitcher is suspended after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. he will miss 80 games even though he's playing in the minors, garcia was on the 40-man roster. a suspension opens up a spot. >>> talking about sports, former new england patriots aaron hernandez has been found not guilty of murder in a trial that wrapped up this afternoon. he was accused of murdering two men at a boston nightclub in 2012. once a star tight end for the new england patriots is already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder. >>> new york giants quarterback eli manning in legal trouble accused of selling fake memorabilia. according to the "new york post," two helmets that could pass as game used. three civil suits filed against manning. the giants, team's equipment manager, co-owner john mara

. >>> and people this morning, police are looking for suspects following an unusual theft in syracuseinstruments were taken out of the school band room. the loss was estimated at $90,000 and the crime happened each the weekend. >>> totally ready to play and then we were immediately let down. we just, you know, we started to realize what was happening. >> disheartening that someone decided to take advantage of the students. >> many set up a donation fund. the school is going to rent and borrow incidents hoping that the brand won't miss a beat. >>> and they're calling two buildings the monster in the mission. >> it would add hundreds of high-priced housing units and what used to be the working- class neighborhood. the 1979 mission would go up 10 stories above the b.a.r.t. station at 16th and mission. amber lee shows us what this means for that neighborhood. ghborhood. . >> reporter: supporters chanted their opposition to a housing development project called 1979 mission. instead, they call it monster in the mission [ indiscernible ] >> concrete hours. >> reporter: the walgreens, burger

okay, syracuse grad, sabina, is standing by. hey, sabina? >> and i still bleed orange, mike. the nfl draft is coming to philly. and if you didn't know it, well, now you can't miss the signs. you don't want to miss the signs. we'll have everything you need to know coming up just after the break. keep it here. >> squibbing action stops what looks like attempt to abduct a child out after stoler. that will suspect has already been questioned by police. why investigators want to talk to the man and woman who fought him off. >> explosive allegations, by former spice girl, mel b against her soon to be ex-husband. why a judge is granted her a restraining order, and how some say this could be a wake-up call to women in similar situations. >> tender or uniting the world? >> pepsi facing serious backlash for it newest ad featuring kendel jenner. some say the commercial exploits the black lives matter movement. how the company is defending it self right now. >> it is one of the most famous rants in sports. >> we talking about practice. not a game. not a game. not a game. we talking about

she is assistant professor of history at des moines college in syracuse and tells the story of douglass wife, anna, mother of their large family. but beyond that, she explores the fascinating story of how douglass -- >> talk into the mic. >> how douglass' career was shaped by the other powerful social movement of the times, women's suffrage. blanch cook was the "los angeles times" book award in 1992 for the first of her three volumes on the life of eleanor roosevelt. she is here today to talk to us about the third. a fascinating book, how eleanor labored so hard to persuade her husband to live up to the ideals of the new deal and she had been more successful in the early years but it became too much ofa a strain.am she didn't win her battles. she had to compromise onon political policy just as she did in her marriage. susan quinn offered another look the relationship between fdr and his wife in her fascinatingfascn book, eleanor, the love affair that shaped the first lady.ickox hicks was famous ap write who covered eleanor and became close. they became lovers and more than that she shap

, and as physicians, we own a piece of expert >> in upstate new york, the opioid epidemic forest syracuse behavioral health care to expand its facilities. >> we are serving over 900 patients. that's not enough. we are bursting at the seams. >> that treatment program distributes methadone and other drugs with nurses and counselors on duty around the clock. ceo jeremy clement ski says if addicts don't get immediate treatment, they will die. >> we don't debate whether or not someone with chest pain would likely die if they didn't get into an emergency room. we don't debate whether a diabetic left untreated would really die of their diabetes and when. for some reason in this sector of health care, sometimes they're people who want to debate those things. the reality is the debate is over. stick with that number of people who die in the u.s. from drug overdoses every year is staggering. 5,202,015. that is more than car crashes and gun homicides combined. in fact, opioids alone kill 91 americans everything the day. >> the paint that pill because may is a trillion times worse than anything i wou

chills right now in the low 40's for philadelphia just 39 in washington 20's for pittsburgh and syracuse and these winds will be with us tonight and for one more day tomorrow. in fact here's your friday heading out on the town definitely need the winter coat. temperatures falling into the 40's. wind chills in the 30's. and eventually air temperatures dropping to 36 by tomorrow morning cover later on this evening and a sunny weekend is in store. in fact with that sunshine we'll come way above normal, temperatures we'll talk about that in that full accuweather forecast in a little bit guys. >> sounds good. >> thank you sir. >>> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report friday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. t.g.i.f. to you. >> what was made it. watching below normal speeds this afternoon rick and monica here on 95 in delco. southbound side jams from just past the airport through this point approaching 420. it's an accident scene taking out the left lane and appears to be a fairly serious one. we've got an ambulance couple of them on the scene a fire tr

. >> the philadelphia eagles select donovan mcnabb, quarterback, syracuse university. >> reporter: it wasn't until 2015 that the nfl took the draft on the road adding an outdoor component in chicago. this year, it's the league's biggest draft yet, and the first time the draft is being held entirely outdoors. >> reporter: well, you never know what to expect with these nfl drafts. it could be very gh siting and interesting tonight. as you've seen, there are all sorts of fun things to see and do at the draft experience. and it really doesn't matter how old or young you are or what kind of shape you're in. it's all about having a good time. the bravest of fans jumped on the 100-yard ziplinefor a fast ride. and for those who felt more comfortable with their feet on the ground, there are life-size mannequins made to look like players from all of the nfl teams. and of course, there are plenty of places to pose for a good picture as well. i've been thinking about trying that zipline, but -- >> i'll do it with you. can we race? >> uh -- >> come on. it'sle only race you'll do with me. you don't

. >>> a world war two veteran, from syracuse gets the call he never expect. person on the other end is man who found a priceless keep sake, staff sergeant john hill lost a bracelet more than 70 years ago on a field near normandy. it was a gift from his mother, he thought he would never see again but now matthew dell monte found that bracelet in february while walking through that field with the metal detector. he used the serial number on the bracelet to track hill down, 73 years later. >>> a cherished memory for a delaware family discovered after death of the world war two pilot. robert burr man passed away on tuesday and his son thomas was preparing to bury his father. he pulled out a war uniform his dad given him years ago. new tonight at 6:00 what thomas found inside the pocket of that uniform, that he says, he will treasure, forever. >>> that is wonderful. >>> kate's joining us now with a look at the weather. >> yes i'm not sure if you want to look at this weather. >> it is much better now. once the heaviest of the storms hit they came through quickly, a

in new york state, nine peace activists were arrested on friday outside the hancock airbase in syracuse, new york. they blocked the entrance to the air base by tying themselves to crosses resembling drones. this is charlie bowman.. >> good friday commemorates the crucifixion of jesus. recognizing that 70% of our , weon identify as christian come to the gates of the hancock drone base to make real the crucifixion today a as jesus and others were crucified by the roman empire, drones are used by the u.s. empire. in roman times, crosses loomed over the community to warn people that they could be killed whenever the empire decided. so, to come are drones fly over many countries threatening extrajudicial killings of whoever happens to be in the vicinity. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. vice president mike pence has made an unannounced visit to the dedemilitarized zozone separatig south and north korea. s

rebecca howard of syracuse university says each incidence constituents a lack of ethics and i have never one this wouldn't be indication of. senator tim kaine. my sense is your mind was made up before this. do you have reaction to this specific revelation. >> i was surprised to see it, chris. it's fair game for both examination and people trying to make up their minds, it's troubling. you're right. i spent a lot of time meeting with judge gorsuch after i read many of his opinions. i reached a conclusion i found pretty troubling in one very important area of law that touches a lot of other important areas of law, judge gorsuch is a real activist and for that i will oppose his nomination. >> one of the strange things we have in judicial nominations things get coded informal language as opposed to substantive ones. you think he will rule on things you don't like on things like rowe, et cetera, opposed to his methods? >> it's not just things i don't like, i don't think he is a respecter of constitutional precedent a lot more than what i don't like. he has been very much pitched to us. this i

notice it's warmer in syracuse than richmond right now thanks to that rain. out the rain and then talk about a big pattern change thursday through the weekend into next week. if you like it sunny and hot -- >> yeah. >> -- this is the forecast for you. i'll have details in a few moments. >> just so happens i do. >> all right, well there. >> thank you cecily. >>> police officers are known for delivering justice but last week, two bucks county police officers delivered something even more precious. a baby boy. "action news" anchor rick williams live in our news room this afternoon with the details on this one. hi, rick. >> hi, brian. thank you. this is a great story that actually came to us through our 6abc "action news" facebook page. a new father from quakertown reached out to us hoping to recognize and perhaps thank the officers who'll delivered his newborn son in this park ing lot. baby jays. realizing jennifer was in that labor diaz pulled over and called for help. within minutes bedminster officer robert compton and brian lemon were on hand delivering jace

jennifer greigel is a professor of communications at syracuse university school of public communications, thanks for joining us. do you think that mark zuckerberg said enough today? by our count, that was about 23 seconds, that comment. >> absolutely not. i'm actually shocked to hear that he even needed a reminder of all the work that he needs to do. he owns the largest social media company in the world. he owns facebook, messener, what'sapp, instagram and a slew of other countries. he knows exactly how much work he needs to do. he knows how his company is run, how many active monthly users he has and how many active content moderators he has. i don't think we can just take that at face value and think that's enough. >> what can he do? >> for starters, he needs to evaluate his company and start to add more b sources. there definitely is not enough content moderation that's happening as we just saw with this crisis, this video was uploaded and it sat on the servers for over three hours. he's not doing enough. there's a lot of risk in exposure and i'm holding a high bar over here. i think