thomas maintaining all along he didn't do it. stephan ya long arriving at the state correctional organization at frackville along with his lawyer and a member of the pennsylvania innocence project just about an hour ago. >> he's been upbeat the whole time because he's always believed in his innocence. >> thomas was convicted in 1990 at the age of 19 of murdering a man in his car at sixth and lehigh during a robbery. he'd actuall actually been arree night before accused of sealing a mostly cloudy skies motorcycle wasn't at the youth detention center in philadelphia with his mother at the time of the murd murder. the paper work somehow vanish. >> just put it in the hands of god and kept saying everything going to be okay. but i didn't realize it was going to take this many years to be okay. >> reporter: the case caught the attention of the pennsylvania innocence project and an attorney james if you gorsky the former police officer worked pro bono for nearly eight years logging 900 hours. >> first thing that caught my eye what sean

it wasn't like, i want thomas, i want to even in death. she may have had some difficulty with her stepmother's. and she, according to this story, did not want her children to have those problems. he promised that he would not marry again. and he never did. she died when he is 39 years old. he dies when he is 83, and he never remarried. after her death, jefferson is shattered. he decides to take a mission to paris that had been offered to him. he takes james hemmings, another person in the story, another or some in the family who, most people who read the book -- many people who read the books say he is the favorite member of the family -- jefferson takes them to paris to learn how to become a chef. jefferson loves french cooking. he wanted a french chef. he goes to paris with james and his eldest daughter, martha, another martha. it's just the three of them for a few years that are there, until jefferson has, makes the request that a younger daughter he has left behind be brought to him in paris. he asks that his daughter, mary, the accomp

the story about thomas jefferson and sally hemmings. it was unrealistic for me to think -- i wasn't going to leave her out, but i wanted to the de-emphasize her. then i realized that didn't make any sense. i had it to be realistic about this. i had to understand the pivotal role that she played in her family, try to see the hemmings as just not her, but seeing her as part of a web of relationships that made this story of monticello, how it made sense. thomas jefferson and sally hemmings don't make sense just as the two people. they're part of, as i said, a web of relationships, his relationship with her brother, her mother, her sisters. it flows together if you think about it. when i was working on my first book, i was puzzled by sally hemmings. i was doing my own version of a book tour then. people would always ask me about her and say, she was in paris with jefferson and his daughters and her brother. at one point, when he is about to come home, the story is told, she did not want to return with him. she did not want to be re-enslaved

thomas, in it goes!h thomas, 53 points. >> isaiah thomas's basketball career is remarkable. at 5'9", he's the shortest player in the nba. the last pick in the draft is one of the historic franchises for the boston celtics. when he scored 53 points in a comeback overtime win against the wizards, it was the latest remarkable achievement in his career. but this most recent success was driven by pain. >> it is my sister. it's her birthday today. happy birthday. she would have been 23 today. so everything i do is for her and she's watching over me, so that's all her. >> 17 days before her birthday, chyna thomas died. the car she was driving drifted off the road and struck a pole. >> please join us in a moment of silence in her honor. >> a day after he learned of his little sister's death, isaiah thomas found comfort in the basketball court as they tipped off their first game of the playoffs with i love you chyna written on his shoes, thomas scored 33 points that night. >> he's an amazing person and days won't

>> senator, i'll let general thomas answer that question. >> general thomas?> senator, no is the answer. we both adhere to armed law conflict. there are different techniques there are different techniques in terms the of how we develop in terms the of how we develop targets but the same standards targets but the same standards apply. apply. >> so these rules of engagement >> so these rules of engagement that require near certainty that that require near certainty that your target is there and that your target is the you will minimize collateral damage that was applied in the yemen case? >> yes, the rules of engagement were not changed for the yemen case. >> even though there was a high >> even though there was a high number of 200 or so of civilian number of 200 or so of civilian casualties that did not result in a review of what happened there? >> there have been extensive >> there have been extensive reviews, after action reports reviews, after ac and lessons learned but the casualties were not a result of the change in the rules of engagement. >> what were

laura: thomas ricks, thank you so much for joining us. thomas: you're welcome.laura: speaking of big figures, bob dylan has crafted songs known to millions, but the man himself is a bit of a mystery. a new book by a former "life" magazine photographer sheds some light on him. the photographs are on display in new york and the bbc caught up with mr. russell. >> i think the first time i ever heard of bob dylan was when a publicist called me up and told me about this very talented, up-and-coming folk singer that columbia had just signed. he told me he was very unconventional, wearing funny clothes and so forth. he told me i could catch him. i photographed him in performance. i talked to him backstage and told him i would like to do a story on the struggles of an up-and-coming folk singer and pitch it to major magazines. and he went along with that. we agreed to meet in his apartment in a couple days. when i arrived, i was greeted very cordially and he was very hospitable. friendly. i told him i would like to just pretend i was not here. my job was to be a fly on th

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>> senator, i'll let general thomas answer that question. >> general thomas? >> no. the answer, we both adhere to law of armed conflict. there are different techniques in terms of how we develop targets but the same is, absolute standard applies. >> so these rules of engagement that requires new certainty that your target is there and that you will minimize collateral damage from that was applied in the human case? >> yes, the rules of engagement had not come were not changed for that case. >> although there was a high number we're told maybe 200 or so civilian casualties, that did not result in a review of what happened there? >> there are then extensive reviews of what happened after-action reports and lessons learned, but the casualties were not result of a change in rules of engagement. >> what were they really a result of? >> they were a result of operational circumstances that the forces on the ground found themselves in. >> general thomas come in your testimony you identify softworks sso, initiative to support agile acquisition with appropriate venues picked t

the presidents thomas jefferson, james madison and james monroe. kevin will speak today on his most recent book, thomas jefferson revolutionary at revolutionary struggle remake america. please join me in welcoming someone. [applause] he was a very significant legislature. he was developing in five chapters on major themes in his statesmanship, this contention of his radical mass and his success as a radical statesmen. but to a minute calling jefferson a radical? start with the true wisdom of historians from an dukes don't immigrate. another way to understand that. if you expect to become the queen, you are not at to decide a restaurant in australia. jefferson did something that was like the latter. when thomas jefferson was born in 1743 virginia in the piedmont in what was then more or less the western boundary of euro-american expansion in north america. he was born more or less a prince. his father was by far the most important influential man in his whole county. andrew jefferson of whom thomas was very proud throughout his life had authority in

thomas, karen?there is a lot to be weighing in this case including -- including action fag. >> eleven jurors seated in the bill cosby sexual as all trial. seven men, four women, only one juror african-american, the rest are white. day three of jury deliberations will continue this morning in pittsburgh. the final panel will have 12 jurors, and six alternates, in the actual trial will be held in montgomery county. prosecutors say cosby drugged and molested a temple employee at hits cheltenham home back in 2004. he claims their encounter was concentual. opening statement will begin june 5th. >> 5:10. gun violence once again ripping through our area. forty-three shot fired in just philadelphia, and more in montgomery county. and that is just one day yesterday. someone gunned down three people in germantown right around dinnertime. >> this all happened the 5500 block of high school street. thirty-seven shots fired. there was man who died, 37 years old, police think he was the target. also shot during th

with elizabeth thomas leaving her home. now, "20/20" is retracing the desperate road trip. >> through nine states, 3,000 miles. sticking to the back roads. >> once you get into you're home free. >> getting to the back to earth commune that kicked them out. >> he got angry, and almost blew a gasket. >> and then the then the then te where they were finally found. >> this was manipulation. not a fairy tale, this is a case of kidnapping. >> good evening. i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. as we come on the air here tonight, that high school teacher, tad cummins, is being transported to a tennessee jail, facing felony charges because of how far he took that girl, across state lines. >> meanwhile, she is trying to stitch her life together. here's eva pilgrim, who has been covering the story since the first amber alert. as things went from classroom to captive. >> reporter: tonight we are heading to rural culleoka, tennessee, where this strange and heart-wrenching story begins. >> it's the dimple of the universe. >> repo

i want to talk about britannia peter, thomas and martha's youngest daughter. born in 1815, britannia was a longtime owner of tudor place. in 1842, she married commodore beverly kennett. you can see his picture on the table. the common door was commandant of the washington naval yard. and a very distinguished naval officer. unfortunately they were only married 14 months before he was tragically killed on the explosion aboard the princeton. this engraving on the wall illustrates that tragic scene. on february 20 8, 1844, they were demonstrating a gun aboard the princeton and it backfired and exploded, sending shrapnel and splintered wood everywhere. the commodore was killed. the secretary of state and the secretary of the navy were also killed. president tyler was on board boat but below deck and spared. britannia at 29 years old was a widow with a four-month-old daughter. and she came back to tudor place and lived here for the next 67 years. here is a picture of her with her daughter in about 1846. and then we have an image of britannia much later in life. a fa

she's a long-time friend of sean thomas's family but she's only seen him in prison. as of today, that is changing. >> it's going to be a good feeling. >> reporter: a good feeling and a long time coming. nbc 10 was on the scene of the murder back in 1990 for which thomas was convicted. a bullet right through the window on this street. but he insisted he was four miles away. now being held in custody for an attempted theft of a motorcycle. his attorney says that fundamental discrepancy stood out. >> what he said basically is true. >> as for the attorneys and the innocence project dug deeper, they said witness accounts were never seen. >> thomas' fiance got to call his mother this morning offering the news of his eminent release after a judge vacated his sentence. >> they knew this day was coming. >> reporter: and today it finally did. thomas's mother says he spent the last 24 years in the library studying every legal option but ultimately his work combined with the work of outside lawyers to free him including lawyers from the same district attorney's office that origi

thomas?tt, we're looking just to your side in the top tier box on the right hand side of the screen, those are folks in northern france doing that ballot count by hand you describe in the lower box. images from earlier today on both those candidates voting with family and significant others around, but it is fascinating to see this hand count go on and, again, as you're saying within the hour we should quickly have the results of this. macron was leading by about 20 points, correct? >> reporter: that's right. we had macron, the latest polls that came out before this media blackout that happened on friday night, macron was leading by about 60/40, and that we can say, why would you even believe the polls after the election last year and after brexit in britain, the polls don't seem to be that reliable, but here in france they are. they called the last election two weeks ago decisively. they got the numbers almost exactly right. so we can anticipate that they might get them almost exactly right

james allen thomas? used to give you baths in, believe it or not. both of you almost drowned a couple times. >> reporter: but the old family photos bring up hard feelings for the twins, sent away by their mother. >> your mom looks kind of glamorous in that photo. >> yes, she does. >> and you do look a lot like your mother. >> every time i look at her, i just get frustrated. >> me too. >> and forgive me for saying that. there is some hatred in me, of which i should never have that, but you are kind of mad, you know? >> reporter: it's a terrible way to remember your mother. but their half brother, jame, and his wife in korea say there's another side to the story. >> translator: my mother-in-law thought that allen had left her and the kids because he met someone while he was in vietnam. >> reporter: so why were the children sent to the u.s.? >> translator: it meant huge success at that time to be going to america. equivalent to paradise. everyone would dream of going to the land of the u.s. >> this is your

thomas, good morning. current and former officials are telling me this "washington post" report is a game changer. in part because they find this the behavior described so deeply suspicious. you have to consider the context. the u.s. intelligence community had concluded with high confidence, unanimously, that russia had interfered in the election. the trump team had received classified briefings about this conclusion. and here -- yet here you have the president's son-in-law jared kushner seeking to establish a secure back channel communications with russia and the only reason he could possibly have to do that would be to evade u.s. monitoring. and the question is, why he would do that. now, "the new york times" has confirmed the story and they are suggesting that it was about syria. the people i'm talking to find that really hard to believe and it sounds like something mike flynn's lawyer would say. you have this other report you referred to by reuters suggesting there were other undisclosed contacts betwe

they would've all supported thomas payne. where do they part ways with payne on his common sense democratic form of government? see that you can be a diehard supporter of independence from the crown, home rule, you want home rule. you don't like the fact that all these democratic people who follow thomas payne are doing what? >> [inaudible] >> the other side of the quote. ruling at home. right? ok. take out your copy of the constitution. let's talk a little bit about it here and try to break down what is so radical about this constitution. we know we don't have time to discuss the entire constitution, but i want to point out the most controversial themes within the constitution and why this was so much discussed and debated. so you have a copy of the constitution in front of you. i listed here the first four sections, but looking at you, where is power invested within this constitution? in the legislative branch. totally invested in the assembly, the legislative branch. in fact, that is pretty much the only place where there

after martha washington's death, peter and martha -- thomas and martha attended an auction.ne of the items was this punch bowl. it is chinese export porcelain, and what is interesting is this seat on the interior is taken from an english press source of a foxhunting scene, where is the exterior depicts chinese rice cultivation. thomas and martha's daughter tells us this punch bowl was used at tudor place to serve apple toddy, a spiced apple andr with rome -- rum spices. a congressman came here to one of their parties and drank too much, and apparently made a spectacle of himself but she does not tell us which one. thomas and martha peter were very ardent federalists and they named their three daughters columbia, america, and britannia. as part of our tour today i have pulled some significant washington items right across in the parlor, so let's take a walk and look at those items. when thomas and martha peter were married in 1795, george washington asked martha what she wanted as a wedding present and she replied a likeness of him. washington had the artist walter roberts pa

thomas? >> i think we know that the now-president had to take that back about president obama and did so briefly from his hotel not too far away from where you're standing right now. but mike, when it comes to these damaging reports alleging behavior of kushner during the transition period, we also know that he omitted the calls with sergey kislyak from his security clearance report. what are you hearing from sources about a war room, how they are going to be kind of bulking up to deal with this? >> reporter: well, thomas, you see one principle line of defense almost become a talking point now from defenders of the white house, and that is it is not unusual for white house officials to develop a back channel with other nations. frequently cited is rfk as attorney general during the kennedy administration with the foreign minister of russia at the time having a back channel. people say there are big differences. first of all, these alleged contacts between jared kushner and the russians happen

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nbc 10 was there as shawn thomas celebrated with his family outside prison. that's where he spent the last 24 years of his life. for a crime he did not commit. now, he's ready to celebrate his new life. good evening. >> thomas was barely 20 years old when he was put behind bars. tonight, we followed his first night of freedom. >> laughter. and a hug from mom. in the open air of freedom. shawn thomas left confinement behind in rural frackville tonight after more than two decades serving time for a crime he insisted from the outset he did not commit. >> it's been a struggle, hard struggle. just can't give up. >> reporter: a struggle endured from the pennsylvania innocence program convincing a young to vacate the conviction in a 1999 killing in north philly. then a teenaged thomas claimed he was four miles away held at the old youth study site in trouble but only for trying to steal a motorcycle. not a murder. his attorney said that key discrepancy stood out. >> first thing caught my eye is shawn said seemed to be basically true. >> reporter: after years without

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>> senator, i'll let general thomas answer that question. >> general thomas? >> senator, no is the answer. we both adhere to armed law conflict. there are different techniques in terms the of how we develop targets but the same standards apply. >> so these rules of engagement that require near certainty that your target is there and that you will minimize collateral damage, ha w that was applied i yemen case? >> yes, the rules ofchanged for case. >> even though there was a high number of 200 or so of civilian casualties that did not result in a review of what happened there? >> there have been extensive reviews after action reports and lessons learned but the casualties were not a result of the change in the rules of engagement. >> what were they result of? >> they were the result of operations a circumstances that the forces on the ground found themselves in. >> for jegeneral thomas, in you testimony you identify s.o.f. works to support agile acquisition with appropriate venues. had is an open collaboration facility in florida that has been in operation for o

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thomas payne. we will get to him in a second, because even though he is not one of the people that wrote the constitution of he is probably 1776, the most influential thinker who influenced those who did write it. first thing i want to do, i want to think about who is in the room. who are the kind of people that are crafting this constitution? who are the people that are saying how should we rule at home? we should rule democratically at home because we take the revolution very seriously. some of the background here, the pennsylvania constitutional convention meets from july 15 to september 28. here is a 1778 sketch of the statehouse. for our c-span viewers. this is today known as what? independence hall. it wasn't called that event so -- that then, so that is why we are calling it the statehouse. this is where both the congress -- the constant of congress is meeting -- the constitutional congress and the pennsylvania constitutional convention meets. they convene because the continental congress ha

thomas?> mike, also there's a contradiction in the tweets because theresa may is angry because of the accuracy of the leaks that happened because of manchester. but they are inaccurate when it comes to his son-in-law. >> reporter: absolutely right, and the president has said it both ways now. he says don't believe the fake news media and yet he says he's going to launch an investigation into the very tweets, the very leaks that he says are fake. >> mike viqueira at the white house, can you publicly say how great it is to have you back at nbc news. >> reporter: i got you, thomas. >> haven't had a chance to say it, but we love you, good to have you back. >> reporter: thank you. >> i bring in jay newton-small, contributor for "time" magazine and also the coauthor of "shatt "shattered: inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign." great to see both of you. i can't give you the shout out like i gave mikey v. at the end but the intel leaks, again this question about how the president confirms via twee

monticello was really thomas jefferson's home for his entire life. he's born on this plantation, in 1743, just three miles away from where he builds this home. he inherits this plantation from his father. his father dies when jefferson's 14. as a young man, he will inherit this land as well as the slaves that his father owned, and jefferson is going to decide to build up here on this mountaintop at a very young age. this is jefferson's home his entire life. jefferson is trying to use that plantation to make money. like most virginia plantation owners, he has cash crops, primarily tobacco and later in his life, wheat. he has mixed success in turning a profit off of this plantation, but here on this mountaintop, this is also the center of his home life as well. throughout his retirement years, once the house is complete, this home is filled with his family members. his daughter and her husband move into this home, so this would have been a home filled with his family members as well as guests. throughout jefferson's retirement years, as a very public o

thomas, we understand as many as 113 girls could still be unaccounted for. were freed today will meet with the nigerian president in the next hour or so and be reunited with their families so obviously, some very ppy reunions today, thomas, and disappointment for the families of those girls who are still being held. >> bittersweet knowing that 82 were released, but there are still more than that in captivity or worse. kelly cobiella, thank you very much, kelly. >>> winning the yes vote. how much politicking did president trump do to get the house to approve the gop health care. tonight on msnbc. former president obama will be presented by the john f. kennedy profile in courage award. chris matthews will host this for america's pioneering president. see things a bit differently thanks to pampers easy ups while they see their first underwear you see an easy way to potty train pampers easy ups our first and only training underwear with an all-around stretchy waistband and pampers' superior protection so you'll see fewer leaks and they'll see their first underwe

karen, thomas, back over to you. >> bob, thank you. lot more this morning about those innocent lives lost after the deadly bombing in manchester. the threat level there in that country has now been raised in britain to its highest possible level. let's get the very latest from lauren johnson in our studio. lauren? >> karen, just months ago the french president announced plans to extend the state of emergency until november. uk's prime minister theresa may warns another attack could be imminent. troops will be deployed into the street as police are relieved to focus their attention on protecting the people. heightened awareness all happening as the details now released about the killer. we are learning more about the time line of terror, that unfolded on monday night inside a sold-out crowd at manchester arena around 10:30, ariana grande was wrapping up the show when her final song, blew a kiss to the audience, walked off stage. fans started pouring out of the 21,000 seat arena, that's when authorities say a man now identified as 22 yea

thomas, karen? >> jury looking at the evidence on this very serious case, lauren johnson this morning, tank you, 4:08. opening statements begin this morning in the trial of a bucks county man accused of sexually assaulting six young sisters. lee kaplan is facing long list of charges, after police found 11 girls, age six to 18, living in his feasterville home last june. prosecutors say kaplan assaulted six of them including one who he impression meant dollars twice. the parent of the girl gave her to kaplan after he helped them financially. >> a $20,000 reward is now being offered for answers in the murder of a 14 year old boy in kensington, we first told you about the story yesterday on good day. tie mere frazier gunned done on the 2,000 block of east orleans street, frandford avenue monday. police say there was loan gunman who walked up, on the block, on east orland, stepped between two park cars, fired six, seven shots, wounding tie here's 16 year old friends, striking him in the back. the teen wa

shaurn thomas was released from prison hours before this joyous scene.ne of the first things thomas did when he was released in schuylkill expressway yesterday was hug his mother. the philadelphia innocence project helped convince a judge to vacate the conviction for a 1990 killing. thomas claimed at the time of the murder he was being held at the old youth study center because he was there for a hearing on an unrelated offense. he had an alibi. >> been a struggle. hard struggle. can't give up. >> i'm thankful that i'm here to really see him walk out that gate. that's all i wanted. >> with his fiancee by his side, thomas says he hopes to start a new life down south. we'll have more in a moment. he's beginning his first full day of freedom with us here in the nbc10 studios. thanks for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> busy 24 hours to say the least i'm sure. >> yeah. >> first is describe the moments -- first, describe the moments walking out of prison in allegheny county. what was going through your head? >> doing it for myself and my family. my family

we will go back to ed thomas in manchester. we have just heard from greater manchester police that they are linking this with terrorism. they say this was a suspected terrorist attack. that has been confirmed in the last few minutes by manchester police. there isa minutes by manchester police. there is a lot of information coming on social media. but that is from greater manchester police, they say that this was a suspected terrorist attack. an incident in manchester, and just a bit more detail about that. we were told at the centre of this explosion was the foyer. as people were leaving, as many teenagers and young children were leaving that concert, the foyer was the main entrance and exit to manchester arena. it is in their way you can buy merchandise, where you can stop after the concert and get your scarf or post up. we have been told that that was the centre of this explosion. that has not been confirmed yet, another piece of information, we were talking to one man who was with two daughters at the concert, and he said af

and i heard all about this guy thomas robb.er of what is apparently the knights of the ku klux klan. it's so racist that the kkk added a fourth k. took up the racism a notch. this is the kkkk. [ laughter ] i had to meet this guy. i had to call him up and go hey, man, can i come to your creepy compound? i didn't actually call him up. that would be weird. and i didn't say creepy compound. i had one of the producers call him up because he's got a way better white guy voice than i do. because he's a white guy. my white guy voice sucks. i'm like "what up, brother?" [ laughter ] nobody buys that. so tmas robb was like why don't me and your host go out to lunch? and then if i like him then he can come to my compound. which so now i'm in this weird position where i'm going to lunch with a ku klux klan member and i have to impress him. [ laughter ] racism, you know what i'm saying? >> kamau. >> yes, sir. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> tom robb. >> thanks for coming. >> oh, no problem at all. glad to be here. >> i appreciat

. >> but now sean thomas is about to walk out as a free and innocent man. fox 29's dawn timmeney is live in schuylkill county where the philadelphia man is about to gain his heart fought freedom. dawn. >> reporter: he sure s lucy. his attorney, his fiance', and a member of the pennsylvania innocence project just pulling into the prison moments ago trying to secure misery he's this has been a hard fought battle and one that comes with lots of excitement. >> it's a great day. sean thomas is finally going walk free after 24 years in prison for a crime did he not commit. >> reporter: attorney james, working nearly 900 hours over eight years pro bono for the pennsylvania innocence project to prove sean thomas' innocence. the now 43-year-old was convicted at the age of 19 of shooting and killing a man in his car during a robbery on the corner of sixth and lehigh in 1990. a judge finally vacating thomas' sentence and murder conviction at a hearing this morning after the philadelphia da's conviction review unit reopen the case last fall at the request of the innoce

. >> next the story of shorn thomas.spent the last 24 years for taking part in a murder in 1990. today he was exonerated and became a free man. reporter dann cuellar is live in northeast philadelphia after meeting shor sean thomas. >> he decided to have his first free meal at a red lobster with his fiance and lawyers. >> he was all smile ps celebrating with his fiance and lawyers from the innocence project. >> how does he feel? >> wonderful. i can't feel no better. you have to believe in god and get a great legal team and keep fighting. >> he was arrested at the age of 19 for the murder of a businessman. his mother and sister said they were with him, but nobody would believe them. finally today a judge threw out the conviction after the d.a. agreed with his lawyers that the evidence against him didn't support the conviction. >> it was maz amazing. a lot of hard work went into it. we thought this would never happen but it final happened. >> thomas says he has no grudge against authority. >> what for? life is too short. yo

i want to thank you for sitting down with me in my office, general thomas.we discussed a number of things but the high operational tempo is one of the things we toucheds on and one of the things that you mentioned to me that stuck in my head and numbers is that t you indicated that somewhere between 28 and 30% of your funding is now from war supplemental or funding versus 7 % across the other military services. i would hope you could talk about what that means in terms of that budgetary over alliance and how that impacts your ability to plan and execute youd mission. >> thanks for the question and the opportunity to discuss a number of issues with you in more detail yesterday. mon we monitor this rack i mentioned the two things the price rises most are unpredictable tempo ank certainly there are aspects that are affecting our force and resourcing. the predictability or not a resourcing which has been challenging over time. we are monitoring very closely the budget discussions and were integral to budget sessions and truthfully, i'm somewhat saying when we ge

so, be prepared, for big delays, where ever you go this entire weekend karen and thomas. we were there when brandon bostian surrendered to police. bostian was engineer on amtrak 188 which crashed in may 2015. >> eight people who their lives, more than 200 more people were injured. our dave schratwieser has more on the charges that he is facing. >> reporter: silent and staring straight ahead, amtrak engineer brandon bostian was handcuffed, and led into central detectives, to face involuntary manslaughter charges. two years after he piloted amtrak train 188, through a dangerous curve at frankford junction, causing it to derail >> there is no joy in seeing anyone in handcuffs but this is a matter about bringing to justice a man who caused so much mayhem. >> reporter: attorney general josh shapiro charged bostian in a deadly crash last week leveling manslaughter charges and risking a catastrophe and reckless endangerment, eight people died, 230 more were injured in the crash. victims like bob hewitt had been demanding justice for two years. >> how can you just not, remember,

thomas drayton and karen hepp will have the very latest on that attack. and bob kelly is >>> horrible scene, developing right now on "good day philadelphia", terror strikes at an ariana grande cons inert britain. we know 22 people are dead this morning, dozens more hurt after a suicide bombing, create wills chaos and panic. >>> plus, also, another developing story a man reportedly beaten and abduct in east falls, police are trying to figure out why and who he may be. >>> also ahead this morning picking a jury several jurors are seated in the bill cosby sexual assault trial, ahead what we can expect for day number two. >>> and fighting for freedom, locked up for decade for murder he did not commit,

at the beginning of the 10 days campaign, the time that thomas hayden would write -- thomas payne would write these the times that try men's souls, it looks like the war was lost. people question whether george washington was competent as a battlefield commander. things looked very bleak. at the end of the 10 days campaign, yet executed victories over german troops and over british troops the battle of princeton. he has captured the high ground in moorestown and he has the british hand in -- hemmed in. or continues for another four years, but it was the opportunity where the british failed to extinguish the rebellion. we will take you want to inside the old exam in new dress -- new jersey can learn about the revolutionary war and the first american and more. >> fire. >> we talk about the 18th century culture and we talk about how the french and indian war are confused in the minds of most americans. it is a very complicated time to see that is why five years we would culturally british to not wanting to be british anymore and to breakaway and be one of

thomas drayton and karen hepp will have the very latest on that attack.nd bob kelly is your weather and traffic covered all morning. ♪ harvey: everybody in this country is all worked up over trump except president obama, who is having the greatest time with michelle in italy. >> barack was golfing. he drove the golf cart around. harvey: that's a big deal. because wasn't allowed to drive for eight years. >> so he's slowly dipping his toe back into the water. i'll start with a cart. >> scott disick's house got burglarized again, almost a year to the date. someone jimmied in a door and started moving around the camera so they would not be seen. harvey:that's an inside job, right? >> my sources are telling me they're stopping just short of calling it that. >> where do you go right before that, like a very close job? [laughter] >> billboard music awards were last night. drake absolutely killed it. he performed in the bellagio fountain, and it was incredible. he took home 13 awards yesterday. >> meaningless! meaningless awards!