when this first became known, if governor rendell had just said, "you know what?his wasn't transparent enough. we should have been more transparent about it", it would have been a one-day story, blip on the screen, and then it's gone. it's another lesson in just sort of -- >> owning it. >> owning it and then moving on. >> all right, we're gonna take a break. "inside story" continues right after this. stick around. >> "inside story" is presented by temple university. remarkable change isn't easy, but for those who take charge, it comes naturally. explore temple's impact. visit temple.edu/impact. ♪ >> welcome back to "inside story." a bit of a controversy -- pennsylvania senator pat toomey is now a member of a 13-member senate committee that is going to be reviewing changes to healthcare as they try to work out their new approach to affordable healthcare -- changing the obama version, of course. the question has become, is he an appropriate person to be on that committee, first of all, because is there a conflict of interest, is what critics are saying. he got a num

ed rendell is a former philadelphia district attorney and governor. he said he saw potential. i thought he had a potential to be a public servant in other capaciti capacities. >> he's accused of taking money, vacations from business owners who wanted something from williams. under a tougher standard thanks to a recent supreme court case. former prosecutor linda mova set the defense will have a challenge, too. >> the defense has to show that hey, just bea they got something doesn't mean there's bribery. >> he isn't running for reelection. he says a new d.a. will have to rebuild public trust. >> nondo we need trust, but anytime an elected officials is charged with a crime is sort of affect's people beliefs. >> because -- they were there are people from chester county, montgomery and lehigh county. live in old constituent. i'm northbound 10 news. >>> that meeting started just moments ago. if love, the contract will run through all of 2020. we'll bring you a work on the vote as soon as it comes down. >>> they found the bod of a 16-year-old who disappeared. she and her friend ramon

former mayors bill green, ed rendell and jim kenny were on hand for the ceremony. former mayor started his career in 1981 and council president in 1992 and two terms as mayor from 2000 to 2008. >>> four thousand more u.s. troops could be heading to afghanistan. >>> police are locked in a standoff with a suspect right now. >> reporter: partly cloudy skies on the bus stop this morning, mainly dry conditions there's a chance of a sprinkle or shower in the western suburbs, 66 degrees by 6:00 p.m. 67 degrees by 8:00 a.m. if you're dressing the kids, shorts and ts. some of you might want an umbrella if you have a full day and coming home later in the afternoon, especially the western suburbs, i'll show you that on future tracker 6 and the weekend call coming up. >>> sharks are getting close to the southern california coast, lifeguards say they know who is bathing them. that's up next. ♪ the moments that connect us happen one morning at a time, and one cup at a time. folgers, the best part of wakin' up. juvenile great white sharks have been spotted swimming close to the s

he's taking on karen rendell. >> the race is considered by many as a referendum on the president trump and a preview of the 2018 mid-term elections. we will have the very latest on the results tomorrow morning right here on "world news now." >>> and a growing number of lawmakers are calling on the west to respond forcibly to north korea after the death of american student otto warmbier. several are even calling it murder. >> reporter: just days after his release from north korean detainment, 22-year-old college student otto warmbier has died. his family saying he passed away surrounded by his family. he was held captive in north korea for more than a year, sentenced to 15 years hard labor for allegedly stealing a poster during a tourist stop there. >> i made the worst mistake of my life. >> reporter: just last week he returned home to ohio, carried off a medevac plane awake but doctors saying he had extensive brain damage. his family saying he looked very uncomfortable. almost anguished. within a day, the count nance of his face changed. he was at peace, he was home, and we believe he

. >> under rendell. >> well, and under governor wolf in that first year when, you know, there were practicallyisticuffs around what are we gonna do here. and i think one of the things that's important for people to know is that the supreme court decision that came down a couple of years back in which they basically said, "administration, governor's administration, you don't get to decide who are the essential folks." so in the old days, that constitutional deadline was much more meaningful because if you hit june 30th and you didn't >> essential services get delivered. that's the big point. >> and so everyone felt the pain of the budget not passing. no one feels that pain now. >> it's not as urgent. >> i think that's a contributing factor to this ongoing phenomena of building up deficits. >> if the legislators didn't get paid, that might make a difference in how quickly -- >> that would light a fire. >> we've all seen this movie before. and, you know, i'm not as optimistic as terry is. i think some of the problems are getting worse. i mean, people always seek out gambling revenue as a panacea.

i want to come back to the tax -- this is a big step. >> let's bring governor rendell in. governor, you see it the same way? >> i think larry's analysis is right. i think the republicans in congress have to do something or else they'll suffer the wrath of the voters. but just passing something isn't enough. it's got to be legislation that actually helps people, not hurts people. and that's the rub. i mean, if the health care bill the house passed was enacted into law, i think they'd be worse off than if nothing passed. because i think the people of america understand that that health care bill is detrimental to the vast majority of people, while it gives an almost $800 billion tax cut to wealthy americans and the corporations. >> the health care will that comes out of the senate is going to look very different than the one that was passed by the house. i guess we're talking about -- >> well, we'll see. >> it's not 1000% different, by the way. >> but again, it has to go -- >> i'm sorry, governor. >> no, larry knows, of course, that it has to go through conference. the bill

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are you aware that the former mayor ed rendell got into a pool the first day. >> i've been told. >> ared. >> then we also have mayor nutter the last mayor. >> i believe that's the case as well. >> so we have this guy, jim kenney, mayor of the philadelphia of city philadelphia. >> long time city councilman, he knows what came before him. last year, he did not get in the pool. this year, getting in pool? >> it is a mayoral tradition. >> 3:00 today, official kick off, find out then. >> are you going to bring him shorts? >> if i need to i'll pick some up quickly. >> come on, mike jerrick. bob kelly gets in a shoe with his shoes on. >> right. >> just get in the pool, mayor kenney. get in the pool. >> wait a second. is life going by this fast in is this the second summer for mayor kenney? >> yes. >> this is an outrage. >> it does move fast. >> all right. well he watches the show. >> mike real quick mike and alex, the people that are on the parks and rec commission, not necessarily commissioner, right? >> no. >> you guys are thinking about going to each of the 70 pools this summer. >> wow. >>

now currently in pittsburgh that are headquartered there, over thanle of -- than alcoa -- >> and ed rendell said that pittsburgh has remade itself into the technology hub, so what is the president talking about? >> he has an older school view of pittsburgh. >> yeah, but that's not the pittsburgh of today. >> we have steve case on our air yesterday using its as a test case for bringing vc culture and carnegie mellon and uber driving -- >> but pittsburgh is like san francisco. >> right. >> although i think it was a metaphor. it was a metaphor. >> for what? a world that doesn't exist anymore? >> when we used to make a lot of steel there. when jones and lachlan -- oh, don't get me started. it was the dirtiest city in america. because it was a place that we made things. >> yes, it was. now it's gotten clean. >> cleaned up. >> and the tepper business school. it was a metaphor. should he have said detroit? it has no ring. >> it was alliteration. it was nice. >> don't ask what the country can do for you. it was like that. >> this is something that the corporate leaders are getting at, the world has

we had ed rendell at the dnc saying, on tv, that pennsylvania is in play and they need to focus moreamericans, and not completely ignore them. how important is that, getting the white working class voters that voted for barack obama and then vote for donald trump back in the democratic fold? >> uh-huh. i think, joe, that we as democrats think of ourselves as the big ten party. we think we're going like this and reality a lot of people around the country think we're just going like this and moving the tent around. one day they're in the tent, the other day they're out. i think we failed not just to white voters. i think we need a message that speaks to all voters. and that's what i'm about working on, an economic message, a jobs message. the need for a real infrastructure bill that has just been waiting in washington. we beg the president if there's one thing we could work on maybe it's infrastructure. apparently we had to do health care reform debacle now tax form which is much more difficult. and then maybe we'll get to infrastructure. at some point there needs to be some effort to

. >> ed rendell told us there are ways to put knit a lock box -- >> oh -- >> put it in a lock box andt it's only used for transportation -- for infrastructure needs. >> al bore. >> in washington news, president trump tweeting this morning, after yesterday's james comey hearing, the president saying, despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication, and wow, comey is a leaker. john harwood joins frus washington with his take on this. john, good morning. >> good morning, becky. but just before i get to that report, i just want to make sure we don't bury the lead. the did joe kernen just admit that he was a sociopath? >> he's done that before. >> many times. >> many times? >> aren't we all? >> no. >> really? okay. that's -- you know, the first step out of the twelve is accepting that, you know, what you are and that there's a higher power and you have no control over it. you're not a sociopath? >> well, i -- i -- i admit that there's a higher -- no, no. i admit there's a higher power. >> i'm using it as a compliment. in this case. not as a pejorative. >> i admit