so our town's coming back. >> what are the lessons you think that other american cities ought to takerom detroit? and i ask that, as you well know, because there are other cities that are on the brink of experiencing the same thing detroit experienced. cities are in trouble. in this country. what are the takeaways at this point from what detroit has gone through, do you think? >> well, hopefully you have some people there who care about the city. we've got some businesspeople who are really amazing. the light railway project i mentioned is funded in the first phase totally by private money. you've got to be a little bit lucky to have people who believe in you, some angels. you've got to work with whatever materials that you've got, whatever pillars and strength you have in your community, you've got to keep them as strong as you can. while people overcome some of the biases that have existed, which you've heard our cities, some of the racism that existed and still does that has hurt our cities. some of the white flight that has hurt our cities, our inner cities. but as we overcome tha

. >>> and the sudden blackout in a major american city. the evacuations. and tonight, what caused it? >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. we begin with a dangerous drive home on both coasts tonight. winter weather advisories in the east. as we come on the air, new images from the west. the rock slides in southern california. they are already getting walloped, bracing for record rains. the worst perhaps in years as a major system now moves in. and this video coming into us tonight, a treacherous commute home for millimeters of drivers in the west. here in the east, a fast-moving storm. freezing rain sweeping through and so let's get right to our chief meteorologist ginger zee with the storm track for both coasts tonight. >> we can't make it easy on either coast and we won't. let's take you straight on the radar in the east. rain in the blue and that freezing rain. that's going to be a problem in central pennsylvania. that's why you see freezing rain advisories from virginia to maine. now, that scoots through tonight. fl

my fellow americans, the city of miami is only 200 miles or so from havana, countless thousands of cubans have come to miami on planes and make shift rafts some with little but the shirt on their backs and hope in their hearts, miami is considered the capital of latin america but it's a profoundly american city, ideals lie not in the color of our skin or our birth, but what the cuban people can achieve and the openness of the united states to our family to the south. change is hard. in our own lives, and the lives of nations, and change is even harder when we carry the heavy weight of history on our shoulders. today we make the changes because it is the right thing to do. today america chooses to cut loose the shackles of the passed and reach for a better future, for the cuban people, for the american people, for our and tire hemisphere and for the world. thank you. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. >> you have been listening to president barack obama at the white house announcing a major shift in policy towards cuba, the u.s. and cuba agreeing to reestablish diplo

my fellow americans the city of havana is very near. countless cubans have come here. today miami is often referred to as the capitol of latin america. but it is also a profoundly american city, a place that reminds us ideals mean more than the color of our skin. a demonstration of what the cuban people can achieve, and the openness of our united states to our family to the south. change is hard. in our own lives and in the lives of nations. and change is even harder when we carry the heavyweight of history on our shoulders. but today we are making these changes because it is the right thing to do. today america chooses to cut lose the shackles of the past, and reach for a better future, for the cuban people, for the american people, for our entire hemisphere and for the world. thank you. god bless you. >> president obama at the white house anoungsing a change in 53 years of u.s. policy towards cuba. the president said we will end an outdated approach. he said the united states will establish an embassy in havana, and there will be increased travel and commerce, americ

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baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >>> this is al jazeera al jazeera americalive from new york city, i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. ♪ don't shoot, hands up >> after a night of loud protests in new york, police are getting ready for a second night of demonstrations. >> my message to people is take that pain and frustration and use it to make change. >>> change is coming to cleveland after the defendant of justice found that police there showed

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new york city midtown, other news as well as startling number of new jobs were added to the american economy. show me the money. the fiscal challenges. i'll like at whether your money is being well spent. and liftoff, i'll speak to virgin galactic's chairman about the future of space travel. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money." as i told you we will keep an eye on those protests continuing across america tonight. but let me tell you about news that happened today. part of discontent about the economy but november turned out to be a gang buster month for jb job creation. 320,000 new jobs added to the economy, nearly 100,000 more than economists had forecast, boosted this year's total figure by an additional 44,000 new jobs. america has now added on average almost 241,000 net new jobs per month so far in 2014. that is about where monthly gains should be for the job amarket to have room to grow oop to take advantage of new workers coming into the labor market . unemployment stayed put 5.7%, that's the lowest number seen back in 2008, ignore that for a moment. the more important are the

>> the officers should have immediately taken steps to help them grieve >>> uber crackdown, american cities try to shut down the car service as other country's ban it entirely. >>> and a picture's worth - the most expensive photograph ever sold, but is it art? >>> tonight there are calls from around the world for accountability after the senate report on torture by the c.i.a. new details, outrage and support for the agency and tactics used on terror suspect. libby casey reports. >> waterboarding, sleep deprivation, starvation, tactics used by the c.i.a. on detainees in the post 9/11. human rights say it's torture and illegal. today the white house said that's not the president's call. >> that's not a question for the president of the united states. it's not the president of the united states who conducts a criminal inquiry, and to the actions of somebody who works at the c.i.a., that's the responsibility of a career federal prosecutor who can take an independent look at this, without political interference, and conduct an investigation and reach a conclusion based on their own view of the f

debate on fdr or abraham lincoln nor o bob the but he is the greatest american and of we have ever produced so when i come to this city i always paid my respects to the life and legacy of this great american of dr. martin luther king, jr.. men also thank you to c-span for covering this event by way of applause. [applause] and c-span and covered it live every year so it is generous not just to meet another person's food needed space to help america live up to ideals and c-span is a great channel to cover what we're doing around the country. let me start by thanking beverly and her team all the wonderful people on the staff that feel like a family. but the new and improved museum that i will take a moment while on national television and all so abc for a quick commercial for this grant facility while we are here. if you have not sent to the new and improved national civil rights museum you need to go. it is one of the kind i knew how much money they had to work with instilled trying to figure that out of the architecture firm and the academics who pulled out a magnificent job. you are watching us and have not been to th

baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >> good to have you along.'m david foster, and this is what we have coming up in the next 60 minutes. >> we have made already significant progress in two and a half months. but we also acknowledge there was a lot more work yet to be done. >> the u.s.-led coalition against isil tries to put together an unified strategy. al-qaeda with the ambassador's residence in yemen setting off a

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baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america r >> let's recount the headlinesh. the syria based al qaeda offshoot el nusra, ignoring their request to release relatives of its leaders. >>> at least ten people believed to be linked to al qaeda have been killed in a drone strike, happened in shabra province, may have been connected to trying to free an american hostage. >>> half a million people in philippines are seeking shelter lady of a massive tierch typhoo, packing wind speeds of 215 miles an hour. >>> third night of protests in cities across the united states. after grand juries decided not to indict white police officers who killed unarmed black pen. thousands rallied in the streets of new york, and oat major cities in the u.s. killed in ferguson and new york city. >>> putting the spotlight on alleged misconduct. while protesters claim the police misuse their authority, christiakristin saloomey report. >> they put their life on the line every day. >> they have to watch their back, i sympathize with them. >> reporter: it's a opinion largely drown out of late.

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baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> you're watching inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. on the occasion of the dismissal of many charges the outright acquitcal on many others on the trial of former egyptian president hosni mubarak, we're catching up with the arab spring. is there a middle ground? is the arab ground groping its way towards a middle ground between an islamic republic on one end of the spectrum and the egypt style solution in which religious parties are outright panned or suppressed? can we develop power transfer peacefully back and forth. >> i'll disagree with your description of the whole picture. 56% of the country is under the age of 24, and 44% of the country live on less than $2 a day. in order for there to be true social justice there has been outright reform, structural reform and political reform so that that

the last time an american city hosted the summer olympics was 1996 in atlanta. recently the international committee changed rules and reduced the cost of submitting a bid. it also encouraged cities to use existing or temporary facilities instead of building new ones. the committee also voted to allow the host city to use regional facilities outside city limits. analysts say this gives the bay area an advantage since san francisco bid will also include venues in oakland, santa clara, berkeley and palo alto. the bay area's reputation for political activism, however, might put that bid at a disadvantage especially with all we've had going on lately as some olympic committee members would shy away from any possible disruption of the games and tori, one of the things i noticed is when we were growing up building new facilities for the olympics was just what we expected and obviously that has changed. >> very much so. thank you. >>> the city pittsburg paved its way for two electronic signs. the city council voted to lift the ban but there are restrictions, billboards c

support and perhaps a glimpse of their futures from these campaigners from detroit, the bankrupt american city where the poor have their water turned off. it didn't a vision they much care for. >> it's a devastate, psychologically it's the hardest to deal with is the fact that water is all around you, but you don't have access to it. it's not because it's not there. it's because someone else has said you don't deserve it because you didn't give me what i said i wanted. >> outside of the organized protests this sort of thing is now happening every day. when the workmen from irish water turn up to put the new meters in, groups of water activists try to block them. >> excuse me. [bleep], [bleep] >> this is what workers do. they push us around. we can only try to stop them. >> several years of austerity here caused nothing like this, but the irelan the idea of ireland's poor having to pay for water has tipped the the pool and the government never saw it coming. >> to find out more you can go to our website. the address is www.aljazeera.com. >> for 300 years, the most powerful nations on earth grew

where his nickname came from-- was the first civil rights activist to be elected mayor of a large american city and still a councilman when he died. his son, mar jon christopher barry, took measure of the man. >> there's not a person in this city or a corner of the city that he hasn't touched. and knowing that-- ( applause ) marion barry will never die. you know they say d.c. will never be the same because marion barry is gone. you're right. there are now thousands of marion barrys out here. >> reporter: born in mississippi in 1936, barry played a crucial role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. elected as the first chaimplet student nonviolent coordinating committee in 1960. >> god gave me a gift of courage, tenacity and vision. >> axelrod: he would make scandalous headlines in 1990 when he was arrested and did six months for a misdemeanor drug possession after an f.b.i. sting operation. but there were always plenty of people who never stopped loving marion barry in washington. it took three hours for the procession carrying his body to make a final eight-mile trip past the throngs who

for example, if you do studies of obesity in an american city, and you will see that there is a social-- i am reluctant to call them poor habits because people end up living in places that it don't have good and healthy food. or don't have safe environments. so in that sense, it is contagious. >> stephen: what's the prescription for poverty? >> well, the prescription for poverty includes transfer of resources. like you know, one of their most successful areas of development is-- i mean it's caused by a hokey name. a cash transfer, conditional or-- . >> stephen: that's not a hokey name, that is a terrifying name. because i've got a lot of cash and you want my cash to go to somebody else? >> well, again, you'll have a big return on that investment. because if you-- . >> stephen: i got a big return on it right now, my friend. called wall street. >> well, compared to some other investment on wall street or off of it, investing resources in really poor families, in poor communities, leads to pretty rapid improvement. and i think there's the idea-- . >> stephen: how does that help me. i give

. >>> many american cities new year's eve is all about something that drops from the sky at midnight.s the ball drop in new york's times square. in atlanta they drop fruit, in the peach state, a big giant peach. >> in the past few years this is a popular and beloved midnight drop. it's the drag queen drop in squeeze, florida. tonight sushi will descend over the streets, the name of the drag queen. organizers say this year will be just as fabulous as years past. >>> there are still 12 more ours until it's 2015 in california but it's already the new year on the other side of the world. the celebration next. >> and if you plan on bringing in the new year in oakland tonight you will have company. the protest planned in the east bay for new year's eve. >> and as you plan on bringing in the new year in the city of the bay, boy, do we have a forecast for you for the embarcadero. that is straight ahead as the news continues on kpix 5. life's running out of shaving stuff. and thankfully being able to find backups. waterfront, expect a group of protestors >>> if you are planning on ringing in t

to her takes book tv and american history tv on the road, traveling to u.s. citiesory and the very life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to waco, texas. >> as we began to receive the files to be digitized and saved, we began turning over that be sides of the 45s. gospel music was not widely heard in the white community. if it was, it would only be the hits, if that. the b side would be heard and even less. bewas incredible how many sides were related to the civil rights movement. we did not know the sheer number of songs that had very overt songs like "there ain't no segregation in heaven." listening to those songs was a dangerous thing in the south. singing that sort of song out loud, that is a risk. >> the texas ranger hall of fame was set up in 1976 for the 175th anniversary of the rangers. who made 30 rangers major contributions to the service or gave their lives under heroic circumstances. we have paintings or portraits of all those rangers. they began with stephen f austin. austin was very successful with his rangers. they fought n

but it is also a profoundly american city. a place that reminds us that ideals matter more than the color of our skin. or the circumstances of our birth. a demonstration of what the cuban people can achieve, aand a demonstration of the openness of the united states. todos somos americanos. change is hard. and changes even harder when we carry the heavy weight of history on her shoulders. but today, we are making these changes because it is the right thing to do. today, america chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past. to reach for a better future. for the cuban people, for the american people. for our entire hemisphere, and for the world. thank you. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. president obama earlier today president obama earlier today. we want to say that we are going to show you all the reactions today at it :00 p.m. eastern. presidentter the spoke. otter -- governor -- marcoed mark rubio rubio spoke. >> one of my greatest hope is to see the people of cuba to become free. that is exactly w

we are compete with self other american cities for the honor. matt? >>> yes, the pitch for the bay area started at 10:30 and is expected to take an hour. they hope to bring home the gold for the bay area. >> it is an important day if people dreaming of a bay area olympics. the group includes san francisco mayor and giants' president was focused sporting the shuttle from the hotel on the way to make the pitch to the united states olympic committee. >> they would like me to focus. >> the bay area, los angeles, washington, dc, and boston are making presentations in an effort to be host of the to 24 summer olympics. san francisco has been unsuccessful three time before with the last attempt for 2016. this time it is a regional pitch. this area off 101 could become the site of a pop-up olympic stadium that lefts the open asking closing ceremonies. an existing facility would be used such as the bears and stanford stadium and levi stadium and at&t park in san francisco. before heading to make the pitch, i asked if had was a strong case to bring the olympics

but it is also a profoundly american city.hat ce that reminds us ideals matter more than the color of our skin. a demonstration of what the cuban people can achieve, aand a demonstration of the openness of the united states. todos somos americanos. change is hard. and changes even harder when we carry the heavy weight of history on her shoulders. but today, we are making these changes because it is the right thing to do. today, america chooses to cut loose the shackles of the past. to reach for a better future. for the cuban people, for the american people. for our entire hemisphere, and for the world. thank you. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. the white nt obama at house, announcing a major u.s. foreign policy, saying that he is immediately kerry to ng secretary begin talks to reestablish diplomatic relations with cuba. opening the way for broader trade, travel, and finance with a long embargoed country. the president speaking for about fifteen minutes. we are going to hear from marco rubio shortly.

box but with a community's fondest wishes. >>> there is a tree that grows in one of our great american citiesear the branches are filled with the hopes and dreams of those who paid a visit. and more often than not those hopes are not about the gifts we pressure ourselves to purchase for one another, many of them are about the things that money cannot buy. we get the story tonight from nbc's harry smith in san francisco. >> reporter: there's not much to it really. yet every day after school kids stop by to fill out tags and read the ones left behind. >> this one says i wish for food for everyone. >> reporter: it's a wishing tree. started four years ago by the vanessa because quite frankly the holidays were getting her down. >> i wanted to do something around this time of year that kind of changed how i felt. because it wasn't something i looked forward to. >> reporter: now the whole neighborhood looks forward to december. the act of writing down a wish is kind of liberating. there are no secrets on a wishing tree. >> i wished for lavender because it smells nice. >> i wish for people to have a

the first weekend of december we may be heading into another dicey and busy night in several american cities and towns. there are protesters already on the streets of some major population centers. this movement started in new york when we learned this week there would be no charges against the police officer in the chokehold death of a civilian during an arrest. before new york of course there was ferguson. and now all of it has taken the shape of a sprawling effort. on foot often up against police. nbc's stephanie gosk is out in it in the streets of new york to start us off. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as people gather here in lower manhattan, our nbc news affiliate in new york says the district attorney in staten island did not ask the grand jury to consider a charge of reckless endangerment. only more serious charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. protesters are not letting up. three days after a grand jury decided not to indict officers involved in the death of eric garner. lake shore drive shut down in chicago. traffic in washington an

baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >>> france agreed to pay repatriation, a $60 million lump sum to cover those taken to death camps on french trains. it will cover family members. >>> u.s. officials are charging an american navy engineer with esbionage saying that he tried to map classified documents on the newest nuclear super carrier, which is the u.s.s. "gerald ford." he was doing to turn them over it the egyptian government. but investigators uncovered the plot after he took money from an undercover agent in change for the documents >>> it is election day, take two, and in a run-off senator mary landrieu is struggling to keep here seat. jonathan martin has more on the political battle in the bayou. >> reporter: widely considered a powerful woman, democratic senator mary landrieu is in an unfamiliar spot - as the underdog in a run-off for o seat she held for 18 years. in what has become the most expensive senate race, bill cassidy is the one to beat, outspending landrieu in the final stretch. >> she has been doing more personal appearances, campaigning

i was a mayor of a great american city. it was challenging and complicated and a constant battle against crime to keep my community safe. these are nuanced issues. we struggled with them in newark. but we know right now that there are 6.5 million people, whites, arrested against about 2.6 million african-americans arrested in a year. that means blacks and whites. violent and nonviolent crime. 6.5 versus 2.6. white to black. but now someone who is african-american, according to data quoted by my republican colleague rand paul in "time" magazine, are 21 times more likely to be shot dead by a police officer, african-americans 21 times more likely to be shot dead by a police officer than someone white. so i anguish over this fact that my country has been evolving to the dedicated informant acts of black and white through slavery and jim crow. i find myself, a senator, at a time when we have this ironic reality. there are more african-americans now in prison under criminal super vision, prison jail, parole, then all the slaves i

in several major american cities today thousands of people joining their voices and bodies.e crowds protesting marching through

baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america ♪ >> welcome back, you are watchingera. the international criminal court's case against kenyan president has collapsed. also charges have been dropped after prosecutors could not gather enough evidence against him. >>> u.s. president barack obama has nominated ashton carter as his next secretary of defense. if confirms he will be obama's fourth defense secretary >>> and nearly three months of air strikes, mortar fire, and suicide bombs have reduced large parts of the syrian city of kobani to rubble. it has now been 82 days since fighting started between isil and kurdish forces there. >>> meanwhile diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis inside syria have all but stalled, though that could be changing. russia wants to help revive the political process. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: it has been almost four years of fighting and no one has been able to bring about a divisive victory. the russian government has stepped in to try to revive the political process to end the fighting. >> translator: now russia is at the fore

baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >> a dirty deal.truck at the heart of government. >> egypt mismanaged its gas industry. >> taking the country to the brink of economic ruin. >> it's obvious that egypt was being ripped off. it's basically saying to the israelis, "look if you want to screw us, here's a tool you can use to screw us". >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation. >> you don't feel that you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no... no... >> al jazeera investigates. egypt's lost power. december 17th. 10:00 eastern. on aljazeera america. been watching "talk to al jazeera" i am ali velshi. my guest is ali sufan. >> you have written a book called "the black banners." the title is very interesting because when we see on news video of these groups particularly is and many of these groups, military tapt groups, they have a black flag, black banners. tell me the history. >> the prophet says at the end of time, you will have a group they come from horoson a historic every that is iran, centra

baltimore anatomy of an american city only on al jazeera america >> we're back with "inside story" onal jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. imagine, a syrian family that drove out of the country with everything they could park in a compact car. they've already sold everything that could raise some quick cash. the adults for the most part are either barred from working legally or simply not welcome in the legitimate economy. they may have concluded a long time ago that going back to syria is simply not an option. after three and a half years of war how are they going to eat? goane kripke some is part of the task, that host countries are actually able to bear the strain of hosting them? are you bearing two burdens at once? >> these refugees present huge strains on those countries. they're not rich countries in the first place. so their resources are already very strained. the infrastructure, schools, even issues like sanitation and electricity are being strained by the refugees. it helps that the world food program is given cards so they can integrate better into local businesses, purchasi

tonight the probable cause speaks to the aging pipes and wires and girders and grids in so many american cities. we get our tonight from john yang in detroit. >> reporter: a massive power outage in downtown detroit today. >> no power on this end of downtown. >> reporter: it started at about 10:30 this morning. a major cable failure at the masturski power generation plant triggered a blackout to the municipal power grid. courthouses, fire stations and schools all went dark. hospitals, forced to rely on generators, moved some critical care patients. students and staff at nearly 90 schools dismissed early. firefighters rushed to downtown high-rises to help free those trapped in elevators or too weak to climb down stairs. more than 700 stoplights went dark, snarling traffic. people used flashlights in dark buildings to get through the stairwells to safety. hundreds were evacuated from the city's municipal center. and at the local courthouse, a high-profile murder-for-hire trial was interrupted. here you can see the lights flickering while court was in session. attorney christopher quinn was one of

and as demonstrations over recent grand jury decisions continue to fill the street of american cities, president obama delivers a message to the nation's youth activists. as susan macinnis tells us, the president says time and vigilance are needed to tackle problems as deeply rooted as racism and bias. >> another night of protests in berkley, california sunday night. hundreds of demonstrators stood face-to-face with police in full riot gear, and then took to the streets to stop traffic. protesters turned out in cities across the country over the weekend, venting their anger over grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of michael brown and ferguson, missouri, and eric garner in new york. >> this won't be solved overnight. >> talking about the protests in a interview with bet, president obama said racism and bias are deeply rooted in america. and that conquering them won't happen overnight. >> this will take some time and you just have to be stead. >> i on "face the nation", naacp president colonel williams brooks says not enough is being done. >> we have a gene

. >> last time an american city host theed was in 1996 in atlanta >> interest there is a feeling thate games have been away from the united states for a long time. >> the group represefrancisco we bus to electronic arts the chairman of the u.s. olympic committee acts as the executive chairman. . >> i have a guide, i don't have a guide. i share presentations and we do the best we could. >> san francisco thinks it has an advantage because of the venues. including a plan to build a stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies. as well as track and field events. olympic swimmer is a experienced partner and we'll work to bring the games home to the united states. and we think we would be a great choice. >> in redwood city, abc7 news. >> san jose city council met behind closed doors for several hours and sources tell abc7 news city manager's future was part of the agenda. this after the demotion of alex gerza. he now holds an enti level job making $64,000 a year. a new mayor will take office next year and could launch a search for a new city manager. >> police officers have around the bay

respect law enforcement but often feel targeted, especially as a black male teenager in a large american city>> i definitely think there are police that don't think that black lives matter. i think it's more important that people are aware that all police aren't like that. >> reporter: students tell me they don't want to riot. they don't want a violent confrontation with police. they want to openly discuss these issues with law enforcement and the city of philadelphia. live in philadelphia, randy gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. >>> today the philadelphia teachers' union addressed the impact that the grand jury decisions have had on students here. jerry jordan commended those that have staged die-ins at local high school and protested on the streets. he believes the inequality we see in these cases extends to the classroom with disproportionate funding for minority students in philadelphia and all across the state. >> we are clearly a long way from the ultimate goal but as parents, teachers, students and community leaders, we have the ability and the moral responsibility to take the initial first ste

wilmington is now part of a federal program na is assisting especially violent american cities.live tonight in wilmington, george spencer, nbc 10 news. >>> services are set for friday and saturday for fallen philadelphia firefighter joyce craig, the mother of two died yesterday morning fighting a house fire in west oak lane. there are two viewings, both at bachelor brothers funeral services. the first from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the next saturday and the funeral will follow. cemetery. the investigation into her death continues tonight. township paid for a tower just off the city's main line, but not everyone is on board. a group of citizens from ardmore spoke out against the-r@cç development of haw's terrace. a developer wants to build one ardmore place there that will feature a retail space and a parking garage. commissioners voted to vacate part of that property. residents against the tower signed pages of petitions, fearing small business will suffer and ardmore will no longer be considered a suburb. >>> fans÷iute know him as j.-ro. jimmy rollins called philadelphia home for

president's major hit,bs a losing control of the senate in a billion dollar midterm in major and unrest american cities launches matters of race and justice to the front burner. week with the economy, ending the year on an upswing. this was the president last week. there is no doubt that we can enter into the new year with thated confidence america's making significant strides where it counts. we took early on to rescue our economy and foundationon a new helped make 2014 the strongest year for job growth since the 1990's. all told, over a 57-month businesses have created nearly 11 million new jobs. gwen: that was before this news that the dow broke 18,000. so is it too soon for the people 1600 pennsylvania to be doing a victory dance, carrie? question has vexed this white house for years because of starts, signs of growth in the economy only to have a setback. within the west wing, there is this feeling for two reasons that they have to start pushing more robustage in a sort of uniformly positive way. showingthe numbers are strength, sort of consistency over a period of months. believeother reason i th

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