what was happening overnight was cleanup crews were hard at work along the benjamin franklin parkway after the made in america festival concerts this weekend, i have not seen any traffic moving down the parkway, i believe that remains all blocked off this morning as the cleanup continues, local vine is open by the new morman temple. the vine is open and looking good there. if you're riding trains or buses this morning, keep in mind because it is a holiday we're on a holiday schedule, in most cases that means a sunday schedule. nydia and gray. >> matt, thank you. >>> hermine continues to spin away from the east coast, but lingering effects are being felt at the jersey shore and delaware beaches. >> visitors are taking advantage of the better than expected weather. >> annie mccormick is live in ocean city with what's happening now. people had to be flexible with the holiday weekend. >> reporter: nydia and gray, best to enjoy it on land because there's going to be restrictions on some beaches. in ocean city, the waves crashing behind me, they still have signs up that says the ocean is c

it wasn't a speech given by benjamin franklin. benjamin franklin chop this off-the-cuff and it's gone except it's written down and now we know it. but think about the importance of these words. if you can keep it. he understood and all the founders understood that what he had created was utterly unprecedented. as a proud greek i know the greeksinvented democracy , yes we did. a lot of stuff, okay. but the point is that the greek city states were very small and democracy just flourished for a tiny period. here we have 13 colonies, a couple of million people. the idea of bringing this idea of self-government to a nation, it simply had never been done and the founders and the framers as they were in that room at the constitutional convention understood what they were trying to do has never been done and probably rationally shouldn't be possible. because if something can't be done for millennia of history, why would they think it could be possible now? again, every one of us and this is the reason i wrote the book, take it for granted

one day after a 13 year old student brought a toy gun to benjamin franklin school -- kids are back on the school- yard playing kickball.but parents who live across the street are still asking a lot of questions.sharonda smith / lives across the street9.09.10 - 17 it's scary and i didn't school would bring so much terror. it does.9.10.38 it does make me wonder.no students were hurt -- but 2 milwaukee police officers were sent to the hospital. police say the officers were called to the school after the pellet gun was discovered. as the officers spoke to the student -- they say the teen became aggressive.9.11.06- 09 what was he going to do if it wasn't found? if it was found later, if he had more time?a spokesperson for mps released this statement:"there was an school day with mpd -- involving a student who had a toy pellet gun in school. the incident was contained in the school office and no other students were involved in the incident."9.08.22 it's sad. it's definately sad.sharonda smith and her family have lived across the street from the school for 4 years and she says this is not th

it wasn't like a speech given by benjamin franklin. think of the import of those words, if you can keep it. he understood and all the founders understood what they created was utterly unprecedented. as a proud greek under the greeks invented democracy but -- yes, we did. [laughter] and a lot of stuff, okay? but the point is that the greek city states were very small and democracy just flourish for a tiny, tiny period. here we have 13 colonies, a couple million people. the idea of bringing this idea of self-government to a nation, it simply had never been done. the founders and the framers as they were in that room, they understood what they were going to do has never been done and probably rationally should not be possible. if something can be done for millennia of history, why would you think would be possible now? everyone of us, the reason i wrote the book, we pretty much take this for granted. a deal, of course it works. now. they really thought for this to work, first of all, the constitutionist bmx tour that document, which is, t

spring garden street shut down between pennsylvania avenue and the benjamin franklin parkway. the other road closures start tomorrow morning and last through monday morning. so just watch for that as you're traveling around the city. burlington bristol bridge opening right about now, stick to the tacony-palmyra. >> hurricane hermine is arriving in florida and moving across the panhandle right now. we are tracking this storm because it could have an impact on our holiday weekend. first up, st. petersburg florida, that's where it made landfall. you can see the trees are being blown around, we're seeing lightning strikes, saint petersburg whetherring the storm right now -- weathering the storm right now. this is the first hurricane to hit florida in ten years. abc's adrien bankard filed this report. >> reporter: hurricane hermine making landfall and gaining momentum, flash flooding in places like clearwater, hermine continues to batter parts of florida's coast with 12-foot waves. ten inches of rain expected. the governor urging floridaians to get ready for three days of supplies.

this is a live look at the vine street expressway, up top there's the benjamin franklin parkway still blocked with the cleanup efforts after the made in america festival cons this weekend. parkway remains blocked as they clean up this morning. on the big picture we have the labor day parade that steps off from columbus boulevard and washington avenue by the sheet metal union hall. that will give us closures. closure in north hampton county, 33 northbound is blocked, stick can 611 to get around that. >> hermine is putting a damper on the labor day weekend for many folks at the jersey shore. >> the rough surf will likely keep people out of the water again today. annie mccormick is live in ocean city with an update on the situation there, annie what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: nydia and gray, i'm hearing the waves crash all morning, now that the light is coming up, we're getting our first look at the ocean. about a dozen people walked down because they wanted to see the big waves. as they walk on the beach they see signs from yesterday saying danger the ocean is closed. the

foremost among these were benjamin franklin, john adams, and thomas jefferson. the pacific ocean was the national western boundary of the united states. at first of course, it was a british westward coursing empire. the resident of massachusetts predicted in 1759 that america could become a mighty empire, but i don't mean, an independent one. widely reprinted in the colonies, a 1769 newspaper article from london commented on the spreading belief that america would be the future seat of the british empire. and london merely a provincial town, or perhaps just a historic ruin. benjamin franklin's 1751 pamphlet advocating the agricultural extension of europeans across north american continent predicted that because of the rapid increase of the a greateropulation, number of englishmen would be in north america than england within a century. after reading the pamphlet, a young john adams imagined the transfer of the seat of empire. once the french had been driven out of north america. in the early 19th century, he claimed there was nothing more ancient in his memory.

after two milwaukee police officers were hurt trying to take a 13-year-old student in custody at benjamin franklin school. in that case... milwaukee public schools say the student brought a pellet gun to school. the 13 year old was eventually taken into custody. the officers went to the hospital and are expected to be o-k. homicide... by dehydration. thats the ruling from the milwaukee county medical examiner o county jail this past spring. our a.j. bayatpour has the details. terrill thomas death in april comes less than two weeks after his arrest. the medical examiners report, released thursday, calls the death a homicide, noting tests revealed 'profound dehydration.' thomas family declines to comment, referring us to their seattle-based attorney. its extremely concerning and seems to confirm some of the information that we had uncovered in the course of our investigation. erik heipt says that private investigation indicates guards notes thomas was acting erratically in jail...winding up in solitary confinement, in his cell 23 hours a day. it also notes water had been cut off to his toilet...some

. >> reporter: at benjamin franklin high school in spring garden, students were preparing for short classes. >> i don't think we have soccer today. >> you can't be out here, you will pass out. >> reporter: over in wynnfield parents dropped off their children for a day. parents say afterschool programs relief the stress for early pickup. >> even if the school district shut down we have an after school program that takes care of the kids. >> the day care will pick them up and take them to the day care and i will pick them up when i get home. >> reporter: all sports are canceled and philadelphia public schools are canceled tomorrow due to the heat. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." rick. >> thank you. let's turn to melissa magee who is in for david murphy with the latest on the sizzling temperatures out there. >> reporter: rick, we're reaching the 90s along i-95 corridor. this is heat wave number 7 in philadelphia. the numbers in the city, 91. 93 in wilmington, 87 in trenton. to the north and west in oursubh valley, 86. 91 in ac. beach haven in the upper 80s with the southwesterly winds

domingo en la parada puertorriqueÑa, les quiero recordar que la parada es este domingo en el benjamÍn franklininformaciÓn, regresamos a los estudios. ilia: yo tambiÉn voy aprovechar para que puedan tomar nota, la parada puertorriqueÑa, el desfile puertorriqueÑo va a ser el domingo 25 de septiembre, a las 12 del mediodÍa, el evento presentada por la organizaciÓn concilio tambiÉn en ingles, se llevaran a cabo dos festivales con entretenimiento y uno de ellos es el boricua fest, comenzarÁ a las 3 de la tarde, tambiÉn el festival comenzarÁ a las 3 de la tarde en el cruce de las avenidas, todos estÁn invitados y tambiÉn les decimos que como parte del dÍa de orgullo boricua, univisiÓn 65 va a estar transmitiendo en vivo, en el programa especial a las 6 de la tarde, el mismo domingo, todo lo transcurrido en el dÍa de las festividades, no se lo puede porerder. el comitÉ de las fiestas mexicanas invitar el domingo 25 de septiembre para llevar a cabo el grito, a partir de las 12 del mediodÍa, actividades y entretenimiento para toda la familia, todos estÁn cordialmente invitados. >> estamos aquÍ en congr

. >> reporter: yesterday a 13-year-old took a pellet gun to benjamin franklin school. at one point two officers were no students were hurt. george: students in racine were evacuated after suspicious writing was found. no further info is being released at this time. shannon: mount pleasant police are searching for a hit-and-run vehicle. the for is new on the job. noticed a car speeding towards him. police hope to find the hit-and-run driver who was behind the wheel of a door-colored sedan. george: the death of an inmates at the milwaukee counties jail ruled a homicide. the coroner says he died dehydration. >> reporter: george thomas spent 23 hours a day in his cell. guards said they would check on him every 2 or 3 hours for protocol. 38-year-old terrell thomas spent the last 10 days of his life at the milwaukee county jail. april 15 he was arrested for shooting a man in the chest in he died in his cell april 24. his father learned it was dehydration and bipolar disorder that took his son's life. he asked us not to show his face on camera. >> before he did what he did --

police say the 13 year old student at benjamin franklin school became combative. the officers suffered minor injuries. the teen was taken into custody. lice say seven kids were found in a drug house in racine, and now the mother of on charged. shanicka harris faces several felonies. police say they served a search warrant at her home... and found cocaine and t-h-c. according to a criminal complaint, harris sold the drugs to support her family. her four year old child, and six other kids were ?in?the home at the time of the it's been more than 7 years since captain sully sullenberger successfully landed a plane on the hudson river in new york -- but most of the safety recommendations landing -- are still not in place.just about everybody knows the story -- there's even a movie about it right now. we all know the story 155 people were on board when both plane engines failed after the flight hit a flock of canadian geese.the national transportation safety board made 35 different recommendations -- only six have been successfully completed.things that are still not fu

princess benjamin franklin you are wondering how he would fly that kite in a thunderstorm be he was assisted by cherubs. [laughter] pdf decided to stay loyal to the empire is most conspicuous example of a family is being divided by the revolution and then the book i tend to avoid a referring to the patriots as americans because there are americans of all sides loyalists were americans as well and from that perspective probably peaked at 20% in did decline over the course of the award the dishabille the patriots were 80% at the start because there were at least equal number of people who wanted to stay out of the war and they are the group that had received a the least attention despite the great numbers the great numbers of wavering people who would shift to sides depending on the current of water -- war and there is a quotation from nathaniel greene of rampant desertion where they would end up with the continental army and the continental soldiers desert than they fight on the british side so green said at the close of the four we fought the enemy and they thought us -- bottles with america

police say the 13 year old student at benjamin franklin school became combative. the officers suffered minor injuries. the teen was taken police say seven kids were found in a drug house in racine.. and now the mother of one of the children faces charges. shanicka harris faces several felonies. police say they served a search warrant at her home, and found cocaine and marijuana. according to a criminal complaint, harris sold the drugs to support her family. her four year old child, and six other kids were ?in?the home at the time of the a milwaukee man is charged with drunk driving... killing o crash.according to the criminal complaint... trejon price was driving the s-u-v to an after-bar party early sunday morning when he lost control and struck a utility pole at 32nd and atkinson.a third passenger remains in serious condition in the hospital. the man who pled guilty to raping an 82- year- old woman will spend the next 20 years in prison. stephen robinson attacked the woman after she got off a bus. that woman and another woman robinson is accuased of attacking to

police responded to reports of a gun at benjamin franklin school in milwaukee yesterday. when officers got to the school, they found a 13-year-old with a toy gun. police describe it as a plastic b-b gun, while school officials say it was a spoke with the student, he became physically combative with them. the student was taken into custody after resisting the officers' attempt to control him. two officers were hurt in the altercation... they went to the hospital but are expected to survive. but neighbors say there are still a lot of questions about the circumstances leading up to the incident. why did the kid bring a bb gun to school. was he scared? or was he trying to harm or intimidate somebody. you dont know. was the kids in the school building safe or not? why didnt his parents say anything or check the case will be presented to the milwaukee county district attorneys office in the coming days. an angry parent accused of making terrorist threats against his child's school is out of jail -- after posting his 7- thousand dollar cash bond. "jesse culp" had his court heari

after two milwaukee police officers were hurt trying to take a 13-year-old student in custody at benjamin franklin school. in that case... milwaukee public schools say the student brought a pellet gun to school. the 13 year old was eventually taken into custody. the officers went milwaukee county jail...is now being investigated as a homicide. the cause of his death-- dehydration. terrill thomas was found dead in his cell back in april. he was arrested less than two weeks earlier on charges of shooting a man outside his home...then firing a gun inside potowatomi casino. the m-es report says thomas was kept in solitary confinement over his erratic behavior in jail. it also notes he has a history of mental health issues. fox6 talked to the thomas familys attorney, whos based in seattle. he says theyre conducting a private investigation of their own... are still looking into this, the water in terrill thomas water was shut off and he was deprived of a life source. the m-es report does state water was cut off to thomas toilet. milwaukee police are leading the ongoing investigation. the sheriffs office

the benjamin franklin parkway will shut down tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., that last until 11:00 p.m. for the made in america festival. looking live tacony-palmyra we had an burlington bristol bridge opening that will open in a half-hour, stick to the burlington bristol bridge. we have an accident at bener road. one lane is partially blocked. >> hurricane hermine made landfall as a category one hurricane on the panhandle overnight. st. petersburg is beneath one of the outer bands and it is getting pummeled. the storm which was downgraded to a tropical storm 30 minutes ago, flooded streets and knocking down power lines. the last florida -- storm to strike florida was wilma ten years ago. the jersey shore a waits the potential arrival of hermine or its remnants. it could bring rip currents to the beach and cause problems during the holiday weekend. katherine scott is live in atlantic city. >> reporter: people are keeping a watch on the storm, they are hoping it clears the jersey shore. this is atlantic city it looks pretty calm right now, no rain in atlantic city, a beautiful day on ta

we have closures along the benjamin franklin parkway, even though they will lift some of them in the next few minutes we expect some of them to linger throughout the morning. don't forget we're on the holiday schedule for mass transit, that means sunday schedule. >> people in florida are cleaning up after being pounded by hermine. florida governor rick scott toured areas that were hit by hermine. hermine hit friday as a category one hurricane before weaking across -- weakens across the georgia. it caused widespread property damage and knocked out power to hundreds of people. >>> passengers on crews ships were knocked around from rough waters because of hermine. passengers tweeted by the rough conditions as the ship headed from bermuda to bayone, new jersey. >>> now for the first look at business, the markets are closed because of the labor day holiday. early reports are leaking changes to the apple iphone system. u.s.a. today reports among the changes siri will get a major change giving it the ability to hail rides on uber and lyft. >>> pepscoen announced a new drink will be sold thi

day after two milwaukee pol are hurt while trying to take a 13-year-old student in custody at benjamin franklin school. police say the teen brought a soft shot, plastic b-b gun to school. milwaukee public schools says it was a toy pellet gun. the 13-year-old student was taken into custody after resisting attempts to control him -- nobody else was hurt. the officers went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the district attorneys office will review the case in the coming days. and in racine -- saint catherine after police say concerning writing was found on a desk... officials say the principal made the call to send students home -- and police were called as precaution. authorities have not said exactly what was written on the desk. the death of an inmate in the milwaukee county jail...is ruled homicide...by dehydration. that inmate...terrill thomas, is the man accused of opening fire inside potowatomi back in the spring. a.j. bayatpour is live outside the county jail with the details... in his cell here at the county jail. it was less than two weeks after his arrest for shooting

that happened at benjamin franklin school. two police officers spoke with the student. the teen became a greg i have and shot at them. neighbors wonder what if. >> what was he going to do if it wasn't found, or if it was found later? if he had more time? officer. they're okay. no students were hurt. >> courtny: a mt. pleasant police officer's quick thinking likely saved his life. a car came careening towards him. >> he had to grab on to the steering wheel, leap back inside of his squad car as the vehicle crashed, hitting the door, separating the door on the other side of the squad. >> courtny: that driver sped off. the officer was not able to get a good description of the car other than it was a dark sedan. anyone one with information is police. >>> iphone app helps milwaukee police crack an armed robbery investigation. that happened at 23rd and key just before noon yesterday. using the fine my iphone app officers tracked the suspect to miles away at first and capitol. police arrested four suspects. >> steve: packers extra, the first packers vikings matchup of the regul

se inscriban para participar, es uno de los mÁs antiguos de la naciÓn y se lleva a cabo en el benjamÍn franklind para ser parte de esta celebraciÓn. >> el poder de nuestra voz, queremos que la comunidad use su voz para traer los problemas de la comunidad y puedan sentirse que puedan decir algo han hecho para los estudiantes. de ellos van a estar caminando en la parada celebrando la cultura puertorriqueÑa la comunidad mÁs grande latina en filadelfia, y es importante que celebremos la cultura puertorriqueÑa cada aÑo quiero ver mucha gente participar. quiero verlo crecer. ♪ ilia: nuevamente el congreso no ha logrado un acuerdo para dar fondos en la lucha contra el virus zika,fernando pizarro tiene informaciÓn. fernando: ni un frasco con mosquito vivo que trajo al capitolio un congresista logra destrabar el dinero para luchar contra el virus del un --zika. siguen las acusaciones por lado y lado. >> lo que pedimos nosotros es lo que piden los doctores, los mÉdicos, los expertos que dicen que necesitan los recursos para combatir zika. desafortunadamente los republicanos tienen una facciÓn que no quie

the officers responded to benjamin franklin school for a report the teen had a plastic bb gun. it happened yesterday afternoon. while th to the student -- he became physically combattive.. two officers were hurt in the altercation -- they were hospitalized but are expected to be okay. a spokeswoman with milwaukee public schools says no other students were involved and that the incident was contained to the school office. an angry parent accused of making terrorist threats against his child's school is out of jail -- after posting his 7- thousand dollar cash bond. "jesse culp" had his court hearing yesterday -- after "random lake" place up". according to a criminal complaint -- school officials contacted culp because his child had a dress code violation. culp thought his child was being harassed and wanted a principal removed. the superintendent feared for the principal's safety. jessob -- back to you. kenosha police are releasing surveillance pictures of the man who robbed three banks on tuesday. police say the same suspect is believed to be responsible for all three robberies

the 19-year-old said it happened while in general admission along the benjamin franklin parkway. the woman got treatment at the concert medical tent. >>> philadelphia police are reaching out to residents who don't trust officers who patrol their streets. they held a forum to address the growing violence in kensington and north philadelphia. one resident said everyone needs to reach out to the younger members of the community. >> where are our youth at. we need our youth to be in the room. we need to stop talking down to them and tell them we need their help. we have had success in my experience, because neighbors have had enough. not separate, together, we've taken the neighborhoods back. >> most people we spoke to said the meeting was productive and hope it will be a successful partnership to cut crime in their neighborhoods. >>> atlantic city police officer josh vadell waved an gave a thumbs up as he was taken out of the atlantic medical center yesterday. he is heading to a rehab facility after being shot in the head of a parking lot of caesar casino. his partner returned fire

after two milwaukee police officers were hurt trying to take a 13-year-old student in custody at benjamin franklin school. in that case... milwaukee public schools say the student brought a pellet gun to school. the 13 year old was eventually taken into custody. the officers went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. students at st. catherine high message was found on a desk. as a precaution... the principal dismissed classes early, and police were called to search the building. authorities have not said exactly what was written on the desk. new at ten-- an investigation is underway, after a burglary at a milwaukee fire station! fox 6's stephanie grady joins us now with details. the milwaukee fire department says firefighters at station 34 went out on a call early this o and when they came back, they discovered the break in. the burglary happened at the station at 62nd and burleigh. investigators say it appears someone entered the station by going through an open window. the fire department says they don't believe any of the fire department's equipment was taken. instead... the perso

people like george washington, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, patrick henry, all of these guys, the colonial elites, particularly in virginia have heavily invested and speculated in western lands in expectation of that glorious day. because once the french were defeated, settlers would swarm over the mountains, and they would clean up, selling or renting their land to migrant population. well, look at the big red line down the middle, down the appalachian trail, close by here. the same year that the british secure this massive victory, they also in a sense slam the door or at least partially close the door on that western expansion. the proclamation line of 1763 is designed to check expansion and to protect indian land. so what's all that about? at the end of the war, the french leave and the british occupy the forts that the french previously occupied. the british had secured indian neutrality in the war by telling the shawnees and the delawares and others the alliance would be safe. once we kick out the french, in order to win indians from the french, you have to invest huge a

. >>> this afternoon cleanup is underway on the benjamin franklin parkway after the annual made in america festival. workers have been tearing down the stages and light fixtures, others were out early this morning picking up trash left behind from concert goers. two day festival organized by jay-z celebrated its 5th consecutive year in philadelphia. the parkway will be closed until tomorrow. ♪ >>> dozens lined the streets in wilmington, delaware for the city's annual labor day parade. police officers rode their motorcycle and delaware public employees took part, there were several local marching bands. >>> with summer vacation season coming to an end, septa is rolling out changes. starting tomorrow they will add express bus service, because repairs are still being made to dozen of silverliner v rail cars. media/elwyn line service returned while the viaduct project was being completed. still to come on "action news" this noon, another athlete is protesting the national anthem. see how she chose to show solidarity with collin kaepernick. >> more than two dozen were pulled from the water, fin

from the made in america festival this weekend i have not yet seen any traffic moving along the benjamin franklin parkway. you can get by on 20th street. and volume is light. cleanup does continue in this area. if you're coming back from the shore early this morning, so far so good on the garden state parkway and the ac expressway. nydia and gray. >> hermine is putting an damper on the labor day weekend for folks at the jersey shore. >> the rough surf will likely keep people out of the water today. and annie mccormick is live in ocean city with an update there. not everybody is heeding the warnings. >> reporter: no, they have not. maybe we won't feel the effects of hermine on land, you're feeling them in the ocean. you see the sign there, it will probably stay up for the day, it says danger, the ocean is closed. the beaches were beautiful, but heavy winds and powerful currents made it a rough beach day. beaches were open in wildwood crest, but bathers couldn't go farther than knee deep. many shores prohibited people from going in the water but not everyone listened. the current kept this young ma

gun at benjamin franklin school near 23rd and nash. investigators say the student started to fight with officers while they tried to talk to him. the officers had to go to a hospital for treatment. 12 news investigates the death of an inmate at the milwaukee county jail. the medical examiner has now ruled the death of terrill thomas a homicide. joyce: wisn 12 news' colleen henry has been trying to get >> he died in april. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. whether it was the result of criminal conduct is under investigation. terrill thomas made headlines last april after he opened fire inside pottawatomie casino. at the time, his family told us they'd asked police to arrest him because of his violent and erratic behavior. >> i asked them pe him to jail. i said he's having this nervous breakdown again. >> before shooting up the casino , he shut his best friend. police took him to jail nine . nine days later guards found , thomas dead in his jail cell. >> we had the funeral that saturday. >> thomas' dad didn't want his expl

." >> thank you, katherine, organizers made in america festival on the benjamin franklin parkway are preparing for what could be a wet concert. live nation and the philadelphia office of emergency management said they do not have a weather contingency so far. we'll continue to watch. check the track of hermine at any time at 6abc.com/weather. our inter active map shows the storm as it moves up the east coast. >>> breaking news, a car struck a bike i bicyclist in philadelpa throwing the rider 50 feet and leaving him to die right there on the street. annie mccormick is live where the accident happened. >> reporter: a lot over an hour ago, investigators left the scene with debris from the striking vehicle. it was a silver or champagne colored vehicle. this is video from the scene. police say it was shortly before 1:00 a.m. in the 5800 block of frankford avenue when the striking vehicle traveling at a rate of speed feared off the road into the bike path and hit a pole and hit a 43-year-old man riding a mountain bike. victim suffered massive head on torso injuries and pronounced dead on t

they say the 13-year-old boy brought the plastic pellet gun to benjamin franklin school. the student started to fight back while police talked to him. the officers had to go to a hospital f t they'll be handing the case over to the district attorney. a bombshell today in the years-old john doe investigation into governor scott walker's recall campaign. the british newspaper the guardian published leaked documents from that investigation. some show walker solicited large corporate donations to club for growth, a third-party group supporting him. it raises questions about whether the governor and his campaign leaned on powerful republicans. >> that raises incredibly questionable practices by the governor and perhaps by republicans in legislature as well. kathy: the milwaukee county district attorney's office says it supports any effort to determine the source of the leaks. walker's campaign released this statement, "as widely reported two years ago, the prosecutor's attorney stated that governor walker was not a target. several courts shut down the le multiple occasions, an

two police officers are being treated at a hospital after being injured at benjamin franklin school. police were called to the school at 23rd and nash for a report of a 13 your boy with a plastic b.b. gun. the student fought with the officers and was taken into custody. now a story you'll see only on 12. exclusive video of a couple passed out from an apparent overdose in their running car with a two-year-old inside. that video was from march. we've since learned the man, 41-year-old matthew huber, died over labor day weekend of another apparent overdose. wisn 12 news' nick bohr is live at the medical examiner's office on what we're learning about the other woman as well. >> we learned from relatives last night after our story aed suspected opioid deaths investigated here over the labor day weekend tied to opioids six , months after he nearly died in that video from an overdose. the startling sight that greeted a west side milwaukee woman in march. a young woman and man barely breathing a toddler walking , around in the back of the running car. she was able to get all of them help. bu

reporter: iain, lincoln financial field won't be hosting the super bowl any time soon, but the benjamin franklinarkway will be hosting the nf last draft come next year. and bringing lots of money along with it. it's billed as the biggest non-sporting sports event of the year. the nfl draft. coming to philly in late april. >> it's become an event. unlike any other of the professional sports. >> reporter: dr. jeremy jordan of temple university's sports industry research center has studied the economic impact the nfl draft had on chicago who hosted the event for the past two years. this is what the three-day event looked like. he says the family, friendly football festival may attract more than 200,000 people generating more than $81 million in revenue for the city. and that is not to mention the mode ya coverage. that's hard to put price tag on. >> it will showcase philadelphia. similar to when the pope made his visit. you know, philly was on the news everywhere. this will be the same time thi thing. >> reporter: now, many of the draft details including how much the city had to kick in for this ev

what else not open credit, a which you think of the benjamin franklin parkway still blocked cleaningmade in america festival. if you're riding trains or buses we're on holiday schedules in most cases that means sunday schedule. nydia. >> okay, matt, thank you. sky6 live hd taking a live look at the center city skyline. it's a beautiful day out there, we're seeing lingering effects from hermine. let's go outside to david murphy with accuweather. >> reporter: well, nydia, we have sunshine breaking through early clouds. take a look, 66 degrees in philadelphia. cool arena comfortable down the shore and up in allentown. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a high of 85 this afternoon, mainly dry across the region, just a slight chance of a spotty shower down the shore, hermine is weakening, but we still have rough seas and rip currents down the shore, no swimming, and possible coastal flooding. tomorrow, 90 that could start another heat wave. >> police shut down a portion of the road in north hampton county because of a dead deadly crash. a tractor-trailer hit two people in

here's live look right now at benjamin franklin parkway drenching rains we saw yesterday are out of here but those clouds are kind of sticking around much meteorologist kathy orr is here. kathy, when is it going to clear up out there. >> i think later tonight, iain. you can blame it owl on julia. the remnants of the old tropical storm and depression julia keeping the clouds and moisture over our region and keeping that humidity on the high side as well. here's the center of circulation. you can still see rotation associated with the remnants. the focal point of the precipitation staying in virginia, north carolina and etching towards southern maryland. all of this will be weake weakeg and be kick out boy that front that brought us the rain yesterday and slowly skies will be clearing from the north to the south over the next 24 hou hours. temperatures throughout the area and through the northeast ottawa at 79. even burlington, vermont at 81. that's pretty warm this time of year in new england. in philadelphia 80. in williamsport 81 degrees. temperatures will be falling through the 70s thi

i think for children, one of the benjamin franklin books. those are exceptional because of the appreciation that he had in his life for a lot of different skill sets. and the way he worked to develop different skill sets. think that -- the same thing for jefferson. a lot of different skill sets. being someone who has an agrarian, farmer, who was a financier, who had interests in just a lot of different sectors of his life. those help children rafaelize they don't have to do just one. >> host: do you have any authors who live in your district? >> guest: yes. we have plenty of authors. john meacham lives in nashville. let e let see. steve ven mansfield who is in nashville, and contemporary christian world, you've got michael w. smith, amy grant, sue buchanan, who is also in my study group in my church, with us. let see -- >> host: there's a publisher -- thomas nelson in nashville. >> guest: thomas nelson there is and southwestern company. they're two of nashville odd oldest companies, and people many times will say, how did printers alley come

constitution day. 229 years ago today a group of visionaries, including alexander hamilton, benjamin franklinjames madison and george washington emerged from independence hall having signed the final draft of the blueprint for our federal government. there is a vision for a new kind of government, one based on freedom, not force. our founders recognized in our country the government would operate by the consent of the governed. so to guard against arbitrary power they would be a separation of powers among three branches of government. this all sounds so simple, but in recent years we have seen in erosion of these principles. a regulatory superstate has replaced the sovereignty of the people. so-called experts in washington churn out all kinds of rules and red tape without accountability, hurting millions of americans. for example, the misguided regulation of community bank center dot frank, washington's financial control role, hurt consumers and families. that 70% of banks offer free checking. today it is down to 39%. $10 a month may not seem like much to washington bureaucrats with six-figur

i think for children, one of the benjamin franklin books. those are exceptional because of the, the appreciation, that he had in his life for a lot of different skillsets. and the way he worked to develop different skillsets, i think that, same thing for jefferson. a lot of different skillsets, being someone who was an agrarian, a farmer, who was a financier, who had interests in just a lot of different sectors of his life. those help children to realize they don't have to do just one thing. >> host: do you have any authors that live in your district? >> guest: yes, we do. we have plenty of authors. john meacham lives in nashville. brad thor lives in nashville. let's see. you have stephen mansfield, who is in nashville. and contrary christian world, you've got michael w smith who is there, amy grant. sue buchanan who is in my bible study group and in church with us. let's -- >> host: big publishers, isn't thomas nelson in nashville? >> guest: thomas nelson is there. southwestern company is there. they are two of nashville's oldest companies.

. >> that includes the thousands of people that will pack the benjamin franklin parkway for the madein america music festival. pamela osborne is live with preparations. how are they looking? >> access is pretty restricted to this area right now. police have things blocked off as some of the work continues, even at this hour this morning. some of that setup ahead of the festival. beginning at 10:00, the full extent of road closures will into go effect. the outer leans of ben franklin will be closed through the festival to make way for more than 50 artists who will be taking the stage this weekend and the thousands of fans expected to attend, rihanna, coldplay, lil wayne, just a few who will be performing this weekend. [ no audio ] just as closely as we are. certainly if the a bad idea if you're headed down this weekend to the music festival to bring an umbrella, bring a raincoat, something like that. if you want to skip the rain altogether and watch it from your phone or tablet, there's a way you can do that. when i see you next half hour, i'll tell you how that will benefit local cha

. >> 9:20, the action cam was there as crews worked to clean up the benjamin franklin parkway. several thousand jammed the parkway to take part in the two day musical festival made in america festival, many return today to see the headliner cold play, we're back after this. katie: on crime, pat toomey's attacks on me are shameful. he's making it up. of course, anyone who commits a violent crime needs to be prosecuted -- and put behind bars. narrator: katie mcginty will keep us safe -- more police on the streets, better training and equipment, and take on the gun lobby for gun safety laws. katie: i'm the daughter of a police officer, and the mother of three. i'll stand with law enforcement to fight crime, and protect our families. i'm katie mcginty, and i approve this message. on this sunday, 9:23, 69 degrees, the action cam giving you a shot of ocean city, new jersey. on the boardwalk, dozens of folks are out there enjoying what turned out to be a beautiful day this morning. >> our jennette reyes is there and we'll have an update on what's going on there coming up on "action ne

police say the 13 year old student at benjamin franklin school became combative. the officers suffered minor injuries. the teen was taken into custody. a racine mother is facing charges this morning after police found seven kids in a drug house. faces several felonies. police say they served a search warrant at her home, and found cocaine and marijuana. according to a criminal complaint, harris sold the drugs to support her family. her four year old child, and six other kids were ?in?the home at the time of the search. quick reaction from a mt. pleasant police officer might have saved his life. he jumps out of the way of a speeding car and that driver never stopped. ann sterling has been on this story-- all morning long and has an update on this right now, mt. pleasant police are looking for that getaway driver. 16th and oakdale . the officer was responding to a call. police say when he got out of the police car he immediately noticed another car quickly approaching. . take a look at the damage. police say that fast approaching car side swiped the squad car and ke

after two milwaukee police officers were hurt trying to take a 13-year-old student in custody at benjamin franklin school. schools say the student brought a pellet gun to school. the 13 year old was eventually taken into custody. the officers went to the hospital and are expected to be o-k. happening today --- a little girl who was shot and killed by a stray bullet is being honored. northwest catholic school is dedicating a peace garden to laylah petersen. the five year old was sitting on her grandfather's lap inside a home near 58th and fairmount back in 20-14 whens were looking for revenge and opened fire on the wrong house. we are learning more details about why an inmate died while in the milwaukee county jail. the medical examiners office says his cause of death was dehydration. terrill thomas was found dead in his cell back in april. he was arrested less than two weeks earlier on charges of shooting a man outside his home -- then firing a gun inside potowatomi casino. the m-es report says thomas was kept in solitary confinement over his erratic behavior in jail. it also notes he has a histor

officers were called to benjamin franklin elementary regarding a student who had brought a soft shot, plastic b-b gun to school. as the officers spoke with the student, he became physically after resisting the officers attempt to control him. no students were hurt but the two police officers were hospitalized after suffering non-life threatening injuries while trying to arrest the teen. those injuries though... were not from the b-b gun. the case will be presented to the milwaukee county district attorneys office in the coming days. kenosha police release surveillance pictures of the man who robbed three banks. police say the same suspect is believed to be responsible for all three robberies -- which happened tuesday afternoon -- all within 35 minutes. the suspect on washington road first. then, another chase bank on 6th avenue. and ended at the johnson bank on 60th street. no one was hurt in any of the cases. if you recognize the suspect -- get in touch with kenosha police. later today --- governor walker is expected to unveil his plans to fund road construction projects across wisco

the first, and the oldest, benjamin franklin. george washington. abraham lincoln. and robert e lee.incoln has always seen -- seemed to me to represent all in termsest in america of opportunity and the readiness of americans always to rise up and exalts those who live by , whose lives are example of integrity and dedication to our country. i would like to speak about two or three characteristics of lincoln that i think most of us should now remind ourselves possibly was a prophet. he was a great leader. i would like to remind you of the message he used in his leadership. wheren find no instance he stood up in public and excoriated another american. you can find no instance where he is reported to have slapped or pounded a table and struck a pose of a pseudo-dictator or an arbitrary individual. rather, the qualities that he showed and exhibited were forbearance and extreme patience. lincoln called upon general mcclellan, and the president , at over to his house process which i assure you has been reversed longer go -- long ago. general mcclellan decided he did not want to see the pres

day after two milwaukee pol are hurt while trying to take a 13-year-old student in custody at benjamin franklin school. police say the teen brought a soft shot, plastic b-b gun to school. milwaukee public schools says it was a toy pellet gun. the 13-year-old student was taken into custody after resisting attempts to control him -- nobody else was hurt. the officers went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the district attorneys office will review the case in the coming days. and in racine -- saint catherine

injured while trying to take a 13-year- old-student into custody at benjamin franklin school. police say the teen brought a soft shot, pla school. a spokeswoman with milwaukee public schools says, fortunately, the incident did not involve any other students and was contained to the school office. m-p-s says the gun was actually a toy pellet gun. the 13-year-old student was taken into custody, after resisting attempts to control him. the officers were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. the district attorneys office will review the case in the next coming days. child's school -- is out of custody. fox6 has learned the man posted bail. fox6's rachelle baillon has more details. an angry parent appears in sheboygan county court wednesday, accused of threatening to light a school up. in a criminal complaint, school administrators with the random lake school district say jesse j culp has a history of being aggressive and confrontational with district staff. but this latest incident has him facing a charge of terrorist threats. according to a criminal complaint, on septem

speaking of the vine, look at this, vine street express you're stacked, jammed from the benjamin franklin parkway to the schuylkill expressway at 30th street exit. you're heavy heading toward the schuylkill expressway. we have a problem starting last night, they closed the ramp i-95 southbound to arrest -- aramingo avenue. they have the crews out there blocking it off. this will last until june. it will be a while while the off-ramps are blocked. use bridge or alley -- allegheny avenue instead. extra slowing on i-95 southbound. this is new, we have water department work going on lincoln drive southbound is going to be restricted between green street and wane avenue. it lasts through next friday. stick to germantown avenue to avoid the day. >>> developing this morning, the governor of north carolina has called for the national guard to come to the streets of charlotte. what was supposed to be a peaceful prayer vigil turned into a violent night of riots. a civilian was shot by a protester. let's get the latest on the report filed by annie mccormick. anger and violence taking over the street