about 34,000 people were employed by bethlehem steel. and by the time i started looking into this question a much smaller number of people were employed by bethlehem steel as bethlehem steel had been curtailing operations and moving them to overseas locations. and as i try to write in this book, it was not very difficult to confirm what bill wilson had found in chicago. and that is that de-industrialization the closure of factories and other industrial facilities had had an especially dire effect upon african-american working families. but then something surprising happened, and that is that i found myself surrounded by lots of children children who were vivacious and lovely and had ambition before the age of 12. and that led me to become interested in the way in which children perceive their surroundings and what the actual conditions of their life were in those neighborhoods. and as i write in the introduction, you know children -- i knew them long enough and well enough that i could actually trace their life over a period of close to

two women were stabbed in bethlehem. this happened on mechanics street. one woman has a cut to the forehead. the condition of the other woman wams not release -- was not released. >> we have fog out there karen. >> reporter: dense in some areas, it's on the blue route between the blue route and springfield in chester. on the blue route between springfield and chester seeing fog like this. in this area we're seeing traffic move okay, in other areas it's a problem. i want to show you the visibility report. zero in beach haven. .3 in millville along the coast we're less than a mile 1.5 in trenton. less than a mile in philadelphia. .8. the new update in millville. near zero. in some areas it's getting worse. 3 miles in allentown. it wasn't not an issue earlier it's just noticeable. you see the fog it's an issue out there with the traffic. in an area where we have had fog in delaware county. we have an accident that struck a pole. lower southampton township, bucks county we have an accident where a vehicle ran into a traffic signal. this is philmont at street

it happened may ninth at wegmans on bethlehem pike in montgomery township. police have released surveillance photos of that suspect, they is, he walk out of the store after woman confronted him and drove away in the minivan. shoppers call the incident disturbing. >> a little creepy, a little scary, i would be nervous. >> it doesn't surprise plea the extremes people go to to have downtime. >> technology, people do stupid things. i have two young daughters i worry about all the time. >> reporter: if you can identify this man who is on your screen right now you are asked to call the the montgomery township police. >>> penn state fraternity is kick off campus for three years after posting inappropriate photos on facebook. a university investigation found that some members of the kappa delta row up loaded photos of nude and semi nude women to a private facebook page. school uncovered instances of sexual harassment and hazing within the fraternity. it has been dropped as a campus organization until may of 2018. penn state officials say such behavior will not be to

. >> it happened may ninth at wegmans in bethlehem pike and montgomery township. that is where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us about more information about that man good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: woman said she had a strange feeling in the man in the line next to her. whether he she got face-to-face with this guy he ran off. that was a few weeks ago. now police want to track him down. >>> just look at this man montgomery township police want to talk to about a crime police believe to have taken place at bethlehem pike wegmans earlier this movement possible case of up skirting, or using a camera to take unsuspecting photos up a

. >> it happened may ninth at wegmans in bethlehem pike and montgomery township. that is where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us about more information about that man good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: woman said she had a strange feeling in the man in the line next to her. whether he she got face-to-face with this guy he ran off. that was a few weeks ago. now police want to track him down. >>> just look at this man montgomery township police want to talk to about a crime police believe to have taken place at bethlehem pike wegmans earlier this movement possible case of up skirting, or using a camera to take unsuspecting photos up a woman's skirt, surprise to shoppers here. >> little creepy, scary i would be a little nervous. i haven't heard anything bit. >> reporter: on may ninth police say this man was in the wegmans check outline and as she played her groceries on the conveyor belt she says that this man bent down and held his cell phone under her skirt. she confronted him and he ran off leaving his cart behind. >> i think it is awfully

bethlehem 91. blue bell 90 degrees. in philadelphia we made it to 89. right now 87. eighty's throughout the region. cooler when we get close to the water. atlantic city airport. 79 degrees. sea breeze has made it 10 miles inland. poconos it is a warm 81. our storm scan three has a few storms popping up well ahead of the cold front and in the poconos you will see darkening skies but most of the activity will be through scranton and northward. tomorrow is a a different story, we do have a threat of severe weather, low risk that would be through lehigh valley poconos reading berks county lancaster berks county, and downpours and small hail. what about this evening. that is a different story. we have a breeze catching a break. meteorologist kate bilo is live in neighbors park in wissohickon a really nice place to cool off on a hot day, kate. >> this is a fantastic place kathy. i found out it was a local resident that moved here with kids and said there is in place for kid to play. this was his dream. he put it in motion. now two years later this is an awesome play ground

bethlehem, 4:35. so now we'll slide a little bit farther to the north. and the poconos, that's an area where we've really just been seeing the rain kind of training training which means one storm is moving over the other. that's where we see heavy rain. also lightning in the poconos across i-80. we'll be tracking these storms for you as we go through the rest of the evening. but as for now, we're watching them moving into the lehigh valley and we'll continue to see the line progress toward the philadelphia area and the i-95 corridor. now, throughout the rest of the afternoon and evening, glenn and i will be keeping you updated on social media, twitter, be sure to follow us there for more information. also on the nbc 10 first alert weather app. >> thank you very much. >>> now to the steamy conditions outside. nbc 10's doug shimell in chester county. >> talking to volunteers today who have been hitting the streets, encouraging the elderly to take it easy in this weather. >> she knows the longer it takes her -- >> hi, how are you? >> the hotter it's going t

it's along 309 bethlehem pike northbound side at welsh road. traffic can get by. no traffic really out here right now. at least not a whole lot. police are on the scene of what appears to be the one vehicle accident. again, 309 northbound welsh road. otherwise on the big picture there's a fire location, a row home fire in strawberry mansion blocking off diamond street between 29th nd 30th. maybe stick with cecil b. moore instead. things look good so far on the schuylkill nice light volume. same on the roosevelt boulevard and this is 95 southbound taillights entering the work zone at cottman. again light volume for now but people will be back on the roads this morning so we expect those normal morning volume delays to resurface even though we had the day off yesterday. and yesterday we were on irregular schedules on mass transit. everything is back to normal and on time as we kick things off on this tuesday morning. matt. >> thank you matt. >>> developing this morning detectives are trying to figure out if a stray bullet killed a young man in north philadelphia. of

it happened may ninth at the wegmans supermarket on bethlehem pike in montgomery township.hat is where "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins to us bring us up to dayton this investigation justin, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. this happened a few weeks ago of course but police, it is still a fresh case for them and they are releasing a a photo and more to help track him down. take a look at this man someone montgomery township police want to talk to about a crime believed to have taken place at this bethlehem pike wegmans earlier this month. possible case of up skirting or using a camera to take unsuspecting photos up a woman's skirt. surprise to shoppers here. >> little creepy, scary i would be nervous. i hadn't heard anything bit. >> reporter: back on may ninth police say this man was in the wegmans check outline alongside a woman and as she played groceries on a conveyor belt she said this man bent down and held his cell phone under her skirt. she confronted him. he ran off leaving his cart behind. >> i think it is an awfully public place for som

. >> reporter: the young woman you're about to meet crew up here in bethlehem but it's not where shen. she grew up in a loving family but says there's still something missing. >> hi my name is cab len morning lien and i'm trying to locate my birth mother. >> 22-year-old kathleen morning glade is pouring her heart out on social media. >>> i have a lot of supportive friends that would share it for me. she's on a personal and emotional mission to find her birth mother. >> it's like that one little spot that you're just like, i need it. like i just need it to know like about me. that little emptiness. >> kathleen who also goes by katie was a topped when she was about two months old. she says her adoptive parents told her she was born september september 21, 1992 at at a home in easton. she went to an easton hospital before she was adopted through the catholic social agency diocese of allentown. >> they didn't make me feel like i was adopter. they made me feel like i was their own child but in the back of my mind it was just eating and eating. >> she says her records don't list her birth

a bone from her arm has become a shrine in the bethlehem monastery in the west bank.aithful visit to pay their respects. eager to celebrate the message of this canonization. >> a message for the world that palestinian christians do exist in this land. palestinian christians have heritage of 2,000 years. and the journey continues. >> reporter: this day has been decades in the making for palestinians, christians of the holy land. mary of jesus, and thousand of faithful will travel to the vatican for the canonization and will for a moment forget current difficulties in the middle east and remember thousand of years of religious history. oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. >> history in luxembourg after the prime minister visited his gay partner on friday. now he is the first e.u. leader in a same-sex marriage. the union less than ape year after a new law allowed same-sex marriage s in the country. the newlywed couple greeted and congratulated by well wishers before bethel spoke to the crowd expressing his gratitude. >> translator: i wish for everyone to be as happy as i am.

benarik has been suspended without pay when the bethlehem school district learned of the allegations.your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >>> stotesbury regatta is in town. clouds over the boat houses this morning. a little bit of a breeze. just a gentle breeze to start with. back in the 40s and 50s. 51 degrees at northeast philadelphia. seeing sunshine and calm conditions there. the temperatures will climb, like yesterday, into the 70s. we have more clouds around this morning. these are the clouds that will be rolling through during the morning hours. you can see some thinning of the clouds in western pennsylvania. that will happen later this morning into the this afternoon. we'll see a pretty good warmup. allentown, 78 degrees. quaker town 76. 70 for mount pocono. breaks of sunshine for doylestown trenton, mount holly. into the 70s right along the coast. the warm spot will be cape may at 76 degrees. middle 70s for dover and vineland. completely dry. we'll see clouds especially for wilmington drexel hill and philadelphia. the chance of showers, that arriv

. >>> in lehigh county a bethlehem coach is free on bond after facing a judge on charges he sexually assaulted a student. adam bednarik is facing several charges including statutory sexual assault an alleged incident involving a 15-year-old freedom high school student. the judge today ordered bednarik to have no contact with the victim, is the victim's family or any witnesses, and was told to have no contact with anyone under 18 years old. bednarik coached girls basketball at east mills middle school where he met the alleged victim when she was a student. he also worked as a teach ears aide at liberty high school. his attorney says he's a respected member of the community. >> has distinguished himself as a good citizen all the years he's made his friends, his relatives, and the community proud. don't be so judgmental right now. >> bednarik has been suspended without pay since february when the bethlehem area school district learned of the allegations. >>> new developments in the case of a north hampton county man sent to jail for letting his teenage girls' teeth rot. authorities say

now out on 309 around bethlehem pike reduced visibility in the area. these are the northbound lanes moving along just fine. definitely use caution when traveling through on any of the areas especially out montgomery county. drive times, 95 southbound into the center city area almost about a half an hour there. starting to pick up in volume just a little bit for our morning rush. the schuylkill expressway doing the same. 16 minute trip from the blue route. >> five minutes away from the polls evening in pennsylvania. "nbc 10's" matt delucia live outside a polling place in the rhawnhurst neighborhood matt? >> reporter: vai, poll workers have been showing up. bhau what you need to know before you head out and cast your vote. that's coming up. >> reporter: i'm jesse gary live in woolwich township where a four lane accident has closed four lanes of north bound new jersey turnpike. they're getting by on the shoulder. i'll have an update coming up at break. >>>. >> reporter: i'm jesse gary live in gloucester township. four vehicle accident on the new jersey tu

an accident ruth road lower sal folder another one in hatfield, bethlehem pike. >> reporter: 61 degreeson, 69. low humidity and more clouds around aatriotic high of 76. >> have a great weekend we'll see you with cut-ins in 30 minutes. for karen rogers, matt o'donnell, david murphy i'm tamala edwards. no. not possible. we're the settles! when we go on vacation, it's hard to find, like, those little activities that are kind of fun and educational. i think with williamsburg, you have all of that educational part rolled into the fun. it's already here. this is probably the most fun i've had all summer. >>> good morning, america. breaking news. that missing marine helicopter on the rescue mission found near moupt everest. the wreckage many pieces. no chance of any survivors. what caused the deadly crash? >>> new this morning. sudden acceleration. new video showing the moments right before the deadly amtrak crash. why did the train speed up nearly 30 miles an hour the minute before flying off the track. >>> bill cosby responds for the first time about the allegations from dozens of women. >>

here's a live look at 309 near bethlehem pike. so sue, visibility, poor visibility is staying with us through the beginning of the rush hour. >> it looks like we have a couple more hours to go with this fog because the moisture is just kind of park over us, until we get the cold front that we expect to come through, a little later on in the day we should be just socked in with this fog. even after the fog lifts we will get a little bit of sunshine it will be still be pretty warm and humid. cold front comes through later on this afternoon. that will change our weather dramatically and in some cases comfortably. we will get rid of the humidity but not yet, we have showers around and it looks like heavier showers from the lehigh valley as they move into bucks and montgomery county are not as heavy it looks like they are light actually but around franconia who will an, allentown we are still seeing some showers this morning. not too much around philadelphia but we do have fog and scattered showers in cape may county, this morning. fut

. >> reporter: young with man here grew up in bethlehem but it ways in the where she was born the she grew up in a loving family but says there is still something missing. >> i'm katherine mcgrade trying to locate my birth mother. >> reporter: kathleen is pouring her heart out on ocean media i have lot of supportive friend that are here for me. >> reporter: she's on a very personal emotional mission to find her birth mother. >> like that one little spot you are just like i'm just needing to know, like because it is about me, that little emptiness. >> reporter: kathleen who goes by katie was a adopted at ten months old. she said her adoptive parents told her she was born september 21st, 1992 at a home in easton. she went to a easton hospital before she was adopted through the the catholic social agencies of allentown. >> they didn't make me feel like i was adopted. they made me feel like i was their child but in the back of my mind it was just eating away. >> reporter: she says her record don't list her birth mother's name and has in information on her fat only she has a brother and si

bethlehem 91. blue bell 90 degrees. in philadelphia we made it to 89. right now 87.ighty's throughout the region. cooler when we get close to the water. atlantic city airport. 79 degrees. sea breeze has made it 10 miles inland. poconos it is a warm 81. our storm scan three has a few storms popping up well ahead of the cold front and in the poconos you will see darkening skies but m

. >>> a bethlehem coach and teachers aide accused of sexually assaulting a student is expected to turn himself into police tomorrow. adam bednarik is facing several charges including statutory sexual assault for the alleged incident involving a 15-year-old freedom high school student. bednarik has been suspended without pay since february when the bethlehem area school district learned of the allegations. he coached girl's basketball at east hills middle school where he met the alleged victim when she was a student. he also worked as a teachers aide at liberty high school. >>> civil rights group is coming to the defense of a north jersey teacher. marilyn zunega was fired tuesday night. the orange county teacher came under scrutiny after her third grade students wrote letters to a convicted killer. her class wrote get well messages to abu-jamal after he was hospitalized. >>> the people's organization for progress is meeting tonight to discuss the firing. that group has also criticized abu-jamal's treatment in frizz. the former black panther is serving a life sentence for the killing of

bone from her arm has become a shrine in bethlehem's monastery in the west bank.ithful are eager to celebrate the message of this canonization. >> it's a message for the whole world that palestinian christians do exist in this land that, palestinian christians have heritage of 2,000 years and the journey continues. >> reporter: this day has been decades in the making for palestinians and christians of the holy land, mary of jesus crucified was beautified in 1983. thousands of palestinian faithful will travel to the vatican for the canyonization and for one moment be able to forget about the difficulties in the middle east and remember thousands of years of religious history. cnn, jerusalem. >>> imagine meeting the mother you never knew you had. >> oh my gosh! oh my gosh! >> an emotional story with a happy ending that took nearly 50 years. still ahead on "cnn newsroom." yg more than clean. your touch stimulates her senses and nurtures her mind. and the johnson's® scent, lather and bubbles help enhance the experience. so why just clean your baby when you can give he

flower town we have an accident this is bethlehem pike at wies avenue. >>> in allentown 42 degrees, 50 in philadelphia. cool enough for a light jacket. but this afternoon we get an improvement. lots of sunshine and low humidity and shorts and ts on the way. so, here's what we're looking at today. 73 degrees is the high, that's on the average high. low humidity as good as it gets. 54 the overnight low which is right around average. if you're out running errands the mornings are great time, 66 degrees by noon. the afternoon not bad, high of 73 today that will come in about # 30:00 -- 3:30 or 4. withwe'll be back with the top stories. when we take these tests we don't actually do anything. we use the tutorials. one of the tutorials showed things like how to change the background color in an online test environment and it takes time away from learning math and science and english and all the things that i really enjoy learning. they can't do as much because they have to administer this test on the computer. and that's really one of the worst parts of the test. >> here top stories, chopper

." >>> a bethlehem woman is facing an attempted homicide charged in connection with the stabbing of three women police say that genesis ramirez stabbed three people on east mechanics street and a 16-year-old girl is among the victims, all the victims received multiple stab wounds that required surgery today. >>> the teenage prisoner that escaped while still in handcuffs is back in police custody tonight. hasheem singletory is back in custody after turning himself in, he escaped from a rental car. >>> and the lives of 10 fallen wilmington police officers will be remembered whenever visitors enter the wilmington police officers the associated of retired police unveiled a wall today on walnut street that contains a plaque with the names of each officer that died in the line of duty. >>> temple university sent over 9,000 graduates out into the world today. "action news" is at the university's 128 and graduation today. the graduating class included 6300 students that got their bachelors degree over 1800 getting graduate degrees and almost 1,000 getting professional degrees, and 28 members of t

. >>> a bethlehem girl's basketball coach is expected to turn himself in facing allegations that he sexuallyaulted a student. he's facing several charges including statutory sexual assault in an incident that involved a 15-year-old girl. he coached basketball and he met her when 1450e6s a student.ew -- he was a coach. she was a student. >>> 5:36. new from overnight, crews put out a house fire in gloucester county. they arrived around 1:00 this morning reporting heavy flames. medics treated a person at the scene for smoke inhalation. so far, no word on what caused that fire. >> the national spotlight will shine on camden next week with a visit from president obama. on monday the president plans to talk to kids in the neighborhood and the camden county police department about the community coming together. camden is a promise zone which uses federal grant money to create jobs and reduce crime. >>> counting down to primary election day as philadelphia gets ready to select a new mayor. we have new information about what voters think of the current man doing the job. and for the second week in a

mostly sunny in the lehigh valley, 82 degrees around allentown and bethlehem. down the shore cooler, but nice on the boards in atlantic city. 76 degrees there. cape may, 72 out on the peninsula. lots of sun and delightful overall. in philadelphia, sunny clouds building as the day goes on, breezy and warm this afternoon with a high of 85 degrees, winds out of the southwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. as we roll through the day. 8:00 a.m., cool with the 61-degree temperature. at 11:00 you're in the mid 70s, we spend the afternoon in the mid 80s and high of 85 at 3:00 p.m. right around the time the kids step off the school bus. at the playground, noon, degrees 2:00 p.m. 83. tomorrow we'll be warm again but we have a cold front that will bring in showers and spotty thunderstorm. by 1:30, future tracker beginning to put this down through the northern and western suburbs. 4:00, looks like it's coming through philadelphia, again these spotty showers and thunderstorms. not everybody gets a dell -- deluge. by 10:00 p.m. it's down the shore. 85 degrees fairly sunny all d

allentown mostly sunny and pleasant and high of 71 and same for bethlehem and easton and down the shore a high of 68 degrees a little bit cool but still lots of sun and pleasant with the winds lighter than yesterday. and philadelphia a high of 73 that is the average high for this date. mostly sunny skies and a few high cirrus filtering through. 54 is the overnight low partly cloudy skies and cool and winds even less 4 to 8 miles per hour and again the partly cloudy skies building in as we go past the evening hour, the phillies are wrapping up a four game set trying to even the series at 2-2, it's a 1:05 start and a gorgeous day for baseball. 69 for the first pitch and 73 in the ninth inning, our high is 73. and 71 by 5:30 and inching down to 70 degrees by 7:00 and down into the 60s after that. mainly clear out there and light winds and fairly bright. tomorrow we have a warm front that gets past us to the north and beneath that front. we are expecting the high clouds giving us partly cloudy skies and some of the models are trying to put some clouds through and as you get down towards the

. >>> a bethlehem coach is expected to turn himself into police today to face charges that he sexually assaulted a student. adam bednarik is facing statue tear ri sexual assault in an incident with a 15-year-old freedom high school student. he coached basketball and he worked as a teacher's aide. he's been suspended without pay in february when they learned of the allegations. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 9 minutes after 4:00. beautiful 70s. another beautiful one shaping up this morning. a live view of citizens bank park. cool this morning. our skies seeing a few scattered clouds. this hour those clouds won't last all day. right now, 46 and in the clear in allentown, northeast philadelphia. 52 degrees and 50. just a little bit cooler at atlantic city. low humidity allows for a very clear start. there are high clouds that are moving into the area. this cloudiness will be moving too, during the morning. then you can see how it tapers off. we will get a good deal of sunshine today and back into the 70s. this weekend we'll be watching for the

scan live showing one isolated shower working into the lehigh valley just north of allentown and bethlehemhe south and the east and again minimal moisture with this cold front. really the big change the temperatures. it is going to be a chilly night tonight. if you're heading out, maybe consider a jacket or a sweater. 48 degrees the low in philadelphia. that's 8 degrees below average. wilmington 47. reading 40. allentown 39 degrees. the overnight low and the poconos under a frost advisory tonight. you can see frost advisories and freeze warnings extend all the way up into new england as this high pressure builds in and brings us a chilly sat saturday morning. 10 o'clock tomorrow morning if you're heading out for a walk on the boardwalk, a stroll in your neighborhood, might want to consider a sweatshirt. temperatures still in the 50's. as we head through the afternoon it will take most of the day to get up near 70 degrees spiteful sunshine. then we warm up to about 80 degrees on sunday. the week kicks off tomorrow, loads of sunshine really across our entire viewing area. philadelphia 70 deg

in bethlehem, pennsylvania but it didn't rhyme very well. so he went allentown instead. >> they with like to know what the citizens of allentown will think. >> crank it up. >> ♪ >> what do you think people of the allentown should think about that song. maybe we will ask the kid. >> what school is this? >> okay. we're going to find out what people think about that, the song allah even town, we will get to that in just a second. but we are here at central catholic high school. we are going to talk to the principal. this place has tremendous history. so much going on. but we also wanted to do is give a quick shout out because this young man, over here, just look at the the crowd this young man, right here, actually came in to be the vikings on the the day of his prom. so quick shout out to everybody and thank you. >> quick shout out to my family and friend and people out there in our stay at home. >> what do you think of the song allentown. >> amazing. >> there is your answer, mike, we have the principal, dennis here. i was walking through the

watching a crash in whitemarsh along bethlehem pike at camp hill road. let's do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. mostly just normal stuff on the highways like slow speeds. on the schuylkill nine, 7 miles per hour, not moving quickly whatsoever is. we'll check it again brian and shirleen coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. >>> still ahead, why the owner of brands like gucci and eve saint lauer. en the suing. >> the incident that ended with more than 150 people in jail. >> they call it philadelphia's answer to the empire state building. we went the action cam to the highest view in the city for a tour of a brand new attraction. >> ♪♪ par the beast was as long as the boat. for seven hours, we did battle. until i said... you will not beat... meeeeee!!! greg. what should i do with your fish? gary. just put it in the cooler. if you're a fisherman, you tell tales. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. put the fish in the cooler! your buddy ron once said

. >> in the late '60s, baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel, a huge ship-building industry, a very active port. >> neill franklin is a retired police major who spent 34 years in law enforcement. he's seen the decay first hand. >> late '60s, early '70s mainly, jobs started leaving baltimore. industries started leaving going overseas, wherever it ended up. it just wasn't here in baltimore anymore. but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war against public enemy number one: drugs. >> but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one. >> you have to show that you have a drug criminal problem. so how do you do that? through arrests. >> at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline, not on the rise. >> we went crazy arresting people for crack cocaine because of this so-called epidemic that we were having. >> incarceration rates began to just soar off the charts. >> and we just put tons of black people in prison from our inner-cities. ungodly numbers. >>more arrests meant more federal money.

bethlehem police say the thief got away with her cell phone and some cash.the student was not hurt. >>> a philadelphia woman is recovering after firefighters saved her from the roof of her burning home. flames hit the house yesterday morning on gray's avenue in kingsessing. we talked to neighbors who described the scene. >> they heard somebody hollering. i opened my door because i seen the people from the church running over here. something's going on. when i opened my door that's when i seen the fire just shooting out the windows, just shooting out. >> a man also escaped the fire. he was not seriously hurt. >>> in bucks county a family managed to escape a house fire in bensalem. the nottingham fire department took that video early yesterday morning. no one was seriously hurt. officials are looking for what started that fire. >>> tropical storm ana has been downgraded to a tropical depression. that happened last night losing strength after making landfall in the carolinas. this video shows the rough surf the rain and wind as ana came ashore in north carolina

despite his stature and the nickname fun size, the bethlehem native is an ultimate fighter ranked in 10 of the ufc's fly weight division. >> i've been taking short jokes my whole life. i wasn't really affected by short jokes. i got bullied a little bit because i was so small. >> reporter: that's ironic. >> yeah. >> reporter: well, nobody's picking on makovsky now. how did zach get his start in ufc? started here in the drexel wrestling world. he led them to the most wins in school history in 2006. >> done competing college wrestling and you're not olympic caliber wrestler, there's kind of not much of an outlet to still compete and mixed martial arts kind of gives you that. >> reporter: the former drexel walk on and biology major believes wrestling in this very room a decade ago prepared him for the biggest stage in mixed martial arts. >> wrestling is very similar really. i mean it's a combat sport and in my opinion probably the most effective combat sport to lead you to mixed martial arts. >> reporter: makovsky found an outlet. he getting set to fight john dobson in las vegas. jeff sk

. >>> an assistant football coach and teachers aid in the bethlehem area school district is now facing charges for allegedly having sex with a 15 year-old student. adam bednarik is charged with statutory sexual assault and related accounts. authority say he began flirting with the girl in the late 2013 and sent her inappropriate text. they had sex last august. >>> former pennsylvania teacher a accused of having inappropriate contact with the student is now facing new allegations. twenty-three year-old coal mclaughlin was a middle schoolteacher for south allegheny school district in allegheny county. resigned last month amid allegations he hug kissed and sexed a 12 year-old middle school student. police say a high school student has come forward accusing mclaughlin of sending her nude photos, and fondling her in class. he is facing charges including institutional sexual assault. >>> now later today thousands of rowers will hit the schuylkill river for eighty-ninth annual stotesberry cup regatta 180 high schools took part in day one of heat yet. final races will take place on the river t

that like so many others was hard hit by the loss of manufacturing jobs after big companies like bethlehem left town. the latest available numbers put the unemployment rate in sandtown at more than 21%-- about four times the national average. almost a third of the residents there live in poverty-- that's twice the national average. we begin by looking at health care in sandtown. for more about this we are joined by dr. robert blum, the director of johns hopkins urban health institute. the institute is less than 5 miles from sandtown. so, there's this phrase about this genetic lottery. we don't choose who we're born to. but the infant tortality rate in sandtown is more than three and a half times the national average, 21 per,000 births compared to six per thousand births. from the very outset of life we already see a huge disparity in health for a person born there versus the average american. unpack that for us a bit. >> well, first of all just to put that in perspective if baltimore were a country, we would be 75th in the world for infant mortality, below every industrialize country and m

so if you are in allentown we are tracking threat of showers and storms to the south and east of bethlehem and also to the north of quakertown and green lane at this hour. storm tracker six live double scan radar treat level shows you the thunderstorms we are tracking that continues to progress to the south and east at the 20 miles per hour, and this activity will be scattered about much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. why the the showers and storms? well, we had that building warmth and humidity overhead. in philadelphia 84 degrees. eighty-two in reading. sixty-six in lancaster. we have rain cooled then are storms moving in but still 81 degrees in trenton. more importantly we have that humidity to contend w how it feels today anytime you have to point temperatures from 65 to 70 degrees, you can feel the atmosphere rise up that moisture overhead leading to the showers and storms across the region for rest of tonight. we will talk about what ace head? we have a preview of the phillies forecast on the the way. pop up thunderstorms. that will continue. it looks to be a muggy weekend. i'll

. >> in the late '60s, baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel, a huge ship-building industry, very active port. >> neill franklin is a retired police major who spent 34 years in law enforcement. he's seen the decay first hand. >> late '60s, early '70s mainly, jobs started leaving baltimore. industries started leaving going overseas, wherever it ended up. it just wasn't here in baltimore anymore. but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war against public enemy number one: drugs. >> but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one. >> you have to show that you have a drug criminal problem. so how do you do that? through arrests. >> at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline, not on the rise. >> we went crazy arresting people for crack cocaine because of this so-called epidemic that we were having. >> incarceration rates began to just soar off the charts. >> and we just put tons of black people in prison from our inner-cities. ungodly numbers. >>more arrests meant more federal money. i

. >>> a bethlehem coach is free on bond after turning himself in to face charges he sexually assaulted a student. he's facing several charges including statutory sexual assault in an alleged incident involving a 15-year-old freedom high school student. a judge ordered he's to have no contact with the victim the victim's family and he was told to have no contact with anyone under 18 years of age. he coached girls basketball at the middle school where he met the victim. he also worked as a teachers aid at liberty high school. he's been suspended without pay since february when the school district learned of the allegations. >>> the national spotlight will shine on camden next week. the president plans to talk to kids in the neighborhood and the police department on monday about the community coming together. camden is now a promise zone which uses federal grants to create jobs and reduce crime. happening now, the world's biggest high school rowing championship is now under way. the 88th annual cup regatta began this morning as we take a live look. that's boathouse row where the regatta i

d fighting, a former drexel and bethlehem native taking on number one ranked that's the second round right there, the highlight of the night, the match goes all three rounds. mccouldcoskey loses in a unanimous decision. that's sports, have a great day. >> indianapolis 500 revs up here. one crash during practice sent three time indy winner flipping backwards. luckily he walked away. >> the cars turn around and go backwards after the crash, they are getting airborne that's the results of the aero kits. >> the aero kits make the cars go faster. indy car officials have ordered teams to modify the kits on the cars in and attempt to slow them down and keep their wheels on the asphalt. >>> abc's coverage of the indy 500 begins at 11:00 a.m. today. >>> 6:27 now we've got more "action news" just ahead. we'll be right back. >> new on "action news," sunday morning a carbon monoxide leak in norristown sickens residents some of them critically. >> you're looking live at the vietnam memorial on penns landing. 58,229 americans died in the conflict in vietnam. we honor all those who gave the ultimat

and allentown bethlehem, lehigh valley that could be enough to trigger thunderstorms later on. right now things are quiet later this afternoon things could get active. 77 in pottstown sticky in saint davids. quakertown 77. cinnaminson, 79. gandys beach a rain-cooled 74. hammonton, 78 degrees. clouds and sun thunderstorms possible muggy that 86 will feel closer to 09 with all the humidity. probably 88 or 89 that's what the feels like temperature will be. the pollen is looking better thanks to the downpour. if you live in an area that didn't pick up a downpour, the pollen count is high in your neighborhood. if you live in an area that did receive a downpour you're breathing better out here today. hopefully everybody over the next couple of days sees downpours and washes the pollen away. that's the latest for now, when i see you in ten minutes we'll go over the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> chris, thank you. >>> now to the latest on the developing story out of the montgomery county. you crews are on the scene of this massive three-alarm fire. smoke and flames were s

in bethlehem, she said she began to see visions of the virgin mary telling her to start a new congregation arab girls. the heart or rosary led to the convent you see here, it was ghattas' home donated to spread culture. >> sometimes, god create from this weak people something great. >> reporter: her canonization comes one year after pope francis visited the holy land, one of his first trips overseas as pontiff. his visit became the other reason to celebrate a triumph for the christian community the same as mary beauty warddy. sister baouardy was born in a small village also in the 1840s. she was the 13th child in her family and the only one to survive past infancy. her parents died when she was 3 years old and her uncle raised her in alexandria, egypt. one of her uncle's servants told her to convert to islam. mary became a martyr, she went to heaven said the sister. she saw the crown of grace, saw her mother and father but she heard a voice saying your life is not yet over and you should return to earth. according to the account, a young woman, a nun dressed in blue, healed her and it was

. >>> how about usc fighting a former drexel wrestle and bethlehem native taking on number one ranked's the soaked round. the match goes all three rounds. mckofey loses. >>> four jaw dropping scenes like this in practice, a crash sent three time winner flipping backwards. >> the cars turn around and go backwards after a crash they go airborne that's the result of the aero kits. i car officials have ordered them to alter the kits. indy 500 from the brickyard begins at 11:00. >>> anaheim ducks are tied in the finals. keeping the game interesting. >> more to come on "action news," we'll be right back. >> new on "action news," a carbon monoxide leak in norristown sickens residents some criticsly. >>> you're looking live at the vietnam memorial on penns landing, 58,000 died in vietnam. we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 7:29. outside we go to chris sowers nice holiday weekend so far. >> reporter: so far, so good, today promises to be nice, it's comfortable, lots of sunshine, bright blue skies just the way we like it. although temperatures are a little bit chill

places like allentown and bethlehem are close to normal.to the moderate category on the drought scale. we need wet weather in the next a couple of weeks. 55 in in philadelphia. dewpoint, 27 that's very dry. winds out of the north at 8 miles per hour. temperatures area wide in the 40s. in the poconos you got down to 34 degrees in poconos. allentown, 51. philadelphia, 55. millville, 56. dover, 57. light wind out of the north. cape may 56. there's the winds speeds. you may have to contend with a little bit of a breeze out of the west/northwest 5 to 15 miles per hour. the winds will subside during the afternoon. satellite and radar that's all she wrote. a few clouds to the south, they will stay there. tomorrow, sun and clouds, monday, not too shabby, combination of and seven clouds. you can see the outer fringes of that that's a warm front that punches through on memorial day itself. wait until you see what happens with the temperatures behind the front. it gets very very steamy, hazy, hot and humid. the canadian high remains in control. it's w

lehigh valley, sun and clouds, 73 degrees for places like allentown and bethlehem.e mostly cloudy skies right now mostly sunny skies this afternoon. it will be cooler you're not climbing into the 70s this 64 is at the airport. on the the water 58, 59. same number for sea isle, wildwood, cape may the ocean breeze is cooling things down. philadelphia 73 degrees, above average, combination of sun and clouds, winds are light owfort north at 5 -- out of the north 5 to 10. 53 degrees for the outlying suburbs, 535 for center city. 80 degrees tomorrow. 84 monday and tuesday 78 degrees wednesday shower or brief thunderstorm with the passage. cold front. temperatures behind the cold front are not cold. 84 degrees thursday, nice and toasty friday, 85. >> i'm going to plan my trip to the shore this afternoon between our break. >> reporter: there we go count me in. >> mother's day is a week away, on our all new fyi philly we want to help you show your mom how much you care. >> for moms who are tops in the world how about a brunch in the sky. >> reporter: and you meet a mom and d

we're looking at -- disney was a bethlehem. behemoth.isney moves to an all-time high despite the fact that espn has been facing royalty fees and programming fees and the like. everything else has done well for itself. the theme parks are doing well. higher prices there. broadcasting. and also products and the like. movies "frozen." the products that go along with it. avengers. and then for netflix. netflix continues to sorrsoar despite the fact they don't want the tie upbetweetieup between the at&t and -- new high there as well. liz: once again, on sales force, this is the latest headline. microsoft is not in talks with it. and there is no deal that might be immanent. >> they're denying it. it's interesting. how does this happen? when you're a shareholder and you see the stock getting moved around like this, everybody bought sales force. there was the potential talk of a tieup last week. the stock moved up. had this dramatic volatile move. and again a dramatic volatile move today only to find out that there's no tieup. that's what the re

for having 4 pounds of methamphetamine stuffed in a gym bag, he picked it up at the repair shop in bethlehemopped him and found an illegal substance in the bag and they searched his home and found a scale and packaging materials. he is now held on $150,000 bail. >>> police say the man wanted for stealing shrubs from a woman's home is now under arrest. police have picked up the s&p identified at joseph medecki. the pom pom shrub was in front of her home for 15 years. >>> police are looking for the man that robbed the port richmond laundry mat, this is the 3300 block of frankford avenue, this thief walked in on sunday and approached a 36-year-old female employee and pulled a gun and demanded money and the victim went behind the counter and gave the man and an unknown amount of cash. >>> it's all part of a month long tour, in which nutter will visit six different schools each must demonstrate forward thinking and an approach to learning. the mayor kicked off the tour by visiting roxborough high school it was selected because they offer three unique programs that help students with their college

other towns making the list including including kutztown and bethlehem. >>> and just weeks after thetrain derail and killing eight people, it is the focus in washington next week and what we are expecting to learn about the crash when the president of amtrak testifies. >>> and we are in for a hot and humid weekend and i am tracking the thunderstorms, and tell you what part of the weekend may be wet. >>> and all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 6:00 a unique message for parents are from police and how the boardwalk sign is bettering the relationship between officers and children. >>> next week members of congress will question the president of amtrak about the deadly derailment that happened here in philadelphia more than two weeks ago. >> the house transportation committee will hold a hearing next tuesday. the amtrak president will testify along with board members of the ntsb and federal railroad administration official and the causes of the derailment are lik likely to be discussed as are members of the federal transportation safety board, and joining us is chuck todd. thank you for jo

born in the 1840s and worked tirelessly for the poor founding schools and convents in jerusalem and bethlehemboth are credited with perform performing miracles -- a necessary requirement for saint hood. bawardi is said to have received stigmata. the other is said to have saved several people from death when their relatives prayed for her intervention. and both women are said to have received aparitions of the virgin mary. this was a day of both religious and political overtones. the cannonization of the two nuns really highlighted pope francis' efforts to increase the diminishing number of christians in the middle east at a time when they're being persecuted by isis. we've seen the stories of christians being executed by the terror organization. >> now the ceremony also took place just days after the vatican officially recognized the state of palestine in a treaty. in fact palestinian president mahmoud abbas met with probe francis yesterday who called abbas an angel of peace. pope francis gave abbas a medallion with an angel on it and abbas giving the pope a rosary used by one of the nuns. po

meanwhile one week from tonight it's going to be basketball bethlehem in the bay area.nd they'll be monitoring clay thompson. he'll see a neurologist tomorrow and when clay left the court, barnes took over. barnes doing very well. in fact, scored nine straight points at one point. coming through big time at 24. that's all the time for sports tonight. >> so great to see hill do well and he stepped right in when they needed him. >> beautiful clutch play. >> game one next week. can't wait. thanks mark. >> thanks for joining us tonight. our coverage continues on ktvu.com. >> see you later everyone. have a great night. we'll see you tomorrow. >> good night. female announcer: sleep train challenged its manufacturers to offer even lower prices. but the mattress price wars ends sunday. now it's posturepedic vs. beautyrest with big savings of up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years interest-free financing. plus, free same day delivery set-up and removal of your old set. when brands compete, you save! mattress price wars ends sunday at sle