biden steered clear of talking party politics with the students. but nbc 10 asked biden point-blank about some accusations from the current president. >> what about president trump's remarks blaming the chemical warfare this week on the obama administration? >> classic trump. >> biden told students he's confident they will find answers to our country's problems, and the biden institute will be a place where the solutions are born. >>> take a look at this. current and former paralysis patients walking for a cause. it is part of the annual walk it out fundraiser. the 24-hour event began at 4:00 this afternoon at mcgee river front. money raised will help victims of paralysis. >>> turning points for children. the kids at heart gala at the franklin institute tonight. turning points is a local agency geared toward ending child abuse. tonight's event was hosted by nbc 10's own keith jones right there. >>> now to your first alert weather. some people taking a stroll here on main street. a bit capitol hilly right now but we're going to warm up in a big way.

that's the biden rule. that's the biden rule. if senate republicans had actually followed the biden rule, we wouldn't be here today. merrick garland would be sitting on the supreme court bench. of course, over the past few days i've heard my republican colleagues announce democratic opposition to judge gorsuch by claiming that there never has been a partisan filibuster of a supreme court nominee. but, mr. president, if the shameful and unprecedented obstruction that republicans used to effectively block president obama from appointing a supreme court justice wasn't a partisan filibuster, then i don't know what is. now perhaps my republican colleagues were concerned that president obama would seek to replace justice scalia, reliably conservative member of the court with a jurist whose view would place him or her on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum. that seems to be a concern that my good friend senator hatch expressed when he said, quote, the president told me several times he's going to name a moderate. but i don't be

biden and student body celebrated the official launch of the non-partisan biden institute of public policy at the university. it will focus on economic reform and environmental sustain ability, criminal justice and civil rights. >> the whole purpose of this is to engage all of you, to engage the community in the work of the day. i'm looking forward took on campus when you see me walking down campus don't pretend you don't know me, say hi. >> biden was a frequent visitor to the university of delaware, over the years, and he has spoken at four commencement ceremonies. >>> students in west chester university are giving back to celebrate their 15th president upcoming inauguration. >> students are collecting food from all around campus by rolling food bins from place to place. all of the food collected will go to the chester county food bank and university's new resource pant try for students in need. university enrolled about 30 students who are home less and 10 percent of chester county resident experience food. >>> nothing replaces hand on experience when you are learning to save a life. >>

he was at his alma mater to spread the word about the new biden institute. it's a research and policy center focused on a wide range of issues. biden didn't talk party politics with the students, but i did ask him about a recent accusation made by president trump. >> what about president trump's remarks blaming the chemical warfare this week on the obama administration? >> classic trump. >> biden told the delaware students he is confident they will find the answers to our country's problems. he added that the biden institute will be a place that gives birth to those solutions. >>> today, legendary newsman tom brokaw will be at drexel university to discuss his 50-year career in journalism. he'll join a former producer, who heads up drexel's redman institute for entertainment industry studies. the event will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 this afternoon and it is free to the public. >>> coming up, could job cuts be on the way for some state workers? we'll take a look at what the governor says about hundreds of layoffs in pennsylvania that he says could come with th

death, beau biden.aking to biden's advisors the last couple of days, they say that no matter what he says publicly about that he is certainly not anywhere near making a firm decision on 2020. i can tell you the people in this room probably won't take him at his word when he says he's not going to run until he makes a definitive statement that he is not going to run for president in three years. >> all right. m.j. lee, we'll be watching. thank you. we're back in a moment. are upgrading their watere filter to zerowater. start with water that has a lot of dissolved solids... pour it through brita's two-stage filter... dissolved solids remain! what if we filter it over and over? oh dear. thank goodness zerowater's five-stage filter gets to all zeroes the first time. so maybe it's time to upgrade. get more out of your water. get zerowater. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. truecar has pricing data on every make and model, so all you have to do is search for the car you want, the

joe biden is here. what today stands for, i think it's important that we answer that question because it is as relevant today as it was then. to paraphrase emerson's poem, what did the people hear when they heard that shot heard around the world? what was it that they heard? what was this experiment about? was it just about independence, the revolution or independence? i think it was about an idea, how to give life to a renaissance idea that a country could actually be governed by its people, all of its people, it's wealthy people, its poor people, its people that could read, educated, uneducated. the revolutionary notion of the consent of the governed. it seems to me that's ultimately why they say america was an idea. the idea that people could govern themselves not a monarchy, not a governmental system that conferred power on the elite or the military or only the educated, an idea that ordinary people could do extraordinary things given half a chance. it truly was a revolutionary idea, an idea that bo

kevin, biden, hillary clinton, 2020?it should be noted the reactions that former secretary hillary clinton has received to potentially running in 2020 and former vice president joe biden has received. i think there's more excitement for a potential run for vice president joe biden, someone who would make the case he'd be able to win the same states that then candidate nominee clinton lost -- wisconsin, michigan. she was supposed to be able to carry those states, and her team failed. so perhaps vice president biden is gearing up to make the case he's be able to win those states. >> he'll be 77 or 78 by that me. that doesn't rule him out. >> it kind of does. >> we now have the oldest newly sworn in president, right? donald trump, who is only 70. and i just -- i don't see that having, you know, the past generation running for office again is going to pick up new votes. i think the democratic needs fresh blood, and eventually biden and clinton are going to realize that. >> she got more votes. she just got them in the wrong s

the biden family announced earlier this year that hunter biden is dating halle biden the widow of hiseau. in your health tonight, researchers working hard to come up way zika vaccine. the national institutes of health enrolling volunteers for the next part of its study in that risk areas that include texas, florida and puerto rico as well a south american countries. zika has caused serious birth defects the virus is mainly transmitted by mosquitoes and when mosquito fast approaching international hell community is concerned about the on-going risk of the virus. sean what's coming up in sports. >> the man we call tony ut-oh is calling it quits. cowboys fans are sad and everyone sells jumping for joy. his legacy in the league has been trashed outside of dallas. i'll show you why we need to show romo a little morey spec. that's coming up next in my sports commentary. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. watch for new construction zone for the gang coatesville downington along route 30 bypass between route 10 heading into route 202 there in exton m

biden was there to drum up support for the nine-partisan biden institute which focuses on public policytical career began here. he was elected class president with his sister valerie serving as his campaign manager and she continued in that role throughout his political career. the former vice-president explained why the university is so special to him. >> there are an awful lot of people here at this university including dean's who not only believed in me but made me believe in myself. a kid from claymont and scranton who -- [ applause ] >> just a tip typical middle class family. they made knee believe there wasn't anything that, that's correct i couldn't do. >> vice-president biden gradua graduated in 1965 with a double major in history and political science. >>> a big piece of history has just reopened in montgomery county. the historic house and museum at the john james audubon center at mill grove is back open after more than a $2 million restoration project. john james audubon was a world renowned paint most notably for painting birds. this property is owned by montgomery county.

former price president joe biden is on hand.began with parade down sickth street to independence hall. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos was there for it all and he joins us live. good afternoon, greg. >> reporter: good afternoon there jim. this museum a long time in the making today officially and finally opening its doors and right here behind me you can see the vice-president of the united states joe biden here to sort of mark this date. 242nd anniversary of the shot heard around the world which ignited the revolutionary war. today's ceremony began at the tomb of the unknown soldier at washington square and continued on to the steps of the new museum. in attendance former price vice-president joe biden, mayor jim kenney, governor tom wolf and pulitzer prize winner david mccullough. museum contains more than 3,000 artifacts from the revolutionary war period including george washington's tent. the chairman of the $120 million museum says it's been a very long process but he's proud the doors are finally opening and so is vi

joe biden.e are truly honored to have you here today since your began your career, you have stood up for the middle class, for families and for the less fortunate everywhere. your time in the white house has made this country even better and i just want to welcome you back home to pennsylvania. [ applause ] i'm proud to be here to help commemorate the opening of the new museum, this museum of the american revolution that will act as a monument to the lives of those who created this great nation. there is no better home for this museum that in philadelphia. than in pennsylvania. am i right? [ applause ] this museum tells a story of the women and the men who created this nation, right here in philadelphia, where this nation began. located within only a few blocks of the museum are a number of historic treasures that tell the story of how a loose band of colonials toppled a mighty empire and created a nation that has led the world for over two centuries. from independence hall to the site of the li

[applause] >> thank you vice president biden.ase join me ribbon-cutting to open the doors of the museum of the american people, to people -- american revolution to people around the world. >> the philadelphia boy's choir will perform america the beautiful while we cut the ribbon, so please be patient. and thank you all for coming. ♪ america ♪ america ♪ ♪ america ♪ ♪ america ♪ ♪ america ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain majesties mountain upon the fruited plain america theshed his grace on e crown thy hood with brotherhood sea sea to shining god -- ♪ america ♪ america o beautiful for spacious skies -- america america god shed his grace on thee hood withthy brotherhood from sea to shining sea america america america ♪ [applause] >> urologic american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. , etc.ight, on afterwards to and from colorado, also a member of the freedom caucus discusses his book, drain the swamp: how washington corruption

biden talked about the reporting of assault or harassment. the it's on us campaign asks americans to make a personal commitment to stop campus sex assaults. he is now getting the word out to a video, in which he depends to go under cover as a college student. take a look. >> i'm back at the white house talking to barack obama. it's like a frat house, watching the program. >> biden's humor is aimed on the message on sex assault. yesterday the former vp talked about questions victims face after being assaulted. >> why were you in a bar? what were you wearing? what did you say? it doesn't matter! >> according to department of public justice, one in five men are sexually assaulted. >>> a publicist died earlier from esophageal cancer. the director was also the man behind the oscar winning film "philadelphia" starring tom hanks. demme was 77-years-old. >>> a break in philadelphia, now know when they can expect a sequel. the director of the long awaiting production will be in january of 2018. heather glass will be in another movie. >> i'm sure we wi

the university is very close to joe biden's heart.e's celebrating the non partisan biden institute which focuses on public policy and you can say his political career actually began at the university. he was elected class president with his sister valerie serving as campaign manager. i love this. she would continue in that role throughout his career. vice-president biden graduated in 1965 with double major in history and political science. >>> a big peace of history has just reopened in montgomery county. the historic house of museum at the john james audubon center in mill grove is back open after more than $2 million in restorations. john james auto bon was a world renowned painter most notably for painting birds. the property is owned by montgomery county. there's also a new visitors center coming in the fall of 2018. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. a chilly afternoon up in reading. if you are anxiously awaiting some warmer weather, hang tight. scott williams has the seven day forecast in just 15 seconds. >> it fillet

i think the one democrat who would have beaten donald trump joe biden but how could joe biden make it through a democratic primary when today's party has moved as far left as the republican party has moved right? host: good morning, new jersey. thank you for joining us. caller: i would like to make a statement and i have a question. i was listening to what was andg on in new york, syria, so on. i was born in spain during the civil war. i am sitting here wondering what is going on in this country between the republicans and the democrats. my way or the highway? losing. we have fake news and so on. long will its, how goings at the rate we are to reach what happened in turkey, what happened in need peninsula of korea? host: thank you. guest: we are looking at a couple of factors. the biggest one will be president trump's approval rating and to the extent there is a rally around the flag affect after a major international incident or a couldry operation potentially take away attention from some of the domestic issues that are giving republicans big problems right now and potentially boost

a non- partisan biden institute of public policy there. biden has spoken at 4ud commencement ceremonies, and is a frequent visitor to the campus. we will have more on today's visit tonight on "eyewitness news" starting at 5:00. >>> coming up tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 dangers of the delivery new report shows more mail carriers are bitten by dogs. we will hear from a montgomery county mailman about the hazard and see is what behind the up t. c as well. >>> that is "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jim donovan. >>> aim rahel solomon. for all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 we are always on line cbs philly.com. >> have a great weekend. young and restless is next. >> yes. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to worry about student loan debt. i graduated into it. it was keeping me from doing the things i love, like traveling to see my nephews. but i knew there had to be a way to manage it. citizens bank education refinance loan. call... or visit citizensbank.com/refi to find out how much you co

the biden family announced earlier this year hunter biden is dating haley biden, who is the widow of his brother, beau biden, who of course died. family drama there. >> there is a big announcement today on the fate of the now defunct taj mahal. the hard rock is revealing its plans to take over the atlantic city casino resort. details are expected to be announced at a news conference this morning, of course we will pass it along as soon as we hear more. >> 4:22 is the time. we want to show you some motorcycle mayhem. >> coming up next on good day philadelphia, the flying mattress that sent a biker flying. why may have actually, you see it right, there saved his life. amazing. >> coming up in sports in a minute, it hadn't happened to the sixers since 1993, but happened to them last night, a feat that's really hard to do, that's coming up next. "yeah!" ♪"a new friend's coming here to sesame street."♪ all new its sesame street live! make a new friend playing liacouras center this weekend only tickets on sale at liacourascenter dot com >> at this point the flyers just playing for pride, t

-- former vice president joe biden and cokie roberts. >> it is my hope that this beautiful museum helps inspire those involved citizens in this very great country. because history has his eyes on you. on the presidency, and author talks about florence harding and the new president she created -- and the precedent she created as first lady. >> he was in dire streets medically. it was interesting because out of this veteran's cause came the veteran's bureau. this is the first time the united states had a bureau. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> next, we hear how presidential libraries and museums should the president's legacy. she is the

biden successfully ran for and won a seat in the u.s. what i think is a fundamental question. what is this museum intended to ban for? is it our founders who lived the revolution, who gave their lives for the revolution? what were they attempting to do? what do they stand for? i think it is important that we answer that question because it's as relevant today as it was then. to paraphrase emerson poem, what did the people here when they heard the shot heard round the world. what was this experiment about? was that just about independent, revolution or independent? i think applies about an idea, how to give life to a renaissance idea that a country could actually be governed by its people. all of its people, its wealthy people, poor people, people who could read, who couldn't read, educated, uneducated. the revolutionary notion of the consent of the government. it seems to me that's ultimately why they say america was an idea. the idea that people could govern themselves. not a monarchy, not a system that conferred power on the elite or t

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joe biden goes back to school. still ahead, the message for students at his alma mater and what he thinks of president trump's recent accusations against the obama administration. >>> plus, adding to the reward. we'll tell you about the new cash that will go to help catch the person who tortured this cat. >>> and we are talking a big warm-up in the forecast over the next several days. we'll track how high those temperatures go, neighborhood by neighborhood. we'll also talk about those conditions outside right now. a little breezy, windy later. the details are coming up. >>> and welcome back. here's a live look outside cape may, new jersey. a beautiful shot here of blue skies, the sun reflecting off the ocean. today, a much better day than what we've seen the last few, because, we're talking sunny to mostly sunny conditions and temperatures that can warm up quite a bit more. 46 at 10:00 a.m. in philly, goes to 55 at 2:00 p.m. and upper 50s as we go later into the day, right through 6:00 this evening. so definitely a

the crowd is standing for a beautiful rendition of america the beautiful and joe biden just left the podium and they spoke about the poshs of this museum for the city and for the country. the opening was certainly grand for the museum of the american revolution. the day began in washington square. a tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier of the revolution an inter faith service followed by a wreath laying. the grand opening took place on the 242 anniversary of the shot heard round the world that ignited the revolution war in 1775. >> this is an important part of the history of philadelphia and the nation. >> it's historic and i'm glad it's happening now. >> governors rendell and wolf were on the stage. >> the museum we open today tells the story of the american nation, how people from all walks of life found a bond in the ideals of equality, ideals andself government. >> sydney james harcourt from the cast of hamilton performed for the crowd including former vice president, joe biden. the museum is in the final stages of completing a campaign to open a third museum at third and c

not be seated in the love eight election year ended frustrates macaulay's but in 1992 when senator biden was chairman of the judiciary committee he announced he will hold the hearing to fill a vacancy in the last year of president bush's term. so last year we followed that president that the ended senator biden described in 1992 for all the sameo reasons then you get back to the common-sense principle one rule for republicans and another for democrats? we did not feel that you could. of course, everyone in the chamber knows that if the shoe was on the afoot the democrats would have done the same thing because they said they would.t, presi in fact, president obama former council admitted as much chance said that shee would recommend the same course of action if the tables were turned.ominee so here we are april 2017 with the nominee before us like 2001. we just had a very contentious presidential election. it was close. hard fought for prickly some of hard left refuse to except the results of the election. once again left wing groupsity of taking on the minority leader to take another pre

say biden's political career began at the university of delaware.class president with his sister valerie serving as his campaign manager. she would continue in that capacity throughout his career. with biden is back signings hanging the former vice-president talked about his affinity for the school. >> there are an awful lot people here at this university including dean's who not only believed in me but made me believe in myself. a kid from claymont and scranton who -- whoo! >> just typical middle class family but they made me believe that there wasn't anything that, n i couldn't do. >> vice-president biden graduated in 1965 with a double major in history and political science. >>> phillies fans braced chilly temperatures light drizzle to root for their favorites in the phillies home opener this afternoon. tailgators got to the citizens bank park hours ahead of first pitch to take part in pre-game festivities. our bruce gordon got the tough opening day assignment. >> reporter: game time was 3:05 but the diehards got here much, much earlier. >> go, f

. >> joe biden made an appearance in our area today.ing up with one of the stars of that new netflix series, 13 reasons why. to tackle a tough subject. pat lawson muse is in the studio. >> show one in every five women and one in 16 men will be sexually assaulted by the time they leave college. that is what brought joe biden and one of the stars of 13 reaso"13 reasons" to george mason university. arousing welcome for former vice president joe biden who came here to press an issue he championed at the white house, an end to violence against women that biden said can start with words. you got to speak up. you cannot let that kind of talk be bred. >> you got this. it's easy to make a difference this school year so go take the pledge it's on us.org. >> to raise awareness of the role everyone plays in ending sex assault, one of the most important issues on college campuses today. >> guys, a woman whose dead drunk cannot consent. you are raping her. >> why didn't you say this to me when i was alive? >> reporter: sex assault is dealt with in th

the biden rule of course was when joe biden said during the last term of the president -- the outgoing president's office up for election that we're not going to confirm any nominees. this isn't an argument over whether chuck schumer was right when then senator chuck schumer said that heck, over the last couple of years of the bush administration we're not going to allow a justice to be confirmed. that's not what we are arguing about today. we are arguing about whether a brilliant legal mind, a judge who has proven incredible legal temperament over the past several months since his nomination, a judge who has agreed 97% of the time with the majority decisions of the court should receive an up-or-down vote. make no doubt this is a historic opportunity for this chamber to come together to prove that we believe in that 230-year precedent of confirming supreme court justices. this is the opportunity that we have to come together on a judge who just 11 years ago was confirmed unanimously by voice vote. there was no opposition 11 years ago to then judge gorsuch when he was confirmed to be pl

former vice-president, joe biden came and, of course, bob kelly was there. so the two irish men talk about his days about what that was all like. here's what they said. >> i'm a professor over at penn. i'm working on foreign policy. i'm down at university of delaware, is there a biden foundation and they are doing domestic policy. difficult the same thing there i'm running this foundation to focus on the middle class and income in equality. >> fabulous event right there, among some of the men honored at last night ease gathering of heroes ceremony, four congressional medal of honor recipient who had been on good day earlier in the morning including last living recipient from iwa jima all money raised during this event benefits the marine core law enforcement foundation, amazing. >>> so bob, what was it like to talk to the former vice-president. >> it was really cool, like out of no where boom, i found out about 10 minutes before he was arriving. really great guy. he made a nice donation to the cause last night. we talked about his events taking place over th

that is joe biden. in addition to this impeccable job and experience in educational background, is best known for his religious liberty including the role of the provie dispute during the obama administration that required employers to provide abortion inducing drugs to their employees as part of their health insurance.obry one of these employers was hobby lobby. everybody knows who's hobby lobby is. if you did not back when i know him. i knew them in the 70s when the green family who started hobby lobby were operating out t of their garage making picture frames. look at them today. i have known them for a long time and they started the business with a 600-dollar loane now, they have over 700 stores across the united states are the largest privately owed arts and craft store the world. joseph gorsuch and the supreme court agreed with hobby lobby when they upheld the religious liberty rights. i will be to his concurring opinion. it is rare profound. he wrote, this is gorsuch after they made the determina

jeff: the event is it's on us sexual assault prevention campaign launched by biden in 2014. he had step from the show "13 reasons why." >> sexual assault reports increased across the country but the advocates say this is a good sign. indicating that the survivors are more comfortable to speak out. >> the white house is celebrating melania's 47th celebration in the white house this evening in her honor. >> coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- a lot of cash missing. alison: and what we are learning about a sick-out from the metro employees. nancy: it is hard to watch a girl run over twice. how she escapes with only cuts and bruises from this. jonathan: a puppy left for dead is back on his feet. look at this. update on eddie and how to find him a new home. robert: we are court side for verz verz where the guys arem whatting up -- verizon where the guys are warming up for game five. this is game five. but it's a must win. we hear from scott brooks next. nancy: heart-stopping video from china. this shows a toddler running to a street. she is hit and disappears under a moving

that's joe biden, not jim inhofe. in addition to this impeccable job and experience and educational background, he's perhaps best known for his defensive religious liberty, including a roll in the dis-- role in the dispute during the obama administration that required employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs to their employees as part of their health insurance. one of these employers was hobby lobby. now, everyone knows who hobry lobby is. i knew back in the 1970's when the green family who started hobby lobby were actually operating out of their garage making picture frames, and look at them today. i've known them for a long time. they started out their business with a $600 loan. now, they have over 700 stores across the united states and are the largest privately owned arts and crafts store in the world. joseph gorsuch and the supreme court agreed with hobby lobby when they upheld the religious liberty rights. i'm going to read to you his concurring opinion. it's very profound. he wrote, and this is gorsuch. thi

it almost became the biden rule. republican presidential nominees taken up during the final year of a term will not be considered by a democratic senate. and so the shoe was on the other foot and we acted the same, so we'll leave it up to the american people to decide whether judge garland was treated unfairly. i do not believe he was. as a matter of fact, i felt very comfortable, mr. president, during 2016 saying who fills a supreme court seat is so important, such a significant and long-lasting decision that the american people deserve to be heard on this issue, and i felt comfortable making the presidential election largely about what the supreme court would look like in coming years. and there's no question about it. the american people got to decide in november of 2016 whether they would like a judge in the mold of justice scalia, whose seat we were trying to fill, or would they like a judge in the mold of judge garland, who president obama was seeking to put in place. the -- so i make no apology for saying to t

so last year we followed the precedent that senator -- then-senator biden described in 1992 for all of the same reasons he discussed. you get back to this commonsense principle -- can you have one rule for republican presidents and another rule for democratic presidents? we deny feel we could. of course, everyone in this chamber knows if the shoe was on the other foot, democrats would have done the same thing because they said they would. in fact, president obama's former white house counsel admitted as much. she said she would have recommended the same course of action if the tables were turned. so now here we are, april 2017, with a nominee before us just like in 2001 we've had -- we had just had a very contentious presidential election. it was close. it was hard fought. and, frankly, some on the hard left reniced to accept -- refused to accept the results of the election. once again left-wing groups are egging on the minority leader to take another unprecedented step with respect to judicial nominations. only this time they want him to lead the first, very first partisan filibuster

that's joe biden, not jim inhofe. in addition to this impeccable job and experience and educational background, he's perhaps best known for his defensive religious liberty, including a roll in the dis-- role in the dispute during the obama administration that required employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs to their employees as part of their health insurance. one of these employers was hobby lobby. now, everyone knows who hobry lobby is. i knew back in the 1970's when the green family who started hobby lobby were actually operating out of their garage making picture frames, and look at them today. i've known them for a long time. they started out their business with a $600 loan. now, they have over 700 stores across the united states and are the largest privately owned arts and crafts store in the world. joseph gorsuch and the supreme court agreed with hobby lobby when they upheld the religious liberty rights. i'm going to read to you his concurring opinion. it's very profound. he wrote, and this is gorsuch. thi

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they will open the biden institute that will help at u of p. there will be a range of topics including civil r phillies plae opener this afternoon. the first pitch is at 3:05 p.m., but there are plenty of activities before that, katherine scott is live at citizens bank park, looks like you're dressed the way people will have to be dressed later today, too. >> reporter: oh, matt and jeanette. it's chilly outside, it's very s morning, it won't be for long, we're standing on the field, a tarp is covering the infield, opening day is written in lights above, game time 3:05 p.m. against the nationals, it's quiet now, but it won't be later. what's on the agenda? , the opening day block party starts at noon on citizens bank way. fans want to be in their seats by 2:30 p.m. when the pregame festiv will walk around the call star walk and couple down on the field. it is a sold-out crowd, a a vic. live at citizens bank park, channel 6 "action news." >> the hat looks good on you, katherine. >> we like it, thumbs up. 4:39 a.m., a new jersey state trooper help

i spent the better part of the majority of time in the obama-biden years in the white house as security council. as many of as you know, this committee convenes daily in the white house. we debate options and formulate policy recommendations for the president and the cabinet. it was an intensely robust and rich process that insured as best we could to try the navigate a wide range of risks from terrorism to ebola and reassert american leadership and now about two and a half years ago i was leading the white house to move over the state department and just before i left i was sitting with then president obama and i asked him, what did he want me to focus on in the new assignment as tp secretary of state and we didn't lack for priorities or opportunities leading a coalition of 66 countries to defeat isil, resisting russian aggression in ukraine, the list goes on and on and given everything that we hat on our plates, i wanted to get guidance on the president, is there one thing that you want me to focus on. his answer is immediate, asia. when i got to the department, i asked the same quest

jill biden delivered the opening remarks. former vice president joe biden was also in attendance. they showed delaware's efforts in fighting child abuse with a panel discussion. >>> civil rights lawyer william coleman jr. is dead. he was the second african-american to be a white house cabinet member. he granted from the university of pennsylvania and graduated first in his class from harvard law. williams coleman jr. was 96 years old. >>> also tonight, explosives intelligence. experts think terrorists have found a new way to sneak bombs on to airplanes. >>> plus, epipen problems. why the drug is under recall. >>> and running out of room. why so many stranded seals are showing up at this jersey shore facility. >>> and we're starting to dry out. i'm going to show you the best time to head outside this weekend and when the rain returns. look at these numbers. >>> a recall of the emergency anti-allergy medicine epipen is expand to the u.s. the allergy shots may not work. the problem could be life threatening. they were distributed from december 2015 through july 2016. for full details

the biden family announced earlier this year that hunter biden is dating halle biden the width dove hiser beau. >>> truck driver is punched and dragged out of his truck and now police are looking for the man who drove off with the vehicle. here's guy police want to find last month the victim was making a delivery in center city philadelphia and that's when the victim was confronted by the man police say is in this video. victim was punched in the face and dragged out. his attacker then drove away. the truck was later recovered a short distance away. the suspect got away with some cash from the truck. if he look familiar, call poli police. >>> do you know this woman? police say she has dementia she got op a bus in frankford and traveled to the neshaminy mall and then asked the bus driver to take her home. but she didn't know where she lived. she's in aria torresdale hospital tonight. if you know anything call bensalem police. >>> a judge has ordered a woma woman -- a michigan man excuse me to pay up big time to his girlfriend. how much? $600,000. > all because investigators say he secret