historic treatment of african-americans and no place is better emplifying that problem than birmingham, alabama, of 1963. after all, it was eugene bowls conner who was the public safety director who chose to use fire hoses on the little children of

in 1963, the ku klux klan bombed the 16th street apt is church in birmingham alabama, killing four african-american girls.

in 1963, the ku klux klan bombed the 16th street apt is church in birmingham alabama, killing four african-american girls. was in the carolyn mome church, but she was not hurt heard she shares her memories of that day with c-span. >> what i remember, when the bomb exploded, i remember not really thinking that it was a bomb. had was thatught i it was thunder or something. the sound made me think of thu nder. as soon as i thought that, the windows came crashing in. i heard someone inside the church they hit the floor. floor, ill on the could tell after a few seconds, i could hear feet. i could tell people were getting up and running out. my first thought was for those two younger brothers that i had brought with me, i knew that before i could leave or go to to safety i would need to figure out where they were. i went outside and searched downstairs and upstairs and was never able to find my brothers there at the church. we would find them later in a different part of the community. september 15 started as a very routine day. it was sunday morning. i was trying to coax my sister into getting her hair

connected with a local movement led by the reverend fred shuttlesworth to desegregate birmingham, alabamame as the king is incarcerated in birmingham and he writes on scraps of paper letter from birmingham jail and he really defends the movement against critics who say the movement should move slower. the movement should wait and freedom and justice and democracy. one of the best lines from birmingham jail is king arguing in the future the young men and women being incarcerated and brutalized and arrested in birmingham are going to be remembered as he rose and he says they're going to be remembered as heroes for bringing the nation back to, quote, those great walls of democracy dug deep by the founding fathers. 1963 is the year of german shepherd fire hoses in birmingham, fire hoses that were powerful enough to take the bark off of trees, john f. kennedy says he is sick from the scenes he has witnessed in birmingham of german shepherds and fire hoses and over 1,000 young children, children as young as 8 years old being incarcerated for trying to desegregate birmingham, alabama. 63 is the

dnc is considering birmingham, alabama, new york city and phoenix arizona. >>> a devil of tropical weather is taking aim at hawaii this morning. people in hawaii have not seen of this bad weather -- this much bad weather in decades. there's julio getting stronger in the pacific. julio is a category three storm with maximum winds at 115 miles per hour. >> people vacationing along the east coast are mainliful of hurricanes -- are mindful of hurricanes this time of year, but not hawaii. >> reporter: this is the stoppingest storm since 1922. batten don the hatches. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry around here, as we look outside, we have the ben franklin bridge and penns landing, and everything looking good out there this morning. getting ready for lots of sun to come up over the horizon. it feels comfortable the temperatures across the region right now are in the 60s in a lot of spots, 66 in philadelphia. 60 on the nose in wilmington and trenton. this other places allentown, reading, millville are in the 50s, a cool and comfortable starting point, maybe a little bit of a breez

and one of those first stops was birmingham, alabama. the second st. louis.n after that was chicago. and philadelphia, manhattan. i found st. louis and chicago out of all of the cities i had lived in to be the worst racially than any city even birmingham, alabama, even baton rouge, louisiana. and my estimation was people think that because you're in the north or midwest that you somehow escape racial tensions. i found that many times people in the south had dealt with segregation and racism and all those things, because it was so volatile there. that you dealt with it and black people and white people sort of came to, you know, some sort of agreement, right, for lack of a better word. then people in the midwest. because it had not been so volatile. not that there weren't riots. i found st. louis to be one of the most segregated cities. it was sad when you drove through downtown, it looked like a war zone because of white flight. black people moved in. white people moved to the suburbs. and you had all of those f towns as you call them on the way to the airpor

other cities waiting to hear, brooklyn, new york, columbus, ohio, birmingham, alabama and phoenix, arizona. >>> new at 6:00, an overnight animal napping in berks county, who stole eight animals from a farmers a market. these are some of the animals, four baby goats named alfalfa, duck wheat, clover and parly, the owner of the lees port farmers a market tells us the thief struck around midnight. four 600-pound pigs were stolen along with 100-pound sheep. >>> drexel university is getting federal funding for its special education programs. drexel will receive $248,000 in grant money from the u.s. education department. the money will be used to prepare graduate students for leadership positions in special education, early intervention and related service. drexel is one of 17 schools getting nearly $4 million. >>> beautiful day today, doesn't feel like august outside, maybe feels like early fall with our below-average temperatures that is the first headline, below-average temperatures in the morning when you wake up and through the afternoon, too, our temperatures are below average, a little bi

next, alabama's civil rights trail from 1955 to the summit at montgomery march 10 years later. a look at martin luther's speech he gave in birmingham. and alabama's civil right's trial a guide to the cradle of freedom. >> i come to say to you this fternoon, i understand the hour. it will not be long. how long? not long. you will reap what you sew. >> this is called an illustrated guide to the cradle of freedom. and basically, it looks at the hist referee: the civil right's movement in beal kind of telling the story geographically. i wrote a book history telling it chronologically. and kind of the theme of both books is that alabama had a central role in the civil rights movement starting the montgomery busboy time in 1956 on through the freedom rides, the birmingham movement in 1963 and the settlement in 1965. but there are a lot of smaller stories scattered all around the state including here in mobile. and so i try to tell those as well. a lot of them were people i had never heard of, you know? and in many ways they were as ordinary as, you know, as you or me, except they did these amazing things under such stressful situations t

the city's among five finalists including brooklyn, phoenix, columbus ohio and birmingham, alabama t hoses you may remember the 2,000 republican convention when the gop nominated george w. bush. >> they are going to see one of the most incredible cities in the united states of america, one of the most incredible facilities in t awhere else in the united states but in philadelphia. >> the democratic convention committee is scheduled to visit philadelphia next week. >>> right now, 5:37. and in business news this morning, how some bigh internet security breaches. >> and whatnot to buy for back to school. money watch's jill wagner joins us now up at the stock exchange in new york, hey, jill? >> water can get into the power window switches, cause a short, and the recall covers about 10,606,000suv's from the model years 2006 and 2007. gm says that the owners should park the vehicles outdoors because they can cause fires. >> the dow fell 75 points yesterday, ending at lowest level since may. the nasdaq dropped 20 points, investors, watching attentions get higher and ukraine and the middle e

philly is competing against columbus, ohio, brooklyn, new york, phoenix, arizona, and birmingham, alabamanot guilty. that is the plea u.s. congressman fattah's son made in court today. the grand jury indicted him on federal charges. he lied to get $200,000 in bank loans and filed false tax returns. the government also alleges he took federal funds from contracts with the philadelphia school district to spend at restaurants, clubs and casinos. fattah jr. denies all the charges. no trial date has been set. fattah's former business partner already pleaded guilty and is cooperating in the case. he is the son of u.s. congressman fattah. the democratic congressman is married to nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> imagine waiting for a manicure and being confronted by a thief. we have the video tonight. and police say a suspect walked into a northeast philadelphia shop and began looking around. back on august 1st. when confronted by an employee, he said he was looking for his mother and sister. he left but came back to the castor avenue store moments later armed with a rifle. he grabbe

philadelphia is up against columbus, ohio, birmingham, alabama. the committee will make their decision by the end of this year or early next year. >>> batter up. the dragons played their first game in the little league world series. the city of philadelphia is ready for that big game. this is a live look at city hall where a prep rally is scheduled for later today and that's where nbc 10 jesse gary is live. a lot of people say philadelphia needed this feel-good moment that this team has provided. >> that's for sure if you're watching the phillies. that is, of course, another story. the festivities take place inside the courthouse of city hall. the last bit of hoopla before the first pitch. yesterday the team led by monet davis took to the batting cages. the dragons advanced to the little league world series blanking a team from delaware and now parents, spectators and the eyes of the nation focus on this product of south philly tenacity. the coach is glad. the talk and speculation phase is all done. >> it's good because they can get back to what t

and he convinced me that it was ok for a black girl from birmingham, alabama who wanted to be a soviet specialist. that was the start of my career. he also said and i have a daughter that i would like you to meet some time and she is studying at columbia. her name is madeleine and now you can take that story. >> what happened was my father was a czechoslovakian diplomat who did not want to work for the communists and came to the united states and defected. at that stage, i understand the rockefeller foundation found him a job. we had no idea where denver was. my parents bought a car and started driving across america and my mother said it is the mile high city and we are not going up so maybe we are going the wrong direction. [laughter] my father started teaching at the university of denver and ultimately became dean of the graduate school. he died in 1977. by then, he was a very big deal. there were lots of flowers and tributes at his funeral. among them, there was a ceramic pot in the shape of a piano. i said to my mother, where did it come from? she said from your father's favorite

the city is among five finalists for the dnc competing with brooklyn, phoenix, columbus and birmingham, alabama. >> philadelphia holds the distinction hosting the first political convention at independence hall and the 2000rnc when republicans nominated george w. bush. he had ren dollar was mayor when the gap came to town. >> we have a reputation dating back to live aid as being the city that comes through for big events. >> staging a convention is not cheap. the expected price tag for this four-day party is innocent million dollars. but federal government kicks in 50 million for security and additional costs will be paid for through private donations leaders predict if philadelphia is selected it won't cost the city a dime. and the ben if it's for the region will be enormous. >> overall economic impact is probably somewhere upwards of $225 million. obviously the lion share of that will be in philly but the suburbs in and hotels will benefit as well. >> they'll tour the convention center, the wells fargo center and hotels around the area. which would need to com date not just convention nears b

local delegation tries to separate philadelphia from four other finalists phoenix arizona and birmingham, alabama, columbus, ohio and brooklyn, new york. all for the chance to play host to the biggest party in politi politics. ♪ >> reporter: the philly delegation went with its trusted brands to woo the site committee. a midday stop in south phill the idea is to show local color and flavor. while reminding the committee this is not philadelphia's first rodeo. >> our strongest suit we did it in 2000 sand. got rave reviews. basically the same teams embra embraced to do it over again. >> reporter: philadelphia's 2,000 republican national convention was by most account as huge success. pumping big bucks into the local economy and showing the city in a most positive light. at the time convention company chair david l. cohen made clear this kind of big even could be duplicated. >> this is always going to be a success. you think about the possibility of failure you never take chance... philadelphia is not second class city. >> reporter: during the visit they'll be shown all the usual tourist sites that m

also, vying for the 2016 democratic convention birmingh birmingham, alabama, brooklyn, new york and, columbus, ohio and if he 96 arizona us military conducts a new round of air strike in iraq. still ahead we have got the latest on the conflict, plus why the humanitarian air drops of food and water might not be enough for the thousands trapped on mountain. justin. >> it was dry and mess apartment all across the delaware valley this weekend but some rain returns for the work week. the complete forecast coming up. >> also, stuck for hours riders on this roller coaster get more of a thrill than they ever bargained for. we'll tell you how long it took to bring them down to safety. >> and another scare at a popular beach after shark bites a little girl. th >> small passenger plane crashed shortly after take off in tehran, iran. 39 people on board were killed. and nine otherings were injured. state tv said the plane's tale struck the cable cables of an electricity tower before it hit the ground and then burst into flames. iran's president has opened similar planes to be grounded he's ordere

also, vying for the 2016 democratic convention birmingh birmingham, alabama, brooklyn, new york and,olumbus, ohio and if he 96 arizona us military conducts a new round of air strike in iraq. still ahead we have got the latest on the conflict, plus why the humanitarian air drops of food and water might not be enough for the thousands trapped on mountain. justin. >> it was dry and mess apartment all across the delaware valley this weekend but some rain returns for the work week. the complete forecast coming up. >> also, stuck for hours riders on this roller coaster get more of a thrill than they ever bargained for. we'll tell you how long it took to bring them down to safety. >> and another scare at a popular beach after shark bites a little girl. the story when "eyewitness news" uncle craig, what's the deal? oh... you can't record that many shows at once. why? you can't save every single cartoon. why? you know you can't pause the tv here and play it in another room. why? it's time for fios quantum tv. store up to 200 hours in hd. record up to 12 shows at once. pause and play live tv,

if you go down to the 20th you can see they were in birmingham, alabama and you could see they made $160laying on the first day they went to birmingham. so they made more in abilene than they made in birmingham and birmingham was a league town so you can see why these games are pretty important and that's why the monarchs continued barnstorming. i guess the people in abilene were not satisfied because they had never seen bullet rogan pitch. so they had to invite them back to see bullet rogan pitch. bullet rogan comes to town and this is the final core, 11-4 and bullet rogan pitches and abilene scores four runs off of them. there were 15,000 people at this game, and i think that day the public got their money's worth seeing that game. the monarchs get four home runs. and wouldn't you know it, bullet rogan added another home run to his already dominant list of home runs and once again when people talk about the home runs that rogan hit, you go online and look at the books these are not the home runs they talk about. these are games people generally don't know about. and so this is kind of

in 1963 in birmingham, alabama, i imagine the desire and the anger for payback against those people who it was strong and intense. your father nevertheless talked down the hatred of getting back. how did he do it? >> he absolutely had the faith of god and no fear. our home exploded and the children, when the first small bomb went off. there were two bombs come up my father had the wisdom to say let's get out of here. so as they began to go back through our ranch home, the whole half of the front house was just destroyed. >> my dad was a praying man and he got us out. i was the oldest child and i always followed him closely and heat got on a car and by that time the local people were upset and they turn over police cars and they began to pick up rocks and sticks. my dad said, listen, my family and i are okay. go home and pray. if you have to strike out at someone come and strike at me, but i'd rather that you go home. later when my uncle was killed, i wanted to blame somebody and i said dad, i hate white people and he said you can't hate white people, they didn't kill your uncle, the dev

next, alabama's civil rights trail from 1955 to the summit at montgomery march 10 years later. a look at martin luther's speech he gave in birminghamand alabama's civil rht

next is willie mae joining us from birmingham, alabama. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i've heard several -- hello? >> host: if you turn the volume down. down. you're getting a lot of feedback. you will rehear -- you hear your response much better. >> caller: thanks. i've heard several -- >> host: are you still with us? go ahead. >> caller: yes. i've heard several comments, positive comments is what we need for this country. >> host: willie mae, going to have to stop you because you are giving us feedback. turn the bond of a new television ad that would eliminate the aqua because it is a slight delay. headline from the "l.a. times," the earthquake hitting just outside of napa valley in sonoma, california. six-point zero quake rattles bay area. senator jack reed of rhode island a good on cnn's state of the and was asked about isis and the threat the potential has here in the u.s. here's a portion. >> we have to begin with the presumption that they could be such a threat and you have to carefully evaluate what their capabilities are, what their intentions are. i don't thi

dnc is considering, birmingham, alabama, columbus ohio, and phoenix arizona. >> postal worker who wasto be ♪ [ telephone rings ] how's the camping trip? well, the kids had fun, but i think i slept on a rock. ♪ the best part of wakin' up what are you doing? having coffee. ohh. ♪ is folgers in your cup >> developing this morning, a fire forces residents out of a mrg -- montgomery county apartment complex. >> a raid uncovers a cockfighting ring at a berks county farm. >> iselle slams into the high volume contain notices of -- volcanos and turns into a tropical storm. >> let's go outside to david murphy, what did we do to deserve this beautiful day david? >> reporter: i don't know, but if i did, i would do it again. we have a system that's staying to our south this weekend, so lots of sunshine getting ready to come up overtime horizon. 63 degrees, it's cool and comfortable the winds are light. it's going to be a warm afternoon. 71 by 9:00 a.m. you spent the morning in the 70s. this afternoon we get up to 84 around 3:00 p.m. before slipping back to 81 by 6:00 p.m. it's going to be a nice d

luther king, jr., more than half a century ago and survived this brutal beating by police in birmingham, alabama. congressman, what do you see as the solutions going forward for this terrible situation in ferguson, missouri? >> well, i think it's important for people to come together and begin a dialogue. begin to talk. that's what we did during the '60s, when we had difficult, when we had disorder, black people and white people came together. in a place like ferguson, it is not just ferguson, it may be ferguson today, but tomorrow, it could be some place else. we have to get police officers, locally elected officials to respect the dignity and the worth of every human being, it's a a shame and disgrace in a city, that's almost 70% african-american, to have only three african-american police officers. ferguson, it's not in the american south, but we are doing much better in the small towns and cities in georgia and alabama and mississippi. this is shameful. this is a disgrace. we must teach people the way of peace, the way of love, the way of non-violence, but we cannot have peace and order with

let's try betty in birmingham, alabama. democrats line. caller: good morning. from birmingham, alabama, where dr. king said, we kept everywhere. , i mean, come on. do not sit there and say that all black people, we have stuff going on in our neighborhoods, we have children in white neighborhoods, these kids coming up in schools killing these other kids and whatever. we have drugs everywhere. that is why eric holder and the --tice department is saying african-american men get for selling a certain amount of crack, and the white guy get away from selling tons of cocaine. come on. in theave disparity justice system. we do have racism. i don't care how you try to hide your head and say that black people need to stop. . . . if you sent home all the drug offenders, blacks would still be people37% of incarcerated. drug offenses are not driving the black incarceration rate in country. blacks are overrepresented among violent crimes, property crimes, crimes.llar it is black criminality broadly speaking that needs to be addressed. trying to blame this on drug loss is a c

but that glow tragically lasts hardly two weeks. >> the bombing of this birmingham, alabama, church claimedes of four little girls attending sunday school. >> we felt like we were involved because if there had been no movement, chances are that bombing would not have taken place. >> white house press secretary malcolm kilduff has just announced that president kennedy died at approximately 1:00 central standard time which is about 35 minutes ago. >> after being shot at -- >> after being shot -- >> -- by an unknown assailant. >> by an unknown assailant. >> -- during a motorcade drive through downtown dallas. >> during a motorcade drive through downtown dallas. >> no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. >> johnson gets that civil rights bill moving in the first few weeks after kennedy's assassination. >> lbj and his allies knew they were short. so thus began a 24/7 campaign. he bullied. he cajoled. he made deals in order to get enough senators on board. >> surpr

the competition, brooklyn, columbus, ohio, phoenix or birmingham, alabama. >> all conventions take financial resources. we are working with what funds will be available and what the host committee will put together. >> we are facing a lot of challenges. we are confident we can raise the necessary money. the mayor and i will work the phones and we will do it. >> reporter: how do they do it? rendell believes they can raise $70 million from private donors. tomorrow there's going to be a big presentation to the dnc committee to tell them exactly how to do it. while they there are many good reasons to come to philadelphia, this is going to be critical. live in south philly, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. >> as you mentioned, tomorrow the local officials have another day of courting ahead of them. the dnc will be in town tomorrow. a live look at the comcast center. that's where they will meet with local leaders tomorrow morning. they will have a thank you rally at the national constitution center and then the visit wraps up tomorrow night with a reception at the art museum. stay with nbc 10 for continu

brooklyn, birmingham, alabama, columbus, ohio and phoenix, also in the running to hold the convention>> the class action lawsuit accuses philadelphia prosecutors of illegally seizing homes to help fund their offers. the lawsuit claims philadelphia seizes nearly $6 million in homes, cars, cash each year, the money provides 20% of the district attorney's officer's budget. city law allows properties to be seized, police believe; linked to crime. if they believe it is linked to crimes. lawyers say most of the seizures involved low income drug cases, and the property can be seized even without convictions. >> we are here to stop philadelphia's outrageous system of civil forfeiture. we've filed federal class action lawsuit to end philadelphia's forfeiture machine. but first -- >> the city says seizure of properties used in narcotics distribution is an important tool in its fighting against illegal drugs. >> the latest craze filling facebook. the ice bucket challenge, and the kennedy's were also nominating president owe bamm, a how the commander in chief is responding to this straight ahead.

and he convinced me that it was ok for a black girl from birmingham, alabama who wanted to be a soviet specialist. that was the start of my career. he also said and i have a daughter that i would like you to meet some time and she is studying at columbia. her name is madeleine and now you can take that story. what happened was my father was a czechoslovakian diplomat who do not want to work for the communists and came to the united states and defected. at that stage, i understand the rockefeller foundation found him a job. we had no idea where denver was. my parents bought a car and started driving across america and my mother said it is the mile high club and we are not going up so maybe we -- mile high city and we are not going up so maybe we are going the wrong direction. my father became dean of the graduate school. he died in 1977. by then, he was a very big deal. a his funeral, there was ceramic pot in the shape of a piaon. i said to my mother, where did it come from? your father's favorite student, condoleezza rice. why not in fact get in touch with his woman, condoleezza rice,

convene shopping now the city among five finalists including brooklyn, phoenix, columbus, ohio, birmingham, alabamay remember it holes dollars the 2,000 republican convention when the gop nominated george w. bush. >> they are going to see one of the most incredible cities in the united states of america, one of the most incredible facilities in the united states of america. they're going to see sites you can't see anywhere else in the united states, but in philadelphia. >> they being the democratic convention committee, they're scheduled to visit philadelphia next week. >>> it is 6:33, here is your traffic and weather together. looks like nice day. we can expect to see full sunshine, low humidity, definitely comfortable warmth, as women. so, we will stay ever so slightly later on today. below our seasonable averages, with daytime highs, which we'll talk b real quick check on storm scan3, you may notice right on the tail end of the loop, blips of green showing up on the radar, don't worry about them. high pressure on our side today, guys, still dominated by the nice comfortable air mass which will k

while most of the audience is under good roots we appreciate you taking time out to come to birmingham alabamay of us did not have a preconceived notion that you are the book we are writing about how harper lee you did it in a way and a marvelous manner. i feel better having said it thank you for your gift to the literary world. before we thank all of you for coming, somebody's really going to

philadelphia is competing against brooklyn, new york, columbus, hey high, birmingham, alabama and phoenix. >> any geographic considerations, you want a convention that represents the candidate in the best light possible. that's job one. we've done that. we demonstrated in 2000 with the republicans, they had a great convention. then governor bush was presented in a terrific light. it was an upbeat showing in a historic city where the country was born. those are the things that are important. >> reporter: now, the committee of 70 also told us conventions cost about $36.5 million. some federal money is contributed, though.ç there's a short-term economic boost but long-term tourism dollars come into play because attractions in the city will be spotlighted by the media attention that arrives here. now we'll be following the dnc committee and have that for you on our later shows. live for now from the steps of the art museum, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >>> more than 110 u.s. military advisers are at work in retire trying to use the tension there. the newest personnel was sent to help, not f

it was something he wrote months earlier from a jail cell in birmingham, alabama, that actually createdoral movement. >> we would always meet at 16th street baptist church. that was the meeting place for dr. king. it was always fiery meetings with a lot of good singing, a lot of good praying. . >> doctor king was arrested on good friday, april 12th, 1963. he was jailed for parading without a permit. so dr. king's in jail. and i don't know how many, but a substantial number of people, young people particularly in jail. when i say, "young people," i am talking about kids 14 to 18. there may have been some younger but 14 to 18, and being in jail overnight is one thing. but being in jail more than one or two nights became a major issue. i think the first time i visited him may have been that saturday. as i approached the jail, i had the burdensome moniker of being identified as quote dr. king's new york lawyer. as i went in to see dr. kick, parents were shouting at me, attorney jones, get our kids out of jail. tell dr. king if you are visiting you've got to get our kids out of jail. the rea

. $260.narchs made what is interesting is if you go down to the 20th, they were in birmingham, alabama and they made $160 playing on the first day they went to birmingham. they made more in abilene and see whyam stop you can these games are important and that's why the monarchs continued to barnstorm. the people of abilene were not satisfied because they had never seen bullet rogan pitch. so they had to invite them back. he comes to town and this is the final score -- 11 to four. abilene scores four runs off of them, which is quite a feat. that day, the public got their money's worth seeing that game. the monarchs hit for home runs. bullet rogan added another home run to his dominant list of home when people talk about the home runs and if you look at some of the books, these are not the home runs there talking about. these are games people generally don't know about. this is the kind of research i specialize in. he went to a pittsburgh state college. we mention he was from the humboldt area and wade johnston steubenville, ohio. baseball,etired from he ran a bait and tackle store and s

republican national convention in 2,000, and six previous conventions, also, in contention, birmingham, alabamarooklyn, columbus, ohio, and phoenix. the commie members will arrive in philly on wednesday. hopefully that rain will go away. want to have the city looking her best. >> exciting time when the rnc was here. >> i can imagine. >> time 6:39. shark week. the n nation's fascination with sharks is behind a week of programming, dedicated to the sea creatures. coming up this morning, live at the adventure aquarium in camden for a look at how you can get up close and personal with sharks, this week. >> not too close. >> really. >> also this morning, cents night teens get to pick their favorite celebrities. we're taking you to the teen choice awards. got to love the award, too, surf boards. >> phillies own kevin heart. that's great. (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ..igfÑ.trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. design

philadelphia is up against columbus, ohio, brooklyn, new york, phoenix, arizona, and birmingham, alabama. the selection committee will make its decision by the end of this year or early next year. >>> good morning. fall-like temperatures on top for us as we head into the end of your workweek on this saturday. we'll stay in the 70s and a cool start to the morning, as well. below average temperatures are average for this time of year. 86 degrees and we won't even make it into the 80s. weekend rain chances as we head into sunday and the live look outside right now, barely a cloud in the sky. we're seeing just a few clouds from philadelphia and 61 degrees right now and humidity is at 62% and wind speeds out of the northwest at 8 miles per hour. it's a lot cooler for you in the poconos. only 49 degrees to start off this morning. 52 in allentown and 57 in glassboro and then closer to the shore here, 63 degrees in stone harbor. we're already in the 60s for dover, but a mild start to the morning and a look at our radar shows that we're going to show mostly sunny skies for today and future weathe

also, when our home was bombed in birmingham, alabama, my father, martin luther king's brother, had toe that same kind of reaction from the police and the people were very angry, as has been stated. the answer -- we were trained. i was arrested and went to jail and we were trained in peaceful no non-violent demonstrations and of course much prayer. my immediate reaction was to pray and that's what i did. >> reverend jesse jackson was just on this program as an exclusive. do you think his presence at these types of tragedies helps or hurts? >> i think it's very important at this time not to challenge those who are attempting to help no matter what the reason or the method happens to be. it's more important to focus on the family who is grieving, the people who have actually been terrorized by those tactic, i think it was a military presence that really alarmed people. so rather than challenge anything that reverend jackson is doing i think is very important to continue to urge for prayer, peaceful resolution. michael, his dreams are dead, you know. that's very very sad. i am saddened by

the others columbus, ohio, phoenix, arizona, birmingham, alabama and brooklyn, new york but one of thengs we have is our history on our side as fox 29's bruce gordon reports. >> reporter: figuring weight of the site committee's heart was through its stomach, the philly delegation hosted their guests at pat's for lunch. cheesesteaks all around. may seem like the cliche but the hosts wanted to show their guests what sets philly apart from the competition. >> new york is a big city, wonderful city, too big, too stretched out. there isn't the same feeling as there is in philadelphia. >> reporter: the dnc visit will include stops at all the usual tourist locations. but more important to the committee will be logistics does the city have what it takes to host 50,000 visitors and vips for a week long pep rally under a national spotlight? that means plenty of hotel rooms, good transportation, and state of the art sites like the wells fargo center and pennsylvania convention center. >> this is rea really about delegates, donors, democratic nominee and details. and those things are what we are g

among five finalists for the democratic convention in 2016 along with phoenix, arizona, and birmingham, alabama, columbus, ohio, and brooklyn, new york. on this day the locals got a chance to show off their city and make an in person pitch to host the biggest party in politics. figuring weight of the site committee's heart was through its stomach, the philly delegation hosted their guests at pa's for lunch. cheesesteaks all around it may seem like a cliche but the hosts wanted to show their guests what sets philly apart from the competition. >> it's got color and flavor to it can't be matched. new york is a big cosmo poll will he tan city, wonderful ci city. too big, too stretched out. it isn't the same feeling as there is in philadelphia. >> reporter: the dnc visit will include stops at all the usual tourist locations. more important to the committee will be logistics. does the city have what it takes to host 50,000 visitors and vips for a week long pep rally under a national spotlight? that means plenty of hotel rooms, good transportation, and state of the art sites like the wells fargo cente

columbus, ohio, phoenix, arizona, birmingham, alabama. brooklyn, yes, that's cool.ut one of the things we have is history on our side. as fox 29's bruce gordon reports, here's what's enticing them. >> figuring the way to their heart through its stomach, hosed the the guests to pat's for lunch where it was cheese steaks all around. may seem like a cliche, but the host wanted to show their guests what sets philly apart from their competition. >> can't be matched. new york is a big cosmo political continue city, wonderful city, too big, isn't the same feeling as there is in philadelphia. >> the dnc visit will include stops at all of the usual tourist locations, but more important to the committee will be logistics, does the sit have i what it takes to host 50,000 visitors and vips for week long pep rally under national spotlight. that means pretty of hotel rooms, good transportation, state-of-the-art sites like the wells fargo center and pennsylvania convention center. >> this is really about delegates, donors, the democratic nominee, and details. and those things are

right now a tennessee family of four lucky to be alive after their small plane crashes near birmingham, alabama home from vacation in florida. the officials say the pilot may have attempted an emergency landing at an airport a mile away from where the plane went down. they say no one would have survived if not for two people who helped pull them from burning wreckage. >> people are very fortunate. you have to give some credit to the pilot as well. uma: wow. officials are saying, two of the passengers are listed in serious condition. no word on cause of that crash but faa is investigating. jon: a key hearing underway in maryland determining whether a 16-year-old girl should be charged as an adult with first-degree murder for allegedly asking her then boyfriend to kill her father. it happened a couple of years ago. the popular businessman and blogger was stabbed to death back in may of 2013. one psychiatrist, psychiatrist who testified this week, says that the girl suffers from hallucinations. that she showed no remorse following her arrest. another describes her as, intellectually slow. the form

. >> host: let's go to marvin waiting in birmingham alabama on the line for independence.ood morning. >> caller: good morning. >> host: go-ahead, marvin. >> caller: let's just be honest it was u.s. drones, u.s. foreign policy and the right-wing bush administration that's mostly started all of the destabilization of the so-called middle east. [inaudible] they've taken over libya and we provide our tax dollars they are trying to take over in syria and so we need to look at the reality of who we get in bed with. we created this crazy isis and we should deal with the fact we need to stop destabilizing these governments even if they don't want to be in bed with it would be better than isis and control. >> host: marvin in birmingham alabama this morning. we are asking your thoughts on some of these calls for the expansion of the u.s. military response to isis in iraq and in serious. the u.s. military presence may prompt congress to weigh in specifically on the troop action. quoting saying this isn't an administrative task but truly it is about the power issue and i think it's on