the best field pieces were made of brass. in boston, the militia had only four brass cannon. they belong to the town's artillery company and were stored into the brick armories in the town's south end. these were small even by the standard of field pieces. some sources identify the older pair as being able to fire cannon balls weighing two pounds and the others as three pounders. the other pair was ordered specially from london. they arrived in 1768, and "the boston gazette" described them proudly as having the massachusetts emblem. when the army spent something, that showed they valued having this militia artillery. the boston train displayed their skills on training days in september 1772, the boston newsletter published a long description of wargames on boston commons without cap portraying the noble british army and the other half for trying the hated french. firing a cannon required a squad of men to work. everybody doing their job properly at the right time or else they could blow themselves up. i would argue that meant the militia company had a more -- greater sense of

this piece of brass that he yanked at half is missing. after he yanked it came krumping down, he walked down the street and disappeared into the side street down moravian with the brass in his hand. let's listen to the spokesperson. >> it's on tape that he came up the stems at 3:02 a.m. came back up to the railing and grabbed at the brass, strimed -- stripped it down causing the structure to fully collapse, as you can see unfortunately. >> reporter: another look outside live to the staircase of the union league, this will take time to fix, very expensive, this is really great architecture down here, a beautiful building. philadelphia police department is down here they are looking over the surveillance video. this is captured on tape. they are trying to figure out who the suspect is. he yanked at the railing and stole half of it and in the process the railing came tumbling down. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> in other news, we are getting information at this hour about a series of violent attacks on temple university students ove

who was this. >> reporter: half of the brass railing is gone. we're told the vandal picked it up walked down south broad made a right onto moravian and then disappeared. from surveillance video obtained by "action news" we see the apparent suspects. take a look. after the union league cameras loss sight the suspect crosses 15th continuing on moravian. then we see someone handle what appears the brass railing which is wrapped uploaded onto a cart and then pushed out of frame. it even appears as if he's being helped by another man. >> we're in the works of having that taken care of immediately so it can be restored. we have upcoming weddings and events certainly so disappointing for sure for a lot of people. >> reporter: now, you can see he out live here crews business he see. they want to get this fixed quick for everyone that enjoys the stairs here at the union league. now, in the surveillance video that we obtained that suspect was also [inaudible] >> that was bob brooks reporting. thank you bob. >>> the residential treatment facility where a t

. >>> and, brass thief busted how police caught the guy who did all that damage to the union league steps>>> today is thursday, october . >>> i'm rahel will solomon. we are almost to friday. lets get you outside with a check of weather and traffic with katie and meisha. >> it is gateway to to our weekend, are you excited about that? i am too. yes, we can it is right there but first we have to talk about traffic and weather but we have a water main break in norristown that we will get to in a moment and construction. >> as we talked about yesterday freezing precipitation to the north upright now and coming in on schedule so we will look at storm scan and loop over last couple of hours. it looks like straight up snow but it is more icing situation that you have to contend with here today up through portions of the the poconos, you can see here. let's zero in and take a snapshot what is happening on storm scan at that localized level. we will get up to places like far northeast extension, i80 interchange, anywhere around the pocono mountains is your best shot to see snow or freezing rain or

the suspect was caught yanging off a lamp portion of the brass railing. everything else crumbled down. >> incredible hulk or something. >> reporter: the union league says yes it appears they acted alone. >> it's on tape he came up the steps this way kind of 3:02 kind of came back to the railing grabbed the brass ripped it down causing the structure to fully collapse. >> reporter: ick see -- you can see half of the brass railing is gone. the vandals picked it up walked down south broad made a right on moravian and disappeared. the suspect crosses 15th continues on moravian to wrap up load up the brass and cart it away. and it even appears as if he's being helped by another man at that point. the famous stairs used for wedding pictures and other events are in bad shape but we're told they'll be fixed as quick as possible. >> we're in the works to have that taken care of immediately so it can be restorm. we have upcoming weddings and events. disappointing for sure for a lot of people. >> reporter: okay, back out live you can see crews have a good handle on t

when surveillance cameras captured the lone suspect as he climbed the steps and yanked on a piece of brass railing. the 6-foot piece of railing came down along with the composite concrete railing attached it to. >> grab the brass, ripped it down causing the contracture of structural to fully collapse as you can see here unfortunately. >> he did walk away with the brass y. >> we were just saying what beautiful building and to see this, i'm like, it's just unacceptable. >> work crews spent the evening cleaning up the mess and assessing the damage. union league members continue to file into the historic building using a second stairway. >> being iconic place for philadelphians and our members it's a sad day to such van limb and destruction happening on our property. >> reporter: now, a source tells me the damage could reach six figures. the pieces to replace and repair the stairway have to be prefabricated that could take several months. they have to be shipped in from nova scotia. lucy. >> thank you, dave. >>> new warning tonight if your children play or want to play football. what a new stu

it's that when that brass railing came off, part of the structure came down. neighbors and passersby stopped to stare at the mess. >> how did they do that? >> reporter: erika martin from the union league tells us they know how it happened. >> you could see him ripping it from the structure and causing the entire structure to collapse. >> reporter: the building was constructed in 1865 for the union league founded during the civil war. over the years, it's been the site of fancy events. just recently presidential candidate donald trump visited. then there are the weddings like the one joe ma garr itty went to this past weekend. >> there was a wedding here on saturday, it was fine. to see the whole railing come down like this, it's upsetting to see somebody would damage a place of such significance. >> reporter: it's a landmark in the city, now in need of repair. >> what could they get for half of a railing, which is about what they took, versus that thing, which has been here since 1865? >> reporter: in addition to someone just being able to somehow rip that rai

. >> new, the man suspected of snatching a huge brass railing in center city is sitting behind bars. >>> a new jersey priest is strip of his duties as police arrest him on child pornography charges. >> it's chilly once again and the roads could be slick, let's go over to david. >> reporter: we have showers passing through south philadelphia right now and one along the coast and the ac expressway. most of the rain is off to the north. as we go into the poconos there's a chance of freezing rain not only right now, but up until 11:00 a.m. freezing rain advisory in effect mount pocono and jim thorpe and lake harmony. be careful after you get off the main roads, they may be treated, but the side streets may not. we see the rain stay to the north and this afternoon we see showers roll in. 46 degrees in philadelphia. 42 in allentown. well above freezing if you see a little bit of a sprinkle or shower up there, it will not be freezing rain. 43 in reading, 44 in millville. 48 in cape may. as we roll through the day, look for it to be cloudy and later in the afternoon, periods of time of rain.

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police say a man ripped out the brass railing of the staircase at the union league and you can see the heavy damage left behind. our nicole brewer is outside the union leg in center city where all day people would not talk about what they were seeing. >> reporter: from turning heads to straching them, some folks couldn't figure out how the suspect managed to pull this thing off. first ripping the rail from its foundation, carrying it down broad street, but the most shocking part of this story may be the fact that experts say it wasn't worth the trouble. >> that is horrible. >> reporter: on south broad street, some weren't sure what to make of this. >> i have no idea. >> it's disturbing. >> reporter: pieces of an iconic philadelphia building scattered on the sidewalk. the grand entrance of the historic union league. a representative tells eyewitness news surveillance video shows a man ripping the section about 3:00 a.m. on monday with only his bare hands. >> reporter: the suspect managed to carry the rail down the block and around the corner where he made a successful getaway. >> we hav

police say a man ripped out the brass railing of the staircase at the union league and you can see the heavy damage left behind. our nicole brewer is outside the union leg in center city where all day people would not talk about what they were seeing. >> reporter: from turning heads to straching them, some folks couldn't figure out how the suspect managed to pull this thing off. first ripping the rail from its foundation, carrying it down broad street, but the most shocking part of this story may be the fact that experts say it wasn't worth the trouble. >> that is horrible. >> reporter: on south broad street, some weren't sure what to make of this. >> i have no idea. >> it's disturbing. >> reporter: pieces of an iconic philadelphia building scattered on the sidewalk. the grand entrance of the historic union league. a representative tells eyewitness news surveillance video shows a man ripping the section about 3:00 a.m. on monday with only his bare hands. >> reporter: the suspect managed to carry the rail down the block and around the corner where he made a successful getaway. >> we hav

the man pulled the brass railing from the stairs on broad street. the removal of the railing caused the famous steps to collapse. >>> a chilly day out there as we look live over market street in center city philadelphia. we are in for one of the coldest nights of the season so far. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast, glenn. >> yeah. it is going to be a much colder day and night than what we saw in the last 24 hours. 54 degrees in philadelphia now. a lot of clouds around. barely to 50 degrees with the combination of the clouds and the colder air coming in with a northwest wind 10 to 20 miles per hour wind in most of the area. we have been seeing a few gusts over 20 as well. it allows the clouds to come down from the northwest, generally from the great lakes, but the moisture is limited to the bottom part of the atmosphere. so we don't have rain falling out. it looks kind of threatening. we have a freeze warning in effect for much of the area. for overnight tonight into tomorrow morning the lower part of the temperature this season a

. >> he's given a uniform and a belt with a brass buckle that he's told to keep shiny and subjected to very intense discipline. >> those were days where it wasn't like today. i mean, they hit and they did whatever the hell they had to do. they were a tough lot. >> trump thrived at new york military academy. he was a star on the baseball team, was elected captain and led the honor guard in new york city's columbus day parade. during the summer trump began working for his father. >> we used to have contests and he used to always respect the fact that i always entered. at the time it was like the greatest achievement of my life. >> trump graduated in 1964 and went to fordham university for two years before transferring to the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania. he graduated in 1968 and after all his training a medical deferment makes him ineligible for the vietnam draft. trump went to work for his successful father, fred, but the burroughs of brooklyn and queens were not enough for him. he'll take manhattan. coming up, trump moves across the river to manhattan and the new yo

jorge: dora miller is fuming, thieves have stolen all the brass vases from her relatives' graves. >> not secured, anyone can walk up here and take what they want. jorge this section of oak lawn : cemetery, closest to cummings highway has been plundered. nearly 150 brass vases ripped off grave markers over the past two months. >> i have a sister and brother and their marker is gone. jorge kim brodie thought her : family could rest in peace. >> and when you see that people come up here and vandalize and take the placements of the : figures it's the work of drug users selling the bronze as scrap metal, he's even tried warning a few local companies. >> i brought a base -- vase with me and told them this is from a cemetery and they said they had never seen anything like it. bernie lighting the entire : cemetery is impractical. and closing the gates would draw complaints from those who want to visit whenever they want. so it is hard to stop. short-term, they are buying cheaper vases. less lkely to be stolen. for dora miller it is not the same. >> this is ridiculous. there needs to be some

one of the stairwells someone last night climbed up the stairwell there, ripped off a piece of the brass railing that collapsed the entire right hand side of this stairwell. especially the railings on that side. it happened around 3:01 this morning. surveillance camerasurveillancee rolling. apparently no one noticed until early this morning and then called police. police came in and investigating. they're still doing that now. reviewing surveillance video. but tourists passing by today and folks here at the union league are did he say stressed by what happened here. >>> well in reviewing our surveillance tapes it looks about 30:00 2:00 a.m. we saw a mail figure walk down the street this way an approach the staircase and at that time he ripped off a piece of the brass second of the railing causing the entire structure to collap collapse. very unfortunate situation here. we're very upset about it certainly. >> reporter: work crews continue to as is he the damage here. it could take couple of days that's all free fabricated material on there not from 1865. it was replaced in th 20th century

police say he yanked on the piece of the brass railing on the north side of the staircase there, and causing the composite concrete, and the brass, taken from the steps will take two to three months to repair. pieces, might have to be shipped from overseas as a matter of fact. i mean didn't a car hit the union league years ago and they had to repair or replace, and iconic. >> it took a long time for them to do it. but fancy pants club but there is a lot of charities that hold events and fundraisers. it is not just for feel that belong to the club. they have weddings and many events as well. that is clear video of that guy. >> that is pretty recognizable. >> hopefully they will find him and catch her. >> all of the wedding pictures taken on those stairs. >> so true. >> all right. >> hopefully they will get him pretty quickly. >>> 9:21. wait until you see what we have next on this show this broadcast this program we like to call "good day philadelphia". >> "good day philadelphia". >> yes. >> just hang in there don't move. i served under president bush and obama. i fought the taliban. i

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so trump used him to cut deals. >> i think donald likes associating himself with people who are brassugh characters, uncompromising characters. >> well, my first big deal in manhattan was probably the convention center. >> in 1973 trump saw in the newspaper that the penn central rail yards were filing for bankruptcy. >> i got an option to the penn central land and was able to convince then governor kerry that this is the place to dibasa convention center. in april of 1977 trump married czech model ivana. >> the thing that first attracted me was her beauty. she was very beautiful. i liked her because she was also very solid, everything boom, boom, boom, very orderly. >> on new year's eve, 1997, they had the first of their first children. trump set his sites on the commodore hotel. he had to convince the bank overseers he could make a deal with banks reluctant to invest in real estate. >> trump told the penn folks they should meet him at the state hall. >> it's about tax deals and zoning and about getting the public officials on your side. >> the penn central exit was arrived at city ha

. >>> police are searching for this man reginald phillips, accused of ripping the brass railing from the stairs of the philadelphia's historic union league on monday. police say phillips sold the brass at a local scrap yard, damage to the union league stairs was assessed at $100,000. >>> south jersey police department has a new weapon in the fight against crime, something that is usually around but people do not notice it. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan shows us the new system that police hope will lead to a crackdown on mischief. >> leave it right here, so it does not burnout there. >> reporter: driver carrying up the parking lot of the little league field and he thought no one was watching, he was wrong, thanks to a new surveillance system gloucester township police say they caught the man in the ago, made an arrest and will make him pay for repairs. >> this system has the ability and it does provide an alert. >> reporter: wednesday gloucester township unveiled a remote monitoring system that times together more than 130 cameras throughout one of the south jersey

. >> reporter: early monday morning a brass thief stole the handrail at entrance to the union league at broad and sansom. tearing apart the stairway in the process. and last tuesday night, a robbery attempt in rittenhouse square ended when the thief shot and wounded good samaritan trying to intervene. those who live and work in center city told us the recent spadely violence and vandalism has them on high alert. >> it is concerning. i mean, at night, i don't know, i definitely want to be in group. i wouldn't want to be by myself. that's not even a guarantee. >> it does make you think look at your surroundings as you're walking. >> reporter: little nervous? >> yeah, little bit. >> try not to think about it and kind of keep my head on swivel. >> as that window crew finished put the best face on boyd's replace many window on order shalom told us he's had about enough of center city. >> this is what we thinking about moving out of here. very unsafe. >> reporter: in case you thought shalom was he can app rating his concerns. the store is closed, the security gate is down and merchandise s

he did walk away with the brass, yeah. >> we were saying what a beautiful building. to see this it is just unacceptable, totally unacceptable. >> reporter: work crews spent the evening cleaning up the mess and assessing damage. union league members continue to file in the historic building using a second stairway. >> being a iconic place for philadelphians and our members it is a bad day to see vandalism and structure to our property. >> reporter: dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> 4:20 is our time. former aid to chris christie has been called into question about exactly what the governor knew about those lane closures. bridget kelly testified that she told governor chris christie twice about the lane closures by the george washington bridge and he knew about traffic problems in the area at fort lee. on friday kelly testified that christie signed off on a traffic study connected to the lane closures. christie has continued to deny knowing anything about the scheme before it happened. prosecutors have not charged the governor. >>> happening today, something fun. we w

that was 24 hours after the brass railing was stolen on broad street, from the union league. and that happened just four days after somebody was shot in prime time in rittenhouse square. that is a lot of crimes to list, right in the past week alone, just within a four block radius. >> how long have you been here? >> five years. >> five years. do you feel like it has gotten worse the past five years? >> every day, honestly i car a gun have, to pull my gun already twice, people literally name when was inside the store to rob. >> this is how the year started if you have short memoriesment look, right around the corner from where we are, 17th and walnut. here is a still unsolved crime. you got to wonder are these the people that pulled the boyds heist, because they got away with the heist at vince clothing and other expensive retail clothing outlets, 12 grand in clothes stolen. this is 5:00 in the morning on saturday. same deal. they smashed the display window. two men and women went in, they obviously new where to go, in and out in a minute. then still unsolved. this happened ju

you see that brass railing there? there was one on the other side. someone came and just ripped that right off. then i'm told they carried what was a six-foot-long piece of magne metal all the way down here to this street. they then turned that corner, stashed it, came back a few minutes later, and got away. they were left a crumbled mess. pieces of history from a fancy philadelphia landmark, now surrounded by yellow caution tape. these stairs at the union league now damaged and missing part of their brass railings after someone pulled an overnight highest. why would someone want the railings? >> one could assume they would be for scrap. but we don't know what the state of mind was. >> reporter: we're told it was caught on video and the league is looking to track him down. >> you can see him on camera going to the railing and ripping it from the actual structure and causing the entire structure to collapse. >> reporter: did he use any tools? >> it doesn't appear so. i don't know if this was planned or just happened. >> reporter: the structure has bee

they believe the person walked away with that 6-foot piece of brass railing. no estimate yet on the damages here. and no idea when repairs are going to start. they've already started to eye ball how they're going to reconstruction this. we'll have much more coming up at 6:00. lucy? >> we'll talk to you then, thank you, dave. >>> local 7eleven clerk shaken up tonight after violent robbery in cedarbrook last night a man walk into the store on the 7700 block of ogontz avenue. pulled a gun out of his sweatshirt. demanded money then ran off. clerk is not injured thank goodness. if you recognize that guy right there, give police a call. >>> eagles fans are flying high this monday after a big win at the linc on sunday the vikings they rolled into town all undefeated with that perfect record and stuff. they left philly with a big loss. that's how the eagles role. they won it 21-10. fox 29's sean bell joins us now break it all down. sean. >> no one said it had to be pretty, right? as a matter of fact beginning tough game was down right ugly. a win is a win and that's a

monday surveillance cameras captured the suspect as he climbed the steps, yanked on brass railing and down came the composite concrete railing along with it. >> grabbed at the brass causing the structure to fully collapse as you can see here. >> he did walk away with the brass, yes. >> what beautiful building. ton see this, i'm like, it's just unacceptable. totally. >> police reviewed surveillance video at the union league and in this alley used by the thief to escape. apparently no passengers by noticed and no one wanted it to police until daylight when investigators arrived to get to the bottom of it. >> we're still looking at the video and cooperate wig the police. >> none of is it original to 1865 when the building opened. this was all replaced in the early 20th century. >> work crews spent the evening cleaning the mess and assessing the damage. union league members continue to file into the building using of using another stairway. tourists and passengers by snapped pictures and video taped the damage. >> being iconic place for palistineans and our members and certainly a sad day

brass meaning the top officials in the police department. brass refers to a boss. tax, because that is what they were and limiting. i believe it was 2010, august 2010, when i realized that our identity had been compromised and that we were now out. this was supposed to be a strictly confidential investigation. it was imperative our identities not be revealed because the targets of this investigation were officers and bosses, and we did not know how far up the chain it would go. which meant they had access to all of our personal information -- where we lived, our children, anything that they wanted -- which made us very vulnerable. to expose our identity is basically throwing us to the walls. these targets could now know who we are, what we were investigating. you have to remember, these are police officers. they know what they did. and now they know that we know. and with that comes the implication of federal prison time, losing your job, losing your livelihood. and makes us targets it very dangerous for us to work. juan: i want to turn to janet hanna, a 20 year ve

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the suspect calmly walks down the street with brass in hand. plus new information about the shooting in rittenhouse square, tonight what we learned about the alleged shooter. >> three crimes in seven days, the most recent this morning. it has people in center city scared. >> what people are saying about all of this crime happening in center city? >> reporter: for residents who live here, people who work right here in center city, they tell me their sense of safety and security feels somewhat shattered, much like the store front here on chestnut this morning. >> a high end heist, the smash and grab of high end handbags and other merchandise at boyds. they smashed the store front with a car. >> there are cameras everywhere. >> reporter: repair crews spent hours fastening up the broken glad. vandalism of the union league staircase has locals feeling undone. >> i don't see them walking the beat as much here as they do in the outer city. >> reporter: and nearby business

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. >> a man suspected of snatching a huge brass rail in center city is behind bars. >> a little bit of precipitation in areas, let's turn to david murphy and karen rogers, good morning. >> reporter: dry this morning, not as cold as yesterday. we have showers in the northern suburbs and getting steadier in northern allentown and northern berks county with the darker shade of green. farther north you see blue toward the poconos. we have a freezing rain advisory until 11:00 a.m., in the poconos, lake harmony and jim thorpe. if you're driving up in the poconos be careful we have icing up there. we have clouds today, out by pittsburgh you see that bulk of rain that will be here this afternoon and start to die down through most of the region not just the northern areas getting the rain right now. 46 degrees no longer in the 30s across the region. in fact we're up to 53 in cape may. in the poconos, 30, 30 degrees, so cooler up there and again, the icing. cloudy skies today here's how it will go, 42 by 7:00 a.m. 54 by noon, high of 58 pretty much the same story by 6:00. the best chance of rain

. >> he chiseled out the brass piece in the center of the star. i think someone asked him can i have have and he said you have to ask the city. and he and the news guy walked away. >> reporter: the man is upset over allegations that trump has mistreated women. >>> the vandalism comes as donald trump takes a short break from the campaign trail to attend some business. >> reporter: donald trump cut the ribbon in his brand new luxury hotel here in washington, d.c. >> we built one of the great real estate companies of the world but it seems very insignificant to what we're doing now. >> reporter: the event was supposed to be a corporate event but quickly turned into campaign rhetoric. >> remember hillary said herself, it was called hillary care before it was called obama care. >> the morning ceremony at trump international hotel also provided a stage for some profesters. trump's new hotel is less than a mile from the white house. but the rout from here to the oval office could go through florida. hillary clinton has two stops in florida with she's urg

they found gre natd sz, going to show you grenades, air soft guns, and brass >>> we're also investigating. we started asking questions about this. a cleveland homeowner said his home is soaked and he's being blamed for the glal lons of water leaking into his basement. he says a county construction crew caused the damage. >> it's not fair for my family or anybody to go through this. >>reporter: she's been digging into this story. damage is already done. >>reporter: likely, thousands of dollars worth of damage to this family's basement. they can't afford to pay it and they say no one the is taking the blame. his basement has been dry for 20 keers until yesterday when he says the county inspector paid him a visit basement and found this. inches of water, two brand new water heaters bust td bsh busted. they -- busted. they say it's because of the construction project outside. >> they started playing the blame game. >>reporter: cleveland water told us that the area that needs to be repaired is buried and >> the city has to take care of the citizens. >>reporter: in the meantime, he's without wa

there are new images showing the suspect's face and pulled the brass railing from the steps causing them to collapsed. they are trying to fix the stairs as soon as possible. >>> they are trying to identify 20 to 30 young people involved in attacks near temple university. on the 1400 block of oxford street friday night. all the victims were assaulted and a 19-year-old woman's cell phone was stolen and two male juvenile suspects were arrested but the rest were able to run away before police arrived. police are increasing weekend patrolled as a precaution. >>> a woman and her young son will back together today after a chief took off with a 6-year-old inside of a stolen car last night. police are still searching for the suspect that ditched the vehicle, annie mccormick is live in mayfield where the car was recovered along with a frightened child in the backseat. >> reporter: a witness that witnessed the car theft and chased after the suspect with the little boy in the car, in just a short distance he went almost 90 miles per hour and police are still looking for the suspect who could face ch

earnings in japan, china, and , and hundreds of china's top brass in beijing.ill they shake up the top post? a lot to watch out for. news on mergers and acquisitions, at&t's is for time warner, british american tobacco looking to make a bid. we have google and apple on the docket, so it busy day. let's see how things are kicking off in the asia-pacific. australia, flat, not much price action, the asx 200 unchanged. thatis ahead of the inflation number on wednesday. japan shares falling after that earthquake that hit western japan. , asould see a bounce back much as 200 points or so. 103.98.en of around closed marketst in the asia-pacific, labor day in new zealand, thailand shut to commemorate the king. that was an early look at the region. it seems like it will be mergers and acquisitions. coming friday, the first estimate of third-quarter gdp for the u.s., potentially 2.5%. some major deals we want to get to. about chinaoke ocean wives deal -- ocean wide's deal. >> it will be a megamerger monday, one deal just hitting the tape. oceanwide, $2.7 billion, all cap

. >> new, the man suspected of snatching a huge brass railing in center city is sitting behind bars. >>> a new jersey priest is strip of his duties as police arrest him on child pornography charges. >> it's chilly once again and the roads could be slick, let's go over to

crews installed new brass and will pour it today. it will take several days to polish, though. so far the man has not been >>> one senate candidate is not going down without a fight. you just saw it there. the third party candidate, marilyn crass at a senate debate, margaret flowers, who hopped on stage before it started demanding to be part of it. her competitors stood quietly right next to her. flowers was not included in the debate because she the 15% polling requirement set by organizers. >>> the four people killed at a theme park will be honored. it will be reopened, calling it memorial day. proceeds will go to the australian red cross in memory of the victims. investigators are looking for security video to see if the accident could have been prevented. >>> an airline pilot suspended for trying to fly a plane while the sky west flight from delta was headed to utah. the pilot smelled of alcohol as soon as he arrived at work at 8:00 a.m. he was in the cockpit going over pre-flight preparations when police hauled him off the plane. his blood alcohol level level was over the

the union league tells us someone ripped the brass railing off and got away with a piece about six feet long. they say the man was caught on video but they have not released that video yet. >> everything looked normal up until that point. about that time you can see him approaching from the side street here. that's had it all happened, in about two minutes' time. >> the suspect got away with that piece of railing. the union league is now working with police trying to track him down. >>> now to your first alert weather. chilly walk to school this morning for these youngsters in delaware county. they had their hoodies on along darby road in harvavertown. >> first alert meteorologist sheena parveen has our forecast. >> today, not bad, in the mid-60s tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow we'll be ten degrees cooler than right now. then we go into tomorrow night. that's when we're looking at some patchy frost in the forecast. it's 61 degrees in mount holly, 63 in philadelphia, 67 in dover. much of the area, about the low 60s for the most part. coatesville 59 degrees. philadelphia dry. we had the clou

the brass taken from the steps will take two to three months to repair. the last time they replaced this five years ago the pieces had to be shipped there overseas as a matter of fact. cars have run into that building in the past. >> thankfully they have surveillance video and they will continue to review that to catch the person or people behind the vandalism. >> it was built this 1864, finished in early 1865, right at the end of the civil war. >> so much history. >> it was built to support the policies of the abraham lincoln. i think abe was supposed to come and speak at the union league but he got shot a couple weeks before he was supposed to come here and dedicate the building. that is off the top of my head i'll look that up. >> don't fact check me. >> okay. >> but i think that is right. >> it is close, i'll look it up, 6:15 almost. >> outrage over obama care announcement the from the white house about next years health care plans that has many people upset this morning. pat toomey: he was a founder of this pennsylvania bank and owned stock worth as

now, all morning long, top brass from the boston police department could be seen keeping watch at the hospital. the police commissioner, mayor, and district attorney all constantly checking in. the police commissioner called the officer's conditions extremely critical. a 28-year veteran shot four times. times. the d.a. says it was a long night. but now great relief after a successful surgery. the patrolman's union says they remain in i.c.u. other officers on the scene gave these officers life-saving first aid. >> one officer had his hand in one of the wounds. i think that was instrumental. in getting the officer down to mass. general. quickly. they have some very serious wounds. they have undergone blood transfusionings. they classified them as extremely critical. >> reporter: there was a rev heend at mass. general here overnight. who pled 50 glifers prayer. the police commissioners asking for continued prayers. the mayor says tonight at city hall plaza, there will be a moment of reflection. live from mass. general hospital, victoria warren, 7 news. swarming into that east boston neig

applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we are very privileged to have with us the united states army band and brassuintet, who will now perform a tribute to our veterans. >> ♪ ["god bless america"] ♪ [applause] >> thank you so much for the patriotic celebration we have to remember all of us who have given their lives here. i am honored to introduce our final speaker today, 95 years old, purple heart veteran of world war ii. he answered the best into the army as a private in 1942 and retired as a colonel in september of 1972. during his 30 years of military service, he enjoyed a variety of interesting, challenging assignments. during world war ii, he participated in the battle of okinawa as the leader of an infantry platoon, the commander of a rifle company. and as an intelligence officer, in an infantry battalion. he was a staff sergeant with the 80th infantry blue ridge division where he was selected to attend officers candidate school at fort benning georgia. colonel riffey holds many militaryncluding science from the university of agrees inmaster arts international affairs, master of science deg

all the original woodwork is in here, the original brass pole is in here. and pretty much, everything in here is originally still in place, still intact. we've been taking care of it since 1904. just south of downtown chicago in tinley park at the tinley park convention center. it's the stihl timbersports series u.s. championship. today, 10 lumberjacks vying for one of the coveted championship spots. only the top four will move on, and right now, defending champ matt cogar sits atop the leaderboard this is the stock car racing of timbersports. two equally matched stihl ms661 chainsaws are timed, tacked, and tuned to be within a hundreds of a thousandths of a second of each other in the wood. two matched 20-inch guide bars and two finely ground chains are on these saws, so the only variable between the bunks is the operator. just around the ram logo right now. in this contest, 16 inches of wood will be severed with one down cut, one up cut. competitors trying to move slow and smooth, keeping the saw in the wood and feeding the wood as fast as possible. let's

. >> reporter: the union representing the boston police and the top brass of the police are thankful that a blood transfusion was available to help officer morris. work with the red cross to make sure the word is out that more blood donations are necessary. a fellow officer helped to keep one of the injured officers alive. for that here's 7's john cocoa. >> he knows how close he was to death. >> reporter: in the middle of a violent night the swift action of one boston police officer likely keeping one of his brothers in blue arrive. kirk figgeroa opened fire on him severing one of his main arteries. officer centolo was also hit. >> officers were quick to put hands as well as apply a turn cut which doctors say saved his life. >> reporter: they're used to control blood flow from a traumatic injury. a boston police officer tied a tourniquet to his own leg when he was shot in dorchester. training this thursday with a tactical s.w.a.t. team. >> you talk about a coincidence paying off. this officer was there to apply the pressure to apply the tourniquet. an artery was severed and thank god

someplace officers complained about not enough planning for the cavaliers parade, top brass consideredcep canceling the parade at the last minute, the worried about getting through straits like east ninth that were completely clogged. 19 asked what it cost to put onon something so large, now we got the answer it was nearlyly $600,000 just for the place and another $11,000 for ambulance and public works crews trouble. at flannery's can they hope that the city gets ready for another parade, no big problem last time but always room for improvement.. i think more sanity, and barricades would make disco way when the indians parade even bigger? we met one guy would not come.o when they win the world series are you going to come back for the pride. >> no. ed gallek fox 8 i-team. >> so when the city might start plan a baseball parade? the spokesman said that they're jus starting the alcs. know that a.j. colby as everything crossed for the indians. >> every appendage,t but not right now.bu here is a look, with a lovely shot as recorded by andre bernier. a few clouds along the horizon ergo it was a

space and the added an upstairs living room and reuse some of the original tile wallpaper would and brassto issue the permit said the conversation was a good idea. but they really felt that it would be better served as a single-family home because it is a small street and there isn't any parking for a congregation or anything. >>> it's not up for sale and the asking price $900,000. the word is spreading fast among buyers and the montague said they hope to take on more projects like this one in oakland. >> it is gorgeous. >> i can see a pam cook in there.>>> the excitement is building ahead of this year's tightening of mavericks surfing competition and the big announcement and it involves women are just hours before today's opening ceremony. >>> donald trump hillary clinton share the stage again the awkward moments of what was supposed to be an nice -- night filled with jokes and laughter. >>> good morning, right now we still have a good-looking commutes on the shore freeway as you head out to the macarthur remains that -- maze. >>> the coast and they will come down a little bit and chapte

then...meeting the brass. "our message for fleet week is for you to understand what exactly it is we do."sis..." today, the navy hosted fire, police, and other emergency response agencies in a show and tell... yes...in war, this ship deploys marines and equipment. but after a natural disaster like a major earthquake, it can send those same men and machines to help a stricken city. all of which, no doubt left a strong impression. but even that could not match the nobility and dignity of a ship's crew arriving in port, manning the rails. as we said...get used to it this week... we'll do it again." now you know why. on the uss san diego, wayne freedman, .>> a pennsylvania food stand is catering to the dogs. at "bane and vader's" pet owners can drive up, pick their meats, vegetables and fruits for their dogs, as well as some tasty extras. "i just wanted a place that could be just for them and that would just cater to them and their needs. it's all fresh pet so it's all fresh meats and fruits and ve the tasty extra