that was a game changer not just for burlington, but for the whole burlington area. it brought in good paying jobs. a lot of professionals. at the same time, a lot of those mill workers that have been put out of work when the mills closed, they could become line workers in the manufacturer of the chips, which were good paying jobs. all of a sudden, there was an infusion of new money, a new energy that came into the area. i think at its height, ibm around 1975 or 1980, employed 8000 or 9000 people. they were a major engine in the city. ibm is no longer here. but it was bought by a company called global industries. they are still in business. i would say in recent years, because of that excitement, all that money that came into the city, because of the fantastic growth of the university, the university has 14,000 students or so. back as recently as 1950, it had about 3000. that has been a major engine driving the local economy. also the hospital. the university hospital. it was a private hospital initially founded in the 1880's. it has grown tremendously. burlington be

the story of burlington can be told by looking at the burlington waterfront. >> burlington is unique -- is as unique as vermont. is reallycity that attractive to young people. what we are seeing is this is the center of the vermont economy. what has happened recently is a lot of new businesses have come in, ben & jerry's, we have artisan cheeses who have a big present -- presence. we have some of the finest craft brewery. has a bright future. but is so important to us in vermont because our state is largely world. rural.argely rural america is a challenge. the strength we have in burlington helps us in vermont to build our rural communities. two major parts of ferment history to affect the whole state and burlington are our agricultural tradition and town meetings. there has been an enormous sense of citizen participation and activism ever since the founding of the republic of vermont. had -- the agricultural tradition, where our farmers have had the view that if we take care of the land, the land will take care of us. even though far -- even though the farms are in decline, it is no

not just for burlington but the whole burlington area because it brought in good-paying jobs. you know, a lot of professionals. at the same time, a lot of those mill workers that had been put out of work on the textile mills closed could become wine workers -- line workers in the manufacturing of the chips which were also good-paying jobs. at its height, ibm come around 1935, 1980, employed it a thousand more 900 -- or 9000 people -- employed 8000 or 9000 people. ibm is no longer here but it was bought by a company named global industries and they are still in business. because of that excitement, that money that came into the city, because of the fantastic growth of the university, the university now has 14,000 students or so. back as recently as 1950, it had about 3000. that has been a major drive in the local economy. also the university hospital, a private hospital initially founded in the 1880's, it has grown tremendously. so burlington became the surprisingly sophisticated place and of course as probably many , of your viewers know, and the last 25 years or so, burlingto

the story of burlington can be told by looking at the burlington waterfront. >> our cities tour staffently traveled to burlington, vermont, to learn about its history. learn more about burlington and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. -- walked into the room first. he was wearing military camouflage fatigues with the emblem the right here and the initials kkk on his chest, embroidered across his beret and on his head were knights of the ku klux klan. he had a semi automatic handgun. he was followed right behind him the grand dragon in a dark blue suit and tie. when the nighthawks turned the corner and saw me, he just froze. and mr. kelly bumped into his back because the guy stopped short. they stumbled and regain their balance, looking all around the room. i knew they were thinking, rk gave themesk cle the wrong room number or this was an ambush. so, i went like this to display my hands. nothing in them. and i stood up and i approached them. hi, mr. kelly. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davi

burlington, in the late 1830's, textile mills had been established in burlington's twin town because it is right across the river a townrlington and it is with big wool and textile mills. besides being a lumber town, burlington was also a textile town. carry her linkedin through the difficult times when off ander taken fell not lumber business grew theendously beginning with civil war. beginning with the 1860's, right up to the end of the century. specifically up to the early 1890's. there is one man who was primarily responsible for that. a fellow by the name of lawrence martin's figured out if you put that lumber on railroad cars and there is money to be made, a well loved philanthropist who buildings in the town. in the 1890's there was a real dropping off and lumber trade. that was obviously a tricky time for burlington. ironically, it was the world wars that carried burlington because of those textile mills. the textile mills in winooski were making a heavy will in clot that were made into blankets for heavylitary, topcoats, materials. sadly for burlington's history, all know in

the story of burlington can be told by looking at the burlington waterfront. >> our cities tour staffently traveled to burlington, vermont. to learn about its rich history. learn more about burlington and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> monday night on "the communicators," and walter talks rise ofs book about the addictive technology and the business that is keeping assault. >> they say we know the dangers of technology. they don't say things like we built in special mechanisms that are designed to hook people, therefore, we don't want our -- hooked. -- looked you want to make sure that people you love and hold dearer not going to be affected by the dangers. >> watch "the communicators," monday night that it :00 eastern on c-span two. tv,n american history historian james holland talks about american and british artillery production between 1941 and 1943, after german forces invaded soviet territory. he is the author -- the author of several books on world war ii. the national archives po

he sees the future as being in burlington. it is on the lake so it has the potential to have shipping up and down the lake between canada and eventually to new york state through the whitehall area. if a canal would ever be built there. way he begins to develop burlington is he begins to make it a more attractive place for developers. region is madeis 1790.ty around named after the first governor. ira allen ensures that burlington becomes the shire town, which means it will have the courthouse, there will be lawyers, there will be judges. that makes it an important place. he also make sure it has the first u.s. post office in vermont. that may not be true. it may have been the second u.s. post office. he knew that if you have a college in your town, that is a major draw, as we know it is today. it is one of the things that makes burlington such a wonderful place. around 1790, he begins to agitate the legislature to make burlington the site of a university. in order to entice the legislature to give burlington a charter for tha

her homeport was burlington, vermont. the passages were about an hour or an hour and a half, but she had her regular scheduled that she kept two. it was owned and operated, the champlain transportation company and the lake george steamship company, by the delaware and hudson railroad company. it kept a really tight time schedule for the steamers. you could board a train in new york city, heading up to burlington, vermont, but you had to go on the new york shoreline and up to lake george. you got on a steamer there, you got off that steamer, got on another train, go up further along the shore and go up to westport and for the ticonderoga and sale to burlington the next day. so it was a link in the transportation network of the time. through most of her time on the lake, she ran a regular route with the delaware and hudson railroad company, on a very strict schedule between the shores of vermont and new york state. but by the time that you got into the mid-19 20's, late 1920's, things started to change. there was a lot more

her berth home port was burlington, vermont. so a lot of times the passages were maybe an hour, hour and a half, not very long, but she had a regular schedule that she kept to. it was owned and operated, not just the tide, but the champlain transportation company and the late george steamboat company by the delaware and hudson railroad company. and so they kept a really tight time schedule for the steamers, as well. but you could board a train in new york city, heading up towards burlington, vermont, but you had to go on the new york shoreline and up to lake george, you got on a steamer there, you can get off that steamer, get on another train. go a little bit further up the shore and get off at westport and board the "ti" and sail to burlington the next day. so it was a link in the transportation network of the time. so through most of her time on the lake, she ran a regular route with the delaware and hudson railroad company, as a very strict schedule between the shores of vermont and the shores of new york state. but by the t

. >> welcome to burlington, vermont, on booktv. located on lake champlain about 45 minutes south of the canadian border, it's home to the university of vermont and is the states most populist city with about 42,000 residents. with the help of our comcast cable partners, over the next hour will feature its literary community including author willard sterne randall on the war of 1812. >> a lot of people have misconceptions about the war of 1812. they think that it was all about the star-spangled banner and the british attack on washington and that it was not very important like a hiccup in history. there had been a long struggle with the british over trades and rights. the british wanted basically to take us back. it's much more important in the way it's taught in school. >> we began our special feature unpredicted bill mayors and jeff danziger on their book the full monty, vermont in the age of trump. >> about a month before trump was elected i had open heart surgery, and so i was not in great shape and i was in even worse shape whe

next, a look at our recent visit to burlington, vermont. you are watching american history to become all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. chip: here we are at the train at the shelburne museum, 1895 by dr. william steward webb, a rutland railroad, and service with the central vermont railway as well. it was essentially built to help out with passenger rail service for this region, but perhaps more importantly for the availability of the webbs to be able to travel as they wished, to go to their summer home, the -- to go to their summer home and down to new york city mayor , and to other areas around of the country. it was billed for shelburne, however, and is served passenger rail service up until 1953. when that stopped at that point, passenger rail service in this region. and it was then given to the museum for posterity's sake, to allow people to be able to see it. it is exhibited with much of the railroad memorabilia that is seen in these stations. of the founders collection at the time. it was moved overland from shelburne here to the

talcony palmyra bridge went up 420, back zero back do you, burlington bristol opening up 5:10. vine at 95 will get busy coming the up in the next hour , see how wet the roadways r pushing eastbound, volume levels still good this monday morning, it will heat up quickly. fierce accident in delran, new jersey, more talking about hartford road closed at summer hill drive. your alternate, creek road, you will have to use it, downed pole from earlier accident in somerdale new jersey route 30, traffic right now in place. and water main break in yardley, talking more about this coming up. quickly, closed between oxford valley road and lakeview drive reading avenue is your best alternate. >> new this morning, deadly crash in delran burlington county, on the scene shortly after the crash on hart ford road and summer hill drive. car hit utility pole, careened into the woods where it overturned. one. people inside is killed. no word on the other victim. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> bucks county many theme yardley lower make fields are waking up without water this morni

. >>> breaking this morning a driver hit and killed a pedestrian on route 73 in burlington county and kept going. it happened around 12:30 on the 2800 block of route 73 in maple shade. officials say they have someone in custody stay with "action news" an 6abc.com as we continue to follow this breaking news. >>> a driver-by shooting injured three teenagers in south philadelphia this happened on the 2400 block of moore street at 8:00 p.m. the 15-year-old boy and adult male are in critical condition. two 14-year-old stable. police have not made any arrests. it is unclear why the group was targeted. >>> the search goes on for a suspect in a string of violent robberies in philadelphia. kale dougherty was attacked on the 1900 block of clinton street. >> they tackled me from behind and punched me in the face, i managed to pick the first guy up, i was stupid and put him back down. he identified the assailants, a tip call led to the arrests of one the other is still on the run. >>> a person robbed a delaware county pharmacy, the man pushed the stroller into the store on tuesday, he approached

i talked to police in burlington county about the fatal accident in delran.ven though it happened last night it was a single-vehicle accident where somebody brought down a pole and ran off the roadway, they still have hartford road shut down at somerdale drive in delran township burlington county. the police expect it to be closed through the morning rush. you'll have to deal with that one a little bit longer. looking at the big picture, no major slow downs just yet. the i-95 southbound near girard the volume has not kicked in yet. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you're traveling this morning in the rain. as you go farther to the north you have snow is in the poconos. you can see in lake harmony and poconos, i-81 you see the area of blue. up near the poconos you have sleet mixing in. everywhere else it's looking like rain, even allentown and milford, quakertown it's raining near pottstown and reading and doylestown. we'll be watching as temperatures drop to make sure it stays rainy and not slick. be careful as you travel tam. >> will do. new this morni

the leahy echo center in burlington, a street in burlington company he way. that accumulates over 40 plus year career. his legacy, more than anything like bernie sanders, vermont politicians are in your community. they don't bring a lot of security so they go to the farmers market. you will see him if you hang out at the farmers market, you'll see bernie sanders at the bagel store and something vermonters rely on, that's one of the reasons we center senators back in part to gain influence through seniority, but also because we know and trust them. why change when someone has done you so well in the past.

this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to burlington, vermont. with the help of our comcast cable partners we'll explore the literary and history scene of burlington on the shores of lake chamblain. author bill players discusses their book "the full vermonty" in the age of trump. >> bill wanted to put out a book because vermont is, i think, voted hillary clinton in greater numbers than any other state. remember, it's a small state so it doesn't amount to that much. but the numbers were impressive so he wanted to put together a book where people in the state answered the question, what do we do now with trump in charge? trump in obviously, in my view, against most of the values and characteristics that vermonters have. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv hear about revolutionary war hero and vermont founding father ethan allen. >> he was the first colonel commandant of the original green mountain boys. they were at one time the largest paramilitary force in north america. if not for the actions of ethan allen and the other green

right now if you're by trenton and northern burlington county you still have some rain.cker6 live double scan shows us that. now, the rain situation is getting a lot better. if i go in tighter on this, most of what we're seeing is lighter shades of green. some of it creeping up the i-95 corridor south of trenton and just to the east of the northeast philadelphia airport. you can kind of see that airport runway right there. and some steady rain highlighted in darker shades of green but this is really pushing out pretty quickly. a little bit more down here to the north of atlantic city. looks like most of our shore communities including the ac airport are beginning to dry out. not that you can't get a little drizzle behind that green but generally speaking we are improving. clouds still thick and that includes montgomery county at spring mountain where they will be making the snow and inviting guests to ski down that slope not before too much longer. your temperature 42 degrees. we're trying to work some sun back into play during the afternoon. winds out of the north at se

burlington another south on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> he walked into the room, and he was where military camouflage with the blood drop in one right here and the initials kkk right here on his chest. beret onred across the his head was "knights of the ku klux klan. he had a semiautomatic handgun in a holster. followed right behind him, mr. kelly, the grand dragon. he entered the room and turned the corner and saw me, he just froze, and mr. kelly bumped into his back, the guy stopped short, and they stumbled and regained their balance, looking all around the room. and i knew what they were thinking. they were thinking either, you know, they were given me wrong aoom number, or this was setup or an ambush. i approach them, and i said hi, mr. kelly, my name is darrell davis. come on in. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended kkk members to understand their hatred and to show them how they are wrong. sunday on c-span on "q and a." >> today on the civil war, a look at the reas

. >> from the burlington county times burlington county resident can recover confidential documents atreading event. the burlington county resource recovery complex, the event from 9:00 to 1:00 will be hosted by the burlington county boards every freeholders, for county resident only. no businesses. and identification is required >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. coming up: we're hearing from the phillies new manager gabe kapler. >> what he had to say to our don bell about his methods of coping, coming up next in sports. >> i'm kevin frazier. coming up chris hemsworth back as the god of thunder defending his own planet. nice to meet you sir. joseph, i'm nice to meet you.u? how's it going man? the yankees? come on. [ laughing ] look at the smiles and the hard work that the people here are doing. it's like making mini sandwiches. they're no different than anyone else. they just want a job. they want respect and they want dignity. this is a nice place. yeah. he plays basketball with lauren. steve called, fairly frantic. you know, he h

learn about burlington and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. >> as he walked into the room first, he was wearing military camouflage fatigues with the blood dropped emblem right here. chestitial kkk on his embroidered across his beret were nights of the ku klux klan. he had a semi automatic handgun in a holster. he came in, followed by mr. kelly, the grand dragon in a suit and tie. when he entered the room and turned the corner, he saw me and froze. mr. kelly bumped into his back. they stumbled and regained their balance, looking all around the room. i knew what they were thinking, clerk gave them the wrong room number, or this was an ambush. to display myhis hands -- i went like this to display my hands, i approached him and said hi mr. kelly, come on in. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong, tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featur

burlington bristol bridge just finished a test opening.ic moving better here at the burlington bristol bridge. a little slow currently but traffic will move better in a few minutes. it's cold out there, baby. 33 degrees right now in the lehigh valley, barely above freezing. 43 little better in the city itself. 43 degrees also in atlantic city and temperatures, look at this, 21 degrees colder right now in philadelphia. 24 degrees colder in wilmington. 30 degrees colder in allentown than it was at this point yesterday, so grab the coat before you head out, matt and tam. >> all right, thank you, karen. >>> president trump is in south korea for the second stop of his five nation tour of asia. the president and first lady landed outside of seoul late last night. trump met with american and south korean troops and also held talks with south korean president moon jae-in. the two leaders agree on-ramping up sanctions and pressure on north korea but moon wants to see more diplomatic dialogue. the president will go on to beijing. >> new this morning

learn about burlington and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. , he talks about his book on the rise of addictive technology in the business of keeping us hooked. >> they say we know the dangers of technology and they do not say things like we have built-in special mechanisms to hook people so we do not want our kids hooked. if you are creating something, you know the dangers. you want to make sure people you love and hold dear are not going to be affected by them. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> american history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> here is the auction block and the auctioneer's stand. we are at greenhill plantation in campbell county, virginia. company hereh the with me for my independent project about saving slave houses which is doing documentation of all the known slave houses in the united states. th

coming up 4:59:30 we are following breaking news out of burlington county. >> a man is hit and killedutside a popular new jersey bowling alley the driver just keeps on going. we will take you to the scene in a moment. >> hi there, bob kelly. >> that is over there in maple shade. live look at turnpike westbound early morning accident at fort washington and lets say good morning to reading, pennsylvania as we are waking up, it is friday, y'all. check your lottery tickets. maybe you are a winner. sueby has a winning forecast when we come right back. my gravy had an accident. follow me. i'm usually the gravy master. everything for thanksgiving. that's my giant. >>> burr. the big hill set nothing artist blast pull out your puffy coats it will be down right chill toy day. so sue will tell us when we can expect that mercury to keep falling. >> forty-six. >> yeah. >> also ahead developing news out of burlington county a driver runs down a man just keeps on going, we are live with the latest on the scene. >>> lets give guy news. check your lottery tickets. you can be a whole lot richer, a mill

a horrible accident scene in burlington county that was restricting traffic all morning. route 55 we have construction crews southbound between 322 and route 40. i'm noticing areas of yellow through harrison township. so some slowing with the crews on the scene him they will be blocking lanes, hopefully wrapping up in the next half-hour here. in bristol township bucks county we have an accident that's been here forever. as i look live we have a tow truck on the scene. more crews on i-95 northbound at 413 in bucks county. off to the side hopefully getting ready to clear it, slowing past the scene not causing a major issue on the roads here. on the waze app it's that time of the season be careful of deer out there, we have animals on the road blue route in marple township. 47 in center city. in new jersey, 44 in hammonton. 52 in cape may. 46 in dover, delaware. temperatures will drop through the day, the winds will pick up. we're looking at a 32-mile an hour windy gust in reading. 33 in allentown and trenton. winds are picking up, temperatures dropping it will colder this a

we do have an accident that just popped up in burlington county. we have some construction here in burlington count you might want to stick to high street. they're working on some water main. >> thank you, karen. a husband and wife from gloucester county have been married less than three months and they already had another party to celebrate this special day. they were given a re-do for their wedding reception last night. during their reception after their wedding back in september, victoria suffered an allergic reaction and was rushed to the hospital. victoria thinks the reaction was caused by her milk allergy which was then exacerbated by her dancing. the caterer graciously hosted the re-do reception. >> it's funny because you don't usually hear of anything like that. you feel like you're being nickelled and dimed for everything and for them to come together because they genuinely felt for us which is really touching for me. the couple's original guests, photographer and dj also returned. >> that's lovely. time now to take a look at business. the

. >> rescuer pull a survive every out of a deadly -- survivor out of a deadly crash scene in burlington county. >>> let's talk about the potential of iciness and slipperiness on the roads. >> reporter: mostly looking at rain right now. >> reporter: northern and western suburbs could have the potential of freezing rain. this added advisory is not all over the area, but lehigh valley, berks county and northern bucks county could have freezing rain possible. i wouldn't be surprised if you saw flurry activity up there, as well. wired view on radar there's precipitation coming through and storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there's actually some fairly heavy stuff that is coursing through areas around berks county. some of this could freeze up. if you go toward pottstown and allentown the radar is showing the blue which is storm tracker 6 live's way of showing possible mixed he precipitation. looking at temperatures, allentown and reading, 37 degrees. keep in mind in twep the reporting -- in between the reporting station temperatures could get cooler. they are on their way down. 41 in

burlington bristol bridge scheduled for an opening. we have a new accident on the boulevard northbound at masher street and blocking all lanes right now. we're seeing speeds like 21 miles per hour heading toward scene you want to stick to when whitiker avenue to get around the restrictions northbound. on the big picture no other problems on the majors right now, tam. let's go over to "action news" reporter, katherine scott she continues our coverage live in lansdale with a closer look at the conditions there, what's it look, katherine? >> reporter: well, tam we've been speaking to drivers here this morning and they say so far so good, of course this will be patchy, so it depends on where you are. you want to use caution as you head out the door. sidewalks temperatures around 35 degrees that's what it was about a half-hour ago when we checked. if you look at the intersection in lansdale where we're standing at sumneytown pike and valley forge road you can see there are wet roads here. so far we have not heard reports of any ice from the

"action news" reporter katherine scott is live along route 73 in maple shade burlington county where they made an arrest, katherine. >> reporter: matt, that's right we are still waiting to hear details from police, but we can confirm this was a hit hit-and-n and police are saying they have one person this custody. you can see there are some lane closures here in maple shade right now in both directions. however, it does look like they are wrapping up. you can see police are pulling away. we're seeing people picking up the cones, so hopefully this will be open soon, but this investigation continues even not here on the scene. this happened around 12:30 a.m., police say a passing driver spotted a man lying in the center median and called police. the victim was pronounced at the scene. police determined this was a hit-and-run. lanes were closed overnight as police gathered evidence and try to reconstruct the accident scene. there are a number of businesses around here, but it's unclear if any surveillance cameras captured the crash along route 73. the nature of the hit-and-run is unclea

burlington bristol bridge, 5:10, but been up and probably coming back down if not down already. an accident on the boulevard. just heads up on this, northbound mascher street. all inner lanes are blocked, we are traveling little less than posted speeds throughout this area. putting on your brakes, so this is going to be an area where you certainly want to drive extra careful on the wet roadways, and an accident earlier delran new jersey happened last night at 11:00 p.m. so still affected out here, take a look at this, heart forwards road still closed summer hill drive. alternate creek road will be your best bet through this area, overall just take it very easy this morning. rahel and jim back to you. >> all right, meisha, thank you. for a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> delaware couldn't times yesterday wasn't a typical sunday afternoon at american legion post 951 in boothwyne, no football ballgame was playing as the post took part in a nfl black-out. black out countered the protest by nfl players who decided to take a knee during the national anthem. >> t

watching the bridges on the burlington bristol bridge, middle of an opening on standby for 4:35. clear over the walt and the ben now. watch for construction clearing. and watch for construction on the 42 freeway or 76. >>> now to breaking news we're following for you this morning. crews battling a fire ripping through a home in germantown. nbc10's pamela osborne is live on scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: first i want you to take a look at what's left of this duplex. this is what six people escaped from early this morning. you can see just how badly it was damaged. the deputy fire chief tells us this was a dangerous situation, as i said. six people escaped from there. some with the help of a neighbor. the fire started a little after 3:00 this morning. by the time firefighters arrived, the six people were already out. there was heavy fire on the porches of that home that had spread to the second and third floors. we're told some of the residents suffer suffered minor injuries. one firefighter suffered minor injuries, as well. back to the rescue. it was a neighbor that ale

i think that mate be the end but i'll let you know, burlington bristol bridge right at 5:40.t is coming back down right now. ninety-five south at cottman they are looking good, i will say levels are certainly starting to heat up. lots of vehicles on the roadway new but still traveling at posted speeds. schuylkill at boulevard taillights in the eastbound direction, headlights moving in the westbound direction we are building levels there but again we are looking okay there as well. do want to call your attention to an accident overturned tractor framers in robbins ville, new jersey, new jersey turnpike north bound ramp to 195 that left lane is compromised we are looking at a picture earlier, the camera went out on us but you can see overturn vehicle tractor trailer completely flip. head up this will be an area that gets really busy starting right now. route one business north bound closed at straw write street until 6:00 a.m. in trenton head up you will to have use an alternate 206 or 295 is your best bet, jan, back over to you. >>> with election day behind us a new jersey may

burlington bristol bridge scheduled to go up at 4:20.ard to see right now but they have been doing test openings this is seventh one since 8:00 . it sounds like there may be one or two this morning we will see i'll let you know when i know. jim, back over to you. a manhunt is underway after a deadly shooting in north philadelphia this happened just after midnight at 30th and page street in strawberry mansion. police say that they found the 23 year-old victim lying in the street. he had been shot in the face. >> we did find numerous, spent shell casings from a semiautomatic weapon, just feet away, from the victim's body, so, it appears that the shooter was firing, from pretty close proximity. >> police say victim lived a block away from the crime scene if you have any information about this shooting you are asked to call police. >>> data recorders on roy halladay's plane are on their way to the ntsb lab for processing. they are trying to figure out what caused crash that killed the former phillies pitcher. this video shows halladay flying

we're on standby for an opening at the burlington bristol bridge at 5:10. you can take the betsy ross as an alternate now instead of the tacony palmyra. i'll have updates when i come back in about ten minutes. >>> clouds are overhead. rain falling in philadelphia. that's the live view from center city. a rainy morning, but we'll see rain taper off later this morning. it's already thinning in baltimore. rain in delaware, south jersey, philadelphia. i'm still watching this area north and west where the atmosphere is just a little bit colder. this is mainly light rain. you might see a snowflake or two mixing in. temperatures are above freezing. i expect them to stay that way. 41 now in philadelphia. we may see it cool a little bit in the short term. by 8:00, rain will still be falling at 8:00. we'll start drying out at 10:00. clouds lingering at lunch toinl -- lunchtime. clouds lingering, but upper 40s, not the upper 50s which is normal for this time of year. a rainy start in the suburbs. 36 degrees. still above freezing, 36 rat 8:00. 40s as rain tapers off. a

learn more about burlington and other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend on cspan3. artifactsek, american takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next, we visit the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan, to see the garage where ford built his first car, the quadricycle. historic structures curator kym johnson shows us his childhood home, where he was born in 1863. both buildings were relocated to greenfield village, the living history section of the henry ford. >> my name is jim johnson, i'm the curator of historic structures at the henry ford. we are here with a 1914 multi--- model t. behind me is the bagley shed, this stood behind his house in detroit where he developed his first gasoline engine, eventually his first car in 1896. we will be having a look at his birthplace, which was brought here much later on. this is what we call the bakley shed, it stood behind the duplex where they lived in the 1890's. he was a high-ranking steam engineer at a company in detroit that

and the burlington bristol bridge went up. it is back down, so looking okay there. plus we had accident in royersford, involving a motorcycle, still very dark out there. that has now since been cleared, lewes road at main street. that's good news for those of in you that neighborhood. accident or no, construction closed between market and chestnut. this is along with standing construction. this will be out there until february of 2019. also, schuylkill avenue northbound closed until january. so another month and a half or so on this. we will be talking more about this in this construction coming up in a little bit. jim, back over to you. >> thank you shall meisha. update on breaking news, two alarm fire in philadelphia's germantown neighborhood damages two home. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do live at the scene where trang we understanded you just got an update from fire officials. what are they saying? >> reporter: yes, rahel, jim there is fire fortunately is now under control. take a look here, these are the two homes that have been affected. you can see, t

going into new jersey delran, burlington county.l accident last night, but it brought down a pole, this downed pole is blocking hartford road at somerdale drive. if you're in the area watch for that, as well. stick to bridgeboro road. vineland, cumberland county, an accident 55 northbound near route 47. they have pushed it off to the side. a lot of crews on the scene with this accident scene. one more look, a live look in new jersey, camping a backup on 42 northbound traffic is jamming at creek road, 17 minute ride from the ac expressway to 259. on the waze app an accident 276 eastbound in upper moreland township. you have to go up to the northwest to get an icy mix. they are getting snow and sleet mixing in the poconos and lake harmony and hazleton. near 209 you want to watch for that. alin allentown and quakertown it's just rain coming down there, but nonetheless causing problems for your morning commute. >> new, though, a man with a knife stabbed two people at the mall of america. investigators say the 20-year-old suspect was try

burlington bristol bridge is still up, hopefully coming back down right now. it was scheduled around 4:45, it went up around 4:30, something like that. we do have accident in royersford, this is involving a motorcycle. still very dark out there. lewes road at main street, we will be talking more about this coming up in the next ten minute. jan, back over to you. >> thank you, coming up: more on the deadly shooting in texas and the surprising mistake that allowed the gunman to buy his weapon. >> also ahead president trump continues his trip to asia with a visit to south korea. we'll have new developments from over night. we'll tell you what's on the menu for dinner tonight. >> this is no joke. the reason this dog has to eat in a high chair. we're back at the top of the hour. >> we fin to follow breaking news in germantown, a fire burning through two homes. we now know one person has been hurt. trang do just spoke to fire officials, we'll have an update shortly. >> we become united ... >> a small texas town united in grief. this morning the community where so ma

except if you're taking the burlington bristol.g up again, second opening already this morning. been a little busy here. should be up in about 10 minutes for a test opening. stick to the turnpike connector instead dave. >> all right karen. couple of big changes. in allentown down to 33 degrees. 39 in trenton and wilmington. 37 in reading. 43 in philadelphia and 44 in millville. 45 in cape may but you definitely want an extra layer or two as you head out this morning. and your commuter forecast basically shows a chillier day from start to finish. i'm actually going to nix that 51 and go with a high of 50 degrees this afternoon. the other change yesterday it looked like rain was going to be mainly south of philadelphia. now that low is tracking farther north and it looks like any time after about noon, 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock in through here, we are going to start to see some rain falling and that will probably be pretty much everywhere so if you're voting today and you want to get it done in dry conditions, plan on going this morning.

test openings, just went back down to the burlington bristol bridge. thumbs-up. doesn't look like they're doing any more either. so actually, looking real nice there. and we're done with the test owns. pa turnpike construction crews still out there. talking more about this coming up in the next ten minutes, rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you. today is election day that means philadelphia voters will soon be casting their ballots to elect new district attorney >> henry rossoff live at city hall with more on the race for da. good morning, henry. >> good morning, jim, rahel. it is election day in philadelphia. that means, the schools are closed, many being used as polling places, and as you mentioned, no bigger race than the district attorney's' race not, but this time, pretty tight. >> i'm so proud of my 21 and a half years experience as assistant district attorney. >> career prosecutors bet grossman. >> i also think there is a lot of excitement about the idea of actual reform. >> and notable defense and civil rights attorney, larry krasner, going hea

the leahy echo center in burlington, a street in burlington company he way. that accumulates over 40 plus year career. his legacy, more than anything like bernie sanders, vermont politicians are in your community. they don't bring a lot of security so they go to the farmers market. you will see him if you hang out at the farmers market, you'll see bernie sanders at the bagel store and something vermonters rely on, that's one of the reasons we center senators back in part to gain influence through seniority, but also because we know and trust them. why change when someone has done you so well in the past. >> erection book tv, with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. look tv, television for serious readers. >> the name of the book a scandal of money. while austria recovers but the economy never does. the author is george gilder, you opened with a quote, the source and root of all monetary evil is the government monopoly on the issue and control of money. is there an alternative? >> there is. gold is the most obvious because money is really a measuri

burlington bristol bridge, testing, testing, 123.our test opening during the early part of the morning. i should say we are in the middle of the fourth opening this morning. traffic stopped on both side. graphic your coffee, keys, heading out front door head for tacony palmyra or connection bridge. head owe to manayunk there, live look at the schuylkill expressway. all of the cones are up. we have both rains opened from end to end. we're ready for morning rush hour. same deal here coming from south jersey, now again, road are dry at the moment but as sue mentioned this afternoon's rush hour could be tricky with the rain. the time change means we are driving home in the dark and folks are not used to that, zooming into germantown that two alarm fire with local detours, 200 block of manheim just off of wayne avenue. karen and thomas, back to you. >>> thanks, bob. >>> president trump head to the korean peninsula next stop of his five country overseas tour. >> he got to south korea today as tensions with the north are continuing to rise.

we had 7 test openings of the burlington bristol bridge. head to the turnpike connector bridge. there are two westbound zones, right lane blocked in both cases, but you're getting by without too much of a delay. heading toward the pennsylvania turnpike springfield township montgomery county, 309, northbound side by flourtown during the midday starting at 9:00, the bridge inspectors will be out here, expect delays they caused delays yesterday. >>> new video released by police in connecticut shows a woman being dragged on the ground by a carjacker. she finally breaks free before the thief peels out of the parking lot. the suspect hopped into the car while she was inside a convenience store. >>> mike pence prayed with the people of souter left -- southed spring, texas. apple offered advice to the fbi saying investigators may have a short window to hack into the data. >>> this used honda sparked a video war on ebay. it was featured in a tongue-in-cheek high end car commercial. fans made offers on the car promising to pay over 6 figurers for them. the highest bid is $5,600. that's no

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. >>> lets get to that break news in burlington county, new jersey, we know a man is dead after a hit and run on the highway. jenny joyce in maple shade with the very latest, jenny. >> reporter: good morning, guys, hit and run happened behind me on route 73, southbound, in maple shade, police tell us that they have caught the driver, they are processing everything back at the police station right now. this hit/run happened just after 12:30 this morning, officers had been out here performing accident reconstruction to get a better sense of how all this happened police tell us overnight emergency responders arrived to find a man unconscious on the highway, investigators say he was hit by a car that just kept on going, that is according to initial reports, again, police say officers have since found the driver, victim was transported to a near bay hospital where he was pronounced. maple shade police have in the shared any information about who that man is or any details about the accident. taking a live look back here at the scene while police say they don't expect to be here much longer

we had 7 test openings at the burlington bristol bridge. the turnpike connector instead. >> developing overnight a man was murdered one block from his home in the city's strawberry mansion section. the gunman opened fire on the victim at pointblank range at 30th and page street. the 23-year-old victim was left for dead on the sidewalk. police do not have a motive or suspect in the shooting. >>> detectives in mercer county new jersey are trying to sort out the cause of a car crash, a driver slammed into a poll in ewing township last night. officers stumbled upon the scene while responding to shots fired in the area. it is unclear if the crash is connected to gunshots fired. >>> pennsylvania state police are trying to piece together the details of a woman's murder in berks county. the female body was found in a wooded area west main street birdsboro yesterday morning. the discovery panicked parents who rushed to pick up their children from a day care near the crime scene. other businesses were forced to close their doors. >> we only dealt wit

let's go to burlington township. stars having some fun banging around, probably not even cold are those kids. you remember that age. didn't even care what the weather was like. falcons hosting highland and the group four playoffs, highland and freshman martin up the middle. easy touchdown. check the handshake by number 22 here and one of his teammates. highland with the upset 41-0. makes you feel good. playoffs in south jersey, ocean city, play of the night, beautiful hook and lateral to bobby cross, great football name. pitches to isaac robertson who races down the sideline. but too much aiden, he scores again to set a school record with 224 yards on the ground. delsea over ocean city. time for some skylights. district 1 class 6a quarter finals, penn ridge finds nick through the defense for the touchdown. they win it 25-0. district one class 5a quarter, marple newtown visited upper moreland. upper more lapd's brandon alexa powers in from the 1 but marple battles back. they squeak this one out 24-18. district one cla

, jersey bagel cafe and pizza, it is right on the jersey side of the burlington bristol bridge, rightere all morning long, guys, from 4:00 to 6:00 a.m. so hopefully folks will come out, get some bagels, breakfast pizza? i'm red. >> i what's on breakfast pizza? >> whatever you want it to be. as long as you eat it in the morning. >> there you go! >> i was just saying i would love to join you. sue, thank you. >> white house senior advisor, and south jersey native kellyanne conway will become america's next opioid czar, first opioid czar. what's that mean? she is now going to be leading the federal government's response to the drug overdose epidemic. the opioid crisis has devastated so many families and neighborhoods and communities across this country, and certainly right here in our area, as well. last month, president trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. >> looking at flights, oh, talk about holiday travel nightmare here involving american airlines, 15,000 flight over christmas are now in jeopardy. american airlines short pilot because of scheduling error so thei

center in burlington, for instance. there's a street in burlington called leahy way. that accumulates over 40 plus year career. what i i would say, like bernie sanders, vermont politicians are in your community. they don't separate themselves. honestly they don't bring on a lot of security so they show up at the farmers market here in montpelier. you will see pat leahy if you hang out a couple of weekends in a row at the farmers market. go to burlington you see bernie sanders at the bagel store. just something vermonters have come to rely on, that's part of the reason why we send our senators back in partaking influence through seniority, but in another way we simply know that and we trust them. why change horses when someone has done you so well in the past? >> you are watching tv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> hello. my name is nneoma amadi-obi, and on behalf of our staff and the store owners, bradley graham and lissa muscatine i like to argue all to politics and prose. just want to let