chaka fattah spoke to the group this morning and he drafted the legislation more than a decade ago. >> 16 years later it would be 13 million young people empowered to do your work all across the country. >> gear up offers state and partnership grants to help low income students on the path to college. >> a federal hearing will be held this afternoon to determine the fate of the sale of the rervel -- revel casino in atlantic city. the judge will listen to the claims ever two tenants. today was the deadline for glen straub to by the revel for $95.4 million. he agreed to an expansion despite previous threats to walk away from the deal if there were any delays to the sale. >> jordon launches dozens of airstrikes against isis militants in retallation for the brutal killing of a pilots and how blue berries help you lower your blood pressure. our call to action volunteers are standing by for any issues you may have, the number is on the screen. "action news" at snoon will be right back. # or or how can i avoid maintenance fees? why would you want to avoid them? because i don't want to... you

joining me now is congressman chaka fattah, democrat from pennsylvania, and jared bernstein, former chief economist to vice president biden. thank you both for being here. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you rev. >> congressman, paul ryan says the president, barack obama, is practicing trickle-down economics. isn't that the oldest trick in politics accusing the other side of doing what you're actually guilty of? >> well look these guys have to deal with reality. the president has laid out his budget. every dollar he lays out where we need to invest it. he says we need to move away from mindless austerity to a smart investment that strengthen our country. what we have to do now is get past the rhetoric. they have to put their numbers on the table. he, the president says hey, we need to make permanent my legislation. i created the american opportunities tax credit so that right now millions of families benefit by it but it's temporary. he wants to make it permanent. he wants to invest in great programs that create workforce development, job training. so they have to come with what they -- you h

> and we heard a song up in the news room this morning rev that -- remember that one rufus and chaka fattahet it. coming up: fight outside a bar leaves a member of nicki minaj's tour dead. how the rap is her remembering him this morning. >> also the fbi holding news conference today on cold case that is now ten years old how they hope to crack this case. >> philadelphia police linked three rob tears string of hold-ups recently. they want to catch these guys before they strike again. live report coming up. >> plus, the search is on for the person who killed a member of nicky minaj's crew after a bar fight in philadelphia. reaction from the singer coming up. but first, sue looking at the forecast hi sue. >> single digit windchills, below zero windchills this morning, even colder tomorrow morning. so, the winds are picking up. temperature goes down. >> coal thinking about it, sue. ten year old cold case back in the spotlight. local couple vanished now the fbi holding a news conference today. how they hope to crack the case. >> good day everybody, it is thursday 5:00 a.m. february 19th. >> a lo

congressman chaka fattah was on lands to endorse the project. >>> some children showed off their moves at the palestra today. these children are registered in the police athletic league. this is pal's way to keep children safe on their day off. >> black black >> time now for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >>> meteorologist melissa magee. i'm so flusteredder this evening hard to say my m's. >> i can understand rick and monica. definitely a cold start this morning and still chilly early this evening. 16 in philadelphia currently 17 in trenton, 16 in allentown along the coast in beach haven 17. the winds are sustained anywhere from five to 10 miles per hour but when you factor in that arctic air overhead it still feels much colder. feeling like the single digits in philadelphia, four there five in allentown the current wind chill number zero in lancaster and it feels like 5 degrees along the coast there in atlantic city. changes however are on the way. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you the storm system that we're tracking here, the area of low pressure over t