one day he found a book on japanese cherry blossoms. he was drawn to the large petaling and the colors of the double cherry. he asked the author for some cuttings. this is a former schoolteacher from the northern most prefecture of hokkaido. he has spent years breeding cherries to grow in the cold climate of his island. he has created more than 100 varieties. he was thrilled to receive a letter from the royal gardener. but he soon became anxious. >> translator: i was nervous and not sure what to do. i thought even if i sent the cuttings to mr. bond he would be upset if they failed to grow. how could i make amends if they failed. >> reporter: but bond's enthusiasm won asari over. the japanese gardener maintained their correspondence. he eventually sent some varieties he thought would succeed in england amid the weak sunshine and cool summers. it turned out he judged correctly. of the 50 odd varieties he sent 56 took root and the flowers bloom today. bond has passed away but royal cherries continue to thrive. >> it is great thanks to mr.

michael cherry. >> what happened? >> i don't know. stupid, you know? >> no, i don't know. >> well, i mean, yeah. you don't know. but just did something stupid, you know? >> why? >> i'm still trying to figure that out. i'm still trying to figure it out. sometimes when you're in this situation and you don't have the financial support, you know, from the street that you're accustomed to or used to or whatever, you do stupid stuff. you make the wrong choices and that's something i've done. i made the wrong choice. >> i wasn't a bit surprised when i come to work when they called me and said hey, they just found drugs on cherry down in seg. didn't surprise me. he's a mule. the information i've gathered so far was, cherry was supposed to get information later on in the day as to what to do with them, who he was supposed to give them to. he was going to make $300 just holding them. >> cherry's bust was not a surprise to lieutenant fox, nor was the fact that his son was the officer that found the drugs. >> kyle has been here now for, what, four years? always do

live from wilmington, cherrie greg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> cherrie thank>>> benjamin netanyahu is offering condolences to the biden family as well. he spoke at a news conference earlier this morning. lets take a listen. >> it is all too short of a life beau biden cheered a great deal and gave so much. our thoughts, and our prayers are with the entire biden family, at this very difficult time. >> delaware governor jack markell also issuing a statement saying beau spent his entire career in the service of his country and his state. he was an outstanding attorney general, lawyer, solder and father. i feel privileged to have served with him and delaware is a better place thanks to him. >>> delaware senator tom carper issuing a statement saying beau represented all that is good about delaware and our country. he was a complete package bright, hard working, loyal to his family, loving son brother, husband and father, printed, handsome, and well spoken unassuming. delaware senator chris coons issuing a statement saying that throughout his life beau never shied aw

live from norristown, cherri greg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cherri, thank you. >>> a police involved shooting is under invest facial in the olney neighborhood. an officer was chasing a suspect around 1:00 a.m. when he fired his weapon. that suspect was not injured and taken in custody investigators are on the scene in the 5600 block of north florence street looking for shell casing or a bullet hole. >>> also new this morning a man is in the hospital following a fire in north philadelphia a. fire fighters were at the the home in the 2,000 block of north philbin street around 5:00 this morning to find heavy smoke out of the windows there once the fire was placed under control they found rick tim inside had been assaulted. no details on his injuries, the incident is under investigation. >>> also new this morning fire rips through a row home in north philadelphia, it happened in the 2900 block of north 25th street around 3:00 o'clock. fire fighters, completely place that had fire under control, in one was injured the causes being investigated. >>> police in riot ge

cherry greg from kyw news radio is live at the the scene with the very latest, cherrie. >> good morning nicole. eight people including a paramedics were sickened last night due to high levels of the carbon monoxide here in the 100 block of west airy lane. fire officials say resident of that home across the street had hook up a generator in their basement after their utilities had been shut off. luckily a a neighbor had a working carbon monoxide detector that went off and they called 911. when fire officials arrived on the scene they in immediately identified high levels of co, along with this block of row homes with carbon monoxide levels as high and as deadly as a thousand parts per million in some of the homes. generators caused carbon monoxide to backup in the homes causing eight people to be sickened as well as several animals. two of the people had to be flown to the hospital for treatment and are in critical condition. the here's norristown fire chief tom owe done will he will. are. >> they are odorless, tasteless and they go from zero parts per million to high levels of carbon mo

if morning cherry, how is it feeling out there? >> reporter: good morning, nicole, the race started about a few moments ago and every few minutes another round of runners gets to take the track down broad street. as you can see folks are gearing up for another wave of the start at the the starting line. folks have been divided in to waves base on their anticipated finish times. 40,000 runners, all together will make the track down broad street all the way to the navy yard, on the side there is a party music playing. had mayor michael nutter personally high fiveing and cheering on runners as each wave began the race today a lot of the proceeds combo to the american cancer society 700 you this dollars raised, that is as far more anticipated and another round of runners are just about to start. the as we spoke today they are running for a variety of reasons, for help, fun and for family members half passed away and just to raise money and to be out here on this glorious day, for the 36th annual broad street run. live at the starting l

her name was latika cherry. actually live nd this boarded-up third floor apartment unit behind me here. her mother tells us she has an idea of who may be behind her daughter's death. >> it's sad the way they took her out. >> reporter: 21-year-old latika cherry's family is filled with sadness and anger. they say the young mother was too good of a person to die so young and the way she did. investigators say cherry died inside her third floor apartment of trauma to her body. then they say a fire was set and the suspect took off, leaving the mother of a 2-year-old girl laying inside. >> her child is here without a mother. her child is here, and she haven't even known her mother. >> reporter: cherry's mother veronica says she was having problems with the man she was dating and believes he may have had something to do with her death. in fact court documents show she even got a stay-away order against the man but veronica believes it wasn't enough. >> if a woman want out of a relationship or a man want out of a relati

blossoms to celebrate cherry blossoms and the arrival of spring. petit fors and the accented teacup and we have strawberry macha dtea, sweet tea cups, tea and lemon tea cakes. thank you very much. have a great day. >> and now we have the white house event usher. >> doesn't seem fair have to, p a after the chefs. the traditional american wine has been a customary here for a time now but we have an unusual very personal accent. prime minister a toasted him with a sake. references to me in the prime minister's prefecture there are excellent sake breweries there. as a personal gift, he thought he would bring them in from one of the best breweries and we serve that is the toast this evening and that is a very personal and individualized touch. the sake's name comes from the fact that in brewing you take the rice and you refine the hull down to the center to bring out the starches, the fermentable part. an excellent sake would be 40% and this is 23%, 67% of the rice hulled off. it is gorgeous and we will be serving that at the toast this evening. the win

family church cherry?reporter: good morning, nicole, beau biden a and his entire family were set to attend services here at st. joseph on the brandywine church here on old church road in wilmington. this church is likely served as a bedrock for that family and i'm sure it will continue to serve in that role as they grief the tragic loss of of their beloved beau, a a son husband, father, brother and friend this morning. forty-six year-old beau biden is described as devoutly catholic like his father, vice-president, joe biden and like his father he was also a man of service. he served in the army national guard, did a tour in iraq and was delaware attorney general from 2007 until earlier this year. handsome and well like, he had announced plans to run for delaware governor in 2016 but those plans were stopped by health issues. younger biden suffered a mild stroke in 2010, according to the vice-president's office, he was diagnosed with brain cancer in august of 2013 but after treatment had been given a clean

cherri greg from kyw news radio 1060 is live at the scene with very latest, cherri. >> reporter: good morning nicole eight people including a paramedic were taken to the hospital last night after being sickened from abnormally high levels of carbon monoxide. now, fire officials say that the residents have of that home across the the street had hooked up a a generator in the basement after utilities had been shut off luckily a neighbor had a working carbon monoxide detector that went off and they called 911. when fire officials arrived on the scene they immediately identified high levels of co, along this block of row homes with carbon monoxide levels as high and as deadly as 1,000 parts per million in some of the homes generator caused carbon monoxide to backup into the the home causing eight people to be sickened as several animals. two of the people had to be flown to the hospital for treatment and are in critical condition, here's norristown fire chief tom o'donnell. >> it is real. it is odorless, tasteless and it goes from zero parts per in million to high levels, lethal levels of

tom: cherry's body was found very early sunday morning, about 29 hours before that, late friday night, two men were shot and killed up the hill from here. the police say that the men's deaths probably had nothing to do with what happened here with cherry. tom roussey, abc 7 news. leon: justin from prince george's county, and abc 7 report leads to the identification of a sexual assault suspect. a warned is out for this man accused of attacking a 12-year-old girl in for its phil. somebody saw the suspect's description after a story that we aired last night. he has several tattoos including the word "blessed" when his neck and stars on his shoulders. alison: for a police officer in the nation's capital, there is no greater assignment then protecting the united states. -- then protecting the president of the united states. chris papst found one officer who apparently did not find that job that is citing and is now -- did not find a job that exciting is now under investigation. chris: it is one of the most famous, recognizable motorcades of the world, drawing spectators almost everywhere i

. >> washington and cherry trees are so synonymous now.e come from all over the world when our cherry blossoms bloom every year. that was helen taft's idea. she had lived in asia with her husband and she fell in love with the cherry blossoms. the city especially around the tidal basin was undeveloped and a dirt track people used to race carriages on at 15 miles an hour. she had a vision where people would come from all over the city to walk beneath the cherry blossoms and enjoy it as family. the japanese government heard about it and donated the first cherry blossoms which she dedicated in 1912 and in the '60s lady bird brought her beautification program which was a complement to lyndon johnson's great society efforts. she thought the pap toll should be a place for people to be proud of and planted 3,000 more cherry trees. in 2012 there was the 100th anniversary and michelle obama went down to the tidal basin and planted century trees. >> woodruff: we talk about the softer side of the effect on the president and their effect on the country

cherrie good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nicole.ix year-old beau biden and his wife, haley attended services here for many, many years. this is a place where generations within the the biden family are buried. it is a place where beau biden with his children received holy communion last year. i have been told by monsignor here that beau biden was a devout catholic and that the 46 year-old like his father, the vice-president, was a man of service. he served in the army national guard. he did a tour in iraq and was delaware attorney general from 2007 until earlier this year. he was handsome, well like and he a announced plans to run for delaware governor in 2016 but his bright future and those plans were stifled by health issues. younger biden suffered a mild stroke in 2010 and according to vice-president's office he was diagnosis with brain cancer in august of 2013. he for the back and he got a clean bill of health, that year, but the cancer occurred this year. he sought aggressive treatment and was admitted to walter read army medic

the rail line suspended from cherry hill and philadelphia but they are bussing service from cherry hillnto philadelphia and honoring septa tickets as well. the trenton line is suspended. the market/frankford line is currently making stops to accommodate passengers. and west trenton is putting on extra weekday trains to accommodate passengers as well. here's an alternate for you, the new jersey transit river line to patco, or the shuttle bus between trenton and west trenton line. we have more details on nbc10.com. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> ten minutes before 5:00. it is cool this morning. this is typical for this time of year. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. and clear skies over center city. 51 degrees at philadelphia international. 12 degrees cooler than it was yesterday at this time. this is a view from french manor, no sign of any clouds in the pocono mountains. we saw clouds low through the area. yesterday, but that won't happen today. with the clouds and lighter winds temperatures have dropped into the 40s and 50s. chester

they are being taken to cherry hill via bus where they will pick up a train. i talked to an amtrak representative. she says right now she doesn't have much information to give passengers. she's trying to get head counts of those trying to get to new york, trying to get to d.c. i talked to one woman who said even if she's stranded for a couple of days, that's okay. she understands the gravity of the situation. another woman told me she's trying to get to d.c. and trying to figure out some other alternate transportation. only about a handful of people in there right now, but as we know, come tomorrow morning, people who may not have heard about this are going to be showing up here wanting to get on those trains that will not be running for the foreseeable future. but, again, if you're trying to get to places via new jersey transsit transit, i can tell you some of the passengers are being bused from here to cherry hill. that those trains are not running from philly to cherry hill at this point. at least that's what they're telling passengers inside. i did ask to

the benefit concert is monday at the katz jcc in cherry hill. have information about that. >>> a new health study out about african-americans and heart disease. seems a certain segment may be more at risk. we'll have details on that. >>> people who get tattoos may wind up with more than art on their bodies. see what some people are suffering from after getting inked. >>> researchers say people at lower socieconomic levels have greater risk for heart disease. black women had more than double and adults under 50 had triple the risk of a cardiovascular event. experts say the findings suggest access to health care and preventative screening play significant role in heart health. >>> 6% of people who get tattoos experience a rash or swelling lasting longer than four months. some of these skin reactions can be treated with anti-inflammatory steroids but others may require laser surgery. red and black inc. cause the most long lasting complications. about one in five adults have at least one tattoo. >>> the search for the missing follows deadly floods.

heavy rainfall is moving toward the camden area as well as cherry hill.he look out for some downpours for about 15 minutes or so. rainfall rates with some of those cells moving toward merchantville as well as pennsauken dropping up to an inch of rain or more per hour. >> wow! that does it for us here at 6:00. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00. have a great night. inside edition is up next. >>> international scandal. >> accusations of widespread corruption and bribery. >> busted by the fbi. >> rack steering, wire fraud. >>> then, the summer blockbuster starring the rock. could it really happen? >> the earthquake that begins here and ruptures up the fault. >>> and you think you're safe in the backseat. but not always. it happened to this nobel prize- winning genius, to bob simon and comic tracy morgan. >> oh my god. >> backseat dangers. >> the car stopped suddenly. you either smash into the partition or maybe you smash into the driver's head. >>> plus, tv's

. >> here we have sour cherry rice. the meatballs of chicken. >> sour cherries.ook has been with the family for generations. rice mixed with yogurt and saffron baked into a crispy dough. don't think of rice as a side dish around here. it can be the main event. >> okay. very, very good. >> you put far more on the table than anyone can conceivably eat. is that -- >> yes, if you don't like your guest, you don't put anything. >> and here we have a large very big meatball. >> kuftarisi. ground beef, onion, and cooked rice. walnuts, dried apricots, boiled egg and barberries. >> anyway, we are a very interesting nation. >> and very, very confusing. >> extremely confusing. >> the contradictions are just -- >> enormous. >> enormous. >> iranians, we take you into our house and take you to our hearts. in that way we are extreme. we are extremists in so many ways. >> you see this tortured relationship between america and iran for many years. how do you think most americans will react when they see this? >> they will start coming. >> yes. >> it is very important for us as ira

but they're trying to help the situation out by busing passengers from cherry hill.hey're honoring amtrak and septa tickets. and amtrak tickets are going to be honored as well between new york city and trenton. i have more alternates for the septa suspension coming up. >> reporter: i'm matt delucia live in port richmond where the work continues and so does the investigation. what we learned overnight. that's next. >> reporter: and amtrak has suspended its northeast corridor service for days possibly even launch. we're live here at 30th street station to help you get around the changes. >>> just before 7:00 a cool thursday morning. taking a live look at the scene from skyforce 10. there's seven cars four already on their way down to delaware for analysis. matt delucia is there. >> reporter: the scene is very much active. i'm goating to get out of the way. there's a lot of cleanup and the investigation. we see cars from the scene. the crews are out there continuing their work. also at the scene, police and now the ntsb back again for another day. we learned that the tr

cherry. >> reporter: good morning.already started here, as you can see runners are gathering here at the starting line, organizers are putting the final touches putting up signage here, folks, i talk to numerous runners who tell me they are here for sport, they are here for health reasons they are here just to be with their friend. it is a a lot of fun. there is a lot of 40,000 runners are expect to gather here, and they are running in waves, based on their anticipated finish times. there is a special trip in their bins that will be determining, doing the timing at the end of the finish line and the navy yard and let me just tell you it takes a lot of folks to keep those runners motivated and one of those folks is out here live with me. tell everybody your name. >> richard washington. >> reporter: richard washington. he is with a group called bringing everybody together and he will be helping to cheer these runners on. tell me what you will be doing. >> we will be serving water. we have a water station. maybe about a b

cherry graying from cbs-3 radio here with the details cherry? >> good morning, nicole, more than dozen firetrucks, and dozens of firefighters have spent the past couple of hours or so battling the flames here at the philadelphia floor store. as you can see behind me, the building itself is pretty much destroyed. we got report of multiple explosions multiple collapse of ceiling here, i understanded there were chemicals inside of the philadelphia floor store which is 20 plus year old family-owned business. now, firefighters tell me that this three alarm fire has brought firefighters from gladwynn conshohocken, whitemarsh, and plymouth. all here today to battle this flame. the biggest problem of course was getting water to the fire because of the location of where the fire is. it is not necessarily near any hydrants. but they've put cord here, they've brought in -- have been able to bring the water to the fire and have been able to put it out. while this building itself is pretty much assured there is good news, it is very close to homes, but none

our cherry greg from kyw news radio 1060 is live getting busy out there right. >> reporter: that is right, how are you doing, nicole. it is electric out here. you can see runners are already starting to gather. 40,000 people are expected to pound the pavement from here down to the navy yard today as part of the 36th annual broad street run. but you know, it is in the just about runners but it is for a great cause. the american cancer society. i'm here with dawn roberts. she's one of the running coaches for the team. you have a lot of runners and raising a lot of money, tell me about it. >> i'm proud to share at american cancer society we have been partnering with the blue cross broad street run for over 30 years. we are the charity partner for the. >> reporter: wow. you folks have a lot of people. you guys are like, first of all, you are wonder woman. look at those socks, right. you guys helped the american cancer society bring in how much money. >> i think we were close to 270,000, 269.s still coming in from team cm thein md. >> chester county, pennsylvania downingtown. >> reporter: they

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is that a cherry?st squirted in my mouth. >> it happens. >> i guess i'm eating it the right way. >> yeah, go to town. >> you know, i don't talk about it a lot, but i went through a pretty major muffin phase in college. >> i would have guessed that based on your appearance. >> it's the haircut. >> now, you're unveiling your new muffin today. are you nervous about how it will be received? >> well, you know, girls, when i was younger, i was so concerned with how my muffin looked. but as i got older, i started to think, "to heck with it. this is my muffin, and i don't care how it looks. i'm just gonna let it all hang out." >> that's really progressive. >> you go, sister. >> that's right, child. i'm florence dusty, i'm 88 1/2 years old, and i'm proud to unveil my giant dusty muffin. >> that's gorgeous. just look at that. >> timeless. a lot went into that. >> a whole lot a business. >> well, ladies, as i used to say to my loving husband, irving, of 55 years, "what are you waiting for, stupid? eat it." >> god

matt is live in cherry hill. we've been talking about these cars for a long time now. >> reporter: yeah chris, some of these cars have been in operation since 1969 and this is the first major overhaul since then. the new cars will be rolled out the beginning of $190 million rehabilitation plan. after today, the remaining 114 cars in the patco fleet will be upgraded as well. patco says the systems on these trains are just outdated. now new modern interiors, and drivers who so to philadelphia and vices versa. it's going to open after 10:00 after they are officially re-entered into the fleet. live in cherry hill matt delucia, "nbc10 news." >>> the board will go to get the rights to develop a new train station at ninth street and a new parking garage. here's an artist's rendering of that. septa hopes to have that station built by fall. the board will vote on parking stations near the station. >>> the septa board will take a vote to change a policy on ads. this san ad. septa was forced to run the ad when a federal jud

[applause] robert cherry: i robert cherry: i want to begin by talking about employment issues. the latest data indicates that only 70% of black men from the age of 25-34, only their prime working and family years, only 70% at any point in time are working. if you take into account the prison population, if you take into account that it could be some men one month and others in another month, probably close to one half of black men in that age group have substantial job idleness each year. so that it is a serious problem. this this idleness, and it goes beyond -- the data may show 20% or whatever in this age group. in my recent work, there was a shorter version of the national affairs piece. ebix that to family. there are lots of reasons why -- i link that to family. there are lots of reasons why there are unstable families within the black community. and i think the source is jobs. and that is why it is more serious in the white community. you have the same problem in the white community, but because more white people are employed, don't have it as seriously. a lack of what is

hill east line we think because a lot of trains that run on trenton line stop at cherry hill east. here we're looking the attack owny palmyra bridge. stick to turnpike connector bridge. looking live ben franklin. westbound traffic headed to center city. we have ongoing construction blocking right lane. no delays yet. as you look in this picture a touch of fog in the area. so we expect reduced visibility through the region, matt. >> thank you karen. amtrak northeast corridor is fully operational. this comes less than a week after the derailment disaster that killed 8 people and injured more than 2 0 0. "action news" has full coverage and chopper 6 is live over 30th street station where paerms are boarding amtrak train 110 which bill take them to new york city for first time in six days and "action news" reporter katherine scott is live inside the terminal with more on that you good morning katherine. >>> matt, mayor nutter was here greating passengers as they boarded train this morning. i checked the board. it's still posted as boarding. it has not taken off yet. it should soon. tha

able to assess that equipment we had two successful outdoor events over the past weekend and the cherry blossom festival in japantown and the groves on the road that happened on 24th street between. myths and van ness both were successful in terms of countryside and sound we had one containment about the cherry blossom festival but they were resolved quickly and if there is no questions i'll pass the microphone over to inspector pauley and good evening, commissioners a couple of things to report performed open suspicion on fulsome they have a performance are a couple of members from the wolfgang it was pretty busy but there wasn't any issues i observed got a chance to talk to melissa a neighbor clanld about a street event with temporary occupancy with the permits and i talked to melissa about even though i went on the website for the department had hands those permits they don't require any public notice to so i told melissa you should still imagination to the neighborhoods that will cut down on trying to involve my agency she'll be doing that i performed a sound test and scoreboard and

but they're bussing passengers from cherry hill into philadelphia. and they're cross-honoring tickets as well. the market/frankford line is currently making all stops and they're adding transit. they are offering a free septa shuttle from 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. on cornwells heights. and you can get a frankford transfer. >>> we know about the seven people killed, more than 200, though were injured. and many of them are still recovering. nbc10's monique braxton is there for us. >> reporter: hi chris, for a second morning they're waking up in hospital rooms. we'll update their condition after the break. >>> clear skies right now. look at this gorgeous view. that's a view from high atop the comcast center. it's going to be a sunglasses kind of day. right now, though you might need a jacket. 49 degrees at 5:36. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist bill henley. >>> well ten minutes away from sunrise. a view from the nbc10 studios. barely a cloud in the skies. look way in the distance. sunshine and a quick warmup. a cooler start

live in conshohocken, cherri gregg, "kyw news radio", cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> all right, good news there, but definitely a devastating scene. thanks. >> also, new this morning row home goes up in flames, in trenton, new jersey, the fire in the 700 block of center street started just after 12:30. the fire reached two alarms, before firefighters could get it under control. no one there was injured. the cause is under investigation. >> we now know the identity of the driver killed when his truck slammed into a montgomery county school. police tell us, 32 year old philippe andre of huntington valley was behind that wheel. the crash happened at lower moreland high school yesterday. now, high school janitor tells "eyewitness news", reporter steve patterson that he is luckily to be alive because he just happened to walk into another room at the right time. >> it was a matter of time. what took hours to pull out only took an instant to go in. >> bamm, it was out. >> reporter: school janitor dan fox said if that instant was just a few second earlier he would be dead. >> if i was this there

cherry tre tomorrow it will be moderate to high. wednesday, very high and then thursday still in the high categories. make sure you take that allergy medication this week. it will be warm and it will be windy. seventy-eight in philadelphia. allentown 83. poconos 78 down the shore on shore flow keeping it cool with highs in the 70's, and ocean water temperature will slowly take its time. we have a severe weather threat tornado watches severe thunderstorm watches, good news is this front, will befting toward, and we will not be seeing any severe weather and thunderstorms will be few and far between over next couple days. even when the front moves through. tomorrow in philadelphia we are chasing 90, going for 88. eighty-seven down the the shore. seventy-eight in the poconos with scattered thunderstorms at best. we will watch ana moving out to sea. hot and humid on tuesday behind that front. breezy cooler turning windy wednesday afternoon with temperatures in the 70's feeling like spring. and, suny night through your thursday temperatur

help by additional bus service from cherry hill and philadelphia. and cross-honoring amtrak and septa tickets as well. the trenton line is suspended. the market/frankford line. and you can take broad street line and city hall and route 415 to city hall. if you want the full list, check nbc10.com. >>> a ceo, a college dean a navy midshipman. this morning, we're learning more about the seven people killed in that derailment. overnight we learned the identity of the fifth person who lost his life. derrick griffith. nbc10's vai sikahema is with what we learned. >> we have learned that griffith was an employee of medgar evers college in new york city. 42 years old and the dean of student affairs and enrollment management at medgars evers college. he served in new york preparatory transitional high school. now, just a month ago, he received a doctorate of philosophy in urban education. now medgar evers college issued this statement saying that he was a pillar in his community. and went on to say that griffith say champion for the downtrodden and he encour

so just like george washington and the cherry tree admit jefferson is a crutch. the dreamy democrat, the insatiable solid incomparable words and all of a sudden he is a healthy imagination and their way sure what to do with that. let's be clear about one thing. when we say original meaning, is peeking out as a professional historian, we need to find in the founders the truth about their real lives their land hunger they're dangerous financial speculation, heavy debts, unpoliced sex and far less social mobility than we imagine or wish. that is how our hero of the founding generation lived and acted. rampant speculation heavy dad and far less social mobility than we would like to see. we practiced a civil religion that the jeffersonian script supports. it is this obsessive idea that the american republic came into existence because of a fault in old world europe and that we were somehow didn't even come at the new jerusalem. these are the terms they use in their rhetoric and propaganda around the time of the american revolution. but we were the antidote to all poli

help people get into the garden state if you are trying to get to new york, there say shuttle to cherry hill and then another shuttle to pennsauken and you can get on the river line to trenton, in trenton you take the northeast corridor to pen station in new york. >> you expect to get from point a to point b, and you expect to come home safely. >> back here at 30th street station, you can see there is still traffic here and trains are running in and out and none to atlantic city or to new york. we are live here at 30th street station eva pilgram channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you very much. i want to give you one more sense of perspective as we zoom this camera in on the amtrak engine about 200 or 300 yards from where we are standing that gives you a seasons to the tracks themselves, and if you hang a hard right there is another 200 yards to the derailment site itself. obviously that caused a logistic problem last night to get people in in the midst of darkness and getting heavy equipment in certainly the kind needed to upright the train cars is an enormous task. many equip

it will be in cherry hill by 6:22 and evesham by 6:38. pemberton at 6:59. and, mallalban moving very quickly, and very heavy rain associated with them right now and we are still seeing, gusty wind even though they are weakening moving across the river. in philadelphia rain cooled 77. wilmington at 83. you can see in millville it is 78. temperature in philadelphia just change to 74. by the time storms make it down the shore we will have cooler air with that ocean influence, than shore flow, so do i not think we will be seeing it as heavy rain but still will be pretty wet. dew point still in the 60's and 70's for most part that is steamy wildwood at 59, more comfortable, as far as moisture and air is concern. we have a cold front that is moving through tomorrow with an afternoon shower or storm and drying out friday, less humid, still in the 80's, we will warm it backup. saturday partly sunny skies in the upper 80es a. overnight low temperatures 7o still steamy. during the day tomorrow 88. best chance of showers and storms will be through south jersey and del

kyw news radio community affairs reporter cherri gregg was there. >> reporter: the sound they've been for weeks. >> (horn). >> reporter: marks the start as tens of thousands pounded the pavement taking the 10-mile trek down broad street. the runners ranged from rookies. >> it's the first time i've ron broad street. >> reporter: to seasoned pros. >> i'm ready to run. >> if i don't set another goal i might eat cheese burgers again. >> reporter: this group of ladies laced up to raise money for the american cancer society. >> i think we were close to 270,000, 269 yeah money is still coming in. >> reporter: philadelphia police were visible throughout the route with security protocols once again banning back packs. in favor of clear plastic bags. >> and i have just water and plastic bags, yes my shoes i'm going to run in. >> reporter: in addition tottens of thousands of runners, 5,000 volunteers organized all along broad street like richard washington for bringing everybody together. >> i'll be serving water today, making people smile. >> reporter: you can't forget the spectators, all the c

cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio spoke with members of that parish today about theragic loss. >> ♪ >> reporter: saint joseph's brandywine here on old church road is a small church in a small town. >> we all know each other republican, democrat whatever, we all love each other. >> reporter: but it's home to beau biden a man many say had a big heart serving his state of delaware as attorney general, his country in the national guard and in iraq and all those who need a hand. >> i just can't fathom someone so young and so kind having passed. >> reporter: carol terranova says her five sons played with beau when they were children and were on the same little league teams. her husband, sam was the coach. >> it's just so sad. >> reporter: monsignor joseph redmond says beau and his wife attended regularly until several months ago when beau's health severely declined. >> we were praying for him. god brought him to a few other close calls. >> reporter: parishoners say the younger biden was quiet and unassuming and many times would meet the vice president here for mass. monsig

cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio has the latest. >> reporter: residents on this block near woodside and palmer woke up around 3:30 this morning to crackling fire at a nearby warehouse. >> it was horrific. it was nightmarish looking. >> reporter: 50-foot flames, smoke and explosions met firefighters as they arrived at the american flooring and sen text building here on colwell lane. >> multiple structural walls including the roof. >> reporter: five cheer michael burton says a major challenge was getting water to the fire when ripped through the building thanks to petroleum based chemicals that accelerated the burning. >> we believe we have a variety of chemicals that's used in the flooring business that were involved in this fire. we do have some issue with potential runoff that the dep pacific northwest montgomery county hazmat team are assist ing. >> reporter: firefighter had to lay hundreds of feet of hose to tap nearby hydrants in and a large area of the building forced volunteers to stand on lad stories douse the flames. homes are just a few hundred feet away. and

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atlantic city rail line has resumed service from cherry hill into philadelphia.expect small delays there. septa's trenton line is still suspended. you can go to nbc10.com for more information and alternates. >>> i'm mautd delucia in port richmond at the scene of the deadly amtrak derailment. the investigation continues. so does the cleanup. we'll give you a live look next. >> reporter: i'm katy zachry live inside 30th street station. we're seeing improvements to some of amtrak's train service. coming up we'll tell you when the president expects the northeast corridor to resume service after the break. >> reporter: i'm matt delucia live in port richmond this morning. the derailed amtrak train is gone. the last cars removed overnight. a lot more work to be done. sky force 10 is live overhead. we can see some of that work going on at the moment. crews are repairing the tracks and electrical system. the cranes have been out here going on three days. yesterday the ntsb investigator spend the day looking at the event recorder, braking system and the front facing camera

liver at the scene with the details cherry? >> yes, that battle is continuing as you can see behind me, the flames are still sparking up here, as smoke bill owes from this one-story building. as you mention, 100 firefighters and dozen of equipment vehicles have worked now for hours to get this few under control. part of complex on cold well lane houses american flooring and sendtech. only few hundred feet from home. fire officials just briefed report percent hour ago they said they got the call just before 4:00 a.m. when they arrived the flames had burned through the roof, luckily, no one was inside. and there were report multiple explosions. here is plymouth township fire chief, michael burton. >> we have issue with potential runoff, montgomery county, and team are assisting us with rectifying the situation. >> also multiple chances of walls, structural walls inside and outside the building including the roof. >> as the chief mentioned major runoff from the petroleum. major concern is water runoff from the petroleum based chem

it's like a cherry pie.t that morning before you go to work, when you come home, what do you smell? >> cherry pie. >> but is it there still? >> okay. >> i think we got good results. it will show that we're out here. we're being proactive, searching for them, and hopefully be a big deterrent. >> she did very well. this is the first time i had an opportunity to watch her work. that was great. >> while deputy bickerstaff and bensha are eager to work in the jail, chad white is happy to be out of it. but he has returned to see his wife, katie ellis. a few days ago during a private visit with katie, chad informed her that he had contracted hepatitis and that she is likely to have it as well and should be tested as soon as possible. but katie has shown considerably less concern than chad. >> i'm not totally freaked out or scared or anything. just something that i'm going to have to deal with. >> in fact, katie has yet to report to the medical clinic to test for hepatitis. she fears a positive result will mean trans

she tells us her name was latika cherry. now investigate rz are confirming that her daughter died of blunt force trauma before the fire started. take a look behind me here. you'll see na boarded-up unit on the third floor. that's where she lived and the same place fire investigators found her body. the last two days have been extremely difficult for cherry's family who gathered outside her apartment complex tuesday afternoon. but the news that came today has them devastated. police say someone killed the 21-year-old inside her apartment before setting the place on fire. cherry's mother veronica says she was a loving mother of a r-old girl and a woman who was kind to everyone. >> her child is here without a mother. her child is here and she haven't even known her mother. i feel that whoever did this horrible act should come forth and turn themselves in. >> reporter: now, police tell us they are still working on identifying a motive and a person of interest. coming up at 6, you'll hear from the mother and why she says she has

they sang during the annual memorial day ceremony in cherry hill this morning.i was the key note speaker at the event. >> ready aim, fire. [gunfire] >> it was a 21 gun salute at a memorial honor at highland memorial park in pottstown montgomery county. there was a flag folding demonstration with an explanation of the meaning of each fold of the flag. the flag was then presented to the niece of navy lieutenant edward romig of pottstown he went mia during the vietnam war. >> on health check at 4:00 a new study found infants living in higher altitudes may be more at risk of sids. a colorado study found that the higher risks to babies living above 8,000 feet but the research shows sids rates in colorado in the mountains is very low but it's still two times higher than in the denver area and other places where the altitude is below 6,000 feet. the study can be found in the journal of pediatrics. sids is the leading cause of infant deaths after the first month of life. >>> celebrity chef sandra slow back home today after undergoing a double mastectomy. the 48-year-old

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