out of his shell and led him to be one of 20 actors admitted to the juilliard schedule with christopher reeve>> we were in the masters program, an accelerated two-year program to get us into acting quickly. he was obviously brought in as the handsome letting man and i was the furry character actor. >> here they both honed their skills. >> we were there together. he was going mr. williams, mr. reefs, we fear to lead you. >> and created a lifelong friendship. >> robin williams is the definition of generosity. >> christopher reeve told them all about it. >> we go back to juilliard together, but there is a crazy story that went around. like went on a napkin in the cafeteria. >> saying what? >> if either of us gets in trouble we will take care of each other. >> in 1976, he left juilliard and williams was on a fast track. >> nanu-nanu. >> he was such a success, it would spin off as a sitcom. >> you know, when he would break for lunch and he was working with jonathan winters on the show mornik and mindy and it stopped and they would start and start to improvise and do this routine. in minutes, almos

along with classmate christopher reeve. >> we were both program at juilliard called the masters programan accelerated two-year program. basically to get us into the acting company really quickly. he was obviously brought in as the handsome leading man and i was brought in as the furry character actor. >> it was here they both honed their skills. >> we were both in there together. hausman sitting in a room with us going mr. williams, mr. reaves, the theater needs you. >> and created a lifelong friendship. >> robin williams is the definition of generosity. >> christopher reeve told cnn's larry king all about it in 1996. >> 22 years, we go back to juilliard together. but there is this crazy cockamamy story that went around that we had signed some pact. >> pact? >> yeah, like what, on a napkin in the cafeteria in juilliard or something? >> saying what? >> that if either of us gets in trouble we'll take care of each other. >> in 1976, he left juilliard. williams was on a fast track. >> nanu nanu. >> mork was such a success on "happy days," it would spinoff as its own sitcom. >> you know, whe

>> and created a life-long friendship. >> robin williams is the definition of generosity. >> christopher reeved cnn's larry king all about it in 1996. >> 22 years, we go back to juilliard together. but there is this crazy cockamamy story that went around that we signed some pact. >> pact? >> yeah, like on a napkin in the cafeteria in juilliard or something. >> saying what? >> that if either of us gets in trouble, that we'll take care of each other in the future. >> in 1976, he left juilliard. williams was on a fast track. >> nanu nanu. >> mork was such a success on "happy days," it would spin off as its own sitcom. >> you know, when he would break for lunch, and he was working with jonathan winters on his show "mork & mindy," they would walk down the street together, and all of the sudden just stop. and then they would start to kibitz. and then they would start to improvise. and then they would do this routine. in minutes, almost the entire lot was standing there like an open air theater, watching these two great minds go at it. >> it's a man! >> in the years after "mork & mindy," williams wou

timothy saidel was being chased by police when officer christopher reeves crashed his cruiser. saidel played get i to charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault. he faces to up 20 years in prison. >>> also, happening today, vice president joe biden is back in philadelphia to headline fundraiser for the democratic senatorial campaign committeement the vice president was in town last week, you may remember, touting the importance of investing in the nation's infrastructure. the vice president will join president obama in washington later this afternoon, for a meeting with national security leaders, on the fight against isis. >>> and, coming up next on "eyewitness news" this morning, four new york city police officers ambushed by a man with a hatchet. one is badly injured. we'll give you an update on his condition, and tell you how a bystander, half a block away, was hurt during that attack. >>> plus, poconos man repeatedly mistaken for suspected trooper killer eric frein, his frightening encounters with police, how he is getting much needed help this morning. >> su

he pleaded guilty in the death of christopher reeves. he was fleeing from reeves when he crashed into reeves' police car. he was traveling over 70 miles an hour with a blood alcohol level over the twice the level limit. >>> a bucks county high school is coming to terms that it can't be able to play its final game due to hazing. in a statement released yesterday, the central bucks superintendent says he's canceled all varsity and junior varsity football games and all coaches have been suspended pending further investigation. some parents we talked to were upset because they were notified via e-mail yesterday and given no specifics. >> hiding behind an e-mail? really? it was unprofessional to send the children home, the boys, to tell us what had gone down. that's cowardly. >> what did go down? we contacted the police chief. he says new team members were forced to grab private parts of other players and were subjected to some sort of waterboarding in the locker room. >>> the rain has ended. clouds are starting to break. we're drying out ton

sentenced timothy seidel to prison, pleading guilty to manslaughter and assault in the death of christopher reeves. he slammed his car into reeves patrol car and reeves' partner was also injured in the collision. >>> and people out of a home because of a fast moving fire on north 25th street of the fire started in a vacant building but quickly spread to several homes next door. no one hurt, but the homes were destroyed. the cause of the fire still under investigation tonight. >>> from our delaware news room, state police officers arrested this man, 38 year old reginald mitchell on suspected drug charges. they found heroine on him and in his home found 600 bags as well. held on bail tonight. >>> election day 11 days from now. that means you will be seeing and hearing more about the race for pennsylvania governor. >> matt o'donnell spoke to both candidates for "inside story" and previewing what you will see this kwaeweekend. >> the candidates visited our studios, one-on-one interviews. corbett behind in the polls and in a fight to keep his job. you hear him defend his record. >> what they call a pro

. >> what worries me about people who have lung cancer, dana reeve, christopher reeve's wife didn't smoke, comes down with lung cancer and dies. >> that's an important point. they talk about the genetic component of this. also there could be some other smoke like ray done in the basement that can be doing this. they also talk about secondhand smoking. but the genes are probably the start of this problem. then there are also enzymes that over the years, turn those genes into a real cancer. the whole point of this is that if you can detect those genetic markers, that causes we may not even need any kind of chest x-ray or c.a.t. scan. >> there's always -- >> there's already a gene out there called egfr that causes 15% to 20% of certain kinds of lung cancers. there's a miraculous treatment called egfr. we look for it if you have it we can give you a drug called tarsiva that mir ack russly strings your lung cancer. you get a lot of resistance to it going down. lung cancer is based on many genetic abnormalities not just one. even if we correct that one then you develop other problems. >> look f

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christopher reeve, the man who played superman in the movie, he died in right before he died he dreamed of a day when his mind would allow him to bypass this so he can walk again. unfortunately he died too soon and we can now do it. and the military again has dumped over $150 million to create exoskeleton, like this. and surrogates, that is controlling a robot mentally. this is from the movie starring bruce willis and it's too dangerous to put this into outer space all of the time. why not have the robots guided mentally by nasser not sitting in his hot tub in his living room. so you can explore the universe mentally and that is the thesis behind the avatar, the movie avatar and also the movie surrogate that is mentally controlling and we can do that today. and then telekinesis, the ability to control objects at the mine. this is from the movie carrie, a high school kid has your final revenge by destroying the whole high school class at the senior prom. what is the lesson here? [laughter] and the lesson is never bring a telekinetic to the senior prom. [laughter] and so even superman mov

christopher reeves the handsome actor who played superman in the movies, he died but before he died he dreamed of the day when his mind would allow him to bypass the spinal cord so he could walk again. unfortunately he died to sin. we can now do it. we can now create exoskeletons in the military has dumped over $150 million to create exoskeletons like this for our wounded warriors. and controlling a robot mentally. this is from the movie circuit starring bruce willis. this is the future perhaps of the space program. it's too dangerous to put humans into outer space overtime. wineapple robots and have the robots guide its mentally. imagine sitting in a hot tub in his living room rate so you could explore the universe mentally and that's the thesis between avatar, the movie avatar and also the movie circuit. mentally controlling a robot and we can do that today. and then telekinesis, the ability to control objects with the mind. we will talk about this in a moment. this is from the movie carrie were a high school kid who has been picked on all these years has her final revenge by destroy

timothy sidell slammed into the patrol car of christopher reeves in 2012.eeves died and another officer was injured in the crash. he faces a sentence of 20 years behind bars. >>> unionized workers at the taj mahal will protest the court ordered termination of their health and pension plans. a federal judge granted their request to terminate the contract. the court order will allow them to keep the casino open until the end of november. it comes a day after billionaire carl icon said the taj will certainly close. the current owners are trying to complete a complicated transfer of ownership to icon. >> new reason to raise the glass on "healthcheck." a study finds light to moderate drinking after age 60 is associated with better memory. alcohol stimulates cells in the brain to better remember specific events. two drinks for men and one for women. >> we're following breaking news in the lehigh valley involving a confrontation with police. >> a hazing scandal rocks a to her idea football program -- this is ceo tom macarthur's world. in macarthur's world, he oppo

. >> don't you think of christopher reeves every time you see that? >> that's what he was working toward, all of that research, it is getting there, it is getting there. now, let's take a look at our ultimate doppler radar picture, because we have some rain to show this morning. you can see, how the rain is sort of going that circular pattern, circulating around low pressure system. the bands through new castle county, delaware, looks like around middletown, there is some lightning, and probably hearing a loft thunder. few heavy downpours through the southern part that far county. another area with a lot of thunderstorm activity toms river, new jersey, other part of coastal ocean county, a loft thunderstorms there this morning. zooming in little bit closer, you see, part of cumberland county and salem count any new jersey, get that heavy rain, lightning, thunder, as well. we could end up with a inch or more of rain, whether all is said and done, temperatures are in the 50's, but today, there is going to stay in the 50's, all day long, we don't expect

he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of officer christopher reeves. >>> people at montgomery county community will make the case to keep their current police force in attack. residents are expected to meet with lawmakers this morning, after leaders decided to lay off six police officers. that's about half the force there. officials say they have to do this because they're facing a $900,000 shortfall. budget cuts are expected to take place on november 1st. >>> it's friday and dry. this is a view from the comcast center. winds have picked up, 1 miles an hour at philadelphia international. temperatures warmer than yesterday. we're in the 50s right now. you can see the flag blowing at nbc 10 studios. wind will take us through the day today. it lnlt be as strong as yesterday. everybody's running a little warmer in pennsylvania and delaware, but south jersey with clearing skies. seeing a colder start in millville where it's now 45 degrees. 50 in wrooitsville. toms river dropped into the 40s. bucks county warmed up a bit in langhorne in the last half hour. doylestown is 52 degrees.

. >> john, it's a truly extraordinary thing, and this is the same kind of spinal injury that christopher reeve had. and they have put this man on his feet and given him control of his body. >> it's so exciting, and you mentioned the millions of people out there who could benefit from something like this, but how close is it to regaining the use of their limbs? >> this is not the kind of thing that's a plug and play implant kind of thing. this is not a clean process. they had to build a custom, and almost improvised structure to make that connection that was lost in that man's spinal. if you imagine something made out of paper mache, very delicate. and then they interject the properties, and they happened to do the thing that they hoped they would do. and it's really a magical regaining of this man's ability to walk. >> we hope this continues and does more good. thank you very much. coming up next, u.s. weapons supply air drops for occurred fighters, and they may now be in the hands of isil. >> i think it's time for a fresh new voice. whether that be alison lundergan grimes, i'm not sure. >> th

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in july of 2012, he was being chased by police, when officer christopher reeves crashed his cruiser. saidel pled guilty to charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault. >>> well, vice president joe biden will make quick stop in philadelphia later today. he is expected to headline the fundraiser for the democratic senatorial campaign committee. you ma may remember the vice president was cents in town pushing for upgrade it the nation's infrastructure, returns to washington this after none for meeting with the president and national security leaders about isis. >>> well, philadelphia city councilman wants to take a closer look at the bed bug problem in the sit. first district councilman mark says they are specially bad in some row homes where they can easily spread from one house to another. he is calling for a hearing to discuss how to address the problem. no word if or when such a hearing would take place. >>> whew, just makes me -- >> yes, it doses. >> don't like seeing that. all right, 6:00 the. can 6:09. plane and helicopter collide over maryland. that's coming up in

that killed a millville police officer, timothy saidel was being chased by police when officer christopher reeves crashed his cruiser. saidel pled guilty to charges of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault. he faces to up 20 years in prison. >>> also happening today, vice president joe biden is back in philadelphia, to headline a fundraiser, for the democratic senatorial campaign committee. the vice president was in town last week, touting the importance of investing in the nation's infrastructure, biden? join president abide end later this afternoon with a meeting of national security leaders on the fight against isis. >> our time now 7:08. volunteers work together to revitalize local homes and it is all part of a bigger plan. we'll have that story for you when we come back. >> also ahead, officers ambushed, hatchet wielding suspect attacks four new york city cops. we'll have an update on their conditions. plus, how innocent bystanders was hurt. >> then, they are sporting a brand new look, from a major local designer. the sixers dance team, is in our studio live to talk about it, plus,

officer christopher reeves was killed during the pursuit of timothy saidel in july of 2012. saidel pleaded guilty to charges every aggravated manslaughter and ac aggravated assault. he faces to up 20 years in prison when he is sentenced later today. >>> well, vice president joe biden will make quick stop in philadelphia later today. he is expected to headline a fundraiser for the democratic senatorial campaign committee. you may remember the vice president was just in town last week pushing for upgrade to the nation's infrastructure he he returns to washington this afternoon with meeting with the president and national security about isis. >>> well, horrifying act of violence to tell but on the busy streets of new york. >> yes, hatchet wielding man attacks a group of police officers, and an innocent bystander gets caught in the middle. we'll have up a date. >> then, so-called hack attacks have been in the news a lot recently, but did you know there is a group of hackers working to keep your information safe? we'll tell you ball it. >> and ukee, is that manure pelling down th