>> just kind of sitting there getting ready for the day and i got a call from chairwoman debbie wasserman shultz and she asked if we would be the host city forever the dnc convention and of course i screamed yes. >> i am sided i'm happy to have the dnc in philadelphia. they have not been here since 1948 it's going to be a great victory for philadelphia. >> this is a big ticket event because that is why there were reservations early on one our willingness and our ability to get this done and we have made the commitments and we'll figure out a way to raise the money. >> room 21 has now closed the door so the conference call has started to begin but we'll have a huge party here in philadelphia in 2016, just like the republican part in the year 2000 they have to raise like $80 million to put on the democrats convention in 2016 in philadelphia. that is the situation so far and we'll get more facts as the day goes on and how this came to be. john rawlins back to you all. >> philadelphia democratic party leader congressman bob brady says now is the time to roll up our sleeves and show the dnc and the n

it shows debbie wasserman shultz getting a cheesesteak and then plastering a philadelphia sticker on the fridge in her role wasserman shultz will join the convention, to explain the organizing committee made it an easy source. >> for logistics and security philadelphia had the bid that rose to the top. >> and you can see more of that conversation between jim gardner and debbie wasserman shultz coming up on "action news" at 6:00. in the meantime 6abc.com has all the information on the 2016 democratic national convention, there you can watch more of that facebook video we showed you as well as photos from the republican national convention also held here in philadelphia. >>> philadelphia companies with 10 or more employees must now offer sick pay to their workers, mayor nutter signed a measure making it mandatory, it requires five sick days a year, prior to this billing 200,000 workers did not get paid when they stayed home sick. >>> no one hit the power ball jackpot in our region but there was a winner on a much smaller scale in delaware county. someone bought a ticket matching all fiv

breaking news here at 12:30 that was the chairperson of the democratic national committee debbie wasserman shultz announcing that philadelphia is the host of next year's dnc and "action news" was the only station to show it to you as it happened live at city hall. the democrats will choose their next candidate forever president at the wells fargo center in july of 2016. >> philadelphia beat out brooklyn new york. in the facebook posting, the chair of the dnc pulls a cheesesteak out of her refrigerator and puts a sticker on her refrigerator. >> and now team reaction from businesses and locals in philadelphia. lets begin with john rawlins. >> reporter: hi sara, i'm still out in the hallway, i was if front of room 21 and now room 202 where we are going to have a moveable feast they are getting information we had from the conference call and then the mayor and everybody will move over here and talk about details of what will happen here. during the conference call, congresswoman shultz said that it was a business decision and philadelphia had the strongest bid and we had the gop convention back in 20

debbie wasserman shultz is the chair woman and i asked her why they chose philadelphia. >> the most important criteria was lonlistics and security and resources, and because our primary goal was to make sure that our delegates a really wonderful experience so they are motivated and excited to go out after the convention and work for our party's nominee, and in philadelphia the host committee did a fantastic job. >> i would not be presumptuous to make any predictions about the nominee but was there any conversation between the party and hillary clinton where she wanted to see the convention. >> there was no conversation with anyone other than our technical group. >> i saw a vine on your twitter timeline this morning of you taking a cheesesteak out of fridge to celebrate your decision. just to be clear cheesesteaks taste better when they are fresh and piping hot. >> i have had many a cheesesteak and i make sure every time i have a cheesesteak i have been to many different places and look forward to going to many more. and continuing the ongoing debate on which is the best cheesesteak in philly

>> on the phone, dnc chair congress woman debbie wasserman shultz, who says philly was tops for three reasons: logistics security, and resource. >> we're ready to make history again, the 2016 democratic national convention. >> the cost for it all said to be about $84 million. much of that raised through private funds. but the expected benefit will be? >> we expect the economic impact with the democratic national convention here somewhere between 170 million say 225 250 million. >> home already based wells fargo center where republicans chose their nominee back rnc uncomic nerve ramsey says security is handled. >> we'll take advantage of every opportunity we have to deal with any issues that may come up in terms of crowds and things that far nature. but again, we are more than prepared to deal with something like this. >> also, don't forget commissioner ramsey has several years experience from washington d.c., so he knows all about high profile political events, and in 1948 we of course posted the dnc the nominee then truman, he went all the way so we just might have that touch. and th

. >>> the chair of the democratic national committee debbie wasserman shultz, released this video to share the announcement today. she walks through the lunch room and takes a cheesesteak out of refrigerator and then sticks a philadelphia magnet on the fridge. many people in philadelphia are excited to have such a big event coming to town in 2016, it's the birth place of democracy and the home town of rocky what more could you want. >> we have a marvelous, marvelous city, kults toural things and great restaurants and very nice people. >> it's nice to have philadelphia recognized as a major city. >> i think it's terrific it will be great good for the city, and bring in money and give us some publicity. >> it will, the convention will bring tens of thousands of people to the city for a week along with high-profile guests including president obama, how do you keep the residents and visitsers safe while it's all happening. chad pradelli is live in center city with that part of the story. >> reporter: hey monica securing the dnc is more than just the wells fargo center, you have the broad

then this video from dnc chair, debbie wasserman shultz showcasing cheese steak, official shout out to the city of brotherly love. so with a put philly over the top? officials say easy access to transportation resource, and security. >> we're more than prepared to deal with something like this. >> after the high five's, the work now begins. >> we're ready to make history again, the 2016 democratic national convention. >> early estimates put the dnc price tag at about $84 million. with much of that being raised from private funds. local officials however, are looking more forward to what the city stands to gain. >> we expect the economic impact with the democratic national con von sean here between 1,730,000,000 say 225-250 million. >> though home base will be the wells fargo center, where the gop pick their presidential nominee at the rnc15 years ago expect to see delegates all over the delaware valley in 2016. >> people will go to the king of prussia mall, walk around valley forge national park, will walk the main street in skippack. >> our visitors may find themselves having to book

i want to play what the dnc chair debbie wasserman shultz had to say about rudy. >> a leader of the republicand that the president doesn't love us, and doesn't love the country. in fairness, the mayor did clarify his remarks this morning on fox news naturally. what he said was i'm not questioning his patriotism. i'm just saying he doesn't love america like we do. i'm glad we got that cleared up. >> you know i appreciate the fact that walker could in all likelihood i agree with chris, never saw this coming. but the mccain experience shows if you know who you are and know what your bedrock messaging beliefs are, i mean mccain had heard people say it so he was a better prepared than walker. but he also knew what he believed and was willing to at least express himself. it was very authentic moment for mccain. now, walker had an opportunity this morning to sleep on it and prepare for a follow-up question and his cnbc appearance this morning, he just said again, they are his views not mine and made no further judgment. >> quickly, rudy giuliani given his profile, can't be out saying these sorts of t

martha: it came out that vice president joe biden isn't going to be there and debbie wasserman-shultz't be in congress for the speech of benjamin netanyahu. >> the whole thing is sad. it's not like the u.s. has too many allies. i think there is a problem with the israeli ambassador. he gave a briefing to members at the hill. i talked to them and they said he flat out alienated us. i think israel in our relationship with israel is not being well served by the ambassador to the united states from israel which is sad. we need all the allies we can have. bill: the northeast is getting slammed again in another round of winter weather. heavy snow in new england. seems like it's one a week. how are you david lee? what's the latest from there? there are some 1,700 cancellations today. it seems like la guardia has more than its fair share. you can see the red. that tells the story. 300 cancellations as of now. this number only increasing as the hours go by. 292 cancellations at logan. 146 at kennedy. 467 delays system-wide. some airlines united and jetblue are us spending cancellations and cha