to next week on november twenty first the delaware river basin commission will hold a key vote on whether or not to open up the river basin of more than twenty thousand new gas wells fracking has been known and tammany groundwater destroy ecosystems even cause earthquakes and now the oil and gas parents want to frack even more spearheading the effort against opening up the delaware to fracking is filmmaker josh fox creator of the movie gasland box released a short film last month raise awareness regarding the danger of the delaware river take a look. at nation's independence was born on the shores of the door of. the wild and seen the corridors of streets it is you're going to clear policy states and certain selected rivers of the nation which environments there's still more people see creation of children fish and wildlife historic cultural or other similar values should be preserved and free flowing conditions and that they. should be protected for the benefit and enjoy present and future. as never. never been a more decisive or important moment in the fight against fracking.

. >> in july of 2010, there was a duck boat or an amphibious boat on the delaware river.there on the left. he was not paying attention. he was using his cell phone and his laptop computer. the barge that he was towing ran right over this duck boat. this accident killed two hungarian student tourists and plunged 35 other tourists into the delaware river. this week, matthew was sentenced to one year and one day. he was making these phone calls and he was on his laptop because his young 6-year-old son had complications during eye surgery. >> obviously everybody has compassion for what a father is going through, but he is in control of quite a sizable boat and two people died. >> there wasn't anybody there that he could say, you know, can you keep an eye on this while i make a phone call, check something on the internet. >> his wife asked the judge to be lenient, saying that he's paying the penalty every day. he said he'll never forget the lives of the young students that he killed. >> the families of those students will never forget what happened either. >> families of the v

rammed into the idle tour vessel, sinking the boat and sending all 37 people on board into the delaware river. the tugboat driver pled guilty to charges stemming from the crash and was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. >>> whale watchers in santa cruz got a once in a lifetime encounter with a couple of humpback whales. oh, my goodness. a surfer and kayaker were a few feet away when the massive animals erupted from the ocean. >>> and extreme tussle between two whitetail bucks forced nebraska wildlife officials to step in. the animals became inseparable after their antlers became entangled. a four-hour struggle to free themselves ended when officials stepped in to cut one of the animal's antlers off. >>> one new jersey man thought busting the move was the perfect way to pull off a shoplifting heist. after a short dance routine, the suspect stuffed clothes in his pants but confronted by security when attempted to leave, the suspect threw the clothes and made a quick getaway. he is still at large. >>> also wanted for bad dancing. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, he

driver of a 250-foot barge ran into the tour vessel sinking the boat and sending people into the delaware river. the tug boat driver pled guilty to charges stemming from the crash and was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. >>> whale watchers in santa cruz got an encounter with a couple hump back whales. they were just a few feet away when the massive animals erupted. they lived to tell their amazing tail. >>> a tussle between two bucks forced nebraska wildlife officials to come in. they became inseparated after their antlers became entangled.d officials stepped in to cut one of the ant lirs off. >>> one new jersey man thought busting a move was the perfect way to pulmooff a shoplifting heist. probably not a good idea. the suspect stuffed clothes in his pants, but confronted by security when he attempted to leave. he threw the clothes and made a quick get away. now for a look at your national weather. i don't know if he'd be more disapoint disapointed he got caught shoplifting or didn't get the clothes. >> he was stealing prices and the sign said great prices. $9.98. good morning. this wee

." >>> for the first time, we are seeing video of a deadly tourist boat accident on the delaware river in philadelphia. take a look at this video. the collision between a fast-moving barge and a small duck boat happened last year. in the video, you can see how the smaller vessel had no time to get away. earlier this week, the barge captain was sentenced to a year in prison. he was on his phone and laptop prior to that crash. >>> the listeria outbreak blamed on cantaloupe has now claimed another life. the 29 deaths are the most for foodborne illness since records started being kept. eight people have died in colorado alone, where the cantaloupes were actually grown. the melons were recalled in mid-september. but serious symptoms may not appear for up to two months. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. it will be milder in the northeast, with warm weather stretching down into florida. but there will be showers a little further west into the midwest.t will the rest of the midwest will be dry. the southern plains are cooler than usual. and a new front is coming i

the 250-foot barge overran the tour boat pushing it and its passengers and crew into the delaware river he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a year in prison. >>> it's now in the hands of the jury. seven men and five women will decide the fate of michael jackson's personal doctor. closing arguments wrapped up today in the involuntary  manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. stephanie stanton has been covering the high-profile trial for us in los angeles and joins us with the latest. good evening, stephanie. >> reporter: good evening to you, raj. it's been a very big day here as you might imagine. closing arguments took all day long, first the prosecution, then the defense. then court adjourned around 4:00 this afternoon. the judge gave the jury instructions. they will begin deliberating first thing tomorrow morning. >> michael jackson trusted conrad murray. >> reporter: closing arguments in the conrad murray trial. >> conrad murray abandoned michael jackson. >> reporter: the prosecution laying out its case for the last time for the jury. >> every single

it happened in the delaware river back in july of 2010.n a barge devlin was piloting slammed into a stalled duck boat. dozens of others were dumped in the river. devlin admitted being on his cell phone and laptop because of a family emergency. both sides acknowledge it was tragic but could have been avoided if devlin had focused on his job. >> the family of those students who were killed is suing philadelphia and the duck boat operator. >>> dr. conrad murray will not testify in his trial. karen brown reports for wjz from los angeles. lawyers are preparing their closing arguments. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray will not take the witness stand in his own defense. this comes after weeks of speculation and as his defense team rested its case. >> subject to exhibits, we will rest. >> the last defense witness, analyzed charts and models, intended to explain how michael jackson died. >> these models are all subject to variability. >> reporter: white says the pop singer likely injected himself, with a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofo

matthew devlin apologized for the accident in the delaware river which killed two hungarian students. devlin admitted to leaving his post to make a cell phone call to check on the condition of his son who had just undergone surgery. >>> even the snowstorm cleanup is proving deadly for some people in the northeast. connecticut's governor reported one electrocution from a live power line and two carbon monoxide deaths from people using generators. there are still hundreds of people without power. >> there are no snowstorms in our immediate future. howard says we're returning to the 60s outside. wait until you see his seven- day forecast. details at 5:14. a former redskin who is headed back here this sunday had some unkind words for his previous employer. >> ahead at 5:578, not like we need another reason to eat but today is one of our favorite silly holidays ever. we'll explain! ÑÑÑ >>> welcome back to 9news now. our time is 5:13. and we just want to make mention before we get to howard's weather first, all of the food and staples that are behind us, this is all part of our collaboratio

one group labeled the delaware river one of the most endangered rivers in the country because of wasteing off of fracking. that's a river that supplies water to millions of people. even if you don't know what fracking is now or you don't have it in your state you will very soon and you may be faced with some of the pollution very soon coming from upstream. >> how tight is this coordinated effort or the relationship between fracking lobbyists and those on congress, those in congress on the hill? >> we saw an enormous surge in lobbying and campaign contributions in 2009 when you have the combination of obama and the democrats controlling congress and i think many in the industry feared that congress might actually for the first time in decades step in to crack down on some of the exemptions that the industry enjoys. there is something called the frack act which would regulate fracking under safe drinking water act. you will recall that dick cheney is famous for having a halliburton loophole that had it exempted in the first place. it's been stalled in congress and efforts to fight this i

prosecutors and a laptop computer when his tugboat crashed into a stalled sightseeing boat on the delaware rivertourists were killed. he reports to prison if january. >>> a woman is credited with saving her son's life before drowning in costa rica. a strong current swept 33-year- old woman had her son about a hundred yards off the pacific coast a week ago. a friend says she used all her energy to keep her 8-year-old son above water until she handed him to a surfer, who came to help them. she then disappeared under the water. she had just arrived on the island to started a kindergarten and small beach town about five weeks ago. >>> this morning officials at arlington will give an update on their efforts to make reforms. this follows the revelation last year that more than 200 gravesites at the cemetery were misidentified. in september the inspector general issued a report saying the mismanagement uncovered a year ago no longer exists. but the cemetery still has some problems including wait times of nearly 3 months for burials with full military honors. >>> back here at home, a former member of oa

matthew will serve one year in jail and new video presented sending 37 people ob board into the delaware river them better. >>> just in time, an incredible train track rescue in missouri. this shows a train slamming into a car, a car that's stuck on the tracks. only moments before an off-duty police officer noticed thismana woman and her baby to safety. not clear how the car became stuck, but the woman later failed sobriety tests. >>> coming up next, the landing gear would not open on a flight from newark, new jersey, triggering sparks and fires. the pilot manages a dramatic crash landing with no wheels. it's all caught on tape. how does the pilot pull off this perfect belly flop? who better to ask than captain sully sullenberger who landed safely. of course, everyone remembered that. captain sully will join us live, next. >>> also ahead, baloney. the so-called freshman 15 is not true. so, how much weight do college students really gain when they go to college? it's not zero. 36 minute after the hour. the employee of the month isss... the new spark card from capital one. spark miles gives me t

in my own district of southeastern pennsylvania, which is adjacent to the delaware river, we have the opportunity to reflag three vessels. what that means is three vessels that were built here in the united states, but because of their service, went outside the continental united states for a period of time and must now come back into the united states. in order to do that, they have to be able to comply with the jones act, with a simple vote today we will be able to put those three vessels back into service here in the continental united states. but the significance of this, most importantly, mr. speaker, in my backyard, is the fact that what they will do is create the tint for the creation of new jobs that will relate to the utilization of the gas that is being developed in this country, transportation of that, 25 good blue collar jobs in my district which will sustain themselves and close to 300 to 400 jobs which are construction jobs, in which people will be put to work as soon as possible building the extension of a pipeline that will go out into western pennsylvania. this is an

in a book a collection of books what if when you describe washington's crossing not the delaware but the east river for the most important defense in the history of our country very few of us know anything about and should know more about. they should be a monument in this $250 million park around the east river. i've written you a letter about that which i've never heard back from you on. [laughter] i spent, ironically i spent friday afternoon looking through your book at barnes and noble looking to see whether among the things that you've discovered in paris that was brought back to the united states was our engineering education. i notice i'm a graduate of one of the finest university schools in this country and i've never worked as an engineer in my life but i got a great education there. years later i discovered an alumni magazine heavy engineering educational program in the country was developed. it turns out it was developed by the west point going to the military in paris. spec we're going to leave it there. thank you for calling in from boston. mr. mccullough, anything you'd like to respon

night football games, they're going to be some kind of cold with the wind. 42 at pax river. 42 in georgetown, delawareo 36 in winchester and cumberland. light snow showers being reported in parts of west virginia, oakland is 27. the wind chills, 20s, teens in the mountains. feeling like 33 here in washington right now thanks to that wind out of the west- northwest at 14. the actual air temperature, 41. dew points down in the low 20s. the air has dried out. much of the country rather chilly. we see the storm system that's put the front to us yesterday. that's headed up toward james bay and hudson bay. next storm system off the west coast now throwing some rain into california here today and the next couple of days. but there's nothing in between so we're going sit in pretty good shape as far as precip is concerned. won't see much. just the cold that's around today will be what you're going to feel. veterans day, windy. 51 degrees this afternoon. wind chill probably only in the low, maybe mid-40s. tonight we're in the 30s. tomorrow, breezy but warmer. 60. on sunday, milder still. few mere clouds. low 60

down at the tappahannock airport, patuxent river, also in parts of the lower eastern shore. we've got fog up toward dover, delaware're in good shape. visibility is 5 to 10 miles. temperatures running from 30 in culpepper and manassas at petersburg to 45 at pax river and also hagerstown, surprising, warmest on the board as well. monika samtani is stepping in this wednesday morning. how are things looking so far? >> they're look ok. definitely compared to yesterday, it is all relative, isn't it? the beltway looks great. no problems to report on the northside, we're looking good as well. let's take a live look if you're planning to head through college park into silver spring, no issues from route one past 95 all the way into silver spring and over to 270. let's go back over to the maps. this time, we're going to go over to the bw parkway and route 50. if you're planning to head in through cheverly, there has been a deer struck in greenbelt right here at good luck road. that's been cleared. no problems on all of the corridors heading into the northeast area. 295 looks good as well as 395. we'll wind a live look if yo

in a book a collection of books what if when you describe washington's crossing not the delaware but the east river for the most important defense in the history of our country very few of us know anything about and should know more about. they should be a monument in this $250 million park around the east river. i've written you a letter about that which i've never heard back from you on. [laughter] i spent, ironically i spent friday afternoon looking through your book at barnes and noble looking to see whether among the things that you've discovered in paris that was brought back to the united states was our engineering education. i notice i'm a graduate of one of the finest university schools in this country and i've never worked as an engineer in my life but i got a great education there. years later i discovered an alumni magazine heavy engineering educational program in the country was developed. it turns out it was developed by the west point going to the military in paris. spec we're going to leave it there. thank you for calling in from boston. mr. mccullough, anything you'd like to respon

delaware. salisbury is three miles. quarter mile also down at pax river.f-mile in leonardtown and andrews air force base. east of town, the fog. west of town, partly cloudy skies. even a stray shower can't be ruled out west, especially in western maryland and west virginia. temperatures ranging in the mid- 40s. sunrise, 6:45. standard time. our weather headlines, some showers today. not expecting anything too heavy though. as we go through the afternoon, you'll notice the colder temperatures moving in. we'll top off at about 55, maybe only be in the upper 40s. chilly for veterans day. then as we get past tomorrow, going to be another nice weekend. sun returns and temperatures start to moderate. looking at the satellite and the radar. showers, you see them up in pennsylvania. just a thin line here in western maryland. we see more rain offshore headed up toward eastern new england. squeezed in between the two systems. temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. cool spots with the dense fog tappahannock at 43. of course in the mountains, oakland down to 36 this morni

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