the institute for women's health and leadership at drexel university college of medicine hosted thisvent today. congress instituted women's equality day back in 1971. it commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. >> it was a proud moment for more than 100 students who overcame adversity to reach their goals. the students graduated today from youth build philadelphia charter school. there was a commencement ceremony this morning in north philadelphia where the former high school dropouts look at this received their diplomas. family and friends packed zion baptist church to show their support. >> terrific. >>> a local couple is sharing their secrets to a happy marriage. bet dee -- betty and david weissman celebrated their 75th anniversary. the part was at the paul's run community in the city's bustleton section and a little kiss for good luck. betty is 96, david is 99. the two were married in a rabb bee's study in south philadelphia in 1941 and by the way, david still says he does one thing every day. >> when we were engaged on january 5th, 1941.

the exhibit is today and tomorrow, at the academy of natural sciences at drexel university.m 10:00 to 5:00. >>> and, there is still a lot more coming up on cbs this morning saturday. joining us live for a preview, good morning to you both. >> who is eating these bugs? >> not me. >> not me. >> no. >> but try to sell them well. >> good morning, guys. i did eat them in china actually. >> and? >> yes, fried bugs when i was therefore the olympics eight years ago. anyway, we'll have the days headlines this morning, plus did america inadvertently create a heroin crisis? we'll take a look how the legalization of marijuana pushed mexican drug cartels into a different business. >> meet the organization trying to curb light pollution. see the latest location to be certified as spectacular. >> and it was perhaps the largest personal collection every miniature cars ever. we will tell you how one man's passing gift is transforming the the lives of stranglers all of that plus your eye opener, the dish, music from philly's own amos lee in our saturday session, just ahead on cbs this morning

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. >> it was a ride home that changed a drexel university student's life forever. says an uber driver sexually assaulted her in university city. the driver she says first dropped off other people and then started touching her. she was able to get out of the car and scream for help. both uber and philadelphia police are investigating. >> it is 5:06. an alarming mailer is causing controversy and raising some eyebrows as it circulates among parents in northampton questioning the safety of liberty high school and urges families to send their teens to a new charter school instead. the advertisement makes reference to a student's drug arrest last year. it then says "why worry about this type of student at school. come visit arts academy charter school. the bethlehem school superintendent is appalled. >> liberty high school students families parents grandparents have gone to liberty high school deserve better than basically a political hit piece that came through the mail. >> officials with the charter school strongly deny that they had anything to do with that flier. the

the drexel university student wanted to talk about what happened but did not want her identity shown. >> i remember being pressed up against he rn of the car and sayin plse stop,lease >> reporter: it s right he ever since i was -- i'm terrified of the strangers and anyone who even looks like him. >> both the company and philadelphia police are investigating the incident which happened last month. so far the driver hasn't been fired but has not been charged with a crime. the victim urges people to never ride in an ubor alone. -- uber alone. >>> in the race for the white house tonight, donald trump has canceled plans to deliver a major speech on immigration this thursday. questions are looming as to whether or not he's softening his plan to deportmms of undocumented immigrants. he met with his hispanic advisory council over the weekend. a campaign source says trump is still fine-tuning the plan. trump says he wants to come up with a fair but firm immigration policy. >>> republicans are stepping up attacks on hillary clinton's handling of sensitive government information. some congressio

superintendent hite read to kids at the read to success book club event this afternoon an initiative with drexel university. officials use the event to promote early childhood literacy and encourage parents to enroll their children in pre-k progra programs. >> a huge donation headed from new jersey to nicaragua and we do mean big. it's not money though air national guard and joint base mcguire dix lakehurst sent this fire truck to the central american country today. the truck originally came from the princeton fire department. it's going to a group of volunteers and it is desperately needed a master sergeant with the guard originally from nicaragua came up with the idea after the princeton fire returned the truck. >> it was a good feeling. i always believe in helping others. to something in life and for me it's helping. >> federal project made the donation possible. it helped the organizations use space available on military cargo aircraft to transport hugh tanner goods to countries in need. >> well these guys take look. in big deal right. they look nothing more than regular customers at a home depot. but

live chrisers in center city today this is annual bug fest at academy of natural sciences at drexel universityhundreds of beatles, millipieds, scorpions and butt are flies and more were on display. the academy collection includes more than 4 million insects. >>> would i imagine they didn't handle scorpions. >> that is what my nightmares looks like right there. >>> abc world news sunday next here on channel six. "action news" continues at 11:00. >>> don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. then we are back here again on six abc at 11:00. >>> for melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. we will see you right here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪ or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of har

i according to drexel university professor johanncock who wrote this thesis on cargo pants. that's right. cargo pants. >> the upper erblon of the military did not like the soldiers putting their hands in

. >> academy of natural sciences at drexel university having their annual bug fest, welcome to you both we start because the kid love this every year. >> they do. we have a very big star of our show right here. this is one of our centipedes from the southwestern united states. it is a either. it will eat a cricket right now. we do a stage show at bug fest where we have these guys. >> wow. >> under an 8 feet camera and see them under hd camera and see it on a big screen and she did get cricket, she's digging down for it. >> we can do that again. >> she will respond to it. >> these are venomous because we have to be careful. she's eating one and holding other in her back leg here. this is a little bit more respect for centipedes. we have house sent eats, they eat creatures and spiders coming through. >> centipedes means at least 100 legs. >> they can, right. >> that one doesn't. >> it has a pair of legs for body segment. where you see each section it has a pair of legs. millipied is slower but s'more led. >> hold that study. >> that is a millipied. >> not a thousand legs and they are slow

for something to do it will be a insect invasion over at the academy of natural sciences of drexel universityug fest is back, lets toss it over to brooke and meisha and, some special guests with you. >> yes, we do. >> look at what is in my hand, so cute. >> yes. >> we are joined by karen, you are a bug specialist, right. >> yes. >> this is overwhelming. so bugs make some people nervous and some people want to touch them. >> i'm one of them. >> he might give a little jerk, he is one of the largest longest beatles from south america. >> very important, that is within of the things highlighting at bug fest, we love to promote bugs because they are an important part of our world. so very diverse. >> what is this guy here. >> i don't know if he likes that very much. >> he is a hercules beetle. they have the real large horns, and you can see how long that beek is on this guy. >> he has two and then he has one coming out of his head as well. he uses that to wrestle for mating rights. >> so incredibly prehistoric. >> lets talk about the grasshopper here. >> yes. >> oh, yeah. >> i have all kind of bug

. >> future doctors from drexel university now know where they will be headed to practice medicine.traditional white coat ceremony for 260 students today in wynnefield heights. new medical students recite the hippocratic oath promising to care for their patients and then they put on their white coats making it all official. now they actually look like doctors as well. family and friends of the class of 2020 of course were there to see it. >> teenagers from our area had a chance to show off their green thumbs today in the heart of olde city philadelphia. all the veggies in this garden at independence national historic park were grown by students from philadelphia and camden. the student conservation association ran the summer program to teach kids how to grow plants in their own neighborhoods that have nutritional or medicinal value. >> and still ahead here on a friday afternoon miles upon miles of streets will be closed to traffic in philadelphia. details about the plans to open the city to pedestrians next in a live report. >> plus, you make the call. a local prosecutor's officers

according to drexel university professor joe hancock who wrote his ph.d. thesis on cargo pants. that's right. >> the upper echelon of the military did not like the soldiers putting their hands in their pockets so they got the idea to move the pockets to the side of the garment and keep pockets in the back of the garment but none in the front. so that became the first four-pocket cargo pant. >> reporter: at what point did the cargo pants become the cargo shorts? >> there is a cargo pant that historically in the military that was a zip-off pant. >> zipped off at the knee? >> it zipped off at the knee, to the cargo short. >> reporter: there you have it, ladies and gentlemen! instant cargo shorts! the multipocketed shorts have been gracing the racks in stores like old navycpenney years and today they account for 700 million dollars in sales in the u.s. and much to the chagrin of "gq" marco green. disgrace of men's fashion for decade now. cargo shorts have pockets on your thigh so when you stuff them it looks like you have really big thighs! and so for, you know, a guy, unless you're

here's a live look at drexel park and university city.ht now it is 62 degrees. >>> nearly two dozen pennsylvania airports are about to get much-needed upgrades. 23 airports in all have been selected for safety upgrades and expansion opportunities including five in philadelphia, montgomery and bucks countys. $8.8 million in state fund will pay for the projects. >>> we have a follow-up on arrest in the deadly hit and run of a homeless disabled veteran in philadelphia. here's a look at the driver charged. he's andrew acedo from glenolden county.ç police say acedo struck a second woman and ran a red light before they stopped him. the second victim had minor injuries. elaine heyl was a veteran that served in iraq. heyl battled post traumatic stress disorder and used a wheelchair after losing a leg to frostbite. she was 37 years old. >>> we have a follow-up on that toddler killed by the alligator at walt disney world. the gator attacked and killed lane graves at the edge of a lagoon at disney's grand floridian resort in june. the report says t

here's a live look at drexel park and university city.e and serene and calm there right now. 61 degrees. a little cool. >>> for the second time in four days, a roller coaster got stuck at hershey park. avenues say the side winder roller coaster got stuck monday afternoon. it took rescue crews about a half hour to get all 27 people off the coaster safely. unclear what caused the ride toç malfunction. on friday, the fahrenheit roller coaster also got stuck for a short time. >>> president obama is heading to louisiana to see firsthand the damage from the worst flooding there since hurricane sandy. more than 100,000 people have registered for federal disaster aid to repair the flood damage. nearly 3,000 people are still in shelters. 13 deaths are blamed on this weather and more than 60,000 homes are damaged. >>> dashcam video shows a dramatic rescue from a burning car in texas. the driver had become trapped in the vehicle with his legs pinned following the accident. officers and passers-by quickly took action, worked to put the fire out using

a live view from drexel park in university city. nice morning for walking the dog.atures are running cooler this morning. the suburbs are in the low 50s in a few spots. unionville right now, 51 degrees. look at gilbertsville. 52 in north wales. bedminster 51 degrees this morning. a cool start but a wrarm afternoon. temperatures are running cooler than yesterday. it's in the 60s in philadelphia and lower 50s for mt. holly and vineland. the temperature is down significantly thanks to clear skies overnight and light wind. 14 degrees cooler this morning compared to yesterday this time in mt. holly. wilmington down 8. 11 degrees cooler in coatesville. the humidity that's low will stay low on through the day. in fact, get lower. these numbers come down even lower than yesterday. 39% humidity. low humidity also for delaware and even at the shore, a comfortable day. but enjoy it while it lasts. there's a warming trend on the horizon. in fact, temperatures take off at the end of the week. 90 degrees in allentown on friday. heat and humidity for philadelphia friday afternoon,

temple has its monday-in day tomorrow and thursday, so does the university of pennsylvania. drexel students still have some time. move in there is not until september 10th. >> new this morning, olympic silver medalist from our area returns home from rio. our cameras were rolling at philadelphia international airport as family and friends greeted nia al lee, she took silver in the 100 meeting hurdles, she grew up in germantown, attended high school in pleasantville, new jersey, among those who greeted ali this morning was her adorable 15 month old son, titus. >> i've never dreamed of anything like that in my life. i got to meet a loft cool people from different sport. i got to share a bond with my teammates that, you know, would be memorablement i'll never forget. >> ni a and her teammates gave the united states first sweep in 100-meter hurdles and its seventh in the history of olympic track. well, another local olympic athlete also returned home from rio yesterday. "eyewitness news" at the ymca in west grove, chester county where gold medalist rungi returned back to where she got h

. >> representatives from temple, the university of penn and drexel were among the schools that took part in the discussion. >>> from our new jersey newsroom, governor chris christie is proposing a solution to the state's most pressing issues, urban education and property taxes. the fairness formula in bordentown, it's an equal per people funding plan. giving better public education for every new jersey student. >>> widener university welcomed the class of 2020 to campus today and "action news" reporter annie mccormick was there as the new students moved in. >> reporter: widener university has a freshman class of 700 and about 600 are moving in today. lots of precious cargo filtered through dormitory with the help of student athletes and members of greek life and student leadership and some administration. the idea is to make the move-in easy for parents and new byes but the toughest part may not be the heavy lifting. >> what are your feelings right now? >> this is my last one. >> some relief? >> no. >> we are sensitive to the an item as well as the excitement of the first few days,

move in at widener university started yesterday and it starts at drexel next month. >>> a former patient turned author returned to a local hospital. >> he was treat decade ago for life altering injury and now he is back for a different purpose. "eyewitness news" at magee rehab yesterday where former patient glenn beck returned after 21 years. return to promote his new book and speak to patients about parenting, with disabilities. the 1995 man suffered a spinal cord injury and remains paralyzed as a result. glenn's six year-old daughter's lanea was inspiration for the book. >>> well, a medal winning olympian from delaware celebrated team u.s.a. win's in rio with a special gift to the athletes of tomorrow. >>> every new born at a local hospital just got brand new nikes, thanks to elaine dell done, we will tell you why this specific happies close to her heart. >>> an unbelievable scene in san francisco when a taxi drives in a busy sidewalk, what witnesses say the driver may have been doing just moments before. stay with >>> police say three people are in the hospital after a taxi jumped a c