frank holland takes us behin the scenes at a facility in edison, new jersey. >>> the e-commerce boom has this fedex facility busier than ever. >> it's a huge impact on the holiday shipping season and also a year-round phenomenon. >> reporter: the company predicting it will deliver more than 400 million parcels, packages and products between thanksgiving and christmas, breaking its record from 2017. >> the volumes and the peak season start to accelerate earlier every year as e-commerce grows. >> reporter: u.p.s. and the post office expect to ship a record amount this holiday season. for thanksgiving week, cyber week, and the week after, all three getting high marks for on-time delivery. fedex hit 95%. the average for the rest of the year is 98%. >> definitely growing. we can handle the volume. we are looking at new ways to automate to handle more of the volume. >> reporter: this automated facility in edison, new jersey, was built in 2016 in response to the e-commerce explosion. fedex says the automation you see here helps the company handle more volume and deliver even bigger packages

governor andrew cuomo toured the con edison facility in a queens neighborhood today. he confirmed the cause of the incident to be an electicial malfunction... while having a little fun with the internet conspiracy theories. (vicki) con edison said all major transmission lines were restored as of this morning. (ááá2 shotááá) (ken) we lost legends in the worlds of politics, acting and music this year.(vicki) from the 41-st presdient and his beloved wife of 73-years, to the queen of soul here's a look back at those we said goodbye to in 2018. george h.w. bush41st president of the united statesbarbara bushformer first ladyjohn mccainarizona senator/vietnam war veteranjerry van dyke actor, comediandolores o'riordansinger/songwriterjohn mahoneyactorbilly graham evangelical preacher, "ameca's pastor"hubert de givenchyfashion designer stephen hawkin

airport, chaos on the subways andor the con edison plant.it as far away as manhattan. it caused power outages on the ground here in new york and delays here at laguardia. the faa went so far as to issue a g stop for all flights for quite a period of time last night. as you can imagine, that caused lots of confusion. it also made for a sensation on social mhia w speculating wildl to the cause and cracking some pretty good jokes. the nypd even tweeted that, we can assure you that aliens have not landed in the bronx.d it's k of a only here in new york kind of thing. but as you cansee, the con edison released a statement this morning saying that no o has been injured, they have managed to restore all the power to the affected power lines, and they have opened an investigation into what caused the problem to begin with. craig, sheinelle. >> thank you. >>> richard overton, the nation's oldestar w wbeld ihei s country, has died. he was 112. the army veteran had been hospitalizedith pneumonia and was released on christmas eve. i spent time with him

if the plan is edison's coverage area includes the woolsey fire that destroyed 1600 homes. >>> now a little about dog psychology. the good kind. there's been so much buzz about madison, the dog who never left his burned home in paradise, that we wanted to know more. where does such loyalty come from? wayne freedman talked with an expert to find out. >> you are the best dog. >> reporter: by now, many of urs heard the story of madison, the shepherd who lost his home in the camp fire, yet guarded the property for weeks, awaiting the return of the owner. >> imagine the loyalty through the worst of circumstances. >> reporter: have you ever wondered about the how and the why? >> some dogs have been known t . >> reporter: we caught up with trish king today. trish is a canine behavio consultant, making a house call on buddy hoffman's terrier named rocket. >> we're trying to teach him some manners. >> reporter: buddy heard the story how after the fire, her brother, miguel, turned up in a shelter miles away and madison kept returning. that behavior fits the shepherd breed, trish told us. >> th

turns out it was caused by a transformer fire in a con edison power plant in queens. >> all i see is like the blue flame and then from there the ground started shaking like i felt the ground shake for like a good 15 seconds. >> the explosion caused scattered blackouts, train delays, even a ground stop at a nearby laguardia airport. everything is back to normal now. con edison is investigating the cause of the fire. >>> today protesters at uc berkeley were seen standing in front of trees in an effort to save them. earlier this morning cal maintenance crews moved into people's park with chainsaws and chopped down 15 trees. the university says it's just long overdue maintenance to clean up the area, but some park activists claim it is the beginning of a new student housing project. >> several of the other trees had large bark branches that were slipping off and could possibly fall. >> they have attempted a preemptive strike to take down the trees so that there will be less to defend. >> we've learned the university does have plans for student housing, but it's not set to begin for anoth

some people argue elon musk is a new steve jobs or thomas edison. this is a company that really appeals to our need to be i think communicates sexual strength. what do i mean? this organization has figured out a way to make people feel wealthier, more attractive and signaled the words if you own an iphone, you likely live in the city, likely part of the great a class can you make a good living, you can to spend $1000 and at item the cost $3000 to build which means you disposable income. the easiest way to signal your worthiness as a mate if you will. look at the most high-margin products, they are expressing something good about you. that's what it able to garner is irrational margin. with apple what we have is company that has the margins of the ferrari. the operating margins. we noticing the company is profitable in history. this corner of the will to twice the profits in the last 90 days than amazon is registered in its entire history as the company. it is more profitable that i believe almost a third of the s&p 500 combined. we've never seen a a

and some people argue that elon musk is the new teach jobs or thomas edison. this company appeals to our need to be, i think, communicate sexual strength. i mean this organization has figured out a way to make people feel wealthier, more attractive and signal their worth as a meat. i if you own on iphone you likely live in a stay, likely part of the creative class, make good live us, can afford to spend a thousand dollars on an item that cost's hundred to build which means you have a don't amount of disposable income. the easiest way to signal your worthiness as a mates if you will and look at the most high margin product they're expressing something good about you. they're able to kind of garner theirs irrational margin. with apple we have company that has the mar join a ferrari. the operating margins a luxury item that has scarcity but with the production volumes of toyota. we never have seen a company that's profitable in history. this quarter they'll dui twice the profits in the least 90 days than amazon in its entire ohio history as a country. >>> more pr

it caused chaos on the subways and problems for the con edison plant.everal minutes over the entire skyline. you could see it as far away as manhattan. it caused power outages on the ground here in new york, and delays here at la guardia. the faa went so far as to issue a ground stop for all flights for quite a period of time last night. as you can imagine, that caused lots of confusion. it made for a sensation on social media, with new yorkers speculating wildly as to the cause and cracking some good jokes. the nypd even tweeted that we can assure you that aliens have not landed in the bronx. kind of an only here in new york thing. you can see, the con edison released a statement saying no one has been injured. they restored power to the power lines. and they opened an investigation on what caused the problem to begin with. sheinelle? >> matt, thank you. >>> richard overton, the nation's oldest world war ii veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in this country, has died. he was 112. the army veteran was hospitalized with pneumonia.

authorities say it was a transformer fire at a con edison power plant.t happened east of manhattan it. caused scattered blackouts, train delays at laguardia airport. the blue glow could be seen 20 miles away and it caused social media to blow up. >> it was like independence day. >> i told my husband we are being attacked. >> all i see is the blue flame and from there the ground started shaking. i felt the ground shake for a good 15 seconds. >> con edison said it has restored all transmission lines and is in the process of investigating the root cause of the failure. glad everything is good. glad it's not an independence day situation. it looks like it. the blue sky would be scary. >> pretty. >> it looked pretty cool. >> all right. you're saying the roads are looking good. >> we have a couple of accidents, but they're not causing delays. if you're hitting the roadways, this is a good time. this is north of petaluma. we have reports of a crash south of here. looks like it maybe causing activity off to the shoulder where a vehicle went down the embankment,

heather: all right, thank you so much, rich edison with the update, thanks. to fox news alert for you, north dakota man admit that is he stole a forklift to flip president trump's limbo while the president was in it, gregory pleaded guilty to federal charges friday, arrested after the forklift got stuck along the motorcade rout last year, also charged and sentenced for setting two fires, the same morning he stole the forklift. massive man hasn't intensifies for convicted murderer who posed as his cell mate to get out of jail, patrick walker threatened cell mate to get id and pretended to be him to get bailed out of oklahoma jail thursday, officials warned that he's armed and dangers, walker awaiting a hearing on charge that is he assaulted a guard, he was serving life sentence for killing a teenager back in 2001. and deadly crash at the u.s.-mÉxico border being blamed on smuggling attempt gone wrong, 3 people killed last week when a truck trying to outrun border agents at 100 miles per hour hit spike strip and lost control, 8 mexican immigrants seriously inju

con edison said it's evaluating a possible explosion. this happened just after 9:00 p.m. yesterday and caused many to lose power. immediately people took to social media to post pictures like these, these eerie blue green lights. >> it could have been since its with an electrical fire, that it caused an arcing a splash of power. that might have been what caused that large light and colors. >> this was like independence day. just look up and weird blue color. >> the fire department said the incident is under chrome and no injuries are reported but how scarying, right? looking up into the sky and not knowing what's going on. >> that arcing of the energy. >> yeah. >> they kind of got an early new year's eve fireworks show. >> that's not a good one. >> we're worried about our new year's eve fireworks show. we don't have to worry. >> got to worry about living in the bay area. >> we will' have clear skies across the bay area and i'll have the forecast coming up in a few minutes. here's a look at the camera. it's shaking in the wind. so breezy to windy. our temperatures are in t

i just got off the phone with con edison, which described it as an explosion, and it offered more details with me just now, and it started as a result of a malfunctioning piece of equipment and that piece of equipment had 138,000 volts attached to it, and that blue light created by a spark, a flash, if you will, and that blue light got a lot of attention. >> oh, that can't be good. >> a transformer explosion at a new york power plant, illuminating the city's skyline. the pulblue glow -- >> oh, my god, look at the glow? >> does anybody see this? >> the flickering lights from the blast visible from across the city and parts of new jersey and long island, leaving manhattan's bridges silhouetted in blue. >> i heard giant bang. i thought it was fireworks go off and i looked to my right and saw just yellow sparks in the sky, and it looked like blue fire. >> a spokesperson from con edison said a electrical fire broke out after the transformers tripped. it was quickly put out and nobody was injured. residents pouring into the street as smoke billowed overhead. the explosion causing temporarily ou

the fire department and con edison crews responded... and restored all major transmission lines.authorities say the system has been stabilized.been the system has authorities say lines. transmission lines.authorities say the system has been stabilized. (vicki) people with travel plans for the new year's holiday will be dealing with jack frost. the winter storm that has been crawling across the country doesn't plan on easing up just yet. white-out conditions in the midwest. more than 100-miles of interstate-80 in nebraska closed for hours because of the snow. intense storms in parts of texas are responsible for toppling over a billboard in the houston area. these rough conditions are likely going to cause nightmares for people traveling over the new year's holiday. << mos/no font given "sometimes it's other people that just don't slow down, but if you take your time and take it easy you will get where you're going.">>where you're going.">>(vicki)blizzard warnings are in effect for roughly one-million people in, minnesota, nebraska and the

appellant had raised this issue in their protest, and we provided a response from hemet and edison that clarified that based on the laws of physics that the noise levels if they reach the building will drop and be insignificant to the overall consideration of noise, and also clarified that the shape of the building will diffuse the noise and not amplify it. therefore, the report showed the calculated levels for the direct noise met city standards with the adjacent building approximately 10 feet away, and therefore, there are no grounds to up hold the appeal on the basis of the noise issue. appellant raised an issue that the city's decisions so far to issue this permit are insufficient so far under topanga's association versusel. that is a local decision subject to judicial review under the california code of civil procedure, which would actually be the result of this hearing if either party were to challenge it in a court and not the issuance of the permit itself. therefore, it's irrelevant and should not be relied on in this instance. appellant also argued that this board has various c

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in the nineteenth century gas lanterns still lit up our streets then thomas alva edison came up with the first commercially viable electric light bulb they didn't last that long old logbooks show they only burn for fourteen and a half hours the technology for producing light has come a long way since then. this is what lit up the twentieth century the good old en can doesn't light bulb made by the big players and the industry. germany's. philips and the netherlands and g.e. and the us controlled eighty percent of the market later a competition emerged in the form of fluorescent tubes allergan lamps and other energy saving lighting devices since two thousand and twelve sales of conventional light bulbs have been phased out and the e.u. . and the leading light of the twenty first century. the only d. short for light emitting diode it converts around eighty percent of the electricity it uses into light in contrast to incandescent light bulbs with just five percent efficiency. it lasts longer than all previous models to supposedly up to one hundred thousand hours and l.e.d.s. already hav

according to a con edison spokesperson, an electrical fault caused a quote arc flash at a power plant in queens on thursday. no one was hurt in the incident. >>> okay, well student leaders in the uc system are objecting to a plan to eliminate a student advisor for the board of regents. it allows a student to join the board without voting. a current student regent that does have a vote on the board though supports the change. but others say it's a step in the wrong direction saying students should have more of a voice. >>> and new research found elephant seals and birds are more alike than we thought. that guttural croaking has some very specific meanings. a uc santa cruz researcher found northern elephant seals actually have dialects, something that until recently was only documented in birds. the sounds adapted to their social situations are potentially critical to our understanding of the evolution of language. one example, the male elephant seal produces distinctive songs during the breeding season just like long birds do. >>> well, california is trying to decrease emissions, but t

. >> he is a liechlg inventor whose who was has aer alexa graham bellefn and original thomas edison phone graph here is how he createdbe >> it was 2009 i was sitting having eggs with my wife and i sold my light bulb to g.e. the reason it's relevant is i came off t to three years of thermal science engineering. when my eggs got cold i thought, okay, i got to fix this, like th is the 21st century at a bare mlaimum my should be able to keep my food warm. >> he worked on the technology for years before turning to coffee mugs launching in starbucks at the enof the 2016. >> i like the long game. i feel that's important, to be patient. if i were to say annual revenues top ten million, wou i be wrong? >> no, you are not wrong. >> am i w off? >> we're doing really well. >> the company is valued at $140 million. and p projectedfitability by the end of the next year with the plans for ipor to be acquired. it's sold not news in starbucks but a.m. stores. >> we plan to go to is self-heated dinner plates and a baby bottle we are launching that will heat up in five minutes. >> ember will do ground break

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trolley boys like edison raga share the tracks on one of the city's busy train lines. between dodging locomotives he can earn six hundred pesos or around ten euros a day. and he works the short route between manila's part of town station and son tommy. and raj in the middle is the most treacherous part of the journey. this bridge over the pasig river is not the place to meet an oncoming train. the first time i encountered the train was crossing the bridge i was so scared that i was shaking. you know to get to the other side of the tracks and i had to walk over a narrow steel girder. that went up but i don't even so i don't know but i like it that i'm just one misstep and i would have fallen into the river he looked up when i looked up when i got money. and going to despite the dangers hundreds of passengers use the service every day for them it's better than spending hours stuck in traffic. so they go at first i was really scared when i started writing the trolley every day and just got used to it. tell them that if they take the trolley away we commuters move really s

the power company con edison said today an other-worldly blue light that lit up the night sky thursdaycaused by an electrical arc at a power station in astoria, queens. the fault caused outages and could be seen for miles. it also lit up social media, with many posting pictures and videos under the clever hashtag "astoria borealis." ( chuckles ) up next, steve hartman and a fairy tale friendship. ♪ heartburn and gas? ♪ fight both fast tums chewy bites with gas relief all in one relief of heartburn and gas ♪ ♪ tum tum tum tums tums chewy bites with gas relief >> brown: we end >> brown: we end with proof that life itself can be the most enchanting fairy tale. here's steve hartman "on the road." >> reporter: five-year-old layla lester loves to play princesses. >> talk to cinderella. >> reporter: in fact, nothing delights her more. so imagine the joy when layla, who is autistic, saw one of her favorite characters come to life. >> i just heard layla run away from me screaming, "cinderella, cinderella!" >> reporter: as if she'd spotted cinderella? >> uh-huh, she definitely believed it was ci

>> diamond and silk -- >> thomas edison did he -- thomas edison? >> answer thomas edison.er two -- what country is the poinsettia with its red and green foliage native to spain, mexico, or italy? >> mexico. >> mexico -- oh. is it right? mexico -- is correct are answer. one that was hard one. >> i didn't know. i was making sure i was checking with judges. >> look at that. over to janice what's going on? >> we have two questions. one team their score is together right? okay. ainsley and brian you have to pick up the slack here. here we go. how tall was the tallest cut christmas tree? 221 feet, 190 feet or 200 feet ainsley. 221 feet -- >> where would you put that? 221 feet is correct. all right. thank you. >> that's how do we know? >> look at that. we have a picture of it. that's 221 feet you can tell. this video that means it happened. biggest number. >> there's only one person without with a check mark his name is brian kilmeade did the custom of putting up a christmas tree originate united states, france, you have your chance brian. my guess is b -- that's correct. do you

con edison says it's investigating a possible transformer explosion at one of its facilities. it happened just after 9:00 p.m., caused many folks to lose power. people took to social media to post photos like these, the brilliant blue green light that illuminated the city, as for what caused that wild side, energy officials had this to say. >> it could have been it caused an arcing, a flash of power so to speak. and that might have been what caused that large light and colors. >> it was freaky like independence day the movie, look up and a weird blue color that you haven't seen lighting up the clouds and the sky. >> the fire department says the incident is under control and no injuries have been reported. >>> a mushroom grower could face tens of millions of dollars in fines for illegal dumping. a lawsuit from the santa clara district attorney claims monterey mushrooms pumped wastewater containing manure and toxic levels of ammonia from its facility into for sure creek. fisher flows into coyote creek, coyote creek flows into san francisco bay. the d.a. says the illegal dumping

what we've done in the modern age is expanded knowledge at such a great rate that i think it's edison who said nobody knows one 10th of 1000 of anything and that's the conclusion we've had of knowledge in the modern era. >> but that knowledge is available to everybody now, right? >> absolutely. it's just that there's so much of it that it would overwhelm any single intellect. what we do is we use technology to help us. we use technology to help us make sense of it all. >> byron reese, you talk about your book as "the fourth age". what were the first three ages and what do you mean by "the fourth age"? >> in the history of the human race there's never been enough of the good stuff. never enough food, never enough medicine but what we've learned is a trick which is fundamentally a way to multiply what people are able to do and three times in the past we've discovered new technologies that are so profound, so big that they alter the trajectory of the human race forever and the first of these was speech which is our singular ability of the species, secondly is agriculture which gave us th

what we have done it a modern ages expand the knowledge it such a great rate -- it was edison who said nobody knows 1/10 of 1000th of anything and that is the explosion would have had of knowledge. cuba that knowledge is available to everybody now. >> absolutely, but there is so much of it that it would overwhelm any single intellect. technology to turn it into action. can the what beaming the fourth age? >> in the history of the human race has never been enough stuff, never enough food, never enough medicine, but what we have learned is a trick that technology is able to multiply what people can do. in the past we have discovered new technology so profound that it alters the trajectory of the human race forever. speech, the second was agriculture which gave us the city which gave us the division of labor which gave us prosperity. a third was two technologies that happened at the same time which was writing and the wheel. basicgive you the component you need for the nationstate. into being you had empires emerge all over the world. i think we are at a point where we are creating a coup

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. >> reporter: a transformer exploded at a con edison power plant in queens, new york, causing laguardia, one of the nation's bustiest to lose power. >> come >> reporter: terrified travelers scrambled to safety. authorities say no one was hurt in the explosion, and the airport is now back up and running but travel for much of the country remains at a standstill as a powerful winter storm stretching from canada to the gulf coast dumps heavy rain and blinding snow. in st. paul, minnesota, people are looking for the public's health as a semi sideswiped a trooper's squad car pulled over on the side of the road. fortunately no one was injured. in kansas a state of emergency. a 150-mile stretch of interstate 70 shut down in both directions. >> these are probably three-foot drifts. >> reporter: in mississippi, this tree falling on top of a home causing the power to go out. the family believes lightning is to blame. in new orleans, the storm causing transformers to explode. >> that's crazy. >> reporter: in austin, texas, flash flooding. julie butler had to be rescued after her car got pushed a q

what we done in the modern age is expanded knowledge at such a great rate that i think it was edison who said nobody knows 11 thousands of anything. that is the explosion we have had of knowledge in the modern era. host: but that knowledge is available to everybody now, right? guest: absolutely. there is so much of it that it would overwhelm any single intellect. what we do is we use technology allelp us make sense of it and turn it into -- host: you talked about your book. very quickly what were the first three ages and what you mean by the fourth age? the historynow, in of the human race there has never been enough of the good stuff, never been enough food or medicine. what we have learned is a trick. technology, which is fundamentally a way to multiply what people are able to do. three times in the past we discovered new technologies. that is so profound, so big that they alter the trajectory of the human race forever. was speech, which was a singular ability as a species. the second was agricultural the game is the cities and that gave us the division of labor and prosperity. tec

what we've done in the modern age expanded knowledge is such a great rate that it was edison is that nobody knows one-tenth of 1000 of anything. that's explosion we've had of knowledge in the modern era. >> host: but that knowledge is available to everybody now, right? >> guest: absolutely. it's just that there's so much of it that it would overwhelm any single intellect. what we do is we use technology to help us make sense of it all and turn it into action. >> host: you talk about your book as "the fourth age." what was the first three pages of what you mean by the fourth age? >> guest: in the history of human race there's never been eh of the good stuff, never been enough food or medicine. what we learned is a trick which is technology which is fundamentally a way to multiply what people have learned to do. three times in the past we discovered new technologies that are so profound, so big that they alter the trajectory of the human race forever. the first was speech which is our singular ability as as a species. the second was agriculture which gave us the cities which gave us th

they are really trying to reimagine what edison ship will look like in the future. it is an incredibly hopeful time as well. we mentioned one of those activists earlier. who was huey newton? guest: he started an organization with his friend. they created an organization. they outlined the platform, gave it a name. they were just two men, but they had a vision. startedy started, they in oakland. it really got a lot of attention very quickly. host: what was that organization? guest: black panther party for self-defense. is one of them idiocies. the police, they occupy our community. the police there in our community, not to promote our welfare. they are there to contain us. to brutalize. they have their orders to do so. just as a soldier in vietnam has her orders to destroy the vietnamese people. the police in our community could not possibly be there to protect our property. they could not possibly be there to see we receive due process of law for the same reason the police do not ask for due process of law. it is very apparent that the police and our community is no

nope -- not aliens.according to a con edison spokesman, an electrical fault cause a - quote - "arc flashoked blue fire."no one was injured in the incident."it was a really weird blue color too. i was like uhh aliens are here." but because of all the people wanting to call ghostbusters -nats -a bronx police precinct -- tweeted"we assure you -- aliens have not landed in the #bronx."check out this close call -- caught on dashcam video -between a cop car and a commuter train"cat like reflexes."a mokena, illinois police officer about to cross the tracks --when the train speeds in front of him.warning lights flash -- but only after the train is in the intersection.and the gates don't fully fall until the train passes.the railroad says the gate had an electrical short.the problem was repaired that day -- and no one was hurt.the officer says he used a lifetime of luck -- getting out of the way of the train. "he had really good instincts." "if it was somebody else, they easily could have gotten injured."for take a look at this -- i'm mary moloney ( marty ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news..

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that technological space in my favorite example from that moment benjamin franklin's book and thomas edison are making them available for promotional use took a long time. and then in the way for productivity. that is a more cynical view in china that is very interesting. which is the argument that the decline of productivity and output per worker declined using natural artifacts of a system of democracy. individual citizens are not dumb that the politicians need to give me treats and i realize because that's the case i have to work as hard as i want to but to take the view and take a peek at those countries it is much more aggressive food and health care, et cetera we don't have to work so with that decline of productivity. it is telling on the surface i have heard from more than one person in china it is a very hard discussion to have in the united states but with those proposals that may fly in the face of what we believe. >> it is very hard to test because those countries that our rich are those that are democracies it is harder to innovate and push forward and then it gets harder and h

a transformer at a con edison power player exploded in queens lighting up the sky all over the city with the company said an electrical fire caused a transmission to dip. subway service was interrupted, there were some power outages in the city and nearby laguardia airport was shut down. >> there was blue green he lieutenant and the fire went up very, very high. all of a sudden, everything just stopped. everything. >> what did it do? >> the lights, the fire, the smoke even. everything was going like that. >> it went from nighttime to the sun is up, it's a beautiful day. i'm like, whoa. it was real quick, within a second. i was scared. i'm running down the stairs, everyone is running down not knowing what was going on. there was even more panic. >> so people as far away as new jersey, believe it or not, could see the light. and a spokesman for the new york city mayor assured everyone that it was, quote, not alliens much to the disappointment of lewis. >> are you sure it wasn't aliens? all right. >>> let's change gears. the nation's oldest living man and world war ii veteran has died at th

before congress adjourned he had treated the likes of benjamin franklin, john adams, thomas edison and other leading americans. although he treated philadelphia's rich and famous and charge them accordingly. he spent most of his time treating the poor. even african-americans, the first caucasian in america to do so. doctors north, southeast and west refused to consider even treating african-americans at the time. nor did many of them consider treating the poor. the poor were in cities. they were dirty they smelled and they couldn't read or write. they had no water, no sewers. conditions were horrible in america's cities. no one would call themselves a doctor even? willingly set foot there or wanted anything to do with those who lived there except dr. benjamin rush. listen to rush as he describes his daily rounds. i lead a life of constant labor. i lead a life in which my shoppers crowded with the poor in the morning and at meal times and i've visited nearly every street and alley in the city every day. often have i ascended the upper story by ladder. i had to sit on heads. there were n

problem time hopeful that they become about how to change the system so we are doing this thing around edison succeeded in chicago today it is a felony or oklahoma. cycle the 70s people are not going to prison and a merciful to the organizer and some of the things people don't see it have a real impact on people's lives? >> host: you talk a lot about mass incarceration. is that the biggest problem in america today? >> guest: one is the police as long as they can b dig about activism in the country out of the talk of the three of them in concert if we think about these ads linked they show up in in people's lives differently if they all intersect so it's like at the end it's why we talk about uc everybody from jail and we need to figure out how to make people's lives whole again. >> host: i am going to go bac back. what did he contribute to the development of? >> guest: i grew up in a community of recovery in many ways. around people getting her life back together and seeing him respond to people and things like that, so it had a profound impact on the way that i saw people rebuild and hit roc

. >> frank holland, edison new jersey. >>> it rantd all weekend, what else are you going to do we'll came out you think our stocks are cheap, seema modi will be up to tell you what markets are looking good >>> that is a christmas classic. >> that is the worst song i've heard. >> time for this morning's top trending stories kate rogers, apparently into trends for the '90s. >> no, just n sync. >> get it right. >> what's trending. >> enthusiasm for super heroes continues at the box office. spider man into the spiderverse took the top spot. they brought in $35.4 million making it the most successful opening for an animated film ever miss universe took place last night. catrionna gray claimed the crown. miss u.s.a. made it for the final round but was eliminated before the top ten. >>> the annual monitoring the future survey of adolescent drug news was released this weekend it included good news and the bad news teen use of alcohol and opioids fell but the rate of adolescents to 21% this year that is the largest one year increase of any substance use in the ten able's body. >> you see all

> reporter: but the explanation for this blue light mystery was a transformer energy company con edison'sstoria power facility. it caught fire causing power outages and transportation delays across the area. flights at laguardia airport were grounded at least 45 minutes and many terminals went dark. passengers aboard planes could see the glowing blue lights from the sky and on the ground as planes waited to take off. >> it's insane and it's pulsating. >> reporter: flights are back in the air. power has been restored and the mystery has been solved. >> honey, check the news. >> reporter: still many were left in awe. >> what is that blue light in the sky? look, it's off. >> just like that. >>> here's another one. a series of electrical explosions lit up the sky in louisiana, started as one blast when a transformer exploded. then it just kind of kept on going. the fire started moving across the power lines, went all the way down the street. you can kind of hear the crackling there. it happened during some very windy weather. the gusts were reaching as high as 51 miles per hour. >>> soon to a