donald trump was one of the discussions when brian fitzpatrick held a meeting in salem.ter christie ileto has that story. >> with questions submitted in advance, freshman congressman brian fitzpatrick explained to residents where he stood on immigration, foreign affairs and whether donald trump was fit to serve. >> a tame crowd was passionate when the question was posed. >> do you feel the president is able to do his job? >> i'm not a psychologist. >> what does your gut say? >> we'll see how it plays out. >> 120 residents from the eighth district were selected at random after registering to attend the event. in some cases, fitzpatrick, a moderate republican has stood his ground against trump including climate change and calling what happened in charlottesville domestic terrorism. the small size prevented many from attending. >> it's by lottery. it's invite. it was easier getting tickets for faith hill and till mcgraw friday night. >> organizers say the venue allowed for more meaningful engagement. >> it was a nice forum and he should have more but he spows his party line

fitzpatrick who is a moderate republican stood his ground against president trump on climate change.alled the events in charlottesville domestic terrorism. but fitzpatrick would not directly answer whether or not he feels that trump system fit to serve as president. >> [inaudible] >> i'm not a psychologist. >> what's your gut tell you. >> well, we'll see. we'll see how this all plays out. >> because of the venue's small size it had limited attendance. some people who did not get in took to protesting outside. >> 4:57 now and a new jersey state senator and former mayor of atlantic city is being remembered after his sudden death. >> federal investigators now have the task of trying to figure out why a septa train smashed into another septa train which injured dozens of people. >> an unusual murder trial is under way in georgia. the suspect's family fears she won't get a fair trial because of a reality tv show. those stories and more coming up. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy

tonight, from margarita fitzpatrick, it feels much farther. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, kansas city, missouri. >>> still ahead tonight, why more and more americans are losing their taste for sugary drinks. we'll look at what's behind the continuing decline. >>> also, we'll catch up with the world's fastest man in the final solo sprint of his career. >>> we are back with a big headline among those who follow what we drink. the consumption of soda has been the lowest in three decades as americans turn to healthier choices. and as catie beck reports, there may be something else discouraging people from choosing sugary drinks. >> reporter: america's love of soda is going flat. >> it's not a drink you're going to drink all day anymore. it's a drink you indulge in when it makes sense. >> reporter: new data shows soda consumption in the u.s. is the lowest since the firm started keeping records back in 1985. >> there's a growing number of consumers who want to control their sugar intake. >> reporter: a choice about health for many also becoming a matter

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fitzpatrick, the same thing.hey're voting their district right now, and there are some people in my party who are unhappy with them. that's actually gonna serve them well with moderates in the suburbs. pat meehan holds it. he's got the most money on hand of almost any congressman in the nation, certainly any in pennsylvania. these are two skilled legislators who i think will survive. these races will be in play, but we're ready to defend them. >> so democrats trying to do town halls, also using healthcare obviously as one of the controversial bulletpoints in their list of areas of discomfort. >> well, one of the big problems on our side of the aisle is that we're gonna have aggressive primaries in which we're gonna have democratic candidates challenging each other. and in those primaries, it's very likely to yield the kind of content that then gives rise to more conflict in the head-on head race for the general election. my biggest concern on the democratic side is we need to be vetting good candidates to run, an

. >> reporter: mags fitzpatrick, who suffered from asthma, died in the middle of the night. official cause -- a heart attack. but tom martens remembers a starling conversation he says he father. >> his name was mikey fitzpatrick. and you know, i thought i was just making polite chitchat, polite conversation. and i said, you know, "what do you think of old jason?" and his response was, "i think he killed my daughter." and i go, "whoa." you know, i'm not really expecting that kind of thing. >> reporter: from ireland, the fitzpatrick family later denied the conversation ever happened. but molly had heard the same allegation. at some point, it was suggested that jason may have killed his first wife, that perhaps it wasn't an accident. >> yes. it definitely was. and prior to that, i mean, i knew that. >> reporter: what? >> you know, the first time and second time and the third time and the 20th time that you are suffocated or strangled or someone holds their hand over face, and you can't breathe for an extended period of time, you know, you think, "oh, well, you know, his first w

congressman fitzpatrick intends to do what he can to root out hate. he says president trump isn't hping the cause. >> look at the incident in shafl. thcharlottesville. the message has to speak out against hate groups. this shouldn't be hard to do. >> as for the vandalism, the police chief says they are following up on several good leads. the school surveillance cameras didn't capture the incident. if you have imaingse images of t happened, you are urged to call police. >> jeff, thank you. >> a habitat for humanity project has been burglarized for the third time. the estimated value of the tools stolen, about $5,000. habitat for humanity is increasing security as police search for the thieves. >> preseason football at the lincoln field. if fans were hoping for offense, they weren't disappointed. >> 69 points in all the eagles have most of them. good offense or sloppy defense. it depends on which prism you view it. eagles and dolphins in the third preseason game. they have to be tired of each other after the first practice. coxe falls on the football. o

. >> reporter: brian fitzpatrick says he wants the doj to take their investigation a step further, looking at domestic terrorism ties. >> need to get behind the act to address who the groups are, what they were doing there, what other cities they are operating in. we have to have a forceful response. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: the president stepping up his response condemning racism and whites 13re supremacists. >> those who call violence there are criminals and thugs including the kkk. >> reporter: but for some the words are late. >> to say that i'm glad that the president denounces racism, that is -- is that how low the bar is now, right? that is kind of like the president stood up and said the pledge of allegiance. that's what you're opposed do. >> reporter: do you now need him to talk about terrorism? >> he should call it terrorism. >> reporter: he says a domestic terrorism investigation could lead investigators to learn things they might otherwise not find. now, the attorney general has called the attack in charlottesville unacceptable and evil. however, when it comes to domestic

fitzpatrick and others think that is a little bit high. it's maybe more like 20 or 30.rankly, that's quibbling with numbers at this point, harris. >> harris: you are mentioning japan and our military, our officials, rather, wanting to get out ahead of the story if you will. japan would want to put that information out. their own capability because, remember the latest launch by north korea came within 230 miles of their coast line. of course they would want to get the word out that we are going to be able to defend ourselves. what's being done right now to prevent this from encroaching any farther? >> yeah, harris. as we have been reporting today, secretary of state tillerson has been very active trying to gather support in the region of southeast asia for the u.n. security council sanctions that were passed over this weekend, basically that could cut maybe a billion dollars out of annual revenue coming in to north korea that could fuel those programs. today, he was in thailand, also in malaysia. major trading partners with north korea, trying to convince them to tow th

. >> but it's time to have this discussion and -- >> congressman brian fitzpatrick returned to his hone town to discuss the issue that keeps being discussed on-call toll hill after the rally in charlottesville two weeks ago. >> someone's got to change. look at incidents like charlottesville. the message needs to be hea healing of unification. speaking out unequivocally and unapologetically. >> and another act of vandalism as apartment complex near school as well. they believe the suspect is linked to these cases. they have a vague description. white male, early teens, late 20s carrying a backpack. contact police right away. live in langhorne, natasha brown, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> natasha thank you. controversy surrounding confederate statues and monuments triggered changes in galloway township. a bus of richard stockton a slave over ebb is removed from the display case in the school library and it will be include philadelphia a new exhibit at the library and that exhibit will teach students and promote dialogue about stockton a man the school calls a controversial figure. >> hurricane

e we talked to brian fitzpatrick about what happens next. he says he wants the of justice to do more than a civil rights investigation. the former fbi agent says they need to investigate domestic terrorism ties. >> we need to get behind to find out what these groups are, what other cities they are operating in. it's unbecoming of america. we have to have a very forceful response to this. >> as the president waking up in trump tower this morning, he will do so to this likely being met by protesters. they are angry it took the president 48 hours to call out the groups responsible for the attack. when i come back at 6:00, we'll talk more about the companies that have withdrawn their support and others that say they will stay on the council. pamela osbourne, nbc 10 news. >>> late night talk shows did not shy away from the violence in charlottesville. here on nbc 10, jimmy fallon ditched his normal monologue and instead called the president out for not speaking up. >> the fact that it took the president two days to come out and clearly denounce w

discussind congressman brian fitzpatrick returnedto town to e that keeps being discussed on-call toll hill after two weeks ago. >> someone's got to look at incidents like charlottesville. the message needs to be healing of unification. speaking out unequivocally anda. >> and another act of vandalism as apartment complex near believe the suspect is linked to these cases. white male, early teens, late 20s carrying ntact police right. live in langhorne, natasha brown, cbs3>> natasha thank yo. controversy surrounding confederate statuess triggered n galloway township. richard stockton a slave over ebb is removed from the display school library and it will be include philadelphia a new exhibit at thery will teach students and promote dialogue about stockto man the school calls a controversial figure. >> hurricane harvey is ga taking aim at the texas gulf coast. some in already preparing for the storm which the nationalnatial hurricane center calling life threatening. the storm surge could be as high ten feet and parts of louisiana could see flooding. . harvey is expected to make landfall a

they are interviewed by historian ellen fitzpatrick in this 90 minute program. >> welcome. we are so thrilled you're all here. this is part of our centennial activities and it is part of the special week of centennial opportunities. my name is steven rothstein and i'm the executive director of the john f. kennedy library foundation and on behalf of all of my colleagues and jamie roth and all of the colleagues at library, we're thrilled that all of you are here. that you are in for a special, special treat tonight. before i talk about the book, just a few other quick things first. first, to thank our sponsors for tonight and for the forum series, the bank of america, the lowell institute and our media sponsors the boston globe, xfinity and bur. in addition to tonight, on your chair is a brochure of different activities as you know a week from today is the actual centennial birthday for john f. kennedy. we have a variety of things and we hope you come back to some or all as your schedule permits. we also want to welcome those in a are watching this streaming or those on c-spa

before i introduce the two authors i want to welcome back ellen fitzpatrick. many of you have heard ellen before. she has been here many times, both as a moderator and author and as a scholar in so many ways. for each of these three, again, i could tell so much about their background. i will just give a few sentences on each one so we can get to the meat of this. ellen is a professor of history at the university of new hampshire. she has written eight books, including many best sellers, "letter to jackie, condolences from a grieving nation," and the highest class, ceiling women's quest for american presidency and so much more. thomas is pulitzer prize journalist. a political reporter for the globe for 40 years. he start when he was four years old he told me. the author of four book goes. he was named one of washington's 50 most influential journalists by "washington" magazine. curtis was a national and foreign correspondent for "the globe." he now teaches journalism at the university of mississippi. he covered eight presidential campaigns, seven for "the globe

i'm joined by mark fitzpatrick who worked in the us foreign service for over 25 years and now is theisation iiss—americas. you have heard the comment, what do you make of them? this sounds like blustering. it sounds like the president does not know how to respond and when he does not know he responds with bluster. the united states is not going to attack north korea, north korea is not going to attack the us but these kind of statement and the kind of statements that north korea has made ratchet up the tensions and could lead to misperceptions that could lead to war. just tell us what north korea, your assessment would be, what north korea could do in terms of retaliation or pre—emptive strike if it wanted to using nuclear warheads? first of all there's no doubt north korea has missiles that can reach anywhere in south korea and japan. and hit us bases there. i believe north korea could mount a nuclear warhead on those missiles and they would have no trouble delivering it. that is the situation now for several years. most recently of course north korea has tested missiles that could

he put kellyanne fitzpatrick, conway, i knew her when she was fitzpatrick, here in charge, got rid offort. neil: and later on bannon. >> later on bannon correct. neil: president is heading to phoenix. protesters are there we're told ready to greet him. they will put up a lot of heat. we don't know how many protesters. hillary vaughn is there with the latest. hey, hillary. >> reporter: we're hearing 3,000 protesters here in arizona. this is the first trip to arizona as commander-in-chief. he won the state in november but hasn't won every arizonian. both senators from arizona, jeff flake and john mccain are openly critical of the president's policies. we're expecting a lot of protesters to show up and sound off. even phoenix's own mayor, greg stanton, says the president's visit to phoenix is not a good idea. saying quote, america is hurting and hurting that trump has roused racial tensions with gasoline. with his planned trip to phoenix on tuesday i fear the president is looking to light a match. if the president's first prime time address to the nation, president trump didn't inflame t

they were interviewed by historian ellen fitzpatrick in this 90-minute program. >> welcome. we are so thrilled

friends of faith was created as former ktvu reporter fitzpatrick started her battle with breast cancerturned her fight into a public forum to raise awareness about the disease from 1997 when she was diagnosed until her death in 2003. at the age of 53. >> friends of it help low income women at the money they need to get screened for breast cancer. >> joining us live so you former reporter rita williams. and organizer of the friends of faith fundraiser. welcome back. we missed you. thank you. my car found its way back. you do not need directions. >> it's been four years. it's hard to believe. people are stopping me on the street and saying i just saw you last week on ktvu and i'm say did you >> are you running old stories? >> could you step in and do it again? yes. >> would you want to click >> no. >> we still get asked about you. have you seen rita and how she doing? you're like us here at channel 2 looms large even as new faces in the newsroom. everyone talks about rita. >> you are very kind and thank you. it's nice to know and i love when people stop me on the street. it really does m

richard: amy fitzpatrick said over the weekend she met the boys outside her house and began asking questions. she said they were neat and clean and showed no signs of abuse. >> they told me they were homeschooled. they told me they were moving on sunday to pennsylvania. richard: the police say the woman was hospitalized with injury from alleged assault. the two boys appear healthy and are with family members. >> i'm glad they are out and safe and with their mom. i kind of had a little tug at my heart for the two little boys. richard: amazingly, all the utilities in the house were working at this time. a lot of folks say the case has left them shaking their heads. moore faces abduction and assault charges. in spotsylvania, richard reeve, abc7 news. larry: thank you, richard. enough developments in the case of a massachusetts woman who encouraged her boyfriend to commit suicide. michelle carter today convicted of involuntary man slaughter in june and reports today that in carter's sentence. >> a sullen michelle carter standing in a massachusetts juvenile courtroom facing her fate. >> guilty fi

state -- >> i want to you talk right now on tv, we're on live, the people still working, kellyanne fitzpatrickhope picks, new head of communications, interim, perhaps permanent. john kelly, the general perhaps running the place now. should they leave? or are they the rest of their lives responsible for what trump is doing right now? >> i think they will own everything he has done so far and will in the future. they made the decision to be part of this political operation. is anyone ever going to believe anything shawn spicer says again? general mcmaster defended trump after he hosted russians in the white house and went on tv saying it did not happen. i was in the room. he did not share classified information. then the president turned around and admitted sharing classified information and said, i'm the president and i'm allowed to. >> i'm laughing but not very good for the press secretary to put out bogus numbers that he knows are bogus. anyway, you've been very clear. i appreciate you coming on. i think people listen foup heard what you have to say about the morality of serving someone you d

i spoke with one of my key sources, mark fitzpatrick of the international institute of strategic studiesically says flatly it is correct that he and other analysts have been saying that north korea can miniaturize these nose cones. that, in fact, the governments have been a little more circumspect about saying going forward and saying that they have the technological ability but the north korea has been working on this for about 30 years. that they are technically competent. and, perhaps, report today that i know you have been reporting about and mentioning, the japanese government saying that, in fact, they have the capability of miniaturizing nose cones might have nudged u.s. officials in this direction as well, jon. >> jon: north korea is a backward and impoverished country in many respects but their nuclear program a huge source of pride. >> excuse me, jon? >> jon: are you able to hear me, greg? we were talking about the nuclear program that they have in north korea is a big source. >> jon, if you can hear me i believe i have lost the connection here. >> jon: okay. it sounds like we

before i introduce the two authors i want to welcome back ellen fitzpatrick. many of you have heard her before. many times before as a moderator and author and as a scholar in so many ways. for each of those three -- i could tell so much about their background. i'm just going to give a few sentences on each one. el listen is a professor of history at the university of home ru hampshire. so much more. thomas is a pulitzer prize journalist, political reporter for the global for four years, started when he was 4 years old he told me. author of four books. named one of washington's 50 most interesting journalists. and curtis was a national and foreign correspondent for the global and now teaches journalism at the university of mississippi, covered eight president shall campaigns and surfed as a white house correspondent. they have so much knowledge among and between them. please join me to welcome the three of them. thank you so much. >> i feel like a school mom with my two pupils over here. it's a good thing classes are over. they were actually nervous in advance

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they are interviewed by historian ellen fitzpatrick in this 90 minute program. >> welcome. we are so thrilled you're all here. this is part of our centennial activities and it is part of the special week of centennial opportunities. my name is steven rothstein and i'he

they are interviewed by historian ellen fitzpatrick in this 90 minute program. >> welcome. we are so thrilled you're all here. this is part of our centennial activities and it is part of the special week of centennial opportunities. my name is steven rothstein and i'm the executive director of the john f. kennedy library foundation and on behalf of all of my colleagues and jamie roth and all of the colleagues at library, we're thrilled that all of you are here. that you are in for a special, special treat tonight. before i talk about the book, just a few other quick things first. first, to thank our sponsors for tonight and for the forum series, the