although, franklin entertained a theory on contagion. franklin wrote a informative essay on colds and how one caught a cold. he understood that, for instance, he was a tremendous advocate of open windows and fresh air, and there's a very amusing story. franklin and adams room together on the way down to the continental congress at one point, and adams recorded in his diary that franklin insisted that the window be open, and ads adams thought that's how you caught a cold. jefferson opened it, adams closed the window. often went on all night. there was a great lecture about the benefits of fresh air, and adams was so bored he fell asleep with the window open, finally. again, they didn't understand germ theory. of course, it was many, many years, well over a century or two before that was accepted, and because of that, in early america, a number of radical therapies and theories thrived. medicine in the 18th century pointed to morbid error, vapors rising from stagnant water or decomposing fillth and rotting garbage as the cause as all commo

playground franklin park. on the issues of the shadows our members look ated the shadows and think it's a great edition to the neighborhood, in fact, we've supported the project in front of the which the rec and park commission this is compliant and it's time to get it going and this part of the town going i hope you won't delay this >> is there any additional public comment. >> hi i never understood why we shouldn't be allowed to build buildings that cast shadows on park. i come from philadelphia - can you put it down. i'm in philadelphia this is surround on all four sides i can kind of see this picture is better. all the buildings are 16 to 25 stories all four sides if a 9 story building is going to do make the park worse maybe all the stories will make the park totally unusable. i don't know. pretty nice. people love that park (laughter) this is like one of our most this is easily philadelphia's most successful place. and, you know, well known as a successful park so i don't think the shadows are going to h

thus, the battle of franklin commenced. one union siege commented, it was worth a year of one's lifetime to witness the marshaling in advance of the rebel line of battle. emerging from the woods in the most perfect order, two corps in front and one division in reserve. nothing could be more suggestive of strength and discipline and resistless power than was this long, great line advancing over the plain. the grand scene of the soldiers marching in line in that late afternoon turned chaotic as the confederates attacked again and again to the point where blood actually ran in the ditch and in places saturated our clothing where we were lying down, remembered one confederate soldier. bullets shot across the landscape, according to another, with one unceasing volley. confederate general patrick clay burn personally led an assault that briefly broke the union position in the fight near the gin house near the easternmost point of the union position. hood ordered clayburn at the start of the battle, commanding him, general, form y

someone to denominate franklin pierce. how bad is that?when you went to bring him back to the presidency? [laughter] he favored jefferson davis the secretary of war who won a presidential election of his own so ultimately at first there denied the seats that reconvenes there is a southern walkout then they nominate breckinridge to carry the banner so the whig of the crown to to say food do we get behind? as the only presidential candidate basically former whig says we will just pretend it is not an issue. obviously the republicans will have a surprise of their own as abraham lincoln now thought to be a major factor but his debates with douglas will make can asia huge celebrity he will travel thousands of miles in the years leading up through 1860 to bring himself in front of different audiences and impress save many people in the process. the leading advocate for the hopes the people like william seward former governor from york that thought he was too extremely anti-slavery to win. paso in the city of chicago all floor former presidents t

look at the ben franklin bridge, so add seeing it like.we will move traffic cam again to 202, southbound lanes right at chesterbrook, a new construction pattern here, left lanes were blocked and instead of the right, new left lanes are block instead of the right, right now, no delays, that will change later on as volume picks up. we will move traffic cam one more time to the mid county toll of the pennsylvania turnpike, no delays here, the north east extension southbound an accident in lehigh valley and quakertown. "eyewitness news" will be right back after this. >>> as hot as they have been all season after winning their fifth in the row friday over washington but they still trailed braves by eight and a half games with 69 to play, tease or turn around, top of the sixth after cole hamels walk anthony, and, off speech speed. >> phillies looking to answer, runners second and third one out marilyn byrd and that is money right there left field, one run scores here, here comes chase you the thely, he is in, cuts it to a three-two lead at that

the only one he ever ordered was at franklin. if he had a problem, it was being too ready, too committed to franklin -- flanking movements. he did not position any of his brigades or divisions at franklin so they would be shot up the most because he was mad. if you have not read some of the books on the battles of the tennessee campaign, you would think i am making this stuff up, but it is pretty well-entrenched in certain areas of civil war history. he did not just go to nashville and it and wait to be destroyed. there was a good reason to send the force to murphysboro. he and beauregard did not squabble before the campaign. so on.forth and another thing, he was not a drug addict. as a matter of fact, there is not a shred of evidence, not a single piece of paper that he took anything, ever. then again, it's hard in a short amount of time to back all these things up. i go into all these things in great detail in my book, which is out. reputationod's 1970, when thomas conley's book came out, followed by a book by wiley seward? wha

chief franklin claims now and has claimed that he's followed our rules. >> reporter: franklin is onef four firefighters disciplined by chief joanne hayes-white in the aftermath of last year's collision between a fire truck and a motorcycle. she said they're personnel matters. hayes-white also recommended terminating firefighter michael quinn who drove the truck, but he resigned instead. the accident happened last june at 5th and howard as a fire truck was responding to a call. 50-year-old jack frazier is on the motorcycle at the top of your screen. the fire truck blows through a red light hitting frazier, sending him across howard street where he slams into a fire hydrant. he was seriously injured. quinn's sobriety test showed blood alcohol levels above the legal driving limit. chief hayes launched an investigation to see if other firefighters at the scene, including top commanders, covered up the incident. at the hearing today both franklin's attorney and reubenstein asked for an open hearing, even though this was a personnel matter. but the fire commissioner closed the meeting sayi

in fact, the only one he ever ordered was at franklin. matter of fact, if he had a problem it was being too wedded to, too committed to flanking movements. not position any of his brigades or divisions at franklin so they would be shot at the most because he was maddest at them. if you all have not read some of the books on the tennessee campaign, you would think i was making this stuff up, but it is pretty well entrenched in certain areas of civil war history. he did not just go to nashville and wait to be destroyed. there was good reason to send nathan bedford forrest to murfreesboro road. not squabblet did before the campaign and so on. and another thing -- he was not a drug addict. as a matter of fact, there is a shred ofere is not evidence, not a single piece of paper, that he took anything ever. hard in a short amount of time to pack all of these things up. i go into all of these things in great detail in my book that is out. was good -- hood's reputation before around 1970 when tom is conley's book came out, followed by a book by j

thus, the battle of franklin commenced. one union siege commented, it was worth a year of one's lifetime to witness the marshaling in advance of the rebel line of battle. emerging from the woods in the most perfect order, two corps in front and one division in reserve. nothing could be more suggestive of strength and discipline and resistless power than was this long, great line advancing over the plain. the grand scene of the soldiers marching in line in that late afternoon turned chaotic as the confederates attacked again and again to the point where blood actually ran in the ditch and in places saturated our clothing where we were lying down, remembered one confederate soldier. bullets shot across the landscape, according to another, with one unceasing volley. confederate general patrick clay burn personally led an assault that briefly broke the union position in the fight near the gin house near the easternmost point of the union position. hood ordered clayburn at the start of the battle, commanding him, general, form y

as part of our outreach we've become actively involved in franklin square it's one of the several parks including the gateway project we've helped to organize 3 clean up series for the next two years which will provide over 6 hundred ours 0 hours of volunteer time true market is contributed to the park of $50,000 working with the rec and park department additional through our homeowners association hoa dues will be contributed to franklin square to assist with park maintenance looking at a 10 year period this is $145,000 towards the park and 50 years 2. $6 million. it's our intent that true marks process will continue and be carried through by our future resident. i'm sure you're aware of the counter site is blighted our proposed plan to have 70 new homes including inclusionary units on site. the project will create over 2 hundred my own construction jobs over a 20 month period of time and have a apprentice partnership. this is a program in partnership r with the united players to educate folks for the education opportunity within the construction community in closing it's been a true p

and the big of the part of the problem is the overturned truck accident from the ramp to the ben franklin bridge in the background. that spilled back on the vine street expressway, traffic is moving better as they have two lanes moving better over the ben franklin bridge from 6th street and if you are trying to get to ray street are you still detoured. in upper merion the backup from the downed pole stick with church road. and better news in kennett square, the lanes of the baltimore pike are reopened after the motorcycle crash there and approaching 495 in delaware there is a crash taking out the center lane. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> a little 5-year-old massachusetts boy has a birthday wish that got national attention. there are new jersey cam perfects that got to work helping his wish come true. nora muchanic has the story. >> reporter: he is a preparatci beautiful little boy. danny nickerson of massachusetts suffers from a rare and incurable form of brain cancer, his birthday is friday and he could does for toys or trips but he wants birthday cards but the thises

ben franklin bridge, looks okay. you notice that little dot of up there, either insect or rain drop. could be either. we did see elf raindrops go by, now the bicker picture, clouds we're finding there, also through ocean city looks pretty gloom toy start the day in ocean sit. storm scan3, showing the reason why. look at the lightning that we've seen move through the shore areas, more to come. than is a wide view of the area. so let's take a look at all of t see to the north, starting to clear out through the allege end town area, clouds through philadelphia, though we saw showers around 4:30 or so, and now seeing some thunderstorms, along the shore areas, and moving to the east. let's zoom in little bit closer. you can see, through bass river, finding showers, stafford, moving through the toms river area, as well, again, moving off the coast, we move down the coast, through cape may county, and you can see, some lightning strikes there. and that is through the northern portions of cape may county right along the shor

when we have no delays or problems, on ben franklin as you can see. we will move the traffic cam to the schuylkill at spring garden street. here you go. schuylkill is in good shape through philadelphia suburbs. volume starting to build. it is getting heavy but no delays, however on the schuylkill from morning. we will move traffic cam to the mid county tolls of the mid county turnpike. earlier we had no delays at the mid county tolls. northeast extension southbound, quakertown and that has since cleared and it goodies to go there. in delays on the pennsylvania turnpike as well. that is the very latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans now nicole, back to you. >> thanks for the update. >> 7:20. carol answers your pet questions in this weeks ask the vet. >>> just what you don't want to hear with the dog or a cat, something that they may have that is in the good and you wouldn't even necessity about it until it could be very late in the game. we will talk about that coming up with doctor jerry >>> if you want to add a fur friend tour family thi

all the lightning that occurred over the ben franklin bridge.spliced this together to show you what's going on. a lot of you heard the thunder and saw the lightning and gusty winds, too. we have showers moving through west to east, just nuisance stuff, no lightning. as you take a look we are looking at a day of improvement. if you have errands to run wait until the afternoon. sprinkle around this morning, 75. in the after, sun increasing and the humidity dropping. a nice change happening. >> time for a preview of the good morning. amy robach joins us with a look at what's coming up on "good morning america." >> reporter: good morning to you eva and tam. coming up next, we're talking about the breaking news air algeria flight disappearing from radar. we'll have the latest on this missing plane. >>> and then happening right now scorching heat from california to oklahoma. millions are trying to make it through the hottest days of summer. so far ginger is live with the details on the weather. plus, dramatic video of an apparent carjacking caught on

you see tons of people out there already. >>> a live look at the ben franklin parkway.it all ends with the fireworks that never disappoint over the philadelphia museum of art. some people chose to have their own fireworks displays. we stopped by a store busy with last-minute shoppers. the manager says fireworks are safer than they have ever been. >> in the wrong hands can cause harm. our stuff is very safe. you light the fuse. it's slow burn. you walk away. you have plenty of time to get a safe distance. don't stand over. more than safe. >> the store says it starts preparing for the july 4th holiday in april. the most popular items remain fire crockers, sparklers and roman candles. >>> fireworks will light up the sky in many areas tonight. other shows are postponed until saturday or sunday because of the weather. to find out when and where you can see the show, go to our website, nbc10.com. >>> if you aren't going out to watch the fireworks, watch them from the comfort of your own home on nbc 10. the macy's fireworks spectacular is tonight. you can expect big names to h

i know that. >> let's go to the cameras, say good morning to the benny, live look at the ben franklin bridge, george, i'll be calling you later on, i need a lot of help, a lot of help. >> tell me only three lanes open, but here this morning, they already have four. so i don't know what's going on here on the ben franklin, but we will take it, four lanes better than three, the two lanes head in the toward new jersey this morning blue route, saint david's interchange. no problems or delays at all up and down 476, in delaware, an accident, just popped up, the second one this delaware this morning, route >> newark airport, there new castle airport, excuse me, then on the construction crews, still out here westbound, on the turnpike, near the ft. washington interchange. and then during the day, watch for road construction along woodhaven road. headed up toward franklin mills mall thereto maybe do some shopping southbound lanes every 295, from north jersey headed down through mt. laurel, voorhees, haddonfield, headed down toward the freeway, good to go, no problems on that new jersey turnpi

united's sean franklin. this weekend he got to meet the defender through make a wish. at just 12 years old jordan johanson has won more than his share of battles fighting cystic fibrosis, his lungs, liver and pancreas struggle. he doesn't appear to. >> it makes me really proud that he handles everything really well and is always happy. >> reporter: his love of soccer made him a fan of sean franklin. when the l.a. galaxy defender came to d.c. so did jordan's wish to be sean's teammate if only for a weekend. >> it is a very humbling experience. i'm glad i'm in a job where i can do that and provide a day to hang out with such a great kid. >> a contract. >> not one day contract, five years. >> reporter: a locker. >> thank you. >> reporter: a speech. >> hope the team wins and score a goal. >> reporter: a practice session and experience of a lifetime to see his hero help united to a win. >> to know there are a lot of kids suffering like jordan. it's heavy. if we can do anything to ease that transition for him and his family we're lucky to be a part of this. >> made me feel h

this is a look at the huge crowds that filled the ben franklin parkway for hours tonight. people in philadelphia celebrating america's 238th birthday in grand style. >> nbc 10's nefertiti jacuez joins us live. nefertiti, the fireworks just sta started. >> reporter: happy fourth of july. i'm not sure you can hear me. there goes the big spectacular show folks have been waiting for. folks have been so excited throughout the day for what you're seeing right now. some folks have been here since early this morning. hundreds of thousands of people packed the parkway for the big fourth of july celebration. >> i think it's amazing that this many people show up. >> best fourth of july ever. >> busy and patriotic. >> reporter: many people showed off their patriotic pride wearing red, white and blue. >> it's nice to have, you know, the shows for free for the holidays. it's a great time. >> reporter: billed as the largest free concert in america, this festival was all about celebrating freedom and music. the entertainment-filled night featured some of the music industry's top artists l

on the ben franklin bridge westbound they had a broken down truck, but, matt, they got that moving during the commercial break. >>> a man wanted in connection with the weekend shooting on the busy bourbon street. justin oden turned himself into authorities hours after the police announced a shooting victim had died. 9 others were shot and are expected to survive. the search for a second person of interest in the case continues. >>> testimony has resumed in the murder trial of oscar pistorius could wrap up today. professor told the jury the contrast between his disability and the racing triumphs, gave him a lot of stress and anxious and anxious -- anxiety and that could have made him nervous on the night he killed his girlfriend. the prosecutor said he murderedded her. >>> smoke and flames portland from the tour bus of stix, and the other fire occurred on the bus for foreigner. they will play in camden ♪this is home box!!! come to hhgregg's 4th of july sale and save up to 30% storewide plus, up to an extra $500 more when you buy multiple major appliances. get this samsung french door refri

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>> what is ben franklin famous for? >> 100th president. >> i like ben franklin better. 100. washington is on the single. thomas jefferson. >> what did he do? >> he signed it. >> no, he actually wrote it. >> what is the matter with all of you? >> what about sam adams? >> he's a good beer. >> a good beer. you know who patrick henry was? >> i've heard of him before, but i don't know what he did. >> give me liberty or give me -- >> why were we fighting the british? >> no taxation without representation. >> you guys are learning something every day. >> life, liberty, and -- >> freedom of speech. >> it's good enough for me. >> me too. >> what's the best part about this country? >> our rights. >> are you a go-getter? >> yeah. >> okay. go get them. >> do you guys ever watch "bill o'reilly"? >> sometimes. >> what have you heard of him? >> not to watch him. >> i like it. it's informative. >> anything you want to say to him on july 4th? >> hope you have an awesome day. >> you're at jones beach out at the state park. >> yeah. >> you're obviously looking for a few laughs, looking fo

at philadelphia's franklin outdoor screen as part of the wawa welcome america festivities. continues this morning at 10:00. organizers will distribute free books to the first 200 children attending a go 4th and learn about fitness event. takes place at the smith memorial playground in fairmount park once again 10:00 a.m. >>> head to 6abc.com for all details on this year's wawa welcome america festival. you can see day by day listings of the events. details about the largest free concert in america on july 4th plus a slide show of all the performers. >> so fun. >> how come the winter went by so slowly and the summer is going byes already fourth of july. >> let's take a look outside right now and show you the ben franklin bridge in center city. construction blocking the right lane eastbound but there's four lanes westbound so you're moving okay. don't forget the fifth street tunnel under the ben is closed until tomorrow afternoon for some maintenance and everything just went very dark out there. burlington bristol bridge is clear. tacony you're in the clear. walt whitman brid

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>> what is ben franklin famous for? >> 100th president?anybody to ask you for an idea must be an idiot. >> i like franklin better. he's on the 100, washington's on the single. >> thomas jefferson. >> what did he do? >> he signed it. >> he actually wrote it. >> oh. >> what is the matter with all of you? >> what about sam adams? >> what about him? >> good beer. >> good beer? have you had a few of those already? >> no. >> needs some more punch. >> do you know who patrick henry was? >> i've heard of him before but i don't know what he did. >> give me liberty or give me -- >> freedom. >> freedom? >> justice. >> and the american way. >> why were we fighting the british? >> taxation without representation? >> no taxation. >> can't be taxed if you're not represented as like an individual. >> now, who's famous for that line? >> john smith? that's not it. >> sam adams. you guys are learning something every day. >> life, liberty and -- >> freedom of speech? >> that's good enough for me. >> me, too. >> i'm fine. >> what's the best part about this coun

but i'll tell you fun place is franklin square park.re turning franklin square park in a little rio di janeiro. >> all right, jen, quincy, lets see it. >> basically the deal is, and good morning. >> good morning. >> rio2 is summer block door they will have great stuff from noon to 6:30, the dvd and hd comes out. now george is looking at, mattu and petu. >> they are brothers. >> can we touch them. >> i would the no recommend touching them. they ever from the rain forest of south america. they are amazing bird, they are really social. they like to be together. this is a great treat for them this morning. >> don't touch, okay. >> bottom line is you will watch the big game right here, they are setting up, they will have glue and all kind of stuff. there will be samba performances, soccer clubhouse, that is this right here. you won't be performing but your friend will be giving lessons. >> yes, we will. >> yes. >> are you single. >> yes. >> that was for mike, okay. >> thanks, mike. >> you stick around and do dancing at 9:45. >> mike, i will

. >> thousands of cyclists take over the ben franklin bridge as part of a 65-mile journey.e'll tell you why this race is very, very special when "eyewit >> welcome back everyone. an exciting sunday for space enthusiasts off the coast of virginia. >> three, two, one and we have ignition. >> and that was liftoff of the rocket carrying a cargo slip to the international space station. cigna took off from wallace islands virginia carrying more than 3,000 pounds of supplies food and experimental exercise outfits. nasa says the new clotheing is resistant to bacteria and odor so the astronauts won't smell as much during their two hour daily workouts. saturday marked the 5,000th day of continuous human habitation in orbit. >>> tesla dealerships will soon be coming to the keystone state. governor todd quinones signed legislation allowing the company to open five deal slips in pennsylvania. tesla pushed for the bill because its business model ran up against state law prohibiting manufacturers from also acting as a dealer. >>> thousands of cyclists hit the road this morning all for a g

and thousands of cyclists take over the ben franklin bridge. embarked on a 65-mile journey when "eyewitness news" >> back now on "eyewitness news", a line of thunderstorms is moving through the area right now and we're tracking even more severe weather for the start of the work week. meteorologist kathy orr has the details that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> and lightning is being blamed for another death in colorado. a man was killed yesterday after being struck in rocky mountain national park. it was the second deadly strike in the park in about 24 hours. another woman was killed near the same trail on friday. they were the first lightning fatalities in the park since 2,000. >> also an exciting sunday for space enthusiasts off the coast of virginia. >> three, two, one, and we have, g that was lift off of the rocket carrying a cargo ship to the international space station. they took off from virginia carrying more than 3,000 pounds of supplies food and experimental exercise outfits. nasa says the new clothing is resistant to bacteria an

we will take you outside show you view, start off with the calm view on the ben franklin parkway as we look at oval getting set for kick off of their sweet space here where i hear there is an art installation and a beer garden which i know bobbies very excited b we are looking forward to that. we can expect to see nicer weather to enjoy it all here not just later today but you for the rest of this workweek i think. it is looking up with time. storm scan three as we show you our last three hour loop, it is pretty obvious that new jersey and delaware have been bearing brunt of anything that is sort of left over in the atmosphere with this frontal boundary. let's zero in on this out towards ac expressway. look at that heavy rain, bright red zone just outside ac where we are getting hammered with pounding rain in places like mays landing just dealt witt. at least with the worst of it and really heavy rain detect out towards egg harbor city. so right around that zone of the ac express waste you are getting slammed with soaking rain. i looked at it just a second ago, some rainfall rates are

through actually on the ben franklin bridge, and the ben franklin bridge is open, good to go. if you are headed to the shore, no delays on the ben franklin. further out the 42 freeway looks good. no problems on the a.c. expressway or the garden state parkway. moving the traffic cam to the schuylkill this morning, the schuylkill at spring garden street, coming along fine, if you look to the left, that's martin luther king drive. that's closed, from the ben franklin parkway to the falls bridge for recreational activities. see the bicyclists on the martin luther king drive this morning. moving the traffic cam one more time 202 at allendale road. good day to dom do some shopping if you are school shopping today out to the king of prussia mall. >> this would be the roadway would you take. no delays or problems on 202, it is in good shape. that is the latest, from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans, liz, back to you. >> look good out there, ann, thank you for. that will. >>> and it was a warm welcome home for a local member of the air national guard. senior airman steven gentil

chopper 6 hd remains live over the ben franklin bridge, the base of the bridge in old city, as you come off the vine street expressway and 6th street, this is the entrance to our good buddy ben, not looking good because of an earlier overturned truck accident. a spill there and sand on the roadway, with just that one left lane getting by we are dealing with major gridlock, check out the streets here, 5th 6th and 8th. just a solid line of traffic on the vine from the schuylkill through this point at the exit for the ben franklin bridge. it's enough to make you want to scream, you know we all scream for ice-cream. there is a broken down ice-cream truck on the schuylkill expressway approaching spring garden street, in the backlog, on 76 eastbound, is the whole way from king of prussia through this point where the ice-cream truck is on the shoulder into the vine. and 9 is heavy past tasker, through girard. mid-day construction there ran late and gave us heavy delays and upper merion, a delay because of a downed pole and crash. and use bal ming oh road. if you have the ways app you can see t

there's sky 6's view of the ben franklin bridge.s hazy, but sun will get ready to pop up are over the horizon before too much longer. i think it will break through the clouds a little bit as the morning goes on. on radar, storm tracker 6 live double scan is picking up showers no lightning with this just yet. it is pushing into western new castle county. looks like wilmington could be caught by this in the next 20 minutes or so. we'll see if it survives into south jersey and areas in philadelphia along the i-95. i'm beginning to check out action popping up around chester town the eastern shore of maryland. the better chance of precipitation is later today and tonight from cold front related precip that will be coming in through pennsylvania, but the atmosphere is humid and unstable enough where you could see something popping up before that. 72 in philadelphia. 70 in trenton. 72 in wilmington, 73 in allentown and 69 in sea isle city. as we go through the day, it will be warm, 74 degrees by 9:00 a.m., 84 by noon, 89 by 3, we'll hit a

. >>> emotions ran high at a rally held on the benjamin franklin parkway last night. ukraine americans mourned the victims and condemned those responsible for shooting down the plane and they put the blame solely on one person, vladimir putin. dann cuellar has more. >> russia, listener to us, take your -- listen to us, take your bloody hands off ukraine. >> reporter: they gathered behind a large banner which read stopped putin's terror. they held posters. >> putin is behind this insane scenario with the downing of the malaysian airplane. our hearts go out to the all the in the -- innocent victims. >> reporter: while there's no evidence directly linking putin and the russian government to the tragedy, they want the world and the u.s. to take action. >> we hope our senators and congressmen and president obama will take firm stems -- steps to punish russia. the. >> they should send military to ukraine to train them. >> reporter: some lit candle for the victims of the mh flight 17. the archdiocese of philadelphia, they offered prayers not just for the victims, but a sense

we had a disabled tractor-trailer on the westbound side the ben franklin bridge.ws were able to get that out of there. 76, watch for an accident eastbound happening right now. use caution and leave yourself extra time if you're heading in that direction. >> thank you, jillian. we're following breaking news throughout the morning. this in camden county. fire crews are on the scene of a house fire there. katy zachry just got to the scene. what can you tell us? >> i'm going to step out of the way so you can see what fire fighters are doing right now. they're on the roof of this two story, two family home that started burning about an hour ago. just minutes ago the inside of the chimney actually collapsed and that exposed more fire. but in the last few minutes, they were able to attack those flames and they're making head way, you can see by the color of the smoke which is white which indicates they're making significant head way. but on the front yard, if we zoom down, hopefully can you see through the shrubbery, there are still flames. so this is still a very active

the ben franklin, everything is looking good over the area breaths. keep in mind we have normal 4&c eastbound on the ben franklin bridge. it's part of the long-term track rehab project. >>> within the past 15 minutes we've got new information about an overnight shooting inest whicher that left five people injured including two teenagers. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside the chester police department for us this morning. tell us what you've learned. >> hi, chris, that's right. i got new information from a captain here at the chester police department in the last few minutes. the two teenagers, five people were shot, of those five two are teenagers, a 14-year-old girl an a 14-year-old boy. here's our video. when police arrived on the scene they found those teens shot in the foot and the leg. officers fond three men, adult men who were shot. the victims were all transported to crozer-chester medical center where they are listed right now in stable condition. from the bullet casings found on the ground, ours have determined at least eight to ten shots

hopkins was a friend of both franklin roosevelt and eleanor. valerie jarrett is best friends with both michelle obama and barack obama. she lives in the white house. i mean by that she has a suite of rooms that she occupies permanently in the white house. she has a secret service detail. she eats with the president and first lady every night that they are in the white house. she goes on vacations with them. she goes to whatever meetings she wants to attend and she carries the president's message to cabinet ministers and other people in the administration. there has been no one sends harry hopkins back in the 40s who has this kind of power. >> host: you write of her from your book saying she watched over him and made him feel safe. he was her special charge, the chosen one. she focused on him does it on him in the fight -- devoted her entire life to him and give them a unconditional love he never received from his mother who frequently abandon them as a child. >> guest: that's right. there have been several as you know biographies of barack obam

this happened 6:30 monday evening outside wal-mart on franklin mills boulevard.an see people gathering there. they're looking around in the parking lot after a six week old boy had been left in a silver 2005 toyota highlander. the witness described how people were worried for the baby's well being, they're talking about breaking out the car window. after a few minutes a police officer arrived and that was around the same time the child's mother came out of the wal-mart. she was handcuffed and taken into custody. the officer got the car keys, firefighters and paramedics were on the scene and they retrieved the baby from the vehicle. witnesses were relieved the baby wasn't harmed. one says she can't believe people continue to leave babies in hot cars. >> i was annoyed and aggravated because why would you leave the baby in the car? and i didn't understand why they weren't breaking the windows out trying to look for keys am i mean, personally i would have busted the window in order to get the baby out quicker but it was just really hot and just not necessary to do th

we're in camden here looking towards the city from ben franklin bridge on sky cam three.et is how bright the the sunnies just a few puffy fair weather clouds out there, as cool, dry air, sweeps in from the north and west, in the the wake, of hurricane arthur, it is still breezy out there, that is because arthur is moving away and high pressure is building in behind this storm. that is where i want to take you down shotter where people are making the most of their nice finish to the fourth of july. look at the boardwalk in ocean city. completely packed with people. now this scene is about what, eight hours ago, it was completely wet, it was windy, it was damp, it was miserable out there now sea gulls are flying around. sunnies shining. everybody getting in those last few minutes of the fourth of july fun, down the shore, and they will be out there until late tonight, the rides i'm sure will be opened late in ocean city. lets take a lot at time lapse we can see improvement during the day-to-day. this is from the greenwood school in philadelphia you can see earlier today it

this is the spectacular firework show above the ben franklin parkway. thousands turned out tonight for the welcome america celebration. happy fourth of july everyone. i'm jessica dean. chris may has the night off. >> the biggest party of the night is right here in philly. the birthplace of freedom and tonight it is the place to be. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers is there live as the fireworks are popping. matt? >> reporter: jessica and i'm not even in front of the camera because really who wants to see me when you can look at those fireworks. absolutely outstanding. so colorful above the art museum tonight. there are thousands of people here along the parkway. i'm pretty sure 99-point 8% of them have their cell phones out right now filming this, tweeting, putting it on facebo facebook. i may be one of those people guilty of that myself. with that said it has been an absolutely fantastic day along the parkway here a little bit of weather in the morning, little bit of cloudy weather in the morning turned into a great afternoon as we saw for oursel

>> franklin roosevelt. >> no.ot know that. >> what is he famous for. >> isn't there a famous building? >> abraham lincoln. my favor president. >> >> few f yif you were a pres you'd be babraham lincoln. >> who's that? >> taft. >> taft. >> who's that? >> bush senior. >> that hurts, man. >> there you go again. >> this is ronald reagan. he was wonderful, yes. >> what's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear ronald reagan? >> he was an actor. >> bonzo. >> what's his favorite line? >> the broccoli? >> i do not like broccoli. >> nixon? >> is she right? >> oh, my god. that is so embarrassing. my parents, if they see this. >> have you ever watched "the o'reilly factor?" >> all the time. >> anything you want to say to bill? keep on truckin'. >> just keep speaking the truth. >> what up. >> he's a liar. >> what did he lie about? >> it's not that he lies but he holds back on the truths. >> are you a ron paul guy? >> i like ron paul. >> i didn't know you wanted to get involved with the discussion, mr. helper. >>

in olde city don't forget the fifth street tunnel under the ben franklin bridge closed until 2 o'clock this afternoon while they work on that. in montgomery county here the northeast extension northbound just past the mid county tolls watch for this, they're pacing traffic because of the road repairs here so expect some slowing in the area at times and in west amount ton township burlington ton county construction, ramps from 295 to mount holly-willingboro exit 45 closed due to construction. you've got to use the ramp at creek road or 541 this will be out here about another hour matt. >> thanks karen. >>> new this morning here, the action cam was a the an apartment complex in delaware where two men were should there. it happened at the village of windover complex. 22 victims were taken to the hospital with wounds on their upper body. no word on their conditions. police are looking for at least three men who ran from the scene. >>> two people remain in critical condition this morning after a blast ripped through a philadelphia food truck. erin o'hearn has video of the incident and new d

in fact, ben franklin used water battle competition toss train his fire fighters. >>> hey, a spectacle under the bridge here, cbs-3 at the invisible river dance. i see them just fine. aerial dancer performed above the the schuylkill river suspend add above the bridge. it is all port of what the ought yens watched as the rest rather watched from the river bank. maybe some were resting i don't know. there is another show coming up tonight at 7:00 o'clock. >> wow, very graceful. >>> 8:09. new high tech computers in our cars may be convenient but at what cost, the same technology that makes driving easier, could be used to spy on you. people are so impatient, right? you know what it is? it's waiting. 10 minutes or 10 hours, people don't like waiting. you know, at comcast, we don't want you to wait at all. with our new xfinity my account app, you can troubleshoot technical issues, request a callback, or check with an expert via twitter. can you wait just a second? hey, can you move, please?! i hate sheep. [ male announcer ] introducing the xfinity my account app. it's a whole new day at com

and subsequently brought up charges >> fellow firefighters came to support franklin to learn why he's being defended >> we need to know more about what it is that is objectionable. about the performance. chief franklin is one of four firefighters disciplined in the aftermath of last summer's collision between a fire rig and a motorcycle. she's in the revealed charges saying they're personnel matters. hays-white recommended terminating firefighter michael quinn who drove the truck but resigned the accident happened in june. at 5th and howard a truck was responding to a call. a 50-year-old jack frasier is on the motorcycle at the top of the screen the truck blows through a red light, sending him across howard street he slams into a fire hydrant. frasier was injured. the bhood alcohol level above legal driving limit. an investigation to see if other firefighters at the scene. both franklin's attorney and reubenstein asked for a open hearing the fire commissioner closed this meeting saying evidence heard today would include privileged information coming up when other three appeal they're

and subsequently brought up charges >> fellow firefighters came to support franklin to learn why he's being defended >> we need to know more about what it is that is objectionable. about the performance. chief franklin is one of four firefighters disciplined in the aftermath of last summer's collision between a fire rig and a motorcycle. she's in the revealed charges saying they're personnel matters. hays-white recommended terminating firefighter michael quinn who drove the truck but resigned the accident happened in june. at 5th and howard a truck was responding to a call. a 50-year-old jack frasier is on the motorcycle at the top of the screen the truck blows through a red light, sending him across howard street he slams into a fire hydrant. frasier was injured. the bhood alcohol level above legal driving limit. an investigation to see if other firefighters at the scene. both franklin's attorney and reubenstein asked for a open hearing the fire commissioner closed this meeting saying evidence heard today would include privileged information coming up when other three appeal they're