in franklin, talking about the battle of franklin, the battle of nashville, and what this final campaign that we have talked about has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. thanks for coming out. because it is sort of like introducing a rock star. you have had the well-known acts and all the front acts, and i-82 have the special event with our next speaker. damien shields is an engaging young scholar. he's an archaeologist by trade . a historian by emotion. actually gets the way you have to do all those things. let's not just have the false divide between archaeology and history, and pretend that objects and place don't matter. it is only what words someone wrote on a piece of paper. it all matters. it is all evidence of how history unfolded and impact on us today. sell yesterday was a great pleasure of mine. i picked up mr. shields. here in franklin. graduateseminar for my students and other students in archaeology. dazzled everyone. we went over to stones river national battlefield and i managed to not lose him totally. and we got over to franklin just in time. it

in franklin, talking about the battle of franklin, the battle of nashville and the final campaign, the last campaign has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. so thanks for coming out. it's sort of like introducing a rock star next. you have had the well known acts and the front acts. now you get a special event. damian shields is an engaging young scholar. he's an archaeologist by trade. he's an his attorneytorian by emotion and he gets the way you have to do those things. let's not decide objects and places don't matter only the words someone wrote on a piece of oh paper. it all matters. it's all evidence of how history unfolded and its impact on us today. all of this together means we have a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we don't take in here in tennessee. we do have civil war historians aplenty. sometimes you can shake a tree and a bunch fall down the. we don't get that international perspective so often. i think we are all just blessed and honored to have damien among us today. so with with no further fanf

in franklin, talking about the battle of franklin, the battle of nashville and the final campaign, the last campaign has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. 1r so thanks for coming out. it's sort of like introducing a rock star next. you have had the well known acts and the front acts. now you get a special event.n0ú damian shields is an engaging young scholar. he's an archaeologist by trade. he's an historian by emotion and2-y he gets the way you have to do those things. let's not decide objects and places don't matter, only the words someone wrote on a piece of oh paper. it all matters. it's all evidence of how history unfolded and its impact on us today. yesterday was a great pleasure of mean. i picked pupup mr. clay and we went over to stone's river national battlefield and i managed not to lose him totally in that battlefield. we kbolt over to franklin just in time it was sort of dusk. the perfect time to study a man. all of this together means we dm' have a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we don't take in

franklin has attracted even more attention. nashvilley battle of has a highly significant feature which neither springhill nor franklin can claim. ira for to the participation of african-americans. in aal thousand strong combat role for the union army. the black regiments had come to be officially known as united states colored troops. they fought both days of the engagement. this is a major reason why the battle of nashville deserves to be commemorated. the experience of serving as a member of the united states colored troops, a block soldier in a blue uniform, was not easy. as you may expect. when the civil war began lincoln rejected any idea of abolishing slavery or seeking black military assistance for the war effort. action wouldh alienate the border slave states which have remained loyal to the union, arouse the racial whites,e of northern and further harden confederate resistance. 1862, thee summer of president had come to believe undermining slavery would significantly weaken the confederacy and should become a major pr

and let's take franklin out of the equation. let's say it never happens and hood had some with his army intact and everything. i really just don't think he had the men to covers rotedous of nashville. i don't think you could storm nashville. vicksburg told us that. grant tried on may 15th and may 22nd to storm the works at vicksburg and was unsuccess. ful. i don't think that would could have happened. the best hood could have done is wait for thomas to come out and if lucky destroyed a part of thomas' army. that might have been a gateway into the city. i think it's highly, highly unlikely and i really don't think it would have happened. >> well, let's give our historians a big round of applause. [ applause ] >>> you've been watching c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitter@c-span history. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan history. or you can leave comments too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website c-span.org/history. >> we'd like to tell you about some of our othe

franklin was his first fight. g.was a member of company with six others, he would contract diarrhea, died during the night under a blanket beside a friend in mississippi in january 1865. he left behind a widow and four children. as with better at side, there are many american-born sons fighting for the union. notable, thist killed while encouraging troops to [indiscernible] james' parents must've been devastated by the news of the 21-year-old's death. his father had been disabled for many years and unable to work. he and his wife had relied on james for everything. james sister remembers he had always make sure his parents had flower coffee, and meet. flour and meat. they lost his companionship and support. how do families of those men killed react to news of the deaths? reported is that is that of susan turner. patrick cleburne's fiancÉ. she was walking in her garden which overheard a newspaper boy callout news and report the death. overcome with grief she would wear mourning clothes for a year. body was interned

we got over to franklin just in time. it was dusk. the perfect time to take a man who has studied patrick cleburne so often. all of this means we a unique opportunity to have a perspective and learn from a perspective that sometimes we don't take in here in tennessee. we have civil war historians aplenty. sometimes you can shake a tree and a bunch will hold down. -- will fall down. we are blessed and honored to have damien shields among us today. with no further fanfare, because i know who everyone came to hear is not me. damien shields. i introduce mr. damien shields. [applause] in >> good morning everybody. one i can't describe what is an indescribable honor for me to be here. i spent all of my time looking in at the irish american civil an and war. i i spend my professional career and you and looking at archaeology, the archaeology of battlefields, how you can an preserve battlefields. i have for years look at what ii have for years look at what has gone on in this city with will has gone on in this city with admiration. in it is a

>> the really severely wounded stayed here in franklin. franklin, like a lot of towns, became a vast hospital for wounded men. and robert hicks novel, that's really the basis of his novel. i would think that some of the more slightly wounded, if they're confederates, would have gone on to nashville to reunite with their commands. but there are an awful lot of people here. the other problem is what to do with the dead. i think what they did with the union dead, there were two lines. they simply through a lot of them into one of those lines, then took the dirt they piled up and put it on the bodies. those bodies sometime after the war were taken to nashville and put in the national cemetery. the confederate bodies were moved after the war. it looks like the space between graves is so small, and that's because even though it had only been a few years after the battle, there really wasn't that much left. you could put them in -- these human remains you could put in boxes about this size. so that's what happened to them. when the yankees came b

bear in mind that franklin has been, benjamin franklin arrived in 1776 and had admirers. franklin was familiar with the agents of the french enlightenment and the reform movement they were orchestrating. i contended a change. during the 50years prior to jefferson's arrival, france's brightest and most daring men -- let me go back to that. during the 50 years prior to jefferson's arrival, france's brightest and most daring men had waged intellectual revolutions. they revolutionized their natural sciences, the science of government, they invented a new science of man and morality. they revolutionized the arts and letters and they revolutionized their relationship to god and the church. when jefferson arrived, a new kind of revolution was getting underway. between 1784 and 1788, the intellectual revolutions automated century were passing through a reform movement on the way to a political revolution. in the light of knowledge, what had been bad had become insufferable. the monarchy was on the verge of bankruptcy. the economy was stagnant and corruption was rampant. there was

it's the 19th century, we're introducing you to all three characters, eleanor and franklin in a minor way, but this is mainly the trajectory from theodore roosevelt's birth to his election as the president of the united states. now episode two, everything gets started. you know everybody, and all this is is just an ever-tightening noose of kind of dramatic stuff each night. but it's really important to understand who this add kind of unstable little boy, at one point tonight you'll see somebody says you must remember that the president is 6, meaning 6 years old to -- [laughter] and that's the kind of wonderful energy. but you also have a cost for that as well. thank you, blair, so much. >> host: diane is in arkansas on our line for republicans. diane, good morning. >> caller: oh, good morning, everybody. >> guest: good morning. >> guest: morning. >> caller: for you to know where i'm coming from, i'll be 80 years old next month, so i can remember the roosevelt administration to a certain extent, and, of course, my folks talking about it, reading newspapers and all. and i'm concerned ab

franklin had been -- benjamin franklin had been 0 years before he arrived in france in 1776. he has an international network of acquaintances and admires. arrived ime jefferson was familiar klin with the age of enlightenment that he reform movement they were orchestrating. jefferson was not. i contend that jefferson changed. to ing the 50 years prior jefferson's arrival, france's most daring man in the me go with that second. during the 50th prior to jefferson's arrival, francis brightest and most daring men series of a revolutions -- they revolutionized the national sciences, the government, they invented a new science of man and morality. they revolutionize their arts and letters. they revolutionize their relationship to the church. when jefferson arrived, new revolution was getting underway. 1788, the 84 in were passing es through a reform movement on the way to political revolution. in the light of knowledge, what became d that insufferable -- the monarchy was on the verge of bankruptcy. the economy was stagnant and corruption is rampant. there was no advancement for fran

>> the really severely wounded stayed here in franklin. stayed here in franklin.ommands. but there were an awful lot of people here. the other problem is what to do with the dead. i think what they did with the o union dead, there were two lines. un they simply threw a lot of them into one of those lines and took the dirt that they had piled up simply and put it on the bodies. those bodies sometime after the they had piled up and put it on the bodies. to nashville and put in the national cemetery. the confederate bodies were removed after the war.di and one of the things that eric es w jacobson has said it looks like an the space between graves is so small, and that's becauseújacobson has said it looks tho the space between graves is so small, and that's be there really wasn't that much left.t you could put them in little, i mean these human remains you could put in boxes about this size.le, i so that's what happened to them. when the yankees came back ut thi through, they basically yan reclaimed franklin, and took ke,k4 care of theirs, as well as confederates who

here on delsea drive near paul street, franklin township. police say ten year old boy and two of his friends were heading to slumber party at the time. one of his friends had made it across the street safely. but as the ten year old start today cross police say he was struck by a franklin township police cruiser and died. investigators say the officer was responding to a call when the accident happened. and was the only officer in the cruiser that officer was taken to the hospital for evaluation and no other children were hurt. >> the gloucester county prosecutors' office, investigating a deadly motor vehicle accident that happened in franklin township. victim was ten year old boy. the driver of the vehicle was a franklin township police officer. the matter is currently under investigation. we will release more details as we receive them. we would like to offer our deepest condolances to the family of the child. >> now, the franklin township has released this statement -- this statement reading in part, first and for most, our thoughts and p

a progressive republican, and franklin was a democrat.there is much more that they were alike than different. the intricate family drama is so important. important. it helps you understand and stitched together important parts of american history that allows you to escape the conventional wisdom that we are all burdened with. we know very little. we are just buried in stuff. it is not all true, and a lot of people come with baggage and assumptions and conspiracies,, and it is our job as historians and storytellers to tell you what we no. we we employed all sorts of people from the left, right, center. most importantly, people who knew the story. we we are confident that we told a balanced and accurate portrait. >> the stories that you two have told together. >> they are like your children. we are we are as proud of this one as anyone that we have done. it is tough to do and intertwined narratives. it has been likened to a russian novel, and that is what it is. lots of secondary and tertiary characters. 104 years. and that is a hugely impo

franklin, i've already noted that benjamin franklin was a celebrity in france. said --raised him as franklin persuaded france's that theica's new republic was ultimate destination and the march of human progress. on to the salon part of my talk. the salons of paris were places where the enlightened ideas of these men, they were discussed and debated. there were 4 celebrated hostesses during the golden age thealons which was in 1750-1780 p.m.. madams.t some of you probably have seen this picture. that's another conversation piece. tout it in today to show, highlight the idea that it does salons were a reinforcing network to make the golden age of salons memorable. the best and the brightest people of paris and france were all connected. heads showabove the from left to right, rousseau, voltaire, diderut and turgot. the circles are the leading hostesses. she was a personal friend of thomas jefferson's. she was also a friend of thomas jefferson. 1780, the women of the french salons, amelia observed the most remarkable p i the death ofe with madame du defand. when j

here on delsea drive near paul street in franklin township. police say a ten year old boy and two of his friends were heading to a slumber party at the time. one of his friends had made it across the street safely. but, as the ten year olds start today cross, police say he was struck by a franklin township police cruiser and died. police say the officer was responding to a call when the accident happened, and was the only officer in the cruiser that officer was taken to the hospital for evaluation, and no other children were hurt, but details are still limited. >> the gloucester county prosecutor's office currently conducting the investigation into a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred earlier this evening at franklin township. the victim was a ten year olds boy, and the driver of the vehicle was a franklin township police officer. and the matter is currently under investigation, we are will release more details as we receive them, and we would like to offer our deepest condolances to the family of that child. >> and again no other chil

to henry ford, rabbi franklin is the jew next door. oh, he's highly respected honorable, and important religiouskdz leader, i, you know, want to be on good terms with him. i live in detroit. important figure i'll send him a card. of course, from rabbi franklin's point of view, if you're writing negative things about jews, then i side with them. but it's an interesting example how in the antise-semitic mind you can simultaneously sometimes, you know, oh he can't, my best friend is a jew. so here you have rabbi franklin, the jew next door, and then you have the mythical jew, i would like those books back please. there, the international jew -- thanks. you know that he's writing about here. and that's a moment that suggests to me that ford really did have this tension between the mythical jew and, and the jew next door. i think i'm going to put off until next time. what i want to do next time, first i want to actually read with you and i'll send it around, one of the chapters so we get a sense of thousand works. how does anti-semitic writ

here on delsea drive near paul street in franklin township.year old boy and two of his friends were actually head today slumber party at the time. one every his friends had made it across the street safely. but as the ten year old started to cross police say he was struck by a franklin township police cruiser and died. now, investigators say the officer was responding to a call when the accident happened. he was the only officer in the cruiser. that officer was taken to the hospital for evaluation, and no other children were hurt but, right now details are still limit bad how this accident happened. >> the gloucester county prosecutor's offers is currently conducting an investigation into a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred earlier this evening in franklin township. the victim was a ten year old boy, and the driver of the vehicle was a franklin township police officer and the matter is currently under investigation, we will release more details as we receive them. we would like to offer our deepest condolances to the family of that ch

so, you're going to get off at the ben franklin parkway. you're going to continue on to either kelly or mlk drive and that will put you back on to 676 and you can proceed westbound or eastbound. i would presume a lot of cars are going eastbound because they're headed to the airport. and all of this is because of an accident on the vine street expressway westbound ramp to 76 eastbound, an overturned vehicle. and crews are spending a lot of time out there cleaning that up. also another accident on sumneytown pike in both directions right at route 63. >>> i'm jesse gary live in stormforce10 on montgomery avenue in balya kin wood, headed west to rosemont to check out reports of street flooding due to all this rain. we'll have an update coming up in a couple minutes. >>> 6:46. here's a live picture of what is a major problem on the roads this morning, especially for people who are traveling through the city of philadelphia heading to the airport. the viv vine street expressway westbound is closed and traffic is being diverted off and on to the b

franklin. i think that probably forrest just disagreed totally with the idea of a frontal attack, a frontal assault at franklin and, of course, wanted to try and blank the federals out of their position. >> i think another interesting point is that what happened in the nashville circumstances, forrest was detached and sent down to murfreesboro with the idea that it was presumed that, per se, the pressure brought to bear on the union garrison at fort rose crans, and the murfreesboro area would forces union army to come out of their entrenchments, and attack the confederate army, and their fortified redoubts and so forth at nashville. well, it didn't work out that way. in fact, forrest took a pretty good beating at -- down around murfreesboro. but the point of the matter is that -- and i've never seen anything that per se discounts the relationship in terms of forrest after the campaign, the tennessee campaign. he was so upset with the command staff and the command of the army of tennessee that h

he was struck by a franklin township police cruiser.esses say that boy was crossing the street head today a friend's house. police say the officer was responding to a call. >> two police officers are hurt by flying debris from a garage fire in philadelphia's frankford neighborhood. both officers should be okay. >> and the search teams looking for air asia plane have seen two oil spots and objects floating in the ocean. however, it is too early to know whether they are from that jet that vanished yesterday morning. >>> as we continue this morning, surfer survives a shark attack, as quick thinking move in the watt their helped save his life. >> also our fink remembers coconstantly moving on our smart phones. how those moments are rewiring our brains. we'll be rig >>> dramatic fire rescue in birmingham, alabama all caught on rescue. >> come out. your mother right here. your mama say do it. come on. >> right, there you saw three year old boy leap from second story window into his cousin's amount. that boy was one of two children, trammed in

we're live tonight in franklin township. i'm joanne pileggi fox 29 news. >>> joanne, thank you. >>> a deadly accident tonight in glenn olden. skyfox over the scene earlier tonight along chester pike. witnesses telling fox 29 tonight police were chasing the driver of a white car when it slammed into the red car which then hit a parked car. one person was killed and the accident we of course will continue to follow any new updates and bring them to you coming up tonight at 10:00. happening now angry parents rallying against a troubled charter school. parents are protesting protesting the walter palmer charter school as you we told you first on fox this end they got letter saying the middle school is closing as of december 31st. it's another in a string of let downs for parents of students at the walter palmer. the high school abruptly closed few months ago and the charter was forced to cut enrollment earlier this year. fox 29's dave can't chen broke this story over the weekend much he's covering tonight's rally for us. dave? >

for now we are live in franklin township inform. i'm joanne pileggi fox 29 news. >> joanne, heartbreaking thank you. >>> two-year-old washington township, new jersey, toddler is in critical condition tonight at chop after investigators say he was seriously hurt by his mother's fiance'. 23-year-old giovanni of sewell, new jersey facing charges includeing a tempted murder endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault. the boy went to the hospital on friday suffering from numerous injuries including kidney failure. bail for the man has been set at $350,000. >>> two people died in a three alarm fire at a reading row home. the fire started last night at a home on spruce street. firefighters worked for nearly two hours to put the fire out. police have not released the names to have people who died. right now the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> a chilly night out there and your fox 29 winter wet authority. here's life look at blue mountain from our pocono mountains camera. some folks out in the slopes right

here's sky cam three from the ben franklin bridge, over toward ben franklin bridge from campbell's feel, and whole lot better than a few hours ago. you could not even see the bridge. it was completely fogged over. we saw carol on the bridge and things are looking a whole lot better now. so that is great news. lets look at how things are going with santa claus and take a look, rodolph leading the charge. he is. is there red nose, famous red nose, and, through all that doom and gloom. it is not as glummy every where as it is here, santa last seen in, bamako, mali, 4 billion presents delivered already, we expect santa probably somewhere in the 2:00 a.m. hour here in philadelphia but make sure those kids are sleeping. remember kids santa cannot come until santa is talked in your bed. storm scan three does show a break in the action as far as storm is concerned but another area of rain this one here will eventually get in our area it will come will overnight. right about the same time santa is expected to come between 2:00 and 5:00 and maybe a rumble of thunder, maybe rumble of huffs on the

he and cameron tringale winning at the franklin templeton shootout. real quick, welcome to fox, buddy. >> thank you, my friend. it's been a great introduction. >> well, as we say so long, remember, it's a full day of football tomorrow here on fox. america's game of the week. the san francisco 49ers at the seattle seahawks. of course our clothing provided by greg norman collection. when you're down here at this event, everything has got greg's name on it, including fox sports. for the entire crew, i'm joe buck. so long from the franklin templeton shootout. what a week, what a start. and a winning combination of day and tringale. at times they made it look easy. smiling, as they split $770,000. that walk up 18, the handshake and from all of us, so long. we are! fox sports! ♪ >> give it up, give it up, man. >> dude is stuck in a bathroom stall and his buddies are trying to coach him through it. what went this video over the top. >> a drafr veiver ventures out. >> the first snow in this area. >> why it does him no good. >> a puppy too scared to be adopt e

it happened at the franklin commons apartments. bensalem police say the intruder climbed to a second floor apartment and gained entry through a sliding glass door and confronted by a woman inside the home. police say he started to touch himself in inappropriately he then stole her dog and jumped off the balcony then he broke into a first floor unit there he was confronted by a resident with a 45 caliber gun who shot the intruder twice. >> we have one bad guy with two bullets in him. >> reporter: the intruder is in critical condition, facing charges, authorities will review the shooting to make sure it is justified. >> the eagles season ended with a victory but it ended before the playoffs begin. they beat the giants to finish 10-6. it was only a time since the 1960s the record could not get them into the post season. sanchez threw two touchdowns and then through one of his many interceptions this season. the eagles have the dubious record of having the most turnovers in philadelphia. at the same time they scored the most points in

the driver was a franklin township police officer. the gloucester county prosecutors officer said the officer was was responding to an urgent call. the three young boys were crossing delsea after walking down elmer street. one boy made it across, the victim crossed and the police cruiser hit the child. the father who was with the victim and his girlfriend say they were trailing behind the boys when the accident happened. when a young life is lost like this, it is tragic for everyone. they support the officer involved saying he is very shaken up and the thoughts and prayers go out to the family. >> we offer our deepest condolences to the family of that child. >> this investigation is underway. among the things they are looking at whether the officer's lights and sirens were on at the time. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you catherine. >>> philadelphia police are trying to learn the identity of a victim in a hit-and-run doesn't on saturday night and fed anything to do with a robbery a short time earlier. the man was f

they'll force you offer onto the ben franklin parkway.river drives if you're trying to get west. if you're trying to get east i would bail pretty early on your journey on the westbound vine and start using the city streets to work your way, maybe south street. of course we'll continue to watch that situation. we're also watching flooding by rosemont college along montgomery avenue right by ithan avenue. stay up on old gulph road or down on 30 lancaster avenue to get around that. on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound side just past fort washington there's a crash. vehicle favoring the wrong way but the good news is it's all off to the side so the lanes are opened and in cupsville. the police are directing you around. that what is santa's favorite exit on the schuylkill expressway, yes, indeed it's the cons ho ho ken. schuylkill looks okay at this point. no words. >> i needd that. thank you. >>> a car crashed into a home in chester and police think it was because the driver was focused not on the road but rather on trying to shoot out of t

the driver is a franklin township police officer, where investigators say that he was heading just before he hit that child. >>> an incredible individual ohio of a boy saved from a burning home, but there is still another kid trapped inside how both kids managed to escape. >>> good day everybody. it is monday december 29th, 2014. >> happy monday. >> yes. >> a lot of people have to go back to work. >> how was it the for you getting up. >> i have not gotten up this early in a while, turf admit. the alarm went off at 1:30. i said no i feel like i just went to bed. >> i'm here, ready to go. >> glad you are here a lot of people may be moving slower if they have to go to work this morning. it is inter loop between holidays. if you are lucky you have it off. if you are like us we have to get back in the routine. >> we will get that break on thursday, for some of us. >> some of us don't. >> yes. >> evil eyes. >> it is going to be winter like this week. >> it was so mild over christmas but cold air slowly returning today and tomorrow bus stop buddy still is on vacation obviously. no school this we

nice light traffic if you're passing franklin mills. that's where i did holiday shopping.epta city buses subway and njt on modified schedule. >> reporter: 30s in allentown. 42 by 9:00. there might be a sprinkle down south in parts of southern delaware and south jersey. noon 45. sunny breaks are possible. partly sunny skies for a good portion of the afternoon. 46 by 3:00, the high is 47 degrees we'll hit that around 2:00. as we take a wide view across the country we have shower activity through atlanta toward the gulf coast. everybody else is dry. we check out the big board at the airport we're looking at green air extra of the in our most -- aircraft in our most traveled destinations. >>> new figures on teens and tanning, a recent survey shows while indoor tanning is decreasing slightly overall about 10% of high school girls use a tanning bed at least ten times a year. that's once a month. teens are not accepting the message that uv radiation from indoor tanning causes cancer especially melanoma. >>> exercises help ease stress and help current patient connect with other su

>>> a little boy struck and killed on his way to a sleep over why franklin township police say it was one of their own behind the wheel, chris. >>> what a devastating story, okay sabina, thank you. >>> then search and rescue teams admit to losing hope after an air asia flight goes missing but a new clue just announced could be a big help in the search this morning. >>> plus caitlin roth is tracking your holiday week weather, hi caitlin. >> good morning, chris. we are coming off a week even where we had highs in the 50's, it was beautiful but chillies back. we will end the the year on a very cold note. wet are authority forecast is coming up. >>> a big change to this years mummers parade what they are changing up with the route, and why. >>> good day, everybody it is monday, the december 29th 2014. thanks for waking up with us as we start off a new week. >> i know when i walk in the news roomy said to dawn at her desk. she said good morning? is it? what time is it? what are we doing up that the hour. >> am i awake. >> all right caitlin, good morning. >> good morning to you both. truth

live in franklin township gloucester county, jesse gary nbc 10 news. >>> it is 6:04. happening today in montgomery county, several people charged in a penndot corruption scandal are scheduled to appear in court. ten people are accused in an overbilling scheme that prosecutors say cost taxpayers $1.2 million. two penndot managers and eight contractors are charged. the attorney general says those managers took kickbacks to look the other way, ignoring falsified time sheets and mileage reports. today, seven of the defendants have a preliminary hearing. >>> a man is hit and killed in burlington county around 5:30 yesterday in mt. laurel. police say a car struck the victim on south church street between academy and st. david drive. the driver stayed on the scene. the victim has not yet been identified. >>> divers returned to the schuylkill river to resume their search for shane montgomery yesterday. nine divers from the garden state underwater recovery unit combed the river where montgomery's keys were found two weeks ago. the 21-year-old west chester university student di

despite franklin's performance elephants landing his , performance at cranston's cap, fredericksburg, his performance in the red river campaign, all of which fell short of the high expectations that had been a accorded to franklin going into the civil war, grant who had never actually served with franklin during the war nonetheless had high confidence in his ability, but there had been a time when they had been together. that was at the u.s. military academy when franklin was the number one graduate in grant's class, and i have to think that cadet sam grant is still looking up to the number one man in his class. however that may be, washington denied him that promotion, and said, franklin just will not do for this position. his next choice was general meade, to give him a more independent command that he enjoyed as an executive officer within grant's army group, but then something happened. i'm not entirely sure what. it might have been the battle of the crater, which ended the career of general burnside, but did not present meade in a favorable light. meade is no longer in the pictur

franklin made her kimmel center debut tonight to promote her new album.and the crowds are out in full force. you knew they would be. the 18-time grammy winner performed live. >> and she is very good friends with harry hairston who enabled me to meet her one time this year. all right. we have cold weather that is coming in and it's just going to get colder as we head toward the middle of the week. way different than what we saw over the weekend and last week. newier's eve? yeah, it's going to be cold. more on that in a minute. and the weekend wintry mix, a first chance of precipitation doesn't come until this weekend. mesly clear in parts of the area and others. the wibd northeast at 7, 12 degrees colder than we were at this time yesterday. we've been mild for a while sarpd e saturday and sunday, in if 50s. the average high, 41. today's high, 48. that occurred around mid night. tomorrow around 39 and wednesday, even colder than that. so, yeah it's going to be feeling like winter around here even if it might not be looking like winter with the snow. look ho

this is route 30 on the new jersey side of the ben franklin bridge. admiral wilson boulevard working your way toward the benny. light volume here. curb check. schuylkill expressway near the conshohocken curve n problems or delays at all we're in good shape in and out of the city on the schuylkill at the moment. a live look here at i-95 in the construction zone near cottman avenue. so, light volume, so far this morning. road are dry no problems up and down 202, and looking good as you work your way route one through delaware county, the market frankford line broad street subway running with no delays this morning. all of mass transit back to normal on a regular weekday schedule today. we have construction in pottstown, it is eastbound side of 422 between stowe and 100. down to one lane again, light volume on that one at the moment at philadelphia international, heading down to the airport out of town this morning, no problems there bennie whitman and tacony palmyra all in good shape. chris and dawn back over to you. >>> 5:04. new for you this morning,

now the accident happened at delsea drive and paul street in franklin township, and that is where "eyewitnessews" reporter matt rivers has the breaking developments. matt. >> reporter: natasha investigators were out on this road for hours just wrapping up the scene here within the last 15 minutes or so. officials stressed their investigation is in its very beginning stages, but one official did tell us what they know so far just a short time ago. >> the gloucester county prosecutor's office is currently conducting investigation no a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred early this evening in franklin township. victim was a 10-year-old boy and the driver of the vehicle was a franklin township police officer officer. and the matter is currently under investigation. we will release more details as we receive them, and we would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of that child. >> reporter: and the family and some friends of the victim gathered near the seen of the accident shortly after it occurred. officials say it happened right around 7:00 p.m. this evening. that's when t

victim was a 10-year-old boy and the driver of the vehicle was a franklin township police officer officerand the matter is currently under investigation. we will release more details as we receive them, and we would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of that child. >> reporter: and the family and some friends of the victim gathered near the seen of the accident shortly after it occurred. officials say it happened right around 7:00 p.m. this evening. that's when that 10-year-old boy and two friends were walking near the road. witnesses on scene tell "eyewitness news" that they were headed to sleepover when one of the boys ran across the road safely. a second boy that 10-year-old ran across as well and was struck by the police cruiser heading down the street. only one police officer inside the cruiser at the time. we also learned a short time ago that the officer inside that car was responding to a call. a medics were immediately call to the scene and witnesses said cpr was performed but the boy did die of his injuries. the police officer driving the cruiser was also taken

news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan tells us, it happened at delsea drive and elmer street in franklin township gloucester county. ten year-old matthew mccloskey was about to have a a sleep over when his young life was cut short by a police officer answering a call who struck the boy on delsea drive. >> just super sad, sweet little boy i cannot imagine the family's pain. >> reporter: mccloskey who lived on elmer street was with his two friend who live around the corner. according to those boys grandmothers the kids were checking out a local light display and they asked if they could walk home. family says that the parents were a little behind the boys in their truck when the the cruiser hit mcencloses can i crossing the road. >> they are distraught, they are beside themselves, you know, that little will boy was in his care and he he feels horrible. >> reporter: mccloskey was a fifth grader at ritter elementary school. >> we dropped off flowers and reached out to let them know that we're thinking about them and that we're here for them. it is a tragic event for the entire community. >>

we will move traffic cam to the ben franklin bridge, and ben franklin bridge again in great shape thisning. in delays or problems. volume picking up further up 42 looks good. so does 55. in problems on the ac expressway or garden state parkway. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center i'm ann evans "eyewitness n i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. hurry in to the sign then drive event and get a five-hundred dollar new year's bonus on select new volkswagen models. offer ends january 2nd. >>> welcome back. before we go here are the headlines on "eyewitness news". air asia p

prep he serious things, so headed to the ben franklin bridge stuck, as that accident gets cleaned upf the way. now, i back up there for you. we have travel times here, woodhaven into the vine street expressway, 95 southbound, really heavy, about 25 minute trip, and 20 minutes on the schuylkill eastbound from the blue route into the vine street expressway. so you will face that so far. now an accident out on grange avenue at germantown pike, pushed over to the right hand lane. and another one out in montgomery, valley forge poke, pushed over to the side there as well. back over to you. >> breaking news tops today's headlines, philadelphia fire fight remembers investigating a suspected firebombing of a house in germantown. authorities are investigating if it stemmed from a dispute between two teenage girls over a boy. all eight people escaped. >> police in chester township in delaware county are looking for a person who fired a shot at officers report the gunfire, no one was hurt. >> and the fb i am joins in the search for missing west chester university student, police comb through th

, leo franklin.he middle of a series of anti-semitic articles, what do you think rabbi franklin did when he got a free car from henry ford? he returned it. "you must have the wrong person here. you have just accused jews of all sorts of things. how can you offer me a gift?" apparently, henry ford was deeply surprised. i am talking about the jews, i'm not talking about you. even though this is humorous to us, it does remind us of an important theme in the scholarship of anti-semitism which we talked about early on, the mythical jew and the jew next door. to henry ford, rabbi franklin is the jew next door. he is highly respected honorable, important religious leader i want to be on good terms with him. i live in detroit. he is an important figure. i will send him a car. of course, from rabbi franklin's point of view, if you're writing all these negative things about jews, then i side with them. but it is an interesting example of how in the anti-semitic mind you can simultaneously sometimes -- i can't

nbc 10's jesse gary is live outside franklin township police headquarters this morning. jesse, the question a lot of people are asking is did this officer have his lights and sirens on when he hit the boy? >> reporter: that is the question, and i've put in a call, a text to the officers here at the station to find out what their policy is regarding the use of lights and sirens. i did that and within the past hour or so and i have not heard back, but as soon as i do i will let you know. the accident that claimed a 10-year-old's life happened last night as the victim and two friends walked to a sleepover. the boy's family says the 10-year-old crossed delsea drive, which is also called route 47, never saw the police cruiser before it killed him. the gloucester county prosecutors office is investigating. accident reconstruction teams worked the scene late into the night. now, last year the philadelphia police department changed its policy governing the use of lights and sirens. officers must now get permission from a supervisor before they put on that equipment. previously,

all this happened at delsea drive at elmer street in franklin township last night. birth was hit crossing the street as the officer responded to a call. here's "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan live near the scene now, cleve. >> reporter: chris, that is right just a couple boys getting together for a sleep over, over christmas break when this tragedy struck. now matthew mccloskey lives on the corner here on alvin street and he was coming across delsea drive to go to his friend's house here. but as he crossed the street, that is when the police car struck the boy and killed him. devastated loved ones gathered along delsea drive sunday night, officials say shortly after 7:00 franklin township police officer nicholas was answering a call when he struck and killed a ten year he old boy matthew mccloskey. >> how did a police car not see a little boy run across the street. >> reporter: a question investigators are still trying to answer? this is where the burner family lives, matthew was friend with their two boys. according to their grandmothers all of th

they've now block traffic at the ben franklin parkway. so anyone coming into philadelphia right now, only go as far as the ben franklin parkway. here is a live look at the vine street expressway where all three lanes are jammo. red lights are not for christmas, guys. tempers are hot here in center city. anyone who typically use that is ramp, look at this, all down to one lane, you have the traffic light at the top of the ramp. just a hot mess coming into center city philadelphia. so here's what you want to do. if you are coming into or out of philadelphia right now, avoid that vine street expressway. you can use vine st. local, if you are trying to get down to the airport, or at lows get out of center city, use 95 south. that will will give you access to the walt whitman, will give you access back into south philly, also give you access down to philadelphia international airport. so basically right now from center city there is no ac he is to the schuylkill expressway or 30th street station. you want to stick with 95, that's the way to go

we are stacked and pack here, from say walt whitman bridge heading up towards ben franklin bridge. if you are leaving the house right now and typically take 676 through camden, and take the the benny, would i take walt whitman into philadelphia this morning at least for right now and head north on i-95 to get you back on the way. we had an earlier accident in center city that has caused delays, we are heavy i am bound on the schuylkill between montgomery drive, and the vine street expressway. those two early morning incidents on the schuylkill expressway we are off to a bad start on this cyber monday, on the new jersey turnpike southbound, crash at exit number four, that is at route 73, out in king of prussia. we had an earlier disable on the ramps from the schuylkill to 202, right outside of the king of prussia mall and left over fire location still with some detours this morning in germantown. thinks on colter street at germantown avenue but otherwise septa says all of the buses, trains, trolleys a off to a good start this morning with to delays. chris and kerry, back to you. >>>

backed up from the ben franklin bridge to the schuylkill expressw expressway.ident. traffic moving slowly. we'll let you know when the lanes fully reopen. >>> here are some of the stories making headlines at 5:45. right now friend, family and firefighters gather to remember joyce craig, the first female firefighter to die in philadelphia. craig died battling a fire tuesday. we have a crew talking to firefighters as they arrive and we'll bring you a live report on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >>> the man police call a person of interest in the murder of a south jersey woman has now been charged with her death. 59-year-old susan johnson of gloucester township was discovered in a wooded area. she went missing last week. police believe she was beaten in her home before being dumped in a wooded part of the township. >>> and a suspect in five attacks on college co-eds is going before a judge. james barrett is charged with robbery and assault among other things. he was caught attacking a universi university student last night and also at drexel. >>> big improvements across th

woodhaven road not too far away from the franklin mills maul.ny holiday returns, great out there. no problems, no delays. and all of our majors look lick this. take a look at 476 around the mid-county toll plaza, if you are headed from the mid-county toll plaza down toward the schuylkill, southbound, great, even further south that far headed down toward 95, beautiful as well. opposite direction again clear, it is wide open, all of our majors, as you will notice speed censors high up in the 50's, so in the green. fifty-five being your average on 95, really everywhere else. not just pa. it is jersey, it is delaware, it is everywhere. great news to start your friday morning. we do, however, have some construction, not too far away from havertown. which is closing men owe a road between darby and err link ton, between nine a.m. and 3:00 p.m. this will be ongoing every day until december 30th. so your best alternate is to take brook line boulevard. erika? >> all right, thank you, vet tore y now that most of the presents are unwrapped, a lot of shop r

this week we follow the face of a film producer, davon franklin who climbed the hills of hollywood toof his own. a husband, an author, a producer and now ceo. davon franklin will never forget that 18-year-old interviewing for an internship with one of hollywood's newest production and management company sgls never knew if it was possible. 18 years old i go in and interview the management company that manages will smith and the general manager, one of the key questions she asked, why do you want to be in the industry. i told her i want to make sure. she said you want to make money. i said no. i want to make change in the world. if i can be a part of the industry i believe i can change people's lives. >> you were in the entertainment industry. we think that's the last place to go to to have your faith grow. it feels like your faith has grown and success has grown with it. >> yeah. >> why is that the case? >> i believe that when you are honest about who you are, what you believe and you have a confidence about that, even if people don't agree with you, they will respect you. >> right. >>