i love ben franklin. i this i that ben franklin was the one. i get to talk with members of congress later not this week. and the library of congress. there is a gathering. david rubenstein helps to put together and what do you want to talk about? ben franklin. the ern that is able to do the practicality and to hold true to values. that we like the most in this country. and so i can't say how it would be a benjamin franklin if i wake up every morning and say what do i aspire to be, you know i will read the ben franklin autobiography. e-mail. very much enjoyed your book on franklin. there has been a number of years that i read it. i recall you write that can during the revolution and the latter part of franklin's life there is was animosity to many of the peers. and i recalled that continued passed the death and it took a number of years before he was appreciated again. >> this happens to everybody's reputation in public life. more so then with all of our media you could be torn down very quickly. and franklin was somebody who was very much a com

but i love ben franklin. i think that ben franklin is the one -- i get to talk to some members of congress later this week, at the library of congress they have a gathering that david reubenstein helped to put together, and who do you want to talk about? talk about ben franklin ben franklin is the person who was able to do the practicality and holding true to values that we like the most in this country and so i can't say i'll ever be a benjamin franklin but if i wake up eave morning and say what should i aspire to be issue read ben franklin's autobiography. >> host: matthew foley from indianapolis e-mail. very much enjoyed your book on franklin. been a number of years since i read it but i recall you writing that during the revolution and the latter part of franklin's life there was animosity towards franklin from many of his peers. i recall this animosity continued past his death and it took a number of years before he was appreciated. >> guest: yes. the happens to everybody's reputation in public life, mor

he pledges to carry forward the work of franklin roosevelt. with great humility, i call upon all americans to help me keep our nation united in defense of those ideals which have been so eloquently proclaimed by franklin roosevelt. [applause] i want, in turn, to assure my fellow americans and all of those who love peace and liberty throughout the world that i will support and defend those ideals with all my strength and all my heart. [applause] so that there can be no possible misunderstanding both germany and japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that america will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. [applause] i will demand -- our demands has been and remains unconditional surrender. [applause] we will face the problems of peace with the same courage we have mastered the problem of war. a memory of those who have made the supreme sacrifice, and the memory of our fallen president we shall not fail. [applause] ♪ >> on april 12, 1940 five president franklin roosevelt died from a stroke while visiting

you can see that in ben franklin. take a ship this time a ship this time to get to europe and come back and he measures the temperature of the water when he 17. he's able to chart golf stream. einstein worrying about things you and i might not even care about he questions the obvious. so i would put collaboration rebelliousness, passion and i'd also put curiosity up there. >> here's my question. why does the innovators not include jack guilty? guilty? he's in the book in different places. >> he's in the book in different places. when he when he gets the nobel prize and has such a wonderful answer and says the whole digital revolution comes. it reminds it reminds me of what the beavers said to the rabbit at the foot of the hoover dam. so coinventors of the microchip which is now intel the ability to have that rival and also to collaborate and work together maybe the index is messed up. but people read about jack and truly in my spirit i need the ability to figure out how he can make it so creative and then do it. a pat

benjamin franklin liked it. he brought franklin bold and stuff, those type of fontses, they -- do a lot of them were based on helvetica. the only thing that i pushed back on is he wanted my name in dark type and his name in light gray thinking that it was my book and my name should -- i said no, no this isn't -- has nothing to do with me. this book is all about you. you cooperated. every word in there is something built on something you said and so i wanted steve jobs to be the darker type and me to be more recesssive and that's how i turned out. but there was maybe eight or nine conversations, and with his own artistic directors and great people at apple, design directors, making sure that the cover that looks so, so simple pretty simple looking cover, took a lot of work. sometimes simplicity is the ultimate sophistication and sometimes simplicity is difficult, because as steve jobs said -- and is a his great design directors often said, simplicity isn't about just making things easy or taking things out. you h

one of the great barbecue men in america aaron franklin of franklin barbecue in austin, texas is hereekday. people wait for hours every day in this line. you can see they camp out waiting for lunch. last night, i slept outside in line for my own show, just for this. aaron is out on hollywood boulevard right now. there he is. hi, aaron! how are you? >> i'm doing great. how you doing? >> jimmy: we talk about how weird austin is. which place is weirder, austin or hollywood boulevard? >> oh, hollywood boulevard. >> jimmy: it's rare that you see homeless elmo in austin. >> i don't know about that. >> jimmy: what are you making tonight? >> we've got some brisket. >> jimmy: that's beautiful. just when my body started to recover from the brisket in austin, it travels here and attacks me in my workplace. you ready to go? is that cooked or do we have to wait for it to cook? >> they've been cooking all day. >> jimmy: that's going to be great. should we sing the song one more time? ♪ >> jimmy: yeah, bring the -- ♪ [ singing in foreign language ] >> jimmy: i think i had it all wrong. [ cheers and

the ben franklin. an accident at the the base of the bridge causing major backups of course, we will have a report from bob kelly. >>> tragedy in america's hard land a deadly tornado, kills at least one person and injuring at least seven more, what officials will be doing later today. >>> unaudible. >> disturbing video of an arrest in vineland this man ended up dying while in custody. is there a vigil held in his memory. more of that video taken by a man who saw it a all happen. >>> big a announcement expect from former second of state and former first lady hillary clinton. how she could a a announce if she's running for president, hopefully when she makes that a announcement she does it more cleanly then i did just did. >>> quincy harris is live in reading pa, with bill anderson . >> double the fun, okay. they are going to talk to them in a second. they don't joke around. lets get out of their way. >> we better move good a lot of discipline going on here and we are in the trying to interrupt. >> disci

that uses ben franklin bridge. instead of the typical four lanes of traffic, there are only two lanes. although traffic is moving pass our camera here when we get to the base of the bridge, is there a huge, backup, that originates over on the new jersey side, coming n lets go to our penndot cameras, our jam cams, my traffic camera as you can see all the the headlights here, four lanes, are just stack and pack traffic, coming in towards philadelphia a. again, if you are typically using, and, ben franklin, admiral wilson boulevard, and, walt whitman or bet thecy ross bridges as your alternate. keep in mind if you use the bet iscy ross you then of to come south on i-95, and is there already an hour delay. there to begin with from woodhaven all the way into downtown. so we have to typically have the follow thanks use i-95 to begin with getting more folks on board there and it is a in mess with only three lanes in the girard construction zone. best bet stay on the new jersey side go down to the walt whitman bridge, come

>> worried about my case. >> reporter: a case that had become personal for detective franklin.sit at the scene, stand at the scene, reflect, and just kind of sit there and try to go over things in my head. and try to figure out what direction to take. >> reporter: what could he do? about all franklin had to go on was this picture of tire tracks left in the soft soil of the clearing. could he use this to find his killer? not so easy. he didn't even know the make of the tire. >> we looked on the internet. but we're coming up empty. we went to car dealerships. we went to retail tire establishments. we would pull up next to cars at traffic lights and look what kind of tires they had on them. >> reporter: and you were seeing them? >> no. and anybody that we talked to, we looked at their tires, just to be sure. >> reporter: then one day, in yet another tire store, a colleague called him to a stock area out back. >> he pointed at this tire. and i looked at it. and immediately i said, "well, that's it." and i said, "okay." so we pulled it. and it was a goodyear integrity. >> reporter:

i would try to avoid the ben franklin bridge. from the shot you get a sense of the driving conditions, it's wet and foggy it's not helping anything. we have an accident in northeast philadelphia from woodhaven road eastbound to i-95 northbound this accident partially blocking the ramp. we have police and penndot on the scene so traffic is getting by, but slowly through the area. an accident and vehicle fire in tall -- wam bold road at sumneytown pike. >>> a deadly tornado devastated the fall town of fairdale in northern illinois. every single structure has been flattened or damaged. eva pilgrim is live in the satellite center with the story. >> reporter: matt, search and rescue crews are waiting until daylight so they can survey how bad the damage is after tornados tore through the midwest. a twister touched down in the northern illinois town. you mentioned emergency responders were talking about how all the buildings in the town were damaged. there was a close call for people in the nearby town who had to hide out in a basement

ben franklin bridge.have got blue skies but a very thin cover of little white clouds that is it but it is a beautiful start to the the day. we have a gorgeous looking afternoon coming. 54 degrees right now taking a look at philadelphia from the palmyra cove nature park in new jersey. wind east at 5 miles april hour. they will get strong tore day. we are already seeing them fairly strong along delaware coastline. storm scan three net is high cloud that we will sianni there are out there but they are going to be, coming and going, but really stacking up as we go through tonight. 56 degrees in philadelphia right now. fifty-two in trenton. fifty-six in wilmington. comfortable start to the day. middle of the day 61 degrees. by 3:00p m cloud increasing. 64 degrees. comfortable day. not as warm as yesterday. future weather, lets get this into motion and see cloud from the southwest that is because there is a storm system to the southwest and that will be spreading some rain into the the area as we go in the over

from warm springs, georgia the mortal remains of franklin delano roosevelt began the long trip home. slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. the passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. people wept openly, unashamed of their grief. drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was wrought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of abraham lincoln had also laid in state. at hyde park, his ancestral home the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn black -- we turn back the clock to franklin roosevelt as a young man making his first political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected new york state senator and brought the republican mach

sunday night at eight :00 author susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership e.on the war. tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3 university of virginia's virginia murray on how civil war veterans reunions have changed on the reconstruction era to present. american history tv is live from appomattox court house national historic park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. each week, american history tv's "reel america" brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. >> from his beloved second-home in georgia, the body of franklin delano roosevelt moved on the first stages of its journey to his final resting place. scores of sufferers sorrowfully bid farewell to their great friend and benefactor. the president's dog follows his beloved master. aboard a special train beginning the 20 four-hour trip to washington, the 31st president of the united states leaves warm springs forever. all along the 700-mile

this is franklin. and franklin is how old? >> franklin is three months old. >> reporter: franklin feels fine, but his owner is a bit concerned because of theme outbreak, some call it an epidemic, of canine infectious respiratory disease. there's no specific vaccine for it, though some vets think its effects might be lessened by the regular seasonal flu vaccine that franklin received today. lulu the french bulldog is one of 1,100 chicago-area dogs hit by the new flu. and while lulu has gotten better, at least six dogs have died.og this new dog flu strain called h3n2 was somehow imported from asia and has never been seen in the u.s. the first signs are a persistent cough and lethargy, but this is no kennel cough. >> we're finding that the numbers of dogs was far more than we normally see and the severity of the disease is much worse. >> reporter: dr. natalie marks is co-owner of the blum animaln hospital on chicago's north side. >> our dog population here is. what we call naive. they've never seen anything like this before, so t

septa has identified two victims who go to ben franklin high school. coming up in the next half-hour we'll hear from school district officials on what the suspects in the brawl are going to face. >> happening today the parents of michael brown plan to file a civil lawsuit against the city of ferguson, missouri. saint louis grand jury and u.s. justice department declined to prosecute the officer. but released a scathing report showing bias in the police department and the local court system. >>> a funeral is planned for freddie gray in baltimore maryland. he was arrested and died a week later from a spinal cord injuries suffered in a police van. the justice department civil rights division has opened an investigation into a gray's death. >>> the push to get rid of toxic chemicals has hit a major item at home depot. >> reporter: home depot is phasing out chemicals from vinyl flooring that are dangerous to children. they will phase out the use by the end. year. there's concern that playing on the flooring there's exposing chemicals. it can lead to develop

the penn relays begin today at franklin field. the men's de cat long today kicks off at 10:00ment bigger races, and more of the races actually really kicks into gear thursday friday, and saturday, but beginning today, we will start to see that extra volume trying to get into franklin field. and of course, using the university ave. off ramp from the schuylkill expressway. and then, only three lanes available on the ben franklin bridge beginning this morning. emergency construction just past the toll plaza to the upside of the bridge. so we usually fun fell what seven lanes through the tolls into four, we will funnel into three beginning this morning and then once you make to mid-span it opens back up to four. bottom line, we will see an earlier and bigger jam on the ben franklin beginning this morning. route 23, valley forge road, closed over pickering creek. all of that traffic diverted onto route 422. and they just pick up the cones on the pennsylvania turnpike at willow grove. mass transit looking good, chris, lauren back to you

we move the traffic cam to the ben franklin parkway.lin parkway site of today's march for babies. the ben franklin parkway shutdown in both directions, between the art museum circle and spring garden street. and that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. i'm ann evans nicole, back to you. >>> ann, thank you. how many times have you thought to yourself: i just need little extra money. >> it is hard to believe but here in our area, $8 billion in cash and property, is sitting, just waiting for the rightful owner to come up and claim it. "3 on your side" consumer reporter jim donovan tells you how you can claim your cash. >> a new car, a caribbean crews, designer clothes what would you buy if you came into some unexpected cash? well you could be owed money. and not even know about it. >> this is one of the oldest consumer protection laws in the country. but, it is one that's the least known about. >> in pennsylvania alone $2.3 billion is being held in cash and unclaimed property t could be a check that got lost in the mail, or jewels,

students from nearby ben franklin high school kicking punching and falling on the tracks. septa transit police say the officers in the school district communicate now their efforts will increase during what has been a busy spring of senseless after-school acts. >> we're trying to identify disorder and acts that are unsafe that we can share with the school district. last month teens attacked a 15-year-old boy at broad and locust. a week later teenagers surrounded a 60-year-old on the frankford market lionel before someone hit him. arrests are expected. >> we'll be making sure in supporting septa that there areville charges in addition to anything else we'll do at the school level regarding this incident. >> reporter: community college student edward bush said charges may deter others, but don't solve the problem. >> involvement ccp have a mentor to teens in high school. >> reporter: investigators have identified two victims from tuesday's attacks septa says it has ten hot spots on the system where more school and transit police officers will be deployed after school. report

live on the ben franklin parkway, vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >>> world news tonight with david muir will have more details on the terror arrests in italy. that is next on channel six. >>> police in reading went door to door today in the glenside section of the city hoping to track down leads in a late night murder. a man was shot to death in the front seat of an suv parked in the 1200 block of allegheny avenue last night. residents tell police they heard three to four gun shots. the victim has been identified as 34-year-old jose gonzalez. police have no suspects nor a motive. >>> philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who should there and killed a delivery man in the crescentville section of philadelphia. police say the 49-year-old was delivering food to the hill creek apartments in the 500 block of hill creek road last night. investigators say 12 shots were fired. he drove off but later crashed. medics took him to einstein medical center where he was pronounced dead. >>> the atlantic city police department today announced new measures to beef

vine street expressway, ben franklin bridge heading toward the vine. each year we see delays on this morning and the friday morning for the relace. let's head to the burbs. if you're heading to the dekalb pike things are nice and dry and looking good. welsh road will be shut down between tennis avenue and 152 lime kiln pike. at that point instead of welsh road stay or norristown road as an alternate around the construction. overnight work going on in haddon township. the ramp from 130 southbound to the black horse pike southbound is closed. 168 itself there is restrictions both ways near route 650. ac expressway, westbound winslow, there's work in the right lane. northern delaware, twaddell mill road is closed. elsewhere in delaware, down in wilmington, not a lot cook be this morning just reports of a vehicle stopped on the shoulder 295 as you head toward the delaware memorial bridge. >>> an elderly man has turned himself into the police 40 years after he escaped from prison. he is very sick and has no social security. he had been behind bars in north

ben franklin parkway and montgomery drive. kelly drive, again that is shut down as well at this point to the right of your screen. it is also shut down between strawberry mansion drive and fountain green for a regatta we will have move traffic cam here, thinks vine street expressway the at the schuylkill right from center city. beautiful day here. in delays or problems on the vine street expressway. it is moving just fine in both directions and schuylkill is in good shape as well. that is very late from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans now nicole, back to you. >> thank you. >>> they show up packed with everything from boot i products to clothing but when you order you a subscription box you are not taking items out. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan looks at the hottest new trend in fashion. >> reporter: yes. >> it is like having a personal shopper but delivered tour door. >> it is a present to myself is yes. >> christmas every month. >> reporter: they are called subscription boxes customers pay for ten t

let's start first to the ben franklin bridge, if you are traveling on the ben take a look.ravel on the bring bridge right now. because at the down side, westbound bend, right at eighth and vine, dealing with an over turn tractor-trailer. >> so if you are trying to head into philadelphia, right now, avoid the ben take one of the other bridges the betsy, walt, talcony all better options right now because you're just not moving. ninety-five, schuylkill expressway, we have usual rush hour delays, please give yourself more time, careful in this weather. >> are you looking for love? if you're single in the philadelphia area, chances are you have tried dating app . >> trying to make a love connection? >> oh, two and two. >> exactly. >> you know they say there are lenny of fish in the sea. what if you could cast a wider net? experts say more and more singles are swiping their way to love with their smart phone. >> swiping unlocks your smart phone, could it point you in the direction of love? >> you are taking dating into your own hands. >> monica mandel relationship expert and colu

okay you're a barbecue connoisseur, and you too is it that good franklin's? >> i haven't had it yet. try it and let you know. texas is big on beef you have to get there and get your brisket and how it is. >> i'm feeling a remote from austin, you and merck and let you know. >> okay, let me know. how about you let me know about the rain still in the forecast? >> absolutely. some good news, it has actually speeded up the timetable, means our outdoor activities tomorrow morning, like the march for dimes march for babies may not be quite as look as yesterday. here is a look at our system up to the north, off the coast of eureka and crescent city picking up a few radar returns, the most part, we are partly cloudy this morning and a little breezy already as we head into the afternoon hours, those breezes will continue with the clouds coming in and that's doctor it's going to be a little bit cooler this afternoon. rain tonight into early tomorrow and then warmer highs arrive as quickly as sunday. today, we may get a 71 in antioch. that seems tonight exception a lot o

[gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn black -- we turn back the clock to franklin roosevelt as a young man making his first political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected new york state senator and brought the republican machine that had ruled that just county for 28 years will stop emerging as a national figure, he served resident wilson as assistant secretary of navy. in 1920, his running mate of ohio, james m cox. fdr at the age of 38 was the youngest vice president joel candidate in history. married to anna eleanor roosevelt, he founded the heart of his dutch forebears. the vacation cottage on campobello items -- campobello island's after the vice presidency. it was in these same waters that he was first stricken with the dread polio germ that was to paralyze his legs but never his life. called in 1928 to the state capitol in albany, franklin roosevelt was elected governor of new york. with al smith, his old friend, the happy warrior at his side, he threw himself into the fight as a champion for the common man. with james a farley sw

we will move to the ben franklin bridge mid span in, delays or problems on the ben franklin, again, lightolume, no delays, the area bridges as a whole through philadelphia look okay. further up 676, admiral wilson boulevard looks okay n problems on 42 or 55 or ac expressway or garden state parkway for that matter. the mass transit, are in is town high speed line busing between 69th street and ardmore, due to construction. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans new nicole back to you. >>> berks it is a masters sunday basically a holiday observed in my local household but it is exciting to watch because a young texas golfer is darling of the this years masters tournament. twenty-one year-old jordan spieth is looking for a green jacket as he takes a four stroke lead in the final round of augusta. here's cbs news correspondent omar villafranca. >> it was another record setting day at masters for 21 year-old jordan spieth, the young texas posted lowest 54 score in masters history. >> i was just anxious to get started, but when i got out there and saw a couple putts go in i

across from the white house in lafayette park, the men, women and children who franklin roosevelt servedwell watch in tearful silence. ♪

are tired of the irs and our tax system and sunday night at 8:00 author susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and josef stalin allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3, on lectures in history university of virginia's college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. and sunday afternoon at 1:00 american history tv is live from appomattox courthouse national historical park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. >>> all this week we've been featuring american history tv in prime time and tonight the c-span cities tour will begin with austin texas that will be followed by a visit to wheeling west virginia, and greensboro, north carolina. and later galveston, texas. that's all ahead here on c-span 3. >>> here are featured programs >>> on c-span 2's book tv, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, president of americans for tax reform grover norquist says that americans

this is the westbound side of the ben franklin bridge. the downside in old city.o this is restricting travel lanes to two lanes and really causing a slowdown on the ben franklin bridge. you'll want to take the betsy ross bridge or the walt whitman bridge to get around it. those two are clear. those are your best alternates. taking a look at interstate 95 in this area we were seeing an accident on the woodhaven road ramp to interstate 95. it is off to the shoulder. but take a look at the drive times. 95 southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway will be 41 minutes. and taking a look at 76 and 422 also slow. >>> and early morning house fire in cheltenham is out but not without tense moments for the woman who was inside when the flames started. i'll have an update coming up. >>> i'm matt delucia live in colwyn where another council meeting ends in a bitter battle. we have the info and exclusive video coming up in a few moments. ÷ >>> i'm katy zachry live in cheltenham where family members get a look at what is left of an early house fire. this is th

ben franklin not bad at all.e have three lanes beginning your trip out of south jersey up and over. new jersey transit, trains are running every 30 minutes this morning, they are having some communication problems. roosevelt boulevard southbound, accident inner drive near rising sun in chester county, willis town route 926 is block at dutton mill. down wires. local detours. folks use route three which is west chester pike. route 23 veil forge roadblock at the park because of the bridge reconstruction over pickering creek. that extra volume already jammed on 422 from collegeville all the way in through king of prussia lays up your converse, penn relays running at franklin field so we will see volume exiting there at university, mike and alex, back over to you. >>> let's talk ac. former revel casino, you know what they have been dealing with a couple years now. >> new own are glenn straub reached an agreement with a acr energy partners but it is only good for two weeks. >> they will turn power on for two weeks. >>

and here's the deal with the ben franklin.inning this morning coming into philadelphia, as soon as you come through the toll plaza, that far right lane is closed. they need to make some emergency repair to that pedestrian walkway. so as soon as you come out of the toll plaza that funnel will funnel into three lanes once you get to mid-span it, breaks open the four. so the big back up here is going to occur on the jersey side at the toll plaza once you get on to the bridge you are going to be okay. just keep that in mind. fire location, up in bucks county we will tell you about more on this in just a second, point pleasant pike blocked right near toll gate road route 23, closed the bridge over pickering chris lauren, back to you. >> 4:33, breaking news right now, fire in bucks county has turned deadly. >> fox 29's jennifer gist joyce live with this. >> good morning it still is unclear how this fire started as you mentioned, 58 year old man was found dead inside of this home. skyfox was over the scene last night the fire was cal

franklin roosevelt didn't get it. postcode chapter two, theodore roosevelt a strenuous life was ex-president standout is the biggest stars ever to occupy the white house in modern times. teddy roosevelt, fdr, jfk, ronald reagan, bill clinton and barack obama. >> guest: to have this aura, the certain charisma, inability to connect with american values. the value is dependent upon a time in my people wanted from the president. president franklin roosevelt with optimization. president theodore roosevelt distant cousin was the notion of baker and powerful interest. it goes on and on. they also had a sense of an aura about them. they seem to understand that americans have gone through a series of phases in finding a president. today a president needs to be an entertainer companies to be part of the culture in the sense of keeping people interested and the president understand that. least effective presidents don't or are unable to act on it. there are other presidents i talk about in the books in the book written on celebr

, that will continue to be a running theme for us a as we take you outside to sky cam three, ben franklin bridge. tranquil with the quiet the sky. barely a cloud out there the at this point, but chillies back. we're talking about a lot temperatures this morning. >>> we are following breaking news, an off-duty police officer is forced todd open fire when confront by a robber. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us with the latest information. this suspect got more than he bargain for thinking he had chosen an easy victim to rob. instead he targeted an off-duty philadelphia police officer who still had his gun. the this is where it all unfolded overnight in overbrook. this off-duty officer had just come home from work after 11:30 last night. walk his dog in the 5800 block of malvern avenue. the that is when the a assailant approached him from behind with the gun. investigators say officer awe that weapon so he pulled his own gun and fired eight times. that suspect took cover behind a car and ran away. the officer was not hurt and unclear if the suspect was hit. police notified h

doing some crosswalk patterns at the main sections at grove and franklin. we are trying a pedestrian heavy site from people going from a parking garage to dinner to opera. it's crowded. it's a little overwhelming for people. anything that enhances safety would be great. also the planning department as their main partner for the public development center, they are going to put all of these programs an projects that all the different departments are trying to putten there together. if you have any other questions, i will be right here. >> supervisor christensen? >> going back to some of the issues, the homeless encampment in the homeless area, i'm sure you are working with recreation and parks on this? >> right. the place on mission that is opening up. all the homeless connect, actually they happen, we work with them as well, we are lucky they are right here. it's easy to bring people. we also bring people to the veterans center who need help and even up here to the local community crimes and every morning, if they are in distress we find them. there is gener

we expect extra traffic on the vine the schuylkill expressway and our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge, because of the penn relays in university city. this is a live look at the ben in camden where we have that right lane construction that we were talking about yesterday morning, didn't cause abnormally heavy delays out of the tolls once you reach the mid span you have all four lanes open. we'll see what things are like this morning with the penn relay traffic. a new crash on the old site of the connie mack stadium a vehicle jumped the curb there and ran into a brick wall. all lanes open on the northwest turnpike and the northeast extension is cleared. >>> an off-duty policeman out walking his dog, when a thief tried to walk him he quickly turned the table. katherine scott is live good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam the suspect picked the wrong target. the target was the off-duty police officer he finished his shift at the 12th district. shots were fired and they hit several parked cars on the 5800 block of malvern avenue in overbrook. this happened around 11:40 p.m. th

ben franklin bridge looking good in and out bound at the city. good news with the quiet weather, weather won't be expecting travel this morning. included will start to thicken up. construction still going on this morning vine street expressway eastbound, two left lanes block right lane gets by very slowly this was supposed to wrap up at 5:00. looks like they are extending it once again. that is two days in a row. up in mayfair accident at frankford avenue at robbins street. alternate charles street to get around that accident scene. here's fire number one north philadelphia germantown avenue near pike street. it is a house fire that is under control but avoid this area if you can. alternate broad street. another fire in north coventry route 724 is closed at new schuylkill road in franklin avenue. east norriton possible water main break at colonial drive at dekalb pike. just keep that in mind. that is your morning. new back to you. >>> justin, thank you. >>> now a terrifying scene at this gas station in israel. watch right there the disturbing vid

my name is bob franklin. i'm not sure how i control this. >> my name is bob franklin, the department manager for customer access for bart. my contact number is listed. any other phone number. 510-464. 4343. -- 6133. if you have any questions, you can contact me for any questions you may have. my contact information is also listed on bart's website. the main reason we are here today is to provide fleet update. since we've come before with information publically about the layout of the enter -- interior car configuration. we recently had a change. here is a picture of an old fleet and we also have a larger diagram that's useful for any of the council members or people in the audience. this diagram is distorted to comply with the captioning services. but basically the previous layout has a wheelchair. there is three doors in the new bart train compared to two at our current fleet. the previous design had wheelchair designated area in doors 1 and 3 and end doors on each train. and there is also a pole in the cent

meanwhile, a building fire is causing an issue in north covington township. 7:24 at franklin avenue. stick to old schuylkill expressway road. traffic is a bit of an issue matt. >>> breaking right now police say they have recovered the vehicle that struck a temple student last night they have video of it, plus new information on who the student is. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live outside temple hospital with these developments. katherine. >>> matt that's right investigators have located the striking vehicle it's in police custody right now, but the search is on for the driver. i did just speak to the father of 22-year-old rachel hall, a goalkeeper for temple lacrosse team, a criminal justice labor and set to graduate next week. she was on her way from dinner to study for finals when this happened. this is new video in this morning of the car involved in last night's hit-and-run in north philadelphia. it had been abandoned and now is in police custody. surveillance cameras captured the silver mitts mitsubishi moments before it hit the temple university student on a moun

coming in the city, only three lanes opened up on the ben franklin bridge. the as soon as we come out of the toll plaza a a with that construction. the mass transit looking g chris and lauren, back to you. >>> president obama ordered a review in two cia air strikes that killed two hostages held by al qaeda american warren weinstein, he was kidnaped in 2011. he had been in pakistan working with the u.s. agency for international development. other hostage was an italian citizen. >> as president, and as commander in chief i take full responsibility for all of our counter terrorism operations including the one that took the lives of warren and giovanni. i profoundly regret what happened. >> on behalf of the united states government i offer our deepest apologize to the families. >> intelligence officials say they did not necessity men were in the targeted compound. also killed were two al qaeda operatives who were both americans. >>> u.s. defense officials say convoy of iran cargo ships headed to yemen probably with weapons for rebels has reversed its direction.

both ben franklin parkway art museum circle are opened. kelly drive to the the right is opened at parkway but further up closed between sedgley drive and hunting park avenue for regatta. martin luther king drive is closed between ben franklin parkway and montgomery drive for recreational activity. months the traffic cam one more time to the ben franklin bridge mid span, you heard carol's forecast, it the will be a beautiful day, if you are heading to the shore no delays on 42 freeway or 55. ac expressway and garden state parkway so nice to see those two roadways, they are opened for business with no delays. mass transit honor close to schedule. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic enter, i'm ann evans now nicole back to you. >> thank you. 7:19. carol answers your pet questions in this weeks ask the the vet. >> april is national greyhound adoption month how you too can have a gorgeous gray hound, at your house. we will have that coming up. blank. >>> so cute in her jeans doesn't she. >> it is chilly out but we will get a taste of spring th

look at this 55 degrees as we take a live look at the ben franklin bridge. we'll have one more nice day before wet changes arrive. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today" on this thursday. i'm chris cato. let's begin with bill henley and his "first alert" forecast. bill. >> good morning, chris. temperatures are cooling down right now. skies are mostly clear, we'll see sunshine today to start with at least. nice view from center city. that's the view from the comcast center where the temperature, now in the 50s. 52 at philadelphia international, 53 at wilmington. look at the 40s north and west of pottstown and doylestown. and roxborough very low 50s. at the airport, it's 51. nice warmup as the day goes on we'll see sunshine high clouds 56 by 9:00. by lunchtime, 64 degrees. the hour-by-hour forecast when i'm back with the future weather. >>> all right, bill we're traveling track problems in bucks county. 413 in buckingham township is closed after a deadly crash there. one person died in that crash. it happened overnight. only one vehicle was involved police