[applause] franklin roosevelt: president hoover, mr.hief justice, my friends, this is a day of national consecration. and i am certain that on this day my fellow americans expect that on my induction into the presidency, i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels. this is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. this great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. so, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. in every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. and i am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. in such a spi

franklin d. roosevelt: give me your help not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore america to its own people. >> [applause] >> the second is fdr's first inaugural from march 1933. the line that everyone remembers from that speech is, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." franklin roosevelt: for my firm belief, that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> but at the time, the line that people recognized or remembered more was a call for action, and action now. franklin d. roosevelt: this nation is asking for action, and action now. >> [applause] >> the perception of the hoover administration during the great depression was that they were not doing enough to provide relief, so that was where fdr tried to draw stark contrast between his administration and the previous administration. the next speech is fdr's first fireside chat on the banking crisis. he delivered that speech over the radio about a week and a half after he was inaugurated. it was a language th

franklin roosevelt: i frankly the less franklin delano roosevelt, do solemnly swear that i will faithfullyxecute the office of president of the united states, and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. [applause] our c-span bus traveled to local schools, colleges, and communities in across the country. recently, our bus stopped in hampton, virginia, reasoning students at hampton high school. here is a video students made about our visit. >> c-span's bus goes around our nation speaking to students and political gatherings. let's take an inside look. [laughter] >> public affairs network. out was very awesome. out his answer imo correspondence and classes. they apply and wrote a one- statement about what this experience would mean to them. and he responded in terms of their career interest and others in their interest to media. and others in response to have a recent campaign 2016 occurred and how c-span was part of that effort. >> if the students have never heard about c-span, we want them to come on the bus and lea

it is ben franklin's 311th, birthday so we head out to the franklin institute to find out super heroacts about our founding >>> well, today is ben franklin's birthday, the perfect day, to reflect on his legacy. >> vittoria woodill went to the building that bears his name, the franklin institute. >> reporter: if you asked a child if they know any super heroes they will give you an answer. >> batman. >> do you know who spider man is. >> yes. >> do you know who ben franklin is. >> no. >> reporter: well to day marks ben franklin's 311th birthday, and while many of us know ben franklin to be a founding father and a inventor could we give him a 18th century super hero is this i mean did he put the pow in power. >> super hero. >> reporter: derek pits of the franklin instituted said there is no doubt bit. people would be surprised to think ben franklin was a super hero, don't you think, they would be surprised because they think of him as a states hand and maybe inventor sort of thing but they don't know about all of the other, things that ben franklin's life, almost like a secret life in th

franklin roosevelt: i, franklin delano roosevelt, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute thee of president of the united states and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states, so help me god. [applause] this is a day of national consecration. and i am certain that on this day, my fellow americans expect that on my induction into the presidency, i will -- i will -- i am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures of a sickened nation and a second world may require these measures or such other measures as the congress may build out of exit experience in wisdom i shall seek within my constitutional authority to bring to speedy adoption. but in the event that the congress shall fail to take one of these courses in the event that the national emergency is still critical, i shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. i shall ask the congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis, broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that wo

as we take live look at ben franklin bridge. the storm is expected to come in from the south.o places like delaware will be the first to get hit with the snow and ice. good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. >>> the lat few days had you dreaming of an early spring forget about it. we have bad news for you. winter is definitely back. you can already feel it when you step outside tonight. there's a bit of a chill in the air especially compared to last couple of nights. meteorologist monica cryan is here now to break down the timing of this wintry weather. monica. >> i think timing is what's so important with this forecast, because like you guys were saying, some areas are going to see snow lead off much earlier than other locations. i'll be breaking it down for you in just a bit. but let's set the stage. temperatures are dropping. we're at 37 degrees in philadelphia. we have a temperature in atlantic city of 39 degrees. so again we're starting to watch those temperatures fall. can you believe we were in the 60s just about 12 hour

what happened to nailah franklin? as her family continued their desperate search, police honed in on the men in her life. and with a little digging, one of their stories started to unravel. here's keith morrison with more on our story, "smoke and mirrors." >> it's a grassroots effort by family and friends. >> through all the frantic activity, the phone calls, the flyers, the organized looking about, it was a rare quiet time, nine days in. when nailah franklin's sister felt it. >> we had a prayer service at our church, and in my heart i knew. i was like, you know what, she's not coming back. >> and that very night in the 3:00 a.m. hush of calumet city, night patrol officer calvin lucius felt his way past the glittering ear buds his partner saw hanging from a tree to the inky black fringe of forest at the back of a long abandoned parking lot behind a derelict video store. >> i probably got like right around this area and just looked over and the body was there. >> what was that moment like? >> shock. >> you don't know i

it seems to me a situation -- >> franklin square. >> franklin square. fairly under control now. get back to charlie. we were talking about what his situation has been for all of those years, for all of those naur inaugurations. what is that picture? >> this is basically pennsylvania avenue and the calmer and happier times. >> i'd say. >> when they are talking about what we have here, it's hillary and bill clinton going down, marching down pennsylvania avenue and it shows -- >> their second inauguration. >> it shows where the announcer would be. i'm on the third level of the news conference area. >> yes. >> one of the things -- >> t >> yes. one of thehi ha found out over the years is that the parade is actually an extension of the president's personality. >> we got to hold it there. >> come to me now! >> scott, you're on the air. >> action at 13th and k street. the police are pushing protesters back again and this is what we saw earlier at 1st and l street the people getting trampled or run over. i'm in franklin square and you saw things rekindling a few minutes ago and they have

. ♪ narrator: hyde park, new york, where in 1882, franklin delano roosevelt was born.ollowing a political career in his native state, roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920, he campaigned unsuccessfully for vice presidency. illness interrupted his political career. when the country appeared to be in a world of glowing prosperity, he was urged by democratic party leaders to become a candidate for governor of new york. 1920's i am succeeding the governor at albany. governor roosevelt served as two terms as cheek executive of the empire state. governor roosevelt became the choice of the democratic convention in 1932. his spectacular flight to chicago marked the beginning of his rise to presidency. the forgotten man and the new field became his campaign slogan. president hoover was a symbol of national business and personal depression. the back wash post economic war conditions engulfed america. the unemployed marched upon washington. the nation demanded a change and roosevelt was swept into the presidency. defeated herbert hoover was the last pr

i wonder if you have any insight as to how he moved from the 1933 franklin to the 1938 franklin in your work in writing? >> is the new deal unfolded and as he saw what was possible, especially about housing and firm security, there are so many changes they were wonderful, i think there is henry wallace and he was very important, so i think fdr just, i did not write that, the editor called the defining years but i think that was apt. it really is who can we be in this country? can can we really be a democracy? can we have opportunity for everybody? housing for everybody, education for everybody? and that became the goal. it became franklin school and eleanor school and i think there is some effort to make that happen during the height of the new deal. and after it was eleanor roosevelt who is responsible for the g.i. bill of rights, education for everybody, real opportunity. this has to happen. reagan defunded and t-boned so much in the reagan revolution is really horrific and after in this neoliberal what is that moment, but a new movement are boarding and we just have to continue the f

franklin roosevelt: this nation is asking for action, and action now. [applause] hooverperception of the administration during the great depression was that they were not doing enough to provide relief, so that was where fdr tried to draw stark contrast between his administration and the previous administration. was fdr's first fireside chat on the banking crisis. he delivered that speech over the radio about a week and a half after he was inaugurated. it was an language that people could understand. --explained the blinking banking crisis, well is going on with the banks, the actions the --ernment was taking to make prop up the banking system, and to project confidence in the system. franklin roosevelt: i can assure you it is safer for you to keep your money in a reopened bank than to keep it under the mattress. our greats of national program depends of course upon the cooperation of the public, on its intelligence apart, on its use of a reliable system. after all, there is an element in the readjustment of our financial system that is more important t

here is franklin fountain and fire fighting equipment still on the street. also out the here on the street brooke and rich, and their dog zoe, you know i'm an an hall lover. here's a case of rescuing a dog who turns around and rescue you. because zeo barked. they are on the for the floor just below the fire. his barking woke them up. you can say hey, zoe saved their lives as well. not a bad dog there. >> no, she's great. she didn't start making noise, since fire alarm didn't go off in the building. >> reporter: you live in olde city. always noise on the the street i'm shore she barks. she chases septa buses. but this was different for zoe acting in the middle of the night. >> she was more rambunctious and it was about 4:15 or 4:30 and she wanted to just stan over there by fireplace and looking out the window. she might have saw reflection in the neighbor's window. >> reporter: that made you as tired as you were in the middle of the night in dream time and you say something unusual i have to get up out of bed. >> exactly, we were able to see other people runn

as to how he moved from the 1933 franklin to the 1938 franklin. as the new deal unfolded and as you saw what was possible about the housing and security there were so many changes that were wonderful and i think there wass henry wallace and he was important, but i think fdr just -- we didn't write the defining years but we think that was asked and who could we be and what could we be in thisn country, could we really be a democracy and have opportunity for everybody and that became the goal. during the heist of the new deal and after it was eleanor roosevelt who ispo

>> franklin roosevelt was sworn in as the president of the 32nd united states on march 4, 1933. we will see him take the of the office and here his inaugural address. this program is about 23 minutes and has been compiled from several sources, including newsreels, audio and video from the fdr library, photographs from the library of congress and portions of newsreels from the national archives and internet archives. ♪ >> and here it is, the beginning of the greatest drama in american affairs, the creation of a new chief executive. according to time-honored customs, the retiring president and president-elect gather in front of the white house with congressional exports down pennsylvania avenue with congressional members were resulted to take the oath of office. never was there such a joyful, jubilant yelling. roosevelt is the nation's idle here today. thousands of americans are here to cheer the birth of a new era in national affairs, a new deal era which is supposed to pull the country out of its chaos. the hosts of democracy are here to celebrate the greatest party victory of a

you're looking at a very foggy ben franklin parkway.you heard krystal klei say the better of two days this weekend is definitely going to be today. organizers expect tens much thousands of people to demonstrate here. of course some roads will be closed because of this march. francesca ruscio has the details on that. >> folks can expect delays in and out of the area during the course of the demonstration which will be taking place at the ben franklin parkway. right behind me i have your road closures four safety. we're looking at ben franklin parkway between 16th street and 20th street. 19th street between race and vine and race street between 20th and logan circle. these are the road closures. also too septa and regional rail release nod ti if i occasion for updated bus schedule because of the demonstrations. bus number 730, 38, 48 will remain detoured starting at 7:00 a.m. and we'll resume normal scheduling for the market street center city bus schedules. we'll take a look at the rest of these notifications when i come back in the next

and in 1933, we had a situation with franklin roosevelt and herbert hoover. they didn't long so well. wasn't a lot of conversation on the ride to capital. in those pictures roosevelt can seep waving to the crud or smiling or turning toward hoover and trying to have a conversation but in every picture hoover is looking straight ahead, ignoring him. there have been other times also where the.presidents, new and old, didn't get along so way and both are mentioned in the book, the chapter is called "can't we all get along." sometimes weather innings -- weather is a big issue. these these haven't and teddy roosevelt and the karen, and here's the route they take. that pennsylvania avenue, heading toward the capitol. now, from 1829 all the way through 1977, which covers the great majority of american inaugurations, they took place on the east side of the capitol, the east side. that ditch if you have been to was where the side where the library of congress is and the united states supreme court. so, here is what that looks like today, the east side of the capitol an

the accident was the death of franklin roosevelt. sam rayburn came to real political power before harry truman did. he was speaker of the house starting in 1940. truman was a member of the senate. he developed a certain reputation during world war ii in terms of keeping an eye on government spending on the war. that brought him to national attention, or at least the attention of franklin roosevelt, and when there was a revolt in the democratic party in 1944 against henry wallace, roosevelt was looking for someone that he could talk into the vice presidency, and who would not create another revolt in the party. harry truman was sufficiently regular that the party accepted harry truman. truman's appreciation of the vice presidency from the moment -- declined from the moment he was elected. he shared john garner's low opinion of it. while he was try to find what to do with himself, he used to hang out with sam rayburn. rayburn had this hideaway deep in the bowels of the capital where what he called the board of education used to meet la

we're seeing some clo churs from the ben franklin parkway between 16th street and 20th street.'ll more when we come back. >> 76ers stay hot with another win in final seconds. but not before getting a scare from their star center. robert covington hit the came winning shot against portland with four seconds left. sixers have won eight of their last ten games. earlier sixers center left the with an injured left knee. he did return but stayed out for good after turning in another time. csn reports he had an mri for a hyper extended knee but said he felt fine. >>> we're starting out with a look at your neighborhood temperatures through our philadelphia neighborhoods. temperatures are very mild to start out with. foupt get something done today or might be marching later today this is definitely the better two of the days this weekend because tomorrow is looking kind of rainy. it is foggy this morning out there. we're some areas with more dense fog in parts philadelphia. 43 is the temperature in mount airy. 45 in center city. these temperatures will climb. we'll get to about the low

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> new york where an 1880 to franklin delano roosevelt was born.wing a political rare roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920 campaigned for vice presidency. illness interrupted the political career. when the country appeared to be a world and growing maturity it was urged by party leaders to become a candidate for governor of new york. 1928 saw him succeeding governor alfred e. smith and nobody. the governor served two terms as chief executive of the empire state. liberal measures marked his administration. governor roosevelt became the source of the democratic convention in 1932. the spectacular flight to chicago marked the beginning of his rise to the presidency. the forgotten man in the new field became his campaign slogan president hoover was a symbol of -- as the backlash of post-war economics and golf america. the unemployed marched on washington. and the nation demanded a change in roosevelt was rushed into presidency. it he was the last person to retire from the white house in the month of march likewise mr. roose

to find them, benjamin franklin heads the secret committee in congress. >> our army is only as good as well, we will need funds to recruit spies. morris, i need you to find some deep purses and go digging. >> the revolution had the potential to be a great equalizer. you have great men, though, that are put together in this very difficult circumstance. you have benjamin franklin, who is a genius at many things but knows nothing, really, about army supply. you have washington, who has never commanded anything larger than a regiment. and now, he's commander in chief of an army that he has to build. >> my god. this is my army? >> we didn't see any of you virginians up at bunker hill. >> if we'd have been there, friend, them red coats wouldn't have ran you boys off. [ indistinct shouting ] [ shouting stops ] >> there's no massachusetts or virginia in this army! we face a common enemy. do you hear me? this is an american army. ♪ >> with his army falling apart and the standoff with the british dragging on, washington needs hope. and he gets it from an unlikely source. >> presenting miss phill

remember those buses will come over that ben franklin, and then hit the detour. weather delays here at philadelphia international airport. not only with a little bit of rain, but a lot of vip activity coming into the airport, then motorcades in and out of center city throughout the day. karen, back over to you. >> bob, let's talk more about that right now. because the president is coming to our neck of the woods today. it is his first visit since the inauguration, he is here to speak to the republican congressional retreat happening in our neck of the woods. down to washington to hear what folks are talking about today. good morning, doug luzader. >> good morning. president trump is going to kind of meet with the gop rang and file at this event in philadelphia. it will be a pretty, pretty big gathering, a loft security no doubt, simply because the president himself will be there. but as much as we've been talking in recent days about all of the executive orders that donald trump has been signing, there are some things that he needs congress to do, and chief among

also on the corner we have the franklin, candy store right here, franklin confection, franklin fountain one of the most tame us ice cream and candy stores this is country right there at the corner there, you mentioned gaslight lounge right there. >> it is right there. there is franklin fountain right there. >> so market street is blocked from second street all the way down to front street. that is shot you see from the left-hand side of the screen there with all of the fire fighter, at the top of our building here. we are located at fourth and market. i will say third street. >> steve keeley is live in the is a sent of second and market , steve, what are you seeing and what can you tell us. >> reporter: i had 12 feet the of flames and fire tenth has good headway. they have a headlight or thrash light on those flames at the top of that ladder. we are looking up from the other side where at chestnut street and it looks like flames are being doused on the top of the building there. so, you can see down these little streets this is all settled city, they call that it because they have the o

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then in 1945, this was franklin d roosevelt for the inauguration.orld was going on, he was not feeling well and was ill. everything was moved to the white house. he took the oath on Ãi one of the balconies they are at the white house. so, you know fdr had for inauguration. this is my tribute for you for the day. you will be able to impress your friends. barack obama about to type franklin d roosevelt's record. how could that be you say? roosevelt was inaugurated four times. well, we already obama was inaugurated twice. the inauguration this year is on a sunday. will take the oath then, then the next day january 21 again. that is what happens when inauguration day falls on a sunday. here is eisenhower on january 20 1957 which was a sunday or a private ceremony. inaugural address this is a very old picture. this is from 1865. this is abraham lincoln's second inauguration. a very famous speech there in which he said with malice toward none, charity for all. and 1933 franklin d roosevelt, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. john f. kennedy in

looking at the benjamin franklin bridge, looks wet. also see your neighbors moving in the westbound direction toward center city, this is heating up, just little bit. ben franklin bridge one of those bridges that kind of lingers out there little bit then start to see it heat up more in the 6:00 hour. already it is. a loft will you get a jump start to your day because we know the wet letter play a factor. not bad idea at all. speaking of bridges, speed restrictions? place because of high winds, four bridges down to 35 miles per hour here, the walt whitman bridge, ben franklin bridge, betsy ross, commodore barry bridge a lot more, and i mean a lot more to talk about when we come back in ten to 15 minute, rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, see you then. now a look at newspaper headlines from across our region. >> from the press of atlantic city, offset costs for one of the beach fills. eligible for emergency funding in response to hurricane matthew in october. initially avalon share the project was projected to cost $763,000. >> and the

. >>> president franklin d.lt declared a national day of prayer for january 1st 1942 following the japanese attack on pearl harbor. he and winston churchill worshipped together that day. american history tv visited kris church in alexandria, virginia to hear the story. >> we're here in alexandria christchurch in virginia. with me is the director of the church. the story that i will describe today for me is a lesson in leadership from perhaps the greatest leaders of the 20th century. president franklin d. roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. these are men who were willing to commit their countries to a long, bloody conflict in the name of freedom to support the freedom and independence of their own homelands but to support freedom and democracy for other people around the world. they combined that with a deep humility. they believed that our countries had to be worthy spiritually and morally of the victory they were asking god to grant us. so on january 1st, 1942, president roosevelt and mrs. roosevelt

parkway namely right there in front of the franklin institute.that in mind coming down for a visit with the kid today or through the weekend. septa says they are off to a good start across the board with no delays on the buses, trains, trolleys, karen and thomas back to you. >>> so much violence has happened this our city overnight. >> we're talking about six separate shootings this less than 24 hours here latest shooting happened at 2:00 this morning in south philadelphia. a three three-year old man shot the in the stomach. he thinks stable condition. lets get out to steve keeley at police headquarters this morning. here we go again, steve. >> reporter: it sound like hotter nature is not the only one packing heat the right now we have had so much violence here philadelphia police will be happy to see any snow because maybe that will cool off this crime wave right now. two men murdered, six others shot and survived, last night touring rhyme time. all of it outside, of course, where most people try to enjoy this break in the january weather, but n

parkway, right there, in front of the franklin institute. if you are getting ready to head out the front door no problems at all on the major roadways this morning. we're off to a good start there. good news they were working last night the lincoln drive. they have removed barriers. we are opened, ready for our morning rush hour. septa says they are off to a good start on the regional rail lines. that s word that scott just mentioned could leave us with weekend weather delays down at philly international. check with the airline. we had huge delays yesterday, for flights in and out of chicago so if you are traveling today, check ahead, make sure your plane is there ready to take you out of town and then later on today through the weekend they will close jfk boulevard from 20th all the way over to the schuylkill avenue which is basically 30th street station, a construction project, you'll need to use market street through the weekend, karen and thomas back to you. >>> well, not a good night in philadelphia, in fact, violent night police are in

it actually began with franklin roosevelt on march 4, 1933, when he wished to have a worship service take place before he took the oath of office in the depths of the great depression, so he contacted the church, and he organized a special service with his former headmaster at school, who participated with the church in coming up with a special service. they had that service at st. john's that morning, and he felt that that was the way to start. he wrote letters later on saying that he thought that he got his administration off to the right footing by having that service at st. john's in march of 1933. now, what that did was it planted in the minds of people that this was a good thing to do, so when roosevelt died, harry truman became president. when harry truman was inaugurated in 1949, after his election in 1948, he came to st. john's and had a pre-inaugurational worship service here before he was sworn in for his full term as president. subsequent to that time, other presidents have had pre-inaugural services in who has endeavored to distinguish it with a character of architecture

of moved over to the outer lanes, near the franklin institute. so just something to pay attention to, and weather delays, some scattered ones, probably expected this morning on the regional rails, because of the weather. thomas, karen, back over to you. >> as they say check ahead, bob, thank you. 5:19. radnor officials are breaking their silence this morning, after the arrest of former township leader. the township manager spoke out yesterday about the december 23rd arrest. seventy-five year old william springer right here, he was radnor commissioner for 32 years, and delaware county commissioner for eight. delaware county district attorney charged him with sexually assaulting a 103 year old woman in the wayne nursing home. police say the woman was unable to consent because of her mental and physical abilities. >> it is horrible. when you have indent like this occur to someone who is 103 years old, it is awful. someone that's in nursing home facility, you know, defenseless individual. i want to thank the staff members of the wayne nursing home fo

eleanor roosevelt said of that day was almost terrifying because you have the sense whatever franklin told members of congress to do and the people, they would do. not an experience most presidents had. roosevelt had to tell people who had lost hope over the previous years because of the depression, huge unemployment, there was reason not only to hope but fear but the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. if you deconstruct that there are a lot of things to be afraid of in 1933, so self-confident was he, so great was the rhetoric, it gave people a lot of hope. >> what makes a good speech? what do you look for? >> above all, you have the sense you are actually listening to the president, that it is his voice, talking about the deepest, most important things he wants to do as president, not always does a new president follow that will because often times they will say i have to measure up to fdr or lincoln avenue second inaugural or some of the greatest so they hire speechwriters and right speeches that don't sound like them, richard nixon in 1969. i don't know this but he had to h

when franklin roosevelt had this idea of democratic experimentalism. not everything worked, but we needed to try new things, be bold, be willing to take risks. we need to bring that back to get government to be flexible, creative, innovative, and something that is going to move this country forward. >> you have been a new member for all of two days. have you figured out where you'll live here in washington? >> i haven't figured that out yet. my wife and i still have our -- we have a condo in fremont and we're looking into that. but my wife went to georgetown. so maybe she's familiar with that area. and we're still looking. >> and what committees are you hoping to serve on? >> you know they say as a freshman you serve on the committees where there are openings. i don't want to be presumptuous but my passion is economic policy. i believe that's where i can make a contribution to the caucus. so whatever the committee assignment is, i'm going to focus on some of the economic priorities and this idea of how do we bring tech jobs across america? how do we br

the branches are from the franklin linea tree.ay would have been franklin's 311th birthday. >>> dozens of people finished their journey to becoming americans today. these new americans took their oath of citizen snip west philadelphia. they come from 30 different countries. today's ceremony was part of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services national commemoration of dr. martin luther king jr. >> vice president joe biden says had no idea he was going to be given such an incredible honor by president obama yesterday. he was surprised with the presidential medal of freedom. you watched biden talk about the experience today on the view. he joked around a little bit and then got serious about the relationship he built with obama over the past years. >> when the guy came up with the medal i thought who the hell is this for. relationships are built based on trust. and trust occurs when you're thrown together in a circumstance where there's a lot of pressure and you watch the other woman or man react and you know when they have to

the owner at 1523, 1525 franklin street. as you may recall i spoke brf the commission early december regarding the historic status of this property. yesterday, our office received a memo from the planning department staff where the staff recommended the franklin street property be considered a historic resource for the purposes of ceqa review. we disagrewed with the finding and encourage the commission to firth recall consider the matter and place it on thujnda for a future meeting. as a initial matter the finding the property is a historic resource for the purposes of ceqa review would require a eir in plans for demolition. the process is expensive and time consuming and simply not warpted for a building like the oneprintly located at 1523 franklin street. in order to be eligible for lifting in the california register in dur criteria 1, the biltding cannot be historic events or trends, it must have a important association with historic event which this building doesn't have rchlt it was listed in the lgbtq his toeric contex

you're looking at a foggy ben franklin parkway. organizers expect tens of thousands of people to demonstrate. participants will participate for civil and human rights. with this march some roads are closed. we check in with francesca ruscio who has the details. >> everyone can expect delays in and out of the area for the demonstration which will be taking place at the ben franklin parkway. so now for your safety folks i have put in place these road closures. we are closed at the ben franklin parkway between 16th street and 20th street. 19th street between grace and vine and rays administrate between 20th and logan. another thing to talk about we're dealing with an accident on i-95ed a woodhaven road and blocking two lanes. one lane is getting by. we'll have updates as long as this accident hasn't cleared. >>> a women's march in newark new castle county will happen simultaneously with the others going on in washington and around our area. activists plan to hold a secondle light vigil. the march and rally will then follow. >>> stay w

as you can see through that fog you're looking at the ben franklin parkway. organizers expect tens of thousands of people to demonstrate. similar marches defending civil and human rights will be held in dozens of cities across the country. with this march happening in philadelphia there will be road closures. francesca ruscio has more on traffic. >> bhere's what you need to kno. 20,000 people are expected to be in this area and these are the demonstration road closures. ben franklin parkway between 16th street and 20th street. 19th street between grape and vine and ray street between 20th and logan circle. a lot happening today. we'll continue to watch for further updates. you're looking at live pictures and some patchy fog in the area. back to you. >>> in addition to philadelphia, women from our area will be heading to our nation's capital this morning for the women's march on washington. they will demonstrate for the rights of women and families. nbc 10 pamela osborn is live in washington this morning to tell us about the march there. >> reporter: rosemary,

ben franklin high school. kelly's classroom, hit the button, let's make it go. >> oh!> ♪ >> ♪ >>> good morning once again, it is kelly's classroom, every week different school with different project. i'm here today at ben franklin high school with my man, tony. check out the machine here. this is the precision machine tool technology that they're learning about here at ben franklin high school. that's a little name plate that they just made for me. tony, what do you want to do when you graduate? >> i plan on becoming an engineer. this is actually helping me, teach me how to make car parts. >> what does this machine help to you learn how to get the skills to be -- is this how they are making car parts nowadays. >> yes, using this thing called drill press or late lathe on the other side of the room. >> one of your classes here at ben franklin high school? >> yes, so you have science, math, social studies. probably not as cool as this class? >> no. >> and cool glasses. mr. adair. you are the teacher. thanks for insiting us out. how many years have you been here? >> i've b

still caught in the cloud cover,ster county and look at this dreary picture, sky 6 hd over the ben franklin bridge, and if you are questioning yourself to say, hasn a dreary month? esterday iitting at home and looked up the statistics 24 days so far this month. 16 of those days full cloud cover out of 24 only one day did we have bright sunshine around here. the other seven days was kind of partly cloudy days and the last day we tunshine was back on january 8th and it w degrees with 30 miles per hour winds that is when we had the arctic air. but guess what? tomorrow we combine theine with the warmth and it's going to come back. as we look now winds from the

in problems at all this morning coming up and over ben franklin bridge. kind of quiet with all of the schools off, a lot of the folks do have the take off from the holiday, we can expect a light morning rush hour, in problems on i-95 work going our way out of northeast philadelphia and down center city. we will go for a ride on 422, looking good working your way in toward king of prussia interchange, maybe hitting outlets today in problems there. septa is operating on a modified weekday schedule on the buses, trains, trolleys. same deal with patco, new jersey transit or dart n1 is operating on a regular, weekday schedule, either modified or special, holiday, everybody has got their own little term for it. bottom line is make sure you check ahead, before, you get ready to stand out there on the bus corner. jfk boulevard, it was closed from 20th over to 30th street, a brand new traffic pattern there use market street, as your alternate, and then downtown philadelphia, the 19th street overpass, it has been reopened to traffic, we noticed this over the weeken

goes to temple university and works here at the philadelphia sixers >> i work as the assistant to franklin the dog. >> he's a sport and recreation management major at temple university was selected to receive the foundation's $10,000 scholarship. >> we wanted a take a to student who exemplifies his qualities the most >> jordan's mom said he was selected because like her son, this recipient's love of sports meshed with the strong stance against bullying. i have three disabled siblings who participate in the special olympics sparked my interest in

our philadelphia founding father ben franklin. >> also vice president joe biden gets the honor of a lifetime but says he doesn't deserve it. what biden said today about getting the surprise gift from our nation's military. >> an upgrade to hopefully keep infants from getting hurt. >> but first at 4:30 the united states coast guard is continuing its search at this hour for a missing fisherman. that man's boat was found today on a small island but he was not in it. he was out on the water off little egg harbor township last night when he called a relative to tell them his boat ran aground but then he said he didn't need any help. "action news" reporter vernon odom joins us now live with the latest on the search. vern. >> reporter: good evening, sharrie. this day long search for the fisherman has proven fruitless at least so far. state police have called off their search for the night. they expect to resume sometime in the morning. the coast guard will reportedly continue until darkness falls. throughout this day rescuers

i went ben franklin, albert einstein, steve jobs. i set you are great subject but let's wait 30 years until you retire. until 2009 when he had his liver transplant that is sort of suck in that he was fighting cancer. he had transformed with his team a wide variety of industries. it had point, by 2009, transformed the music industry with itunes and the ipod. the way we listen to music, the phone industry, the publishing industry, tablet computing. all right,n i said this is too good to pass up. do you have a. about this -- eight. -- do you have a theory about this? he told me something that edwin land had said to him. you always want to stand in the intersection of liberal arts and sciences. humanities and technology or engineering. that is something that we lost in the cp snow era. my. among others was that connecting feats ofy to wonderful engineering is what made him so magical. >> you wrote something in the book, a quote, his passion for perfection let him to indulge his instinct to control. i want to talk about the editorial cont

the protesters made their way all along the ben franklin parkway and reporter sherri greg from kyw news radio was there. >> reporter: the signs were as diverse as the women men and children who flocked to ben franklin parkway. but their message was loud and clear. >> hey, hey, h oh, h oval, misogyny has got to go. >> we're here for women's rights for rights for all americans, right? >> the event started with march that began at logan square. ♪ >> reporter: and ended at eakins oval. ♪ >> reporter: then a three-hour rally with music -- ♪ >> reporter: dancing. ♪ report let's settle the score right now. >> reporter: and passionate speakers. >> we shall not lose hope and we shall not be afraid. we have to fight. >> now more than ever it's important we protect the rights women have gained while we fight for the rights that women deserve. >> we have to show what it reallreally means to make ameria great again. report roar this extraordinary gathering of like minded people is a brain child of a group of ordinary women isn't i decided to get involved because i honestly didn't think that people c

. >> an estimated 50,000 men women and children marched the ben franklin parkway. seen too much progress in her 91 years to sit back and watch. >> i don't want to be complacent. >> protesters gathered at akin's oval, mayor kenney kicked off the rally calling for unity. >> we need to be together, walk forward into history. remember, we got through world war ii. we can get through this. >> many in the crowd concerned about trump's campaign rhetoric are now convinced it wasn't just talk. he was in office and major pages were gone. climate control was gone. >> far from d.c., these protesters want their voices heard. >> these people are ben franklin parkway are a part of your constituency. it's your job to represent us as your president. >> many of the protesters left their signs here. many say it was a peaceful protest no arrests. jeff chirico, action news. >> there were similar scenes in delaware. 600 people marched from the fellowship to main street. many had signs to convey their message. the scene in trenton, where a large crowd gathered at the war memorial. there

ben franklin bridge moving in the westbound direction. this is what you are looking at there.ooking good. looking good on the ben franklin bridge. the once we get into center sit the eye we are quiet. we have schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction nearing king of prussia, tim, help me out, get my click tore go there we will get to construction. so we have a lot of could be trucks out there this morning no accidents to report. big thumbs up. and dry roadways. we will be seeing the sun, and halleluiah but we have to contend with this construction there is quite a bit. the broad street at roosevelt boulevard, lanes blocked between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. tail end of the rush not bothering you too much. construction this delaware 141 southbound at route 13 that right lane is block, that has been blocked until 3:00 p.m. on friday. tomorrow. and also, some more construction in delaware 495 northbound the ramp to route 13 or du pont highway, that one is closed until around 6:00 a.m. so what do we have here, another ten minutes or so. so head up on. that that won't af