harold epps' appointment was interesting.is primary focus on bringing sort of the radiance of the renaissance that philadelphia's experienced to the neighborhoods seem to be a refreshing change to the old dynamic of only focusing on just the advanced manufacturing and knowledge revolution. so i think there's promise, but many of the other appointments were a carryover from past administrations. there may be a "back to the future" in some cases. >> one of the surprises was perri, because he talked about putting an architect or engineer into l&i, which is the biggest corrupt. i'm surprised that he didn't bring that to bear. >> all right. we're gonna have inside stories coming your way right after a break. ♪ >> "inside story" is presented by temple university. y with iml 12k stories of the week, and let's start with val. >> thank you. well, monica, the american courts have awarded $45 billion in judgments to american families and victims of iranian terrorism, and senator toomey and u.s. congressman pat meehan are looking out for