, referred to julia ward howe as the poetess of america, and hawthorne was not generous in his praises based on her first two books of poetry. so she goes with her husband to d.c. she and her unitarian minister james freeman clarke, is with her. while her husband is doing work for the sanitary commission, james and julia witness a review of troops across the potomac. there is a skirmish. a few confederates attacked. essentially, there is the equivalent of a 19th-century traffic jam, where it takes hours to get back in their carriage to d.c. and the willard hotel, where julia ward howe was staying. to pass the time julia and james freeman clarke start singing songs. julia also has a beautiful operatic voice. she was, i think, beautiful. she was considered the catch of boston. she starts singing "john brown's body" in her beautiful voice and soldiers hear and say, go girl. james says, julia, you should rewrite the song, but you should elevate it. julia says, it is a great hymn. i have thought of doing it, but have never received inspiration. she goes back to her hotel, and as she tells

we have an accident in cheltenham church road at hawthorne road. a downed tree and wires in lower merion. williamson road is closed stick to old gulph road. traffic in new jersey, 42 moving okay, a little bit of building volume, roads are dry right here matt. >> thanks, karen. >>> a minivan erupted in flames in the city's frankford neighborhood and investigators are calling it suspicious you'll see why. this is video showing the charred wreckage. the fire started at penn street at 2:30 a.m. investigators found a gasoline tank nearby, nobody was hurt. >> police say a teen from west philadelphia lost his life when the tables during a robbery turned on him. tyler williams was shot and killed while trying to rob a 67-year-old man in up upper darby. the the man was out for a walk at cobbs creek park near church lane when the man ran up to the man and pulled out a gun. the man pulled out his own gun and struck the driver in -- the suspect in the head killing him. >> you had to do what you had to do. i don't see any criminal charges forthcoming. >> report

hawthorne, and el monte, reports of a tree with wires on the road. wood acres road and west road the intersection there. in santa rosa a large tree blocking a lane definitely want to make sure if you can, stay off the road. if you live in a wooded area keep cover for now. don't want to get out there and drive around. it's pretty dangerous. our ground is saturated and the wind is picking up. like i said before as we get into the evening hours, this should start to calm down subsiding significantly by 6:00 or 7:00 tonight. in combination with the rain we had lightning firing off in the sacramento valley. a little bit of that in san francisco earlier today as well. i set the radar back two hours for you. we haven't had any significant thunderstorms yet, but we are fair game for that as the most potent part of the storm system starts to move our way. so we are tracking these cells for you minute by minute. me give you an idea of what to expect if you're joining us from the south bay this morning. a lot of this moisture light at this point in san jose. th

the people to abide by as far as sound goes as far as general notes we had one new complaint on hawthorne i went and spoke with the management there and did a little bit of investigation ongoing as far as i witness there was no violation but i'm going to stay on top 6 that and make sure we have direct communication between the residents of the nearby hotel and the venue itself. >> commissioner joseph. >> hi you can call me audrey on the administration certification did you mean 12:00 a.m. it's 12 noon. >> this was issued today. >> at noon. >> after the fact yes and what is the 90 dbes inside or outside. >> this is an llp the 90 decimals is the agreed upon limit between myself and the venue. >> so they were 2, 3, 4 excess of 90 days. >> yes. >> on the facing doors and windows and vents must be closed. >> this is actually something i've started to include 1, 2, 3 4 most find my recommendations in general a lot of the establishment we go to and test has captive vents and fans from kichdz or ventilation systems and it can provide quite a bit of leak. >> do you 0 you e did you investigate whet

cheltenham church and hawthorn, watch for crash. also glenolden a crash chester pike at glenolden avenue. the blue route, schuylkill expressway, 95 not seeing any precipitation as of yet. in pottstown, water main break, at spruce and master, and lower merion, downed tree, that still is out here from last night williamstown road closed at young forwards ford road. mass transit and the airport thumbs-up so far. mike alex, back to you. >> 6:45, let's see if jenny joyce can show us a snowflake. i'll buy her dinner. >> oh? >> jenny? okay, she not even listening to us. that won't work. >> i guess she didn't want dinner. >> did anybody win the powerball last night? >> nope. >> what is it 400 million. >> i don't know. >> 360 million? i got to buy tickets again for energy. >> that's right. >> what what is going on? >> you'll be broke. >> i'll be broke. >> now you really need to win. >> just waste every monday i for sure. we'll get back to gin. 35:00. >> authorities say pick pockets are choosing familiar location to snatch available. oh, yes.

we have another mayor mayor chris brown the mayor of the city of hawthorne thank you for being here, sir (clapping) and i'd like to thank the leadership thought you united educators our president dennis kelly and the executive vice president susan solomon thank you (clapping) and because i can't help myself the young lady her grandmother is an officer with ucsf ms. carolyn is a month thank you for sharing our granddaughters talent if i forgot someone i'll come back and reading your name but i'd like to invite our newly worn in commissioners came forward and share a few remarks i'd like to start with hydra mendosa mcdonald please come forward (clapping) (clapping). >> good evening. >> good evening. >> well here we are again and what a true honor and prim 1942 to be re-elected to serve a third term son the san francisco board of education i want to start by thanking important people i'll try to get through this any mom and dad from washington and thank for instilling a strong work ethic and reminding me how important family and friends are they celebrated they're in between in december

hawthorne we're listening to many hawk i think he's something been the activitys of the board members and not waiting for the decisions this is not a rush stamped board this has to do what happened in 2008 is that true. >> that's exactly it. >> my prevention it is about reducing risk and this hedge fund and the strategies what we have we want to call this their risky hover this is less risker than bonds very a the information to show us so what it's important to reduce risk by still trying to reach it target of the rate return that is 7.5 percent that effects the contributions we the actual members must pay and it dramatically effects what the citizens and taxpayers must pay they pay 2 to one it goes to the issue of not how much to get to the fully fund cola there's a lawsuit this the board will deal with no matter wail pay for a the benefits if i have a chance for a good benefit the thing is my pension is guaranteed by the city not by the funding ratio the supplemental cola will do that but the city backs the promises in the charter i believe that's true of every city employee a memb

our reporter is in hawthorne, new york, with the latest. >> good morning overmy shoulder you can see the burned out shell of the train still remaining on the track there with seven people dead and 12 people injured. this is the most tragic incident in metro new [ inaudible ] >> sketch was so terrible that the paramedics were in disbelieve. >> the train was on fire, so i realized this is probably the worst tragedy i have responded to. >> north of new york city, 600 passengers making their way home when the train smashed into a jeep stuck on the tracks. >> screaming, yelling, it was total panic. >> the flames engulfed the vehicle from behind with the orange light and huge plume of dark smoke. >> a passenger had blood on the face. >> can you see the massive response flashing lights up and down the rail line as crews rushed in. when the smoke cleared this is all that was left. the scorched and mangled metal and the jeep all but crushed under the metro north train. >> the third rail of the track came up from the explosion and want right through the car so it is truly a devastating and ugl

a, henry david theroux, melville, hawthorne, or mark twain? >> mark twain. >> yes.hich of the following is not a job teddy roosevelt held prior to entering the white house as president? not a job. new york police commissioner, dakota territory sheriff, park ranger, governor. erin? >> b. >> that is incorrect. >> c. >> that is correct. park ranger. he was not a park ranger. two final questions. president franklin roosevelt reportedly suffered from tris trisideko phobia, a fear of what? fear of children, goests ghosts, children, the number 13? >> number 13. >> correct. on the way to a campaign stop in 1912, this happened and yet teddy roosevelt went on to deliver his campaign speech. confronted and killed a bear, helped give birth to his child -- >> he was shot. >> that is correct. nice job. jake, got all four correct. four points for jake. go back to your team. 20 points for each correct answer. >> your moment is gone. >> come back now with the rest of us. >> let's take a look at the scores. right now in third place, chris and don have 40 points. erin and john, 140 po

. >> i visited with the spacex factory in hawthorne, california and was struck with this notion thatchnology launching rockets hasn't changed since duct tape in the 1960's. what is most important right now to the new sort of private space race? >> i work at nasa. to me it seems like any way we can reduce complexity, just reducing the complexity and building a more robust rocket -- >> i thought that was the opposite. i thought they weren't really that complex. one of the reasons they're still using the old -- >> i just launched on a russian rocket, and it is simple. but with 3-d printing and modern manufacturing processing, you can simplify the tough parts and make them more robust, much more resistant to debris in the fuel lines. with all of that, yes, they were simple in the 1960's but we're even simplifying the complex parts now. >> so simplifying the path that fuel must -- >> the high speed turbo punches, making their engines more robust. >> is that about advances in material science as well? not just 3d design but also the stuff it's made out of? >> definitely. different ways to

. >> reporter: tall palm trees along hawthorne avenue were bending to the wind in a menacing way. long-time residents weren't worried. >> living there so many years. i've been here for the 22 years now, 24. i've seen the branches fall off but it's okay. >> reporter: a tall eucalyptus tree got knocked down by the wind in palo alto crashing on both sides of foothill expressway. no vehicles were hit. in los altos hills, a large power line was snag by falling branches. even trash and compost bins couldn't stand up to the spin. only windshield wiper seemed up to what the storm was unleashing. pg&e is telling me this evening that they have nearly 1,200 technicians in the field throughing to take care of those power outages. it's monitoring where the outages are as a result of its network of just over five million smart readers. in san jose, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> and in san francisco, some residents on crescent avenue and vernal heights were without power after a tree knocked out several lanes. crews quickly -- several lines. crews quickly responded. they made sure there were no l

. >> tall palm tree on hawthorne avenue bend to the wind in a a menacing way. long time resident not worried. >> i have been hear 4 or 5, >> i have been hear 4 or 5 about 22 years now. 24 years. haven't seen any, financial see the branches fall off but it's okay. i'm not affray of that. tall tree got knicked down by the wind in palo alto crashing on both lanes of the expressway on both lanes of the expressway. no vehicle were hit. in los altos hills a live power line was snagged by falling branches. even trash compost bin couldn't stand up to the wind. only windshield wipers seemed up to what the storm was unleashing. >> pg&e telling us this evening that they have nearly 1200 technician out here in the field trying to take care of all the power outages and monitoring where the outages are as a result of its network of just over 5 million smart meters. in san jose david louie abc 7 news. >> show us the weather where you live. e-mail the picture or video to you report at kgo dash tv.com and post them to our about web site or this twitter account. >> see washingto

. >> reporter: tall palm trees along hawthorne avenue were bending to the wind in a menacing way. long-time residents weren't worried. >> living there so many years. i've been here for the 22 years now, 24. i've seen the branches fall off but it's okay. >> reporter: a tall eucalyptus tree got knocked down by the wind in palo alto crashing on both sides of foothill expressway. no vehicles were hit. in los altos hills, a large power line was snag by falling branches. even trash and compost bins couldn't stand up to the spin. only windshield wiper seemed up to what the storm was unleashing. pg&e is telling me this evening that they have nearly 1,200 technicians in the field throughing to take care of those power outages. it's monitoring where the outages are as a result of its network of just over five million smart readers. in san jose, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> and in san francisco, some residents on crescent avenue and vernal heights were without power after a tree knocked out several lanes. crews quickly -- several lines. crews quickly responded. they made sure there were no l

we have the latest from hawthorne, new york. >> good morning over my showers and storms you can still there waiting for the ntsb investigators to look. this is are considered the most deadly crash in metro north ever experienced in its history. >> the scene was so terrible the paramedics were in disbelief. >> the train was on fire, as well, and i realized it was probably the worst tragedy i responded to. >> north of new york city 600 passengers on the way home when the train smashed into a jeep stuck on the track. eight flames engulfed the vehicle from behind and the huge huge of dark smoke. >> passenger had blood on his face and ran past me. >> you could see the massive response as crews rushed in. when the smoke cleared this is all that was last. scorched and mangled metal crushed under the train. >> third rail of the track came up from the explosion and went right through the car so it is truly a devastating and ugly situation. >> the injured were carried out of the front car and passengers in the back had no idea how bad it was until they saw it themselves. >> want down the ladder

. >> reporter: captains both cops in hawthorne, california created coffee with a cop in 2011. >> whatit tells people that i'm here breaking bread, drinking coffee with you. i'm sitting down on the same level as you and what do people do when they drink coffee? they talk. >> there's a deviciveness in society between police and the community. >> reporter: they teach the program around the country. >> you have to learn from your mistakes. >> reporter: 50 cops from five states attended this session. >> be transparent. be fair. be respectful. >> reporter: the goal change the mind set of us versus them. create something closer to what norman rockwell had in mind. >> we drive from call to call in a police car. there are days when officers will handle 20 to 30 911 calls in one shift. there's not a lot of down time to connect and talk to people at your local minimart to get that moment. >> cops can go an entire day without having a calm conversation with anyone? >> oh yeah. go an entire week. >> do you want some coffee. >> i appreciate it. >> charleston police were hosting their first communit

abc's linsey dan th seen in hawthorne, new york, >> reporter: good morning, rob you see the sou passinght now and investigators plan to bere sverrday one top priority determining the circumstances that caused elle brody to drive her on these railroad tracks. among other things, they plan on looking at her cell phone records at the time of the tracks. was she perhaps distracted? also the fact this was a newcar through debris and pieces of third rail inside the interior o train, new details are emerging about the actions leading up to the charred remains. >> report of an explosion on the trac. clues into the mystery of how ellen brody ended up driving her car on to the tracks. >> because the traffic was heavy, we were backed up. >> reporter: as the driver right behind ellen brody, rick hope, watched the whole horrifying ordeal. first he says the gate came down and he saw her get out of her car. he describes what happened next to gannett's lohud website. >> i gestured to her to come back. she turns, walks, gets back in the car. slight hesitation. and then moves forward, and that that insta

abc's linsey davis is on the seen in hawthorne, new york, with the latest.rning linsey. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you see the southbound train passing through right now and investigators plan to be here for several more days. one top priority determining the circumstances that caused ellen brody to drive her car on to these railroad tracks and they plan on looking at her cell phone records. was she perhaps distracted. also the fact this was a new car for brody, if that may have played some role. as investigators carefully comb through debris and pieces of third rail inside the devastated interior of this metro north train new details are showing up. >> report of an explosionen 0 the tracks. >> reporter: including possible clues into the mystery of how he will -- ellen brody drove onto the track. as the driver right behind her, rick hope watched the whole horrifying ordeal. first he says the gate came down and he saw her get out of her car. he describes what happened next to gannett's low hub website. >> she walks and gets back in the car, slight hesi

out of northeast philly, on i-95, no problems on 295, in south jersey, accident here, church and hawthorn, mass transit, septa says again in the areas where the regional rail lines are seeing some of the precipitation, the platforms could be slippery, so just use some caution there, mike, alex, back over to you. >> thank you, bob kelly. 7:00 # five, police say there have been several pick pockets in an area familiar to you. >> steve covering the story over in mt. laurel, new jersey, hey, steve. >> it seems the same two police departments that had lots of cases, at both wegmans in the towns, and panera bread before christmas, now, have new cases after. cherry hill police just put out these new surveillance pictures, first we will show you, a guy who lifted a woman's wallet out of her pocketbook, left in a shopping cart, at wegmans on route 70, after this woman with him, without her knowledge, had her own shopping cart, posing as confused shop war question distracted the victim, as the guy went to the cart. >> got to the check outline at wegmans realized her wallet was gone, so are credit c

abc's linsey davis is in hawthorne, new york, with the very latest.ood morning, linsey. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the governor of new york calling this crash site behind me ugly and brutal. what we know is that an suv for some unknown reason at this time stopped or stalled on the tracks. the driver then got out, looked at the back of the car and got back in drove forward and that's when the vehicle was struck. overnight a devastating scene on these train tracks north of new york city. >> this is probably the worst tragedy i've ever ronalded to. >> reporter: this commuter train smashing into a jeep cherokee stuck trying to cross the tracks sparking a massive blaze that consumed the front of the train. seven people killed in the crash including the driver of the suv. at least a dozen more injured. the fire so hot, it melted the windows off the train's side. >> screaming, yelling, it was just total panic. >> reporter: some of at least 750 passengers on board jumping to safety. >> third rail of the track came off from the explosion and went right

this is a dash inn at the intersection of crane highway and hawthorne here in la plata.the parking lot has been completely scraped off because the retailers know that this is a snow day and that means eventually these roads are going to get cleaned up and they know that people are going to be out and about. i'm hopping in behind the wheel in my mobile newsroom now to put the seat belt on and give you a little tour out here. this is not one of those storms that's going to keep people in for a long period of time. it's going to clean up. it's not like folks are locked down. as things get plowed off, these folks know that they need to be ready. so a lot of these commercial operations have already plowed out. looking right now as we drive out to u.s. 301, okay, this is the major highway through southern maryland and you can see there is still a lot of snow on the roadways. so there's still a ways to go in terms of getting cleaned up out here, but the cleanup is well under way and i know that the plow crews are already on secondary and side streets at this hour. so it's not q

a goes on to david hawthorne who was killed, a british aid worker.n the american journalists also executed by isis. then it goes on to highlight the american aid worker and alan henning. this comes after the announcement of kayla mueller saying that she was killed by isis. for the first 45 minutes, we want to get your thoughts on information about her death and others related to isis that have changed their thinking about you as an international efforts against that group. a hearing on these kind of topics. here is how you can give us a call 202-748-8001 for republicans, 202-748-8000 four democrats. for international viewers, 202-748-8003. the white house put out a release yesterday that prompted some reaction on the senate floor yesterday. she was a resident of arizona. it was john mccain who took to the floor yesterday of the senate talking about kayla mueller's and beginning his speech yesterday talking about reaction from her parents. [begin video] ♪ >> she dedicated the whole of her young life to helping those in need of freedom, justice, and pe