william hite says the school district needs a minimum of $96 million to fill its funding gap. he is asking the city and the state to allocate recurring funds to the struggling district. the state legislature has until the end of the month to pass a balanced budget so dr. hite says he will lobby on behalf of students until then. >> the only thing we can do is make more cuts. as well as, you know, do we open or do we open and only go until we run out of revenue? >> i think i'm going to home school or do something else because there's no way we can continue like this. >> hite says he needs a total of $440 million to keep him from having to ask for more money again next year. >>> new at 11:00, watch this. what happened behind the wheel to cause a driver to lose control and flip his car? >>> plus, the toll hike that will have drivers paying more to ride the pennsylvania turnpike. >>> sheena? >> and today was our first 90 degree day so far this year. tomorrow will be hotter. so we have a heat advisory out. i'll show you who can expect the hottest temperatures and our next chance for

hite says he'll lobby on behalf of students until then.the district does not get the money it needs -- >> the only thing we could do is make more cuts as well as do we open or do we open and only go until we run out of revenue? >> i think i'm going to home school or do something else, because there's no way we can continue like this. >> hite says he needs a total of $440 million to keep him for having to ask for more money again next year. >>> there's been a deadly suicide bomb blast at a world cup viewing center in nigeria. at least 14 are dead and two dozen others are hurt. no word on what is behind the blast but boko haram have targeted viewing centers in the last few weeks. >>> nbc 10 national correspondent tracie potts reports from washington. >> the majority leader. >> reporter: top democrats and republicans are coming to the white house today to hear how president obama plans to deal with sunni militants trying to take over iraq. >> the president must quickly provide us with a strategy and a plan and address the threat posed by the

. >>> today william hite has pleaded for more money for the city and state. the district needs $96 million to sustain the status quo. without that money 800 teachers could be laid off. >>> the deal to sell the high school building to drexel closed andrea raised $25 million for the school. in a letter to hite today mayor nutter says that he continues to work to find revenue for the school brick. and radnor township has plans for the estate. once owned by montgomery scott they want to sell 16, 1 acre lots. scott was the inspiration for the movie "the philadelphia story" with katherine hepburn. >>> sidney kimmel is giving $110 million to thomas jefferson university. it will be renamed after kimmel. i sat down with sidney for a chat for a school that bears his name. >> when you write out a check for $10 million for jefferson how does it make you feel. >> it makes me feel good do it. >> he donated hundreds of millions of dollars for the fight against cancer. and thomas jefferson in philadelphia. but medicine had no monopoly offer his generosity. this billionaire i

william hite the superintendent of >> once again dr.ite plea to the city and state for more money. he says the district needs $96 million to maintain the status quo for the next budget year. without the money he says more than 800 teachers could be laid off and class sizes could rise over 40. the deal to celt university city high school building to drexel closed. that will raise $25 million for the schools. >>> as well mayor michael nutter said he continues to work to find revenue for the district but in the strongly worded statement city council president darryl clark called on the district to also do more to help itself. >> in the morning buzz, more emojis. can you give me this one? live long -- can you do that, live long and prosper. be careful because you can make this very different. it's what spock used to do on star trekly the uni code consortium is the organization that codes for all these emojis. it's offering 250 more of them. you see them right there. there's a chilly pepper, chipmunk, a dove, dinner table. the fork and knife

superintendent doctor hite as well as education advocates are hoping that a secret tax can help close a budget short fall for the the school district of philadelphia rallies will be held here in center city as well as harrisburg today to push for that tax, the authorization of that tax, and request for more funding. doctor hite said we need 96 million dollars and that is just to sustain operation that is are already severely suffering. for example at the one high school the building is 90 years old. one guidance counselor and one nurse for 600 students. teachers have been laid off in recent years which has class sizes exceeding 30 students. they are short on textbooks and the principal of the school says the conditions are intolerable. that is only one school, out of 200 in the district. today education advocates and councilman johnson, again, rallying in harrisburg. they are actually asking for 150 million-dollar in funding, and again, this money to not only help the school district of philadelphia, survive, but to help these students, thrive, karen and chris. >>> still ahead a truck

superintendentç william hite wants the city and the state to come up with a minimum of $96 million justp the struggling district running. the state legislature has until the end of the month to pass a balanced budget but until then, hite says he'll lobby on behalf of students. hite says he needs a total of $440 million to keep him from having to ask for more money again next year. >>> the new jerslawmakers passe create a task force to review the cost and effectiveness of the standards test. the teachers unions and school administrators say the process has been rushed and they say schools need more time to implement the program. the new tests are scheduled to be given to new jersey students during the next school year. >>> well, if your morning commute takes you on the pennsylvania turnpike, be prepared to pay more for tolls next year. the turnpike commission approved a 5% increase that will take effect in january. the money will be used to make repairs and widen the turnpike. >>> there is still time for nbc 10's grant challenge for you to apply for that. for local nonprofits, it's calle

(applause). >> reporter: hite was joined in a news conference by school reform commission chairman bill. who said school kids have already sacrificed enough. the city, state and teachers union must step up to the plate. >> we have to guinness team the resources to transform our schools which will transform our city. >> reporter: but with none of that money certain the schools teeter along. back at parkway, 81 seniors are practicing for graduation. 80 are preparing for college. one for the military. but their principal says they deserved a better education than the one they got. >> i'm wondering why we don't see this outcry that says equity and access and excellence now. >> reporter: we said those butch clocks were running out. city council is expected to recess for the summer after this thursday's meeting with no indication they're prepared to add any extra money to the pot n a written statement responding to hite's request for more funding council president clark said the council members have already done plenty to fund the schools and called the district's budget crisis quote self inf

hite; with thus morning, so really are down to the wire right now, right? >> really are down to the wire. >> what's the best case scenario, what's the worse case scenario? what can happen her? >> best case scenario at city council finishes their work today by the way we are thankful of the work of the efforts that city council has made over the past several years to provide a support, additional support for us, but the best case scenario is that they approve authorization for 28 million additional dollars for the school district every philadelphia, that does not impact the taxpayers of the city. it is paid back through sales tax extension, a purchased last year. and we just want to make sure that before we turn our sole attention to harrisburg, that we take care of things here in the city, and that there are monies available, don't want those left on the table. >> does that make it easier for the legislatures in harrisburg if philadelphia keeps its house in order so to speak for them to follow suit? >> well, the die a.m. i can is it follows. we had ask to t

. >> doctor hite is asking for $96 million, and that's just to maintain operations. operations that are already suffering. for example, let's take a look at the center city parkway high school. the building is 90 years old. there was one guidance counselor, one nurse, for 600 students, teachers have been laid off in recent years, which has class sizes exceeding 30 students. they're short on textbooks, and the principal of the school says conditions are intolerable. >> i'm wondering why we don't see this outcry of equity, access, excellence now. >> stop acting like these are other people's children. these are our children. >> reporter: superintendent doctor hite put out a plea to the governor, mayor nutter, and the city council, the city council president responded in a statement saying city lawmakers have already done enough, essentially, saying the school district brought this on itself, time is running out, for necessary funds. again, it is a need of $96 million. karen, chris? >> we'll see how this plays out. jennifer, thank you. meantime, drexel university closes

william hite is going to be answering all of those tough questions coming up at clock 30 on good day. >> he is no doubt having sleepless nights recently. 6:06 the time. story you'll see first on fox, now the teen wanted for punching a man if the face so-called knock out game is behind bars. after turning himself in to police. eighteen year old trent epps seen here from upper darby is facing several charges including simple assault and making terroristic threats. the victim was 58 year old man who says he was just sitting in his favorite spot at the trolley stop in drexel hill, when this whole thing happened. here's video of the attack. the smack was posted on facebook, epps being head in jail of lou of $100,000 cash bail. police are urging the others involved to also turn themselves in. >> next, a story making national headlines. a 89 year old northeast philadelphia man arrested for allegedly helping murder 200,000 jews during world war ii. the family of joel hanrahan briar left court yesterday without comment after judge ordered an extradition hearing for august 21, prosecutors germa

. >> the school superintendent william hite and bill green went to harrisburg lobbying for a fair funding formula. the students are paying the price. the duties played political games. we don't have teachers or councillors or librarians. >> you feel like you were short-changed. >> most definitely. >> the district got 27 million of the 55 million that they had. what they didn't get amounts to 500 teachers. live at city hall, david henry, "channel~6 action news." >>> thank you. the crash happened at 1:45 at woodlawn road. it trapped the driver for 20 minutes. al that person was taken to christiana hospital. the other driver was treated at the scene of the crash. >>> police are investigating how two dump trucks collided head on. it happened at route 50 at south county boulevard in hamilton township. both vehicles were contracted to seashore asphalt. it happened in egg harbor city when they are crashed. both were taken to hospital for treatment. >>> a not guilty plea today from the driver of the walmart truck that crashed into tracy morgan's limo over the welcome back killing one person and s

and last week, school superintendent, doctor hite asking for 96 million-dollar in funding, today there will be rallies held to try to secure even more funning than. that last rally was held in may. here's video and today fight will continue. education advocates and city councilman johnson are taking their plea to the capitol, heading to harrisburg to urge legislators to approve of 150 million-dollar in funding, for the school district of philadelphia, and to authority the city of philadelphia's proposed $2 per pack cigarette packs. rally number one will happen here outside of city hall around 8:00 this morning and then buses are expect to leave here around nine, rally number two held in harrisburg at 2:00 this afternoon. doctor hite says he has been going to harrisburg multiple times a week trying to secure additional funding again. the figure always being 150 million-dollar. >> jennifer joyce live at city hall, thank you. >>> it turns out politics did not play a role in the investigation into former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. according to a report just released monday b

(applause). >> reporter: hite was joined in the news conference by school reform commission chairmanig green. who said school kids have already sacrificed enough. the city, state and teachers union must step up to the plate. >> we have to give this team the resources to transform our schools which will transform our city. >> reporter: but with none of that money certain the schools teeter along. back at parkway, 81 seniors are practicing for graduation. 80 are preparing for college. one for the military. but their principal says they deserved a better education than the one they got. >> i'm wondering why we don't see this outcry that says equity and access and excellence now? >> reporter: we said those budget clocks are running out. city council for example will likely head to summer recess after this thursday's meeting with no indication they will add new funding to the pot. in a statement in response to today's news conference council president clark suggested city lawmakers have already done plenty to fund the schools. described the district's budget crisis as quote self inflicted

superintendant, william hite says he needs $120 million just to maintain the status quo and it's needed soon before they ajurnlg for the summer. without the money teacher cuts could push class sizes to over 40 and there would be layoffs among school, police and cleaning crews. >> stop acting like these are other people's children, these are our children. >> city council president darryl clark says the district has not touched $50 million approved last fall and the district can raise quite a bit of revenue by selling off vacant billionings. closed just yesterday. the air national card is recognized today for being the best of the country, tanya harris was honored for being the supervisor of the year. there are four team members and the national patriot team of the year. they represent the delaware air national guard and retention team and today they were praised for several accomplishments for keeping new >>> eagles start mini camp, here is ducis rogers. >> it's hot outside and if the eagles are watching us they are no doubt saying really? in a sarcastic tonight. today is day one and chi

. >> randy hite convicted of double murder and armed robbery has been on death row at kentucky state penitentiary since 1995. >> we have one of the most well-behaved units in the institution. you can't say that we ain't got nothing to lose. we got plenty to lose. we have whatever privileges we do have, you know, that can be wiped away in a heartbeat. >> but that's not the only reason death row inmates are often the best behaved. >> their basic behavior is directly related to them being able to say in their clemency plea that we were good guys while we were there. we didn't create havoc. we weren't violent. we weren't all these things. and try to obviously portray the good things that they've done while they've been incarcerated. >> i have a hope that one day i can be out of prison, you know. even though that hope might be small. i know that what i done was wrong. i deserve to be where i'm at. i've accepted whatever might come. >> what the future holds for haight is not certain. his case is still on appeal. but one day he might take the same walk our "lockup" crew took when they shot

on top of that, superintendent hite says they'll need concessions from the teachers' union. >>> two school board meetings on a mascot controversy. the high school officials will discuss the refusal bit student editors to print the name of the school mascot, redskins, in the school newspaper. the students say the name is offensive. administrators say they ignored a director to publish a letter using the name in the june 14th edition. a similar battle is playing out over the nickname of the nfl's team in washington. a federal panel ruled last week the name redskins is disparaging to native americans and its trademark is now canceled. the ruling does not force the team to change their name or logo. >>> from the nbc 10 south jersey bureau, a new grant will offer a financial boost to help develop camden's water front. the area stretches from the ben franklin bridge to atlantic avenue along the delaware river, this includes camden central business district and the camden campus of rutgers university. >>> officials from mercer county will highlight their successes in reducing homelessness with a

that is saint mary's product patty mills hiting the three. they led by as much at 25.. two five champs heat spanked by the spurs. 107-86. they take a 3-1 series lead. is it over sunday in san antonio? what's left in the tank? >> it is time to just look under the hood and no stone should be unturned. at this point, all the stones already unturned going into tonight's game? >> i don't even know what that means. i got an engine underneath my hood. whenever can put your teammates in position to win, all the stones should be unturned. it should happen in the finals. that vow in day one. >> frank and lawrence, giants, tim hudson, seven innings strong held by defense. angel pagan laying it out. so you put that together with an offense today. put it all in the cocktail. and you get this. you get seven runs. hector sanchez, a pinch hit two run single. the giants avoid being swept by the nationals. 7-1 the final. >> we are here playing the fourth game of a series. fighting to keep from getting swept here at home. so the fellows did great today. >> our play on the field, it was a

superintendent william hite along with school reform commission chairman bill green and other local publicchool advocates say city council must act now. they say council has the power to prevents the district from laying off more teachers and slashing additional services. school officials say the $120 million that council recently approved still falls $96 million short of what the district really needs from the city. the districts is also seeking more money from the state. matt. >> time for your first look at business. general motor center city recalling more than 3 million vehicles. the automaker says it has a problem with ignition switches. a problem that has led to earlier recalls and may have led to 13 deaths. the switches can move from run to accessory by accident. that shuts off the engines, knocks out power steering, brakes which could lead to the driver losing control. the vehicles impact ready chevrolet impalas cadillac devils and five other models from a of all of them and their model years on 6abc.com. gm is telling motorists to run cars only with the ignition key itself until t

superintendent william hite says's appreciates their efforts. >> it is time toe get additional revenuee can, provide students with berth services then they are receiving today. >> district faces a 260 million-dollar deficit. >>> the philadelphia 76ers are moving their practice facility, and business operation as cross the river to the camden waterfront. today, new jersey's economic development authority approved an 82 million-dollar tax credit for the sixers. that money will be used to build brand new you practice facilities and offices at martin luther king boulevard and delaware avenue. the the sixers currently practice at philadelphia college of osteopathic medicine. >> as for us, it is really about can we have a world class place for our players to train and develop. that is most, utmost importance answer to us and the deal and confidence we had, in mayor's team for sure absolutely helped. >> sixers say construction will begin in the fall and they hope to move in that facility in early 2016. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan, tells thaws camden city officials are hoping that t

part of c-span's road to the hite house coverage. colleagues and journalism would give a spectacular grade whether they're liberal or conservative. the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the redaks, excuses. it's shocking. i feel strongly that the information they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. but they covet it as if they're a private corporation defending trailed secretes -- secrets. attkisson on the changing face of government and her career. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> this week, "the wall street journal" held its annual c.f.o. network conference in washington, d.c. to discuss some of the challenges in today's economic and business climate. next a conversation with oregon senator way man. he talked about a range of financial issuings currently being addressed by congress. this is 30 minutes. >> two interesting factoids about the senator before we start. i got to know him a long time go >>

. >>> happening today in the philadelphia school budget crisis, superintendent william hite, bill greenthers will make an urgent call for funding. school officials learned recently they would get $120 million to help fill the budget gap but they still need millions more to avoid cuts and layoffs. >>> drexel university in philadelphia closed on the purchase of the university city high school property. the city gets 20 million of that after closing costs. this is much needed money that will go to the school district. >>> defense officials say more than 100 u.s. troops are in the country right now after a militant group has gotten closer to taking control of both sides of the iraqi/syria border. 170 forces moved into the country over the weekend. they're providing support and security for u.s. personnel and the american embassy there in baghdad. 100 other soldiers could be sent to a nearby country and held there until they're needed. the president says they are equipped for combat and they will stay in iraq until they are no longer needed. >>> meanwhile, as the violence escalates in iraq,

william hite on tuesday sent letter to governor could be, mayor nutter and city council president darrell clark pleading for app additional $96 million simply quote to maintain the status quo which is wholly inadequate without the funding more layoffs. >> cuts that will tie the hands of teachers and administrators, cuts that will drop more families out of our city. >> reporter: but none of that 96 million is assured. meaning schools like parkway center city may be forceed to even more with even less. >> certainly we can do better. because this is definitely not good enough. >> reporter: in a statement in response to height's plea for additional funding council clark suggest the city has done all kit do to help and described the district's budge crisis as quote self inflicted. and neither the teachers union nor harrisburg sounded any more optimistic about adding funding. today un. >> in the a good situation. thank you, bruce. >>> sure. >> veterans will go to the front of the line at a new jersey hospital. cooper university health care in camden announcing today that it is create add priori

superintendent doctor william hite and school reform chairman commission chairman bill green will join add vocation advocates at noon today. district said it needs another $260 million just to maintain current services. >>> now, to raise mine, the philadelphia school district is selling one of its most valuable properties. drexel university has bought this 14-acre site, which used to house university city high school, andrew elementary school, it is being sold for $25 million. drexel plans to build a k through eight public school surrounded by residential retail and research facilities. this project would cost almost a billion dollars. it would also create more than 4,000 jobs. >>> it is 5:08 right now. there have been more bear sitings in the suburbs. two bears covering a lot of grounds in south jersey. the latest sitings have come from mt. laurel and evesham, and follow similar reports last week from winslow and waterford townships in camden county. officials say that a harsh winter has reduced the bear's food supply as natural habitat gets smaller. >> bear population increasing in t

it could be hiting the road again after the event in san francisco. >>> well oakland is trying a new tactic in the ongoing war against graffiti. this weekend, the oakland outreach group picked up trash and painted over the graffiti. it was inches from the freeway. volunteers had to keep one eye on the traffic and the other on the paint, but they say it is worth it. >> knocking out the graffiti, taking out the blight and the eyesores, we were all born and raised here so this is our way of giving back. >> we think oakland should be a beautiful and safe place for everyone to live. >> the plan is for oakland artists to design a new welcome to oakland sign along 880 once the graffiti is all cleaned up. >>> well the four baby herons knocked out of their tree by a tree trimmer are back in the wild tonight. they were released on the oakland shoreline. they needed a month to recover after falling from their nest. returning the birds to the same spot was not an option. >> it is very difficult to put herons back without disrupting the rest of the colony, so getting in there to put babies back d

superintendent william hite thanked city council for approving legislation today to bore owe a total of $57 million to help out the school district. >> new at 11:00 tonight a delaware county church slate to do be closed by the philadelphia archdiocese fights to stay open. parishioners at notre dame the lords held prayer vigil in swarthmore tonight. they're asking archbishop cha shoe to keep their church open rather than merge the with our lady of peace church in belmont park on july 1st. parishioners say notre dame the lords is thriving. >> mass is usually pack. you know, on any given sunday. >> we are not financially in debt. they are. it's just -- something just doesn't seem right. >> notre dame the lords is among 16 churches the archdiocese plans to close as a result of declining attendance. >>> speaking of attendance, chopper three was near dover earlier tonight where thousands of music fans have made their way to the fire fly music festival. i495 bridge closure combined with closed exits on southbound route 1 did cause quite a few traffic backups tonight. and traffic jams could

william hite says he needs more money. the full council will vote on that $27 million quest on jun june 19th. >> there's some trash talk tonight in the city of chester. but not the kind you're thinking. residents there are saying no to trains full of trash from new york city. as "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco tell us, trash already makes its way from the big apple to the covanta facility or highland avenue. residents fear there could be more down the road. >> i want to live and to me murder is murder whether it's with a gun or chemicals. >> reporter: new york city trash shipped to chester to be incinerated has infuriateed residents. >> it's a nightmare. i have asthma. i have -- i was diagnosed with sake doses. i have all kinds of allergies. >> at a planning board meeting wednesday residents sounde sounf about a new trash train proposal bringing 400 tons of garbage by rail in new york. the trash now comes by truck to be burned. >> it's the idea of bringing in more trash in an area that has residents. simple as that.

part of c-span's road to the hite house coverage. colleagues and journalism would give a spectacular grade whether they're liberal or conservative. the freedom of information process has become a joke. it was already well on its way but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the redaks, excuses. it's shocking. i feel strongly that the information they withhold and protect many times belongs to the public. but they covet it as if they're a private corporation defending trailed secretes

but with the sale of school buildings, still unresolved, school superintendent doctor william hite says he need the extra money. >> we are facing, 800 some layoffs of teachers, class sizes of 40 and so what we're pleading with council to consider is increase borrowing amount. >> reporter: full city council will vote on the 27 million-dollar request on june june 9 event. >>> protests by philadelphia high school students who walk out of class, to will rally for more money. today they marched from school district headquarters to the center city office of tom corbett. students say that budget cuts have have stripped their schools, of many basic services, they are asking governor to close tax loop holes to help fun education. >>> the son of the late philanthropist lewis katz has withdrawn his plan to buy the philadelphia inquirer, daily news and philly.com. drew katz says that the turmoil following his father's death prompted that decision. on may 31st, lewis katz and six others died in the plane crash outside of boston. just four days before that katz and partner jerry lenfest had purchased

superintendent william hite and other public school advocates say city council must act now. they say the $120 million that council recently approved still falls $96 million short of what the district needs from the city. the district is also seeking more money from the state. >> turning now karen and, you know, i'm kind of in the mood for some 90's today. >> you are? so we can blame you . >> [laughter] >> if that's the way you want to look at it. >> that's the way i want to look at it. let's take a look at storm tracker 6 double scan around the region. we had showers that moved through late in the overnight hours. you can see they pushed offer the coastline. we're dry through the area and most of our area will be staying dry today. let's head outside and see wait looks like. we're going live on sky 6 checking out the center city skyline. you can see it looks a little murky. we've got some clouds up above with those showers that have moved through and certainly more hazy conditions than we had yesterday. how about those temperatures? 73 degrees right now in philadelphia. it's

today superintendent doctor william hite says right now the district needs an additional 96 million-dollar, he warns, without that money, there will be hundreds of teacher layoffs. >>> tolls on the pennsylvania turnpike are going up for a seventh consecutive year. the turnpike commission has approved a 5 percent increase taking effect in january. toll hike will be applied to cash and e-z pass users. this is first time in three years that cash tolls are not subject to the steeper hike. >>> welshing still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 moving to the front of the line, we will tell you how a local hospital will soon give veterans vip treatment. all this comes in the wake of the va scandal. our stephanie stahl has details. >>> salvaging a piece of history how a generous donation will keep part of the ss united states from being scrapped, and why it is so important that the piece of the ship be preserved, kate (. >>> chris, the pool is the place you want to be on our first 90 plus degree day of the year, we are here in belmont hills where people are cooling off and may want to make p

>>reporter:superintendent william hite and chairman gill green are in harrisburg trying to squeeze more money out the state. they are hoping to have more success there then they had here with city council today. live at city hall. david henry "action news." >>> thank you, david. a first check with the accuweather forecast. >>> it's a gray day today. mostly cloudy. >> it's on the chillier side. the sun-included line i-cloud le south of dover and richmond counties. we are looked in the cloud cover. the clouds are not going anywhere any time soon. the double scan on the radar mode we have tornado watches in pittsburgh. and severe thunderstorm watches in the virgins. it's going to bubble up the downpours and thunderstorms. the covered is way to the west. until that pushes through that particular area of downpours and storms will rush back starting in tomorrow. 68 in philadelphia. 68 in millville. 770 dover. 66 in beach haven. the clouds are locked in with the chilly air with the east-northeast winds. 16 in million dollars. gunshots up to 14 miles-an-hour in lancaster. the evening planners a

that was the message from philadelphia school superintendant, william hite today. he made the employee to city council for more funding. he is asking for $96 million on top of the $120 million that council recently approved. just to maintain the inadequate status quo, without the funding they will have to make more cuts and make tougher choices. >> do we open for a period of time and run until we run out of revenue, all of those things have questionses. >> the superintendant says it would save hundreds of teachers from losing their jobs and keep the classes from swelling to 40 or more and is asking council to allow them to borrow more than the 40 million already allowed. he is pleading with state lawmakers as well in harrisburg. tough choices ahead. >>> wall street saw modest gains with tech stocks leading the way, the dow is up 27 and the nasdaq rose 16 and the s&p rose 4 points higher on the day. u.s. airways reached a tentative agreement, and that clears the way to finish a merger with american airlines that comes two years after negotiations, u.s. airlines work

superintendent doctor hite and education advocates are hoping that the implementation of the cigarette tax can help them close a budget short fall. rallies here in center city and rally in harrisburg pushing legislators to authorize this cigarette tax, and fight for millions of dollars in funding. doctor hite says we need 96 million-dollar to sustain operations, operations that are already suffering. for example at the parkway center city high school buildings, 90 years old. >> one guidance counselor and one nurse for 600 students. teachers have been laid off in recent years which has class sizes jumping to more than 30 students. they are short on textbooks and the principal of the school says the conditions are unacceptable. today education advocates and councilman johnson rallying in harrisburg. they are asking for 150 million-dollar and in hopes of getting this funding and that the students will in the only survive but they will thrive in the school district of philadelphia. mike? >> so where is the rally going to be? obviously there is nobody behind you now what time does the bus l

this is a story we brought you last week with school superintendent doctor hite asking city and state leaders to help school district overcome a budget crisis and need for 96 million-dollar, the lath school rally was held in may and today the fight continues. we are hearing that education advocates and city councilman kenyata johnson are taking their plea to the capitol heading to harrisburg to urge legislators approve a $150 million in funding for the school district of philadelphia and to authorize the city of philadelphia's $2 per pack cigarette tax. rally starts at 8:00 we are hearing that the buses will leave here, city hall around 9:00 o'clock and the next rally will be held in harrisburg around 2:00 o'clock this afternoon. it will be interesting to go see how exactly they will be received and if this gets them additional funding. now they are asking for 150 million-dollar, karen and chris. >> it is a steep montanto climb, okay, thank you. >>> a relaxing day of fishing turns anything but relaxing for cape may county fisherman or crew. they came upon a big one, as fox 29 chris o'

. >>> happening today, superintendent william hite, school reform commission chairman bill green willternoon. the school needs millions more than the $120 million they are already getting. >>> the bus is the only way for this neighborhood center to take kids back and forth.without it, programs for inner city children may not get off the ground this summer. the center is trying to raise $100,000. they're hoping for a generous donor. it's summer adventure camp program begins june 30th. the clock is ticking to raise the money. >>> it's a dire emergency. we not only pick the children up and drop them off, we take them to the pinelands twice a week so they can swim and visit nature. >> i want us to get a new bus. >> they run a day-care center and they feed the home also year round. if you'd like more information, go to nbc10.com. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clearing out quickly after a few scattered showers first thing this morning. that's it for the showers. now the heat is on. we'll be heating into the 90s this afternoon. with that heat, the

on top of that, superintendent william hite says the district will also need 95 million in con sessionshe teachers' union. >>> another delaware bridge is shutting down for repairs. it's the second one this month. the 105-year-old swinging pedestrian and bike bridge over the brandy wine river in wilmington is now closed. every day, hundreds of joggers, bikers and dog walkers use this bridge to cross the river. thuç bridge will be redecked an should re-open again this fall. as you may remember, the 495 bridge over the christina river is having its supports repaired. >>> on the crisis in iraq, secretary of state john kerry is in iraq for the second straight day trying to help iraqis avoid an all-out civil war there. in baghdad yesterday, kerry said the u.s. will not back the iraqi government the way it is set up now. in the last two weeks, isis fighters have taken over industries in northern iraq and border crossings in syria and jordan. the u.s. aircraft carriers in the persian gulf in case president obama orders air strikes. >> defending iraq depends on their ability to form a new govern

june 30th but with the sale of school buildings still unresolve school superintendent doctor william hite now says he needs $27 million. >> we are facing, 800 some layoffs and what we are pleading with council to consider is to increase the the borrowing amount. >> reporter: full city council will vote on the 27 million-dollar request on june june 19th. >> philadelphia high school students, walk out of class protesting cuts to the budget. they march from school headquarters to the center city, office of tom corbett. they say budget cuts stripped their schools of basic services, and they are asking the governor to increase funning for education. >>> evesham police department wants the public's help in the theft. take a look at these photos, police say they show a man who stole, multiple boxes of the mens hair product rogain from a cvs on route 73 monday night. he then ran away from the scene. anyone with information on that suspect is asked to cat police. >>> lewis katz's son has withdrawn his plan to buy the inquirer, daily news, and philly.com. drew katz says that the turmoil following h

. >>> today william hite has pleaded for more money for the city and state.strict needs $96 million to sustain the status quo. without that money 800 teachers could be laid off. >>> the deal to sell the high school building to drexel closed andrea raised $25 million for the school. in a letter to hite today mayor nutter says that he continues to work to find revenue for the school brick. and radnor township has plans for the estate. once owned by montgomery scott they want to sell 16, 1 acre lots. scott was the inspiration for the movie "the philadelphia story" with katherine hepburn. >>> sidney kimmel is giving $110 million to thomas jefferson university. it will be renamed after kimmel. i sat down with sidney for a chat for a school that bears his name. >> when you write out a check for $10 million for jefferson how does it make you feel. >> it makes me feel good do it. >> he donated hundreds of millions of dollars for the fight against cancer. and thomas jefferson in philadelphia. but medicine had no monopoly offer his generosity. this billionaire is proud

superintendent doctor william hite and the src chairman bill green laid out the district's financial situation today. district has to adopt its budget for next year by the end of this month. >> the the bottom line is our schools must receive a minimum of 96 million-dollar, to start off budgetary cuts that could the ability of our schools to educate children and just to maintain the inadequate status quo. >> school leaders are calling on city council to bureau 55 million-dollar to help district pay its bills. lawmakers authorized 27 million-dollar last week. >>> well, get ready to shell out mole of your money while driving, tolls on the pennsylvania turnpike are going up. turnpike commission has now approved a 5 percent increase that will take effect in january. toll hike will ab replied evenly to cash and e-z pass users. >>> a new traffic pattern is now finally in effect along i-95, penndot crews shifted northbound lanes between girard and allegheny avenue last night all to make way for next stage of construction. drivers will expect to see delays before this work is complete. next w

superintendent doctor william hite, he will be answering some of our questions, coming up at 7:30 on good day, so if you have questions, tweet us. meanwhile approval on rezoning is expected today in a deal between the district and drexel university. drexel purchased university city high school in west philadelphia, the deal will give the district about $21 million. >>> fifteen year old boy safe after terrifying experience in northeast philadelphia, police found him after abduction and home invasion. the team walking home when three armed men abducted him and took him to his house. they then tied up the family and robbed them, then took off with the son still with them. police found the boy nearby, short time later, he's okay and the boys dad of course is relieved. >> worry about my son. >> the boys father says they may have been targeted, and they onagawa several businesses, suspect may have known they had cash inside that home. police right now looking for silver subaruu station wagon with tinted windows. >> dramatic step from philadelphia district attorney regarding the controversy