jasper edelman maltby was a true hero. we have letters from generals grant, logan and other union generals expressing their great esteem and respect for this individual who, during the battle of fort donaldson in 1863, he suffered from a tremendous injury in all too. and eventually, eventually recovered from this and was able to serve during the siege of vicksburg. and during that siege before the city was eventually taken, there was an attempt to build a tunnel, if you will, underneath the confederate fortification fort hill. and when the explosion occurred there was the 45th illinois led by its then-colonel jasper maltby. and there was a terrible incident in which he was struck by a timber and suffered such interim injuries -- internal injuries that eventually that would lead to his death. william maltby became the captain of an artillery battery that actually wound up on mustang island. it was concerned with local defense of the coastline in corpus christi, of course. so in november of 1863, there was, in fact, a very,

jasper edelman maltby was a true hero. we have letters from generals grant, logan and other union

detour in the area we're talking front york dauphin jasper all in the kensington section.is at that main intersection in kensington where the market frankford line comes off of kensington makes a sharp turn on to front street and continues in the center city. so with that main intersection in shut down mode and filled with fire fighters we heard from the deputy commissioner that some of the hydrantness that area were frozen. they are bringing water lines from maybe two or three blocks away, watch for detours in the neighborhood and if you typically use the market frankford line they will shuttle bus between berks and the huntington station. so that will leave everyone the entire stretch of the market frankford line with some sort of the delay through our morning rush hour. sue you mention $5 to 10 miles an hour wind and cold temperatures not playing well with the fire fighters this morning. >> about the worst possible conditions. here is your actual temperature 8 degrees. then factor in the wind. the reason those wind are not going across the river into new jersey is this

jasper maltby also from the north, wound up in, of all places galena, illinois. and he had served in the mexican war, and he became a g

jasper when you arrived to work you saw the heavy secure around this event.our boss actually said if you felt uncomfortable, you could go home but you stayed. then about a half hour later, you heart gunshots what -- >> i at first didn't see the person coming out in fromt of the cafe then i shouted out, man with gun, and then the shooting started that i ran across the bar to my colleague christina which i took around in my arms and dropped us down to the floor and then the shooting continued for numerous seconds when those 30 shots were fired into the cafe. >> hmmm. and you stayed ducked behind that counter e, so when you thought it was safe to come out, what did you see at that point? >> when the shooting was ongoing, there was a brief moment of silence and i heard a man shouting something in a language i did not understand and i was afraid that he had killed all the officers inside the building so we crawled behind the bar to an exit and went up to a staircase, and waited for a couple of minutes, then we could hear some more shouting inging downstairs so tha

it is impacting jasper street as well as kensington.ive you an idea it is right where market frankford line comes off kensington and makes that sharp turn on to front street and continues into center city. that is the stretch or area of the neighborhood right now that is in lock down mode. septa says they are using shuttle buses on the market frankford line between the berks and huntington station. if you are in the neighborhood the best bet, walk to the berks or walk to the huntington and you will be good to go. buses will take folks through the neighborhood if they are coming from the north east and going into center city. also around the fire scene, bus routes three, 39, and 89 are on a complete detour. there is a half dozen other bus routes that could have delays, septa has had to pull buses off of thorough surrounding routes in order to supply the shuttle buses for the market frankford line. the tacony pal will my use bridge in the middle of the opening at the moment. mike and alex, back to you. >>> lets get back to this food aller

in texas firmly committed to another secession in the civil war, jasper maltby was a true hero.ve letters from general grant logan and other union generals expressing the great esteem and respect who during the battle of fort donaldson in 1863 suffered a tremendous injury, and he eventually account for this and was able to serve during the siege of vicksburg. during that siege before the city was eventually taken there was an attempt to build a tunnel if you will underneath confederate fortifications fort hill and when the explosion occurred in illinois led by colonel jesper maltby so there was a terrible incident where he was struck by at timber and suffered such internal injuries that eventually that would lead to his death. william maltby became the captain of artillery batteries that want up concerned with local defense of the coastline in color chris christie 7 november of 1863 there was the large union army that had taken over brownsville and units from that army moved up in november of 1863 to capture key points along the coast and even intended to get to galveston. at fo

this happened near east ontario and jasper streets.e the shooters used semiautomatic guns and 13 shell casings were found at the scene. one of the victims was taken the two hospital in critical condition and other is stable. >>> driver was taken in custody, police say his vehicle matched leaving the scene. >>> deal is off to sell atlantic city he's revel casino to a florida developer. hotel owners a they will cancel the contract the for more than 95 million-dollar today this tiehl fell through when a federal judge refused to let it happen without considering the businesses, already at that casino. >>> still a ahead flyers have bigger problems then just making the playoffs, they might have lost their best player for the rest of the flyers have problems if they hope to make the playoffs. one problem is winning pace in which they have to play. wayne simmonds said sunday he thinks flyers to have win at an 80 percent clip the rest of the season but it got worse. they have lost steve mason for a while. mason will have arthroscopic surgery on

it happened just after 1:00 in the kensington section of the city along jasper and ontario streets. a 23 year-old man was shot twice in his upper body and once in the leg. he is fighting for his life at hahnemann hospital where he is in critical condition. the other victim a 26 year-old man was wounded twice once in the torso and then again in the leg. he is a lucky one. he is in stable condition at einstein. both men were shot at close range. police are investigating what led to the a attack but they think they have a good idea. >> we don't have a a motive at this time however this intersection of jasper and ontario is a well known intersection for open air street level drug dealing. we're not certain but that is the motive at this time but it is a very good possibility. >> reporter: there were two shooters both were wearing ski masks to cover their faces. witnesses described a white car fleeing a scene while cops stopped a white car that matched that description nearby and they are questioning that driver. coming up 59:00 we will tell you about another key piece of evidence that p

it happened near east ontario and jasper streets. police say shooters used semiautomatic guns and 13 shell casing where is found at the scene. within of the victims was taken in critical condition. other is stable. we will have a live report at 6:30. >>> delaware fire marshall is investigating a deadly fire in wilmington that happen shortly before 7:30 in the 3900 block of north market street at pen rose community. fire fighters arrived on the scene to see flames shooting from a first floor apartment. a 52 year old rest tenth was rescued but died later at the hospital. two others were taken to the hospital for treatment. >>> and a u.s. airways flight out of philadelphia, made an emergency land nothing houston texas late last night landing happening after the planes nose gear did in the deploy. according to an airline spokesperson 56 passengers and crew members were on board that flight. they got off the plane using aircraft slide. one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, after that landing but a scary

jasper street is closed at york and front due to icing and water as it froze up as crews battled the blaze. firefighters had a tough time because many nearby firefighters were frozen solid. the cause of the blaze remains under investigation. >> returning to accuweather we are getting a break with temperatures finally go above freezing sun skies, and it feels milder compared to what we have been dealing with all winter long but as always another change is heading our way. lets head to the "action news" big board and david murphy. >> you just showed us on sky 6 we are looking at a nice bright morning and now clouds are showing up on visible satellite and we expect a fair amount of sunshine this afternoon. yesterday was raw we wound up at 25 but already today we are up to 36 degrees, already improve 10 degrees. 35 in wilmington and 36 in millville. breezy out there and not too bad compared to the last couple of days. we'll go for a high of 39 and we could hit 40 that is below average but better than yesterday. 23 overnight, and at this point we are used to it aren't we we had only 32 ho

left two men hospitalized in critical condition it happened at 1:00 this morning at east ontario and jasper streets, a 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old man shot several times. they found casings from two separate guns on the ground and a white car that the suspects apparently abandoned was found nearby. >>> the deal on whether to sell the shuttered revel casino will go before a bankruptcy judge tomorrow, the deadline of the sale for a florida developer passed at midnight. they will decide whether to extend the deadline to the 28th of this month. straub was trying to buy the casino for $95 million it cost nearly $4 billion to build the revel and closed last september after two years of operation. >> still to come on "action news" at noon new information about a student from the university of virginia police announced murder charges against her suspected killer. plus, a demolition failure in las vegas, what went wrong when they tried to take down an old casino. and david murphy is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. approaching medicare eligibility? don't put off checking

jasper street closed between front and york. stick to kensington avenue. market frankford line however is running normally. we saw problems with that yesterday but you need to watch for that ice in that area. that's why they have that closure. in lansdale an early morning accident in montgomery county on east main street at north wales street so watch for this area as well, matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> take a look at this video just in. a nasty crash in the spring garden section of philadelphia. police say two cars collided at the intersection of 13th and vine. that sent one of the vehicles into the side of a building. some brick off that building came down after the crash. both drivers were not seriously hurt. there's still no word on what caused that collision or if there will be charges. >>> and dash cam video caught the very moment that a natural gas leak blew a house to bits. >> a explosion halted gas service to 300 houses. >> 15 people were hurt and "action news" reporter kenneth moton has the very latest. >> reporter: it was unimaginable un

police say two men wearing masks opened fire at ontario and jasper streets around 1:00 this morning. there is no word on what led to the shooting. one man in critical condition. another in stable condition. >> a fire at delaware row home leaves one man dead and two other people hurt. it happened just last night in wilmington at the corner of north market and east 39th street. police say a 52 year old man was trapped inside. firefighters rescued him and rushed him to the hospital where he died. two other victims had trouble breathing, but are said to be stable. no word yet on the cause of that fire. >> hundreds gathered at a somber vigil to remember karlie hall the millersville university freshman found dead in her dorm. fellow student also set up a go fun me page to help the family pay for her funeral. police say the 18 year old was strangled to death after an argument with her boyfriend turned physical. gregorio is behind bars this morning, on homicide charges. >> the search continues this morning for four people in this surveillance video, one man and three women they're all person

police are still on hand and they're blocking jasper street between front and york street because we have ice and debris over the roadway still at this point so stick to kensington avenue or you can use emerald street as your alternate for that one. and also this accident involving an overturned pickup truck causing problems. the action cam was on the scene. look at that truck completely flipped over. you see the wires hanging on it that's the problem. they not only have to clean up the accident with the overturned pickup truck but also the downed wires in this area so main street route 63 westbound is blocked at north wales so you want to watch for that. stick to sumneytown pike. upper dublin valley road near garden road, twining road is a good alternate for that one tam. >> thank you karen. >>> and we're going to go to an update on that massive gas explosion in ocean county new jersey. residents are still in shock and if you see the video you can understand why but at least overnight there's been some progress on the effort to get heat back in those homes for the hundreds of people

avoiding jasper street, it's closed between front and york street. diverting you around that area. stick to kensington avenue or emerald street to avoid the problems there. and also here we've got route 63 at north wales road an accident involving an overturned pickup truck and the problem is this truck, the wires landed on top of it so now you have downed wires as well. a messy scene in lansdale with westbound lanes remaining blocked. stick to sumneytown pike or hancock road. both good alternates. and this new coming in, the report of a water main break. you'll have icy conditions here in upper dublin. valley read near garden road matt and tam. >> thank you karen. >>> we begin with that house explosion in ocean county, new jersey. utility crews and first responders rushed to oak avenue in stafford township after the report of a gas leak late yesterday morning and then that. they were evacuating homes when an officer's dash cam caught a guest home being blown to smithereens. the explosion forced hundreds out of their homes and halted gas service to 3

police say two men wearing ski masks opened fire on two men in their 20's ontario and jasper street. one man is in critical condition, the other is in stable condition. there is no word yet on a motive. >> and autopsy will be perform today on 52 year old man who died after getting pulled out of this burning row home in wilmington. the fire broke out last night in the home of on the 3900 block of north market street. three other people suffered minor injuries, including a nine year old girl. investigators are working to figure out what sparked that fire. >> a college community comes together to remember the life of karlie hall. hundreds came taught a vigil last night to honor the 18 year old millersville freshman. police found marl karlie hall dead. an argument with her boyfriend turned fist co, authorities charge gregorio with homicide in connection with her death. >>> still ahead this morning scare on septa burglar not -- platform, the latest on the search for her attacker. woman survives frightening ordeal. carjack at gunpoint in the middle of a wild police chase. hear what was goi

jasper texas. $1.27. we broke the news last hour. to award the medal of honor to chris kyle. the man who inspired the movie "american sniper. i do not know how this works. if you submit a bill, it gets the medal? >> it will go through the house and the senate. hopefully, everybody will agree to this and he will be presented the medal by the president. >> why do you think he deserves this medal? >> he truly is an american hero. he saved countless lives. it comes at a good time, too. we need to let the soldiers know that we appreciate the job that they do and that we love them. we waited to do this until after the trial. >> michael moore who really insulted kyle, apart from him i would not expect you will get much of a fight in congress for awarding this medal, do you? >> i would not sink so. we filed the bill a short period of go. i do not think it will be a problem. i am excited about it here at i think it sends the right message right now. >> doesn't it break the principle that the congressional medal of honor is the highest on the

the cheapest gas in the land, jasper, texas, a price war, and one dollar and $0.29 at a shell stationexxon station. i don't remember anybody getting gas out there. >> we love our trucks. we got to have our big trucks. stuart: i thought you were arizona? >> i am from both. stuart: where were you born? >> florida. ten years in texas and ten years in arizona. stuart: can we show the dow jones average again? a new high, 18,211, that is the new high. you have never seen the dow closed at that level or reach that level previously. 18,002 levon moments ago. the united steelworkers union playing at oil refineries around the country, on strike for a month. jeff flock is live at the bp refinery in waiting, indiana. they are on strike at that refining place. you tell me what is the affect on the price of gas around there from that's right? >> as you point out we are starting to see an impact, we see gas prices taking up the last few weeks about $0.13, there is some speculation by some analysts that the strike is 15 refineries, almost a quarter of the nation's refining capacity starting to have a

can you see a ton of ice still lingering around the scene jasper street is closed at york and front it's still not clear how the fire started. road crews in delaware took advantage of the relatively warmer weather to fix a pothole in newark the hole opened up on cleveland avenue during storms and the conditions were not right to fix it before then. engineers blocked the street at college avenue and wilbur street but drivers did not seem to mind the delays. >> lets see how the driver is going out there tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. >> i think the drivers are minding these delays it's been a rough afternoon rick and monica, we are still locked up from tasker from penn's landing the whole way up to cotman and still a crash from the betsy ross bridge however we are at 35 minutes on the northbound travel time and we started it was over 50 we are making progress but still not so great. here in delco this is 452, can you see the ambulance there and the police officer, we have a crash here under the overpass to watch out for and traffic is squeezing by southbound

. >>> did you consider any other breeds before picking jasper? >> i did not. here is a picture.ll in love and look at him. that is a good looking dog. they are magical puppies. >> we have to look at that dog made up in the wall. >> the calendars. you are lucky you have one. >> the calendar is in my kitchen. >> greg, one more for you. how many hours of sleep do you get per night? >> i probably get like seven. if you get more than seven that's too much. >> i don't think so. >> you are weird. i usually go to bed around midnight. i do some writing when i come home from red eye and write for a couple of hours drinking. >> red wine. >> i wander around the apartment in a stupor and then i fall down somewhere. i wake up. i don't know where i am. i have to talk to the authorities about the blood. >> where is your wife during all of this? >> poor thing. >> i feel sorry for her. >> bill asks you said your son can now out-bench press you. how much weight are you talking about? >> 240 is my max. >> i can do 260. >> mind you this is on a free bench, not an assisted bench. free weight 240. the

my husband peter took a selfie with jasper. -- he wasn't with a stick, he just took a selfie because he went to the park and i was not there, but we have been together 18 years. >> we have to go. set your dvrs so you don't ever miss an episode of "the five." have a great valentine's day. >>> hello i'm eric shawn. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters. >> and i'm arthel neville. topping the news this hour the hunt is on right now for a gunman in denmark after what danish security forces call a likely terror attack. >>> and we are live in ukraine with that cease-fire that went into effect exactly one hour ago. so is it holding? is it finally slowing down? and do you think vladimir putin is good for his word or again cannot be trusted? >>> and they just can't catch a break in new england. another vicious

my husband peter took a selfie with jasper. he just took a selfie. they went to the park. i wasn't there. we have been together 18 years. >> we've got to go. set your dvr so you don't ever miss an episode. that's it for invited me to my anniversary party in oklahoma but i committed to the basketball game. happy valentine's day. >>> welcome to "hannity." iraqi security forces successfully repelled an attack by isis militants on a key air base in the anbar province in iraq, but not before the jihadists came within several kilometers of 320 u.s. marines stationed at that base training members of the iraqi military. i'm tucker carlson in tonight for sean. we turn to catherine herridge for what's going on. >> thank you, tucker. while military officials here in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion this is the first time numbers of isis fighters penetrated and today

. >>> a three-alarm fire in kensington is causing traffic troubles jasper street is closed at front because of icing from water as crews battled the blaze on north front street, firefighters did not have an easy time with this one many nearby fire hydrants were frozen solid, there is no word on what sparked the fire. >> you can add to the ice the possibility of snow in the forecast tomorrow. >> especially south and east of philadelphia the system barely clips us tomorrow morning, but it's beautiful out there with the deep blue sky, 36 in atlantic city and it feels really warm when you step out being above freezing and the dew point is 16 and the windchill is still 29 but wheel take it. stormtracker 6 live double scan, showing 36 with light rain and that changes to snow for them and snowing north of jackson, mississippi, heading to the south and east and will hammer parts of virginia and north carolina overnight with heavy snow for us it's light snow at 4:00 a.m. and noon tomorrow the heaviest is north and east of philadelphia especially for the shore communities, the morning rush there will

. >> we will watch and see what happens for the time being and thank you jasper joining us from londonather with everton and everton has news of really unusual weather coming out of africa. >> yeah, that is right, we have rain making its way across the sarah and we can see clouds in morocco and easing its way through algeria and stretches down to mali and all parts of algeria will see some rain through the next 24 hours or so. you will see how that has got to continue making its way further east and it will tend to go out pushing into libya but it's unusual to see rain so long pushing its way across the saraha and it's unusual they have been hit by two tropical cyclones in australia in one day, the first to the north here that was severe tropical cyclone and significantly looking at sustained winds at 55 kilometers gusting to 85 and there is a chance of doing damage and sending plenty heavy rain as well and 189 millimeters of rein in 24 hours and it's effecting a lot more people and making its way just around the capricorn course and weakened significantly and we are looking at damagin

my husband peter took a selfie with jasper. he just took a selfie. they went to the park.t there. we have been together 18 years. >> we've got to go. set your dvr so you don't ever miss an episode. that's it for us. have a special weekend and valentine's day. >>> this is the fox news alert. oregon's embattled mayor is giving up the feet he submitted a letter of resignation effective next wednesday. dan springer joins us live. hello, dan. >> reporter: it was a couple hours ago after two solid weeks under an unfolding ethics scandal. he will officially resign on wednesday. he chose not to face the media instead releasing an audio recording. >> i understand that i have become a liability to the very institutions and policy toss which

police say two men wearing masks opened fire on two men in their 20's at ontario and jasper street. there is no word, though, and when led to that shooting which happened around 1:00 this morning, one man is in critical condition another, is in stable condition. >>> fire marshall's offers is investigating a fatal fire in wilmington. a two alarm fire spread through four row homes at 39th and north market, training a 52 year old man. firefighters did get him out. but he died later at christianna hospital. two other people are now in stable condition. a nine year old girl was evaluated but she was not hurt. >>> hundreds of student brave the frigid cold to remember a millersville university student found dead in her dorm room. "eyewitness news" on campus at steven's -- for karlie hall of chaddsford. police say hall was arguing with her boyfriend gregg gorei. o before it turned physical early sunday morning. now student rent trying to do their part to help out. >> i wanted to do something to help the family. so the plan right now is i'm going to start a go fund me campaign, help raise mo

we're the program managers for the jasper ocean terminal on the savannah river. and in the report that we gave the board last year, we pointed out that if we were to start the application process then, it would be 13 years before the port could be actually you know, turnkey operational. and then we have to justify this on the basis of analysis. so i had the unfortunate position of having to forecast what volumes will go through a port that doesn't exist in 13 years. so i think this is an example of how far the process has basically gotten off kilter. >> either of the other two of you want to comment on that topic? >> i would, senator, thank you. what's interesting about this discussion about freight movement and the problems that we have in this country, it's all about choke points. whether it be a problem at the ports. whether it be congestion on the highways. whether it be at great closing for a rail crossing. whether it be an extended period of time to get permitted for a project. those are all choke points. and what's unfortunate about that is america has a d

. >> jasper texas. there is a gas war. >> it is a great state. stuart: back to that. board, please.s we always say 2000 is a broad based indicator. new high. 1238. now, look at the nasdaq. nearly at 5000. jcpenney posted a loss. those all-knowing analysts, they were not expecting that. that gap moving higher. raising the dividends as well. disappointing forecast as well. nonetheless, they like the numbers. in case you missed it. the stories everybody is really talking about. >> you had to be living under a rock if you missed these stories. the first is mama drama. they escaped from their owner and ran through the streets and hour before getting caught. in the process they manage to get their own twitter account. house of cards season three, now on netflix. the season is getting a lot of buzz on social media. we will show you netflix shares right now. here they are. they are not doing anything. look at that. completely flat. okay. you are right stuart. i thought maybe since house of cards came up, it would be even higher. i do not want any spoiler disruptions. this $80 dress. what co

the cheapest gas in the land, $1.27 at the cell shell station in jasper texas.hey are both selling a loss. let's get back to that shocking video of iran military. colonel ralph peters is with us. i want to deal with what is happening with christians in the middle east in a moment. assess this video. >> there are two parts to it. they do understand the principle of it. it is a propaganda video. the way they staged it, attacking small craft. blown out of the water before they got anywhere close. they have the principle. they still do not have the means. our navy cannot go into the persian gulf. except at the invitation of the iranians. you have to be careful in the red sea as well. >> here is what is really getting to meet in the news today. 150 christians kidnapped. i think that this is part of an atrocity. christians are systematically ran out of the middle east. what gets to me is that our president is doing nothing. >> well, you are wrong. atrocity is far too weak of a word. we are experiencing a genuine holocaust against christians. we are seeing the destruct

it a happened near east ontario and jasper street. police say the shooters used semiautomatic weapons and 13 shell casings, were found at the scene. one of the victims was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the other stable condition. >>> and the delaware fire marshall is investigating a deadly fire in wilmington. the it happened shortly before 7:30 last night in the 3900 block of north market street at the pen rose community. fire fighters arrived to see flames shooting from a first floor apartment, and a five two-year old resident died, two other residents at nearby hospitals. >>> how about this a u.s. airways flight out of philadelphia made an emergency landing in houston text a as late last night. apparently the landing gear didn't come down. nose gear did not deploy. according to the spokesperson 56 passengers and crew members were on board that flight, they got off the plane, one had to use those emergency flies down to the tarmac. one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the landin