lauren johnson explains why elementary school students are allowed into the board room of a law firm.out. ♪ >> reporter: ellen bailey has a full plate. >> part of the problem you always want to help but it's always a time issue. >> reporter: she makes the time and schedules her life accordingly. >> it was on tuesday i can't do it because i knew i have this to do. >> reporter: this molding young minds. >> it is probably the most compelling thing i do all day. >> litigation is how she pays the bill. mentoring how she pays it forward. >> they are the people that require the least amount of our time and we get the biggest gift back on our investment. >> reporter: pointing kids in the right direction partnership with philadelphia reads. the bond was formed three years ago. >> it's important for to us invest in our children. >> reporter: once a week second graders from spring garden school -- >> it's important they just see that there's a world outside theirs. >> reporter: step into different world. >> they get to see people who don't look like them. they get to see people who look like the

bullet flying every where, some guy got shot in the face, lauren johnson over at the hospital, lauren. >> reporter: good morning mike and alex. we are at the hospital where car was driven here and still remains at the trent door of the hospital that new or white model bmw. you can see jared will show you a bullet hole in the front windshield, several philadelphia police officers keeping a close watch over the car while passenger who was hit in the carries being treated here at temple university hospital for a gunshot wound to his face. here's what we understand happened, two men left broad and germantown avenue shortly after getting inside this car a man approached the car, attempting to rob the pair. moments later he fired a shot inside the car that hit 28 year-old passenger in the taste. the driver a three three-year old man grabbed his friend's gun and shot back. suspect wearing a hoodie ran there that scene, right now police don't know if he was hit or able to dodge that bullet. at this point police are trying to get the their hand on surveillance video from the real time crime ca

. >> it happened last night on the 300 block of appsly street, our lauren johnson at police headquarters where detectives are working to find suspect. >> reporter: police didn't know if the teen would survive these two gunshots. he was in and out of of consciousness. they are investigate to go find out who exactly did this. this started around 8:30 yesterday evening when gunshots were fired near 300 block of appsly street in germantown. police think it was inside fern hill park in a pavilion off morris street. the 17 year-old was hit in the shoulder and back of his head. police rush the boy to temple university hospital. he was in critical condition last night. we have not received an update on his condition in this early morning hour but police do believe the motive in all of this was robbery. >> the 17 year-old rick tim was in the fern hill park under the pavilion when approached by a male, who robbed him, point of gun, taken was the victim's wallet, and cell phone. after committing the robbery, the perpetrator entered a white van possibly a car ran, that was last seen, south on morris

. >>> lauren johnson on the scene with a live report in just a moment. plus a new jersey state trooper and another man are killed in the wrong way crash this all taking place in millville. touching solute as fellow officers say their good bye. >>> there is a boy teenager tighting for his life, they think it was an attempted robbery gun down shot in the park in germantown. >>> there is a transit threat, los angeles police learned of a possible attack against metro system there. why they are rereeling they are going the with the public, going public with this this morning. >>> great to have you with us i'm thomas drayton. >>> i'm karen hepp. good morning. >> wake it up, let's go. everybody should be up. >> slowly, slowly they are getting up. >> we will tell you what will happen later today so bring your umbrella now even though you won't need it the now you'll need it later on. which is why we are giving you a six out of ten. basically a reverse of yesterday. so follow bus stop buddy's advice, dress warmly this morning because temperatures are chillier the

the judge had to rain him in. >> going right out to lauren johnson in norristown outside the courthousegetting ready for day two, lauren. >> hopefully more calm, lawyers yelling loudly here inside the courtroom in montgomery county, the judge calling the behavior un civil, all of the bickering over publicizing the names of the dozen of women accusing cosby of sexual assault. cosby's lawyers don't want the women to be allowed to testify at his spring trial. the high steaks hearing was as eventful as ever, from the very beginning, lawyers from both sides got heated over the accusations from the other side about the women's names. cosby's defense team says many of those women have gone public with their accusations, so their names are already out there. his lead lawyer saying they are witnesses in a trial. they are not children. all of the back and forth over whether they should testify against cosby in a case that started over a decade ago. then temple university employee, andrea constand, filed a complaint against her friend, and mentor, over an encounter at his home. authorities reopene

at off campus amounts, all taken place at temple university. >> that's where lauren johnson is right now, so scary for women up there, lauren, because that guy is still on the loose. >> i know. so you're inside your apartment. then you know someone's out here on the sidewalk, looking inside. violating your privacy. then you in the flash outside the window. that's what happened to one girl. she said it is not the first time. the victim who does not want to be identified shared surveillance video she obtained near her 15th street off campus apartment. woman tells us she just stepped out of the shower, 10:30 monday night. she walks into her bedroom, draped in her towel, the moment she dropped the towel is when she noticed something strange at heroin dough, a ball of light. the girl's boyfriend ran outside. chased the man, tackled him, the man seemed to be confused why he was being head down, unsure if he was the man who snapped the picture, boyfriends let him go. once they got their hands on the surveillance video they new he was their guy, and now, the victim says she has no idea who he

learning some new information about the help of the other driver, let's get right to lauren johnson in the news room with what we know. lauren? >> trooper franky williams responds willing to emergency call of irradic driver and as fate would sadly have it that irradic driver killed a 31 year old in a violent crash. tonight candlelight vigil planned for 7:00 p.m. at the least berg fire department hall. all emergency responders members of the state police, family, friend, invited to attend. fire chief expecting about 500 people to show up, and he said, they are prepared for the crowds. williams' friends said he had always dreamed of becoming a police officer for six years, he was lost prevention officer for lowe's home improvement stores. then in january he earned the badge and title he longed for from the new jersey state police ahmaddiya mid. less than year later, monday night, the dream ended. he suffers from some sort of medical condition, crossed the grassy median on route 55 in millville, williams died at cooper hospital in camden, a police procession escorted his body from the hos

they caught all of the action there, lauren johnson now with a recap of what happened and what we expect for this day. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: hey, good morning, karen, just as you said, what a day it was yesterday. it started with bill cosby making few jokes as he walked into the courtroom yesterday with deputies. lawyers on both sides engaged in a screaming match on how the other side handling the names of the sexual assault victims who have come forward. the judge threatened to call more deputies into the courtroom if the two sides couldn't maintain some sense of decor up. even bill cosby was little different than we've seen him in the past, usually very slow, quiet with his vision and memory problems according to his laurels, the 79 year old was yelling out in the courtroom on several occasions even when the questions were not directed at him. at this pretrial hearing, prosecute remembers trying to prove cosby had history every drugging and molesting young women, all started when former temple employee andrea constand filed complaint against cosby once her friends and ment

lets get out to lauren johnson with the details, lauren. >> reporter: we have noticed police cruisers circling city hall where our market is set up and located, not the sure if that is normal will or in response to what happened this berlin but we need to be on high alert with christmas just five days way since officials calling it a deliberate act of terror. lets look at the video. big black truck barreled through a busy christmas market set up outside a church in berlin, shoppers, visitors, tourist all targets of what they are calling an intentional act. scene quite chaotic after emergency responders lined the street hoping to care for and evacuate injured people away from that scene. police were trying to keep people away, passenger inside truck died on the scene as paramedics tried to care for him about a mile away police arrested driver of the truck, investigators believed the suspect came to germany as a refugee from pakistan this past february, while many high ranking officials here and broad has sited this as a terror attack in group has claim responsibility just yet, still th

. >> lauren johnson is at new castle county police department this morning with more on the investigation, lauren. >> reporter: hey, good morning thomas. police released new surveillance video they are hoping someone might recognize the car in that video, and it could lead to an arrest and probably a conn convictions. lets lot at kid involved, middle schooler, brian richard, recovering there pretty serious injuries after police say a driver hit him and then never stopped. he was trying to cross the street with a friend when hit. luckily the boy is expect to be okay but he is dealing with several broken bones and many more injuries. check out new video of the car involved, it is hard to tell exactly what it looks like in that video but police believe the driver was behind the wheel of the newer model chrysler 300 red in color. here's a young boys mother about her son's extensive injuries and her hopes for the driver. >> he has a broken left femur, he has got a broken, his right leg is broken. the his foot is shattered, his ankle, they have been trying to least pair all that. he has got a f

but they are hard to defend and police in our area are stepping up security, lets get out to lauren johnson by city hall, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, karen. we have noticed police officers on foot and patrolling in their vehicles around ger hand christmas village here at city hall. here's what we want to you do is look at video from the scene yesterday, big black truck barreled right through a busy christmas market set up outside a church this berlin, shoppers, vendors, tourist all targets of what authorities are calling an intentional act scene chaotic in the moments after emergency responders line the streets hoping to care for an evacuate injured people away from that scene and heavily arm police we were seen trying to monitor situation. passenger inside that truck did die on the scene as paramedics were trying to care for him a mile and a half away police arrested a driver of the truck investigators believe that suspect, came to germany as a refugee from pakistan this past february. many high ranking officials here and abroad cited this as a terror attack but isis is claiming res

lets get out to lauren johnson who just got to the scene and who is what we have been learning so far, hi there lauren. >> reporter: hi karen good morning. we have an update from the pio here in moorestown. they got a call around 3:39 this morning about the fire alarms here at brandywine assisted living facility. when they made their way here there was, a lot of smoke coming from the basement area they found out it was a utility room, luckily building here does have sprinkler systems in place and that helped but there is a big mess in that room. because of the cold temperatures out here this morning, they did not want to bring the 70 residents out in the cold so they were able to evacuate them into another part of the building so they did not come out in the cold at that time. so what we understand now is that the fire is out, it was put out at 4:17 this morning and crews are just working to clean up a big mess on their hand. they will be here a little while longer but good news in all this this 70 people that lived here that would have been affect by this are okay. they have not been

our lauren johnson is at the police department in new castle with the very latest on this, lauren. >> reporter: good morning to you, karen. police released new surveillance video that they hepp will help them find this person and, of course, that reward as you mentioned is $20,000. the lets take a look at that video. middle school student brian richards is recovering from serious injuries after police, say that a driver hit him and never stopped. he was trying to cross the street with the friend when he was hit and luckily the boy is expect to be okay but he is dealing with a lot of injuries. check out the new video of the car involved, it is hard to tell exactly what the car looks like but police tell us that they believe the driver was behind the wheel of the newer model chrysler 300, red in color. here's young boy's mother about her son's extensive injuries and her hopes for the driver. >> he has a broken left femur, he has got a broken, his right leg is broken. so his foot is shattered, his ankle. they will try to repair all that. he has got fractured skull and some facial fractur

our lauren johnson in the news room. >> this has been very emotional week, lauren? it has, and the vigil scheduled to take place outside the leesburg fire department. hundreds expected to show up including emergency responders, and members of the state police. williams was just short of completing his first year as an officer. he graduated from the new jersey state police academy in january to pursue his life-long dream of wearing a badge. he was also recently married in atlantic city. the 31 year old trooper died on monday night after a crash on route 55 in millville. sixty-one year old lloyd ruddily, who suffers from a medical condition, likely diabetes, crossed the median and slammed into williams' cruiser. now, everyone who knew him is remembering him as one of the best and brightest, even strangers are heart broken by the story. >> usually something horrible happens to, you know, the goodwin the ones that you know, you know, do right. i mean, so many things out there about, you know, the bad cops, the good cops, all of that. but to hear that, you know, yes, he

fox 29's lauren johnson explains why some elementary school students are allowed into the board roomthe law firm. check this this out. ♪ >> reporter: ellen bailey has a full plate. >> problems you want to help but it's always a time issue. >> reporter: she makes the time and schedules her life accordingly. >> it was on tuesday. i can't do it because i knew i have this to do. >> reporter: this molding young minds. >> it is probably the most cathartic thing i do all day. >> reporter: business litigation how she pays the bills. mentoring children is how she pays it forward. >> they're the people that require the least amount of our time and we get the biggest gift back on our invest many many. >> reporter: pointing kids in the right direction partnership with philadelphia reads. the bond was form three years ago. >> it's important for to us invest in our children. >> reporter: once a week second graders from spring garden school -- >> it's important that they get to see that there's a world outside theirs. >> reporter: step into a different world. >> they get to see people who don't loo

so you've got a great story you'd like to share you can e-mail lauren at lauren. johnson. you got great ideas, send them to lauren. as you can see she will do an out than thatting story. that's the ben franklin bridge, doesn't look too bad, but people taking their time, but rain, cold, they're going to have to be careful out there. slippery out there. north and west there might be a couple of slick spots this morning. look at ultimate doppler. itself it's all plain rain over the area roadways. but an area as you get north and west, especially right along 209 as you're going up towards the lehigh valley there could be a pocket of some freezing rain. if we look at fox futurecast through the morning hours, the rain is with us, but by lunchtime you'll see the back edge coming through here and at about 2:00 things are just about done in terms the rain. rain across town big storm system across the eastern part of the nation and another storm system outroar the rockies and out towards the northern plains. wind advisory so you're going to need to check in with your carriers especia

reporting from cherry hill, lauren johnson fox 29 news. >>> well now i get these thing. a chance to test out the hatchimal. they all took turns rubbing the egg you wait are it to hatch. takes about two hours before the little critter emerged from the egg. haven't decided which will take care of the newest member of the good day family and apparently no name just yet. >> all right. >> right now at 6:00 the coldest temperatures in 10 months invade the delaware valley bringing wind and maybe even snow and it's all just in time for the weekend. we'll break down the timing. >>> and caught on camera, police say these two guys walk into a local pharmacy and tried to walk out with stuff they didn't pay for. see what happened when an employee tried to stop them. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> fresh snow won't be a problem if hitting the slopes is on your list of things to do this weekend. it's certainly cold enough and area ski resorts are open and ready. i'll tell was you better bundle up if you plan on spenting any time outdoors this w

. >> i was out there watchin watcn the phone with lauren johnson i missed out on my tick. >> i took atory lap i never expected to see hatchimal for this story i suspect tom will make a deal to have that thing hatch under his tree this year one way or the other. >> i see your hatchimal and i'll top you two american girl dolls. >> but aren't like like a thus san cool toys. what do we do getting nuts over this ever single christmas. tweet me if you refuse to play the game or if you're really good at it at hank fox 29 or the house at fox 29. have fun out there you bunch of crazies. >>> fantastic. you can catch "the q" every weekday at noon right here on fox 29. you know i had to get a tickle me elmo once. took forever. in your health now, americans more likely to skip needed dental care than any on the type of care because can't afford it. researchers look into why people avoid dental care and other health services. one in four lower income adults did not get dental care because of cost. read all about it in the journal health affairs. tonight a local organization making christmas whole l

lauren johnson fox 29 news. >> that is so sweet. you can tell they are enjoying that.philadelphia read, they are always looking for individual and corporate sponsors, or if you you want to mentor they are looking for a group of 30 plus people who are available on a weekly basis and kid will come right to you. >>> do you have a great story you'd like to share with lauren. e-mail lauren at lauren dot johnson at fox tv.com, for her are you kidding me segment is this we love this because it features the kid. >>> we have some breaking news out of the mediterranean, the highjackers we have been telling you about this morning they are releasing passengers from the libyan airplane that landed this morning in malta. last count about 65 passengers have been freed, so far but remember we told you there about 118 passengers and crew on board that plane. highjackers have claimed to have hand grenades, authorities say they are insisting on holding the pilot there. negotiators have been working to resolve situation peacefully. >> is this a live shot. >> yes, it is. >> okay. >> they r

. >> it happened outside a delaware daze care and that is where lauren johnson is. hi there, lauren. >> reporter: hi there, mike. they are offering $20,000 and they released this new surveillance video hoping that someone will recognize car in that video that hit this midst will school student. lets look at his picture. seventh grader, brian richard is his name recovering from some press i serious injuries after police say drive hit him and never stop. he was trying to cross the street with the friend. the boy is expect to be okay but he has a long road to least coverry. check out new video of the car involved, hard to tell exactly what it looks like in that individuals ohio, but police believe that driver was behind the wheel of the new model chrysler 300. here's young boy's mother talking about her son's extensive injuries and her hopes for that driver. >> he has got broken left femur, he has got a broken, his right leg is broken, foot shattered, his ankle, so they have been trying to least pair all that. he has got a fractured skull and facial fractures. >> suspec

peeping tom, lurking in the windows at temple university. >> let's get right taught lauren johnson toxplain what we know and to show us more of the city. lauren, good morning. >> hey, good morning, karen, so yes there is woman said she was inside her apartment when something weird happened here outside on the streets at 15th near the campus of temple university. the victim, who does not want to be identified, shared surveillance video she obtained near her off-campus apartment. the woman tells us she had just stepped out of the shower, around 10:30, monday night. she walked out of her bathroom, into her bedroom, draped in her towel, and the moment she dropped the towel was when she noticed something strange at the window. the girl's boyfriends ran outside chased the man, tackled him. the man seemed to be confused about why he was being held down. unsure if he was the man who snapped the picture, the boyfriends let him go. once they got their hands on the surround vale vince yo they new he was their guy who later hopped a fence and took off. now the victim says she has no idea who he i

. >> and how about a treat for those kid, lauren johnson. >> yes. >> you guys were chatting, and you know why, every kid in his classroom gets a gift. let's talk to mr. clark. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, a rebater it. >> why did you do it for these children. >> i want to thank them for sponsoring this for our children, would i like to thank santa claus and my teachers for working here, but you know if you saw the faces and faces, that is why we did it. >> yes. >> and kid, screamed, shook and say i got a gift, so exciting. i saw press release $11,000 donated from their own wallet. >> yes, they donated to make this happen for over a thousand children, 200 children. >> does it make you smile, make your heart melt when they do something for kid they don't know. >> well, it gives me a lot of hope. people really care. we will make it right. >> let'se if we can find one of the kid. this is one i saw excited mike and alex when he got his gifts lets see if he will talk. what did you get, caleb, what is this. >> let's see what it is. >> i saw you were so excited, smiling, shaking, how

she's good on tv but she's not -- >> and lauren johnson, i want to come to you on another pick that's alarmed or confused a lot of people and that's ben carson for hud. when he was first tapped potentially to run health and human services he said, no, he didn't have enough government experience to do that job even though he thought he could be president and now he's being tapped for humptd you as someone who is successful both in the field of health care and in the field of real estate so you actually know the two things that he's supposed to be a specialist in, what do you make of the ben carson pick? >> thanks for having me, joy. what is remarkable to me most about ben carson's nomination is the fact that he's the only appointee that has no connection to the area of the agency to which he's assigned, and so that is concerning. he has no expertise in policies of housing or urban development, and yet he's been tasked with this enormous responsibility with about 47 million -- $47 billion, and 80% of the country he's responsible for, urban communities, and it makes me wonder does the ad

face, breaking right now a man shot in the car moments after leaving a north philadelphia bar, lauren johnsonve at the scene. >>> plus cosby in court this guy spend a lot of time in court and in trial what is going on here? will a judge let three other women, allow them to testify? >>> and the oil man is in, president east electric donald trump is expected to announce exxon mobile executive rex tillerson as secretary of state, why his latest cabinet pick is coming under fire. >>> i hope this person realize s what he has done. >> man swipes packages off steps in broad daylight but it hoist the gifts are meant for that is causing holiday outrage. >> we do that every year and here we go again, good day, it is tuesday, december 13th, 2016. >> happy tuesday to you, mike. >> right back at you, happy tuesday. >> i'm loving the tie you have got going on there. >> i bought it yesterday. >> you did, brand new. >> does it look all right. >> is it green, go back and forth so we can see, it

today's electrical college will be voting in our area and we are expecting some protests our lauren johnson is here to explain all that and some extra security. >> state officials bringing in extra security bracing for larger than usual crowds as well as democrat stations. usually they happen without much fanfare and public attention but things are different after a contentious battle for the white house. the here's how it will play out here in pennsylvania. twenty elect tors selected by trump campaign will hear remarks from tom wolf. then they will be called by name to cast paper ballots for both president and vice-president. the ballot is secret, then votes are tallied. similar scenes will play out all over the country, yesterday, rnc chairman spoke about the process on "fox news" sunday. >> we're very confident that everything is going to be very smooth tomorrow and this harassment, from groups like move on.org and democratic party should stop, and it is what the american people demand. >> trump beat hillary clinton last month in the presidential election but anti trump backlash is real

. >> so lets get to lauren johnson where she has more details on this. >> extra security for larger thanl crowds as well as demonstrations expected at today's event and usually these shown is happen without much fanfare, public attention but things are expect to be different this year after a contentious battle to the white house. today 538 elect tors will meet across the country to make the presidential election official but there is growing pressure to flip some of them to keep president-elect donald trump out of the white house. thirty-seven republican elect tors flipped then mr. trump won't have 370 electoral votes to officially win. >> i don't know what i will do monday, i may vote for secretary clinton, or i may vote for a republican that 37 republican elect tors would want me to vote for. >> reporter: that comment bound to hillary clinton, democrats are now under pressure to vet for republican other than trump, sweeping someone else into office. election watchers say all of this is the longest of shots. twenty-nine states actually have laws that bind elect tors to the candidate ch

after watching i was on the phone with lauren johnson as i missed out on my ticket. walking away dejected. >> i took victory lap i never expected to see a hatchimal for this story. i suspect tom is going to make a deal to have that thing hatch under his tree this year one way or the other. >> i see your hatchimal and i'll top you two american girl dolls. >> aren't there like a thousand cool toys. what do we do getting nuts over this every single christmas. tweet me if you refuse play the game or if you're really good at it at hank fox or the house at fox 29 philly. have fun out uh-uh bunch of craze cease. >>> ohio could soon pass the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. what changes it will mean if the governor signs the controversial bill. >> are you ready for a complete economic collapse? what about a zombie apocalypse? these sound like movie plots, right? but people near you are preparing just in case. what they're doing that you're not. ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. in the 3.7

i'm jennifer joist in for lauren johnson here with shawn brazen scott williams. good p morning.s cold enough for you guys? >> i think the hatch mole is a little cold this morning. it's getting a little ask it i. > i didn't know it was going to start making noise. what did i do? i woke the thing up. i apologize. i don't even know -- >> i don't know, either, shawn. i don't know how those things work, but i hear they're a who the commodity. i'll put it over here for a second. it scares me a little bit. > a little scary. it might not want to come out because it's so cold outside. it really is the coldest temperatures we've seen in ten months. winds going to be gusting up to 20 miles per hour. making it feel even colder. a live look in trenton showing you the bitter winds. let's talk about the temperature right now in philadelphia, up to 29-degrees. it feels like 20 degrees. so that's how you should dress on this saturday morning. weather by the numbers, we'll give it about a 5 due to the blustery conditions and the temperatures stuck in the 30s for today. 28 wilmington in millville,

now reportedly back to johnson & johnson. lauren: shares surging almost 7%.ow futures down eight points. s&p futures down to. massive downpour. we closed yesterday at the second and third highest levels of the year for each major averages and the highest levels in history. looking for about 20,000 but we are seeing resistance for the level. nicole: the downside was trading 45-point that we've seen in more than two years at the checkout oil and gold. both lower. $52.34 a barrel. 1132 at tryouts. lauren: stocks edge lower fallen short of the dow 20,000 mark, like a milestone investors want to get to. what can they expect as the market starts to wind down a couple days before chris is. gary b. smith and a fox news contributor joining us once again. good morning. i love how you called we are going to hit 20,000. not this week that by the end of 2016. how high do we go and how fast we get there? >> is a great question. we kind of chuckled when i was on the top of the hour talking about dow 30,000. that kind of sounds like the dow 30,000. look at it this way. in fe

lauren: oil pulling back, gold up $6 up to the first time in four days. nicole: johnson& johnson ordered to pay more than billion dollars to six plaintiff who is say they were injured by hip implant. a federal judge in dallas found they were defectively defined. tissue death, bone erosion and other injuries. johnsonjohnson & johnson would immediately appeal. lauren: effort to root out misinformation. one of the labels leads this website is not a reliable news source, the test is being conducted among a small number of facebook's 1.8 billion users, it comes after claims that fake news on facebook influenced public opinion in the u.s. presidential election. mark zuckerberg pointed to work fact-checking groups. nicole: china is escalating efforts to cool down its financial system. china central bank is draping cash from the financial system and raising borrowing rates in the past week as it seeks to cut excessive borrowing. under fire from regulators in the u.s. and europe, airbnb is enforcing in rentals, first time it has agreed to enforce legal limits on the number each y

lauren, appreciate it. >>> today was fourth annual all district septa reek will decoration competition. septa employees from all four districts volunteered to decorate vehicles for the holiday season. our meisha johnson was one of the guest judges at the event earlier today, from santa and elves, tinsel, and yoda it is a holiday sight to see. see it this saturday on difficulties lay at dilworth park. >>> all decked out. >> how about it. >>> this saturday thousands will come together for read across america. >> volunteers nationwide will lay wreaths at at the grave sites of all who served in the u.s. military. this program began the at arlington national cemetery 25 years ago. the wreath company in maine drives the wreaths each year and some say the program will remind people to appreciate the job that the u.s. troops to. >> i think it is important that we teach our children growing up is freedom is not free. there is a cost, to freedom. somebody has to pay a price. >> program organizers say that they have struggled in year to raise enough money for every marker but they did get it done, thousands of volunteers came out to arlington cemetery to lay wreaths last year, in all, they placed 240,000. >> th