roscoe butler, the deputy director of health care for the american legion here. roscoe, good to have you. darin selnick, senior veterans affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. joseph violante, national legislative director of disabled american veterans. mr. bill raush who is missing in action right now. or awol. political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos fuentes, senior legislative associate for the veterans of foreign wars. we'll start with you, mr. butler. >> chairman, ranking member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2.3 million members of the american legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion's views of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems within the department of veterans affairs. va wait times for appointment medical care had reached an unacceptable level na

recently the american legion learned the v.a. contract required these third-party administrators to report daily choice metrics. however these contracts have now expired in the tba are no longer required to report these daily metrics. the last report v.a. provided was dated march 31, 2015. the american legion is concerned that since the tba is no longer required to provide these metrics va can lose track of the numbers. the american legion calls on congress to require va to report these daily metrics throughout the duration of the contract or explain how they will continue to track this information. in fiscal year 2014 v.a. spent over $7 billion on non-va health care. many of the non-v.a. purchased care programs managed by different program officers and v.a. central office in some of these services are handled outside of processing systems. v.a. current purchase models incorporate all of va's non-v.a. care programs into a single integrated purchased care model. congress should look into streamlining non-v.a. care statutory author

we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion steel of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the access to choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems than the department of veterans affairs. v-8 waits for medical care have reached an unacceptable level as veteran struggled to reset access to timely health care within the va health care system. it was clear this with changes were needed to ensure that veterans have access to health canada timely matter. as a result the american legion to charge by setting up veterans benefits centers in big and small cities across the country to assist veterans in need and their families as a result of the systemic scheduling crisis facing the va. the american legion dbc charges work first-hand with veterans experiencing difficulty in obtaining health care are having difficulty in receiving their benefits. on november the fifth, 2014 va world of the veterans choice card program and after six months is clear the program fell short of initial project

roscoe butler the deputy director of the health care for the american legion here. roscoe, good to have you. darren she will nick, senior veterans affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. joseph velante, national legislative director of days abled american veterans. mr. bill raush who is missing in action right now. or awol. political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos ffuentes senior legislative associate for the veterans ever foreign wars. we'll start with you, mr. butler. >> chairman, ranking member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2.3 million members of the american legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion's views of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems within the department of veterans affairs. va wait times for appointment medical care had reached an unacceptabl

when you cross the american legion bridge. a mild morning. maybe a few scattered afternoon thunderstorms. the warm pattern continues on into next week. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your bus stop forecast, what to wear for this wednesday. melissa has a problem on 270. >> brand new problem on 270. we are talking about the southbound local lanes just after montrose road this morning. something to be beware of here. we're starting to get jammed down here. for all the folks coming off montrose road. little slow right there. hopefully that gets out of the way soon. we have the first 4 traffic tracker drive by this. it's again a disabled lane off to the left side. still a tad slow this morning. 66 overall, kind of looking typical. 95 once again slowest spot is going is coming through dale city. inner and outer loop, everything is rolling along fine. we will keep our fingers crossed that things stay that way. the first 4 traffic tracker frozen just for a moment there. but we'll look at the american legion bridge in a moment. there's fog over t

google executives have been watching with worry as rival apple has gained legions of customers through its iphone. now google has unveiled a range of upgrades and apps for devices running its android operating system. the executives hope the new offerings prompt iphone users to search. one app is google photos. it can back up and store photos for free. the idea is to save users time by taking over the job creating albums. the app recognizes where and when the images were taken and who were in them. it them automatically sorts them. google maps is getting an enhancement users can store their maps data and then use

if you're coming home hit a parade at 9:30, american legion post 28. avalon, do you know drive proceeding northbound. stone harbor, noontime start time, 96th street off the bridge. don't forget the townsend inlet bridge remains closed for construction. >> reporter: took a couple of walks through the neighborhood over the weekend everybody has the flags out and being patriotic, that's what you do on memorial day certainly. right now we're in the 60s humidity on the low side. it will be more humid as the day goes on. high today of 87 degrees, we expect a fair amount of sunshine and there will be a bit of a breeze blowing. across the country we had severe weather yesterday and more today, not so much toward the east. we're looking more likely at severe weather in central texas near dallas and houston and up through wichita and spreading over toward chicago thunderstorms here could produce strong gusty winds in texas there's a slight chance of a pop up tornado. at our local airport philly international we have all green aircraft and no rain reporting at ou

the legion formed in 1921 to support the veterans of the great war. after many years later and so many more lives have been sacrificed, the legion continues to offer support to the members of the armed services. vice admiral sir peter wilkinson. last wreath laid by randolph churchill and robert gale. gale who was loading his landing craft with ammunition after the amphibious invasion of rangoon in 1945 when he heard about the end of the war in europe. >> on this day, at this hour we commemorate the 70th anniversary of v.e. day. we give thanks for all who played their part in achieving victory in the second world war. we remember with sorrow all those who were killed and whose lives were changed forever. >> the right reverend nigel stock, bishop to her majesty's forces. randolph churchill will now read extracts from his great grandfather, winston churchill. mr. churchill: the extract from winston churchill's speech of the 8th of may, 1945. yesterday morning at 2:41 a.m. at headquarters, general goebbel the representative of the german high command and

cently the american legion learned the v.a. contract required these third party administrators to report daily choice metrics. however, this requirement is now expired and the tpa's are fo longer required to report these daily metrics. the last report v.a. provided was dated march 31st 2015. the american legion is concerned since the tpas are no longer required to provide these metrics v.a. could easily lose track of the numbers. the american legion calls on congress to required v.a. to continue reporting these daily metrics throughout the duration of the contract or explain how they will continue to track this information. they should streamline to incorporate all of non-v.a. programs into a single model. congress should look into streamlining the non-v.a. care statutory authorities. once congress gets a better sense of how to choice program will play out over the next couple of years, v.a.'s non-v.a. care should be consolidated and rationalized in learning lessons learned from the v.a. choice program. thank you and again rank

it ends at the legion hall. a memorial service will be held at the park across the street. sends us photos of the military members in your life or share your pictures join the action at 6abc.com or use the #6abc action on social media. >> 9:05, 8 people are in the hospital two in critical condition after a carbon monoxide leak in montgomery county. one of those sickens was a paramedic who was trying to help. firefighters were called out to west airy street around 11:00 p.m. they found elevated readings in five homes. the source of the leak with a generator in the basement. >> power from the home was shut off on the 21st of this month and sometime between then they purchased a generator running that to power the home. >> when they came up, the guy could barely walk. and the lady she wasn't moving, we thought she was dead. >> 8 people in all were taken to the hospital, including a a paramedic. crews had to rescue and give oxygen to two dogs. >>> three people are out of a home after a fire overnight. the action cam was on the scene north 25th street in north philadelphia. fire

we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the american legion steel of the progress of the veterans choice program. the american legion supported the access to choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems than the department of veterans affairs. v.a. waits for medical care have reached an unacceptable level as veteran struggled to reset access to timely health care within the va health care system. it was clear this with changes were needed to ensure that veterans have access to health care in a timely matter. as a result the american legion took charge by setting up veterans benefits centers in big and small cities across the country to assist veterans in need and their families as a result of the systemic scheduling crisis facing the va. the american legion dbc charges work first-hand with veterans experiencing difficulty in obtaining health care are having difficulty in receiving their benefits. on november the fifth, 2014 v.a. rolled out the veterans choice card program and after six months is clear the program fell short of initi

others served in the regiments as well. ♪ >> the 19 standards of the british legion. ♪ >> the silence we have the applause, a sense of celebration can begin. >> yes. the anniversary must bring back memories both happy and unhappy for those veterans today remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of freedom. >> on this day 70 years ago, peace at last returned to europe. it would be another three months before victory in the far east was seen. then the most destructive global conflict ever seen was finally over. shortly the barriers will be removed, and the public, having laid their wreaths, will disperse, too. >> tomorrow, two sunni leaders from iraq discuss the political future of their country. posted by the brookings institute -- posted by the brookings -- hosted by the brookings institute. >> [speaking german] >> federal president, madame chancellor president of the federal constitutional court excellencies colleagues, guests . the eighth of may was a day of liberation. when these words were spoken in the address to the german bundestag 30 years ago today in bonn,

please join me in the legible legions. -- the pledge of allegiance. >> ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn'shere so proudly we hail as the twilight's last gleaming? >> ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming >> ♪ the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that outr flag was still there. oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? announcer: aren't they wonderful, ladies and gentlemen? i would like to share a story with you. the song i wrote five years ago for governor huckabee. this is the first time i have had the opportunity to sing it. when he asked me to come and honor him at this moment, i felt this was the right time, he wanted me to sing this song to you. now when a town called hope [inaudible] i believe this man who is the most trusted man i have ever met in my life can bring that hope to america. [applause] >> you can hit it. it's called "america is my hometown." ♪ rugged mountains, deeply see -- deep blue sea from the cornfields in t

this does continue on the inner loop closer to the american legion bridge.move to the map focus on what we see now leaving d.c. outbound on the memorial bridge. westbound. the lane that is blocked to the right-hand side. use the left lane. we will see the congestion with everyone trying toilful the city. it wasn't an issue for us in the morning commute. we just got if delays working your way. in the stretch crossing the american legion bridge and 66 scott: that was horace holmes. we'll get back to him. alison: but first innovative car and ride share businesses like uber and zip car now have even more competition. scott: as mike reports starting this week two new transportation-related mobile apps. enter the already competitive d.c market. >> move over. on wednesday a new d.c.-based transportation app launches on washington matching customers going the same direction. >> we are not finding one person. we could find multiple people. there could be somebody when you get in and somebody left when you get out. >> it costs half the price of uber or cab ride. >> $2

we zoom in american legion bridge will take you 15 minutes. it's slowing down already. as we move closer to d.c., this is on the freeway. we hear injuries. a lot of flashing light for the crews in this area. a heads up. on sunday they have the rolling thunder ride for freedom. that will be blocked off 11 till 3:00. but just on sunday. the route from the pent parking lot -- pentagon parking lot to 23rd and constitution avenue. we will show you 23rd at constitution aver. right now peaceful and quiet. sunday is a different story. that is a look at traffic. back to you. scott: peaceful and quiet. alison: so weather wise what a day. this is like the picture perfect start for a holiday weekend. brian: yesterday was icky. good news i think we have three days in a row of dry weather. the heat will build but it should be dry. alison: very nice. brian: good stuff. i'll take credit. it's feeling good. we have sprinkles north and west of the mason dixon line. will they sneak in the metro area? slight chance but so light, not a big concern. if you are heading out. clear skies. tempe

we have talk to a world war two vet here to support this event, been a member of the american legions. then again we have so many children equally as involved in the event. actual parade will begin in about 15 minutes. it includes antique cars and even a children's bike parade which is back by popular demand. i'm told that the kid bikes were judged about an hour ago. it is getting everyone involve in this from the men in their 90's through again where world war two veterans and then young children who are here, participating in this event. so some of the members of the american legion told me this is biggest event of the year for them, including today's plans for next year. alex and chris. >> okay. >> thank you very much, jennifer. >> 9:25. well, big summer season is here, so what does that mean for atlantic city? celebrities, concerts and big changes, we will tell you top events coming up down the the shore, that is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you want it ♪ ♪ go out and get it ♪ body pain? motrin helps you be an unstoppable, i-can-totally-do-this- all-in-one-trip kind of woman. when pain tries

and from that spirit you will join the legions of optimists and idealists who are working toward a better human future. what better place to draw on that spirit been here in colonial williamsburg, where a college educated patriot like john marshall or thomas jefferson, went forth to build a new nation based on equality, justice, and rule of law. political institutions did not always live up to the grand aspirations expressed in the great document. they in their endeavors were imperfect, as are all human beings. they stumbled, sometimes they fell. but they kept going. they left a legacy that allow future generations, descendents of the free, and descendents of slaves, to pick up the torch and walks toward the goal to making we the people a more inclusive concept. you now leave that very college william and mary to join the ranks of the world's most privileged community, the community of the educated. it is a club that you may never quite, and from which you can never be expelled. but remember that it does confirm responsibilities. so as you leave, i ask you to bear a few things in mind. be

of the american legion held hem memorial someday service at the freedom's foundation. and metal owner grove developed this those that won the nation's highest alert for ball lord. >> officials from the hospital say two of the four remain in critical condition. others are expected to spend the next several days every habilitation center. ongoing investigation is led by national transportation safety board and fbi. >> police in philadelphia are investigating after an officer fivrd at a suspect he believed was armed way happened gun. it unfolded 1 g this morning on 6600 block of large lauren and olney. i was going to give you my 24-year-old map and it appears if i have a handgun nount. investigators fund illegal narcoticics. suspect was arrested and officer that fired the shot is on desk duty pending outcome of investigation. >> the streets of leaf lant, ohio are calm again tonight after crashes last night fol a controversial period incompetent. a whooi white fwloyvr, 7 1 people were arrested and protests got out of hadn't that included tax on innocent buy standers. >> we

darÍo: la legiÓn de personas que dicen haberse vuelto acercan a la fe catÓlica de veces al papa franciscoa durado 55 minutos, mucho mÁs de lo que suelen prolongarse estas audiencias. darÍo: se ha dicho que era la visita mÁs importante que hacÍan toda su vida. >> le vine a agradecer lo que hizo para empezar a resolver los problemas entre estados unidos y cuba. darÍo: se han abierto del viaje que el obispo de roma revisarÁ el prÓximo mes de septiembre. aunque no se cerrÓ el programa se sabe que la visita tendrÁ lugar antes de que el pontÍfice acuda a estados unidos. se espera que francisco de el espaldarazo definitivo a la normalizaciÓn de las relaciones bilaterales entre estas naciones que llevan dÉcadas del distanciamiento. darÍo: dejÓ de verse con francisco del vaticano al presidente cubano se ha reunido con el primer ministro italiano. ambos hablaron de la peticiÓn de la habana para firmar un tratado bilateral o la uniÓn europea similar a la que tienen con otros paÍses latinoamericanos. >> hoy es un dÍa en el que podemos ver que muchas cosas estÁn cambiando el curso de la historia. [fla

slowing is typical. 25 minutes to get from 66 to the american legion bridge. once in maryland still on the brakes. we had earlier wires down but they are now gone. that is a look at traffic. kimberly: welcome back. i'm kimberly suiters. we are here in the "7 on your side" help center where we have experts standing by by unclaimed property division of d.c. and maryland who are going to be connecting you with your money, with your unclaimed property. your unclaimed cash. we will open up the phone line in five minutes and talk about the potential scam and pitfalls to watch out for when you do it. they will walk you through it and how to get your cash. they will do it for you over the phone. we'll open the minutes four minutes away. see you in a few moments. back to you in the studio. leon: all right. see you in a bit. president obama decided to build his presidential library on the south side of chicago where his political career began. alison: right. the bid by the university of chicago beat out proposals by three other schools. karen traverse has more. reporter

i read an account that the french were legion under the federales in mexico were involved. can you enlighten us? mr. dunkerly: the french were intervening in mexico when the u.s. was distracted with the civil war. i do not think any french troops were involved in the battle. i do think the confederates were getting supplies across the border immediately before the battle. i do not think any french or mexican troops were involved but i am not an expert. >> that was colonel ford, in his report. that he had french cannons. thank you very much. audience member: ron wilson. as part of general grant's provisions, and his terms of surrender that generally accepted, was a requirement that duplicate roles of soldiers be kept. the roles were later printed in volume 15 of the southern historical society papers. were there any roles kept in greensboro or any other surrenders? mr. dunkerly: i do not think i have come across that. i don't think so. largely in the other surrenders, the confederates dispersed pretty quickly. they had already been dispersing. at appomattox, everybody is kin

veterans lowered the flag to half-staff to honor our fallen families at the greenwich american legionss and "action news" team standing by with these stories and much more coming up neck at 6:00 from parades to celebrations with family and friends see how people marked memorial day all around the region. >> the search is on for an intruder who attacked a south philadelphia woman in her home and police are trying to figure out if it's the same suspect from a similar crime back in march. >>> now for monica malpass adam gentleman's so much cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams i'm sharrie williams. "action news" at 6:00 is up next. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪

same thing for you working your way across the american legion bridge and then as we move a little bit closer to d.c. so far, so good. 21 miles per hour is your average on the freeway and taking a live look at right near the american legion bridge no problems for you getting closer to river road. just our typical volume. again, 50 towards annapolis, anne arundel county. that's the problem spots. back to you guys. scott: all right. let's talk about those rain drops we saw earlier today and whether or not we've got more on the way. alison: yeah and the weekend. talk about that. doug: i think any rain drops in the weekend tomorrow would be in the afternoon, maybe a sprinkle briefly or light shower. not much. weekend pattern looks a lot better. let's get started on this first day of may on friday still cloudy, still chilly. this is mount airy, maryland and looking at summit ridge and it has been cloudy all day. at least the rain has ended and throughout the day there hasn't been a lot of changes in the sky condition as we get late in the afternoon here especially north and west of the metr

listed among his legions of fans. eric clapton and henderson.first blue's singer to play on the tonight show. b.b. king was inducted into the blue's foundation hall of fame. and received the presidential medal of freedom from president george w. bush. and he sang with president obama. >> ♪ ♪ >>> bb king often delighted his fans and those who love add good story with a tale of how his guitar lucille got its name. it was a story he shared in a 1976 interview. >> the man sitting next to me is a true legend. b.b. meaning. >> blues boy. >> how did you get that name. >> believe it or not i was a disk jockey on the radio in memphis. they used to call me the boy from yield street the blues boy. people would write me and they would just abbreviate it b.b. >> stories like that and many others can be found in his book. blues all around. why did you decide to write the book. >> i thought, at this time, in september, november of my years, i better do it now if i'm going to. >> let's get into august. let's just say august. we don't have to get into october or

officers who put their lives on the line each and every day the parade was organized by american legion post 834. >> and the american leemingon most hatfield, mving county has a new addition. this larger than life rendition was designed by a local artist ed bennett he chose these image because it sim poll liss tree come to around the world. a mural will be formally dedicated to em. >> on this memorial day. >> weekend a family tragedy to tell you about in millville new jersey. an accident this afternoon left two adults dead and two children nip critical condition. "action news" reporter wendy saltzman has that story. >> witnesses tell us that two cars were drag racing down this road when a mail driver lost control and skid nod a mother and two kids stopped in another car. here at this stops both drives died around 8 and 3 years old and were taken to other hospitals. >> the skid marks on the street measure the last moments before the crash and last moment the lives were lost. >> i witnessed two guys going very past fast. like they drag racing and one guy swevb aid guess to go arounds the

there the daniels w dowling american legion post honored veterans who served in all wars. >> the stars and stripes new high over bucks county. officials in doylestown raised a flag at the courthouse before kicking off a holiday parade. people lined the streets there to celebrate. the ceremony ended at doylestown cemetery. >>> people also honored fallen soldiers at the washington crossing national cemetery in newtown. a single rose was placed on each grave site this morning along with a rose at each of the two memorials on display at the cemetery's remembrance wall. there was also a special table set up to honor soldiers still missing in action. >> and thousands came out to observe memorial day in delaware county as well. the sun was shining brightly over the annual parade in radnor today. it ended at the town's war memorial where 88-year-old herman chikadel of delaware county got a long overduhon nor. he was presented the purple heart for wounds he sustained fighting in the second world war. >>> in marple the morning celebrations began with a commemoration at the delaware county vetera

not had words with her i've gone out of how way to meet and help the situation along because those legions leakages of events are stressful. >> so you went into the office. >> it was a friday she cracked the donor and said i'll talk to lazzaro you'll get an overwhelm on monday, i was able to get her on the phone on tuesday she read the e-mail. >> she read it to you. >> how do you know you she told me this is the overwhelm this was the stand next to you. >> okay. is that the end of the month to month. >> yes. it is what you mind forwarding it to me she said she wouldn't i know i'll make an dr for this particular e-mail. >> i did not see the e-mail in our packet. >> it's in the packet. >> no, no not our e-mail but the e-mail you're trying to determine. >> oh no, not in the packet. >> seem like an important thing for the commission to have in order to determination e determine who it should be turned over let me ask we have the city attorney's letter which disagrees with the staffs recommendations and as i read your letter seems like those agencies by a rough to produce anything simply saying

american legion post 372 and jewish family services. many here saying it was their small way of saying thank you to fallen veterans for giving their all in the defense of american liberty. >>> this was graduation day for more than 1100 students at lasalle university. student from 27 states and eight countries received aassociates and bachelor's degrees during ceremonies at the school. the oldest graduate in the class of 2015 is 66 years old. she finished a degree she started 25 years ago. before the days of laptops and smart phones and open line courses. >> it was raining golf ballsed in halfer oun town and a place for a good cause. those taking part bought golf balls to see them drop from the helicopter and in the end more than 8,000 dollars was raised all of which will go towards new playground equipment for the school. >>> jeff here now with sports. we have not said this in a while on a sunday night. things looking okay for the phils. >> dot phillies even recognize this team. what's going on here. let's be honest nobody is expecting

anyone can have part of the operating system so long as you pledge legionance to the ideas. previously if you wanted to join al qaeda, had you to travel to an al qaeda safe haven, probably in northern pakistan or afghanistan. now all you have to do is get a gun and carry out an attack. >> thousands of recruits access social media, terror sites and could be inspired to act. do you think that's overstating things? >> look of the thousands, those who will actually tip over into committing a terrorist attack are probably few. then again, we were very lucky in this attack in garland that you had those security officers those police officers who were able to stop the attacker ss before they got into the center. we could have had mass casualty event on our hands that probably would have dwarfed the attacks at ft. hood. >> dorothy, what about this event? in the light of this what about somebody like agellor who sponsored this event in texas, is this something that whoa ought to pursue? >> she's responsible for shining the light on exactly the perversion of ideological thinking in th

. >> elsewhere in the legion, at least 22 people have been killed between isil fighters. 50 people were injured during the battle in the eastern city. this has included members of isil. and displaced thousands. well, isil is also making gains in iraq, where heavy fighting is underway. from baghdad reports. >> there is a new front line in anbar province. in the east of ramadi there is a fierce fight. isil has taken some towns in the district. the forces lo ill to the government are trying to prevent the group from getting closer to a main base a few kilometer away. the islamic state hasn't lost it's momentum, just days after seizing the potential. it wants to drain the resources of it's opponents. those isil want to settle or to be a moving group. is that you are always threatening so many fronts, especially, when the defensive military forces are not equipped. and not ready. and they will leave the fight in the province. they were called in after the regular forces and an bar's local police were not able to hold off the isil assault. they ares are now asking for volunteers to join. they

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. >> nbc 10 at the american legion post 10 in montgomery county this afternoon, as well. that's where pennsylvania lieutenant governor mike stack was among those honoring fallen members of america's armed forces. also thanked everyone who served. >>> and in delaware county a 21-gun salute was part of today's memorial day ceremony in media. there was also a parade down state street. >>> still, others got an early start to the summer this weekend and the weather couldn't have been better. >> check out the view from our cape may camera. this time lapse video here showing people hitting the beaches all day long. but even though the holiday weekend is ending the summer-like weather is just beginning. >> some even went in the water right there. sheena parveen is here with the steamy details. sheena? >> yeah. and certainly a hot day if you needed to cool off. water temperature around 60 degrees. it is still pretty chilly out there in the water. now, on land temperatures are about 10 degrees above normal for this time of the year. still looking at a lot of sunshine at the view of

the study found large numbers of dead and bottle-nosed dolphins suffered lung and adenyl legions.ed the information saying it was likely caused by respiratory illnesses. >> teams condition their work. 83 people have been confirmed to have been killed in and around the northern town. 80 are missing. rain slowed down the rescue mission, raising fears of land slide. >> finally, it's pacman's birthday. the iconic game was launched 35 years ago and became a highest grossing video game. the game's main target audience was women to counter the male dominance of the industry. here is technology editor. >> in 1980, the video games world was dominated by games like space invaders. that was until this man set out to design a game to appeal to women. the inspiration, he was eating a pizza, two supplies in the idea of pacman occurred to him. the name - it was pacuman from the sound your mouth makes when opening and closing. later it was changed to pacman and became a hit. 350,000 arcade machines were sold. in the years that followed, they brought in there 2.5 million rev few. >> this was the f

most to take advantage of the permits at our last board meeting the full board o a recommended that legion get their permit with no. there's not the restriction of you know one day a month of entertainment allowed and we would like i'd like to support that permit as it is you know if johnson is happy with one day fine we'll go with that but obviously it would be better to have this business to be able to you know provide entertainment all month that 19 hundred block a number of businesses around p there and, yes there's a muffling clinic. >> a dry cleaner and it is a pretty vibrant mix over there and it has the appearance of a dead block we want to do everything we can to fix it. >> thank you. >> commissioner stefan i'm assisting johnson and his partners on this project i want to say this the big picture for this business is needs to grow and grow responsible his model when we first opened his business i accepted a lot of conditions if have good council and accepted before he rented one pool table we're in the process of going before the planning department and ask some of the conditions w

ordinarily there would be hundreds of trains travelling from here inside the city legionally and internationallyday, and the rest of the week the traffic has been badly affected. the deutsche bahn operators say hundreds of trains were cancelled and a third travelled in german. in eastern germany the situation is worse. 15% of trains are running. the union gdl says it's taking the action the 8th time in recent months because it is demanding a 5% pay rise and greater netting rights. here in this train station, dooech owe bahn the operator had information packs for those who were distrupted. thousands of people will have to make and find a way around the situation, and there are reports that on the roads there is gridlock in some places and certainly it's the sort of thing that deutsche bank wishes would not have happened. businesses suggest around 100 million euro per day will be lost because of the strike which will persist until sunday and there's a strike on freight travel. having a profound effect on the economy. none of this persuades gdl who says the action is necessary and the only means of

legion of honor it's $5 to $10 per person, but it's free on tuesday june 2. and in addition on friday night, like tonight can you go to the deyoung for free. >> that's something to check out. >> now that we have you all smart in the head. and entertained as well. let's show you a good time. how about getting wet. right there burgess park pool menlo swim and sport. you're going to receive one free daily pass for your entire family good for two adults three kids. they've got a year-round swim program there. i was there checking this out one time. it's really cool. they have more than just swimming tennis courts soccer, baseball fields and more. it's a $18 value. why would you spend a dime when you can get it for free. >> who would do that? how do we get it? >> call this number, 1 1-800-546-7877 or log onto our site. >>> a huge crowd rushes to save a unicyclist. people ran from nearby restaurants to move the bus backward and forward to free the biker. the man suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover. >>> it's out of control. ducks flying. oh! >> oh,

governor stack took part in an event hosted by 10 of the american legion.t took place outside their post in fort washington. lieutenant governor stack enlisted in the pennsylvania national guard. >>> in wildwood on this memorial day the shifted from the beach and boardwalk to those who gave all protecting our nation. many veterans were among the crowd at the north wildwood veterans memorial. officials placed a wreath in remembrance. >> hundreds honoring our nation's fallen in delaware county this morning. mode ya borough held their parade. veterans made their way down state street all to honor the brothers and sisters who gave it all in defense of our country. >> all right. time to check back in with your fox 29 weather authority now. scott, an absolutely perfect day for the parades and the observances and now things will change. >> yeah it certainly has been a beautiful holiday weekend across the entire area, lucy and iain. temperatures have been pleasant. humidity has been low. but we will see some changes in the offing over the next several days. so let'

google executives have been watching with worry as rival apple has gained legions of customers throughits iphone. now google has unveiled a range of upgrades and apps for devices running its android operating system. the executives hope the new offerings prompt iphone users to search. one app is google photos. it can back up and store photos for free. the idea is to save users time by taking over the job creating albums. the app recognizes where and when the images were taken and who were in them. it them automatically sorts them. google maps is getting an enhancement users can store their maps data and then use them even when not connected to the net. the executives also rolled out a new feature for google's payment service. android smartphone users can make payments by holding their hand sets over a cash register. apple launched payment service last year for smartphones equipped with finger print readers. now summer in japan is a time for many people to enjoy some nice cold beers. but changing consumer tastes are posing a challenge to major brewers. so they are working hard to boost

we'll track this to the american legion bridge. by about 6:14 so in a few minutes. then mohican hills about 6:23. we don't see any lightning in that storm. we do see lightning in this storm toward college station. don't drive through a flooded street. it's simply not worth it. this is producing rainfall over an inch per hour. see the lightning in college park. that's an indication of a strong storm. heavy heavy rain drift ing off to the east around brooklyn. we're going to track showers and thunderstorms pretty much through tonight probably till about midnight. yellow alert continues. bus stop temperatures very warm tomorrow. muggy. 66 to 78. in those areas that see showers and thunderstorms today this evening, more likely to have fog tomorrow morning. more thunderstorms tuesday over the cold front but they'll end early and should not be too heavy. good line of showers and storms from gaithersburg and much of loudoun county, fairfax county in to manassas. that rolls through the evening hours by 10:00 walking the dog you might need an umbrella. don't get too hung up

. >> we arerd oared by our legion, and morals to defend yemen.amped up it's air strikes against houthis positions in the capitol. these are some of the weapons, air dropped to government troops in the southern province. as the fighting picks up, international efforts are underway to bring together yemen's warring factions to stop political talks in geneva. saudi arabia which backs president hadi said iran is not welcome at geneva. >> the last time i checked iran was not a member of the g.c.c., was not a member of the league of arab states is not a contiguous neighbor to the state of yemen is not a third member of the security council. therefore, i don't see what is the point why not invite brazil, and others to the conference, there are no place for iran in the consultations in geneva. they are not been playing a constructive role. and as such cannot be rewarded. >> the growing political device can undermine the chances for any deal in geneva. international aid agencies warned the on going crisis will effect millions of people across the country.

lattin american post 80 of american legion held memorial day service at the freedoms foundation and ceremonies were held in medal of honor grove dedicated to those who won the nation's highest award for valor. >> and other news tonight 14 people were overcome by carbon monoxide because of leak inside norristown home. it happened late last night 100 block of west arie street. the residents inside were using generator in basement to power the home after their electricity was shut off. paramedics transported eight people to the hospital, two in critical condition. and two dogs were given oxygen at the scene. and philadelphia police are investigating a shooting in the strawberry mansion section this afternoon taken happened just after 3:00 on 2500 block of north 29 street and somebody shot a 34-year-old man four times and he was taken to temple university hospital in critical condition. >> the noble prize winning math ma tition an behind the "a beautiful mind" was killed in a car crash on the new jersey turnpike, john nash and alicia were on their way home to princeton junction from newark in a ca