>>> thursday good marshall and the naacp. they explored marshall's early law career as well as his work in the south to expand voting rights for african-americans. we'll also hear about his arguments before the u.s. supreme court and how he became the first african-american appointed to the highest court in the land. this program lasts about 50 minutes. >>> let me introduce our panelists. you've already met to my far left mick caouette, the producer of "mr. civil rights," distinguished producer of documentary films. we're going to hear from mick about what led him to make this film. to my immediate left kimberle crenshaw distinguished professor of law at both ucla and columbia university. professor crenshaw teaches civil rights and courses in rate studies and constitutional law. she's been a leader in the critical race theory movement. in fact, founded a think tank devote the to race and gender. she's published extensively in this area. she's a graduate of cornel and harvard law school and has a masters degree from the univer

unger, is why john marshall and why now? >> well, john marshall did, indeed, save the nation. there's a great deal of interest in the founding fathers, and i think john marshall probably is most important of the founding fathers after george washington himself. finish -- george washington helped create the nation, but john marshall as supreme court chief justice, the first effective chief justice, he was the fourth, but he was the first effective one, used the court to defend the nation against potential tyranny by the executive and judicial branches of government. the constitution is a very vague document and gave almost all powers to the house of representatives. we, the people. the house of representatives is the only body elected by, directly by the people themselves. the senate was appointed by the various state legislatures at the time. the president was elected by a college, electoral college who themselves were appointees of the state legislatures, and the judiciary, the third branch of government, was simply a court of appeals. it had no power. it had power to hear ap

he is himself a marshal scholar and a performer when he does the one-man show based on marshal's life you care to come down and not perform your show but offer any thoughts that you had based upon the movie? >> thank you very much. thank you, panel. here is my question. first of all, congratulations on a fine film. congratulations to all of you on enlightening us about the many dimensioned of thurgood marshall. one thing that might be helpful for our university of baltimore students who represent all kinds of disciplines is to speak to the way that marshall put together arguably the most integrated legal team in america at the time and brought expertise from all kinds of disciplines and all kinds of races. i think of charlie black. i think of c. van woodward, kenneth clark. could you speak to how he orchestrated all of those pieces in putting these cases together? thank you. >> thank you. i think that one of the great things about marshall is he had a great example in houston of using all kinds of people to be part of the legal team. you know, he watch eed charles houston use many whi

he is himself a marshal scholar and a performer when he does the one-man show based on marshal's life you care to come down and not perform your show but offer any thoughts that you had based upon the movie? >> thank you very much. thank you, panel. here is my question. first of all, congratulations on a fine film. congratulations to all of you on enlightening us about the many dimensioned of thurgood marshall. one thing that might be helpful for our university of baltimore students who represent all kinds of disciplines is to speak to the way that marshall put together arguably the most integrated legal team in america at the time and brought expertise from all kinds of disciplines and all kinds of races. i think of charlie black. i think of c. van woodward, kenneth clark. could you speak to how he orchestrated all of those pieces in putting these cases together? thank you. >> thank you. i think that one of the great things about marshall is he had a great example in houston of using all kinds of people to be part of the legal team. you know, he watch eed charles houston use many whi

can you explain a little bit more why thurgood marshal would have chosen smith instead of marshal?i've seen a monologue of marshal, one of our own professors here, professor henderson, an excellent rendition of it. he gave us copies of your book to take and study. so i had an idea -- i had an opportunity to look at some of the cases that he did here. and so when you said that, it struck a cord with me. i wanted to ask you why. >> thurgood would point out that the right to vote is the most powerful tool that a citizen has. and that communities that have political power could then shape the educational power. so i think he thought of it primarily as a power matter of taking away from blacks the ability to exercise political power of the south affected everything, including their education. smith versus allright began the process of black political empowerment. keep in mind, what this was was the white primaries, the excluded blacks from voting in primary elections where the primary election was the election.bv÷÷ there was no republican presence of any consequence in the south at that

and so did marshall. truly, to bee people.own-to-earth adams, this brilliantly educated harvard lawyer, was a farmer. he grew up on a small farm. and washington had -- people thought they were other, becausech john adams, you snap his head! ugly expression when he was talking, like in new england. the they got close to conversation, it turned out they were discussing farming. and adams did not understand how you ran a 20,000-acre farm. and washington did not understand how you could make a profit out of a 40-acre farm. 20,000-acre farm comment brings up one of our audiences' other questions. what was marshall's view on slavery? handful of slaves. most of the time, they lived in the house in richmond. slaves they had were slaves.d and when polly, his wife, got sicker and sicker and suddenly had to travel more on the his head slave was this flamboyant black man, dressed in very -- the kind of mardis you'd see in the march gras. marshall thought it was very cute and liked the young man. the young man's name

marshall gave it all he had come and get you to feel neutral about it. those who argue that marshall should be replaced another african-american miss the more important point. justice marshall value was not that he was of color, it was in his conscience. the web of justice, a great national safety net, marshall was a last remaining anchor at the end of that synthesized most with people to powerless and caused it to unpopular for politicians to touch. he embodied what oliver wendell holmes was talk about when he said quote the life of the law has not been logic. it has been experience, unquote. he understood the hard luck cases because he had been one of them and often had defended him. marshall brought to the court his experience as wanted something dignity of second class citizenship at a time when skin color kept him out of most restaurants, hotels, and the maryland law school he wanted to attend your belated graduated top of his class at washington most black college university. he argued more cases before the supreme court and his fellow justices had

marshall, texas. no one ever told me what chief justice john marshall said in that 1823 decision you just mentioned in which he refers to indians as hethens and fierce savages and you say this is one of the most important indian rights case ever handed down. >> absolutely. >> because. >> because it defines the property rights of indigenous people in this country and it says upon discovery the european nation or the nation that succeeds to its interest the u.s. and great britain holds superior title and sovereigntry to the land belonging to the indians. it can be taken away by purchase, conquest or any other means. the reason this case is important is it sets the foundation for this radical approach to understanding the basic human rights of indian people to hold and control the lands that they occupy. it gives the u.s. government the right to relocate. stands at the bottom of the ethnic cleansing campaigns in the removal era and it's continued to be cited today by the supreme court. even the most libe

announced the creation of what would become flown as the marshall plan. speaking precisely 40 years ago this month, he said, "our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos." a few moments ago, i saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the marshall plan. i was struck by the sign on a burnt-out gutted structure that was being rebuilt. i understand that berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city. the sign read simply "the marshall plan is helping here to strengthen the free world." a strong, free world in the west. that dream became real. japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant. italy, france, belgium, virtually every nation in western europe saw political and economic rebirth. the european community was founded. in west germany and here in berlin, there took place an economic miracle. understanding the importance of liberty, that truth and freedom can flourish only when the journalism is given the fr

the fire marshall says this could be a lesson for everyone decorating their homes. if you leave your home on vacation don't leave your lights on with a timer or no timer. >> good news for drivers, gas prices continue to fall. in the five county philadelphia area, a gallon of gas was $2.93, and delaware, $2.78 a gallon and south jersey is even less, at 2.63 a gallon. >> good news, now any good news in the traffic report? >> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> travel times are down compared to the last two half noons, a little bit better but as we head near broomall upper darby, adding 7 minutes to the travel time. one accident on 295 southbound near 73, we are dealing with slow speeds from 38 the whole wait to 32, a crash in voorhees right by wine world outlet, it's after 5:00 now, at evesham road is the intersection to avoid. a crash and vehicle fire, at red lion road, a fedex truck that tripped over in warwick township. >> not a lot to wine about. >> much more to come on thursday night. another organization cuts ties with bill cosby. >> we have dry weather to

writer/director garry marshall.turing the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] and now, here he is, seth meyers. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: good evening, everyone. good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everyone doing tonight? are we well? [ cheers and applause ] that's great to hear. this however was not great to hear. some unfortunate news to start with. olympic gold medalist michael phelps was arrested early this morning for drunk driving. yeah, and police say phelps aggravated the situation when they tried to give him the breathalyzer and he held his breath for six minutes. [ laughter ] which is impressive but you can't do that to a cop. [ applause ] you can't. some political news, the u.s. government has announced a deal that will keep american troops in afghanistan until at least 2024. at least 2024. so, apparently obama is going to leave the whole mess for president beyonce to deal with. [ laughter and applause ] she'll deal with it. i could not believe this. according to new reports,

okay, hubert humphrey, thurgood marshall, who is next? >> francis perkins,zq the firs labor secretary. two things i would like to say. it's inherent in the story that he had to be an optimist. you could not go through what he went through and imagine a different world without being an optimist. there's no way he could have done it. would you have losted three days if you were pessimistic. the other thing as far as the smith decision goes, when we talked about the voting, the voting was so important because it was the very way people were suppressed. without the ability to vote, they couldn't vote the very people out of office who were suppressing them. so they had no power whatsoever. and that was -- that's why it was so important. it was at the basis of everything as far as i'm concerned. >> i very much encourage everybody to see the complete film. >> i should say, i think that was a dvd player. because we have had no problem with the dvd. if you buy one -- there's a 15-minute feature on there with justice s on there. >> i encourage eve

cutler hits brandon marshall for the first down, but marshall was hit a bit harder by barry church. watch here as church's knee goes right into the back of marshall. he'd leave the game and even the stadium. early diagnosis - fractured ribs that could keep him out for the season. meanwhile, back on the field, the bears couldn't keep the cowboys out of the end zone as tony romo finds cole beasley for a 13 yard strike - one of two t-ds of the day for beasley. the cowboys ensuring their first winning season since 2009. as for the bears, they're officially out of playoff contention and can only hope for a 500 record. >> the was never anything we didn't know would come out. the just had to get that third down. if we do that hopefully it will be the next game. >> we just need to look ourselves in the mirror. it's one of those deals, a seven. came at the half. the defense was doing a good job. we weren't moving the ball very well. we did need to do better. >>while the season has been a struggle for the bears.....it has taken a sharp turn---for the better---for the blackhawks. it started ab

and stevens evaluation and engineers changed to marshal and swiss. so the code was modified. to reference marshal and swift evaluations but they did neglect to put in or other acceptable authorities in there. so we are not sure how that happened. but like i explained we have always had to use sources that were not available there to come up with the cost that people request. and the definition was broadened to include paintings and sprinklers and the date that it adds to a few other things and so. that is the basic reasoning behind the proposed code change we just want to allow more flexibility to publish a consistent number that everyone uses the same number to come up with the evaluation that they pay, any questions? >> commissioners? no. >> so there is public comment, and then --. >> okay. >> is there public comment on item 8? >> okay. seeing none, is there a motion --. >> commissioner? >> items 8? >> commissioner walker? >> yeah, i think that it is a very good idea. we have a very unique city and the more varied information that we can get, the b

her colleague, marshall gorby, is a photographer and videographer. the two are assigned to cover the implosion story. >> they are normally kind of cut and dry, you show up and you know what to expect. >> kind of like a christmas present for us. we were eager to get there and shoot something like that. >> there was about 25 people, 25 to 30 people assembled. it was mostly media, tv and newspapers. >> everyone is a few hundred feet from where the tower is supposed to fall, including the children seen here. >> the demolition company tours the country doing large scale demolitions with their children in tow. >> i think other stations didn't want them in front of the camera because they wanted to see the tower fall, and i didn't mind. so they started counting. >> two, one! >> next thing you know, you heard a little poof-poof. then they're kind of standing there looking at it. >> there is this kind of pause as you're waiting for the next round of charges. >> you hear another little poof. >> he started to see it teeter. >> the next thing you know, you hear

at sunup, the fire marshal will be at the scene of this fire now being called suspicious. in sanatoga. the fire destroyed the how which belongs to a township police officer. and no one there was hurt. >>> this morning, police are looking for the person who opened fire on a driver in northeast philadelphia. this happened just before 1:00 on caster avenue. police say the shooter fired at least seven shots from a semi-automatic weapon. the victim, a 41-year-old man was hit three tiles. he managed to drive about a half of a block then he parked. that's where police found him. he is listed in stable condition right now. >>> 35 degrees outside. happening right now, fast food workers are gathering ahead of a planned nationwide strike. those employees are coming together for a strike line and a speakout right now. they're fighting for a $15 an hour minimum wage. at noon demonstrators will be at brought and arch for a march and rally. protests are planned in 150 cities across the u.s. >>> this morning, the person red cross is helping victims of an apartment fire in philadelphia. nb

la tech and marshall. conference usa title game. marshall down four. two to play.akim, connects with mcmahonus, touchdown. take away own big souvenirs. 26-23 now 12-1 marshall. what a win for them. a one-yard touchdown capping off beautiful opening drive for baylor, eight plays, 81 yards. they are on top of k-state 7-0 head back down to georgia dome. >> adam: thank you very much. all brent's friends went home it looked like. showed the bedlam result. oklahoma state beating oklahoma. florida state beat oklahoma state beginning of the year. >> they're going to get a little bump of that is that enough to mitigate what obviously committee has already done bumped them down for lackluster play in the last five weeks. >> brian: treat them distressed property but they keep posting ws. i don't understand. new age where you have to have -- makes no sense. florida state win. prince who is going to beat that four team. florida state. you think they will be there? i think ohio state -- >> brian: if they get beat -- >> spencer: here is reason why. championship team like fine win

marshall scholar. it means the british government funds 30 american students to come to a degree at a british university. it was a fantastic experience. i took politics and philosophy. i have two girls, 17 and 14 who are exceptionally patient with the many obsessions that this but gave rise to. >> at this point, are there any living former presidents to have read it and gotten back to you? >> we know that two are reading it. i think they are still in process. >> do we know who they are? >> i do not want to say yet. >> there are so many specifics i want to ask you about. i want to run a piece of audio tape from the lyndon johnson oval office conversation. this is october 16-17 right before the election. george wallace, hubert humphrey, richard nixon, and lyndon johnson are talking about what? >> vietnam. >> if wallace and humphrey and nixon, it is 1968. what i suspect is the reason johnson would call them is peace negotiations were at a sensitive stage. he thought it was important that the candidates bo

football fans because of a 1970 marshall plane crash. >> seventy-five people were killed in the marshall plane crash, so i put it upon myself, how can i represent my school, because that school means a lot to me, everybody knows that. marshall, also is the nfl and they love it. >> reporter: his new roommate not what you'd expecting, a 280-pound football player to have. >> i have a little dog. they are cute. >> he brings it back. >> i'm leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >>> a christmas gift, left by the grinch, coming up what one man found when he opened what was supposed to be a play station. protests follow latest officer shooting in st. louis missouri, we will have more between police and demonstrators, coming up. >>> plus santa claus made a very special visit to the ronald mcdonald house in camden i'm cleve bryan, coming up we will tell you how families with sick children are getting >>> i'm jessica dean with the top stories, it is a celebration of christmas around the world today, hundreds have been gathering here at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in philadelphi

thurgood marshall brought in special experience to the court.was outvoted, it was something the justices were sensitive to. determine theover notion of the effect of religion. that one of many things are part of the influence on justices. having said that, i think the topic is very interesting, because it has to do with the selection process. there is a sensitivity. i think it was eisenhower who talked about the qualified catholic. do with notions of representation. i mean, the notion that there be a woman on the court was important, and i guess protestants are upset that they do not have a protestant on the court, and it also raises a lot of interesting theoretical issues, because it goes directly to this question of can you leach out, to be a professional, do you have to leach out your personal distinctions, your personal characteristics, and i think that was a notion of what it was to be a professional in the 1940's and 1950's and before, so you had this view that you're supposed to remove your jewishness from being a lawyer. , ande your prot

marshall didn't have the military produce them because he knew and most of the war department top brass knew that military movies had been terrible. many of them were in use since the late 1920s and they were just really clumsily made on a filmmaking and communication level. there is still the question of why he didn't turn to the bay what of newsreels non-fiction films, to document the entire war effort and instead looked to hollywood and creators of fiction and i think it's because marshall really understood the power of narrative film. he had seen its effect during the great depression when, you know, i think his movies were shown often on the sides of trucks to people in the wpa. he understood that movies could really rouse patriot ismism and fervor in people and he understood hollywood directors were better at doing that certainly than army filmmakers an better than newsreelmakers. >> america formally entering world war ii in december of 1941, but what was frank capra doing prior to that? >> >> capra was the most successful and certainly the best compensated director in hollied wou

now, on to marshalls and things get even worse. >> hi how are you?es woman wastes no time putting on new tags. we watch our bikini and underwear carted out and put right back on the rack. as if they were brand-new. but the saleswoman assures our producer that never happens. >> used used? no. like we just kind of -- >> so if it looks like it has been used you won't sell it right? >> no. >> think again. but what we found at walmart could be the most blatant. here's our producer returning the underwear. and watch this. the salesclerk staples new tags on right in front of us. she tosses the used underwear into a cart full of returns. the associate going through them seems to realize they have been used. but the very next day, guess where we find our underwear? right back on the rack for sale. we bought them again so you don't. >> those are brand-new? >> of course. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news walmart acknowledging our results are absolutely unacceptable. victoria's secret telling us what we found on hidden camera is a clear violation of their

pers marshall person for the year. who rises to the top. >> vint cerf, the guy that basically invented the internet. he's taken the world to interconnected to interd interdependent. we see it more and more every day. we're in the middle of a -- scale shift how information is gathered and turned into products and services. one big difference, played out over 200 years. this is playing out over 20 years. i don't hi human beings' ability to adapt is not that quick. >> i just want to thank you so much for joining us. >> pleasure. >> again tom friedman. >>> up next, on the money, electronics you don't want, there's an app for that, the way to give back those holiday gifts. and find us on facebook. >>> christmas is over and the presents are open, now you have to decide which gifts to keep and which to return. companies have made return policies more complex over the years. we have some good news for your money and your future about how to make returning gifts hassle-free. has it gotten tougher? >> there are restrictions but

as congressman marshall was saying. and there's nobody else -- in the late 19th century, beginning of the 20th century, britain had been playing that role, and also it entered its period of decline, as it became the weary titan, as aaron freedberg reside book title refer toilets, they had someone to pass off that responsibility to. the united states of america. and the problem we have is there's nobody for us to pass this off to. and so we kind of are trapped in that regard. we have got to these commitments we have to maintain. one this will was that most challenging was to hear the cno tell us and previous penals that at the current rate of build for shipbuilding in the u.s. navy we're not going to have a large enough nave you to maintain our basic presence mission in the western pacific, which is now coming under pretty serious challenge because of the rise of chinese military power and double digit defense budget increases every year. i commend to everybody the most recent report of the congressional china commission

and marshall cohen on why the economy itself has so many skimping. we begin with tracy on the cyber talk. >> well, it seems that a lot of people decided to stay home, keep the fuzzy slippers on, post turkey and order away. up 17% year over year. they're expecting about $2.5 billion in total online sales. 26% of those sales will be on a smartphone or tablet. so devices are really hot this year. 25 million people said they'll be using a phone or something. as for your earlier comment, 18% of those people said they were making those orders at lunch. tell him that we were not ordering during lunch, we were not. black friday was a dud. we said it earlier. nobody wanted to come out because they knew the deals would be there. you have sites like walmart and target hitting it out of the park online. hurting were the brick and mortars. they'll see more and more between now and christmas day. >> you can catch tracy on our sister network fox business. go to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. >>> why are shoppers holding back? regina lewis says simply too many deals

tweet us @cspan/comments.joñ >>> thursday good marshall and the naacp.they explored marshall's early law career as well as his work in the south to expand voting rights for african-americans. we'll also hear about his arguments before the u.s. supreme court and how he became the first african-american appointed to the highest court in the land. this program lasts about 50 minutes. >>> let me introduce our panelists. you've already met to my far left mick caouette, the producer of "mr. civil rights," distinguished producer of documentary films. we're going to hear from mick about what led him to make this film. to my immediate left

the field marshall activated at the tender age of 78. william ii it seems to me that the moment has come which we must end the war. the pland=lx has failed. they sent him away. the chief of staff in november informed the government it is impossible to beat the allied armies to such a point where we can come to a decent peace. by continuing the war, germany runs the danger of slowly exhausting ourselves. this is from the chief of the general staff. we must make peace with russia now. the civilian chancellor rejected the counsel and sent him home. it began at the marring of 19. we will stay with that. that's not lunch. as you heard in the introduction this morning, it ended at versailles in 1919. in between and we all fudge our numbers, some were around 60 to 65 million young men had been mobilized. nine million possibly killed. 20 million wounded and of course with a 2020 vision of hindsight, the great tragedy is that it was strategically indecisive. had german first army destroyed the skpearm had the french fifth army pursue germany's se

ready to roll. >> leading the convoy is this year's grand marshal, edith knowles.uring the battle of the bulge when edith's brother gave his life. buddy's fearless and selfless heroics on a cold, snowy battlefield earned the high esmil tear declaration, the congressional medal of honor. but for edith, it's that stolen holiday 70 years ago that makes this time of year bittersweet. >> the last letter i got from my brother was how he wanted to be home for christmas. that was written to me in november. and bud was killed the 21st of december, four days before christmas. >> many christmases have come and gone since bud's passing. a middle school now stands in the farmland where they played together as kids. edith spent a lifetime trying to pass what she learned from her brother about freedom to others. and when she saw that iconic photograph of arlington, she knew she found kindred spirits. >> when i first saw the pictures with all the christmas wreaths, i had to find out about it. that was just mind boggling to see that. i wanted to be part of it. >> edith. how are you

again, the fire is under investigation by the fire marshal's office, these are very preliminary timelines, and we believe that once we finish this investigation we'll have more answers. yes, sir? >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, like i said earlier, at this time we are under investigation and we recovered all of here equipment, part is looking at her equipment including her alarm. we'll have more information on that as the investigation goes further. >> what can you tell us about her personally, did you know her? -- >> well, everybody is heart broken and i did know her personally, i know she was a hard worker and she was a firefighter's firefighter. she started out at engine 9, a pretty decent company and wanted to learn a craft and asked to be transferred to a busier company, she spent time at that company learning her craft and she received a unit citation at another station where her efforts allowed residents to be rescued. she was an excellent firefighter. i know she was married, i'm not sure if she is single. she has two children, one i met six months ago, her son is a teenager and i know

. >> fire is under investigation by the fire marshal due to circumstances from previous incidents. >> reporter: this home other than can only watch. >> that's all you can do. just be calm. i'm calm. >> reporter: while her husband pleads to justice. >> i want to find out what it is going on. they did investigations on it and they ain't giving us no answers. >> and back out here live, fire marshal's office has not yet the declared if this case is an official fire bombing. one of the women and the four month old girl were briefly taken to einstein this morning, but they were released and rejoined their family. they're being helped by the red cross. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> two philadelphia police officers are in the hospital after they were injured in a crash in the frankfurt section of the city. officers were responding to a call when police say a driver hit the officer's patrol van right around 3:00 this morning. according to investigators, the officers did have their lights and sirens on as they were headed to that call. one officer was being treat for injuries to his head and h

marshall law is there. it's a tense time for many of us. very bloodied. it will cancel all the christmas decorations. this is an area of india. which the world shows it. more than 50,000 have died. in the past four decades. >> as you say, this is not a conflict that is ongoing for a long time. why are we seeing the rebels attacking civilians in the latest attack. as we said, women and children. we know that the grievance at the democrato graphic front. the indian army and the government. why are they attacking people, regular people. >> yes, this is an important question. the reason is in the north-east there are 222 ethnic groups, and borders are one of them. each is fighting for the identity. the border was given in autonomous areas. 70% are what is known as outsiders. as a result it is about identity politics. the killing of innocence today is not about a militant group slaughtering common citizens, it's about shows. failure of indian democracy and governance, in this part of the north-east, where conflict has been on for more than six decades. this is

the fire marshal is on the scene. there were 8 family members inside the home including a 3-year-old and 1-year-old, everybody is okay and nobody was injured. everybody got out safely. the fire broke out at 3:45. the resident tells me he was asleep when he heard a boom and the fire alarm. he went to investigate he said there were two canisters burning on the front porch. >> i heard the fire alarm, i said everybody get out. the fire, opened the front door there was two containers with fire coming out, we tried to put water on them, it wouldn't go out, we had to come out the back door and go over the gate and we put it out with the fire extinguisher when we got out of here. he said the fire spread to the basement. he said the last time this happened, they try to to set the back door on fire, they weren't successful. they say they don't know why someone is doing this to them. the fire marshal is on scene, this remains under investigation this morning. we're live in germantown, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >>

marshall, i want to talk about the ruble. the ruble is rising. is the biggest intraday decline since 1999. you say the ruble is in big trouble. how big? theell, obviously, country's main export is oil and the price of oil is collapsing and the government budget deficit is going to widen. there is huge capital flight and you add that to the sanctions and freezing of russia out of the international community and people do not have an incentive to invest in russia. falling,n product is it is really a disaster for them. hasprice of the ruble collapsed. >> how low can you go? -- how low can it go? >> it is quite dramatic. it is like over 20% in five days. that is just a parabolic movement has some reaction of forces. the problem is if you look at the technicals, uncharted territory. there's no resistance or anything. from a ppp basis, it was undervalued. 20% before the collapse started. it started much undervalued. sentiment,ter of capital flows, people panicking to get their money out of russia. there's no particular limit. with oil prices stabilize

. >> reporter: the delaware state fire marshal has their hands full today they are investigating two fires in claymont and a third in hockessin. none of them are related. on butternut court we're told there could be a half million dollars worth of damage. 15 units were damaged in the fire and the red cross is asking 12 people who are unable to return home. >> i heard a loud bang. >> reporter: at first it sounded like a car backfire, but they saw smoke coming from a window at 9:15. >> i noticed smoke from the second floor apartment we ran over and started knocking on all the doors trying to get everybody out of the apartments. >> reporter: the flames escalated quickly spreading through the ports on -- unit block of butternut court. 28-year-old firefighter suffered a head injury and a paramedic injured an ankle. the delaware state fire marshal was back investigating trying to determine what caused the blaze that left the homes in ruins days before christmas. >> there's never a good time for this, but to know that people lost everything, it's sad. >> reporter: a few miles away firefight

we have the government on john marshall. the freedom medal. on october 27, the of rights the bill gallery. the gallery is being named after george h. bush. it will be an incredible fall season. for all ou will join us of it. i could not be more excited to open this panoply of discussions on the bill of rights. with my friend and colleague, one of the most distinguished constitutional theorist, richard epstein. the "the ew book, classical liberal constitution: for limited n quest government." in our discussion is evening, we'll discuss how richard to the an alternative conventional theories of interpreting the constitution. of the classic liberal constitution. be thrilling to see the power of his ideas. by cannot be better served my friend, ted ruger. he has written about american legal institutions by the supreme court. we will have a great conversation. all right, richard, we had so much to discuss. i will jump right in with one of the most striking of your claims, which you make throughout the book, but in in the conclusion, using the centra

stay on market or walnut to avoid the mess on marshall road.s with a mudslide in west conshohocken. still blocking off balligomingo road between jones road and 23 front street. stay up on 320 or down on matsonford road to get around that. better news comes in in falls township bucks county. today penndot is scheduled to reopen tyburn road eastbound. it's been closed for quite awhile between new ford millions road and pennsylvania avenue. the westbound side will remain closed until the spring but eastbound lanes back in business today so go ahead and enjoy. but we've got a closure to talk about down in delaware with a ramp again because of construction. it's the ramp from 95 southbound to 202 southbound closed now through tuesday. so some options for you. you can bail out at marsh road take that to 13 or keep going south to delaware avenue and use that to get into wilmington instead. tam. >> thank you matt. >>> a plane headed to arizona had to be diverted to los angeles after a woman gave birth midair. the woman delivered the baby boy shortly af

the state fire marshal's office says while yes these guys did target churches, they believe it really had nothing to do with the people who attend them. >> no, no race or no religion hatred, nothing against the churches. >> reporter: the state fire marshal's office won't give us too many details, but court documents show investigators found a liquor bottle the guys left behind. they tracked it back to the store. pastor moore is looking at sites for a new church and his doors will again be open even to the guys charged with burning down the old one. >> we're in the business of calling people out of the dark in to the white. jesus is the light. so that's my purpose is to get souls saved. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> we're preparing for the arrival of pope francis for the world meeting of families next year and tonight we get word that all schools in the archdiocese will close during the pontiff's visit. catholic leaders will close all schools from september 23 to 25 so they will have a chance to take part. more than a million from all over the world are expected to visit p

the fire marshal has approved it to 350 beds, never that high before. so some people will have to sleep out in the hallway out in the open. every available floor space including classrooms will be used if needed. >> i do sense that the community is much more aware of homeless people. homeless people have often complained of being invisible or throwaway people. people are coming to understand there's no throwaway people. >> reporter: the jungle a homeless encampment was shut down this month. what's more, the sunnyvale armory another large homeless shelter also shut down this year. all this could add up to record numbers at the baccardo center. the head count is rising sharply. it was 221 monday night and 274 last night. >> if another weather emergency occurs, we'll probably coordinate again with the county and work again with the fire marshal to have our capacity expanded. >> reporter: as a stark reminder of the hard life on the streets, there is a memorial to the 1100 homeless people who have died in santa clara county since 1999. >> get off the street.

. >> reporter: the fire marshal's office is investigating. in fact they just left a few minutes ago. but let me get out of the way. this is what is left of that home there. just a little bit of damage inside that first floor. we've seen some people going into the property here to try to salvage what they can. this happened around 1:00 this morning and if the scene looks familiar that's because it is less than two weeks ago, the house next door was fire bombed and now there is another suspected fire bombing. here's what the scene looked like earlier this morning. five adults and a 3 month old in-pa infant were rescued from the home. injuries did not appear to be serious. homeowner tells us she heard a bang, smoke alarms went off. the family went to the roof and waited for firefighters to rescue them and residents tell us they want will this will to stop. >> i want to find out what is going on. they did investigations on it and they ain't giving us no answers. this is the second fire bomb. they threw a brick through my window a month ago and i'

we have book events on abraham lincoln and george washington and john marshall. we are giving the liberty medal to mulala on the legacy of james madison. on october 27, the opening of the gallery, presided over by justice samuel alito with governor jeb bush. the gallery is being named after president george h.w. bush. so it is going to be an incredible fall season. i hope you will join us. i could not be more excited than to open this amazing panoply o f discussions on the bill of rights with my friend and colleague and one of the most distinct constitutional theorists in america richard epstein. richard's new book, "the classical liberal constitution" is the culmination of a career rethinking constitutional interpretation and making him one of the most distinctive constitutional voices of our time. in our discussion this evening, we will discuss how richard offers a powerful alternative to the conventional theories of constitutional interpretation, namely conservative originalism and progressive living constitutionalism. he calls it the classical liberal constit

they're saying is this a suspicious fire and the fire marshal's office is investigating. i'll get out of the way so you can see what is left here. folks are trying to salvage what they can. the home caught fire around 1:00 this morning. less than two weeks ago, the house just door just to the right was fire bombed and now there another suspected fire bombing. here is what the scene looked like early this morning. five adults and a three month old infant were rescued from the home. the infant and woman were taken for treatment, but injuries did not appear to be serious. homeowner tells us she heard a loud bang, something came through the front window and smoke alarms went off. they went to the roof and waited for firefighters to rescue them. they were asleep at the time and one believes it's a feud over a woman and children. he knows is this sbepgs al and wants to stop. >> they meant to do it. and i heard them sounded like somebody was coming up the steps. when they threw it at. they kicked the door. and they threw the gas, whatever the it spread across the whole house. >>

marshalls tracked town a third mate. they used a household cleaner to get out.hey were cell mates. one began to scream saying the other was sick when the guard opened cell door one took off while the others sprayed the guard's face with lysol and ran out. gordon in jail for robbery is in police custody facing additional charges trying to escape and authorities areer is searching for woodard and cole bert traer both serving time for murder. >> "good morning america" following this developing story out of alabama and they'll have more on the escape and report ahead at 8:00 nydia. >> eva thank you the holidays are difficult time for manyliess tree to remember family and friends passed. the family of our long time "action news" photographerer len lannon place aid plaque in front of his tree saying it's nice be nice len pass away after nice len pass away after complications following 'tis the season to beat up on the boys even including whipping nfc east title and it's again on the line tonight at the linc. here's cowboys owner jerry jones signing autografts hopefull