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maryann will wearing a vintage '80s eagle hat worn by her dad two years ago. >> i'll be representing that. he's here in spirit. >> i think everyone will come and have a good time and it's pretty early the drunkenness shouldn't be problem. under control.lice will have it- >> reporter: meanwhile police announced another arrest in connection with center city damage from sunday night's broad street celebration. tuesday afternoon police also released this video hoping to identify the eagles fans who ransacked a local store during the celebration on broad street. >> now you're going into somebody's business and destroying it. for no good reason. >> i think it will be really rowdy but also very friendly crowd. >> reporter: well that's what everybody is hoping including commissioner ross. he says it will be all hands on deck for the security detail along the parade route on broad street and here on the parkway and at the art museum he says he's looking forward to good time. he hopes the crowd is. and he's urging everyone to just come haven't fun but remain peaceful. iain. >> let's hope they

maryann will be wearing a vintage '80s eagles hat worn by her dad who died two years ago. >> i'll being that. >> reporter: kind of wish he was here for that. >> absolutely yeah. he's here in spirit. >> i've been waiting my whole life. i can't wait for it to kick off. >> reporter: stopped by to snap a few pictures as he watched workers wrap the stage in a super bowl champion banner. >> i think everyone will come and have a good time. it's pretty early. the drunkenness shouldn't be a problem. i think the police will have it under control. >> reporter: meanwhile, police announced another arrest in connection with center city damage from sunday night's broad street celebration. poles were knocked down, windows smash out and cars flipped over. tuesday afternoon, police also released this video hoping to identify the eagles fans who ransacked a local store during the celebration on broad street. >> now you're going into somebody's business and destroying it. for no good reason. >> reporter: fans and police told us, they're not expecting a repeat of that behavior. >> i think it will be real

maryann is donating blood through an blood drive at westmont fire department in haddon township. she's done it. it's painless. you can save a life. >> reporter: she's one of a few dozen people who came o drim 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. the red cross says donations are do the flu. so many people are affected by it and can't donate s low. >> you think if you're contagious you don't want to pass germs on to somebody els ia spokesperson for the red cross which encompasses all of new pennsylvania she told me over the phone that they've seen 1600 month in the area. she says while winter weather has affected people's abilityatu epidemic is also a significant factor. >> just bn people very sick over the last two months. >> reporter: donald richards emt with the westmont fire department. >> we see so many accidents in d to have blood and if it's down, emergency rooms are going to have problems reporter: if you'o give blood we're helping make it easier for you just check out ou link to help you find a blood drive near you. iain? >> shawnette, good advice. thank you looking for two men who damaged a

maryann is donating blood through an american red cross ae department in haddon township.he's done it b. it's painless. you can save a life. >> reporter: she's one of a few dozen people who the drive m 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. the red cross says donations ar. so many people are affected by it and can't donate so the low. >> you think if you're contagious you don't want to pass germs on t ee. >> reporter: i talk to a spokesperson for the redompassew jersey and southeastern pennsylvania she told me over the phone that they've donationt month in the area. shes fected people's ability to get out and donate, too, snifict factor. >> just been a lot of people very sick oveast two months. >> reporter: donald richards is a ten year firefighter and emt department. >> we see so many accidents in our job, need to have blood available for everybody, and if emergency rooms are going to have problems. >> r give blood we're helping make it easier for you just check out oureb to help you find a blood drive near you. iain? >> shawnette, good advice. thank >>> philadelphia police are looking for tw

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london area top stories on al-jazeera the comma has been growing for jacob zuma to stand down as south africa's president for the past six hours as the a.n.c. has been meeting to discuss his fate a special gathering is a final attempt to pressure zuma to resign president cyril ramaphosa ramped up the pressure on sunday saying the issue is causing disunity and discord. zoomers facing a number of allegations of corruption but has refused to stand down before his term ends next year minimal has more from johannesburg. the agency's national executive committee the top decision making body has been meeting for hours it's expected to recall president jacob zuma from his position the president would then need to resign but all indications are the smain not happen zuma has existed calls to step down for months including the last few days where we understand that the president of the a.n.c. . been in talks with zuma to agree on some sort of exit but those talks reportedly failed and now it's up to the ne seed to decide what next for president zuma even if the any c.

maryann favro is live with the latest. >> reporter: what is unusual is that this neighborhood is noton this street last night around 8:10. >> right in front of us was this large cat walking across the street. it was about the size of and large dog. so i would say probably over 100 pounds. >> reporter: nancy shulman was in her car at the time and started hochkinking her horn wod the cat would attack her cat lima. the mountain lion jumped past her cat, jumped over the fence and took off. three hours later, someone else called palo alto police to tell them they spotted a mountain lion about a mile-and-a-half away. >> our officers checked both neighborhoods extensively, have remain in the neighborhoods throughout the rest of the night and into this morning. >> reporter: the sighting has prompted neighbors to keep a closer eye on their pets and children after nancy posted on nextdoor about her encounter with the big cat. >> it's sort of hard to believe that a mountain lion would come into this neighborhood, but it is a little scary. >> reporter: especially since this is far from the footh

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london here are the top stories on al-jazeera syrian government troops are reported to have launched a ground assault on the edge of east and go ahead to spy on russian ordered poison austerities budgeter inside the damascus suburb appears to show renewed as strikes on the rebel held enclave russia and syria was supposed to stop their offensive between nine am and two pm local time.

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daniel and maryann never had examinations for their kids to work in the family business. >> i told them, you are free to do anything you want, explore the world as much as you can. >> we felt that they should do something on their own. but in 2004, i got sick. >> mary anne's sudden illness was the catalyst for tracy who was only 23 at the time to jump right in. two years later, teddy did the same. >> it does not mean that when you graduate you mosey into the company and now i'm v.p. automatically. >> but in spite of the family connections, they did not come in at the top. >> when we were young, we were packing hardware, we were driving the forklift picking orders. >> down working in the warehouse. >> there was that idea that you have to work your way up and earn the respect of people in the company that have been here and dedicated their lives to the company for so long already. >> you also have to be very honest, also, about their abilities. i mean, if they do not have the ability to take on a certain higher role, then they shouldn't. >> it didn't take long for everyone to notice that

hello i'm maryanne demasi and i'm to go with al-jazeera to come down. unemployment has gone up and the lead quality is physicist. south africa's new president admits the failures of the pasta and vows to work towards a better future in his state of the nation address. a state of emergency is declared in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. and the governor of florida says the director of the f.b.i. should resign as it admits it failed to act on a tip off about wednesday school shooting. we begin in the united states where a federal jury has charged thirteen russian nationals and three russian companies as part of the investigation into alleged interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election won by donald trump a court says their actions started as early as two thousand and fourteen president trump has responded in characteristic style via twitter saying it significantly predates his presidential campaign so proves it could have been no collusion. u.s. deputy attorney general says the russians and west to underm

hello i'm maryanne demasi in on the know watching al-jazeera also coming up italy's prime minister condemns a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning that hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people. thousands of corsicans march to demand of ptolemy ahead of a visit from the french president emmanuel macro next week. and kenya prepares to introduce its first school curriculum in more than three decades but parents are not convinced it's going to be about. how we begin in syria where a russian jet has been down the province al jazeera sources of turkey and russia claims the group behind the attack. backed by the us russia's defense ministry has confirmed the plane's pilot managed to eject himself but was killed in a subsequent ground fight russian planes have been targeting rebel fighters alongside the syrian government ally since december with more than thirty fighters killed in high precision strikes on saturday alone stephanie deck reports from the turkey syria border. well this is a russian fighter jet shot down by opposition forces. i mean remember the pilot

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a no i maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up israel's prime minister vows to continue operations in syria a day after one of its fighter jets was downed. iran marks thirty nine years since the islamic revolution president has and ronnie calls for a year of unity. and another display of harmony in seoul but south korea's president strikes a cautious note about his invitation to visit the north. is transport prosecutors confirmed that all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from one of moscow's busiest airports have died investigators at the scene say they are looking at all possible causes a spokesman from saratov alliance says there were no concerns about the technical condition of the aircraft. well the show a whole plane took off from. port on sunday it was just a few minutes into its journey to the city of or sq when it went missing from the right. now the plane is thought to have crashed near the village of nova which is near the russian capital moscow that while i witnesses and they described seeing a burnin

though i'm maryanne demasi this is al jazeera live from london also coming up funerals for two palestinian teenagers shot by israeli forces in gaza as tension continues on the border. kurdish forces agree a deal to allow the syrian army to enter a free to repel turkish offensive. and stars dressed in black in london in support of the campaign against sexual harassment will be like the bastards. israel's prime minister delivered a theatrical flourish and withering attack on iran at the end of a major security conference in munich brandishing part of a drone at benjamin netanyahu described to iran is the biggest threat to middle east security iran's foreign minister for back accusing him of delusional thinking they've achieved reports from munich. these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu went straight into attack mode against iran as he took to the podium in munich issuing a direct threat to tehran israel will not allow iran regime to put a noose of terror around our neck. we will act without hesitation to defend ourselves and we will act if necessary not just against iran's proxies th

. >> maryann is donating cross blood drive at westmont fire department in haddon townshi. >> it's easy's painless. you can save a life. >> she's one came out this eveng for the drive from two to 7:00se down partly because of the flu. so many people donate so the bld supply is running low. >> if you contagious and don't want to pass germs on to somebody else roar report i talked to a person from the penn jersey american cross which encompasses all of new jersey and southeast pennsylvania. they've seen 1600 donation over the last month in the area. she says while winter weather has affected people's ability to get out and donate, too, the flu epidemic is also a significant factor. >> just been a lot of people very sick over the last two months. >> reporter: donald richards is a ten-year firefighter and emt with the westmont fire department. >> we see so many accidents in our job that we know the need to have blood available for everybody, and if it's down, emergency rooms are going to have has on its website donations urgently needed and a link on how to flu. with cards hopes people who

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up but i tell moyle i'm done rest in the maldives as the opposition files impeachment motions on senior government ficus. struggling to form a government germany's political parties meet for talks for months on from the election. and security has stepped up in minneapolis at one of the biggest sporting events in the united states. come to the program our top story this hour tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in the greek capital offense against use of the night macedonia by its neighboring country greece has blocked the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and the european union saying its name implies a claim over the province also called macedonia the protest as angry at suggestions that the greek government is now ready to reach a compromise. has more from athens. the central message of today's protest in athens has been that there should be no use on any terms of the word macedonia in the name eventually negotiated with the neighboring country the former yugoslav macedonia those talks t

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today in honor of black history month, while tipping our hat, of course, to philadelphia, it's maryannson. a philly native, she was a world renowned opera singer whose voice broke racial barriers. back in 1939, she sang at the lincoln memorial in front of 75,000 people, invited by first lady eleanor roosevelt after being barred from performing at another venue because she was black. ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty ♪ ♪ of thee we sing >> in 1955, anderson became the first african-american to perform with the new york metropolitan opera and the state department named her a goodwill ambassador. she sang the national anthem at president john f. kennedy's inauguration. he later awarded her the presidential medal of freedom. in 1991, she was given a grammy award for lifetime achievement. marian anderson died in 1993 at the age of 96. >> that's a life well lived. a great morning to honor marian and the city of philadelphia. if you've got a monumental american, tweet us, #velshiruhle. or follow us on twitter @velshiruhle. >> look at that. >> god, i do love monumental american. i

a low i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes pressure mounts on jacob zuma as the a.n.c. needs to decide whether to ask him to resign as south africa's president. rebuilding iraq donors aim to raise billions of dollars to help its people restart their shattered lives. egypt has been a very important member of the defeat our coalition. the u.s. secretary of state pledges to help egypt to defeat i still. did with the charity new scrutiny from the government after allegations of sexual exploitation in haiti. and i'm far is small with all the sport as high winds again cause havoc at the winter olympics and kyung chang some riders complain the slopestyle final was a lottery due to the condition. low pressure has been mounting for jacob zuma to stand down as south africa's president for the past nine hours his party they and c has been meeting to discuss his fate a formal gathering which has been dubbed as hashtags exit on social media is a final attempt to pressure zuma into resigning a.n.c. president still post ramped up the pressur

all of the day's news and the top story there about the relentless bombing of eastern who travel maryanne demasi will be here in just a few minutes with more on that and all the day's other news. the scene for us where online what is american sign in yemen that peace is possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. morale is was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government move. them to distend shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp. the government raised our hopes and then abandoned us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hu

hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes you can take back with you a message to the tyrants or. do not just israel which is all. israel's prime minister accuses iran of being the biggest threat to middle east security. funerals for two palestinian teenagers shot by israeli forces in gaza as tension continues on the border. agree a deal to allow the syrian army to enter a free and to repel a turkish offensive. and stars dressed in black in london in support of the campaign against sexual harassment or have the latest from the bastards. in sport austria's moscow hirsch's are going on a limb pick up the skiing great has won his second gold of these games has worn more medal chance to call. israel's prime minister delivered a theatrical flourish in a withering attack on iran at the end of a major security conference in munich brandishing part of a drone benjamin netanyahu described to her ron as the biggest threat to middle east security iran's foreign minister for back accusing him of delusional thinking they've a traitor repo

hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. must come first in everything that we told. south africa's new president several posts promises to fight corruption alice after his predecessor steps aside under a cloud of bribery claims. and other stories we're covering the saudi owned t.v. news station r.b.s. around as its right to broadcast in the u.k. . police in the u.s. charge and nineteen year old former student with seventeen counts of premeditated murder after yet another school shooting. i'm joanna gash rosco with the sports as american style ski and mckayla shifrin clinchers have gold medal at the moment. well welcome to the program our top story south africa has a new leader cyril ramaphosa has officially been sworn in. as the country's new president the ceremony wrapped up in the last hour in cape town from opposed to succeeds jacob zuma who often months of pressure from within his own party finally resigned on wednesday a governing a.n.c. party demanded he step aside of corruption allegations or present on a post spoke

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hello i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes sporadic attacks and reports of syrian troops trying to push their way into. the second humanitarian pause. an olive branch for the taliban the afghan president offers to recognize them as a legitimate political party. as students return to a florida school where a gunman killed seventeen people two weeks ago a major u.s. retailer stop selling assault style rifles. welling's of the sports including him from the cold rush hour officially reinstated to the olympic movement. has been lifted. a come to the program a top story syrian government troops are reported killed launched a ground assault on the edge of east and despite a russian ordered pause in hostilities russia and syria were supposed to stop their offensive between nine am and two pm local time to allow for civilians to leave but no one has left and no aid has been able to get in some of binge of aid has this report now from. digging more graves is how some spend the five hour pause in the daily bombardment of eastern but many

zero zero i maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes what's going on in this country i think it's a disgrace the president classifies republican memo accusing the f.b.i. of abusing its power as allowing the house intelligence analysts who released it. the u.n. report shows a big rise in the number of yemeni children killed by the saudi led coalition last summer. france and more police to carry layoff to five people shot during clashes between migrants also. the father of three of lowry nassau as abuse victims tries to attack the former usa gymnastics doctor as he appears in court. i'm far is small in doha our top sports story pictures are released of the joint north and south korean hockey team training together ahead of a display of unity at their winter olympic games. a low our top story a classified republican memo that alleges f.b.i. bias against president trump has been released by the republican led house intelligence panel this after the white house declassify the documents it was commissioned by republican devon una's who heads

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