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live melville i'm cydney long nbc 10 news. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> turning now to our weather, we are dry it start the week but that will soon change. these kids were enjoying soccer practice today in wilmington. it wasn't as humid as it's been but that humidity is coming back. there is a chance of rain tonight. >> chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking wet weather ahead. glenn? >> yeah a whole lot more on the radar tomorrow than what we are seeing now. there is a mix of sun and clouds. humidity isn't too bad after a nice weekend. moisture moving up from maryland and delaware and isolated showers around this after not in as you can see. they are fairly small. they tend to be light and so most of us are not going to get rained on tonight. but we do have another disturbance developing up in wisconsin that is going to be affecting us. this is going through cincinnati. it is holding up the homeland derby for the all-star game but also going straight down south. that's not going to come anywhere near us. 86 degrees of philadelphia. 85 in trenton. and

if you asked me how he would like to be remembered, i think it is in the world of melville the world of the great american writers who took a great big tapestry of american life and life in general and took us into a story that just wouldn't quit. charlie: did he feel he belonged there? kate: i don't know whether he did or not. i would guess most writers i know are restless. they are always trying to do better, to do something different, to surprise you, to surprise themselves. charlie: he was an experimenter and a learner. kate: i think he was pleased with his work. i don't know where he would place himself but i think i know where he would like to be placed. charlie: when did you meet him? kate: i met him a long time ago and worked with him for over 15 years. charlie: you began working with him in 2000? kate: maybe a little before that. charlie: what was it like when you met him? kate: it was easy. we understood each other right away. i think we started with his short stories. they are whole world and are also very experimental and very modern. when i first met him, i think i under

elijah cheney fell into the river in melville saturday night and he drown. police say mother ran to the parking lot to change the younger son's diaper. elijah was with his 8-year-old brother at the time. a jging trail runs beside the bank. it was busy with runners today. people bet and fish in that river but swimming is not allowed. >> she was attending to the baby. the baby is i don't even think a month old. she was changing its diaper.wanderedard. >> police and ems rushed to the scene but it was too late. no charges are expected. >>> tonight at 6:00 locals linked to mexico's most no serious drug lord who escaped a prison a second time. the case connecting our area to el choppo. >>> plus all new, why a housing shortage during the pope's visit to philadelphia has hospital patients and their familyes a concerned. >> dozens of isolated showers in parts of our area tonight but a bigger threat is headed our way. i'm talking about tomorrow's storms. >>> as philadelphia prepares for the pope a housing shortage causing concern for montgomery county nonprofit right

>> well all the great 19th century american writers, of course, have been very -- melville, twain which i read everything he wrote by the time i was 14 or 15. and then dryser great novelist underrated by a lot of people. they think he's a clumsy writer, he is not. he is very fine careful writer. sistecary is the best first novel ever brian by an american in my opinion. and then the obvious guys in the 20th sent ree in america, fitzgerald faulkner. and then i remember as a young writer being blown away by saul bello's first book. not his first his third book the adventures of augustie march. that was an eye opener for me. >> rose: your favourite. >> i like henderson-- s as well. but that particular book was so free wheeling and open and luxuriously an particular and energetic. it meant a lot to me. >> rose: who is your editor. >> kate medina at random house. >> rose: that's what i thought. what doe she do for you? >> wel she's there to read what i have written. and to tell me what she thinks. it's very very important. and so. >> rose: an element of trust is crucial. >> oh absolutely. she

the crock found some inn melville suffolk county was 3 feet long under 10 pounds. it took an animal control supervisor 10 minutes to fully restrain it. they say it is the first time a crocodile has ever been recovered on long island. an investigation is under way to figure out who left the animal there. >> it is now 5:48. and "action news" will be right back. >> with a reminder of how bad our winter was. some of its remnants have yet to melt in upstate new york. >> all right guys, looking at the seven day with hot conditions obviously. you're going to want to head to the pool and if you do bring the sunscreen. it's that kind of day. we'll be back with your day planner forecast. >> it may be almost august but a huge dirt covered snow pile remains in buffalo. the nearly 10-foot mound sits at the site where city officials dumped excess snow this past winter. the dirt and weeds covering the mound have helped insulate it even amid 90-degree temperatures. it is not clear how long it will take to completely melt. it may not until next winter. >> yeah. >> wow. >> maybe it

least discovered the five bodies inside that home on the 2600 block of melville court.etectives are at the home tonight and have not released information about the victims, the cause of death, or the motive. the only thing we know is there is a suspect they are looking for. is that 30-year-old man from modesto. he was last seen driving a lincoln navigator. call police if you have seen him.>>> exclusive video insights crime files. keba arnold talked about video of an artists -- arsonist torching a mural in the mission district. this is the first time we have seen video of that attack. plus the suspect we featured last week back in the news again. >> we are checking in with officer man freddie. let's start with an update on the lgbt mural. we are learning there is actually video of at least one him incident, and we will be -- one incident. >> in the video, you are seeing arson, a man roughly around 6 feet tall, thin build, dressed in black with white tennis shoes, carrying some type of bottle. he starts walking up towards the mural quickly. he has his hoodie up, his mask

they're just as blind as the protagonist of the story and i think as long as people can read melville's story and not see the mutiny double consciousness is still something, even a full apreegs yags is something that eludes overall. >> thank you both. this has been wonderful. i want to ask something about you just mentioned the comment about illegitimacy that buckley makes in the african-american community, and i was wondering if you could speak to how discourses leading up to today about african-american fatherhood have been used in this conversation that we seem to be having about race for really hundreds of years. >> well, i almost don't even know where to begin. answering that question, though the topic of my talk invites the question. part of what i think, what i find striking about baldwin's mention there is just that part of the reference where he says the past has disappeared which is to say baldwin is saying black men have never really been able to have the experience of having fathers in the united states. and that is not, and that legacy and heritage is nothing new. and it's

they're just as blind as the protagonist of the story and i think as long as people can read melville's story and not see the mutiny double consciousness is still something, even a full apreegs yags is something that eludes overall. >> thank you both. this has been wonderful. i want to ask something about you just mentioned the comment about illegitimacy that buckley makes in the african-american community, and i was wondering if you could speak to how discourses leading

i'm cydney long, in melville, nbc 10 news. >> victims shutting on frontporchers on sunday night were hit by gunfire. another man was shot at in the back of his car. he was not hurt. >> tria cafe was robbed. the bank filled the safe was filled with about $1500. if you have any information, call police. >> and we're still tracking a few ice lighted few isolated showers this afternoon. these are mostly on the moderate to heavy side but fairly small. again most of the area is dry until we get in suffolk count oo. this is bigger from milton to slaughter he beach now heavy rain. bridgeville near georgetown. and kent county just west of river view we have heavier rain there too moving up. but these are fairly small showers. continuing slowly moving north. this is the case through the rest of the evening. humidity starts to drop overnight tonight. temperatures in mid 80s, chance of a shower by 8:00 this evening. temperature around 80 degrees. still warm and becoming a little bit more humid. more humidity moving in by 10:00. temperatures in mid 70s. you will notice an increase in humidity and

still 77 in philadelphia. 77 in lancaster. 75 in melville. 76 in atlantic city. as we wake up tomorrow good idea it pack that umbrella in your bag by 6:00 a.m. 73. showers by 8:00. showers certainly threaten the morning but a bigger threat in the afternoon. we will talk more about that coming up. >>> neighbors are calling it a disturbing discovery. a woman says she found a box of cremated remains near oak dale and 26th streets in philadelphia strawberry mansions sections this morning. according to the name of the box the remains are that of linda upshire. she died in 2007. neighbors we spoke to did not recognize the woman's name and they are wondering why someone would leave the remains in a vacant lot. >> why put it out like it's trash? that's not good. >> it is very disrespectful for someone to leave anyone's remains in such a poor manner. >> nbc 10 reached out to police who are looking into the case. if you recognize the woman's name linda upshire, you're asked to call police. >>> lock your doors. that's the message norris town police have for some of its resi

temperatures are warm for this hour. 75 in lancaster. 77 still in philadelphia. 69 in melville. mount pocono is the cool spot on the map. we're quiet tonight. we'll be quiet for most of monday. we have changes on the way that will bring some showers and storms as early as late monday and into tuesday and also wednesday. waking up on your monday morning, 6:00 a.m., 69 mild at 8:00 and partly cloudy. warm at 10:00 a.m. with 78. we'll have a threat of storms and that'll be coming up. >>> a police officer is dead after he fell while trying to capture three teenage robbery suspects. he hit his head during the chase, and the teens are now facing charges. the 29-year-old patrolman, john wilding, is the first officer to die in a line of duty in almost 30 years. wilding was trying to catch the three teenage robbery suspects yesterday morning in west scranton, when he jumped the fence and fell 15 feet. 17-year-old jones, tanner curtis and isaiah edwards are all charged as adults with robbery and related counts. police say the three were in a stolen suv early saturday, when one tried to ro

herman melville dedicated his collection all war poems to the memory of the 300,000 in the war for the main is other union sale under the flag of their fathers. no brothers, he would been puzzled by our 650,000 dead. for many northerners, it was 300,000 who died. the euphoria that greeted was quelled with the assassination of abraham lincoln, it in bitter to the north man who blamed it on jefferson davis and encouraged a hard reconstruction. walt whitman came to find his injured brother used to observe lincoln and his melancholy walks but never interacted but whitman saw him. his poem captured the intimate sorrow that northerners felt after the assassination more than losing just a politician. my captain does not answer and his lips are pale and my father does not feel my arms. the ship is angered safest town -- the ship is angered -- an chored. exalt, but i with mournful dread. fallen, cold and dead. these competing attempts, people had maintained during it. northerners about the virtues a reunion in the mobility of emancipation bring southerners regretted their defeat and cast about

they're just as blind as the protagonist of the story and i think as long as people can read melville's story and not see the mutiny double consciousness is still something, even a full apreegs yags is something that eludes overall. >> thank you both. this has been wonderful. i want to ask something about you just mentioned the comment about illegitimacy that buckley makes in the african-american community, and i was wondering if you could speak to how discourses leading up to today about african-american fatherhood have been used in this conversation that we seem to be having about race for really hundreds of years. >> well, i almost don't even know where to begin. answering that question, though the topic of my talk invites the question. part of what i think, what i find striking about baldwin's mention there is just that part of the reference where he says the past has disappeared which is to say baldwin is saying black men have never really been able to have the experience of having fathers in the united states. and that is not, and that legacy and heritage is nothing new. and it's

they're just as blind as the protagonist of the story and i think as long as people can read melville's story and not see the mutiny double consciousness is still something, even a full apreegs yags is something that eludes overall. >> thank you both. this has been wonderful. i want to ask something about you just mentioned the comment about illegitimacy that buckley makes in the african-american community, and i was wondering if you could speak to how discourses leading up to today about african-american fatherhood have been used in this conversation that we seem to be having about race for really hundreds of years. >> well, i almost don't even know where to begin. answering that question, though the topic of my talk invites the question. part of what i think, what i find striking about baldwin's mention there is just that part of the reference where he says the past has disappeared which is to say baldwin is saying black men have never really been able to have the experience of having fathers in the united states. and that is not, and that legacy and heritage is nothing new. and it's

sounding a little bit like a 20th century version of herman melville's captain delano, buckley repositioned baldwin as the murderously rebellious slave. like delano, buckley appears unable to comprehend that black men and women might value their liberty as much as he does. and he seems unaware of the degree to which gestures of friendship, generosity and familial reflection have been a vital currency of white supremacy. obviously, buckley proclaims, the first step toward eliminates eliminating racial discrimination is concern. we've got to care it happens. i should note that in the written version of the text this occurs about three paragraphs after his comparative account of the significance of lynching. here we have buckley's recipe for the american dream. equal parts american good will and african-american effort. the catch is that he presumes the former to have been well established historically and the latter to be lacking. in the next section i'll consider baldwin's response. perhaps the most famous moment in the storied meeting takes place when baldwin makes the following declaration