these chronometers would give you time, but not your time, the time at the prime meridian. it is pretty easy to figure out local time. we can figure out what time it is today by looking around us. that was true back then, too. finding time where you are not that is a whole other issue. that is why this clock was important. if you know what time it is where you are not and where you are, you can measure the distance between the two. 3:00 in the afternoon here while it is noon in california. that is a fixed distance. you know what time it is where you are and where you are not. you have longitude. all that comes together, the sextant, the chronometer, all the math, to tell you where you are. that is kind of a lot of work. of course, there are possibilities of mistake, human error. it is more reliable when you are closer to land. it is preferred to be close to land because you can use other methods. you can combine the dead reckoning, latitude and longitude readings, along with a form of triangulation. that relies on this. it's a correction of the arabic word for "the ruler."

journld and belongings and about personal experiences and i spoke to one of the my tfa mentor i've meridian, in fact one co-wrote a reds and read it into the official record all of them are not in the classroom not teaching but all 3 of them but i think i had to as i said at the last meeting that i had to vote my social conscious on this and i still do i have three children in the school district >> i'm a figure out generation chicano-american four generations have been educated and lovingly council and i've gone into classrooms do so i'm not informed it insulting and that given workshops to over 3 thousand parents and been to every school at this city to say i'm not informed is completely insulting but obviously i don't and so i want to say i've had three children in the district k through 12 they respect to high performing schools and went to four-year colleges one get accepted to law school and all really educated adults and never once had my children in the whole k through 12 experienced ever had a non-credentialed teacher and never once a unknown credentialed teacher and for that reaso

it serves my hometown of meridian, mississippi, that needs to be connected to that system., amtrak has continued to serve the nation. keep in mind that there is no transportation system in the world that pays for itself out of its fare box. no rail system no highway system does nor does our airway system. think of all the investment in air traffic controllers, airports runways, tsa agents. we don't think about that as an investment in air, yet it is. and we invest precious little in passage rail. and we definitely need that passage rail connection to connect our economies, large cities small cities international networks. >> i think it bears mentioning that you were a republican mayor in mississippi for 16 years. what do you say to members of your own party who have expressed a great deal of skepticism over whether we need to fund amtrak? >> well if you look at the two leading champions in the senate the last time we authorized passage rail it was trent lott republican from mississippi, and a democrat from new jersey. so it can be a bipartisan issue. in fact, tomorrow the s

. >> acupuncturists 'needle' over 350 accupoints to un-block meridians or channels and release the body's own natural energy force or chi. >> after the treatment most people feel really relaxed. the relaxation sounds like you had a really good massage. the won institute offers a faculty led acupuncture clinic and a student led clinic at a discounted price. >> i was in korea and i sprained my wrist. >> okay. >> i was really impressed by how quickly i did feel good, after having ago cue puncture. >> for those with doubts and fear. >> it still didn't hurt but as pain goes away, oh, my, so it helps them with the pain. that is what we are trying. >> jefferson hospital has a acupuncture and medicine program, at tenth ape chestnut street. while it is believed acupuncture was created thousands of years ago in chine, japanese get credit for the the history of art of the traditional garment is one of the many things you can learn about here at the house and gardens. >> the shofuso house was a gift to the american people from the japanese government in 1955. >> what a wonderful long standing symbol

. >> i have needles in some of the meridians that go through were her scars or so they can heal fastere treatments backed by science complement western medicine. for karen who will walk for the first time at the komen race for the cure it's about feeling empowered. >> i just want to wear pink this was really hard struggle for me. if i can do it, you can do it. >> to your good health. >> to your good health. >> pat share shore, cbs3 cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> we hope you will join the women of "eyewitness news" for live coverage of the 25th anniversary of the susan g. komen race for the cure for breast cancer. 25 years of saving lives. we are live on the air starting at 6:00 a.m. on mother's day sunday may tenth. >>> it was a very special night for one of our own. ukee washington was inducted into the pennsylvania association of broadcasters hall of fame tonight. "eyewi where ukee's long-time colleague pat chiarocchi last year's inductee presented him with award. in true fashion of course for ukee he septembered the honor with style and class. >> if you love what you do, you will never

veering into a meridian instead. might not have happened if she had been wearing a seat belt. >>> the cleveland cavaliers are apologizing for a video shown in wednesday's playoff game. in the video, man drops this woman on the floor because she was wearing a chicago bulls jersey. the team insists it didn't mean to make fun of domestic violence. it was meant to parody the commercial of the couple reenacting the scene from the movie "dirty dancing." >>> details about a baseball milestone this past year? >> are we celebrating it really? let's get it from our friends at espn. >>> he's stan. i'm neil. this is the "sportscenter" desk in los angeles. you never forget your 661st. >> alex rodriguez won't. he was tied with willie mays for 660 homers. rodriguez, gone. number 661. he's all alone in fourth place. traveled 423 feet. gave the yankees a 3-2 lead. rodriguez really having a resurgence this season after the steroid suspension and all the problems. he got a curtain call. yankees twin game 4-3. >>> ice, ice, baby. montre

firefighters responded to the 3700 block of meridian drive at about 5:20 this morning.hree people and two pets got out of this house safely. no injuries were reported and the cause is still under investigation. >>> also tonight philadelphia police are investigating a pair of separate shootings that happened just blocks away from each o the first happened on the 800 block of south street about 1:20 this morning. two men were shot in the legs and rushed to the hospital. they're listed in stable condition. and less than two hours later police responded to another shooting on the corner of ninth and bainbridge. officers found a 19-year-old man lying on the road about a block away with a gunshot wound to the leg. he was rushed to the hospital and is expected to recover. the gunmen in both shoot rags still on the loose. >>> now after a warm weekend it's all about to really heat up for the start of the work week. meteorologist justin drabick is live the cbs3 sky deck with the first look at forecast. not a bad place to be tonight justin. >> not at all. it really feels like summ

firefighters responded to the 3700 block of meridian drive about 5:20 this morning.pets got out of the house safely. no injuries were reported. the cause of the fire is still under vest tonight. >>> now a lawmaker is calling for changes at us customs after a plane full of passengers got stuck in philadelphia for hours. the international flight was bound for jfk in new york. but was diverted to philadelphia because of bad weather late friday night. the passengers including actor jeremy piven were held on the tarmac and then eventually transferred to a holding area until customs finally opened at 5:00 a.m. saturday. today senator chuck schumer said the situation was unacceptable. >> i'll be contacting customs immediately. there ought to be some people from customs on duty so in case there's a diversion they can go there. for people to have to sleep in the philadelphia airport simply because a couple of can you customs people weren't there doesn't make sense. >> british airways has apologized for the delay but said seive tee is always its pop top priority. stay with us.

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the action cam was on the 3700 block of meridian drive where firefighters are battling a house fire thatout at 5:30, two people and two animals escaped unharmed. one person is being treated for smoke. a house alarm system was activated that notified the fire department. >>> police are investigating a shooting on south street, two teens were wounded. sky6 live hd looking live right now where are we looking? escape -- escape -- cape may new jersey. >> the action cam is at the race for the cure. you can see the people in pink getting ready for it. >> reporter: kind of nice that it's overcast for the race for the cure. >> reporter: the only issue obviously the fog, but it's humid out there. we haven't had to deal with humidity so far this season, you have to deal with it today that's for sure. dense fog advisory remains in effect for south jersey and delaware until 9:00 a.m. that's the view as we look at the point. center city skyline. the numbers are not that bad it's when you factor in the humidity it feels a little uncomfortable. 66 in warrington. pottstown, 671. gandys beach, 6 #. buena,

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in dallas flood waters overwhelmed this giant truck and made castaways of who retreated to the meridian behind them. >> i'm stuck on a freeway in five feet of water. >> reporter: they lifted the five feet barriers to end the impasse. army corps of engineers is running off 50,000 gallons a second. more rain is coming. the forecast says one to two inches widespread in the region, heavy over dallas. michelle france, abc new york. >>> philadelphia police are investigating the death of a baby boy he feels born 7 months premature on thursday, he was taken to the hospital of the university of pennsylvania in a duffle bag yesterday. he was pronounced at the hospital. investigators say the 22-year-old mother is in the hospital, her relatives living in the home are being interviewed at this point. an autopsy will determine if the baby suffered trauma. >>> 32-year-old rahime felder is not talking to philadelphia police. they think he carried out attempted sexual assault in south philadelphia and sexual assault. he later surrendered to police on a probation violation. he is not charged in the attac

. >>> new overnight from bensalem bucks the action cam was on meridian drive where firefighters ballotedple and two animals escaped unharmed. smoke detectors activated a house alarm system that notified the fire department. >>> this fiery car crash happened on the tuckahoe road in gloucester county. the car hit a pole and burst into flames, everyone got out safely before the fire. >>> the action cam is live at eakens over where -- oval where the 25th annual race for the cure is underway. it includes a survivors parade of pink. the 5k will kick off and continue down the benjamin franklin parkway. we'll be watching and cheering on all the apartments, of course, once again we're so happy to see all the survivors with their family members and their friends. what a great way to spend mother's day, happy mother's day to all the mom also out there enjoy this terrific event. speaking of mother's day we're here at the big board with your pictures that you've been nice enough to send in. this is patty, this is my mama with her grand son cj. this is from diana. wishing you a happy mother's day, tha

overwhelmed this giant truck and made casthe was of -- castaways of the driver who retreated to the meridian. >>> i'm stuck on the freeway in five feet of water. >> reporter: the army core of engineers opened the spill away of the dam to run off over 50,000 gallons of a water a second. more rain is coming. flash-flood watches for 6 states one to two inches widespread in the area heavy over dallas. michelle francis abc news new york. >>> philadelphia police are investigating the death of a baby boy who was born several months premature in west philadelphia on thursday. he was taken to the hospital the university of pennsylvania in a duffle bag yesterday. he was pronounced at the hospital. investigators say the 22-year-old mother is in the hospital her relatives living in the home are being interviewed at this point. they are not accused of anything. an autopsy will determine if the baby suffered trauma. >>> 32-year-old rahime felder is not talking to philadelphia police. they think he carried out a sexual assault and attempted sexuality assault in south philadelphia. one crime scene is up the

overwhelmed drivers were forced to leave their trucks and retreat to the safety of the meridian. >> i'mreakin' freeway with five feet of water. >> reporter: they lifted the concrete barriers to relief the imbalances. more rain is coming, flash flood washes for 6 states. the forecast says one to two inches widespread in the region. heavy over dallas. abc news new york. >>> breaking new jersey, one new jersey state trooper is dead another hurt after their cruiser hit a deer and slammed into a tree. it happened in upper freehold township monmouth county. annie mccormick joins us live from the troop c barracks in hamilton township. >> reporter: men and women here are mourning the loss of one of their own after a police cruiser carrying two troopers did hit a deer and like you said hit trees. one of the troopers died the other was injured but survived. this was video of the scene it happened around 1:00 a.m. the troopers were patrolling eastbound on 195 when their crown victoria hit a deer and struck a tree. the 24-year-old trooper behind the wheel died, the passenger was injured, but taken

the confederates will pull back up to meridian, mississippi. in these towns up here in mississippi and alabama, the confederate army is going to concentrate and the union army is going to concentrate -- capture mobile and move into the interior of alabama towards the capital of montgomery. in late april, having gotten word of what is happening to the east, taylor and camby will start to communicate and will meet between their armies. the meeting happens that the mcgee farm. -- the meeting happens at the mcgee farm. just like bennett farm and appomattox, a private home. it was near the railroad, that is why they chose it. they will get theirre two different ways. general camby chose it. they will get ther two different ways. general camby wants to make it a formal and hospitable occasion. taylor comes down the railroad line with one aide on a railroad hand car being pushed by two slaves. they will meet at the mcgee house and quickly come to terms. this is the mcgee house. it is still there. it is the original -- only original surrender location

they shot the video along meridian drive early yesterday morning. no one was seriously hurt. officials are looking for a cause. >>> the deadly bicycle crash from over the weekend involving a philadelphia filmmaker remains under investigation. investigators say 26-year-old temp grad jay mullham was leaving the movies when his bicycle collided with a car at the corner of ridge. he died three hours later at the hospital. >>> and good morning, everyone. i'm jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. as we start things off right now looking live on the schuylkill expressway, right around city avenue. these are the westbound lanes headed slow towards the king of prussia area. now we are just getting word of an accident montgomery county in upper dublin. bethlehem pike and west pennsylvania avenue. now another incident we've been following all morning out in parkwood on woodhaven road and byberry road. police activity on the scene. take academy road to get on by. i'm watching some of the jams in our cameras here. i'm going to tell you where the jams are coming up in just five

babylon hotel on thursday night killing six, and then later, a second bomb exploded in front of the meridian hotel killing another four people. and the u.s. formally removed cuba from state sponsors of terrorism list. the state department concluded cuba was no longer considered a terrorist threat but required to wait for a 45-day review period. the move ends 54 years of isolation between the two countries. who you ask is left on the list? iran, sudan and syria. >>> how about fresh artichokes in the mail? bananas dropped at the doorstep? you want that? amazon is ready to give it to you, ready to help with grocery shopping, the "wall street journal" reports amazon is gearing up to launch grocery and household items for delivery. amazon taking on supermarkets, google head on with the google buy button which is one of many things announced at the google io event. can google run amazon out of business? can amazon prevail and do the same thing or is there room for all of us. more importantly a future as she sees into the future and it's been looking at loathe companies. what do you see in your cry

this video taken by the notingham fire department as they ballotsed the flames on meridian drive arounda 30 this morning. officials did not report any serious injuries. the cause of that fire is under investigation. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> some people saw rain today. this was one of the spots in camden county this afternoon. otherwise it was a warm mother's day. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist brittney shipp is here with a look at our first forecast. off to another foggy start tomorrow morning. >> that's right. especially closer to the shore. a dense fog vird is in effect until monday morning. leave extra time to get to work. that won't expire until 10:00. for hom some locations like cape may it won't expire until noon. tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. temperatures will be nice and mild in the high 60s for philadelphia allentown, into trenton. also in the mid 60s for atlantic city. in the afternoon hours you will see a temperature difference. we'll warm into the 80s for fill if by the time you head out for lunch. because of the wind direction we will see cooler temperature

officials say the fire started on the homes porch on the 3700 block of meridian drive around 5:30. fire fighters say when they arrived it was burning through the roof everyone got out no one was hurt, red cross is helping the family. >>> happening now an investigation in the murder of two police officers the officers were gunned down during a traffic stop in mississippi last night and people are in custody charged in connection with the the murders and as fox's molly line reports the tight community is now mourning the the the loss of two heroes. >>> the last time that this community lost one of their law enforcement the officers was new years eve of 1984, now again tragically, two police officers have lost their lives, one was just at the beginning of his career of service and three people are now in custody. both officers, 34 year-old benjamin dean and 25 year-old le corry tait were murdered following a traffic stop. december, a k-9 officer who was previously name office over the year, a wife and to small children. he was a new comer to the force. they described tait as a terrifi

per hour in the southbound direction and still construction wrapping up between stevens creek and meridiane some crews. highway 85, 17 87 no delays. we have construction in the east bay along 880 at marina boulevard and davis street so watch out for cones. the rest of the drive as you push in to macarthur maze, not too bad. drive time traffic if you are traveling when 580 tracy to dublin is a 38 minute commute and highway 4 westbound antioch to concord 20 minutes and top speed out of san rafael into san francisco. >> what is all that traffic? everyone is headed to disney listened kicking off the big anniversary staying open for 24 hour day. >> leyla will brave the massive crowds and enjoying the party. >> my feet will not town the ground. the first sneak book of the big attractions thanks dazzle the senses. >> come to this happy place welcome. disneyland is your land. >> disney land has come a long way since opening july 17 1955. a marvel for the time, the last six decades have taken the vision of disney and transformed it into hyper color. when you think they have thought of everything th

that is west of waco, in fact that storm is right around meridian headed to the northeast. we have major flooding just to the north of dallas. you are showing the dramatic pictures around the denton area and points east. they have got an incredible amount of rain. of course those rivers and creeks they have overflooded their banks and the waters are rising very very quickly. we have choppers we have the texas national guard out there trying to rescue people from their cars and even from their roofs, and so just a dangerous situation north of dallas. do not get in your car by any means because just a couple of inches of water can definitely carry your car away. you do not want to be in that situation. more people die from flooding than anything else when it comes to weather so you want to take this one seriously. we're in cisco, where you can see blue skies around me. in fact most of the storms are well to our east but this was hit with a tornado yesterday, and you can see the trees snapped behind me. we hear there are three homes were a total loss. we can't get to those bec

the action cam was on the 3700 block of meridian drive in bensalem after a house fire broke out. smoke detecters alerted the fire department. two people and two pets escaped unharmed. investigators are working to figure out what caused the fire. >>> "action news" have learned the identity of the woman who died after being struck by a duck boat in chinatown. biz -- elizabeth kranecci. the driver will not face any charges. >>> the victim in a tragic hit-and-run in this directional hill was a 17-year-old boy -- drexel hill. it was a 17-year-old boy. he was struck by his own father. chopper 6 was over the scene in upper darby. his father lost control of the car and crashed into the garage pinning his son. a neighbor jake kennedy said he heard screening and called 911 and ran to help. >> someone who was dressed in nurse scrubs i don't know if she was related to the family was trying to look like resuscitate the boy. the father seemed to be holding him in his arms he was laying in a big pool of blood. >> police have not said if any charges will be filed. >>> has learned that a 1-year-o