the meridian fire led to drastic changes in how high-rise fires are attacked and prevented.andy gyllenhaal spoke with firefighters who were there and has life saving advice for anyone who lives in a a tall building. >> reporter: terrifying visuals, the high-rise consumed by fire and smoke. those images a vivid reminder to firefighters here in philadelphia. >> they are just a tough fire to fight. >> now the city's deputy fire commissioner who back in 1991 battled the infamous meridian fire, a high-rise office complex near city hall that went up in flames killing three firefighters. >> a fire that's burning thor floors is labor intensive. >> reporter: the e meridian fire was a a lesson that sprinklers should be in every high-rise building. >> all new construction whether it's office residential has to be sprinklers on all floors. >> reporter: residential high-rises are popping up left and right. all of them will have modern state of the art sprinkler and alarm systems, but it's up to the residents to study their specific buildings evacuation plan. >> early warning is krcritica

brian: the next-door town was meridian.uld go down to tupelo, he never moved there, he had a philosophy of decentralized management. in that you would have a local manager who should feel like they own the business. the general manager in tupelo. they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania. we started buying other operators. and as the business evolved to the 1980's, one day it was not just a valley town business, a rural business. espn, hbo, and cnn came along, and it was suburban and urban, so there were 30,000 cable franchises awarded, and eventually they needed to consolidate to be more like a tv business or phone business where you had larger service areas, and that is when comcast stepped on the pedal. david: in 1972, if i had bought your stock -- brian: if you had bought 1000 shares, it came public at $7, $.25 the all-time low, you would have over $11 million today, an 18% plus compounded return for 45 years. if you put the same $7,000 in the s&p 500, just over $500,000 with a 1

they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania.arted buying other operators. as the business evolved to the 1980's, one day it was not just a valley town business a rural , business. espn, hbo, and cnn came along, there was suburban and urban so , there were 30,000 cable franchises awarded, and eventually they needed to consolidate to be more like a tv business or phone business where you had larger service areas, and that is when comcast stepped on the pedal. david: in 1972, if i had bought your stock -- brian: if you had bought 1000 shares, it came public at seven dollars $.25 the all-time low, , you would have over $11 million today, an 18% plus compounded return for 45 years. if you put the same $7,000 in the s&p 500, just over $500,000 with a 10% return. david: not bad. brian: not bad. david: when you joined the company, did he say start at the bottom and work your way up, or did he say you could start at number two? david: that is -- brian: that is what i wanted to happen, but he put me through a wonderful kind of de facto tr

. >> reporter: deputy commissioner says he was an acting lieutenant back in 1991 when one meridian plazalding in philadelphia burned out of control for hours. >> three members on the 28th floor in the process of bringing them out now can we get ems people up here. >> reporter: loesche knows first hand how deadly and difficult a high rise fire can be. >> it's very labor intensive. a fire that's burning on upper floors we basically have to more than double or triple our resources just to get to it. >> reporter: philadelphia three philadelphia firefighters died fighting that 12 alarm fire. since the meridian fire it is the law that all new high rise construction in philadelphia must have sprinkler system on every floor older buildings are required to install sprinklers in common areas and in the basement. iain. >> dawn, thanks. >>> not a situation anyone wants to face. thanks for the information. ♪ >>> all right. you see that? are you kidding me? because that is a bag smoking at airport security. passengers even heard popping. so why was no one moving? >>> this guy is not shopping. he is th

. >> just three weeks after her stem cells were injected, she was back in the pool at meridian fitnessree to four times a week. it was like my life came back to me. i was so happy. >> not all experts are convinced. >> i think the technology is promising, but there is little data. >> he says the study has the potential to evaluate if the procedure works. he tells patients, now, it's experimental and expensive, but other treatments have been proven. >> we know physical therapy helps and exercises and strengthening. dr. greenburg says he hasn't seen adverse effects and the majority of patients feel better. >> he agrees having evidence from the scientific trials could be helpful. mr. lewis is five weeks out. he feels a little stiffness, but no pain. his shoulder is getting stronger. allie gorman, channel6, "action news." >> i went to a doctor the other day. i said it hurts when i do that. >> you know what he said? nothing. >> it's unpredictable. >> don't do that either. what about the forecast? >> storm tracker 6 double scan, we are rain free and should stay rain free, a slight chance of s

. >> reporter: deputy commissioner says he was an acting lieutenant back in 1991 when one meridian plazaory office building in philadelphia burned out of control for hours. >> three members on the 28th floor in the process of bringing them out now. can we get some ems people up here. >> reporter: loesche knows first happened how deadly and difficult a high rise fire can be. >> it's very labor intensive. a fire that's burning on upper floors we basically have to more than double our triple or resources just to get up to it. >> reporter: three philadelphia firefighters died fighting that 12 alarm fire. >> since the meridian fire et cetera now the law that all new high rise construction in philadelphia must have a sprinkler system on every single floor. older buildings were required to install sprinklers in common areas and basements. iain. >> dawn, thank you. >>> charges havcharges have beed against a delaware man in connection to that shooting of a six-year-old wilmington boy last week. chelsea outlaw was charged with attempted murder recent lated offenses but tonight police say those cha

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they went and bought meridian, then he got into michigan, new jersey, pennsylvania.started buying other operators. as the business evolved to the 1980's, it wasn't just a rural business. espn, hbo, and cnn came along, so there were 30,000 cable franchises awarded, and eventually they needed to consolidated to be more like a tv business work phone business where you had larger service areas, and that is when comcast up on the pedal. david: in 1972, if i had bought your stock -- brian: if you had bought 1000 shares, $.25 of the all-time low , you would have over $11 million today, an 18% plus compounded return for 45 years. 500,u put it in the s&p just over $500,000 with a 10% return. david: when you joined the company, did he say start at the bottom and work your way up, or did he say started number two bank? brian: he put me through a wonderful kind of de facto training without either of us talking about it that way. one summer i climb to polls and learn to be an installer, had real trouble holding a ladder. one summer i sold door-to-door hbo and cable subscriptions

meridian fire. that used to be pretty tall building next to sit hall. >> yes. >> so with all of these, i mean, so many big buildings down in philadelphia, and they keep going up, we have cranes all over the place, what do you do, karen, if you're living in one every these building? >> he will, with really depends on the building is the answer. one meridian, three firefighters died, who are i have being, empty shell for that. we made a lot of changes since them. of course with the london fire 400 to six pun people to lived there. mentioned entire families lost including very young babies. well, our deputy fire commissioner right now gary says no right or wrong answer it, depend on your specific building. and the evacuation in place plans. when you sign your lease you say how much does it cost for mow to rent this thing. then you say what's your fire plan, and you practice it with your family. this expert says follow the building's instructions. but here are couple of plea cautions no matter what acro

then grant and sherman had come up with this rating concept that sherman experimented with in the meridian campaign in january 1864. the intention, if you regret's orders to sherman, is to break up johnston's army and penetrate through the confederacy wrecking anything of military value, and i think that the way those guys perceived their duties. >> the chambersburg writing is kind of off the grid -- the chambersburg burning is kind of off the grid. people from chambersburg have sent all the money out of town. there's nothing to give, and there's union forces not far away. we know they are not far away and they are going to be here any minute now, and they stall. says you may be stalling and waiting for the union army to come, so we are going to burn the city. if you visit today, there's a wasmonument about how much destroyed, counting of the number of houses and how much it was worth, but this also a star-studded to the square of before he went to gettysburg, and they have as theyar a memorial had a reenactment with lasers and all this of the burning of the city and kind of a pageant when

ceo of meridian international. welcome they were at the peace treaty between israel and egypt. modern-day version set in d.c. it's not on the books yet, but what's the likelihood of that happening and can such a summit tone down the rhetoric? >> right now kuwait gulf state in the region is acting as a go-between. that's probably not going to be enough. the president's visit to the region really set the stage for this commitment to double down on fighting islamic extremism and the saudi's and the egyptians sort of took that opportunity to basically deal with what they see as a long simmering dispute with qatar which has been financing a variety of groups including the muslim brotherhood. i do think we have strong interest in maintaining good relations with qatar. you mention the airbase and we have major commercial ties with them. we also want to keep unity with them, the gulf peninsula, especially when we look at issues like iran and fighting terrorism. arthel: so once the temperature is lowered and the dust settles, is the obvious task at hand to make sure qatar is not funding

we know the shooting happened on cush street just west of meridian shortly around midnight. at least two cars at the intersection got hit by a stray bullet as well. an investigation under way now. we have heard some reports that police have a few suspects in custody right now. we have put a call in to san jose police. i will let you know as soon as we get new information. >> thanks, jessica. >> new details in a deadly shooting outside a concord nightclub. police are charged a person with murder. the shooting happened after an argument outside the nika lounge on salveio street on saturday morning. police served a search warrant for the suspect in oakley. he wasn't home at the time, but chp officers arrested him later after he was involved in a crash in a stolen car. >> san francisco's police commission met to once again trying to figure out where the city's officers should be armed with tasers. >> the latest major police department in the country that does not use tasers, the last. in large part due to strong community opposition. here's lilian kim. >> this is about the scien

because i always think about this, any time, you think back to what the late 80s, early 90s, the meridian fire over by city hall, right? how do you fight a fire when it gets above about nine, ten stories? >> okay, we'll keep an eye on that. when i walk out of my home this morning at 2:00 this morning to come in and help craft this. >> 2:00? >> was it 3:00? >> 4:00? >> i was here at 2:30, i didn't see you. >> oh, sue, calling him out. >> okay. >> but i love you. >> okay, 5:00 (five after? ten after? 5:15? >> it was about 5:30. i get hit in my face with a breeze. i actually sang summer breeze. >> ♪ summer breeze ♪ makes me feel fine ♪ >> so i had jasmine on my mind the entire walk n it is so pleasant out this morning compared to yesterday. >> yes. >> little rain in some spots, cold front coming through, you won't get to 96 degrees again. >> yeah, we did break a record yesterday. in case you were wondering. today, though, new day. and it is flag day. and it is a eight out of ten. in your weather by the numbers, do have the rogue showers and thunderstorms moving through the area right now. so