. >> i'm from north philadelphia and i focus my energy into north philadelphia. bad rap too. you're from camden. that's where the thugs are, that's where the killers be. if i came from there, you know, and i think i'm pretty well rounded, i think i'm, you know, modestly intelligent, and i'm -- i love my work ethic. i'm a hard worker. if i come from there, i know that others like -- like me are there too. if i can create something that will expand their mind, you know, get them excited about living, then that's what this foundation does. >> what are some of the programs that you all offer young people? >> well, we've been offering a scholarship program. it's not completely scholarships where we pay your way. we say, the phrase is, i don't know if i can actually say that out loud, my idea is, you don't throw pearl to swam. if you're working hard and making grade but you can't afford your books this semester, i got you. we're going to help you out. if you're working hard and you're making your grades and putting forth the effort but you can't afford dorm fees, we'll

now, these are dramatic pictures coming to us from allentown, pennsylvania, about an hour north of philadelphia. and the scramble is ongoing into the late night to contain this blaze and save lives. homes and buildings destroyed. it's an eerie reminder of the san bruno explosion last september. this fire started with an explosion at a home. residents in the area say they suspect a gas leak, but there's no official cause of the fire quite yet. our sister station in philadelphia reporting flames reaching hundreds of feet into the air. at least one firefighter is injured, more than 500 people were evacuated from a senior center in the area. once again a suspected gas explosion outside of philadelphia happening through the night. >>> a piece of history many thought was lost forever is back in san francisco tonight. painting that vanished from chinatown decades ago are about to go on display. the artwork tells a story that's one of a kind about chinese american history. an exclusive look at this lost and found cultural treasure. jean? >> reporter: here in chinatown, a series of paintings hung on a w

it happened in allen town north of philadelphia.e neighborhood has an underground gas main that lacked shut off valves. a routine leak detention test came up clean. the blast leveled two homes, six others were damaged beyond repair. >>> you can now find out if you live on an earthquake fault just by going online. for the first time, the california geological survey is posting a fault map online. before the maps were only available in paper or cd format. if you want to check out these new maps go to ktvu.com, scroll down the home page and then click on the section called web links. >>> caltrans is about to e evict a group of homeless people from a tent city. john sasaki is live with their options. >> reporter: this is one of few options left for people who expect to be booting from their tent city sometime soon. adjacent to highway 4 is an unusual site. a small tent city in concord. >> it's too cold to be out there under the bush. >> reporter: a string of ball luck left her without nowhere to go. >> i had the quit my job because i wa

it happened in allen town north of philadelphia.e neighborhood has an underground gas main that lacked shut off valves. a routine leak detention test came up clean. the blast leveled two homes, six others were damaged beyond repair. >>> you can now find out if you live on an earthquake fault just by going online. for the first time, the california geological survey is posting a fault map online. before the maps were only available in paper or cd format. if you want to check out these new maps go to ktvu.com, scroll down the home page and then click on the section called web links. >>> caltrans is about to e evict a group of homeless people from a tent city. john sasaki is live with their options. >> reporter: this is one of few options left for people who expect to be booting from their tent city sometime soon. adjacent to highway 4 is an unusual site. a small tent city in concord. >> it's too cold to be out there under the bush. >> reporter: a string of ball l to go. >> i had the quit my job because i was taking care of my mom, she

this is what it looked like in allentown north of philadelphia last night. in fact, i'm just now told they are now confirming one person is dead. it is early familiar with the blast leveling two homes and the fire spread to other nearby homes and damaged an entire area, very similar to what happened in san bruno. firefighters evacuated two city blocks and more than 500 people are still out of their homes this morning. >>> the state of the man accused of beating a priest he says sexually abused him decades ago could be decided today. a judge may decide whether will lynch will have to stand trial for the attack after a stunning courtroom admission yesterday. marla tellez is following the story for us and is joining us now with more. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, this case has attracted so much attention and today could be the turning point will lip ch and his supporters have been hoping for. a judge may decide to dismiss the case, which means lynch would not have to stand trial. lynch is accused of beating father gerald lindor at a los gatos retireme

philadelphia, an icy morning. also icy around the city. a wintry mix to the north in the hudson valley. and the boston area will see snow changing to some ice. lucky us here in the northeast, another miserable day of winter storm. >> i hate hearing the word miserable and weather. everyone thinks this winter is the worst. you've been doing this for a while. has the this particular winter surprised you? >> well, you know, looking back over the years, each winter has its own surprises. if you recall last year, we had all of the snow around d.c. and baltimore and philadelphia. we're getting crushed. this year, it seems like everything has shifted north to new york city. and in the boston area, as well. each year, it's a little bit different. but this one, it's kind of bad here in the northeast, with the heavy amounts of snow. one thing that's sticking out, too, this year, is really the cold. it's been so cold for so long. and looks like it's going to hang on for another week or two. >> all right. accuweather's mark mankiw sew. >>> a ship in antarctica has run into some trouble. the inner hu

north korea. before you do, let's listen to our viewers in philadelphia, at the great decisions group, and see what they say about it. >> this is a desperately poor, insular regime that appears to be pretty much isolated already, so if you're going to try to use any of those conventional means of naming and shaming, recognize that there is no shame at work here. >> i recently came back from a trip to north korea with the counsel. i think in terms of north korea, and this is of course based on what i saw, which is what they want me to see, um, i think that you really come to understand the idea of ah, the importance, i would say, if we're considering sanctions on the luxury sanctions, um, targeted more ideally. because i, i think going with my gut, i do tend to think that the other sanctions that we do have in place are hurting the people more than anything. um, and i think north korea tends to be aware of that. >> i do not think sanctions have worked in north korea, and i think it's time to feed them. i think if you flood the country with food and give, feed the people, and tell them where the food

philadelphia. >> gastonia, north carolina. >> schenectady new york. >> des moines, iowa. >> macon, georgia. >> mesa, arizona. >> davenport, iowa. >> charlotte, north carolina. >> jackson, mississippi. >> little rock, arkansas. >> city of trenton. >> mirror of the city of miami, florida. >> newton, massachusetts. >> thank you for being here this morning. e are here as amymayors representing cities. where does the town of us we aren't disappointed about the committee devilment block grant that is being cut. there are other crimes that are critical to cities that are also on the cut list. we take great exception to the community development block grant. this program was promulgated under president richard nixon. this program comes directly to cities for us that control of the funds and to ensure that the funds are used for those folks who most need them and help with projects for the people who are in need of housing. whether that is affordable housing, section 8 housing, and so forth. creates jobs, not just for people with in city hall, but for the private sector and for non-profits. this program is

john coltrane left north carolina as well when he was 17, went to philadelphia where he got his first alto sax. what would have happened if he had never got mine? hard to imagine. and the three of them often got together. these other great legends of jazz. what would have happened without that? it's hard to fathom. they carried with them the migrant, the folkways, language, music, food of their seven birds and recreated these enclaves i have described to you. i interview people with collard greens growing in their backyards and oakland, oakland, california. this is how far the transplantation occurs. i want to, i think, closed with two things. one is, what is it that they left? the enormity of the departure is hard to fathom on so many levels. spiritual, emotional, familial, geographical. in every way it was a departure that took great bravery. it is not simply moving to a new job or your job has relocated you. there were leaving a place to maybe never see it again, maybe never said that the kitchen table and have a cup of coffee with your mother as you might have before because it wa

philadelphia tonight is hoping the list doesn't go on much longer. >> we're opening it's pretty good. >> what have you heard. >> the storm stays north a little, what heard. probably a little just rain there i hope. >> hans williams of belmont wants to get back to duke university. >> supposed to be major delays. i'm hoping -- >> delays where? >> delays going from houston to durham. >> there are winter storm watches, warnings and advisories in more than 30 states and the big storm is sliding east where it could stop air travel at a whole list of airports. mike mccaron is offering time-saving advice for every traveller. >> check with carrier either by phone or internet. call your destination. you could be going someplace warm and wonderful like hawaii and that plane may start the day in chicago or new york and may not get here on time or at all. >> advice she did not think of this morning but told me she will call before coming back out here tomorrow morning. call ahead or you can check it out at abc7news.com. scroll down to the bottom of our web page and you will see flight tracker down there, all the information on all the flights for all the airli

philadelphia tonight is hoping the list dodoesn't go o on much longer. >> we're opening it's pretty good. >> what have y you heard. >> the stororm stays north a little, what heard. probably a little just rain there i hope. >> hans williams of belmont wants to get back to duke university. >> supposed to be major delays. i'm hoping -- >> delays where? >> delays going from houston to durham. >> there are winter storm watches, warnings and advisories in more than 30 states and the big storm is sliding east where it could stop air travel at a whole list of airports. mike mccaron is offering time-saving advice for every traveller. >> check with carrier either by phone or internet. call your destination. you could be going someplace warm and wonderful like hawaii and that plane may start the day in chicago or new york and may not get here on time or at all. >> advice she did not think of this morning but told me she will call before coming back out here tomorrow morning. call ahead or you can check it out at abc7news.com. scroll down to the bottom of our web page and you will see flight tracker down there, all the information on all the flights for all the airli

then he moved from philadelphia to where things are falling down on people's heads to raleigh, north carolina, where people are building. and as you know living here in raleigh, if you drive out maybe eight and a half miles from the capitol building out in any direction, you come out to with the city is kind of that has to sizing. it's still growing like one of the things from science fiction. but you see what i started calling the balance of infrastructure. the trenches for different pipe and you think, all kinds of things going on. i was so interested. what are they doing and how does it work and what's happening? and then right before hurricane fran i did a story on storm water because i wanted to know -- we had like three and a half inches of rain, i did the math. always dangers. i did the math and figure out on the 104 square miles of raleigh we should be up to our necks in water from that little rain. and how were we not drowning? then hurricane fran came by and it rained very much all by itself. so as time went on i became more and more interest in sort of how does that work a

that very cold air is forced to the north so you get temperatures like this. philadelphiat 46 by sunday. and better next week. raleigh, gets to 60 on sunday. atlanta, 56. detroit, you're getting an edge on that warmup, going up to 37 degrees for the time. but the problem with this pattern change is bad news for somebody. this time, it's for the northwest. they've been mild and dry. but systems will start bringing more rain. it's dry today, but rain and mountain snow coming in tonight. and with the pattern change, you'll see more of that in the weeks to come. >>> and now, here's a look at your "gma morning menu." do you, like me, have a drawer full of gadgets that you don't use anymore? what if the store bought them back from you? is that too good to be true? check out the new buy-back program. >>> plus, a mother's nine-day struggle to save her young children in the freezing cold, bear-infested wilderness. this is a true story and a "gma" exclusive. >>> and she's beautiful. she's talented. but can she box? i know you wanted the answer to that question. so, we went behind th

philadelphia, new york, boston, connecticut and those areas. in many speaking with the, i guess, the original migrants to the north and west and, well, north and the west, did you find that a lot of their children and grandchildren are doing a reverse migration? because what you're seeing in atlanta itself a lot of those people are coming back and rediscovering their southern roots. and any comment on that? >> i think there are many reasons why. one reason is that african-americans actually are, as americans, doing what many other people are doing. there's a movement toward the sun belt because particularly in the '90s that was where the economy was going so much stronger. but the second thing is one thing about that generation is that they didn't really talk that much about what they'd experienced, and i think the younger generation, the succeeding generations after the migration, the children of the migration had questions. they didn't have that same personal, the personal memories that might have been so painful that the parents might have had. they were more willing to take a chance in coming back. it was, it was a new place. it was the wa

north toward boston getting snow. the secondary low comes in south of new york city to philadelphia and maybe into washington, d.c. overnight tonight. a quick look at where the warmth is squeezed in orlando at 81 degrees. new orleans at 73. houston at 75. a look at the big board, it's quieter in the west. c >> and it is a very wet sn >> and it is a very wet snow falling. very, very wet. robin? >> all i can say is yuck. thanks sam. >>> in our royal diary this morning, the envelope, please. invitations were delivered to 1,900 guests this weekend. on the guest lists, european royals, the couple's former flames. and the world famous soccer players. nick watt has more on who made the cut. >> reporter: the guest list for the party of the year. the wedding the century, well, some snubs and surprises. britain's new vogue royalty, the beckhams will be there. david and william became friends working on england's soccer world cup bid. >> she's probably been invited on the premise that she doesn't sing at the reception afterwards. >> reporter: but no room in the abby for the obamas or president sarkozy of france or his wife c

north. and that allows places like washington, d.c., to get to 45 degrees on saturday. philadelphiaurday. and those are good numbers for this time of year. and we see milder air hanging around until next week. it has been mild in the west, for days on in now. portland, at 51, to las vegas, at 57. and l.a.'s in the 70s, again today. waco, texas, is part of the cold spill through the country. 36 degrees today. and we know the state of florida has a cold front passing through it today. that means showers virtually all points today, as the cold front works its way south. well down into the tip of and all of that weather was brought to you by kay jewelers. george? >> thank you, sam. >>> "america's recipes" is going to make valentine's day extra special. sara moulton is here with the perfect ending to a valentine's day meal. this is incredible. it's simple. only six ingredients. >> six ingredients. you can get them all at the supermarket. >> i'm sorry. i don't mean to interrupt. sara, we love you. you know, this is a big ruse. this is not really -- >> i knew there was one somewhere in the

north or south side those are airport local decisions. >> thank you with the idea the airport local decision but i'm concerned about one issue that respects the philadelphia situation. because they do have great autonomy and they have proposed extending an airstrip to accommodate congestion. are you aware in the context of that, 78 homes are going to be taken by purported eminent domain. >> i am aware of that. >> the power of eminent domain does not come from them locally. it is your power they are stepping into. they're making their own independent decisions, they're not using any kind of regional association because they choose not to, by their words not ours, because of revenue streams, and yet your power of eminent domain is what they are using to take these homes. is that fair to those homeowners that they are not looking at what the gao suggests may well be an alternative to dealing with congestion? >> i think the gap in what you and i are discussing is captured in our ability to force them to join in any type of regional planning authority. we simply don't have that authority nor we could compel or restrict them from that. we went through a record

north and south carolina. they are urban communities in philadelphia, new york, baltimore and st. louis. democrats represent 149 of these counties with a total population of 8.7 million. republicans represent 311 of these counties with a total population of 8.3 million. 14 of these counties with a total population of 5.3 million are split between democrats and republicans. a total of 43 democrats and 84 republicans represent all or a part of these counties. and 35 of our 50 states have at least one persistent poverty county. 15 of south carolina's 46 counties qualify for thising noble recognition. -- for this ignoble recognition and i happen to represent seven of those counties. this is not a red state or a blue state issue. that's why in this map, on this map beside me, the persistent poverty counties are colored in purple. there is no political affiliation for poverty. poverty has never been limited to race, region or cede. -- creed. these counties do not have the resources to hire sophisticated high-powered grants writers and lobbyists to help compete for the finite amount of dollars

philadelphia, second vice president of the u.s. conference of mayors. >> mayor of oklahoma city. >> mayor of the council. >> christopher kowalski of virginia. >> north carolina mayor of new york. >> mayor of massachusetts. >> des moines, iowa. >> georgia. >> arizona. >> atlanta. >> mayor of the city of davenport. >> anthony hawks of north carolina. >> robert johnson of jackson, mississippi. >> mayor in indiana. >> little rock, arkansas. >> south carolina. >> city of trend in. >> north miami, florida. >> mayor of the city of tallahassee, florida. >> massachusetts and share of community development and housing committee. >> thank you for being here this morning. we are here as mayors representing cities. we are not partisan. we are disappointed about programs that are critical to cities like the community development grants and that is being cut. there are other programs that are critical to cities that are also on the cut list. we take great exception to the community development block grant. this program was promulgated under president richard nixon. this program comes directly to cities for us to have control of the funds and to ensure that the funds are us

north of new york city, more than half an inch of ice there. and this is where the current ice threat that we've been talking about. this is what we're seeing right here. philadelphia, the deep purple area, philadelphia, delaware, into new york, of course, and connecticut and beyond. and let's get an update from barbara pinto, hard-hit indianapolis. barbara? >> reporter: hard-hit is right, robin. this is what we're waking up to here. it may look like snow. clearly it isn't. everything is crusted, about an inch of ice. it is thick. enough to skate on. from texas to ohio, all the way into the northeast, the icy fist of this storm continues to rain down on 12 states. >> ice is covering everything. you can see the american flag is frozen stiff. >> crews have been on the road all day. >> the biggest concern for the power company is that tree limbs are covered in ice on power lines. >> reporter: indiana saw more than an inch of ice accumulate overnight. how are you supposed to plow in this weather? >> there isn't anything we can do about it. >> reporter: that ice, combined with snow, to form a slippery, dangerous mixture. >> this is like having ice skates on your car. >>

people along the north delaware border will continue to be there but are participating actively in the new greenway. it enhances the possibility of bringing new businesses to philadelphiast: here is tweet --- east florida, ohio, you are next. host: sorry about that. caller: i want to ask a question about the budget but i want to make a statement. i would like -- that guy from tennessee, he should turn off fox news and turn of the senate and the congress and make -- and wants them make the bills. i would like to ask the people, what has the republican party ever done to pass a bill for any working people in this country. ? i am a veteran. i am an ex-steelworker. i had my job taken away. the mill that i worked in is now in china producing steel. on this federal budget, the cuts that they took, the tax credits that you get from the trade adjustment act, if you lost a job from traded just meant to foreign imports, are they taking that away? is that going to go away? guest: you make some important points. the trade adjustment assistance is an opportunity for people who have lost their jobs because of shifting trade agreements. they might be losing their jobs to companies ov

philadelphia, even new york city, and changes over more to an icy mix. the roads will be pretty slippery but looks like the worst of the snow will be heading up to the northspent days living in the terminal. did you sleep in the airport? >> yeah, we were sleeping here. >> reporter: where? >> just on the floor and on the benches. >> two weeks in egypt, and we didn't get to see the pyramids. >> reporter: for the hundreds stuck here, there is no food or water. >> cooking our own hamburgers at the burger king maybe is an option. >> reporter: the embassy is working hard to get its citizens out. nick kourides is studying arabic at the american university in cairo. >> they've told us now that they're trying to get us out by tonight and it's going to be a late night. >> but you're on? >> reporter: news his mother in new york has been waiting to hear. as for those u.s. citizens waiting at the airport, we spoke to the u.s. embassy and they told us they will be ferrying food to them and water. lama hasan, abc news, cairo. >>> to an update of that sad and unbelievable story out of florida. the mom accused of killing her two teenage children for mouthing off. apparent

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