was opened here in paterson but this is not just any ihop. it's a dean of the ihop. a dean at escape civil war in liberia only to be one of the strongest businesswomen in new jersey. really it's about coming into this undisturbed community to have people really have forgotten about and say it's being given a chance. people are willing to work. >> plenty of church goers poured into the church of holy spirit church in asbury park to say their last goodbyes to tamara seidel loving mother of nine and a woman that funeral goers said was an asset to her family, her church under community. >> they walked in together. they looked after each other. it's just so sad that this had to happen to such a really good woman. >> she was a ray of sunshine. she was ice in a great mood and happy and always willing to lend a helping hand. >> ms. seidel was chased and gunned down last week killed allegedly by her husband. neptune police sergeant philip seidel has been charged with murder and is held on $2 million bail. >> friends and family cried together hugging o

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live at that young man's schools in fair less hills steve. >> reporter: chris, this is story of the young man who recognized something was wrong with his school and wanted to do something to make it right. little did he necessity that would mean changing a policy that has been around for years. that is until right now. >> it wasn't ferreter report even without the ability to use his legs 14 year-old jake wesley has no problem taking a stand. >> i don't think people in wheelchairs or with any disease should be excluded from activities. >> reporter: as a child jake was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that degrades muscles overtime. generally it makes life tough and makes life short. >> he has been a strong advocate for himself ape other kids with disabilities. >> reporter: jake's fat are keith says his son's nature kicked in last friday when his family received this letter from jake's school. >> my wife and i were upset. >> reporter: that letter from bucks county technical high school was addressed to 60 students labeled m

paterson tweeting this photo of clinton speaking at the event. >>> new jersey gave the green light for a second south jersey facility to begin growing medical marijuana. compassionate sciences in belmar camden county becomes the fifth treatment center in the entire state to dproe it. it will be another three months before the drug is available for patients. the state has now approved six nonprofit groups to grow or sell marijuana to patients with certain medical conditions. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> beautiful day with the low humidity humidity, but things are changing for tomorrow. for part of the afternoon, thunderstorms will return in the forecast along with the heat and humidity. and then later this week temperatures could be nearing 90 degrees, and the humidity's going to be up quite a few days this week too. going into the weekend, we could see some showers around as well. so have your fireworks forecast in just a second. from the poconos to the shore. as far as tomorrow morning is earn canned areas north and west, you should see

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live showing us how they are beating the heat in barringtoncamden county. it looks like a pretty good place, steve. >> reporter: not bad, guess contact past 6:00 and still super hot and pretty cool we are hanging out staying hydrated and look behind me, this is the hills swim club in barrington, new jersey. you can see kid taking dip staying cool and away from the heat and get something exercise in. in fact speaking of exercise we expect to people on kelly drive today actually doing physical activity. we had to find out what they were up to. heat wave philadelphia, the kind of dog day where the sun glares the pavement sizzles and some of the mess brave people in the city are on kelly drive. >> i ran back a mile. >> reporter: we keep up with runners, tried to break from their normal routine. >> as you can is a see i'm walking. >> reporter: time to call it quits. >> yes yes. >> reporter: she was not the only one and for good reason. heat and humidity made 93 feel like 100 degrees friday. heat wave forcing school district of philadelphia and othe

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live in center city with more, steve? >> reporter: chris, 68 year-old michael toner was scheduled to perform here, just next year in front of the hundreds now it is unclear if he will even wake up and recover from this. today we went to toner's neighborhood spoke to a woman a few doors down to lost a daughter the very same way and is once again pleading for the driver to turn themselves in. >> i just hope they find the person who did this. >> reporter: with tears streaming down her face, neighbor of the man now clinging to life is pleading for the person who wouldn't stop then, to finally stop now. >> just come forward. i don't under tan how people can do this to somebody. i wouldn't hit someone and not come forward. >> reporter: her pleas are for neighbor local stage anchor michael toner. >> my thoughts and prayers are with them. i'm very sad. >> reporter: police said about 1:00 tuesday morning toner was struck near 11th and market by a hit and run driver. he was rush to the hospital in critical condition his left leg ha

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live at police headquarters to explain, steve. >> family of tait-brown made that demand this afternoon during a news conference, to district attorney seth williams, that he reopen the case. welshing williams responded by issuing a statement. the statement read, tragic, but not criminal. >> i formally call for the district attorney seth williams, to reopen his criminal investigation into this incident. >> reporter: that demand from the family of 26 year-old brandon tait-brown was denied. statement from district attorney seth williams reject reopening the case after what he called a thorough investigation. >> accountability is all i'm asking for. >> reporter: in december tait-brown was pulled over by two philadelphia police officers in frankford. the officers initially reported a struggle and said they feared for their lives when they thought tait-brown was lunging for a gun in the car after a criminal investigation, district attorney seth williams cleared the office are of wrongdoing. but since then the official account has changed. philadel

. >> they had best selling author james paterson wants to you tune into the new series based on his best selling novel the zoo, we will preview that coming up. >>> james paterson is known for his page turning book. >> he will have us on our edge have of our seat in the summer tv series zoo on cbs-3. best selling novel, wave of animal attacks, hits the world, the race is on to find out why and stop the violence. show premiers tonight paterson talked to our ukee washington about that premiere. >> i kept reading about these odd animals, and fish jumping into boats in michigan which is really a visual. >> sure did. >> or more gator attacks in florida, then there were, crocodiles, in africa, learning how to bark like to lure people to the rivers. just strange erie stuff. that was when the book started. >> and again watch premiere of the zoo tonight at 9:00 right here on cbs-3. >>> well, that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 62:00 straight tuesday the region rattled by severe storms. several counties were in tornado warnings. they are not in the clear just yet, kate. >> that is right to

our team coverage with "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson live at a swim including in barrington, camden county. steve, that looks like a good place to be. >> reporter: jessica, you think being in a swim club near a swimming pool would make you feel cooler, but not so just making me jealous. this is the swim club in barrington, new jersey. you can see the young ladies there young people, mostly trying to beat the heat in the pool trying to get away from all this sun and humidity. earlier these young people as school district of philadelphia got out earlier today. we spoke with some of those young folks as well as school advertise trick spokesperson about why the decision to break class early. >> i'm sweat ago lot and it is a heat wave. >> reporter: tyler, we all are and you are absolutely right. this is what it is like when 93, feels like one hundred degrees. >> it is so hot. >> reporter: so hot that the school district of philadelphia and other local districts announced an early dismissal. mom stacy sideman pick up her kid from green field school in center city. >> i feel bad fo

we're live at philadelphia police headquarters i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thank you. >>> still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" her story spark a national conversation about racial identity and now a prominent leader in the naacp is stepping down. plus what a brother is saying about her allege cover up. >>> images are stunning, zoo animals on the loose after deadly flooding and fears are growing as the search for the dangerous animals continue. >>> how much sleep should you be getting for health? new recommendations out on those precious z's, we w mmmmmm yoplait! ♪ oh! good news everybody! there is now 25% less sugar in yoplait original. say "adieu" to that sugar. because it still tastes good ahhhh yoplait! >>> back on "eyewitness news" u.s. coastguard says it a has detained protesters in kyacks trying to block a drilling rig owned by royal dutch shell and it left to explore for oil in the arctic ocean. so-called, kyack activist formed a blockade around the rig and they were violating the vessel safety zone. >>> embattled head of the naacp chapter in was

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson looks at a debate trending on social media. >> i don't see how you could identify as black if you have the option of being white. >> reporter: it may be the most talk about subject in the nation. >> she still should have been, i am a white girl. >> reporter: rachel dolezal the twitter trending former naacp lied about her race as a black woman for years or did she in an interview tuesday morning dolezal admitted coming from a caucasian lineage but she identifies culturally as black. >> you can identify yourself however you want. >> reporter: this student says people have trouble putting her in a racial category. >> you can like feel like identify and have people close to you that are people of color but can't like appropriate their struggle for their own. >> reporter: one of the things dolezal said in that interview that she has been culturally confused for a very long time that since the age of five years old she racially identified as black. we wanted to ask a psychologist if that was common or even possible. >> i think that is the challenge

we are live from kensington steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> as steve said all this comes, and and a among victims that night 18 month-old and two other children. philadelphia police hoping a $20,000 reward will help them find two men who opened fire there. >>> well, summer has arrived along with sizzling temperatures, it is hot and humid outside tough day to be outside working and we could be on our way to the first heat wave of the year. meteorologist kathy orr is outside on the cbs-3 sky deck with the details of the heat advisory and chance, kathy for some severe storms. >> it is all coming tomorrow, chris, heat is building, day two in the 90's, tomorrow day three and this heat will be ending with a threat of severe weather. comfortable right now humidity is low and there is a breeze but it will not stay that way. take a look we do have some heat that will continue, right through the next couple of days yesterday 91, today so far 90 tomorrow going for a high of 94 degrees. when you add humidity it will feel hotter. ninety in the city. eighty-seven in allentown. eighty-e

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson spoke exclusively with a local man hoist now mourning lossthe close friend. >> reporter: twenty-five years of friendship, taken away by one person, in one moment. >> this is just an absolute sweetheart of the person. >> reporter: colin quashi says he lost a life long friend, 54 year-old liberian cynthia hurd, one of the nine victims murdered after attending a prayer group at emmanuel ame church in charleston. >> i was getting ready to call her. you don't have those thing i need to call cynthia and then that was just absolutely shock, you know when i a saw that. >> reporter: quashi was working with a project her at a local library right before the shooting and pair collaborated often. he said proximity of it all hits home. >> the church is literally a mile from my house so yeah, that is why i pass by it almost every day. i work six blocks from the church. >> reporter: mourning has been difficult. instead of income town quashi was already headed here, the artist premiering a new gallery this weekend at the african-american museum in philadelphi

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson talk to the officers who were in the direct line of fire. >> reporter: a moment, split decision, a matter of inches. >> it doesn't get much closer than that. >> reporter: two philadelphia police officers had to make tough calls when a call for shots fired in the kensington neighborhood called to calls for backup. >> as soon as we pulled up, we heard shots fired in our vehicle. >> reporter: police say at 2:00 neighbors reported gunfire at this home in the 3500 block of emerald street, responding, 35 year-old brendon byrd and his under study, 25 year-old jonathan ballinger on just his fourth day on the street. bullets came immediately. nearly hitting them both. >> scary moment, when i heard shots i wanted to get out of the vehicle and behind cover. i'm glad everybody is safe and no other officers were injured. >> reporter: instead of returning fire in the densely populated line of row homes the veteran and rookie called in swat. after a two hour standoff april evacuation of 20 homes two men were found inside, dead. eyewitness video shows the mom

. >> taylor paterson was only 14 years old when she had brielle, and four years later taylor is graduating camden high school and she is one of five students being honored for overcoming adversity to get her diploma. >> me and my family faced hard struggles but through all of that i had to find a way to get my family out of here. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> taylor turned to singing and was featured in this video for an organization dedicated to prevent high school dropouts, by the time she entered high school she had had a baby and was put out of two homes with her family and now plans to attend rowan university and jasmine wilson's path was different she was in foster care since she was free and last year her sister left jasmine and her sister alone in the apartment and never came back and she got jobs to pay the rent and will graduate this spring. >> mahogany robinson moved through foster placement and is having her second daughter this spring and plans one day to be a homicide detective and her family will be there at the award ceremony. >> i told her and it's i'll be her first grab daughter to graduate a

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson talk to the officers in a direct line of fire. >> reporter: a here owing moment, a split decision, a matter of inches. >> it does president get much closer than that. >> reporter: two philadelphia police officers had to make tough calls when it calls for shots fired in the kensington neighborhood called for calls for backup. >> as soon as we pulled up we heard shots fired. >> reporter: police say around 2:00 neighbors reported gunfire at this home in the 3500 block of emerald street. responding 35 year-old brendon byrd and his under study, 25 year-old jonathan ballinger on just his fourth day on the streets. bullets came immediately nearly hitting them both. >> scary moments i heard shots and wanted to get in cover and i am glad everyone is safe and there were no officers injured. >> reporter: instead of returning fire in the densely populated line of row homes veteran and rookie called in swat. after a two hour standoff and evacuation of 20 homes two men were found inside dead. eyewitness video shows moment they went in recovered a weapon and

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson spoke exclusively with a local man mourning the loss of a verylose friend. >> reporter: twenty-five years of friendship, taken away by one person , in one moment. >> this is just an absolute sweetheart of the person. >> reporter: artist colin quashi said he lost a near life long friend, 54 year-old liberian cynthia hurd, one of the nine victims murdered after a attending a prayer group at emmanuel ame church in charlton. >> i was getting ready to call her. i was driving by her house. those little things, i need to call cynthia when i get back, you know what i mean. i was just absolutely shocked when i saw that. >> reporter: quashi says he was working on a project with hurd at a local library right before the shooting. they collaborated often. he said proximity of it all hits home. >> the church is literally a mile from high house yes pass by there every day. i work six blocks from the church. >> reporter: mourning has been difficult, instead of being in town, quashi was already heading here the artist premiering a new gallery this weekend at the

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live there with the very latest, steve. >> reporter: chris, big scare for staff and students to look up this morning and to see their own high school on fire. administrators we spoke to say a the response here was textbook and the events of today certainly could have been worse. classroom, smoke hundreds of students in ben franklin high getting a firsthand crash course in fire safety. >> it was shocking. >> everybody was all freaking out. >> reporter: that shock started within the student educators, school officials say shortly before 10:00 a signs teacher noticed fire traveling through the ceiling by the time crew as arrived, rolling, white smoke came out of the fourth floor classroom where the fire was contained and eventually extinguish. >> it was crazy. >> reporter: student kion brown was on the same floor. >> i came in and all this smoke and hit me when i came out in the hallways. >> reporter: on the ground 457 students were evacuated and taken to nearby franklin learning center, no one was injured and beyond that, students we spoke to s

reporting from south street, steve paterson for cws3 "eyewitness news". >>> and, in a late night forhillies, falling in extra innings against the pirates in the 13th we will go where charles marte2 out hit brought home the winning run. pittsburgh came away with a one to nothing victory. phillies are zero and four, on their eight game road trip. >>> philadelphia's favorite little leaguers a special honor for them, "eyewitness news" at crystal tea room in center city where taney dragons received a 2015 john wanamaker at let ache ward. the philadelphia sports congress recognized the team for their accomplishments on the team. honor has been awarded to athletes teens organizations since 1961. >> this award means a lot. a a lot of legend have gotten this award before and for us to get this a award now it is up believable. >> last summer, of course, the taney dragons captivated the city during their incredible run for the world series title. they were just two wins away from the u.s. championship. >>> hundreds of job seekers attend a job fair for this huge open gloucester premium outlets.

reporting from south street, i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> four day care workersrth jersey are fired after troubling video. a member is accused of being rough with the two-year old after having trouble putting on the child's hat. the video was taken about a month ago at hoboken's apple school, and schools director and assistant director were among workers fired for miss handling that situation. >>> a big setback for president obama as congress derails his fast track trade sale. craig boswell is on capitol hill and sorts it all out. >> motion is not adopted. >> reporter: the house back by democratic my north delivered a major defeat to president obama a rejecting an aid bill tied to his fast track trade legislation. >> this ta a a fails to restore coverage to thousands whose jobs may be exported. >> reporter: taa or trade adjustment assistance provides economic health to workers who lose their jobs because of the trade deals. at the last minute the president lost the support of the house democratic leader. >> i will be vote to go day to slow down the fast track, to

>> connections to the victims extend far beyond south carolina, "eyewitness news" reporter steve patersonpoke exclusively with a local man who is now mourning the loss of a very close friend. >> reporter: twenty-five years of friendship, taken away by one person, in one moment. >> this is just an absolute sweet of the heart of the person. >> reporter: artist column own quashi lost a life long friend this week 54 year-old liberian cynthia hurd, one of the nine victims murdered wednesday night after attending a prayer group at emmanuel a me church in charleston. >> i was getting ready to call her. you know, that little thing, i have to call sip they a when i get back. you know what i mean? i was just absolutely shocked when i is a thaw. >> reporter: quashi was working with a project with hurd with her right before the shooting and that the pair collaborated often. he said proximity of it all hits home. >> church is literally a mile from my house yeah, passed by there almost every day. i work six blocks from the church. >> reporter: mourning has been difficult, instead of being in town quash

"eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson spoke with the officers in the line of fire. >> reporter: a moment, a split decision, a matter of inches. >> it doesn't get much closer than that. >> reporter: two philadelphia police officers had to make tough calls under fire when a call for shots fired in this kensington neighborhood turned to calls for backup. >> as soon as we pulled up, we heard shots fired at our vehicle. >> reporter: police say at 2:00 saturday afternoon neighbors reported gunfire at this home in the 3500 block of emerald street. responding, 35 year-old brendon byrd and his under study 25 year-old jonathan ballinger, on just his fourth day on the street. bullets came immediately nearly hitting them both. >> scary moments as soon as i heard shots i wanted to get behind the vehicle and get behind cover and i'm glad everyone is safe and no police officers or residents were injured. >> reporter: instead of returning fire in the densely populated row homes veteran and rookie called in swat, after a two hour standoff an evacuation of 20 homes two men were found inside dead. e

reporting live from kensington i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve, thanks very much. >>> on this first full day of summer, we are feeling the sizzle mercury rising in the 90's now and just beginning. heat advisory is set to go in effect for most of the area tomorrow morning. meteorologist kathy orr is on the cbs-3 sky deck, how sit feeling, kathy. >> we have a big breeze coming through dry wind, so not a lot of humidity but hot wind as well as temperatures soared above 90 degrees for the second day tomorrow our first heat wave of the year. lets look at these high temperatures around the region because they will go higher tomorrow philadelphia 91. ac airport 90. wilmington 87. trenton and allentown in the upper 80's. eighty-nine in the city. millville 86. dover 88. average high is 85 this time of the year. temperatures falling through 80's this evening and stays sunny through sunset and clear skies 79 at 11:00 p.m. but humidity will rise and tomorrow the temperature will as well. that is why a heat advisory goes into effect. it will feel like around 100 degrees m

our steve paterson talked with one of his closest political allies today. >> it is unusual. >> reporter: in the current landscape of part is in politics, some might call this an under statement. >> i know that he took some flack for asking a republican to become in and be his chief deputy. >> reporter: when beau biden won his first election for delaware attorney general by 13,000 votes in 2006 he name attorney richard devlin his deputy chief. >> i took a little flack for going in as his chief deputy too. >> reporter: not a popular move, devlin says a democrat giving power to the competing party was seen as a slap in the face but he committed because of beau's character. >> i thought that together we could do good things for delaware. >> reporter: saturday vice-president joe biden announced his oldest son, 46 year-old beau biden died from a two year battle with brain cancer. two term attorney general was first a major in the army national guard deployed in 2008 for year long tour of duty in iraq. when he left, he called on devlin. the republican asked to fill the democrat's seat. >> beau

through south philadelphia, an extraordinary amount of rain, falling right now you can see on paterson avenue near north woodbury this is westfield this is area and that doppler radar indicated this hail pro tuesdaying damaging wind, moving east, once again at 50 miles an hour. we do have some heavy rain, also extending down to the south, and you could see some of these roads near the mills and very heavy rain, where you see, purple, and and ape possible tornado and and right over philadelphia, and thinks an indication of some hail that fell, as well. along right now moving across towards cherry hill in camden county along 676 right over the bridge, it looks like the walt whitman under the gun there right now with some heavy rain and potential for some damaging wind and as we zoom in, this is our velocity. meteorologists look at this, to find, the precipitation or wind speed that are going towards and away from the radar and color indicated when you see red right next to the green that is a sign of some rotation and that is how we can zoom in on the area of concern that can possibly be

a young man from paterson, new jersey, with his very popular song "trap queen," fetty wap.ght, kit harington will be here, he plays jon snow on "game of thrones." comedian chris gethard, music from dwight yoakam. and on thursday, two shows. one in prime time before game four of the nba finals, with adam saddler. another at our regular time with zoe saldana, tyler the creator, and music from r5. and it's all happening so fast. please join us. our first guest tonight has already saved both the galaxy and legoland. and now he takes on dinosaurs. "jurassic world" opens on friday. please welcome chris pratt! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: it's funny that you came out, sent you back, and introduced you again. but yehya has already forgotten your name. >> he knows i'm a really nice guy. >> jimmy: very nice guy. >> very nice. very nice. >> jimmy: you are a very nice guy. and by the way. i'm very happy for you when i see you doing so well. this might be the biggest movie of the whole year that you're in. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's a big deal. >> yeah. it's, it's, it

>> according to morris, paterson had specific requirements for the suit. >> did it look like a gorillare you see the eyes? i said you get the makeup. put it around the person's eyes wearing the suit, it will blend into the mask itself. they also wanted to know how to make it large and massive. >> and he wanted some extra material. he's going to have to change the head. he's going to have to put these -- and this is brilliant on roger's part -- these pendulous female breasts which everybody thought wow, that's the kind of detail nobody could make that up. it's so credible and believable. >> well, the check arrived and i sent the suit out to him. he called me back and said, listen, you can see the zipper in the back of the suit. i said, well, that's easy to overcome. just get a hair brush. brush it back and forth across the top of the zipper and it will disappear. that was the last i heard from him. >> until he sees his suit on tv. >> my wife is in the kitchen and i yell, come here. you will want to see this. she walks in and said oh, look. there's our gorilla suit. >> morris keeps quiet

live from center city, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> steve thank you. >>> vigil is scheduled tonight for south jersey teenager critically injured in the hit and run. community will gather at pennsville memorial high school at 8:00 p.m. in honor of 17 year-old kyle pszenny recovery. he was hit in the head righting his skateboard on sunday p lisa less ted zachary mcdone a. >>> well, the developing right now search is underway for this man, he is a suspect shot and killed a delivery driver in yeadon delaware county. it happened on a loading dock, in an industrial complex on baltimore avenue. police say that the gunman shot six three-year old thomas childs, as he loaded up his truck to make a delivery to new york city. >> i was overwhelmed with grief, an it was just so shocking to hear bit this morning, and coming down here, you know, and witnessing the whole thing. >> investigators believe this was a random act of violence. >>> we will have much more on this story in a live report coming up tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 o'clock. police looking for a suspect tonight who sh

reporting live from philadelphia police headquarters i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> steve, thanks very much. >>> dramatic scene on the cooper river today a frantic race to rescue a driver from his sinking car played out and now we're hearing from two women who happened to be at the right place at the right time. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live in collinswood with more, cleve. >> reporter: chris that driver lost control and right here. the tire tracks show where it went into the river off the bank and fortunately there were several brave women who jumped in right after that driver today they spoke to "eyewitness news" in a tv exclusive. >> i thought i cannot let her go by herself. >> reporter: one self less act led to another for monica and maury, they and a they can woman met at cooper river park for first training session in the breast cancer awareness walk in support of the mutual friend. then they saw a commotion the bank of the river and minivan in the water. >> i went, well, we have to go in. >> she just went in. sat down and took my shoes off

. >> and former governor paterson. >> you're right. a.b. rosen.fore gets kicked out. >>> in the meantime greece delaying debt payments to the imf. bundle four payments to a lump sum comes due on june 30th. joining us to talk more about the latest turn in the greek drama. harry wilson, ceo of mava advisors, one of the great restructuring experts and this is restructuring on a grand scale. they missed the deadline. let's call a spade a spade. do they even pay? do they even pay on this day? >> today, no. >> june 30th. >> they'll get to a deal that kicks the can down the road again. get to a deal some time over the next three or four months and maintain political support while pushing ever so slightly forward. >> why do you think they'll get there? why do you think this will not just go on. at some point, isn't somebody going to blink? why do you think the greek people are not going to blink? >> by blinking do you mean exit the eu? >> or make the payment. not just the payments that happen over the summer. mu ris once you hit the fall, you hit the big

scott paterson plays luke. >> how many cups have you had this morning? >> none?? >> to tolerate so much? >> jared was rory's first love. >> i think was very much like the early that came in and was this guy i guess was believable small town guy. >> familiar passfaces passed through. melissa mccarthy. one absence was strongly felt. >> yes, emily, you may go first. >> edward herman played the family pate yark. he passed away last new year's eve. one chair stood empty on the reunion stage in his honor. >> tell me about the guy. >> mom! >> for seven seasons, the show resolved around the women and their romances. >> i'm team dean. >> i'm team jeff. >> i think you named someone new. >> or single and focussed on her career. >> oh my god. that's the best answer ever. >> eight years after the show's end, there's still talk of a movie. >> absolutely i'm all in. >> there's nothing standing in our way. there's sheer willingness. >> the show lives on for a whole new generation of fans. >> natalie is ready to binge watch. >> i am. i want to watch it all over again. >> it is on

and former director of the graduate program in public policy and international affairs at williams patersonuniversity. the co-author of six books and numerous book chapters and an encyclopedia entry on american politics and public policy, globalization, social movements and religion. she cochairs the seminar on full employment social welfare equity in the seminar on popular struggle and serves on the board as a national jobs for all coalitions. please join me in welcoming shelia collins and trudy schaffner goldberg to the roosevelt book festival. [applause] >> thank you very much. sheila and i are honored to be here in a place where the new deal is born. and going to begin by quoting from roosevelt who wrote unfortunately a catastrophe seems to have been necessary to focus people's attention on the ideals and government and on its relationship to its citizens. of course it's more unfortunate if that doesn't happen. but the crisis of 2008 seems to us to be a similar kind of opportunity. sheila and i hope that like many others we will be able to take stock and correct some of the things that