and a few hours later, pemberton accepted. the official surrender would take place on the morning of july 4 1863. why did grant change his mind? reluctant to launch a wasteful assault on the city, grant also did not want to send thousands of rebel prisoners to prison camps in the north, already overfull. this way he could instead send valuable federal units to help other union armies instead of guarding prisoners. had i insisted upon an unconditional surrender, he explained, there would have been over 30,000 men to transport to illinois much to the convenience of the army on the mississippi. so instead the whole confederate garrison was paroled. this meant that prisoners could go free if they promised not to reenter the war until exchange for union prisoners. this is a photograph of the united states flag flying over the vicksburg courthouse on the morning of the surrender, july 4, 1863. that's what came to be that the general, whose initials were unconditional surrender, did not insist on surrender without conditions at vicks

a few hours later, pemberton accepted. the official surrender would take place on the morning of july 4, 1863. why did grant changes mind? reluctant to launch a wasteful assault on the city, grant also did not want to send thousands of rebel prisoners to prison camps in the north, already overfull. this way, he could instead send valuable union units to help armies, instead of guarding armies. had i settled on a unconditional surrender, there would be 300,000 men to transfer. instead, the whole confederate garrison was paroled. this meant that prisoners could go free is a promise to not reenter the war. this is a photograph of the united states flag flying over the vicksburg courthouse on the morning of the surrender, july 4, 1863. it came to be that the general whose initials were "unconditional surrender," did not persist. beginning at 8:00, a victorious army marched into vicksburg, and within minutes, planted a fight. the union celebration was even greater, given it was independence day. a little later, the defeated arm

>> reporter: this empty lot in pemberton, new jersey was filled with hope for sis trters dorothy anducy. they say they paid to build on that hope. >> there are other people that have given, sacrificed for the vision of a church that is not. >> reporter: after winning a $300,000 lottery jackpot in 2003 they say they donated $48,500 to their former church the light and love evangelical church. >> we have to give back to the church. >> reporter: others say they chipped in too, to pay the mortgage on the land. those say light and love's pastors planned to build a new place to worship, a day care center and religious school. that was 12 years ago. >> i want to know what happened to the money and we want our money back. >> reporter: public records show the senior pastor frederick dean and his wife pastor eveline dean bought this piece of land in pemberton for $101,000 in 2001 then in 2012 sold it for $230,000. that's a $129,000 difference. >> reporter: how are you, sir? we repeatedly asked them to speak with us about the land and the money. they declined to arrange an on-camera interview.

a fire location in blue bell is causing an issue here on pemberton road at stenton avenue so watch forene there and construction blocks two lanes the right lane and the center lane on the turnpike westbound past norristown so a few things going on early this morning, tam. >> okay, thank you karen. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the driver who they say struck a man late last night and then just took off. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in north philadelphia with new details from overnight on that investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning tam. that's right, the victim remains in critical condition at the hospital and the search is still on for the driver. investigators feared the accident investigation district are looking for tips. if you have any police were called out last night to the 600 block of erie avenue in hunting park after report of a man struck by a vehicle. that vehicle took off. he had been on his bike, that 40-year-old man when he was hit. he was rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition around 10:15 last night. police

pemberton is seeing some of that steadier, heavier rainfall right now. a cool cloudy and rainy start. 8:00 this morning, still some showers in the area. but by 11:00, there may just be a few sprinkles around in parts of the area. most of the area will be rain-free at that time and then mostly cloudy and just 72 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. we will stay cooler than it's been lately. your neighbor-by-neighborhood forecast is coming up. jessica, a rainy start this morning. >> it is. it's causing fuf problemsquite a few problems. acket you can see now it's over into the shoulder. not a lot of volume moving through the area because that is the northbound side. typically we see the volume in the morning hours is southbound. you can see that reflected here and all headlights on and misty roadways and ponding in the area as well so give yourself extra time when heading out the door. on the blue route drive times doing okay. we are still watching that water main break in philadelphia will 5th 52nd is closed in both directs. take market street to get on through

pemberton is seeing some of that steadier, heavier rainfall right now. a cool cloudy and rainy start. 8:00 this morning, still some showers in the area. but by 11:00, there may just be a few sprinkles around in parts of the area. most of the area will be rain-free at that time and then mostly cloudy and just 72 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. we will stay cooler than it's been lately. your neighbor-by-neighborhood forecast is coming up.

"eyewitness news" in pemberton burlington county it appears the pilot had to land this plane without a landing gear that. pilot suffered only minor injuries. no one on the ground was hurt. >>> pope francis arrives in philadelphia this september for what promise to be the city's building guest event in a generation. that's why the mayor and other civic leaders are at the vatican tonight to finalize plans. they landed in rome today and so did my colleague jessica dean she files this report tonight. >> reporter: good evening from rome. the delegation arrived here early monday morning. they are here to finalize what are very intricate and detailed plans surrounding the world meeting of families and the papal visit. coming up in september. of course, very big events for the city of philadelphia. and if the delegation will make the most of their time here they'll have to move fast and be focused. the philadelphia delegation arrived in rome monday with specific goals. for mayor michael cal nutter it's about getting prepared. >> every moment has to be planned. understood. contingency develop

chopper three over the crash in pemberton yesterday. it appears the pilot had to land that plane without landing gear. no one on the ground was injured. >> well, destructive scene in the rhawnhurst section of philadelphia when a vehicle crashes into a home. chopper three over the 7900 block of castor avenue yesterday afternoon and eyewitness tells us the car first hit his car head-on then careened into the home. a woman inside was reportedly stuck between the car and the wall but was in the injured. two people in the car are hospitalized in stable condition. >>> a new bill decriminalize g marijuana use in delaware is being signed into law today. governor jack markell will sign that bill which allows people to possess a small amount of marijuana without facing criminal penalties. if you're caught with 1 ounce of marijuana or less, you will receive a 100-dollar fine. it is still illegal though, to smoke marijuana in public. that law goes into effect in six months. >>> pope francis will not be the only big name on the ben franklin parkway

chopper three over the crash in pemberton yesterday t appears the pilot had to lands that plane without landing gear n1 on the grounds was hurt. >> chopper three also over this crash in philadelphia's rhawnhurst neighborhood. vehicle crashed into a house on the 7900 block of castor avenue. eyewitness tells us the car first hit his car head-on then careened no the home. woman inside was reportedly struck between the car -- stuck rather between the car and the wall but was not injured. two people in the car were taken to the hospital in stable condition. >> a preliminary hearing is scheduled this morning for two philadelphia police officers charged in the 2013 beating after man. officers, sean mcknight, kevin robinson, face several charges. investigators say the two officers from the scooter -- knocked him from the scooter and then began to beat him before the arrest. this is captured on surveillance cameras. 4:37. philadelphia delegation is now in it second day of meetings in vatican city. the group includes religious police brass and civic levers. they are thereto coordinate for the pop

in blue bell we had a fire location but the crews have just left the scene so it's clear on pemberton road at stenton avenue. construction blocking two lanes, the right lane and the center lane on the turnpike westbound past norristown so a few things going out to watch for this morning, tam. >> okay, thank you karen. >>> and breaking this morning let's go over and take a look at this. at least two fire hydrants are opened and look at that spraying water across the road. the hi hydrants were discovered open around 5:00 this morning on holstein avenue near 78th street in southwest philadelphia. police are there on the scene so is the fire department. they've been notified to come and shut those things off. traffic, you see that safe light truck gingerly making its way through many people are being cautious. hopefully they'll get these turned off before there's flooding in the road. >>> a man is fighting for his life this morning. he was struck by a car and then just left for dead. now police are looking for the driver responsible for the crime. "action news" reporter katherine scott is

lower makefield, if i zoom out of the picture, we'll show you where the other batch, to the south of pemberton, southampton, leisure town. everywhere else with the exception of this one batch here near cape may, starting see drying conditions. avalon seeing a bit of light rainfall. same thing in sea isle city. over the next eight hours, we will see things dry up. the sun coming back to us. 76 by noon. by 3:00 p.m. 79. today's highs between 78 and 81. ted? >> all right. thank you. >>> the heavy rain last night caused water levels to rise along several creeks and streams in delaware. this was the scene along the muddy run creek near newark new castle county. the storms caused damage across the region. heavy rain brought down this tree on spring mill road in villanova. all that rain yesterday and last night left these roads flooded in hammonton. police blocked the entrance to parts of packard street and bellevue avenue as water came up over the curbs. puddles on the roads in atlantic and gloucester counties forced road closures. power crews worked through the rain to help get the lights back on t

. >> a car crashed in the business this is in pemberton, new jersey. >> this is video wow.ee that brick wall has been just pulverized there at ely's beauty supply near may tag laundry this happened a hour ago. scene is 200 block of hanover street. we know that the person driving the carries doing well enough that they refused medical treatment. >> jessica, do we know if the carries still in there. >> it looks like it happened a while back they have police tape up and all that. what sky fox is down low today, aren't they getting that great shot. >> we will figure out where car is in two minutes and come right back. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york is my home. there's no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new york's most controversial citizens. a journey in new york is a journey through history. plan you next trip at iloveny.com/summer. there'

sky fox flew over the pemberton airport in new jersey, of course just before 8:00 last night.ews tell us that the pilot circled the area several times dumping cargo before trying to land. thankfully though no one was hurt. >>> interesting looking plane um. >> yeah. >> it looks like a crop duster but it is vintage. >>> well sean diddy combs is facing legal trouble this morning after allegedly getting into a fight with the football coach at ucla where his son plays football. >> he was arrested yesterday at the university of california where his son of course is on the football team. >> university of california/los angeles. >> according to tmz during a strength and conditioning session the coach was screaming at his son justin. diddy confronted the coach in the office and it involved a kettle bell. the coach says that he tried to throw kettle bell at him while diddy said he was defending myself. no one was seriously injured but diddy was arrested tell for assault. >>> this is horrible. oscar winning composer james horner died yesterday when a small plane he was piloting, crashed

seeing as much as we saw earlier this morning in philadelphia but in tabernacle new jersey around pemberton wood land, a lot of rain there, little bit of lightening and thunder around hammington, new jersey. it is a wet the part of your drive along the the atlantic city expressway. 70 degrees right now, southeasterly winds at 7 miles an hour and 90 percent relative humidity. your commute this morning may look a lot of the same this afternoon where you need the windshield wipers at times very heavy downpours possible, flash flooding, a short break maybe around nine or ten or 11:00 this morning but keep your eye on the the sky late in the day as well with pop up thunderstorms possible for your drive home. high temperature today is around 84 degrees. so, we will break down that future cast and tell you how much rain has fallen already coming up in just a few minutes, bob kelly. >>> good morning 6:33. that heavy rain has been moving through causing havoc for motorist stepping out of the front door. watch out for that ponding heavy rain and shut down already of 476 all northbound lanes here are

skyfox over this field near the pemberton airport just before 8:00 o'clock tonight.ire crews hell he tell us the pilot that oh circle the area several times actually dumping cargo before trying to land. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> on your radar tonight we got potentially dangerous heat. here's live look down the shore in atlantic city tonight. so scott even a dip in the ocean way may not be enough to call cool tomorrow. >> we're talking about hazy, hot and humid conditions. temperatures tomorrow top out in the 90s. but feels like temperatures will be approaching the triple digits. out ahead of a cold front we'll see winds out of the south and west pumping in. the humidity and that's really how your body reacts. take look at the temperatures for sunday. 91 degrees. none the high today. tomorrow's forecast is 96. so that would make it official our first heat wave but take look at the areas highlighted in orange. trenton, philadelphia, wilmington and interior south jersey north and west we're talking about feels like temperatures approaching the triple digits. so he

according to the burlington county times, the burlington county corrections and work release center in pembertontownship is closing to save money and improve efficiency. all 74 inmates are expected to be moved to the atlantic county jail by the end of the week. the county will pay more than $80 per day to house each inmate in atlantic city once the jail closes. the 32 corrections officers who work there will be moved to the burlington county detention center in mt. holly. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we had a pretty hot and humid weekend. we've got a hot and humid start to the week and we've got more coming tomorrow. it's going to be hot and steamy, even hotter than today. we have just scattered showers around during the afternoon today, but more of a storm threat during the day tomorrow. lot of sunshine out there during the day today mixed in with some clouds. 88 degrees, humidity pretty high, considering that temperature. the winds out of the west at eight miles an hour. and the temperatures got up to 95 degrees on friday. we d

interior south jersey toward pemberton in the southern end of 206 where we saw the heavy rain, yesterday it is fairly dry. along 30, even around 40, it is estelle manor seeing rain and millville seeing steady showers as well. high today so far 57 degrees, that is more characteristic of march 27th then june 2nd. right now 57 in the city, allentown 57. poconos 55. in the suburbs temperatures uniform because of the cool, cloudy damp weather. this evening temperatures will take in the 50's with scattered showers and drizzle through 7:00 o'clock hour going to the phillies game, it will be wet. 9:00 p.m. 56. by 11:00 cloudy, dreary and some fog and 57 degrees this pesky area have on he low pressure will continue to keep that flowing coming from the ocean and staying cloudy and cool and tamp, but in the 60's for wednesday and thursday, additional showers and slowly as this storm system moves away a threat of rain will lesson but still chance of the shower by friday with temperatures in the 70's. as we look ahead we will be seeing rain chances through the rest of the week, staying in that chance

as we zoom in the placees where we are seeing light rain evesham, new jersey, tabernacle pemberton and moorestown very light rain this morning. down around delaware beaches that area of rain is going off shore, around seaford delaware still light rain and jersey shore avalon, wildwood, cape may upper township probably getting rain right now. this continues on and off throughout the morning and a lot of cloud in between. we will see some sunshine probably after 12:00 noon and of course pop up thunderstorms. that is as the cold front itself comes through this evening. once all that is out of here, maybe six or 7:00 skies will clear overnight and we can get ready to sweat for rest of the workweek. here are current temperatures coatsville upper 60's kutztown 68 degrees. we have had pennsville with 69 and camden, new jersey with 68 degrees at the moment. in jackson it is 66 around six flags and wood land it is 68 degrees. that is where we have upper 60's. kind of muggy out there yesterday we got to 86. it went from sunny to stormy as you probably heard, pretty late last night, seven day for

. >>> chopper three over the scene of another overturn truck in burlington county this one in pemberton township on route 07 by lakehurst road. dump truck overturn shortly before noon there was a driver, trapped inside but no word on any injuries. >>> well, still to come on "eyewitness news" prisoners on the loose. >> it could be, literally anywhere. >> a manhunt is intensifying for two convicted killedder to new york state prison can they have help pulling off this elaborate scheme. we have more details. >>> more on the texas police officer suspended after pulling a gun on the group of teens at a pool parity. the disturbing scene caught on camera. >>> not all frequent flier miles are created equal, three on your side jim donovan is here and he will show us how to get most out of our reward (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don