philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engineering concepts that are still the basis for our water systems today. europeans flocked here. it was a destination point to see the new world technology. when charles dickens visited us in 1840, he was truly blown away by high water pressure on the fourth floor of the hotel he was staying in. nowhere in europe had he experienced that. this technology was doing something to support the life and the growth of the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new y

a video shot by a mccain campaign volunteer on election day 2008 in philadelphia shows two members of the new black panther party in paramilitary style uniforms standing at the entrance to a polling place, one holds a night stick. >> i think it may be a little intimidating that you have a stick in your hand. >> reporter: a controversy of what happened next has erupted on talk radio and cable. >> the u.s. commission on civil rights is now investigating. >> we have a doj whistle blower who is alleging there is a discriminatory policy in effect right now. >> right. >> reporter: in january 2009 the justice department sued the two men along with the new black panther party and its president for voter intimidation. they are proceeding only against the man with the night stick. a federal judge barred him from displaying a weapon near a polling place. a former justice department lawyer who worked on the case accuses the obama administration of declining to stand up for the rights of white voters. >> if you attempt to intimidate someone from voting, that violates the law. in the south, would y

guns well back out of our town combine for the only goal of the game as manchester united but philadelphia union. and while the n.h.l. didn't like the new contract so much they decided to reject it. so you think role gonzalez would have retired as a real madrid blab but nothing is written in stone in this world the legendary strike a school owes to completing a move to shelf in the bundesliga the thirty three year old have been linked with told how much to unite the blackburn and newcastle but shall he seemed to be added have a q. and coach fellas magath is confident of securing his services some salsas claim or a little has already signed a two year deal with the german side last season madrid's all time leading scorer only managed seven goals in say two nine appearances. meanwhile told them of man city out to teams maybe just a couple of key players away from topping the premier league after spasm failed to land joe cole who chose livable and stab both clubs and out chasing another hot commodity team usa star landon donovan. meet with you there was no. choice. but. what choice did it mig

the 17-year-old was from philadelphia, pens. authorities say hicks was sitting at the edge of a cliff along the coastal trail and slipped and fell 400 feet to his death. there is a spokeswoman said it what had nothing to do with him being distracted as a cell phone. >> and you may want to check your freezer. tonight, the federal government is issuing a nationwide recall of 90,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets manufactured by sold at walmart under great value label because they may contain what regulateors call foreign objects. there is an establishment number and products have a best if used date of june 9, 2011. officials say you need to throw them away or return them to the store. >> there the fda being urged to revoke it's approveal of the bug evastin found follow up studies failed to improve quality of life. and found significant risks to patients. and sales were near $6 billion. the fda will decide whether to take the panel's recommendations and we shall see. >>> a warning from consumer reports. a self pro claimed more n

on i-10 from jacksonville to houston. >> if you're complying expect delays in chicago, boston, philadelphia and the nation's capital. >>> in an exclusive interview with abc's "this week," vice president joe biden took issueww with wouse press secretary robert gibbs about the fall elections. >> the vice president said reports of the democrats demise are premature. david kerley has details. >> reporter: with his main getaway over president obama returns to the dissent over parties are of members fearful of losing power. nt joe biden on abc's "this week" boldly predicted it won't be that bad. >> i think we're going to shock the heck out of everybody. we're going to win the house and win the senate. >> reporter: that after the press secretary admitted that the democrats could lose control of the house. simple statement of fact, and calling it gibbs-gate proclaiming they will win enough seats. >> i think we'll be slightly over 40. >> i know the guys are popping the champagne bottles already over there, but fact of the matter is, the democrats will retain the majority of the house. >> reporter: a

it is deja vu for the philadelphia phillies. last season they picked up an ace right before the trade deadline. this year, what do you know. they picked up another ace right before the trade deadline. they did acquire right-hander roy oswalt from the houston astros for two prospects and pitcher j.a. happ. oswalt had to waive his no-trade clause, and the astros picked up $11 million of his deal. then it worked. he'll join roy halladay and cole hamel to form one of the most dominant pitching rotations in the league. >>> texas rangers also made a splash. they traded two minor leaguers to the florida marlins for infielder jorge cantu. he gives the rangers depth after placing second baseman ian kinsler on the disabled list. >>> and speaking of infielders, the padres acquired miguel tejada from the baltimore orioles for a minor leaguer. the one-time mvp is now 36. he'll provide veteran leadership for a young padre team. >>> enough with the trades. let's play. phils and diamondbacks, 11th inning. wilson valdez ended this one with an rb

art museum a site made famous by the film rocky they play major league soccer side the philadelphia union right to today on their top of north america. well here in russia with the team weeks into the season on the lights so a twenty two goal was flying as an. inside in the premier league anything missed any of the action they worry it's not a time to enjoy the highlights it is always go. i. thank. you. a few contenders for governor of the season finally mosque and the being a great place to go jogging but this could be about to change the city aims to become one of the world's running capitals. different jolts different each different but what does unite people say a lot. however. when it comes to. many people just don't understand what makes. life like why should i join and all this stuff but. once we can all start to work with the understand that this is not true that this will just you know some thoughts behind in order to change people's attitudes sportswear has. stars and you athletes can get professional opinion and some voice in the voice. or in the park there is a big risk

. >> reporter: temperatures climbed well above 90 degrees from phoenix to philadelphia. factor in the humidity, and it felt like the 100s in much of the country. >> get your money ready, guys. >> reporter: that follows a first half of the year which was the warmest ever on record. this weekend five people were treated for heat exhaustion at a special olympics event in lincoln, nebraska. in los angeles, firefighters battled flames and heat at a scrap yard fire. in arizona, rescue workers braved triple-digit temperatures as they searched for hikers. >> nice and slow, nice and slow. >> reporter: in philadelphia, marathoners pushed through punishing heat, determined to break a record of running 146 miles in 24 hours. high temperatures combined with a rack of rain in some areas means some farmers haveown powd. >> i don't think it's been worse. 1980, '80/'81 we had a drought, but it wasn't like this. >> dry restrictions have led to water restrictions in parts of california, massachusetts and new york. in this new york city park, the water was turned off, but amber decker's fou

art museum a site made famous by the film rocky they play major league soccer side the philadelphia union later today from there to all of north america. lucky them well here in russia we're thirteen weeks into the season and the latest action saw twenty two goals fly in is any remain the only unbeaten side in the russian premier league and if you missed any of the action enjoy the highlights here riis. live. codes. on. live. plz. a couple real scream is there now formula one continues this weekend in germany and the sport's most decorated team ferrari will be looking to shrug off their recent poor run of form twice champion fernando alonso and felipe massa to clinch our ferrari one two with a curtain raiser in bahrain in march but have struggled ever since and they want the next race to be their turning point. we are over now of after two rather he says with not many points before there were i have to go to the good moment when you do to take care of the maximum for my workout. or three ball games you know i am not all i'm sure with a new point systems we would be different for the

. >> reporter: temperatures climbing well above 90 degrees from phoenix to philadelphia. factor in the humidity and it felt like the hundreds in much of the country. that follows the first half of the year which was the warmest ever on record. this weekend five people were treated for heat exhaust at a special olympics event in lincoln, nebraska. in los angeles, firefighters battled flames and heat at a scrap yard fire. in arizona rescue workers braved triple digit temperatures as they searched for hikers. in philadelphia marathoners pushed through punishing heat determined to break a record of running 146 miles in 24 hours. high temps combined with a lack of rain in some areas means some farmers have faced less than ideal growing conditions. >> the grounds was like powdered sugar when you walked on it. brown powdered sugar. yorveg it has -- i don't think it has been worse than this. >> reporter: lead to go water restrictions in parts of california, massachusetts and new york. in this new york city park the water was turned off. but this 4-year-old child didn't seem to mi

the charge is that they intimidated voters in philadelphia. it all got back in the news a couple of weeks ago when a bush appointee to the justice department, jake christian adams, said he had resigned because of the obama administration's reluctance to press charges against african- americans on these issues. he talked about it with our legal correspondent, jan crawford. >> voting section attorneys have refused outright to work on these sorts of cases, saying things such as, "i didn't join the justice department to sue black people. i won't work on the case." people who did work on the cases were harassed. there was terrible things that occurred within the department whenever certain people would decide that a race-neutral enforcement of the law was appropriate. >> schieffer: abigail thernstrom, president bush appointed you to the u.s. civil rights commission. you said that all of this thing about the black panthers was small potatoes. why did you say that? >> in the first place, you had two unappealing black guys-- unappealing because, you k

the 3-2 win brings philadelphia to within 2 1/2 games of division-leading atlanta. >>> in san diego, oscar salazar, of the padres singled in the ninth inning for are a walkoff victory over los angeles 3-2. the padres increase their lead to seven games ahead of the dodgers. >>> in the american league, the white sox now lead the central division by 1 1/2 games. paul kanerko homered. the white sox beat the mariners 9-5. >>> carlos pena, tampa bay, homered and had four runs batted in against detroit in a 4-2 victory. rays' david price became the first pitcher to win 14 games in the american league this season. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and a heart-warming homecoming for some four-legged heroes. there's oil out there we've got to capture. my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. every morning, over 50 spotter planes and helicopters take off and search for the oil. we use satellite images, in

joining us from philadelphia philadelphia, mark lamont hill, professor at columbia, and contributor top21.com. mark, you have been listening, what is your overall response to "the obama diaries"? >> i wish i could say i was disappointed. but i didn't expect anything different from laura. i like laura. i think the kind of energy and negativity we see directed towards the obama administration, and even the first lady, i think is ill-placed, misplaced. we can focus our energy on other things other than mocking the president. do i think the president is fair game? of course, do i think some is funny? absolutely. i think some one as talented and smart as laura could be directing herrener je en eergy e tea party, talking unemployment, and all sorts of things i am sure laura is going to agree with me right now? >> larry: laura, you can respond. >> i love mark lamont hill, a great one to duke it out with. the obamas are people, we are all people, they're not deities and not monarchs. when michelle obama goes to congress and demands billions for a child nutrition initiative and acts as a health

the first four pages belonged to that particular community, detroit, philadelphia, new york.emselves would have on the masthead "pittsburgh courier," then, right over that would be "detroit edition," "new york edition," or "philadelphia edition." >> young people wanted to be an agent for the courier, or even older people wanted to be an agent for the courier, because they could make money by selling the courier. the courier cost 10¢. they would make 2¢ of that 10. >> when i started delivering the pittsburgh courier, i was perhaps 12 years old. i would get maybe around 100 a week shipped down from pittsburgh to tulsa, oklahoma, where i was growing up. the black community in tulsa, oklahoma, was like a cocoon. you didn't--you had very little contact with white people. they wouldn't even hire black boys to deliver the daily paper. so it was the courier that i could deliver but not the tulsa tribune, not the tulsa daily world. no, that was off-limits to any young black boy growing up in tulsa in the late '20s and '30s. >> up north, we had our regular newsstands and news spots for

i want to focus in in philadelphia, we have 1,300 manufacturers. average wages earned is well over $45,000 annually. it is a major source of where our future economic growth is going to come from. and the gentleman from california who has dedicated a great deal of his life on economic development really understands that at the end of the day, the only way to really build wealth in our nation is we have to be making products that we can't be consumer-driven economy and expect to continue to have a high quality of life for ourselves and for our families and children and grandchildren. philadelphia, we are making everything from peanut chews, to salt water fishing reels which are world class among fishermen and women throughout the world. we are making for rail cars, we are making rail cars. we have manufacturers that are engaged in making bicycles. you run through and you will see. now when people think about our city, they say you lost a couple hundred manufacturing jobs. that's true. when you see the old factories closed down, but there is a new gr

temperatures climbed well- above 90-degrees from phoenix to philadelphia.. factor in the humidity ... and it felt like the hundreds in much of the country. the heat combined with a lack of rain in some areas ... means some farmers have faced less-than- ideal growing conditions: "(sot 1:15:19) (ron binaghi of stokes farm, nj) the ground was like powdered sugar when you walk on it. it was brown powdered sugar. // (1:17:28) no i don't think it s been worse. bay area firefighters took up the challenge today to raise today to raise money for some worthy causes. some walked, others ran up all 48 floors of the transamerica building this morning. they raised money for three local organizations that work on the treatment and recovery of burn victims. additional money was raised for their own toy drive. some climbed the stairs in full gear, which adds about 50 pounds to their load. climbers said it was worth the challenge. " i'm pretty sure i ...when i m done (laughing) 3:15:02 " although it wasn't a race, the first person to finish did get a trophy. they're not as po

. >> we have a friend in town from philadelphia yeah -- philadelphia.he has stunned about how cold it's been. >> the storms were kicked off by monsoonal moisture coming up and will pawn thunderstorms. there are -- will spawn thunderstorms. the thundershowers continue but most of it ease of lassen park, east of mt. shasta. we's watch it for you. the fighting they are doing -- the conditions they are fighting it's cooler down there. so fire conditions not at a red flag warning. let's go outside and i'll show you what we are in terms of temperatures. look at that 8. that's sacramento right now. sacramento this time of year, you would expect upper 90s. you go up to redding. there's heat. 96 degrees there and up towards chico in reno. you get the feeling around the bay that temperatures are on the cool side with numbers -- oh, gosh, a good 5, 8 degrees below where i would expect this time of year. so the forecast is very similar to what we had last week and what we had the week before that which is a lower fire danger and a better air quality forecast. there

here is one from fitzgerald in philadelphia. i think it is november 8, 2009. he wrote, it is difficult to see how of "the times" sponsors are in general. his work in -- her work is short on reason and logic but long on venom and distortion. it is no secret they are steadily losing leadership, remaining in the dial is just an example of how badly out of touch the editors continue to be. i expect many will find this to be thoroughly unpersuasive. >> it is interesting. and none in the church sent me an article from a catholic magazine -- a nun in the church sent me an article from a catholic magazine pointing out all the positive stories about the catholic church, about the catholic clergy and people doing things for communities and society, and the article was basically making the case that it is pretty hard to call "the times" anti-catholic if you read everything it has said. i think the nature of the scandal inevitably made it big news and front-page news. these are not isolated cases, and the church was more concerned with protecting the clergy and the hierar

they wi perform in a joint concert in philadelphia. a fundaiser for inner city youth. in case you didn't know, rice is a classical pianist. she will accompany franklin for an album that wl be later released next year. >>> stl ahead, one california man $45 purcse at a garage sale. >> it turns out being a gold mine. we'll tell you when we come back. >>> today at 4:00, celebrities tell us their family secrets and then at 5:00, new alarm being sound over a toxic substance and a novo father talks about the prison murder of a man that was involved in a d.u.i. crash. >> and why doesn't this happen to us? why doesn't it happen to us. >> he hits the jackpot. >> he stumed on a collection of 65 negatives shot by ansel adam highway paid $45 for shots of yosemite and kar hell and other landscapes. it took him a long time to confirm their you a ten advertise. >> ty are worth $200 million. >> i want the you to say it slowly. >> $45 and return of $200 million. >> he is selling the prints for $7500 and even makes more money. >> what do you think, $200 million. >> we'll see you bright a

had just come from dallas where we had been with the cowboys, and i had been with the giants and philadelphia eagles, where i coached for the better part of 11 years, and we found was, again, right after katrina, all of a sudden, an area of people that had a history with their team, although their team did not have a great history, grandfathers, fathers who had seen the team play in the early but although there had been some trying times, there was something uniquely different. they seemed to believe in that next season, that next season, and it took them 43 years, but they were there, and what was more interesting is after katrina, et the superdome sold out in 2006 and had a waiting list for season tickets that first 2006 season. 2007, they were sold out again with a pretty good waiting list. 2008, 2009, probably 55,000 people on a waiting list, in a very small area, in an area where people might say they struggle making the payment on coming up with those dollars for entertainment, and it is what they do on sundays, is an area -- and it is an area where basketball has been relatively new wi

here is one from a monsignor in philadelphia. november 8, 2009. "with respect to maureen dowd -- >> it is interesting. a nun in the church sent me an article in a catholic magazine by a writer pulling out all the positive stories that "the new york times" wrote about the catholic church, about catholic clergy, and lay people doing things for communities and society. the article was basically making the case that it is pretty hard -- this is not my article, it was someone else -- it is hard to call the paper and anti-catholic if you read it broadly. i think that the nature of the scandal in the church inevitably made it big news and front-page news. these are not isolated cases. there were hundreds and thousands of them. the church pretty systematically was more concerned with protecting the clergy and the hierarchy than dealing with the victims. you and i both know the old watergate thing. it is not always the crime. it's the cover-up. the church is going to endure this kind of coverage until this is fully, openly dealt with and expunged. >> how m

and philadelphia phillies. the first baseman, rye and how word! to life.and with the car, the iridium mobile of that. to release that a virtual image, and to leave that on a computer screen. from there, you can play games which are player. >> catching, bedding, to see what type of scores you can get. www.kron.com gabriel slate's tech report >> and often a repeated joker, perhaps if they give them too much cold medicine? and some research how harmful that can be. >> that is right, mark. today, a journal of pediatrics article says that over the counter subscriptioover medicating canbd endangerment. pharmaceutical drugs were maliciously used on children. research discovered that children are most commonly refute receivin stimulus, sedatives, hypnotic, and tyson knocks and also cold medication. 18 children died, to check out of the details on this research what's on the web with kimberlee sakamoto. www.kron.com >> and this has been a problem, and stanley roberts has more on this edition of people are behaving badly. >> this woman is taxinexting ane forgot to o

this dates back to 1946, when it was first established as the philadelphia warriors. they won the championship in the inaugural season of the basketball championship of america, what would become the national basketball association. in 1962, the team was relocated to san francisco and became known as the san francisco warriors until 1971, when the name was changed to the current golden state warriors. the team has played all of their home games in the oracle a korea from 1966 with the exception of a one-year hiatus -- oracle arena. they have won two others, tying for sixth in the nba and the number of championships. in 2004, they started their campaign which was infectious, spreading hope to their fans and gating thousands more as each game continue to inspire hope for the so-called underdogs. -- gaining thousands more. here in the city and county of san francisco. i am introducing a resolution today along with supervisors dufty and elsbernd to let people know that we welcome the opportunity to work with the franchise and explore the opportunity to build an arena to h

. >> a philadelphia gifts ever fifth grader took bullyg all the way to the white house she wrote a letter to the president explaining how she had been bullied at her former school nearly every day. >> every day, i get e-mail and i have no do something. >> the letter finally came in march and in it, president obama thanks her for sharing her story and encouraged her to spk to her teachers about being bullied. >> the white hous gets 65,000 letters per week and prident obama reads ten of them? >> i'm sure some of them he doesn't want to see. let's take a look at the weather forecast. >> it's sunny in some spots, we have airport delays for up to an hour. it is gray out there. temperatures have been struggng to make it out of the 50s at the coast, but, san jose is nice and sunny and cool, 63 degrees, and that trend continues for the next 48 hours. then we'll begin to see just a little bit of a warming tre. antioch at 76. we do have a 22 degree spread. it will warm inland comfortable here, concord and livermore, 64 in redwood city but look at the 24-hour temperature change. concord an livermore

. >> a philadelphia gifts ever fifth grader took bullying all the way to the white house.wrote a letter to the president explaining how she had been bullied at her former school nearly every day. >> every day, i get e-mail and i have no do something. >> the letter finally came in march and in it, president obama thanks her for sharing her story and encouraged her to speak to her teachers about being bullied. >> the white house gets 65,000 letters per week and president obama reads ten of them? >> i'm sure some of them he doesn't want to see. let's take a look at the weather forecast. >> it's sunny in some spots, we have airport delays for up to an hour. it is gray out there. temperatures have been struggling to make it out of the 50s at the coast, but, san jose is nice and sunny and cool, 63 degrees, and that trend continues for the next 48 hours. then we'll begin to see just a little bit of a warming trend. antioch at 76. we do have a 22 degree spread. it will warm inland comfortable here, concord and livermore, 64 in redwood city but look at the 24-hour temperature chang

they will perform in a joint concert in philadelphia. a fund-raiser for inner city youth. in case you didn't know, rice is a classical pianist. she will accompany franklin for an album that will be later released next year. >>> still ahead, one california man $45 purchase at a garage sale. >> it turns out being a gold mine. we'll tell you when we come you can see fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? it tastes too good to be fiber. you ma it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. do it again. turn it into sometng tasty. this guy's doing magic. there's chocolate chips in here w. hod you do that? right! tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. what's she thinking? that's right! i'm not thinking anything! [ male announc ] fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> today at 4:00, celebrities tell us their family secrets and then at 5:00, new alarm being sounded over a toxic substance and a novato father talks about the prison murder of a man that was involved in a d.u.i. crash. >> and why doesn't this happen to us?

have joined forces for a benefit cd that's coming out -- no, benefit performance last night in philadelphiaic ] >> do you see her? that's rice the former secretary of state. she has training as a concert pianist so she accompanied aretha frank little as she sang and then reese performed a classical set with the philadelphia orchestra. proceeds from this concert will benefit programs for inner city children and the education outreach for a performing arts center. >> what is she doing now? >> i believe she is back at stanford. >> okay. i know she wanted to be the head of the nfl. or at least that was the story going around for a long time. >>> coming up in our next half hour, bus routes cancelled in the wake of a labor dispute at a.c. transit. >>> i'm tara mergener in washington. it's been 100 days since the start of the oil crisis in the gulf. the government is still trying to figure out who should be held accountable. the latest coming up. >>> and the view behind me is about to change forever. it is an historic morning at the bay bridge. we'll tell you what is planned for today and over the

. >> different polling places in philadelphia are checking for voting problems -- >> reporter: there'stroversy, given wall-to-wall coverage on fox news, involving black activists in philadelphia haranguing people outside of a polling place. >> the new black panther party -- >> reporter: conservatives are accusing the obama administration of failing to pursue voter harassment charges aggressively. there's supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor saying a wise latina may have advantages over a white judge. conservative commentators say the mainstream media all too often ignores these stories. glenn beck has called president obama -- >> a racist. >> reporter: rush limbaugh has called liberal policies a form of reparation. there have been plenty of controversies that paint conservatives as racists. senate candidate george allen calling an indian man this name -- >> macaca or whatever his name is. >> and more recently allegations of racial epithets hurled at black members of congress during the health care debate -- >> have been called the "n" word, have been spat on. >> reporter: and allegati

dominick brown making his major league debut for philadelphia. bottom two, what awas.ut it was.first at-bat a double pla jayson werth. brown would go two for three, two rba and two runs scored. the top of the third, roy halladay. mr. perfect. gets parra swinging. top six, kelly johnson, same deal. adam laroche swinging, a as well. phils win their seventh-straight, 7-1. >>> that's a look at your espn news update. i'm steve weissman. back to you in new york. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following today including one of the most powerful members of congress, now in the hot seat. >>> on top of that investigating the crash of one of the military's largest jets. abab >>> now, a look ahead to the be watchin stories be watching on this thursday. lawyers for the state of arizona are heading to a federal appeals court today in san francisco. they want a judge's ruling on the new immigration law thrown out. >>> and military investigators will be looking into what caused the crash of a c-17 cargo plane at an air force base in anchorage, alaska. four crew members were onboard. >>> a con

the waves at coney island offered relief to brooklyn beach-goers, and in philadelphia, those who couldn't to the beach found cooling nonetheless. an impromptu shower was this prescription for relief, chasing a soccer ball was touch deutothis day. >> it's hot and it's hard to run around and, like, once you start running you want to walk again. >> reporter: i know just how she feels. temperatures this extreme, of course, can be very dangerous, and may have caused the death of one man in prince georges county, maryland, today. paramedics found the young man unconscious on a bike path. cause of death officially not established but they believe it was heat related. >> glor: tony guida in central park tonight, tony, thank you. the chicago area is dealing with extreme heat and severe flooding. more than seven inches of rain fell in some parts yesterday and overnight leaving residential neighborhoods underwater. heavy rain in eastern iowa has caused a dam to burst today. a swollen lake cut a hole 30 feet wide in the dam. hundreds of homes have been evacuated. overseas tonight, two u.s. service me

. >>> and in philadelphia, a dynamic duo. former secretary of state condoleezza rice will team up with legendary artist aretha franklin for a rare classical music performance. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. damage control. the white house gets fired up over the leaking of classified afghan war documents. >>> and from "hairspray" to "high school," teen heartthrob zac efron is all grown up in his new dramatic film. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

mannis is in philadelphia. ply apologies, but august 5th would be great in terms of having them both. vice president olague: any additional public comment on items proposed for continuance? seeing none, this item is closed. commissioner sugaya. commissioner sugaya: i was going to move items 1, 2a 2b 2c and 2d to august 5th. clerk: item 3 is withdrawn. vice president olague: well i am going to speak against the motion because i think that the neighborhood association is making a modest request. that isn't a lot. today it was moved to accommodate the project sponsor. when people make plans for their summer vacations, they are not always, you know people usually buy tickets in advance so it's possible that he purchased thosing tickets before he knew of this continuance to the 12th. and i know that mr. junius raised the issue of reviewing materials in time to review materials. but that wasn't the point i heard miss lester make but it was to accommodate the neighborhood association who showed out in numbers at the d

it may seem like an unlikely duet in philadelphia, the former u.s. secretary of state, condoleezza rice and aretha franklin, getting together for charity. she accompanied the queen of soul in one of her best known songs and raising money for the privilege children -- underprivileged children. good to have you with us on bbc world news. still to come, misery and highland horror, choosing victims carefully. doctors have warned that an obesity epidemic is putting thousands of pregnant mothers and their unborn babies at risk. new device is being issued about managing weight during and after pregnancy for women to reduce the chances of diabetes, high blood pressure, and miscarriage. >> kate gave birth to her son four weeks ago with a relatively straightforward pregnancy. with a body maxed index over 30, she was considered obese. >> i tried to stick to the healthy diet as much as possible. you find that as you lose no weight and become bigger it is disheartening. >> these pregnant woman were taking part in a exercise class, the kind of activity encouraged

i lived in philadelphia.omeone was sending a leaflets saying that if you have traffic tickets or anything you would not be allowed to vote. a few showed up at the polls to be locked out. the panthers were there to make sure that no voters, black, white, or anyone else, were intimidated or stopped at the voting places with threats of being locked up. they were trying to stop those votes for obama. once again, when someone says to you we only voted for obama because he was black coming your response would be, is that the reason you did not vote for him? good day, racist america. guest: think you for the first part of your question and your response. i think i will leave it there. host: campus progress communications and outrageous as it. thank you for being on the program this morning. in just a few minutes we'll be talking with neil irwin about the risks of the global economic recovery. first, we want to tell you about a project c-span was in. we were in new orleans at the national airport on wednesday as work

. >> ifill: in philadelphia, as elsewhere, the hottest kinds of work still had to be done. for saheed dillard, it was laying asphalt. >> it feels like you're sitting on a griddle and i am the hamburger or the hotdog. >> ifill: and in broiling boston, one dockside fisherman said the fish couldn't care less about the heat. >> it doesn't make a difference, really. it just depends on when they feel like coming in. >> ifill: even in normally-cool portland, maine, air conditioners were sold out. >> we've had calls all day. we've had to say "no, i'm sorry, we're going to get some more at the end of the week." but, you know. >> ifill: the demand for cool taxed power grids. utilities said they could handle the load, but there were scattered outages in several cities. 42,000 customers lost power in new jersey, new york and connecticut. for those who lost their air conditioning-- and those who never had it-- there were "cooling centers": 100 in new york city alone. >> i have a studio with no air conditioners, so it is really necessary to be here on a hot day like today. >> ifill: the

. >>> and this comes to us from wcau nbc 10 in philadelphia where one fifth grader took her fight against bullying all the way to the top. after being at school, the 11-year-old wrote to president obama saying society needed to make a change. what she wasn't expecting was that the president would write her back, saying she deserved a safe classroom and that he would strive to make it a reality. she was so inspired, she actually decided to start an anti-bullying organization called "no kid should be bullied." good for her. well, i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> two new additions to a paris zoo have stolen the show. the rare baby clouded leopards drew quite a crowd at their debut. only 10,000 are known to exist in the wild. the playful cubs are about the size of a small cat, but don't be fooled. they are wild animals and they already have large teeth and a healthy appetite for meat. >>> one lively bunch added plenty of color and a little amusement to the streets of mexico city. for the past 29 years, hundreds of clowns

the money exists in los angeles, sacramento, philadelphia and new york.we got rid of the middle mann. we got rid of the pair, in this case the insurance companies and overhead. we became the single payor, the public option, the public plan. no new bureaucracy f no new costs associated with the administration was actually bourne. so the point is this wasn't a hugely costly program. >> does that hurt when i push. >> how about over here? >> each patient in healthy san francisco cost the city about 300 per month. that's in line with insurance costs. it totals 126 million a year. depend on their income and most are below the poverty level, enrollees pay nothing or from $20 a month up to about 200 plus co-payments. >> that doesn't pay for it all. the city hats mandated that businesses with 20 to 100 employees spend at least $1.23 an hour per worker for health care and that larger companies pay more. that money can be used to reimburse employees for health-care cost s to buy them health insurance or it can go to healthy san francisco. >> we believe in shared res

take because of -- cave because of van jones, the black panther charge of a voter intimidation in philadelphia. this only want a bible because of andrew breitbart, and fox news, -- only went viral because of andrew breitbart and fox news it was all fox news? no. >> didn't the naacp condemn the remarks?s? >> they did and then they said they got snookered. i watched sean hannity with the blonde woman who is the darling of the right -- >> ann coulter. >> who said that andrew breitbart was set up. she is making him the victim. it is beyond comprehension on that side. >> talk about selective editing. the main news show on fox at 6:00 with threbret baier -- we did not touch the store on monday because we had no background. we touch the story on tuesday at the time, the day before, the deputy chief of staff was the commanding -- commending his staff at "politico" the quick action on the story of canning her. if you are going to have the full record here, you ought to show the full record. >> what you did is also what hannity and bill o'reilly did. >> this is not fox news story. this is an naacp story

. >> and if you're flying today, expect some airport delays in kansas city, chicago, philadelphia, nework, d.c. and battle an unlikely battle over religion is being fought in north carolina. atheists are using the words in the pledge of allegiance to draw attention to their case. >> and now, evangelicals are firing back. dan harris has that story from ashville. >> reporter: here in north carolina, deep in the bible belt, a group of atheists decided to remind people of the history of the pledge of allegiance, by putting up six billboards all over the state. including one on the billy graham parkway. that says one nation indivisible, purposely leaving out the words, "under god," atheists point out those words were not in the original pledge, which was written in 1892, by francis bellamy, as part of a campaign to promote patriotic observances in schools. >> one nation, indivisible. >> reporter: the pastor didn't use the words "under god." congress added the phrase in 1954. you think having the phrase under god is discriminatory? >> i think it is for me. i don't believe in a god. i don't b