planter to the philadelphia shipyard to be repaired. he tried to catch the streetcar to the shipyard, and he and a white sailor were actually ejected from the streetcar, that is they did not allow african-americans in philadelphia to ride the streetcars in 1864. this had a tremendous impact on smalls. in addition, it had a tremendous impact on the city of philadelphia. african-americans had been trying for several years to gain access to riding the streetcars in philadelphia. but it took smalls and his notoriety, his fame to actually make it happen. that is, the word spread and hit the newspapers that here is a civil war hero who cannot ride the streetcars in philadelphia. so it prompted a boycott of the streetcars by even some whites in philadelphia, which then eventually led to african-americans gaining the right to ride the streetcars in philadelphia in 1867. smalls, as you know, was part of the constitutional convention that took place in south carolina in 1868. and as i said, he proposed the legislation to create the state's free p

i'm mike nutter, mayor of the city of philadelphia. the philly hybrid x-team. it is important because it gives these young people not only the academic support that they need but also the hands-on experience. simon and his team are doing a fantastic job working with these young people, inspiring them to stay in school, finish school and really see what can come out of hard work. >> reporter: in 2002 when we won the contest and beat these prestigious teams, the students came up with the idea they wanted the next car they wanted to build was a really cool hybrid sports car. kids in west philly dreamed up a sports car based on hybrid technology which was really ahead of its time. this is a ford focus. we designed it on a $25,000 budget. our kids thought if we could build a car that was cost effective, safe, and got 100 miles per gallon, it would really say something especially if we used american-made technology. we used a harley-davidson engine as the drive engine, an electric motor from an american company, and developed a parallel hybrid. so the second vehicle

stephanie joins us from philadelphia. stephanie, thank you for coming inside the war room. >> it's great to be here. >> those numbers are incredible 760,000 up to that money could be disenfranchised. how concerned are you, and how do you know that the number is so high? >> well i am very concerned, and i should say that i know these numbers because they were issued by the department state. the republican department of of state. and i can't say how accurate they are because, like many other things the department of state is not -- there is a lot they are not telling us. they haven't told us yet how they actually calculated those numbers. >> so, well, let's look at some of the language in the law. here are some of the acceptable forms of photo id. you can have the government issued photo id of course issued by the state, probably like a pennsylvania driver's license. >> that's right. >> you can have a u.s. passport a military id a student id from an accredited school which is interesting, a long-term care fascinating photo

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

mayor michael nutter of philadelphia joins me now. on the program. >> thank you. >> for president obama to win pennsylvania, he will need a huge outpouring of support around philadelphia. he had 54% of the vote back in 2008, especially in those surrounding areas. do you see a sort of sense of a less enthusiasm this time around to the president's policies, specifically in the surrounding suburbs, main line areas of philadelphia that he so desperately needs? >> two things. one, let me mention i appreciate you mentioning i'm president of the u.s. conference of mayors. the conference itself is a nonpartisan and, actually bipartisan organization. so i'll speak to these particular issues as -- just as the mayor of the city of philadelphia. i'm a democrat, strongly supporting president obama. there is an enthusiasm and it is building and growing. i think part of it is people are coming to see and hear more and more, certainly, about the president's record, things that he has been doing to create jobs and economic vitality, whether in philade

he suspected banks had gone directly to philadelphia. he sent advertisements announcing the escape to a local slave traders in washington county. in the hope they could cut banks off short of free territory. unfortunately for buck the slave traders were at that time in pennsylvania doing business. there are some suggestion at least among the slave holders in virginia that banks had not acted alone. edward masse suspected he had left in the company of his brother, as i said. while it is not clear that banks had worked with others there had seemed to be a number of other escapes from the area around the same time which suggests the degree of co lugs and planning among the slaves. two weeks after banks left the area, thomas ashby and i introduce another character, bucks' stepbrother was looking for a slave named george who escaped about the same time that banks did. george had written a number of letters to family and friends back home from an stress address in philadelphia which ashby described as one of the receptacles of fugitives and th

are gathering in philadelphia for a mass occupy wall street demo on this independence day twenty six activists were arrested on sunday and have been charged with disorderly conduct my movement started not very new york against corporate greed in the gap between the rich and the rest of the american population let's now talk to our gupta in philadelphia joins us he's the founding editor of the new york news website and thank you for joining us you of course like i said in philadelphia it's about a quarter past eleven am is the gathering living up to organizers in terms of those who showed up what are the numbers that came like. the numbers so far i think. perhaps about five hundred people it does. very wonderful that celebrate tory air and it's a reminder of what made occupy so forth and that kind of recreated the comyn and created miniature society that's in evidence that philadelphia but at the same time for a movement that was sometimes drawing twenty thirty fifty thousand people in individual cities last fall the major demonstration the fact that only five hundred people and show

need to do everything we can moeootasfo mean, think about philadelphia, for example.in the 2008 election, we had a great turnout in philadelphia. 65% of our registere voter voted. phel. 600,000 vos were ca in , h 1.5 million people give or take, we have about 300,000 children that are under the age, so we had 1.2 million rebeer thedoters -- registered vots. ofhaou900 stered. so right away 25% of the eligible voter pool aren't even registered. of that group another 300,000 didn't vote. so 600,00 voted out of a potentialoter pool of 1. io d w re turnout election. and we're trying to make it harder to vote? rely? makes no sense. >> right here in th front row, gentleman and then the lady to s t. wd eua t cr cdatefor attorney general's chances for election and use for a broader perspective on why the democrats in pennsylvania -- in philadelphia have failed to really devop extensive female >>thelatwo kaening is our candidate r attorney general. she did a very impressive job in the primary beating patrick murphy who was a very good candidate. we had two good candidates for a

but it's not always this hot in philadelphia. day ten of this excessive heat wave bring x the hottest temperatures and everyone is just trying to stay cool and stay safe. >> so hot. never felt anything like it, and i'm from miami so it's pretty bad. >> drove all the way down from canada for a philly game. >> reporter: shawn smart is from ontario and he's trying to stay cool in the city of brotherly love. >> it's hot. it is hot. yeah, we've been walking all day, we've just trying to keep hydrated and buying lots of water and gatorade. >> it never ends, okay? it's hot all day and at night it doesn't cool off and all day it's hot again and if people can just get a break. >> reporter: everyone is trying to find ways to get out and enjoy what the city has to offer without overheating. >> i've got rags soaking in ice water. the fountain is helpful. i put my feet in there once in a while. other than that, i mean, there's not much you can do, even in the shade it's hot. >> reporter: we caught up with newlywed who said the heat is making

this year assumes trey's but a philadelphia for you not to have a gun. as. we need water to live and you can't live without water and still feel the streets and you can't live without a gun and herbs. communities called the police they might come our way later. that's a lot of time for anything that you know to be perfectly honest. i have a gun. and i'm not the type of guy who killed people i never killed anyone and i'm not that type of family but even a family man. and it's crazy. like . philadelphia's reputation is one of the deadliest so you're actually in the deadliest neighborhood. in one of the deadliest cities in one of the deadliest countries. in the civilized world. if you've been shot before. like on two different occasions twice and when it came to do and how many of you know somebody who's been shot raise your hand if you know something's been. ok so i'm going to walk you through the experiences of one young man this is lamont adams you know if you notice more than ten thousand people here. this is hard to wrap your mind around the fact that

as the occupy movement sweeps through philadelphia. while diplomats and politicians are struggling to find ways to contain the escalating violence in syria ordinary people there are simply trying to survive and it's not just bombs and bullets that threaten their livelihoods but also soaring prices and the lack of basic goods are ceaselessly coffin of reports. the conflict in syria that is now being called a civil war there was more bloodshed and killing in syria today the newest massacre in syria well bullets and body bags may lead news headlines on syria but death is not the only toll of this war ordinary citizens who haven't picked sides in this conflict now live in daily fear for their lives and now they're also paying dearly with their livelihoods prices for food everything are very highly under growing crisis. now serious currency has lost more than half of its value since the fighting began it used to cost about forty seven syrian pounds to buy one u.s. dollar before the war one hundred pounds for a dollar one year later this inf

as the occupy movement sweeps through philadelphia reports. the u.n. observer mission chief says violence in syria has reached unprecedented levels but major general robert mood has warned that bloodshed must stop before the monitors can resume their operation operations which were suspended more than two weeks ago due to safety concerns the opposition meanwhile claims the city of homs has come under heavy shelling by persian forces loud explosions and heavy gunfire have been reported and while diplomats and politicians are struggling to find ways to contain escalating violence in syria ordinary people there are simply trying to survive and it's not just bombs and bullets that threaten their livelihoods but also soaring prices and a lack of basic goods archie's there's the calf and reports the conflict in syria that is now being called a civil war there was more bloodshed and killing in syria today the newest massacre in syria while bullets and body bags may lead news headlines on syria but death is not the only toll of this war ordinary citizens who h

as the occupy movement sweeps through philadelphia. back to our top story now and we cue leaks beginning to release syrian cables to telling the dealings of politicians and companies working with them let's not get the latest on this developing story from our tease sorry earth she joins us live from london sorry what kind of revelations are we talking about here what's expected. well i imagine there's going to be some very anxious people in the syrian government right now more than two million emails are in wiki leaks possession and they're going to be released in chunks over the coming weeks now the message from julian a song was this isn't about criticizing one group or another wiki leaks saying that this isn't only embarrassing for the syrian government but also for the west western companies how they say one thing and do another but yet the message from julian assange really was that this isn't about criticizing one particular clique it's about looking now and a workings about what's going on behind the scenes in this conflict and

something isolated could crop up with a storm near philadelphia.here is some storm activity are around the region up toward new york, new eland and back toward ohio and north carolina. -- new england and back toward ohio and north carolina. we will talk about the forecast for the week ahead coming up. >> since the heat is sticking around, emergency cooling centers will stay open for the rest of the week. they will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. if you are concerned about a neighbor, please check in on them. you should call 311 if you are concerned. if it is an emergency, call 911. we also got word this afternoon that 42 baltimore county schools are without power so they will be closed tomorrow. summer school has started yet. officials say staff at the close schools will be contacted about where and when to return to work. it is not just maryland cleaning up after the storm. in d.c., hundreds of thousands are without power and debris is covering the streets. in new jersey, people were taken by surprise with the speed and power of the storm.

after more than from alone an excellent insight into the independence day occupy gathering of philadelphia. hi guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we're giving it to some of the most well known boys in blue the n.y.p.d. more specifically the thirtieth precinct because see they have a poster that's hanging up on their station warning about so-called professional agitators now do you see the two people on this poster they are christina can salis and matthew sway and their pictures are hanging up because they've become something of a nuisance to the police is he the poster reads be aware that above suspects are known to professional agitators above suspects m.-o. as they videotape officers performing routine stops and posted on you tube subjects purpose is to portray officers in a negative way and to defer officers from conducting their responsibilities above subjects also deter officers from being safe and tactical by causing unnecessary distraction do not feed into above subjects propaganda so that's right apparently trying to keep the police in check makes you a nuisan

we'll take you to philadelphia where the occupy movement celebrated fourth of july in the streets demanding change. and we've heard it before wall street got a bailout taxpayers got nothing now one state is working to help thousands of homeowners dealing with the foreclosure crisis but is it too little too late. and it's thursday july fifth seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. . while the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks shaking things up again the web site has started a syria files section they began publishing what they say are over two million e-mails from the syrian government rebels and companies that do business with syria so far they've released dozens of the files and they plan to keep releasing them over the next two months now the site's founder julian assange says he hopes the documents could shed light on what's really going on inside the country a country that has been ravaged by a brutal civil war that has left fifteen thousand people dead since the conflict started over a year ago for more on the syria files i was joined by jasmine rad

how the police in philadelphia are using this tape and social media in their manhunt.delphia police department there, they've just been really progressive in terms of using social media. they've nabbed like 87 offenders in the past year. >> that city has had a rough crime spree. whatever helps go for it. broad daylight, take a little girl like that. >>> also, not again, halle berry, my ex-wife, rushed to the hospital. the oscar winner's latest on the job accident. all the details coming up in just a few minutes in "the skinny." she is okay. but had a little scare on set. >> yes. >> i called her. she is all right. >> she's okay? >> we talked. she's good. >> good. my fears are calmed. >>> but first, a major turning point in syria as the u.s. prepares for the potential fall of the government there. >> after yesterday's devastating blow to president assad's inner circle, there are major concerns today about the president now using chemical weapons as a way of holding on to power. abc's scott goldberg has our top story. good morning to you, scott. >> reporter: good morning,

the west philadelphia hybrid x team. honor roll, mathlete. he's student of the month. >> jacques just started running, he started running with it. and it was, it was, it was like he became a leader without knowing he was a leader, which is a great thing. to be honest, the things that he's doing is making me... actually inspires me in a lot of ways. it's taught me how not to give up, to be a fighter. don't give up, no matter what happens. don't give up. and i love him for that, love him for that. uh, yeah, i love him for that. yeah. >> i'll see you, dad. >> all rht, be good, man. >> usually, it tends to be the oddballs and the smart ones who drift towards the team because the opportunities they offer, so that's why the evx team is filled with a bunch of odd guys and smart people. i went back to school. essentially they put me in remedial classes because of my absences. one day, while getting bored of these, you know, multiplying fraction worksheets, cut class and i saw hauger in the hallway. and hauger's like, "what the hell are you doing in h

his cleat caught on the mound and philadelphia had a early lead but that was it. tim lincecum got the win, one swing, crawford, a grand slam and the giants win 7-2. two games up on the dodgers. sanchez coming back from the national league, acquired by the rockies. tiger woods at the british open. wet weather this morning but they got the course ready and tiger woods went to work. this man honoring tiger woods with a giant tiger. here is his shot to finish the round at 67. four-stroke behind. phil mickelson, look what happened. he misses the cut by 8. he is on his way home-- home. brandt snedeker, leads by four. reports out, when tiger woods plays the audience doubles. summer league, warriors. barnes had 20 points for the warriors. the rookies play in this thing and people trying to make -- make a roster. they are not signed up. it is not close to the regular season but the warriors win 66- 57 over the bulls. they are 4-0. a dog made a tour de france guest shot. a big pile up. the dog ran under the course. the mayhem ensued. it was mark rolling home the 22 win of h

>> the raging fire in philadelphia. the investigation into what caused the blaze. >> i am jayne miller, live at the inner harbor. a live interview with baltimore's acting police commissioner on the plan to keep >> five people, including three boy scouts, were killed and a hat on a collision between a dougie -- between an rv and an suv. police say it is possible the suv carrying the teenage counts and the troop leader may have veered into the oncoming lane of traffic. they were all killed when returning to colorado after camping trip. >> a three-alarm fire lit up the night sky in philadelphia last night. it took about 90 minutes for firefighters to bring it under control. dozens of nearby residents had to be evacuated. six families are now staying in temporary housing. return tonight. a small crowd waited outside for the planes to return. four crew members died in sunday's crash. two of the six members survived. they were reunited with their families last night in charlotte. still no word tonight as to why the air guard

and our founding fathers wrote the declaration of independence in philadelphia now a different group of americans are gathering in the city of brotherly love and the occupy movement flex their muscles and affect change here in the u.s. he is on the ground in philly with the details. for your girls who. will work for your. beautiful people. yes you heard him correctly it's ok to accept free travel but only if you're hot are to look deeper into the world of the bold and beautiful. it's tuesday june third four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl in you're watching our t.v. well our fundamental rights are mapped out in the bill of rights but in this modern world is it time to adopt an internet bill of rights many internet leaders think so a group of online ag advocates are calling on elected officials to sign the document it's pretty simple the bill of rights homes and on five key rights we need to fight to keep on the internet here they are expression don't censor the internet access openness innovation and privacy that's to protect privacy and defend everyone's ability to control h

and our founding fathers used philadelphia as the place to sign the declaration of independence now a different group of americans are gathering in the city of brotherly love and the occupy movement flex their muscles and affect change here in the u.s. our team is on the ground in philly with the details. girls who look for trouble with somebody else for your. beautiful people who want to travel. and the best things in life are free that is if you're pretty artsy looks deeper into the world of travel exclusively for the bold and the beautiful. july third eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t. well i worth while some are busy traveling this holiday others are busy protesting the national occupy a gathering is set to take place tomorrow independence day and they picked a good setting for the date occupy groups from across the country are gathering at independence mall in philadelphia it's all in hopes of reviving the movement and shining a spotlight on corporate greed and income inequality in the nation earlier spoke with our t. correspondent abbie martin

one minute i'm with muhammad ali, next minute i'm in philadelphia playing in the all-stars game.er minute i'm rehearsing for the opening ceremony. then i'm at number 10. >> reporter: number 10, as in downing street, where he'll be meeting with the prime minister. >> it's not every day that you are able to be part of the opening ceremony of the olympics in a part of london where you grew up. >> reporter: beckham's week reaches its pinnacle in two nights as a star and director of danny boyle's show piece opening ceremonies, a role so secret olympic sources say no one could guess. how did you feel when they asked you to be a part of the opening ceremonies and were you surprised when they asked you what role you were doing? >> i was surprised, because i kind of didn't expect it and, you know, i'm very, very honored to be a part of what actually i'm doing -- >> reporter: which you can't say. >> which i can't say. like i said, i'd love to. but you know, it is a surprise. >> reporter: so, will you be nervous when it actually happens? >> very, of course. >> reporter: could you mess it up

one minute i'm with hmuhammad ali, then i'm in philadelphia playing soccer.i'm at number 10. >> reporter: as in downing street, where he'll be meeting with the prime minister. >> it's not every day that you are able to be part of the opening ceremonies in london. >> reporter: beckham reaches his pinnacle in just two nights, as the showpiece opening ceremonies start. a role so secret, olympic sources say no one could guess. how did you feel when they asked you to be apart of the opening ceremonies and were you surprised when they asked you what role? >> i was surprised, because i kind of didn't expect it and, you know, i'm very, very honored to be apart of what actually doing -- >> reporter: which you can't say. >> like i said, i'd love to, but you know, it is a surprise. >> reporter: so, will you be nervous when it actually happens? >> very, of course. >> reporter: could you mess it up? >> one or two people watching. >> reporter: is there a chance you could screw it up? >> of course, of course. which is worrying. thank you for reminding me. >> beckham could r

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. >> reporter: in philadelphia, this designer brought her clothing line back from bangladesh, growing so fast, her studio is bursting at the sales. >> that's what we used to do here, you know? and we can still do it. >> reporter: a big change after that big eye-opener a year ago, at grand central, asking people, would they take off everything, not made in america? >> haiti. >> reporter: and it turns out the big names are listening, too. david muir, "world news." we melt mario, making suits for brooks brothers. business is booming again. three-quarters of the suits made here in america and growing. 1.5 million ties made here. and we weren't the only ones checking the labels today. >> made in america? i love it. >> reporter: you knew what we were up to here? >> kind of spying on you. >> reporter: help me pick one out for tonight. they did, all right. along with mario. showed me all of his made in america ties. >> that's the winner. >> reporter: that's the one, she said. this is the tie they voted. i bought it. when we first started this made in america thing on "world news" a year ago,

gerard of philadelphia? >> that's right, yeah. that guy was very intelligent. i'm glad he brought that up, because a lot of people don't know that the government was bankrupt during the war of 1812, and like i said, everyone thought the war would be a very fast war, over in a few months, and it really bogged down. i mean, here at ft. mchenry, in a way, you know, we've got the american flag and we repulsed the british and that's a very positive story. however, in what used to be the old northwest like ohio, the michigan territory, the story is compelling, but it's not quite as positive. i mean, there is brutal action between the native americans and our own people. when the americans fought tecumseh at the battle of the thames in canada, tecumseh the famous leader, the americans skinned him. i mean, that's how brutality war was on the frontier. very few prisoners taken on both sides. ethnic strife there between the two groups, but that also plays into the whole westward expansion that the united states was undergoing at that time. so really these were formative

it that the street names are almost exactly the same as center city, philadelphia. they've cop ed the street grid and the local accent persists and it is very much like the local accent of philadelphia and they say old, and things, and so forth. they're going directly -- and the new york yankees are making a lot of noise, and the philadelphiians are more quiet and they're tolerant of corruption and they insist that it's part of the anti-slavery movement. in the south, you have a great movement of slave holders and of the slaves themselves across from the atlantic states and virginia becomes the state exporting slaves in large number. south carolina, many of the great planters in south carolina are buying plantation land from where the indians had been expelled in alabama and mississippi and building huge plantations so that charleston, in many ways, is the richest significant city per kap capita the beginning of the civil war and the richest colony -- county in the united states is adams county, mississippi, which the county seat matches with the mississippi river.

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most of the african-american vote is in the east in philadelphia.people believe that mitt romney will do better than john mccain. a lot of these counties were closer in 2008 than they were in 2004 and 2000. people think mitt romney will do better than john mccain. you come over here, scranton, allentown, redding, these are places barack obama struggled in the democratic primaries. if mitt romney does a little better against blue collar white workers, he can do better. then into philadelphia and the suburbs. this is where the state is always decided. of the president's big margin statewide, much of it, the overwhelming bulk of it came from this whopping size victory in the city of philadelphia. we went to philadelphia to look at the turnout operation. i was there several times back in 2008. the campaign got an early start because, why? african-american unemployment is high. it knows that could have some people discouraged saying, he's been president for almost four years, why should i vote? and there could be complacency. the margin was so big last t

win philadelphia bigger, but the philadelphia suburbs was the key battleground. in the last five elections, democrats have made inroads, and the last three, we carried philadelphia suburbs. they used to be heavy republican registration. still republican overall, not nearly as heavy. the old mitt romney would have been a great candidate in the philadelphia suburbs. >> governor mitt romney, massachusetts. >> has he gone so far to the right, that he lost a chance to get mod rails republicans and independents in the philly suburbs. go to the 12 southwestern pennsylvania county, traditionally democrat. white working class. when president obama carried to pennsylvania by 11 points, he lost 11 of those 12 counties. now, he's got to do better there, because his margin in the philadelphia suburbs are going down. he's got the ammunition, infrastructure, manufacturing, auto bailout. things th s that should be musit the ears of voters. >> we talked about optics and information. here are the items that ought to be music to the ears. when you think about the actual strategy he