man in the philadelphia dining scene, stephen starr, 30 restaurants overall, 19 in philadelphia.oy more than 1,500 people. real pleasure sglp thanks for having me. >> thanks for having us here. you're the guy in philly. you've grown like wildfire in 17 years. i'll give you a chance to tout your hometown here. everybody talks about new york as the culinary capital. make the case for philadelphia. >> philadelphia is a fantastic place to do business for many reasons. one is the proximity to new york. we're only 90 miles away, an hour and ten minutes by train. and the same dna exists here as new york except less people and a little less money. but the basic vibe of new york is here. we're almost like another borough. >> how much were you guys hit during the financial crisis and how much have you recovered since then? >> philadelphia wasn't hit as much as new york was because we have restaurants in new york. it wasn't as severe because our core industry is hospitals, medicine, pharmaceuticals, stayed pretty solid. i think the recovery is stronger in new york, however, but we're fine n

philadelphia is known for food, after all, known for the philadelphia cheese steak.he most overweight cities in the country. and especially in a city where poverty and violence are also high, so it is not easily done. >> patients and doctors, they're saying you need to eat more healthy, and be more physical. >> reporter: when talking about the issues of overweight and obesity in this country, people point their fingers in lots of different directions. but here in philadelphia, a lot of fingers get pointed at stores like this, the corner store or the bodega. this is where they say battles can be lost and won. inter this nonprofit group, and the food trust. in philadelphia, i mean, is this the front line? >> this is the front line, children were receiving the majority of their calories every single day at corner stores like this. >> reporter: to the tune of several hundred calories a day. so they approached the local store owners, and urged them to replace some of the junk foods with healthier items. before you had this, what did the kids buy after school? >> chips and

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

sam is in philadelphia. hey, sam. at the 93rd annual thanksgiving day parade. >> good morning. >> he's already on the float. >> that's great. >> and ginger zee is at the legendary macy's thanksgiving day parade, right here in new york. hey, ginger. millions of people, on my way in this morning, i saw little kids wrapped in blankets, lining the parade routes, hoping to catch a glimpse of the famous floats and balloons. they blew them up last night outside of the museum of natural history. i sent my boys to watch. they were underwhelmed. >> they were standing by people my height. i apologize for that. >>> and lessons from our dear robin's journey. her bone marrow transplant has inspired so many people. 56,000 people have become bone marrow donors, giving the most precious gift, the gift of life. always great to see her. >> and what an impact she's having, even in her absence right now. >>> we know you're about to start cooking your feast. we have last-minute tips for you, from cutting the turkey, to adding some dips to

these closures no longer in effect at philadelphia road. you may find one lane closed in each direction at philadelphia road. continued closures at madison street. charles street and 21st, watch for closures. 70 is building in volume in the eastbound direction as you approach the beltway. this is 95 at the tydings memorial bridge. not showing any delays in here. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. it is turkey time. ava marie in reisterstown. >> i learned the turkey call last year. have all your turkeys. these are for christmas and those are four things giving. >> they will be processed tomorrow. >> let's hear the turkey call. it is pretty infamous. do you hear that? tom turkey.a time turk >> you can order your own turkey for christmas or thanksgiving. we have the rain this morning. rain lasting through midday. very chilly in the next couple of days with highs in the 50's. >> ava marie and a few hundred of her favorite friends. >> 6:37. >> we are still taking your answers to our water cooler question of the day. do think the allegations

enter this nonprofit group, the food trust. >> corner stores, in philadelphia is this the frontline?is the frontline. children were receiving the majority of their calories every single day at corner stores like this. >> reporter: to the tune of some 700 calorie az day, according to one study. that's more than a point a week. lehman and her team approached local store owners and helped them to start replacing some junk products with healthier options. >> before you had those types of foods here, what were the kids eating? what would they buy after school? >> chips and soda. cakes. >> cakes. >> yeah. >> a lot of junk food? >> yes. >> that stuff is still here, but now they also carry fresh fruit and vegetables, and both store owners and customers are eating it up. >> how about you as a business owner? is this a money losing proposition because, again, have you to store the stuff and get it fresh? >> no, no. it's not losing at all. we sell it all. >> reporter: get this, there are hundreds of stores doing this in philadelphia, and they just might be helping. there was rint study that fou

field in philadelphia. here now is brian sullivan. >> and welcome back to a very special edition here on "street signs." brian, of course you've done the big reveal. we all know now that you're in philadelphia. there were many people out there in the twitter verse who already guessed it. mind you, my grandmother could have guessed it with all those things you were sending out like big sandwiches and various things. come on, dude! you could have played it more difficult for us. >> no, no, no. you know who blew it? carl quintanilla. he's in trouble when i get back. i tell you why. we did something for squawk on. the streets and we didn't realize that a septa bus drove by. he's like isn't that a septa bus from philly? carl quintanilla gave us you up. >> next time you got to rise above. >>> who have we got coming up there, brian? >> all right. so we got a guest here. richard phillips, ceo of pilot

. >> it didn't go that well for mitt romney in certain districts within the philadelphia precinct. >> bill: this is impossible. i'm sorry. one or two people -- >> no. well -- >> bill: no. >> same thing happened with mccain! same thing! >> bill: did it really? how many did mccain get? >> there were 59 voting districts. 57, mccain got none. zero. not one. >> bill: you know, they do she unanimous begans going on? >> i don't think so because i haven't heard any reason to think so. it's not like republican high school some huge numbers in these precincts up until romney, you know. >> bill: these are largely african-american? >> almost uniformly black. almost universally inner city and not particulary wealthy and the philadelphia enquirer went out there and said, we're going to get to the bottom of this.

canceling flights to philadelphia. most airlines are warning passengers they need to reschedule and waiving some flight fees. >>> after his victory last night, president obama and the first family are due back in washington this hour. his long day started with the early-morning victory speech. soon he needs to get back to work with congress to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. keith russell is tracking the president's travel today. keith? >> hey, wendy. president obama and the first family are running a little bit behind schedule. they were supposed to be landing back our way in the next few minutes. but after a late-night celebrating of reelection victory, they just boarded air force one in chicago. 2 million votes separated the president from mitt romney last night. president obama acknowledged there's a lot of hard work ahead. if there's no spending compromise by december 31st, taxes will go up for every american new year's today. he called the top lawmakers from both parties. harry reid said, he's not kicking the c

philadelphia, this is the new jersey turnpike just outside of philadelphia. snow starting to cover the highway. when it's starting to cover the highway, you know you've got a big mess and that's exactly what they're seeing out there right now. just off the coast, here's the center of circulation. it is now just to our north. that is a good thing. that tells you it's going to be very hard to wrap in any more precipitation from the north. so i think we're just going to see some shower activity, a few flurries here and there, that is it for us. notice around portions of philadelphia, through new jersey, over toward new york city, very heavy snow. this dark white here, or bright white here, that is the heavy snow. our weather tonight should be fine. 32 in gaithersburg. 28 in leesburg. if we see the showers continue, and they're already seeing some of those around the d.c. metro area, alexandria, southern maryland, some of these areas you may see slick spots overnight into early tomorrow morning. especially bridges and overpasses. you want to make sure you give yo

. >> the redskins are back and fans are celebrating tonight after the team's big win over the philadelphia eagles. good evening, everyone. i'm jim rosenfield. we're starting with the redskins, you know what that means. they came back from their bye week in full force today with rg3 leading the charge with some impressive stats. dan hellie is live at fedexfield with a recap and fans are relieved tonight, dan. >> i'd say relieved is a pretty good way to describe the feeling, maybe a little elation along the way because the redskins did something today they don't do very often. they dominated this game from start to finish. 31-6 winners over their division foes, the philadelphia eagles. the eagles have now lost six games in a row. this probably seals andy reid's fate in philadelphia, and the win keeps the redskins relevant, at least for another couple weeks, especially for next week's thanksgiving day game in dallas. let's take a look at how things went down. robert griffin iii had another record-setting day. a salute to the military personnel at fedexfield. rg3, of course, from a military fa

philadelphia, an hour or two earlier than that.ost people will get to work, to school safely and then it will get some of the accumulations during the day. people will drive home especially if you're in the suburbs and any elevations, you may get slippery roads. the major highways will be fine. not a big snow event. not calling for a lot of snow. the highlight north and west of philadelphia in this whiter shade. that's where we could possibly get three to four inches of snow. southeast portions of pennsylvania, maybe higher elevations headed up along the delaware wear near the poconos. and then southern new england, the moisture stays mostly south. maybe an inch around new haven to hartford, boston towards the cape, again, just a little coating for you. the rest of the country, the big chill continues. temperatures aren't as bad as yesterday. especially around fargo and minneapolis. but windchills in the teens cover a good chunk of the country this morning. and it's chilly all the way down to dallas with 35 as your windchill. it's

"philadelphia inquirer" reports that g.o.p. nominee mitt romney failed to garner a single vote in 59 of the city divisions. subsets of wards where 700 people could be registered to vote. >> i think the people voted the way they believed in. the polling across the nation showed that the african-american community was supporting the president by 98-99%. >> in ten of chicago 50 wards, largely inner city, the president likewise captured 98% of the vote. some parts of philadelphia witnessed turn-out rate exceeding 90%. arousing suspicion that something other than brotherly love was at work. >> in some precincts in philadelphia you will see as they finish the, you know, the official count, i think you will see places where there are many people voting in a precinct than signed in at the poll book. >> i don't find it hard to believe there are neighborhoods in the united states that president obama got 97 to 99% of the vote. the turn-out level strikes me as suspicious. philadelphia has been a administration that had irregular election

but none of those 7 wandered into philadelphia in these precincts? >> no. it's not that surprising when you consider like the -- >> bill: 19,600 to 0 is surprising. >> well. you would think there would be an error. >> bill: one person was drunk and their finger hit the wrong thing. look, think of the odds. maybe make -- >> two election cycles in a row. two election cycles in a row. but, it didn't just happen here. apparently there are smaller divisions within precincts where this happened in cleveland, same thing. and then last time with mccain, precincts within chicago, atlanta and philly. zero votes for john mccain. >> bill: so you are not concerned, megyn kelly, not concerned? >> no, i haven't seen anything to concern me yet. there are some districts or precincts in utah that went owl romney, but wound up to be 17 people. >> bill: yeah, there weren't a lot of people. 17 people in utah were all in one family. [ laughter ] no, that's a joke! coming to utah and i'll take care of you. >> i only laughed at the humor. i'm an innocent bystander. >> bill: asian

it is also the philadelphia suburbs. governor romney will do better than john mccain did in the suburbs. but governor romney gets hurt by the social issues there, the women's issues there. there are more than just economic issues. withnk the women's issue the swing voters and independent voters will resonate in a victory for president obama in a state like pennsylvania or ohio or virginia. >> we may end up with barack obama in the white house, democrats hold in the senate, republicans hold in the house. this will be a divided government. does it really matter who wins? >> it does, but this is a status quo election when the president goes over to the house and says, i won, and they say, i 12, -- and they say, we won, too. it looks like the house is going to stay republican. and the senate compared -- the senate, i think we will know more in just a few hours. but the president is the big enchilada. >> is a very different america tonight? >> no matter who wins, there must be some form of compromise. we have not done it in t

we're coming right back. >>> live pictures from philadelphia. traffic backed up there already, and the snow is just starting to fall there. we'll have the latest on our forecast on this storm in just a bit. >>> a little more than a week after superstorm sandy, some areas along the northeast coast are already getting, as we saw, hit again. >> this coastal storm is threatening to dump several inches of snow in some areas. it could also cause more coastal flooding in areas already hard hit. nbc's jay gray is live tonight in trenton, new jersey, with more on how people are bracing for this next dose of winter weather from mother nature. jay? >> reporter: hey there, pat, jim. what a mess. we're seeing a little bit of rain, a lot of snow. right now these conditions only going to intensify over the next day or so. the wind, it's picking up, and it's all happening at the absolute worst time, as you talk about, just over a week after sandy. the damage and difficulties still stretch for miles. >> we just got hit. everybody got hit with sandy. >> reporter:

cam newton and the panthers, taking on the eagles in philadelphia. first quarter.thers down three. but cam newton's changing that. hooks up with jerry barnidge. for newton, his first touchdown of the game. to brandon lafell. 43 yards on the pitch and catch. second quarter, bryce brown, getting the start for philadelphia running back lesean mccoy, who is out. 65 yards to the house. that's the longest rushing touchdown for the eagles this season. cam newton, taking off, from the 2 yard line. and he is in there in the third quarter. that deserves the superman swag. the whole thing when you take off from that far away. bryce brown, five-yard touchdown. 178 yards rushing, 2 touchdowns. matching lesean mccoy's touchdown total in ten games. his second fumble, and the panthers would take over. they capitalize. panthers up two. second and goal. cam newton leads his team in rushing. his second rushing touchdown of the night to go with two through the air. ensuing kickoff, brandon boykin, trying to get philadelphia something. field position. you have to hang on to the footbal

rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want ok lynn i'd like to go to you first in philadelphia how would you describe this selection here and how is it different from the election of two thousand and eight because we had citizens united in between time and i think you know where i'm going well in two thousand and eight there was a lot of optimism after that it was a bush there was a lot of hope specially among american so-called progressives that change was coming and it hasn't really hasn't at all actually so this time is more measure of enthusiasm for obama and i'm surprised there's anything easy as a model and this is certainly not an endorsement of romney because what we've seen is a continuum of american policy especially american foreign policy so from bush to obama to whoever comes next whether romney or obama in the next four years obama would be remarkably the same in that would have more wars. kind of a carte blanche for the criminal banks. and a kind of austerity measure for the common man so it doesn't really matter who wins . the major policy united states will not

the fact it is a toss up, that is a huge deal. >> the turn out machine in philadelphia for the democrats has been very strong, and that could be the thing here but is there validity to thinking that we should watch ohio but pennsylvania, as well? bob: pennsylvania closes earlier than the other states. it is a state that is becoming more republican but the democratic registration is up a million and an older population voting for mitt romney consistently but the counties around philadelphia are republican territory. i would send bill clinton in, too, if you lose pennsylvania you will lose the election. >> any thoughts on person? >> i am not sure it is such a toss up but maybe you send in bill clinton on all places you want to shore up and you go to the places you need to hit, iowa and new hampshire. >> are people having a very strange experience thinking the clinton years were so fantastic and they want -- it is amazing what president obama would try to ride his coat tails? >> "don't stop thinking about tomorrow," and because of obama today is bad. the crowd size is interesting, if presid

there's a black guy in philadelphia. and he's by the door. do you understand what i'm saying? you cannot simultaneously use a group of people as a boogie man. you can't scare... here's the hope it seemed like of the right. we're going to scare you enough to vote out this one black guy by showing you these other black guys. but we don't want to scare you so much about these other black guys that you think they might be near where you vote >> i think it would be a little bit of a stretch to say that every conservative has this anxiety because that's not true. there are a lot of black conservatives >> jon: would you say that they use that to stir up fear about a black panther man >> i think it goes back to the election four years ago when there was apparently some voter intimidation >> jon: there were two guys at that polling place >> with billy clubs in their hands walking around. that kind of maybe dissuade me from wanting to vote if somebody was cracking a billy club >> jon: if that's what they were doing >> that's what the photographs show, jon. here's what i think has to hap

this is philadelphia sovereignty. a lot of times people get hung up on being a republic or a democracy. we're a compound regime. a regime that is both liberal and democratic or constitutional and republican or liberal and republican. you can use any of the terms. alexander hamilton used the term "representative democracy," we're based on majority rule and consent, but that is limited by a constitution; hence, this compound regime. now, one of the major charges that the colonist raised was he, george the iii, combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws giving assent to take acts of pretended legislation. now, of course, the constitution he was referring to in 1776 was the british constitution. the and sent constitution, but that con cement is the same. there was foreign jurisdiction that was going to have authority over us. we're going to examine now the ideas and practices of those who, in our time, have combined with others to subject us or attempt t

. >> four years ago, it's an amazing juxtaposition that mitt romney will be in the suburbs of philadelphia today and four years ago, barack obama was in indiana when you look at where this map has gone, it reflects the change and the direction and the momentum toward governor romney a state like pennsylvania being in play, a poll out today, showing michigan dead heat. you know, the map has expanded. wisconsin, minnesota, has expanded our way we feel very confident in terms of where we are in the target states. we have been able to expand into pennsylvania while fully funding and staying current with everything we need to be doing in florida and virginia and ohio and all of the other target states. i think what you're seeing, george, when you liste to your previous guest and he talks about the ground game, ground game, they constantly talk about that and they're doing conference calls all the time on this, their assumption seems to be these undecided voters, in these polls, they're not going to turn out and therefore, prevail because of their superior ground game versus ours. number one, th

also from philadelphia. scenes reminiscent of 2008. a black panther, won who was charged with voter intimidation in the last election. he is back, but this time fox news confirmed he is a designated poll watcher. no weapons like in '08 but still, he wasn't talking after being confronted by fox news. >> have you, what is your purpose being here? are you protecting the people inside from what? stuart: same guy. the charges from 2008 against that man were later dropped? anything to add, monica. >> because of that why is that black panther is there at the polling place outside of philadelphia, because eric holder the attorney general dismissed case four years ago. that is why we have this today going on. completely outrageous. stuart: go back to peter. he is following what people are saying on twitter. twitter can be a very powerful tool to find out what people are saying. what is your latest twitter revelation, peter? >> it is interesting, issue of lines, rather than economy, rather than health care has taken over twitter in terms of the

two the philadelphia suburbs.ess mitt romney is running close to even in a couple of those four suburban or five suburban counties, he has no chance to win the state. i'm not saying it won't happen but i think it's unlikely. >> me too. >> what i thought the romney camp -- i thought the romney campaign made a big mistake after his first debate if he went to pennsylvania spent $4 million a week, came to the state, he and ryan came to the state five or six time he might have put the state in play. you can't do it in seven days. it's just not possible. >> governor, that's what i can't figure out because for the longest time we've been talking about this narrow electoral path that romney has. he has to win either ohio or wisconsin and we've seen in the last week they are not making the kind of headway there they need. there's this late push in pennsylvania. we've seen polling in the last couple of weeks showing michigan a state obama won by 16 points now down to single digit. minnesota, it could be in play. i'm astound

philadelphia as a wonderful illustration of this. in 1928, if you were 14 years old and wanted to get a drink at fort -- at four plot, you did stop in 20 different places. liquor did not exist under the law therefore was not regulated. what operators had to do was drive the police. the philadelphia police department was the most bribable in the country at the time. in 1933 repeal comes and the governor put in the liquor laws that everybody in this room if you lived in pennsylvania, you know about. it became much harder. you have to buy only from the state. age limits, you cannot be near a church, school, hospital. an entire regulatory environment in which the state has a strong interest because of tax revenue and individual retailer have an interest in keeping their licenses. they cannot take the risk that work easy to take during prohibition. our drinking levels and to the u.s. were down post prohibition. they did not get back to pre- prohibition levels until 1972. >> there's an interesting precursor to the polls that at -- the vols