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

it is the philadelphia mint a coin. that is why this one is $55 by itself. this is our last primetime airing before the holidays. i did a special price break of $20 off. i have sold thousands and thousands and thousands of these at $129.95. we have done it for years. i have never done it for less $109.95. >>host: this is the best value. >>guest: $20 savings to this pure if it comes in the spectacular presentation box. individually airtight holders. --key to this is. % and then there is 15 different and their is 16 holes. we took a first year of issue susan b. anthony dollar and colorized as a bonus and that is about four-$6 coin ve. >>host: i am reading the news because i am becoming a coin nut because of my favorite coin geek, they just came out with an article saying the u.s. government is not going to use dollar bills. but they will never repeat this because it was a flop. >>guest:but it will increase interest in dollar coins in general. >>host: plus they are not going to make the mistake again making it look like a quarter. . >>guest: they will use the d

there's a chapter in philadelphia. i organized a conference about three years ago on the unia scholarly conference, a small number of scholars to present work, but at the last minute, i advertised this in a local newspaper, and 150 people showed up. i mean we were all astonished by this. that gives you a sense there's a lot out there we have to know more about. >> host: what's the political focus today? >> guest: well, the unia is the universal negro improvement association. there are chapters. there is a chapter in philadelphia. there's some chapters in the united states. there's chapters elsewhere in the world. i think it's also people who are kind of nationalists in their political views, they might embrace ideas about separatism, and so the ideas or their understandings and also their sense of connection with africa is very, very powerful, and i think it tends to be especially powerful among sections of african-americans who are working class or poor whereas the civil rights narrative and the civil rights movement,

right now winds 39 in philadelphia. 36 in scranton. you have to get in the 50-mile-per-hour range to get damaging winds. that will occur as the sun is coming up this morning around new york city, philadelphia, all of new jersey and then southern new england this afternoon. it's not pretty around chicago with winds at 40 and indianapolis at 40 and areas of snow out here. so it's a very windy day out there. not good for flying. a lot of airline delays. as far as the rain goes, the rain is in green, remember. heavy rain kicking up from philadelphia to new york city through the hudson valley, through scranton and binghamton, new york. that will be over the top of boston this afternoon. the back side of the storm has a lot of snow with it. areas in white. snowing hard in northern indiana through michigan. that snow will rotate through cleveland throughout the morning. very dangerous roads in cleveland as the colder air moves in. everything will be freezing. again, we're locked into the rain for the whole morning commute from philadelphia to

professor hahn was interviewed at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia as part of book tv college series. >> university of pennsylvania history professor steven speed is the author of this book "the and political worlds of slavery and freedom." professor hahn before we get into the subject of the book what is this image on the front cover? >> that's a very good question coming and the answer is i have no idea. the editor and the press proposes it is a very eye-catching image. when i showed it to friends and colleagues to have no idea what it meant. it doesn't clearly relate to anything that took that's how they chose it. it's a really interesting photographs, and i think it speaks to complex connections within the african-american communities that involved gender as well as power but beyond that >> professor d8 going to the topic of the book what do we know about slavery in the u.s.? >> well, one of the issues i try to deal with in the book is the process by which slavery ended and the geographical reach of slavery. the view that tends to be handed down is by the 19th century cert

right now in philadelphia, we're seeing that transition to just rain. warm a air is trapped in the storm and almost everyone will transition to the rain. we still have the concerns with the snow and the sleet up into northern portions of pensions, central pennsylvania, northeast pennsylvania where they're under the winter storm warnings where accumulating snow is a concern. between there and the rain in philadelphia, it's that mix which causes icy conditions on the roads and major interstates like i-80 take you to new york city. you'll see problems too. as we transition to the rain, that makes it better on the roadways here in our area. >> and as we get going toward the night and late evening, what are we looking at? >> well, more rain for our area, so south jersey. you'll see a thunderstorm or two. the whole philadelphia area under a flood watch meaning heavy rain will cause problems for local roads and creeks and streams in the area. rain moving in but the wind increasing too. that will be a problem also at the airports going into tonight. wind warnin

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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

we're in philadelphia.at some point in time, you've got to say that's enough. >> kids are shooting each other every day in the streets and innocent people are dying every day. >> what happened this week is a tragedy and there's no way around it. if you can guarantee me that nothing like that will ever happen again, that i will never be faced with the fact that i will have to protect my family from a bad person or from anybody using a gun, no innocent child will ever be shot, no innocent person will ever be shot again, i will hand you my guns right now. >> and one gun store that we visited, they sold as many guns in the day four days after the newtown shooting as they normally sell in a month. that's a trend we've been seeing nationwide. so those who think more guns are the answer, are certainly getting their way in the near term. our thanks to çójuju and david d pierre for their reporting. tomorrow, the final night of our special coverage. we'll hear from the nra as well as new york mayor michael bloomberg.

familia, se trata de una infracciÓn que cometen mucha familianes en todo estados unidos, y en philadelphiaaÑos en el paÍs, desde el 90 jamÁs tuve problemas con la justicia, tenemos un record criminal limpio. >>> la madre de la pequeÑa dijo que no lo podÍa creer, ambos dicen que son inocentes, y pueden explicar su decisiÓn de matricular a su hija en pine road. >>> luego de una separaciÓn matrimonial, se mudaron aquÍ con su hija y la matriculÓ en la escuela, meses mÁs tarde se reconciliaron y se mudÓ con su esposo a philadelphia, pero la niÑa se quedÓ aquÍ matriculada en una escuela donde no le corpesrondÍa, y comenzaron los problemas legales. >>> fiollea estudio en el kinder desde junio del 2011 y marzo del 2012, se Ñijo que la familia se robÓ 1700 dolares en servicios, y se investigÓ a mÁs familias, pero solo se denunciÓ a la fiscalÍa a esta familia inmigrante. >>> son arcason Áreas que quier el hispano no entre, puedes contrar los afroamericanos e nispanos con el dedo de las manos. >>> el abogado de los garcÍa dijo que se trata de una buena familia, los defenderÁ hasta el final. >>> inten

how hopeful are you that this will be different in philadelphia? intervention, we're not going to see the right end point so condoms are part of a larger intervention, both to raise awareness about safer sex and to provide obviously a tool if young people are interested in being safer in their sexual behavior. what you have to realize is that ten years ago, we had higher rates of condom use among young people than we currently do. at the same time infection has gone up dramatically in the city so while we don't think condoms are the full answer, we believe they are part of the answer and an important part of that answer as we and pa of the health department and people who educate our children in schools need to pay attention to. >> it is an interesting approach. i wish you the best of luck. i hope it makes a difference. don schwartz with the city of philadelphia i thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for your interest. >>> coming up it's covered by art is from sheryl crow to the ramones. lester didn't have much for his song but he's com

so early 17 decomposes pennsylvanian ledgers printed in philadelphia. this happens to be under a headline you don't eat your, extracts from rebel papers. here we have congress asking where some of the surrendered items are. how come the number of baskets is less than the prisoners and baskets are unfit for service. how comes the number and it be so greatly inferior to that of the muskets? what also struck me as benedict arnold industries and helped revitalize a lingering war. dennison comrade who wrote the contextual essay for that section of the book points to the nifty new green papers and all the correspondents use research, on the one of them were nifty new green pointed to god intervening in the revolutionary war and a rooster in the uncovered an addict arnold. nathaniel greene has suggested even in this report, feels that god had intervened in the revolutionary war and helped the americans on cover the treaty is slow. you also see arnold's ubiquity. after he becomes the hated an addict arnold, during the raid of new london, columnists or two-point

. >>> coming up, latoya smith goes to philadelphia in search of a true challenge. >> i hope to changeat are you up to? oh, just diagramming this accident with my state farm pocket agent app. you can also get a quote and pay your premium with this thing. i thought state farm didn't have all those apps? where did you hear that? the internet. and you believed it? yeah. they can't put anything on the internet that isn't true. where did you hear that? [ both the internet. oh look. here comes my date. i met him on the internet. he's a french model. uh, bonjour. [ male announcer state farm. more mobile than ever. get to a better state. >>> welcome back. latoya smith visited my hometown of philadelphia with a real challenge. >> here's the story of a woman who's scoring big points. maria battle is our slice of life. >> at the president of the ameri health foundation, she is creating programs to educate families. >> they take children from a long screening, from their bmi to all their testings they need. their blood pressure, height, weight. they take them through a spirometry check. they get a

the burgundy and cold outlasted the philadelphia eagles. rg3 returned from a knee injury.ked just fine throwing for almost 200 yards and two touchdowns. the eagles did make it interesting. eight seconds left philadelphia threatening to tie but they can't connect in the end zone and the redskins walk away winning the thriller 27-20. >> what a holiday present to you, right? the win sets up winner take all game against the cowboys next week. we go to philly where every player is looking forward to next week. >> reporter: the redskins did what they needed to do improving to 9-6 on the year in position to win the first division title since 1999. obviously everybody pleased with the win over the eagles but everyone talking about the regular season finale coming up against the cowboys. >> i was thinking about that since the clock said 0-0 when the referee threw the flag, let's get the cowboys. let's have fun and take the division. a different situation to be in. i'm happy and excited. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: how long was it after the game that you were thinking about

we are in university city in west philadelphia. pan originally started in what was then a very small downtown city of philadelphia, and been moved to west philadelphia and will we call university city which we have helped make into a very vibrant arts and culture and economic hub. >> and once again, here is the book. it is the spirit of compromise, governing demands it and campaigning undermines it. this is book tv on c-span2. >> every weekend book tv authors -- offers 48 hours of programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> on your screen is a photograph taken in 1942. buffalo, new york. university of pennsylvania professor, what are we looking at? >> via looking at a woman who committed suicide out of a hotel in buffalo during the year, and a photographer happen to be passing by and took the picture. the picture appeared in life at the time and one widely acclaimed awards for having been able to capture the moment as the person died, the moment with the person was about to die. and this is rea

. >>> the redskins continue their winning streak topping the philadelphia eagles. the team now just one game away from winning their first division title since 1999. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jim rosenfield and robert griffin iii made his big return with that knee brace on. jason is here with more on the vakto victory. >> tornado watchesit was a much. the redskins held on for victory. the team still controls their own destiny for a post-season bid. the skins are on top of the nfc east division at six wins in a row and this team doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon. robert griffin iii back under center for the skins and picking up right where he left off. second quarter action, eagles up 7-6. griffin with a swing pass to josh morgan. he would find the end zone. 11-yard touchdown. redskins take a 13-7 lead. third quarter now. skins up 20-13. griffin lofts this one to santana moss. he brings it in for the score. two touchdowns on the day for griffin. skins up 27-13. under ten seconds remaining now, nick foles buying some time, but he gets tracked down by

cause them headaches today out of sfo only delays out of sf newark and philadelphia in front of the airport this is where it comes and goes we've seen jams of cars right now itt doesn't look bad lots of people trying to get out of here for the christmaso6sss holy season, this is a busy travel day officials say the flights now are fine. 10:00 this morning when we start seeing delays into this evening he says regional flights up and down the w^áwp coast because oÅéç our bay area v now but he says there's a low ceiling because of that the faa says out, between 9 and 10 you might have problems, check your flight, amy hollyfield, abc7 news.>móyz continuing coverage on the storm now hitting the bay area. $c]-ourself any time with live doppler 7 hd, go to8q.'? abc7 ns

the philadelphia boys choir, every, single year, here on "good morning america." good morning, america. i know robin loves that choir, as well. she's recovering at home. josh is off. paula and elizabeth here this morning. >>> we have a gourmet snow globe here for good reason. >> oh, good. >> and frosty the snowman. >> let's see a throwback. not bad. >> frosty has no moves. >> we're going to give it a try in just a little bit. >> are you really going to eat that? >> good job, frosty. >> did he get one in there? >> yes. >> oh, my gosh. >> that will wake you up. >> really. >> i don't think this is a good idea. i'm shivering. >> red, white dress, bad idea. >>> superstars, versus the paparazzi. some of the most famous faces in hollywood are dodging cameras and speaking out this morning. can you have it both ways? the fame without the intrusion? >> yeah, it's a spicy topic. to be sure. >> this is refreshing, however. >> okay. i'm going to give it a shot. >>> and coming up, it's the secret to keeping the hottest celebs looking so glam. and now, you can get in on it, with

wallace executes and scores. 5 turn over in this game by philadelphia. and they lose to the bengals 34 to 13. on track for the wild card. afc. raiders play the final home game of the season on sunday. host the kansas city chiefs. rod streeter making more and more play for the silver and black. surprised by this? streeter himself. >> steps up in the pocket. deep in the middle and got it. to rod streeter. >> in the last couple games has made some big plays for us. >>reporter: rod streeter has emerged. unlikely rising star with 4 catches for 100 yards against denver and 3 reception for 96 against cleveland undrafted rookie is palmer favorite deep threat. >> it's a crazy feeling. i thought football was over for me and i was looking at getting

rg3 getting warmed up early in this one from a chilly lincoln financial field in philadelphia, skins going for a sixth consecutive victory. 1st quarter eagles drive first, nick foles to jeremy maclin. foles frustrated a large majority of the day. late 1st quarter foles chased from behind by ryan kerrigan. he coughs it up. richard crawford scoops, one of two turnovers and one of five sacks. led to a kai forbath field goal. 2nd quarter griffin in more of a pocket qb role, hits pierre garcon for a 27-yard gain, his fifth straight gain of 65 yards or more receiving sets up a second forbath field goal. a third straight game with an interception for fletch. five on the season. a quick pass out to josh morgan in from 11-yard out from the touchdown, skins with the lead for -- 11 yards out from the touchdown, skins with the lead for good. first drive of the 3rd quarter skins marched right down the field and it's alfred morris capping it off with a 10-yard run and a baseball swing, his 10th touchdown of the season, 22 carries, 91-yard, 2010- skins. 3rd quarter 3rd and 10 a perfect pass from gr

philadelphia? that and the latest on rg3 straight ahead at 5. gary. >> thank you, scott. >>> well, it looked like all day long it's going rain. is it going -- going to rain? we'll have a complete look at the forecast in just a bit. stay with us. we'll be back.  . >>> a mystery in northeast d.c. after a man in his 50s was found shot to death in fort lincoln park up the hill about 100-yards from thur god marshal elementary school. the police say a woman walking her dog discovered her body after 11:00 this morning. paul wagner joins us live from northeast with the story. paul. >> reporter: laura, many people living out here in fort lincoln view this neighborhood, this area as being very, very safe. in fact, d.c. police chief cathy lanier lives a few blocks from here. just down the street they opened a new costco and so the fact that a man was found shot to death in fort lincoln park just 100 yards from here, troubling news, indeed. on a day when school security was on the minds of so many, anyone curious enough would have been able

and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 billion gallons of water. almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energy-consuming pumps. valves open to regulate the flow into the 85-mile-long delaware aqueduct -- the longest tunnel in the world. at hillview reservoir... the water is partitioned into another giant tunnel system. where it travels deep below manhattan. the pressure built up by gravity from the mountains pushes the water upwards toward the surface through vertical shafts. these shafts feed the water mains of each neighborhood, which branch into small

you can only imagine what the airports will be like once they open up this morning from philadelphiand new york city northwards. d.c. should be okay. as far as the snow goes, we start dealing with that. it's snowing pretty hard this morning. the kids will be excited in areas of indiana and southern ohio and the mountainous areas of west virginia and kentucky. and up in michigan, numerous areas of snow. as far as the big cities go with the heavy rain threat, with the strong gusty winds, from now until about 11:00 is when the strongest winds will be moving through philadelphia, new york city, newark and then up into connecticut. so we're going to get the damage winds and the worst of it from now until 11:00 a.m. then the rain will be gone and it will just be windy the rest of the afternoon. highest wind gusts toward louisville and indianapolis. we're waiting for the highest winds around the tri-state in new jersey, new york and connecticut. western new york will get some snow. that's mostly lake enhanced snow on the back side of this storm later on today into tonight. tomorrow, new yor

esta es la actividades de nieve, gran parte del noreste, la i95, hasta 5 pulgadas, incluyendo philadelphiaedor de la i95, philadelphia, hasta 5 pulgadas cerca de nueva york, más al norte un poco de viento en boston, pero pasa rápido, siguen las temperaturas frias, 38 en nueva york, una nevada que pasa bastante rápido, pero no va a tener mucho viento, temperaturas maximas de 38 a 40, la zona de los grandes lagos bastante frío, y el resto con temperaturas bastante heladas, el oeste del país, otra tormenta, lluvias para california, san francisco, los angeles en las próximas horas, en el día de mañana para ustedes en los angeles, sigo aquí con más de primer impacto. >> eduardo, muchas gracias y feliz fin de semana para ti, acá está ya iván casanseo con el conde de los deportes >> compartimos en la teletón >> y feliz día de los inocentes, ya me bautizaron, ya nos hicieron una broma >> pero fíjate, año nuevo, una esperanza para la liga mexicana >> los grandes para chivas, uno de los 2 que te gusten más. >> chivas me suena bien, con el proyecto holandés que sigue, pero el fichaje de omar bravo ya

all of the philadelphia minted coins and you have 200 clients. one of the most popular items we have ever sold3 $189. we have not sold this in some time. they're all on the original government packaging that is sent the queen sets that you will have here and you have all looked at and you do have the envelope that has philadelphia mint, denver here is i do think i have that one right here, just sequin right here, to c 68, it the problem is, i do not have many. that never sold as a police of this hundred and $89.95.$109. i never argued against a price break i $189, that is a great deal.it is over $600 if you would buy these individually but if i put in aphiladelphia and denver and stiff everyone of those and this is where we get susan b.nthony dollars to put in this set . i have cut open thousands of the sets over the course, and you have you read said 100 of these available. get 20 different years. each year has two issues you get both men's perry did just the kennedy3 dollars sonic 1 by queen basis--coin by coin basis. though we 38 kennedy have

we passed that in philadelphia and was sued by the nra. in '08, one of the pridest moments of my entire elected krooir, lost and stolen. you have to report your car if it's stolen if you want a claim from the insurance company. you certainly have to do the same thing for a weapon. these are reasonable, rooishl, straight-forward things. new jersey has figured out how to protect the second amendment and making people safer and new york has as well. >> will these things fly in georgia and atlanta? >> first of all, i think you need to start the conversation by respecting the second amendment so that we don't have a discussion about the second amendment. so we respect that in georgia and value it. the second part, i think, really is the path laid by ronald regan. the most important bill that ronald regan worked on after he was president was the assault ban and the brady bill. the nra fought him tooth and nail -- they fought ronald reagan on the brady bill and on the assault-ban bill which ewe allowed to lapse. the other thing is, we can't miss

. >>> el distrito escolar al norte de philadelphia, los acusa de falsificar documentos para que su hijare y madrastra al distrito donde le corresponde la escuela. >>> se mudÓ aquÍ, a huntington valley, e inscribiÓ a su hija, meses mÁs tarde se reconciliÓ, y se mudÓ a philadelphia a millas de distancia, la niÑa se quedÓ aquÍ matriculada en un distrito que no corpesrondÍa, comenzaron sus problemas legales. >>> viviÓ en este domicilio, en junio del 2011 y marzo del 2012 al regresar con su esposo no guvri sieron cambiar a la niÑa para no trastornar su rutina, la madrastra de la niÑa la denunciÓ, fuimos a la residencia, asintiÓ a conversar con nosotros, pidiÓ no mostrar el rostro. dijo que Él y su hija nunca durmieron y vivierono ron en su casa, dijo que no quiere ser parte de un fraude y ser responsable de un crimen, e incluyÓ en la acusacion al padre de la niÑa que enfrenta cargos criminales por supuesta complicidad. >>> en estados unidos muchas famil familias falsifican documentos para inscribir a sus hijos en escuelas, es difÍcil que se abra una investigaciÓn, se cree que el distrito esc

>> guest: we are in university city in west philadelphia. penn originally started in what was then a very small downtown city of philadelphia and ten moves to west philadelphia, and what we call university city which we have helped make into a very vibrant arts and culture and economic hub. >> host: here's the book. s conspiracy of compromise by governing demanding it, and campaigns underminds it. amy and dennis the co-authors. this is "booktv" on c-span 2. >> host: on your screen is a photograph taken in 1942, buffalo, new york, university of pennsylvania professor, what are we looking at? >> guest: at a woman who committed suicide at the hotel in buffalo during that year, and a photographer happened to be passing by and took the picture that appeared in "life" at the time and one widely acclaimed award for having been able to catch the moment at the pern's death, at the moment in which the person was about to die. this is really the start of a whole tradition, a whole legacy of photos of people facing death that cluttered our news stations

and that's why the president went out there to philadelphia, the suburbs of philadelphia, yesterday. that is a -- that is a area intense with swing congressional districts. he's not trying to gain electoral votes for himself. that's all over with. but another kind of campaign continues. he's trying to move votes in the house of representatives. some of the republicans that represent those districts are out in philadelphia, alex. >> okay, mike viqueira at the white house. thank you for that update. we appreciate it. >>> now, to a work schedule we could all envy. republican house majority leader eric cantor released the new house calendar for next year. house lawmakers are scheduled to meet for 126 days in 2013. a slight increase from this year. it also means they will have 239 days off, including weekends. republicans want the extended periods to spend back in their home districts. the senate has not yet announced its schedule. >>> new and scattered pieces in the complex middle east puzzle. secretary of state hillary clinton now criticizing israel's plan to settle parts of east jerusa

likely to see more delays in philadelphia and washington, and heavy accumulation, a foot or more, all the way across new england. so this is going to impact vermont, maine, new hampshire, upstate new york, mixing in with sleet as time as the low pulls this energy up to the east. you'll be watching for heavy snow in the burlington area. many people might be vacationing and enjoying some skiing at this time in vermont so that's good news. but temperature plummetted in the south. it's only 32 in charlotte and 27 in memphis. so ali, unseasonably cold here in the southeast. this is more like what you'd be experiencing in new york than we would here in atlanta. >> just above freezing in atlanta and in alabama freezing and lower. bonnie, we'll check in with you through the course of the morning. this dangerous storm and it's devastating winds have several states in the south picking up pieces this morning in the cold after getting torn up by tornados. look at this incredible surveillance video from cameras at a walgreens drugstore in mobile, alabama. vehicles getting tossed around like match

probably the most interesting for me was the fact that he was in philadelphia for a number of years.nt of aging and adult services that philadelphia has one of the most interesting and creative network of services for older adults in the country. it is really accessible to older adults. some of the most creative work we have seen at around the country. dave is also on the board of several civic organizations including the challengers boys and girls club, and cure autism now. edave -- dave, take it away. >> and good morning, can you hear me? in the back, can you hear me? i can see you. good morning, and thank you very much. if no one told you this morning, you look good today. you really do look good. in fact, you look just like i thought you would look on tv. i thank god for the opportunity to be with you for this very important conference. this is big. this is important. one of the things that she did not tell you about me that a lot of people don't know, not that you have to care, i have a signed with a disability. my youngest child, i have three children. my oldest is 30 and i hav

i was born in philadelphia. growing up i was us astra sized. you're not like us.r culture. i live right on the same block as you. so people say you know, you're not black. >> people tell you that. they say you're not black? >> growing up they tell me that for a significant portion of my life. >> both of my parents are considered light skinned black. but what makes me black and what makes them black is the culture. >> this woman is a former editor at "essence," a magazine for black women. today she writes and lectures on issues of race and image. >> the music, the spirit, the food, the laughter, the way that we love, the way that black people have soul. >> i think it's an combination of all of it. i think it's skin tone. i think it's experience. i think it's culture. i think it's a mindset. i think if you claim black and that's what you are -- >> i think there is this understanding, particularly in this racialized society that to be black one has to be seen as black. so that if you and i walk into a room, people recognize me as black. they might question what you a

i would like to bring in philadelphia mayor, michael nutter, a democrat and one of the most prominent mayors in this country. following the shooting, the mayor issued a statement that read in part, and i'll give you an excerpt here. "as a country, we don't need more debate, no more excuses, t. the time for action is now." the brady campaign has given the obama administration an "f" for its handling of gun rights in this country. what say you, mayor? i know to the past, you've been a surrogate for the obama campaign. that has the president done enough? >> well, craig, first and foremost, on your program, let me express the deepest sympathies to all of the families, the 26 victims and certainly even the mother of the shooter, a victim herself. we feel very pained, as the president has expressed, but we feel it here in philadelphia, for the violence and death that takes place in our city and cities across the country. craig, i'm not going to get into the grading issue. all of us can do a lot more, and president obama -- a lot more on this issue. and president obama acknowledged in his ve

you go up to philadelphia, mid- 40s for the redskins philadelphia game. monday, 50. christmas, 47, partly cloudy. >> yeah, man. >> wish i had a flake there, but i do not. >> things might change. who knows. >> we'll be back. >> i like your thinking. >> in the mailbag tonight the newtown massacre and the search for answers. craig says he wishes the solutions were simple. we need to get off our wallets and spend the money to keep our kids safe. at the schools, we need trained security personnel, siege resistant doors, limited access, evacuation procedures, gun control is delusional. protecting the schoolhouse is reality. but lavern says folks like craig, they're the ones who need the reality check. for the first time in our history, we're ready to tell that gun lobby that we've had enough. when nra spokesman hit the talk shows this week pleading let's not get too hasty, this time we're ready to do that. act quickly and hastily before the next round of shooters can claim more victims. this time when nra spokesman hide behind the second amendment, we'll reach behind it, g

. >> new tonight, giving away condoms in school, now thousands of students in philadelphia won't even have to ask the nurse. they are installing condom dispensers. the centers for disease control and prevention reports a quarter of all hiv infections in philadelphia are inteenagers. something the deputy mayor says they need to fight. >> we believe our role is to ensure that has partners of parents, we provide what young people are going to do if they act responsibly in terms of sexual behavior. >> the condoms are free and we want to know what you think about this topic. would you want your teenager to have access to free condoms at school? leave your comments on abc2news.com/facebook. >>> now, j. c. penny and avon could be headed for extinction? 24/7 wall street says soy. their prediction are based on things like sales and the company's financial health. customers abandoned penny's after they revamped themselves. for avon it's keeping up with the times. they are too slow to get into cosmetic sales online and now it is too late. other companies, things could go away be the end of the y

we have an accident in rosedale on philadelphia road at golden ring road if you are losing 95 and white marsh. this is what it looks like. it is going to be congested a ride from root 24 to the beltway. that's a 16 minute delay. and speeds at 32 miles per hour if you are heading to the tunnel a four minute delay now from the beltway into the city. >> here is a look at 695. and inner loop nice and clear. the outer loop starting to pick up. here at harford road a 13 minute ride from 95 up to 83. over to you. >>> a black friday small business saturday, cyber monday do you need any more days to do shopping? >> the answer is yes. >> yes. >> for you guys, mac. why's is doing something special, we're not talking about flat screams with the nfl and it will stay open for 4 # hours straight through the weekend before christmas. this is the first time that the store has done anything like that. >> did you just make a red zone reference. >> i did. >> it is very big in my house. >> that's huge, huge. >> do you to mac. why's. >> if they had it, i would do it. >> that's my contribution for you. >> tak

does he play against the philadelphia eagles? i know you don't know the answer to that right now, but based on what we saw pregame and some of his other workouts, he looked pretty good, almost like it was a precautionary -- but if you're a gambling man, what would you say? >> i think robert will compete to play. he wants to be on the field. he's going to show everybody that he should be on the field. what he gives you and the type of package he gives us offensively, we want that guy on the field. we're proud of what kirk did, everyone is so excited for kirk, but the things this kid can do are unplefbl. >> they learned without rob griffin iii you have other weapons. pierre, alfred has been spectacular all season long, but leonard hankerson with a previous touchdown in previous games. two in this game. i've always been skeptical of his hands, but what did he show you? >> i think last week was the best he had played so far this season, and he stepped up big. we have a lot of guys the best thing you can have is weapons on offense. >>

and i said i never heard of it either until i stumbled across this in philadelphia. and a couple people have thought about this. the parlor game when you hope your book is being made into a movie, who do want to start in it, people began to say i wonder whom he could free? people thought of john and priscilla hemings. they said well, maybe he could have freed some of his farmers, and then someone said, the faucets. he could've freed joe. you was a blacksmith. and ed was his cook and had a whole bunch of children. and it turned out any auction of jefferson's estate after the war, and after his death, joseph was in 13. jefferson left the rest of the family in slavery, and they're scattered to different masters. and joseph worked for 10 years in this forge trying to earn the money to buy back his own wife and all of his children and he managed -- one of his children escaped from slavery but he managed to get most of them back except peter, whose owner would never give him up. said joseph and edith had to leave charlottesville, and then they settled in ohio and it was on

let's take a look at the highlights taking on the philadelphia eagles.lying -- >> flying to the ground. >> he falls there. there is the fumble. another mike shanahan draft pick picks up the loose ball. he is going the other way. he got the thing turned around. the defense stepped up big. london fletcher seems to make a big play each and every week. >> is he color blind. >> the ball was tipped. >> he hit him in the chest. >> the ball was tipped. >> joshua morgan on the receiving team -- you don't know where it will go, wisdom. lorenzo alexander said, dave, we have to do it again. he will be on tomorrow, christmas day or wednesday. >> keeping it going. >> then rg3 in the bucket to santana moss. >> drop it like it's hot. >> the redskins win 27-20. they have won six games in a row. wisdom, the longest winning streak since -- >> 2007. >> 1996. >> i was close. >> 11 years off. >> i was here in '96. i don't remember it. that's how long ago it was. the team has been so bad for so long you forget the six game winning streaks. wis, let me ask you a question. you a