it begins in philadelphia. at a time when i was researching an entirely different subject, although i came to discover it was not entirely separate. was working in the archives of the independence national historical park going through the screen trying to assemble a history. and i came across this clipping. philadelphia, home of the united nations. from the front page of the record in 1945. my only response was what. i have lived in philadelphia for a while. i thought i knew something about philadelphia's history. this was news to me. i wanted to find out more. just on the little investigation, i found the philadelphia, in addition to san francisco, was among the earliest and most assertive and longest lasting of the competitors for the honor of becoming the host location for the united nations. the inspiration was come as you can see, independence hall, which was seen by philadelphians is in integration to the nation and therefore presumed to be an integration to the world. what better reason could there be t

it happened on the 400 block in south philadelphia. these moments are just from moments ago. we don't know how many injuries but we know philadelphia fire has been rushing to the scene there to get a sense of the situation. you can see up on the roof there nearby they are trying to peer in and get a first look there. sensitivities obviously very, very high. it was the beginning of june where there was another building collapse. a building collapsed on to a thrift store killing six people. that just happening not even two months ago and now this apparent collapse among some row houses in south philadelphia. again, the exact area is the 400 block of daily street. here are some aerial pictures provided by our affiliate kyw and they say that firefighters have been distachpatched to the

and greenlining neighborhoods and rth philadelphia northwest philadelphia. i saw him deal with the challenges of bringing resources for transportation and infrastructure and job training into philadelphia as a member of the appropriations committee, which no one actually normally talks about. they talk about his chairmanship of the budget committee, but as an appropriator he did a great deal to move our country forward. so as i move to close, i want to thank his family for sharing bill gray with the rest of the world. not just here in the congress, but all around the world bill gray worked to make a difference and i want to thank his church family because on this saturday, when he's memorialized, there will be people who fly in from all over. but the people he married an baptized, the people he consoled on their sick beds, to him he was their pastor. for those who served with him in the house, they learn learned a a lot from his service here. it's not the length or number of terms, it's what we do when we have the power to make a difference. he was truly an

philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city.se 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 york

it is a great name for a genetic mutation, "the philadelphia chomosome". years later i became a free-lance writer, wanted to dig in a little more, to understand what was it, maybe there was the magazine article, i started talking to some people, including brian druker and other people i knew by that point and my research began with the question of why is it called "the philadelphia chomosome"? as you might have guessed, is called that named after the city where it was discovered. in 1959 two scientists, were researching sells looking through a microscope resurging different cells. peter noel stumbled across this method for expanding sells more even they had been expanded before end because he was in a hurry he was very dangerous to cure cancer actually, young and ambitious and thought he could do it in the summer so rinsed under tab water instead of the special laboratory water. the cells ballooned out and suddenly he could see chromosomes of a little bit more than people had been able to see them until that point. this is in 1959 compared to what we have

it was fortunate because david hungerford was also in philadelphia. he was should very old school sign tissues just loved to observe, loved to look through the microscope day after day after day. he was not trying to cure cancer. he was not really trying to do anything but what he loved, which was to observe. so, he started working with peter knowle and looking at chromosomes through the microscope and one day was looking at some cells from a patient with cml and noticed that one of the chromosomes was a bit too short. he was one of a handful of people, probably in the country if not the world, who could have spotted this at that time. and what he saw is actually on the cover of the book. obviously it was much typeier what he saw, but it with a this. chromosome 22. in this cell sample was a bit too small. they didn't know what to make of it at the time, and there wasn't any technology to figure out with a was going on was the cancer causing the mutation, was the mutation causing the cancer, was it kind of just along for the ride? so that was my first

this movement liz with the puritans and around philadelphia with a large quaker population who would put a premium on labor in the nobility and the dignity of labor so working with someone's hand on this lee was a social good that with the connotations it's not always carry back to europe. said even the journeymen could hope to go into business for himself partisans' generally live better to make that comfortable provision for a jim their children. 1727 franklin for the leather apron club that was worn by craftsmen and partisans as a collective way to refer to the rising class they called themselves the leather apron club and of course, that was a badge of honor as mechanics and one to read a brief section from my book about their meetings now in philadelphia franklin's own group combined of the private drinking club with the advantages of a mutual aid society the moral intellectual and improvement of the discussion circle and the altruism of the civic association. members restricted at 12 am proceedings were conducted in secret of the better to add billions the project and facilitat

especially when the patriots say she has to leave philadelphia.yes, i didn't go in to more on that. i have a lot of issues to squeeze out of the words. thank you. yes? [inaudible] >> washington and lafayette, did they ever change their mind -- [inaudible] >> umm, i don't know. we do know that in the early 20th century, it was then that one of clinton's notes was published and brought to the country, in which was learned that the queen charlotte gave peggy 500 pounds a year for her, quote, mar territorial service to the crown, end quote. that setted the question of how innocent peggy was. washington was amazed at the letter -- i won't bore you with it. but the letters that arnold writes saying the americans come join the british and come with us. he just can't believe the arrogance of him. it's a wonderful quote about that. so. yes, sir? [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] >> no. and that's what -- that is so intriguing about her. the family burn they were concerned about her reputation. the family burned all of her response from 1783 to chuted on.

mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it lynn if i go to you first in philadelphia one what will the world look like today if china were the same military strength had the same military strength of the united states you know on par it won't be a cold war i think it will be a series of wars by a proxies because both countries need. quite a bit of energy quite a bit of oil natural gas to survive and we are past the point of cheap oil and cheap energy these countries will have to jockey each other out of the way and they will fight each other frankly it is already happening and it will only intensify in the future and this is not necessarily a china's fault because it has to do this to survive. you know it needs to. import have of its food for example. is the pentagon so much from the outside to survive. so it must fight for survival so and the u.s. will also be found his status so it won't be a cold war it will be a series of hot wars if not outright direct confrontation between these two powers ok dan not a very optimistic future what do you think the proposition is

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dan low balts in cincinnati he's a coeditor of new politics journal of socialist thought and in philadelphia we crossed him and then he is a political commentator and writer for a counterpunch all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it lynn if i go to you first in philadelphia what will the world look like today if china were the same military strength had the same military strength of the united states you know on par. it won't be a cold war i think it will be a series of wars by proxies because both countries need. quite a bit of energy quite a bit oil natural gas to survive and we are past the point of cheap oil and cheap energy these countries will have to jocky each other out of the way and they will fight each other frankly it is already happening and it will only intensify in the future and this is not necessarily a china's fault because it has to do this to survive. you know it needs to. import have of its food for example. the pentagon so much from the outside to survive. so it must fight for survival so and the

low balts in cincinnati he's a coeditor of new politics a journal of socialist thought and in philadelphia we crossed him and then he is a political commentator and writer for a counterpunch all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it allin if i go to you first in philadelphia what will the world look like today if china were the same military strength had the same military strength of the united states you know on par. it won't be a cold war i think it will be a series of wars by proxies because both countries need. quite a bit of energy quite a bit oil natural gas to survive and we are past the point of cheap oil and cheap energy these countries will have to jocky each other out of the way and they will fight each other frankly it is already happening and it will only intensify in the future and this is not necessarily a china's fault because it has to do this to survive. you know it needs to. import have of its food for example. is the pentagon so much from the outside to survive. so it must fight for survival so and

we begin with the wettest day in philadelphia history. the city was hit with 8 inches of rain. >> now the flooding rain is heading east toward new york city. the area could be affected. the rain and the air, the train travel, as well. our coverage of this extreme weather begins with abc's chuck seaverson. >> reporter: several inches of rain fell in the delaware area, forcing new jersey police to block lanes after rivers of water swept over major highways. national weather service urged residents to seek higher ground. further south learning searchers have found the body of a 48-year-old man who was swept away with a 10-year-old girl while swimming in a rain swollen creek in north carolina. >> once they got in the water, for a few seconds. the current was so strong, it swept them away. >> reporter: roads are still torn up in the western part of the state. >> it's going to take a lot of money to save it. >> reporter: out west this is how residents of central utah spent the weekend bailing out after an unexpected downpour. there is trouble b

these pictures of a building collapse in south philadelphia in this row house area.g more information and we will bring that to you the moment it is in to us. >>> meanwhile, ariel castro's son is speaking out, appearing on nbc's "today" show. he says he doesn't want anything to do with his father now. >> i think that if he really can't control his impulses and he really doesn't have any value for human life the way this case has shown, then behind bars is where he belongs for the rest of his life. i have the same first and last name. i look in the mirror and i see the resemblance and i think about what he did and how horrible it was and i just can't help sometimes just being overcome with that. >> anthony castro says his father was violent and he often cried himself to sleep after beatings. gina dejesus is all smiles thanks to her privacy fence. she can now go out in the yard without having to worry about the prying eyes of photographers or anyone else. she plans to use this privacy to get a tan. she should have anything she wants there. >>> a defiant anthony weiner

who represented my home city of philadelphia so very well in this congress. but we are going to have a number of speakers, i'll have ample opportunity to talk. i want to move to a process in which we can acknowledge some others who want to say a few words but i first seek the house's permission to unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material into the record on the subject of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. the speaker pro tempore: thank you -- mr. fattah: thank you. i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from ohio who chairs the congressional black caucus for an opportunity to talk about bill gray and his service to our nation. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for leading this special order hour to talk about a man who was so important to many of us, william h. gray. on behalf of the c.b.c., i send condolences to the gray family. as you celebrate his life, know that we, too, will m

at philadelphia's airport storms knocked out power. passengers hauled their bags out of the terminal in the dark. in north carolina the floods turned deadly washing away a 10-year-old girl and a 48-year-old man as they swam in a rural creek. >> they weren't in for just a few seconds and the current was so strong it swept them away. >> reporter: the raging water destroyed roads and consumed homes forcing firefighters to help this woman and her pet to safety. the sudden surge of rain caught many people off guard. >> whenever i woke up i could only see the top of the car, and i was like, oh, my god. >> reporter: rapid rainfall at almost an inch an hour also wreaked havoc in arizona where a tour bus returning from the grand canyon flipped over in a muddy flood. none of the 33 passengers was injured. devin dwyer, abc news. >>> well, the good news after all those heavy rains, most of the country will be drying out today. >> our weather coverage continues now with meteorologist jim dickey at accuweather. good morning, jim. >> good morning, jo

we're in philadelphia. we can't close without a discussion of philarsthiiz and r framer on signers hall because his hands are shinier and everyone else's and everyone rubs the hands of benjamin franklin. >> the spectacles have been stolen dozens of times as well. >> some historians question his role saying he was on both sides of the conflict with great britain. what was his role bringing america to independence? >> couple quick things. first of all i'm a fourth generation calfornian but i lived in philadelphia for 45 years. but my first three books were on virginia. so when i first moved here i thought of franklin as kind of a caricature. this roly poly guy. lots of funny jokes and things but not a serious person. but over the course of my 45 years here i really have come to believe that franklin was the best and wisest of our founding fathers. his role in independence is really fascinating. from 1757 to march of 1775 he spent all but about two years living in london and loving living in london and loving

one in kentucky and the other in philadelphia.ork city's department of homeless services is trying to prevent more health problems here by handing out bottled water and trying to convince the needy to visit hundreds of cooling centers that have been set up. others are finding relief by jumping in fountains or swimming pools or spending extra times in offices or stories or movie theaters where the ac is cranked up. the officials are asking businesses to reduce their energy use because they fear the grid will be overwhelmed leading to power outs and brown outs. c coned say they set a record this year. they are asking people to turn down the thermostats during the day. a nuclear power plant in plymouth, massachusetts, the heat made the cape cod bay water too warm to use to cool the reactor. we are told that power plant is back to full power today even though it's a hundred degrees in boston. not much relief in new york tomorrow. it's expected to be in the mid-90s and heat index well over a hundred. on sunday, we are told we could hav

i-95 runs through the city of philadelphia for 18 miles. there are 14 bridges in those 18 miles that i-95 goes over. it's estimated to put those bridges most of which are are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete into fair, decent, safe condition would cost $4.5 billion. the city of philadelphia's entire capital budget for everything -- police stations, fire stations, rec centers, road paving -- is $120 million a year. now, there are two ways to do that. if we were allowed to toll i-95, we can't because it's a privately accredited federal highway, they grandfathered the states that already tolled it, but we can't, we'd have a chance to raise some of that money. or alternatively, we're going to need a federal investment, and that's just maintaining. but it's maintaining the nation's largest highway, state and local responsibility, and we need help. >> okay. very good. i see representative palloneny's here -- mama loney's here x if you want to ask a few questions, we're going to end, i think. >> everything's happening at once

. >> by this time his brother josh was playing with the philadelphia eagles in the nfl. current assistant coaches played with perry a brother in philadelphia in 2003 when neil made his come back. >> he wanted to them win and josh was the same way when we played together in philadelphia. it's like being around josh. >> the big thing is when i first got here to go see the trophy case and see his leg in there and just know what he got to do. i said how cool is this? >> it was just a remarkable deal and we were proud to have his brother on the team and proud to see neil doing the positive things he is doing. >> if you think of tough growing, you just have to look at neil. he just picks me up. >> ten years later perry is now a grad student in mass communication. a grad assistant with the football team. >> we all face adverse ty and he had his in a tough manner and he overcame it so my hat is off to him and i'm so glad to have him a part of the program. >> his presence is felt among the football players. at the military ball he was asked to give the pregame speech. >> to have

in philadelphia construction slowed, workers had to add special chemicals to stop the concrete from drying so fast in this high heat. the heat is a concern for animals, too. at the chicago zoo, animals got a break with frozen snacks. farmers concerned about heat stress on livestock now have an app for that. it measures the temperature and the humidity of their environment and even counts the animal's breaths per minute. daytime dinner temperatures at 93 degrees, heat index at 97 right here. the big question everyone wants to know is, when does the heat break. we've got the answer for you. take a look at the cooler air dropping in with the jet stream right around the great lakes. from the great lakes to the midwest strong thunderstorms will kick this heat into friday making it better on saturday. look at the eastern seaboard and mid-atlantic. it takes those storms until saturday to get in, cooling it down sunday to monday, maybe a 20-degree difference from where you're sitting on friday. in the deep south, that heat wave rolls. the cold front doesn't reach you from memphis south. diane? >>

in philadelphia, construction slowed.ecial chemicals to stop the concrete from drying so fast in this high heat. and farmers concerned about heat stress on livestock now have an app for that. it measures the temperature and humidity of their environment and even counts the animals' breaths per minute. >> sam champion, abc news, new york. >>> look for another day of power outages and hassles related to the heat. >> our coverage continues with some unfortunate news from accuweather. good morning, andrew. >> thank you, good morning john and diana. it was hot yesterday. really felt that heading outside. unfortunately i think today is going to be the worst we've seen all week. the temperatures once again well into the 90s. heat advisories in effect across the region. 98 degrees in new york city. you factor in the humidity. that's been the worst thing all week. once again, feeling like it is well into triple digits. especially along the i-95 corridor including washington, d.c., philadelphia and new york. relief is on the way he

we have example itself in our country like the barns collection in philadelphia.ell documentary about this. he formed his on museum but before he founded it, he offed it to the philadelphia museum of art. this is a collection with over 80 and all the artists were impressionist on the water and the founding fathers o of the philadelphia art museum said no, these are not significant artists and a little bit suspect. no thank you. we don't really want them. i say this because this is in the 1920s and 30s and it's not that long ago. over time these things move today the main stream. this is one of the great functions of the sir rices of art and radical art movements is that they change the way that we think and the way that we see the world around us. >> how do impressionist see the world? >> well, even though that it's a movement that so beloved today we hear impression i am and we think that we know it well but it's important to know that it was pretty reviled by critics and even other artists so the fact that it's a well loved term, you really have to think about i

the most ever in one day in philadelphia history. eight inches of rainfall in philadelphia causing problems at the airport, all around south jersey, and also northern delaware. take you now to north carolina. not done yet. major flooding there. three to 12 inches of rainfall, and unfortunately two people died in floodwaters when they tried to swim in a swollen creek over the weekend. and finally any our weather maps, out of the lower 48, how ahaw law, under a tropical storm warning. tropical storm flossy will most likely make landfall on the islands tomorrow. big-time weather problems all throughout the country. >> reporter: even began to scratch the surface of what's going on around here. more on that coming up in a few minutes. >>> dozens of people are dead after a tour bus plunged off the highway in southern italy today. the driver of a coach carries about 40 people lost control and smashed into several cars. the bus then fell at least 15 yards off a bridge, into a ravine. they say at least 37 people including the driver were kill

a baby is among eight hurt when a building collapsed in philadelphia. it happened on a south philadelphia street lined with connected two-story homes. a contractor who was working in the basement at the time of the collapse has critical injuries. neighbors reported hearing an explosion and bricks showered on the street. houses on either side of the destroyed home are standing but badly damaged. >> catchy details. there was gas involved and we believe there might have been some work being done in the building that, you know, may have or may not have, you know, helped cause this accident but we're not sure at this time. >> rescue crews combed through the rubble for victims. they now say they have found everyone. one woman who lived four houses down reported seeing firefighters hosting down a man who had been burned. and it was less than two months ago that another collapse in philadelphia killed six and injured twelve at a demolition site downtown where a large wall fell into an adjacent thrift store. a machinery operator is now charged with involuntary m

philadelphia, to new york, up the i-95 corridor into maine. later in the afternoon, we're looking for damaging winds, heavy rain. that could ruin some weekend plans. john and diana, back to you. >> all right, andrew. thank you. >>> blistering triple-digit temperatures and bone-dry conditions making a tough battle even tougher for fire crews in southern california. the fire there near los angeles exploding in size. scorching a 35-square-mile acreage. it's only 15% contained. firefighters say the slightest spark can torch acres in a matter of minutes. >> we're experiencing very high fire danger. the fire behavior we're seeing is what we would typically be seeing in august and september. >> already destroyed dozens of buildings, including some homes. thousands of residents and tourists have fled the area. and thousands more may be ordered to evacuate. >>> a man who said he hoped to testify against accused crime boss whitey bulger has been found dead. bulger's trial is under way in boston. he claims that bulger took over his liquor store to use as

giants start 3 game series in philadelphia tomorrow but off day uneventful. defending world champion second visit to the white house. past 3 years. president obama graciously accepted gift and struggled to read. >> i got a world series ball and bat and you should know that i can't read any of their signatures. but it's greatly appreciated. thank you soil. pen manship a lost art. although making note of the kid of may ins attendance. buster meeting the president. he was injured when the team visit entered 2001. all right. stanford. david shaw joined new coach here greeting local media today in san francisco from san jose state. rose bowl champion and potential pre-season top 5 team. bears well they have 3 guy vying for the starting quarterback job. as for the spartans new regem for character. take over for mike who bolted for colonel republican and democrat o. morgan hill native came over from the university of san diego. making this his program. >> believe me i know. i followed big shoes before. usc coach harbaugh. i need to be true to myself and i believe my

. >> philadelphia saw record rainfall of sunday. more than 8 inches fell in the city. sections of philadelphia international airport lost power, causing some flights to be delayed. a strong thunderstorm saturday night is believed to have plaeled a role in the deadly crash of a helicopter. five people including a child were killed. >>> any time weather becomes a factor, you're messing with disaster. >> heavy rain also pounded the southwest. in arizona a tour bus was knocked over and washed away. no one was hurt but passengers were forced to climb out of the bus's window. and parts of las vegas were under flash flood warnings as nearly two inches of rain fell in about a half an hour. >>> meanwhile folks in hawaii are keeping an eye of tropical storm flossy. though it appears to be weakening, people on the island are preparing for heavy rain, high winds, and possible flossing. for more on weather here's meteorologist jeff berardelli from our miami station wfor. tropical storm, flossy, which is threatening hawaii during the day today. let's first talk about the flooding al

stephanie gosk, independence plaza in philadelphia. stephanie, thanks. >>> let's get more on the heat dome concept we're hearing about. how long it's going to last specifically, from weather channel meteorologist jim cantore at weather channel headquarters. jim, good evening. >> good evening, brian. we're going to take the core of this heat dome, where the heat indexes, the moisture and the air temperature feel like 95 to 105, and show you what it's going to be doing for the rest of the week. it's going to be sitting around. what this is, essentially, think of it, it's like a dome, if you tilt it upwards, you have a cap on the atmosphere, and in a dome of this magnitude, this sinking air leads to additional warming. so 90 becomes 95 and 97 degrees, and, of course, when you factor in the humidity, it feels like 105. the heat will not last into the weekend for many areas, because a trough is going to come through, we'll pay the price with severe thunderstorms. as we get into the day four, five, six and even seven with this, that's when w

and then i'm going to buy the philadelphia phillies. you know, next time this money appear, i'm going to act more quickly. >> chris, i like it. pay down the debt and buy the phillies. they're both good for the nation. chris reynolds, thank you very much for joining us. thanks for watching "street signs," everybody. bill and mandy up next on "closing bell." >>> and we do welcome you in to "closing bell" on a newsy say. i'm bill griffeth. >> indeed, very newsy. i'm mandy in for a change. we're mixing it up. i'm down at the new york stock exchange. maria will be back tomorrow. >>> the day is full of heavy hitters and continues here on cnbc with ben bernanke on capitol hill to a literal who's who of wall street at cnbc delivering alpha conference. the market is reacting to both events da

i was a ridiculous philadelphia phillies fan. if i could have made it i would have been a new york fan. no one would choose to affiliate himself with the team with the most amount of losses. curiosity's been a blessing and curse of mine. not like of a cat that's probing, looking, jumping on a couple of hot stoves. anyway, also a solid chunk of the paper that seemed impenetrable to me, called the business section. it had these giant lists of names and aggat type, seemed to go on forever. the other tables. different from the batting average tables and box scores i would scrutinize with regular y regularity. they made no sense to me, open, range, close, what open, what range, what closed? what were these strange things? why did they matter? my dad would get mad within he heard prices mentioned on the radio. in particular he seemed angry when i heard something called national video.

philadelphia airport, all american airlines flights canceled in and out. they had power outages in and out. that will affect travel there. we have the girl scouts here. where are you from? >> maryland. >> nice to see you. how many cookies did you sell? >> a lot. >> a lot. there you go. a lot. i can eat a lot. they sold a lot. let's see what we have for you. we'll start off with a mild midwest. today we start off with the cool northwesterly winds. jet stream way down to the south. temperatures, in fact, chicago had it's coolest weekend in about 30 years. look at these temperatures for chicago. 8 degrees below normal. high of 77. 76 in kansas city. columbus 78. detroit 74. temperatures anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees below normal. rest of the country today afternoon highs. you have to head down to the south, southern texas, parts of florida, gulf coast and the interior southwest. temperatures in the 100s. going to be in the 80s. it will be hotter in the pacific