education in philadelphia? our digital producer is here, and he's got your live feedback throughout the entire show, so keep feeding him for the next half hour. we're not talking about chump change, a $300 million shortfall. >> this is aving future generations, a tragedy happening in america. we have a lot of philly folks tweeting in. here's piper: stewart says: as we see that the people suffer regular the kids. >> no doubt. and we'll be getting into it as much as we can in the next half hour. two dozen schools shut down in fell fill and thousands of staff laid off. the result of a $1 billion cut in the education budget on governor tom corbett's watch. though the impact is statewide, fell fill is taking a disproportionate hit. the city teaches 10% of the students, but is absorbing 25% of the cuts. parents clean that it means longer walks to other schools and closing down classrooms. a 12-year-old girl complained of not feeling well at school, died of an asthma attack when she got home. had there been a school n

a reporter on the philadelphia city paper, our activist, shiron snyder, and a history teacher in philadelphiathese things don't happen overnight, and they're not the result of one person. so walk us down the road that you think got the philly school district into this current mess. >> well, it's really a long-running crisis in the fact that large school systems like philadelphia, have a large fon-white student body have have been underfunded for years, and enormous cuts, and we have seen in the last ten years, the state control of the philly schools, the state took over a decade ago, and the rapid expansion of charter schools, and for each student that enrolls in charter schools, that costs the district an estimated $7,000. so the rapid unchecked growth of charter schools, combined with the enormous cuts to public education, under republican governor, tom corbett, has made an unfair situation catastrophic. >> you work in three schools in the city, and give us your perspective. how is it affecting the parents, the kids, your colleagues. >> well, i've been lucky enough to be in three different

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

the rest are here in philadelphia.the bulk of the correspondent though only serve list in the year 192-8159 letters were auctioned. in 1928, virginia turned her attention to women's rights. she just finished writing orlando come a parity biography of things she thought was good, a meditation out of the obsolete libraries. biographies of nobody payable for a comedy of stir sleep the walls, slouching against each other as if they were too drowsy to stand upright. he was in october 1928 at cambridge university soon after published as a room of one's own. what she wanted to know what has happened had shakespeare had a wonderfully gifted sister called i've always wondered where she got that idea. i think maybe that's all virginia woolf casting for a lecture series came across a catalog, slumbering upon us who read the most remarkable and extensive series of letters by benjamin franklin to his sister, jane. in order to read those words, in order to imagine judith and william shakespeare to think about janet benjamin franklin

we're live in philadelphia.e a beautiful thanksgiving for the bay area. our temperatures topping out in the mid to upper 60s. but watch out for the rip currents on our coastline. as we take a look at my accuweather seven-day forecast, dry today, cool next week. ♪ >> we are live in philadelphia. we'll have weather throughout the morning. you stay comfortable in the beds at home. we'll give you the weather outside. josh? paula? >> sam's first stab at live television. >>> coming up here, a special "deals & steals." >>> and everything you need to know for cooking. the last-minute tips and tricks. turkey 911. tricks. turkey 911. what can i do on a $7 a month andrcheck the weather. one? borrow ted's wheelbarrow. post big tomato pics. buy a birdhouse for sparrows. download gardening apps. answer my wife's texts. search how to sculpt hedges... into a t-rex. i can do all that with my android from tracfone now with three times the talk, text and data for as low as $7 a month. unbeatable nationwide coverage without a contr

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some philadelphia neighborhoods, philadelphia in general, is just that democratic.you can get 59 wards with zero votes for mitt romney, but in the fifth division of the 56th ward in philadelphia, this week, the democratic candidate lost. it was a race to be an election judge, the democratic candidate lost the race by 12 votes and the democratic lost to this guy. who is not a democrat. he's also not a republican. despite the fact he's sitting there with abe lincoln. he also stopped being an independent years ago. turns out this guy and the only party that can beat the democratic party in philadelphia right now, it's the whig party. w-h-i-g. yep. the elections judge is a member of the whig party, like it's 1840. somebody dress me up like henry clay and make me a drink. you can catch philadelphia's latest whig party official on up this saturday morning, but if you want to hear the most amazing election result yet from america's cities this year, it is not actually the fact that philadelphia has elected its first whig party official since the 1800s. there's something mo

philadelphia airport two-hour delays. laguardia is reporting hour and a half delays and we'll probably see those delays building as we go throughout the morning. i'll be surprised if boston doesn't begin to start report delays here shortly. 10:00 this morning on the east coast. we'll see that front clearing through, dramatic improvement even during the afternoon hours. if anyone has any interest in any flights, you know, leaving or arriving from the east coast, it's going to be interesting to see how the delays pile up. >> it reminds me of "planes, trains and automobiles," that movie. it will be tough for a lot of folks. bill karins will be back later for us. rain rain-soaked 76 in philadelphia. getting out of town for the holidays. most by air. nbc's tom costello was right there next to them. >> reporter: at the world's busiest airport in atlanta a cold driving rain made for a miserable day on the ramp. inside, a rush of activity and just a handful of delays and cancellations. going to fly today atlanta to pittsburgh thr

start of the holiday season since the 19th century but the term black friday was first coined in philadelphiathe army/navy football game played on a saturday right after thanksgiving and the game drew large crowds and frustrated the police and in 1961 one writer said that traffic jams are a problem to the police and in philadelphia it became customary for the philadelphia officers to refer to it as black friday and saturday and shopowners looked to change the name to big friday but that did not work and enter the marketers who then referred to a shift in profits from red to black when they surged. >>> one group uses the day black friday as a protest day calling for better wages and working conditions and live now from a walmart store in chicago, andy, what is happening there today. >> it is quiet now but at the walmart they marched around with signs, they chanted and they sang songs and many went into the streets blocking traffic and the police said that they had enough of that and then they arrested those ten people and there was no violence involved and it was a well choreographed event and

and philadelphia. that could range from 1 to 3 hours at this point. this storm system will clear out as we head throughout wednesday evening. is it chaotic or calm now this hour? >> reporter: it's really calm right now. we're just really spoiled here in the bay area. as you becan see, there's no wi, rain, or fog. there's no traffic back up. if you plan on leaving out of sfo tonight, it is smooth sailing. she is concerned about getting to traverse city, michigan. not because of weather delays, but because she has two small children in tow. holiday travellers at sfo are getting a break. >> there's no long lines out the door. it's actually pretty calm. >> reporter: an estimated 43.4 million americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the thanksgiving holiday weekend. 90% of them will be driving. but she's catching a plane and heading to philadelphia. >> we're leaving. the flight is on time. i wonder how we're going to have fun on wednesday when it is raining and snowing in philadelphia. >> reporter: snow could be a big problem for travellers

and washington rides from his residence in philadelphia, the president's house in philadelphia, out into the outskirts of philadelphia where hamilton -- were jefferson was living. and meets with jefferson and tries to persuade jefferson to stay on in the office. and is the only instance that i've ever been able to uncover where washington went to someone's house during his presidency and pleaded with them to do something. song-hee, i think, remained at the point very much attached to jefferson. he persuaded jefferson to step about six more months but then jefferson left after that. >> thank you. >> at one point in time chairman with the dates, but hamilton and madison had a very close relationship and is also pretty close to jefferson. and then that fell apart somewhere along the lines and i don't quite understand how that felt support but it got to the point where those guys made harry reid and john boehner seem like best buddies. >> that's right. it really begins to fall apart in 1791. and no one was more surprised than was hamilton about madison. that once the bank bill becomes law, a

. >> it is 9:14 in philadelphia and happening now our sister station in philadelphia and dunkin' donuts thanksgiving day parade happening in front of the steps of the art museum the 94th year of the oldest thanksgiving day parade in the country. i covered and participated in that parade when i worked in philadelphia. >> did you ever run up the we steps? >> yes but not at that velocity. it is 20 degrees and windy for them. >> they are wearing very little clothes. the sharks nhl prepare chinese -- franchise is worth 82 percent more than last year and now the value is $405 million. in 2012 the value was $223 million. but the top business executive says the sharks not for sale. >> the market for kids respond tap let is growing, two years ago only 8 percent had access to a children and now it is 40 percent. "7 on your side" tested out a few with this report. here is michael finney. >> "consumer reports" teamed up with "7 on your side" to test six tablets especially designed for children. they cost between $70 and $230. here is what we found. >> what is better little fingers that cannot 1/2 g

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cowboys have a win over the eagles alrea. >> al: in philadelphia.last nig of the season. sot will be third and five. the only mystery in this one is will the saints t an nfl record for most firsdowns in a game. e next would be thei40th. >> cris: i think they should put drew back in. >> al: third and four. tieing the rord. the dallas cowboys tonight -- the cowboys have run 43 plays in the game and the snts have 39 first downs. thinabout that. think about that if you're a saintsan, not a cowboys fa 49-17 at the t-minute warning. >> al: coming up after the game the wendy's post game report. michele on the field with the sts of the game. bob,ony and mike will wr it up. cris and iill look forward to tonight's ga which is a beauty. that's coming upight after we're done here on the field of play. >> cris: there we go i knew a few of those woulbe in here tonight. thanks, jerry for b ryan. his first meeting with this team, you know what, guys, we vaul a little something prove. they deptmeidn't want me. you guys were the worst defense in the history of the nf

the list is in philadelphia. is in philadelphia. >> i was attending a pep rally in philadelphia.ounced the horrific news. i remember coming home and my mother had come in from the hairdresser. she was sitting at our kitchen table, crying hysterically. and thehbors came over television was on for three days. my sister was a senior at penn state. fortunately, for us, she was student teaching in suburban philadelphia and was able to come home for the weekend. i wasjohn f. kennedy when 11 years old. he was running for president. it was october, 1960. his motorcade was going to come past my elementary school in philadelphia. somehow, the principal caught wind of this and there we are, all of these schoolkids, waiting for this man to come by on a flatbed truck. i will never forget what this man looked like. i don't remember what i have for lunch yesterday, but he had this beautiful, sandy, thick hair, and the bluest eyes. he was all in blue with a pale blue shirt. he had a dark blue tie that had little white specks, and all the great people of philadelphia's past were with him. it was

they just finished playing and it turned out well in philadelphia. >> basketball pay back for what philadelphia football team did to oakland. warriors go into philadelphia destroyed. up by 39 points. rested all the starters in the 3 3rd quarter because blow out. 18-0 run. he owned the first half. 14-12th quarter run. -- 14-1, 2nd quarter run. more from the former sixer, he had 7 threes. that is a career best. they took him best with plenty of time to rest. 32 points. warriors 110-90. the 49ers idle yesterday with the bye-week but the front office very busy. a couple of big moves as nnamdi asomugha and the team parted ways. trying to resume what was once a brilliant career, didn't work out, he was injured and not able to get back. he was waved today and that allowed the 49ers to activate manningham and wright. a veteran who will take over as the nickel back most likely and the 49ers with major moves but moving on. they play this coming sunday against carolina. your high school voting tallies. go to www.ktvu.com and one of those games will be featured friday night as our high school game of the w

philadelphia may be a spotty shower for you, but the bulk of the action will be aroun arounde great lakes as the next front tries to move in. temperatures around 5 to 20 degrees cooler, and we have colder air on the way for the end of our weekend. richelle? >> eboni, thank you. a real-life hero remembered. the second american to ever orbit the earth. >>> plus anger boils over in france where farmers are saying no way to a new tax. >> i'm phil torezz, coming up next on techknow. >> hike! >> america's favorite sport is under fire. >> now, that impact simulated 100 g's of acceleration in your brain. >> it's the opponent no player can see. >> so the system is showing real-time impact. >> can science prevent concussions? >> i did my job and just had to sacrifice my brain to do it. >> the final farewell for an american space hero. family, friends and dignitaries will pay their respect to scott carpenter in colorado today. carpenter died on october 10th at the age of 88. the public service will follow a private family funeral. john glenn is scheduled to speak at the memorial service. >>> thousan

first, the weather is causing a few delays only for arrivals and departures with atlanta and philadelphia and the new york airport hardest hit. the day before thanksgiving has been anything but a turkey for travelers. >> here is something to be thankful for: short security lines at san francisco international airport on what is supposed to be the busiest travel days of the year. 120,000 people are expected to pass through spa on the day before thanksgiving and a total of 1.2 million over the ten day holiday per. many booked an early glide to avoid the rush. >> we had to my today so we decided to do it as soon as possible. >> because he is not so great if -- in line? >> he is getting older every day. >> and more mature, right? >> right. >> a storm on the east coast made passengers nervous they could not make it before the pie was served but only a few flights were delayed mostly to new york and philadelphia and washington, dc. this couple is headed to the washington, dc. >> so far, not bad. we will step on it and...go through the line and get on the plane. >> the passenger traffic is more

philadelphia, the first city to ban 3-d printed guns.ous this business is becoming, but is it even a business? facts the blueprints are up. you're looking at video of of a plastic dunbar. we talk to defense distributor founder cody wilson. why he thinks, and he truly does not believe everyone should be able to print begun. the printers themselves like a thousand dollars. is is something to worry about? the market may close of 4:00 p.m., but i am always on call for you. all you have to do, go to foxbusiness.com / on call and sign up for something that we created. what you get are the top headlines of the day, the biggest interviews, what you need to be watching after the market closes, the most important 90 seconds of financial news delivered right to your door. we're coming right back. stay tuned. ♪ [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's comin the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools iroduce themselves. all the bits and bul

philadelphia humilló a defensa de raiders >> entrenador de houston en nfl se encuentra estable en hospitalión a compañeros >> mañana se definen boletos a finales de mundial sub17, argentina contra méxico y suegia nigeria >> le dicen la torre de tandil, martín del potro. tomó tren en paris para ir a londres, 2 personas le pidieron el autógrafo, se los dio, y se dio cuenta que le habían robado el maletín >> temporada de las chivas ha sido tan mala que ya no sienten lo duro, sino lo tupido, la discipilnaria los castigó por estas mantas >> miguel herrera llamó al jugador de tigres hugo ayala, que ha mostrado muy poco en las pasadas convocatorias. >> ganó el villarreal uno a 0, salió lesionado 2 santos >> mañana agentina méxico >> yo espero que los argentinos mañana no canten tangos >> ahi vamos a ver >> otro tema el de chivas, lamentable lo que está sucediendo, y el tema de la afición el libertad de expresión >> las amenazas pasan la linea >> volvemos esta noche es lunes 4 de noviembre y tebnemnos las noticias. >> piden justicia padres de joven que fue asesinado en california por llevar una pi

philadelphia beats oakland 49-20. >>> patriots quarterback tom brady also let it fly on sunday.than 400 yards and four touchdowns including an 81-yard pass to aaron dobson. new england beats pittsburgh 55-31. >>> and the washington redskins survive a late game scare. looks like san diego running back scores late in the fourth quarter. but after a review, the officials say he's just short. the chargers settle for a tying field goal. >>> and in overtime, washington gets a four-yard touchdown run by darrel young. the redskins top the chargers 30-24. >>> when we return, exotic airport siting. an alligator is discovered roaming around chicago's o'hare. we will tell you what he was doing. >>> and tens of thousands of runners take part in an emotional running of the new york city marathon. >> announcer: sports sponsored by just for men mustache and beard. champions of facial hair and proud partner of november. ♪ [ ding! ] losing your chex mix too easily? time to deploy the boring-potato chip decoy bag. then no one will want to steal the deliciousness. [ male announcer ] with a variety

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pennsylvania where a woman used a taser on another woman during an all out brawl inside a mall outside philadelphia, no word on whether anyone was arrested. >>> in texas more trampling over $78 tvs at a wal-mart. some pushing turned to shoving and police pinned at least one woman down. the customer who bought the video said he was in buying cough drops when he pulled out his phone and captured that commotion. >>> a standoff at a southern

that's the latest from philadelphia international airport. i'm katy zachary. >>> happy thanksgiving. we have some turkey coming up. do you brine? >> you just show up and eat. >> got that down to a science. >> it is 5:34. happy thanksgiving eve. a number of special events will be happening all over the bay area to mart the start of the holiday. >> i don't know if you have ever seen anything like this. the jelly-belly candy company will light its annual holiday menorah. in the south bay, a christmas tree trimming party. you have to get it tightened up for the holidays and get ready fort annual christmas in the park. that will be at 10:30. volunteers will be getting things ready for the city's annual event. it officially opens up on friday. they get a little sneak peek. so does the kristi yamaguchi ice rink. >> they didn't ask us this year. >> i'm not going to take it personally. our very own mike i know way, he will be there kicking things off. >> he is a better skater than we were. >>> the western friends of san francisco will unveil their ann

eagles 17-3, to beat the packers 27-13 philadelphia improves 5 and 5 while the packers drop second straight game to fall to 5 and 4 on the season. st. louis rams putting hurt on the colts, chris long scoops up the piggy. the big fellow is off to the races. chris, howieson's scammers 45

philadelphia, you had a delay earlier today of about two hours. that's down a little bit at about an hour and a half. for the most part, at least down across the south, the front is through. take a look at this, though. tonight temperatures plummet. we're talking about temps into the low 20s across parts of the deep south, mid-20s from

i'm from philadelphia. i left philadelphia when i was 18. i went to nyu. i cycled through my university career. it took me six years before i kind of gave up. i waited tables. i worked in magazines for a long time. i lived in italy for five years. i just sort of went around the world. i was collecting experiences. it makes it sound very intentional and. most of the time, i was living life as i do. trying on different shoes if they would fit. they didn't. i would try on a different one. eventually, not very long ago, i guess i was 36, and i ended up at the university of iowa, the iowa writers workshop. tavis: not just ended up -- it doesn't get much better than that. we are back to the high cotton again. the iowa writers workshop is high cotton. >> very high cotton. i was very lucky. in italy forlived a few years. i came back. i went back to working in magazines, which is what i had been doing before that. for some reason -- i've been writing my whole life -- i wrote poetry for a very long time, and then i stopped writing poetry. i don't know why. the well

they were abandoned in west philadelphia in october. adopt the pair. claudia says it was critical to find the family willing to adopt both puppies but they were also looking for a special connection. >> it was really a gut instinct. we saw them together. we were like this is the family that needs to be. >> i saw the picture and i thought what everybody else thought, that's the cutest thing i've ever seen. but i realized despite their special needs, we could nurture that bond and provide them with the environment they need. >> reporter: the family is overjoyed with the new additions but perhaps a bit skeptical is the couple's 13-year-old cat. >> that will be an interesting >> we were discussing this is her birthday and probably n the presen loo >> a littlery aside, the future looks bright for this duo. >> they epitomize brotherly love, loyalty, and perseverance because they survived for weeks on nothing other than each other. >> reporter: this isn't the last you will hear of these popular pups. they are connected. they have a facebook pa

albert rizzi says he and his dog were kicked off a plane that was leaving philadelphia. he says the flight had been delayed for over an hour so he let his dog out to stretch his legs on the plane. but the airline claims rizzi let his dog run amok and caused a scene. >> i was not really abusive at all. i also heard that the dog was supposedly running up and down the aisle. now, that plane can't be more than 25 feet long. there's not even enough room for this dog to run up and down the aisle. >> the plane never left the ground. flight was canceled after passengers got upset about how rizzi was treated. >>> time now 4:51. hundreds of thousands of people in the philippines remain in desperate need of supplies and medical attention. coming up at 4:00, meet a team of nurses from the bay area who are on the way to help. >> but first, a judge tells a woman to stop breast-feeding her baby. why he ordered the issue. ,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] it is more than just a new car... more than a new interior lighting system. ♪ it is more than a hot stone massage. and more than your fav

in philadelphia a record low of 20 means layers on layers and a frosty sight. this fountain is supposed to be turned off in this weather. now it's a winter photo op. in new york city where the overnight low was just 23 degrees, concerns that strong, cold winds following the storm could prevent those iconic balloons from flying at macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> sam joins us. say it ain't so, sam. the parade in trouble. we're really going to get hit here in the east? >> yeah, george. when folks hear a forecast like this they really want to know am i a part of this, am i involved. let's answer all your questions and put the maps up and show you who gets involved. this storm immediately takes a step east overnight into tomorrow morning. for wednesday and thursday it really is -- certainly for wednesday it's a coast runner for the east coast and only an east coast storm out of the way by thanksgiving day. there is a snow component to this storm and in some cases up to 18 inches of snow. in northwestern pennsylvania and western new york state. most places will ge

it's in belcamp on 543 at philadelphia road.nd on 95. definitely a reduced rush today because of the veterans day holiday. there's a live look at the west side of the beltway at old court road. another look at 95. this traffic report is brought u by jiffy lube. extend the life of your car with a quick oil change at jiffy lube in between meetings. you don't need an appointment. >>> an area college is opening late this morning. mcdaniel college in westminster is opening at 10:00. they say there's a power outage in the area. >>> stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. complete news, weather and traffic still ahead. also more on the devastation in also more on the devastation in the philippines, the death tol,,

what's philadelphia going to see?ypically see our heaviest loads three days today, tomorrow and sunday is actually our heaviest day of the year. we'll range anywhere from 15 to 25% above our mormal traffic loads. on sunday we're expecting more than 100,000 travelers to come through the facility. and, of course, as has been reported, the weather is going to cause delays and in some cases cancellations. i guess the good news is that some of the airlines, u.s. airways, american, delta that we're hearing are already starting to relax some of their change policies in the hopes that some travelers, if they can, will take advantage of changing their travel arrangements to get out of town sooner and give them a better shot at getting to the destination to be able to spend it with their families. we'll be watching this closely and trying to communicate with our passengers through our website, through twitter and staying in close contact with our airlines to see what changes are occurring minute by minute as today, tomorrow and

we saw the delay there for philadelphia leaving here at 9:30 and moved back an hour and a half so make sure you call your airline if you are flying to the east coast to make sure the night is on time. >> thank you. a reminder that the weather app has the latest bay area weather alerts downloaded free of charge at abc7news.com. >> another headache for bart riders, debris on the tracks left thousands of passengers stalled and this started at 6:00 with sky over the scene after leashing the tube and headed to west oakland at close to 70 miles per hour and part of the undercarriage fell off the train and that metal touched the third rail and that caused arcing and a lost sparks. eastbound trains were stopped in the transbay tube and rolled back to san francisco on the same track. >> it is irritating because bart has issued happening if you think become a couple of week ago we have the bart strike and that inconvenienced a bunch of people and now this. all bart trains ran again after 7:00 p.m. it took some people several hours to get home. >> coming up, an east bay community comes together t

the plane from philadelphia is still late.o unfortunately i can't fly out until tomorrow morning at 10:00. i'll have to make due until then, i guess. >> reporter: that ripple effect means even airports without bad weather could feel the impacts of delays and cancellations for a few more hours. tonight everybody is urged to check online, download an app if that helps, call ahead for flight information. perhaps the smoothest trips have been on amtrak. no cancellations and only a few delays, all of which were in new england. amtrak added trains today in order to deal with the holiday crush. the highways, on the other hand, have been a different story and a real mess. interstate 95 has been a parking lot in some places there was at least one multi-car wreck on an interstate in pennsylvania today. >> today still stacks up as the country's busiest travel day during the holiday season. we know the storm has caused some people to alter plans, leaving yesterday or perhaps maybe even waiting until tomorrow morning to leave. but today is

are at high risk, so they have come to philadelphia's einstein medical center, for guidance. and to voice their concerns. >> when i think about labor i am so excited but also scared to death. >> is that supposed to help me? >> accompanied by her boyfriend, gets her progress monitors as part of a government sponsored program, called strong start. >> see, she is moving there. >> she wants to make sure her pregnancy turned out better than a friends. >> she had lost her baby at eight months. not too long ago, and it is funny she had just -- i'm so excited -- >> this will be townsends second baby, 17 years after her first was born. diabeteses and high blood pressure are some of her risk factors. >> i am coming every week, and i get checked the baby gets checked, and just to make sure that everything is fine. so far everything is fine. >> bringing a child into the world is not similar on the predominately north side of philadelphia. in this modern western city, the survival rate for infans in their first day of life is no presidenter than in end do nearby yeah, or guatemala. >> the

around new york, philadelphia has really improved. two hours ago, they went from two-hour delay, now less than 15 minutes. boston still good. it's la quawd yah newark and -- la guardia, newark and jfk. not much of a significant change over the next couple of hours. back to you david. >> all right kevin, thank you. >>> the storm's gusty winds could charge more than the airplanes, the macy's balloons in new york will not be allowed to fly if the wind speed gets high enough. we'll go to the upper west side of new york in just a few minutes. >>> now up to the latest allegation of spying, there's a report out that the nsa has been tracking the pornography of the people nsa calls radicals. according to edward snowden, the nsa is trying to addition credit or diminish their moral standing, two muslims vulnerable to accusations of online promiscuity. wus discussing specific -- without discussing specific individuals, it's not surprising if the u.s. government uses all of the lawful tools possible, to radicalize others to violence. julian sanch

there are two-hour delays in philadelphia. 90-minute delays at la guardia. 200 cancellations so far just today as people try to get away for thanksgiving. and the best advice is get to the airport early and be prepared for those security checkpoints. here is the tsa expert. >> average day, tsa screens 1.8 million people. today we expect there will be about 2.4 million people traveling. more than a half million extra travelers out there. and we have worked with the airlines and the airports and we're staffed appropriately for the checkpoints to get the volume of people through to get to their gates on time. >> reporter: it's not just air