about 130 west of philadelphia.t of those migrant workers travel to and from mexico and he pays them $8.50 to pulling weeds to as much as $.18 a dollars $18 an hour for picking apples. you don't knowingly hire undocumented workers, is that the case? >> that is true. >> who do you think these people are, and why do you think they come from far and abroad? why do you not have workers from neighboring townships and counts who are picking weeds and bagging apples? >> i'm not sure why we can't get any locals--can't seem to get any locals to do this work. our experience has been in the past when we've hired some locals, they've not lasted very long, a day or two. it's just too physically demanding for them, i think. >> you the impression here is that you know these people come, i guess you get other workers when some fall out through the people you know, who you've already hired. why do you think they're prepared to come up and do this work and then go back to wherever it is that they come from? >> i'm not sure why. i hav

luckily they were able to march back into the black community in philadelphia before it got worse . king with later said that was the most scared yet never been. but right after that he had to get to yazoo city where the marchers had congregated. by the time he got back there there was a large rally going on for black power spill. some of the speakers like willie ricks and ernest thomas were using very provocative rhetoric. king was trying to pull it back into its core principles and given a beautiful, moving speech about how they could not get there guns that night, molotov cocktails. tnc and a brighter vision. he saw that day coming in mississippi. is so worn down at that point by trying to bring everyone under his white arms that he wondered if he could still work with the organization's. >> and what were the other dramatic tensions are seminal moments during the march? >> the major incidents of violence. this is just the few days before the end of the march. a few days after the violence. after the philadelphia violence king and others have the attention of -- petition the feder

those two guys, by the way, zazi and the guy in philadelphia, are in prison. i think that zazi was his name. >> sure. and that's the surveillance side of things. on the commercial side of things there's been a lot of talk about doing something, talk about transparency, talk about new rules, but it's never really turned into -- >> guest: i have, i have a bill there that actually passed, a version of it passed last congress through the judiciary committee. the location privacy measure. exactly. i think you have the right to allow people to take your location information and to give them permission to do that and permission to keep it and permission to give it or sell it to a third party. one of, part of this is stalking apps. the first hearing i did on this, one of the first testimony came from the minnesota coalition of battered women. and they gave some hair-raising testimony. they talked about this woman in st. louis county, that's in northern minnesota, and she was in an abusive situation. so she went to a domestic violence center at a county building. and w

and those two guys, the guy in philadelphia and the other are in prison. >> and senator, that is the surveillance side of things. on the commercial online privacy there is talk about transparency and new rules. >> i have a bill there and a version passed last congress through the committee. the location measure. i think you have the right to allow people to take your location information and give them permission to do that and keep it and give it or sell it to a third party. part of this is stacking. the first hearing i did on this, one of the fist testimony came from the minnesota coalings of battered women and they gave hair raising testimony. they talked about a woman in st. louis county and she was in an abusive relationship and went to a domestic building at the county building. and she got a text saying why are you in the county building are you getting a restraining order? and she gets to the court house and the question on the phone is are you getting retraining order against? that is gps stalking. part of my bill would start to keep records on this. doj only has records from

in philadelphia has the right to feel safe, secure, and protected. and i believe our new policy established by the executive order i will sign shortly will promote safety, because residents and others who are here will not need to fear that interacting with their government will result in a detainer for themselves or their loved ones. >> similar curbs have been enacted for two states and at least eight cities, but activists say philadelphia's effort may be the most progressive so far since it would effectively bring immigration holds to an end. a federal judge has overturned north dakota's antiabortion law, the harshest in the country. the measure banned abortion once a fetal or embryonic heartbeat can be detected, which happens at about six weeks of pregnancy and many women do not know they are pregnant. it was slated to take effect in august. in his decision, district court -- the district court judge said the law is invalid and unconstitutional. general motors is asking a court to shield it from legal liability for all conduct predating its 2009 b

he was joined by some variable attorneys from philadelphia.y initiated a very and usual out-of-court process that ended with a settlement value. we don't know the exact amount, but it was really well over $30 million, which was to my did 69 families. but the companies did not admit any liability. >> you're saying $30 million divided by about 70 families, you're talking maybe half $1 million for families, some of that much less because lawyers get money. >> exactly right. it would be hard to say that those families got what was appropriate considering what they had gone through. >> how many children died? >> it depends on how you define the cluster. over time and space. you could say as many as 40 or 50 died. out of the 69, smaller number. >> and adults? >> one of the sad things about toms river, no one ever really took a conference of look at adult cancer. that is the big picture here, that maybe we could talk about for a few minutes. it is just as matter of luck we know what happened in toms river . decisions that got us to the point where we

and here in philadelphia, there's no shortage of store fronts offering fast refunds, instant cash and prices. but for the taxpayer trying to decide where to go, it can be surprisingly hard to figure out how qualified your tax preparer is. anybody today can hang up a shingle and be a tax return preparer. nina olson is the national taxpayer advocate. she heads an independent office, created by congress, to represent the voice of the taxpayer, inside the irs. >> if you get your haircut, if you go to a locksmith, there's all sorts of professional certifications. but not for return preparation. >> so there's no exam. >> no exam. >> no requirement you have to be educated on tax law? >> nope. you can just hang up your shingle or not, just do it on your kitchen table. and we are at our peril, harming taxpayers, by not insisting that these people have some basic level of competence. >> reporter: 46 states, including right here in pennsylvania, there's practically no regulation on unenrolled tax preparers. those are the hundreds of thousands of tax professionals who are not cpas, not attorneys,

pretty much set me up on the street corner out in philadelphia and sold all their pretzels.en doing the rest of my life. >> how did this happen? someone just say, all right, go out be pretzel seller? >> i got stuck with 1,000 pretzels that day. so i went out and sold them. it was five for $1 back then. 1982. we ended up splitting the profits. so i got $14u7b that day. he got $100. my allowance at the time was $3 a week so this was like a gold rush for me. next thing i know he says, let's do it again and again. eventually i started getting all my buddies to do it from school and my job before cell phones and computers was to organize 45 sometimes guys to get together and he would set them up on the street corners of philadelphia. that's how it began. >> how big is the operation now? >> this year we'll do over 125 million pretzels. at least. >> 125 million pretzels? and there's a variety of pretzels, right? >> we have our classic-traditional. that's the philly-style pretzel. back in the day a pretzel bakery in philadelphia couldn't keep up with the demand and they pushed the p

it's always really wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that, actually, i think this is right, goodness, historians ought to get their dates right, but in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in philadelphia. american historians, is that right? yes? and when he goes on tour with thomas jefferson to promote the bill of rights, the constitutional amendments as well as the becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it, the two famously founding fathers not getting on terribly well, and they visit newport, rye, -- rhoe island, as you know. this sounds to me, you know, i sound to myself like the kind of cross between a

pretty much set me up on the street corner out in philadelphia and sold all their pretzels. it's what i've been doing the rest of my life. >> how did this happen? someone just say, all right, go out be pretzel seller? >> i got stuck with 1,000 pretzels that day. so i went out and sold them. it was five for $1 back then. 1982. we ended up splitting the profits. so i got $14u7b that day. he got $100. my allowance at the time was $3 a week so this was like a gold rush for me. next thing i know he says, let's do it again and again. eventually i started getting all my buddies to do it from school and my job before cell phones and computers was to organize 45 sometimes guys to get together and he would set them up on the street corners of philadelphia. that's how it began. >> how big is the operation now? >> this year we'll do over 125 million pretzels. at least. >> 125 million pretzels? and there's a variety of pretzels, right? >> we have our classic-traditional. that's the philly-style pretzel. back in the day a pretzel bakery in philadelphia couldn't keep up with the demand and

it's always really wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that, actually, i think this is right, goodness, historians ought to get their dates right, but in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in philadelphia. american historians, is that right? yes? and when he goes on tour with thomas jefferson to promote the bill of rights, the constitutional amendments as well as the becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it, the two famously founding fathers not getting on terribly well, and they visit newport, rye, -- rhoe island, as you know. this sounds to me, you know, i sound to myself like the kind of cross between a very stuffy professor and keith richards. [laughter] i'll use his voice. [laughter] and they go to fewport, rhode island -- newport, rhode island, in the blazing august of 1790 and famously, they have a wonderful visit and a great letter has been written to them by the leader of the synagogue there which is really a beautiful place if you've never been there, jewish or not je

in philadelphia we found this ear near a brewery they have the series of the events that includes grand juror and fairs and faeshths that's the kind of thing the art installations potentially a bore garden and this is looking at you're looking in towards the site you can see the building building 12. here's where we want the design eloquent and simple that reflects the industrial character of pier 70 but has the ability to have events. and see this is a smaller event potentially an outdoor movie and this is might be a larger event that's spilling out from this this building. a music venue people don't have to be inside for the experience. here's a view from the water you're looking into the park this is building 2 and here's a view looking out from the other direction. so the next space is the area around building 12 and you'll recall that building 12 is this beautiful old weathered steel building is at the heart of the site is a market hall with the types of small-scale manufacturers having the space. the scale comparison her is that area in front of the of the ferry building. which we

. >> tara johnson is roller-blading through fairmont park in philadelphia with her boyfriend, garretts, on may 6, 2000, when their leisurely saturday afternoon takes a turn. >> i glanced over my left shoulder and noticed there was a gentleman sitting on the bridge. >> next thing tara and garrett know, police cars and fire trucks swarm all around them. they're forced off the bridge to a nearby riverbank. >> i remember commenting to my girlfriend that if he does jump, i'm going in. but i don't think that i really believed that i would actually -- that it would come down to that. >> if it does come to that, garrett couples is qualified. he's a medical student trained in lifesaving cpr. and for eight straight summers he's been an ocean lifeguard with a perfect rescue record. >> i've been in the water at least 100 times. >> by now, more than 50 policemen and firefighters are on the scene, and couples assumes that with so many rescuers around they won't need his help. and up on the bridge, negotiators make contact with the man on the ledge as a crowd of onlookers gathers below. >> i see the

philadelphia, my hometown, a few days ago in the 40s. today, 68. >> i'll have a look at your easter forecast for the easter egg hunts coming up in the next half hour. dan and bianna? >> an important thing to know. thank you, once again. >>> coming up here on "gma," a judge exploding in the courtroom, telling a convicted killer, he hopes she dies in jail. what set him off? >>> plus, up close with a momma bear and her two cubs, trying to survive in the alaskan wilderness. we go behind the scenes of the extraordinary, new disney documentary, "bears." >>> and kate upton uptight? why the world's most famous swimsuit model was nervous shooting a movie scene in a bikini. how her co-stars helped her out. >> by tackling her? >> by joining her in the moment. >> pure jealousy. dog's fleas and ticksg your is staring you right in the face. nexgard from the makers of frontline® plus it's the only chew that kills both fleas and american dog ticks. vets recommend it, and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only and hasn't been evaluat

. >> making it to the top of the nba, it is no slamdunk or the philadelphia 76ers. the ceo what his plan is. >> selling and six seconds. the video sensation that is one est things on vine. ♪ >> welcome back to "market makers." let's just say that the philadelphia 76ers are on track for one of the worst seasons ever for professional basketball. they lost a record-tying 20 games. it may be all part of a much bigger strategy. ceo of'neill is the 76ers which is owned by private equity giants. they do not make mistakes. welcome back. talk to us. this is a back record, but you have said before you're waiting for the season due at -- a bad record, but you have said before you're waiting for the season to and. what is the strategy? >> if you dig a position in the company, and they were managing their business week the week of a month-to-month, or even quarterback over, i am a seller not a buyer. you need a plan. had we had this year, we two lottery picks. recruitment -- the rookie of the year, but the number one pick last year. he will be coming back up an wave two lottery

it's wonderful to come back to philadelphia. it reminds me that actually the dates are right that in 1790 it must be the case that washington was still living in philadelphia american historians, is that right? gas? and when he goes on tour with thomas jefferson to promote the bill of rights the constitutional amendments as well as becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it the to famously founding fathers didn't get along very well. they visited newport rhode island as you know. this sounds to me like, it sounded to myself like the kind of cross between a stuffy professor and keith richards. [laughter] they go to newport rhode island in the blazing august of 1790 and famously they have a wonderful visit and a letter has been written to them by the leader of the tourists center. it's really a beautiful place if you have never been there and it has inside this extraordinary -- made of deer skin which sounds very american but there's this extraordinarily beautiful rubicon tawny color. it probably was from ev

they had nobody, i had just conducted in philadelphia was in '61. i went there and it's very important to note that every conductor gets a first chance because of these older conductors falling sick. but then they conducted, then they invited me the second time. that's important. because if i went there to help them out and nothing nuskly -- musically happened between us, they would say thank you very much and i would never see them again. but they invited me th second te the third time, and et cetera, et cetera. and that started the friendship with me and israel philharmonic and israel. >> in 1971 they made you conductor for life. >> that's an honor not a contract. >> what must it feel like? >> any conductor given that honor is something that you just dream of. it doesn't come every day. >> why did you become a conductor, why not play an instrument or -- >> always wanted to be. my father founded the bombay symphony orchestra, when he came back from america he continued as a soloist and conductor. i would prepare the musical parts for him. i would p

and philadelphia, detroit, keep your calendar open here. the first saturday regular season game since 2005 feature san francisco, san diego and philadelphia, washington. and a tweet from dolphin santos saving his mom's life. he has raised over $35,000 in one week. >> less than a week. amazing. >> go get them. >>> finally, a good butt kicking. waiting for thugs arrested during the thai new year. they are sentenced to fight a professional fighter as punishment. hope they're in shape. >> it's like picking up trash on the side of the road. fighting a professional fighter for the thugs arrested. a little bit extreme. >> yes, i would not break the law if that was the case. >> i think that is probably the point. >>> let's talk about this. we have new images of the big hailstorm. >> not too many tornados, but the hail damaged. one area was oklahoma. this is carl, oklahoma. you can see the hail. they're driving through it, this is golf-ball sized, and reports of baseball-sized hail. much fell from kansas to nebraska all the way through north texas.

the long term, the dream of homeownership seems a very lock way off the beth mcloud, bbc news, philadelphia. >> as college fees keep rising here in america, so too will that debt if nothing is done to stop. now, baseball is known as america's favorite pastime. it's also the game of imgrand slam. the role of the sport in integrating new arrivals to the country has now been captured in a new book, called "chasing dreams." it's a companion to an exhibit in philadelphia. >> baseball is often talmed -- talked about as the american game but there is something wildly immigrant about it, too. no other game can so solidly confirm that you are in the -- let united states yet you know you are from your own country too. >> they come from players, journalists, scholars -- the exhibition is really an in-depth exploration of the meaning be ghable the lives of immigrant communities, beginning in the 19th century and moving through the present day. it really illustrates how baseball has become a reflection for values that we consider to be american and ways minority communities have embraced those values an

, i grew up in philadelphia. going weekends up here and summer vacation up to this, 100 acres, incredibly rocky, in the middle of a bunch of dairy farms. and for a city kid like myself this is where you got in touch with nature. all of a sudden i was forced to step out of being a journalist because the question she asked me was should you do it? should we leave the land? i covered this for five years, i knew all the players and interviewed the man knew the numbers and when you are a wall street journal reporter you crunch a lot of numbers and all of a sudden she was asking me this really incredibly important question which was not just should we do it but if we do it is this going to help? is this going to make the world a better place? is this going to destroy the land? these were incredibly different questions. in some ways i had struggled with them but all of a sudden i had to confront them on a very personal level. it took me a while to stop and think about how do i answer that? what i finally did, i was thin

thanksgiving day games include chicago, detroit, philadelphia, dallas, and seattle, san francisco. regular season games since '05 feature san francisco, san diego and philadelphia and washington. go, san francisco. >>> a tweet from dawson santos is saving his mom's life. she needs heart surgery and the texas linebacker's plea for help on twitter has raised over $35,000 in just one week. less than one week, actually. good stuff. >>> a good butt kicking is waiting for some thugs arrested during the thai new year celebration. the men are sentenced to fight a professional muay thai fighter as punishment. protect the head. things can get pretty strong. >>> just ahead, i've got news for jodie foster -- about jodie foster, rather. a new baby for olivia and jason. and a fight between george clooney and billionaire casino mogul steve wynn. all that next. low prices, i can cross even more places off my travel wish list. this year alone i hit new york... and texas! see, hotwire checks the competition's rates every day... so they can guarantee their low hotel prices. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ hotwire.

we asked edwin rome, a philadelphia lawyer, who argued the conspirators' cases in court.o what they did by reason of being devoted to the company. if this was what the company wanted them to do, they thereupon did it, just as they drove a car withth somber colors and wore dark-colored striped ties and appropriate clothes to the office and so on. this, too, was another way in which, in their understanding of it, the corporate mentality worked. what do you think was in the minds of these captains of industry? why would they be motivated to take these shortcuts? i guess the up-side was raising the prices and what was thought to be a comparatively easier, comfortable, morerectabifefor e execut. you really didn't have to worry how much business you we going to have at yeaend. you'd agree ont in january. the verdicts sent a message -- businessesndxecutives whoy's try srt circuit competition with conspiracies and agreements woulnot beea witlightly. we asked our ecomic analysricl why executives from these rms would want to risk fines weanjail senncesmic analysricl trying to fix p

. >>> now, to philadelphia where nine adults and two high school students have been charged with runninghigh-class drug ring. they're accused of operating what's considered to be the premiere marijuana outlet for the city's upper-class high school and college students. among them are two garage graduates of an elite prep school. and there were no minor leaguers. >> they were trying to identify and incentivize their dealers. trying to create a market. even the way they targeted the sub dealers to try to find people who would be motivated to do well because they needed money. >> the ring, which covered philadelphia's main line suburbs allegedly sold cocaine, and hash oil and ecstasy to college and high school students. >>> an intensive care patient at a high school near pittsburgh is accused of selling drugs from her hospital bed. police confiscated about $4,000 of heroin and cash from the woman's hospital room in greensburg, pennsylvania. they say she put heroin into her own i.v. drip. >>> a rape case involving football players in ohio takes a step forward today. a coach whose house was t

james, in philadelphia, who had been a great inventor anne l.was before colonization in the beginning. so richard allen who was the major religious leader in philadelphia, in january 1817 the american colonization society, he had 3,000 african americans, 3,000. put it to a vote. anything to do with composition, so they had to shift, and it took them a little while to change their minds, but they had to go along with the overwhelming views of african-americans in philadelphia. and there were opposing the colonization society, so they got set up in 1817. the colonization society which had been -- well, forgot to say that jefferson was -- president jefferson was really not for colonization. president lincoln, even after the emancipation proclamation for some time, he still would clang of a bit to some kind of colonization. so i think it's come misunderstood cause. one thing i'd to agree on is that in the basque literature published by the colonization society, there is very, very, very little that even hints at inherent inferiority on the part of b

next stop for them is the eastern conference semifinals. >>> meanwhile, on the ice, the philadelphia using a three-goal outburst in the second period last night, to force a game seven against the rangers. >> the teams don't have time to rest. they have to play game seven tonight in new york. it's one of three deciders on tonight's schedule. quick turnaround for them. >>> coming up next in "the pulse," the prince, back on the market. >>> and late-night laughs with robin roberts. the "gma" co-anchor making a robin roberts. the "gma" co-anchor making a stop at "jimmy kimmel live." thime you rent a dvd, don't bother rewinding it. the way i see it, it's the next guy's problem. oh, larry. she thinks i'm crazy. mm-hmm. but would a crazy person save 15% on car insurance in just 15 minutes? [ chuckles ] [ male announcer ] 15 minutes for a quote is crazy. with esurance, 7½ minutes could save you on car insurance. welcome to the modern world. esurance. backed by allstate. click or call. welcome to the modern world. oh no. who are you? daddy, this is blair, he booked this room with priceline exp

we sent watters to philadelphia.ty to give the test to some americans. ♪ ♪ >> now, let me ask you a few questions here. 13 stripes on the american flag. what do those represent? >> 13 colonies. >> oh, god, i'm going to be awful at this stuff. >> you know this. >> do i? >> freedom, everything. like being free and being happy. >> getting what you want. >> that's what the stripes represent? >> to me they do. >> surely you can't be serious. >> i don't know. >> 13 colonies. >> for the first 13 colonies? >> nailed it. the economic model here in the united states of america. what is that? >> honestly not too sure of that. >> i'm not the brainiac of all brainiacs. >> you are not? >> money? >> i don't know that one. >> everybody knows that. >> cuba has communism and we have -- >> -- stresses. >> stress? >> we have stress. >> we have stress. >> we are capitalism. we have some socialism aspects of our economy. >> unfortunately. >> is this fox news? >> just kidding around. >> i'm just being humorous. >> how many centers are ther

philadelphia. the mayor signing an executive order. these are becoming very stylish, aren't they. that executive order limiting the philadelphia's police department's cooperation with federal immigration agencies and officials. essentially philly police no longer have to honor federal detainer requests except in cases where a suspect was previously convicted after violent felony. we'll come right back. please stay with us. >>> stocks moving higher on wall street. prudential's quincy crosby is next. (vo) you are a business pro. maestro of project management. baron of the build-out. you need a pmit... to be this awesome. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (aaron) purrrfect. (vo) meee-ow, business pro. meee-ow. go national. go like a pro. if you have a buness idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guida

they are celebrating tech week in philadelphia and the 30th anniversary of the discovery, or creationtetra this june. >> timeless game. >> timeless. >> one of my favorites. >> it is. >> thanks, ron. >>> turn now to the latest on the shooting spree at ft. hood that left three soldiers dead and 16 others wound. a memorial service will be held on the base wednesday as military investigators try to determine a definite motive for the rampage. let's bring in abc's martha raddatz who is co-hosting "this week" from ft. hood. good morning to you. on such a somber week, we will expect a timeline of the shooting to be released, what could that tell us. >> reporter: we have a very basic timeline, when it began and ended. but what we really want is much more detail. where he was earlier, what might have set him off before the argument he apparently had. and a mental health timeline. i think that's what everyone really wants to see, bianna. what was his treatment schedule? how many times had he visited a doctor? what were his medications? we know he visited a psychiatrist just a month ago and was

philadelphia.igning an executive order. these are becoming very stylish, aren't they. that executive order limiting the philadelphia's police department's cooperation with federal immigration agencies and officials. essentially philly police no longer have to honor federal detainer requests except in cases where a suspect was previously convicted after violent felony. we'll come right back. please stay with us. >>> stocks moving higher on wall street. prudential's quincy crosby is next. why relocating manufacturingpany to upstate new york? i tell people it's for the climate. the conditions in new york state are great for business. new york is ranked #2 in the nation for new private sector job creation. and now it's even better because they've introduced startup new york - dozens of tax-free zones where businesses pay no taxes for ten years. you'll get a warm welcome in the new new york. see if your business qualifies at startupny.com but i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise abou

the philadelphia woman and t friends allege >>> a jealous woman seeking revenge used rats to retaliatethe philadelphia woman and eight friends allegedly bashed in the windows and the front door of a woman's house and then dumped a box of live rats inside. then one of the women allegedly punched the 30-year-old woman and took her purse. police say it started with a fight over a boyfriend. and we all know any man worth fighting for is worth a box of live rats. >>> imagine going to use an atm only to have it start spitting out cash. sounds like a dream. a woman in maine called the police because a homeless man was spending a very long time at the atm machine. turns out, it was broken. and each time he asked the machine for money it spit out cash. by the time police arrived, the man had stuffed $37,000 into a bag after more than 50 transactions. police gave the cash back to the bank and decided not to press charges. >>> the loss of david letterman from the late show next year could be california's gain. los angeles mayor eric garcetti wasted no time after hearing the news about david lette

later, i arrive in philadelphia. bike shop i was going to visit was closed. >> what about accessories for this? if you want to carry anything, i imagine you want to add something to it like a basket or a satchel. >> there is a place you can mount a luggage block. can move the handle bar and it is all part of that genius design. >> what kind of volume are we doing in the united states? >> we ship all over the country and you can always buy one from us to ship to you. we probably did 700 or 800 bikes in 2013. sold in the000 united states. but they are hoping to grow that number in the next five years. >> it folds of small, you can put it under your desk if there is no specific area in which to store the bike. >> it is made for people that live in small apartments, on the subway, and it is really for the city bike rider. >> thanks very much for being here. peter is here from nice wheels. and am a rosenbloom from bloomberg businessweek. check out the newest edition of businessweek" on newsstands. download the bloomberg a

. >> from philadelphia, the law firm from philadelphia. he's coming down to see you. >> the call was from a nonprofit group devoted to appealing death sentences. >> i'm on death row. i've got a date of execution. you're sending me a lawyer saying they're representing me. come on. get real! >> gordon and i normally represent big companies and employment litigation, trade secret litigation, but this was my first case representing a criminal defendant. >> michael banks and gordon cooney were high powered corporate lawyers with an interest in pro bono cases. >> the case itself did not suggest innocence. there was nothing we read that caused us to say, wow! this guy didn't do it. i was skeptical of his innocence. but i remember feeling a very strong sense from reading john's file that things that happened in john's trial were just fundamentally unfair. >> banks and cooney went to meat their new client. >> the first time i met john thompson was at the louisiana state penitentiary at angola. frankly, we had a bit of a hard time communicating. >>

we're very happy to have meteorologist cecily tynan from our abc station wpvi in philadelphia watchingpy easter. >> it's a beautiful morning so far. >> it's nice so far. most of the nation is looking pretty good. not everywhere. >> we should say ryan smith is in for ron claiborne. good morning to you, sir. always a pleasure to have you. >> oh, thank you for having me too. >> happy easter to you. >> happy easter. >>> and we're going to begin with easter sunday celebrated around the globe. at the vatican, pope francis giving his second easter mass along with his message to the world before a jam-packed crowd in st. peter's square. abc's marci gonzalez is here with more. good morning, marci. and happy easter to you. love the yellow dress. >> reporter: oh, why, thank you. happy easter to you too, bianna, and jam packed is right. there are record crowds at the vatican. officials there expecting 3 million visitors this week. and, of course, many of them gathered there this morning on this sundayny easter sunday. on the biggest day in the christian calendar, crowds go wild for the people's po

in my old neighborhood in philadelphia where mr. fattah knows well, that's an opportunity for kids in the inner city to get an education. i was the first in my family to go to college. an education gave me, so i think mr. harris, dr. harris is passionate about that, and so, in defending dr. harris, i think that's what he was concerned about. we don't have to go into it. >> let me just make clear, my only point was, that what happened in the court case in louisiana was not about charter schools. not our view of charter schools. we can certainly debate about charter schools, support them, whatever. that's not of any consequence to me or the department of justice. we were seeking information about charter schools that dealt with a court order, a long-standing discrimination court order. >> i just want to -- >> mr. chairman? i just think it probably would not be a need for a hearing action if there could just be a normal question and an answer. i think the fact that the rush kind of increased the heat unnecessarily, because i think that

jon: i know that story is really rocking philadelphia. >> reporter: you know it is. jon: arthel neville. thank you. jenna: well american middle class is no world's richest apparently, this according to some new analysis from the "new york times" that finds we lost that distinction to our neighbors to the north. what it means. we have charlie gasparino, senior correspondent for fox business. charlie, walk us through this, if you will. what is it really telling us about the middle class in this country and other countries? >> reporter: we should point out this is a trend that has been going on a long time. the middle class has been shrinking, over the last 20 years unfortunately, rich people gotten richer thanks to the stock market. poor people have grown. middle class is caught in the middle. it is really a matter of global economics. the problem is the prescriptions being used to deal with this, higher taxes on the wealthy, making small businesses pay higher taxes is actually counter productive to the middle class. the middle class, my dad was a bartender. he worked

. >>> we begin with terrifying moments on a city bus in philadelphia. a passenger springing in action after the driver is knocked out of his seat trying to dodge an oncoming car. this happened friday night. police say the driver of a white mazda ran a red light and slammed into that city bus, jolting the driver out of his seat. the bus went careening on to the sidewalk, striking several parked cars before taking down a street lamp. a quick-thinking rider dashed to the front of bus and slammed on the brakes. 23 people, though, were injured in that incident. >>> a major child seat buckle recall to tell you about this morning. evenflo is recalling 1.3 million buckles found in eight children's convertible and booster seat models. the company says the buckles may become stuck and children can get trapped in their seats and could not be removed quickly in an emergency. owners will be provided with replacement buckles. >>> and take a look at this dramatic video of a brazen smash and grab break-in in broad daylight. this happened in england. footage recovered b

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philadelphia® cream cheese. ♪ so rich, creamy, and delicious. only philadelphia®. >>> good morning.ecause of a drought. customers who fail to cut their water use by 30% to 35% could see their bills go up by around $20 or more. >>> we had showers this morning but let's find out if any are remaining. mike? >> they're all gone, kristen. we'll turn our attention to the winds. 10 to 15 miles per hour, gusts up to 20 to 25 during the afternoon hours when our temperatures hit low to mid-60s. showers friday and saturday night. sue? >>> new sigalert on the peninsula in menlo park. we've got an accident blocking an overturned blocking -- another separate accident, but sigalert in menlo park. this one southbound 680 of sycamore. that also blocking lanes. it's busy out there, kristen. >> ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. and drew and cheryl bounced from the ballroom and tangoing into times square live after a dramatic showdown on "dancing with the stars." ♪ i got a feeling >>> and h2-overload. what happened when one woman took drinking water for her health to the extreme. did she feel

he's been free for a while, he's a former slave in philadelphia. but when the word comes that the war is over, the civil war is over, he realizes that he is compelled to walk down to mississippi from philadelphia, to walk about a thousand miles to get down to the river to find a woman that he was married to that he loved and that he lost and that he has never stopped thinking of in 15 years since he's seen her. and, you know, to me that's one of the great untold stories of our narrative as african-american people which is that after the war was over and after we were declared as free, whatever that meant, one of the things that we did -- there were many ways by which we declared that we were people and that we were free, but one of the most poignant to me is that we went to go and reconstruct our families. we went to -- people wrote, illiterate people, which most of the former slaves were, had someone write letters for them, or they placed ads in the black newspapers that were springing up at that time. but perhaps most eloquently, you know, they w

he's an elected official, elected by the people of the city of philadelphia.we might not notice this but the country is changing its view on marijuana, the same way it happened with alcohol. we had a prohibition. we had a major law enforcement effort. it obviously didn't work to stop people from drinking alcohol. so the country made a different decision. no it's not great for people to do it, it's dmef natalie not good for them to drive on the highways, it can impair their situation with their family but we're going to let the americans make the decision. >> can i make one quick point? >> sure. >> you've been so kind to yield to all of us. >> that's because he is a kind person. >> he is a very kind person. i want to give an example in the federal system. when i started at the u.s. attorney's office back in the late 80s, there was a department justice policy that we wouldn't prosecute cocaine cases less than one kilo. we didn't have the resources. a few years later we wouldn't prosecute cocaine cases unless they were over 5 kilos. >> because they were left to t

i got hazel spears from philadelphia right here withhe . $15,100 in the bank.f your lifelines available. you're doing your thing, hazel. what's goin' on? >> i'm feelin' good. >> ready to keep playing? >> yes, i'm ready. >> well, here we go. let's play. [cheers and applause] which film director patented a t-shirt with a numbered grid on the back so he could more easily tell someone exactly where it itched. >> itch. okay. what would be itching? brian de palma--horror films. peter jackson, of course, the lord of the rings trilogy. itching. oliver stone--political films. francis ford coppola--well, he does the godfather. itching? what's this itching got to do with it? itching. who's doing anything with a grid here? [laughter] what--let me see. >> yeah, i don't know. i know you're off the grid right now. >> i'm off the grid. okay. uh, let me see now. i think i may have to punt on this one. >> you got all your lifelines. that's for sure. >> i do have my lifelines, and, you know, this is a pop-- i don't know. i think i'm gonna jump it. >> gonna jump it. >> i'm gonna j

show you the tornadoes, all these areas here, a tornado in mississippi, philadelphia, we have philadelphia, mississippi, louisville. maken. north you see more tornadic activity. this is still going on. tornado warnings in effect till tonight about 1:00 a.m. in the morning central time. let's take a peek at what is going on. those are tornado warnings. all along here. tornado warning. drop it in here. in effect till 7:30 p.m. this evening central time. the idea, this is a long line of thunderstorms. they are powerful and the big story is, the size of this, many people in the way of the storms as they continue a intensify. tomorrow gets going again. we will track this for you. developing story happening right now. >>> and we will have a live report on the massive damage the tornadoes left behind coming up at 5:15 p.m. >>> a hearing in the case of a woman accused of killing her daughter. last weir her lawyer -- week her lawyer made a motion to release her from jail. she and her boyfriend are charged with the both death. both are held without bail. no word on when the court will make a decisio

. >>> police in philadelphia released shocking video of a running gun battle.hooting passed hotel guests, and the intended target also armed was hiding around the corner. this wild shootout happened at the roosevelt inn in philadelphia, several guests were scrambling for cover, suspects escaped from the hotel before officers arrived and they are still on the loose. >> incredible. police in vallejo say a man who was shot and killed after a chase rammed a police car and threatened a family. police tried to make a traffic stop and the drive took off going 90 miles per hour before the chase ended but they were forced to shoot when they rammed the police car and floored it at a family who was which the waiting at a -- who was waiting at a drive through window. >> who knows what could have happened if officers did not take immediate action. >> they say they did not carry any i.d. with them. >> the defense team for raymond ciao said the lawyers will publicly target the town gang leader. he was one of the political figures involving leyland yee. ciao is accused of mone

>> i think it is incredibly disturbing and to br ng it back to philadelphia, i want to see how the eagles fans -- that's the acid test. that is where the cheerleader lap dance goes wrong. or a series of long drawn out police chases and fires. >> eagles, jets and raiders, i am not entirely sure if i would being -- be going into the stands. >> the cheerleaders they are trying to get them to wear the football helmet and eye patch. it would finish the look. >> you have an interesting fetish. >> it is not a fetish. >> cheerleaders are basically already paid nothing. is this rubbing salt in their wounds to make them do this? >> it won't be salt. but it will be rubbing. >> it is. and they will be pouring liquor on there and it burns. the alcohol is terrible. what is it going to be? how much for a hug, for an autograph or a selfie? i am worried about the security in that as expect, but otherwise it is great for these guys who need the picture to feel validated. >> the cheerleader will come and visit you and pretend to like you and then leave and go have 6 with the quarterback. so really it is lik