. >>> tonight, a new manager leading the philadelphia inquirer, philadelphia daily news and philly.com. named vice president for all three. he served as the executive editor for the past two years. this is a newly created position. he'll report to jerry lenfest. >>> usa! usa! >> so much american spirit. but team usa lost a heart sw swrnbreaker in the world cup. hundreds watched that game. comcast sportsnet has more on the game. john, what a game goalie tim howard had, although it was such a heartbreaker. >> one of the best in world cup history. the usa drew belgium in the knockout round of 16 and it was a thriller in salvador, brazil. let's show you some of those highlights. u.s. down a goal in the 113th minute. dempsey would be denied by the belgian keeper. that would be the last chance for the u.s. in a potential win. fall in the round of 16. belgium moves on to the quarterfinals. here's reaction from fans here in the area. >> boys, in red white and blue, you did good. timmy howard, man of the match, man of the tournament. >> howard had a good game. made good showing. >> we'll have m

the former "philadelphia inquirer" owner louis katz and others donated the money to keep it going.atz and six others were killed in a crash shortly after he donated the funds. >>> now your first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> six minutes after 6:00. it's a steamy start, the humidity higher. the temperatures hotter this afternoon. it will feel like 100 degrees or even a bit more later today. heat and humidity likely to fuel strong storms, possibly severe weather late this afternoon and this evening. and this fourth of july, we could see wet weather. arthur is coming up the coastline. not expecting a direct hit. certainly in our area. it will be well offshore. the carolinas are at risk of seeing hurricane strength winds. 73 degrees in doylestown, sunshine just a few scattered clouds, hazy conditions for philadelphia. 76 degrees and cape may at 75. the temperatures are fairly close. inland areas, center city we'll see enough sunshine to warm temperatures into the middle 90s today. not much of a cooling breeze blowing. radar screen clear for our area. there's a line o

it, if you have to say of the visual asking for a meeting of the editorial meeting with the philadelphia inquirer going in with her attorney and refusing to talk to them. it looked like a saturday night live skit. >> it's bullying. >> she has 2 1/2 years left on her term. is it time to talk about a party challenge? >> i'm ready. >> it wouldn't shock me if a certain guy named seth williams would run against her. >> you just named him by the way way. >> no kidding. >> given the animosity and the antithesis i think they would deny it is personal, but it has a personal aspect to it. number one what's fascinating to me, i can't find any democrats who are out defending her. that's what's striking. now in her defense she did allow the moulton report to come out, even though it disapproved it helped her get elected which tom corbett played politics with the sandusky investigation. that's the argument she used to get elected. >> she had to put that out. >> but the point she allowed the report. you would have thought she would have sandbagged it in some way. i don't disagree, i don't remember an attorney g

. >>> there is a new manager in charge of news at the philadelphia inquirer, the "daily news" and philly.coms morning. stan wiznowski will report to interstate general media interim publisher jerry lendfest. >>> a woman has risen to the ranks of four star admiral in the u.s. navy for the first time ever. michelle howard has been promoted to the navy'sç highes rank. she will serve as the vice chief of naval operations which makes her the number two admiral in the navy. she graduated in 1982 and became the first african-american woman to command a navy ship in 1999. >>> north korea fired two short-range projectiles into the waters off its east coast this morning. it comes just before china's president visits north korea to talk about the north's nuclear weapons program. >>> former french president nicolas sarkozy has been held for questioning in connection with a corruption probe. he's being questioned in an investigation linked to financing for his 2007 presidential campaign. sarkozy denies any wrongdoing. >>> the day after he got back from rehab, toronto mayor rob ford got out on the campai

more optimist bomb joel embiid his surgeon tells the philadelphia inquirer, that he will still have aong career, despite the injury, it looks very good. he says he could even be ready to play by the even of the year. good stuff. >>> embiid is funny on twitter too, he is hilarious. >> absolutely brilliant. too, he is hilarious. >> absolutely brilliant. pared him with noel. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we will return at ten on the cw philly and back here at 11:00. >>> "cbs evening news" comes your way next, they will look at the cease-fire between israel and hamas, and after summaries event, lapses, director of the cdc goes before congress. here new from new york is scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs:. >> tonight pushing the pause button, its israelis agree to stop temporarily attacks on gaza after four palestinian children are killed. holly williams is in gaza city. as washington battles over illegal immigration, manual bojorquez tak

i had covered the three mile island accident when i was a reporter at "the philadelphia inquirer" and half follows nuclear issues ever since. the first moments of that accident when the news accounts began to come out, i watched transfixed because it was the first time i think the world has ever watched an accident unfold, and so i got caught up in the story, not necessarily the technical aspects of it that the human aspects in the very high drama of what was going on in japan. and as events began to continue to unfold, i saw a number of parallels to what it happened at three mile island. and i was curious as to what sorts of lessons have been learned and had not been learned on three mile island and why there were so many differences. so it just brought me into it from that angle. >> host: maybe could talk about that a little. you won a pulitzer prize for your work. >> guest: the inquirer did. i was part of a large team that was sent to cover the accident. i did a lot of the writing so i never went out there. i'd i've been out there but i didn't go to the scene but i was working as a

works for the inquirer for years, all of this in philadelphia know him very well. espn has suspended him following the controversial commerce he made last friday, about domestic violence. smith made the comment while speaking about an incident involving baltimore ravens running back, ray rice. you know the surveillance video by now. he was in atlantic sit which his wife. now, national news story "tmz" released surveillance video, long time ago. >> to employ the female members of moo family, some of how have talk, what have you, again, this is what i have done this all my life, let's make sure we don't do anything to provoke wrong action. >> oh, boy, that's where he steered off course there. ray rice's two game suspension by the nfl for violating the league's personal conduct policy triggered this conversation. and conversation across the country. the former philadelphia inquirer writer apologized on espn on monday. >> i made what can only amount to the most aggregious error of my career. while elaborating on sorts concerning the nfl ruling versus ray rice, followin

. >>> the philadelphia inquirer is reporting that the mother and daughter suffered third degree burns50% of their bodies. one of them was blown from the truck. coming up next, who is the worst president since world war ii? that is the focus of a new national survey. any guesses? also, u.s. goal keeper tim howard sits down with cnn after his record setting performance against belgium. coming up next, we'll share his immediate plans now that the u.s. is out and does he have another world cup in him? ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ sweet, sweet, st. thomas nice ♪ ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ st. croix full of pure vibes ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ st. john a real paradise ♪ so nice, so nice ♪ proud to be from the virgin islands ♪ ♪ and the whole place nice [ female announcer ] to experience your virgin islands nice, book one of our summer packages today. [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to a

joining me is a reporter with the philadelphia inquirer. thank you for joining us.in atlanta city? >> what is going on here is competition. and basically you have got this ring of massive competition now in atlantic city that really exacerbated when pennsylvania opened its market in 2006. pennsylvania has now 12 casinos, and the philadelphia suburbs, are a -- were a substantial feed market for atlantic city. you lose a third of your base from pennsylvania, and you lose your other third from new york, because they have their own casino and racetracks, and you are down to nothing now. basically what is happening is there are too many casinos and not enough gamblers to fill them all. % >> did atlantic city do anything wrong or is this just what is happening around atlantic city. >> i talk to several gaming analysts, and they said you can't stop competition when all of these states are legalizing it, and making it their priority to get casinos. and basically the fault for atlantic city, is when the first casino opened resorts to 2006, they were just cruising along, maki

now the former philadelphia inquirer writer apologized on espn.ere's that. >> i made what can only amount to the most aggregious error of my career, while elaborating on concerning the nfl ruling, following dom et cetera i can dispute with his then fiancee, i venture beyond the scope of our discussion, while allude to go woman's role in such haneous matters going so far to use the word provoke in my die to be. my words came across somehow a woman's fault. this was not my intent. >> smith is expected to return to work on his show first take next wednesday. >>> one determined 24 year old is on a mission to photograph every major league baseball park all across the country. baseball lover ray whitehouse said his project combines his three loves: baseball, travel and photography. he's currently prepping for the upcoming houston-astros game, which is pitting the team against the oakland a's minute made park in houston. >> baseball is a sport that bridges people of all economic and social classes together, and sort of can unite them toward that field. >

but an official reportedly told the philadelphia inquirer they include twin 4-year-old girls and a 1-month-old boy. no word on what caused the fire or how many other people were injured in it. >>> the california highway patrol vowing to carry out a thorough investigation after a cell phone video shows one of its officers, get this, i can't even believe what we're watching, actually punching a woman on the side of an l.a. freeway. dominic denattily picked up the story live from los angeles. this doesn't seem real but it actually is. >> it absolutely is. and it is very, very shocking stuff. let's show you this video because it's caught by a driver going down the i-10, better known as the santa monica freeway. let me talk you through what you see. there is a california highway patrol officer beating that woman. she seems to try to get back up briefly and starts covering her face with her arms and he gives her another punch. really absolutely shocking stuff. the guy that actually filmed it says it was excessive, extreme violence. >> and i'm shocked that in broad daylight, where in plain s

. >>> the philadelphia inquirer. a food truck explodes in philadelphia injuring 12 people.nvestigators say a propane tank blew up inside the mexican food truck shooting ten feet in the air. a mom and daughter were inside the truck at the time of the explosion. four people remain hospitalized, being treated for severe burns. >>> the u.s. navy has the first female four-star woman in the navy. she was promoted to the new rank at a ceremony at arlington national cemetery. she will become the vice chief of naval operations. >>> this is the image that got everybody this morning. the center of the new york coast, the so-called cannibal cop, his conviction was overturned by a judge citing a lack of evidence. the cop left jail yesterday on a $100,000 bond. in 2013, he was arrested and convicted of a plot to kidnap, torture and eat women. it was part of a twisted fantasy and he never planned to carry out the plot. prosecutors plan to appeal the decision. >> the san jose mercury news is facing a backlash for the social media experiment. they admit it manipulated the news feeds of half

. >> trudy rubin from the "philadelphia inquirer." in talking about who is going to fight this new state, could you tell us whether you think it's possible to turn sunni tribes against isys and if so, would that be enough to make the difference, and where do the bath us to fit into this mix? -- where do the baathists fit in. do you want the u.s. to give you, the kurds, weapons to fight? and lastly, a ran. this is a threat to iran. do you believe at this point that a ran want a new structure inside iraq or is still a money still clinging to the current structure andriy al-maliki? >> good question. just like iraq, many countries in one. this awaking movement or tribe which has been established in 2000 and six and 2007 -- 2005. as far as ease tribes, many of them now are either frightened they joined isys or are supporting isys. -- they joined isis, thousands of people are leaving the area. there must be pressure from both sides. that means there must be resistance. resistance against terrorist groups, but who is going to resist? awaitin

okay, look at the front page of the philadelphia inquirer, above the fold, cigarette tax up in smoke, look at couple of quotes down here. >> we are caught in vortex of political hell, that's the mayor, but then senator, delco, it is a fair change to see how this has worked out in practice over five years. now, what's the five years about? how doses this affect the philadelphia school district? and the budgeting? representative ronald waters is back here, you were in harrisburg, so what's the deal? i thought the cigarette tax was a done deal. the house passed, took it to the senate, senate says okay, we'll do it, and a big majority like 43 to five says yes. but we want to add this addendum there is amendment that says, this will go away. $2 per cigarette pack will go away in five years. >> so now what? it has to go back to the house and be approved, but you've all gone home for vacation. >> well, really not a vacation for us, legislators, we probably work even harder in our district, than we do up in harrisburg. but we do work hard up there, too. >> well, i guess, that but you're not c

i had covered the three-mile island accident when i was reported at "the philadelphia inquirer," andar issues ever since. and the first moments of that accident when the news accounts begin to come out, i watched transfixed, because it was the first time i think the world has ever watched an accident unfold. and so i got caught up in the story, not necessarily the technical aspects of it, but the human aspects and the very high drama of what was going on in japan. and as events began to continue to unfold, i saw a number of parallels to what had happened at three-mile island, and was curious as to what sorts of lessons had been learned and had not been learned from three-mile island, while there were so many differences. so it just brought me in from that angle. >> host: i think you when it goes a price for your work. >> guest: the inquirer. the inquirer did i was part of a large team was sent to cover the accident. i did a lot of writing. i never went out of. i had been there but i didn't go actually to the scene, but was working as a we right person for the reporters and photograph

inquirer. big time here in philadelphia. >> i know. that will i am on a one track mind, i talk about the forecast. >> you know sports and sports guys, don't you? >> i do know some sports guys. >> sure. >> i know the guys. >> guys that talk sports? >> not so sure about the sports themselves, but i like the ones that talk about it, all right, temperatures right now, very comfortable out there. in fact, you need a jacket or a sweater if you are anywhere outside the city, where temperatures are in the low 50's, even the four's, 45, up in mount pocono. very close to record low temperature there, and here, too, within 4 degrees. fall-like chill this morning. temperatures warming into the 70s, by noon. we'll have more sunshine today, i think, than yesterday. by the time we hit the evening drive. we'll see the high temperature every 82, so little bit warmer, beautiful day, less wind and clouds, doesn't get much better than this any time of the year, especially, here, on july 30th. that's a look at your forecast, here's kacie, she likes sports

. >> trudy from the philadelphia inquirer. >> talking about who is going to fight this new state, firstly, could you tell us whether you think it is possible to turn sunni tribes against isis? and if so, would that be enough to make the difference? where do they fit in this mix? is there an inner iraqi dynamic here? do you want the u.s. to give you, the kurds, weapons to fight. and lastly, iran. this is a threat to iran. do you believe at this point that iran wants a new structure inside iraq or is he still clinging to the current structure and to nouri al-maliki? >> good question. many questions in one. just like iraq. many countries in one. [laughter] >> these awakings movement or tribes which start with -- i mean, it has been established in 2006 and 2007. you see, as far as these tribes, many of them now either they were frightened and they joined isis or supporting isis. or they leave the area and people as i mentioned in the beginning in my introduction, thousands and thousands of people are leaving the area. so there must be pressure from all sides. or from within or from above. fro

they were $150,000 in debt and had planned to close but former "philadelphia inquirer" owner louis katz a plane crash shortly after he pledged those funds. he founded the boys and girls club in camden. >>> another local update in 20 minutes. i'm tracy davidson. have a great day. thanks for watching. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. we're laughing already. >> yep. >> wines day wednesday. july 2nd. and we welcome you to our little happy hour here at the "today" show. we got the funny, very, very debonair mr. john o'hurley is here to help celebrate "seinfeld's" 20 -- that made me feel old. >> i didn't realize it was that many years. >> anniversary yeah. to this day still regis goes to sleep after watching the "seinfeld" rerun. >> he still does. >> uh-huh. >> i always wondered what it would be like to have a studio audience. >> we have one today. they have piled? >> a bunch of people in our studios and -- including a group of people who are contest winners. thanks for coming, you guys. >>