and i wonder, i'll start with you ed rendell on this question, does that energy, that attitude, that belief among democrats, two ut of three believing this is the reason their party doesn't control the white house right now. is that affecting how democrats address this issue in public? does it have them going too far making too many leaps in the rhetoric right now that sort of feeds the polarization from that side? >> no. i don't think so, steve. i don't think any democratic office holder can say with any degree of certainty that what the russians did affected the outcome. look, our campaign made plenty of mistakes. there were the coe my revelations, all of those things. nobody will ever be able to answer that question, but i think -- had hillary clinton won the election, there would be people who would be concerned about this. because the russians attempted to do something that nobody has done to us before, and threatens the fundamental core of our democracy. and that's influence in american election. and if there was a conspiracy, that's something that should be found out and roote

school says judge rendell serves as an inspirational role model to students, she's a federal appeals court judge and former pennsylvania first lady. visit was part of the lincoln 's celebration of women 's history month. >>> well, coming up, one question, not to ask siri, that is coming up on "eyewitness news". >> latest prank that cell phone users need to necessity about and why has police departments around the country concerned. >>> and barred from boarding at a california airport, why several teens were not allowed on the flight for wearing one of the most popular items of clothing seen on many women >>> back on "eyewitness news" at noon, with video of the a huge four alarm fire burning in oakland, california. this fire broke out before 6:00 this morning on the third floor of the residential building. fire fighters rescued several people from inside but then had to pull back because authorities were concerned that the roof and floors would collapse from the fire, heat and water. there are conflicting reports, right now about the number of injuries, so far. >>> well, law enforceme

ed rendell, msnbc political analyst, former governor of pennsylvania.nks to both of you for joining us. matt schlapp, i'll start with you. if a political analyst looks at this situation and says, republicans promised there would be a vote tonight no matter what on this, now there is not going to be a vote. mark meadows says they do not have the votes to pass this. is it fair to say the republican replacement plan is in critical condition right now? >> they don't have the votes to pass it. i agree with mark meadows. i think it's politically just a dangerous territory for the republican party to be in. to not actually be able to come up with a replacement to obamacare. there are a lot of imperfections in this bill. there are a lot of things in the bill i do not like. but i hate even more the idea that obamacare will remain simply because republicans can't come together. >> ed rendell, what do you make of what you've seen in the last hour out of washington, d.c.? >> it's a train wreck. it's hard to make it better. if you do things for the tea party, to get

the fact is that when ed rendell was governor of the commonwealth of pennsylvania -- and this is whathe republicans have really done over the last four or five years -- when ed rendell was governor of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, there was a $1.5 billion rainy day fund. and where the state has balanced their budget is going into that rainy day fund, which everybody has said -- republicans and democrats have said, "we need a bigger rainy day fund." it's today $250 million, i think it is. >> it's not $3 billion? >> it's not gonna balance the budget. governor wolf has used their playbook. he's reducing the size of government, no new taxes, expect on marcellus shale, and doing whatever efficiencies he can, and spending money on education, senior citizens, and the opioid problem. >> i think the governor sent a signal, that he doesn't want another confrontation with the legislature. i call that a willingness to deal, and i think it's an opportunity for the republicans, when you've got a governor that's willing to deal, you can get some of the things that maybe you've always wanted, lik

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. >>> federal appeals court judge marjorie rendell visited students at lincoln high school. she participated in a question /answer session that included a range of topics including the current political climate. >> that is the way to effect change is for each individual citizen, to take it seriously and take it upon themselves to make sure that whoever is in our selected branches are doing what is good for the country. >> students from lincoln business and accounting academy is a tended morning's discussion. judge rendell's visit was part of the lincoln celebration of the women's history month. >>> some say amazon led to the down fall of the big box stores but now the on line retailer could be building stores of its own. the new york times has said amazon is exploring idea of creating stores, that sell furniture and home alliances, items that customers may want to see before they buy. amazon is also considering, an electronic store concept, similar to apple's retail stores. now these would sell amazon devices like the smart home speaker echo, owe, owe, owe, owe, owe, owe, ow

that i want to bring in somebody that you guys are familiar with, former pennsylvania governor ed rendellvernor, thank you being with us. former, we should point out, head of the dnc. you have been in this position, govern governor. california governor jerry brown said he wouldn't wish this on anyone. tell me what you think about the shakeup of tom perez at the dnc asking for resignations. what do you think? >> good morning. i think the resignations are somewhat ordinary. they need to change the culture. we've become a party that's focused just on our individual constituencies trying to piece them together in a winning coalition and we've been a big donor party. we have to change that, we have to reach out to the ordinary american. the reason howard dean was the second-best chairman in party history was because he came in and did a 50-state strategy. we need more than an all-state strategy, we need an every-county strategy. we can't ignore any county in any state and we have to get our message through. our message is one that resonates. take the health care bill. the republicans would hav

. >> reporter: former pennsylvania governor rendell called it a train wreck and had a prediction for how it could affect pennsylvania. >> it's hard to make it better. because if you do things for the tea party, to get rid of some of the things that are on the tea party's wish list, you're going to lose moderate republicans. >> we've been keeping track of our local lawmakers and how they line up on the bill. lloyd smuker was in the yes column. new jersey, tom mcarthur was a yet. now those votes could change if the bill changes again and we've always learned lawmakers got new information just within the past hour. the congressional budget office analyzed the impact of recent amendments to the bill. it says it would actually save less money than the original and the number of people who would not be covered in coming years is about the same than under that original plan. jim? >> fast moving developments in washington, lauren mayk, thanksgivings f thanksgivi thanks. >>> president trump supporters are standing by the commander in chief even with the delayed vote. >> behind him, see what h

former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is on board saying doing nothing is not an option. >> you got to tell them, if we can reduce congestion by building a bridge that's got two lanes and making it a four lane bridge and cut half our each way on your trip in, that's five hours a week of your time. >> not category of u.s. infrastructure got a grade a. only railroads got as high as a b. >>> coffin with remain from colonial times. surprising find construction crews made in old city philadelphia. crews uncovered bones last fall when they broke ground for a new apartment building along arch street. the site of the first baptist cemetery established in the 1700. local archaeologist believe that all the remains were removed more than a century ago. >>> 5:47. 43 degrees that snow is going to affect morning commute. >>> start with krystal klei. most accurate forecast of the region. >>> >>> not a major system. not going to just dump snow over us. it's going to move through right during the morning commute. hours just now starting to make its way there the lehigh valley and berks county. retur

rendell is easy.says the president's infrastructure plan should be fast tracked as a priority. i can't believe that, that a democrat would say anything that trump wants to do should be fast tracked as a priority. he's been out of office for a while. i don't know. you're on the wrong page, ed. you'll get yelled out for saying that. that is an old democratic thing, too. ed rendell former governor of pennsylvania, now co-chair of building america's future a bipartisan coalition seeking to improve infrastructure. saun s we'll have ron klain on, he says this is not an infrastructure plan trump has, he says this is like a tax plan or a -- he disparages it. you want to do infrastructure. do you want to do it the trump way or do you have a different way you want to do it or at least have a seat at the table. >> when we say we need to repair the american infrastructure, it's more than bridges, roads and highways, it is our electrical grid, water systems, our wastewater systems. so the president is dead right a

right now at the museum in washington, d.c., the home of pennsylvania governor ed rin de -- rendell he'sg part in a discussion at the american society of civil engineers. 2017 infrastructure report card. here's the grade they're giving the country so far. a d-plus. among the incidents is examples of poor infrastructure, the 2014 amtrak crash in philadelphia, the lead in pipes in flint, michigan. >>> vai, which foods should be labeled healthy? what's the fda is trying to determine at a public hearing today. some groups want strict limits on sugar, food coloring, and chemicals. while others believe no prepackaged foods should have healthy on the label. >>> today, the villanova wild cats take another big step toward defending their national title. they take on st. john's at noon today in new york. villanova of course is the number one seed in the tournament, and yesterday one of their star players picked up an award. senior josh hart won big east player of the year. >>> plenty of show-stopping action at the miriam theater starting tonight. >>> i'm tracking some snow showers moving into our

former pennsylvania governor ed rendell was part of the discussion today. in order to get americans to be willing to invest in the projects, they need to understand the cost of doing nothing. >> you've got to tell them, if you can reduce congestion by building a bridge that's got two lanes, making it a four lane bridge and cut a half hour each way on your trip in. that's five hours a week of your time. >> no category received an a grade. the highest grade b went to rails. >>> back to our ever changing weather now. the temperature drop over the next couple of days, as farmers in delaware are really concerned about their fragile fruits. nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong is joining us to explain the crop concerns. tim? >> reporter: yeah, these warm winter days are a treat. not if you're an east coast peach farmer. take a look here at the buds here. these peach trees should be asleep. you see how pink they are. they're a month ahead of schedule. if we get temperatures in the teens the buds could be killed and you get one shot at peaches a year. last y

. >> reporter: and i got off the phone with former governor, mayor and district attorney ed rendell. he said the allegations against williams are especially disheartening because he thought it looked like williams would do a lot of good things in the office. and even said williams would be a good candidate for mayor. now he says this should be a wake-up call for philadelphians to pay close attention to this year's race to replace williams as district attorney. jaqueline? >> and we can tell you all seven democratic candidates for philly district attorney will debate later this month. they will gather march 27th at penn law school in university city. the only gop candidate for the job of top cop was invited but declined to take part. the debate is open to the public. >>> our coverage of this major story continues online where you can read the entire 32-count indictment against the d.a. seth williams. >>> back to our first-alert weather. we have a live camera from the lincoln financial center in philly. the wind turbines are really moving this afternoon. the camera is shaking from the w

in pennsylvania, we had governor rendell, who instituted the medicare act, which failed. -- the med care act, which failed. they're aware this law is still in place. we still collect taxes on the tobacco products. and people have died as a result of secondhand smoke in this country. so healthcare is a right, and i have to commend the freedom caucus, because i think a lot of them probably were in place when this law was enacted. host: ok. doug is in baltimore, maryland, an independent. doug, good morning. caller: good morning. it's frustrating for me to hear all these people say healthcare is a right. i think they have an issue with the english language, because we definition, it's not a right. if it's in the constitution, if it's in the bill of rights, it can be a right, right to protect from you things the government can do to you or against you. now, you can say healthcare for all is a priority or a spending priority, but we have limited resources, and we have to choose our priorities, and that's the option of legislators to choose where to spend the money. but it's clearly not a right

i said you know, i can't control what happened and didn't happen so i wrote it and then one ed rendellhe governor of pennsylvania came on national tv and says i got the peninsula hotel, i saw that and i said she's very angry and yada., i thought yes, there were stories. but i was troubled by the source who worked for her for almost 20 years who said that this is troubling to me. >> and her secret service agents. but the woman assigned to protect the life referred to her as first as barbara bush would say, it rhymes with which. that was what she called her and when i heard that i said as a person, you're kidding me but no i said what did you think when you heard that? i said it was very disrespectful, i was astounded that this person's going to die, take a bullet for her and why, but he said after i worked for her a while, i said it was a very material personality and i was surprised she would act that way so there were some stories that didn't get in but not too many. we went with what was there and there's a story of johnny , who had been, we don't know where he is. so we made this vi

looking back on it, that night you remember ed rendell came on television, people said how she is doinghe is angry. i didn't notice that and went back reviewed some of the tapes. neil: neil: who was she angry at? >> she was aingely because of what happened. she outspent him eight to one, count soft money. outstaffed him five to one. 960,000 people on the ground with ground game. 249 newspapers endorse her against 19 of his. he had only one thing, which was a billion dollars worth of earned media. neil: long before this, this great book, it will be a best-seller, i don't care if you're left or right on this, you had said there were passion in his crowds, none at hers. i remember you and i talking about that month before the campaign of the election. and that came back to hurt her. reading a cue card, same old lines, done the same jokes, it got old. >> you could see it in the numbers. and, and, donald trump stayed on message. when i would talk to people -- neil: he was topical. he was like a stand-up comedian. >> all the oxygen out of air. i told people in trump tower he is off message. t