it's the old eastern establishment that had dominated and rallied around rockefeller and scranton were permanently relegated to a minority status tom wicker who wrote about this july keepth, 1964 described as a complete state of exhaustion for more than eight hours for those not old enough to remember. this is when conventions really matter. >> platted platforms mattered. the out-voted liberals, we will call them, the eastern establishment, if you will, rallied behind a pro-civil rights plank. but, also, nelson rockefeller who had fought goldwater in epic contests through that spring was the main speaker for a proposed amendment on tuesday night at the convention that would specifically denounce extremism. an issue we are grappling with 50 years later. it explicitly mentioned the communist party of america, the ku klux klan and the exclusion of the birch society who made it could troversial among many supporters. >> this was a headline. tom wicker from 1964, goldwater backers vote down the plank and his rights on an atom bomb plan. >> as i say, it was -- it was a transforming conventio

you can see right now, just outside of the scranton area, that particular storm has become severe sorstorm warning just to the north of monroe county. some of that activity could move into carbon and monroe county and this is the line of showers and thunderstorms that we're watching most of the action has been upstate new york as well as northern sections of pennsylvania. but we're dry in philadelphia. south jersey and sections of delaware and i think we'll stay dry as well. the high temperature today made it up to 93 degrees. the normal this time of year 87. it was a nice weekend. but the heat and humidity will build as we move over the next several days. we have 89 in atlantic city as well as millville. 89 in allentown. 87 right now in the lancaster area. but take look at those winds. it's gusting right now out of the southwest over 30 miles per hour in the philadelphia area. winds gusting over 20 miles per hour in wilmington out ahead of that front much as we look at the satellite and radar you can see those showers and thunderstorms bubbling up well to the north and west of us. t

gerri: david scranton, do you agree?> yes, you will not get a different answer from the two davids, that's for sure. gerri: so, we have seen that a lot of people say the stocks are fully valued at this time and you really have to talk watch value determinations. what should you be looking at? what is the watermark where you should say i'm going to take money off the table if you should do that? >> i think we are there. i think the pure power of momentum that is taking the market higher and higher based upon fundamentals historically speaking we are due for another major drop. right now what concerns me is that you have some analysts to be done the bandwagon saying the dow will hit 20 that is almost irrational exuberance that makes me worry that may be that next drop is not far away. gerri: frolic, you talk to financial advisors all the time. do they agree with the davids here? >> i think if you are looking at the immediate future think long-term and financial advisors are sane figure out what your risk tolerance is in yo

we are watching as a severe threat to the north and to our west through state college, scranton, upstate new york, some scattered showers and thunderstorms some of which are severe and that threat will move closer to us during the day tomorrow. tuesday afternoon, some thunderstorms especially north and west with downpours, gusty wind and frequent lightening and that could come closer to philadelphia during the mid week. coming up we will talk about the possibility of heat wave number two in just one week and severe weather threat that will continue at least through wednesday, across the delaware valley. we will show you who has best chance of seeing those types of storms. in the meantime i'll see you later in the broadcast with next weekend's forecast, but for now back to you. >>> i just hear gunshots and i got down, i didn't pay attention until i heard her scream and i ran to my mom and she was crawling towards the other lady. she was bleeding. >> inches from death. camden county girl is shot as she sleeps in her sicklerville home. police are trying to figure out who fired that bullet.

stormstorm scan3 showing the showers and storms well to our north and west in a line from scranton throughilliamsport going towards the southwest. there has been many reports of trees down, power lines down, even hail with these storms. these are severe. >>> there's a threat of severe weather with these. a few isolated severe thunderstorms. a hail report here from chickorypa: a lot of reports with this line. some of this is going to move towards us but a bigger threat will be rolling in during tomorrow afternoon. we'll talk about that. first right now in philadelphia 90. the high today 91 degrees. we have had several 90-degree days so far this month. allentown 86. 87 in wilmington. down the shore, keeping it real, keeping it cool, margate 8080 -- 75, rather, seventy four sea isle and look at that ocean water temperature. warming up to 71 degrees after arthur really stirred things up a couple weeks ago. here is the slight risk of severe weather. this particular area, the storm's prediction center says you could see some severe weather in this region but what does that mean? well, the main t

philadelphia still holding on to 71. 50s through state college, through scranton and western pennsylvania and those are the cooler temperatures that are moving our way. here are numbers to beat. philadelphia 58. we'll come close but i do not think we'll beat that record. wilmington 55. cape may 54. lower 50s in atlantic city and west chester and allentown the record 50 degrees. coming up we'll take look at how quickly those temperatures will rebound and a weekend spoiler that could provide more clouds than anything else coming up this saturday and sunday. i'll be back with that seven day forecast later in the broadcast. >> thanks kathy. >>> breaking news now. enormous water main break in southern california led to widespread flooding on the campus. ucla the water shot 30 feet in the air. as much as 10 million gallons according to officials. parts of the campus are underwater tonight. some even had to be rescued from underground parking garages that had flooded. a section of sunset boulevard is also been closed off. reportedly the main that ruptured was installed in 1921. >> here was close

are talking about showers and then are storms to the north and west williamsport, wilkes barre, scranton and upstate new york. we don't have to be concerned just yet but by tomorrow these storms will inch closer and even closer still for wednesday. philadelphia is 92, wilmington 90. millville 90. same in dover. ocean water temperature only 65 degrees. that ocean, churning up significantly in the wake of arthur, it has dropped big time, and it will be slow to warm too. during the the day, tomorrow, we are watching this cold front getting closer, all of the heat, up the the eastern seaboard will be squeezed, even far north as boston and maine. we have temperatures in the 90's in philadelphia. not just heat but humidity with this moisture east ward and chance of showers and then are storms to the north and west in the afternoon. as this front gets closer heat and humidity stick around wednesday. better chance of the scattered showers and storms for all of us. front clears on thursday, the sun comes out, blue skies, less humidity and a north wester liz wind, which is a nice, dry wind for us.

biden's from scranton, pennsylvania. [ cheers ] cheney -- cheney's from the death star. [ screams and] best fight move -- biden has kick to the groin. cheney's best move? shot to the face. [ laughter and applause ] next up -- favorite foods. biden likes ice-cream cakes. cheney likes souls. [ laughter and applause ] and finally, personal mottos. biden's is "there's nothing that can't be solved with a a wink and a pat on the butt." [ laughter ] cheney's is "hell is just a a word." [ laughter and applause ] very extreme. hell is just a word. some more political news here. during his speech this week, chris christie warned against presidential candidates running too soon. then, earthquake experts warned chris christie against running at all. [ laughter and applause ] that's not fair. >> steve: that's rude. >> jimmy: you shouldn't do that. >> steve: rude. >> jimmy: they shouldn't have done that. >> steve: that's mean. that's just rude. >> jimmy: that's rude. i read that republican scott brown, he's running for senate in new hampshire. he recently hid in the bathroom of a restaurant to avoi

the weather we're talking about new england area, we're stretching all the way back into scranton, wevier thunderstorms. do you want to mention that everyone talked about this about two weeks ago a blast of cool air. another blast expected for next week. it's hot now you can enjoy it. >> thanks. >>> you u.s. intelligence pointing to the notion of pro-russian rebels most likely shot down malaysia airlines flight 17 thinking it was a military aircraft. not thinking it was commercial. the questions still remain who pulled the trigger and was russia directly involved? we are live with new developments right after the break. >>> happening now -- a day of mourning, the bodies of victims of malaysia airlines flight 17 leaving on a plane from ukraine this morning bound for the netherlands. that flight leaving just a short time ago. this as new u.s. intelligence pointing to the idea that pro-russian rebels may have shot down the passenger plane by accident, thinking it was a military aircraft. but the question remains who pulled the trigger and could russia, and its president vladimir putin be

it's the old eastern establishment that had dominated and rallied around rockefeller and scranton wereently relegated to a minority status tom wicker who wrote about this july keepth, 1964 described as a complete state of exhaustion for more than eight hours for those not old enough to remember. this is when conventions really matter. >> platted platforms mattered. the out-voted liberals, we will call them, the eastern establishment, if you will, rallied behind a pro-civil rights plank. but, also, nelson rockefeller who had fought goldwater in epic contests through that spring was the main speaker for a proposed amendment on tuesday night at the convention that would specifically denounce extremism. an issue we are grappling with 50 years later. it explicitly mentioned the communist party of america, the ku klux klan and the exclusion of the birch society who made it could troversial among many supporters. >> this was a headline. tom wicker from 1964, goldwater backers vote down the plank and his rights on an atom bomb plan. >> as i say, it was -- it was a transforming convention. the

we will go to scranton pennsylvania on the line for parents. donald is waiting. donald, good morning. >> caller: i have two comments. one i think the school year is way too short. 180 days is not enough when you look at the countries around the world and how they are doing compared to us. second there is too much politics in schools hiring. around here i can tell you for sure if you have someone on the school board or related to somebody on the school board to have a job. that's my comment. thank you. >> host: politics and school hiring. >> guest: i think that's one of the reasons it's so important we develop the system of how we recruit train and hire individuals. they should be people who are professionally ready. i think any system when you let those other factors influence it is always a system that is not good for kids. >> host: how widespread is that in your experience in watching the politics he's talking about? >> guest: i think it's less than it was years ago but still very much real. >> host: let's go to st. thomas the virgin islands. mike is apparent.

scranton,to pennsylvania. donald is waiting, good morning. caller: i have two comments. one, i think that the school year is way too short. 180 days is not enough. second, there is too much politics in schools hiring. around here, i can tell you for sure. if you have somebody on the school board or related to so mebody, you have a job. thank you. host: politics in school hiring. guest: this is one of the reasons it is so important that we develop a system of how we recruit, train, and hire individuals. it should peep people who are professional ready. when you let those other factors in, there is always a system that is not good for kids. experience, the politics that he is talking about -- guest: it is less than it was years ago, but it is still very real. host: let's go to the virgin islands, mike is a parent. good morning. they said, politics are controlling most of what is going on. econdly, there was a case in california where they show that most of the teachers are going to lower income districts. and this is a problem. this, there are those people who -- way off.

stretching from scranton, pennsylvania, all the way up to caribou, maine.ng rain they need. especially interior sections of the pacific northwest to help knock down those wildfires. anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain possible in certain that's what's going on around >>> 9:11. good wednesday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this is our last unseasonably cool day. a live look at san francisco shows you a full deck of low clouds. although we're clearing out nicely here over the santa clara valley. beautiful day shaping up. i want to show you what it looks like meanwhile over sunol. we're actually increasing those mid-level clouds. your temperatures today are going to be comfortable. 74 degree on the peninsula. 78 today in the south bay. 67 in san francisco, with a warming trend on the way starting tomorrow. >> and you know what pushes cake over the top? >> what's that? >> it's the frosting. as we said yesterday, frosting is the dessert of the dessert. >> but i like just a little layer. >> and i like the cheap grocery store cake with the suga

but then to the north, near the poconos, north of that around the scranton area, we have thundersrmhere. we could see aouple move into the poconos, maybe parts of the lehigh valley late tonight. overall, this is what lake wallenpaupack looks like. this is a live view in the poconos. you see the dark skies in the distance. most of us will stay dry tonight. the poconos have the best chance of seeing any thunderstorms from what we have to the north. 90, hot, breezy outside 6:00. by 10:00,ight around 80 degrees. again, the poconos, maybe partz of the lehigh valley, we could see thunderstorms. i will show you the timing for that and how the rest of your week is shaping up with more storms in the forecast. >>> glassboro is remembering a k-9. a dog was killed saturday night. he was scared by fireworks, escaped from his kennel and got hit by a car. the dog and his patrolman graduated from the academy in 2011. >>> sky force 10 over a fire just after 11:00 this morning.a asrouger control. >>> we are getting more details about the number o car accidents over the holiday d. urt alt ofse cras > th b