broadway theater before showboat and after showboat. it is set on a mississippi riverboat.the play deals explosively with the issue of miscegenation. it has a mixed black and white cast. the songs come directly out of the plot. it revolutionized the movie theater. it has been called the best musical ever written. jules bledsoe plays john and he does a disturbing version of "old man river." in that year, ziegfield mounts six plays. william randolph hearst gives in the money to open his own theater. i think it was him, not f scott fitzgerald spent more time out of new york in the 1920's. serial adultery, the worst. it is daring. a fantastic run of success. he is a fascinating but not an appealing character. he hired better comedians more than anyone in the world but no one ever saw them laugh. they never smiled. he had a tremendous personal magnetism, yet his favorite means of communication was the telegram. he sent 100 telegram today. some two staffers directly across the hall from him, 15 yards away. [laughter] one of his friend says, if this man dies, so western union shor

they are thinking of buying atlantic club or showboat.the college is considering using the real estate to build a new campus for 10,000 students. >>> new jersey lawmakers are trying to get sports gambling back on track in time for this weekend. yesterday the state responded in a court filing from request from major sports leagues and ncaa that would have prevented betting from starting. governor chris christie signed a law last friday that rolls back prohibition but the leagues have asked a federal judge to issue an injunction. >>> franchione are expected to hold a legislative round table. they want answers after leaders decided to lay off six police officers, roughly half the department. they are 235ising $900,000 budget shortfall and cuts are necessary. >>> 4:48. this former philadelphia traffic court judge at the center of a scandal. they caught her leaving court yesterday. she surrendered on charges of bribery. district county attorney accused her of taking a $,000 tiffany bracelet from a lobbyist, who was an undercover officer. charg

the final thing i want to say, and this is not cheating or non-shooting, but it showboating or non-showboating. and in some ways this part of the game has offended this a little bit more than the scuffing. and so i hope everyone in this room understands, but googling ryan samberg hall of fame speech from the speech that he gave at the hall of fame several years ago now was among the best hall of fame speech and he just talked about how you play the game in order to live up to the standards set by the people who came before and it was about non-showboating. it was a moral speech about how to behave. >> the next topic is instant replay. george said sports should be the triumph of character. openly tested and not a technology. so what is your reaction to baseball using instant replay. as you gave that quote. >> full disclosure, i was on the committee to the major league committee that came up with the instant replay although the heavy lifting was done by someone on us. i was being conservative but slow to learn and resistance all change. until joe torre said if you go to a ballpark, the people on

up 1.3 percentage points. 8,000 people lost jobs due to the closures of the showboat, revel, the trump plaza and atlanta club. a number of them come from the leisure and hospitality industry. >>> after two weeks on the run a wilmington family rare cat back home. boo, finally captured last night. the neighbored spotted the exotic-looking cat several times since october 17 when he took off after a rabbit, but nobody able to catch him until now. finally treated to a cup much whipped cream when he returned home and promptly fell asleep. despite a few ticks on his adventure, otherwise healthy. >>> the upcoming midterm elects candidates in the final weekend of campaigning before voters head to the polls on tuesday. one of the biggest races is that for pennsylvania fwocgovernor. the current governor, tom corbett at appear event with ron paul. and then will rally with governor chris christie. governor corbett's opponent, tom wolf meanwhile has the lead in the polls since the primary. matt o'donnell has more on the man hoping to become the next governor of pennsylvania. >> am i wrong? >> democr

the atlantic club closed in january, showboat shut down at the end of august, revel closed its doors in september, then came trump plaza just two weeks ago and trump taj mahal to potentially close in november. >>> taking a look at the three stories you can count on nbc 10 to continue to follow for you today -- >> pennsylvania state police are both grieving and investigating the death of a trooper killed during a training exercise. last night, the body of 26-year-old david kedra was placed in a hearst and escorted by family. he was shot to death yesterday at the montgomery county public safety training campus in conshohocken. >>> philadelphia police are looking for a man they say tried to rob and rape a woman in wisse heckon park. it happened last friday evening along a driving trail in chestnut hill. investigators say the man threw the woman to the ground, tried to sexually assault her. she managed to escape and go for help. >>> and decision 2014. school funding could be the issue as the candidates for pennsylvania governor square off once again, the second debate between republican

showboating. they didn't need me christmas. there is no news. i worked as a reporter for 2.5 a low metro reporter. see reporter. covering courts and cops. >> were you before here? >> -- where were you before here? >> i came here from a little paper in new hampshire. that a bunch of us started after the war. it was a independent sunday paper. i breathe that exists in england but has to much died out here. there were a couple in new england. we had the biggest circulation in the state. we had a terrific time. >> who was the guy you fought with? he worked for the union leader? do not why i'm talking about? -- do you know who i am talking about? >> there are hundreds of them. i don't remember that from one particular -- >> i try to the give it before we sat down -- i tried us to think of it before we sat down. before you started that paper, what did you do? >> a thought in the u.s. navy. the u.s. navy. i was on destroyers the whole time, in the pacific ocean. i had what was called a good war. i got a lot of action. important forly my life. i am some

republican mayor since 1990 faces the closing of four casino's so far this year -- trump plaza, caesars, showboatatlantic city, and revel. that means the loss of almost 7000 jobs, and that number will rise if trump taj mahal fails, too. the city'sbout gaming industry, the labor market, and the outlook. certainly, we would not put all our eggs in one basket with gaming. ofare at a point diversifying what we are doing in our city both in terms of tourism and not tourism and giving you and everyone else in philadelphia reason to come back to my city. at the top look stories we're following at this hour. giants wonncisco their third championship in five years last night. san francisco may have come at a big winner in a big game, but the series has been a loser in the battle for ratings. matt miller is here with a look at the numbers. how did the fall classic do this year? >> if it had not been for game seven, it would have been the lowest rated world series in all of history. if you look at world series ratings over the last 10 or 20 years, you see a pretty steady decline. it is clear that this champ

the finally showboating part of the game, it has and has offended me in some cases a little bit more than other things. and i think that googling ryne sandberg and his hall of fame speech, the speech he gave was one of the best ever given and he just talked about how he played the game in order to live up to the standard set by the people who came before her. and it was about non-showboating area it is a beautiful wall speech about how to behave. >> the next topic, instant replay. torch once said that sports should be the triumph of character. openly tested and not of technology. what is your reaction to baseball using instant replay? >> full disclosure, i am on the committee, the major league committee they came up with the instant replay although the heavy lifting was done by others. i was being conservative and slow to learn and resistant to all change. and there's a hot dog in the concourse and the 43 people that have happened, they are called umpires. and they have to learn how to spell bluetooth. so people don't have to walk over and put on headphones. and they won a game on a

the idea that showboating would occur doesn't add up. another concern is about the media, what they would do with camera access, concerns about snip pits and sound bites. there's a belief that there's concern what john stewart and stephen colbert would do with the clips. it doesn't add up with that we get audio or quotes athe newspaper. we heard about this question or that question. so the third area that is actually we're hearing more of from the justices and i find concerning is that we're hearing from the justices, even justices who at their confirmation hearings supported cameras in e

the showboat closed labor day, revel few days later, and trump plaza closed september 16th. >> five college football players are under arrest, accused of brutally beating a west chester man. police say the california university of pennsylvania players attacked lewis campbell. it happened at a washington county restaurant near the campus early thursday. campbell was reportedly trying to break up an argument between his girlfriends and one of the players. police say he was stomped and repeatedly beaten, campbell suffered severe brain trauma, and now in intensive care. the university forfeitted tomorrow's game against gannon university. >>> a high school football game between long time rivals turned into all out brawl in tennessee. trouble started after the game, as the teams met on the field forehand shakes. fights involved students and fans, no one was seriously hurt. forty-five year old man arrested for pushing a police officer. >> lava moves dangerously close to a town on the big island, now the national guard being called into help. >> lava flowing closer and closer to a road for weeks no

boyertown at perkioman valley, steven strom will find wilson anti-ear almost pace for little showboatingvalley won it. met axe innings at owen j. roberts, queen is crowned. old hail the queen. owen j. roberts, here we go. going to be tipster. you know the tip. remember this? we used to practice this stuff. one guy backs it up. got to be quick. boom. got it. dante thomas is the man on spot. somebody better get him. get him. oh, that's a nice step. oh, they got him. >>> all right, it is time for the game of the week. up voted on our audio road show app saint augustine. so let's go inside the lockerroom, and see if they're ready red to take on one of the best teams in new jersey (cheers) >> that's right, day-by-day, day-by-day, saint augustine getting on the board first, avis with short td run on opening scoring. and he went over 3,000 yards rushing, for his career. then, you're about to see nice move coming upment just watch jose, look out, oops, that's nice side step. nice pick up by that young man. then augustine's harris again, this young man one of the best running backs in all of new

the idea that showboating would occur doesn't add up. another concern is about the media, what they would do with camera access, concerns about snip pits and sound bites. there's a belief that there's concern what john stewart and stephen colbert would do with the clips. it doesn't add up with that we get audio or quotes athe newspaper. we heard about this question or that question. so the third area that is actually we're hearing more of from the justices and i find concerning is that we're hearing from the justices, even justices who at their confirmation hearings supported cameras in the courtroom are starting to say these things. this say trend unfortunately we see. nominees start out in support. they change their mind. which suggests we can't wait out this issue. it's not an age issue. this is a concern about the public and that we keep hearing this concern that the public won't understand what they're seeing, that they wouldn't understand oral argument is just a part of the process. they won't understand that the justices have to b

the steeple chase winner is showboating and got himself disqualified for doing it. what a genius.what hole? that hole. he was never seen again. our races. in britain watch the guy on the left pull up alongside. what you do is you mess with the guy's sideview mirror in this car. hey! is that legal? in california, the sprint car race, this is the flag guy and -- >> ooh! >> nobody got hurt. >> our fans of the month, the lady in colorado in the third row, is this big galoof really going to block my view the entire game? hey, usher. and fan puts the moves on the young lady behind him. he has never met her. now this kid is smooth. >> all right. >> fantastic, as always. >> thank you. >> thank you, len. good to see you. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> at last, the performance you've all been w so here's the new living room... tv, couch, pillows. nice! see, we've completely remodeled the kitchen. cozy. ♪ let's go check out the pantry! ♪ it's our dunkin' dream room! amazing! wish i had a room like this. let's make some dunkin'. one taste and you'll understand. great remodel. deliciou