st. anthony's of padua. ttorney general for two terms, deciding not to run for another term because he was planning to run for governor in 2016. we just spoke to a personal friend of the bidens. >> reporter: were you here yesterday as well? >> yes. >> reporter: tell me why you came back. >> i've known the bidens for many, many years. i knew and was good friends with his first wife nelia. i had spent some time with her before she was killed that day. so this has always been very close to me. i just really felt that today and yesterday was really important. >> reporter: as you know biden was awarded a bronze star from the guard. he served for one year in iraq working as a military lawyer. vice president joe biden led his family in receiving both international and national dignitaries yesterday. he'll also do the same today. president clinton, as well as secretary clinton are also expected to be here. president obama will deliver the eulogy when mass begins at about 10:30. we're also hearing biden's siblings wil

st. anthony of padua in wilmington. john rawlins is live at the church with more, john. >> reporter: good morning, eva. so far it's a quiet well-organized event. on the one hands it's a neighborhood with small streets and it's a row home neighborhood. there's lots of police and military folks. on the on the other hand people in the neighborhood are out enjoying themselves on saturday morning walking their dogs and sitting on their porches and having cups of coffee and watching the mourners as they file into the church. >> reporter: security is very much evident this morning with the president and first lady and the vice president and his family and the clintons due to be here. there are two lines outside the security checkpoint, one for vipts -- vips, the invited guests. >> i was here yesterday afternoon for five hours in line, i would like to be a part of history. he was a nice, nice young man. >> did you ever meet him? >> yes i used to work at fairfax hardware and joe and jill came in all the time. >> we never met him

st. anthony of padua roman catholic church in wilmington. the american flag at half-staff at white house right now. in honor of beau biden. >>> president obama will deliver a eulogy this morning. just a short time ago. he and the first lady boarded air force one to go to wilmington. the white house says mr. obama will honor delaware's former attorney general as a remarkable son, father and public servant. >> cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty is going to be with us in a bit. but we do want to get right now to douglas brinkley and talk to you, douglas, if we could, please about beau biden and the legacy that he leaves. >> well in some ways it's fitting that today's d-day. because day of we think of as a great day of military service and beau biden, who had an opportunity to stay in politics stay in delaware make money, work in a law firm decided to dedicate his life to public service. in his mind that meant joining the national guard. that meant becoming a major in the armed forces and serving overseas duty in iraq. so doods funeral wil

st. anthony of padua church there is about 1,000. it seats 900. ical names who are in attendance today. we told you in addition to the president and his family, obviously the vice president and his family, the top leaders in the senate. mitch mcconnell the republican leader, he is there. harry reid, the democratic leader is there as well. nancy pelosi the top democrat in the house. steny hoyer, the number two democrat in the house, they are there as well. a few of the other names, jack markell, governor of delaware. senator pat leahy from vermont. joe manchin from west virginia. both of the u.s. senators from delaware. tom carper and chris coombs they are there as well. a number of members from the house of representatives. debbie wasserman schultz the chair of the national democratic committee. chris van hollen, one of the top democrats from maryland. steve israel from new york. more than half a dozen cabinet officials from the obama-biden administration are there as well. caroline kennedy. she obviously has her own experiences at moments of trage

st. anthony of padua church in wilmington yesterday. and and father and oldest son of the vice president died last weekend after a battle with brain cancer. both political leaders and residents of delaware say that his commitment to serving the public will never be forgotten. >> it was our little secret the biden family but now the whole world knows how much everybody cares about him and how much they mean to us. >> he did a lot of good for our state and i think this is a loss that delawareans all feel very deeply. >> the service was packed yesterday. more than 1,000 people were inside the church. some standing along the pews. there was also a gym nearby where the overflow crowd watched the funeral on a video screen. >>> and i pray for her. i pray for her comfort and i pray for her family. because this is a very hard situation. >> this morning, a lehigh valley neighborhood is grieving for a 3-year-old girl who died after falling from an apartment window. the tragedy happened in allentown on friday night. the victim and her older sister f

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and then 6:00 to 9:00. and funeral mass will be held tomorrow. president obama will deliver the eulogy. >>> a woman is in jail charged with a sex crime allegation. tina mousley was arrested yesterday. police say mousley gave a 13-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl alcohol and condoms and urged them to have sex while she shot video of it. neighbors tell us they're shocked. >> i have three kids in this neighborhood, to find out this stuff is amazing. it's -- it's shocking to hear that. >> mousley could not post bail so she's being held in a bucks county jail. >>> investigators discovered the victims after responding to a fire in bristol township back in 2013. prosecutors say johnson set the fire to destroy evidence. he could face the death penalty at sentencing. >>> 2it is 6:36. and 56 degrees outside. michael nutter will go to washington to talk about rail service. he will be part of a discussion with transport secretary ray lahood. both will follow tom carper who will talk about economic impact on the cor

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington where a funeral mass will be held for beau biden the formerhe older son of joe biden died last saturday from brain cancer. president obama is expected to deliver the eulogy. bill clinton and hillary are expected to attend, we'll have live reports at 9:00 a.m. you can watch the service online at 10:30. let's get a last check of the weather. >> reporter: ocean county seeing showers this morning stretching up and down the garden state parkway along with route 9 from belmawr to lbi. by afternoon it's not that bad. we'll see sunshine especially in the city points north and west, down the shore you have to stay patient, you're going to be locked in pretty good. lots of clouds, limited sun by afternoon, 80 for the city. 71 for the shore beautiful in the poconos lots of sunshine, very comfortable and 72. places like avalon, stone harbor sea isle probably after 2:00 p.m. you'll see sun. give it time. >>> it is now 7:55 we're just a few minutes away from saying good morning to "good morning america." here's dan harris with a preview. >> reporter: millio

st. anthony of padua was full there was 1,000 people inside and hundreds outside. the funeral procession arrived with kim from her mom's front porch along with family friends and neighbors some of the hundreds outside the security barricades. tears she had as the casket moved to the church and biden arrived his wife, family, and children. >> his daughter, it's sad. >> it's a family for me, it's like the president is burying his son today it's a somber moment being that the vice president is from delaware. >> reporter: that sense of closeness comes up here all the time. the former attorney general and his dad the vice president not just someone you read about in the newspapers or see on tv. but someone you bump into. >> did you ever meet him? >> yes i used to work at fairfax hardware as a cashier and bow and joe came in all the time. >> many had stories of beau and his father. >> you never know where you would run into him. >> reporter: the leader of the state girl scouts said beau did much for their cause. >> he so real. you could start talking to him. >>> delaware

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington from 1:00 to 4:00 and then 6:00 to 9:00 at night. tomorrow, the funeral mass will be held and barack obama is expected to deliver the eulogy. >>> the new jersey state trooper killed when his cruiser hit a deer last weekend. governor chris christie signed an executive bill for flags to fly at half-staff for trooper anthony raspa. police say raspa and his partner were patrolling when the car hit a deer. no other vehicles were involved. raspa's partner was hurt but is expected to be okay. >>> live in prison without parole. a judge handed down that sentence for the man convicted of murdering philadelphia police officer moses walker. rafael jones killed officer walker in court. the officer's mother called jones an animal. jones shot officer walker in august 2012 while walker was headed home from new york in north philadelphia. after yesterday's sentencing officer walker's mother led a prayer circle outside the courthouse in center city. she said she was not surprised that her son's killer showed no remorse. >> i know from his history that

st. anthony of padua church in wilmington and tomorrow will be the funeral mass and president obama will give the eulogy. >>> police crews hit and killed a man in chester. skyforce 10 was over the scene. investigators say a 25-year-old was riding a bike around 9:00 last night when he was hit. the delaware county d.a.'s office is investigating. >>> in bucks county a woman is in jail charged in a child sex crime investigation. yesterday, police arrested tina mousley at her home in oakford where the alleged crime happened. a judge arraigned her on charges of corrupting minors. police say she gave a 13-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl alcohol and condoms and then urged them to have sex as she shot video of it. neighbors tell us they're shocked. >> i have three kids in this naked, it's amazing. shocking to hear that. >> she's being held in the bucks county jail. >> happening today, firefighters and the red cross trying to hand out dozens of smoke detectors this after three suspicious fires ripped through homes. the most recent fire struck bicley place late tuesday night. an arson task for

st. anthony of padua. ember the former delaware attorney general and son of vice president joe biden. president obama delivered the eulogy praising him as a selfless son and consumate serve haven't. >> he was a man of character, a man who loved deeply and loved in return. >> beau biden died of brain cancer last weekend he was 46 years old. >> among the people who paid respects to beau biden was the lead singer of cold play, chris martin. awe you hear there the funeral mass ended with an amazing tribute by martin. coal play one of his favorite bands. when he he heard was was he a fan, he offered to perform at the service after the performance he embraced members of the biden family. we have collection of photos and videos from the funeral that includes video of president obama's emotional eulogy and musical tribute by chris martin. >> 10:0:67. in malaysia rescue teams have recovered more bodies following the earthquake. the search continues for 6 climbers who became trapped on one of southeast asia's tallest

st. anthony of padua roman catholic church in wilmington, delaware today for the funeral of beau biden. the he died a week ago of brain cancer. the vice president himself did not speak but president obama delivered a moving eulogy. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> beau biden was an original. >> axelrod: a deeply moved president obama spoke in highly personal terms about the loz of beau biden. >> he was a good man. >> axelrod: 1,000 people gathered to celebrate beau biden's life-- father, husband son, delaware's attorney general, a major in the national guard. >> he did in 46 years what most of us couldn't do in 146. he left nothing in the tank. >> axelrod: but the president wanted to make it crystal clear that beau biden's most important achievements would never show up on a resume. >> this was a man who at the democratic national convention didn't spend all his time in back rooms with donors or gladhanding. instead, he rode the escalators in the arena with his son up and down, up and down. >> axelrod: beau biden was just three years when he his brother hunter survived a car accident that claimed the lives of

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon and 6:00 to 9:00 at night saturdayhkájjt a funeral mass. president owe ba in will deliver the eulogy. >>> one of beau bide en's best friends is helping to plan the memorial. he talked to bide. 's widow and children. >> i think he fully expected to tell people about his fight with cancer and he talked about different ways that he could communicate it but he wanted to beat it. >> today the beau biden foundation went on line. the bidens hope people will donate money to help various children's causes and organizations throughout the state of delaware. >>> threats on board several passenger planes turned out to be hoaxes but still rattled nerves for passengers including a flight that landed in philadelphia this morning. the threats happened on five different airlines today, flights to philly chicago, atlanta, san francisco, and guadalajara, mexico. doug shimell joins us live from philadelphia international airport. this comes on the heels of a shakeup at tsa over security failures. >> reporter: yes and most passeng

st. anthony of padua of wilmington to support his father vice president joe biden and the rest of the familyr speaker including president obama remembered beau biden as a leader and patriot but most of all as a man who just adored his family. >> beau biden brought to his work a mighty heart. he brought to his family, a mighty heart. what a good man. >> beau posed the traits i've witnessed only in the greatest leaders, inspirational humble, intelligent, insightful, always building a team. >> he never judged, he just listened and offered his hand, his shoulder and his wise advice and his love. >> beau biden who lost his battle against brain cancer last weekend at the age of 46 is survived by his wife and two children. the mass ended with a tribute by chris martin, the lead singer of cold play. after his performance martin was embraced by members of the biden family. >> coverage of beau biden's funeral can be found at 6abc.com. right now you can see the collection of photos and videos from the service including video of president obama's emotional eulogy and the musical tribute by chris martin.

st. anthony of padua, roman catholic church. where mourners are paying their respects.laware attorney general. more seats have been added to the church to try to take in all who wish to be there. cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty is there and she joins us now live. sunlen? >> incredibly moving moment already, seen just moments ago, the entire biden family arrived just outside of the church and wait painfully with each step as beau biden's casket was slowly and delicately brought into this church. it was first draped in a red, white and blue american flag. delicately folded. the entire family making their way into the funeral. we will hear not only this musical selection, but we also will hear from chris martin the lead singer of coldplay. he will sing during the course of the funeral, we're told that he was a favorite singer of beau biden. the family apparently did not ask coldplay's lead singer to come out directly. he found out from a family friend volunteered to come here for this funeral today. certainly will be an emotional moment throughout the funeral as

st. anthony of padua in wilmington to support joe biden and the rest of the family.dent obama remembered beau biden as a leader and patriot but mostly as a man who adored his family. >> beau biden brought to his work a mighty heart. he brought to his family, a mighty heart. what a good man. >> beau posed the traits i witnessed only in the greatest leaders, inspirational humble, intelligent, insightful, always building a team. >> he never judged he just listened, his offered his hand and his shoulder and his wise advice and is love. >> beau biden who lost his battle against brain cancer last weekend at the age of 46 is survived by his wife and children 11-year-old natalie and 9-year-old hunter. ♪ just say you're calm ♪ ♪ just set me free ♪♪ the mass ended with the tribute by chris martin, the lead singer of cold play, one of beau biden's favorite bands. after his performance martin was embraced by a number of of the family. >> right now you can see a collection of photos and videos of the service including the video of president obama's emotional eulogy and the tribut

st. anthony of padua church.and politicians came out to remember beau biden. president obama praised beau biden as a selfless son and consumate public servant. >> beau biden was an original, a good man, a man of character a man who loved deeply and loved in return. >> beau biden died of brain cancer last weekend. he was 46 years old. >>> chris martin the lead singer of coldplay paid tribute to beau biden. ♪ the funeral mass ended with this performance by martin, cold play was one of his favorite bands. when martin heard he offered to play at the service. we have complete coverage on our website at 6abc.com. you can see our collection of photos and videos from the funeral that includes video of president obama's emotional eulogy and the emotional tribute by chris martin. >> dozens came together in china to mourn the victims of the cruise ship disaferred. disaster. 431 people were killed. 11 are missing. rescue workers and the families of the victims held a memorial service. as you had severe winds play a role in t

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington yesterday, the 46-year-old former attorney general of delaware and oldest son of the vice president died last weekend after a battle with brain cancer. many from the first state turned out to pay their respects. >> he was one of a kind. truly cared about people. and making sure that kids and the elderly were safe. >> it was beautiful, you know, hearing what people had to say about him. you knew more about him -- you felt connected because you knew more about him on a different level. >> those who couldn't make it inside the church stood along the streets outside with flags and signs for the biden family to show their support. coming up in our next half hour we'll hear the touching tribute from beau biden's sibling. you can also go to our nbc 10 news app or to our website, nbc 10 news.com for an entire gallery of photos featuring the life of beau biden. >>> the time right now is 7:06. still ahead, a massive manhunt is underway right now for two convicted killers. police in upstate new york are searching for two men who managed to escape f

st. anthony of padua church. there are also several streets where parking is banned. you can watch the funeral services live on the web tomorrow from the nbc 10 news app. it's a free download for your smartphone and tablet. >>> check out what's going on behind us. it's actually sunny out and kind of blue. the sky. amazing. >> it's been so long since we've seen that. it's practically the first time we've been out of that gray and gloom all week long. just in time for the weekend appropriately. sheena parveen has a first look at the forecast. >> yeah and it's all about timing with the forecast like this. when the sun comes out, warmer temperatures get here. earlier this week it was rainy and chilly but now the weather pattern is finally changing. here's a live look outside center city philadelphia from the adventure aquarium. yes, that is the sunshine. and the clouds have really thinned out today. it's caused more in the way of sunshine. it's warmed the temperatures up a bit and we don't have anything in the way of rain. we have some clouds along the shore and even the

st. anthony of padua catholic church in will ming than wilmington 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon and 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at night. >> delaware bureau reporter kim furlong spoke to a lifelong fred of beau biden's today. that friend is planning a role in the funeral? >> reporter: he is lots of people are. as we speak secret service meeting with local police and national guard members trying to figure out the logistics for what is going to be a complicated, quick operation. that friend and some other of beau's buddies ordered sandwiches from the original capriati's store down the place. they had a meeting, who will say what. of course the president is going to speak, all happen at st. anthony's. secret service has been here today, it's a big church it's going to be packed, lots of people trying to say good-bye to beau. on saturday, some of the world's most powerful people will come to st.ant knee anthony's to say good-bye to beau. one of beau's best friends is helping plan it out, rob bucchini, a respected developer in wilmington. his focus is on beau and beau's wife and kids. >> they are asol

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington.s where the funeral mass will be held for beau biden. president obama will deliver the eulogy for the former attorney general and iraq war vet. you can watch the funeral at 6abc.com our live coverage starts online at 6abc.com. >>> chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, the sun is starting to shine. >> reporter: it's starting to peek through the cloud deck. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, if you're down the shore stay patient you'll see sunshine down there as well. it will be later in the day. passing shower around midday. 80 degrees this afternoon, a cooler 79 very pleasant for tomorrow. eva. >> thanks chris. that's it for "action news" we're back in 30. now, we send you back to "good morning america"! # # ♪ oh don't you dare look back just keep your eyes on me ♪ ♪ i said you're holding back she said shut up and dance with me ♪ >>> oh, if this video mashup won't get you off the couch and dancing, you must have had a really late night. it's set to w

st. anthony of padua catholic church in wilmington from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. and again from 6:00 to 9:00 at night. then the funeral mass will be saturday morning. president obama will deliver the eulogy. the services will cause traffic issues in wilmington of course. take a look at these major roads surrounding st. santanthony of padua church closed beginning at 6:00 tomorrow morning through 2:00 saturday afternoon. there will also be several streets where parking will be banned. for continuing coverage of the services for beau biden, be sure to download the free nbc 10 news app. >>> now to an nbc 10 news exclusive. a tip call about a south jersey missing persons case that ran cold decades ago. >> nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg explains how investigators are now redirecting their efforts to solve the case of mark himebaugh. >> reporter: some 80 miles from their headquarters at the jersey shore, middle township detectives handed out fliers in philadelphia's port richmond neighborhood. part of a new push for clues in the disappearance of 11-ye

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st. anthony of padua roman catholic church where we know the first family just arrived along with friends and other family gathering to honor the life of beau biden. president obama and beau's siblings hunter and ashley biden will deliver eulogies. he we will bring those to you live. if you're interested in watching the entire funeral procession you can do it at fox news.com. again, when the eulogies begin, we'll bring them to you live. >>> in the meantime, nicole interviewed the former attorney general. she's now a reporter for the hechinger report and joins us live from outside the church. nicole, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. very somber day in delaware and across the nation. >> reporter: thank you for having me. >> i want to ask you a little bit about your interaction with beau and his family when you covered education news in delaware. >> reporter: yes. one of attorney general biden's priorities was protecting vulnerable people, including children. one of his key initiatives was to help schools prevent bullying of children. so i interviewed him for a few stories about t

st. anthony of padua church, a catholic church in wilmington. about a thousand people passed through the delaware state capital yesterday and vice president biden greeting every one of them in a receiving line that lasted for two hours. with closed eyes, vice president joe biden held his head high thursday as soldiers carried the casket of his oldest son, beau biden, up the steps of the state capital. the family followed behind including beau biden's wife haley and their two young children. inside the senate chamber, the casket was draped with an american flag. >> may the peace of god the creator, redeemer and sustainer -- >> reporter: the vice president stood closest to it somber at first but later smiled humbled by the receiving line that stretched for blocks outside he greeted each mourner with hand shakes, often enveloping them that trademark biden bear hug. >> the biden family is delaware's family. >> >> reporter: in a service at the capital, the vice president wiped tears away as delaware governor jack markel recounted both accomplish beau'

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of brain cancer last weekend was delaware's attorney general for eight years n. a viewing today -- years. in a viewing today and a funeral has tomorrow will be held at st. anthony padua church in wilmington. >>> metro is one step closer to acquiring new state of the art rail cars. the federal government has now approved the early retirement of nearly 200 subway cars which would indeed pave the way for the new 7000 series cars. and they are far more technologically advanced than metro's current cars. >>> maryland governor larry hogan has the need for speed. the republican leader joined executives in japan yesterday for a ride on the new high speed train. at 314 miles an hour, it would allow ridetories get from washington to baltimore in less than 15 minutes. "the washington post" reports the federal government is now exploring the idea of bringing high speed train service to the entire northeast corridor. >>> wow, look at this amazing video from colorado. a giant sinkhole swallowed an entire police suv. the ground gave way this morning in cher dan, colorado which is just south of denver. the sergeant crawled out of the vehicle on to the roof and out of the sinkhole. h

of greenville delaware new castle county delaware at st. joseph's on the brandywine church. right now biden family exiting saint anthony of paduaexiting the church as the "battle hymn of the republic" played. president obama and his wife michele, their family still inside the church. they're in the front pew. the president delivering a eulogy some time ago honoring the life of beau biden. we also heard in there from beau biden's sister ashley his younger sister ashley delivered a very touching personal tribute to her brother. she recalled being with him every other friday she said during his chemotherapy treatments as he battled this brain cancer that eventually claimed his life last week. also heard from hunter biden, beau biden's brother. the two of them were in the car accident 43 years ago that claimed the life of their mother joe biden's first wife the life of a sister theirs as well they both survived and recovered from that. you see the vice president right there exiting the church. in the middle of your screen if you can see him between the front of the honor guard right there. we also heard inside from general ray odie

st. anthony padua church a roman catholic church. vice president biden greeted every one of them in a receiving line that lasted more than two hours. soldiers cared biden's casket up the steps of the state capitol. his family followed behind them including biden's wife haley and their two young children. inside the casket was draped with an american flag. vice president joe biden stood closest to it. mourning at first but later smiling and embracing family and friends in a bear hug. in a service at the governor jack mckalle spoke of his accomplishments. attorney general for eight years. served in iraq in 2009. a visibly moved vice president looked to the sky, perhaps seeking strength from above. >> i'm beau biden. >> beau is the second child to die too soon. in 1972 joe biden's infant daughter and his first wife were killed in a car crash. beau and his brother were injured. >> one of my earliest memories were being in the hospital. my dad always at our side. me, my brother and i, not the senate, were all that he cared about. >> at the service thursday friends and colleagues