the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water

the publisher of the "philadelphia inquirer" and the "philadelphia daily news" is offering discounted tablet computers to new subscribers. they go on sale tomorrow for $99 with a two-year digital subscription to one or both papers. tom, the tablets will be offered first-come, first-served to those who buy the company's four apps. >> as a home town philadelphia girl i'm happy to see any reason for anybody to buy the philadelphia enquirer. >> tom: absolutely. and those apps don't stain your finger with the ining-- inning on them. >> true. that's nightly business report for monday, september 12th. i'm suzanne pratt, good night, everyone. good night to you too. >> tom: have a great evening. i'm tom hudson. thanks for joining us this evening and we'll see you right back here tomorrow night. this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in "nightly business report's" video. to order this dvd, call 1-800- play-pbs o

i grow up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey, went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university and law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here and have been in here for the last 14 years. i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area because that is where my family is, but i was always interested in sanford cisco in terms of the city, culture, the amazing lgbt community -- i was always interested in san francisco. i am an attorney. i started off in private practice, doing complex litigation. in 2002, i moved to the san francisco city attorney's office, where our work on the trial team, doing trials for the city and doing my own cases and supervising a team of attorneys as well. another huge issue confronting the city is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been deteriorating because we have not maintained it properly, from our roads to our sewer system to muni. we need to be much more diligent about maintaining our infrastructure. i have been interested

. >> i grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. i went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i settle private law firm during complex commercial litigation. in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team doing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area since that is where my family is. i was always interested in san francisco in terms of what it is as a city, its culture, it's amazing lgbt community. i came out here for a summer, fell in love with it. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i worked on campaigns as a teenager. i was involved campaign against senato

why isn't that the case in philadelphia? l, actually the reality is we've had for some time i think about 78 schools where there are -- there is a police presence both inside and outside the schools. in other schools the school district has a security force. they are of course different than police officers. and we're re-evaluating where those needs may be the greatest. and so there's no aversion to doing that. but we've used a combination of philadelphia police officers and school district security personnel and school district police to create a safe environment. but we're looking at this in a holistic fashion. all 200 plus schools where are their greatest needs. we want a safe school system and city. we made gains but have more work to do. >> obviously one way to grow your city's economy would be to make the school system something where people would want to send their kids. i know you don't oversee it. what is it you can do to help on the margins then to try to do this? because economic growth in the city, to get people t

. >>> before the philadelphia eagles take the field tonight against the atlanta falcons here on nbc,player we want to tell you about. he delivered his share of big hits on the gridiron, but he's a bigger hit with kids off the field. as nbc's jenna bush hager tells us, he's making a difference in their lives. >> nobody saw this one coming. >> they have nnamdi asomugha. >> reporter: nnamdi asomugha, one of the newest members of the philadelphia eagles. he's been described as fast and furious on the field. and off the field, his teammates call him something else, senator. >> came in here, that was the nickname, senator came out so i have to roll with it now. >> reporter: it is a name he ser earned not just serving his team but the communities he lived in. in his family, education, not athletics, came first. >> culturally i think it is a big deal, education in nigeria. >> reporter: after earning a degree in finance from the university of california berkeley, and joining the oakland raiders, nnamdi started the asomugha college tour for scholars, known as acts. each year he takes a dozen u

on the next day after the king's speech was published in a philadelphia newspaper, a pamphlet hit the streets of philadelphia, a pamphlet called common sense, written by thomas paine. his pamphlet was the most important pamphlet written, most important thing i fink published in 17th and 18th century america that bernard at harvard few years ago said that the 17th, 18th and 19th century the two most important publications in america were harriet beecher stowe's on quote cabin and common sense and i think that he was precisely correct in that assessment. paine's pamphlet became a runaway best seller. dickinson's letters from a farmer beckham 1768 had been a best seller and the best-selling pamphlet in fact in this imperial battle and he had sold about 2,000 copies. within six months, paine's common sense had sold 100,000 copies, and it was since the copyright laws didn't exist, it was reprinted over and over in newspapers all across america. and portions of common sense were read by the town criers with the troops assembled in the continental army. so many americans read or heard. today

with all due respect to the president of the speech in philadelphia does not belong on the same page, doesn't belong frankly in the same chapter with martin luther king jr.'s i have a dream speech. why? well, frankly the speech -- some people say eliminating. i don't see it frankly has very illuminating. it says things which would seem to me any well-educated american should know about race relations. it did not take any truly controversial bold, risky positions with respect to race. i'm not condemning him for that. he's an electoral politicians. he faces the discipline of electoral politics. so you don't want to make people angry. the potential voters and supporters, you don't want to make him angry. fine, i understand that. but let's just tell it the way it is. this is the speech, for instance, that takes pains to be non-accusatory. the president knows his way around the english language very well. there is the reason why when he's talking about predicament of black people, he goes into the palace of voice. black people suffered enslavement. there is no talk about who was doing the

we are talking about the time when he was in philadelphia addressing the issue of his former pastor, jeremiah wright. talk to me about what you felt. i see many people in your book, you know, critiquing it. but what did you feel personally about that speech? >> guest: i felt a couple ways about the speech. number one, i thought that it was a brilliantly executed political intervention, the primary purpose was to tamping down the uproar about his longstanding relationship with pastore jeremiah wright. jeremiah wright for a couple of weeks was featured on cable television saying very inflammatory and incendiary things about the united states. >> host: but you have to remember this creature was well known in the religious community as well. he went beyond in the past dirk barack obama. >> guest: absolutely he was a distinguished pastor very well known within the black community is in chicago and outside of chicago very well known and very well respected nonetheless some of his statements were broadcast all over the united states, and it caused a real ruckus. president obama corydon cand

on south pulaski street.the funeral is at the philadelphia christian ministry and church on mannasota avenue... at 11 o clock this morning. never before seen images of amanda knox... inside her italian prison.take a look at these photos.you can see her dancing to the music of a local rock band... playing to inmates. band members say they've become friends with knox... even collaborating with her on a music video. they say she sends them poems and letters about her life behind bars. "everyone inside the jail needs moments like this. they need to escape their situations, they're nightmares, they're states of mind. so they are all having fun with our songs, they're all singing our songs. they're all singing our songs." songs."knox is in the final stages of appealiig her 2009 murder conviction in italy. both she and her ex-boyfriend are serving sentences of more than 20 years... for the murder of british student meredith kercher.a court is expected to decide monday... whether knox will go free. all the drama and excitement of fighting a huge fire...... without the loss of lives or propert

dr tough action mara from the philadelphia university in jordan says that although the blame is being pinned on the syrian government the opposition has also been responsible for a good deal of violence there's two thousand people dead or so sort of they say but these two saw them maybe they are incisions some of them out and syrians but they remember there is also one thousand soldiers killed in syria so these one thousand soldiers impossibile that they have been killed by by peaceful demonstration definitely of them demonstrations in syria was not peaceful in any sense because otherwise how could it possible that one thousand army men and policemen have been killed during this five month yes there is the mistrust from both sides but we have the current situation and we should sit on the table and negotiate because there is no other solution. to libya now where rebels have captured a crew of oil engineers and cooks from former soviet countries as they suspected them of being pro khadafi snipers to russians have been released along with the ukrainian couple after they managed to conta

the n.f.l. trying this year philadelphia get their campaign to start against the said list right. topping the charts russia moving to first place overall in the modern pentathlon world finals being held here in moscow. let's start with some sad news the last surviving ice hockey player from last week's deadly earth. has died in hospital alexander was one of only two people not to person immediately on wednesday that twenty six year old was being treated for severe burns in an intensive care unit in moscow when his health fifty worsened this morning forty four people have died while crew member alexander says soft remains in critical condition the plane was carrying kontinental hockey league team. to bella ruse for the opening match of the h.l. season the side have decided to pull out of this year's competition despite their squads in the league for free here's to the. season house however going ahead today after thursday's initial start was postponed i mentioned right there won't be unfold this season but the russian president says no stone will be left unturned in the attempt to

outside the philadelphia christian church family members exchanged hugs, and condolences. ele manigo had 3 children and was expecting her fourth when she died in the fire. her two boys both played on local football teams... many of their friends and family members... say it is hard to comprehend... they are gone. (chantee parker- family friend)"on my goodness and her boys are so pprcious.. and i miss them so much already" ommm (pause)" some of the mourners were neighbors on the same block of south pulaski street, who were able to escape from the blaze. the burials took place at mount zion cemetery in landsdowne. kc fox 45 news at 5;30 3 3 no... word... yet...// on... what caused.../ the... fire wednesday...// in... northwest baltimore.../// that killed.... two people. it... happened on... mow-hawk avenue... / at... hillside road.../ around... 5-am....// ááginnyáá... and ...donald patterson.../ were... both.../ retired... school principals...///. áátheáá couple... lived there.../ for... more than... 30 years. baltimore city police are still searching for serial firebombers.

and the philadelphia phillies, they tie a franchise record with 101 wins for this season. mportantly, the atlanta braves continue to sag hunter pence hit a two-run homer. braves are caught by the st. louis cardinals who are down at 1.6 to 1, ryan shoots one in the gap. rose all the way, tony's team, they were at 11 games back at end of august. they have come all the way back, 13-6, cardinals. one game remaining. cardinals in houston tomorrow. the giants, their last night game of the season, mr. bennett gibbson, seventh inning stretch wash little god bless america. this is the guy's first major league home run. connor grist my, there it goes. into the gap, he rolls. all the way around, he's heading for home here, heading for home, here he comes. falls down, gets up, and scores. his first major league home run. goes seven inning for the win. 13-13, finish the year, 7-0, giants over the rockies. and the oakland a's, they're finishing up strong also. 7-0 win. josh, three-run hoper, 29th of the season. 98 rbis. have a chance for 30-is hundred. tomorrow trevor not bad. seven inni

hit the streets in philadelphia, a pamphlet called commonsense written by thomas paine. this pamphlet was the most important pamphlet written, most important thing, i think, published in 17 come in 18th century america. in fact, bernard balin at harvard a few years ago said that in the 17th, 18th and 19th century, the two most important publications in america work harriet beecher stowe's uncle tom's cabin, and thomas paine's common sense. and i think it was precisely correct. in that assessment. paine's pamphlet became a runaway bestseller. dickinson's letter from a farmer, and pennsylvania back in 1768 had been a bestseller, had been the best selling pamphlet in fact in this imperial battle. and he had sold about 2000 copies. within six months, paine's commonsense had sold 100,000 copies. and copyright laws didn't exist, it was reprinted over and over in newspapers all across america. and portions of common sense when read by town crier's or read to the troops who were assembled into cut middle army. so many, many americans read or heard commonsense. today, probably the

eagles roar soar third favorites for the n.f.l. a crowd this year philadelphia get their campaign off to a winning start against and louis. topping the charts russia move into first place overall in the modern pentathlon world finals being held here in moscow . but we start this hour with some sad news the last surviving ice hockey player from last week's deadly and jaroslav all has died in hospital alexander was one of the only two people not to perish immediately on wednesday the twenty six year old to have been suffering from severe burns in intensive care unit in moscow when his health worsened this morning forty four people have now died while crew member alexander says soft remains in critical condition the plane was carrying kontinental hockey league team the local t.v. host level to belarus for the opening match of the key h.l. season this side have since decided to pull out of this year's competition despite other squads in the league offering to the. they season is whoever set to go ahead today after thursday's initial start was postponed reaming champions sell about you and

the philadelphia boy struck by a hit-and-run driver in san francisco after a giants-phillies game was allowed to go home. 9-year-old ryan white was greeted by fans and hugs and homemade signs and spent more than a month at san francisco and philadelphia. he was walking with his family in a crosswalk when a wrong-way driver plowed into him and took off. >> i only remember the game. i don't remember the accident. it hurts but then i think about all my friends. and i get happy and it doesn't hurt anymore. >> white is still dealing with a brain injury and broken bones. for now, he is being home schooled. he'll go back to the doctor in october to see when he can head back to class. >>> a man is behind bars tonight after leading police on a two hour high speed chase. police in sidney, australia tailed a driver of this stolen yellow porsche through suburban streets, speeds over 90 miles an hour. at one point, the porsche caught fire and lost one of its wheels. it was an incredible chase. the driver eventually spun out, you're seeing right now, eventually spun out, forcing him to get out of t

the first to speak. it was a terribly hot day in philadelphia. the temperature climbed above 90, probably felt as hot or hotter than it did today. the room was closed off, all the windows were closed so no one could hear what was being said from the outside. there could be loyalists or british spies out there. and can dick -- and dickenson spoke for two hours. and in that speech dickenson said that his once-grand stature had eroded because of his long fight against independence. but he said that he rejoiced that the burden that he had carried was almost over. and that he could not be silent even though he suspected it would lead to his political suicide. i must speak, though i should lose the affections of my countrymen. and in that two hours he gave an impassioned speech against independence. and when he sat down, it was john adams who rose and answered him first. and adams made an equally long speech. and as adams spoke, the skies darkened, thunder could be heard in the distance, then it grew closer and closer. then spats of rain began to hit th

he swindled people out of money for thinking he was the philadelphia eagles quarterback. >>> 4:48 now. new clues in the disappearance of a community activist from alexandria. police released these surveillance photos of a person of interest linked to the disappearance. the man in this white dodge caravan used a credit card belonging to 53-year-old lenny harris. harris has been missing since september 21. the van was seen early on the morning of the 22nd in prince george's county. one hour before that, the man tried to use the card at an atm in alexandria. >>> the onion newspaper is famous for its very realistic take on fake news, but their latest stunt might have gone a bit too far. yesterday morning the onion tweeted out that armed congressmen were holding schoolchildren hostage. capitol police immediately responded, debunking the alarming news. the satirical news site posted footage of the hostage situation and continued to post fake updates throughout the day. capitol police said they understand the onion's satire, but this wasn't very funny. >>> facebook's recent changes are getti

. >>> in sports, the philadelphia phillies clenched a spot in the baseball playoffs for the fifth straightear. the phils scored in the first as placido polanco singled to drive in the only run of the game in center field. roy halladay gave up only six hits and struck out seven in a complete game shutout of houston, 1-0. with the score tied in the bottom of the 12th inning in seattle, the mariners luis rodriguez hit a solo home run off yankees corey wade. seattle edged new york 2-1. >>> in chicago, sparks flew off detroit catcher alex avila's mask when he was hit with a pitch that was fouled off. but he was okay. and in the tenth, carlos guillen singled to bring in the go-ahead run. the tigers beat the white sox 6-5. >>> and in texas, a rangers fan was on his cell phone in the first inning when he calmly reached out with his glove to catch a foul ball. he made it look easy, didn't he? the rangers josh hamilton hit a grand slam home run and texas beat cleveland 9-1. >>> finally, some amazing video from youtube. an 8-year-old skateboarding phenom, evan doherty doing a 720-degree rotation on a

the philadelphia eagles are one team with mike vick at quarterback and another team without him. it has been the overriding concern of this organization how can we keep him healthy? tonight they tried to keep him in the pocket and he ends up injured. it's part of the game for the eagles. >> pittsburgh and indianapolis next week. see you there. >> looking forward to it. >> ben roethlisberger and the afc champion steelers on "sunday night football." begins with "football night in america" at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. local news is next. for now, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya, our whole crew, good night from atlanta. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you cryin

and he has a young friend who is the son of his old philadelphia landlady, his jackson's private secretary. so this guy is madisons pipeline to jackson. so they are in touch during the whole nullification crisis. and at least in touch to the extent that jackson knows that madison is in his corner, and madison those jackson knows that. i mean, they see this whole challenge in south carolina, in really exactly the same way. and madison even feeds another person working for jackson, livingston. he writes jackson's message which says, i'm not going to let this go forward. and madison is in touch with livingston, back to the 1790s. so by the time jackson is old and madison is much older, they've sort of found a way to diffuse. are we done? okay, thank you so much. [applause] >> this event was hosted by the national archives in washington, d.c.. >> booktv's focus on charlotte, north carolina, continues all weekend. next, an interview with the president of the charlotte writers club, david radavich. >> can you give me a little bit of the history of the charlotte writers club? >> it was founded in

evacuate they have warned residents did get ready to evacuate quickly new >> retells this morning the philadelphiat in was hit by a hit-and-run has returned home he was hit after attending a philly giants game he returned home on saturday and was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers and family he was hit august for the outside of at&t park he spent 11 days in the hospital. a bay area man has been charged in this incident >> a woman that is charged fresh in killing nursing student michele lee is to in a court today she was last seen leaving college back in man she is also expected to be assigned an attorney legal analysts said it will be a difficult case because they do not have a body >> we also know that president barack obama is going to pass on his jobs at to congress at 745 a m r time deposits he will turn the bill over to congress he is looking for support we held to bring you the president's remarks live from the rose garden that be at [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne.

season already shaking things up the philadelphia eagles are a squad loaded with dream team level talent they did what was expected by beating the injury depleted st louis rams on sunday eagle star signing number some law on his colleagues commemorating a decade since the september eleventh tragedy on the field of action things start a bittersweet for the right stephen jackson injuring his right leg three has touched. the spring michael vick he will have a great feeling to the show and just seeing these two receiver jackson a key figure want to take it to the. rules to run some stops meanwhile injured a finger on his throwing him little outing to the visiting sides injury wolves understood. the new york jets wants former u.s. president george w. bush do the honors on the coin toss before storing huge comeback with dallas cowboys. and then meets again first with miles austin holding on tight because he. needed seventy seven the jets wins all the time to get to twenty four if he saw the straight up last punt return i'm still going to buy the rally we've then set up a chance to win by inter

@eweser@ve rep, kansas citynoc rec ng the noc rec 2cugidu but the remaire incculugididung the@ richm philadelphia@ positive news fromnoc noc rec 2g 2lp otcuhegir dueurozo@ne membeg shares of yahoo rose that c.e.o. carol b fired.noc renoc rec 2cugiduoards the web tardugegit.du@ in 2008, ya per share.no yanoc rec 2noc rec 2dugidu yahoo's chief c , 2was nadumegis bank-- bank of ameri's the late. giidung@ms to noshc orree noc r@ efforts bad mortgages.noc renoc rec 2dui c 's a task bank of amerno 2to dudogi adus 2009@ at tdugidu@s handling ofial cril lyncnoc rec 2dugintrywide buy-or ducurities backeeugi mortgages. gidumajority of those mnoc rec u shufflc 2eugidu@mana@gersallie e rec noc rec 2eugidulyst kenc t2homae changes is@ crisis of confidence innoc rec . that's the issueo noifc t people, thenwill nonoc rec 2 lo noc rec 2 anotheuergidu@eugidu@ the management changes as a ik oja repeated a buy amenoric crea c to2 noc rec 2eugidufugiduof anomec g enough to overcome t noc isresunoc rec 2fugirec 2fug@ >> tom: as for the stoc gic rec 2iked in late augustnocu giduhis $@5 fugik ov c noc rec 2noc rec 2fug

season already shaking things up for some teams the philadelphia eagles are a squad loaded with dream team level talent and they did what's expected by beating the injury depleted st louis rams on sunday eagle star signing numbed someone and his colleagues commemorating a decade since the september eleventh tragedy rocked the united states and indeed across the world on the field things started bittersweet for the rams stephen jackson injuring his right leg during his touchdown run to open the scoring michael vick meanwhile having a great day threw into de sean jackson here speedster receiver jackson he had the touch finally also contributed heavily to the thirty one thirteen victory run some brought for me while injured a finger on his throwing one little on out into the visiting sides injury walls. new york jets watched george w. bush do the honors on the contrast before scoring a huge comeback win over dallas the carboys. well to run a rule in enemy territory at first with miles off still holding on tight to a pass from tony romo to make it seventeen seven the jets though would wan

the day goes on. 69 this morning in new york. philadelphia at 70. 69 in washington, d.c. 67 at hartford. temperatures from five to ten, maybe 12 degrees warmer this morning than we were this time yesterday morning. up into the mid 70s for albany and hartford. new york, afternoon showers. could see a rumble of thunder toward philadelphia. highs at 79. washington, d.c., 78, showers and thunderstorms. pittsburgh and buffalo, a chance to dry out with mostly cloudy skies. it's a wet forecast for philadelphia. 79 today. 76 tomorrow. flood watch in effect for one to three inch there. and more rain finally spreading into the southern plains, into oklahoma and texas, where they certainly need more rain in the drought-stricken areas there. it's on the way. busy weather pattern for the eastern half of the u.s. the western half underneath high pressure, cool morning in minneapolis. 47 there. 55 in chicago. 69 in atlanta. for today, eastern 1/3 of the u.s., wet, indeed. some locally heavy rains. atlanta, thunderstorms and 83. orlando, same, 92. welcome ra

he was hit by a truck outside of at & t park after seeing the philadelphia phillies play the giants.ospital before being transported the a hospital in philadelphia. 21-year-old andrew vargas has been charged in that case. >>> as sal would say the raiders open their season tonight. monday night football they are playing the denver broncos in denver. first time for coach hue jackson that took over in the off season after tom cable was fired. >> getting some running room. catches it on the sidelines. touchdown. >> that was ted junior helping the 49ers and the new niners coach jim harbaugh win their season opener. he returned that kickoff and a punt for touchdowns. the 49ers beat the sea hawks 33- 17. >>> all right coming up on 6:00. let's check in with sal for a look at the commute. >> basically handed the 49ers that win. i mean you know they were in trouble before those run backs. he's going to be a hero for a week. good morning, everybody. and yes, the raiders do play tonight. i want to mention the raiders are playing in denver. you don't have to worry about traffic here at the colise

some early favorites stretch their wings including the hawks who won the battle of the big birds against philadelphia the game notes of zero four star quarterback michael vick stewart turned to atlanta with his new eagles team on the thirty one year old didn't wait around to make his mark throwing his first of two touchdown passes midway through the opening quarter to tie the game at seventy seven though in the third quarter vick would have to leave the game this knock ending his participation with his philadelphia taking the lead while he was being treated on the sideline but the other advantage was until last vick's opposite number mike ryan laying the ball off for his fourth t.d. pass here michael turner the man running it in full kittens ticket thirty five thirty. overall favorites for super bowl success this year new england made a two wins from two this season with victory over sunday a go tom brady very much all that much in massachusetts with the three time n.f.l. champion for a week for three touchdowns on a moment four hundred twenty three yards in total though his team's defense run him cl