, which was violently opposed to the philadelphia plan at that the point, violently opposed to goals and quotas in the employment, went to congress. about the same time senator curtis and ruska, i think it was, sent a letter to nixon bitterly attacking me and urging my replacement. at which point george schultz asked me to give a one-page memo, come up with a one-page memo to be provided to nixon defending the philadelphia plan. i stayed up with my executive assistant john irving all night to write that one-pager. and in the defense i relied on with some imagination, creativity, the statement he had made as vice president under eisenhower using the term "affirmative action." i sent that to the president. there was certainly people in the administration, not us, not the labor department, but people in the administration who thought it took some satisfaction out of the fact that the philadelphia plan and its ensuing initiatives divided the aflcio and the civil rights groups. in any event the aflcio had gone to congress to take away our funding for the philadelphia plan or like plans. t

but when the constitution was first presented in philadelphia, this is what it said. we the people of the states of new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, new, new jersey, pennsylvania, dell, north to live in south carolina and georgia do establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our prosperity. that was the original preamble. you might want to wonder why the heck did they change it. it's very simple. the man who's in charge of changing the preamble was named gouverneur morse, a nationalist. he was thinking along the same lines as james madison. but they were afraid of some things. number one, rhode island didn't even send a delegation to the philadelphia convention site can you listen to the preamble when they are not there? number two, when all 13 states ratified this thing, and if they did and you list them in the preamble, that could cause some problems. so the constitution was only binding on the states that ratified it. not everyone ratified it, it wouldn't be binding on them. it was pointed out over and over again

the list is endless for philadelphia. ey can score at will and their speed is going to be a factor as time goes on. once the motor started to hum in second and third periods, i thought the new jersey devils had a tough time keeping pace. >> flyers take this one down 4-3 in overtime. we're sending you back to philadelphia. doc, edo and pierre will have the final word. >>> those seats are red. not orange anymore. they departed out on to broad street to celebrate this overtime victory. in addition to what we were hearing from "nhl live" your thoughts on what we saw? >> we saw a lot of gutsy performances. i thought braydon coburn was outstanding for the philadelphia flyers. he lugged a puck up, played hard minutes, penalty kill, playing against zach parise a lot tonight. played just under 27 minutes of ice time. it's hard to look by a lot of particular players on either team that had real strong afternoons but to me braydon coburn stuck out by using his size is, his skating ability and helping the flyers win this game in overt

the list is endless for philadelphia. ey can score at will and their speed is going to be a factor as time goes on. once the motor started to hum in second and third periods, i thought the new jersey devils had a tough time keeping pace. >> flyers take this one down 4-3 in overtime. we're sending you back to philadelphia. doc, edo and pierre will have the final word. >>> those seats are red. not orange anymore. they departed out on to broad street to celebrate this overtime victory. in addition to what we were hearing from "nhl live" your thoughts on what we saw? >> we saw a lot of gutsy performances. i thought braydon coburn was outstanding for the philadelphia flyers. he lugged a puck up, played hard minutes, penalty kill, playing against zach parise a lot tonight. played just under 27 minutes of ice time. it's hard to look by a lot of particular players on either team that had real strong afternoons but to me braydon coburn stuck out by using his size is, his skating ability and helping the flyers win this game in overt

i covered the philadelphia school district it's my beat. for a long time i would do my daily stories and work on the series, you know, kind of in my spare time but it really was a huge commitment on the paper's part and we're particularly proud that it was a staff award because we really feel like the whole staff made this happen. >> brown: i can't help but note, of course, that it happens at a time when your paper, of course, lots of papers are going through economic hard times. your paper has had several... many rounds of lay-offs. the parent company was recently sold. that's the kind of larger context for your work. >> absolutely. it was a great day in the news room. you know, we really felt like it focused the spotlight on the fact that not just my colleagues and i who worked on the series but everyone at the inquirer is doing really good work and, you know, we really feel like public service journalism is, you know, what we're in business to do. you know, it was a great day. >> brown: is there a follow-up report going on to this or othe

earlier today the flyers put an end to it. in philadelphia, first period, 32 seconds in, claude giroux finding the back of the net. >> terrific wrist shot by giroux. you have to love the energy he brought to the game, really to the entire series to get the flyers started. >> after the second period, 2-0. make it three. eric gustafsson, his first career playoff goal. danny briere the answer. 34 seconds after pittsburgh made it 3-1. >> the stake in the heart by briere. he knew it was in all along. there was a little question mark. no doubt about it. >> danny briere, 104 career playoff points, 103 career playoff games. the philadelphia flyers, 5-1 winners over the pittsburgh penguins. the favorite to come out of the eastern conference. the favorite to win the stanley cup is now going home. philadelphia takes down the series four games to two. these two teams, a lot of talent out there. sidney crosby considered by many the top player in the world. yevgeny malkin the top player of the season. >> top player of the postseason and top player in today

earlier today the flyers put an end to it. in philadelphia, first period, 32 seconds in, claude giroux finding the back of the net. >> terrific wrist shot by giroux. you have to love the energy he brought to the game, really to the entire series to get the flyers started. >> after the second period, 2-0. make it three. eric gustafsson, his first career playoff goal. danny briere the answer. 34 seconds after pittsburgh made it 3-1. >> the stake in the heart by briere. he knew it was in all along. there was a little question mark. no doubt about it. >> danny briere, 104 career playoff points, 103 career playoff games. the philadelphia flyers, 5-1 winners over the pittsburgh penguins. the favorite to come out of the eastern conference. the favorite to win the stanley cup is now going home. philadelphia takes down the series four games to two. these two teams, a lot of talent out there. sidney crosby considered by many the top player in the world. yevgeny malkin the top player of the season. >> top player of the postseason and top player in today

the language without understanding what they said it meant in philadelphia. but oftentimes you can't understand the constitution and what they said it went without understanding what they said in the state ratifying conventions of throughout the united states. in fact, james madison agreed this is what she said. she said the constitution was only brought to life and only found its meaning because of the state conventions which gave it all of of levity and authority that it possessed. in other words, what we presented in philadelphia means nothing. what the state ratifying convention said it means everything to it and we don't often hear about these things. so perhaps the most famous supreme court justice ever, john marshall was a member of the generation never on time referenced the state ratifying conventions and they are never witnessed the the state ratifying convention is where everything was discussed and hammered out and the state's many of them wavering in support were sold the constitution and sold a bill of goods in essence on the basis of the constit

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

. >> 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

church in philadelphia, the first african-american church of this nation. so, again, we have this irony. we have washington in philadelphia in the white house with nine enslaved people in a community, a nearby community that wasn't necessarily supportive of this idea of enslavement. and, in fact, one of those who were enslaved with washington in philadelphia escapes. she was the enslaved servant of martha washington, had been her enslaved servant for many, many years. one night they asked her to go out to get food for the next day. she went to the market and she didn't come back. oh, my goodness. that's what george said. that's what martha said. at first they were worried that maybe something had happened to her, that she'd been kidnapped or killed or murdered. but later what they found out is that she turned up not at the local market but in new hampshire. i say to people that i don't like cold weather. most african-americans i know -- and i could be wrong -- don't like cold weather. so this woman wanted to be free because she went to new hampshire to get a

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they asked his permission to take this memorial to the congress in philadelphia. washington was very uneasy about this. it was a violation of military protocol, it could be seen, of course, as a challenge to civilian authority. authority that he had always respected. but nonetheless, the situation was so grave that he feared if he refused permission for his officers to take this memorial to philadelphia, he would resent the consequences that would arise. the memorial began in asking the congress, quote, as the head and sovereign to hear our plea, we have borne all that men can bear in further experiments on our patients may have fatal effects. this memorial was the one entrusted to colonels ogden, brookes and general mcdougal to deliver to the congress. the congress received the memorial, gave it to a committee, of course, and the committee then deliberated for weeks and weeks. in the meantime, those gentlemen i mentioned earlier, hamilton, madison, morris, and morris and lincoln, began to concoct a plan. they saw an opportunity here with the disgruntled army to us

the oakland a's are losing in anaheim and the giants are losing to philadelphia. rriors are listed as an incentive. >> the trial for roger clemens began today. it is a retrial for the for radio, clemens is accused of lying to congress that if it has an 8 when he said he never took steroids. barry bauds is of all those that this because of defective fire to. fox half offs cough >>gary: arkansas is in need of a coach after by the country know was let go for lying to the administrators. who won the boston marathon questions >>gary: you know what i just figured out? if i need anything, i will call vicki liviakis. she knows all of the doctors and dentists. >>pam: the died in the dish, she knows which restaurants to go to. >>gary: it is amazing how one person is so restore full. who won the boston marathon? 27,000 runners. the top male was from kenya. the top female was also from kenya. that sets us up for what is ahead in may. baedeker's is coming up. >>pam: we will see you at 11:00 p.m.. tonight.

. >> the great grandfather to this guy was the owner of the philadelphia as. es he have the magic name or something. >> he has a magic name but he doesn't have a magic campaign. the republican problem in florida is the same as missouri. they don't have an obvious candidate. they don't have a clear winner. unless you get one you will tip it to the incumbent unless florida goes heavily for mitt romney. >> let me ask you about coat tails. your theme tonight larry. i guess because i come from a state of ticket splitters, pennsylvania. i'm surprised that power you've given to the presidential line here. >> chris, we're in a polarized era, increasingly polarized. and because of that, fewer and fewer voters who show up at a presidential election are willing to cross ticket vote. they just stay in the same column. if they start democratic, they vote democratic from the courthouse to the white house. same thing if they are voting republican. the same is true in senate and white house this year. >> and you buy that? sounds like you do. >> i do for the most part. i think

collapsed two other firefighters are in critical condition and strong winds fuel the flames the philadelphiaa including new jersey has and under red flag alert to the is of high winds and low humidity. 18 drivers accused of crashing into account her family that are riding their bicycles down not like the crash site where memorial is going for the father and his granddaughter. the morning franken juliet please a looking in cell phone records trying to determine if the team was on the phone or texting at the time of occurrence since it allows the see of whether drugs or alcohol were involved the debris strewn accident scene reveals the violence of the crash the smashed as to be twisted bicycles on the ground a fire had been ripped its base if he and his nine year-old daughter into a role daughters and her but her injuries are considered not life-threatening soon afterward that the crash was out committee members came to the crash site to see for themselves and their specs and the flowers and even pride the 17 year-old driver is being held at juvenile hall in martinez charged with vehicular man

the arena football, the philadelphia soul has hosting and the saber caps. en touchdowns for philadelphia. they held off a late rally by san jose winning 61/55. the saber cash strapped 2 3/2 this season. hbo is reportedly interested in the 49ers' been the focus for their training camp series hard knocks. no one enjoyed the spotlight more than rex line in the jets' two years ago. it is a long shot at it would sign off on this. the new raiders general manager reggie mckenzie wants no part in the reality series. >> i think that training camp is a long time with your team, alone time with your team. and to have that politicized, i do not know if the coach would want to have those guys here. don't ask me because my answer is " stay away ". >> they did not film hard knocks last year because of the lockout and a lot of people really like that series. i enjoy it but i understand the coach's point of view. is a distraction. >> there are some personalities that a better suited for reality tv. >> thank you. in a coma and fighting for his wife, we'll have an update on hi

. >>> tragedy for the philadelphia fire department. new details on a deadly warehouse fire. >>> what one group is doing so that we can swim here in this water. that story straight ahead. >>> unloading sweet cargo in the inner harbor. why this is such a historic day for domino sugars. i'm andrea fujii that's just ahead on wjz eyewitness newsful. >>> not too shabby out there but will the nice weather continue. the updated weather warning forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, >>> a polluted inner harbor is becoming cleaner, safer thanks to teams of volunteers. wjz is live and jessica kartalija explains what's being done to draw tourists and fish and crab. >> reporter: that's right, the city is teaming up with classrooms to make the water even cleaner. gail brewer has lived in sails point his entire life. he remembers when the water in the harbor was clean. >> yeah we had a lot of oysters. other crabs and stuff. you don't see no big nice chesapeake blue crabs, you see smaller ones but not big one. >> reporter: now a renewed effort to

music really is one of the three most important things in our lives. >> in philadelphia in 1956, he took over a popular local teen music and dance show. >> this is wfil-tv. >> and quickly turned it into a national sensation. american bandstand launched the careers of hundreds of artists from the supremes -- ♪ stop in the name of love >> to the beach boys -- ♪ well it's been building up inside of me ♪ >> even the young michael jackson. >> please meet for the first visit the jackson 5. >> a prolific entrepreneur, he created the american music awards, produced the golden globes, hosted the $10,000 pyramid until it was worth $100,000, and in 1972, launched this new year's eve tradition. >> when i say new year's eve, do you think of any other place in the world? you think of times square. >> clark was the new year's eve institution until 2004 when his life took a scary turn. >> clark is recovering tonight from a stroke. >> he was hospitalized for seven weeks after the stroke and for the first time in 33 years. he was unable to host his rockin' eve countdown. one year later, he made a brave re

it hurt them because they allowed two shorthanded goals for the philadelphia flyers. re scored upon well on the power play. and the flyers took full advantage. they created offensive chances. turnover by kris letang. it's claude giroux with a chance to score there. fleury, a nice save. not good decisions with the puck by letang. he gets crushed trying to get the puck in the zone. too much individual work by him in particular. crosby has a tough play, turns it over. and giroux's off to the races shorthanded. talbot picks up the marker right there. another shorthanded goal. 3-2, the score. penguins on a power play. and giroux pumps in the second shorty of the game. flyers took full advantage of some miscues by the penguins. >> it's the perplexing approach the pittsburgh penguins have taken to this thing, they haven't paid attention at all to the defensive side of the game. you see turnovers. you see misreads coming back on the back-check. just terrible defensive stuff. 12 goals in two games is not going to cut the mustard. the scary thing for pittsburgh is this didn't ju

by the time philadelphia rescue crews get him up from the riverbank and to a local hospital, it's toois dead. >> no one will ever know for sure if he could have been saved. garrett couples says he doesn't blame the crowd or the police for not jumping in if they weren't properly trained. but he says it's hard to believe with so many authorities on the scene that none of them knew how to make a water rescue. >> i mean, it's -- it doesn't make sense to me that you have fire rescue within two blocks, marine rescue within two miles, and none of them are trained in water rescue. to me, that is -- i mean, that's unspeakable. >> after the incident, the victim's family files a complaint and the philadelphia police department conducts an internal investigation. the internal investigation concludes that their officers provided adequate service. as soon as police were notified of buford's position, they dispatch a negotiator and within minutes also call their marine unit. but the marine unit, though based nearby, had been dispatched to another river earlier that day and is miles away, pulling up

last year, they peaked at $4.50 gallon.5 a >> refineries are closing in the philadelphia area, and that has pressure on the east coast. >> he is making plans for a costly summer. >> it has gotten so bad. paycheck to paycheck, it is not getting any better. >> a warning for parents tonight about an unapproved and children's medicine. health officials put out the alert in the last 48 hours for an over-the-counter medication called baxil. we have more on what you need to know. >> hands on the medicine in question. if you have this medicine in their house, throwing out. it should be taken from a retail perspective. the medicine is mostly found in latino convenience stores. it is ineffective in treating some of the conditions. the >> one of the concerns is that it contains a drug that is an antibiotic required to be prescribed by prescription only. it is not an over-the-counter medication. it is not safe for people to take. >> they were alerted about baczol after a physician at johns hopkins in baltimore found several families were giving it to their children. the health department found bacz

. >> this is at the philadelphia zoo in pennsylvania. this is 3-year-old sophie playing with the otters. >> that is so cute. it's following her. >> that's adorable. you're like looking at her and she runs and they follow her. >> like a little human. >> look at the otters' faces while they follow her. they are saying keep playing. i want to follow you. >> we spoke to this little girl's family. her uncle said he tried to do this. otters wanted nothing to do with him, didn't chase him at all. otters are evidently fascinated by the innocence of children. >> like an otter magnet. >> her dad said otters did this for about 15 minutes and probably would have kept this up if they hadn't dragged sophie away. >> i wonder if they like her because she's the same height as the water level. they can see her completely and not just a pair of legs. >> sophie is laughing, dad is behind the cameras giggling. everybody is so happy. sophie was three when this happened. they just uploaded the video. she just had her fourth birthday. >> wonder if they served ot

. >> the philadelphia soul hosting the saber cats. throwing seven touchdowns, philly took control in the fourth and held off a late rally and san jose to win 61/55. they drop to 3/2 this season. hbo is focused on the 49 years as part of their series hard knocks. no one enjoyed the spotlight more than rex ryan and the jets two years ago. it is a long shot that he would sign on faugh for this. the raiders' general manager wants no part of the reality series. >> i think that training camp is a long time. not to be politicized. i do not know if the coach would want to have those guys here. don't ask me because my answer would be " stay away ". >> it is a great series ended to a great job shooting it but i have seen coaches that kind of want to shy away from it because it does become a distraction even though you to get a lot of exposure. >> if your team does not do well, then it is documented. >> thankyou. working to preserve something that will outlast us all. coming up tonight on eyewitness news at six a, why something was done to prese

in game one of the eastern conference semifinals, danny briere's slap shot in overtime puts the philadelphia flyers over the new jersey devils 4-3. >>> in baseball, tampa bay beat the rangers at home and the rays do it on the strong left arm of david price. he strikes out six. tampa bay over texas 5-2. >>> when we come back, a wake-up call for young diabetes patients. why treating the disease in children is a lot more difficult. [ female announcer ] style is long lasting when hair is nourished dove challenged women to go the day without looking at themselves in the mirror after styling with new dove style plus care in the morning. we covered every reflection they could look in. ♪ style is long lasting when hair is nourished. ♪ that's why new dove style plus care with nutri-style complex nourishes and conditions so your style can go the distance. new dove style plus care. better style through better care. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., partly sunny, 67. atlanta, mostly sunny, 88. st. louis, rain, 79. denver, partly sunny, 75. seattle

how about the philadelphia flyers? they beat the pittsburgh penguins.s a look at sports. >> great to hear about the nats. coming up, meet the newest edition to the arsenal of mascots >> we are back with some entertainment news. it has finally happened. brad pitt finally proposed to angelina jolie. to make things more romantic, he designed the ring. very talented guy. the couple has been together since 2005 and have six children. three are adopted. no wedding date has been set. there is a new hoya in town. his name is jack jr.. he is not so tiny but he is pretty fierce. he is georgetown's mascot in training. he will take over for jack who had surgery on his acl later this month. the hoya pep band welcomed and by leading everyone in the school song. he even received his very own georgetown color. he was on a cross-country tour from california. he just got back into washington today. >> quiet here, but look it up what is going on in the middle of the country. tornado watches and warnings for parts of oklahoma city, in and around us for the remainder of the

the "philadelphia enquirer" ran a poll, gauged the confidence of people had in the phils, after dropping of three of the fables four games in a 162-game season. first, confident, and it's too early to judge. second, not in panic mode yet, but worried. hey, this, but not this. and finally this third, lose two games to the pitiful pirates says the phils are in for a hard time being competitive in 2012 and are basically done. >> the house of pain! >> these don't add up to 100%. 10% said they were confident. 15% said they were going to panic. and 55% had already given up on the team. after four games, after they won 102 games last year. worse, what did die? i voted i would give up on the phils twice. i threw in the towel myself. that's how people feel into this market. five days after the sell-off of a record-breaking quarter. i have to restrain to myself returning negative on the phils today, given the new set of horrible that just sprung up. i feel guilty about the two votes. anyway, that's why i struggle to find stocks to buy, not sell into the weakness. that's why i'm emphasizing high gr

the need to modify. that is what happens in philadelphia a. it was called a miracle. nobody was sure it would get out that it appeared it would die before the middle of summer 1787. is the large states against the small states. madison is from a large state. not the real issue. the real issue is what type of government? national or federal? today we have a federal government they did not call it that. sherman and rutledge said we wanted federal government that madison wanted a national government. there is a difference. federal was general only with general purposes in mind everything else left to the states that is what that generation argued for. of the national government to put all power with the central authority. made you start talking you still hear the term the term turnaround but general government for general purposes? i will talk about that. with the constitution came out to comment no one was sure if it would be ratified. they have risen in, talked about it, but poured their hearts out but no one was sure that it would make it out of the state's to be ratif

first round craft drake draft pick of the philadelphia phillies. greed to sign a one-day minor league deal with the phillies and then retire during his series with the red sox coming up in may. he got injured. meantime we got the cleveland indians agreeing on a one-year contract with outfielder jhonny damon who was chasing three this happened hits. he's 277 hits shy. so damon is going to have a shot to get ever closer to that one. >>> warriors and mavericks by the finish. the warriors pushed them, but in the end it would be the mavericks in charge, winning 112-103, just eight games left in the regular season.

it happened a few wekeks ago at the philadelphia convenience store. the man went to pay and accidentally dropped the money. the woman saw what happened. instead of telling him thee grabbed the cash, checked to see if any one noticed. and then left. the video made the news. and the woman was arrested after a flood of tips. she confessed saying she used money on rent. the victim told police he was hoping to use the money for a car. >>> a youtube recording deskris helped catch teachers apparently mistreating his 10-year-old autistic son. he decided to put a recording device on his son after he started getting notes about his son acting violently towards his teachers. he recorded the teachers back in february, but he posted it on youtube last week. >> oh, boy. knock it off. >> go ahead and scream, because guess what? you're going to get nothing. until your mouth is shut. >> the father filed a petition to pass a law that would require school district to immediately fire teachers who bully children. the teachers in that recording, in fact, no longer work for