. >>> the statue of former mayor frank rizzo will be moved from thomas payne plaza after it became ash point ever controversy and vandalism. >> reporter: city officials say the frank rizzo statue will be moved from thomas payne plaza after receiving 4,000 responses from the public. the mayor was from 1972 to 1980. while known for decades to service to the city many associate him with racism. calls for the statue to be removed after white nationalist recall in charlottesville. a number of people we spoke with think the statue should stay. >> i think he did a great job in the 70s. jody de lababaro. >> he knew him, he never asked are you black or white or asian or hispanic, he liked everybody and helped everybody. >> reporter: online support for the rizzo statue has gained 25,000 signatures. >> we're looking into our legal options which i believe are ready. >>> there was a new place of play for kids at a chester county school. a large pair of scissors were needed to cut the ribbon at the playground. it was time to check it out the bender playground in noon phoenixville. >>> hundreds rol

. >> reporter: city officials say the frank rizzo statue will be moved from thomas payne plaza aftereiving four thousand submissions from the public. he was the mayor from 1972 to 1980. while known for decades of service to the city many associate him with racism and minority oppression. calls called for its removal after the nationalist rally in charlottesville. a number of people say the statue should stay. >> i think he did a great job. >> reporter: jody delabarbo was his secretary for decades and knew him. >> he helped everybody. >> reporter: she said the committee to keep the statue where it is has formed an online submission in party has gained $25,000. >> we're looking into our legal options which i believe are many. >> reporter: trish hartman, reporting. meteorologist source is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, yesterday i was in a sleeveless dress sitting at a sidewalk cafe at 5:00 p.m. at night. >> reporter: i've been in shorts for the last three months now, it's been unbelievable. let's go live on sky6 live hd, a beautiful shot of the center city skyl

consider that runaway bestseller of the revolutionary era, "common sense," by thomas payne. thomas paine was certainly no christian, but here is what he argued for the republic. the prophet samuel disapproves of government by kings payne , argued. for near 3000 years, israel is the kind of republic issued by a judge and elders of the tribe. that is, until the jews under a national delusion, requested a king. even the most skeptical of the founders regarded religion and republican self-government as potentially complementary. like the puritans, the founders fell short of their own ideals. while the declaration loudly declared all men are created equal, the constitution tacitly downgraded african slaves to 3/5 of a person. as man was taken to mean free white men there was no , contradiction. but as the abolitionist movement took hold, more americans began to challenge this assumption. some defenders of southern slavery sought to do away with the contradiction by doing away with the declaration itself. john calhoun, the chief ideologue of the southern slave-ocracy, said all men

it is on thomas payne plaza across from city hall. it has been -- demonstrators called for it to be taken down. his defenders say he wasn't racist. the city said our goal moving forward is to seamlessly relocate the statue to a new location in the city. >>> glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. >> we are going to be in the 70s today but tomorrow it's much colder, barely out of the 50s. >> thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11:00. we'll see you at 4:00. adder. caught spending campaign money on lavish dinners and fine cigars for his pals. investigated for being a lobbyist and a senator at the same time. sweeney voted to raise taxes 145 times while our economy continues to struggle. south jersey is a mess, and it's time to take out the trash. on november 7th, make a change. dump sweeney. a bridge shut down over politics. their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. chris christie and kim guadagno's failures shortchanged our future. after 8 years- incomes are down, costs are up and our economy is crawling. we are better than this. i'm phil murp

. >>> the statue of former mayor frank rizzo will be moved from thomas payne plaza after it become ash point of controversy and vandalism. trish hartman has more. >> i don't think they should destroy it. however i think they should not have it in the center of the city. >> reporter: city officials say the statue will be removed from the plaza after receiving 4,000 responses from the public. he served as commissioner of the philadelphia police department and city mayor from 1972 to 1980. known for decades of service to the city many associate him with racism even minority oppression. calls for the premove -- removallal after the white nationalist rally in charlottesville. many thing it should stay. >> i think he did a great job in the 70s. >> reporter: his secretary knew him for decades. i knew him, he never said are you black or white or republican or democrat he helped everybody. >> reporter: she said the committee to keep the statue where it is has form and online petition in support has gained 25,000 signatures. >> we're looking into our legal options which i believe are many. >>

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about 100 anti-trump protesters list toned speakers at thomas payne plaza, before marching through center city. >>> meantime, in new york city this morning, that city beefing up security for this morning's marathon. it attract spectators and runners from all around the worlds and is only ever been canceled once. as wendy gillette it reports, it follows west tuesday's terror attack in manhattan. >> this family enjoying manhattan, before kyle runs the new york city marathon sunday. arrived thursday night two, days after alleged terrorist who said he was inspired by isis drove a pick-up truck into bicyclists cents. killing eight people, and injuring 11 other. >> was there any consideration to pull out when you heard about that terror attack? >> no consideration at all, no i'm locked and loaded and ready to go. >> others are a bit more uneasy like new yorker diane malcolm. >> i've been apprehensive about running the marathon, but i also realize i can't let it stop me. >> the nypd deploying extra k9 unit, extra undercover officers,. >> the city also adding additional sand trucks and vehicles t

or consider that runaway bestseller of the revolutionary era, "common sense" by thomas payne. he was no christian, but here is how he argued it. they disapproved of government by kings, for near 3000 years, israel had a kind of republic administered by a judge and the elders of the tribe, that is until the jews, under a national delusion, requested a king. so even the most skeptical of the founders regarded biblical religion and republican self-government as potentially complement to rate. -- complementary. but the founders fell far short of their own ideals, like the puritans. while the declaration loudly declare that all men were created equal, the const fusion downgraded -- constitution downgraded african slaves to thsee sets of a person -- 3/5 of a person. if freeman med free, white, man, no problem. some defenders of southern slavery sought to do away with the contradiction by doing away with the declaration itself. john c calhoun, the chief ideologue of the southern slave ocracydly, -- slave dismissed all men created equal as a falsehood admitted in the declaration witho

. >>> protesters gathered yesterday at thomas payne plaza, but themes it had nothing to do with the frank rizzo statue. a group of activists were speaking out opposed to the trump penn state administration and counter protesters showed up as well. a number of people made speech bruce springsteen they began a march if city hall to rittenhouse square. >>> vice president mike pence visiting york pennsylvania yesterday afternoon, touting president trump's tax proposal, pence said the economy has been clicking if it's approved, it will be the largest rewrite of the tax code in three decades. >>> president trump kicking off his 12-day trip to asia playing a few round of golf. accompanied by the japanese prime minister, it will be the longest tour of the con intent in 25 years. john roberts has more on his travels. >> reporter: president trump touching down in japan beginning his five nation trip to asia with north korea if front and center on the agenda. his first stop an american military base near tokyo. >> our lions is a testament to the transformtive power of freedom. today, nations that on

i will take my philosophy from thomas payne, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln, and i will not be dictatedtimidated by matterwhom the kkk, as a of committee record, is an acceptable american institution. that on manyer questions of public interest my opinions as a citizen have not always been with the opinions of the majority. they are not now nor have they ever been fixed and unchanging. nor are they now fixed or unchangeable. right or wrong, i claim, and i insist upon my rights to speak freely, to join the republican ,arty or the communist party the democratic, or the prohibition party, to publish whatever i please. to fix my mind or change my mind without dictation from anyone. to offer any criticism i see fitting of any public official or policy. to join any organization i please no matter what certain legislatures may think of them. above all, i challenge the right of this committee to inquire into my political or religious beliefs or in any manner or degree, and i insist that the conduct of the committee -- not the conduct of the committee but its very existence are a subversion of t