he certainly doesn't believe his career at the vatican is over yet. even though today cardinal pell was looking very solemn and even emotionally distraught. >> he is set to appear in court in melbourne on the 18th of july. for the time being what does this mean for pope francis? >> cardinal fell was a very important linchpin for pope francis even though they are not necessarily line up completely in terms of their points of view and their policies on the catholic church. cardinal pell was the architect of pope francis's economic reform. desire to overhaul the vatican departments, make them more financially responsible. he's going to be sorely missed by the pope. the pope said today in a statement that he accepted the cardinal's decision with regret. he appreciated his contribution. he said he had been particularly forthright and honest and dedicated in his energetic attempts to overhaul a resistant vatican. pope francis and cardinal pell enemies within the vatican today will be chairing the fact that he has been forced to stand aside to face these cha

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he loved his years at the vatican.n terms of his personal needs, it was a time of lonely, silent withdrawal. he studied and published. he didn't speak about his sexuality, especially not at the vatican. it was always clear that being gay wasn't allowed. krzysztof: i was a proper young man of faith -- certain that homosexuals were bad people, pathological, sick, that they couldn't be with us all together in the community. that they wouldn't go to heaven, that they were dangerous and dirty. reporter: charamsa's dream was to work at the congregation of the doctrine of the faith. he was there for 12 years, and a major follower of cardinal josef ratzinger, who led the institution for years. but he couldn't deal with how homosexuality was dealt with and the jokes made about gays. yet he didn't have the confidence to protest. krzysztof: when pope benedict signed a decree, and that decree said that no homosexual man could become a priest because a homosexual man is like someone who is mentally ill -- that decree truly discrimi

but vatican watchers tell us, anthony, read between the lines here. it is quite possible the church and the pope is distancing itself from pell and not certain that pell will return. >> seth doane at the vatican. thanks. >>> hot, dry weather continues to fuel a wave of wildfires in the west. nearly 30 large fires are burning in eight states. in central washington state several wildfires were sparked by lightning. they've destroyed more than 56,000 acres. >>> three years to the day after isis declared a muslim caliphate in the iraqi city of mosul, u.s.-backed forces retook that city's famous mosque. isis has also been surrounded in raqqa, the syrian city it considers its capital. as isis loses ground, it's also losing fighters. holly williams has more on that from inside syria. >> reporter: 81 men and boys, all accused of fighting for isis in serving time in prison according to america's syrian allies, and reunited with their families. [ crying ] abu bakr al baghdadi and his army of terrorists enforced a version of islam unrecognizable to most muslims,

." >>> sex abuse charges hit a high ranking vatican official. now the accused cardinal i speaking out. >>> and president trump's travel ban takes effect today. details on the restrictions. >>> plus, new safety rules are being rolled out at airports across the u.s. the changes you'll notice the next time you fly the friendly skies. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at studio head quarts here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a top vatican adviser, the chief's financial adviser, he's the most senior catholic and the highest ranking vatican official ever charged in the church's sexual abuse scandal. earlier this morning he addressed the allegations. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> australian officials say there are multiple complaints against pell. seth doane is in rome. good morning, seth. >> reporter: good morning. this very elite group of leaders in the catholic church. cardinal pell is a

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he is the chief financial minister here at the vatican and one of pope francis' closest to the vaticanare historical allegations, and we know from reports in australian media for some time that there have been allegations referring to the '70s and '80s when cardinal pell was a priest in australia. and ever since those allegations first came out, the cardinal has strenuously denied them as he did this morning here at the vatican. the vatican, as well, issued a statement this morning essentially supporting cardinal pell. at the same time, expressing their respect for the australian justice system which will have to decide the merits of the case. they reiterated the cardinal's denial of any wrongdoing in this situation. they are banning him from any public liturgical events here at the vatican. and he has been given a leave of absence by pope francis to return to australia to face the charges. dave? >> delia gallagher live in rome, thank you. >>> 48 minutes past the hour. wall street is losing its appetite for blue apron, and amazon is the reason. >>> a bad situation some venezuela gettin

he is in charge of the vatican's finances, he isa charge of the vatican's finances, he is a key financialer to probe francis. and formally, cardinal pell was the archbishop of sydney and melbourne —— pope francis. a very powerfulfigure in the melbourne —— pope francis. a very powerful figure in the catholic church and just to repeat a statement that an office in sydney released in the last few hours, he says he will return to australia as soon as says he will return to australia as soon as possible to try and clear his name. thank you very much indeed. hong kong is braced for the arrival of the chinese president, xijinping. his plane came injust a short while ago, and he arrived really on two counts, 20 years of chinese rule in hong kong, and this is the point at which carrie lam will be inaugurated as the new chief executive of hong kong as well. as you can see that, a number of dignitaries gathered, waiting for xijinping to number of dignitaries gathered, waiting for xi jinping to arrive. juliana liu is in hong kong. obviously a significant moment, but on many levels and the security ar

vatican treasurer.ralia's most senior catholic cardinal. his name, george pell. the pope was at the vatican this morning, blessing 36 arch bishops appointed over the last year. this is footage of that. the spokesperson says that the pope has learned with reg that francis had granted pell a leave of absence to defend himself in court. police announce the charges in melbourne without giving further details. cardinal pell spoke about the charges overnight calling them false and saying that he is innocent. he's now on leave. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. >>> that was the scene outside of the trump international hotel yesterday as the president held his first reelection fundraiser. the group chanted and held signs criticizing the president's health care and environmental policies. the republican national committee expected to raise about $10 million. >>> it was just two weeks ago when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in alexandria. several people, including house majority wh

bureaucracy has stopped attem pts vatican bureaucracy has stopped atte m pts to vatican bureaucracya central issue. 0ne but he now faces a central issue. one of his closest allies, man he picked to come from australia to rome to reform finances, now has to go back to australia to defend himself in court. george pell, like anyone else, he is innocent until proven guilty, of course, but the very fa ct proven guilty, of course, but the very fact he now has to answer these charges made by the police will be something quite uncomfortable for the pope and the catholic church. the behaviour of the officials of the catholic church, the senior officials, the cardinals, 120 of can vote in an election, they affect the pope's ability to lead the church, they affect his reputation and his credibility. thanks forjoining us. talks to restore power—sharing at stormont remain deadlocked as a deadline set by the government approaches. if a deal isn't reached by four o'clock this afternoon, northern ireland could face a return to direct rule from westminster. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is at

the pontiff has suspended pell from his a job as the vatican finance chief.is facing allegations of sexual assault, charges brought in his australian homelanand. >> news s of these charges strengthens my results andnd cot proceedings now offer me an opportununity to clear my name d returnrn here back to rome. correspondent: the australian is facing a number of charges, among them, these two men accused the cardinal of molesting them in a sum equal in the 1970's. -- in a swimming pool in the 1970's. >> in the past, the vatican has always invoke its immunity. the cardinal has never before had to defend himself before a court outside the vatican. cardinal pell has already faced one allegation for sexual abuse in australia. he was acquitted them for lack of evidence. on the 18th of july, the cardinal's faith the latest charges -- the cardinal will face the latest charges. >> the parliament has approved -- >> in serbia, lawmakers hahave elected the first email and first -- first female and first openly lesbianan presiden. her elelection makes her history in the pr

att vatican watchers tell us, anthony, "read between the lines ndre."quite possible the church uid the pope is distancing itself from pell, and it's not certain that pell will return. >> mason: seth doane at the vatican, thanks. hot, dry weather continues to fuel a wave of wildfires in the west. nearly 30 large fires are burning in eight states. in central washington state, several wildfires were sparked by lightning. >> in california flames spread across malibu canyon inching closer to three years to the day after isis declared a muslim caliphate in the iraqi city of mosul, u.s.-backed forces retook that city's famous mosque. isis has also been surrounded in raqqa, the syrian city it considers its capital. as isis loses ground, it's also losing fighters. holly williams has more on that from inside syria. >> reporter: 81 men and boys, all accused of fighting for isis in syria, now reformed after serving time in prison, according to america's syrian allies, and reunited with their families. abu bakr al-baghdadi and his army of terrorists enforced a versi

vatican - facing criminal charges this morning. what he's accused of doing. plus more trouble overnight on the beltway. a multiple-car crash - claiming another life. the scene. but we begin at 5 o'clock with a live look outside. a nice start to the day - but get ready for things to start warming up. good morning washington i'm autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. toss to eileen 5 year anniversary of the derecho today - much warmer today; humidity a touch higher - hot & humid tomorrow through the weekend - storm chances increasing this weekend - hot 4th of july today: partly cloudy and warmer. a touch more humid. highs: 87-93 winds: s 5-15 mph tonight: clear to partly cloudy. warm and muggy. lows: 67-72 winds: s 5-10 mph friday: partly cloudy. still warm. more humid. winds: sw 5-15 mph breaking news out of maryland. beltway are back open near kennilworth avenue following a deadly crash overnight. it happened after midnight. we understand three cars were involved in the crash. one person died. maryland state police expect to release more information later this

he's in charge of all the finances here in the vatican. highest ranking cardinal to ever be charged with sexual offenses. he called this a character assassination francis for allowing a leaf of absence to travel to australia to clear his name and prove his innocence. it's still unclear whether this leave of absence is a nice way for the pope to allow him to step down from his job. what we know is that the court hearing for now is scheduled for july 18th in australia. >> thank you. >>> now to republicans scrambling as the clock winds down on their last attempt to save obamacare replacement plan. some gop members start to make overtures to their colleagues on the other side of the aisle while bracing for angry constituents as they head home. kasie hunt has more. >> reporter: after a devastating delay, protests and arrests as republicans head back into secret negotiations to crack last ditch attempt. >> we'll continue working to bring legislation to the floor for debate and ultimately a vote. >> have a big surprise with a great health care pa

what's the vatican saying about it today? both cardinal pell and the vet can are taking this seriously of course. we attended a press conference early this morning. first george pell spoke as you heard there and after that it was the chance of the director of the holy press office and paypal spokesperson who said that while the vatican regrets the allegations they kind of threw a lifeline to george pell by saying that they appreciated his honesty during his three years that he spent here as the head of the vatican finances, they appreciated his role as one of the [ inaudible ] -- and so forth. and also they confirmed that the pope allowed a leave of absence to george pell from his top post here, allowing him to travel to australia to attend that hearing. but of course as always here in the vatican you need to read between the lines so you need to understand what we don't know is whether that is a way for pope francis to allow george pell to slowly slip away from that post gracefully. peter. >> nbc's claudio lavanga is at the

these allegations take the issue of child abuse right to the door of the vatican.e've heard in the last short while a statement from george pell, cardinal pell, saying that he is willing to return to australia to defend himself. he has always strenuously denied any allegations of wrongdoing. always maintaining his innocence. safe to say these allegations made against him today will send shockwaves not just through the catholic church in australia but far beyond these shores. cardinal pell is australia's most senior catholic figure. he is the former archbishop of sydney and melbourne. he is in charge of finances at the vatican, which makes him one of the most senior catholics anywhere. and the police are saying there are several complainants. yes, more than one according to the police in the southern state of victoria. they have served these charges with cardinal pell‘s legal representatives in the city of melbourne. and it is there on the 18th ofjuly that cardinal pell will be required to attend an magistrates' court. police say there is more than one complainant,

>> yes, but people had a different attitude then. >> reporter: you covered the vatican. what do charges like this do to this institution? >> well, i think it's very serious. >> reporter: joshua macklewy of the "national catholic reporter" said charges against pell, renewed criticism of the church. >> the church has been trying to move beyond the scandal to assure people children are of their children but when something like this happens there is questions raised about what is happening and if they're doing enough. >> reporter: the vatican said they granted the leave of absence so pell could defend himself. it's quite possible the church and the pope is distancing himself from pell, and not certain that pell will return. >> mason: seth doane at the vatican, thanks. hot, dry weather continues to fuel a wave of wildfires in the west. nearly 30 large fires are burke in eight states. in central washington state, several wildfirees were sparked by lightning. they've destroyed more than 56,000 acres. three years to the day after isis declared a muslim caliphate in the iraqi cit

. >> we've got breaking news from the vatican. one of the pope's top advisers has taken a leave of absence after being charged with multiple counts of sexual assault in australia. cardinal george pell denied the charges against him during a briefing with reporters this morning. now, pell says that he will return to australia to fight the charges. this, by the way, means that he's the highest ranking vatican official to be charged in the long running sexual abuse scandal. >>> a look at the thursday weather forecast. >>oo danger, elevated fire danger for today over the southwest. notice how all the wet weather, all the thunderstorms stay off to the east. humidity values are going to be low and there will be a breeze in place. this is going to continue right into the upcoming weekend. severe threat for today continues over the upper midwest and the midwest where tornadoes, damaging winds and hail along with flooding downpours will be a concern. i'm justin povick with your accuweather forecast. >> still ahead right here, the new flu v

he denies these allegations but will lead the vatican to defend himself.cardinals of the catholic church turned out for a celebration led by pope francis. what these men do, how they behave, directly affects the pope‘s ability to lead. this morning, one of their number was missing. cardinal george pell appeared in a vatican pressroom to respond to the allegations made in australia. i‘m innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. for more than a0 years, george pell worked as a priest and then an archbishop in his own country. during the 19705, he worked in his hometown of ballarat. the police have been investigating this era. they have now brought charges. cardinal pell is facing multiple charges in respect of historic sexual offences. and there are multiple complainants relating to those charges. this isn‘t the first time the cardinal has had to answer questions about his actions. in february of last year, george pell testified via video link to an australian royal commission on child abuse. australian vict

some breaking news this hour: police in australia say a senior vatican official, cardinal george pell abusing children. he's accused of multiple child sex offences. cardinal pell is australia's most senior roman catholic and is also in charge of the vatican's finances. pell has been ordered to appear before a melbourne court onjuly the 18th. he is 76 years old. he was a priest in the town of ballarat before he was appointed archbishop of melbourne. he denies all offences. it's important to note that none of the allegations that have been made against cardinal pell have obviously been tested in any court yet. cardinal pell, like any other defendant, has a right to due process , defendant, has a right to due process, and therefore, it is important that the process is allowed to run its national calls —— natural. preserving the integrity of that process is essential to all of us. it is important that it is allowed to go through unhindered, and allowed to see naturaljustice, including cardinal pell and the complainants in this matter. here in the uk, it's been announced that nearly 30 yea

he is one of the vatican's top officials and taking a leave of absence following the accusations. molly hunter has the latest. >> reporter: today shock waves through the church after decades of claims that the cardinal is the highest ranking vatican official ever to be charged with sexual abuse. >> i am looking forward to finally having my day in court. i am innocent of these charges they are false. >> reporter: a massive blow to pope francis who declared declared a zero tolerance policy for se x abuse. and now the man in charge of the vatican's finances, one of his closest advisors in the inner circle, considered the third highest ranking official , is headed to court. >> he is facing multiple charges of sexual offenses and multiple compliance to the charges. >> reporter: police gave no other details of the allegations. his career first dogged by flames that he covered up sexual abuse by other priests including moving one priest from parish to parish instead of removing him. and there were accusations he himself was an abuser. >> there have been hundreds of investigations, and no

he was there for that visit to the vatican, and he accompanied jared kushner to iraq.schiller there seated at the table with top military leaders. >> excuse me. sit down. you weren't called. sit down. sit down. sit down. >> reporter: but it is his time on the campaign trail that garnered the most attention. >> i have the right to ask the question. >> go back to univision. >> reporter: after this look from his boss, it was schiller who ushered jorge ramos out of that now infamous news conference. >> don't touch me, sir. you cannot touch me. >> reporter: it was schiller who was seen outside of trump tower punching a protester in the face. >> and cecilia vega joins us from the white house. cecilia, as the russia investigation continues, today, the white house announced president trump will soon meet face to face with vladimir putin. >> reporter: it will happen next week in germany, tom, during that g-20 summit, but the big question right now though, will president trump raise the issue of russian interference in the election? so far, we are told by the white house the age

. >> also breaking overnight one of pope francis' top advisers now the highest ranking vatican official ever to be charged with saint barnabas. a response from the vatican and the cardinal involved. >> first though a live look outside on this thursday morning. it's june 29th. get ready for a heat wave to settle in today. weather and traffic on the 5s at 6:05. good morning, i'm allison seymour. >> and i'm steve chenevey. by heat wave you mean back to normal. >> back to what it was, yeah. >> it is almost july. welcome to fox5 news morning, first up developing overnight in the district one man dead following a shooting. this is the 800 block of 46th street. no word on who the victim is. police have a lookout for the suspect but the description pretty vague. prince george's county police investigating a deadly shooting that happened in forestville so far no suspects or motive there either. >> to northern virginia now and vre has resumed normal service on the manassas line this morning. this after a 13-year-old girl was tragically hit and killed. that teen who attended lake braddock secondar

. >> there's been breaking news overnight from the vatican. top cardinal facing charges of sexual assault says he's innocent. cardinal george pell is pope francis' chief financial adviser and australia's most senior catholic. he was charged with offenses pleased to have taken place decades ago. he'll take a leave of absence to return to australia to fight the charges. >> ♪ >> 5:02 right now. tonight parts of president trump's travel ban go into be effect following the supreme court's ruling. >> it targets travelers from six muslim majority countries and now homeland security is out with some new rules for the t.s.a. screenings that will impact many people around the world. fox5's annie yu is live at dulles airport now with the details. annie. >> reporter: hey, good morning, maureen and holly. that's right the summer flyers can expect process from t.s.a. agents especially when it comes to laptops and electronic devices and this morning here at dulles international we see the typical long summer lines that is to be expected but because of these

trump felt very at home at the vatican.e said it reminded him of one of the bathrooms at his house. [ laughter ] the pope made it clear he would like our president to join him in promoting peace, giving aid to the poor, and protecting our environment. the pope is very persuasive. unfortunately, trump is only in year 70 of his 100-year deal with the devil right now. [ laughter ] and he's got a no-trade clause. [ cheers and applause ] it's very unlikely he would switch teams. you know, when you see pope francis with a world leader, and he meets a lot of them, it's easy to read into it. he doesn't have much of a "poper" face, i guess. [ laughter ] here he is with german chancellor angela merkel, happy. president putin, not too thrilled. with president obama, laughing it up. [ cheers and applause ] and finally, here he is with the trumps. [ laughter ] it looks less like a meeting, more like the trump family passed away and they don't know it yet. [ laughter ] when the president and pope were together -- roll that clip. it's int

ranking vatican official. nbc's bill neely reports. >> reporter: never before has a cardinal been charged with sexual abuse. at the vatican this morning, cardinal george pell insisted he's innocent. >> i'm looking forward finally to having my day in court. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent >> reporter: he's been the victim, he said, of relentless character assassination. australian police have a different view. >> cardinal pell is facing multiple charges in respect to historic sexual offenses, and there are multiple complainants relating to those charges. >> reporter: this morning, pope francis said mass and the vatican said he regretted the news of charges against his cardinal for decades-old actions. pell wasn't among the cardinals he greeted today. last year, pell was accused at an australian inquiry of mishandling sexual abuse claims against priests and he admitted mistakes. now, he is accused directly. >> it's going to be very difficult to untangle this because it becomes, as you know, his word

seth doane is in rome with more on the scandal rocking the vatican. >> reporter: in this elite group of cardinals considered the so-called princes of the church, cardinal pell is at the very top, considered one of the closest advisers to pope francis. so these charges this morning are sending shock waves through the catholic church. the 76-year-old cardinal was reflective but forceful this morning, railing against what he said was nearly two years of relentless character assassination. >> i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> reporter: australian police did not provide any specific details of the multiple charges of sexual assault. cardinal george pell has been in charge of reforming church finances. but for years has faced allegations he did not properly deal with clergy sex abuse in australia. he was questioned by a commission investigating the church's response to abuse via video link from rome. >> with the experience of 40 years later certainly i would agree that i should have -- should have done more. >> why do you n

now cardinal george pell, the vatican's chief financial officer has become the highest ranking vaticanicial ever to be charged with sexual abuse. >> i'm innocent of these charges. the whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me. >> police in australia charged pell thursday with multiple sex crimes describing them only as "historical sexual assault offenses." >> cardinal pell is facing multiple charges in respect to historic sexual offenses and their multiple complainants. >> pell himself has also been accused by two men in their 40's of inappropriately touching them at a swimming pool back in the late when pell was a priest in australia but the church says the 76-year-old cardinal has "strene wussly denied all allegations and is looking forward to his day in court" this as pope francis has vowed zero tolerance for clergy child sexual abuse offenses. >> it's important to note that none of the allegations that have been made against cardinal pell have obviously been tested in any court yet. cardinal pell like any other defendant has a right to due process. >> cardinal pell is being ord

cardinal pell is the vatican treasurer and one of the pope's closest advisers.onight. yes, today was meant to be dominated bya yes, today was meant to be dominated by a solemn ceremony as the pope presided at the feast of saint peter and take that paul, whose ministry and take that paul, whose ministry and martyrdom helped establish the church —— saint peter and st paul. but as the cardinals gathered in saint peter's square behind me, one senior official was surprisingly absent. a public holiday for the people and for pope francis, an opportunity to celebrate mass with several new cardinals. but one of his most trusted officials, effectively the head of the vatican's vast property portfolio and finances, was not administering the sacraments, but facing the press after becoming the highest ranking vatican official to be charged with child sexual abuse. the alleged offences relate to an ongoing inquiry back in cardinal pell‘s native australia into instances of historical child sexual abuse. i'm innocent of these charges. they are false. the whole idea of sexual ab

vatican is third highest ranking official. are the historical the beast cardinal george pell. says he'll return to his native australia to fight the charges. wednesday . fast so korea's new press. men say in has arrived in washington talks with press. resolve trade. cause and still. i get so on so i. do we. korea the two. offering views when. presence of an self defense system on south korean territory with lauren that. all us correspondent phillip crown that joins us now and definite mainstay in is a lot less pro american than his predecessor. how is this relationship going to work given how much is at stake? israeli interest in relation to that will see. developer in front of our own eyes today because they will be joined state. from the two presidents in the white house rose garden ennahda time. steering train passing by. it gets very interest because there is a difference but. current south korean president. and the form on south korean president. the former south president want as much engagement with that south with north korea. president mood wants and what we're seeing

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. >> this is after the second vatican council in the mid 60s. >> uh-huh. in fact these men were big participants in the council. some people who refer to them as reactionaries or something like this, these men were really progressives in theology -- 20th century theology. in any case he returned to the states and wanted to make their works available in english. many of them had never been translated before in english. that was the reason he started ignatius press. >> ignatius is the spanish founder of the jesuit order. >> yes. >> he began it here in san francisco. >> yes. >> as a scholary press. he wanted to publish scholar books, theological books. >> he wanted to get theological works in the hands of people studying theology here. not long after it started he realized it needed to be broadened and to sell the works he was printing he needed help. he hired tony ryan as a marketing director. very quickly ignatius press started expanding into other genres and has just grown tremendously ever since. >> there has been a great response to what you offer. and y

. >>> a new scandal rocking the catholic church, this time cardinal george pell, the vatican's numberbeen charged with historical sexual assault offenses in australia. the highest ranking official facing sexual assault charges leaving a dark mark of the paper papacy. let's bring in delia gallagher. delia, what do we know about the charges that cardinal pell is facing? >> reporter: well, jake, victoria police have given very little details except as you mention, they are historic. the ved can called them decades old, relating to the time before pell was a cardinal, when he was a priest until australia in the '70s and '80s. the cardinal this morning vehemently denying any wrongdoing. and the vatican saying that the pope is giving him a leave of absence from his role as finance minister here to face trial on july 18th, at which time, we'll probably know more about the specific nature of the charges, jake. >> deal yashgs some of the accusations may be decades old and yet the pope hand-picked the cardinal. this has to be a below to pope francis' papacy? >> reporter: absolutely. this cardin

. >>> the third highest ranking official at the vatican has been charged with sexual abuse. cardinal george pell was ordered to come back to melbourne to face the allegations. pell has taken leave from the vatican to do so, but denies any sex abuse history. >>> an explosion blew the walls off a dormatory at murray state university in kentucky. officials believe gas leak caused the blast. many high school high high schos were there for a governors program. >> there was debris pile. it was chaos. >> one person was hurt, all of the students are safe and accounted to that customability. you've got a thousand different fabrics to pick from. very customizable. you can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. we couldn't be any happier. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, i hope everybody is off to a good start. trying to keep the traffic okay for you, so far so good, looking at the schuylkill expressway, what a good shot. roads are clear and dry, light volume heading toward king of prussia. no delays just yet. head out now if you can. no major issues with