walter: and the u.n.is sort of t thing, and--and they kind of feel that 2008 was kind of a seminal year f for china for two reasons, tragedy and triumph. i mean, this horrendous earthquake that really shook the nation, 70,000 people died, and then the triumph piece of it, the--the olympics coming to beijing. let's take a look at the earthquake first. what did you see happen when it came to thehe government a and to the people after that traragedy? liu: well, obviously, china had a bigger tragedy back in 1976. in 1976, when the earthquake happened, china actually denied all international help, and, of course, chinese people themselves were not able to rush to the zone of--of disaster, whereas when the earthquake in sichuan happened in 2008, you know, this is the age of the internet, so the news spread wide and far, and many chinese, you know, they were different from when they were back in 1976. you know, they--they had more resources at theheir fingertips, and t the are more non-governmental organizations

walter: and the u.n.s this sort of t thing, and--and they kind of feel that 2008 was kind of a seminal year f for china for two reasons, tragedy and triumph. i mean, this horrendous earthquake that really shook the nation, 70,000 people died, and then the triumph piece of it, the--the olympics coming to beijing. let's take a look at the earthquake first. what did you see happen when it came to thehe government a and to the people after that traragedy? liu: well, obviously, china had a bigger tragedy back in 1976. in 1976, when the earthquake happened, china actually denied all international help, and, of course, chinese people themselves were not able to rush to the zone of--of disaster, whereas when the earthquake in sichuan happened in 2008, you know, this is the age of the internet, so the news spread wide and far, and many chinese, you know, they were different from when they were back in 1976. you know, they--they had more resources at theheir fingertips, and t the are more non-governmental organizat

walter? walter: thanks, bruce. our floor correspondents will be following all of these intricate maneuverings tonight. they can tell us what they expect at the floor. first, roger mudd. roger? roger: walter, president ford's agents have been working the floor. i have talked to them. and they are nervously confident. they say they think they will win by 25 even though it earlier was reported they thought it would be about by 10. the biggest argument against rule 16 c as the reagan bandwagon slows down means the door would be left open for a reagan vice presidency and that is the argument you hear in this section of the floor. he says if we lose it, it would certainly heighten the anticipation for tomorrow morning. one member of the ford staff said president ford should never reveal his selection except in his will. now, to mike wallace. mike: there are two vital delegations here on this part of the floor -- new jersey and mississippi. and both of them caucus on this vice presidential item called 16 c. and neither on

sunday night i'm walter perez. the big story tonight is a rocky start for democratic national convention. lets get to "action news" anchor sarah bloomquist to lead our coverage from the wells fargo center. sarah huge news before the convention even begins. >> that is right, we have news of leadership shake up as final touches were being made right here at the wells fargo center for start of this convention. secret service swept every inch of this building for much of the day yesterday, and into this morning. we are looking live at the stage where hillary clinton will accept her historic nomination, on thursday. but the big head line as we go into this convention is the surprise resignation of dnc national chair woman debbie wasserman schultz. late this afternoon wasserman schultz announced she will is he down at the end of the convention in the wake of the e-mail leaks. those e-mails appear to show dnc officials attempting to aid hillary clinton's campaign in the party primary. one e-mail exchange suggest that brin

walter: thank you. next question. [laughter] walter: did you have a question? i will do both.that is a good question. i want to formulate an answer. home inited franklin's london. it was a few years ago. his landlord's -- his landlord's daughter was married to a doctor that was dissecting bodies. infectedently he got by a disease that killed him eventually. walter: the husband. not ben franklin. closenow that he was very to his landlord and his last wenthome to america, she back with him and was at his bedside when he died. was she like a daughter to him? walter: marcia stand up one more time. if you have questions about the house, you should ask her. and the social media, it was odd. he had a common-law marriage with deborah franklin in philadelphia, and a daughter that was wonderful. and a son. but it is odd because he goes to london and he almost replicates having a family. i do not know and i do not pretend to know what type of romantic relationship -- i think he wanted people and a family around him. he has that and probably -- po lly comes over and is with him when he di

walter: thank you.own on this critical rules fight, one of the chief reagan supporters, senator jesse helms of north carolina -- >> do you have enough delegates? senator holmes: i don't know. it's possible, of course. >> does it concern you? senator helms: of course, it does. things appear to be going the wrong way, but the ballgame is not over. we have the ninth inning yet. >> what you going to do in the ninth inning? senator helms: everything we can. >> what do you think about them saying we want ronald reagan for the vice presidency? senator holmes: of course -- my good friend in the senate said that and he knew better than that. it works a lot of times. in the confusion of the convention floor, people do not always think exactly straight. if they stopped at to put on their thinking caps, they might have voted differently. >> what if the reagan delegates tried to stampede the invention and get a draft going for mr. reagan? senator helms: i've got to take ronald reagan at his word. he says he is not g

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> sat kay night i'm walter perez. one winning ticket hit $540 million mega millions jackpot and we will tell you where. >>> also, fire rips through a neighborhood in the cobbs creek section of the city leaving about a dozen homes damaged. >>> the big story of "action news" is day of grief and anger in dal ace and across the nation after a gunman killed five police officers and wounded seven, investigators are on the scene piecing together exactly what happened. a cross the country including here in philadelphia, protests are being held. we will begin with the latest from dallas with marci gonzales. >> walter outside dallas police headquarters you can see crowds of people coming by leaving flowers, cards, handwritten notes on these two squad cars here. such moving images capturing the sadness shared by so many. >> five brave officers killed in the chaos unleashed in downtown dallas thursday night. >> my son died a senseless death for whatever reason, there is no reason because it had nothing to do with him. >> reporter

back to walter perez. >> thank you, sarah. talk to you in a bit. after the break, more news from the day. a septa bus and tractor trailer collide injuring several people. we are live with details. >>> later, we introduce you to a woman who at the age of 17 is the youngest delegate at the convention. >>> several people have been injured after a septa bus and a tractor trailer collided tonight in yeadon delaware county. john rawlins is live at the scene. john, what happened here? >>> this has been a slow process. it happened after 6:00. it's still under investigation. the early indications are a jeep exiting a parking lot pulled into the bus. it sent the bus over the yellow line into oncoming traffic. >> witnesses say they heard a loud boom. by the time they get to the bus, passengers had been helped out of the bus by the driver and neighbors. the bus, apparently, missed hitting a large truck head on. instead, steering to the left, jumping the curve and coming to a rest. >> swerved and hit the embankment over here.a jeep pul lane of travel. we traded

it was nice and comfortable today, walter.stays low but we are tracking heat later this week. here is stormtracker 6 live radar. you can see it is dry. the high pressure is dominating our region after the showers and pop-up thunderstorms we had across the region last night. outside we go and sky 6 live in hd looking at the square on sunday night. we have a mostly-clear sky and a lot of people out and about still enjoying a really nice night with low dewpoint numbers. philadelphia 74 after a high today of 85 in the city. 66 in allentown. 58 in poconos. a nice northwesterly wind drying out the atmosphere, suppressing all of that moisture as well. 69 in millville and 74 degrees in beach haven. here is satellite 6 and action radar. it is mostly clear and quiet. you can see the upper-level low across our region yesterday. exiting portions of new england, pressing into canada. clear skies across the ohio valley, they continue to work eastward going throughout the rest of tonight into the start of our workweek monday. plenty of sunsh

perez. >>> sunday night, i'm walter perez. police officers walk in the middle of the gun battle in the feltonville section of the city. also after a tough week there just might be relief tomorrow for commuters who take septa's regional rails. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is shedding new light on the bravery of dallas police officers even as they are being targeted by a snipper last thursday. civilian survivor of the ambush spoke out today revealing how her life, and the lives of her sons were saved. we will get latest from will dallas from abc's marci gonzales. >> reporter: hi walter from the memorial outside this police department to a huge vigil planned for tonight, of course, folks in the community are still in mourning as we hear yet another account of the incredible bravery of dallas police officers. >> he had a gun, run. >> reporter: emotional glimpse into thursday night's deadly ambush in dallas from one of the survivors. >> i know the officer got shot. >> reporter: she was at the protest downtown with

perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. commuters who take septa's regional rail might need to expect big changes after this weekend, one-third of those trains will go out of service because of the defect. >>> plus well known local couple dies during a fire inside their home in delaware county. >>> but the big story is a spectacular start to the fourth of the july weekend, anyway you slice it, sunny skies, mild temperatures make today perfect. "action news" reporter trish hartman is at the jersey shore with the place to be live from longport with how folks are spending the first week end of july, trish? >> reporter: well, walter as far as these days goes, it doesn't get much better than this at longport there is still plenty of people outside on the beach enjoying the nice breeze. after yesterday's storms people were really ready to even eye their fourth of july weekend and spend today soaking up the sun. stars and stripes were every where, on this perfect beach day in ventnor. lunchtime rolled around what could be more ame

walter: the husband. not ben franklin. >> i know that he was very close to his landlord and his last trip home to america, she went back to america with him and was at his bedside when he died. was she like a daughter to him? walter: i'm going to have marcia stand up one more time. if you have questions about the house, you should ask her. it's a good question and you're right about it. i will do that and the social media. it was odd. he had a common-law marriage with deborah franklin in philadelphia, and a daughter who was wonderful, and a son, who he was estranged from at times. but it is odd because he goes to london and he almost replicates having a family. i do not know and i do not pretend to know what type of romantic relationship -- i think he actually just wanted people and a family around him. he has that and polly is very close to him and comes over and is there with him when he dies. on social media and other things, benjamin franklin believed very strongly that the free flow of ideas and free

walter. >> sounds like fun.nk you ali. >>> with rain in the forecast, some cities have already decided to cancel their fireworks festivities. wilmington, newark and dover, delaware, have all decided to reschedule their fourth of july plans. newark has rescheduled for tomorrow. the concert and fireworks on the riverfront in wilmington will now be held on saturday august 20th and dover will celebrate on saturday september 3rd. >>> in south jersey the stars and stripes were out in full force. the aings cam on the scene here in held. this year's independence day parade right there. the festivities kicked off at kings highway and chestnut street ending in haddonfield memorial high school for app special ceremony. >> today was an extra special celebration in east lansdowne delaware county. it marked their 100th independence day parade. the parade honored eight former school teachers who taught and lived in the borough. >>> red, white and blue took over off and on hill castle in doylestown bucks county this afternoon.

and now here's walter cronkite. walter: the republican party is here, of course. an incumbent president for the first time since 1912 faces a serious challenge from within his own already. that presidential balentine comes tomorrow night. but the matter could very well be settled out here on the floor this convention in kemper arena tonight. it willes of knowledge test their strength, which could make or break their candidate here. 16 c is the number of the new rule proposed by the reagan side that would force president ford to name his vice presidential running mate by tomorrow morning, 12 hours before the presidential balentine is scheduled to begin. we will be hearing more about the details in the next few minutes. also tonight, a speech by the former governor of texas and nixon cabinet official, one-time democrat turned republican, capable of a rousing speech from this podium that could affect the convention and its own political future. president ford has broken with the precedent of the years passed to come to this convention to take personal charge of the d

walter mondale says it is unfair.e says he cannot see any point in rerunning the campaign of 1980. but don't think for a moment that mr. mondale wants to look to the future. what he really wants to do is forget 1980 and rerun the campaign of 1932. listen to the democratic candidate for president and you hear the sounds not of the future, but of the distant past. is not just a partisan republican opinion either. e of mr. mondale's fellow democrats called his program tired ideas held together by paralyzing commitments to special interests and constituency groups. now, i do not ordinarily agree with gary hart, but in this case, as treasurer of the united states, i can say he was right on the money. do we need any better example of what gary hart says than the old, tired idea mr. mondale tried out as the major theme of his acceptance speech? ,r. mondale wants higher taxes and when mr. mondale came out thehigher taxes to pay for promises he made to get his party nomination, millions of americans who remember his record as

walter steck now speaks openly about his ordeals. his accounts have become part of an archive documenting the expeririences of "contract children" like him. >> there arere always those e pe who don't want to confront the papast. it's a dadark and painfulul char in s swiss history. but i'i'm convinced one should properly know onone's history in order know where you stand and to be able to move forward. >reporter: meaeanwhile, walterer steck has come to enjoy life. he isn't seeking revenge. but he can't forgive, either. he can't forget his childhood which was defined by hate and violence. >> many knew what was going on but nobody cared to look. many didn't believe us, eith. i speak of "us" because there many others like me. no one ever believed us. reporter: now, at 70, he will receive 20,000 euros in what he says is a recognition of his suffering. he doesn't like the word compensation, because nothing, he says, could ever make the pain he experienced undone. michelle:: w what is 20,000 eurs for an entire life lost? do you know of case

i know today is a soft opening, but walter and mr. cooper gave a walk through of this restored gem-you have done a magnificent job. the whole entire team-i know tom went through all that, let me say thank you to everybody but most especially. -you know how much we spent on this center? it is serious money! serious money! like $5 million. that is serious money. why? because this is a serious center. it is a bit of historicsenter. more than community history, it has been family history. i can just imagine a few decades ago [inaudible] running around listening to the [inaudible] get sent out here and say, one of these days i will work at hrc and be a part of the city. i know tim said that because he was singing those songs when we were working at hrc 25 years ago telling me about the history of the community and how much his mother and family were contributors to this. it is family history along with community history. that's why it is serious investment. we are also making serious investments in the entire bayview along [inaudible] than

brighter skies on the way for sunday and turning less humid too, walter. show you is what going on with storm tracker six, live double scan radar, still pretty dry in philadelphia. the activity right now to the north of the city and also into new jersey. we're going in tighter on street level with storm tracker six, you can see pockets of moderate to heavy rain in riverside. also into light rain in mercer county and trenton and showers just to the south and east of cherry hill. also into woodbury at this hour. things will start to clear out, overnight tonight. and it gets better for sunday. outside we will go sky six live in hd we are down at the shore in atlantic city looking at the steel pier. we have partly to mostly cloudy sky overhead tonight. we have warm and humid. that will be changing as we get into sunday. high today in philadelphia 79 degrees. we will officially have broken our heat wave, three day heat wave, things are coming to an even tonight or for that math inner to sunday. seventy-five in the city. zero seven in allentown. sixty-five in th

walter steck now speaks openly about his ordeals. his accounts have become part of an archive documenting the experiences of "contract children" like him. >> there are always those people who don't want to confront the past. it's a dark and painful chapter in swiss history. but i'm convinced one should properly know one's history in order know where you stand and to be able to move forward. >reporter: meanwhile, walter steck has come to enjoy life. he isn't seeking revenge. but he can't forgive, either. he can't forget his childhood which was defined by hate and violence. >> many knew what was going on but nobody cared to look. many didn't believe us, either. i speak of "us" because there many others like me. no one ever believed us. reporter: now, at 70, he will receive 20,000 euros in what he says is a recognition of his suffering. he doesn't like the word compensation, because nothing, he says, could ever make the pain he experienced undone. michelle: what is 20,000 euros for an entire life lost? do you know of cases of children b

walter white certainly did. to himself and to others. - is it true the story is that you and vince gilligan had met on the "x-files"? - yeah, that's where i first met him. 10 years earlier. - 10 years earlier, you had a done a guest spot on the "x-files". - yeah. - and he liked what he saw in you and in that character and he remembered it later on. - yes. he is a very nuanced, brilliant writer. in the "x-files", i played a character who had some kind of alien bug in his head. - it's pretty much every character for the entire series. - yeah, exactly. and it was kind of a tongue-in-cheek thing, a play on the movie "speed", where if i wasn't travelling in a westerly direction at at least 80 miles an hour, my head would explode. (laughter) i would hate to have my head explode. so david duchovny is in the driver's seat, he got in somehow, and he's driving 80 miles an hour, and here's the difference of vince gilligan. most writers would've written my character in the back seat, the guy with the bug, to be nice. and he

please welcome walter shapiro. [applause]. >> while. first first of all, i really want to thank politics and prose which is one of the world's great bookstores. i love independent bookstores. independent bookstores. i particularly love that politics imposes driving. now looking around i don't how many many of you are old enough to remember, the old, old 1950s tv tv show, this is your life. clapmac, will that is a little bit how i feel looking around the room is seen so many old friends. so let me start off by, this book really starts with my father. my father died in 2004 and he and he was a connecticut city planner. a mild-mannered city planner. in suburban connecticut who went to the zoning board meetings in the evening. were talking about a racy upbringing i had. but my father kept talking about his uncle, his uncle freeman. my grandmother's older brother and he kept saying he was a really big and vaudeville, he knew people like sophie tucker, he married a showgirl and ultimately he cheated hitler on a nickel deal. wait a second. we

perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. big story on "action news" is tragic news from the jersey shore a father and son have been killed during an accident on the water. accident took place at 4:30 this afternoon in the patconn creek in summers point. initial reports are that two personal watercrafts collided. one victim was pronounced dead at the scene, other at shore medical center, third victim is hospitalized at this hour. no word on that victim's condition. new jersey state marine police and u.s. coastguard are investigating, as soon as we have more details we will pass them along. >> new to a story that could affect a lot of people come tuesday morning, septa has pulled one-third of the regional rail train cars out of services. that is because inspectors found a defect in those cars. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live from the rail yard in university city to explain why septa was forced to make this decision, jeff. >> reporter: walter, this effects the silver liner five the new model, the silver liner four,

walter mondale on the ticket. her speech in san francisco is 30 minutes. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] mrs. ferraro: ladies and gentlemen of the convention: [cheers] ladies and gentlemen of the convention: ladies and gentlemen of the convention: my name is geraldine ferraro. [cheers] i stand before you to proclaim tonight: america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. applause]d as i stand before the american people and think of the honor this great convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of dr. martin luther king jr., who made america stronger by making america more free. he said, "occasionally in life there are moments which cannot be completely explained by words. their meaning can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart." tonight is such a moment for me. [applause] my heart is filled with pride. my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination for vice president of the united states. applause]d and i am proud to run with a man who will be one of the great presidents of this entury, walter

perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. hot air balloon crashes in texas killing everyone on board. >>> also families affect by gun violence rally to remember their loved ones. >>> but the big story on "action news" is a day of downpours, flood warnings are posted in several communities and flash flooding has been reported in spots. meteorologist melissa magee -- adam joseph joins us now, adam. >> we are dealing with heavy rain through you pennsylvania and northern counties in new jersey, southern delaware, southern new jersey, it has been dry through much of the afternoon and flood warning, consists of areas in mercer county until 8:00 p.m., up to 6 inches of rainfall even near lawrence, planes boro and just to the east of ewing, new jersey. again, this is really heavy rain falling in very short amounts of time. as we look at storm tracker six live, with this estimated rainfall totals you can see here near princeton as well as lawrence, about four and a half inches of rain so far. pocket of six just to the east of princeto

. >> hi walter. storm tracker six not lighting up as much as it did last night. we a few showers across the poconos and there are two isolated downpours burlington county, and ocean county, one is north of the browns mills, some lightening associate with, and another one is south of seaside heights crossing lbi, just across the garden state parkway. but as you stepped outside today it was hot, humid. right now philadelphia is 89. we were at 90 last hour. and the dew points are very high. fill right now dew .69 degrees. but along the shore, and delaware, we have dew points in the city in the 70's. that is an oppressive air mass. any thunderstorms we get when that air mass is in place will cause drenching downpours. satellite six with action radar showing most of the viewing area a lull in the action, however, what is going on there is a upper level low that is moving out of ohio, into pennsylvania, and that will be moving right over us, tomorrow. and that will bring us the opportunity for more showers

not too bad, walter. we will relish it before it heat backup. >> sound good, thanks, melissa. >>> thousands of people took part in the 35th annual hispanic festival at pens land to go day. >> ♪ >> there were craft, muse i can and great food. it is one of the most popular attended events at penns landing. pirates invaded the battleship new jersey today in camden all day pirate reenactors greeted guests, toured the ship and put on performances to teach families about the ship's history there were craft vendors all throughout the ship. >>> local churches and businesses came together for a fun community day. it took place at cornerstone fellowship baptist church. food, games and free bikes handed out to kid from the neighborhood. for grown ups there was a line of corvettes on display. church hold event each and every year in the spirit of the helping neighbors get to know each other. sport is next when we column right back. >>> phillies all-star odubel herrera could have got his way on the feel tonight even t

walter, what's the story there? >> reporter: well, jim, a black lives matter protest just went by moments ago kicking off at broad and cecil b. moore. as you mentioned right behind me here police officials say this certainly seems to be the pattern will remain through the democratic national convention and that's why today the police commissioner reached out to protestors. today's round of protests came courtesy of an organization called surj which stands for showing up for racial justice. their method of operation was similar to other protests over the past several days. blocking traffic at several intersections in center city during the monday morning commute. police commissioner richard ross says after dealing with similar protests over the past several days, he is very proud with the way his department has handled these marches. >> with for them to be able to deal with some of the things they've been dealing with, some of the invectives that be hurled their way. they've been able to maintain that level of profes

walter, back to you. >>> "action news" sports sunday is here.n the morning team tomorrow at 4:30 before you head to work. the team will have all you need to know about road closures, traffic delays and parking restrictions. now for sarah bloomquist, jim gardner, melissa magee and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a great night and a great weekend. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. the countdown to eagles camp is on. we'll talk peterson and all things eagles as camp kicks off tomorrow. plus, a painful end to the phillies series in pittsburgh. act sports sunday starts now. >>

i'm walter mondale. [applause] you may have heard of me but you may not really know me.n the farm towns of southern minnesota. [cheering] my dad was a preacher, and my mom was a music teacher. we never had a dime. but we were rich in the values that were important, and i've carried those values with me ever since. they taught me to work hard, to stand on my own, to play by the rules, to tell the truth, to obey the law, to care for others, to love our country, to cherish our faith. my story isn't unique. in the last few weeks, i've deepened my admiration for someone who shares those same values. her immigrant father loved our country. her widowed mother sacrificed for her family. and her own career is an american classic, doing your work. earning your way. paying your dues. rising on merit. my presidency will be about those values. [applause] and my vice president will be geraldine ferraro. [applause] tonight, we open a new door to the future. mr. reagan calls it tokenism. we call it america. [cheering] ever since i graduated from elmore high, i've been a democrat. i was

i know today is a soft opening, but walter and mr. cooper gave a walk through of this restored gem-you have done a magnificent job. the whole entire team-i know tom went through all that, let me say thank you to everybody but most especially. -you know how much we spent on this center? it is serious money! serious money! like $5 million. that is serious money. why? because this is a serious center. it is a bit of historicsenter. more than community history, it has been family history. i can just imagine a few decades ago [inaudible] running around listening to the [inaudible] get sent out here and say, one of these days i will work at hrc and be a part of the city. i know tim said that because he was singing those songs when we were working at hrc 25 years ago telling me about the history of the community and how much his mother and family were contributors to this. it is family history along with community history. that's why it is serious investment. we are also making serious investments in the entire bayview along [inaudible] than

jim. >> let's switch live to walter perez in suburban station in center city. walter, we have seen situation in the suburbs what was it like going in and out of philadelphia. >> reporter: jim, much of the same right here as well. septa is doing everything they can to soften the blow here. they will be providing credits and refund to weekly and inly regional rail pass customers, many commuters we spoke with say they don't want their money back but they want to go to work in the morning and home back at night as quickly and conveniently as possible. septa officials say their contingency plans started out okay. >> but as the morning went on by 7:30 or so, there were some trains that had to skip stations because they were full to capacity. >> reporter: in fact there were six cases when trains passed by would be passengers this morning and septa's gm says it is likely that more commuters will try to access regional rails tomorrow after an extended july 4th holiday w no discernible end in sight to the situation there is no shortage of commuters who are still working

. ♪ >> president and ceo walter isaacson.reat to have you on the program. >> great to talk to you again. >> our top story will be this. new privacy concerns surrounding pokemon go and it's creators. some are calling out the company for collecting massive amounts of player data. in a letter he writes i'm concerned to the extent which niantic may be unnecessarily collecting using and sharing a wide range of users personal information without their consent. the game's creator released an update adjusting how much data it actually has access to but clearly we're in the opening innings here of trying to understand the social regulatory, political consequences of augmented reality. >> exactly. i mean, here in aspen yesterday all sorts of people wandering around there and of course you're using it and it's collecting your data and also collecting all of your google data. that's a little bit much. one of the wonderful things about it is it will inform us and make us think more about what data we want to block and what data we want to

walter borneman, i will give you a little background, is a military and political historian, and his work on mcarthur is particularly interesting i just read the book and it's great. it exports its rapid rise. we all know a lot about the outline of macarthur's life, but what i found particularly interesting was the attention he gives to the myth versus reality's of mcarthur and roosevelt's relationship. and would often speak about truman and macarthur's relationship, but the one with president was the is equally

walter steck now speaks openly about his ordeals.ve become part of an archive documenting the expeririences of "contract children" like him. >> there arere always those e pe who don't want to confront the papast. it's a dadark and painfulul char in s swiss history. but i'i'm convinced one should properly know onone's history in order know where you stand and to be able to move forward. >reporter: meaeanwhile, walterer steck has come to enjoy life. he isn't seeking revenge. but he can't forgive, either. he can't forget his childhood which was defined by hate and violence. >> many knew what was going on but nobody cared to look. many didn't believe us, eith. i speak of "us" because there many others like me. no one ever believed us. reporter: now, at 70, he will receive 20,000 euros in what he says is a recognition of his suffering. he doesn't like the word compensation, because nothing, he says, could ever make the pain he experienced undone. michelle:: w what is 20,000 eurs for an entire life lost? do you know of cases of children be

i know today is a soft opening, but walter and mr. cooper gave a walk through of this restored gem-you have done a magnificent job. the whole entire team-i know tom went through all that, let me say thank you to everybody but most especially. -you know how much we spent on this center? it is serious money! serious money! like $5 million. that is serious money. why? because this is a serious center. it is a bit of historicsenter. more than community history, it has been family history. i can just imagine a few decades ago [inaudible] running around listening to the [inaudible] get sent out here and say, one of these days i will work at hrc and be a part of the city. i know tim said that because he was singing those songs when we were working at hrc 25 years ago telling me about the history of the community and how much his mother and family were contributors to this. it is family history along with community history. that's why it is serious investment. we are also making serious investments in the entire bayview along [inaudible] than

every day walter waits for julia to finish her homework so she can get to work. he figured out food and i love you. mom says that julia and walter were meant for one another. >> that is nice. >> so cute. a cool story. when you look at the two of them you don't know they are deaf. >> but you can tell they love each other. the interaction is so cool. >> and she is teaching him sign language. >> quick break and more news when we come back. and we'll check the forecast for you. . >>> meteorologist, melissa magee, is here now and i take it into the 90s? >> yes, for sure. and it gets hotter the rest of the week. sky 6 hd down the shore in came may, this is a place you will want to be, a little cooler compared to inland locations especially with the afternoon and late afternoon sea breeze kicking in. a lot of beach umbrellas folks are trying to beat the heat and building humidity. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, it's dry and quiet across our region but this will likely change into lunch time tomorrow with showers and storms rolling on in. so far in philad

we're in post 9 joining us from aspen today walter isaacson. good morning to you. lot to get to today. it's official verizon will buy yahoo!'s core business in that deal worth $4.8 billion. marissa did join us earlier this morning and talked about her future with the company. take a listen. >> obviously any role to date has been working hard on the process to get us this far and now my immediate priority is seeing the transaction through to close while also managing the value of our asian assets so i really got two priorities because it's really both of those components and that's what i'm going to be focused on moving forward and after that, very open minded. >> guys, as she said not a lot of companies get to change the world. yahoo! did but her broader point was it's hard to manage through a large pashift like that at scale. what's your take on this? >> it's going to be interesting because verizon is now creating, we all talk about mobile first. they're creating something that's a mobile first content ad platform company but with aol, tim armstrong, now with yaho

it was gorgeous outside, walter. we had low humidity. it stays low tomorrow.be rain for fourth of july, something to track closely. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. it is dry. no issues with precipitation. we will show you the picture outside, action cam outside earlier tonight looking there at the skies above and during sunset it is a gorgeous color. nice color of orange and even some darker shade in the sky. partly cloudy for rest of tonight and it looks like those cloud will continue to drift in as we get in the day on sunday. you can see we're dry right now, temperatures right now in the upper 60's, lower 70's. seventy-one in philadelphia. seventy-two in cape may. out to the west in lancaster 66. 71 degrees in beach haven. dew points really comfortable in the upper 40's, lower 50's in the region. no humidity to speak of. really we will stay dry for the rest of our weekend at least until sunday. if you had to ranked days coming in at number one a close second is sunday. it is dry but those cloud are really moving in. you will notice it as ea

that was sue davis from npr, i'm here with mara liasson from npr, amy walter from the "cook political report," mark shields, beloved mark shields and david brooks from the "new york times." let me just say we just heard what peter king said optimistically about being able to get new yorker. we've heard californians say the same thing about donald trump. what's the consensus? >> probably not. at least in new york, upstate new york fits into the trump theory of the rust belt and midwest and that that is the pathf he has one to go to the white house. white collar, blue collar key flip the blue states red. that's their theory. >> not that he wouldn't dearly love to win his home state. >> of course. but the idea is to do that, you can't -- aren't enough blue collar white men to do that. you have to get -- if you're going to get 70% of the white

ferraro: i know in my heart that walter mondale will be that president. [applause] rep.raro: a wise man once said, every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. if it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. but if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies. my fellow americans, we can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves. [applause] tonight, my husband, john, and our 3 children are in this hall

reporting live from ardmore, walter perez, "channel 6 action news." rick? >> thank you, walter. >>> the "action news" morning team will keep a close eye on the commute tomorrow beginning at 4:30 a.m. >>> a man was shot dead in his car tonight in the city of chester. the shooting happened at 7 near the intersection of third and kerlin streets. the victim had been shot multiple times. he was pronounced dead at the scene. police have no motive or suspects in the case. >>> and police identified the 16-year-old who was shot and killed while attending a cookout in grays ferry late last night. police say a dark-colored car drove by a home here on the 3100 block of south 31st street at midnight and suddenly oched fire. brown was hit in the back. he was taken to children's hospital where he was pronounced dead. police do not believe the teenager was the intended target. >>> authorities have made an arrest in the murder of a burlington county business owner. 42-year-old david stead is accused of shooting and killing his former employer. 49-year-old thomas rank ii was

walter perez is live where protestors continue to march this evening.orman is live with how protestors or anyone else outside can stay safe in the heat. but first we go live to the convention floor and "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dann. >> reporter: rick, it was just a few hours before the convention was to get under way that it was revealed that dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz would not be gaveling in the convention but rather stephanie rawlings-blake the mayor of baltimore would be doing so in her capacity as secretary of the convention and wouldn't you know it she almost forgot to gavel in the convention and had to run back to do so. it has been pretty contentious here this afternoon. debbie wasserman schultz stepping aside to try to lessen the tension. she released a statement earlier today saying that she had decided that in the interest of making sure that the convention started on a high note, that she was not going to gavel in the convention and that's what has happened. we have not seen her here on the floor today. bernie sanders sup

walter perez is live in center city with what is happening there now. hi walter. >> reporter: hi monica, a live look at the crowd gathered here in center city. an organization called black men for bernie organized this one. several hundred people were here during the heat listening to speakers including bernie delegates and jill stein, the green party candidate for president who just wrapped up her speech moments ago telling the crowd to continue what they call the revolution. >> ten occupied protesters were detained by police after zip tying themselves inside of the comcast center. referring to media corruption and burny supporters rallied outside. >> we need the revolution to continue. >> many of the younger bernie or bust protesters we spoke with yesterday said they are now turning their backs on the democratic party, but george hannah says many others are looking to continue what sanders started. >> we are looking at down ticket candidates to support and plant the seeds of the revolution within the party and allow it to grow up. so in the next 10 or

wait a minute. >> walter, as you can see -- >> i don't know what's going on. here, dan. >> mind you, i'm all right. it's all in a day's work. >> it reflected for all the world to see the pressure inside the hall in what was supposed to be a democratic society of free people nominating someone to be president. president. [ audience chanting ] the all-new e-class. self-braking, self-correcting, self-parking. a mercedes-benz concept car that's already a reality. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. ♪ using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the framework... wire... and plants needed to give my shop... a face... no one will forget. see what the power of points can do for your business. learn more at chase.com/ink seigoing to clean betterants caelectthan a manual. was he said sure...but don't get just any one. get one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head cups your teeth to break up plaque and rotates to sweep it away. and oral-b delivers a clinically proven superior clean versus sonicare diamon