walter: right. think stanton doesn't get enough credit for things he's doing during and after the war for -- african-americans. he really is an ardent advocate not just bringing in black soldiers, but the freedmen's bureau. he commissions the first black officers in the u.s. army. >> that gets to my question. [inaudible] you mentioned that he started out as a democrat, but i thought historically they didn't really care about the issue of slavery. could you talk about how his views changed? walter: i think it's fair to say that before the war, before he became secretary of war, he was something of a closet anti-slavery man. he never publicly gave an anti-slavery speech in the 1850's. he did, in letters to his friends, from time to time, express anti-slavery views, but he also hung out with proslavery, or friendly to slavery, democrats like james buchanan or jeremiah black of pennsylvania. it is really the moment he becomes secretary of war that the scales fall from his eyes. i think he sees the war i

and then next saturday brisk, chilly walter with a high of 41 degrees. the way for rest of the weekend. >> thanks, melissa. >>> get updates regarding rainy winter forecast and check storm tracker six live anytime on your phone or tablet. six abc app is a free down load for your mobile device. >>> turning 100 is a pretty special occasion, of course and today a with man from chichester got to celebrate milestone surrounded by loved ones. >> ♪ happy birthday to you >> all right. the family of fran curly, surprised her with a party right there at the room, fran 's a proud mother of 11 children, 35 grandchildren, 51 great grandchildren and nine, great, great grandchildren and most of them were at the party fran's family tells us she's matriarch of the family and backbone as well. they say fran believes that family is everything and it is important to take care of one another. she also said age, well, it is just a number. for all of here at "action news" happy birthday, fran. >>> world news saturday is next here on channel six. be sure to tune in tonight for "

i'm walter perez, the big story on "action news" at 5:00 s been issued for tomorrow. good evening i'm walter perez. today started ought dry but coming down all afternoon. meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa >> make sure you have wet weather gear on stand bias we get throughout the rest of the evening and especially tomorrow morning. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing we have rain across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys with the heavier pocket setting up to the south of fill a and south of the i-95 corridor and wilmington delaware and areas in south jersey. street level with storm track er six, you can see that rain, and i-95, and wilmington , and also moving in salem heavier pockets to the west of elmer. moist tour as well across south jersey, so this will continue to push on through as we are actually tracking an area of low pressure to the south with southerly surge of moisture. we have more wet weather on the way for rest of tonight. flood watch has been issued, it goes up into effect at 6:00 g

perez. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez.n the news qualified patients can now buy medical marijuana in bucks and chester counties. >>> also penn state students are entering a 24th hour of dancing we're live in state college for all of the action of thon 2018. >>> big story is an action you weather alert, snow is falling in parts of our area and someplaces could receive several inches before it its over. we have team coverage, "action news" reporter trish hartman is in bucks county with much more there and annie mccormack is in south philadelphia but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with details about is what

perez. >>> saturday night, i'm walter perez. in the news qualified patients can now buy medical marijuana in bucks and chester counties. >>> also penn state students are entering a 24th hour of dancing we're live in state college for all of the action of thon 2018. >>> big story is an action you weather alert, snow is falling in parts of our area and someplaces could receive several inches before it its over. we have team coverage, "action news" reporter trish hartman is in bucks county with much more there and annie mccormack is in south philadelphia but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with details about is what moving our way, melissa. >> walter, we have large area of precipitation we are tracking, from new england stretched back to pennsylvania and down through ohio valleys. we are tracking a precipitation as we go throughout the rest of tonight we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and light snow here in philadelphia but we even have, some mixed precipitation, down across areas in south

back to you, walter. >> thank you for the report. a police officer suffered a leg injury when hit by a stolen car in philadelphia. reports of a vehicle crashing into parked cars. the officer got out to check and was struck by a female driver. the woman was apprehended in tioga nice town. charges against her are pending at this hour. >> police are looking for a suspect in the shooting of two men and a woman. all three victims were transported to temple hospital in stable condition. >> police were called just before 3:00 to scatter good and charles streets where a 19-year-old man was found shot in the head. the 19-year-old is in stable condition at a local hospital. >> gunfire rang out in the racquetball club in bucks county. two men were arguing when one pulled a gun and shot the other. the victim is in the hospital in stable condition. the suspect remains on the run at this hour. >> neighbors took matters into their own hands when a man was crashing into parked cars in the neighborhood. bob brooks spoke to some of the neighbors. >> i

>> hi, walter.shop has been referring to itself as the little link because of all of the eagle tattoos they have been doing. you can see the lombardi trophy in the middle filling in the green patches. it may seem extreme but ink fans we spoke to say the unforgettable season deserves an everlasting tribute. >> if you had to come up with an image undeniably philly, it may look like jason kelce in a mummer costume and now that's tattooed on bill's arm. >> long story short he said i'll give you a killer deal if you let me tattoo kelsey on you. >> the art convention couldn't have come at a better time. he's booked solid mostly with fans looking for eagle ink. >> for collin, this is a big step. we spoke to him midway through an eagle tattoo on his thigh. >> it's my first tattoo. >> number nine for nick foles, it's a perfect way to celebrate the victory. >> i have a tattoo on my body forever. i know, superbowl lii, nick foles led us to the promised land to get the "w." >> it's a moment i'll never forget an

>>> saturday night i'm walter perez in the news new jersey town doug pederson calls home goes all out to honor eagles skipper for winning the vince lombardi trophy. >>> also a man and woman face charges linc to the death of the baby in wilmington. latest on the investigation. >>> big story is another rainy , dreary day in the delaware valley. rain has been falling on and all all day long and it is not over just yet. this was the scene along schuylkill river trail in center city as runners and bikers hope for a reprieve from the rain during a week even work out. meteorologist melissa magee has our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa >> walter, we are unfortunately dodging rain drops for majority of the weekend. we have a break here in fail and south and east but more moisture moves in later on tonight. storm tracker six is showing you that precipitation is, in our northwestern suburbs, tighter on street level, storm tracker six, shows you berks county, lehigh county we are track ago this moisture in allentown, traveling along route 222, between allentown and kutztown, als

walter? >> thank you for the report.e mccormick live at the belmont peninsul plo see how things look in the city. annie? >> we are along mlk drive. we moved. this is the accumulation left behind. to give you an idea of how dense the snow fall was, look at the tree in fairmont park. you can see how much the branches are weighed down. >> heavy wet snow fell across the city weighing down umbrellas and leaving people soaked from the parkway to center city to southwest philadelphia, the snow slowed saturday night plans. >> i like snow but not the slushiness. >> i thought snow season was over. >> it's slushy and rainy and not terrible. >> penn dot began salting operations midday. >> i think we lucked out. we had all of these nuisance storms. they didn't add up to anything, really. >> meaning we have plenty of salt available? >> yes. >> the messy slosh was a winter wonderland for the temple students happy to get another chance to play in the snow. >> it was a nice surprise. >> back on mlk drive, you can see the roadway fine. it

perez. >>> i'm walter perez the big story on "action news" at 5:00 s been raining on and off all day long with another round moving our way tonight. meteorologist melissa magee joins with us our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> it is one of those weekends damp and dreary across delaware and lehigh valley, heaviest rain has stopped in philadelphia but we are starting to find that wet weather still to our north and west. we will go in tighter on street level storm tracker six you can see light rain in pena rgyl, easton, new hope, traveling on route 611 there. in allentown lehigh county on route 222, and fleetwood, hamburg and reading. this will continue as we go throughout the rest of the evening. another round of, precipitation moves through overnight tonight. despite moisture overhead, temperatures are fairly mild for this time of the year. it is 50 degrees in philadelphia. forty-nine in trenton. forty-seven for allentown and redding. forty-eight in cape may. down in dover coming in at lower 50's but moisture continues. here's future tracker six showing at 11:00

perez. >>> sunday night i'm walter perez with sarah bloomquist. in the news tonight pennsylvania state senator accuse of inappropriate behavior end his bid for congress. >>> plus eagles center jason kelce is at it again repricing his role as a mum tore day in manayunk. >>> but the big story on action night news tonight ace tour bus driver, strand on a highway in delaware. dell dot traffic camera video shows passengers with their luggage standing on i495. fire occurred at 4:00 o'clock in the northbound lanes, near ramp to i-95, and "action news" reporter christie ileto is live at a rest area near path delaware boarder with much more, christie (. >> reporter: well, walter passengers were taken here to the welcome center where another bus pick them up and took them to their final destination. they were heading to new york city and intended pit stop here in philadelphia at independent mall when their bus, caught fire. >> on our way to the bus, there is fire, lot of smoke. >> there was a lot of smoke. so we rushed out report report this tour bus carryi

walter found insurance with spinakerr. they say their premiums went occupy 30%. >> we are concerned because we want to see a healthy robust insurance marketplace. >> now if you have been hit with a nonrenewal notice recently, i want to hear from you. even if you have found other insurance. i will report back with any new development. i want to hear from you about any consumer issue you are having. my "7 on your side" hotline is open week days. (415) 954-8151 you can also reach me on my facebook through abc7news.com. >> so helpless when that happens. >>> we will take a look outside and a who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> abc7 news was at city floral in ca

walter found insurance with spinakerr.ir premiums went occupy 30%. >> we are concerned because we want to see a healthy robust insurance marketplace. >> now if you have been hit with a nonrenewal notice recently, i want to hear from you. even if you have found other insurance. i will report back with any new development. i want to hear from you about any consumer issue you are having. my "7 on your side" hotline is open week days. (415) 954-8151 you can also reach me on my facebook through abc7news.com. >> so helpless when that happens. >>> we will take a look outside and >>> abc7 news was at city floral in campbell. busiest day of the year. at the santa clara county clerk's office express marriage services. >> most people get married for love according to a pew research survey. love was number one at almost 90%. others were making a lifelong commitment, companionship and having children. 50% american adults married. for men the median age is 29.5. and for women, it is about 27.5. >>> one local company was to talk about a

news", delaware valley's leading news program work meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff skversky and, walter perez. >>> saturday night, the day before the biggest story in "action news" is count down to kick off, we are a little more than 24 hours away from the eagles and patriots stepping on the field at u.s. bank stadium to fight it out for the vince lombardi trophy. >> just a little bit green in here. >> a little bit. >> entire city of philadelphia and surrounding area is supporting that eagles green. we have team coverage tonight. "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live at the philadelphia car show, christie ileto is with fans in abington. >> meanwhile ducis rodgers is there in u.s. bank stadium at the practice field but we will begin with "action news" anchors brian taff and sharrie williams live at the mall of america. there has been no shortage of eagles fans, hi there, guys. >> hey there, alycia and walter, yes, come this time tomorrow, we will be just a few minutes away from kick off , fans will be taking their seats and gathering around their television toss watch this game.

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leading news program, with meteorologist, melissa magee, jeff sky verse ski, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> we are just 25 hours away until the super bowl lii and the anticipation is so thick around here you can cut witt a knife. >> oh, yeah. >> good evening i'm walter perez. >> i'm alycia vitarelli. every where you go there are signs, people deck out in green and that eagles fight song on a loop. we have team coverage of the most exciting game for the bird since 2005 when they last played in the super bowl. >> can you wait. >> ducis rodgers outside u.s. bank stadium where the big game goes down tomorrow night but first we will begin with brian taff and sharrie williams, brian and sharrie, take it away at mall of america. >> all right, hi there, walter and a leash a live from the mall of america, we have been here for super bowl headquarters all week. it is super bowl eve. the teams are fine tuning their game plan but fans, they are finding a way to pass the time hanging out here at mall eagles nation, of course, making their presence felt in minute so the. >>> it continues to be

the remains of private first class walter piper arrived home in the u.s.ars after he was captured during the korean war. >> none of it really was that awe inspiring until you see that casket come off the plane. and everybody stops on the tarmac. everybody stops what they're doing. everybody stands at attention. piper's nears never met her -- niece never met her niece but was the closest relative when his remains were identified. >> my office phone rings, and i pick it up. there's a woman who says, "is this sherry bowman?" i said, "" she said, "we've license looking for y-- we've license looking for you." >> he is a war veteran, so -- they're a tight band. >> reporter: according to records, in february, 1951, during the battle, firefighter first class walter piper went missing. his regiment happen defending the bridge before fleeing south. the government agency dedicated to finding missing service members says the secretary arch mias will never end. >> here we are as the united states government still searching for, still finding, still recovery. >> reporte

walter, your idea, nick foles can turn the world on with a smile.s our mary tyler moore moment. >> a annie mccormick, "action news" at 10, wphl-17. >> black hawk helicopters will be in the air making sure no craft gets too close to u.s. bank stadium. everything going into the stadium will be screened. we have more on security at the superbowl in the next half hour. >> as fans prepare for tomorrow, weather here or out in minneapolis, a big part of the plans depend on the forecast. we have you covered. if you are in minneapolis, minnesota, they are talking about the coldest kickof kickoff temperature a record of four degrees. the old record was 16 playing in detroit. inside the dome, 68 to 72-degrees. back at home, we are tracking moisture. you can see a piece of energy to the north producing snow. across the great lake and rain to the south. these two pieces of energy never come together. there is a milder air source from the east, west direction. if you are pregaming tomorrow in philadelphia, we have a soaking on the way, temperature of 43. during t

valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and, walter perez. >>> sunday night, in the newsweek end of winter weather will give way to spring-like temperatures this week. >>> also thon 2018 is in the books, we're there for big reveal and huge effort to help kids battling cancer. >> but the big story on "action news" is a four alarm fire in olde city earlier this morning that caused evacuation of 160 people. >> fire broke out just after 3:00 a.m. in the building near third and chestnut streets but it took hours to gain the upper hand and amazingly in one was injury. >> "action news" reporter anni e mccormack joins us live from the scene with the very latest on the investigation, annie. >> reporter: and, sarah and walter, this fire was placed under control hours ago but still, fire fighters continue to work, putting out, those hot spots, also, all around the area of olde city road is still remain closed, every where including portions of market street, chestnut street tonight. fire officials are still investigating the cause, luckily no one

walters: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of my amendment to the allow states and victims to fight online sex trafficking act. i also want to thank my colleague, ann wagner, for her dedication to this issue and her efforts to bring this bill to the floor. the underlying bill will help crack down onion line facilitators of human sex trafficking to end this modern day slavery. my amendment will allow enforcement of criminal and civil sex trafficking laws against websites that knowingly facilitate online sex trafficking activities. mr. speaker, this issue is of significant local concern in the heart of my district in orange county. last year a major international sex trafficking ring was uncovered in a quiet irvine, california, neighborhood. young women from overseas were sold repeatedly through the website backpage.com. websites like backpage, which are essentially store fronts for the facilitation of sex trafficking, have been able to operate with impunity. my amendment, in conjunction with the

that of a former scotland manager, walter smith. boss here in 2004, replacing butty votes, and he is on an fa short list to replace gordon strachan. he actually left the scotla nd strachan. he actually left the scotland job just after two years to return to become manager of rangers once again. another former scotland manager, alex agrees is also under consideration. we know that he is very, very keen on a return, here. alex mcleish. there is also another interesting name on the list. that of the current dalmarnock manager. he has completely transformed, an extent he returned to be scottish clu b extent he returned to be scottish club scene. just under four months, he has taken them on an impressive run, and of course culminating in that when against celtic at the weekend. he is also a name that the sfa are very keen on, too. no doubt, at hampden park, you may well have been expressing some adverse weather, but where many in this country rushed inside, this is russia. it is basically snowball fighting. the sport, it says here, is pl

i rise in support of the amendment by my friend, any any walters of -- mimi walters of california. by strengthening section 230 of the communications decency act, we can restore victims' access to justice and hold accountable tech companies and online websites who make human trafficking easier and knowingly turn a blind eye. we know these websites have the ability to censor content, and we see it in the political world every day. so why can't they work harder to censor and remove posts related to sex trafficking and enslavement of other human beings? this isn't hard. it is common sense to hold websites accountable for the crimes committed on their sites. we all must work together to put an end to human sex trafficking which is why i urge my colleagues to support the walters amendment and the underlying bill. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. does the gentlelady reserve? mrs. roby: reserve. the chair: the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: it's my pleasure to yield to congresswoman lofgren who is the ranking member on the subcommittee on immigration and knows

a couple months ago, walter invited me to dinner. about this very, very issue and asked steve to come work with us. he told me at the time that he was going to put together an organization that was going to create entrepreneur shift funds, all across the united states of america, and he and jd are, in fact, doing that, and here to share with us the work they've done across the country and opportunities that cities have to work with them to get this done. thank you, guys, so much. steve case and jd vance. [ applause ] >> so, steve, i've been able to get on the bus with you. >> yes, thank you. >> as an old jack line, either you're on the bus or you're off the bus, and your bus has gone to 33 cities for the rise of the rest. how did that start and what it is. >> first of all, great to be here, and thank you for the invitation, and, you know, making startups -- >> actually, was that in the french quarter? >> yeah, and the fact it is a topic you're all focused on is important. if you look at the data, it goes back to your question. i got

mark: walter williams, let me ask but socialism.rnie sanders is out there pushing socialism. they don't call it socialism because they know that word's not popular. that's what it is. they're pushing some form of socialism. free college, free health care, they talk about scandinavia. does socialism create wealth and opportunity and success? >> we might first start off with what is socialism? mark: yeah. >> and socialism or communism is government ownership and/or control over the means of production, and in that sense, we have a lot of socialism already in our country, and we find people asking for more of it. but if you look around the world, if you look around the world, and you ask in what countries are people better off? let's say you have the higher per capital income, and that is if you can rank countries towards countries on the free market end of the spectrum towards it, and countries on towards the socialist end of the spectrum, you find that those countries towards the free market are people and richer. something else that

general walters? >> no. we are required to report all the information to the senate. >> all information includes unsubstantiated claims? >> you have to report whether they were investigated in some cases. these are the rules that are set. we don't have a big stack in my office of all the unsubstantiated cases. that's the legal review. they know what parameters the senate requires that goes in with the confirmation package. i sign off on those. it is usually a paragraph that says, we will look at this and no substanceations that will tell me more if they are interested. >> you will remember a nonpunitive letter between the commander and the individual, not for anyone else. a nonpunitive letter for a flag officer or nominee for a flag is required by the senate to be reported? >> okay. >> are you saying it is the current law ---i'm i'm talking about i.g. investigations that are closed just because they were accused even though they are innocent, it has to be reported to the senate? >> if something was issued to

perez is there tonight with students and north philadelphia eagles fans hey walter what is going on?jim, before we go any further i got a question for you guys how does it feel to be world champions? oh, my goodness, jim, there was a big crowd and hold on a second, jump in front, there is a huge crowd of people that were walking north along broad street a short time ago and happened right after the game ended and the celebration has continued ever since, a strong police presence in the area but do you know what people have been great, people have been very cooperative with the police and i'm getting pushed around a little bit but it's not bad and people really just enjoying the feel of what it's like for the first time in franchise history to be superbowl champs and they celebrate their teams and boston and chicago and places like that but no one lives breathes and dies with their team quite like philadelphia and the fact that this happened now the way it happened has people absolutely elated and i want to ask you a question, come here, honestly now did you ever think, hold on, did y

walter: no. i think the door has been open for some attractive opportunities. the next six months to 12 months and beyond, we see a strong economic fundamental backdrop for stocks. that would lead us into the cyclical areas of the market like financials, industrials, materials, consumer discretionary. i think there are opportunities in those sectors were companies have reported in giving you a favorable outlook for earnings, where you could take it manage of the pullbacks. in some cases, in excess of 10%. alix: so specifically, in terms of sectors you are looking closely at, where is the opportunity? it has been health care and energy the last five days. you would think you would want to buy energy now. energy has been hit hard over the past week or so, and i would be one of -- and that would be one sector we would look to for opportunity. overnight, a holding we have, with the great quarter. stop will be down in cotton the market selloff today, that would be an opportunity. value is awth versus discussion and i think there is cyclical sectors that are attracti

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i'm walter perez. here's what's happening at 11:30. political theater as lawmakers release a democratic memo countering claims that republic officials abused their powers. >> and officials go door to door in the neighborhood where a fire took place last week. >> and one representative in the policeman picks is representing the country and keeping it safe at the same time. finger pointing in the ongoing feud between democrats and republics over the russian hacking allegations. abc elizabeth herr has more. >> a twitter war erupting over a contentious wome memo, democrats releasing a redacted version of their point by point rebuttal to the republican memo two weeks ago. subject line, correcting the record, the russian investigation. the memo raise raises questionst the fbi taps. democrats assisting that they didn't abuse the process to spy on the trump campaign. much of the evidence is blacked out president trump tweeting the memo response is a total political and legal bust. the twitter response from adam schiff, ranking member of the ho

walter, this is a full on marketing blitz here.the newspaper ads, meet and greet, public speaking. what message does this send? >> it sends the message that the presidency and the united states is for sale. this is the son of the american president, marketing properties, branded with the president's name, and the beneficiary of this is going to be the president because he owns the business that the son over there is running. so you could not have anything more intertwined with the presidency. this is trading on the name of the president. the ads didn't say don jr.'s coming to india. they said trump is here in india. and that's exactly the point they're trying to sell is you buy a property here, and you can get time, whether you're a foreign national or a foreign government, to bend the ear of the president's son. and, of course, they have got to keep these buyers happy because if they don't sell enough of these, people aren't going to keep licensing trump's name, and so what's to keep somebody from asking don jr. to pass a message

news", delaware valley's leading news progra with list a magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, in t news investigators are trying to find out why a passenger plane went down in killing everyone on board. >>> also delaware's top officials gathered to remember the life and leg is a of a corrections officer killed during >>> but the big store own "action news" is day of downpours throughout our area. >> the rain has been coming down all day and result has been rising rivers and flooded ros. got news, worries over. we have team coverage of the today's sunday soaker. a accounts news reporter annie mccormack has a look at the damage. >> but we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with a look at what is to come , medical lays. >> czar and walter we are seeing a break in the active but heavy rain exiting off to our south and east. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you light delaware and scattered about lehigh valley. we will go in tighter on street level with storm track er straveling along i-95 metro area couple light showers, activity on

rushing back to my dormitory to see walter cronkite's last broadcast. that was a time when the country had a fairly broad set of objective facts that we could agree on. people had differing opinions about what to do with that, but at least we could agree on the basic facts. then we moved to a model where we had different cable stations, and people would tune in to the station that was more reflective of their views. now, information has been so democratized that you can live in a particular information bubble online. i used to say that most young people get their news from facebook. now you can actually say most people. most americans get their news from facebook. it is a revelation when i tell constituents that when they go to their facebook page and i go to mine, and we see those stories that pop up below, they are not the same stories. i think people are under the impression we are seeing the same thing when we go on our facebook page. we are not. one of the things that was hammered home to me as we began

valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> a four alarm fire in olde city, puts 160 people to the street in the middle of the night sending them out of their homes, hotels and in the cold and fire fighters are still battling hot spots this evening. sunday night i'm sarah bloomquist. >>> i'm walt your perez. big story is four alarm fire in old city this morning. "action news" reporter anni m mark joins us live from third and chest nut where people with forced to flee from safety, annie. >> reporter: walter, sarah just mentioned hot spots you can see right behind me still an active scene when fire fighters are still working on this. it has been under control for hours but fire crew is still remain out here traffic around this area of olde city right now number of roads are closed because they are still working on this luckily, nobody was injury, in this fire. just after 3:00 a.m. the four alarm blaze broke out at third and chestnut, the flames, and thick smoke force 160 people out of their apartments at 239 chestnut a

when they arrived they found walter suffering of gunshot wounds.pital where he died an hour later. >> nobody cares. >> the crime commission is offering a $1,000 reward for the person responsible. all calls will remain anonymous. >> he was a superhero to us. >> for crime fighter, i'm rick williams, channel6 "action news." new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, literally engineered for streaming. good advice. i've also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself.e. ♪ ♪ >> fly eagles fly, on the road to victory. ♪ ♪fully eagles fly ♪ countdown, one, two, three ♪ >> pitch perfect. what? they are amazing. the talented singerers snuck in the eagle fight song. we thank them for that. i'm posting that video on my facebook page. all that's left is polka. >> this time tomorrow night we might be able to do seven hours straight of eagle's fight song. singing, singing, singing. >> it's going to be a good day tomorrow. >> i have to wa

walters is brought before the judge and the judge rolls his eyes. mrs. walters, you're back. yes, your honor, i'm back. what did you steal this time, mrs. walters? your honor, i stole a can of peaches from a supermarket down the road. the judge is exasperated. he said, look, i know you're a kleptomaniac. i know it's an illness and i know you can't help yourself and you can easily afford a can of peaches. this is march you've been arrested for shoplifting 17 times already and i have no choice, but to sentence you to some time in jail. now, how many peaches were in the can, mrs. walters? your honor, there were four peaches in the can. and i have no choice i'm going to sentence you to four nights in jail, one for each peach. he's about to bang the gavel and pronounce center when a gentlemen in the courtroom gets up agitated, your honor, may it please the court, i'm her husband. she also stole a can of peas. [laughter] so when you students all get old enough to retire and move to florida, you can enroll in-- at florida atlantic university and call your children and regail them wi

mark: walter williams, let me ask but socialism. you know bernie sanders is out there pushing socialism. they don't call it socialism because they know that word's not popular. that's what it is. they're pushing some form of socialism. free college, free health care, they talk about scandinavia. does socialism create wealth and opportunity and success? >> we might first start off with what is socialism? mark: yeah. >> and socialism or communism is government ownership and/or control over the means of production, and in that sense, we have a lot of socialism already in our country, and we find people asking for more of it. but if you look around the world, if you look around the world, and you ask in what countries are people better off? let's say you have the higher per capital income, and that is if you can rank countries towards countries on the free market end of the spectrum towards it, and countries on towards the socialist end of the spectrum, you find that those countries towards the free market are people and richer. somethi

. >> j.j., you are up for the walter payton man of the year and i won it for the team, but never madet to this level and what would ut it mean for you to win that award? >> it would be special. i think that it would be such an honor and humbling to be mentioned with wall tar payt payton -- walter payton and it would be such an honor to share it with houston who stepped up to help the fellow neighbor in a tough time, and then to win it on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people who donate nod fund and everything going on in the world. so many tough time, and it is the walter payton man of the year award, but it is so much big over the man, and so i am fortunate to represent all o ese great people. >> and kudos to what you did in the city of houston, and clr 37 million, i don't know if it is possible to raise it, but you did it. and best of luck, man. >> thank you for what you are doing for houston as well. >> thank you very much. >> and all right. keep d kleenex up handy, because coy wire is going to the bring us the emotional journey of the bill's hall of fame quarterback jim ke

the contributor walter schaub, who quit as head of the office of government ethics in july.to have you on, thank you, good evening to you. so walter, donald trump jr., expected to arrive in india for what's called an unofficial business trip. i want you to check out these ads in two of india's biggest newspapers. one offers readers a conversation and dinner with trump jr. if they reserve an apartment in trump towers near new delhi, "trump is here, are you invited? join mr. donald trump jr. for conversation and dinner." put $38,000 down on a home booking fee and get invited to dinner with the president's son. is this an ethics violation? >> it's not a legal violation, but it's a violation of every commonsense notion of ethics you could ever possibly have. i mean, this is the sickening sort of stuff that led me to leave my position as director of the office of government ethics. you know, there's no rule that covers this, just as there's no rule covering the president with respect to conflicts of interest. but the fact that we don't have a rule on the books for this is because

thurgood would win a case and walter would have a press conference. narrator: by july of 1938 charles houston had enough, and he returnd to washington dc, leaving young thurgood marshall in charge of the legal arm of the naacp, now known as the legal defense and education fund. marshall would now be in charge of the entire national naacp legal campaign, alone in an office which was often the last resort for hundreds of frustrated branches and desperate defendants. jose anderson: when marshall became the head of the fund, then his need to be in many places increased, both out of necessity and out of strategy. tens of thousands of miles, every corner of the country, to discuss key parts of the legal campaign, to drum up support, to drum up finances, to inform people as to what was going on. that was as critical a part of the strategy as the cases. to keep people aware that they were in a fight and they were winnning. thurgood marshall: when i'd go in these towns, i would go down where the poor negroes were andtalk to them. they to me proved what i knew

valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> it is one more game for the fail eagles and stage could not be bigger or more dramatic. we are an hour and about 40 minutes away from super bowl lii and birds are readied and so are the fans. beginning i'm rick williams. >> i'm monica malpass. for last two weeks we have been anxiously awaiting this moment. we might be under dogs but today eagles are ready to show everybody that they are the top dog. >> that is right tonight we have team coverage and we have crews all around the philadelphia area, tonight. but first we want to take to you minneapolis, where sarah bloomquist is at a brewery where a big viewing party is taking place. brian taff and sharrie williams are hanging out with eagles fans. >> but first we will begin to ducis rodgers and jamie apody at u is. bank stadium where the big game is going down tonight. hi, guys, the day has come. >> yes, it has, we are about 90 minutes away from kick off, practices are done, game planning is done, all that is left to do now f

reporting live from south philadelphia, walter perez channel6 "action news."alter. >>> fly over to 6abc.com for complete coverage of your super bowl champs. and there you can read today's headlines from newspapers across the country and take a look at how eagles fans celebrated that big victory a around the area. >> turning to other news now from our delaware news room a man and woman were found dead inside of a home in wilmington this afternoon. police say they found the bodies during a welfare check here on the 2200 block of lamont street in wilmington. police have not said how the money and -- man and woman might have died. it's under investigation. homicide detectives were at the scene. the victims' identities haven't been released. >>> a 16-year-old boy told police two men broke into his home on the 200 block of seventh avenue at about 8:45 this morning in wilmington much police say the teenager suffered a cut to the hand during afight with the men. he was transported to saint francis hospital. the incident remains under investigation. >> icy conditions m

walter perez has the story. >> "action news" was given exclusive access to body cam video showing two rushing into a burning home last year in north philadelphia. the officers are nicholas harper and eugene donahue from the 19th district and they were nearby when the 911 call came in. >> we were met by residents stating a male was on the second floor in a wheelchair because the elevators were done. >> they found the man with no way of getting out. the offices didn't have much time because the smoke was getting thicker. >> we have to take him out. put him on my shoulder. >> was in the hallway and could not move on wane saying nothing. and officer harper helped me hut him on my shoulders in a fireman carry. >> and moments later the man was outside. >> in an unusual development the man in the wheelchair ended up getting arrested and 48-year-old henry flowers plead guilty to the fire that nearly killed him. it was a feud between flowers and northern person if the building. is he now serving two years for arson and related charges and officials say in cases like these the top priority is s

reporting live from reading, walter perez channel6 "action news."lter, thank you. >>> philadelphia police are hoping the public recognizes the vandals caught in the act during the eagles super bowl parade. they released this surveillance video today that shows a group who climbed on top of a septa bus stop shelter at 15th and j.f.k. in center city back on february 8th. as they were standing on the the roof part of it chanced. central detectives are asking anyone who can identify any of the people in this video give them a call. >> a man who robbed a game stop store in philadelphia is on the loose but he was caught on camera where he committed the crime. it happened on the 3200 block of red lion road in northeast philadelphia january 19th. police however just released the video. now, at one point the suspect took off his sunglasses giving the camera a look at part of his face right there. he got the clerk by the way top hand over cash from the register. if you have any information about the robbery, you're asked to call police. >> from our new jersey