keith weldon medley. [applause]. >> thank you. they give are coming out. this is my work.i went to talk about this one also because it's very entwined with the other one. this is something i have worked on for a long time. that case of plessy versus ferguson, which everyone has read about, but you don't remember when. it's all in line with this and with-- black-new orleans, new orleans is one of north america's most intriguing and beloved city and from the air you can see the winding mississippi river. and the buyers and marshlands. claimed by the french and 7018, as a strategic outpost near the mouth of the mississippi river, this city endured nearly three centuries of the floods, plagues, fires and hurricanes. old of trees, 19th century buildings, riverbanks, narrow streets and hot sultry summers all have tales to tell her you can walk the same streets that new orleanians have walked for nearly three centuries. i grew up on but gundry street in the 1950s and 1960s. it was during the civil rights movement. my father was a plaster who was raised to the trade as they say ne

keith weldon medley. [applause] >> thanks for coming now. this is my work. this is something i have worked on for a long time that everybody has read about with plessey verses ferguson but it is like life in new orleans. new orleans is one of the most intriguingly in a beloved city -- cities you can see the mississippi river and lake pontchartrain claimed by the french in 1718 the city endured three centuries of floods and hurricanes. the 19th century buildings and they all have tales to tell. i europe in the '50s and '60s it was raised to the trade those bellow carpenters and others provided the grit and the muscle. growing up every day with many of these buildings built by people of color they still have a functional residents now the bygone era of the elephant that is a neighborhood. i was well into high school around the corner from my house but was always to defense. then in the mid-60s after became all i saw it. he waited for me to come to join them. without incident. with african american tastes but between the years 1718 boatloads of africans with le

police arrested brandy weldon an employee at seasons pizza on lancaster avenue in radnor. they say she sold drugs to an under cover officer a a a the that restaurant. the code inspectors close that had shop because weldon touched food while also handling drugs. >>> 4:40. katie is tracking a rainy day. she's back with your forecast up next. >>> generous gift given to a local church. how they were chosen to receive a piece of papal his there i. >>> flyers take time off the ice to spread some holiday cheer. that story, when we come right back >>> piece of papal history. author had been a new permanent home at holy mortar's parish in or land. suburban church is home to about 1100 families. the church's priest reached out to the director of the cathedral when he could not attend the papal mass simply asking for the alter and that is how this small parish got that big treasure. a great lesson, you know, you have to ask. >> that is right, you have to ask for it. >> we were asking for good weather but it unfortunately will not work out. >> i thought it is going to be a mild day. i

police arrested brandy weldon an employee at seasons pizza on lancaster avenue in radnor. they say she sold drugs to an undercover officer at the mainline restaurant. code inspectors closed the shop because weldon touched food while also handling drugs. >>> new tonight public shaming. someone could be trashing your reputation online right now without you even knowing it. our natasha brown has more tonight on so-called shaming apps. how they work and why what is said online can be harder to get rid of. >> now this one is cute. >> reporter: report often something as innocent as dog shaming capturing dogs acting badly. >> we're going to call her grab man. >> reporter: this woman is calling out a person she believes to be a home wrecker. public shaming sites can quickly turn ugly when it comes to blasting people for their perceived defensive behavior. >> there's no shortage of sites like passenger shaming for commuters to she's a home wrecker from boyfriend shaming blogs to neighbor shaming. >> it's appalling. but people should behave well. >> it's very scary. >> reporter: sca

tonight brandy weldon under arrest rad for township police say weldon sold marijuana to undercover police twice right outside the seasons pizza shop in wayne right now that restaurant is shut down. >> also worked with seasons pizza. the township code department requested them to clean the facility so they shut them down while we make sure that the facility is sanitary since she had access to all areas of the store. >> officials say the restaurant has been cooperating with police on this matter. >>> a maryland college will stay closed through thanksgiving in the wake of a scare that involved a young man from our area. washington college in chester town, maryland was locked down on monday after police say 19-year-old jacob marberger left the school, went to his pan's cheltenham home and took a gun case. investigators say the case may have had a gun inside but they don't know for sure. cheltenham high school was also locked down on monday as a precaution. authorities are still looking for marberger. washington college announcing today it would be closed through next week. no word on why. >>>

weldon was assistant manager at season's pizza on lancaster avenue in wayne. according to investigators, she would walk outside, sell the drugs and then return to work. so the health department shut down the store so it could be sanitized. there are concerns that the assistant manager was handling both drugs and the food at the same time. radnor police tell us season's pizza is cooperating and should be reopening soon. >>> trial continues for a woman accused of setting fire to the house of a police detective. donna crux whom you see right here of lower pottsgrove township montgomery county lived next to the victim. today her husband took the stand in her trial. prosecutors say they have surveillance video of her setting fire to a christmas tree on the porch of the limb rake township and the entire house us a just saw went up in flames. the motive, prosecutors believe krupp was angry with law enforcement after her son was arrested in another town. >> the turning now to weather. you can see the clear skies over the ben franklin bridge and listen to this. we're i

weldon had access to all areas inside the store. so it's now shut down to get sanitized. >>> series of delivery driver robberies have police on alert tonight. five as a matter of fact all happening in new castle county, delaware. fox 29's karen hepp explains how earning a living is putting lives in danger. >> reporter: right now new castle county police are warning anyone who delivers food to watch out and to be very alert because they've had five armed robberies in just the past recent days. >> they just get this money and food and everything. >> reporter: this man's buddy was robbed at gun point. he says, it is a nerve racking time to be a delivery driver in delaware. >> especially dark nighttime. daytime like we don't scare or anything. we just do regulars. nighttime is like very scary. >> reporter: scary because there have been five nighttime robberies in a little more than two weeks. >> delivery drivers are dispatched to an address with a food order, when they get there, they're approached by in each case anywhere from three to

police arrested brandy weldon an employee at the seasons pizza on lancaster avenue in radnor. they say she sold drugs to an a under cover officer a at the the restaurant. police and code inspectors had to close that pizza shop because weldon touched food while also handling drugs. >> she would come out, meet our under covers, and do buys, go back into the the store. >> we have police detectives here, eating all the time and we are absolutely shock. >>> a man suspect of torching a dozen cars in overbrook end upsetting himself on fire too you can see him running away from the scene with his hand on fire. cars were found earlier this in month at the a towing and storage lot on lancaster avenue. police are still looking for that suspect. >>> an "eyewitness news" exusive, a jury decides children's hospital of philadelphia will to have pay ten million-dollar to the family after a hospital's mistake left a six year-old deaf and disable. she mere tillry suffered a brain injury at 11 month-old. his mom took him to children's hospital three days in a row with a fever that wouldn't go aw

paul weldon, professor of epidemiology at tulane university and the lead investigator in the study.e joins us from orlando. good to have you with us. the bottom line. is that your study found significantly lower blood pressure in middle aged and older americans can lead to significantly longer lives. >> that's right, antonio. we studied a group of hypertensionives over the age at 50. they were at high risk of cardiovascular employedisease bg them down to the lower than country recommended blood pressure level, we reduced the vifk of cardio vascular complied kaksz by 25% and mortality by 27%. so very, very impressive reductions. and in fact, the study was stopped early because the results were so impressive. >> were so impressive that people needed to know about them. >> right. >> to achieve those lower blood pressure, moert patients will need more medications. >> would mean more side effects. how big a concern is that? >> well, you are always bound between benefits and risks. we saw some possible risks although we don't really know exactly how much risk yet. it may just be short-ter

police arrested brandy weldon after a month-long investigation if radner. officials say she came out sever several times the officers followed her back into the store and found more marijuana. >> certainly shocked. it certainly shocked me. >> having marijuana in the restaurant is actually a health code violation as well. crews had to shut the place down for cleaning. >>> 4:36. happening today. home depot and other companies are hosting a job fair for veterans in south philadelphia. >> that job fair will run from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 this afternoon. home depot is trying to make it easier for military service members to find a career within their company. there is an online tool called the military schools translator that matches an applicant's armed forces skills. we have a link on nbc10.com. police in atlantic county need your help tracking down a thief. he's unarmed. he makes no threat. >> check it out. just ahead, you will see how he creates, capture confusion and makes off with more money than he should have. also ahead, which driver gets the best auto ins

police say brandon weldon is accused of possessing and selling marijuana during her shift at seasons pizza on lancaster avenue in radnor. she was arrested after she told to an under cover officer. police and code inspectors have temporarily closed the pizza shop. >> we will come out, meet our under cover, do buys, they are back in the the store. >> we have police detectives here, eating all the time and we're just absolutely shocked. >> it is kind of sad that you know that they had to close because of that marijuana situation but i hope it gets like resolved and that they open up again. >> police say they are optimistic that the shop could open up as early as tomorrow. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" a local rapper raise ago wear necessary for an important cause, he was on top of the world performing with hip-hop mogul jay-z and then diagnosed with kidney failure. now he is trying to get word out and warn others about the issue. >>> works of heart on display in center city but might not believe artist behind these masterpiecees, we will tell you where they came from and why th

officers say brandy weldon sold marijuana to undercover officers on two separate occasions. because she allegedly did it while she was at work the code department closed the restaurant to make sure the store is cleaned properly. it is expected to reopen soon. >>> your facing a tricky morning commute in your fox 29 weather authority. conditions are clear out there right now, but live ultimate doppler radar shows the system that will create some slick roads out there and a rainy thursday. so let's send it right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> that's certainly right, iain. pack your patience that's the advice for tomorrow morning as well as during the day. take a look at ultimate doppler this wall of water will continue to head in our direction. take a look at all the storm reports with it as well. flood concerns into parts of west virginia. even some severe weather in sections of georgia and alabama but take look at all of this moisture. most of it will arrive thursday morning. the start of the commute looks dry but that rain will rapidly move in. so let's time

about and that also leads me to be very clear i said that last board meeting in 1779 thompson james weldonohnson proposed a two-track system of public education in the united states and one-track for the learned and the second track for the for the laboring and he proposed that in the two-track system that the learned have an opportunity to learn and you might be able to have some of the rubbish some geniuses from the rubbish i am thrilled one sized fits none the one size every african-american and every poor child the general landline math curriculum everyone a proposed honors curriculum i'll let you think there is no honor curriculum sit down, sir this not your time that meant faster that's all it if meant a differentiated curriculum but faster so let's be clear if you're not about equality by way of i'm reading the blog about african-american families and kids if you don't believe in equality and all children belong in this district let's talk about curriculum but don't talk equality if i don't mean it. >> (clapping.) thank you, everyone for coming out the next we'll move on item k spec

improving the school system not interested if the improvements the reason the 1775 comments thomas james weldonohnson we should have a two tier one for the learned and the laboring this two tier system we'll be able to call a few genius from the rubbish when i say to the entire community we're not interested in improving the system i'm not interested in improving that system i know you're not interested in improving the system we're interested in changing the system changing the system so all students a have an equitable opportunities to say a great education it can happen anywhere and in san francisco i'll be cautiousy about why this is important to us tonight this is what the has a right will say the has a right will hateer will say you're trying to have special status why is your voice important at an other voices they'll look at what our saying and immediately say you're talking about me or my can i see let the haters hate we have other fish to fry we have every education who the group of students in our communities most at reflex their african-american students so this is a crisis and we a

about and that also leads me to be very clear i said that last board meeting in 1779 thompson james weldonohnson proposed a two-track system of public education in the united states and one-track for the learned and the second track for the for the laboring and he proposed that in the two-track system that the learned have an opportunity to learn and you might be able to have some of the rubbish some geniuses from the rubbish i am thrilled one sized fits none the one size every african-american and every poor child the general landline math curriculum everyone a proposed honors curriculum i'll let you think there is no honor curriculum sit down, sir this not your time that meant faster that's all it if meant a differentiated curriculum but faster so let's be clear if you're not about equality by way of i'm reading the blog about african-american families and kids if you don't believe in equality and all children belong in this district let's talk about curriculum but don't talk equality if i don't mean it. >> (clapping.) thank you, everyone for coming out the next we'll move on item k spec