. >> now to a close call near wilkes-barre, pennsylvania.he driver of a box truck lost control and slam flood a home moving part of that house off its foundation. the homeowner was sitting on the couch in the living room at this time. he was push into a wall. but not seriously hurt. the driver of the truck says his brake failed when he was coming down that hill. >> well tonight joan rivers is out of intensive care and in private room at mount sigh my hospital in new york. her daughter melissa rivers released a statement today in which she said her mother is being kept comfortable. she also went on to thank the public for their continued support. the 81 year old legendary comedian stopped breathing during a throat procedure last week. >>> young man who is fighting cancer at children's hospital of philadelphia has now become youtube sensation. ♪ >> 1984 old tom dylan of upper darby parodied two songs by jay-z one called bald so hard. it has gone viral. they're helping shine a light on the daily challenges faced by cancer patients. tom is fight

this morning we want to show you damage left behind after a box truck slammed in the house near wilkes barree driver told police his brakes stopped working as he drove down a hill. the home owner was sitting on the couch and impact pushed him into the wall. he escaped with just a few scratches. >>> well, we are looking for a good place to retire? find out why philadelphia is not one of the top spots of retirees, also this. >>> so much for empire state, teenager's rap about life about chop is going viral. meet the patient hoist becoming an internet sensation and hear more off this very clever song. we will be right back. ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. and now try new progresso chili. slow-simmered, homemade taste. >>> well, alarm clocks will be going off early this morning. more students go back to school including chester and washington township. >> we have been asking to see all of your back to school p

>> reporter: these tailgaters arrived from wilkes barre at 6:30 to with food and games to kick them bills kickoff. >> throughout the parking lot surrounding lincoln field enthusiasm was on the men sue along with game- men sue, along with the game day treats. >> first game of the year, i'm psyched. >> george wilson was relaxing in his easy chair looking for a win. >> i've been an easies fan since 1960. >> reporter: meantime this will be her -- his first eagles game. i don't know if you ladies know this, but something long with your fans. >> we love it. >> if you take a look back live, you can seem the exodus. all getting ready for the 2014 philadelphia eagles season. live in philadelphia, amy buckman channel 6 "action news." >> don't forget, after "action news" at 11:00 p.m., eagles game day final recaps the birds jacksonville jaguars bird all week one on the nfl season, the entire "action news" sports team has it covered. >> the u.s. has expanded its air campaign against isis in iraq. the u.s. military announced strikes like these around western iraq. isis has been closing in on the dam.

now, if we go out there to wilkes barre now, do you think we could find george washington, thomas jefferson, james madison, george mason, john marshall and patrick henry? we ain't going to find them. now, at some theoretical level they are there. that is, human beings with the capacity for leadership are there, but the situation doesn't permit that group to rise to the surface. and so the question is, why did that situation exist in 1776? now, there is another answer to this, which is that great leadership only emerges during times of great crisis. and this makes eminent sense, the pressure that the crisis creates. and yet we can all think of examples where there's a great crisis and there's no leadership. like now. [laughter] [applause] or the coming of your -- world war i in europe. so what was special, you can't say there was something special in the water back there then. you can't say god looked down upon the american college and bless them. supernatural explanations are not admitted. even if you're an evangelical you're not allowed to use those in a historical conversation. i don't kn

but the making of the dresses occurs on eastern pennsylvania, places like will spare -- wilkes-barreand places like that. i should also say this. another industry that stays in new york, and for the same reason, is publishing. of the pioneer publishers in midtown in the 1920's. in the 20's, a whole group of young jewish publishers move into the city. schuster, in, max liberate himself who is a stockbroker in philadelphia. they are challenging the anglo-saxon elite that control publishing. they want to publish books audaciously. publish them like they were hollywood style fanfare, with sky writers and things like that. roof of the, on the subway, a poster for the book. he was a gambler, he gambled on hemingway. faulkner, he gamble and great playwrights. westhe is in his office on 48th street, just off six avenue, right in the heart of the speakeasy district. he drank prodigiously. on some days, there were more bootleggers than writers. he fought censorship in new york, and his lawyer was the representative on the state floor who pushed hard against censorship with jimmy walker. he won