tonight's debate is sponsored by spotlight pa in partnership with the philadelphia inquirer in philadelphia. , w idf in harrisburg and the pennsylvania cable network. the event is hosted by dickinson college and is being held here at the auditorium. a special thank you to our other supporting partners, the pennsylvania news media association and the pennsylvania women's forum. before we get to the rules and and produce the candidates tonight, i would like to introduce you to the president of the dickens college student senate. >> good evening and welcome to dickinson college including those watching. my privilege to welcome you to the debate among democratic candidates for u.s. senate. here dickinson we hold fast the ideas which regarded nearly 240 years ago. it is essential to the health of a democracy. that is why dickinson is happy to host of this important debate. it is our hope that this debate will encourage the kind of interest among voters that will allow for both engagement and turnout in the upcoming may primary election. i wish all the candidates good luck. >> now i would like to

learn more at deere.com >>> tomorrow, philadelphia will become the first major u.s. city to resurrect indoor mask mandate, reason for the move, covid cases in philadelphia county jumped 81% in the past two weeks and they're not alone. more than half of states seeing a rise in cases as all the orange and red on that map, sparking concern, philadelphia could be a preview of what's ahead for other cities. cnn's paulo sandoval on the scene, people in philadelphia known to speak their minds so what's going on there in the city of brotherly love? >> reporter: and some of them certainly are too, paula, we've seen some of that signage already up requiring masking, so some of those signs may have been there since the start of the pandemic, while could wait until tomorrow for the city to require masking in indoor public spaces, talking schools, restaurants, museums and the list goes on. here's something important to point out, according to the city of philadelphia, businesses and institutions have a way around it to stay mask free and that's if they can ensure all the occupant

i grew up in a working or family in north philadelphia. my dad was a social worker and my mom was a home health care aide. they separated when i was young. so what that meant for me is, i learned a six different places by the time i graduated high school. i got my first job at 12, washing this is -- dishes at a soul food restaurant and i watched my mom worked 12-16 hours a day, come home after making sure the folks she served got their medicine on time only to have to ration her insulin. if we're going to win this race we're going to need a candidate that can go anywhere and everywhere and speak with the level urgency and authenticity about what is broken. i look forward to being the candidate. thank you. councilwoman khalil: good evening pennsylvania it is a great honor to be here. my name is alexandria khalil, call me alex. i am the daughter of palestinian immigrants. i am the counselor, the mom of a dyslexic son, an activist, lawyer and a worker. i can tell you the reason i am running is because i am one of you. every day i go up, i hel

i grew up in a working poor family in north philadelphia. my dad was a social worker, my mom was a home healthcare eight. they separated when i was pretty junk and so what that meant for me as i live in six different places by the time i graduated high school. i got my job at the age of 12 washing dishes atth this little soul food restaurant and i watched myy mom worked 12, 16 hours a day, come home after folks she served got their medicine on time only to have to ration her insulin. if we're going to win this race we are going to need a candidate who can go anywhere and everywhere and speak with a level of urgency and offenses he broken and i look for to being the candidate. thank you. >> let's go to councilwoman. >> goodci evening, carlisle and good evening pennsylvania. a great honor to be here. my name is alexandra chalupa. lee's call me alex peer i'm the daughter of palestinian immigrants. am the counselor, ta dyslexic son, an activist, lawyer and a worker. i can tell you the reason i am running is because i am one of you. every day i g

in partnership with "the philadelphia inquirer" in philadelphia of course, pin life in harrisburg, w idfa in harrisburg and pc in the pennsylvania cable network. the event is hosted by dickinson college and is held here at the i need a selector auditorium. a special thank you to our other supporting partners pennsylvania news media association and the pennsylvania women's forum. beforehe we get to the rules and entered is the candidates tonight i would like to introduce you to the president of the dickinson college student senate. [applause] >> good evening and welcome to dickinson college including thoseoe, watching on tcm. as president dickinson students than it is my privilege to welcome you to this debate among democratic candidates for u.s. senate. here at dickinson we hold fast the ideals of which d -- 240 yes ago. an informed citizenry is essential to the health of a democracy, that is why dickinson is happy to host this important debate. it is our hope this debate will encourage the kind of interest among voters that will allow for both engagement turnout in the upcoming may

patton middle school in suburban philadelphia, ahmir williams is a student teacher. now a college sophomore, he didn't have a black teacher until mr. anderson taught him history in sixth grade. >> he told me to walk in my greatness, and hearing those words come from his mouth was, like, really liberating. it gave me a lot of confidence. >> reporter: had anyone ever said that to you before? >> no. >> reporter: that is exactly why el-mekki wants to quadruple the number of black male teachers over the next 10 years. >> it's as simple as if you can see it, you can be it. you have smrng a black male, who you look exactly aligning, and it makes you think that they can do it, why can't i? great job today. >> reporter: which may be the most important lesson these kids can ever learn. >> have a good one. have a good one. >> reporter: for "eye on america," i'm jim axelrod in philadelphia. >> o'donnell: and still ahead right here on tonight's "cbs evening news," an update on that mysterious outbreak of severe hepatitis among children. ♪♪ we all need a rock we can rely on. t

we're talking about the city of philadelphia. we're bringing this up because we don't see that happening here on the west coast. this is something happening on the east coast where philadelphia's covid positivity rate is at 4.4%, and california is around 1.7%, less than half that. so later today it's possible the philadelphia department of public health could reinstate indoor mask mandates. you take a look at this map right here and you can see that covid cases are rising in the northeast. that's where philadelphia is. the south parts of the midwest, the northwest and arizona. nationwide, the positivity rate is about 3%. that's a 0.4% increase, but the rate could be much higher since many people are testing at home and not reporting results to the government. the increase in cases in due to the highly contagious ba.2 omicron subvariant, which accounts for about three-quarters of cases in the u.s. and is more contagious than the original omicron variant. >> i am not overly concerned right now. case numbers are rising, ba.2, we wer

patton middle school in suburban philadelphia, imere williams is a student teacher. now a college sophomore, he didn't have a black teacher until mr. anderson taught him history in sixth grade. >> he told me to walk in my greatness, and hearing those words come from his mouth was, like, really liberating. it gave me a lot of confidence. >> reporter: had anyone ever said that to you before? >> no. >> reporter: that is exactly why el-mekki wants to quadruple the number of black male teachers over the next 10 years. >> it's as simple as if you can see it, you can be it. you have a black male, who you look exactly like, and it makes you think that they can do it, why can't i? great job today. >> reporter: which may be the most important lesson these kids can ever learn. >> have a good one. have a good one. >> reporter: for "eye on america," i'm jim axelrod in philadelphia. >> o'donnell: and still ahead right here on tonight's "cbs evening news," an update on that mysterious outbreak of severe hepatitis among children. ldren. ♪♪ we all need a rock we can rely on. to b

philadelphia has reinstated its mask mandate beginning tomorrow. and massachusetts reporting an uptick in cases one day before the boston marathon returns for the first time in three years on its traditional date. here's faith abubey. >> reporter: tonight, philadelphia preparing to become the first major u.s. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate since most restrictions were lifted last month. angry business owners and residents filing a lawsuit saturday to block it before it goes into effect monday. >> people have just generally had enough of this sort of government overreach. >> reporter: and yet not everyone agrees. >> we definitely do not want any type of shutdowns, so that's why it's important to stick to the mandates. >> reporter: philadelphia health officials reporting a 50% increase in new covid-19 cases in just ten days. 31 states and territories across the country are seeing a similar upward trend. but hospitalizations so far remaining low, creeping up only 2.7% since last week, even as more contagious versions of the ba.2 variant fue

he then signed with philadelphia, 67 million guaranteed. by the way, brown's agent, same as samuel's. nhl, oh, yes, that's the former sharks assistant, first year running the oilers, an over time tie with the sharks last night and zack untied it, sent oilers home crowd happy. sharks dropped this one 5-4. it's almost over, last game of the season is tonight at seattle. nba playoffs. warriors next game is -- we don't know. they're waiting for the memphis, minnesota winner in the second round. phoenix chris paul came dressed to entertain in new orleans, played there six seasons. the suns guard had to go out and eliminate. this gave suns the lead late. he had a night to remember, perfect 14 of 14 from the field, scored 33 and knocked out pelicans 115-109, western top seed suns won series four games to two. is donovan mitchell at home, utah next to chris paul, had to beat dallas in white, broke a tie game late. dallas up three. four seconds left, last chance for utah. a wide open look, he needed it. didn't get it. mavericks won 98-94, clinched s

with addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. we are endeavoring to locate him to determine his connection to the subway shooting if any. the two crime scenes, the subway and the van are very active and still being processed. we're asking for anyone's help with information, cell phone video, witness information or if they can identify the perpetrator or the renter of this vehicle to call crime stoppers at 800-577-tips. there is a $50,000 reward out right now. 25,000 from the new york city police foundation, 12,500 from the mta and 12,500 from another source. all of us have all resources working this along with our partners in the fbi and atf to find this perpetrator. with that, i'd like to turn it over to mike driscoll -- the mayor? >> we resolved the issue. >> mr. mayor, we're ready for you. >> thank you commissioner and chief. as we indicated, today was a difficult day for new york. days like these are playing out too often across scenes in america. as mentioned this morning, we witnessed an act of violence and evil in the hear

now they're coming back in philadelphia, we just heard. question is whether the transportation mask mandate will stick around even longer. this rule was put in place by the biden administration almost immediately after he took office. masks still required on planes, trains, buses, boats, terminals until april 18th, in less than one week. just last night, white house covid-19 response coordinator dr. ashish jha said they will release a framework in the next few days. that framework will be used to make the decision on whether to extend the transportation mask mandate once more. remember, this was set to expire on march 18th, but was extended another 30 days. we told you that first here on cnn. not long after that, all the heads of the major airlines wrote the white house to say the mandate should be ended immediately. it is airlines and flight crews on the front lines of enforcing the rules and the latest faa data says 70% of all those unruly passenger incidents we talk about them all the time this year have been over masks. we'll see if th

to philadelphia to new york. ginger zee timing it out. >>> pfizer submits new data on booster shots for children ages 5 to 11. and prepares to ask the fda for emergency authorization. the company says human trials show a 36-fold increase in protection against severe infections. health officials are now tracking two new versions of the omicron variant now making up 90% of new cases in central new york. and late today, the fda authorizing the first covid breath test. >>> the battle over abortion rights in america. florida governor ron desantis signing the state's new law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. florida joining a growing number of states restricting abortion, including kentucky, oklahoma, and idaho. >>> and elon musk launching a possible takeover of twitter, with an offer to buy the social media giant for $43 billion. how the company is responding tonight. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm linsey davis, in for david tonight. we have a lot to get to. a major setback for russia's military in ukraine. the

you can quibble about the various parts of what philadelphia does. for example,ou can test out of their vaccine requirements at some levels and not others, and that may not be wise. these could be evaluated as where they successful, it wasn't too much or too little? that is something that can be learned as we go, but they said to the population this is our goal and we are going to stick to that. anchor: but what is the goal at this point? we are entering the third year of the pandemic, we have got vaccinations, we are not seeing that spiking cases as of yet. at is the overall goal now? >> it depends on who you ask. there are certain things that are essential goals, and what those would be, essentially the elimination of an increase in all cause of mortality. there can be a situation in which you have a small number of covid debts but no more deaths than usual and you could say these would have for other regions. to me, first one is is there excess mortality in your society that his sister were? coming out of omicron, right now we do not have excess m

this is such a big issue, the covid cases have increased so much in philadelphia. why are they putting the mask mandate in place in seven days? none of it make sense. speaking of mask though, new york city mayor adams defending himself because parents are really mad that children under five years old in the city still have to wear masks. his rationale behind the decision is this. he said this on sunday, there are some things that specifically impact children that cause hospitalizations and inflammatory issues. i got to really balance this out. i don't want to look in my rearview mirror later in life and say "i made the wrong decision with our babies." if you were advising him, what would you say on this issue? >> well, first of all, whether in new york or philadelphia, we expect to see certain times of the year increases in the number of viral cases. but that is not what we need to look at. we need to look at the hospitalizations. when it comes to mayor adams come i would tell him number one world health organization which is an organization we have been following

you can quibble about the various parts of what philadelphia does. for example,ou can test out of their vaccine requirements at some levels and not others, and that may not be wise. these could be evaluated as where they successful, it wasn't too much or too little? that is something that can be learned as we go, but they said to the population this is our goal and we are going to stick to that. anchor: but what is the goal at this point? we are entering the third year of the pandemic, we have got vaccinations, we are not seeing that spiking cases as of yet. what is the overall goal now? >> it depends on who you ask. there are certain things that are essential goals, and what those would be, essentially the elimination of an increase in all cause of mortality. there can be a situation in which you have a small number of covid debts but no more deaths than usual and you could say these would have for other regions. to me, first one is is there excess mortality in your society that his sister were? coming out of omicron, right now we do not have excess

they were able to link that van to frank if james who rented it in philadelphia. an emergency alert was sent out to cell phones this morning pleading with the public to alert themthey see anyone or have any information in regards to the whereabouts of frank james, and that does include, neil, a $50,000 reward for anyone with information as we expect nypd to give us the latest in just about 40 minutes. neil: relentless reporting, my friend. nonstop. thank you very much. bryan llenas in brooklyn with the latest. speaking of which, we're looking at a new york police department presser planned for 2 p.m., about 40 minutes from now. we'll keep you posted on that. in the meantime the, edward dares here, the former -- davis here, former boss police commissioner. commissioner, always good to have you. i'm curiouses what you make of where this guy could be. has he long left new york? is he still around? what does your gut tell you? >> well, thank you, neil. it's good to see you. these things are always very difficult. there's an urgent manhunt. this is a man who's proved t

philadelphia international airport said on friday the rules are loosening up. at l.a.x., the rules there are tightening. you can still wear a mask while you're traveling. in fact, the cdc still recommends it. >>> foreign travelers wishing to visit hong kong will soon be able to, after a two-year ban. beginning on may 1st, hong kong will allow non-residents to enter the city. you must be fully vaccinated and register a negative rapid antigen test and quarantine for 14 days. despite a decrease in covid infections, shanghai officials say a strict lockdown will be in place. they've been on lockdown for weeks, and local officials are beginning a new testing effort for millions of residents. david culver has the latest from shanghai. >> reporter: shanghai officials say the lockdown will remain in place until community spread of covid-19 is eliminated. adding that they're at a critical stage in its fight against the spread. the government figures reflected a gradual decrease in the number of cases this past week. but harsh restrictions, we're still dealing with them.

joining us now from philadelphia is polo sandoval. what you got? >> a feeling of deja vu for many philadelphia residents as the city brings back its mask mandate for the third time since the start of the pandemic. as you point out, they're looking at numbers that are certainly concerning health officials in terms of what they're seeing. in terms of the mandate itself, starting today, it will require all people in most public indoor spaces will have to wear those masks again. talking about schools, restaurants, museums, the is will goes on. some businesses can ensure people is fully vaccinated may potentially go mask-free. that's not enough for a group of businesses and individuals who you mentioned recently filed lawsuit against the city of philadelphia hoping to reverse the policy saying basically the city is overstepping its own authority, going outside its authority, going away from the cdc guidance now in terms of what may happen in the future, we'll have to see. recent legal action against the city has failed and the city moving forward with t

covid cases are rising in the city of philadelphia. so today philly reinstated its indoor mask mandate. health officials there say the number of positive cases is more than 50% higher than it was ten days ago. that crosses a threshold, triggering this announcement today from the department of health. the public health commissioner says the number of people hospitalized with covid in philadelphia is still pretty low, 46 people, however, mask also be required again next month. what about planes, trains and buses? the government's new covid czar says they may extend the mask mandate. last month 21 states sued the biden administration over this mask requirement. and airline executives wrote the president a letter calling for the mask mandate to end. >>> well, the pandemic closed the famous fisherman's wharf and we're learning that alioto's will not reopen. the number eight on the front of the building was a shout out to the stall it occupied on fisherman's wharf, years before it became a popular sit-down restaurant. they have an agreement

philadelphia, i think wisconsin and some other places. so he actually stayed so close, that sometimes with when -- when we throw ow the net, we throw it out further thinking the person probably tried to get away. and -- and -- and there they are, right next to or very close to the incident site. so i think that i think we probably had more people looking for him in philadelphia and wisconsin possibly than we did in lower manhattan. although, i'm sure every nypd roll call this morning, officers were shown pictures of this guy, be on the lookout. so i think he was in a place they didn't expect him to be. and that's -- you know, as -- as odd as that sounds that close to the incident site is not where you would expect somebody like this to be. i certainly, as of yesterday or when i went to bed last night, thought he probably had left the state already and was probably on his way somewhere out of state. um, and he certainly had the time that he could have done that. now, why he stayed so close, you know, i don't know. i was -- i was hoping if

take a look at the numbers in in philadelphia. budget proposal a has 23 million extra dollars for officers in philadelphia. $1,500 bonuses for current officers. pay increases. it's just one of multiple major cities now, democrat mayor ass . had 300 extra officers, la wants to increase the budget by $150 million, new york has done away with bail reform. john mcnesbee, who heads the fraternal order of police in fissle delve ya, what happened -- philadelphia? what happened. >> maybe people are starting to wake up. two years ago we were the walking disease around the country. all of a sudden people are realizing that this so-called reform is not working and it's time to let police do their jobs, enforce the laws. they're there for a reason and let us go out and do our job and do it respectfully and let's get this under control. >> reporter: this has been a tremendous crime wave. if we put the numbers up in philadelphia last year, in terms of homicide, 568 i think it's an all time record. >> we don't have to look at least year. look at

took it right off. >> reporter: my train took me to philadelphia's center city amtrak hub. philly was one of the few major cities to have an indoor mask mandate, but it was just rescinded. >> it changes a lot. it has been confusing. >> i just feel like i should wear a mask regardless. >> reporter: my trip continued with a ride on public transit. septa in philadelphia, one of the mass transit systems where masks are optional, unlike new york city, where masks are still mandatory. the change was so abrupt, the sign hasn't been changed yet. on thursday, philadelphia's airport was one of the few still requiring masks inside the terminal. l.a.x. in los angeles is joining the list along with new york's kennedy and la ga urd ya. >> i think it's confusing. they just all need to be on the same page. >> reporter: but the airplane's mask rule no longer applies the moment you board. about to go down the jetway. we're leaving the airport where masks were required. now we're getting on the plane. the transportation mask mandate is over. so i can take my mask off. once seated, i did decid

they say he rented that u-haul van monday afternoon in philadelphia using his own name he apparently slept in it a bit, then drove it into brooklyn tuesday morning, caught on surveillance video crossing a bridge just after 4:00 a.m. and then about two hours later, investigators say a camera recorded him getting out of the van and walking toward the subway police say cameras in the subway show him entering the system a short time later wearing that distinctive vest, lester. >> pete, police say today he has an extensive criminal record so how was he able to buy a gun? >> reporter: because none of those charges resulted in felony convictions. so he was still legally able to buy a gun, and that purchase 11 years ago was a legal one. investigators say this is a close-up of that weapon, showing that he tried to obliterate the serial number, but atf used that number to trace the purchase of the gun to frank james, and that is a key piece of evidence in the federal charges filed today, lester. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> tonight in ukraine, they're bracing for a new russian offensive in

it's happening in philadelphia and there's a lockdown happening in shanghai. "today in the bay's" terry mcsweeney spoke with a local expert about why we should remain on high alert, but not too alert. >> reporter: the city of philadelphia responding to a 50% uptick in covid cases, announcing the return of an indoor mask mandate next week. while san francisco has the highest case rate in the state, what's happening back east may not happen here. >> in philadelphia it is very similar in terms of absolute numbers to where we are in san francisco, however their rate of increase is about 85%, our rate of increase in the last two weeks is 25%. >> reporter: omicron's highly contagious subvariant ba.2 is fueling the spike in cases and hospitalizationness some pockets of the country. nationwide infections are up less than 6%. >> i am not overly concerned right now. we saw this in europe a few weeks ago. the good news is, we're coming off of very low infection numbers. >> reporter: the cdc will soon decide if masks are still needed on planes. and startling covid develop

but they married and moved to philadelphia. where they moved into this modest dwelling here although quite a nice one for the day. they had six children five that lived to adulthood not was famous actually for our housekeeping and for rolling out pies as people were meeting in her living room and listening and contributing even as she carried on her domestic responsibilities. she began speaking a publicly at quaker meetings will publicly in the meeting. in 1818 when she was only 25 years old and she continued on with other charitable work typical of middle class women of her day by 1821. she was formally recognized as a quaker minister in the philadelphia meeting and began traveling to give sermons and public lectures on abolition nonviolence and peace native american rights the immorality of indian removal freedom of religion. in any number of other causes that she spoke to as a minister, she was not allowed to be paid when she spoke publicly. they referred to that as hireling preachers in the quaker world and so cough and hea

in philadelphia where he rented the u-haul. what role are investigators in those cities playing right now? >> i can tell you, bianna, they are actively engaged. and as are investigators in each one of the cities that we know that james has been in over the last several weeks. so, for instance, we know just from his youtube videos he left milwaukee around march 20th, and then made stops in places like fort wayne, indiana, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, newark, new jersey, and then ends up in philadelphia, where he rents the van that he left at the scene. so each one of those locations, investigators are going out to try to establish a timeline of every place he went, every place he stayed, maybe every hotel he stayed in, if he has friends or associates in those cities, they're going to talk to those people. you want to at this point know as much about this individual as you possibly can. and hopefully put those facts together that give you a very consistent timeline leading from, you know, your original traces of him, all the way up

is the face of the pandemic continues to evolve for the city of philadelphia its future will soon look more like its past citing a more than 50% climb in new covid cases and fearing the start of a new wave, effective next week masks will once again be required indoors. >> i sincerely wish we didn't have to do this again. i wish this pandemic was over just as much as any of you. >> reporter: becoming the first but likely not the last big city to reimpose mask mandates today columbia university joined georgetown and others also requiring masks again in the classroom. omicron's highly contagious subvariant ba.2 is fueling the spike in cases and hospitalizations in some pockets of the country for now the northeast home to the most significant spread. and while cases are on the rise in more than half the country, infections are up less than 6% nationwide >> i am not overly concerned right now. we saw this in europe a few weeks ago. but the good news is we are coming off of so very low infection numbers. >> reporter: with americans basking in the rollback of restrictions, the cdc will soon d

philadelphia's ending its indoor mask mandate. why city officials changed their mind just days after enacting the policy. >>> airplane altercation. video appears to show mike tyson punching another passenger. what led to the scuffle. >>> good morning. i'm diane king hall in for anne-marie green. president biden says russia is setting the stage for a critical new phase of the war in ukraine as the battle for control of the eastern donbas region escalates. yesterday mr. biden said the u.s. is rushing an additional $1.3 billion in military and economic aid to ukraine. it comes as new satellite images show whatt appears to be mass graves near the port city of mariupol. that's where ukraine says russia has been burying thousands of mariupol residents killed in the fighting. bradley blackburn is in new york with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. vladimir putin has now claimed victory in mariupol and other cities in the donbas are under intense attack. it's why the u.s. and western countries are rushing supplies to hel

joining us now, the director of vaccine researchn philadelphia. doctor, what's your reaction to this development? was this just a matter of time or is the biden administration now letting this legal ruling guide this instead of covid methods? >> the purpose of mask mandates is really to protect the healthcare system. you don't want your hospitals to be so overwhelmed with covid cases that they can't take care of not only those cases, but the other critically ill people they need to take care of in the hospital. so the question is is that where we are in the pandemic. right now, the alpha variant came through. when the delta variant came through, it was more contagious. omicron strand or the ba.2 strand aren't as much more contagious as they are more immune evasive. that means even if you've been naturally infected or vaccinated or both, you might still get a mild infection. although there's an increase of cases in areas, in philadelphia, there's an increase, so we have a mask mandate. the odds are that's not going to proceed an increase in hospita

james rented that u-haul truck in philadelphia [ inaudible >> so we're not calling them threats. he made some concerning posts or someone made some concerning posts. we cannot attribute that to that individual in an abundance of caution we're going to tighten the mayor's security detail, that's all. [ inaudible >> that is subject to investigation. we don't have that information yet. >> does he have a criminal record >> does he have a criminal record >> mr. james is just a person of interest we know right now who rented that u-haul van in philadelphia the keys to that u-haul van were found in the subway in our shoot orrer's possessions. we don't know right now if mr. james has any connection to the subway that's still under investigation. >> do you have any dna from the crime scene? >> the van is being processed. the crime scene is being processed. it's too early to tell right now. >> can you explain where this u-haul was located was it nearby? also, i think you said you're investigating these videos, but can you confirm it was him in the video or people that he knows? we're tryin

and philadelphia in new york city it looks to be about 6:00 p.m. or so, the tail end of the rush hour but all the blue in middle of the map in western pfrmt a. and the southern tier, that's the issue. heavy wet snow that will begin to accumulate and all night tonight through the interior of new york and poconos and adirondacks could get some heavy snow out of this the forecast looks like this some areas could get up to 8 to 10 inches of snow from this storm, anywhere there's elevations above 8 to 10,000 feet could get the west of it. from scranton, to binghamton, adirondacks, any of those areas couln throughout philadelphia with the cold rain and wind there's a chance of thunderstorms down through charleston to orlando. the end of the week looks better, but we have to get there first. >> yes, bring us to friday in meantime we can at least talk basketball. >>> the nba's lone 68-win team good off to a hot start, the suns soared in a high-octane game against the pelicans, 110-99 finish and it was a wild finish in the east between the nets and the celt

james, male, 62 years old, with addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia we are endeavoring to locate him to determine his connection to the subway shooting, if any. the two crime scenes, the subway and the van, are very active and are still being processed. we are asking for anyone's help with information cell phone video, witness information or any -- if they can identify the perpetrator or the renter of this vehicle to call crime stoppers at 1-800-577-tips there is a $50,000 reward out right now. 25,000 from the new york city police foundation, 12,500 from the mta and 12,500 from the twa local 100. i just want to assure everyone that we in the nypd have all our resources working this along with our partners in the fbi and the atf to find this perpetrator. with that, i'd like to turn it over to mike driscoll. >> i'm going to bring back the hey i don't remember >> okay. >> mr. mayor, we're ready for you. >> thank you, commissioner and chief. as we indicated, today was a difficult day for new york days like these are playing out too often in cities across america. as mentioned this mo

philadelphia is going back to its indoor mask mandate next week. it made us wonder what bay area doctors are saying about our numbers. amy hollyfield is live in san mateo. amy: we are not hearing any talk about bringing back mask mandates, evethase argoing up in s meo couy, they ar in the red zone right now f ors say that is not necessarily recent th d'tlsill be overrun. they think people should be vigilant and be aware of the uptick. doctors say covid waves will likely be part of our future. >> the risk of ongoing infections and potentially a surge is high. that may look very different from previous urges in the sense that there's a lot of factors at play. it does not mean increasing hospitalizations. amy: the spike is because of the ba.2 variant, now accounting for 80% of covid cases across the country. local health officers have not said anything about possibly bringing back restrictions slow the spread. doctors tell us the spike will likely be minor but should serve as a warning to be alert and out of your guard down. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news

i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. friday, florida governor ron desantis signed a law revoking disney world's designation as a special tax district which allows the entertainment giant to solve govern its 25,000 acre theme park. how disney originally assembled that land, great story, and i'll tell you in a moment. the magic kingdom now finds itself embroidered in controversy. bob chapek said that disney would take no position on hb 1557, the parental rights on education or

., indoor mask rule are back in philadelphia. it's become the first city to restart the policy, restarting next monday. >> reporter: coronavirus infections mostly driven by the ba.2 subvariant are rising especially in the northeast. in philadelphia where cases have increased by more than 50% in the past ten days, officials have reinstated an indoor mask mandate for public spaces. >> by wearing masks consistently, we can go ahead and take part without recurring transmission occurring. >> reporter: the spikes are being watched closely, but so far the hospitalizations remain low, the lowest at any point during the pandemic small i do believe we're going to see cases go up and down. obviously if it gets sustantially worse, we're going to want to look at issues like masking, but at this moment, these numbers are still quite low. >> reporter: new york city mayor eric adams has canceled his classes for this week. he tested positive for covid and says he has mild symptoms and remains at home. >> if i get it, i get it. it's learned how to

patton middle school in suburban philadelphia, amir williams is a student teacher. now a college sophomore. he didn't have a black teacher until mr. anderson taught him history in 6th grade. >> they walk in and hearing the words come from his mouth was really liberating. it gave me a lot of confidence. >> reporter: had anyone ever said that to you before? >> no. >> reporter: that is exactly why he wants to quadruple the number of black male teachers over the next ten years. >> it's as simple as if you can see it, you can be it. you have someone, a black male who you look exactly like, and then it makes you think that if they can do it, why can't i? >> great job today. >> reporter: which may be the most important lesson these kids can ever learn. >> have a good one. >> reporter: for "eye on america," i'm jim axelrod in philadelphia. >>> there's a lot more news ahead on the "cbs overnight news." >>> an update on that introducing the all-new gillettelabs with exfoliating bar. it combines shaving and gentle exfoliation into one efficient stroke, for a shave as quick and

reporter: today, philadelphia becomes the first major u.s. city to reinstate the indoor mask mandates. several businesses and individuals are suing to block it. they point out the cdc currently lists philadelphia county as a low risk area when comes to covid activity and hospital capacity. although ba.2 is driving up cases in several other municipalities so far health officials in those cities and counties are holding off holding more stringent requirements. they're optimistic higher vaccination levels, expanded access to treatments will help keep covid activity at manageable levels. ashley? ashley: jonathan, thank you very much. let's bring in now congressman lloyd smucker, republican from pennsylvania. congressman, as we heard from jonathan, philadelphia the first major city to bring back its indoor mask mandate. what do you make of that? >> well, ash, that is unnecessary. there is no logical argument to be made for bringing back masks. it goes against cdc guidelines. even chop, the childrens' hospital of philadelphia, has said it is not ne

old addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. we are endeavoring to locate him to determine his connection to the subway shooting, if any. the two crime scenes, the subway and the fan are very active still being processed. we are asking for anyone's help with information. cell phone video, witness information, what, if any can identify the perpetrator while the renter of the vehicle to call crime stoppers at 1-800-577-tips. as a 50000-dollar reward out right now. 25000 from the new york city police foundation, 12,000 500 from the mta and 12,000 500 from the twa local 100. i want to assure everyone we in the nypd have all resources working this along with our partners and fbi and atf to find the perpetrator. i'd like to turn over to mike driscoll. okay. >> mr. mayor, we are ready for you. >> thank you, commissioner. as we indicated today was a difficult day for new york. as mentioned, an act of violence evil in the heart of brooklyn. innocent people at the 36 street station. it's been turned into a war zone as a bomb was detonated

she went on a few days to found the philadelphia female anti-slavery society. also the ppas was also interracial. abolitionists want slavery abolished immediately. lucretia mott thought african-americans should be given civil rights immediately. this put her on the far left fringe of the anti-slavery movement of the 1830s. she was arrived in london along with her husband to discover this convention despite vigorous protests by americans decided not to seek women. it's a convention which all the people trying to organize to figure out how to persuade people around europe and the americas to oppose slavery to politically organize against it, to do what they could to end the system of slavery because of its sort of human rights violations. yet women were second class members of the organization. elizabeth katy stanton husband was a member of this delegation. they had become married. this was their honeymoon. they went to this convention in london. i think also there's a lot more of the women's right movement than just this idea of women civil rights which stanton

keep in mind, philadelphia set these parameters to design decision-maker earlier in the year. they surpassed 50% increase in cases over the past ten days. that's really the motivation here. what we're hearing from people on the ground, on one side of things, people were saying i actually never took off my mask when they lifted it over a month ago because they just didn't even think about it. it's just a practice they've continued to keep in place while other people are concerned about the impact on small businesses, the pennsylvania restaurant and lodging association calling it a major blow to thousands of small businesses. i want you to take a listen to some of the back and forth on this. >> wear a mask. it's safer. that's all. i don't resent it. i think it's safe. >> you see, you go inside restaurants anyways and bars and stuff, people aren't wearing it when the mandate was there. i'm not sure the mandate helps anything anymore. >> and we're seeing cases pick up in roughly half the country. some of the steepest numbers here in the northeast. but new jersey governor bill murp

that my grandfather when he came back from the navy and world war ii in the pacific, teamsters 107 in philadelphia and he drove for a & p supermarkets and my bad-- dad came back from the navy and a police officer for philadelphia, but to make ends meet, went into trucking on the weekends and i remember going down i-95 with him in that cab and it's incredibly important. and what task force movement is all about is really to create that bridge, that bridge between veterans and the trucking industry because for my family, it was built and survived on in that industry, it's how we got through and i will tell you that bridge, that means they were accessible to our brother and sister veterans. it's that bridge that needs to make sure that we launch this and make it happen for the next generation of truckers, lola or jada in the crowd. and that's what today's about, and what this work will be for, and i will tell you when mayor pete-- i'm sorry, secretary pete came back from afghanistan and i came back from iraq, we committed ourselves to public service, we committed to be there for our brothers and sist

it is happening in philadelphia. there is also a lockdown in shanghai. here's nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney. >> reporter: tonight the city of philadelphia responding to a 50% uptick in covid cases, announcing the return of an indoor mask mandate next week. while san francisco has the highest case rate in the state, what is happening back east may not happen here. >> in philadelphia, it very similar in terms of absolute numbers to where we are in san francisco. however, their rate of increase is about 85%. our rate of increase in the last two weeks is 25%. >> reporter: omicron's highly contagious variant ba.2 is fueling the spike in cases and even hospitalizations in some pockets of the country. but nationwide, infections are up 6%. >> i am not overly concerned. we saw it in europe a few weeks ago. the good news is we're coming off so very low infection numbers. >> in fact, the cdc will soon decide if masks are needed on planes. and overseas, the u.s. state department ordered all nonemergency government staff and their family members in shanghai to leave

so don't fight heartburn, block it with prilosec otc. >>> happening today, philadelphia's reinstating its indoor mask mandate for public places, schools and day cares. >> this move comes after the city's covid cases climbed more than 50% in ten days businesses there can choose to be mask-free if they require employees and visitors to show proof of vaccination meanwhile, new york city's covid case count seeing a spike as well the city's health commissioner says he expects the big apple's covid risk level to move to a medium within the next week. he made that revelation during an interview with ny 1 it came as easter celebrations made a full return for the first time in two years. here is nbc's jesse kirsch >> reporter: a return of the masses today celebrating easter sunday with pope francis the vatican says 100,000 filled st. peter's square in stark contrast with the nearly empty st. peter's basilica in 2020 and small masked crowd at the vatican last year. >> i feel absolutely blessed it's a very happy easter. >> reporter: from new york city's easter bonnet parade to churches and passo

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