. >>> we are following breaking news out of old city where a gas line is on fire there. this is happening on 4th street. you can see the flame coming out of the ground there. authorities told us construction crews hit a gas line which ruptured causing the fire. no reports of any injuries. a live look right now at that construction site. you can the construction crews cleaning up and working to get that gas line under control. >>> now to the latest on the discovery of carlesha freeland-gaither, found alive in maryland three days after she was abducted from the germantown section of philadelphia. she's back home with her family. her relatives will hold a news conference this evening. the suspect, devlin barnes, is due in court this afternoon. they discovered them 113 miles away from philadelphia in jessup, maryland, where police took barnes into custody. charles ramsey is relieved carlesha's abductor was caught. >> he was already wanted in virginia for attempted murder, abduction, aggravated assault. i mean, a variety of charges. he was convicted of rape here in philadelph

jews were always there in the old city and around this holy site. so from this situation, the and is to make palestinians leave jerusalem. when i was in the army, in police in jerusalem, the goal is to make people's lives miserable. we are doing for the fact they will not act. we need to make a life miserable so they will be afraid all the time and will not have time to plan terror attacks. it is, of course, ridiculous. the end goal is to make them want to leave also made them want to do crazy things like attacks on jews and israelis. the second context of will talk about, the last few years. atce the second intifada him the end of the second intifada, bloody on both sides, the palestinians decided to act nonviolent acts. like amira hass mentioned, go to the u.n. all of that was counter in a very, very harsh oppression by israel. officials are calling them terrorists. if you're going to the u.n., you are political terrorist. , you are promoting bds an economic terrorist. people are arrested for that. jerusalem is calling the parliament and telling t

olde city front and market street ram tops head south on i-95, is block from center city, olde city you have to use the seventh street ramp to gain access to i-95, this morning. fire location at 17th and west moreland and the major roadways, slow go on the schuylkill expressway from conshohocken to downtown, south on i-95 heavy a as well, watch it true the work zones like i-95 and 202, that ponding could be even worse, because those drainage grates in the construction zones are all kind of moved around and most likely a lot of them are in the actual travel lanes, and mass transit though, looking good, with no delays. president obama is back in washington. he was visiting the g20 conferences where he taughted progress in both, trade and climate change. in fact in the united states he will save bottles from the republicans who criticized his agreements from proposals announced over the coming days and he is peck to meet with advisors regarding executive order regarding immigration policy as well. >>> the state department is taking an unprecedented step in shutting down its entire uncl

center city olde city ramp from front and market to head south on i-95 blocked with an overturn truck. use seventh street ramp to gain access to i-95. south on 295 and accident at rancocas woods. this vehicle slid off the roadway off the off ramp. just an example even though it is wet we could have slippery conditions out there on those on and off ramps. philly international so far so good but we will have have some delays at the airport so check with the airline before you put those bags in the trunk. up in the lehigh valley, as sue just mentioned wet road watch for poor visibility and slower than normal speeds across the board and so far so good on mass transit, chris and kerry, back over to you. >>> 5:04. prayers have been answered pope frances is coming to philadelphia. >> fox 29's steve keeley is live outside the archdiocese with details on this we heard for so long he was coming, now finally it is official. >> reporter: worst kept secret and he unveiled it himself this morning. we have been seeing banners for world meeting of families gathering for 2015 philadelphia for a couple

growth sides have been at the negotiation table friday in olde city. state senator anthony williams indicated there were little to no major sticking points left to hash out. >> i wouldn't say it's tense. i would say it's earnest. i would say that people are putting their best foot forward to reach to a successful conclusion. >> reporter: the union on monday promised 24 hours notice of any decision to strike indicating they would announce whether they would continue talking or strike on friday. major issues include contributions to the pension fund medical care and wages. but despite all these positive signs still at this hour no official word that an agreement has been reached. reporting live tonight in olde city, todd quinones for "eyewitness news" at 10:00 on the cw philly. >> all right, todd, thank you for the update. be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" for the latest on the septa contract talks. we'll bring you any new developments as they happen. the latest is always available at cbsphilly.com. >> "eyewitness news" in fairmount tonight where it

is there 40 galleries opened tonight in olde city, stop in, you can per yous the beautiful art, such i great art scene here in philadelphia, people have been walking by trying to get in the galleries and get into these bars and restaurants for a hot cup of hot chocolate coming in as handy as well. from a blustery second street in olde city philadelphia, i'm meteorologist kate bail owe for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> enjoy kate, thanks very much. >>> in less than one month from now this giant 85 norway spruce license covered with more than 40,000led lights. 13-ton tree arrived at rocker feller center in new york this morning. as you know by now tree has roots here in pennsylvania, cut down from a farm in bloomsberg earlier this week. it will be lit during a ceremony for december 3rd. >>> trending now fun times in outer space, take a look at this rid ohio from the international space station. a astronauts put a waterproof go pro camera inside a large bubble of floating water, that is cool and then they used to it record themselves. why? well, you have to entertain yourself somehow up t

in old city, front street market street to i-95 southbound, you can see the vehicles out there and everyone traveling slowly with the wet roads. you got to use the ramp from vine street eastbound to i-95 instead, an early-morning accident is shutting down a ramp. the roads are nasty, it's wet and slow, luckily not that many people up yet. i-95 southbound traffic heading toward center city. light volume. if you're heading out early, you'll need extra time because the roads are wet you'll have to navigate a few problems. meeting house road is blocked at lennox road use old york road. an accident on the new jersey turnpike northbound approaching exit 2 an accident blocking the right lane. we have a lot of accidents on the turnpike near this exit. >> pope francis announced this morning that he be visiting tbld for the world -- philadelphia for the world meeting of families in september of next year. he made the announcement during remarks to the doctrine of faith. he is expected to preside overan outdoor holy mass on the benjamin franklin parkway, a live report is coming up in 9 minutes. frankl

this is the ramp 295 southbound from old city, from the front street and market street intersection, so that ramp is blocked right now. in north philadelphia, we have fire department activity on north 17th street. that's blocked off between westmoreland and ontario. you can take 15th or 20th streets to get around that. and finally, for drivers in new jersey, we still have this accident on the turnpike northbound right as you approach exit 2, which is route 322. the right lane is blocked so traffic can get by, but you can expect to see a little slowdown there. chris? >>> at 4:32, we are following this breaking news from rome this morning. pope francis officially has confirmed that he is coming to philadelphia next year for the world meeting of families. that announcement happened just within the past 90 minutes at a small gathering in rome. nbc 10's matt delucia is live outside of the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. now, this was expected. in fact, the pope has mentioned in public several times in the last few months that he does plan on coming to philadelphia, but now it

we already have a problem in center city, olde city ramp from front and market to head south on i-95 closed this morning because of an overturned truck. that basically is shutting off access from the gang here olde city, center city nice short cut for folks heading down towards the airport. you want to gain access by using seventh street ramp from center city getting you on to i-95. northbound on the new jersey turnpike an overturned truck right here near exit number two for 322, and that fire location at 17th and west moreland with local detours and all of the bridges, expect slower than normal speeds this morning, all because of weather conditions, otherwise, mass transit and airport so far, so good. chris and kerry back over to you. >>> lets get to this, many are giving thanks this morning as the the philadelphia archdiocese learns that the local holy father will be resting philadelphia. >> talking about this for a while, confirming it today. fox 29's steve keeley live at the archdiocese with the details, steve. >> reporter: that may be first time breaking news sound effect and sc

live in old city, i'm matt delucia, nbc10 news. >> all right, thank you, matt. stay warm out there as much as you can. get back in that truck. the cold weather, it is here. if you would like some realtime updates on what to expect in your neighborhood you heard matt advertise it. download our irs f. alert weather app at nbc10.com for free. >>> new from over night. police are investigating a stabbing in the kensington section of philadelphia. this happened right around 2:00 this morning at kensington and allegheny avenues. police say the victim was stabbed twice in his upper body and is now in critical condition. there's no word yet on a suspect or motive in this case. >>> new this morning, camden county police are asking for your help to find this man. he's 31-year-old elliott nock. he's wanted in connection to two murders that happened only hours apart. investigators warn he is consider eed armed an dangerous. according to police, nock is responsible for the murders of 37-year-old nelson jackson and 21-year-old daniel damon. both victims were shot to death in c

that's the latest from old city, annie mccormick, channel 6 "action news", jim. >> thank you, an jury. they brought him out for everybody to see. eric frein in the flesh. just having been charged with capital murder. in tanersville he was captured this morning in front of pike county courthouse people yelled are you sorry. why did you do it? what he allegedly did is shoot two state troopers one fatally. he is now in maximum security five by eight foot sell his 48 day odyssey in the woods now behind him. "action news" reporter sharee williams is at the big board tonight sharee the more you learn about the police operation that ultimately led to frein's capture the more you realize it was planned with military like situation. >> that can mean waiting your target out or waiting for your tarring tote make a wrong move. every day for weeks in and weeks out teams of law enforcement officers walked their assigned grip grid. the jackpot turned out to be this abandoned hangar area where they methodically had been awk walking and clearing that mission there and one alert agent saw movement out

we're in old city right now. while most of you are in home cozy in your living room or your bed, these guys are out here working hard. we'll give you a look at what you're missing out oncoming up. >>> they're working hard in temperatures, 20s, 30s, feels like the teens in a lot of spots. cold, coat morning. cold enough to make that snow up in the poconos. you think it's going to be cold today? it's going to be colder during the workweek. we'll have the numbers straight ahead. >>> right now on "nbc10 news today," temperatures are hanging right around that freezing mark as we get a hit with a taste of winter. here's a live look outside right now at boathouse row. along with the cold, we're also tracking a system that's moving into our area. a little bit of precipitation to let you know about. good morning. welcome to nbc10. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the clear but cold conditions. michelle, do we normally see temperatures drop this low this time of year? >> no. it's the coldest temperatures of the

so they've got to go through this area here of center city, around city hall, through old city, up through fairmount park, coming back around again, kelly drive. so the entire area really has become home to this 26.2-mile route. and we have about 30,000 runners who are here for this marathon weekend. a lot of people getting these high fives. it's a bit chilly right now. but these runners tell me the weather is perfect for a nice little jog. >>> new from overnight, marion barry is dead at the age of 78. he passed away just after midnight at a hospital in washington. over the last year, barry had appeared frail and sick. beginning in 1979, voters elected him mayor four times. barry's 1990 arrest, though, in which he was caught on surveillance video smoking crack cocaine overshadowed his political career. but barry made a comeback in the last decade, winning three terms as d.c. councilman. >>> also new from overnight in our area, philadelphia police are invest getting a shooting in the city's frankfurt neighborhood. nbc 10 was on the scene on penn street where the shooting happened right arou

negotiations at the within ham hotel in old city. there were little to no major sticking points left to hash out. i wouldn't say it's tense. i would it's ernest. i would say that people are putting their best foot forward to reach to a successful conclusion. > the yn onon monday promised 24 hours notice of any decision to strike indicating they would announce whether they would continue talking or strike on friday. the major issues include contributions to the pension funds, medical care and wages. once again just moments ago sources have indicated that the final touches on a deal right now are being looked over herein side the windham hotel. we're expecting an announcement here in a matter of minutes. reporting life tonight in old city, todd quinn owes is. we'll stay with eye witness news for the latest. we'll bring you developments as they happen right here on the air and of course on cbs philly.com. it is a brisk night across the area and soon we're going to be feeling an even bigger chill. changing conditions, what can we expect.

we've come to the old city of jerusalem. and if you go through that big door just behind me, you reach the al-aqsa mosque compound. it's the third holiest site in islam. you can see palestinian muslims are going through there to pray. but this site is also sacred to jews who call it temple mount. and after a number of recent visits by right wing jewish extremists who are calling for change to restrictions here, which prevents jews from praying at the site, there have been a lot of protests, a lot of anger. jordan has even recalled its ambassador to israel over this issue. the israeli prime minister has said there will be no change to religious practices here, but not everyone is listening. these right wing jews are gathering at the start of a march. they're going to be heading towards the old city. and they've chosen this as their starting point, because last week, a prominent rabbi, who's been pressing for greater jewish access to temple mount, was shot and injured by a palestinian militant here. the fate of slem has always

i'm in the old city of damascus. bbc takes a look at syria's long war, a conflict a tearing this country apart. as part of special coverage, i've been to aleppo, once the powerhouse of this country. now large suedes of the iconic city lie in ruin. syrians are desperate for war to end. >> i pay everything here to make my family live. i can't. i am tired. >> i'm yolande knell at the camp in jordan. it's one of the mass camps set up to help people exiting syria. >>> i'm here with the rest of today's news. edging towards one of the great space moment moments, the roset spaceship sends a probe to land on the comet. >>> another fine for another big banking scandal. >> here we go. five global banks are fined $3 billion for their role in rigging rates in the foreign exchange market. let me tell you, it's a massive market with $5.3 trillion of currency traded every single day. yes, a massive fine by regulators. here's the question. will it change banker's behavior? it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. washington, 2:00 p.m. a

i want to begin by reading to you a brief conversation i had with a friend in the old city of damascus and we were discussing the election of president barack obama in summer of 2009, a mere 50 few months after his election and we will discuss in historical significance of having an african-american in the white house. to give you some background, a sunni muslim, well educated, curious about american culture and extremely serious. on the topic of diversity in the middle east. as an american you like diversity, you have all these raises and ethnicities, even a black president. what if diversity in my society is not the same as diversity in yours? what if diversity here is a source of weakness? he asked me. wasn't it diversity that created the violence in iraq, he pressed on, the existence of all those different groups, sunni, shiite, christian, kurdish? i would rather live in a place that did not have diversity and was stable than live in a diverse place that was at constant risk of falling into civil war. let that pregnant conversation hang in the air for a minute and i will return to

the on-ramp from front and market streets in old city. we have an overturned truck blocking that ramp, so you can't access it right now. what you can do is get on the vine eastbound and take that to 95 southbound. that will put you right on 95. that's a straight shot there. so, that's probably going to be your best bet. 295 southbound at rancocas, a truck partially blocking a ramp there. and in delaware, 495 southbound right at exit 5, philadelphia pike in claimant. but the good news is it's on the shoulder and not blocking anything on the highway itself. chris? >>> well, the eagles just have to put what happened yesterday behind them and get ready for the next game against the titans. the packers were good. they took an early lead at lambeau field and never looked back. green bay led 30-6 at halftime and kept piling it on in the second. the eagles' offense didn't help mats. mark sanchez threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles. the final score 53-20. >>> first, guinea, sierra leone and liberia. now the u.s. is adding a new country to

today, israeli police lined up around the old city to impose restrictions on palestinian muslims heading to the mosque. down, to calm things officials restated the ban on jews praying at the site which they called temple mount would stick. this has been for many decades, since the six-day war. stand behind the rights of jews to go to the mosque. mount andn go to the pray in the al-aqsa mosque. policy chief added a call for a return to peace talks. >> it is worrying that after the cease-fire was reached in august, we are still having .ifficulty >> recently, there have been fresh reminders of how the political vacuum could be filled with silence. someone from hamas drove into pedestrians, killing two people. it was the second such attack in jerusalem in two weeks. now in gaza, there is also concern about a return to chaos. fatasions targeted officials, showing the reconciliation deal with hamas is under severe strain. this is at a time when many palestinians ask their leaders to put up a united front. bbc news, jerusalem. >> president obama invited congressional leaders to the white house

let's look at the old city itself. home to the muslim quarters, jewish, christian, consisting of mainly orthodox christians, and the ar mainian quarter. the holy sep you will kerr is located in the christian, and you see the location of al-aqsa mosque and the wailing wall. to discuss the situation, founder and director at the center for dialogues, and the historian author - great to have you with us. i want to start with the closing of a sacred site. what does it mean? >> the signal of this is something ancient and old. whatever we expect. emotions on both sides are high. so the landscape is so dry. the smallest spark ignites it, ignites fire. we have this again. as long as we don't look at the route causes of this wisdom, unfortunately, is lacking. they think of the present, not the future generations, what we leave for them. conflict, tension, day after day. it's the situation for this. as a dad situation. >> a spokesman called it a declaration of war. what do you make of those words. >> they are strong words. >> as

. >> good sunday morning from old city philadelphia. fourth and mark, it is sunday, november 23rd, it is marathon sunday. >> it is, yes, it is a marathon sunday which makes it difficult to get around this day. already a good morning, hope you are, too, beautiful sunrise, i'm karen hepp watch people are talking about, a lot of news developing, social media reacting over night to the death of former dc mayor, mayor john beer. >> i thousands every runners participating if the philadelphia marathon, can get hard to get around center city. live to the ben franklin parkway in just a few minutes. >> firms, let's get a check of the inter-active forecast, getting nicer at this minute, for caitlin, already looking ahead with the crazy possibility of maybe snow on the busiest travel day of the year? before we even get there, though, a lot to talk b live look outside center city philadelphia, more clouds around, and knows clouds are actually a result of some warmer air coming in. so our main headline what we want to talk about first is the warm up

now francine is going to present the old city within the city. with ruins. here's the old clock tower. (class exclaims) and here's the frenskium. it's the ruins of an ancient stadium. i love how your city combines the future and the past. and what a superb idea to use the colosseum for inspiration. a perfect touch. (crowd cheers) this is awful. lefty's getting crushed, and this hot dog doesn't have enough mustard. what do you mean? this game's a blast! how many home runs have we seen? you don't mind that lefty's not pitching a perfect game? i'll see one someday. yoo-hoo! over here! we need more peanuts! (sighs) you can never get those vendors when you need them. wait a minute. that's what this stadium needs. a light that flashes over your seat whenever you need something. (groans) francine: the buttons could be on the armrest. it will be perfect! and now... my name is tyler, and this is second grade, and we're working on cities. what do we need to make a city work? a city hall? fire station? the hospital? we started with a whiteboard, and then we put some ro

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we of c >> here's life look outside at old city. it is definitely not pleasant out there but the rain and snow started to move out of the area. still the storm has caused some major problems. meteorologist caitlin roth is watching conditions outside. caitlin. >> iain thanks so much. we're at the tail end of this storm right now. it's certainly not pleasant. we've got light rain falling here at fourth and mark in old city. behind me, the roads are fine. we only saw a couple hour bursts of snow that didn't really stick here in the city before switching back to rain and traffic obviously moving okay but if you're travels this evening take you away from the city you'll be finding accumulation north and west of town. we showed you snow totals earlier. keep showing you them throughout this newscast. west streets here the concern will move to refreezing overnight. ultimate doppler shows i think they're starting to break i was par. you can see holes in the radar right there that very light gray that indicates light snow. mainly north and we

. >> reporter: and how about a trip down old city for those famous first friday festivals? secret number three. first friday parking in old city is free after 5:00. >> didn't know that either. >> there's those sometimes confusing kiosk. >> i had to move fast because, you know, ppa they don't play. >> reporter: we were there as jeremy boyd of wynnefield got his time slip for his car on south street. >> right now i beat them. so i beat them. i'm all right. >> reporter: that takes to us secret number four. kiosk tickets can be used anywhere by time at one kiosk using the balance of that time in any metered spots you like. what matters here the time, not the location. by the way we did find some of these secrets plane as day on ppa's facebook page and on its blog. but everyone we spoke with says this is the first they've learned of this. and that's something they'd like to see the ppa fix. >> they should make us aware of they don't. >> if they can fix that that would be good. >> in center city, dave kinchen fox 29 news. >> great tips there. >>> well, a couple is terroriz terror

started a small fire at fourth and race in olde city. that prompted evacuations. pgw rush to put a cap on the 1 inch line that had been abandon years ago but still had gas inside. nobody was hurt. >>> there will soon be one less discount grocer in the region. bottom dollar food is shutting down. the parent company at the low cost grocery chain has sold its 66 location toss aldi. bottom dollar says stores will remain opened at end of the year and its 2200 employees will get severance pay. >>> it is a damp night across the delaware valley. we have areas of fog as well. our eyewitness weather watchers are reporting all over the delaware valley. we will start at 49 degrees. jessica is saying in win, just wet. reading same thing 49 degrees there. 48 degrees in gilbertsville and eileen is saying that the win is light, relative humidity quite high and it stopped raining in gilbertsville about 2:30 this afternoon. that is good news mount laurel is saying robin is saying light wind, plenty of rain and guess what light fog right now in mount laure

overturn truck in old city ramps from front and market to head south on i-95 to block. use seventh street ramps that morning. this morning crash on the lincoln drive and gypsy lane. schuylkill crawling from conshohocken to center city. use extra wiggle room between you and that bumper in front. look out in the construction zones. they are rough go this morning with 20 minute delays. mike and alex, back to you. >>> 7:03. breaking news and only good news we have on a monday morning. >> there is prayers of thanksgiving as philadelphia prepares for a papal visit next year. >> mark this on the calendar, 9/25/15, there is steve keeley at the archdiocese, hi steve. >> reporter: mike, have a bigger circle on sunday the 27th. he will have an outdoor mass on a sunday on september 27th and the headline there, 2 million people expected for that mass here to close out the world meeting of families conference here in philadelphia so we do get some big news stories, biggest in the country sometimes on this show. never before have have we had the top international lead news story here

city of jerusalem. the first crippling blow came 25 basish air raids on in egypt, jordan, and syria. the sinai campaign was instrumental in mapping the nation's battle plan. quickness of the israeli army crash forces with a one-to punch. charges are vigorously denied are broken.atic a cease-fire continued at the united nations. u.s. ambassador arthur goldberg issues a peace plan. an immediate debate is started in the security council representing 15 nations. while the united states and russia disagree on the wording of her troupe of her true patrol, israel's foreign ua ourr charges president plotted the murder of a state. the vote is finally taken, and the resolution adopted unanimously. word continues to come from the battles on, telling of sweeping israeli victories. next day, egypt accepts the cease-fire, joining jordan, leaving syria facing israeli forces alone. the united nations arena remains in the world spotlight because of the many questions raised by the short but decisive middle east war. wit

. >>> and an underground fire caused an evacuation in old city. after a contractor hit a gas line. john rawlins live at the scene and joins us with the very latest. >> reporter: hi rick, ray street is open now, there were intense moments earlier today, gas was burning and emergency crews came running. a small gas flame near a contractors trench, it didn't get very big but got everybody's attention. >> about 3 feet above the trench level. it wasn't spurting or anything, just a slow roast. >> firefighters responded and 24 people were evacuated from two nearby building as pgw crews worked to stop the fuel source. >> the spark call it to ignite. >> initially it was thought that an 8 inch high pressure main was struck but then it was determined that it was a smaller pressure line. and the contractor that was installing lines, hit a line that was not marked as being active or aenergized. >> he did everything right, called 911 but somehow that one, 1-inch gas main was not marked. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> time for a first check of accuweather, we are transit

it will be a big day in old city, home to the highest concentration of independent boutiques, restaurants and galleries. the shops and restaurants along king's highway are also ready to make sales on this small business saturday. merchants there and all over the region are going all out to get customers in the the door. >> we do have different deals. we do have gift baskets here that we sell. not only for christmas but also hanukkah. >> small business saturday, by the way, is in its fifth year. other shoppers will be taking a break after spending yesterday on the hunt for black friday bargains. sky force 10 was up in the air surveying the shopping crowd throughout the day. there was no shortage of crowds in the parking lot. the shoppers braved the cold to walk between the plaza and the court. in northeast philly, this is a birds eye view. the mall was open on thanksgiving and rereopened yesterday morning at 6:00. early bird shoppers received a swag bag full of black friday coupons. and shoppers also got an early start at the concord mall. some of the cars started to pour into the parking

we've seen almost daily clashes between palestinian protestors and israeli police in the old city of jerusalem around the compound t area the jews refer to as temple mount. >> talk us through what happened there. we have pictures of the temple mosque area. we saw some amateur video footage from that area today. >> reporter: that's right. this was from early this morning. israeli police have moved into the sight to clear in a sit-in by protestors. they heard jewish right wing activists were planning to visit the site and they were sitting there to protect the area as they saw it. as police tried to clear the area using stun grenades and other methods we're told, rocks were thrown and other items. a number of palestinians were hurt. one young man was hit in the face by a rubber bullets we're told. israeli police say a number of their officers were also hurt. the scene there is now calm. it's a reminder of how high tensions are running i think. this is a site that's both sacred to muslims, third most joh sacred and most holy for jews. a week ago, a militant shot a jewish right wing acti

but the most important part of it is we should keep the old parts of the city intact. the kasbah, the medina. that's what's hard to do because when you have a european purchasing power coming over here to tangier -- >> they come like we come. we embrace it. other people want to come. and then we throw up. we'll, will tangier's unique character survive? >> i hope so. i really hope so. >> tangier is morocco. always was morocco. and recently the country's leadership seems to have embraced it. in all its ill reputed glory. the days of predatory poets in search of literary inspiration and young flesh are probably over for good. hippies can just as easily get their bong rips in portland or peoria. but the good stuff, the real good stuff, the sounds and smells and the look of tangier, what you see and hear when you lean out the window and take it all in, that's here to stay. > it's easily the most contentious piece of real estate in the world. and there's no hope, none, of ever talking about it without pissing somebody, if not everybody off. maybe that's why it's taken me so

the old city stood as a powerful symbol of uyghur identity. chunks have been torn down on the orders of the government, promising new homes and better living conditions. you see the occasional tourist. most have been frightened away by violence that the authorities blame on uyghur armed group, some of whom want independence from china. most uyghurs are wary of talking to foreign journalists, those that do, don't like to be identified. >> the government says this is not very safe for tourists. they hope next year will be better if more tourists come, it will be easier for us to make money. >> road side billboards show the vision for kashgar's future. a city that could be the shanghai of central asia. the new high-rise developments point to the billions that the central government is pouring into roots and buildings, a construct boom it hopes will build prosperity as it drives to transfer the city into an economic trade hub of old. >>> a free school lunch programme in ghana is running into trouble. more than 1.7 million children from poor famili

tomorrow they call for change during rally at city hall. 51-year-old lori hit and killed by golden gate transit bus this morning. driver was turning left from lombard street on to vanness avue when the woman was hit. police not said who was at fault. police who live in the area say it's a very dangerous intersection. >> many if it's scary when you cross the street. just a lot of commotion going oychbility really bad intersection to one through. >> van ness is considered one of the city worsstreechlts advocate group says 5 people have died alg the corridor this year. e.we have new details about crash that delayed rush hr commuters in san ramone. we see where at least one vehicle hit a highway patrol motorcye officer on 6 80. chopper rushed the officer to a trauma center and expected to srvive. >> friends of hay tech engineer ho you can help find h after he vanished in san francisco nearly a week ago. nobody h seen or heard from dan sense last friday night halloween. dan roommate saw him rush out ofthe south market home wearing red hoodie develop we are a comny metro million and friends s

police say 33 year old melvin crane of granite city grabbed the six year old boy by his jacket and pulled out his belt and threatened to attack the child if he did not stop bullying his daughter. some parents want to know why the driver let crane get on the bus in the first play. >> i said sometimes parents do step on the first rung or two to ask questions or deliver information. so they didn't think that the parent was going to, you know, get out of control or do anything. >> crane has turned himself in to police. no word on exactly what the six year old did that set him off. he's facing charges of battery and aggravated assault. >>> all right. so apparently, magazine like a whole magazine it's a well known one i might add actually thinks philadelphians don't look too hot and we're not talking about our cold weather either. nothing to do with that. >> we've come up in the ranksings. one national mal magazine said we've got some of the most unattractive people in the country. if you can believe that. stay tuned for that and also in california, a woman falls 70 feet off a cliff but surviv

she is live now in old city. any. >> and brian, that's right, everyone is hoping this saga will come to an end. at this point there's a lot of positive signs pointing to that. union and septa members are still negotiating a deal at this point. a good sign came around 8:00 tonight when members of the septa board including chairman did arrive to the table here. we're told that does signal that a deal could be closer the at this point sources are telling us major issues like city contracts have been taken care of and they're hashing out the details with suburban lines and they're hoping they can avoid a strike and come to i deal. it's been 7 months since the transit workers union worked without a contract and this week they is a possibility of a strike looming over the city potentially affecting buses, trolleys and subways and not regional rail. they went as far as distributing picket signs earlier in the week. union boss willie brown wanted a contract by the end of friday and we're working now into friday evening.

. >> i'm taking you through damascus gate, which is one of the gates to the old city. these walls are pretty ancient. people say that the deepest go back to king david. as history progressed, they built up the wall. so the top bed is the newest. >> and by newest you mean -- >> up to about the ottoman time. the turks left here about 150 years ago. and the brits came and they conquered us. >> i wasn't here. >> born here, now cooking in london, he is the widely known respected chef and co-author of the book "jerusalem." >> basically, this city was divided into two until 1967 when there was the famous six-day war. >> yep. >> and the hall that we're traveling in now, walking in is east jerusalem. it's the palestinian part. that was up until '67 belonged to jordan. so now it's under israeli control. very controversial because for the jews, for the israelis, the city has been unified. but obviously for the palestinian, they're under occupation, as far as they're concerned. we just have to go for a falafel because it's so much part of the culture here. again, contentious becau

the old city stood as a powerful symbol of the uyghur identity. chunks are being torn down on the orders of the government. promising new homes and better living conditions. you see the occasional tourist. moster fightened by violence that the authorities blame on uyghur armed groups, some of whom wants independence from china. most are aware of talking to foreign journalists, those that do don't like to be identified. >> the government says this is not very safe for tourists and hope next year will be better. if more tourists come here, it will be easier for us to make money. >> reporter: roadside billboards show a vision for the future, a city that could one day be the shanghai of central asia. the new high-rise pointing to billions that the central government is pouring into roads and buildings. a construction boom that it hopes will bring stability and prosperity as it strives to transfer the city into the economic trade hub of old. >>> a free school lunch programme in ghana is running into trouble. more than 1.7 million children from poor fam

. >>> it is a great morning from old city philadelphia. it is saturday, november 22nd, i'm karen hepp. >> and i'm lauren johnson. >> growing tensionness ferguson missouri and here at ohm. >> and also a federal judge makes a ruling on sports betting in new jersey. >> we want to begin with your weather. caitlin, it's chilly out there. >> very cold morning, you guys. and we're seeing record lows in some spots, mainly up north in allentown where they started the day off at 16 degrees. we're looking ahead to the philadelphia marathon. that's tomorrow morning. luckily not going to be as cold. we're starting off as 38 degrees at 7:00 a.m. that's the beginning of the race time. that's still cold but it won't but as cold as it is this morning. so outside right now, we're going to see a lot of sunshine through the morning hours, maybe a few clouds later on. you can see it's moving through ohio so it's not too far away, that pink indicating mixed precipitation, it's not just rain, something frozen, by the time it reaches us, warm air will get ahead o

here's a live look outside in old city philadelphia. chief meteorologist scott williams tracking it all for you much he's back in just a few minutes with a look at your weekend forecast. >> well, tonight we've got the essence of the addage it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get back up. >> you know, the kicker iain we're talking about a teenager who now has doctors calling on her who now has various schools asking her to speak. but to get to this point, this high school senior had to pull herself out of one very dark rabbit hole and sleigh a monster, food. ♪ >> like alice in wonderland courtney went through the loo looking glass. reality became blurred. mirrors were the enemy. >>> there was all of those noises in my head saying you're fat, don't eat. go run. you need to do this. you need to do that. you need to be inner. you need to look like her. >> the images are everywhere. punctures of skinny, happy people flood social media second by second. and don't think they don't make an impact. >> there wa

in an institute inside the old city, artists have spent years creating garments and vestables in the belief that one day a new jewish temple will be built right on top of the site. >> deep under the temple mount that was designed by king solomon himself. >> reporter: it's a belief that has many muslims worried. >> we're not talking at this point about building a temple. is that the dream of the jewish them? yes. there's no question about that. but what we're talking about right now is to be able to fulfill our religious obligations to be seen by god in that place and to be able to utter a prayer. >> reporter: some muslims are wary those jewish prayers have political motivations. >> unfortunately, the mosque is a playing card with the hands of the israeli political agenda. >> reporter: and now scenes like this one right inside the al kachinging a kazaa mosque are common. the meaning of the word "jerusalem" is city of peace. these days it's anything but. today there were clashes in the west bank and in eastern parts of the city. in the palestinian refugee camp, palestinians were throwi

. >>> now a look outside at the action cam, we await the light show in old city that kicks off the holiday festival. they have put some of the lights on already and it's gorgeous. cecily tynan has your accuweather word coming up about the snow. hiiiii. hi. sorry, we're closed. what? i need help with my deposit. the bank has rules. it's really quick. i can't hear you. i promise, i'm gonna be really quick. i don't under...i can't hear you through the glass. i'll...be...quick! you'll be quick. that's what you just said? yes. i'm sorry, i can't hear you. we're closed. you know what? okay, that's... hey...sir? i just...okay. [ male announcer ] it's time to bank human again. that's why td bank has the longest hours and even stays open an extra ten minutes for when you run late. td bank. america's most convenient bank. >>> cecily tynan is here and as promised old man winter is doing a sticker. >> not the food snickers. >> i think we have some halloween candy actually. stormtracker 6 live double scan for the first time this year showing the winter mode and yes it is snowing like harmony and jack f

old city 5th street is blocked, 3rd or 7th will get you around it. westbound thorn ton road there's an accident and vehicle fire what is going on this morning. new jersey transit river line half an hour delays between camden and trenton. you're messed up on the rootdz and -- roads and the bridges and rails. >> reporter: we're cold, that's the weather story, 39 in philadelphia. 33 in reading, 32 in millville and 36 this trenton. when you factor in a light breeze that's blowing it feels like 33 in philadelphia. 27 in wilmington and in some places not much of a difference because the winds are not as strong. we roll through the day and head to the bus stop or the el. 43 degrees by 9:00. clouds will build through the day, high of 51 probably around 1:30 or 2:00 sliding into the 40s this afternoon. clouds build and later this afternoon a light rain or shower is possible. possibly mixing with wet snow in the northern or western suburbs. doesn't look like a big deal. i never really gave much thought to the acidity in any foods. never thought about the coffe

we have an accident involving an overturned truck in old city, it blocking the ramp to i-95 southbound you've got to use the ramp to the vine street expressway, instead. now we're looking live at the vine, no other problems, traffic is moving nicely, you need to give yourself extra of time and slow down the speeds. we have a house fire 17th near west moreland. stick to 15th or 20th. a new accident east greeneville, montgomery county, main and 6th. we have a disabled vehicle in abington, meeting house road that cleared. >> breaking this morning, we received official confirmation from the vatican this morning, in fact here's the confirmation in my hand that pope francis will be attending the world meeting of families in philadelphia in september of next year. katherine scott is outside the archdiocesan head quawrdz in the city -- headquarters in the city, as a matter of fact you're inside. >> reporter: that's right, matt, pope francis will be here for the world meeting he have family, there will be a papal massen 0 the benjamin franklin parkway which will open to the public. back in marc

city or indeed the mosque compound to offer their prayers and that is restrictions put in place as a clamp down as palestinian violence on the east and why we see a huge security presence to thousands of reenforcement officers and again a very tense scene here indeed. >> it sounds like very much a recipe for an escalation in this situati situation. >> it does, and frankly it has been. over the past several weeks and indeed more acutely over the past week or so we have seen a number of very violent clashes between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces. observers are describing the situation as spiralling out of control. and to answer your earlier question about whether palestinians are heeding the calls of various broups, palestinian groups to take to the streets and protests the answer is yes and have been doing so now for a very long time and why we have seen such a heavy security presence but pressure put on israeli government to do something about this and that could perhaps explain why prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying the mosque is not going to change and wha