when william penn drafted the all. that provision became the model for one of our nation's most precious rights. with "flag facts," i'm harry. [ bat cracks ] [ cheers and applause ] >> walk-off home runs are always very dramatic for any baseball team. a walkn is when a-off home ru team wins a game on a home run in the team's final at-bat. now, this has happened twice in world series play to win aries. world se the first time it happened wasin the 9th of game 7, pirates second baseman bill mazeroski hit a home run off yankees relief pitcher ralph terry. that was the pirates' third world serown.ries c in 1993, the toronto blue jays won their second consecutive world series on a walk-off, three-run, world series-winning home run by joe carter. i'm matt with "teen kids news." >> are you dreaming of a white christmas? if you've never actually had a neither have a lot of people. for example, 95% of the people in india have probably never seen snow. that's more than a billion people. using weather conditions, a world almanac,

>> in 1681, the king of england gave land in the new world to an englishman named william penn. since the area was rich in forests, it was named "pennsylvania," which is latin for "penn's woods." >> pennsylvania is a wonderful agricultural state. actually 30% of the state is considered agricultural land. and that's represented on the state seal, and the state seal is featured on the flag. plows, and then above all this is a ship, and that's meant to represent the importance of philadelphia as a port city. >> the flag's blue background represents loyalty and justice. it's the same color blue found on the american flag, which originated in pennsylvania. >> well, june 14th is flag day in the united states, and that's because in 1777 the continental congress met in philadelphia, and that's when they accepted the first-ever american flag. >> the declaration of independence and the constitution were also written in pennsylvania. despite these contributions to our federal system, pennsylvanians did not want any government to have unlimited powers over their state. so, emblazoned across

and i will close with a final william penn, which i believe truly epitomizes the and thef president ford future of the devos learning center. even if everyone is for it and right is right is against it." president ford undoubtedly did right.s so let us, the students and the the same.america, do thank you so much. [applause] juliet, thank you. you do us all very proud. todayvery, very fortunate because among the many people who served and helped president successful administration and then go on to lead a very, very successful we have the two served himtaff who during that period of time. of them i'm about to introduce to speak, the other i want to introduce to you to formernd that's secretary of defense and former chief of staff to gerald r. ford, don rumsfeld. don, thank you for being with us. [applause] key speaker for today. a gentleman that served in so many different capacities, been countlesstion to number of folks, former vice president, senior member of the in thecan leadership house of representatives, a very businessman, a wonderful father, and a friend .o countless number of p

. >> steve: william penn. >> jimmy: he did something. >> steve: he did something. founded pennsylvania. >> jimmy: let's keep going. this next one is from tesla and president obama. they both wrote, "0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds." tesla posted a picture of a a car. president obama posted a a picture of himself in his first year in office and himself now. stressful job. >> steve: that is stressful. >> jimmy: stressful job. >> steve: the leader of the free world. that's stressful. >> jimmy: here's the last one here. from hillary clinton and chris christie. they both wrote, "this should be free for every single american." hillary clinton posted a a picture of college. chris christie posted a picture of guacamole from chipotle. [ laughter and applause ] he's right! >> steve: should be free! >> jimmy: that's all the time we have for "picture this." we'll be right back with more of "the tonight show," everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ? with this level of engineering... it's a performance machine. with this degree of intelligence... it's a supercomputer. with this grade of pro

in 1914 william d lewis the principle of william penn high school in philadelphia wrote about democratizing education but focused on high school -- high school mathematics. my objection hero to the traditional requirements of mathematics is largely and. i've seen so many pupils driven out of the school by work which could not have any practical advantage to them and i have watched so many classes under the caption of algebra that i have come to believe that we want to discriminate as closely as possible between those peoples who need the advancement and those who will find other work more profitable. 1914. what's mathematics we teach in our schools, especially our high schools, has been debated for the past century? often with an eye toward democratization and opportunities for students. indeed much longer than a century. you may be unaware arithmetic was not taught in elementary schools in the colonial period. spelling, reading and writing constituted a curriculum at that time. arithmetic was known as folder. the folder. arithmetic was needed and when it was needed it was learned on the jo

william penn we he do have a few clouds upstairs but the clouds are beginning to thin out but the good news about clouds this time of the year it keeps temperatures in check. philadelphia currently 83. average high for this time of the year is 86. allentown 83. reading and trenton 82. wilmington 84. and cape may currently 82 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing we started the day with sunshine but an upper level disturbance rolling offer the coast of virginia brought us this cloud cover but clouds are beginning to thin especially right near philadelphia and just to the north they're thicker down to the south but tonight the clouds will be clearing out. partly cloudy skies and temperatures about where they should be for this time of the year, just a little bit on the muggy side. philadelphia 69. allentown 60. wilmington 66. and cape may 70 degrees. future tracker showing tomorrow a lot brighter than today. lots of sunshine at 10 o'cloc 10 o'clock. temperatures already up into the low 80's in philadelphia and as we head through the afternoon, it is going to be a warm day,

in 1914, william lewis, the principle of william penn high school in philadelphia, wrote about democratizing education. he focused on high school mathematics. my objection, he wrote, the traditional requirements in mathematics is largely empirical. i have seen so many people driven out of school by work which could not have any practical advantage to them. i have watched so many classes guessing under the caption of algebra that i have come to believe we ought to discriminate as carefully as possible between those pupils, and those who will find other work more profitable. 1914, and high schools, it has been debated for the past century. with an eye toward democratization and opportunities for students. much longer than a century you might be unaware that arithmetic was not taught in elementary school, spelling, reading and writing constituted the curriculum at that time. arithmetic was known as boulder, arithmetic was needed and when it was needed, it was learned in the job. by the early 20th century, part of the curriculum in every high school in the country. the graduation rate in 1900 is

the william penn annex has been in the federal building since it was first constructed 80 years ago. no word yet on when the move will happen. >>> in south jersey today, workers are feeling peachy, at the campbell soup pilot plant. this is why. today the company kicked off the fifth year of production of its just peachy salsa. campbell's used undersized or blemished peaches that cannot be sold in stores and turns them into thousands of jars of salsa. they benefit the food bank of south jersey. it pays for a half a million meals for people. >>> a commercial flight left the u.s. bound for cuba. huge sendoff at ft. lauderdale international airport for the jetblue flight. taking a look inside at passengers, as the plane landed in santa clara. and on the tarmac, crews were waiting with an american flag. jetblue is the first u.s. airline to resume regularly scheduled flights between the countries. >>> florida's gulf coast is under hurricane and tropical storm watches, as hermine moves closer to the state. residents spent the day filling sandbags to keep back floodwaters. heavy rains are ex

resort originally built in 1868, chalfont hotel, named after a town, william penn is burried. how about that for little history here in atlantic city, but seeing new history being made, as this place is scheduled to close, 2100 casino hotel workers, shutting down, but if you look at the sign there, you see a lot of other businesses, located within the hotel, and even though these people are losing their jobs, they're not losing their sense of humor, along with the white house sub shop that they have in there, they also a scores gentleman's club. one of the striking women here said hey we don't have it so bad. the women in scores are losing their clothes and their jobs, we at least keep our clothes out here on the pick line. good to see they have their sense of humor still even though they know bad news is coming. >> wow. >> scores. all right, steve, good one. 8:05. >> a local little league team from new jersey getting a loft attention because of their jerseys, instead of the players names and their team numbers on the back, the team deep side today do something different. >> d

(soft music) ♪ (colonial penn jingle) >>> right now on "nbc 10 news today" monsignor william lynn heads back to court. earlier this week the former philadelphia church leader was released from jail after serving three years for covering up priest sex abuse. >>> casino closing as workers continue to strike. the owner of the taj mahal in atlantic city said it will close for good at the end of the summer. >>> and sewage system for sale. it may end up selling its utility for tens of millions of dollars needed for repairs and underground upgrades. >>> good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. 4:30. let's get started with meteorologist bill henley for the "first alert" neighborhood forecast. >> the temperatures get lower and lower as we get closer to sunshine. 68 degrees right now in philadelphia. 60s in the suburbs for new jersey. lower 60s for lehigh valley and delaware, too. the sunshine will warm into the 80s this afternoon. no sign of any showers and a little bit of a breeze coming off the ocean to the shore. to the 80s but getting close to 79 degrees this afternoon.

in 1914 william d. lewis the principal of penn high school in philadelphia wrote about education and focused on high school mathematics, my objection, he wrote to the traditional is largely empirical which would not have any practical advantage to them and i have watched so many classes in guessing under the caption of algebra that i have come to believe that we ought to des -- discriminate for those who need the mathematics and those who will find other work for profitable. 1914. what mathematics we teach in our schools specially our high schools has been debated for the past century, often with an eye toward decmocratization. arithmetic was known as vulgar, arithmetic was needed and when it was needed it was learned on the job. by the early 20th century algebra and geometry were part of the curriculum in nearly every high school in the country but the graduation rate in 1900 was 8%, 8%. and as graduation rates climbed over the coming decades the role of mathematics became a contentious issue almost ev

(soft music) ♪ (colonial penn jingle) >>> the former talk show host mont williams is here. he thu his support behind john kasich. with him out of the race, williams has kept silent about who he'll vote for until tonight. he's here to tell us more about a decision, one he didn't make lightly. he writes, donald trump represents a clear is that present danger to our country. as much as i wish the system was not stacked against the libertarian ticket. that leaves clinton. she is the only choice and i will vote accordingly. montel, we just had a very passionate passion taken here by ron reagan taken against the trump guy. what is your passion leading you to? do you have passion for any of the candidates? >> i have passion, truly, against donald trump. i'm sorry to say it that way. the entire idea and concept of him being president of the united states. that's why i am speaking out. i am a enthusiastically endorsing hillary clinton? i'm willing to say, i'm going to go inside that booth. push the button for her. that's the only clear choice to make sure that america can be lifted

(soft music) ♪ (colonial penn jingle) >>> right now on "nbc 10 news today," still behind bars. but for how much longer? today lawyers for monsignor william lynn will argue after three years in prison it's time for his release. >>> family sickened. a dangerous chemical put a delaware mother, father and their children in the hospital. now the company taking the blame is pays tens of millions of dollars. >>> illegal parking crackdown. it's against the law for drivers but they still leave their cars in the median. but that could soon be changing. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today," i'm tracy davidson. it's 4:30 this tuesday morning. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. it's a look at conditions right where you live. pretty muggy out there, bill. >> yes. we are starting that way. we will see improving conditions