Programming at the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia. Rebecca i was the principal archaeologist of excavation of the site before the building was built. Scott we are actually standing about 25 feet below land surface if you are walking down Chestnut Street from Independence Hall toward the Delaware River and come to the corner of third and Chestnut Streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground right now. This is the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. Rebecca and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site, so its fascinating to be in this building that exists that we were out there with our shovels and hardhats and screens and the whole shebang. That is what urban archaeology is. Scott this is a map done in 1863. This is the earliest engraved map that shows the town laid out by william penn for philadelphia, the capital of pennsylvania. And this little square here is actually the footprint of the building were standing in here. As y
Repercussions for those republicans who dont support the jbill . Can you imagine if e repeal and replace of obamacare that republicans have been talking about for years doesnt pass because of republicans . Listen to what the press secretary had to say about that today. This is something that weve talked about. Youve taken a bunch of these free votes when it didnt matter because you didnt have a republican president and you got to vote for repeal and go back and tell your constituents Something Like 50 times, well, this is a live ball now. And this is for real and were going to do what we pledged the American People and keep our word. He believes not just him but the members of the house and the senate have an obligation to fulfill the promise and pledge they made to the American People. Reporter the white house maintains that they are confident the bill will pass. In order to avoid a vote at 3 a. M. Tomorrow morning it has been postponed noting this should be done in the light of day,
Not criminal matters and shouldnt be in court. The third point at this stage of the trial. The judge, the man at the heart of this, judge barry williams. This is a bench trial. No jury. He must decide guilt or innocence. He has been with this case through the motions. He knows just about everything there is to know about it. But he must set aside his knowledge of certain bit and pieces of evidence. Certainly an interesting trial. It is still going on right now. It started at 9 30 this morning. We will go back in. We will come back at 5 30 with a complete report and we will tell you about a dramatic video that was played in the courtroom today that actually drew some groans from the audience. That is coming up at 5 30. In baltimore, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan we will see you then. A bad crash developing in wheaton. Three calls involved in the center of the sc this is randolph road. An area you want to avoid. You can see it is backing up traffic in one direction. They have only one l
Damage. The fire started yesterday afternoon, caused significant damage to the First Congressional Church on channing way. Weve got christin captain in berkeley this morning, will have an update for us in a couple of minutes. Therell be plenty of traffic on the roads for people heading into San Francisco all weekend along, 10s of thousands of music fans will be at Golden Gate Park for the hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival. We also have fleet week and the dream force conference conference all going on in San Francisco next week. If youre heading out, take a jacket. I actually put the heater on this morning. It was cold. Well have to notify claudine. Youre right so its a whole lot like fall out there this morning. We knew it was coming. It doesnt look like too much, but still it is there. Giving you a look at the east bay where youre saying good morning to the sunshine, partly cloudy skies this morning and as frank mentioned, its a cool one, temperatures in the upper 40s to 50s. 44 degr
Of state john kerry met with hollande this morning in paris. Youll remember just yesterday president obama said in turkey there would be an intensification in the assault on isis in the middle east. Next weeks meeting is likely to focus heavily on what that might look like. Meanwhile, French Police say they arrested 16 people in paris since saturday in relation to the attacks on friday. German police have been acting on tips all over that country. They arrested five people there today. Even as the government says they will not take part in air strikes in syria. Belgium says they believe some of the attacks were partly organized there. They will deploy up to 300 extra soldiers to secure major cities in the country. Frances ambassador is meeting with senators on capitol hill. Mitch mcconnell and harry reid are presenting the ambassador with a signed condolence book for the citizens of france. Our top diplomat, secretary of state john kerry is paying respects in france right now. Hes disc