To stay off the stage. Armstrong couldnt do it. [band playing the saints go marching in] narrator in july of 1970, george wein staged a celebration at newport for armstrongs 70th birthday. Many of the musicians with whom he had played over the years had come back to be with him. Wein he was ill for a couple of years, and. And he was quite frail. The doctor didnt want him to play, but he allowed him to come to newport. Its this. Reenergizing when the opportunity for him to do what he wanted to do and to know that he was out there reaching people. And he put everything he had into that evening. Narrator wein wanted to save armstrongs strength, and suggested he simply walk onstage unannounced, rather than sing his theme song. Armstrong, weak as he was, wouldnt hear of it. Giddins it was very important for an entertainer to have a theme song, because only the really great ones had songs that instantly meant them. So Louis Armstrong had a sentimental southern tune sleepytime down south. He
Basement behind a adjacent buildings basement behind a locked down. They hid it in the rear of the basement, unable to be accessed because the door was locked. Reporter so con ed never spotted the illegal hook up, even though they were there hours before the explosion. This is meant to send a message to contractors all over the city. Break the law, and we will find you and hold you accountable. Reporter all five of the defendants here in manhattan in criminal court have entered a not guilty plea. Four of these defendant, their bail set at a Million Dollars each. The master plumber, the one whos accuse offed falsifying document, his bail is at 100,000. For now jim hoffer, channel 7. The father of the one of the two killed in the blast says news of the charges have the family of a 23yearold have set up a shrine in their apartment in his memory. Their son was on a date on the ground floor when the blast happened. His date made it out okay. Well, im happy, i mean that theyre bringing these
Some spots in the 20s. Cold start in western new jersey. This is the day. This is our transition to warmer weather. 37 right now. Back to 53 by lunchtime. It will be breezy and mild throughout the afternoon. Scattered clouds and sunshine and a high of 57 degrees on this monday. Yeah, head out there with a layer and lose a few layers as you head throughout the day. Coming up, well look at the school day forecast. Emily west has a look at your commute. Good morning everyone. Overnight roadwork. The hugh l. Carey tunnel. The manhattan bound tube closed. Same with the queens midtown tunnel this morning. Youll find a queensbound tube that is going to be closed. Manhattan bound is taking twoway traffic until 5 30 this morning. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Thanks so much, emily. In queens, one person dead, four in the hospital including two officers. Police say theyre victims of he began his crime spree yesterday morning when he slashed a neighbor. For the next several hours he committ
Whipping winds as they battled a raging fire on 91st street, not that far from laguardia airport. Today in new yorks cath s s Katherine Creag has the latest. Dat. Reporter its a frantic scene, one man grabbed his kids and ran for their lives. We want to show you, the top there of that house, you can see all of that smoke damage that came out of the window. Heavy smoke and flames when firefighters first arrived here. Thats what they saw about 2 00 this morning. Two houses and three garages have been destroyed in the fire. Agthain, neighbors describing heavy flames. And it didnt help that it was so windy. Fire investigators are concentrating on work being done in one of the garages, that it might be the spot as to where the fire started. Right now, were taking a look at it, it looked like they were doing Water Repairs in the we recovered four propane cylinders from the rear. And again, its under investigation, but we are looking to see could have possibly started in the rear of the build
Storm team 4s Raphael Miranda is here with the forecast. Hey, raphi. A maim juror change coming your way temperaturewise. Temperatures on the rise out there. Its still chilly in the suburbs. Temperatures in the 20s and teens. 27 in morristown. 17 in westhampton. Look at new york city. Already at 39 degrees. Temperature jumped up 2 degrees over the past hour. Thats a sign of whats to come later on today. You can see in the day planner, look where we are by lunch. 53 degrees. A great day to get outside and enjoy breezy sunshine and clouds. A high of 57 today. Well above average. This is probably one of the cooler days this week. Believe it or not. Weve got major warmup headed our way. Well look at that in a few. Emily west is here with a look at your commute. Not too bad. The belt parkway this morning by jfk where that ride is moving along pretty nice. No delays there. A look at the George Washington bridge this morning where no delays. Whether youre heading in to the shouldnt have any w