Why these runners say a violent attack will not scare them away. Nbc 10 news starts now. Tear it down tear it down tear it down, the statue standoff is growing more tense tonight. Protesters gathered around the frank rizzo monument, as police blocked the area off. This follows tonights march through the streets of philadelphia. Nbc 10 was in the air and on the ground as hundreds rallied in response to the violent events in charlottesville. Good evening, im jacqueline london. Im jim rosenfield. Police have taken new steps to protect former mayors statue after recent acts of vabd van l vandali vandalism. Brandon, theres a lot of activity by the statue right now. Reporter the group of protesters walked this way to another part of center city. Behind me, all around me, Philadelphia Police officers waiting for them to return. Things are very intense. Those protesters were right here on the sidewalk right in front of these officers as they guarded the frank rizzo statue. The group wants to t
Officers responded to respond the structure as protesters demanded to come down. It it still had stains to bring it down from earlier in the day. Theyre quick to point out rizzo is quick. Thousands packed the street to voice their anger. The violence in charlottesville. I am slightly introverted and it talks a lot for me to get out sometimes, but this was big enough that i had to do something. I had to show up. Organizers say the march and the rally were asked to mask the institutions. All of this is after the violence over the weekend. Thats where they were carrying torches when violence broke out. The Tipping Point came when a driver ran through a crowd and injured one woman and injuring 91 others. Hundreds of people turned out for a gathering in a park. Those held hands in a sign of solidarity. In philadelphia tonight, a discussion at the columbia north ymca hopes to create a safe space to talk about it. Coming up at 4 30 this morning we talked to a man whose father worked with fran
Parab partially blocked. Maybe well get rid of it a little bit early and for that you have us to keep you updated for the rest of the morning. We continue to follow breaking news in the statue standoff this morning. Police officers are Still Standing guard by the statue of frank rizzo. Protesters showed up after a rally in center city last night. Some of those protesters have lingered through the night. Heres what it looked like yesterday evening. You can hear them demanding the statue demanding it stand down. Now, those who worked with and new frank rizzo say the statue should stay put. His father worked for him as well and he says hes getting a raw deal. Im sad to see history rewritten. His security force, it was mostly black guys. All of the black guys in the department thought the world of him. Supporters point out that hes credited with ending practices that kept Police Officers from manning patrol cars. The march started earlier in the evening. Thouzs packed the streets to voice
The temperatures will warm into the 80s for just about everyone. Delaware, the Lehigh Valley, new jersey, the exception will be the shore near 80 degrees this afternoon. Mostly sunny skies to start the day. There is some limited fog in parts of new jersey. Most of the area is completely cleared this morning. Ill break it down and show you how quickly these temperatures climb, but first jessica has your first alert traffic. Rt stag on 95 this morning. Looks good so far. Moving toward center city were not seeing any problems yet. So from that to center city, average speeds there into the 60s. 95, theres a crash and drive times look good. You can see everything look good. A 22 minute trip in both directions. Back to you. Tensions are growing over the frank rizzo statue in philadelphia. A crowd of marchers filled the streets in response to the fallout to the violence in charlottesville. Were live in center city where police have been standing guard all night. Tell us more. Reporter yeah, P
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. I think there is blame on both sides. You look at both sides. No that was not saturday when President Trump caught so much flack for his response to the violence in charlottesville. It was trump this afternoon and once again he is at the center of a fire storm that threatens to careen out of control its tuesday night and the big story on action news is president instrument for going in a pretense of restraint at a News Conference at trump tower today. The president walked back yesterdays acknowledgment that it was the kkk white nationalists and neo nazis who were responsible for the horrific racial confrontations that caused death, injury and a stain on the nation. Today trump said the counter protesters who he called the alt left were just as responsible. You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that. But ill say it right now. R