Naturally, thats a really good idea. So theyll have it handwritten and by the beginning of august, its done and checked over. They make sure its all right. Theyll start signing. About 50 guys sign it on august 2nd. A few more over the next couple of weeks. One guy might not be for a couple more years because he just wasnt here for a while as a member of congress. Thats the one, if you go to washington, d. C. , national archives, thats the one most of us think of as the declaration of independence. But its one that we, like everything theyre going to do in this room, is one that we get to by process rather than by some master plan at the beginning. They are making it all up as they go along and figuring it out as they go. The other big thing thats going to happen late that year of 1776, Benjamin Franklin is going to go to france. And he is going to be the guy thats going to help convince france to come into the war on our side. And while the british army is in this room, in early 1778,
Good afternoon we are following breaking news in delaware county. Police say that a student tried to bring a loaded gun to upper darby high school. Two 17yearolds are under arrest and facing a list of charms. Its wednesday afternoon and im rick williams. And im sara bloomquist. The big story on action news is the loaded gun taken from a teenager as he arrived for school this morning. John rawlins joins us live from the Upper Darby Police department where investigators announced new details. Reporter some rather bizarre details that is for sure. Upper darby has 3600 students and two of them were arrested this morning as the bus as rived at the school, a 12th grader and 11th grader they were arrested after School Officials said they were tipped off that one of them would bring a gun to school today. So the 12th Grade Student that got off the bus with the box in his hand. When he was being restrained from the Security Officer attempted to hand that off to the 11th grader and at that time.
Down. It was this time that five department of correction employees were taken hostage. Now, that starts at 10 30 and at 2 40 one of the five hostages that was injured was released identified as a 35yearold correction officer and struck numerous times in the face with fists and a mop ringer. He is ted to be awake and four hostages inside and one counselor inside of building c. A flow down unit where inmates from maximum security is processed into medium security and we dont have an official count of the hostage takers at this point and reports of as many as 35 and they are not confirmed. Nor do we have specific demands or threats against the hostages, authorities are not taking questions or answering questions at this point in time. They are trying to have a situation where they have an ongoing situation to negotiate peaceful resolution and the department of correctional personnel and fbi are involved. They are not taking questions but indicated every hour they will put outp dates abou
Released. Where do we go from there . Its a fluid situation. I have heard that phrase a lot today and still applies. The governor continues to be on the side of safety of the delaware employees two remaining hostage in the sprawling prison of 2500 inmates. Whew its been a long and difficult day. The governor and top staff explaining what occurred shortly after 8 00 p. M. With dramatic release including a dozen inmates and one staffer inside c building. One staffer was released prior to our arrival along with 18 inmates of the at this time there are still two Staff Members held in charlie building. The hostage taking began at 10 30 in the morning. The first hostage was released early afternoon. We cant speculate on the motivates at this time. Asked if the hostage takers wanted phone lines to call outside the prison we are working on the negotiation process. I cant expand further at this time. Officials wouldnt say how many hostage takers they believe there are, if they have weapons or h
Released. Where do we go from there . Its a fluid situation. I have heard that phrase a lot today and still applies. The governor continues to be on the side of safety of the delaware employees two remaining hostage in the sprawling prison of 2500 inmates. Whew its been a long and difficult day. The governor and top staff explaining what occurred shortly after 8 00 p. M. With dramatic release including a dozen inmates and one staffer inside c building. One staffer was released prior to our arrival along with 18 inmates of the at this time there are still two Staff Members held in charlie building. The hostage taking began at 10 30 in the morning. The first hostage was released early afternoon. We cant speculate on the motivates at this time. Asked if the hostage takers wanted phone lines to call outside the prison we are working on the negotiation process. I cant expand further at this time. Officials wouldnt say how many hostage takers they believe there are, if they have weapons or h