Lives matters wants it gone. If the city wont use it i think its time for the people to rise up and take it down. Rizzo should not be honored. He was a racist bigot and homoaphobe and how he interacted with black and brown people was with violence. But jodi who used to work with rizzo, got it all wrong. He was a tough lawmaker and won the respect of african meshes. Blacks got to breaks irish got to breaks and polish got to breaks. You dont get breaks if you break the law. The current mayor, jim kenney asked about the new effort. There is a group of people and folks in the city that want to reconsider the placement of that statue whether removed or relocated. You have to go through the same process. Im not a fan of the statue and im not a fan when it went up. But that doesnt mean i can unilaterally tear it down. Intentions were stated. Those that want it gone and those that want it to remain here. The statue remains and surrounded by a temporary fence and a watchful eye of Police Office
Philadelphia. 65 in allentown. 67 in trenton. 75 in cape may. 67 in wilmington. If youre planning on heading out and taking a jog this morning. Its not too bad were in the low 70s, well get into the 80s as soon as 11 00 a. M. This morning and keep rising from there. So cool drinks important and it is moderate humid. As we look where we are headed the rest of the way. 88 degrees is the high, hit that at 3 00 p. M. Thats a lot above average, 73 is the overnight low. We have a chance of showers and thunderstorms at times that could produce isolated drenching downpours, karen ill have more on that coming up. Reporter lets hit the roads, city avenue, construction crews have left the scene westbound they have cleared, eastbound near gulph mills cleared there, as well. Were good to go on the schuylkill expressway. Construction crews were scheduled to work last last nigd shut down the vine, they didnt do that, the vine is good, all the ramps and lanes are open. I95 looking live at the betsy ro
Display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. It has no place in america. As i have said multiple times before, no matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws. We all salute the same great flag and we are all made by the same almighty god. We must love each other, show affection for each other, and unite together and condemnation of hatred, bigotry, and violenc violence. We must rediscover the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as americans. Jon we have Doug Mckelway live in charlottesville. First, we go to David Lee Miller live in new york city. Good morning, jon. It is relatively quiet here at trump tower. There is a great deal of security. The scene here last night was indeed very, very different. There were thousands of protesters out on the street. They were there to criticize President Trump about his remarks regarding recent events in charlottesville. President trump entered the building through the back entrance and he did not see most of the demonst