Two other things in his illustrious career. He is the National Security columnist for slate and author of four books, most recently the insurgents, which i think he will tell us has at least more crossover with this new book than some people might necessarily imagine. Fred is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist back from his days in the the boston globe, and im very pleased to be able to host him here today. Just a word on format, shortly im going to ask fred to give a few minutes describing the book and telling us a little bit about whats in it, then im going to take the opportunity to have a conversation, dig into a little bit more of the detail and explore some of the themes and what we might conclude from that, and then i will open it up to the floor to give you the opportunity to ask fred some questions. Well all to wrap up at 1 45. Thatll actually give us plenty of time to get into some quite interesting conversation. So without more ado, fred. Ms. [applause] im just going to spea
Had been passing around and hiding from police, for the past three days. Real big relief, and we have the gun off the streets and we have the purpose traitors responsible in jail. Reporter concerned, this teenager might be enrolled at Martin Luther King High School and tried to attend class, Police Ordered a brief lock down, shortly after school opened, until the teenager was spotted and arrested at the fernrock station. We had to lock down Martin Luther king cool because we had a juvenile who was a alleged to have been in possession of a firearm. Reporter recovery of the weapon marks the successful conclusion, of a frantic 72 hour manhunt, to find, the suspects and the guns before anyone got hurt. You always have a potential for difficult as to to happen. Reporter fortunately captain jones says there is no evidence so far that the suspects used the gun to commit any crime, or took it in any schools. It seems to be a badge have of honor to be in possession of a gun. Reporter police say
Outdoor plans. Breaking down numbers 7 00 oclock we are still looking at 50s, some still cool. By 1 00 he clock we are in the the lower 70s. Topping off in the mid 70s this afternoon, above average high of 74. Upper 60s at the shore, pock necessary cool in the lower 60s. Never too early to think about the the weekend, fall like conditions for weekend, it is dry though, we will clear out skies force saturday. Sixtyfour is the the high. Sixtyeight and unbehind on sunday. Jacket weather right now but it is warming up even tomorrow will be even warmer, though details in a few minutes. We will talk about those rain chances as well, as the weekend is looking g meisha, how sit looking. Sound great. Weekend looking g we always love to hear that. Good morning everyone. Just waking up, roads are looking pretty good, as you cane volume levels are picking up, heres the schuylkill, headlights moving in the westbound direction towards montgomery, both in the east and westbound direction, equally pic
School in the hand of the juvenile who it doesnt belong to anyway is potential for disaster. Reporter School Officials ordered a brief lock down at Martin Luther king high cool shortly after it opened, concerned that this student might be enrolled there and headed for class. The alert lifted after he was detained at the fernrock train station. We had had to lock down Martin Luther king school because we had a juvenile alleged to have been in possession of a firearm. Reporter within hours of the arrest these detectives found the missing semiautomatic. Only cbs3 Eyewitness News cameras were there as gun in the plane brown bag, was brought into headquarters. A real relief knowing that gun is off the treat and out of the hand of juvenile. Real big relief. Reporter captain jones says it toss ant peer that the suspect who face serious criminal charges, used the gun in any crimes, or brought it into any schools. Used to be a time kid would fist fight and it would be done. Now kid are getting
Little differently. Fox 29s bruce gordon joins us live at School District headquarters tonight. Bruce you just heard from the district. Reporter thats right iai iain. They have agreed formal until writing to lets say this, play nicely with the local funding entity. Of course Philadelphia City council but neither side is even pretending that the larger budget crisis is going away any time soon. After years of tension between city council and the philadelphia School District, with lawmakers claiming schools want big bucks with little accountability, finally a come by ya moment. On wednesday the two sides signed an agreement requiring district to provide more information on a regular basis and making council more go comfortable in freeing up 25 million in extra funding. But both sides were quick to point out, this is no big picture solution. This is not a solution. I dont want anybody to say, councilman clark, is this going to fix the School District . Absolutely not. Ive always said arou