Inspectors say, because the building is not structurally safe. We last heard demolition would begin today but thats thought happening. According to the bureau of alcohol tobacco and arms they released a statement saying demolition will not happen in their words if the foreseeable future. Instead where the fire broke out in an adjacent building will be basically shored up so that atf investigators can safely go in and collect evidence for their investigation. Back out here live people are really anxious for this project to move forward in terms of the demolition. The street in front of the building, Chestnut Street between 2nd and 3rd is still blocked off. As far as the time line for when all of this starts we are getting an idea of how soon investigators will be able to get in there and collect their evidence. And well talk about that coming up in our next hour. Reporting live in old city, katey zachary, nbc 10 news. New from overnight, firefighters put out a trash fire. Fire started a
Talk to the media. Sixers star, embiid had asked him if he wanted to make philly his home. He was asked to trust the process and lebron recorded a tripledouble recorded in the sixers lineup. And both players, lebron and simmons are represented by the same agency. The relationship goes back even further when lebron worked out with simmons to get him ready for the 2016 draft. We always trusted the process. We will see about the creative marketing. You can join our conversation on the facebook and twitter pages. 20 minutes of nonstop news starts with a loaded gun buried in a backpack where a gun was detected by the metal detector. He was stopped in his tracks. They were put on lockdown this morning right after the gun was found. Joining us outside the school now, investigators believe the 15yearold suspect stole this gun . Reporter yeah. Thats right. They believe he stole the gun about a week ago from a car near where he lives. They dont think he actually tried to bring it inside the scho
Speaking with witnesses but right now they are waiting to get inside, 239 Chestnut Street when they will be able to figure out, exactly how this fire started. It has been one week and one day since a four alarm fire, tore through this olde city block. The philadelphia fire marshall s office and agents with the bureau of the alcohol firearms and explosives still has not been able to get inside 239 chestnut where the fire is believed to have started. Were a little delayed on the scene work just because of safety issues involved, as you know, it is a five Story Building and unfortunately during the fire all five floors collapsed. Reporter in an exclusive interview with cbs3 atf special agent in charge Donald Robinson says his department is looking into all possibilities of what may have started the fire, including arson. Nothing have been ruled out reporter but priority is right now stabilizing adjacent buildings and insuring investigators are safe when they are finally able to enter by t
And jill hendricks, please make your way to the podium. We have about five minutes left. Hello. My name is is a man that rich, and im a junior at lowell high school, and im a member of the performers and stage for the last three years. Getting to put a show on for an audience is so rewarding. I feel lucky to go to a school where we have so many different performing arts classes and extracurriculars that allows us to put on good quality shows for our peers. That being said, youve heard its expensive because of costumes, security, and so on. Not only that, lowell has to pay a fee for our auditorrium each year. If this resolution passes, there wont be any shows to see, so how this equitiable. When reading the Student Councils amendment, i was relieved to know you were considering an amendment. Whats going to be in charge of making these regulations . I worry if a person whos not well informed about the arts, they will make decisions that will hurt us rather than making us equal. Our schoo
And understand that our program that our our program, and that the next time that you have a plan, that you take into consideration who we are and what our needs as a community because we are community completely different in many ways. All we want is to contribute so this state has students that are proficient. Thank you, and may god bless you all. [applause]. [ speaking Spanish Language ] [ speaking through the interpreter ] [applause] hello. My name is eucin portillo, and im in second grade at mec. While i think its that kids could come from other countries and feel uncomfortable because kids laugh at them because they dont know the language. When i first went to mec, i was afraid because i wouldnt have a lot of friends, but when i entered, i had a lot of kids talking to me. I also thought the teachers would not be kind or polite, but as the days went by, i saw they were very kind, and every day, when they came by my side, they would greet me, things that made me remember of my coun