Good morning, everybody. Were starting out rather cloudy across the region. Theres a chance of a little sprinkle popping through but its going to be very light and quick if you do see it. Some showers down by baltimore. Well keep our eyes on those but those appear to be eroding as they try and head towards the east. Temperatures on the cool side in some of our northern and western suburbs. 37 quakertown, 37 pottstown, 39 in coatesville and saint davids. Were down to 41 in philadelphia. And across the river in south jersey a lot of temperatures ranging from about 40 down to the mid 30s and it looks like low 40s up and down the state of delaware. These numbers are going to improve today, though. 41 degrees by 7 oclock. By noon, all the way up to 58 and were going for a high of 63 degrees this afternoon at about 3 00 or 3 30 before sliding back to 59 by 5 oclock and 55 degrees by 7 oclock. Clouds in the morning will have a tendency to give way to a bit more sunshine during the day and mos
Around kids or animals or in public parks because of the fact that, you know, there are kids and you got to be respectful. Reporter mom kim bennett is also all for banning the butts. She loves to bring her two sons and nephews to the park where they can play and enjoy some fun and fresh air. I think its a great idea. I think, um, you know, it should be smoke free for the kids. I wouldnt want my children inhaling smoke so it is a concern. Reporter john bea beaton lid next to the park for more than 30 years. Its a popular place for family and sports and smoking. There still are a lot of people that do smoke. Reporter at this park. Yeah. Reporter longtime resident does think a ban would be beneficial, but the only concern i have so many people use the park for all events, that it would be pretty difficult to epp force it. Reporter not everyone however thinks the smoking ban is necessary. Matthew walter out practicing his frisbee skills at the park thinkthinks it goes too far. I dont smoke
Federal prosecutors say conditions inside are unsanitary and the animals are not being kept correctly. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. It could be beyond cruelty issue also a safety issue. People who live nearby are speaking out. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in center city. Dave. Reporter lucy, you can call this uncle sam versus johnny would know hes the owner of the poultry shop that is the target of that lawsuit. Tonight Us Attorneys Office saying it needs to protect the public. Its a small shop on the corner of seventh and dick coin son in the heart of south philadelphia. Customers come gone all day at the j and b pole tree mark. They pick out live chickens, wait for them to be slaughtered and hasnt it over right on the street. The chickens are held under conditions that are unsanitary. Exceeding high temperatures, for example, 80 degrees. Us attorney for philadelphia has now filed suit against the tiny pole tree shop and its owner johnny would know
Discusses womens ratings rights activists belle, la follette. Active in the early 20th centuries. She is the author which tell the story of this journalist, suffragist and pacifist who campaigned alongside her husband and son in their own bids for office. The humanist association of the greater sacramento area hosted this event and its about an hour. Todays truly delightful speaker, professor nancy unger, asked me if i could give her only a brief introduction. Lets see if i can. Subject is and i would like to pronounce it, belle la folette, who lived a full life from 1859 to 1931. In doing the research for her new book, nancy discovered that the work of previous historians including herself, had drastically underestimated this great humanist. She discovered the surprising truths about the radical reformer who was denounced by some as disgraceful to the white race. What . Disgraceful . She fought for women, peace, civil rights. And for so much more. The New York Times hailed her as perh
They became doctors and lawyers. One became the first female manager of any department at northrop airlines. They became principals, surgeons, politicians, pilots, and they were able to do that because they had access to professional baseball. So when i asked them what did it mean to you to play in the league and they say everything, its exactly right. What did it mean for this country and the efforts of these women to help during wartime . It meant everything. Ive asked a number of these women, so, what was it like to have to play baseball in a dress . Of course their answers varied. Some i can repeat. Some i cant. Basically the message is we would have played naked, whatever it took. We got to play baseball and we truly believe we helped keep baseball alive during the war. As i said, the league ended in 1954. It lasted 11 years. The league expanded over that 11 years from four teams to 12 teams. Its possible that the expansion maybe happened too quickly. I think the fact there was ex