today. i m rosemary connors. it s 6:00 on this saturday. happy fourth of july. brittney shipp has the details on those changes in the forecast. we re already seeing light showers moving into parts of our area. and it s going to continue into the late morning hours for areas like the poconos or lehigh valley. there s a live look right now. it looks like an overcast or foggy start to the morning in philadelphia. if we take a closer look at temperatures, we re at 62 in the poconos. 68 in northeast philly. 67 in mt. holley. here s where e thethe showers are. we saw a few showers in atlantic city now dry. widen out the picture, show you there s a little bit more moisture on the way moving up from the southwest. as we head into the rest of today, we ll continue with the chance of light, light showers near allentown and into the poconos. right along the shore, looks to stay pretty dry. we ll see a few showers in the area that could drift along the shoreline there. we don t want yo
america s birthplace for fourth of july events. this is where the u.s. declaration of independence and u.s. constitution were debated and signed. it is expected to be crowded here later on. at 10:00 this morning there will be a celebration of freedom ceremony which will be followed by an independent state parade. more than 6,000 participants will march through philadelphia s most historic neighborhood. now here s a live look over center city where more than half a million people will be partying on the ben franklin parkway for the fourth. jesse gary is live on the parkway this morning with a preview of the block party, free concert, and fireworks. it s going to be busy there today, jesse. reporter: it already is busy and look how things have changed. look what i m not wearing. sleeves are up. look what s out right there. i don t want to jinx anything so i m not going to say anything more than that. things have definitely changed. i ll move out of the way and you can see how
today s lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. next week, when we have our guest speaker she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. there are other aspects of the war, financing the war, women s participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. i wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the american revolution called the men who lost america. he argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst accomplished professionals, and the reason why they failed was not due to a character flaw, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles fighting a war in america. i will lay out some of those obstacles. the first thing is diplomacy. in the seven years war britain had allies. during the war for american independence they found themselves relatively alone, fighting f
sits in a lecture with one of the nation s college professors. you can watch it next, brooklyn college professor benjamin carp talks about the advantages and disadvantages for british and american forces during the revolution. he describes how individual personalities, supplies, and timing influenced the outcomes. this class is one hour and 15 minutes. benjamin: hi, everybody. today s lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. next week, when we have our guest speaker, she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. there are other aspects of the war, financing the war, women s participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. i wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the american revolution called the men who lost america. he argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in th
very different picture from yesterday. plenty of folks down the shore right now. surf looks a little rough right now given the weather yesterday, we ll take it. good morning this is nbc 10 news. i m rosemary connors. meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking the changes in the forecast. we ll get some great weather today. but we do have the chance of some showers later on for the work week right? enjoy it today. we will plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures heading into tomorrow slight chance of isolated storms. looking outright now, a few clouds out there. we will see more sunshine today, especially more than what we saw yesterday. yesterday was mostly cloudy. kind of a dreary fourth of july. now 76 in atlantic city. 73 in wildwood. 75 in dover. temperatures in wilmington at 74. your city planner shows we are going to sees pushing into the 80s by noon. by 3:00 p.m. 86. by 6:00 p.m. 84. our highs around the region today will warm into the mid 80s for philadelphia. 86. 8