congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. the two, establishment of religion and free exercise come first which is why religious freedom is often called america s first freedom. and establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. it often people understand what establishment is. now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished, and what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. former religion come everybody sitting like this. there is a liturgy, when you rather go to a camp meeting and sang? so that is the end of establishment in that sense. it is not, as we will see this evening, the end of issues about establishment. similarly, free exercise of religion is difficult for peop
fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. right now storms sweeping through the area. live look at allentown getting hit right now with heavy rain and lightning. live radar you can see the reds and yellows all part of that system covering the area. some bearing the brunt of the storm. a live look from the ben franklin bridge tonight here in philadelphia the rain was kind of scattered throughout the night. good evening, i m iain page. i m lucy noland and we have live team coverage. chris o connell out with concert fans adventurous diners dodging all of this. we begin with scott williams tracking the storms. we re not done with the rainfall yet. you can see that frontal boundary continues to move through our area. a break from the rain right now around philadelphia but take a look into sections of chester county to the west of west chester moving toward the malvern area west vincent looking at some downpours and in particular berks county
through our area. a break from the rain right now around philadelphia but take a look into sections of chester county to the west of west chester moving toward the malvern area west vincent looking at some downpours and in particular berks county right now looking at very heavy rain around reading moving toward allentown. the pocono mountains. some locations there have seen up to 2-inches of rain. you can see as we move toward delaware, more showers and thunderstorms moving in your direction and take a look at some of the rainfall totals just to our west around york moving toward harrisburg. to to 5-inches and once again toward berks county one to 2-inches of rain. all of this because of that cold front that continues to move through our area. but out ahead of it s very tropical. so we can squeeze out a loft moisture we still have that flash flood watch in effect until friday morning. i-95 north and west and as we go overnight you can see by 3am, still watching some scattered
the popular kitchen appliance. authorities say pieces of the blade can breakaway in your food. several injuries reported. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we begin with that surprise meeting today at trump tower. the guest, making headlines in the lobby. and that visit came hours after the biggest announcement yet involving the president-elect s cabinet. mr. trump choosing exxon ceo tillerson for secretary of state. tonight, pradzing him, as c critics take aim with his ties with the russian president. when mr. trump came down to the lobby today, no questions taken on that front. instead, it was a photo-op with kanye west. abc s tom llamas leads us off from trump tower. reporter: today, just hours after announcing his pick for secretary of state, the president-elect emerging from trump tower elevators not with the two meeting upstairs, posing for photos obtained by tmz. and afterwards, walking over to reporters. just friends.
we continue to track the strong storm coming on thursday. moderate to heavy rain. a 3 on the scale with wind gusts over 30 miles per hour. mike nicco will have an update starting at 4:30 a.m. that is our report as always, we appreciate your time. i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. for all of us, thanks for joining us. on jimmy kimmel.rahmie mahlik. have a good night. remember, you can weigh in on facebook at wnnfans.com and on twitter @abcwnn. you re watching world news now. g world news now. take delsym, the #1 12-hour uncontrolcough medicine. it helps control the impulse to cough for 12 hours. which means, you re controlling your cough on your morning commute. and later when you re joking with beth. even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working. and when your days over, your cough is still under control. thanks to the #1 12-hour cough medicine. delsym. the cough controller. and grease in just a minute on dirt and grime mr. clean will clean your w