you have to be professional at all times. >> i just think it's chris christie. >> just normal chris christie. >> yes. that's exactly what i think. >> reporter: a ballpark snack locked in his hands. >> he had a couple of hot dogs or something. >> nachos. >> nachos is right up his alley. >> reporter: christie tells the fan what's on his mind and heads to his seat. >> if this fan was that close to chris christie's face, what do you think would have happened to that fan? >> be in a lot of trouble. >> that fan has since apologized on facebook and for his part in the cubs confrontation, christie had this to say monday evening. >> if you give it, you're going to get it back and i think that was a very medicllow reaction. >> i think probably both of them were wrong. >> chris christie said he ignored the insult at first and only confronted the fan after they continued. christie says public officials are not public punching bags. >> okay. there are both sides. >> many sides to all these conversations. >> greg argos, thanks so much. >>> recently built sand dunes in margate have flooded from recent rain

you have to be professional at all times. >> i just think it's chris christie. >> just normal chris christie. >> yes. that's exactly what i think. >> reporter: a ballpark snack locked in his hands. >> he had a couple of hot dogs or something. >> nachos. >> nachos is right up his alley. >> reporter: christie tells the fan what's on his mind and heads to his seat. >> if this fan was that close to chris christie's face, what do you think would have happened to that fan? >> be in a lot of trouble. >> that fan has since apologized on facebook and for his part in the cubs confrontation, christie had this to say monday evening. >> if you give it, you're going to get it back and i think that was a very medicllow reaction. >> i think probably both of them were wrong. >> chris christie said he ignored the insult at first and only confronted the fan after they continued. christie says public officials are not public punching bags. >> okay. there are both sides. >> many sides to all these conversations. >> greg argos, thanks so much. >>> recently built sand dunes in margate have flooded from recent rain

will chris christie have a u.s. senate appointment. >> that and statue of christopher columbus they have is over stepped. it does not make sense to try to erase history, there are more important things like jobs. that is my thought, let me know, hit me up on twitter, facebook, you know where to find us, and listen every morning, okay, homie, i'm plugging it in. wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! the gravestones could be a little more crooked. oh! let me just fluff up these entrails. and... light it up. (wolf howls) bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh, bleh. halloween at the simpsons'. what a classic tradition! are you heading up to the tree house to tell three horrifying tales? ah, we're doing it next week. it's gonna be psycho with skinner and his mom, muppet wizard of oz-- i'm scarecrow-fozzie-- and then, uh, one where furniture gets smart and takes over the world or something. mmm! sounds chilling! eh. people love it. everscream terrors looks amazing this year. i've never seen black cats with such arched backs. well, y

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done making news, check out this video, this is governor chris christie at a ball game in milwaukee, giving it to this fan. who reportedly called him a bum as he was walking down. >> [ laughter ] >> appreciate that. >> what did he say to you? what did he say. >> the question is, what is the governor of new jersey doing yelling at a fan. really, does he not have thick enough skin to ignore someone yelling at him, but most impressing is he held on to those nachos. back to our panel, wha sharinnad janet and mike donovan. you saw that video, and i looked at this, janet, you are a republican. you are probably a fan of governor christie. i saw this video, i thought what a shameful display, who an embarrassment. how immature and disgusting, you have to -- >> here, here. >> come on. >> in the face, of some fan, who by all rights has the right to yet out say you are a bum or you suck. >> he does have that right, i tell my kids, have you right to freedom of speech but you do not have right to freedom of condition -- consequences. >> i would argue this is good for chris christie's career. >> re

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. 5:00 a.m., monday, august 21. here's what we're following. >> we're hours away from the great american eclipse. watch parties are planned across the region. >> philadelphia's mayor is getting involved in the debate over the statue of former mayor frank rizzo. >> accuweather is tracking whether clouds will obscure the eclipse in our region and storms later this week. >> let's go

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chris christie is as popular with voters as salad is with chris christie. [ light laughter ] so how is he doing leading the commission? >> president donald trump's commission aimed at fighting opioid abuse and devising a strategy to provide treatment to those addicted, will miss for the second time its deadline to file an interim report to the president. >> seth: even worse, experts point out that the administration's current priorities, which include an emphasis on enforcement over treatment, are not going to help turn the epidemic around. and the reason law enforcement can't solve the problem alone, is because far too often, opioid addiction begins legally. with doctors prescribing strong painkillers, and pharmaceutical companies endorsing the drugs, because they stand to benefit from sales of them. and this is important, because when mentioning drug abuse, trump almost always finds a way to blame it on the border, and illegal drugs coming from mexico. and that is a very real problem. but in this case, the pills are coming from inside the house. [ light laughter ] for example, west v

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >> don is here now and we're already on the dog days of summer. >> it's awkward to think about it. >> i like it. >> christmas day is normally spent with family. this year you get to hang out around the tree with inlaws. little ones, jojo and carson. yes it's being widely reported sixers will play the knicks madison square garden christmas daix that same anything to the eagles will host open raider's on monday nights football. mean while the birds made changes to defensive end brandon graham contract. they reportedly added 1.5 million in attendance and tomorrow night again the bac backers here's what he's looking for ward to. >> i'm excited because you know playing against these boys we've been getting better ever day now it's time to show a little bit of you know the progress of what we've been doing and i'm excited because this is the first time together as this team playing to the and want to sigh how everything unfolds. >>> flyers with nice surprise for edward nabotmy of the army and today bob kelly and brad marsh pre

. >>> governor chris christie >>> roll up your sleeves. the red our area is >>> solving a mystery at sea. the major discovery at the >>> a live look at what's solar eclipse event in case . there' a partial list. app. >> he said he won't seek a job chris has seval appear >> the notice known for the sand sculpt helped a couple get engage the groom to be asked him to height heunveiled it to his girlfriend andye look at that. so pretty. the sculpture of the governor he made it after chris christie donati >> the american red cross is sleeve the agency needs to collect day. the red cross said it's been in july. this time of the year is more >>> it's a challenging two weeks toward the end of people are gearing up to get o throug our area where you you go to nbc 10 to find a blood >>> this is the day for a solar them. it's been confirmed issues >>> so you got your solar keepf harm's way and is that necess expert say the simplest thing while your pet is at they a like whatever. >> i thought i had to buy >> charlie is smarter >> he doesn't look up i

we didn't see him there today. >> i believe chris christie is on vacation in italy. i'm glad you brought he is the head of the administration's commission on drug abuse. last month at end of july he and his commission actually recommended to the administration to declare a national emergency on the opioid epidemic as a sort of solution moving forward for how to handle this. you'll also remember that federal funding for medicaid was on the line for dealing with treatments for opioid abuse when they were trying to repeal and replace the. does that free up any federal funding or is that justing something you put on paper. >> it's one way to sort of free up federal funding and that's why her ' trying to do that after the federal fuppedding didn't work out. so declaring a national emergency is sort of a small step forward after that accident work out for them. even though there was no policy or necessarily big solutions that were announced today we also saw the and she tweeted about this right before they sat down for the press conference. in her wheelhouse, is this going

. >>> you would think chris christie wouldn't want to bring up the beach. but new jersey of head of state brought it up today on cnn. he said president trump has a standing offer to stay at the beach house on island beach state park any time he wants. christie made international headlines after he enjoyed a state beach with his family during the three-day state shut down in july. >>> we finally know what went fatally wrong during a ride at the ohio fair. it was rusted. a rusted out ride. why they let anyone get on it. ♪ . ♪ so, your new prescription does have oh, like what?ects. ♪ you're gonna have dizziness, nausea, and sweaty eyelids. ♪ ♪ and in certain cases chronic flatulence. ♪ no ♪ sooooo gassy girl. so gassy. if you're boyz ii men, you make anything sound good. it's what you do. if you want to save 15% percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. next! ♪ next! >>> police say someone shot four people at the brook roads sports complex in lakewood new jersey, three men and one woman are in the hospital. police

. >> so governor chris christie remembered whale and in a statement that reads in p unexpd passing every senator jim hal end a lost to atlantic city, his district and to the people of atlantic city. his district, during my nearly eight years in trend on i came to know him know jim as a for

. >> new this morning, governor chris christie speaks out about the curve ball he threw back at a heckler during a baseball game. >>> good morning, it is now 5:30 on this tuesday august 1st. matt is off. alicia vitarelli is here. >> let's head over to meteorologist, david murphy and matt pelman in for karen rogers. busy morning. >> yeah, our traffic plate is full this morning. how about the weather smorgasbord. >> a little bit sticky this afternoon. we have satellite showing you that most of our cloud cover is off the coast this morning. so, that's nice and it looks like yesterday we'll wind up with a lot of sunshine, a little bit of cloud cover and a fading shower out to our west right now. looks like we are mainly dry this afternoon with just a slight chance of a pop-up shower or thundershower and that's mainly up in the poconos. 73 degrees in philadelphia. 69 in trenton. we've got 65 degrees in allentown this morning. 66 in wilmington. 69 at the airport in ac and 73 degrees in cape may. a little bit muggy out there. you'll notice that as you step outside. dewpoints are in the 60's this

but chris christie was on our show with jake tapper this morning in the "state of the union." here's what he had to say about the meeting in trump tower last summer between don jr., paul manafort and jared kushner. >> this meeting was ill advised. this is not something that should have happened. and i believe they had reached out to the campaign attorney, the white house counsel now, he would have told them that. i think everybody in retrospect knows this was a bad idea. >> so, david, he is a loyal trump supporter. but he's saying something that's opposite of what we're hearing from the white house. >> well, first of all, what governor christie is correct. the first thing that don jr. should have done is when he was e-mailed with the offer is go to don mcgann, who is a sharp election lawyer, understands the law well, knows how campaigns should operate and said, how should i handle this. with the campaign to fall back on when they get caught in problems like this, they're saying, look, we're new to politics and we don't know what we're doing. the governor makes a point, which i

. >>> and chris christie is telling his side of the story after getting in the face of a baseball fan. hear what the governor says set him off. >>> a good tuesday morning. we begin with the shake-up at the white house. the communications director forced out just days after taking the job. >> anthony scaramucci was reportedly escorted from the white house grounds. his 11-day tenure coming to an abrupt end as general john kelly is sworn in as chief of staff. >> scaramucci is the fifth senior aide to resign in just six months into the trump presidency. three of them including press secretary sean spicer and chief of staff reince priebus stepped down in just the last week and a half. >> the president tweeting a great day at the white house. abc's kenneth moton is following the developments including the president's role in crafting that russia meeting statement. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, the mooch is out after he rubbed a number of white house staffers the wrong way. it appears that this was all the doing of the president's new chief of staff who wanted a clean slate d

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >> if philadelphia soul are getting ready for the arena bowl. it will be their fourth appearance in the past six years. today the champ visited "6abc." >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, we have the philadelphia soul take over the news room. >> a crowd of large players hung out in the news room. co-owner ron worth is pumped. >> to defend the championship is tremendous. it's one game. we play a good team in tampa. we think we'll win the football game. bring it on. >> mark your calendars. the arena bowl, august 26th, a week from saturday, "6abc" will block the contest. the game starts at 7:00. ceremonial first pitch at fenway park tonight. a fan got the honor. watch and say a prayer for the photographer. that will change your week. even the fan had to cringe seeing where the pitch ended up. my goodness. >> are you okay? >> they sell things to protect you there. finally, a photographic mural traces the history of gardening in west philadelphia. it looks at what the future might hold. it's located at the university high

meanwhile, did you see chris christie at the baseball game? new jersey governor chris christie is in the middle of a make america hate him again tour. a few weeks ago he closed down the state beach in new jersey, then took his family to the state beach. and yesterday he was in milwaukee at the brewers-cubs game and he got in a fight with a guy who yelled you suck at him. >> appreciate that. >> what did he say to you? >> huh? >> there's secret service right there. >> what did he say? >> you want to act like a big shot? >> jimmy: that is so good. he's cradling a container of nachos. [ laughter ] belt is up higher than his approval rating. look at this still here. you know, if you didn't know what was going on it really could look like chris christie stole that man's nachos, right? [ laughter ] if i were the guy sitting i would have reached over and eaten one of those nachos right in the middle. this, by the way, is only the second most ridiculous-looking thing chris christie has done at a baseball game. second only to this moment here. [ laughte

it's about what senator marco rubio and senator cory gardner and ted cruz and governor chris christie and congressman pete sessions and on and on and on what they think. they have gone, they have gone public making it it very clear that they don't think president trump was specific enough in condemning white supremacists. so, it doesn't really have any effect or bearing what i think. i'm asking you all these republican officials who want the president to succeed are saying this didn't go far enough. >> yeah, i think you should give yourself more credit. what you do think does pervade the things you say on air and the things you cover. i also think what you believe and you think is important as the president does, as well. he believes all americans should have a conversation and an open debate on this matter. this is unacceptable. this violence cannot stand. he made that clear yesterday. i think that the other statements that you've highlighted governor christie and the other leaders in the party that you've quoted have all said things similar. they all denounced the violence. denounce

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. 5:00 a.m., monday, august 14. we're following breaking news. >> a loved one walks into an apartment and discovers a man and his girlfriend dead inside. more on the gruesome discovery in south philadelphia. >> police were on the scene of a shooting in chester and hear more gunfire blocks away. >>> army corps of jeer said they are making progress on a controversial dune project in margate despite outrage by people l

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steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. here's a look at what's happening in the area this weekend. enjoy music at the 56th annual philadelphia folk festival going on today andld farm upper sal fr township, montgomery county owe salford township montgomery county. >>> harlem globe trotters are in wild at 7:00. >>> the 2017 atlantic city air show has effect from arrest battic flyers -- thunders over the boardwalk. u.s. air force headlining there's a fly by from new jersey's own 177 fighter wing and silver supersonic mig fighter jet. the golden knights will put on a show. 500 feet above the beach and land essentially on the top of a coffee can. >>> an estimated 400,000 people he beach and boards to ooh we h go down to ventnor. >> reporter: and generate $26 million for economic impact for atlantic city. >> what i love about it, if you're sitting on the beach you can feel the energy. >> it's an amazing show of power. >> "fyi philly" comes your way tonight at 7:00 p.m. on 6abc. >> malala, is heading to college, the 20-year-old n

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> a south carolina police officer says the $30 he spent on a body camera for himself was the best money he ever spent. >> that was part of his testimony after video from that camera was used to testify against a suspect who tried to kill him. we do want to warn you you may find this video disturbing. this is video from officer quincy smith's personal camera mounted on his glasses just after he approached that suspect. this happened in january of 2016 in south carolina. now he's been able to use the footage to help convict that man who shot him. smith's arm and neck where he was shot have both healed. the officer is also going through physical therapy and plans to go back on patrol. >>> a driver makes a big mistake and goes flying off this parking garage. the woman mistook the gas for the brake and went crashing through the barriers. clipped the chevy tahoe, barely missing that person. meanwhile, workers rushed in to help. the driver of the tahoe was okay. >>> a fright train slammed through this truck. but get this, th

i don't often agree with chris christie. peter king in new york. they are livid at this. >> this is where the politics are the policy. what chris christie is saying i'm not criticizing texas because i want something from them or i want to win an election. he's saying is i see you i remember when you stood up there and said you were against this funding. you're only against it for his state and not for texas. it's not to di finiminish the f that the larger point is let's get people the help they need. what do you make of chris christie picking this fight? >> first of all, this isn't politics. it's reality and people's lives. reality doesn't have a ted cruz bias. he went out and tried to play politics and it's blown up in his face. new york republicans to push back against what jones said, new york and eastern sea board republicans we have always stood up for disaster aid no matter where it is. it's important note that new jersey republicans, pennsylvania republicans who are always there when people need help. in terms of chris christie calling him o

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> tonight, breaking news. deadly chaos. the hate rally in charlottesville ignited by white nationalists. one of them ramming his car into a crowd of counterdemonstrators. what those who know him say about his fascination with nazis. plus late today, the rally's organizer forced to run from his onus conference. >>> caught in the chaos. the young paralegal run down. and two state troopers killed when their chopper went down. >>> choosing sides? >> many sides. many sides. >> the president facing major backlash for not specifically condemning white supremacists the white house now claire fifing. and

chris christie made it clear the president has an open invitation to the governor's beach house. >> we would welcome with open arms to take time at the jersey shore. >> governor chris christie was criticized for staying at the beach house with his family during a state government shut down. >> severe weather has left a path 68 destruction in the nation's heartland. 0 people were injured when an ef-2 tornado went through the city of tulsa, oklahoma. residents complained even though they received mobile tornado alerts, the outdoor sirens were silent. torrential rain stranded drivers in missouri. three men pushed a flooded mustang through water nearly up to their waist in westport. >> what will it be like when that system gets to us. >> reporter: we'll see periods of rain today, it will get intense later this afternoon, the morning rain should not cause too many issues. let's take a look right now at storm tracker 6 live double scan, we can see we're now wet in philadelphia. it's light rain, i want to take you a little closer. with double scan we've got the view of this. in coatsville yel

assemblyman chris brown testified it's the result of typical christie bullying. >> when you refuse to listen to others and you force a project through and basically say the people i represent be damned, then that is a definition that i would apply to that. >> little kids could possibly drown in there. is that what it's going to take? >> reporter: well, government attorneys are not saying anything yet. we've gotten a no comment. so so far we're waiting for a statement from them. but attorneys for the city of margate say they don't expect any kind of judgment from the judge here today. they expect everything to go into tomorrow. she'll probably take it under advisement. she did ask a lot of questions about things that could have been done sooner to get rid of all that water. well, the government is also blaming the city of margate for some of the problems but they are saying to them please. we'll talk to you in about 60 minutes here. >> all right. more to come on this one much joyce evans in camden tonight. joyce, thank you. developing tonight, back and forth between threats between nor

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> a beautiful stretch of weather. >> we haven't had one o of these this summer. it's been a pretty wet summer. it's not going to be wet. wash the car, don't worry about it. for the next five days at least. through monday temperatures below normal. the humidity way below normal. more sunshine than normal. then it's possible that the remnants of hurricane harvey that's about to slam into texas the next few days could bring some of the moisture this way. that's going to be a real big national story. >>. i was thinking last night was my car wash with all the rain. >> you could do it professionally. >> that's our news at 6:00. thank you for watching. i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. "nbc nightly news" is next. >>> tonight, whiplash. in between his own calls for unity, president trump goes on an angry tirade attacking the media and fellow republicans and threatening a government shutdown. >>> hurricane watch. a massive storm gaining steam barreling toward the u.s. gulf coast where they're bracing for impact

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. >>> baseball fan who new jersey governor chris christie got in a confrontation with is telling his side of the story today. willing to fight the governor. joseph is his name. posted lengthy statement on monday. said amateur mixed marshal or thes group has agreed to put on the event between him and christie. this comes after christie confronts joseph at a baseball game over the weekend. joseph called christie a hypocrite. >> new this morning, as you can see in these photos comedian kathy griffin shaved her head to show support for her sister who has cancer. shows griffin with her mother. said her daughter is a wonder l ful human being. >>> usually focus on the schuylkill after 6:00 when volume starts to build up. all morning long, jessica boyington has been. >>> also, the vine street expressway been open for about 15 minutes now. check in with jessica to find out more. >>> vine is back open completely. usually what happens is we have the closures open one exit at a time. kind of takes a little bit for everything to be completely open back up. just watched the last opening there. in

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> 5:24 and following breaking news after two trains crashed in upper darby at the 69th transportation center just after midnight. at least 42 people are being treated with 4 in critical condition. investigators are trying to figure out why the norristown high speed line train hit a parked train. local service has been resuming but expect delays. >>> and a new study on the federal employment data said the city had the fourth most improved economy among large metro areas. nashville, grand rapids and tucson fared better. >>> and new details in the outgoing lawsuit involving johnson & johnson's baby powder and the link to cancer. a jury yesterday ordered the company to pay a california woman a record $417 million. the woman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago after she says she used the product every day from the 1950s until last year. johnson & johnson is appealing. >>> fleeing facebook. teens are saying good-bye to the popular social media site in droves. landon dowdy is here with the cnbc business news. good

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steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. whatwhat made them believeace carthat a two-ton behemothhop? could compete in a track race? or that they could take on the elite in world motor racing, and win? we may never truly understand what drives mercedes-amg. but here's to another 50 years of it. mercedes-amg. half a century of driving performance. 5:00 a.m., here on this monday, august 7. here's what we're following. >> phillies great darren dalton has passed away. we're remembering the beloved sports figure. >> teens in philadelphia take over the streets hurling bottles. >> be ready for heavy rain that could produce gusty winds. >> reporter: not a beach and pool day. >> reporter: periods of rain today. it is the afternoon an

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with meteorologist david murphy and sara bloomquist. >> "action news" at noon continues with breaking news. "action news" has confirmed david creato jr. the father accused of killing his 3-year-old son in 2015, has plead guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of his son. he admitted to depriving his son brendon of oxygen. his previous trial ended with hung jury in may. his body was found near his haddon township home in october of 2013. he originally said he wondered away and will be sentenced to 10 years in prison and required to serve at least eight years and six months of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. we are following this breaking news story and bringing you the latest today at 4:00. >>> in other news now president trump was off prompter and letting the arrows fly and quoted himself extensively on charlottesville. he omitted his two most controversial comments instead blaming the media. this while protesters and supporters clashed out

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. . >>> series finally in san diego. odubel herrara is on the bench with a sore hamstring, nick pivetta eight strike-outs. he matches trouble in the fourth. runner on second and will myers on the left. the padres taking a 1-0 lead. myers wouldn't finish. he stop light three bases in this game including home, pivetta had 11 strike-outs but triple a after game. fills get shut-out in san diego. a quiet day for the eagles, had their final walk-through before tomorrow's preseason game. two things to watch. brand new corner back ronald darby and the bird offensive line. first home game. veterans are looking forward to big plays from the defense in front of a big crowd. at lincoln financial field. >> definitely want to come out here and show our fans we're going to have a great one and we'll get >> my first college game in the linc, i love the entering and the people, the football fan, at blue collar football city. >> the soccer, philadelphia could host a fifa world cup game. begun reaching out to cities and philly is declaring

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> final weather here. live look at the wind turbines at the link. we're gets ready for a pretty nice weekend. >> those turbines will be going around tomorrow as the wind comes in from the northwest. cooler air. land breeze for those at the shore. early morning shower possible. only up to about 7:00 a.m. for most of us. rest of the weekend is dry. nice and comfortable. low humidity. then it's starts going downhill. sunday night into monday, another round of some pretty heavy rain and thunderstorms and then again towards the end of the week, more wet weather. so we can't get out of this pattern but you also don't see anything close to 90 degrees. look at those temperatures. >> really cool for august. >> your garden should be looking good too. >> that's our news at 6:00. >> up next "nbc nightly news" national furor by raising the price of a national aides drug 5,000%. now kicked of defrauding investors, facing potentially decades in prison. >>> trump defiant. >> are there any russians here tonight? any russia

from for ft meyer in arlington, virginia. >>> chris christie is disputing a newspaper report that it was the station itself that is not interested. the republican has made numerous appearances as fill in host and two day on air audition last month. he said when the station asked him about doing more shows, he declined saying he is leaning toward other options for his post gubernatorial career. >>> the world is remembering two iconic comedians who died over the weekend. jerry lewis died at his home in las vegas. he made 17 movies together with dean martin. he did a stand up comedy up until last year. from the 1960s on he may have been most famous for his labor day telethons over the years raising $1.5 billion for children in need. he was # 1 careers old. >>> comedic pioneer and civil rights activist dick gregcy passed away at a hospital in washington, d.c. he gainedon for the first african-american comedy. he was in the middle of a comedy tour this month when he fell ill. he was 84 years old. >> the phillies need to face one of the league's worst teams to grab a serious wins. they pul

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steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and investigators are on the scene in delaware county after a person was found dead in newtown square and septa takes action to keep people safe. the way to report crimes during your commute. >>> and the big story is the the rising racial tension sweeping the nation after the weekend of violence in virginia. the demonstration was the flash point in charlottesville. and now pressure to take monuments down and it's hitting home after someone is demanding the removal of a polarizing statue here in philadelphia. jeanette reyes is here with more on that. >> reporter: well rick, aside from donald trump's comments yesterday setting off a firestorm. it's igniting an ongoing debate in philadelphia. should the frank rizzo statue here be taken down. hours ago the man walked up and pelted the statue with eggs showing of course where he stands on this issue. >> afte

so where's chri chris christie? that's why there's a war. but while we're on the subject, let's talk about war -- good god, y'all, what is it good for? making someone look presidential. last night prump took a quick break from night golfing to speak to the nation in a major primetime address. it was a good speech and he successfully read it. >> fox news alerted any strategy for afghanistan. president trump announcing his plan for america's longest war. >> president trump promising additional troops in the war-torn country. >> from now on we will have a clear vision, attacking our enemies, crushing al quaida, preventing the taliban from taking over afghanistan and stopping mass terror attacks against america before they emerge. >> trevor: so one clear -- got it, got it. i'm sorry, look, i know that he's been president for seven months but seeing donald trump making military decisions still weird for me. i mean, he must be the first human being in history who gets to command an army after starring in a pizza hut commercial. ( laughter ) it's j

. >>> tonight the confrontation between governor chris christie and a baseball fan could turn into a full fledged fight. >> he posted a lengthy facebook statement with his version of the story. he says an amateur mixed marshal arts group has already agreed to put on an event between him and christ christie. he says it could be mma, boxing or even grek koe roman style wrestling. crist e tee confronted him during a baseball game over the weekend after he was heckled calling joseph a big shot. >>>. pay back for new jerseyers. governor christie signed a bill that reimburses state employees. they will get pay for those in early july. the state treasury says they will be reimbursed as quickly as possible. governor christie was publicly ridiculed after he was caught on a beach that was closed to the public due to the shutdown. yesterday the state assembly approved a bill to close the governor's mansion on that beach during a shutdown. another keeps state parks open during a shutdown. >>> the health commissioner degrees with the recommendation to declare a national emergency over opioid abus

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> new information about breaking news in bucks county. one person dead in an explosion fire at a pool supply company in quakertown. along route 309. had been closed. we're told by crew on scene it has just reopened. 309 and northwest and boulevard. this is the pool procompany. the fire broke out this morning when a car went off of 309, crashed into the business, burst into flames. the drive was killed. people living in the apartment above the business got out safely on their own. hazmat crews still checking for any chemical dangers. have managed to reopen route 309. >>> meanwhile following more breaking news. woman shot while waiting for a bus. the victim says two people started shooting and she got caught in the cross fire at broad avenue. she was shot once in the wrist and ran to einstein medical center for care. shooters remain on the loose. not clear if anyone else was injured. >>> happening today, president trump will be begin his first extended vacation from washington since his inauguration. he'll be taking a 17 da

and what's funny to me for chris christie to sort of call ted cruz out for being a hypocrite. hypocrisy is the lifeblood of politics in many ways and it's why members of congress have tried not to make the issues partisan. because they never know when they'll find themselves on the recipient end of the disaster aid. >> and a christie said something to that effect. hey, it could be texas next time. unfortunately that's where we are today. geoff bennett, thank you. >>> still ahead this hour the multiple russia investigations are picking up steam. including new subpoenas from special counsel robert mueller. the latest on where things stand. >>> plus, is the bottom falling out? voters who helped put trump in the white house are sounding off on his first eight months and the reviews aren't good. >> we were told that it was going to be a cadillac escalade, but in reality it's a pickup truck with a gun rack in the back and it's falling apart going down the road. jett & the blackhearts] ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile? ♪ ♪ who can take a nothing day, ♪ ♪ and sudde

steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> we're following even more breaking news. sky force 10 is is live in northeast philadelphia. police say they were chasing a car on the boulevard, someone in that car had a high powered rifle. the car, as you can see there, crashed. the suspect ran off into the woods. police have the area surrounded and are looking for the suspect. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we'll bring you information as soon as we get it. final check of the weather tonight. >> another spectacular day tomorrow. if you like today, you'll love tomorrow. then some showers friday night and saturday morning. then monday is really wet. >> i'm jacqueline london. thank you for watching. up next is "nbc nightly news" with lers holt. we'll see you back here at 11:00. . >>> p tonight, nuclear war of words. new details behind president trump's fire and fury threat. now the defense secretary puts north korea on notice as nbc news learns some of the options being prepared for the president. >>> fbi raid. a surprise predawn search at the home of former tr