in those communities. >> jacqueline, the president came bearing assistance for camden? >> he did. the white house brought help for police officers in camden. today, president obama announced an elite technical support team is here to improve the technology. the camden county police department uses. the president just left camden five minutes ago for philadelphia international airport. the commander in chief put camden in the spotlight this afternoon. president obama's first stop was to the camden county police realtime operations center. the president spoke with police chief scott thompson about the murder rate dropping 47%. president obama learned how camden county officers interact with people in the neighborhood and how that has helped with the dramatic drop in crime. >>> then the president had the chance to talk to a small group of children and officers at the community center. they all met in the gymnasium before the president gave his speech on the progress made reducing violent crime and building trust between officers and the community. >> the approach the chief has taken

details on president obama a's upcoming visit to camden. air force one is expected to arrive in less than 20 minutes from now and then the president will head to camden where will speak this afternoon. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in camden with a preview hi nora. >> reporter: hi there rick, lots of excitement in camden as everyone is waiting for the president to come here and talk about the success of community policing here in camden. the president obama is due to speak here at this community center around 3:00 this afternoon. in the meantime there is heavy security in the area and community members are starting to line up outside to try to get a glimpse of the action. everyone is excited about the positive light president obama's visit is shining on this long troubled city. the president will shine a spotlight on camden as the city that is turning things around focusing on what the new camden county police department has done in just two years. driving murder and crime rates down while forging new relationship with the community. >> i think the cops is more into the p

camden, new jersey. >> guest: camden new jersey is usually the first city in america. it is a city that i think we sort of equate with the industrialization. it is high crime rate but more importantly for our work you think of it as one of the epicenters of single parenthood in the united states. >> host: you write in your book doing the best i can that three out of four babies in camden are born out of wedlock. >> guest: that is correct. >> host: what is the effect of that? >> guest: it's interesting. the spread of parented in the u.s. is the biggest of the last half of the 20th century. nobody knows what happened. nobel prize winners have failed to explain the trend. you can't explain it solely by pointing to the changing economic situation and how that has devastated cities like camden and philadelphia were generally. you have to let dion economics in order to see the cause. what is going on is not only our kids growing up with single parents. if you look underneath of a single parenthood means and the story where "doing the best i can," you see the rise and a highly unstable, h

america's stuffest city. camden ners ci, and the broken -- new jersey, and the broken window approach to cleaning up crime. and a second chance at justice. wednesday on "america tonight", after 10 years of america's drug war, experts are reconsidering what victory means. >> the war on drugs is not a war on drugs, it's the war on people. >> trafficked labor on the front lines? >> they're things, they're commodities... >> we go undercover... >> it isn't easy to talk at this base >> what's happing on u.s. bases? >> the tax payer directly pays the human trafficker >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... they're firing canisters of gas at us... emmy award winning investigative series... fault lines america's war workers only on al jazeera america >>> so what do you do with a dubious distinction, the most dangerous city in america? camden new jersey faced the moniker, and "america tonight" turned its focus on efforts of reform beginning two weeks ago. now president obama touted camden as a model for other cities. let's make

on his way back to the white house after a visit to camden today. >> president obama praised the camden county police department saying it makes camden safer. the president got a behind the scenes look at the tactical operation center before his visit to a community center in camden. it could be done in any city in the country. >> i've come here to camden to do something that might have been unthinkable a few years ago. and that's to hold you up as a symbol of promise for the nation. >> the president also says technology experts will help the department improve on the systems and make it easier on officers. after the president toured the police control center nbc 10's doug shimell went to hear what residents are saying about the police force. what do they think? >> reporter: well the majority of the housing is public housing. on the corner by hargroves demolition, they know what this means. >> the president coming to camden is great. makes us feel like we're important and we're doing something good. >> the presidential limo with barack obama inside in north camden to talk about h

been keeping vigil as the judge blshts. >> next the toughest job in america's stuffest city. camden ners ci and the broken -- new jersey and the broken window approach to cleaning up crime. and a second chance at justice. wednesday on "america tonight", after 10 years of america's drug war, experts are reconsidering what victory means. >> the war on drugs is not a war on drugs, it's the war on people. thursday... $36. for this kind of money i really don't give a s**t. >> a real look at the american dream. only on al jazeera america. >> part of our month long look at working in america. "hard earned". >>> so what do you do with a dubious distinction, the most dangerous city in america? camden new jersey faced the moniker, and "america tonight" turned its focus on efforts of reform beginning two weeks ago. now president obama touted camden as a model for other cities. let's make a difference from "america tonight"s adam may. >> reporter: a camden police officer confronted by a woman hiding in a shower with a 12 inch knife. for police station, the dangers of the job are very real. noth

centro de la ciudad de camden, adelante. periodista: ilia, lÍderes de la ciudad de camden se han preparado arduamente desde la semana pasada para esta gran visita del presidente barack obama a la ciudad. de la visita fue para destacar la labor que ha estado haciendo el jefe de policÍas y el departamento de policÍa para disminuir el crimen en la ciudad de camden. el presidente obama dio un tour por el departamento de policÍas. frente al departamento de policÍas, residentes se congregaron, algunos indicando que valorarÁn este dÍa para siempre. >> yo no me recuerdo que un presidente viniera aquÍ. >> ya era hora que viniera por aquÍ. presidente obama: estamos aquÍ todo el tiempo y esperamos prevenir balaceras en primer lugar. periodista: asÍ se refiriÓ el mandatario referente al mÉtodo ejemplo que dice se ha implementado en el departamento de policÍa del condado camden. aquÍ en vivo, tengo al presidente del concejo municipal, frank morÁn. justo hoy que se anuncia una medida para disminuir la cantidad de equipo que utiliza el departamento de policÍa de la naciÓn, el p

camden is ready to welcome president obama. >> how the counties police department is reducing crime and meet with some young people, as well. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is at the community center where the president is scheduled to deliver his remarks. justin, good morning. >> reporter: ukee, erika good morning, camden look to go turn the page with this visit here from the president, as you he will be making two stops today, one with local police, where he will see real time crime watching software up close and then he'll stop here at the center to meet with young people. camden is now counting down to the arrival of a special visitor, due in from washington this afternoon. once air force one lands in philadelphia, the commander in chief will head right over to camden, where freeholder lewis capella junior, says president obama will see what new camden looks like. >> i think he will say that the community policing model here in camden sit say model that should be followed throughout the rest of the nation. >> camden once known for high cream, inch effective policing, heist

>>> "nbc 10 news" starts now. >>> right now on "nbc 10 news today," camden is getting ready for a presidential visit. we're live to show you what president obama will see while he's in town. >>> the new rales are in place and in less than two hours amtrak will get back on track following last week's deadly derailment. we're live at 30th street station as passengers get ready to board. >>> another warm muggy day. a live look outside of center city. we're watching for scattered showers this afternoon. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get with bill henley for the first alert forecast. >> good morning, tracy. a warm start this morning. muggy, too. we will see sunshine. a pretty good warmup. we will be back in the 80s this afternoon. that's a live clear view across the delaware. live view of center city. we're seeing a few isolated showers move through our area in chester and into delaware and into extreme northern new castle county moving to the wegs of wilmington. the showers will be hendending this afternoon. warmup 75 by 890 by 9:00. i'll show yo

the community center just a couple of hours ago. he said the goal here in camden the initiative is to expand opportunities for everyone no matter where they live. >> if we as a society don't do more to expand opportunity, then we'll end up seeing conflicts between law enforcement and residents. >> before his speech to a room full of people the president had a much smaller audience. on the bleachers of this community center he spoke to a group of police officers and the young people they've sworn to protect. young people who don't always feel their voices are being heard. >> from a basic lack of opportunity to some groups feeling unfairly targeted by their police forces. and that means there's no single solution. >> so that's why camden is focusing on multiple solutions. the promise zone distinction will give the city access to federal grants to improve the economy, education, and people's health. my brother's keeper will focus on improving the lives of young men of color. and there's community policing. >> give me an example of what's going on here. >> the president toured camden's ta

, recently designated a promise zone. and that would be camden. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in camden at the salvation army community center where the president spoke today. nora. >> reporter: hi there jim. the president's visit the camden is a tremendous pat on the back for this city. president obama said that police everywhere have to forge relationships with the people they protect and he praised camden for the progress here doing just that: the president got a warm reception from almost 300 invited guests at the kroc community center. that's where he praised the camden county police department's community policing program which has almost doubled the number of officers and significantly cut crime. >> it's not just crisis response,'s not after the fact there's a crime there's a dead body, there's a shooting and now we're going to show up. it's we're here all the time and hopefully we can prevent those shootings from happening in the first place. >> reporter: the president toured the metro division's operations center where chief scott thompson briefed him

your book "doing the best i can" three out of four babies in camden are born out of wedlock? >> it is interesting. the threat of single parenthood is needed is states is the biggest ever graphic mystery of the last half of the 20th century nobody knows why it happens. nobel prize winners have failed to explain the trend. changing economic situation. and you have to look beyond economics but camden isn't the only for our kids to grow up with single parents but if you look under the hood this is the story we tell isn't "doing the best i can" but you see the rise over the last 20 or 30 years it day dash a complex family form. children are born into families where the dads come and go. with no male presence in particular through elementary school or high school and into college. >> does that correlate with the economic situation? >> kim did is the home of rca victor a campbell soup and isn't a philadelphia up we would think of that as the workshop of the world and in this region in 1920 then it accelerated in the '70s. it is the bellwether to encompass the rest of the country with the

obama is delivering that news in camden new jersey. under an executive order the government won't give police or pay for a lot of different equipment, including armored vehicles and camouflage uniforms. the same kinds of things used by police during the ferguson protest. kristen is live in camden for us. good to see you. why is that happening? this announcement comes as something of a surprise i think. >> reporter: it really does tony. last year the white house suggested that they would keep this policy going despite criticism from activists in ferguson and elsewhere that this military-style equipment was only escalating tensions in places like ferguson because it created this us versus them man talt and escalating tensions and not decreasing them. after naming a special task force to look at policing issues and appointing an interagency group to look at the issue of military gear the president backed their recommendations and decided to do away with this. the task force found that there was a risk of misusing and overusing this equipment, so now this announcement -- i can tell yo

. burlington bristol bridge opening little shortly, coming in at 6:25 later this afternoon in camden, president obama, expect delays, detours closures around. that will also, penn's commencement 10:15 this morning at franklin field. that's a look at your ridement back to you one person taken to temple with injuries. fire crews called to the 3500 block of jasper street. dispatch says crews quickly knocked the fire down, no word on the condition of the injured person or what caused the blaze. >> mt. laurel both ways reopened this morning. it was closed overnight. cell phone video shows the fatal fire as it engulfs a box truck. that fire broke out sunday night under route 73's overpass in mt. laurel, one person killed, police believe the crash ignited the fire. >> president obama heads to camden to learn about the community's policing program and how it is building trust with the people they serve. >> the president schedule to deliver remarks later today. big day. good morning. >> good morning, it will be a true whirlwinds stop just few hours here in camden for the president, as you men

president comes to camden, we will tell you yes is spotlighting that cities police department and message he has for camden's young people. kathy in. >>> we are looking ahead at more stormy weather tracking some current storms on storm can three but another round comes tomorrow, i'll have latest coming up as "eyewitness news" tonight a loop hole in the law that allows your tax dollars to fund pensions of convicted criminals. >> defense lawyers who are gaming the system. they a make a deal with the prosecutor. my client keeps his pension because i'm not going to plead to something on the list. >> that is right this man broke the law taking valuable property from the local school district where he work but he is still eligible to collect a full state pension. sound crazy? the iteam investigates tonight at 11:00. >>> tomorrow, it is primary day in pennsylvania, one of the big races on the ballot is democratic nomination for philadelphia mayor. six candidates are seeking the nomination and they are city councilman jim kenny d.a. lynn abraham state senator anthony williams, former city

in camden. here's a live picture from one of our tower cameras. this is a fire at cane and rose. firefighters called for more help a few minutes ago. here's sky force 10. we launched sky force 10 to get you a better view. here are the flames and smoke. we got information it was spreading to multiple homes. "nbc 10's" monique braxton is heading to the scene. we'll get you new information and have a live update on the ground as soon as monique gets there. this is a live picture of sky force 10 of a fire happening right now in camden. >>> this holiday weekend camel beach mountain water park in the poconos will offer free admission to military members and veterans and thank you for their service. it happens for active duty members, families and it's at the new aqua topia indoor facilities. the new attraction gives resort some flexibility in case the sun doesn't shine. >> knew the weather wasn't going to be that great this week end so we figured we'd try something, something new. >> very nice. also holiday retreats like evergreen lake and campground in northampton county say they're

camden to get an up close look at the police department there and its efforts to build trust with the community. "nbc 10's" katy zachry is live outside the police department with the president's plans. katy, tell us more. >> reporter: hi, katy. it's an exciting time for the city of camden. behind me they're getting ready for the president's visit. they've been out here blocking parking for the president's visit. this will be one of the first stops the president will make when he gets into town. the president is coming here today to highlight camden's community policing effort. for the last two years they've put more officers on patrol with the focus of getting to know the families and businesses on the officer's beat. because of that violent crime has been down and business leaders tell me they hope the president's visit today will empower others in the city. >> with the president coming in here he's focused on the fact that there are people in this city that want to help and they can't afford it financially, but with support they need to step up and say, look mr. president, we're goi

, thank you. >>> president obama just wrapped up a trip to camden. the president met with police officers and praised them for their efforts to build trust with the community at a time where police distrust has grown around the country. camden violent crime is down 24 percent and credited police with spending time in the streets even when they're not responding to a crime. >> it's not just crisis response not after the fact, there's a crime there's a dead body there's a shooting and now we're going show up its we're here all the time and hopefully we can prevent those shooting from happening in the first place. >> our own nora muchanic was there for the president's entire speech today. she'll have much more in a live report at 4:30 today. >> we are less than 24 hours from primary day and the six democratic candidates for mayor of philadelphia are doing some last minute campaigning. councilman jim kenney is considered the frontrunner. polls show state senator anthony williams in second and former district attorney lynne abraham in third. former city solicitor nelson diaz form mayo

to know. >>> president obama will visit camden today. he is focusing on community policing. we are live with a look ahead at what's on the chief executive's agenda today. >>> and it's feeling more like summer than spring. a live look at boat house row. warm and muggy. tracking scattered showers. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it will get warmer and muggier, at 3:00 in the morning i have the windows down. feels good. let's go to bill henley with the first alert forecast. >> it's a whole lot better than what we had four or five months ago. that is for sure. it's unusually warm for this time of year. we should be in the 50s. the suburbs should be dropping into the 40s first thing in the morning. that is a warm view from the comcast center. 69 degrees at 4:30 in the morning. we had some spotty showers. radar showing a bit of activity moving through lancaster, chester, new castle counties. a few rain drops. dhes chester county. pine creek, newark christiana getting a few sprinkles this morning. those will fizzle. we will get some suns

visit camden. the final preparations are now under way. nbc 10's south jersey reporter sydney long is live outside salvation army croc center in east camden where many anticipate the president's arrival. good morning, sydney. >> reporter: good morning. this is certainly, as you might imagine, a very historic day for the city of camden. the last time president obama was in new jersey was to welcome home troops and that was last fall and the last time he was in camden was several years back on the campaign trail. take a look you can see the sign here behind me reading welcome president obama here at the salvation army croc center. all of the media lined up here for today. also photographer gary watson going to take a look show you across the street here as you can see several hours ahead of time, vai, some police out here shaking hands with residents. these folks trying to get a good seat maybe some of them even protesting the president's arrival here today. as president obama is focused on talking about how camden is policing its residents from a community-based approach to create and

derailment. president obama then making his way to camden, new jersey, where a sitting president has not visited since the great depression. the reason for his visit to talk crime and punishment and our fox 29's bruce gordon is live in camden tonight. bruce a timely topic in a city often called one the most violent in our country. >> reporter: absolutely. iain there may have been almost as many people outside the croc community center as they were inside. camden residents surprised but thrilled that their community is finally being spotlighted for all the right reasons. >> the president of the united states! >> reporter: with tensions between police and their communities rising and so many americans cities president obama told his camden audience his administration will now crack down on military equipment the government had been making available to local law enforcement. >> alien late and inn testimony date local residents and send the wrong message we'll prohibit some equipment made for the battlefield that is not appropriate for local police depths. >> reporter: mr. obama toured t

town, a air force one will touchdown at around 2:30, expect a motorcade, from the airport to camden, new jersey, at around 1:00 o'clock hour. and then another motorcade back to the airport, in the 4:00 o'clock hour, of course, as we know with the motorcade that will shut down i-95 as well as one of our bridges in and out of new jersey. the that is on the game plan for later on this afternoon. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> fox 29 crews shot this video on sunday of a crew getting ready, right there for this morning's commute. we are told, this is not a test run by the way. >> fill service will finally resume today along northeast corridor. >> it was tuesday as you know when amtrak train 188 went off the track after 9:00 p.m. eight people were killed. fox 29's steve keeley is live at 30th streettation where people get ready to get back on the rails from philly to new york. steve. >> reporter: first line, in luggage that has to be checked by k-9 dogs here. a little bit of sign that life is back to normal here. riders coming back to get back on the first trains north on new yor

justin. see you soon. >>> president obama is comeing to camden tomorrow on his itinerary visit to the newly stabbed police department and also a tour of the community. "eyewitness news" reporter steve patterson previews his visit. >> camden is my home. >> reporter: she was born here she was raised here, and about a year and a half ago will he sean today carter started her first business in camden. >> here will be the kitchen. >> reporter: carter started a personal care service for area veterans. she gave us a tour of what she says will be the first home for vets in camden. >> and i thought why not make this a business? and help people that needs help. >> reporter: carter is an example of what city officials hope is highlighted in the next few days much entrepreneural spirit and positive change. >> i think within the neck 10 years the redevelopment of the city will be a national model an national story of progress. >> reporter: monday president barack obama will visit camden. he's expected to tour the newly stabbed camden county police department formed during the height of the city's

news". >>> president obama made a surprise announcement ahead of his visit to camden, new jersey. president will restrict the distribution of military style equipment to local police departments, including armored vehicles and camouflage uniforms. this follows criticism of the the police response to riots in ferguson, missouri last summer. the president is expected to talk about building trust between officers and civilians after i he tours the camden police headquarters this afternoon. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic will more details in a live report on "action news" at 12:30. >>> candidates have one last day of campaigning before polls open. primary day is tomorrow. the the action cam found several candidates pushing for last minute votes over the weekend. the last week a poll put councilman jim kenny in the lead for democratic nomination. state senator anthony anthony hardy was a close second. also running former philadelphia d.a. lynn abraham, former city solicitor nelson diaz, former aid to mayor nutter doug oliver and former state senator milton street. >>> stay wit

tiehl. also today, president obama be in our area, why the commander in chief is visiting camden, katy? >> good morning, erika. we can expect to see little dose of summer out there today yet again, some sunshine, also some humidity, heat to go with it along with that it will probably also see couple of showers and thunderstorms firing up out there. pattern stays a little on the active side. you can see right now not much, but little bit of activity out on storm scan3 over chester county at this hour. and will likely be tracking little bit more green on the radar as the day goes on, we'll discuss the reason why and also, what that is going do to our pattern since we're coming up on the unofficial beginning of summer awfully soon. >> as we mention service set to resume on amtrak northeast corridor today following last week's deadly derailment. >> spent all weekend installing speed controls on the tracks at the site of the crash. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now at 30th street station with more on this, jan good morning. >> reporter: erika, ukee good morning, star

philadelphia area while steadier rainfall in camden county moving into burlington county at this time. rainy weather at times during the day and a possibility of thunderstorms during the afternoon. summer like temperatures 85 for quaker town. 82 degrees. allentown up to 85 and 84 in reading. 80s for doylestown, trenton and mount holly. a chance of late afternoon thunderstorms today. 80s for the jersey shore. rehoboth beach, 75. showers possible this afternoon and early this evening for vineland, dover. wilmington drexel hill and dover. cloudy skies and a chance of late afternoon storms. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast when i come back in 10. >>> 11 minutes after 4:00. there's a potential traffic mess shaping up on the new jersey turnpike. for more on that we'll turn to "nbc 10's" traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> it is early on this. we're out on oldmans township. an accident between a tractor-trailer and a vehicle. it's closed between 40 and 322. take 295 to get by that scene. as we head out the door 295 around girard avenue some roadways looking a little bit wet. not

battling this blaze at a twin home in the city of camden. it happened on the 1100 block of kaign avenue at 6:00 a.m. the video was taken by an "action news" viewer. a firefighter was injured at the scene suffered a leg injury, but it's not so bad they are able to treat the firefighter at the scene. apparently they are battling the blaze right now. katherine scott is heading to the scene she'll have more coming up later. >>> breaking the frantic search for the suspect in the washington, d.c. mansion murders is over. u.s. marshals took darin dylan wint into custody last night. the 24-year-old is charged with first degree murder for the killings of a couple and their son and housekeeper. >> we got to a situation where we could take him down we did the standard practice vehicle pin manuver and we did that and placed him under arrest. >> a warrant was issued for his arrest when authorities matched him from dna found on leftover pizza. it was delivered to the victim's house before it was set on fire. investigators know that ho thousand dollars was delivered to the house while the victi

officers and community residents in the city of camden, new jersey, yesterday c-span. on this morning's "washington journal," transportation funding with congressman david jolly of florida. later a conversation with gerald nadler about whether congress should renew nsa surveillance. the houses in at 10:00 eastern and will vote on the sex trafficking measure today. live house coverage on c-span today. >> the head of the faa and the president of the national air traffic controllers association will talk about efforts to modernize the air traffic control system as part of a reauthorization hearing on federal aviation administration programs. watch live coverage from the senate transportation committee this morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. later, also on c-span 3 civil rights and law enforcement officials testify about the use of police body cameras. live from the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and terrorism at 2:30 eastern. >> here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering the spring on book tv. we were close out may at book e xpo america where the publishi

returns as they come in tomorrow. >>> tonight camden is still basquing in the glow of today's visit from president obama. he touted the city for its community policing and reduction in crime. his first stop today was at the camden county police realtime operations center. president obama spoke with the police chief about the murder rate dropping 47%. he later visited the ray and joan kroft community center where he acknowledged that young people don't always feel their voices are heard. >> from a basic lack of opportunity to some groups feeling unfairly targeted by their police forces. and that means there is no single solution. >> reporter: camden has been hand-selected by the obama administration as a promise zone. this program will give the city access to federal grants to improve the economy, education and people's health. >>> the president also made a major announcement in south jersey that affects the entire country. he ordered a cutback in pentagon programs that provide local police departments with military gear. the change means grenade launchers, tracked armored vehicles a

a obama had a lot of nice things to say today about ongoing efforts to make camden, new jersey a much safer city. obama arrived at philadelphia international airport but today was all about the other side of the delaware river and it was all about forging a modeled relationship between police and the people. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at camden county police headquarters. kenneth, overall this was a good day for this bee league earth but hopeful city. >> reporter: it really was jim. president obama toured the operation center a at camden county police and praised this department and nearly 20 minute speech. the the president said work is long way from being done here in camden and resident agreed. >> ♪♪ >> it was a big day for camden. the the president of the you had, and a community, in the middle of change. the focus of the president barack obama's trip the work of the county police force. >> fit is working here, it can work anywhere. it can work anywhere. >> reporter: the presidential visit came with praise. >> it is historic. i'm happy that he chose to c

camden county metro police force, another city is in the spotlight. we'll tell you who's getting the national pat on the back today. >>> plus what camden officers are doing next to continue their success. >>> our coverage of primary day in pennsylvania continues. next up providing pre-k. the important question about early childhood education. voters in philadelphia will answer today. >>> it is 5:16. now to decision 2015. primary day. the race for mayor isn't the only contest that voters in philadelphia will be deciding. "nbc 10's" vai sikahema is following some of the other decisions that voters will make from our "nbc 10" digital operations center. vai. >> good morning, tracy. philadelphians will help you decide several issues in the polls. primary election day for city council members. special election to select a state seat in the senate. finally, a decision voters will make today on some ballot questions. but voters will choose a city council members from ten districts plus select seven at large candidates today. what's important to know voters can pick no more than five candidat

could join me now in welcoming our mayors from camden, minneapolis, oakland and salinas as they come up. [applause] >> so this is kind of exciting. for me. this is an opportunity now for us to have a conversation with leadership that really is tasked with leading the work. and so when we thought about this conversation, we knew that we would hear the support from the administration. we knew we would have congressional leadership and folks at the federal level speak to what we can do at the national. but so much of what we do when it comes to addressing and preventing, reducing youth violence is led by our mayors. we know when we put together the formum we said we needed commitment, clear commitment from mayors, our chief of police, our school superintendents, our public health commissioners. but we knew that it kind of started and ended with mayors. and so i'm delighted to have with us mayor redd from camden. mayor hodges from minneapolis the mayor from oakland, and the mayor guenther from salinas california. some pretty heavy hitters. you have their bios. i would encourage you to lo

law enforcement and community leaders in camden new jersey only mentioning briefly his move earlier that day to prevent the transfer of some military style equipment to local police forces. >>> ladies and gentlemen the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. cheers cheers [ applause ] >> thank you, everybody! thank you so much. [ applause ]>> thank you, everybody! thank you so much. [ applause ] thank you, everybody. everybody, please have a seat. have a seat. well, thank you so much. it is good to be in camden. [ applause ] i want to thank your lieutenant governor, kim guadagno; your congressman, donald norcross; and your mayor, dana redd, for being here. give them all a big round of applause. [ applause ] i want to thank the outstanding facility, our hosts. the salvation army is doing great work, and the ray kroc center here seems like just a wonderful, wonderful facility. [ applause ] so we're very proud of them. i want to thank camden county police chief scott thomson for his outstanding work. [ applause ] where's the chief? there he is. so i've com

. >> in camden where he met with local law enforcement and young people in the canton community. violent crime is down by 24 percent. >> i want america to show everyone that can be done. bill: you are chasing a story about a guy named fist pump his bond and internet show and he is allegedly the victim of what seems to be a pretty aggressive campaign. >> as we know the practice of calling the police to someone else. in other words if i had an agenda or you are my enemy i could call the police to your house. very funny. this has happened to fist pump not once or twice but as many as three times. >> that's right. i just got swatted. i just got swatted. >> what he has told me is that he does have what he calls the starker. >> cyber stalking cyber bullying. a different level. >> a person who filed complaints with his content provider which has dropped them as a content provider due to complaints. you can see in this video of the 2nd swatting swatting, how police came while robert was on camera with his girlfriend. they talked to robert and his girlfriend in the two of them came toget

news. >> it will be a warm and humid night for baseball. the camden river sharks take on the blue crabs here at campbell's field tonight at 7:05. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with the forecast. glenn? >> yeah, it's going to be a warm evening. now that the sun is out, the temperatures really shooting up. there's not a whole lot of wind right now. it will be picking up a little bit during the evening hours. virtually nothing on the live radar. we've had one little shower. another one up in the poconos. that's it. the clouds have pretty much broken up. hour by hour we're going to find things drying out. and so by 10:00 or so, the skies should be completely clear. it's 81 degrees in philadelphia right now, and it continues to rise. and it'll be about 82 degrees by 6:00. and then it starts to drop as we go through the evening hours. 68 by 10:00. cooler and drier air on the way. will it last through the holiday weekend? i'll have that with a 7-day in a few minutes. >> all right, glenn. >>> now to developing news the largest auto recall in u.s. history. >> chances are, you or someone

police reform. he's getting a firsthand look at camden's tactical center, the police chief showing the president how he uses technology to track crime and increase accountability of officers. this comes on the news -- you remember ferguson missouri's police department faced back lash from protesters in armored vehicle. rashad robinson is the executive director of color of change, and the director from cato institute. we thank you both for your perspective -- and the use of the military-style equipment here. originally it started in '97, we saw departments beefed up after 9/11, and ferguson kind of changed things. and now the backoff from the administration. >> i was on the ground in ferguson. watched as hose tarpored vehicles came in and really signaled what we have seen in so many communities about how law infers communities and communities can't come together if people are treated lie enemy combatants, if law enforcement are not treating communities like communities. this is something i kefd when i testified in front of the president's commission. our members had stood up for this th

camden with a very specific message. hear what it is. that's coming up next. >>> plus drivers say it's a loud crash then shattered glass is everywhere. three on your side jim donovan with the potentially dangerous problem your car could have. kathy. >> some showers and thunderstorms tonight but a threat of severe weather moves in tomorrow with heat and humidity and then a major cooldown. details coming up with the seven day. >> and take a look at this. new at 11:00 a huge shark caught down the shore >> the president of the united states made a visit to camden today talking about community policing. speaking at the camden kroc center president obama recognized the strides that camden has made to reduce violent crimes. >> camden and its people still face some very big challenges but this city is on to something. you've made real progress in just two years and that's why i'm here today because i want to focus on the fact that other cities across america can make similar progress. >> the community policing model in camden emphasizes foot patrols and neighborhood interaction. today we

for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well elsewhere a two alarm fire ripped through a camden home this morning. chopper three was over that scene at kaign avenue and rose street. the fire fighter had to go to the hospital after sustaining a minor leg injury but no one else was hurt there was damage done to the home, the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> a $2,500 reward is now being offered in connection with the robbery of that gun shop in delaware county. it happened around 4:00 o'clock yesterday morning at the suburban armory, on macdade boulevard in collindale. police tell "eyewitness news" that the suspect smashed glass cases, and made off with 19 guns including some semiautomatics. they are looking for a white oldsmobile cutlass and dark colored pontiac montana minivan. >>> a temple university physics professor is arrested for allegedly trading u. secrets with china 47 year-old xi stayed in this university video and charged were four counts of wire fraud. only cbs-3 was there as federal investigators searched xi's home in penn valley. he have is an expert in the field

we update regularly. >>> a camden county woman is marking memorial day weekend by keeping her fiance's memory alive after he paid the ultimate price for our country. yesterday nbc 10 sat down with amanda charney of collingswood. her fiance army staff stath marc small was kill ed ined in 2009 during combat of operation enduring freedom. charney started a foundation in small's memory called small steps in speech which raises money for children with communication disabilities. >>> memorial day weekend mark the reopening of an historic bed and breakfast in cape may. the bedford inn is back open following a fire last year. it held a grand reopening yesterday. the owner rebuilt and restored the property after fire heavily damaged it in january of 2014. the flames ruined antiques and the original wood framing that was constructed in 1881. the owner tells nbc 10 that the inn means a lot to him. through the rebuilding process, it learned it means a lot to the cape may community which works to preserve its history. >>> 72 years of military service by the battleship "new jersey" was hono

that scene. later on this morning, we will have some volume for the rutgers camden commencement at 9:00 a.m. expect a lot of delays around the water front area. >>> we go to breaking news from overseas now. many reports say that isis is now in control of the historic ruins in the ancient see of palmyra. isis took control of the entire city within the past two hours. activists fear that the militants will destroy the ruins as they did at similar sites in northern iraq. >>> new from overnight, in our area, philadelphia police are looking for the person who shot a man and left him in the middle of the street. a shooting victim was then run officer by a suspected drunk driver. nbc10's kate? zachary is live at police headquarters to fill us in on the investigation. katy. >> reporter: hi rosemary checking in with homicide detectives at this time there have been no arrests made police at the scene say this is a pretty unusual situation for you to have a man who was shot is multiple times, left in the middle of a busy street and then run over by a drunk driver. let's go to video of the scene

affair the judges named camden. eight blocks from here, camden new jersey, camden, camden maine, our friends in baltimore the orioles. camden is a big deal. you can see it on the map. and the last chapter is actually the story of camden you have heard that the great william penn. the great city of philadelphia. well rodney dangerfield states. this gritty little place called camden. they have a story to tell. what camden part camden was a great man hugo black, warren of his era he believed in american independence, liberty they tried to tell the story. it is really interesting applications. >> you see how this just by uncovering the stories the paradigm behind the phenomenal questions from the audience. she is importance of geography also motivate jefferson? the louisiana purchase moved west. >> right. so most people are taught -- say it with me -- most important constitutional decision ever was marbury versus madison. marbury barely makes my top ten. yes, there is judicial review but it was established in america for library states for doing this. state constitutional law way before

tonight about a hepatitis a scare in camden county. server at this restaurant in voorhees has tested positive for the disease. chopper three over iron hill brewery and restaurant at the voorhees town center. health officials say the server was diagnosed may 11th 11th has not been to work since. he did not work while he was feeling ill. officials say the restaurant is cooperate wig the investigation. >>> you saw it right here tonight on cbs3. acm presents super star duets. >> ♪ >> that's hriba mcintyre performing with brooks and done the show featured unprecedented lineup of country music legends performing alongside this year's ach award nominees and chart popping artists. meanwhile country came to the camden waterfront tonight. >> major country star played to big crowd at the susquehanna bank center and he brought along some friends. our diana rocco was lucky to have a front row seat. ♪ >> reporter: camden has gone country with super star brad pays until town kick off his 2015 crushing it tour at the susquehanna bank center. fans were out early tailgating. >> so excited we've be

911. her call went to the nearest cell tower in philadelphia and then went to camden and the dispatcher told her to call police herself. >> i had to clean the blood off my phone to read the dial. i got there and everything was okay. >> three days after that accident she gave birth to thankfully a perfectly healthy little girl. she also had to undergo surgery and now has 14 screws in her foot there. she says she hopes that this situation will serve as a lesson for when similar situations happen in the future. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> sun is coming up right now, but you're not going to see it for much of the day. we have low clouds fog after a rainy night. look at the cloudiness of center city. that's a live view from the lowe's hotel. 61 degrees at philadelphia international. that's almost 10 degrees cooler yesterday. we've been holding at 61 degrees so far. seeing fog in the pocono mountains. that's the shawne inn. fog will be thicker. it will be clearing as temperatures climb. it will be another summer like afternoon. showe

look at the first alert forecast. >>> a camden county woman is marking memorial day weekend by keeping her fiance's memory alive after he made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. nbc 10 spoke with amanda charney of collingswood. her fiance mark small, was killed in afghanistan in 2009. the green beret medic died in combat during operation enduring freedom. >> the day he left i remember kissing him good-bye. i was crying. he said "i'll be back. it's a little vacation. i'll be back in six months." >> she started a foundation called small steps in speech which raises money for children with communication disabilities. >>> and a historic inn damaged in fire is back open this memorial day weekend. the bedford inn was rebuilt and restored after a fire heavily damaged it in january last year. it ruined antiques and the wood framing that had been constructed in 1881. >> a lot of times it's easier to pick up and leave. i was determined. i take one day at a time and enjoy what i have. >> archie kirk says the inn means a lot to him. through the rebuilding process, he learned it means

president is coming to our area tomorrow to talk about community policing. he's going to be in camden on check out the reshaped police force. two years ago it was extremely controversial when the county system was created and there still are plenty of critics out there, but there's also been a the mr. of successes. crime is down and the number ofs oners patrolling the streets in camden is one the big forces behind the changes. the freeholder lou is contact medical a jr. thanks for joining us. what's going to happen tomorrow when the president comes? when the president comes he's going to recognize the efforts of our police officers and tell the rest of the nation that the community policing model that we have in camden is a model that should be followed throughout the rest of the nation. in camden our police officers are working in partnership with the residents to help prevent and fight crime. so it's something that has been extraordinarily successful. we still have a long way to go. this is not mission accomplished, but certainly we're moving in the right direction and the president