camden is showing it can be done. i want america to show everybody around the world that it can be done. thank you very much, everybody. god bless. >> cydney long reports on the visit and what it means for the city. >> talk is cheap. >> reporter: it's a plan in which government can put money where its mouth is and camden's distinction as a promise zone last month is one of the hottest topics for president obama during his time in new jersey. >> anybody that works hard should have a shot at success. period. >> i'm excited about the support we've gotten from the promise zone the cop's office to help us hire more officers so we can put them out on walking beats. >> without this assistance we wouldn't be able to do the things we're doing. >> reporter: to navigate the grant process of cashing in on $ $100 million up for grabs. the potential, to change the overall skyline from police boots on the ground to improving graduation rates, readying residents for jobs and reducing crime. >> doesn't matter where they come from what

. >> tree into a comic a snob shot at 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 s

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 how and why the new camden county police department is working.

he is first sitting president to visit camden since franklin roosevelt a big deal for the city of camden, new jersey. >> we will have it all covered for you. >>> in the meantime to go our people scene at 12:30 summer on six abc is about to heat up with the new season of the bachelorette. >> there is not just one woman, there is two. alycia vitarelli at the big board with more. >> double drama a twist we have never seen on the series, before the 25 men can compete for one woman's heart, two women will to have compete for their affection. both brittany and caitlin were sent home heart broken by prince farming, last seasons bachelor. now they are back and looking for love. but before any guys get cut they will cut one girl, leaving, one bachelorette for the rest of the show. >> we're laughing about it. i think we were looking the at each other saying it is not her fault. it is not my fault. we are just in it together. >> they agree they gave the guys a lot of power, they emphasize this is only for one night, but both brittany and caitlin says the experience was worth it because of the chanc

companies invested nearly $1 billion in camden over the last year, lured by evidence that camden is becoming a safer place. tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook. come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> >>> turned away. now there's hope indonesia and malaysia offer temporary shelter to thousands of desperate migrants. hello, welcome to al jazeera, i'm nick clark. also coming up on the programme - risking it all. protesters in burundi try to force the president to end his bid for a third time in office. >>> the battle for ramadi. the u.s. president speeds up weapons supplies for sunni

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today president obama will be in camden. "nbc 10's" katy zachry is live outside the camden police department which is a stop on the president's agenda. tell us more about this trip. >> reporter: hi, tracy. police officers even though we're nine hours away from the visit have blocked off some of the stretches of road outside the camden county police department. president obama will meet with police officers to draw attention to their innovative policing styles and pat them on the back. president obama will be in camden this afternoon and plans to make two stops while in the city after being at the police department he'll speak to an invited audience at the crop community center. the president will highlight camden's community policing that began two years ago. already it has had a major effect on reducing crime and improving relationships between police and the people that live here. the president will also talk about the fact that just last month camden was named a promised zone. there are only a handful of areas around the

live in camden i'm cydney long nbc 10 news. >> thank you. our team coverage continues now with nbc 10's doug shimell. >> the president focused on a lot of positives when it comes to camden police. but do people in the community feel progress is being made? >> reporter: well as one resident who lives near where the president spoke today, they told me as bad as things have been here for decades in camden they will gladly embrace anything that remotely resystemembles improvement. >> we recently put this one in and it goes on and on and on. >> it's the park he put in front of his demolition company to memorialize victims of violence in camden. >> we were lost we couldn't find any justice. >> josie rodriguez' brother john is one of them. she says his murder went unsolved for 12 years until camden started the county police force and reopened cold cases. >> my brother was one of the ones that actually was picked and not even within two months they found my brother's murderer. not one, but two. >> josie was one of those lining the route as president

live in camden, just xfinity. cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> please stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the president's visit to camden, follow us on the air and on line at cbsphilly.com. >> gunfire erupts in a texas restaurant leaving nine rival biking members dead and 18 injured. this all happened sunday afternoon in wako. five gangs met up to focus on turf and recruitment when something went wrong. police new about the meeting in advance, and they were outside the restaurant when the shooting started. police did shoot some bikers but no word if any deaths were from police fire. wako police issued a warning to any gangs looking to avenge the shooting. >> we have been getting report throughout the day that bikers from out of state are headed this way. we would encourage them not to, because we have plenty of space in our county jail to put them there. >> wako police say that no innocent civilians were injured in the violence. they say that is because the -- of those officers and tactical teams th

only after his tour of camden county police realtime tactical center the heartbeat of prices inside camden police headquarters, will president obama address a crowd of invited guests and community leaders inside the new salvation army croc center. his visit is three fold. first, to talk about the importance of building trust between police and the public they serve. also, to recognize camden's new county force as a model. he is expected to announce new, more strict guidelines for police gaining access to military riot gear tanks, and equipment. to not blur the lines between police and military. and president obama will also advise this community how its new distinction as a promise zone will bring funding and partnerships to create a healthy, safer, and nor educated community. >> anybody in this country who works hard should have a fair shot at success, period. doesn't matter where they come from, what region of the community, what they look like, what their last name is. they should be able to succeed. we will help them succeed. not with a hand out, but as partners. >> reporter: and, of c

president 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 equipm

. >>> 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 s

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 ch

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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

and tell i experienced that year in camden. we watched the police standoff because they kidnapped the couple's child. and months after months of violence and feeder i am beginning to with the true and elementary school she told about husses unlike the shooting and head hurts her for her she ended put down the contents and pick up the babies. but as i left dave magic want to vanquish the darkness and fear that he was living with every day. >> host: from "doing the best i can" writes in the conventional wisdom but with low school completion rates curve will behavior difficulties securing a steady job were friends but the idea that fathers don't care. and that is but we were stunned to find of a culture change in this so a rare in in your hat these have a new father each have a staff they could the jury gave the director of public policy to? direct it is hard to change hearts and minds of you could focus on positive motivation for the good of children. we had a moment where their doctor forebrain fatherhood the way they will like

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 going to follow you. >> reporter: the city of camden was named a promised zone which means they'll be offered grants and assistance for education. reporting live in camden katy zachry. "nbc 10

obama's visit to camden. both on television and online. cbsphilly.com. >>> stay with us. still ahead on "eyewitness news" news tonight police evacuate the memorial in new york. we'll tell you why. the travels of everyone's favorite great white shark mary lee. where the big fish app% to be heading now and the countdown is on to david letterman's final late night show. from stupid pet tricks to stupid human tricks we'll take look at the segments that are uniquely dave. coming up in sports, don't look now, but the phillies they are on a winning streak. lesley van arsdall has the highlights a >>> 16-year-old girl is recovering tonight after she was gored by a bison at yellowstone national park. police say the girl was posing for a picture near the bison on friday afternoon when it attacked her. the teenager is an exchange student from taiwan. national park service says her injuries are serious but they are not live threatening. >>> also now a scare today for visitors at the 9/11 memorial in lower manhattan. peopl

camden, and violent crime by 20 percent. since becoming running a county run department. it noise coincidence that companies are running to the city. >> people in camden still face very big challenges but this city is on to something. you have made progress in just two years. that is why i'm here because we want to focus on the fact that other cities across america can make similar progress. >> reporter: camden's community policing places emphasis on foot patrols and neighborhood interaction. they read to children and check with business toss see if they have problems. >> we have been walking the street. crime rates are down. people can sit outside more. you can walk around and get air and don't be afraid. >> it is in the as bad as what everybody makes it out to be. is there just a few bad people in the city. >> reporter: while praising camden's efforts president obama talked about departments cutting back on what he calls military type equipment. camouflage uniforms, high powered rifles and armored vehicles when used too of

if you find yourself in camden or you're in camden new jersey be aware there is a house fire. we understand that it's growing to other buildings along the block. kaighn avenue is closed. this is a pretty busy stretch. you can take haden avenue. we have a photographer feeding us information and we should have a live shot. >>> moving onto the roadways 295 right at route 30 you can see we don't nearly have as much volume as we typically do. if you're traveling on 295, now is a great time to get out the door. 295, atlantic city expressway all points south looking good. route 1 and 9 looking good as well. the 42 freeway, 295, again, looking really good. i am hearing there is some congestion at 55 where it meets the 42 freeway. >>> and 6:32. we have new information about the breaking news we're following in camden. this is a live scene from a camera on a building of this fire that's on kaighn and rose. we just learned a firefighter was hurt. we're trying to find out more on his condition. firefighters still don't know if anyone was inside. here's a live picture from sky force 10. th

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 come to camden to come here. >> reporter: but there was criticism from others who say that there is a lot of work to be done in the city which has a poverty rate of 40 percent. >> you help one thing but give up on the other. what will happen soon, they have a big police force everybody locked up. have been trying to get a job can't get a job. >> reporter: county police force has served as a model for community policing but residents on and off camera say enforcement the has been too aggressive for law a abiding citizens. >> we're in the bad people. we are not bad. it is just that they look at us in a certain way. >> reporter: resident applauded decrease in crime

they have the hoses trained on the second floor two-alarm fire in camden. kaign blocked at mount ephraim stay on atlantic. i-95 bills traffic to the betsy ross bridge to this point. fellowship road accident is off to the side. sunglasses essential behind the wheel. through the day we'll go for a mix of sun and fair weather cumulus clouds particularly later in the afternoon. cool for now temperatures in the 50s, 71 by noon, high of 76 this afternoon. the only other thing about today's weather it will be blustery and windy this afternoon. >> have a great memorial day weekend and take time to remember those who died serving this great country of ours. for david tam matt, i'm matt, see you later. tina! sorry! i was day dreaming. about becoming a pastry chef? uh... yeah. specializing in custom cakes? right! and opening your own bakery? how'd you know? you've got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah! king of cash with top prizes of $100,000. [male announcer] want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. t

president obama is heading to camden to meet with the members of the camden count police department and tour the real like operations intelligence center. camden is a promise zone that aid in federal grants to reduce crime and improve the overall quality of life for people living there. >>> candidates for mayor of philadelphia will make one final push ahead of tomorrow's primary. winner will go on to the mayoral election in november. so tonight we're helping you decide with a half an hour special. we will look closer a at each of the six candidates and their views on important issues facing the city, the the special airs tonight at 11 right after fox 29 news at ten. >>> 5:11, a deadly shoot-out gunfire outside a restaurant in texas as rival biker gangs get into literally a shoot-out what happened when police arrived straight ahead. >>> a weekend full of stormy, destructive weather for parts of the midwest and south. we will look at the damage coming up after the break. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to buy a house. i know how it feels to be stressed about money. i understand

murder in camden city has been cut in half since the county took over policing two years ago. but the president said it's the basics like getting out of squad cars and walking a beat that have helped make camden city safer for citizens and morey warding for cops. >> they're enjoying their jobs because they feel as if over time they can have more of an impact and their getting more help from the community because the community is seeing them and knows them before there's a crisis. >> reporter: the president told an audience of elected officials and camden kids that mass incarceration of non-violent drug offenders must end. and that the nation must address bigger social issues instead of leaving it to police. >> if we as a society aren't willing to deal honestly with issues of race then we can't just expect police departments to solve these problems. >> reporter: interesting observation. the president said street violence like we've seen in ferguson missouri was covered non-stop by the news media but the underlying conditions that may have led to that violence is ignore. lucy? >

. >>> 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 so

the obama administration selected camden as a promise zone. that means the city will have access to federal funding faster to improve the economy, education and people's health. >>> an early warning system is in place. the goal is to figure out what leads to bad outcomes when police interact with the community. camden will collect data on the interactions and it will be analyzed by experts. the department will use that information to better train officers. >>> and how about this president obama has finally joined twitter. his first feet coming yesterday. he said hello to the twitterverse, but his second tweet focused on camden saying in can dem today seeing firsthand how smart policing is making the community safer while building trust. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 20 minutes after 4:00. we're seeing some foggy conditions. you can see the fog and low clouds over center city. this is a view from here at the "nbc 10" studios. the flag is at rest. wind is not a problem right now. if we get thunderst

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 look at those. i want to jump into the conversation. because i think what we have here is an opportunity to hear directly from some mayors who i would say just in short get it. they understand how important this is. and so to start off, what i want to do is have our mayors, who i know are not shy, and who i know will speak their minds, share with us, just take three minutes, at least go down the table first, and have you open for us the conversation and frame for us why is it important? why is preventing youth violence so important for you and that you're here with us today, you have a number of things on your plates. you have an endless list of responsibilities. why are you with us today? what is so important about addressing this issue for you? and so i'd love to have you open that up for us and kind of take th

so camden and i mean camden sussex county in delaware could see rain and milford about 1:00 in the morning. rain lingering in the overnight hours, and for the early morning commuters, you could run into some showers. 7:00 scattered showers pretty much across the area. then we'll see mostly cloudy conditions in the middle of the day. still a chance for afternoon showers, maybe a thunderstorm or two, but then later in the day tomorrow we really dry out. you'll notice the humidity drops off and by wednesday it's going to be a cooler dryer day with highs only around 70 degrees. quite a difference. now we'll head to the shore for memorial day weekend. if you're headed there, so far it looks dry saturday and sunday. temperatures will be on the cool side upper 60s. by monday the water temperatures will get a little warmer. tomorrow temperatures in the 80s another warm day, humid, especially in the morning. we do dry out later in the day. you'll notice humidity dropping off. take a look at wednesday. we go from the mid to upper 80s in some areas to the low 70s as we go into wednesday. big temperat

here in camden. but just a few years ago this city was written off as dangerous beyond redemption. a city trapped in a downward spiral. parents were afraid to let their children play outside. drug dealers operated in broad daylight. there weren't enough cops to patrol the streets. so two years ago, the police department was overhauled to implement a new model of community policing. they doubled the size of the force, while keeping it unionized, they cut desk jobs in favor of get manager officers out into the streets. not just to walk the beat but to actually get to know the residents. to set up basketball games. to volunteer in schools. to participate in reading programs. to get to know small businesses in the area. to be a police officer takes a special kind of courage and i talked about this on friday at a memorial for 131 officers who gave their lives to protect communities like this one. takes a special kind of courage to run toward danger. to be a person that residents turn to when they're most

and now camden county wants pennsauken township to consider partnering as police. nbc 10 received a copy of the proposal that pennsauken received just yesterday. it's an invite to consolidate that could save pennsauken nearly $5 million annually by means of cutting some positions as well as changes in overtime and salaries. pennsauken police tell us residents are not happy. >> first concern is where does this come from? you know, this isn't what they want. camden is doing what pennsauken has been doing for a long time. >> a public comment forum for residents. >>> the boys and girls club of philadelphia want a bold change for kids. and comcast is helping to jump start it. announced its $40 million campaign today. about half of the money will be used to build a new facility here in germantown. comcast is donating $8 million to make it happen. comcast is the parent company of

camden will collect data on those interactions. it will be analyzed and the department will use that information to better train officers. >>> just about 20 minutes past 5:00 right now. want to continue to show you this new video a photographer fed in from the field of that tractor-trailer accident that has shut down the northbound lanes of new jersey turnpike between exit 1 and 2. it happened before 4:00 a.m. two tractor trailers caught fire. there's an empty bus involved car involved. we know of at least two injuries. again, you can see the video that we just got fed in within the last half hour. >> with all of those vehicles involved it looks like it will be out there for a while. let's check in with "nbc 10's" first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. not an ideal start to the commute. >> not an ideal start. we're getting close to rush hour. this is the time when you want to plan your trip accordingly this morning. as you can see, a serious situation here. we don't expect it any time soon. all of the new jersey turnpike n

the president said that camden is an example. >> camden is showing that it can be done. i want america to show everyone around the world. thank you very much. >> trying today's remarks a lot of new jersey's key political players were here. a south jersey political insider. >> one of the most violent cities in america. america. and the president of the united states comes security get stepped up. the leader of the free world comes to town. by jamal you please limousine and i'm sure some residents have wished they could. still excitement. >> all right. >> the president went from downtown to this building. but i wanted to know more. people still feel like their left behind. i talked to the former school board member current activist but his feelings on the presidential visit. >> 100 percent agreement. >> you get shut out. >> things have unquestionably turn for the better. murder rate is down, please response. is it enough to declare victory? [applause] ♪ >> this is 18 six drive the most expensive piece of real estate in new jersey history as of right now it is brand spank

it is good to be in camden. i want to thank your lieutenant governor your congressman don nor cross and your mayor for being here. give them all a big round of applause. i want though thank our hosts the salvation army is doing greatç work. it seems like a wonderful wonderful facility. we're very proud of them. i want to thank camden county police chief scott thompson, for his outstanding work. where is the chief? there he is. so i've come here to camden that might have been unthinkable just a few years ago, and that's to hold you up as a symbol of promise for the nation. i don't want to overstate it. obviously camden has gone through tough times and there's still tough times for a lot of folks here in camden but just a few years ago this city was written off as dangerous beyond redemption. the city trapped in a downward spiral. r&h(lc% parents afraid to let their children play outside drug dealers, two years ago the police department was overhauled to implement a new model of community policing. they doubled t

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 come here to camden to do something that might have been unthinkable just a few years ago -- and that's to hold you up as a symbol of promise for the nation. [ applause ] now, i don't want to overstate it. obviously camden has gone through tough times and there are still tough times for a lot of folks here in camden. but just a few years ago, this city was written off as dangerous beyond redemption -- a city trapped in a downward spiral. parents w

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 saw officers reading with children and checking in with local businesses on their beat. >> first comes a loud crash then glass shattering inside a car. many people across the country have had it happen to them, a sunroof explosion. tonight three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan has more on the potentially dangerous problem. it's an experience drivers and their passengers don't soon forget. >> i heard it like a gun shot. >> i heard a deafening explosion. >> i thought we got hit by a meteorite. >> reporter: for peggy and john of wilmington it happened on drive earlier this month. >> it stunned both

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, starting ju

. >>> we're learning more 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

president our camden maror dan a red and the camden schools is operating outside the law robbing residents of our rights. what do you think some of the people that have been critical of this program and some of the others. there will always be anyway says. when we started this process three years ago there was a staining coalition of convicted criminals and some camden county police chiefs who were all acting in concert to try to stop the formation of this department. fast forward three years, murders is down over 50 percent. violent crimes down over 30 percent, the shooting incidents are down close to 60 percent and the president of the united states is coming to camden to say this the right model to follow. one of the things i know he's going to be checking out is the realtime technical operations center. these are just cameras basically all around, right? >> that is correct. it's 21st century technology that helps enhance the 19th or 20th century policing model of walking the beat, riding bicycles throughout the neighborhoods. we got announced this is going to be a promise zone. looking

larger than camden in square miles. the county tells me the metro and the suburban divisions would be mutually exclusive. so no one would ask the suburban cops to respond to the calls in the city and vice versa. and there's no deadline on this proposal. so basically, the ball is in pennsauken's court. live in pennsauken cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> your first alert weather. >> and warm and humid tuesday afternoon as we look at the philadelphia skyline and the haze from our live. >> glenn, it's going to feel like spring again? >> yeah and that haze is going to be gone by tomorrow morning. frenchman nor in poconos mountains. fair weather clouds for the most part. one or two little showers, and that is it. you can see how sparse the radar is. we do have that one shower in southern chester county. it's moving right toward extreme northern new castle county right near the wilmington area, perhaps newark, delaware. and the future cast shows very, very little activity around over the next couple of hours. and then by 8:00 9:00

now rutgers camden commencement at 9:00, expect delays around the camden water front area. >>> we begin with breaking news overseas. reports say that isis militants are now in control of historic ru

. >>> 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 honored in camden yesterday. ♪

really the city of camden this depicts is what happening in city of camden. >> reporter: here are the the graves of 120 war veterans and prominent african americans buried in camden rediscovered by grade schoolers. >> that i can say students, people buried here are more than just dead now, they are living history. >> reporter: after the city's leadership learned what was here it put the city's future to work unearthing history. more than 40 student from urban prom ace contacted my spent three years cleaning tomb stones and clearing the park. >> thank god for the kid, you know, thank god for the kids. really amazing. >> reporter: beauty rediscover. in camden, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> long overdue remarkable story. >>> u.s. education secretary arnold duncan visited west philadelphia today. he took part in the round table discussion about the importance have of summer employment for young people. "eyewitness news" at free library branch at third informed and haverford. the teenagers there are benefiting from the administration's promise zone initiative in which urb

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 and after. the act of congress is

. >> reporter: tomorrow first responders in montgomery and camden counties will run drills on their plans for an oil train spill or derailment. oil by rail transit is now common region wide. empty oil tankers were sitting on the tracks just steps from the site of last week's amtrak derailment. >> the training exercises here on the banks of the schuylkill river and in camden county tomorrow, come right as pennsylvania's governor is urging additional safety measures. >> governor wolf is asking two the state's biggest carriers to adopt voluntary precautions, including lowering speeds to 35 miles an hour for all shale crude trains traveling through municipalities with populations of 100,000 or more. for residents like melody booth, closeness to the tracks preparedness and planning is a comfort. >> there's a solace in that. >> reporter: reporting in montgomery county, george spencer, nbc10 news. >>> taking a live look at the philadelphia art museum where a dramatic change is in the air, tomorrow won't just be cooler it will also be wet. >> oh, great, nbc10 first alert meteorologist sheena parv