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IS ENDING RIGHT NOW LIVE FROM
CHOPPER 3.
STEVIE WONDER ON STAGE TAKING US
TO HIRE GROUND.
BACK HERE, WE ARE 13 STORIES UP
WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE VIEW OF THE
STAGE AND STEVIE WONDER AND THE
ART MUSEUM AND HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL ON THE
PARKWAY WAITING FATED
THIS CONCRETE CAUSE WAY.
IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME AND A
LOT OF MONEY TO REPAIR THAT
ROAD.
>>> FINALLY, WE'LL GO 300 MILES
TO THE NORTHEAST JUST OVER THE
ALABAMA BORDER TO CAROL COUNTY,
GEORGIA, WHERE THE REMNANTS OF
KATRINA TODAY SPAWNED TOR
THE COUNTRY.
>> AND WE'RE BACK LIVE AT THE
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER N
JUST A FEW MINUTES A YOUNG BEN
FRANKLIN AND ANE
INFORMATION ON PRIME MINISTER
SHARON'S CONDITION.
>>> FAREWELL NIGHTS ARE
PROVIDING INSIGHTS IN THE
FINAL MOMENTS OF THE 12 COAL
MINE HOURS PERISHED IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
THE WORDS ARE CHILLING.
TELL ALL I'LL SEE THEM ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
FOLLOWED BY IT WASN'T BAD.
I JUST WENT TO SLEEP.
AND FINALLY, I LOVE YOU.
THIS PARTICULAR NOTE WAS
WRITTEN BY 51 YEAR-OLD MINE
FOREMAN MARTIN TOLLER, THE
EMOTIONAL WORDS WERE MEANT TO
ASSURE LOVED ONES THAT THE.
>> OH, BOY.
GETTING 1 OF THESE ON YOUR
WINDSHIELD WILL CERTAINLY RUIN
YOUR DAY.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, YOU
KNOW HOW HEFTY THE FINES CAN BE
WHEN YOU GET A PARKING TICKET.
BUT DON'T WORRY, PHILADELPHIA,
HELP IS ON THE WAY.
3 ON YOUR SIDE'S JIM DONOVAN
TELLS YOU HOW 228
YEARS AGO.
>>> GOOD MORNING, THIS IS A
SPECIAL 4TH OF JULY EDITION OF
CBS 3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS", I'M
LARRY MENDTE, HERE IN THE CITY,
WHERE AMERICA AND INDEPENDENCE
WAS BORN, THE 4TH OF JULY
HOLIDAY, OF COURSE, CARRIES A
SPECIAL MEANING.
AND, OF COURSE, COMES WITH
SPECIAL POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
DURING THIS HOUR, THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA WELCOMES THE
PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY FIGHTING
FOR FREEDOM ANDAIN RAVINE.
STORMY WEATHER HAS KEPT RESCUE
TEAMS TO THE CRASH SITE.
>> THE ETERNAL FLAME IS AGAIN
SHINING BRIGHT TONIGHT AS IT
SHOULD.
IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY.
FOR 10 YEARS THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA SIMPLY REFUSED TO
FIX WHAT AMOUNT TO DO A DARK
HOLE OF DISRESPECT TO OUR
VETERANS.
IN A SERIES OF SPECIAL REPORTS,
WE SHOWED VETERANS CRYING AT THE
SITE OF THE DISHONOR.
WE SHOWED VETERANS MOVED TO
LIGHT CANDLES AND PRAY FOR THEIR
FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
MANY OF YOU SIMPLY WERE MOVED TO
CALL THE CITY AND DEMAND
SOMETHING BE DONE.
AND SOMETHING WAS DONE.
TODAY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
TOOK OVER THE CARE OF THE FLAME
AND HAD A SND 10 DAY
OUTLOOK IN A FEW MINUTES.
LARRY.
>> THE SKIES ARE ALWAYS CLEAR IN
SPACE.
THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY IS
DOCK TONIGHT AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
NASA NOW SAYS THE SHUTTLE IS IN
GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE TO MAKE IT
HOME DESPITE TROUBLES WITH FOAM
INSULATION.
BEFORE TODAY'S DOCKING COMMANDER
EILEEN COLLINS FLIPPED DISCOVERY
OVER SO IT COULD BE PHOTOGRAPHED
BY CAMERAS ON THE SPACE STATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRICKY MANEUVER
PLAYING OUT BEHIND ME IN THE
WINDOW.
THIS GAVE EXPERTS A CHANCE TO
LOOK FOR POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE
SHUTTLE'S BELLY.
NASA SPED UP THIS VIDEO.
THE UNPRECEDENTED SHUTTLE FLIP
ACTUALLY TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES.
NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
NEW PICTURES FROM SPACE THAT ARE
CAUSING SOME CONCERN.
THIS IS THE EXTERNAL FUEL TANK
AND THIS IS WHERE A VERY LARGE
PEACE AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
PIECE OF FOAM CAME OFF DURING
TAKE OFF.
THAT LARGE PEACE NASA BELIEVES
MISSED THE SHUTTLE, THAT COULD
HAVE CAUSED BIG PROBLEMS BUT
THEY ALSO BELIEVE A SMALLER
PEE KNICKED THE WING.
IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE WING BUT
THE DAMAGE IS NOT CONSIDERED
SIGNIFICANT.
YOU'LL REMEMBER IT WAS FOAM THAT
STRUCK THE COLUMBIA
INVENTIONS, HEY, LARRY, WHY
DON'T YOU GIVE US A LITTLE TOUR?
SGLL I'LL DO EXACTLY THAT.
THIS DOESN'T OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
UNTIL TOMORROW.
WE CAN TAKE YOU INSIDE RIGHT NOW
TONIGHT AS YOU COME IN, YOU ARE
GREETED BY BEN FRANKLIN HIMSELF.
WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS A READ
TING FROM HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY,
GREETING PEOPLE TO THE EXHIBIT.
THAT PAINTING EXTREMELY RARE.
MATTER OF FACT THE ARTWORK IN
HERE IS AMAZING.
THAT'S BY ROBERT F I K I, FIRST
POOR FRAT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
AS YOU WALK THROUGH YOU REALLY
WALK THROUGH HIS LIFE.
THIS IS AN ART FACT, FROM HIS
HOME ON MILK STREET IN BOSTON
WHERE HE WAS BORN AND SPENT THE
FIRST 17 YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
THAT CHAIR BELONG TODAY HIS
FATHER, JOSHUA FRANKLIN.
THIS WOMAN HERE IS LOOKING AT A
BIBLE THAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
SENT BACK TO HIS FAMILY FROM
LONDON, IT IS SIGNED BY BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN.
WE GO FROM BOSTON, NOW WE COME
INTO PHILADELPHIA.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE
INTERACTIVE GAMES YOU CAN PLAY.
YOU CAN TAKE THE TRIP FROM
BOSTON TO PHILADELPHIA AND AS
YOU GO THROUGH, YOU MAKE CHOICES
AS TO WHAT YOU WANT TO BRING
ALONG, WHO IS GOING TO FINANCE
YOU, AND IF YOU MAKE THE RIGHT
CHOICES, YOU MAKE IT TO
PHILADELPHIA.
LIKE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DID.
THIS IS POPULAR PART OF THE
EXHIBIT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PORT RATS
EVERY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S
FAMILY.
THAT'S HIS DAUGHTER, SALLY, HIS
WIFE DEBRA, THERE IS BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN HIMSELF, WILLIAM AND AT
THE ENDS FRANKY WHO DIED AT THE
AGE OF FOUR, ALL OF THESE
ARTIFACTS HERE ARE FROM HIS HOME
IN PHILADELPHIA.
QUICKLY LET'S GO OVER HERE FOR
ONE SECOND BECAUSE HE OPENED UP
A PRINTING SHOP IN PHILADELPHIA.
AND THIS IS THE PRINTING PRESS
HE BROUGHT BACK FROM LONDON WHEN
HE WAS AN APPRENTICE.
AS I TOLD YOU, EVERYONE OF THE
ROOMS HAS A THEME.
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ROOM, TO
TALK ABOUT THE CIVIC
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HAD.
THIS IS A JUNE TOE TREE.
IT IS A SOCIETY OF PROMINENT MEN
IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE BEN FRANKLIN PUT TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU LIGHT THIS UP, YOU SEE
ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOUNDED, A
UNIVERSITY, A FIRE DEPARTMENT, A
LIBRARY, AN INSURANCE SOCIETY,
TAKE A LOOK OVER HERE, EXCUSE ME
SIR, FOR ONE SECOND, THERE IS
ORIGINAL FIRETRUCK, FROM THE
EARLY 1700S, FROM THE FIRST FIRE
DEPARTMENT THAT WAS RIGHT HERE
IN PHILADELPHIA.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME
PROBABLY FOR ONE MORE ROOM, IT
IS AN IMPORTANT ROOM.
THIS SHOWS THE SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS, AND THE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE EARLY
EQUIPMENT HE USE TODAY DO HIS
FIRST ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS,
LET'S STEP OVER HERE FOR ONE
SECOND, SHOW YOU ONE OF THE
OTHER INTERACTIVE EVENTS IT,
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE,
IF A LIGHTNING ROD ISN'T
GROUNDED PROPERLY.
I CAN SHOW YOU ONE MORE TIME.
THAT'S WHAT PPENS.
THE HOUSE BLOWS UP.
THAT USE TODAY HAPPEN.
THAT'S GROUNDED PROPERLY.
THAT'S GROUNDED IMPROPERLY.
AND THERE IS A LIGHTNING ROD,
ONE OF THE FIRST FROM BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN THAT WAS ACTUALLY HIT
BY LIGHTENING.
TAKE A LOOK DOWN HERE, I CAN'T
TAKE YOU DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW,
BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY ROOMS
TO GO.
AT THE VERY END, I'LL SHOW YOU
THE GRAND FINALE, COMING UP IN
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
BUT BEFORE WE GO THERE, I WANT
TO SEND IT BACK TO ALICIA LANE,
WHO IS WITH A VERY SPECIAL OF TT
TALKED ABOUT A SECOND AGO
ALYCIA.
A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
IN BURLINGTON COUNTY.
I'M RIGHT ON MAIN STREET IN
LUMBERTON.
IF YOU ARE JUST GETTING HOME
THINKS THE SITUATION IN
LUMBERTON.
OTHER PEOPLE.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT
OUT.
AS WE WALK DOWN THE STREET A
LITTLE BIT I CAN SHOW YOU SOME
OF THE DEBRIS FROM THE CREEK
WHICH IS FLOATING DOWN THE
STREET.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET
A DRIFTWOOD COMING DOWN MAIN
STREET.
IF YOU ARE FROM THIS AREA
AROUND THIS TYPE OF THE DAY
THIS STREET IS PACKED WITH
CARS.
NOW IS THERE DRIFTWOOD
FLOATING DOWN THE STREET.
I CANNOT GO TOO FAR DOWN HERE
RIGHT NOW IN THE ONLY BECAUSE
OF THE CABLE.
WE WILL TRY TO GET MORE IN A
SECOND BUT BECAUSE IF YOU SEE
JUST A FEW FEET THE CURRENT
STARTS TO RUN FROM THE CREEK
AND WHERE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET
FROM THE LARRY.
>> I'M STILL IN LUMBERTON IN
FRONT OF ONE HOUSE.
WE TALK ABOUT HUNDREDS OF
HOUSES AND MASSIVE AREA BEING
HIT BY FLOOD WATER BUT I'M
FOCUSING ON ONE HOUSE BECAUSE
TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE
THINKS VERY PERSONAL.
IT IS THEIR HOUSE THEIR FAMILY
IT IS THEIR MEMORABILIA AND
THEIR CARPET BUT WELL HAVE
HELP.
LONG AFTER TV CAMERAS GO AWAY
AND LONG AFTER WATER RECEDES,
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE EACH
OTHER, AND IT IS PEOPLE
HELPING PEOPLE, THE WORST IN
AN AREA BRING OUT THE BEST IN
PEOPLE.
SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE
PEOPLE OF LUMBERTON, NEW
JERSEY.
THEY WILL HAVE EACH OTHER.
THE SAME IN MEDFORD,
VINCENTOWN AND SAME IN LEISURE
TOWN, SAME THROUGHOUT THE AREA
A TRAGEDY BRINGS OUT THE BEST
IN PEOPLE.
THAT IS WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD IS
ALL ABOUT.
THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN
LUMBERTON AND I'M SURE IT IS
HAPPENING AS WELL.
WE WILL DO STORIES NEXT FEW
DAYS OF HOW EVERYBODY CAME
TOGETHER, TO HELP ONE ANOTHER.
IF THERE IS A SILVER LINING
ALYCIA, THAT IS IT.
FOR ALYCIA LANE I'M LARRY
MENDTE IN LUMBERTON NEW JERSEY,
OUR TEAM 3 COVERAGE OF THIS
FLOOD CONTINUES, TONIGHT AT
11:00 O'CLOCK. FOR NOW, DAN RATHER AND "CBS EVENING NEWS".
(Closed captioning is being provided as a public service by CBS 3.)
>> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AS
CHOPPER 3 CAPTURES AN AMAZING
SIGHT.
A SEA OF PEOPLE STRETCHING FROM
THE ART MUSEUM TO LOGAN CIRCLE.
THAT IS A HALF A MILE LONG.
ALL OF THEM WITH A DUAL PURPOSE
TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TO FIGHT
POVERTY IN AFRICA.
THAT IS THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE
MUSIC HERE IN PHILADELPHIA AND
AROUND THE WORLD.
HERE IS A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE
CROWD FROM THE GROUND.
WE ARE HEARING ON POLICE RADIOS
THAT THE CROWD IS ESTIMATED TO
BE ABOUT A MILLION PEOPLE TODAY,
BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE IS STILL NO
OFFICIAL WORD.
>> ♪ PEOPLE KILLING, PEOPLE
DYING ♪♪
>> THE BLACK EYED PEAS JUST 1 OF
THE MANY GROUPS JOINING THE
FIGHT TO END HUNGER.
A FIGHT THAT IS PUTTING
PHILADELPHIA ON THE WLD STAGE
TODAY.
OUR CITY SHINES, LIVE 8 SEEMS TO
BE AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS SO
FAR.
WE'VE STILL GOT ACTS ON THE
STAGE LIKE JARS OF CLAY, GOOD
EVENING, I'M LARRY MENDTE.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE VIEW FROM
ON TOP OF THE PARKWAY HOUSE OF
THE LIVE 8 CONCERT WHICH IS JUST
NOW WRAPPING UP.
WE'RE TOLD THERE'S GOING TO BE A
BIG ENDING COMING UP VERY SOON.
WHAT A VIEW WE HAVE OF THE ART
MUSEUM AND THE STAGE.
SO FAR, IT HAS AS WE SAID BEEN
AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS.
THIS IS 1 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS
AND PHILADELPHIA AND
PHILADELPHIANS, YOU SHOULD BE
PROUD.
YOU'VE BEEN A BIG PART OF HIFT
DEGREE AS THE WORLD HAS COME
TOGETHER TO FIGHT HUNGER IN
AFRICA AND PHILADELPHIA HAS
SHINED.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM 3 COVERAGE OF
THE DAY'S EVENTS.
VALERIE LEVESQUES HAS BEEN RIGHT
OUT NEXT TO THE STAGE ALL DAY
LONG.
WHAT A VIEW OF THE ACTION SHE
(Closed captioning is being
sponsored CBS 3.)
>> FRANKY GAVE HIS LIFE, THIS
COUNTRY, WHAT HE WANT TODAY DO.
>> THE FAMILY AFTER PHILADELPHIA
GUARDS MAN AGAINST THE WORD THEY
NEVER WANT TODAY HEAR.
THEIR LOVED ONE, KILLED IN IRAQ,
IN THE DEADLIEST DAY OF THE
STATE SOLD SGLERS WE'RE ASKING
ALL PENNSYLVANIANS, TONIGHT
BEFORE THEY GO TO BED, TO SAY A
PRAYER FOR THESE 7 MEN AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
>> GOOD EVENING, I'M LARRY
MENDTE.
ALICIA IS OFF TONIGHT.
YOU JUST HEARD IT, EMOTIONAL
GOVERNOR RENDELL CAME OUT THIS
AFTERNOON TO LEAD THE PRAYERS
FOR THE 7 PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS
KILLED IN IRAQ.
WE LEARNED TODAY THAT FRANCIS
FRANKY STRAUB WAS ONE OF FOUR
GUARDSMEN, WHO BECAME CASUALTIES
OF THE WAR AFTER A ROADSIDE
BOMBING.
JERRY PELLIGRINI , JR., JOHN K U
L I CK, DE HENCE TBL RECALL
RBLING ALSO DIED IN THE ATTACK.
GOVERNOR RENDELL LEADING THE
STATE IN MOURNING OF THESE IN
HARRISBURG, LIVES
ON THE LINE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE LEARNING A LOT WHO ARE
ABOUT SERGEANT STRAUB.
HE TRULY LOVED THIS COUNTRY.
ANNE MARIE GREEN IS LIVE NOW, IN
NORTHEAST
I'M ANNE MARIE GREEN FOR CBS 3,
"EYEWITNESS NEWS".
>> AS WE SAID WHAT A LOSS TO THE
STATE.
THE NATIONAL GUARD ALSO
ANNOUNCED THE FIFTH SOLDIER
KILLED WAS STAFF SERGEANT RYAN O
STR O M, 25-YEAR-OLD FROM
LIBERTY, TIOGA COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA, KILLED BY SMALL
ARMS FIRE ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF
BAGHDAD.
HE WAS MEMBER OF COMPANY B, 109
INFANTRY BASE IN THE
WILLIAMSPORT.
>>> AND OVER THIS PAST WEEKENDS,
TWO LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD
SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN S A.M.A.
R A, SERGEANT JEFFCO AND
SPECIALIST KURT KROUT DIED
SATURDAY WHEN ROADSIDE BOMB
EXPLODED.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING
FOR ALL 7 OF THE SOLDIERS.
>>> KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON CBS 3
FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE
LATEST IN IRAQ.
AND THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THESE
SOLDIERS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA
NATIONAL GUARD.
>>> LET'S MOVE ONTO WEATHER NOW,
HOT, HUMID WEATHER IS BACK.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR TOMORROW, AND
SATURDAY, MEANING IT WILL FEEL
LIKE TRIPLE DIGITS.
METEOROLOGIST, KATHY ORR, IS
WATCHING THE HEAT, AND THE
TROPICS, AND COOLING OFF DOWN
(Closed captioning is being provided as a public service by CBS 3.)
>> THE DID HE SAY PER RITION
CONTINUE TO GROW TONIGHT AS
THOSE LEFT BEHIND BY KATRINA'S
WRATH TRY TO GET HELP AND TRY TO
GET OUT.
>>> GOOD EVENING, I'M LARRY
MENDTE.
ALYCIA LANE IS OFF TONIGHT.
>>> CONGRESS IS RUSHING TO
PROVIDE MORE THAN $10 BILLION IN
RELIEF.
AS THOUSANDS ALONG THE GULF
COAST STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ON THE
STREETS.
IT IS CHAOS IN NEW OR LEAPS.
MANUEL GALLEGUS IS
FLOODING HAS BEEN CAUSED IN NEW
ORLEANS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS A SATELLITE PHOTO BEFORE
KATRINA HIT.
NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS
LAKE UPON PONTCHARTRAIN AND THIS
IS NEW ORLEANS SITTING RIGHT
BETWEEN THE LAKE AND MISSISSIPPI
DOWN BELOW.
THE COAST OF PONTCHARTRAIN WHICH
IS HUGE BY THE WAY, THIS IS
ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF RHODE
ISLAND, THE COACH LIEP IS WELL
DEFINED.
SAME WITH THE SMALLER LAKE MORE
REE PASS WHICH IS TO THE WEST.
NOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
AFTER PICTURE.
THIS SHOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TODAY.
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN HAS GROWN
IMMENSELY.
THIS IS THE CITY DOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LEVY BROKE
THERE IS A BIG GULLY OF DEEP
WATER.
ALSO, THIS WATER OVER HERE AND
THEN THE LINE OF LAND THAT CAME
BETWEEN MORE REE PASS AND
PONTCHARTRAIN IS ALMOST GONE.
I55 RUNS ALONG HERE.
IT IS GONE.
AND THAT IS 1 OF THE MAIN WAYS
TO GET OUTF THE CITY.
MUCH OF NEW ORLEANS HAS JUST
BEEN SWALLOWED UP.
LET'S PUT THE PICTURES SIDE BY
SIDE SO YOU CAN COMPARE THE
DIFFERENCE.
UNDER THIS CLOUD COVER HERE BY
THE WAY THERE IS SOME WATER AS
WELL.
DEEP WATER.
IT'S LIKE A DEEP SWAMP THERE.
SO CLEANING UP NEW ORLEANS WILL
LITERALLY TAKE SHRINKING LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN BACK TO ITS
ORIGINAL SIZE.
BY THE WAY, YOU CAN SEE THESE
PICTURES ON OUR WEB SITE AT
KYW.COM.
CLICK ON WEATHER AND
OF DISEASE, LARRY?
>> WELL, THAT IS WHAT I WANTED
TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT VAL
BECAUSE WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT
THE THREAT FROM E-COLI AND
OTHER DISEASE IN THAT WATER AN
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS ARE TO BE
TAKEN.
I KNOW OUR VIEWERS ARE JUST
LIKE ME IN BEING CONCERNED
ABOUT YOU, AND JIM SPEARING
AND BRIAN AND THE CREW, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING
YOU KNOW THIS WATE,
AND CONTAMINATED, LARRY.
>> VAL, JIM, BRIAN, ALL DOING
A TREMENDOUS JOB BUT PLEASE
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.
WE WILL SEE YOU AT 11:00.
>> STAY WITH "EYEWITNESS NEWS"
FOR MOST COMPREHENSIVE
HURRICANE COVERAGE.
YOU CAN GET LATEST MUCH, MUCH M.
AS I TOLD YOU PENNSYLVANIA
GOVERNOR ED RENDELL JOINS US
NOW TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT THE
STATE IS DOING TO HELP THE
HURRICANE VICTIMS.
GOVERNOR, THANKS FOR COMING
IN.
YOU SAW THESE REPORTS.
YOU SAW NEED FOR MORE
>> 1 LAST TIME.
WE REMEMBER THE LIFEGUARD WHO
BECAME A MOVIE STAR, WHO BECAME
A GOVERNOR, WHO BECAME
PRESIDENT.
AND AS WE EVERY STORYBOOK LIVE
THERE WAS A STORYBOOK ROMANCE.
RON AND NANCY, HAPPILY EVER
AFTER UNTIL DEATH DO US PART.
ONCE UPON A TIME, HE RULED FROM
HIS PLACE AND NOW OUR HERO
RETURNS 1 LAST TIME.
1 LAST TIME A SUMMIT WITH THOSE
WHO FOUGHT BY HIS SIDE AND WITH
THOSE HE DEFEATED AND THOSE WHO
JUST WANT TO FOLLOW IN HIS
FOOTSTEPS.
1 LAST TIME FOR CROWDS TO GATHER
AROUND HIM, THOUSANDS OF FACES,
PEOPLE HE NEVER MET BUT STILL
TOUCHED SOMEHOW.
THOUSANDS OF FACES ALL VERY
DIFFERENT, ALL VERY AMERICAN.
1 LAST TIME THAT HEAVENS GATE
BEFORE PASSING THROUGH AND THEN
THE STORYBOOK LIVE ENDS AS MANY
DO WITH A SUNSET AND THE HERO
RIDING OFF INTO IT 1 LAST T THEL
VOTES.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THOSE BATTLE GROUND STATES
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE
CANDIDATES WILL BE CAMPAIGNING.
NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, MINNESOTA,
IOWA, MICHIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND THEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
THE BIG 3, FLORIDA WITH 27
ELECTORAL VOTES, PENNSYLVANIA
WITH 21 AND OHIO WITH 20
ELECTORAL VOTES.
IF 1 OF THE CANDIDATES WINS ALL
3 OF THESE STATES THE ELECTION
IS OVER.
THAT PERSON IS THE NEXT
PRESIDENT.
IF A CANDIDATE WINS 2 OF THESE
STATES, HE WOULD MOST LIKELY
WIN.
IN THE POLLS GEORGE BUSH IS
SLIGHTLY AHEAD IN FLORIDA, JOHN
KERRY IS SLIGHTLY AHEAD IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
THAT LEAVES OHIO AS THE BIG TOSS
UPSTATE.
WATCH OHIO ON ELECTION TONIGHT.
LAST ELECTION IT WAS FLORIDA
THAT DECIDED THE ELECTION.
THIS ELECTION IT VERY
HOSPITAL.
>> TOMORROW IS HISTORIC DAY FOR
PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT
HISTORIC SYMBOL IN THE NATION.
WE'RE TALKING OF COURSE ABOUT
THE LIBERTY BELL WHICH IS RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, LET'S WALK
ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT NOW AND
SHOW YOU WHAT'S GOING ON OVER
THERE RIGHT NOW.
TOMORROW BY THE WAY THE LIBERTY
BELL WILL BE MOVED TO A NEW HOME
ON PHILADELPHIA'S INDEPENDENCE
MALL WHICH IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF
OUR STUDIOS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, TONIGHT,
THAT BELL ALREADY STARTED THE
TRIP.
TONIGHT THE FRAGILE 2,000 BELL
WAS LIVED 8 INCHES BY HYDRAULIC
CRANE PLACED ON A SPECIAL DART.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN MOVING
THE 250 YEAR OLD SYMBOL OF
FREEDOM TO KEEP IT FROM BEING
DAMAGED.
ITS LARGE CRACK IS FAMOUS OF
COURSE AND NO ONE WANTS THAT TO
GET ANY BIGGER.
THEY'RE ALS HAIRLINE CRACK ABOVE
THE BIG 1.
ABOUT 8:30 TONIGHT THE BELL WAS
MOVED BY HAND 25 FEET THEN
LOCKED DOWN FOR THE NIGHT.
THE LAST TIME IT WAS MOVED WAS
IN 1976 WHEN IT WAS TAKEN FROM
INDEPENDENCE MALL TO THE
PAVILION ON MARKET STREET.
ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THE
CHANNEL 3 STUDIOS.
I'M ON FIFTH STREET.
I'M GOING TO WALK ACROSS FIFTH
STREET.
I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY THIS IS
SIGNIFICANT.
TAKE A LOOK FROM CHOPPER 3.
YOU CAN SEE THE DISTANCE I'M
WALKING.
IT MEASURES OUT FROM THAT STUDIO
TO EXACTLY 300 FEET.
NOW, WHEN THE LIBERTY BELL MOVES
TOMORROW FROM ITS OLD HOME TO
ITS NEW HOME, IT'S GOING TO GO
300 FEET.
IT'S TAKING ME, WHAT, ABOUT A
MINUTE AN HALF TO WALK OVER
HERE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE BELL
ABOUT 4 AND A HALF HOURS TO MAKE
THAT SAME MOVE BUT ACTUALLY
BECAUSE *FTSZ GOING IN LIKE A
ZIGZAG BECAUSE OF A CEREMONY IT
MOVES 963 FEET OR 3 AND A HALF
FEET A MINUTE.
THEY'RE BEING VERY, VERY
CAREFUL.
I WANT TO BRING IN STEVEN ARMS
FROM MICRO STRAIN CORPORATION.
YOUR PEOPLE ALL NIGHT HAVE BEEN
PUTTING SENSORS ON THE LIBERTY
BELL TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT
DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH STRESS.