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criticized by south jersey republicans. why they are furious with the governor. >> first, halloween hoax or real candy concern. have you seen this? several local police departments are investigating reports of what looks like pins inside chocolate bars given to trick-or-treating children. good evening, i'm keith jones. >> i'm denise nakano. police in chester county are talking to a second victim after she said she found sewing needles in halloween candy. >> this after a local boy found a sharp object and police say his story spread. >> deanna durante is tracking developments live from kenneth square, deanna. >> reporter: police have been talking to the kids again today hoping to learn more about where the candy came from, the origins of the tainted halloween candy. >> it's not something very nice. >> reporter: 10-year-old annie goes to school with miguel luna and his sister. she was surprised to hear classmates on tv as a child who found tainted halloween candy. >> kind of sad because it's around this area and it's kind
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of sad to think somebody would do that in this kind of area. >> reporter: but who is responsible is what police are working on tonight. after miguel was interviewed on sunday, another child came forward. investigators sent us these pictures of candy bars with sewing needles inside. six pieces total they say they've found and police say the kids who reported the tainted candy do not know each other but the candy they collected on halloween came from the same neighborhood of the borough that runs along south union and west south street. >> terrible thing. >> reporter: the neighborhood is filled with children and residents say police were visible on saturday night, making the whole case even more shocking. >> we checked the candy. we want to be careful with what they eat. probably we want to throw some away. >> reporter: when in doubt that's exactly what police say you should do. at this point they have not been able to tell us if they have tracked the origins of the candy, if they think it was tampered in someone's home, a store, or point of distribution. they are asking if you have any
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information tonight to contact the kennett square police department. reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> deanna, thank you. meanwhile, sky force 10 is live over breaking news in delaware county. a bomb squad is outside a home in radnor township. crews responded to the home around 2:20 this afternoon. they found munition inside the home and then chemicals in the backyard, so hazmat crews are also on the scene. we'll keep following the story and bring you more information as soon as we get it. to this, though, it's the most violent armed robbery that berks county district attorneys ever seen, two of the robbers were killed by a store owners. surveillance video shows three masked gunmen shooting their way into the latino meat market in reading saturday night, but police say the owner and his brother fired back, killing two gunmen. prosecutors say the owners will not be charged. >> these individuals came in firing with guns. they were a threat to cause
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death or serious bodily injury to the owners of this store. >> a $10,000 reward is being offered to catch the third gunman who got away. a break in a cold case nearly a decade later. a philadelphia man is charged in connection with a south jersey home invasion where a man was murdered. authorities released a mug shot of the suspect, john blocker, a short time ago. nbc 10 was there as gloucester county prosecutors announced his arrest in connection with the death. they say a group of intruders entered his washington township home in january of 2006 while he and his wife were out. they tied up his children, then beat him to death with he got home. we spoke to his sister. >> holidays ain't the same, birthdays ain't the same, but we knew eventually somebody was going to get arrested. we just didn't know when. it's a blessing that today we received a phone call that somebody is arrested for this
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situation. >> blocker is currently being held in philadelphia as he awaits extradition back to new jersey. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> turning to our weather now, it's already past sunset as we take a live look at boathouse row. the sun goes down earlier, but you have to look on the bright side at all times, at least we're enjoying this unseasonably warm weather. >> sheena parveen joins us now and sheena, it's warm now and getting warmer all week. >> that's right, it is going to be warming up as we go into tomorrow and even wednesday and thursday, despite the early sunset. we do have some milder temperatures to look forward to. here's a live look at there city. yes, the sun just set minutes ago and it's going to be getting completely dark in about 30 minutes. we're still dealing with cloud cover through most of the area, but no rain. pretty much all day today it's been looking like it's going to rain, but no rain around the area. there is an end to the cloud cover starting with the poconos
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and lehigh valley and then we'll see it clearing through the rest of the area later tonight. the rain has been staying to our south. that's where we expect it to stay as we go through the rest of the overnight hours tonight. we will be staying dry and a nicer day tomorrow with more sunshine and warmer temperatures. right now we're in the upper 50s philadelphia, low 60s through northeast philly, 57 in millville, but a big warmup on the way the rest of the week. those numbers and our next chance for showers coming up. irate and angry. south jersey republicans are sounding off about the leader of their own party in new jersey. backing democratic initiatives the day before the elections. >> governor chris christie in camden today to applaud efforts of the camden metro force for the second time in four months. nbc 10's south jersey bureau reporter cydney long is live in camden with their complaints. >> they are upset, much more important issues to campaign on, pension reform and property taxes, and they say christie was just here in july to applaud the
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metro division that their overall crime and homicide rates have dropped, so many republicans say christie dropped the ball by standing side by side with democrats today. with less than 24 hours before new jerseyans hit the polls, governor christie came to camden to declare november 5th as law enforcement appreciation day. camden metro's new regional force with homicide and overall crime numbers down has given him bragging rights on the national stage. he said his event has nothing to do with president obama's visit to newark to talk justice reform. >> nice of him to show up on the law enforcement issue, because he really hasn't much, and all these criminal justice reforms he's talking about, none are initiatives of his, pushed to this by others. >> reporter: south jersey republicans say so is christie, being shoved around by the south jersey democratic machine. >> the governor will say this is great. it is not great. if you go into the outlying
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communities, there are no foot patrols. >> reporter: with all seats up for grabs in new jersey's assembly, keith walker and fellow candidates trying to build a vibrant republican party here say they didn't even get a handshake by the goovernor. >> the governor should be with republican candidates seeking office. >> today i was invited to campaign with some of them. >> reporter: will you do that? >> no, i had this to do today. >> reporter: christie says he's done substantial fundraising for the new jersey gop but given the divide between law enforcement and communities nationwide, recognizing police efforts in camden and statewide was top priority. >> tomorrow's election day is a state holiday, all state workers are off tomorrow, i didn't want to drag people in on their day off to do this stuff. >> reporter: some of those candidates protesting outside the governor's event today, mind you, again, it's his own republican party added, "if christie is serious about his presidential aspirations, he needs to do some real damage control to repair his image here in camden county." live in camden, cydney long, nbc
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10 news. >> thank you. speaking of his campaign, governor christie doesn't think he and his fellow republican candidates should get control of the format of the next gop debate. his thoughts on the fallout after cnbc's debate last week coming up at 5:30. philadelphians will choose a new mayor tomorrow and many will be voting for the person who will make children a priority. education is a top issue in the city this election as the district is struggling to keep schools afloat and students engaged. nbc 10's rosemary connors has a closer look at the candidates' co goals. >> both believe early investment is key, but they have different ideas how to do it. the candidates spoke to nbc 10 about their plans to keep kids in school and graduating on time. >> how do you improve the quality of public education in philadelphia? it's a question voters have been asking the mayoral candidates throughout the campaign. democrat jim kenney's plan is to
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invest early and implement universal pre-kindergarten programs citywide. >> when a child gets to kindergarten and first grade and are not prepared knowing letters or numbers, you know, and being prepared to go to school, they start dropping behind by third grade, by seventh and eighth grade they are acting up. >> kenney's opponent, melissa murray bailey, has a different approach. >> yes, i would want everyone to start their education earl will i as possible, but right now we have 12 grades not working that we can't fund, to add a 13th to that seems irresponsible at this point. >> reporter: instead her priority is to promote literacy. she's promising a 100% literacy rate among third graders, calling for an investment in kind er gart enand first grade. >> if they can't read by third grade, the chances of them going on to be successful are so slim.
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>> the common ground is reaching children as early as possible. >> i don't think your zip code shoulder matter as to the abilities that meet your potential. that's what we're going to fight for. >> polls open in pennsylvania and delaware tomorrow from 7:00 in the morning until 8:00 in the evening. in new jersey it's 6:00 in the morning until 8:00 in the evening. i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. volunteers will be on hand at every polling location tomorrow to answer voter questions and address any concerns. it's an initiative between the philadelphia district attorney's office and the committee of 70 to protect each philadelphian's vote. listen to this, only 10% of registered voters are expected to head to the polls in philadelphia tomorrow. compare that to 27% of people actually went out to vote in the primary race, but turnout in mayoral races hasn't always been so low. according to data from the atlantic, philadelphia's highest point came in 1971 when 77% of voters turned out to elect mayor
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frank rizzo. philadelphia saw 50% turnout in 2003. the lowest point is 2011 with just 20% turnout. head to nbc10.com for full election day coverage. we try to debunk the top five excuses you might have for not heading to the polls. tomorrow we'll be refreshing the election results the second they come in. with the pennsylvania budget battle entering its fifth month, the philadelphia school district is forced to borrow millions of dollars to stay afloat. it is now 124 days and counting without a budget, and just today the philadelphia school district learned it will get a $250 million loan to cover costs for the rest of the year. the money will come from two separate loans of $125 million each from two banks, but interest on those loans could cost the district an additional $2.5 million. >> assuming that rate through june 30th, it's about $1.4 million in interest costs or
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projectionly $200,000 a month. >> the district will also shift $40 million from its capital fund into its daily operating budget. we're talking about children here, a new playroom at cooper children's regional hospital could be just what the doctor ordered. >> indoor playroom with a twist. it is designed to help sick kids feel like they are outside, giving them a small break from the difficulties of being hospitalized. a $750,000 pledge from the johnny m. foundation made the playroom possible. the foundation was started by a family in honor of their son who died when he was just 3 years old. >> we honor him with this room and he gives back to other children and helps them every day get a little bit better. >> it's the first time the playroom has been updated since 1996. let's talk about this now,
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delaware's governor issued a pardon that dates back to the days of the underground railroad. we'll tell you why he did that. plus, former wrestling star answers to the murder charges against him in court today. live with how he pleaded. first, was it terrorism? we'll get the latest from investigators about the russian passenger jet that suddenly plunged to the ground. and president obama visits north jersey today to try to stop the flow back into prison. we'll hear from him next.
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this is nbc 10 news. >> investigators are trying to solve a mystery, why did a russian passenger plane crash in egypt's sinai peninsula on saturday. >> all 224 people onboard were killed. nbc's bill neely has the latest on the investigation from cairo. >> reporter: investigators have two huge pieces of evidence to work with, the two black box flight recorders that egyptian and russian investigators have been working with here all day in cairo. those two black boxes will eventually tell them and us a great deal about how this flight seemingly fell from the sky. >> one of the things that you can't rule out at this time is
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whether or not there was an explosive device of some sort on the aircraft. >> reporter: we know that the plane fell very quickly, that it broke apart in midair, and that the pilot didn't issue any mayday call. the airline that operates the plane, metrojet, said earlier on the only feasible reason for the plane's breakup in the air was some sort of impact, a mechanical or physical impact on the aircraft. >> translator: this is the only explanation why there was not a single attempt to establish communication to report the emergency situation onboard. >> reporter: the russian authorities came back quite quickly and said that wasn't true, saying that claim is premature and not grounded in real facts. dozens of investigators have been looking at the 12 different areas where major sections of the plane came down, looking for evidence of something explosive from inside the plane or, indeed, something that might have struck the plane from
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outside. most of the bodies of those who were killed on this crash have now been taken from cairo and are back in their home city of st. petersburg from where they set out on vacation. back to you. >> bill neely reporting from cairo. elsewhere, the u.s. navy says it's found wreckage of the cargo ship that disappeared during hurricane joaquin. the vessel found was consistent with the 790-foot cargo ship near the ship's last known location. sonic images appear to show the cargo ship is in one piece and in an upright position. el farro sank in 15,000 feet of water with 33 crew members onboard. breaking the cycle of incarceration. that's what president obama is calling for tonight with a speech in new jersey. he wants to help the more than half million people who are released from prison each year to successfully rejoin society. nbc 10's jim rosenfield joins us
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live from the digital operations center with highlights from the president's visit. jim? >> denise, here's the problem most u.s. prisoners end up back behind bars when they are released without a job, housing, or access to mental health services. that's a cycle president obama is using his influence to try to change. earlier today the president visited the integrity house in newark, a nonprofit rehab facility that supports former inmates, addicts, or even at risk children who want to make a positive contribution in society. he was joined there by new jersey senator cory booker. the president called the program a model of good work for the rest of the nation. >> part of our goal here today is to highlight what is working so that hopefully we can see more and more places like integrity house. >> afterwards, the president was off to host a round table on this same issue of prison reform at rutgers university law school. for more on the visit to our area, don't miss lester holt's
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exclusive one on one with president obama tonight on nbc nightly news right after nbc 10 news at 6:00. live in the digital operations center, jim rosenfield, nbc 10 news. back to you. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, the clouds have been around all day today, so our temperatures have been in the mid 60s, but that's still above normal for this time of the year and we're going to be getting warmer as we go through the rest of the week. 70-degree temperatures come back and that's going to put us about 10 to 15 degrees above where we normally are this time of year. our average high temperature 61 degrees, but we have another rain chance coming before the week is over and after that we're going to start to cool down a little bit more. live look outside center city, the sun has already set with our hour that we gained this weekend. philadelphia right now 59 degrees. we still have the clouds around, but clearing through the overnight hours. here's a look at what's been going on with temperatures yesterday and today mid 60s.
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look what happens tomorrow, 70s, mid 70s wednesday and thursday, and there's the average high, 61 degrees. we're going to be pretty well above normal, unseasonably warm as we go through pretty much the rest of the week, not going to feel like fall this week, it's not really going to feel like fall until the weekend again. right now temperatures in the upper 50s for most of the area, still sitting at 62 northeast philly, 55 in allentown, 55 pottstown, 58 degrees in dover, and we still have the cloud cover through most of the area. we're seeing clearing in the poconos, lehigh valley seeing clearing and that's going to start to clear the rest of the area as we get closer to about the 8:00, 10:00 hour tonight. the rain is farther down to our south, though, so that's where it's been all day, even though it's looked like it's going to rain today, we haven't seen the rain. it's staying just to the south and that's where it will stay. it will be moving offshore and will take the cloud cover with it, so skies clearing overnight tonight. here's future weather, clouds clearing up between about 8:00
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and 10:00 p.m. for the shore and then we keep these clear skies into tomorrow. sunny day and a mild day through tomorrow afternoon, and then we go into wednesday afternoon, we are still mild, still in the 70s, still sunny, then more clouds move in thursday, that's our next chance for any showers. tonight the clouds clearing, 48 for the low in philadelphia, 42 degrees areas north and west and tomorrow a sunny day, warmer day, 71 to 74 degrees for the afternoon high. 75 on wednesday, even thursday with showers. friday around 77 degrees, then we drop back down into the 50s as we go into sunday. >> sheena, thank you. a double long septa bus crashes into a big rig in northeast philadelphia. we're going to go live to the scene in just a bit. first, a 7-year-old boy handcuffed by police inside his school. we'll hear from his mom and tell you what police are saying now. with cancer, early detection can mean life or death.
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so, when chris brown and will pauls would recklessly deny access to basic health services like mammograms and annual exams, it makes a real difference in women's lives. chris brown voted against funding for cancer screenings. and will pauls opposed funding for clinics that provide access to mammograms - life-saving procedures women rely on. chris brown and will pauls: a risk that women in atlantic county can't afford.
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this is nbc 10 news. >> might have heard about a child handcuffed by police while at school last month. now he's getting an apology. his mother shot this video of her cuffed child at the school. this is in flint, michigan, and police there say it happened because cameron seemed intent on hurting himself. but the chief of police is now
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apologized and promises to conduct a fair investigation. crystal mcfadden says it's still unclear why her son was put in handcuffs in the first place. >> he don't deserve to be in no handcuffs. he ain't here with no knife, he ain't here with no gun. >> police chief said he's scheduled training for all officers in deesq ka collation and communications geared towards children. coming up next. >> a septa bus crashes into a tractor trailer this afternoon and crews are still on the scene some five hours later. we'll go there live next. plus, abby lee with the reality show "dance moms" is facing accusations of hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars from the feds. we'll get the latest on her case coming up.
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we have a new development just in on the investigation into the death of a little boy in camden county. a toxicology test now says on 3-year-old brendan creato has come back negative. tonight, how the little boy died still remains a mystery. brendan's body was found three weeks ago in the woods near his father's house in haddon township. his father reported him missing hours earlier. no charges have been filed in this case. much more on this story. in the meantime, though, you might have heard about this, oxford avenue in fox chase still shut down with a septa bus
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collided with a tractor trailer. >> and that bus was just removed in the past hour and crews are still working at the scene trying to figure out what caused the crash around 12:30 today. lauren mayk joins us live at the crash scene with the latest. lauren? >> reporter: yeah, the avenue is still shut down here, but they are making quite a bit of progress. the bus has been removed and right now they are working to get the tractor trailer out of here, as well. the side of it just sort of crushed as the bus slammed into it. and i learned today that this is the kind of thing some people were worried about. >> i didn't realize the scale of it until i came outside. >> reporter: outside you see a shocking collision with three parts, a septa bus sprawled across the road, a tractor trailer carrying a bull dozer, and the building where nora was. >> i was sitting right in the middle painting, then i heard a terrible crash and looked up and
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saw a truck at my window. >> reporter: she was alone in the building and in shock, immediately moved to get out. did you realize what had happened? >> kind of, because there's always buses having trouble getting past the cars. >> reporter: this is a turn around for septa buses on the fox chase loop and the area has been a concern for some neighbors. >> the concern has been, first of all, too many buses and they can't fit. >> reporter: carol walsh watched the aftermath of the crash. what was your thought when you heard about this? >> it was inevitable. it was bound to happen. thankfully, nobody seriously hurt. >> reporter: but in the moments after, a scramble to make sure. >> as soon as it happened, the driver of the trailer came out and i came out at the same time, and he was in shock. he was like, oh, my god, is everybody all right? >> reporter: everyone is expected to be okay, but the building where the crash landed, nora's painting classes are
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cancelled tonight, but that is okay, too. >> shaken, yeah, and i'm just happy to be -- just my business and not me. >> reporter: and as crews work to get this damaged tractor trailer out of here, an update for you, i asked septa about the concerns that those neighbors raised with me today. they sent me a statement just within the past hour saying they have been working with the community here about those concerns and they've put in place some plans to cut down on the number of buses using this turn around on this loop right here and that they will also continue to work with the community to make it safer. live in fox chase, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, a local 16 year old is dead, police are looking for a motive. celine west died after being shot in the back, according to police. it happened yesterday afternoon on the 2200 block of west angeles street. officials tell us two teens were
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riding their bikes what they came up behind a sill veer buick with four guys inside. at some point the boys realized something wasn't right so they turned to get away. two men started chasing them, firing 17 shots. >> didn't shoot and then go to church. that's what these guys do, okay, it's what they do, they are violent and until they are off the street behind bars it is not going to change. >> police are offering $20,000 for a tip that leads to an arrest or conviction. former professional wrestler jimmy "superfly" snuka was arraigned today in a courtroom today facing murder charges for the death of his mistress. snuka pleaded not guilty to the 1983 killing of his then-girlfriend. a grand jury indicted snuka in september. prosecutors say he repeatedly assaulted her in a hotel and left her in bed to die. snuka, now 72 years old, told a judge today he can't read or write english. a gag order has been issued in the case.
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a reality tv star is in hot water after a judge says she has more money than she claims. abby lee miller from the reality show "dance moms" is charged with trying to hide over a quarter million dollars in income after filing for chapter 11. a bankruptcy judge started the investigation after he saw her on tv and didn't buy her claims about her low income. miller's expected to plead not guilty. we have new information on the porngate e-mail scandal involving a pennsylvania supreme court justice. the state's highest court will not discipline justice michael eakin. instead it's handing the case to the judicial conduct board, which is investigating. kathleen kane has claimed that eakin received racially offensive messages and misogynistic pornography through a private e-mail account. kane released a statement, "i am pleased that the review of e-mails conducted by joseph dell
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sole on behalf of the supreme court agrees that they are detrimental to the judicial system and could cause a reasonable person to question the impartiality of a judge and judicial system." kane helped expose the e-mail scandal, finding out about them through an internal review about the jerry sandusky sex abuse investigation. kane was recently charged with perjury, prosecutors say she leaked secret grand jury material and then lied about it. now to decision 2016. new jersey governor chris chris tee was in camden today to talk with mayor dana read. >> also weighed in on a cancelled presidential debate to be aired on nbc. >> i mean, whether nbc has a debate or not, i could care less. i don't care who the networks are to cover it. make sure it's on the air somewhere so real voters can see
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it. >> the republican committee announced it would suspend the next debate hosted by nbc news and telemundo over the way the cnbc debate played out. campaigns have complained it was intended more to bruise the candidates than enlighten the voters. and from the bush campaign, jeb bush said he's going to do everything in his power to win the republican nomination, this after weeks of stagnant poll numbers. >> the challenges we face as a nation are too great to roll the dice on another presidential experiment. to trust the rhetoric of reform over a record of reform. >> bush took swipes at donald trump's rhetoric and marco rubio's lack of experience and pitched himself as a skilled leader who solves problems. democrat bernie sanders will begin airing his first paid television ads tomorrow. >> son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement, went to public schools, then
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college. >> president residents of iowa hampshire will see the ads first. it introduces sanders to potential voters by telling about sanders' childhood growing up in brooklyn, new york. the spot also highlights sanders' work in country as a u.s. senator from vermont and points out that his campaign is, "funded by over a million contributions." delaware's top lawmaker did his part today to right a wrong 168 years in the making. governor jack markell issued a pardon for samuel burress today. burress was convicted for aiding slaves on the underground railroad. several of burress' descendents were in attendance today. a letter burress wrote in prison back in 1848 was read during today's ceremony. officials also u+unveiled a historical marker honoring burress as an underground railroad conductor. imagine this, someone in
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montgomery county is a million dollars richer tonight. we'll tell you where the lucky ticket was purchased next. plus, temple fans still feeling proud after a hard fought loss to notre dame. we'll look ahead at what's next for the owls coming up in sports. newspapers back christine donohue for supreme court. saying this daughter of a coal miner gets the highest rating from the bar association. they call donohue uniquely qualified. and cite her commitment to restoring integrity. both business and labor endorse donohue because she's independent and fair.
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prosecutors. firefighters. people who keep us safe - all back donohue. on tuesday - christine donohue. let's restore integrity to pennsylvania's supreme court
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this is nbc 10 news. >> well, another honor for the u.s. airmen who helped stop a terror attack in france. >> the air force promoted airman spencer stone over the weekend. the 23-year-old was promoted from airman first class to staff sergeant. stone also received the purple heart and airman's medal. in august you might remember stone and two childhood friends subdued a gunman aboard a passenger train in northern france and stopped a possible terrorist attack. well, today is a historic day for the international space station. it was on this day back in 2000
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that the first three astronauts stepped on to the space station to live and to work. u.s. astronaut william shepherd and two russian kos mo nots spent more than four months aboard the station. good advice for you here, check the lottery tickets. someone in montgomery county hit for a million dollars on halloween. the winning ticket was sold at the wawa on ridge pike, three other tickets sold throughout pennsylvania were million dollar winners, as well. two in erie county and one in green county. up next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, undefeated no more, but the temple owls are still ranked in the top 25. they came up just one stop short against the fighting irish saturday. we'll hear from the head coach next in sports. and we have some unseasonably warm temperatures this week. i think you'll like it. and then it will feel like fall again, but only briefly. that forecast coming up. then it was a call for help
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to save a legendary ship in philadelphia. tonight at 6:00, we'll tell you whether that call was answered.
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this is nbc 10 news. >> victory even in defeat for the temple owls. everyone is still buzzing about their hard fought loss to notre dame on halloween night. the temple defense fell one stop short of beating the fighting irish in what would have been the biggest victory in school history. >> still temple proved worthy of a top ten ranked team on a national stage, so 7-0 feels pretty good. >> that's right. john clark joins us live with what's happening next for his alma mater temple. john, i thought they had it,
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man. >> i know, a lot of people did, and it was actually the most watched college football game of the weekend. and temple did lose by just four points to notre dame, but they won the respect of the country, and they did not drop out of the top 25 polls. they are still in there at number 23, and it's actually the first time in temple history that the football team has been ranked three straight weeks. take a look at the owls saturday night, the whole country was watching. what a performance they put on. they were in the spotlight, and now they have to move on. they've got four games left. they are at smu on friday night, then they have a few tough games. they are 7-1 and they still have a chance at a very, very good bowl game. head coach matt rhule has to guard against a let down this week coming off all the hype, all the attention, and all the emotion from the notre dame game. >> we just had the same mentality week in, week out, which is what's next, and, you know, i think the thought that i
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can tell them what to think is really hard, i'm going to go attack this. i'm hoping that's the other way, i hope we don't take anything for granted and we attack everything moving forward. that's my hope. >> so a big game for temple friday night, then a big game for your birds sunday night here on nbc. coming up at 6:20 we're going to have malcolm jenkins, the eagles safety, right here with us. we're at his blitz, bourbon, bow ties event here, we'll have him coming up in about half an hour. john clark in philly, back to you. >> bourbon, bow ties, and now to baseball. major league baseball has a new champion, as you know. >> much to die hard phillies fans delight, the kansas city royals took down the new york mets to win the 2015 world series. kansas city needed extra innings to get the win in last night's clincher. the mets took a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning but kc scored twice to tie it. it was the royals' first world
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series title in 30 years. new information about a t p trapeze performer injured in a show in philadelphia over the weekend. this is a picture as he was released from the penn presbyterian center today. an nbc 10 viewer recorded these moments after the incident at the universal circus at the maddon in fairmount park. he was injured after he fell 30 feet to the ground during a performance. he's expected to make a full recovery. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, a cloudy start to the week with an earlier sunset now, but we will be warming things up, especially starting tomorrow. here's the dark evening commute for the area. i'm sure a lot of people still trying to get used to the darker evening rush, with the early sunset, but this is a look at south philadelphia at 95 right
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now. warmer into tomorrow. today we were above normal for this time of year, despite the cloud cover, but we're looking at ten to 15 degrees above normal as we go through the rest of the week, so we do have 70-degree temperatures in the forecast and another chance of rain before the week is over. over the weekend, we had 50s on saturday, mid 60s yesterday. today 65 degrees, average high is 61, but tomorrow we expect to be around 73 degrees, so it is going to be quite a bit warmer outside and more sunshine, too. right now we're in the mid 50s for allentown, low 60s reading. 59 degrees right now in philadelphia. 57 in millville, 58 degrees in dover and the clouds will be clearing for everybody as we go through the overnight hours tonight. through the lehigh valley and poconos we're already seeing clearing, no rain with the clouds, though, but we will see them continue to clear for new jersey and delaware through the next several hours. rain is down to the south, that's where it's going to stay. we don't expect the rain tonight, especially not tomorrow. it's all going to be sliding
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offshore and we will see more in the way of sunshine. here's a look at future weather, milder air comes through the day tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon in the 70s, wednesday afternoon still sunny and still in the 70s. then we go into thursday, that's going to be our next shot at showers through the day, but the mild temperatures are still going to be here, especially as we go into friday, so friday afternoon high temperatures should be right around 77 degrees. unseasonably warm for this time of year, around 15 degrees or so above normal, then we're going to get cold fronts swinging through, so over the weekend you'll notice a ten-degree drop from friday to saturday, then another ten-degree drop from saturday to sunday. we're not really going to feel like fall until the weekend. in the meantime, probably feel more like spring this week, so it will be pretty nice. tonight, though, clouds will be clearing. 48 for the low in philadelphia, 42 degrees areas north and west. tomorrow, sunny, warmer, temperatures 71 to 74 degrees, so you probably don't need the
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jacket through the afternoon. really not wednesday or thursday or friday, not until the weekend. there you see it, the 70s last through the rest of the week. it's going to feel really nice. then friday to saturday, there's the ten-degree drop. 67 for saturday, another ten-degree drop sunday, 57 degrees, so it's going to get colder across the weekend, even monday starting off in the upper 50s. we are following breaking news in wilmington. sky force 10 is live over a shooting. it happened on taylor street within the past 30 minutes. we just learned police are also on the scene of a double shooting on north harrison street about 20 blocks away. we will continue to work out any new details on both these shootings. >> up next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, a new local study discovers a link between alzheimer's disease and down syndrome. >> plus, problems at chipotle tonight. an e. coli outbreak is shutting down dozens of restaurants.
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latest from health officials next.
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this is nbc 10 news. >> you like chipotle, listen up. the restaurant chain closed 43 locations in washington state and oregon due to an e. coli outbreak. a total of 22 cases have been
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reported there. eight of those people infected were hospitalized. no deaths have been reported. oregon and washington health departments are investigating this outbreak. we'll just put this to you straight here, talk to your teens about sex. >> really makes a difference. researchers say the often awkward talk is a must if you want your kids to practice safe sex. researchers say there's a small but significantly positive effect when parents are frank about sex and doctors say girls are hearing the message even more than boys are. teens who hear from their parents are more likely to use a condom or contraception. local researchers have made a major discovery linking down's syndrome and alzheimer's disease. now it's raising hopes for new ways to treat these diseases. scientists discovered an enzyme that hits people with both conditions. doctors have long known that people with down's syndrome often develop early onset dementia. now the doctors have identified the common thread. they can now look for pathways
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in the brain to stop the enzyme before it causes problems. researchers are calling the discovery groundbreaking. animals and asthma. researchers studied more than a million young children born in sweden over a nine-year period. they found kids who were exposed to dogs had a 13% reduced risk of asthma. by the way, the asthma rate for kids in philadelphia is nearly double the national average. we continue to follow breaking news in wilmington. sky force 10 flying over a shooting in wilmington along taylor street. officers responded to the scene around 30 minutes ago, but we're also following yet another shooting. it is a double shooting on northern harrison street about 20 blocks away from this scene. we don't know whether the two shootings are connected. we will continue to work on new details on both these shootings. and coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, the district attorney calls it the most violent robbery he's seen.
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tonight, this surveillance video of a deadly shooting inside a local store. and you can put away the jacket. at least for now. we're in store for a big warmup. my first alert forecast is next. and will it be sold for scrap? we have new deals on a legendary ship in philadelphia next on nbc 10 news at 6:00.
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newspapers back christine donohue for supreme court. saying this daughter of a coal miner gets the highest rating from the bar association. they call donohue uniquely qualified. and cite her commitment to restoring integrity. both business and labor endorse donohue because she's independent and fair. prosecutors. firefighters. people who keep us safe - all back donohue. on tuesday - christine donohue. let's restore integrity to pennsylvania's supreme court
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nbc 10 news starts now. >> we begin tonight with new information on the investigation into the death of this little boy. 3-year-old brendan creato in camden county, a toxicology test on the boy has come back negative. how he died still remains a mystery. brendan's body was found three weeks ago now in these woods near his father's home in haddon township. his father reported him missing hours earlier. no charges have been filed in this case. and breaking news right now at 6:00. sky force 10 over the scene of a home in radnor township. police responded here to a hoarder's home, only to find active munitions inside. hazmat crews were also on the scene to deal with chemicals buried in the yard. and right here you're looking at the source of some frayed nerves that snarled traffic in northeast philadelphia today. sky force 10 was overhead after
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this septa bus and a tractor trailer collided. the truck then barrelled into a building. the accident happened around 12:30 along oxford avenue in the fox chase neighborhood. no one was seriously hurt, but people were shaken by what they saw. >> i was sitting right in the middle painting, and then i heard a terrible crash and i looked up and saw a truck at my window. >> investigators still trying to figure out what caused today's crash. i want to take a live look at the situation right now, where we are understanding that oxford avenue is still closed, but some of these streets are beginning to open up now. you still see emergency vehicles very active, very much still on the scene right there. we'll continue to keep an eye on that situation on oxford avenue after that truck and septa bus collided today. and we're following breaking news also out of wilmington, where sky force 10 live over a shooting. this one happened on taylor
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street within the past hour, as we first told you at 5:00. we just learned police are also on the scene of a double shooting on north harrison street, about 20 blocks away. we don't know if these two shootings are connected, but we'll continue to work to get new details on each of these cases. to decision 2016 now. today another sign that governor chris christie's presidential campaign is struggling to gain support in the polls, take a look. a new monmouth university poll focused on the new hampshire primary. chris christie is at 5:00%. still far behind the leaders there. marco rubio made the biggest surge by moving into third place, ben carson remains in second and donald trump is in first place with a large lead there, 26%. so we sent nbc 10's south jersey bureau reporter cydney long and she's joining us

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