bike in burlington county yesterday. police telling us the victim was walking along the turnpike when a car hit him and kept going. a traffic camera recorded the aftermath of the emergency vehicle on left side of the screen. this is in mt. laurel. victim, a man named michael, suffered from dementia, wandered away from a nearby hotel. police still looking for the driver who hit him. >> new video of the man wanted for questioning in a violent home invasion in gloucester. we see him walking into a wawa. the legs of his pants are soaked, because police just chased him through a swamp. one of two men wanted for the home invasion earlier in the night. pair tied up, beat and robbed a man inside his franklin township him. the victim needed surgery. call police if you know anything about the crime. this is happening now. crews working to make repairs to a water main break in north

philadelphia. it's left a mess for people who live here. live look along van kirk street where it happened before noon time. you see the equipment. sky force overhead after the line broke. you can see water all over the place. 70 homes without water. the water department's a frequent visitor in recent weeks. >> two weeks ago, out to fix water main further up in the beginning of the block. there was a leak here that they had to fix. they've been out two or three different times in the last month. >> water department hopes to have everyone back online some time tone but it's not clear when the road might reopen. philadelphia police still don't know who shot whom this morning in a house on mershown. they weren't sure if they were sheeting at each other or a murder/suici murder/suicide. >> it didn't sound like a

gunshot. but i heard a pop, yell, i have my window open, sounded like out back, but it was in the house. >> two young children in the house were not harmed. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a mystery at a montgomery county cemetery. police believe the same man is vandalizing the same grave over and over but they cannot find him or figure out why. nbc 10's deanna durante live. someone's going to a lot of trouble here. >> reporter: they have. and now, so have investigators who now have surveillance images of the man they believe has come to this grave five times since spring of 2014. each time they say this man has done things to try to deface this one cemetery marker. >> crazy never heard anything like it in my life. >> reporter: those visiting here in st. matthew's here, the crime is shocking. >> they want it to stop.

>> reporter: family members first saw damage if 2014. somebody spray painted john, the picture taken by police march 23rd. then this picture, april 29th of 2014. red paint. >> we've worked with the family, they're distraught about the vandalism. unique case to the extent the suspect, person of interest, keeps coming back and putting the same vandalism. >> reporter: police have image. the same guy who came back here on december 8th, 2014. poured black tar on the stone. he came back again may 18th, 2015. >> this gentleman, i lightly call him gentleman, he steals the light off of the wall. >> reporter: and police say that same guy returned last week, spraying black pain over the family name. police say that man has tried to deface and take off this light here. this is one that the family had installed here, motion light, to light up the area when someone

would show up at night. the crimes, according to police, happening do ining during the d know anything, call police. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. it's changing of the guard in philadelphia. the city's new mayor has announced his choice to lead the police department. nbc 10's george spencer spoke with the new police commissioner today. richard ross comes from within the philadelphia police department. i imagine he has so much going through his head as he take over top job and overwhelming importance of it. >> he's a longtime insider. described policing as proud profession and noble profession. as police departments nationwide face challenges, ross said his task will be to build on successes of outgoing commissioner. >> this has been kind of a badly kept secret. >> reporter: mayor elect jim

kenney admitted his choice for commissioner is little surprise. richard ross, on the force since 1989, recently number two in the department, will be elevated to the top spot. he'll fill the post being vacated by his mentor, current commissioner charles ramsey. >> this is more about passing the baton. this is things that we've done successfully. we've had modicum of success with and it's not about reinventing the wheel, it's about building upon it. >> reporter: it's a trying time for law enforcement nationwide with police officer hiring down significantly. locals hope for the best as a new chapter begins. >> i think a change of guard is good, bringing new thoughts, new ideas. >> they need to have more program for the police officer, for their behavior. >> reporter: keep an eye on the officers? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: there will be changes. ross and kenney support body

cameras and stop and frisk will be limited. a university of pittsburgh study saw stop and frisk intense in philly, police stopped one in six, than the hometown of new york where it was 1 in 14. ross says his leadership focused on bringing everyone to the table, including officers. >> but you've got to roll up your sleeves and get out and demonstrate to people that you're going to be responsive to them. >> reporter: ross did say crime continues to be the ongoing fight here in philadelphia. but he says you'd be crazy to think that the police department can tackle that problem on its own. live at city hall, george spencer, nbc 10 news. >> now you, nbc 10 first alert weather. >> look at this on our veterans day, pate trottic feel. runners got their work out in new castle county. the athletic club decked out for

veterans day. >> chief meteorology glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. a lot of veteran day events, fortunately stayed dry. >> the day in between yesterday's rainy day and tomorrow's showers, pretty good timing there. we had a lot of clouds around, still do. pocono mountains, it cloudy. but it not raining. as you can see this is the clouds and radar. you don't see anything on radar. seeing clouds breaking up a bit. we have to go far out to the west to see the next area of rain. that's in arkansas and missouri. this area will increase quite a bit over the next 24 hours and then some of that head this way to give us the showers tomorrow. 63 degrees, well above average high of 58. even 62 in allentown which is even farther above their average. as we go through the next several hours, temperatures, not going down a lot. part of the reason cloud cover,

atmosphere, still on the relatively warm side. as we go into the latter portion of the evening, 50s, but that's not cold for this time of the year. we'll talk about the timing of tomorrow's rain, how much colder it's going to get over the one with the seven day in a few minutes. >> house explosion in northern new jersey kill one person, injured more than a dozen others. one person still unaccounted for. keith jones in the digital operations center with more why the explosion happened and how everyone's doing. >> firefighters are still combing through the rubble, searching for one person who's still missing, explosion rocked two-family duplex in elizabeth union. two people in critical condition with severe burns. still investigating but the explosion most likely caused by natural gas. neighbors are shaken up and still in shock. >> i thought it was a dream.

>> how's your family? they're okay. they're troopers, doing better than i am. anybody watching this, listen to this, if you smell gas, call the appropriate people. it may be nothing but better to find out it's nothing than go through something like this. >> blast damaged seven homes, three need to be torn down. reporting live in the digital operations center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. new information about that plane crash in ohio yesterday that killed nine people. national transportation safety board held a news conference within the past hour, they say weather will be one of the key factors it investigated moving forward. it was fog, low clouds, light rain at the time of the crash. today, family members of those who died said they still cannot process what happened here. >> it's -- it's just not real yet. i'm just heart broken.

>> ftsb says expects to stay in ohio for the next four to five days to continue the investigation. a crash in montgomery county kills a driver of a pickup truck after it collided with a tractor-trailer. it happened at intersection of valley forge and potshot roads. a man accused of carjacking and kidnapping a 71-year-old woman is behind bars tonight. but his accomplice still on the loose. norris farlow taken into custody last night. surveillance video of him on the left, his mugshot on the right. victim was leaving the whawa, h approached her, ordered her to drive to another wawa at memorial drive. after she gave the suspect cash she took off in another vehicle. police say farlow did not act alone. detectives searching for john johnson. if you know where he is, call

police. today we remember and thank all of those who have served in the armed forces. president obama presided over veteran day ceremonies at arlington national cemetery. he's not satisfied with improvements to health care for vets. >> if you keep investing in facilities and positions and staff to make sure our veterans >> the president also laid traditional wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. here at home, mayor michael nutter and other leaders laid a wreath at philadelphia's tomb of the unknown soldiers in washington square. the tomb here horning thousands who died during the american revolutionary war. bucks county officials honored veterans. they gathered at veterans wall. the wall pays tribute to district alumni, faculty, staff who have served in the military.

additional veteran names were add to the wall this year. tens of thousands of veterans spending this day on the streets. pennsylvania senator bob casey met with a group of homeless vets this morning in north philadelphia help also helped serve up a free breakfast. >> a lot of these guys, men and women here, who served their country, came back, and then had a difficult time. this place like this allows them to begin to get back on their feet. >> today's breakfast held at impact hancock manor, help over 300 vets a year find home and jobs. philadelphia has made great strides in fight against veteran homelessness. we'll take a closer look how they have done this. hear one veteran's success story. it's his third dui arrest, but a high-ranking lehigh county lawmaker accepted in a program for first-time offenders.

senate senator pat browne's arrest came in may. he was eligible for the first time rehabilitation program because his last arrest before that was 16 years ago. browne told the judge he had been battling a drinking problem. quote, i'm currently being very proactive in my recovery activities. i have something that no one would choose to have. this experience will make me stronger a better legislator. a university of missouri student behind bars after he made online threats against black students. hunter park is accused of posting a threat on anumbonymou app called yik yak. some students chose to stay elser. >> i heard people are like shoot all black people tomorrow. who knows if any of it is real. i don't want to be here in case it is real and stuff goes down. >> threat comes days after the university president resigns

after student protests over racial injustices. decision 2016. republicans running for president in iowa and new hampshire today, after last night's debate. >> nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman has reaction to sharp differences that emerged from the candidates. >> ben carson charging he's being asked unfairly about inconsistencies to his life story, because, because he's a fundamentalist christian. that was not carson's big problem last night. specificity was or the lack of it. carson did not detail his exact economic plan in the debate hosted by fox business network. the more seasoned candidates like ted cruz, eager to detail. donald trump was not specific. trump claims he was, claims he got the biggest applause when he vowed to build a wall to keep out undocumented immigrants. jeb bush took on trump over that, winning applause, marco

rubio, mostly dodged the immigration issue, took on trump today saying, we cannot deport 11 million people. rubio got one of the biggest da plauss of the night for taking on tramp and rand paul over diminishing role of the u.s. military overseas. what any of this might do the race, polls, is unanswered tonight. steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >> now you, nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, a lot of clouds around today. aside from sprinkles this morning, it's been dry. not going to stay that way for long. we've got rain returning during the day tomorrow. then, colder winds coming in. it's going to be windy for a couple of days. and that's going to lead to a chilly weekend. but a dry weekend. we're seeing a little bit of sunshine out there now. certainly visibility's good. 63, wind is 13 miles an hour.

we've seen gusts up to 25 25 miles an hour in the past hour. we're in the upper 50s to low 60s now. continue to see temperatures run above average, average high is 58 for this time of the year. even with the cloud cover, we've been able to get above that. wind is coming out of the northwest, dry wind direction. averaging 10 to 20 miles an hour. it's been on the breezy side today. but nothing compared to the way the wind is going to be friday. windy day. clouds around. but it's been dry for much of the day. we have to go far back to the west to find the next area of rain. arkansas, missouri, clouds building in the ohio valley, storms have not developed yet. they will, that's part of what's coming this way. big storm in the middle of the country, snow on the cold side. severe weather on the warm side. that's going up toward the great lakes. it's not going to be bothering us.

the futurecast go into tomorrow, yeah, it's going to be cloudy to start off with. here co comes showers, even in morning hours. cold front comes through. might see sunshine late in the day. and then here comes the wind. cold winds come in from the northwest. probably gusting over 30 miles an hour friday. on saturday, we have winds comes in. so we're seeing temperatures going below average. and that will also be the case, eagles game, it will be on the chilly side, especially because of wind. 10, 20 miles an hour or so. but getting up to 58 degrees. looks like it's going to be sunny. really nice day for football. clouds with fog developing late tonight. 49 for the low in philadelphia. 46 north and west. average low by the way 41. we're not nearly as cold as average november day. cloudy, with showers during the day tomorrow.

most of the showers should occur between about 9:00 a.m. and noon. so don't think they're going to be affecting morning rush and i don't think affecting afternoon rush. in between. and we could start to dry out late in the day with temperatures getting into the 60s again. then friday we're going to have windy conditions. probably 15 to 25-mile-an-hour-winds gusting to 35 miles an hour. temperature down a bit as well. look at the low temperatures over the weekend. only in the 30s. that's in philadelphia. even colder in the suburbs. high of 51 saturday with the wind. that's going to be a chilly day. for the eagles, as you saw, sunshine, 58. and it gets warmer next week. we start getting back toward upper 60s. >> all right. pre-thanksgiving tradition in delaware, stuff the bus food

drive. dart parked a bus in a fairfax a acmi parking lot. all of the food and supplies donated to the food bank of delaware friday. sweet taste of victory for a local man last night as he took the top prize of the world series of poker. >> yes. you've got the poker face working. runner-up also from our area, probably had a good poker face, too. joe mckeon from montgomery county beat out josh beckly for the champion title. mckeon's payout $7.6 million. beckly didn't walk away empty handed. he took home more than $4 million. >> we need to work on that game. >> that would be so nice. update on that emu on the loose. >> driver captured new video of the animal running around the delaware town. find out who's joining in the fight to bring in the big bird.

♪ rocking out, group of co-workers with a unique way to help their colleague fighting a brain tumor. >> unique tribute horns veterans protecting sensitive part of the jersey shore. >> he would have loved to have been here today. >> how part of a project aimed at helping those who served our country.

♪ no, not ozzy osbourne playing "crazy train" philadelphia journalists rockin' out with an important message about brain tumors. >> workers posted videos of themselves, taking part in the rock out brain tumor air guitar challenge. campaign to bring money and awareness to brain tumors.

staffers decided to make the video after learning the assistant managing editor has brain cancer. brainchild was a woman who contacted me to tell me her story about having three noncancerous tumors and had this challenge. >> joseph has seen the video and think is it's hilarious. anyone who watches is asked to donate. >> co-workers having fun for a great cause. >> raising good money in the process? zblu individu . >> new video of a big bird creating problems. >> now a new effort to take care of the problem. nbc 10 viewer gave us this video of the emu today. the bird's been on the loose in the town's end area for months, caused a school to go into lockdown monday. animal's become a public safety issue, so much so the department of agriculture asked police and game warden to euthanize the bird, if they company police say

they're getting numerous calls because the emu is darting into traffic. very dangerous there. >> may sound strange, but some doctors say peanut butter is helping them diagnose alzheimer's disease. why, coming up, on "nbc 10 news at 4:00." bñ day, philadelphia has made big progress in the fight of veteran homelessness. a look at groups making it possible and hear from one vet able to turn his life around.

>> this is nbc 10 news. as we mark veterans day and celebrate their service to our country, advocates want to make sure we don't forget about challenges they still face. five years ago the obama administration announced its

noon end veteran homelessness by the owned of this year. >> here in philadelphia, veterans groups made great progress towards solving the problem. what is behind their success. >> it's been a collaborative effort from the federal level to local level and veterans themselves. i had the pleasure to meet an army vet who has become an inspiration to others. >> looking where i was, where i am, it's a great difference. it's like a 180-degree turn. >> reporter: these days, delvin holds his head high, army veteran served from 1979 to until 1985, turned his life around with the help of the veterans melt multiservice center, nonprofit in philadelphia. >> help immediate with housing, helped me with few other problems, addiction, and then also gave me a job. >> because i have you as a role

model. >> reporter: an outreach specialist at vmc, taking care of those whose shoes he was once in. ♪ on this veterans day, entertainment, warm meal are welcome here. this is the work year round at center that seems to make the difference for men and women, specifically efforts to find them homes. >> reaching functional heroes, all veteran homelessness in philadelphia will be rare, brief, nonreoccurring. >> reporter: director of development, explains vmc's part of a coalition of federal and local agencies that have made it their in addition to end veteran homelessness this year. >> huge success. since 2013, when we first started, we have housed 1300 plus veterans and families. >> reporter: one of them, delvin. >> it changed my life, gave me a reason to look forward to life again. >> in terms of partnership and

resources, hud, v.a., city of philadelphia, office of supportive housing, even the governor's office in pennsylvania joined a movement to support initiative to end homelessness. a true collaboration. >> great to see that one success story. so many problems veterans face. the city feels that homelessness is functionally zero. explain that. >> they've been able to find housing for just about 1300 homeless vets and families, which is great. still some people who choose not to come off the streets. they don't want to be in the shelter system or temporary house organize even permanent housing. that's what they mean by functional zero. what they do know, in terms of the city and its office of supportive housing, they know everybody's names. anybody out on the streets, know their names, know where they can fine them, reach out to them. >> making progress. take a look at numbers. a closer look how veteran homelessness has changed from 2010 to 2014.

number of homeless veterans dropped 33%, amounts to 50,000 on any night. administration says one of the biggest factors in veteran homelessness is mental illness and posttraumatic stress disorder. this problem has become troubling for veterans who served in war since 9/11. reason study from the v.a. shows veterans deployed in twars had 30% higher rate of homelessness. the city still has a major issue with youth homelessness. the nbc 10 digital team spent two months investigating that issue and found young people who are being shut out from getting services they need because of their age. you can see faces of homeless youth right now on the nbc 10 app and nbc10.com. >> now, you're nbc 10 first alert weather. >> a lot of clouds around today. nothing like the raun we saw yesterday or rain we'll be seeing tomorrow.

sandwiched in between. it's been a nice veterans day out there. a lot of clouds around. even breaking up, good portion of the area. but still not seeing any rain nearby. getting closer. it's not reached the mississippi river. clouds in ohio and ohio valley and some of that will end up in showers observe the next several hours. 63 in philadelphia. and also in northeast philly. average high this time of year, only about 57. so it's going to be above average for quite a while, next couple of days. and then things will change. temperatures don't drop a lot during the evening but the wind sure does. gusting up to 25 miles an hour earlier. computers say three miles an hour by midnight tonight. clouds hang in there. we'll let you know more about timing of tomorrow's rain, how much colder it's going to get after that with the seven day in

few minutes. >> several delaware county high school bands led the way at annual veterans day parade this morning. veterans lined the route as parade rolled through. a long tradition. 56 years now. ♪ this solemn ceremony part of veterans celebrations at the shore. hundreds gathered at veterans park this morning. veterans from several generations laid wreaths at base of the park's memborial fountai. >> don't forget to vote for high school football game of the week. this week's choices, frankford versus northeast, council rock ver us upper darby or overbook versus west deptford. call or text 6106244111.

we will announce winner thursday, tomorrow, nbc 10 at 11:00. >> overbrook and west deptford. imagine getting to meet your favorite athlete. would be exciting but more so when you're just a kid. >> how the flyers made that wish come true for one boy and why he was chosen for the special meeting. normally it's the statue of liberty attracting attention in new york harbor. one man who stole the show. new at 5:00, wom wilmington's m isn't happy with jada pinkett smith.

check this out, a man wearing a jet pack buzzing the statue of liberty. it can fly up to 10,000 feet using turbine jet engines.

working on easy-to-use consumer model. >> bus driver cause on tape. >> yes. >> going to tell you how she allegedly driving students while filling out paperwork. got to see this. a man riding in a truck alongside the bus in hampton, virginia pulled out the cell phone. the bus drive almost sideswiped him and didn't notice. now that man wants every parent to see what he witnessed. >> pen in the hand and shuffling through paperwork and had it on the steering wheel, trying to drive flat handed on the steering wheel. >> the school system will conduct a thorough investigation and take action as needed. next on n"nbc 10 news at 4:0 4:00", how can peanut butter help doctors diagnose alzheimer's disease.

update on a story we've been following this morning. minutes ago, police confirmed a an attempted murder/suicide. a man in a house shot a woman in the neck, then shot himself help is not expected to survive but police tell us the woman is in stable condition, which is fortunate considering where she was shot. a jar of peanut butter could become the go-to tool for diagnosis alzheimer's disease. >> sounds strange. some doctors say the test for memory robbing condition, they're going to test for by asking patients to take a whiff of peanut butter, held a foot from their nose. studies find people who can't smell the spread until it's closer likely have the disease. loss of smell is often the first sign of dementia. >> it's not intrusive. it doesn't mean going in front of a doctor and a bunch of

strangers to tell you what's wrong with mom or dad. >> however, scientists at university of pennsylvania say the test is inaccurate. they haven't been able to reproduce the results when they've tried that test. many of us have that favorite athlete we'd like to meet in person. >> today, flyers made that wish come true for a young fan. live from comcast sportsnet. more on the 8-year-old boy and the team wanted to grant his wish. >> one special fan travelled from wisconsin to watch flyers 8-year-old liam has cerebral palsy, he can't speak but communicated to parents his dream pushed on to the ice by jake voracek, that's where the make-a-wish foundation and flyers stepped. today liam's dream came true. voracek pushed liam on the ring in vor h vorhees where he was greeted alongside his three hockey

playing brothers. >> it means so much. once you get on the ice, everybody can skate. it's not like baseball or soccer. getting a ride, pushed around it normalizes his life in a way we can't do frequently and have moments where it's all the same, all normal, all doing the same activity, all participate. it's phenomenal. >> try to be a role model for someone and you're got to give back, as a professional hockey player, we have a lot of time on our hand and just little thing. but when you can make that kid's life in a day, it's always a good feeling. >> wonderful gesture from jake voracek and the flyers in vorhees. at 6:00, the latest on the eagles from their practice. let's send it back to you. >> thank you. >> great he got that signed jersey, too. >> great to see athletes giving back. a lot of them do it and we never see it. you never know how much people

do behind the scenes. >> much more than wins and losses. >> can we move the clouds out from behind us? >> not a little while. they'll thicken up. norm round of rain on the way. not like we saw yesterday, raining hour after hour. but showers coming in. maybe not just one shower either. it will be more than 15 minutes worth. colder winds after the showers move out. setting us up for a chilly weekend. but it's going to be dry weekend with a lot of sunshine. we see a lot of clouds out there now. but there are breaks in those clouds. clouds not all that thick. and we're not seeing any rain on radar. it's 63 degrees. wind down to 13 miles an hour. it was gusting up to 25 miles an hour an hour ago. our severe weather threat tracker for tomorrow, pretty low on any kind of flood threat. not expecting steady, heavy rains. lightning threat, a little bit

higher than florm. and high wind and hail threats minimal tomorrow. it's not zero. but we are expecting rain tomorrow. pretty mild for them for this time of the year. you see northwest wind trying to bring in somewhat cooler air. but 63 in philadelphia. that's well above the average. 56 conditikenneth square. 62 mt. holly. even at the shore close to 60 with the land breeze today. we had a lot of clouds during the day today. we still have a lot of clouds around. and more back to the west. so just as we're trying to clear out from today, you've got this round of clouds coming in, probably showers with those by morning. other area of showers getting closer to st. louis. this is with the jet stream, it's fueled by the el nino in the pacific. it's aing about storm here near omaha, on the cold side, snow. on the warm side, tornado

warnings in iowa right now. temperatures tonight, not dropping a lot. clouds breaking up a little bit. but then clouds thicken back up as we head toward daybreak. that's not going to allow the temperature to drop much. that's way above average for low temperatures. here come showers. generally after the morning rush tomorrow, let's say 10:00 or so, going into the western suburbs, and move through the area toward the midday hours. and then later in the day, things start to i dry out a bit. if you get sunshine late in date we could see temperatures jump up to the mid-60s. it's not going to be as wet as yesterday. friday, clear skies now, friday morning is going to be a little bit cooler and we don't really warm up a whole lot for friday afternoon. now, as we go through the weekend, like i said, cold,

windy on friday and saturday. not quite as windy on sunday for the eagles game. but it's pretty good football weather out there with a lot of sunshine and not too windy. clouds and fog late tonight. 4 t 49 for the low in philadelphia. tomorrow above average temperatures despite cloudy skies and showers. and we could see mid-60s, if we get sunshine late in the day. we're not going to get that warm on friday. it's going to be windy, gusts over 30 miles an hour. windy day an saturday. colder. we've got temperatures in the 30s overnight. pretty good weather for the eagles on sunday. then we start to warm up. as we go into next week, back up into the mid 60s monday and tuesday. and maybe even upper 60s as we go into next wednesday. we've enjoyed warmer temperatures lately.

but can't avoid it forever. long-range weather forecast, 19th annual. including how much snow we're going to get, which month will get the most snowing which month is going to be the calmest, which one will be the coldest. look for all of it tomorrow. winter forecast only on nbc10.com and nbc 10 app. >> we're not going to get it here. logon to find out what your projections? >> new data just come in in the last few days helping to turn it a little bit in one direction. saving numberser not last minute. i like to change my mind at last minute. i reserve the right. my boss hears that all the time. he laughs when i say that. i reserve the right to change my mind at last minute. >> fingers crossed it's not horrible. numbers, still ahead, no need to use typical clat for you eat at this chain restaurant.

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way to honor veterans. dedicating artificial wreath in their honor. >> ted greenberg tells us how it's paying tribute to our veterans. >> reporter: it is a remote stretch of sand that ron's dad always treasured. >> on this day, along this beach. >> reporter: he and his wife honored their late fathers, both world war ii veterans, in a unique veterans day tribute along the delaware bay on middle township's reed beach.

>> he would have loved to have been here. >> reporter: they and others thanked others for military service, inscribed names and messages on shells added to 200-foot artificial wreath built feet from the shoreline in april, and dedicated today to veterans. ron served in the air force for more than 37 years. >> people remembering us veterans but to actually do something better in the world is unique. >> reporter: several conservation groups worked to put the wreath here. was made possible by a grant from the national fish and wildlife foundation which required the project to engage both veterans and children. >> it's given me something to do and i'm learning as i'm doing it. i am enjoying this tremendously. >> reporter: the recent design to reduce beach erosion, help create a calmer, habitat for horseshoe crabs, oysters and marine life. >> what we're finding out is wreath's doing well. >> this is a real honor to be

able to build something back to the bay that has given us so much wonderful pleasure. >> reporter: for ron, it's building a lasting connection to a place that he holds so dearly. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> so nice. "nbc 10 news at 5:00" is next. >> keith jones and rosemary connors. >> all new on nbc 10 at 5:00. >> murder town controversy brewing. the mayor furious about a drama pointing out drama in his city. why the show will be dead on arrival. >> new video could help crack a violent home invasion in new jersey. live when "nbc 10 news at 5:00" starts next.

right now on "nbc 10 news at 5:00," police in new jersey on the hunt for this man, new video of the guy they think played a role in a violent home invasion. plus, new top cop in philadelphia. we'll ask the next commissioner what he'll do about stop and frisk and body cameras for officers. but first -- >> it will flop anyway. there may be one or two shows i don't think it will get off the ground, my opinion. >> the mayor is angry over a new network tv show "murder town" set in his city. the mayor predicts the show will be, quote, dead on arrival. nbc 10 at 5:00 starts now. i'm rosemary connors.

>> i'm keith jones. wilmington always working to fight the murder town label. >> but now, abc has ordered a pilot for a new show with that title set in the delaware town. >> mayor dennis williams hopes that jada pinkett smith's show will at least be filmed in wilmington so it will bring money into the city. that's when he told tim furlong. inside the controversy. >> reporter: an old restaurant, piece of wilmington torn down in a good way, eventually -- >> so match happening. >> reporter: -- the spot four family ready houses. each as the mayor smiles at a playground opening up the road -- >> we want this park to be for all of our children. >> reporter: -- he's happy with a tv work. >> do i think abc is being short sighted? i do. ridiculous. >> reporter: abc picked up a