london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. investigators are haven't figured out how he died but!fa learning about a video that might have foreshadowed his death. denise nakano is here with details. >> sources confirm to nbc 10 a grand jury is under way. and that grand jury subpoenaed brendan's aunt, sarah jessica. a source close to the investigation confirms she appeared before the grand jury monday. philadelphia defense attorney bill brennan represents the boy's aunt. tonight he addressed new information nbc 10 obtained from a source close to the investigation and akou grand ju subpoenaed his 20-year-old client something he would neither confirm nor deny. >> grand jury proceedings are secret and it's been my practice if there was a grand jury investigation, going on, just not to comment. >> reporter: it's been five weeks since he disaperfected from his home and was found in

woods near the cooper river park. brennan acknowledges a video sarah jessica made a year ago forea college assignment. >> i mean, it certainly is an uncanny coincidence. >> reporter: in it, she featured 3-year-old brendan as a child who vanished and later found dead. >> it's a red herring. i would just encourage people not to focus too much on it because i think it's a waste of time. grandparents. he says no inferences should be made that the families have hired criminal defense attorneys. denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >> a philadelphia police officer injured during a police pursuit that ended in a crash in frankfurt tonight. you can see the suspect's vehicle on the sidewalk here near pratt and ditman streets. began as a traffic stop for a stolen vehicle. the suspect took off and dragged an officer half a block before crashing. police say the officer has minor injuries to his hand, shoulder and back. the driver of the white car was

arrested. sky force 10 over an accident involving an ambulance and a carp 51st and spruce streets in west philadelphia. the accident happened before 9:00 tonight. the driver of the car went to the hospital with serious injuries. also a patient in the ambulance being taken to the hospital who needed to be transferred to another ambulance. a new era is beginning for philadelphia police. >> today, mayor-elect jim kenney announced his new pick to head the department once charles ramsey retires. ut incoming commissioner is richard ross jr. he sat down with randy gyllenhaal and talked about the community policing. >> reporter: just off broad street, in north philly, near the fern rock neighborhood where richard ross grew up, there's a sense of pride and lots of advice for the new top cop. >> commissioner, police force, has to be in touch with what's going on in day-to-day life in these streets. >> reporter: that in a nutshell is the challenge to build relationships during a tense

time for police and the public. >> you are never going to get anybody. there are some people who never like the police and some police don't get the need to connect with community. >> reporter: ross hopes to hire 250 more officers from diverse backgrounds and send them into neighborhoods to bridge the growing divide. but it's tiff work being a cop, intense scrutiny amid froefts against police brutality. the commissioner is listening to those concerns. >> i'll give you an example. black lives matter versus support for police. to me, they're not mutually exclusive. there's a way to have them both happen at the same time. you just have to have a dialogue so that people can hear each other. >> reporter: dialogue works. the city plans to reform how and when officers use force and the controversial stop and frisk policy will be limited under new leadership. meantime, body cameras are coming but that costs money. >> funding would be an issue. >> reporter: at the same time, much will stay the same since

we've seen a significant drop in crime and kills. the big challenge ahead, getting cops and communities to trust each other. >> i want police officers to show respect for the people that they protect and serve but i would like for the same in return to happen. >> reporter: by getting his officers into the community, continuing that tradition from commissioner ramsey, the new commissioner's hoping to begin to mend those broken relationships between cops and citizens. in philadelphia, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. commissioner richard ross jr. will be sworn in in january. he was born and raised in philadelphia. he joined the force in 1989 and became commissioner ramsey's number two in may 2008. ross is graduate of central high school here in philly. he received his bachelor's degree from penn state and master's from st. joseph university. man's hospitalized after shot during a robbery attempt outside a family dollar store in delaware count tip sky force 10 over the parking lot where this

happened at 6:45 in sharon hill. two men went up to another man sitting in the character tried to rob him, shot in the abdomen. suspects have not been caught. >> reporter: two men behind bars after a car jacking in center city. an armed man forced a doctor into her car inside a parking garage this morning. they drove to a gas station at york and allegheny where video shows them unsuccessfully trying to get money from an atm. the suspect took off in the victim's car. they tracked the cell phone which led them to a suspect and accomplice. today we remember and thank all of those who have served in the armed forces. president obama presiding over veterans day ceremonies at arlington national cemetery. he's not satisfied with improvements made to health care for our nation's vets. >> we're going to keep investing in facilities and the physician and staff to make sure our veterans get the care when you

need. that is our obligation and we are not going to let up. >> the president laid the traditional wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. a show of appreciation for vets who have fallen upon hard times. homeless vets received a free hot meal tonight at chosen 300 ministries in spring garden an among those serving food were current service members at joint base mcguire. here in philadelphia veteran groups tell us they've made great progress toward solving problem. a dry night in olney. nbc 10 at transport center, we found people in jackets. tomorrow, showers making a comeback. >> let's bring in nbc 10 meteorology sheena parveen. what's the timing looking like for the rain? >> rain should be here mostly after the morning commute. that is good news right now. we really just have clouds around and those will be increasing overnight tonight.

take a look back off to our west. weather system's moving quickly now, approaching chicago, where we see rain and there's been some snow along with this. this will approach the area tomorrow not bringing us snow, of course, just rain. but it will be much colder after the rain leaves. here's future weather by the morning. temperatures mid to low 50s by 8:00. there is a chance we could see a stray shower for morning commute but most should be here between 10:00 and 11:00 in the morning. don't forget umbrellas. once the rain leaves it's going to get colder and windy. i'll show you the colder weekend forecast and eagles forecast coming up chaka fattah jr. is fighting back, less than a week after convicted on federal fraud charges. claiming prosecutorial misconduct and has asked the u.s. justice department to launch a formal investigation. in a letter to u.s. attorney general general loretta lynch he claims his constitutional rights were violated when the lead investigator tipped off an inquirer reporter in 2012.

two fbi raids at his condo. he was found guilty on 22 counts and faces minimum of four years in prison. chaka fattah jr. is the son of congressman chaka fattah who is facing federal racketeering charges in a separate case. the congressman is mary to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. investigators believe an explosion that levelled a home in north jersey was gas related. this is surveillance video of the blast in elizabeth union county. one person died, two others in critical condition. in all, 14 people went to the hospital. three homes will have to be demolished. would you be willing to pay the second highest sales tax in the nation if it meant your property taxes would not go up tonight that is the trade-off pennsylvania lawmakers are considering in their budget deal. >> nbc 10's andrea klein thomas with a closer look of what this means for you. >> reporter: under the proposal, here in philadelphia, the tax

hike could go from 8% to 9.25%. now that's a couple of cents here, a couple of dollars there, but if you're on a tight budget, that's money that you don't have to spend. >> reporter: at brier vintage, the clothes are considerable wearablen teaques. most items are not taxed accessories like the cuff links are, and the cost could be going up because of a proposed tax hike. >> might affect us having to lower our price on items. >> reporter: state lawmakers considering increasing the sales tax from 6 to 7.25%, higher in cities like philadelphia. there's already some sticker shock from shoppers like kelly o'shea, who moved here from delaware. >> every time i buy something it's like i'm used to itting what it costs on the price tag. so definitely something i haven't accounted for but vie to start because it's affecting my budge the for sure. >> reporter: state lawmakers are considering a sales tax hike to avoid increasing property taxes.

but senator leech doesn't think it's a fair trade-off. >> raising taxes on people like social security disability recipients, minimum wage workers to reduce property taxes, it makes the tack code more regressive. >> reporter: after a five-month stalemate the pressure is on to pass a state budge. it doesn't mean you just pass anything. >> reporter: and this is an option everyone would have to pay for. >> it's a shame that this there's a high tax already in philadelphia. but i wish they would, you know, try to think about small businesses. >> reporter: again, the question is, is a sales tax hike worth the cost to avoid a property tax hike. there's also another question, if this passes will it send more shoppers to delaware, where there is no sales tax? lawmakers tell us they were closer than they have been in five months to a deal, they say there's plenty that still needs to be worked out. live in old city, aundrea cline

thomas. tomorrow, convention planners will be reaching out to businesses looking to make money off of the event. we have a live look at the wells fargo center where the convention will be held. thursday, the philadelphia host committee will launch an online seminar. the seminar will show businesses how to get listed in a directory of vendors for the convention. minute man press is among businesses looking to cash in. nbc 10 was there as the company showed off merchandise. it's already printed for the convention. the democratic national convention will be held in philadelphia next july. murder town usa, a new setback for wilmington as it tries to escape the label. >> how a television show could cause more trouble for the city's reputation. >> keith? >> wait until you hear what wilmington found in the bj's. it has eight legs and venomous.

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the mummers' parade is changing, to become more diverse. there will be a division for ethnic organizations of mexican heritage group, among the new participants. there have been complaints lately about a lack of diversity. participation and attendance dropped off. the mummers say this will ensure parade grows. >> i think it's great. i mean we need more people to come out and hopefully they bring more attention, they can see everything. >> hope is fresh start with new

faces as the mummers continue to entertain crowds on new year's day. >> a local family says they went to the grocery store and came back with a dangerous stowaway. >> take a look. they say they found a black widow spider in their grapes. nbc 10's keith jones reports, the store says it's taking action. >> i'm sure i won't be eating grapes soon. >> reporter: amy bought them two days ago. one of her six children wanted them, so she washed them. >> and i i set them here. and i was just doing things and i mean i ate some of them as i was doing it. and it's like, what is that? >> reporter: the answer had eight legs. this black widow spider, now dead, very much alive. >> got pliers and picked it up and it fell over and then we could see the red hourglass on its stomach. you've got to be kidding me. >> reporter: she contacted bj's wholesale club and they apologized. quote, we are aware of the black widow spider a member found in a pack of organic grapes at our

languagehorne, p.a. location, we have inspected all other grapes and discovered no spiders other other inspects, end quote. the california farm where the organic grapes were grown also called and apologized. >> i guess the issue with the organic because they use less pestici pesticides, more bugs, more spiders eat the bugs. amy is known as dr. read. anologist, if she hadn't found the spider she would have had difficulty diagnosing it. >> i wouldn't think if i had chest pain or the children collapsed i would never thought toxic spider bite. >> reporter: only the female is venomous. bottom line, inspect and wash your fruit before you serve them. reporting in languahorne. wilmington's mayor worried a

new tv show could put the city n. an ugly spotlight. >> murder town. jada pinkett smith set to produce and star in. the mayor knows there's a crime problem here but says the show could hurt the city's reputation nationally. >> i'm to the point where i'm not going to sit up and get a battery of lawyers try to sue abc. it would be fruitless. i think it will flop. they may do one or two shows. i don't think it will get off the ground, my personal opinion. >> there's no indication the show picked up as a pilot on abc will be filmed in wilmington. from delaware, we have new video of a big bird creating big problems. new castle county, we first told you about the elose inemu yesterday. a viewer gave us this view of the emu today. police say they're getting calls because it keeps darting in and out of traffic and caused a school to go into lockdown

monday. now the department of agriculture is asking police and the game warden to take care of that bird. >> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, here is a nice time lapse video. across the ben franklin parkway, center city, there go the lights. nice and crisp. no fog there. you can see clear conditions in center city. that's what we have right now. we still have clear conditions but overnight tonight could be areas that see little bit of fog. otherwise the rain is returning not until tomorrow, though. tonight we continue to stay dry, even for most of the morning commute, can't rule out stray shower but it will be here, the rain, by middle of the day. friday, once the rain leaves, it will get cooler and windier. and then a colder weekend we are talking about temperatures only topping out around 50 degrees. take a look at our temperature trend today. mid-60s. tomorrow mid to low 60s with the rain friday around 60 degrees. saturday, we drop to 5 1 for the

high. with the average high reaching 58. we'll be well below average going into the weekend. as we go into tomorrow morning, you'll see clouds by 8:00 a.m., 52 degrees. mostly dry. rain will be here by noon. scattered showers around, temperatures in the upper 50s, drier by 4:00 p.m. right around 60 degrees for the evening commute. so, it doesn't look too bad for both commutes but it's around lunchtime when we expect rain. clouds around now for most of the area. rain is back off to the west. so you see it's part of a cold front. this will be moving in for tomorrow but leaving in time for friday. here's future weather, overnight we stay dry but clouds increase. 7:00, 8:00 in the morning, closer to 9:00, rain gets closer, most of the area dry. can't rule out a stray area. by 11:00, in the morning, noon, closer to lunchtime, we have scattered showers around. quickly moves out in time for evening commute. most of the evening commute on the drier side. then windy and cooler as we go

into friday. friday afternoon, we'll see gusty winds and take a look at the closest lake-effect snow showers just up to the north and west. we'll be watching those closely, too. the mild air around now, that's going to leave as we end out the week. cold air moves in for both saturday and sunday. stretching all the way down to the southeast. so both days this weekend we can expect morin lows in the 30s. then sunday, eagles game, sunny skies, cool conditions, tailgaters expect temperatures mid to low 50s by the fourth 58 degrees. chilly but sunny and dry. clouds around, fog late. 49 for the low in philadelphia. mid-40s, areas north and west. cloudy tomorrow, showers middle of the day. temperatures about the mid to low 60s for the high. then friday, cooler, 60 degrees. but it is going to be windy going into the weekend morning lows in the 30s. saturday highs topping out 51. nice for the eagles. next week, we have another

warm-up. >> thank you. sixers rolled out the red carpet to honor local service members on veterans day. it was culmination of hoops for troops week around the nba. among those in attendance, eugene robinson and his family. an original member of the famed tuskegee airmen who fought in world war ii. coming up, eagles have a confident quarterback as they begin homestretch of the schedule. john clark has the story. plus, big injury news regarding one of the eagles' key pieces on offense as they prepare for the dolphins.

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sports. >> the eagles revealed safety malcolm jenksens suffered a concussion in the game. missed a second day of practice. d'amico ryans limited in activities and at practice left tackle, jason peter. his back isn't the problem, it's the quad muscle in his thigh, related to a pinched nerve. peters is the key figure in protecting a confident sam br d bradford. >> reporter: sam bradford says the eagles a offense in the win over the cowboys was the most complete it has been since he's been here. and sam basically won the game with 221 passing yards after the first half. here is sam today at practice, and he says he's very confident and comfortable in this offense. he says his footwork at the beginning of the season was all over the place. but not anymore. remember, he hadn't played in almost two years and was learning a new offense. chip kelly says it's like he came in halfway through a movie

and was trying to pick it up. but it sounds like chip and sam have rewritten the script. >> kind of going through, figuring out, you know, what i'm comfortable with, what we're comfortable with as a group, what's been successful. what have we done well, what have we gained yards on, what have we not, figuring out where to go from there. the more you do something, you know the more reps the better you feel and that's how this process has gone for me. the more i've been out there, the different looks from defenses, certain plays, the more comfortable i feel running this offense. >> reporter: and sam has cleaned up the mistakes. no interceptions the last two games. and the birds could go over .500 for the first time this year with a win over the dolphins. at the nova care complex, john clark, comcast sportsnet. >> to the nba, sixers big man okafor is shedding that rookie label. looking more and more like a seasoned veteran and having to

do more more. hosting the raptors, wells fargo center, sixers hanging tough in the opening. to okafor for the slam. rookie with 26. second half, all raptors. the scola quarter, pumped in 17 points in the third alone. the philly kid, kyle lowry, drives. raptors beat the sixers 119-103. philly 0-8 to start. season. that is sports. we'll be right back.

another rainy day ahead for us. >> tomorrow, the good news, it's not going to last all day like we had the other day. it's mostly here around lunchtime. so for the morning commute, most of the area dry, just cloudy, can't rule out stray showers for the morning drive. most of us will be dry. middle of the day, lunchtime,

rain. clear up for evening and colder going into the weekend. eagles game looks good, upper 50s, sunny, colder across saturday, sunday, warmer next week. >> we like that. >> thank you. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosen feel.

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