against bill cosby. the last hour, we've learned the los angeles district attorney will not file criminal charges against him. harry hairston live in the digital operations center with the very latest. what happens now? >> in documents released the district attorney says it was looking into claims two sexual assault allegations made against cosby. the cases in question from 1965, 2008. in those cases the district attorney indicated insufficient evidence to prove crime beyond a reasonable doubt led to dismissal. the 1965 case had passed the statute of limitations. now also today, we are learning cosby's next appearance in an elkins park courtroom has been postponed. he had been scheduled to appear in court for his hearing january 14th. cosby's attorneys requested the delay. the 78-year-old charged last

week with sexual assault. he's accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 inside his home in elkins park. no new date set for cosby's preliminary hearing. he has yet to enter a plea. in the digital operations center, harry hairston, nbc 10. >> the winter blast left a wet mess here at jersey shore. families coming home to frozen pipes that have burst. and all of the warm december weather could be to blame. ted greenberg has more on this. >> reporter: when she saw a spray of water behind her neighbor's ocean city home, cindy knew what had happened. >> i thought there must be a pipe burst. >> reporter: a pipe at dorothy johnson's house that froze in frigid temperatures over the past couple of days and broke as the mercury started rising. >> not too happy about it. >> reporter: broken pipes

outside and inside houses are keeping ocean city firefighters busy. >> we've had multiple calls already. >> reporter: and other communities in cape may, atlantic, ocean counties dealing with a wave of water leaks as well. >> never had this problem before. this is the first year. >> reporter: the deep freeze, of course, came after a long stretch of unusually mild weather. firefighters say, as a result, some folk may not have winterized their homes like they normally do. >> they have forgotten to shut water off, to drain the pipes. now a lot of water leak calls. >> there's no shut juf f-off fo. >> reporter: hoping a plumber can help from bursting again. if you have a vacation home and didn't prepare for winter, you should do so right away. >> ones that haven't leaked, hopefully they're safe. >> reporter: have someone check to make sure there hasn't been any unwanted water. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news.

broken heater causes the academy to close today. tuesday morning the school's heater wasn't working properly, so students sent home. crews made repairs while students stayed home another day. the heat is back on, students can return tomorrow. when the cold weather hits and work at italian market burning barrels are a saving grace. market traffic light in south philadelphia today but those who did come up were bundled up. let's talk to first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. a little warmer today but below freezing looking forward to that tonight. >> about 8 to 10 degrees warmer today than yesterday. still around normal for this time of the year. seasonable temperatures today. right now still a little bit on the cold side, below 40 but warmer than yesterday. 38 degrees now in philadelphia. 36 wilmington, trenton also.

36 washington township. temperatures lower to mid to low 30s through lehigh. quaker town 35. south jersey and delaware in mid-30s. talk a look at millville, cools down quickly. 29 degrees right now in parts of south jersey. tonight, as we go through overnight hours, another cold one with lighter winds and clearer skies. look at temperatures dropping in the philadelphia area. by 10:15, around 28 degrees. and they keep going down by tomorrow morning. expect morning lows in mid-20s. many areas will be in the teens again. i'll show you the coldest spot for tomorrow morning and warm-up coming for the weekend. that comes with rain all coming up. >> thank you. >> right now 5:00, warning for families in delaware. a former coach and boy scout member is responsible for a, quote, hellacious case of sexual abuse.

worried now there could be more victims out there. lauren mayk live with more. police say this abuse began years ago with a family member. >> reporter: good evening, that's right, keith. a family member, they are not identifying, not saying whether this is a boy or girl. but they are concerned there could be others and urging witnesses or potential victim to come forward. >> mr. robinson knows he's in trouble. >> reporter: the police superintendent talking about charles robinson arrested last week on his 60th birthday. he's accused of sexually abusing a young family member. police say that victim was 13 when it started. >> mr. robinson would start out by grooming the victim by first starting out by giving the person massages and from there, behavior would progress to the point where he would go into the family member's bedroom at

night, perform different sex acts. >> reporter: police are not done with their investigation putting out a call for witnesses or victims. robinson, a married father with adopted and biological children, was also involved with the boy scouts, youth group and church of the savior. the executive director tells me he and his family were members. robinson worked with a support group for those adopting or fostering children and also with the children's ministry one point. they haven't had complaints about him but his involvement in any leadership will now end the executive director tells me. as police investigate alleged crime that goes back year. >> the victim obviously lived in turmoil because this is a one heck of a thing to carry around with you. >> reporter: police tell us that charles robinson would take away the victim's cell phone so they couldn't contact anyone. he is right now out on $1 million bail and has a hearing scheduled for tomorrow.

live in radnor, lauren mayk. a video people are talking about. a bubs county high school basketball coach on leave after on-court incident you're about to see. video appears to show neshaminy coach jerry divine head butting a referee. suspended from coaching and teaching jobs. radio announcers who had a front row seat say they've never seen anything like it. >> i've been doing this 55 years altogether and never seen anything -- i've seen coaches get ejected. >> police have reached out to the referee but the ref hasn't decided if he wants to pursue charges. philadelphia police say a second man is behind bars for stealing propane tanks from two facilities in northeast philadelphia. john ploucher charged with criminal trespass and burglary. a man loading the tanks into a

minivan. the thefts originally sparked counterterrorism probe. steffan williams charged with similar crimes last week. both men remain in jail. neither was able to post bail. changes koum s could be co afterschool programs. a bill would establish a statewide afterschool initiative program, provide grants for high need students giving access to homework help and extended meal plan between 3:00 and 6:00. that time of day is cited as most dangerous for students. so lawmakers say the bill could turn attention back to the classroom. right now at 5:00, powerball frenzy at its peak. so many buying tickets. the jackpot jumped from 450 to $500 million.

half a billion on the line. tim furlong talking to hopeful ticket buyers. hoping to be 1 in 292 million. >> reporter: i know it done sound good when you say that way. i don't feel real good. they say look at my ticket, i'm the oner. you're like, you're not the winner. books and news plus, busy all day. i bet you're going to win. >> hoping. >> reporter: it's busy all day $2 dreamers coming in, buying tickets. most people at computers pick numbers. this place packed all day. if you take cash option like lisa might, $300 million. how are you going to spend this money? >> i would give money to my church, to my family. >> reporter: past the nice things. we'd all do that. i want to know what fun stuff you're going to buy. >> i would travel. buy a fancy car. buy a house. maybe more than one house.

apartment in new york city. all of the places where the apartments are really expensive, i would buy one, a couple for my family. >> reporter: lisa not one time did i hear what you'd buy me. i will sell you my nbc jacket $300 million. >> that will not work. >> reporter: good luck to everybody. lots of people here. everybody hoping the dream comes true. if you get the cash option, you walk out with $300 million. people are pulling for customers. weapon i talked to the owner, best thing that could happen see one of his regular customers hit it big. when knows, you can't win if you don't play. i got my ticket. tim furlong, nbc 10. >> sheena parveen, we're thinking, what if you win, what are you getting us? >> reporter: you'll never see me again. i love you like a brother. not going to see me again. it's all over. >> there you go.

>> reporter: i'll turn for the weather. >> perfect. thank you. live in newark, delaware. the mummers admit the debate over the new year's day parade reached a tipping point. criticism over several performances during the event. mummers say they're making changes and willing to do more. but now philadelphia's new mayor says the city could take action. much more on those details 5:50. happy ending takes a sad turn. public donated thousands to help this couple after their child found wandering alone in the park. now could be getting evicted from their new home. is the united states calling north korea's bluff? why the white house has doubts about the country's nuclear claims.

today north korea claiming it set off and tested hydrogen bomb. the white house and experts worldwide are disputing that claim. but the idea the rogue nation building an ultimate weapon of mass destruction is sparking alarm. steve handelsman explains why, from washington. >> reporter: as north korea claimed it set off a hydrogen bomb it released footage of north koreans cheering. et for self-defense. something big exploded at north

korean test site but the waves it made did not indicate an h-bomb. >> the initial analysis is not consistent with the normth koren claims. >> reporter: a bomb in 1952 is far, far more powerful and dangerous than the fission atomic bombs north korea has detonated. but the dictator kim jong-un signals he's developing an h-bomb. >> even if it's not hydrogen device, it's theiren tension. >> reporter: republicans blame bill clinton and barack obama. >> when you allow a maniac to acquire nuclear weapons it macks it more dangerous and difficult to deal with them. >> reporter: hillary clinton said, we need a commander in chief with experience and judgment to deal with a

dangerous north korea on day one. led by the obama administration, the u.n. security council today unanimously agreed to toughen sanctions. but nothing has worked to keep the isolated outlaw nation and young dictator from building the world's worst weapon. the friend accused of buying rifles used in the san bernardino terror attack set to go on trial next month. pleading not guilty toel from terrorism charges. he admitted he and his neighbor discussed slaughtering skunts students on xhej community college. they killed 14 december 2nd. they used weapons purchase by marquez. investigators are still piecing together the time line of the couple's movement between the massacre and time they were

killed in a shoot-out with police. 18-minute span is still unaccounted for. vice president joe biden reacted to president obama's executive action on gun control. biden says the order enforces the law and keeps guns out of the hands of criminals and mentally ill. biden believes it's the gun owner's organization not owners themselves that has issues with the president's decision. >> this idea the average gun owner -- i'm a gun owner, i am one -- saying obamaness trying to take away my shotgun. that's bizarre. don't think that way. >> the more the american people learn about what the order does the more they will support it. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, today little bit warmer than yesterday. but seasonable for this time of the year. this morning, cold.

as we go into tonight, another cold night across the air. tomorrow afternoon will be milder than today. now over the weekend, we'll start to warm into the 50s. the warming trend continues. the beginning of that, 8 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. as we go into the weekend with 50 degrees coming in we're talking about rain. poconos, 31 degrees. 35 in allentown and redding. temperatures are dropping off quickly now that the sun has set. 38 degrees if philadelphia. 36 now in trenton. 35 mt. holly. much of south jersey and delaware 30s. millville down to 29. one of the coldest spots in new jersey. again, live look at blue mountain ski resort. quite a bit of snow they have made already. looks pretty good. we saw people earlier testing it out, skiing, snowboarding.

cold enough in the poconos to support any snow that's being made. as we go through tonight for the rest of the area, dropping below freezing. temperature trend by 11:00 p.m. through philadelphia, around 30. early tomorrow morning most of the philadelphia area will be right around the mid-20s. elsewhere we could be seeing teens again. nice and dry on radar. we'll stay this way. as we go through tomorrow. and most of try. any precip is back off to our west. we have snow around chicago. rain farther south. we only expect rain. if you've been paying attention to california weather, it does not look like this. they are seeing a lot of rain moving in from northern california all the way to southern california and they're going to keep seeing that. that is one thing that we are watching. also flooding going on out there currently. locally, we'll stay dry. cold night for the area. teens expected across many of our suburbs. philadelphia area around mid-20s. high pressure, going to keep us

cold tonight. and it's going keep our pattern chilly as we go through tomorrow. warmer than today, still. that area of high pressure's going to shift, change our wind and warm temperatures up. even more so friday and the weekend. 50-degree plus temperatures for the weekend but that is going to come with rain. we will see a mild rain over part of your weekend. tonight, cold. alp allen town, 13. philadelphia around 13. south jersey, closer to the shore, near 30 degrees. the same thing rehoboth beach. inland, vineland, right around 11 degrees. tomorrow mix of sun and clouds. not as cold. now a little bit above normal. average high's 40. tomorrow anywhere from 44 to 47. we keep staying in mid-40s friday. rain mostly friday night.

and we go into the weekend. there you see temperatures that keep going up, 50s saturday. 58 degrees as we go into sunday. that's the better rain chance out of the weekend, early sunday especially. and we'll see those temperatures after the reason leaves, drop off again. so that's part of a cold front once that rain leaves, our highs in upper 30s. monday and tuesday, colder as we go into wednesday. flurri flurries blowing with the wind. high temperature next wednesday 32. yeah, it's going to get cold after the mild air. >> talking about rain. >> we are still talking about rain. >> good perspective, too. 20 years ago probably stuck at home. the reason, remember this, 20th anniversary of the beginning of the blizzard of '96. as snow began falling january 6, 1996 and didn't stop until january 8th. the deadly nor'easter paralyzed

the east coast, dumped 30 inches of snow on philadelphia. we dug into the archives. philadelphia schools closed until january 16th. ten full days because the city had a hard time clearing heavy snow. the storm caused $1 billion damage in pennsylvania. i remember growing up in jersey, we remember being home for days because there was no way to clear it. >> they had to put in a -- it started to mess up the natural flow of the river. when you have that much snow, it's hard into find somewhere to put it. the warm-up caused flooding in washington, d.c. we're talking about a warmup as we go into the weekend and rain. go figure. >> thank goodness. >> next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00," bad news just keeps on coming for chipotle. the restaurant at center of a

criminal investigation for making its customers sick. donald trump takes on a new target. raising questions about ted cruz's birthplace.

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breaking news in bucks county. take a look, flames on the roof, crews battling that house fire. this is plumstead township, the name of the road, burnt house hill road. that's right. off of everview drive. no reports of injuries. we will continue to monitor the situation there. tone chipotle facing a criminal investigation into the handling of the norovirus at a

california restaurant. this is separate from the major e. coli outbreak linked to 53 chipotle restaurants and two cases in pennsylvania. the latest on the federal subpoena chipotle is now facing. >> reporter: the federal investigation is related to an incident at a chipotle restaurant if simi valley, california, last august when nearly 100 people became sick with norovirus a nasty stomach bug that spreads through contaminated food and water. you can get it from surfaces that haven't been cleaned properly or infected speem. in a statement at chipotle spokesman said, the company will cooperate fully with the investigation. it's one of several outbreaks linked to the chain since last summer. investigators said, tomatoes contaminated with salmonella made 64 customers sick in minnesota. then an e. coli outbreak sickened 52 people.

>> i was terrified i would go to bed and not wake up. >> reporter: the source was never found. in december 140 people became ill after eating at a boston chipotle in another norovirus outbreak. >> after so many got sick, i'm not sure i'm going to come back. >> the ceo apologized on the "today" show in december. >> sorry for the people who got sick. they're having a tough time and i feel terrible about that. we're doing a lot to rectify this. >> reporter: sales at chipotle restaurants that have been opened for a year plunged by a third in december. erica edwards, nbc 10 news. homeless family received an outpouring of support after their toddler found wandering alone in love park. the tables have turned. why the group that offered to pay for the family to live in a new home wants to evict them.

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another look at breaking news bucks county. sky force 10 live over plumstead township, crews battling the house fire. a lot of smoke filling your view. on burnt house hill road. just off of everview drive. no reports of injuries. we'll continue to monitor this situation.

also tonight, spokupposed te a fresh start. the public donated thousands to help put a roof over they're heads. why now is the couple getting evicted? doug shimell tells us. >> reporter: they had come a long way since living in cardboard boxes under the love park visitor center. >> supposed to be a happy moment. this is supposed to give me the push to push the future for me, nigh family and kid. >> reporter: last october the 2-year-old was found wandering alone in love park. the public outpouring resulted in 12,000 raised so they could get custody back of their son and daughter. >> this couple doesn't want change. >> reporter: but barely 11 weeks later, it's ending the year-long lease commitment. >> what they want is a free ride and we're all out of free rides.

we're interested in providing avenue for people that want to try to get up. >> reporter: brian jenkins claims the couple ran up $600 room service charge at hotel before they got the house, missed the child custody hearing, resisted counselling and failed drug tests. >> he don't rule us. people steps got to take. sometimes people bend a little bit but you've got to give a person time to right itself back up. >> reporter: mike and angle leak attended court-ordered couns counseling but say 11 weeks is not enough time to leave life on street behind. >> he wants to make it look like we're the type of people we want to be lazy, we got a hus when we're not that type of people. >> don't lose hope. don't hold your head down because one family decided they didn't want the help we were there to offer. >> reporter: if the court tells them they are ready to get the

kids back and only impediment is housing the ministry will release the funds but the couple must find a place to live. they are trying to find an attorney that will represent them at no cost. doug shimell, nbc 10 news. no outside dining in center city today. surprise, surprise. too cold. nbc 10, commuters put on extra layers to help keep warm. sheena parveen looking ahead to another night of be low freezing temperatures. how cold will it get. >> areas north and west of lehigh valley code evidence spots around 11, 12 degrees. it is going to be cold. temperatures are going to drop off quickly. many spots in the teens tonight. right now in the mid-30s for allen town and redding. 38 philadelphia. 28 millville. now wildwood dropped down to 28 degrees. 35 in atlantic city currently.

so it is still cold outside. but again, going to get colder as we go through the overnight hours. low temperatures for allen town, around 11 degrees. millville in south jersey, you can see around 11. 16 pottstown. 12 redding. 25 dober, 16 mt. holly. coldest spots areas north and west of philadelphia, lehigh valley flirting with 10 degree mark tonight. areas like bethlehem around 11 degrees. quaker town, middle teens. pottstown, 15. these numbers hitting around sunrise tomorrow. make sure you bundle kids up. again, tomorrow afternoon it will be milder than today. warm-up continues into the weekend. that does, however, come with rain. so we'll take a look how warm it will get and timing of the rain coming up. >> turn to breaking news. this just in, a texas state trooper charged with percentagely after this

contentious stop made national headlines. the woman he stopped later died in jail, sandra bland died in her cell in july. death, ruled suicide. the trooper charged today was one who pulled bland over. he's accused of lying now about how he removed bland from her car. the same grand jury declined to indict sheriff officials or jailers. a deadly small plane crash in wyoming id under investigation. one of the victims has ties to our region. near the idaho/wyoming border, 61-year-old was from montgomery county, one of two people who died when the plane crashed two miles from a small airport. two other planes were flying in the area. inside those planes family members of the two victims. here at home, police looking for three guys who stole a 16-year-old's hoverboard. back right of your screen,

you'll see a teen riding a hoverboard, three men on bikes riding towards him. one of the men punches the boy, pushes him off the hoverboard, takes it, rides away. philadelphia's francisville neighborhood after christmas. anyone who recognizes them or has information, call police. controversial and illegal, a jersey shore community wants a monument to survivors of hurricane sandy taken down. it's happening in high lansdales. according to the department of environmental protection, it violates a law that overseas development along the coastline. one, take it down, two, apply for a permit. a borough attorney sent a letter asking the company to remove 1,000-square foot monument. so far no response from the company. prayer for philadelphia's new mayor. ♪

religious leaders representing christian, jewish, muslim, hindu came together for philadelphia's new mayor part of interfaith inaugural prayer service for new mayor jim kenney held at the salvation community center. ♪ a day of giving part of camden today. take a look at all of these toys. they went to dozens of kids at the community center. they had to see a king to get them. all part of three kings day. >> really the 12th day of christmas. typically all of 0 the gift giving occurs when the three kings came to visit baby jesus and brought gifts to him. that's why we observe this day. it's throughout almost every

latin american country this day is observed. >> the free event a huge success. take a look at the crowd. >> speaking of kings, john clark, flyers trade two of their players to l.a. kings, former flyer, former king going to the capitals. and mike piazza could be going into hall of fame, a local guy.

the bail habail hall of fam announce new induct eyes. john, talking about a former new york met. >> amongst other teams as well, right? he will go in as a met. mike piazza born in norristown, went to phoenixville high school. best offensive catcher, hit 427 home runs most by any catcher. he hit at least 30 homers in a season nine times.

amazing to think he was drafted in the 62nd round in 1988. then-dodgers manager, tommy lasorda did it as a favor for mike piazza's dad. as for others, up for votes for the hall of faming take a look at the tweet from roy halladay, this is how he feels about players who used performance enhancing drugs getting into the hall. halladay tweeted late last night when you use peds you admit you're not good enough to compete fairly nation's pastime should have higher standards! no clemens, no bonds! flyers general manager ron hextall, how about this, pulled off a big salary cap dump. more about it at 6:00. traded two the l.a. kings. see you at 6:20. back to you. >> stunner, looking forward to hearing about that. >> next on "nbc 10 news at

5:00," talk about the hot new gadgets creating buzz at this year's consumer electronics show. before that, sheena. >> make sure you bundle up tonight. another cold one, make sure kids are bundled up tomorrow. but then a warm-up in time for the wntd, that's going to come with rain.

ted cruz stopped at claims he may not be able to run for president because he was born in canada. but donald trump is taking it more seriously. >> it's a problem for him and it's a problem obviously for the republicans because, if the -- let's assume he got a nomination, and democrats bring suit. the suit takes two to three years to solve. how do you run? it's certainly a concern, i guess, for the party. >> ted cruz responded to donald trump's interview, assuring that he is a natural born citizen. >> well, i tweeted out a response to donald trump's raising questions about my natural born citizenship. it was a link to fonzie jumping the shark. i'm going to let my response stick with that tweet. >> experts largely agree, cruz does qualify as natural born citizen to be president. right now at 5:00, latest

and greatest in technology's getting unveiled right now at the annual consumer electronics show in las vegas. nbc 10 national correspondent jay gray shows us the best gadgets getting all of the attention at this year's show. >> reporter: rush is on, close to 200,000 individuustry inside poring over 200 million square feet of the future. >> out of next two, three, four five years. >> reporter: stuff like virtual reality which, for the first time now, seems to be a reality for consumers. >> this has been kind of the stuff of science fiction for years and really kind of in the experimental realm. but i think this year is when we're going to see a lot of sort of concrete products hit the market. >> reporter: a mark that continues to grow. from wearable tech and workout gear, connected kitchens and appliances, drones and a concept becoming reality, self-driving cars. and, of course, the latest and

greatest tvs. ultra slim, ultra hd, even hk, and now, new way to enjoy adult beverage while you watch. >> what we've builts the world's first cocktail machine using technology. >> reporter: technology. can be, after all, intoxicating. especially when you're at the center of the technological univer universe. with every gadget and diz mow you can imagine, and then some. jay gray, nbc 10 news. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, another cold night tonight. bundle up before you head out. certainly cold enough in the pocono to support the snow that they've made. this is a live look here in the pocono. blue mountain ski resort. beautiful shot with all of the snow. we did see people testing it out today and in other areas around the poconos. looks good right now. more cold comes tonight with temperatures north and west in

the low teens and most of the rest of the area in the teens and low to mid-20s. 50-degree temperatures return as we go into the weekend. warm-up continues today. about 8 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday, too. along with the warming for the one, we also have rain moving in. it's going to be too wham for anything else it looks like. 31 pocono. 35 allen town and redding. 37 ben salem. upper 30s philadelphia. 30 for jersey and delaware. 33 in dover. and these numbers will keep dropping overnight tonight. yesterday we got 32 degrees, that was our high temperature. average is 40. we did get to 40. it is seasonably cold today. tomorrow, mid-40s. we stay that way into friday and over the weekend. we get more into the 50s. we do keep warming up but again, it does come with rain over saturday and sunday. mostly sunny. we'll stay dry as we go overflight tonight.

more sunshine tomorrow. clouds back off to the west. and that's where we find any rain or snow. but again, that warmer air is only going to give us rain as we go into your weekend. future weather. stay dry as we go into tomorrow. temperatures mid-40s, warmer than today by the afternoon. you see clouds moving in. friday, dry most of the day. notice more clouds moving in later in the day friday. temperatures still in the mid-40s. maybe very late showers friday night. saturday doesn't look too bad but a chance of showers especially saturday night. during the day, in the 50s. you see rain approaching 10 p.m. you see late night rain and into early sunday, mild sunday in the 50 but by sunday morning if you have plans keep in mind that's one of the higher chances for rain early in the day. then we see it clearing out later in the day. tonight we'll be looking at cold temperatures and dry air in place. light winds and clear skies that's going to allow temperatures to drop to around

11 degrees in allentown. possibly 13 quakertown. 17 degrees norristown. 23 philadelphia for the low 20s. chester, wilmington. much of south jersey and delaware 20s. 23 for the overnight low in dover. tomorrow, sun and clouds, temperatures milder, 44 to 47. not as cold in the afternoon. so the warming it continues. mid-40s for friday with very late showers. and for saturday, it will be a cloudy day but around 50. showers later saturday into early sunday. look at temperature on sunday. 58. and then we cool down 20 degrees going into monday. windy and colder, upper 30s monday and tuesday, low 30s wednesday. we could see some snow flurries blow in. >> thank you. >> let's go to new york now. lester holt joins us for a look at nbc "nightly news." >> good evening. ahead for us, new birther

debate, how donald trump's attempts to plant seeds of doubt about ted cruz are playing on the campaign trail. also state of emergency in flint, michigan, water unfit to drink. what we've learned about the treatment that could have prevented the disaster. and the hunt for the young woman viewle thief hit six stores in five states. security video of her in action when we see you here tone. back to you now. >> thanks. see you at 6:30. >> next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00" -- >> mummer's parade, new year's tradition, now up for review. what new rules philly's new mayor is considering after this year's controversy.

new year's tradition overshadowed by accusations of racism and bigotry. the city of philadelphia says it's time for change. george spencer has more in the mummer's will go along with it. >> reporter: for mayor jim kenney, south philly nate in, the mummer's parade a personal tradition for decades. after another controversy and unflattering headlines around the world, he's now calling for fundamental changes. it is an annual event so philly

outsiders. but the mummer's parade faces new scrutiny from a new mayor who says this year's parodies of transgendered people or immigrants shocked not only philly but the world. >> the issue is the mummer's parade is such a philadelphia thing and to have that kind of negative press, in london, in paris, and in spain, and in mexico, it's just not good for the city. >> reporter: and it wasn't just the so-called satires. spectators caught this marcher shouting an anti-gay threat. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this man claims he was punched by mummer's shouting homophobic slurs considering changes, from sensitivity screening and prescreening acts. >> mummer's put on a great show. it's bad actors that everyone's concerned about including groups doing a good job. >> reporter: city leaders say

the mummer's organization must police its own parade. critics say, if they don't, tradition should end. >> they either self-police themselves and we have accountability mechanisms in place when they can't either those troops are shut down or we just finish it, done with it. >> those kind of things are not tolerable. >> reporter: mummer's spokesman george beatty tells groups are pun,ing members for egregious violations. >> we want a parade familiy friendly, attract more people to it. >> reporter: mayor kenney says philadelphia police are working to make an arrest in the assault of the man from friday. he's optimistic that ultimately some level of growth and learning will come from this ugly chapter. reporting in south philadelphia, george spencer, nbc 10 news.

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>> 6:00, a coach controversy, this video appears to show a coach knocking down a referee gains national attention. his team will be back on the court again without him. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london. the school took quick action against neshaminy coach divine. nbc 10 the first station to show the video last night at 11:00. deanna durante is live outside the high school. >> reporter: the team ready to take the court at a school in upper bucks county, the school district not only relieved him of coaching duties but also teaching duties. >> the call itself was a controversial call. >> reporter: a close game. >> the crowd went bananas ja what happened next was stunning. >> i saw a chest bump. when i saw it live i thought it was a belly-to-belly kind of

butch. after taking a look at videos it was an upper body thrust part of that action. >> reporter: the bump by the head coach jerry divine and knocked one of the refs to the floor. >> a huge rivalry here. it's the biggest rivalry there is in high school sports. >> reporter: radio hosts on the court as this incident happened. >> i've been doing this 55 years altogether and never seen anything -- i've seen coaches get ejected. >> reporter: ejected from the game. he was inside his home, he didn't answer the door. police say they're waiting to talk to the ref. they called the ref after the video went viral and the referee hasn't decided what they want to do. they know coach divine, surprising, he deserves another chance. >> crime after passion, swept up in the moment. crimes of passion still deserve some type of punishment, but i think there's a