make extensive repairs. deanna durante is there where the repairs are underway. >> some estimate this hole to be 20-feet deep maybe deeper. crews took five trucks of cement and poured it down the hole, now they're pouring gravel and parts of the road they had to rip up down into the holes to fill it. two homes have been condemned, another partially condemned. >> you heard of sinkholes before, there's been one behind this street before. nothing to this size. unbelievable. >> reporter: this is a little relief for mike mcdade. >> that could be us. >> reporter: around 3:30 this morning, some neighbor's say they heard a loud noise, others woke up and realized something was wrong. >> i woke up and realized there

was no water pressure. >> they heard a loud boom, and what they heard was the water rushing through. called the police, got out the back door. the front door wouldn't open. >> reporter: with one car dangling above and another trapped in the garage, the people who lived here escaped unharmed but many are not sure when they'll return. the house next door is vacant. happening today, attempts to stabilize the ground. the water and gas are shut off for most of the block, and repairs are underway to connect new lines which has sent many people from their homes with no water and no heat, and no telling when they'll be back. >> it looks like it will keep going. i don't know what you do about that. incredible. >> reporter: this entire block is now a construction zone. of course you have a lot of focus here at the sinkhole, but then look down here at the

sidewalk as well as across the street. we have representatives, dozens of them from peco, aqua, all have dug trenches in the street here. they have to redo the sewer lines, redo the water lines and the gas lines for the block that is without gas and without water and we're told by cheltenham township those people affected, when the water comes back on they'll have to boil the water before they can drink it. this repair work could take several more hours. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. more breaking news, president trump moving forward on his plan to build a wall at the mexican border. >> this afternoon he took the first steps to make that wall a reality. let's go back to erin coleman. >> it was his campaign promise, now he's making good on it. president trump visited the department of homeland security and while there he signed an

executive order authorizing the construction of that wall between the u.s. and mexico. the order shifts money from other federal programs to the wall project. congress still has to approve extra money, but mr. trump says he expects construction to begin in months. >> a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders. >> reporter: the president still intends for mexico to end up paying for the wall eventually, but he hasn't indicated exactly how. the president signed several executive orders today related to immigration and border security. along with the wall, mr. trump signed an order to strip federal grant funding for sanctuary cities, philadelphia is a sanctuary city that receives $500 million in federal grants. right now unclear what today's order means for that money.

live in the breaking news center, erin coleman, nbc 10 news. these executive orders will have an impact on thousands of local immigrant families including many here living in our area. that's why we wanted to get perspective from our spanish language sister station, telemundo 62. we are joined by andrea cruz live in center city. how does this affect people in the latino community whom you cover every single day. >> reporter: today i met with an organization that focuses on immigration issues, they say they knew this moment was coming because, of course, immigration reform was a big part of president trump's campaign. now, the organization new sanctuary movement is a coalition of religious congregations with the aim of promoting positive relations between the undocumented community and law enforcement. today they watched as press secretary sean spicer announced

sanctions. they described what life was like for undocumented immigrants in philadelphia before it became a sanctuary city back in 2014. >> there were immigrants who were victims of crime, who were, like, thought there was crime happening. they were not reporting it because they were afraid that they would be deported, which happened. so there was no relationship with law enforcement at all. >> reporter: so their biggest concern at this time is that if philadelphia's status as sanctuary city is revoked, that immigrant communities will be fearful of working with police. >> andrea, do they expect this impact to be immediate? >> well, actually, this group is remaining very positive at this time because they say that from the beginning the mayor have been a big defender of philadelphia's status as a

sanctuary city. they don't believe he will back down now. in fact, just a few moments ago, mayor kenny announced at this time he has no plans of changing this instance. >> all right. andrea cruz, thank you very much for that perspective. coming up at 4:30, nbc news' kristen welker will join us. and randy gyllenhaal is asking the mayor what the president's order means for philadelphia's status as a sanctuary city. congressional republicans are gathered in center city this afternoon where they will hear from president trump tomorrow. >> the three-day meeting began today. paul ryan, mitch mcconnell are appearing at that gathering. president trump is scheduled to speak there tomorrow afternoon. congressional republicans left washington around 9:00 this morning. they boarded these buses, made

the three-hour trip north to philadelphia for this week's retreat in center city. we asked congressman pat meehan what he wants to hear from trump tomorrow. >> that we can get clear direction on what his priorities will be and how he would like to see them carried out. congress is independent. how we can work together to accomplish those things. >> tomorrow's visit to philadelphia, by president trump, will be his first official visit outside of washington since he took office. the trip will be met with protesters and also traffic restrictions. that could mean problem force your commute. denise nakano will walk us through the road closures and security measures low blood pressure in place. it wasn't just people who

enjoyed the temperatures this afternoon. parts of our area could see a few showers tonight. nothing like the nor'easter we saw earlier this week. you may want to have that umbrella handy. krystal klei is tracking the showers. >> the rain is nothing like what we recently saw. 53 inned in philadelphia, 52 iw jersey and the lehigh valley. notice the icons, sunny conditions. plenty of blue sky to lock at. this is not going to hole tight for much longer as we start to track that changeover and the rain moving in. here is your radar and satellite. things are clear. if we pull this out, there's the rain we are tracking. this line just starting to move into pennsylvania. it's heading our direction as we

go overnight into tomorrow. so for tonight, looking at cloudier conditions starting to build in with some isolated spots of drizzle. really it's the morning commute. thursday morning the rain will move in quickly. by thursday afternoon we start drying out and clearing out. we will track the changes for your thursday right into your weekend with the temperatures still looking pretty good for a little longer coming up. former pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah is behind bars as he begins serving a ten-year prison sentence for racketeering. at 11:00 this morning he reported to a federal prison in lewis run, mckeen county. that is near the new york border. the jury found him guilty of taking an illegal $1 million campaign loan and using government and non-profit money to repay it. coming up at 5:00, a closer look at what the former congressman's first day behind bars will look

like. >> 150 violent criminals are off the streets of new jersey after a three-month street targeting fugitives. the operation targeted suspects in trenton, camden, millville and the atlantic city area. today the attorney general announced new plans to prevented victim and witness intimidation including witness relocation. atlantic city is bracing for steep cuts in its fire department. the state fire safety commission was in north jersey to discuss the impending reductions. state officials are overseeing atlantic city's finances and their plans call for 100 firefighter layoffs in the struggling gambling resort. a jury is expected to begin deliberations tomorrow in this deadly building collapse. lawyers presented their closing arguments for a second day today. seven people died, 1 others were hurt when that building fell on to a salvation army store in

2013. relatives and survivors filed the lawsuit. among those they're suing are the building's owner, demolition clue and also the salvation army. a milestone day has just come to an end on wall street. the dow has just closed above 20,000 points for the very first time. seconds after today's opening bell, the dow surged past the 20,000 mark for the first time. it closed above that mork moments ago. the dow has been flirting with the 20,000 mark for the past month. investors pushed stocks higher following strong earnings reports and president trump's vow to cut regulations for businesses. new details on the health of former president george h.w. bush. doctors in houston say he could go home over the weekend. the 92-year-old is recovering from pneumonia. former first lady barbara bush was released from the same hospital monday. >> the police department in the city of chester is getting some

reinforcements. eight new police officers will be patrolling chester's streets. the city swore in the group of newly graduated cadets during the council meeting today. >> it was great. been a long 7 1/2 months for us. we built a bond that's unbreakable. i'm happy to be here and serve the city of chester. >> two patrolmen were also promoted to detectives. local church getting help for two families moving into new homes in ambler. today first presby heterian chu of ambler cut the ribbon for this home. two families recently moved in. more action today for president trump. >> today vice president mike pence swore in nikki haley as ambassador to the united

nations. the senate overwhelmingly approved haley yesterday with a 96-4 vote. she served as south carolina governor since 2011. president trump took to twitter today to address the issue of voter fraud. mr. trump tweeted i will be asking for a major investigation into voter fraud including those registered to vote in two states, those illegal, and even though registered to vote who are dead, and many for a long time. depending on results we will strengthen up voting procedures. greenpeace protesters went to new heights to protest donald trump's presidency. they hung this banner that reads resist. they hung it on a 270-foot crane blocks from the white house. the protests come a day after president trump signed executive orders to restart construction on two controversial pipelines in the u.s. pennsylvania governor tom wolf is reaching out to house speaker paul ryan. he invited ryan to visit a local treatment center while in

philadelphia. he said if the affordable care act or obamacare is repealed and not replaced, tens of thousands of people currently receiving treatment for substance abuse disorder would lose insurance coverage in about an hour advocates for planned parenthood will come together to send a message to the government. they will talk about proposals to cut the program. if that happens, millions would lose access to cancer screenings, hiv testing and treatment. >> officials in the lehigh valley want to get into the iphone making business. they want foxconn so build a $7 billion assembly plant here. the plant could bring up to 50,000 jobs to the lehigh valley. plans to implement full-day kindergarten is going forward for easton schools. the move will save more than $55 million by eliminating midday bus runs.

the net savings is in the $260,000 rage. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with the business boom in a south jersey community. new stores moving into the marlton shopping plaza, one of a number of new projects in ev evessham township. cydney long is there now. >> the sudden availability of prime real estate like here at champs, evesham's mayor reached out to chickie and pete's owner, and this will bring 200 jobs. >> chickie and pete's will lease the iconic cham's location which shut its doors in august. >> we can't wait to make this place the landmark it was before the iconic rent it was at one time. >> today's announcement was

complete with football stardom and crab fries. it kicks off a new era of hope for evesham township. >> marlton is happening, nothing ever closes. >> but recently several restaurants shut down, olga's tyn diner will be revitalized into a medical building. the kmart shopping overhaul will bring millions of dollars of retail and reinvestment. >> it always makes you wonder what's going on in the town when you see things laying empty like that. to see progress means jobs for people in the town and places for family to go. >> reporter: on main and maple brand-new home owners could move into new condos by july. evesham, a township of 50,000 balloons to 90,000 each workday. >> we have $400 million invested into our community.

this is broad street and broad street, or main street and main street. this location is 73 and 70. doesn't get bigger than that. >> a major announcement on kmart is anticipated in february. olga's will begin demolition in march. by labor day the doors here at the new chickie and pete's will swing back open. hopefully in time for football season. live in marlton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. to our first alert weather. live look at the philadelphia museum of arrested. is that the sun we're seeing? >> they said it would come out tomorrow. >> they did. beautiful skyline behind us. >> it is. so nice. what a nice change. krystal. >> we said the sun will return, but unfortunately we'll have to see a break from the sun moving into tomorrow morning. look at what we're looking at now. the now late afternoon, still at 52 degrees in the lehigh valley.

53 in philadelphia and south jersey. 54 in delaware. along the jersey shore in the 50s. temperatures are nice. warmer than average for the end of january. if we look closer to the philadelphia neighborhoods, these numbers are great. 54 in chestnut hill and manayunk, 56. 55ed 55ed a graduate hospital, 56 in fox chase. we'll hold on to the nice temperatures through tomorrow. we also are seeing a change in our winds. look at the speeds. only around 8 miles per hour millville, 9 for philadelphia, 7 in ail listen town. still breezy this morning. but we have seen those winds drop off throughout today. that's also going to change getting into tomorrow. winds will be picking back up. changes for thursday. right now on radar and satellite, clear conditions across the area. those rtd sunny conditions we were showing off. we pull this back, we will be tracking rain coming back from the west. getting into tomorrow morning we will see those showers move

through. here's the neighborhood forecast. 56 for fairmount, tacony 54. 53 in schwenksville. close to 50 degrees in the lehigh valley. those icons, they all show rainy conditions. this is not rainy day. we will go from morning showers to clearing in the afternoon and sun later in the day again. in new jersey, 52 in robbinsville. vorhees at 55. the average, 40 degrees this time of year in philadelphia. so we are noticing the winds picking up tomorrow, showers in the morning, temperatures still nice. here's the hour-by-hour forec t forecast, clearing for the early a.m. hours, the morning commute, 7:00 a.m., scattered light showers passing by. they will clip the lehigh valley. i think some of this rain may be more to the north, maybe more of delaware and south jersey seeing showers, then they move out

around 10:00 a.m. getting into the afternoon, we clear out again. we will stay on the clear side through the rest thursday. thursday turns out to be nice. looking right now at mild conditions. they hold tight thursday, then they knock out as we get into your weekend. by saturday through sunday, monday, tuesday, now we have the cold air settled back over us. temperatures will be more typical for the end of january, we'll look at that with your ten-day coming up in the next half hour. president trump already getting set to hit the road heading to philadelphia. >> his visit tomorrow to center city could impact how you get around town. still ahead, denise nakano will walk us through the roads to avoid and the tight security you can expect. >> and the case of a bill that wouldn't go away a woman said she tried everything to get rid of it but couldn't. how a call to nbc 10 helped her get off the hook. and a grave mistake.

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right now at 4:00, a presidential visit to philadelphia. >> donald trump will be in center city tomorrow for the republican retreat, and that

means tight security and plenty of road closures around town. looking live at the retreat underway. house speaker paul ryan and vice president mike pence are also among those speaking tomorrow. let's go live to denise nakano that center city. >> walk us through what we can expect tomorrow. >> the roads, the traffic here will be coming to a halt in center city. tomorrow the roads will be closed to traffic and pedestrians from 8:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening. these pedestrians you see walking on market street will not be able to do so this time tomorrow. if you're traveling to center city tomorrow, you'll be avoiding more than potholes and rush hour traffic. >> i honestly expect it to be insane. >> a traffic lockdown will be in place around the loews hotel at 12th and market where the republican delegation is meeting and where president trump is making his first visit to philadelphia days after taking office. >> will be packed.

>> reporter: the area surrounding the hotel is already congested, barricades are up. police and security details are stationed on every corner. the main closure will be on market street from 11th street to city hall and branching off from there. tomorrow morning if you're parked in restricted areas, you'll be towed. this is not where you will want to be unless you're part of the republican annual retreat or part of the protests. >> you have to go through your normal day. this area will look different tomorrow morning and through the evening. for a complete list of road closures, come to our website, nbc10.com or visit the nbc 10 app. i'm denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >> back to president trump's move today that takes his mexican border wall a step closer to becoming a reality. >> that wall was his signature campaign promise. president trump visited the

department of homeland security this afternoon. he signed an executive order authorizing planning for the construction of that border wall between the u.s. and mexico. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker joining us from washington. the president paved the way for that wall, but when is the timetable for when a wall might actually go up. do we know? >> great question. he sat down for an interview with abc and he said it's going to begin construction in the next several months. but when is the specific date of construction going to start, we don't know. he didn't put an exact time stamp on it today. today he signed that executive or thor which directs the federal government to find the funds to start the construction of the border wall. but there were no real specifics about where they're going to get those funds from. how much it's going to cost. we've seen estimates that put the price tag at 8 billion to

$28 billion. so a big range. if he needs additional appropriations, he will need money from congress and congressional approval to authorize that money. he's been insistent that mexico ultimately will pay for the wall. something that the mexican president has said he's not going to do. how will that work out? the president saying it's a complicated process but that the u.s. will be reimbursed. some of his critics see that as breaking with his campaign promise because american taxpayers will have to foot the bill on the front end. still a lot of unanswered questions. still the president saying this is making good on a campaign promis promise. >> kristen welker joining us. thank you for that. "nightly news" will be live along the u.s./mexico border in arizona getting reaction from both sides of the fence what they have to say coming up at 6:30. here's a look at some other stories we're following county

by county. in montgomery county a massive sinkhole nearly swallowed a home in cheltenham. the ground opened up around 3:30. crews have been working all day to stabilize the area. water and gas are shut off to most of the block. no word on when service will be restored. in mercer county, 150 violent criminals were taken into custody in a three-month operation. the sweep targeted suspects in trenton, millville and the atlantic city area. and more drama within the wilmington housing authority. two members of the housing authority board have quit. this follows a review by the department of housing and urban development. the hud review found the board doesn't have enough training and called its chairman overbearing. >> the fastest man in the world is losing one of his gold medals. >> while explain why the international olympic committee is stripping usain bolt of one of his titles. and did your child receive

one of these from santa for christmas? the recall affecting this scooter's set of wheels. and dear mr. president a local leader sends a request to the white house, what he wants president trump to bring back to the lehigh valley. that's coming up all new at 5:00.

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target is recalling nearly 9,000 electric scooters due to a fall hazard. the recall involves the pulse safe start electric scooters. part of the wheel axle can break. the scooter was built last year between september 10th and october 11th. contact pulse performance products for a full refund. mother nature giving us a bit of a break. >> really is. some people could still see showers for the morning commute. krystal? >> a live look at rehoboth beach. not a cloud in sight yet, but that will change. we'll time that out hour by hour coming up. and it's the number one cause of preventable death in the u.s. so where do our three states stack up in kicking the habit? we'll break down the tobacco report card for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware.

. the number one cause of preventable death is lung cancer, but efforts have been stepped up to change that. this afternoon the american lung association is out grading those efforts with its tobacco control report card. it graded every state. no state received all a's, but several failed in every category. we want to focus on the states in our area. pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. so, let's see how they're doing. as for pennsylvania, the grade it gets for what it's doing to prevent tobacco use, here it is, an f. as for what p.a. is doing to keep air smoke-free with restrictions, there it earns a c. in the taxes category, pennsylvania gets a "d." the tax on a pack of cigarettes is 2.60 in pennsylvania. let's move on to new jersey. we'll show you each of these

grades for the state. the garden state, for prevention and funding, it also gets an f. in the smoke-free air department the state earns an a. and it gets a "d" for taxes. to delaware now, in the preventing and funding category, winds up with a "d." the only state in our area without a failing grade here. smoke-free air, like new jersey, the first state also earns an "a." but an "f" for taxes with each pack of cigarettes being tacked 1.60. as for the five states that failed every category, they are kentucky, mississippi, north carolina, texas and virginia. the state improving the most, that was west virginia. the greatest sprinter of all time is being stripped of one of his olympic golds.

usain bolt's 2008 4x100 gold relay medal was taken away today after a sample from his teammate tested positive for a banned substance. this means usain bolt now has eight career olympic gold medals. a georgia state official says deadly storms there caused at least $100 million worth of damage. the weekend storms killed at least 15 people, injured more than 0 others. a tornado touched down in the town of albany. damage costs are likely to rise now because a lot of people there don't have insurance. >> blinding snow in parts of southeastern south dakota made driving very difficult. the conditions slowed traffic on one interstate overnight. things are not expected to improve at all today. the forecast calls for more snow and temperatures in the upper 20s. >> people in california have a big cleanup on their hands after heavy rains sent mud gushing into a neighborhood in santa

clarita. 50 counties were declared emergency areas including los angeles. here at home, down broad street, warm welcome for the return of the sun and some warmer temperatures today. but i guess we're getting ready for some showers to go along with that. >> we couldn't hold on to the clear conditions for too long. we're looking at wilmington, beautiful blue skies out there. nice conditions that we have. that's going to be similar by tomorrow afternoon. but as jim mentioned arc break in between, tracking showers that will move through. this line of rain right now, nothing too impressive with it. you see mostly green on the board. it is moving through parts of pennsylvania, tonight it will track along, chugging along to the east, making it to us by the morning commute. it won't be anything heavy. just light showers for the morning commute across the board. here's the neighborhood temperatures, this is the good news. we're not worried about icy

spots or snowy conditions. again, temperatures are way above freezing 52 in reading, 51 in fleetwood. cut kutztown, 52. allentown at 50. so temperatures here, each thou even though they'll drop overnight, they are mild. clouds build back in overnight. still nice and clearly. tomorrow morning, 6:30 a.m., some of those showers making their way through, part os berks county, lehigh valley, suburbs, and delaware new jersey. i think the model has gone too far south for some of this rain. south jersey, delaware, you will be seeing some rain as. morning commute, passing by philadelphia, 9:00, 10:00 a.m., off the shore by noon. are left with clearing conditions, more sunshine for

your afternoon. still partliedy lay edcloudy. we have to deal with these winds again. for tomorrow, sustained wind speeds coming from the west, about 19 miles per hour in philadelphia, 13 in quakertown. 16 for millville. 19 in atlantic city. goods is this is an on-shore breeze. not looking at the -- off-shore breeze, not looking at the winds pushing more water inland for those spots. gusts up to 30, 35 miles per hour tomorrow. still, a windy day for thursday. still breezy friday and your saturday. on top of that we start our cooling trend as we go into the weekend. we're at 56 in philadelphia tomorrow. 45 on your friday. low 40s for your saturday and sunday. dover, almost the same forecast as philadelphia. wildwood about the same. 54 down to 46 friday, and 43 by your saturday.

allentown, down to those upper 30s for your temperatures as we get into your weekend. on your ten-day on ten, we are very dry after tomorrow. 56 with those morning showers tomorrow. then as we said, 45, that drop friday, low 40s for your saturday and sunday. as we continue along, very typical for this time of year. dropping into the upper 30s for your monday. overnight lows, back in the 20s overnight. >> right. but we're almost to the end of january. i don't want to jinx it, but we got right through it. >> i made a joke, this is my first winter in philly, so far i've been able to handle it. >> we just jinxed the whole thing. two feet of snow coming. >> moving here from zone could be a shock to system. hopefully february will be just as mild. >> we'll continue tracking it out with the forecast. an nbc 10 viewer was sent to collections for a bill she didn't owe.

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we have breaking news in philadelphia's west oak lane neighborhood a woman has been attacked by a dog near brush road and hanes street. vehicles are on the scene. the woman rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. denise nakano is on her way to the scene. as soon as we know more we will pass it along to you. moving on to nbc 10 responds. it's the case of a bill that

won't go away. >> a woman said she tried everything to get rid of it, but she couldn't. so she contacted harry hairston and nbc 10 responds for some help. >> this one was so frustrating. month after month after month this thing went on. a doylestown woman tells us after disputing this bill for more than a year her credit was in jeopardy. >> reporter: saw has a love for animals. for 17s she has taken care of george, her pet pig. she also takes care of her four dogs, but she couldn't take care of an insurance bill she says she didn't owe. so your monthly bill was 605.08. >> yeah. >> reporter: she bought the insurance through the affordable care act in of 2015. united healthcare was her provider. eight months into the coverage she canceled the plan. >> it was a desperate plan and something i had to do until i got another job and got

insurance through them. >> reporter: she said her policy ended november of 2015, but unite the healthcare billed her for december. she tells us every month for a year she disputed the $605 bill by phone. and provided written proof she canceled the coverage. >> it stresses me out. >> reporter: said each time the company told her to file an appeal. she said she did and thought the bill would be removed. >> i thought as long as they have all those recordings, the transcripts of that, that my -- i was kind of covered. >> reporter: she said to her surprise on christmas eve, 2016, the insurance company sent the unpaid bill to collections. >> i felt like i was getting bullied and i needed somebody else in my corner. >> reporter: so she contacted nbc 10 responds. we reached out to united healthcare. the company wouldn't say why the cancellation didn't go through, but it did tell us after reviewing her case, that the $605 bill has been removed from collections. >> there's no way i would have

been able to finally get this taken care of without your help. so could i have a hug? >> of course. >> thank you very much. >> health experts on the affordable care act say when canceling a policy make sure the following guidelines you follow, canceling with the aca and the provider during specific times. you want to make sure you do that. i'm sure with that extra money, that will go to her piggie bank. >> boy. >> okay. that was george. >> george. >> the young pig there. >> but she may have missed a window? is that possibly what happened? >> you have to let both places know. there's a window, if you don't hit that right on time, one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing. >> she said she felt bullied, and that's the worst feeling. >> thank you. let's go to our recovery counter right now and see what we're doing in the way of money,

$272,013. >> if you have a consumer complaint for nbc 10 responses, reach out to us, fill out our complaint form online or give us a call. tomorrow, a man says he canceled his service to save money but the bills kept coming. after in louck resolving the situation himself, he decided to make a call to harry. we're working on several stories for nbc 10 news at 5:00. >> how philadelphia stands to lose millions because of trump's new policies on immigration, plus from congress to incarceration. chaka fattah is now in prison to serve his ten-year sentence. what we learned about his cell, his fellow prisoners and where he will be spending most of his time.

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president trump's new policies on immigration leave philadelphia paying the price. >> today the president signed two executive orders on immigration and border security. the first will jump start construct of the wall along the u. u.s./mexico border. the second strips funding for sanctuary cities, which philadelphia is one of. >> reporter: in cities like philadelphia local police typically do not cooperate with federal imdpramigration authori unless they have a federal warrant. the idea is that undocumented people could go to hospitals, but that could change now as the gop meets here in philadelphia. at the gop retreat, immigration front and center. one trump supporter holding a