is. tempers flare after president trump's visit to philadelphia. a night of protests in center city as president trump battles with philadelphia's mayor and the president of mexico. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. let's begin with the diplomatic duo between two heads of state. the fight is over mr. trump's signature campaign promise along the u.s./mexico border. it's a proposal that could cost as much as $15 billion. president trump insists mexico will pay for it but mexico's

president refuses and today he scrapped a planned visit to the white house. speaking in center city, president trump said it was a mutual decision. >> unless mexico is going to treat the united states fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. >> tonight, the president is floating the idea of a 20% import tax to pay for the wall but that would leave american consumers footing the bill paying higher prices for cars, produce and alcohol. >> tonight president trump is back at the white house pro protesters marched through center city hours after his departure. >> nbc's drew smith is live in center city. drew, what is the situation on the ground? >> reporter: jacqueline, jim, this is something we haven't seen all day -- market street is open to cars and pedestrians. while there's just a couple protesters on the street, police are wrapping down their day and

most people have gone home it has been a long day for police. for the most part they called this a successful and mostly peaceful presidential visit. protesters tried to get through, but police held firm at the roadblocks designed to keep everyone away from the lowe's hotel. it's where president trump spoke and republican meetings continue tomorrow. at one point, our cameras caught people burning the american flag. but overall, the evening demonstrations stayed peaceful. beginning with a rally in rittenhouse square. >> it's an american tradition. >> reporter: people marched all over the city, at times splintering off making this presidential visit truly a handful for police. >> the logistics is mind-boggling. just in terms of trying to coordinate all this and knowing you're going to have these protesters out here. >> reporter: at one point, officers and their dogs had to search a construction site next to the hotel after witnesses

reported people breaking through the fence. >> sanctuary cities, is that working out for you? >> during our interview with a supporter of the president, hecklers came up to challenge her. >> i say give him a chance. i say give donald trump a chance. >> reporter: activists pledged to return to the streets often during this presidency. >> the only way we can fight this stuff is from a collective perspective. we have to come together. >> reporter: i checked with the office of emergency management and while there were more than 4,000 people out here on the streets tonight, there were no arrests and only one citation for disorderly conduct. life in center city, drew smith, nbc 10 news. president trump's visit to the city of brotherly love ended in a war of words with the mayor. >> it started when president trump said the city's murder rate is "terribly increasing." mayor kenney says that's not true. >> aundrea-clin thomas' has the

report. >> reporter: mayor kenney said those claims denigrate the work of officers. >> here in philadelphia, the murder rate has been steady, i mean, just terribly increasing. >> reporter: police statistics show so far this year there are ten more murders than the same time last year but philadelphia's murder count in 2016 was one of the lowest in at least ten years major jim kenny says president trump's claims undermine the efforts by hardworking officers. >> they're out there standing on the street 12 hours in a shift protecting him and he stands before people and denigrates our police, i think it's disgraceful. >> reporter: january 15, 2011, i buried my son. >> six years ago, this woman's son was gunned down in philadelphia in a case of mistaken identity but she turned her anguish into action by

creating the charles foundation. it's e's partnerships like herst help turn people around. >> there were young people who they said would never put down the guns but they put down the guns because we were able to offer them resources. >> reporter: resources she hopes president trump provides to cities like philadelphia. >> if he took the opportunity to come into our communities and get to know our people and get to know the people who are out here on the streets everyday he would know the problem is not as big as he's making it. >> by no means are city leaders content with the murder count. they're hoping to get help from the federal government, mayor kenney says that includes what he's calling common sense gun control legislation. reporting live from philadelphia police headquarters, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. nbc news is learning president trump pressured the acting director of the national

park service to provide proof about crowds on inauguration day. a senior administration official says the president spoke with the director on the phone saturday morning. mr. trump apparently expressed anger over side-by-side photographs showing fewer people at his swearing in than president barack obama's in 200 previous day's crowds. a white house official says the call shows the president's management style is to be so accessible and constantly in touch. new at 11:00, a toddler beaten in death in south jersey. authorities in camden county are investigating after a two-year-old pennsauken boy died from community have force raw ma. investigators say it happened on a home inside woodland avenue in november. so far police haven't made arrests. >> reporter: the school district of philadelphia says it needs nearly $5 billion to fix aging buildings across the city. newly released report from the district outlines more than 12,000 repairs needed.

district officials say the most urgent needs are for heating and cooling and electrical service. the report says about a third of city schools need so much work engineers recommend they be replaced or closed. tomorrow hollywood comes to philadelphia. kevin hart's new movie will be filming in center city. >> it's called "untouchable. kwec "and even though he won't be on set tomorrow, the crew will. septa will detour buses around the filming. you can find a full list of detours on the nbc 10 app. music fan, the wait is almost over. the wait for delaware's firefly music festival will be revealed tomorrow morning. at 10:00 a.m., organizers will announce the more than 100 acts set to play the four-day festival in dover. tickets go on sale a few hours later at 1:00. more than 90,000 fans are expected to come to dover for

the festival that begins june 15. >> a large tree created headaches for drivers on lincoln drive during the afternoon rush. look at this, the tree tumbled down and spread across both lanes near rittenhouse street. it took several hours to remove it lincoln drive reopened before 6:00 tonight. new details in a deadly accident involving a 50-pound dumbbell that smashed into this car windshield on the new jersey turnpike. police tell nbc 10 they found no evidence that it was a deliberate act but they're still not sure exactly where the dumbbell came from. 75-year-old jack decarlo died yesterday, two weeks after the weigh hit his windshield in salem county. a bucks county woman is accused of stealing nearly $200,000 from her 91-year-old neighbor. bensalem police arrested patricia westerman today. she's accused of opening credit cards and reverse mortgage in her neighbor's name. the victim granted westerman

power of attorney after his bief died. a bucks county man who survived a throat slashing confronted his alleged attackers in court today. doctors said there was a chance thomas grimes would never talk again but he did, in fact, testify during a preliminary hearing. prosecutors say the three suspects planned to steal items from grimes' apartment and were surprised to find him sleeping. grimes says he survived by playing dead and waiting for them to leave ♪ ♪ a solemn night on rowan university's campus. the jewish community held a candlelight walk to mark international holocaust remembrance day. students read firsthand accounts from holocaust survivors. a dangerous development. what investigators discovered about the engineer behind the controls in a deadly amtrak crash. insult comedy. what president trump has to say about his alter ego on "saturday

night live." >> come on, freddie. come on, buddy. and finding freddie. the delicate operation to save a valuable bird stranded in a local neighborhood. and i'm tracking the return of winter's chill. how low the temperatures are going to go and what to expect for your weekend coming up. here's what we're working on for nbc 10 news today starting in just a few hours. the philadelphia auto show has rolled into town. >> everything from new to iconic cars are being shown off. we're live all morning with an up close look at some of the most innovative car from hollywood rides to the newest models. that's starting at 4:30 on nbc 10.

the engineer in this train derailment that killed eight people in philadelphia two years ago is suing amtrak. brandon bostian is seeking more than $50,000. he says amtrak failed to address reports people were throwing projectiles at trains.

investigators concluded bostian's train was never hit by a projectile, instead they found he was distracted by reports a nearby train had been hit. tonight, a new development in another amtrak crash, one that claimed the lives of two workers in delaware county. documents reveal the train engineer in that case tested positive for marijuana. >> now family members are hoping this information will help their case moving forward. nbc 10's brandon hudson has details. >> reporter: tonight an attorney told us the two worker deaths should not have happened. new ntsb documents show drugs and the failure to use a rail device possibly contributed to the fatal crash. >> it's a significant development. >> reporter: hours after nbc 10 got its first look at the new ntsb documents on last year's deadly amtrak 89 crash in chester, we spoke to the attorney representing joseph carter, jr.'s family. >> while the developments are new the death remains raw and painful for his family.

these are folks who loved each other, who cared for him and he cared for them. >> reporter: cartier was one of two maintenance workers killed when the train hit and killed him last april. these photos show the men working on the track moments before the wreck. >> there's no doubt here that he was the innocent victim standing on a track that should have been out of service. >> reporter: the investigation reveals the train's engineer tested positive for marijuana and opioids. the ntsb explains the opioids as morphine he was given after the crash for his injuries. the report also says a shunt which would have shown the track was out of service wasn't used. a train expert tells nbc 10 while a shunt isn't legally required by the federal railway association, it would have benefitted greatly. >> the shunt represents a positive safety backup in case there's a miscommunication. if that would have been used the dispatcher would not have given permission for train 89 to proceed. >> reporter: in a statement amtrak says "drug use in the

workplace is unacceptable and not tolerated. one employee testing positive for drugs or alcohol is too many." keep in mind 37 people were injured in this crash. amtrak adds it's reinforcing its drug-testing program. president trump plans to sign an executive order calling for a voter fraud investigation tomorrow or saturday. meanwhile the nbc 10 investigators have confirmed the president's own daughter tiffany is registered to vote in two states, pennsylvania and new york. white house counselor kellyanne conway insists that's not true. >> i talked last night with tiffany trump and she said it is flatly false that she is reg officered in two states. >> reporter: election officials say it's okay to be registered in more than one state. it's on fraud if yous can more than one vote. tonight the president is responding to a "saturday night live" writer who mocked the first couple's youngest son barron.

the writer has been suspended and she's apologized. tonight in an interview on fox news the president talked about the attack on his son. >> to attack my 10-year-old son is a disgrace and -- >> he's a great kid. i know him. >> he's a great boy and it's not an easy thing for him. the president also said alex baldwin's impression of him is "horrible." by the way, baldwin is hosting "snl" february 11. a colorado man took to social media to track down the woman who saved his life when he collapsed at the finish line of a half marathon. >> turns out the hero is a nurse from our area. bill amirault turned to facebook to find the person who gave him cpr when his heart failed minutes after running the key west half marathon. one of the first people to his side was amy smyth, a nurse at christiana hospital and had just finished the race. smyth and others helped keep him alive but she never found what

happened to him after he was taken away. her friend sent his the online video. >> i'm so glad he made it. it was an overwhelming feeling when i saw the video. >> we thanked them from the bottom of our hearts and they don't want the recognition, they're just doing what they normally do. >> bill says he wants to meet amy and his other hero so they can walk the half marathon together next year. an update on the story we told you about earlier this week. we're happy to report a sussex county woman who waited six years for a kidney transplant finally got one. while serena crawford was waiting for a donor her husband put up a sign saying his wife needs a kidney. serena received a kidney yesterday and we're told she's resting comfortably at a baltimore hospital. >> good to here. a nice mild day but changes on the way. >> glenn hurricane sworchwartz here. >> those winds are bringing in colder air but gradually as we head towards the weekend.

44 in philadelphia now, still above the normal high. in some of the neighborhoods we're seeing temperatures in the 30s. this is in chester county and the lehigh valley, but county. 39 in bath and wall muttport, still 40 in bethlehem, easton and nazareth, not all that cold for this time of the night. we still got good wind gusting to 32 at toms river and in atlantic city 29 in philadelphia. we had a wind gust of 47 miles an hour this afternoon so we had gusts of 45 plus today gusts to about 30 tomorrow. kind of a windy day but not as windy as it has been. we have a normal winter temperature returning in time for the weekend and probably even below normal next week, a relatively dry pattern except

for flurries or light snow for a couple days, you can see that in your own seven-day forecast at the bottom of your screen. a couple straight days way above average. the average high is 40. even as we cool down it's still at or a little above normal but it's going to feel colder with the wind coming in here about 5:00 a.m. feeling like 20s across most of the area. by tomorrow afternoon it's feeling like mid-30s. we were 55 today so it's feeling 20 degrees colder tomorrow afternoon than this afternoon, as we go through tomorrow night into saturday morning it's feeling closer to 20 degrees across a good bit of the area. still that's not that cold for this time of the year. it's just by comparison. so tacony is 44 tomorrow. chestnut hill 41. reading 42. not expecting any kind of precipitation. it's kind of a breezy day but

not as windy as today and then as we head toward the weekend, the temperatures start going down even more and saturday and sunday close to average. not expecting any precipitation over the weekend and not as windy as what we've seen over the last couple days. up next, a story for the birds. >> the struggle to save an expensive family pet stranded in a local neighborhood.

come on freddie, come on, buddy. >> freddie mercury the parrot is creating quite the scene in the wilmington neighborhood. the macaw has spent the last week stuck in that tree and its owner is worried he can't last much longer in these cold temperatures. today a tree service company

donated their bucket truck but every time somebody got close freddie just flew to another branch. >> he wants to get down but he doesn't know how because he doesn't know how to fly downward, he's been flying around in circles and landing in the tops of trees. >> this is the first time freddie has ever been outside. i hope they can get him back. >> so beautiful. >> yeah, beautiful. sellout crowd as football fans brought their popcorn to dinner with a star tonight. >> former eagle terrell owens participated on the fanatic 97.5 at a brazilian steak house. fans were treated to dinner and a q&a session with the outspoken receiver. he helped the eagles get to the super bowl. he's a finalist for the nfl hall of fame. coming up in sports the, flyers return to home ice tonight at the wells fargo center. see if the orange-and-black could pull off a third win in a role. plus joel embiid's lost start at the all-star game was tonight. the rookie sensation hoping to

make the eastern conference reserve list. find out next in sports.

, i'm amy fadool from csn. the flyers played their third game in five nights. this one back home on ice following two wins on the road. the orange-and-black looking to make it three in a row against the maple leafs tonight. this little guy was ready to battle. look at him, he's tough. flyers taking full advantage of the home ice. orange and black pounce on the turnover. the breakaway. yeah, the all-star puts it in. 21st of the season for the wayne train. 1-0 flyers. leafs tied in the the second so it's 1-1 in the third. down low, first one no good but stuck with it, got his own

rebound. fourth of the year for the fourth-line player. flyers beat the maple leafs 2-1 the finals. here is wayne simmons on what's key to the frylyers run of late >> i think the couple night with the exception of the first period last night we've had all guys back. we've been moving in five man packs around the ice. when you have support it's easier to play the game so i think that's the big reason. >> the sixers had the night off but the reserve for next month's all-star game were announced. joel embiid not among them. the sixers big man just missed the cut to make it as a starter but now he's shut out from the game barring an injury to one of the players ahead of him. jo jo as you might expect chimed in on twitter, that's what he does. poked fun in the election process in more than one way by writing "once again the popular vote didn't matter." he admitted a date with his

dream girl probably wouldn't happen while shaquille o'neal, he called him a big oaf. never change, joel. first round of farmers insurance open, tiger woods in action at torrey pines. he's won there eight times in his career. woods even going into the 11th hole coming off a birdy at 10th. a beautiful shot within 10 feet on the par three. the wheels came off down the stretch. two over on the 15. you can tell he doesn't like that. double-bogeys that hole. four over after the first round. tied for 133. that's your look at sports. i'm amy fadool. nbc 10 news is coming right back.

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breezy in the morning? >> yeah, breezy all day. not quite as windy as it was today. somewhat colder, high of 47. still above average. gradually gets colder through the weekend. next week, look at that, most days don't get out of the 30s. couple shots of flurries or light snow but no big storms in sight. >> very good. we like that part, glenn, thanks. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. thanks for joining us tonight. have a great night. the "tonight show" starring jimmy fallon is next. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- danny devito, brit marling, 12-year-old advice expert, ciro ortiz,