straight. >> i turn on the tv, open the newspapers, and i see stories of chaos. chaos. yet it is the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> reporter: the president answering his first questions about something that's brought discord to washington. the firing of national security advisor michael flynn. >> and i asked for his resignation. he respectfully gave it. >> reporter: the president answered a question about keeping the vice president in the dark saying flynn didn't do anything wrong. >> he was doing his job. the thing is, he didn't tell our vice president properly and he said he didn't remember. so either way it wasn't very satisfactory to me. >> reporter: the president taking on broader questions about russia without being asked. >> i own nothing in russia. i have no loans in russia.

i don't have any deals in russia. >> reporter: dressihe criticize reporters and those who have leaked infrgz ormation to them. saying wikileaks information wasn't classified. the president ticked off accomplishments completed and to come. >> there's never been a presidency who has done so much in a short period of time. we haven't started the big work yet, that starts early next week. >> reporter: the news conference was initially about the new nominee for labor secretary, alex acosta. it turned into inpresident defending his administration and attacking those he sees as standing in the way. that could include the media, it could include people who are leaking information to reporters. and also democrats as he tries to get his cabinet lined up. >> lots to dissect. thank you very much. now, our team coverage

continues with nbc's senior political editor mark murray. >> where do we start? this is a news conference like we've never seen before from a president. what kind of reaction to it are we hearing? >> so some republicans are actually very enthusiastic about it. they loved the combative part from donald trump and taking on the news media. those of us who follow donald trump in his presidential campaign over the last year and a half shouldn't be surprised by his performance. it was entertaining, it was him being a showman. it was him being him. but what was different -- i think you're hinting at -- is in the east room of the white house, with all the pomp and circumstance a president has behind the podium with the presidential seal, i don't think we've ever seen a presidential news conference like that. some of the claims it had on whether -- that he had the biggest electoral college victory since ronald reagan in the 1980s, which isn't true. or it's a well oiled machine. there's nothing been -- successes he's had more achievements than any other

president. those really don't cut the fact check test at all. and have a lot of questions going forward. >> so mark, what do you think is having the most impact, the president's tone or the words he's using? >> well, so the impact that he does have is that he still commands the stage. he holds a news conference, everyone watches, you and i are discussing this. and he's able to kind of captivate the country. i do think the weakness that he has, and kind of going back to the point that this probably pleases a lot of republicans, is he winning over people who either didn't vote for him or people who did but did begrudgingly. those people outside of donald trump's base and whether or not this kind of news conference appeals to them, the action that he has taken as president, if that appealed to them. it reflects on why his standing right now, four weeks in his presidency is lower than we've seen for any new president in modern times.

barack obama, george w. bush, george h.w. bush. bill clinton had higher approval ratings than donald trump does right now. >> mark murray, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. a lot to unpack. the news conference from lawmakers, they were shocked some were confused. >> one republican senator responded almost immediately on msnbc. >> i take seriously the fact you have one president at a time. and that if mr. flynn was directly involved in talking about sanctions and what would happen in the future, then i think that's a serious charge, a serious issue. >> you can see much more from today's news conference right now on our website. coming up at 5:30 a professor from villanova will talk to us about the art of political communication and how president trump is sending a message with more than just his words. >> and don't miss all of the reaction from capitol hill and voters across america.

that is tonight on nbc nightly news with lester holt coming up at 6:30. some squacary moments for a 11-year-old boy when a car comes crashing through his home. it happened this morning at the jersey shore. the driver lost control of his car and hit a curb, a fence, a front porch. before going straight into the living room. the boy suffered a possible concussion and lost a tooth. a woman inside the home and the driver were not hurt. an investigation is underway. new details about how a man broke into the costco near king of prussia mall. police say a man climbed on top of the store and gone in through the roof. police they were alerted to the crime when he left through a ground floor door. that's when officers went inside the store and discovered how the man broke in. >> while checking the alarm they found an open exterior door. further investigation revealed the store had been burglarized

and the burglar came in through a sky light on the roof and was able to rappel 40 feet down to the floor below. >> police say the rope, the man left behind could be key to the case. take a good look at the surveillance image. this guy broke into a jewelry case stealing thousands in jewels. if you recognize him, call police. a judge says a criminal complaint against new jersey governor chris christie over the george washington bridge lane scandal can go forward. the complaint accuses the governor of failing to stop subordinates from intentionally creating traffic jams to punish a democratic mayor in 2013. christie is set to appear in court in march. the governor said the judge is violating law, pure and simple. this concocted claim was investigated for three months by the bergen county prosecutor's office which dismissed it after

concluding the very same evidence relied upon again by this judge was utter nonsense. we learned new details today about president trump's plans to replace the travel ban. in court documents, the president's administration says it does not want a larger appellate panel to review the current travel ban that is now on hold. president trump said the courts made a very bad decision and he will announce a new executive order on travel next week. this all comes as protests unfolded around the country for a day without immigrants. organizers encouraged immigrants to stay away from work and school to highlight their contributions to america. nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is live in allentown where supporters are continuing that message tonight. randy? >> reporter: here in allentown, a number of immigrant owned businesses were closed throughout the day. immigrant children not showing up to school. right now, here in downtown, we're seeing a protest gathering supporting local immigrants, a similar one happening right now in reading.

this in the lehigh valley with a growing number of hispanic residents. on a typical thursday afternoon, fernando vasquez would be at the construction site. instead he's in the living room on a one day strike. >> we are calling for respect. because we come to build this country. this country's been great. and we are thankful for them to give us a chance to work here, building houses, working in the diners. you name it. >> reporter: the nationwide movement is partially in response to president donald trump who made campaign promises of deporting undocumented immigrants. >> it's not personal to donald trump. it's his administration. he promised he was going to start deportations. >> reporter: around allentown a handful of immigrant owned businesses closed during the busy lunch hour. one had a flyer taped to the

window that read, president trump without us the country would be paralyzed. >> i don't know how hard they work for their money. and how hard they have to work to survive. >> reporter: of course, not every immigrant could take part. anna is a tax preparer, quite busy this time of year. but she says she backs this movement. >> this country was actually constructed from immigrants. look at ellis island, all the people that had come. >> reporter: immigrants sending a message hoping to be heard. >> we are here because we love this country. >> reporter: the protests underway right now in allentown is taking aim at immigration and customs officers. people here concerned by what they say is an increase in deportations. also, a similar rally underway right now in reading. we're live in allentown, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. this was the scene today at

thomas payne plaza in queen village. a group rallied in solidarity with the nationwide movement. a 14-year-old was among them. she didn't go to school today to fight for her mother who is undocumented. >> i'm afraid of i'll going to a foster care and get separated from my sisters. i don't want to, like -- i want to stay with my mom. >> many businesses in philadelphia decided to close today as part of the boycott. this is what 125 grams of heroin looks like. officials say they found the stash in a philadelphia home. three local men are under arrest. the bust was the result of a joint investigation between philadelphia police and the drug enforcement administration. earlier this week, authorities seized 200 bricks of heroin and other drugs in a bust in johnstown and altoona. >> these two operations just in the last few days took 14,166

doses of heroin off the streets of pennsylvania. it only takes one dose to kill. >> in total the drugs had a street value of more than $130,000. >> pennsylvania state police are teaming up with troopers in new jersey for operation double vision. extra patrols from both departments will be roving the highways. the goal is to identify and arrest aggressive and distracted drivers as well as those driving under the influence. enforcement will also concentrate on speed egand reckless driving. pennsylvania governor tom wolf wants a $25 per person tax on towns that use state police for full time coverage. and new numbers show the fee is just a fraction of what others pay for their local police departments. that's according to an associated press analysis of data from the wolf administration. it shows about 950 municipalities reported spending

$230 a person on local police in 2014. that's almost ten times the fee wolf is proposing. we reached out to the state to see how many communities in our area would be affected. here's a look at the break down. most are in berks and chester counties. about a dozen in montgomery county. between seven and nine each in bucks, delaware, lehigh and north hampton counties. and all new at 5:00, the long ride to school. >> are you keeping kids on the bus for too long? >> in some cases, we probably are. >> the nbc 10 investigators show us how it's costing your kids and what local leaders are doing to speed up their trip.

they ride the school bus for hours. >> six years old. that's very young to have such a long day. >> an investigation reveals long bus rides and how it costs our kids. >> the stories are really powerful about wasted time, wasted lives. >> your own records show that hundreds of routes are over an hour. >> yes. >> tonight, an nbc 10 investigation is looking out for your kids. >> we found long bus rides may affect children at home and the class room. mitch blocker asks school leaders what they're doing to solve the problem. >> all right, buddy. >> reporter: 6-year-old arden

robinson gets on the bus early. before the sun comes up she's on its way. for 30 minutes it drives to a transfer point. 11 minutes later she gets off the first bus and on to a second one. it's another 35 minutes to school. >> she's so young. like, how can you prepare a child that young to be ready for the whole day. >> reporter: the day we followed her, it took her one hour and 15 minutes to get to school. she then had to wait another half hour before classes started. it's exactly how long the downingtown area school district scheduled for the 6-year-old's daily morning commute to the charter school her parents picked for her. according to district records, arden's route is one of 94 scheduled for more than one hour. district officials told us they couldn't answer questions about their bus routes because they've been threatened with a lawsuit over them. in public meetings they have promised to review the rides. >> changes can be made, i certainly will make them. >> reporter: and downingtown

isn't the only school district with hour plus ride times. we surveyed our area and found districts big and small all dealing with long commutes. here in philadelphia, nearly half of the district's routes are longer than the 30 minute national average. >> having kids on buses that long, really wasted a big portion of their childhood. >> reporter: back in 2000, beth spence studied how long bus rides affect kids. her work was published by the u.s. department of education. it's the last time the government studied the issue of long school bus rides. spence's research concluded long bus rides have a negative effect on family life. on the ability of students to perform well in school. and on their ability to fully participate in the school experience. >> i wouldn't want my child on more than an hour and a half. i can't say that doesn't happen. >> reporter: 204 bus routes, we found 33 longer than an hour.

and 176 more than 30 minutes long. the transportation director says it's hard to cover 52 square miles. is there anything you can change? >> i know the way we scrutinize our routes. >> reporter: in philadelphia, 41,000 kids ride the bus daily according to the district. bus schedules show more than 7,000 are scheduled to ride the bus for an hour or longer. are you keeping kids on the bus for too long? >> in some cases we probably are. >> reporter: philadelphia school administrators admit they were using antiquated technology. >> string and map. >> reporter: philadelphia schools invested one million dollars in its own software to make routes more efficient. the district is looking to expand that investment. >> our investment in our work towards that, we think will pay off to really continue to bring ride times down. >> reporter: back in downingtown. it's nearly dark by the arden

gets home. she has two hours before bed to get ready for another 12 hour school day. for the investigators, i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. in pennsylvania, there are no rules or regulations about how long kids can be on the school bus. we reached out to lawmakers in the education committees, including the state senator. they admit there's a problem with bus times. but not one of them said adding regulation would solve the problem. they want to live it up to individual jurisdictions. $2 million in grants will go to atlantic, burlington and salem counties. the money will be used to improve sidewalks and cross walks for kids to walk to school. philadelphia has a new plan to improve after school and summer programs for kids. the city launched its out of school time initiative today. it's focused on making sure children have access to quality before school, after school, weekend, and summer programs.

the initiative also aims to address the needs of at risk children. the school system says some of those needs include early literally, asthma, obesity and food insecurity. a new faster septa bus route along roosevelt could be a reality by fall. the proposed route would make fewer stops, which would cut down on travel time. the septa board still needs to vote on the plan. it was no walk in the park this afternoon and for today. conditions were pretty windy out there. and it looks like this little one was in center city having a great time. the ben franklin parkway, a little quicker than usual. for the most part the great news is the winds are starting to diminish tonight into tomorrow. our weather headlines include windy conditions now. diminishing tonight into tomorrow.

a chilly night in the forecast, however. i'll show you your overnight lows in just one moment. for the weekend we do have a building high pressure system. temperatures will be about 15-20 degrees above normal. for next week, a stretch of fair weather, it doesn't look like we have any rain getting here until next week. a live look outside in philadelphia. the winds are currently coming out of the north northwest at 21 miles per hour gusting up to 29 miles per hour. current temperature, 37. today's high 39. the normal high is 44 degrees. so temperatures below normal for this time of the year. neighborhoods right now ranging between the mid to upper 30s, west mount airy 35. fox chase 37 for you. center city 37. 38 port richmond. again, we're getting a little bit milder right now. the winds are not diminishing, not yet. still seeing strong northwesterly winds ranging

between 8 miles per hour and 22 miles per hour. again, coming out of the northwest. feels like temperatures right now it feels like nine in pocono. 26 for you pennsylvania. 28 in allentown. here is what we have going on right now. a dome of high pressure developing to the west of us that will slide on eastward. as it does, we do have warmer temperatures on the way. lots of sunshine especially for friday, saturday sunday and even monday. your temperature trend, we'll top out in the 60s by saturday into sunday. we normally don't see mid 60s until april, around april 23rd. that's w we are trending above normal for the upcoming weekend. overnight lows ranging from the low to mid20s. we may see mid to upper teens. your ten day on 10 brings us really nice conditions for the next several days, including

those 60s for the upcoming weekend. >> thank you. police are questioning five people taken into custody after a chase through philadelphia. that chase ended in front of the state police barracks at monument round in winfield heights. it started early this morning on north alden street where police stopped the car, shots were fired from that car, which then took off. police followed. no one was hurt. today, delaware's governor signed a new executive order to find ways to cut costs in state government. the government john carney created a new review board. the governor said the first state must start doing things differently. it's a disease that affects millions of families. now a new test could help reveal if you're at risk for alzheimer's. see how it works on your own computer. that's next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. by peggy lee playing ]

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president trump says the white house is running like a fine tuned machine. at a press conference today, the president took shot after shot at the media and blames the press for undermining his presidency. if th this was the first time the president faced the media by himself. >> during today's more than hour long news conference, the president addressed a wide range of topics including why he asked for michael flynn's resignation. >> he didn't tell the vice president of the united states the facts. and then he didn't remember. that just wasn't acceptable. i don't want classified information getting out to the public. i turn on the tv, open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos. chaos. yet, it is the exact opposite. i'm not ranting and raving. i love this. i'm having a good time doing it. but tomorrow the headlines are going to be donald trump rants and raves.

i'm not ranting and raving. >> the president also said he inherited a mess. and boasted he's done more in his short time in office than any other president. we wanted to get a better understanding of the president's communication style, both verbal and non-verbal. we brought in an expert. dr. susan mackie, a professor from villanova university who has a specialty in political rhetoric. >> good to see you as always. the president promised to turn washington upside down. arguably he's done that. we want to play for you part of the president's opening statement. let's listen in. >> okay. >> i turn on the tv, open the newspapers, and i see stories of chaos. chaos. yet, it is the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. despite the fact that i can't get my cabinet approved.

>> tell us what you saw as far as his verbal communication and his non-verbal communication? >> you know, it's very interesting, you know, this is our first full time twitter president. and i think in this news conference, he's really trying to in some ways circumvent the press and go straight to the public. you know, we know his style is often very aggressive, very dramatic, very abrupt as a speaker. but here, he's i think both chastising the press for causing him all these problems and at the same time trying to appeal directly to the american people and kind of circumvent or work around the press. clearly, he views in an adversarial relationship. >> he took questions from reporters. let's listen in to one exchange. >> they'll take this news conference, don't forget that's the way i won. i used to give you a news conference every time i made a speech, which was like, every day. okay. no, that's how i won. i won with news conferences and

probably speeches. i certainly didn't win by people listening to you people, that's for sure. but i'm having a good time. tomorrow they will say, donald trump rants and raves at the -- i'm not ranting and raving, you're dishonest people. i'm not ranting and raving. i love this, i'm having a good time doing it. tomorrow the headlines are going to be donald trump rants and raves. i'm not ranting and raving. >> all right. so tell us does his communication style change at all when he's addressing the media? >> it looks a little ranty and ravy to me. you know, it's fascinating. because the media, of course, plays that important role, the fourth branch of government, providing check and balances against the other three official branches. yet, it's a symbiotic relationship. the press needs the white house, and the white house traditionally has needed the press to get their message out. and yet, clearly, donald trump has had a very adver tesarial

relationship with the press. when he talks about them he gets ranty and ravy in his non-verbals and wants to blame them for a lot of the chaos we've seen where a lot of critics have pointed to his unconventional style, his reinventing of the white house as a source of a lot of that chaos. he's trying to deflect that, and clearly blame the press rather than taking any sort of, you know -- that it's potentially part of the problem is his style of leadership. >> all right. always appreciate your insight. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. here's a look at some of the other developments out of washington today. the trump administration made it known it wants answers about how intelligence is being leaked to the media. the administration asked steven fineberg to lead a review of the intelligence community. fineberg is the co-founder of a new york-based equity fund. his role will not be official until he completes an ethics review. second choice, the president

nominated alexander acosta as the next labor secretary. just a day after his first n nominee withdrew his nomination. acosta was the assistant secretary. he's the dean of florida international university college of law. he would become the first hispanic person in president trump's cabinet. senator bob casey got one-on-one time this morning with supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he is among senators from both parties getting a chance to meet gorsuch before confirmation hearings. the senate judiciary hearing will start the hearings on march 20th. tonight, more news on a house fire. this was the scene early this morning in philadelphia. that's where nbc 10's rosemary connors is live tonight. >> you spoke with neighbors who say this fire burned for hours. >> the wind was certainly a

factor, fanning those flames and pushing that smoke into neighboring homes. the three children who went to the hospital for smoke inhalation lived further down the block. the man who went to the hospital with him, he suffered burns. he lives in the house that caught on fire. the block captain described him as someone neighbors look up to. >> the guy was well-respected. helped out, clean up the block. >> reporter: the man went to the hospital, but not before escaping the flames. with three children and their mother. who also lived here on eding street. the early morning fire destroyed their row home while thick smoke spread through the block. >> i didn't run down the steps, there was so much smoke. >> reporter: next door neighbor ebony jones tells me she's grateful her children were staying at her mother's house. >> it's a lot of smoke that permeated in here. >> reporter: in the light of day, crews got to work while neighbors assessed the damage. ruby foster, the block captain took in the three children and

their mother who made it out of the row home unscathed. she said it's the least she could do. >> i'm destroyed. because of the fact we have hard working people. >> reporter: now, the last time we saw you the last hour, the neighbors' windows had been pushed out my firefighters. since then, work crews have replaced them. also, within the past few moments i got an update from the american red cross. they're helping about 25 people on this block. investigators will continue to look for a cause of this fire. reporting live in gray's ferry. take a look at this battle that firefighters had on their hands in delaware county today. flames tore through a part of a home. sky force 10 was over the scene around noon. it's not clear yet what started the fire. here's the stories we're following. al delaware county, chester's mayor says fighting crime in inner cities is a war.

and in a little less than a half hour, mayor kirkland is inviting people living in chester to weigh in on ways to fight crime at 6:00 inside city hall's community room. earlier today, more than a dozen lawmakers and law enforcement met to strategize. mayor kirkland says crime should be fought the same way cities are fighting the opioid epidemic. gloucester county, free holders unanimously passed a resolution to stop puppy mill sales. it would stop the sale of dog and cats from large breeding facilities. the free holders one all of the 24 cities and towns in the country to adopt the same plan. almost half have already agreed. down in atlantic county, atlantic city's chamber of commerce and real estate developers met today to talk about the city's future. the president of stockton university was the keynote speaker at a forum on economic development. the focus, the $210 million gateway project that plans to build on several pieces of land that have been vacant for years. in bucks county, it's the

last day to vote for a borough to win half a million dollars. bristol borough has dropped to second place to win a national contest that helps revitalize small businesses. the borough had been in first place the last few days, good luck to them. we hope they regain first place. chris christie on the attack. his target, the phillies and their fans. now, the team is taking its own shots against the new jersey governor, john clark will have that live from spring training coming up at 5:00. pull up a chair, a new and improved wawa gives customers a place to sit and a beer to drink.

we need another reason to love wawa. >> one local store started selling beer and it's offering customers a place to drink it. the wawa on route 202 in concord town ship delaware county is the first in the state to sell beer. it was no easy task. they had to remodel the school to include a dining area. the ceo says the store won't become a bar. there are rules posted and a separate register where everyone will show i.d. to buy beer. >> our rule, we're allowing one beer per person when they sit and consume here. >> one stop shop, get everything you need here. >> don't get your hopes up about these changes coming to your neighborhood store. wawa says this is the only one

that will sell beer for the foreseeable future. interesting change. tonight, monopoly, it will never be the same. >> next at 5:00, how the public knocked one of its classic game pieces off the board. beer at wawa's and 60s for the weekend. it sounds ideal. i have your forecast coming up in just a bit. see you then.

there will be a whole lot of country at this year's delaware state fair. country stars rascal flatts darius rucker are among the big names who will take the stage this july at the delaware state fair grounds. tickets go on sale a week from tomorrow. it's a sign that spring is

around the corner. phillies' single game tickets for all home games went on sale today. the season opener two months away, april 3rd, the home opener is a few days later, april 7th against the washington nationals. first pitch is at 3:05. we're getting you ready for the home opener with our pregame show, welcome home phillies. for now, the phillies are in spring training. today the team took care of business aoff the field. john clark joins us from clearwater, florida. the team had to fend off an attack from chris christie? >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie, he first attacked eagles' fans a week or two ago. and now he's after phillies' fans. and it all started, take a look at this, down here in clearwater, the phillies put up a mural in their hallway, depicting the 1980 world series championship team. tug mcgraw was on that team and he said you got to believe.

he was a new york met before that. he also said you got to believe in new york. and the mets took exception to that. they said you got to be kidding. well, you know, tug mcgaw used that slogan in life when he was battling brain cancer. he used it with his baseball teams and in life. governor chris christie came out and ripped the phillies over this. >> the phillies suck. i mean. let's just start with that. they're an awful team. they're an angry, bitter fan base. and it's not safe for civilized people to go to citizen's bank park if you want to root for the other team. you got to believe we're awful people. that's what you got to believe. >> reporter: a lot of his stren constituents go to phillies' games. take a look at this tweet. we love our fans and appreciate their unwavering support.

as we bridge to a bright future. phillies, taking a nice little shot on twitter at chris christie. i got to tell you, chris christie going after eagles' fans, phillies' fans, what's next? he's trying to get a sports talk radio career going when he steps out of office. of course it will be in new york. who do you go after? philadelphia. we got a new york/philly raival going on. for now, i'm john clark, back to you. you know, governor christie is a cowboys fan. that's not going to go over well in new york media either. >> reporter: it says it all, doesn't it? >> it really does. john clark live for us in clearwater florida. we are jealous of john and his assignment down there. because it is beautiful. it's going to start feeling like spring soon i'm told? >> that's right.

it's going to feel for spring for everybody but governor christie. conditions are pretty much dry. we do have cumulus clouds. a live look outside. it's only windy right now but the good news is the high pressure system starts to develop, we'll start to see a decrease in those winds. that tops our headlines. windy now but diminishing later tonight. a chilly night and clearing skies a high and dry system on the way. just in time for this upcoming weekend. for the weekend, we have a building high pressure system with temperatures 15-20 degrees b above normal. it looks like a stretch of weather and no rain until late next week. current temperatures in the 30s. allentown, 35. coatesville 32 for you. philadelphia, 37. today's high, 39 degrees. the normal high, 44. look at that record high. 73 degrees set back in 1954. at least we'll get warm weather by this upcoming weekend. neighborhoods right now, it

looks like we mainly have lots of 30s for jersey right now. medford, 36. pemberton. 35. robinsville, mid30s. florence, currently at 36. here is your wind profile. winds come out of the northwest. 22 mile per hour wind speeds for millville. tom's river 20 for you. again, these will start to dissipate later tonight and certainly by tomorrow. here's why, right now we are seeing a little bit of a push, light lake effect snow earlier, so we had reports for mount pocono. right now, everything is pretty much dry. a wider perspective, there's the high pressure system. massive dome of high pressure that will move eastward. high temperatures for the next couple of days, we are liking it, trending much warmer, seeing mainly 60s for the upcoming weekend. allentown looks like upper 50s for you. overnight lows, we'll see mainly 20s, allentown, 20. trenton 22. philadelphia 24.

we may see a couple of upper teens for the lehigh valley e. the ten day on 10 brings us a night warmup. temperatures stay warm and dry until the following weekend. back to you. thank you. today the philadelphia tribune honored a local judge, a reverend, and a cureicator as part of a black history awards luncheon. more than 400 people attended the event, including myself, jacqueline london and pamela osborn. join us this weekend for nbc 10's special celebration of black history month. we'll bring you local stories from the african-american museum in philadelphia. that is sunday morning at 11:30 only on nbc 10. you can still pass go and collect $200, but you won't be able to do it with the thimble. >> yeah, monopoly is create agnewer version of the game. erin doesn't like it the thimble was voted out in an only

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welcome back. lester holt joins us now from the nbc studios in new york. >> he has a look at what's coming up on nbc nightly news. >> ahead for us tonight, inside today's combative white house press conference, can the president turn the page from the michael flynn firing and the russian questions? we'll look at a day without immigrants. a look across the country at the impact of today's job action. are you tossing out good food because of what the label says? we'll talk about a new effort to simplify what's written on the packaging when we see you tonight. >> got to see some of that. we'll see you at 6:30. you can call them the emmy

awards for the food industry. it's a chef's dream to become a james beard winner. 20 from our area are semifinalists for the big honor. >> tim furlong spoke to some of the lucky few as they got ready to welcome customers. >> reporter: the place where the garden of wine corks out front, it also has a pretty good chef. >> this is a carrot top. >> reporter: he is a james beard award semifinalists. that's a huge deal. >> woke up yesterday morning, saw a bunch of tags on facebook. look admot my name and there i . pretty awesome. >> reporter: chef dwayne specialized in rustic fine di dinishidin dini dining. he's a perfectionist. the finalists will be announced in march. sam and now chef dwayne are

putting delaware on the callinary map. >> i think it's going to be great for the restaurant industry in wilmington. >> reporter: win or lose it's an honor to get nominated. the winners are the people who eat here. many of them knew how good their chef is. >> it's one of the best things that happens to a chef. if it doesn't you know you're doing great food and making your customers happy. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> i'm going to go there to eat. >> here aa new plan in montgome county that parents of little athletes are going to love. >> how travel time and costs both can really go up there. for your child's games could be cut helping you out. plus. a military homecoming surprise in south jersey. we'll take you there, all new at 6:00. >> new life coming to one south

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quiet, quiet, quiet. >> a white house news conference unlike anything you've seen before. >> i inherited a mess. it's a mess. >> president trump unfiltered for over an hour. defending himself against claims

of chaos in his white house. >> tomorrow the headlines are going to be, donald trump rants and raves. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. the president's marathon session at the podium today. his first solo news conference as president. >> he touched on fake news, his election win, russia and isis. lauren mayk joins us in studio. >> this was the reporters' chance to ask big questions. but it was the president's chance to defend his administration. he called russia fake news. michael flynn was just doing his job. he attacked the leaks to the press. >> the tone is such hatred. >> at the first solo news conference of his administration, president trump taking on the media. and the people leaking information to them. president trump now almost one month in.