the letter specifically targets nine sanctuary cities requiring the local government prove they're sharing information with immigration enforcement agencies or else the city could lose millions in federal grant money for local law enforcement. state representative martina white introduced a policy in that stripping funding from sanctuary cities. >> do we need this money? it's up to these mayors to reverse their sanctuary city policies and comply with the federal law and all that the letter is asking. >> reporter: in a statement the city says it does comply with federal laws and believes there's nothing in its policy to put its funding in jeopardy. still, philadelphia will remain a sanctuary city and police will not ask the immigration status of those they come in contact with. >> for a local official to you know, be able to pick and choose which federal laws they'd like to comply with and which they don't really is not a good thing. >> reporter: mayor kenney's administration again says it remains in compliance and changing the protocol will put

everyone in nor danger. >> driven underground and victims of a crime or witnesses to a crime and don't trust the police and won't come forward and give information our city will's a lot less safer than it is today. >> reporter: the city says it's not withholding information from the federal government. it may not collect the information that the government wants to know. as for the federal government, it maintains this letter is a way to crack down on illegal immigration, and crime. the city has until june 30th to respond reporting live outside of city hall, andrea white thomas, nbc 10 news. a philadelphia soccer coach arrested for getting a teenaged player pregnant is an undocumented immigrant in the country illegally. that new information tonight from federal immigration officials, and nbc 10 investigators mitch blocker looking into how philadelphia checks the backgrounds of volunteer whose work at parks and rec centers, live at south philly at the rec center where the suspect coached. what have you learned today?

>> reporter: jim, this where the suspect, francisco contreras met his victim, as young as 14 when they game a sexual relationship. in the past few hours we've confirmed with customs officials he was in the country illegally and led to questions how he passed the background check in order to work with kids. this 39-year-old soccer coach is in jail tonight held on $750,000 bail. police say he lured one of his 14-year-old players into a sexual relationship, and then fathered a child with her. police don't know if she's the only victim. >> there is potential. he did have access to other children. >> reporter: according to the kenney administration the city does background checks on volunteer coaches. a city spokesperson said as of april 11th, 485 volunteers cleared to work at city park and rec facilities. friday afternoon immigration and

customs officials said this is the second time contreras has been in the country illegally. philadelphia police wouldn't say anything about his criminal history and they haven't looked into his immigration status. >> we don't ask. >> that's the obligation to protect the kids. >> reporter: parents who work and live near the park where he coached want to know exactly how the city's background checks work. >> very important to me, and should be for every parent. >> reporter: now, the mayor's office says the city relies on outside organizations to clear their staffs before they start working at city park and rec facilities. they did not say how or if they checked to make sure that the results are accurate. for the investigators, mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. new at 6:00, pennsylvania second in command is now stripped of his own security detail amid accusations that he mistreated troopers. governor tom wolf hand delivered a letter today to his lieutenant governor mike staff to inform

him of that decision. wolf says it's necessary to protect state employees. stack is accused of mistreating state employees and state police and he apologized last week. new video at 6:00. the princeton police department looking for a man who grope add woman on the street. the man ran and grabbed the woman from behind as she was walking down spruce street. this happened around 7:00 p.m. april 12th. if you knowing in, call police. a man facing murder charges for a crash in bucks county this morning. prosecutors say lewis was under the influence when his car flipped over's trying to out run state troopers who tried to pull him over. a 22-year-old trenton woman inside his car was killed. the crash shut down the highway during the morning rush. to our first alert weather now. a dreary friday out there today. these people dodging spotty showers as they waited for the

trolley in southwest philly. showers could still pass through this evening and conditions will be cool, if you're going out to grab dinner in center city. a live look at conditions out there on broad street from our kimmel center campus camera tonight. looking ahead to a 50/50 weekend with a better forecast for tomorrow and sunday, meteorologist erika martin is breaking it down for us. >> right, jim. today's temperatures only top out at 62 degrees in philadelphia. unseasonably chilly for today. for the most part, entire area, 70. trenton and it city currently 59 degrees. why we saw these cooler temperatures. we have that easterly influence of onshore influence keeping the keps capped. we did not get much warmer today. satelli satellite, picking um on showers moving across the region. spotty at best. notice here they'll start to clear by later tonight by approximately 1:00 a.m. everything is going to clear, but we do have more showers in

store for your saturday. so here is a look at what you can expect as far as the expected high temperatures. your neighborhood highs tomorrow across the entire delaware valley seeing lots of 60s. temperatures below average for lee high valley seeing showers. mostly cloudy skies for many places and seeing low 60s. overnight lows warmer, in fact. seeing lots of upper 40s, low 50s for you. in and around physical, 50s and 60s. 62 for you in this area. a trend for your saturday. at least we get a sneak peek at the sunshine on sunday. jim, back to you, erika, all right. new at 6:00, will bill cosby's civil settlement be admitted at his lawsuit? if cosby's lawyer want to exclude the settlement, no mention of the lawsuit during the trial. the d.a. file add motion to exclude any mention of the settlement between cosby and constand, charged with drugs and

molesting the former temple university employee in 2004. he's pleaded not guilty. now a follow-up to a story first on 10. a delaware county school district responding to this exclusive video of a kindergartner dropped off at the wrong bus stop in trainor. left wandering in that good samaritan came to help her across the street. the chichester school district said mistakes like this are very rare and there was a breakdown in communication. kirnld gartner's are nos supposed to be dropped off without an older student or a parent present. and video causing the uproar when a doctor was dragged off an overbooked flight. today the new jersey assembly announced 2 will hold a hearing on passengers' rights. one lawmaker thinks the united incident is part of a bigger systematic problem. the jury in the eric frein

trial is another day closer to deciding whether frein should be sentenced to death or life in prison. corporal bryan dixon's mother took the stand. prosecution is hoping to put frein on death row. his defense team argues life in prison can be harsh enough. corporal dixon's mother told the jury she forgives eric frein for killing her son. i do not hate eric frein, but that does not mean we don't hold him accountable. and the terrorist may not have acted alone. the search continues for possible accomplices. the suspected shooter spent time in prison after trying to kill another police officer years ago but has no history with radicalization and no real connection with isis despite isis claiming responsibility. american tourists who witnessed the shooting described the look in the gunman's eyes. >> kind of a steel look. we fully expected that there would be hundreds of dead bodies out here.

>> you can hear more of their personal account, plus how this latest attack in paris could have an impact on the u.s., tonight on "nbc nightly news" coming up of a this newscast. back here in philadelphia. a stranger in the kitchen. police say a grandmother and grandson walked in on this burg lahr yesterd lar. he drove away in a light blue chevy impala. pennsylvania wants to track its medical marijuana sales from seed to sale. the state is giving a $10 million contract to a denver company. that company will create a registry for patients and distributors and keep tabs on sales. medical marijuana became legal in pennsylvania a year ago. dispensaries and growing operations will be running by next year. want a chance for a clean slate with a tax collector? today the pennsylvania department of revenue announced the tax amnesty program for a

limited time. eligible people and businesses can pay past due state taxes without a penalty and with interest cut in half. you can find more information on the nbc 10 app. taking a live look at the parkway now. after the nfl draft next week, the city will be getting ready for another party on the parkway, wawa welcome america. the festival is about two months away. exciting news who will rock the stage this year. ♪ let's get it going >> the queen of hip-hop soul, mary j. blige headlining the july 4th concert on the ben franklin parkway. for the rest of the lineup check out the nbc 10 app. up next, all new at 6:00, simulating a terror attack. why these dogs were part of a drill in new jersey tonight. plus, contamination concerns. the water worries that have a bucks county ice rink being ordered to shut down.

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news. if a terror attack hit new jersey would emergency crews be ready? today in burlton county the national guard, fema crews and canines put themselves to the test in "operation fallout." >> search and rescue drill all played out on joint base maguire dix likers. >> if a boem exploded in the lincoln tunnel. in the front, that's -- that's the tunnel. trained next to it to simulate the same thing. in and out. and other ones you might have seen. the car underneath the train. champion is a scenario of that car, that's where it ended up. >> reporter: the director says even canines helped in the operation. >> the dogs are probably the best first line of defense in finding victims. they can cover an area in five minutes that would take guys in a search maybe half hour to an hour. >> reporter: the drill didn't come without a few obstacles.

>> the challenge today is, radiation sources, detection for the hazmat units. decon for the hazmat united nations, dogs doing the severance of people trapped possibly avoiding the explosions. >> reporter: in the end the drill is designed to prepare emergency crews to keep you safe. >> it's been official, help sharpen the skills of all of the rescue units and the different components and also brings everybody together. >> ready for anything in new jersey. a bucks county ice lank been shut down over contamination concerns. tonight the owners are fighting to keep the doors open. warwick township officials post add cease and desist notice on revolution ice earlier in the week. the water and sewer authority says they were supposed to use township water for hand washing, food prep and drinking and discovered the rink connected to a well it fears is contaminated. today both sides met to try to work out the dispute. >> the ice rink will continue to appropriate.

we're hopeful by monday the ice rink will be back on public water, and the issue will be resolved. >> the rink's lawyer saying the township has not proorchen t ep water is unsafe. haircuts for a good cause. more than 130 people donated hair in bucks county part of kathy's cuts. the program started by kathy romano. the hair goes to wigs for kids. an organization that makes real hair wigs for children. a back to our first alert weather. lingering showers to pop up again after drizzles today. needed umbrellas in university city and not an ideal weekend to hit the beach as we look like at cape may, you may be dodging showers for part of the weekend anyway. bringing in first alert meteorologist erika martin to time it out for us. >> right, jim. do not get rid of the umbrellas yet. need them through tomorrow tleefrt and the sunshine sneaks

through by sunday. a live look outside still seeing stubborn clouds not moving far. all due to the easterly winds. talking about that all day long. current temperature is 62 degrees and the winds are easterly at 9 miles per hour. satellite and radar image picking up on one or two showers. just approaching chester county, birch county as well. delaware, seeing showers moving into your area. perhaps one or two isolated thunderstorms and we do have a cold front sweeping through. temperatures for today, unseasonably chilly. 62 was our high today. this in philadelphia. getting chillier by sunday due to a cold front moving through. colder air heading in our direction. unfortunately, a chilly weekend and soggy for saturday. neighborhoods for tomorrow seeing plenty of 60s and sunshine. overcast skies for the most part. keep the jackets handy and umbrellas handy, you'll need that. avalon, expected temperature for tomorrow 61 degrees. rehoboth beach low 60s for you. in and around philadelphia

seeing 60s right now. pretty much the trend at least through sunday, monday and tuesday. but a warm-up by wednesday. and current temperature, 61, andorra. society hill seeing low 60s. chestnut hill 62 degrees and fox chase, current temperature, 61 degrees. it will improve, i promise, by next week. neighborhoods right now for delaware seeing mid to upper 60s. newark currently 66 degrees, but look at the winds now coming out of the east. glasgow currently 65. harmony hill, 67, and bridgeville at 70. lewis, cooler now at 57 degrees. rehoboth beach 63 and long neck 56 degrees. doppler radar, tracking a couple showers possibly one or two isolated thunderstorms moving through and, in fact, an interesting image. look just to the southwest. a hail track moving through. it will not make it into delaware, but still interesting enough. we do have lightning strikes

that may make it. possibly one or two isolated thunderstorms into chester county. doppler radar tracking potential for scattered showers possibly one or two isolated thunderstorms at approximately 6:52 p.m. newark, 7:03. 7:28 p.m. for dover. keep that in mind and keep those umbrellas handy. the ten day on 10 brings chilly temperatures the next couple of days. overnight lows warmer than average. that's because we will have plenty of clouds keeping up warm as night and finally climb into the 70s by wednesday. 73 is the expected high temperature. 80s by thursday, friday and saturday. possibly sunday. but this is a very nice summerlike trend here. 79 for now but may bump us up to 80 by tomorrow and then next monday, 75 degrees. here's sports. >> thanks, erica. i'm john clark moop is the phillies closer?

hearing from howie roseman on the possibility 6 regales trading out of their draft pick. that's next.

>> announcer: this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x1 from xfinity changes the way you experience tv. john clark from csn. the nfl draft six days away. eagles usually have 150 play others. i'm told 180 this year. a deep draft. eagles vp howie roseman traded up or back in some drafts. we'll see if he and joe douglas do it again, but it is usually not something that pops up right away on draft night. >> you never are going to draft

and all of a sudden someone stands up and says, we're moving up. we're going. it just doesn't work that way. you have those discussions and the draft room is a lot calmer than draft day. >> we've all heard about reddick, could be a first-round pick. how about temple teammate, dawkins, offensive lineman? joined phillies sports talk. what are you hearing? what round would you go in? >> i have the opportunity from anywhere from the middle of the first to early second. so -- who knows. nobody, like, really knows. it's just a lot of talking. >> yeah. >> no idea. g. for temple. philly's back home against the braves. ryan howard could go to the braves aaa team in georgia. saying hector will be the closer tonight. last night a break out from the worst slump of his year. 0-22. rbi double and home run. hitting the ball hard.

hopefully this gets him going. >> i'm not get every single -- i just take it for granted and go out there and -- i just want to get better. i just want to sock the ball really good. >> the flyers watching, playing in their playoff starting tonight, the phantoms. why is this important? the gm says time to see the kids with the flyers. two defensemen you'll see, sam moran and robert hag, getting good experience starting tonight. >> need to be good down here to even have a chance up in the nhl, and like -- you need to relax and realize, play down here, take our time to develop and when we're ready, we will get a shot. >> they're the future. i'm john clark. we're right back.

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battleship "new jersey." nbc universal employees and comcast to spruce of you the ship. in honor of comcast cares today, which is tomorrow. comcast, parent company of nbc 10. a lot of us will be out there tomorrow and erika want to know will we be dodging showers in the morning. >> yes, a few. the thing is bundle up, layer up. a chilly day tomorrow. temperatures are going to only top out in the low to mid-60s. another chilly day pretty much the same stow through tuesday. keep the um belbrellas handy. after wednesday, amazingly summerlike stretch with 80s, thursday, friday, saturday, possibly sunday, for now, leaving us at 79. >> pretty nice for the draft stretch there along the parkway. >> a nice day. a mix of sun and clouds. >> thursday, friday. sounds good. that's nbc 10 news at 6:00. i'm jim rosenfield. up next, "nbc nightly news" with

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