6:00, this chester county home was meant to be a safe haven for people addicted to drugs looking to get clean. two people who worked there are a dead from overdoses. and investigators want to know what went wrong. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. tonight new calls for tougher drug laws in the wake of the drug counsellors deaths. how this happened from chester county. all new at 6:00. >> the two men were the only counsellors inside the home where six individuals lived were getting drug treatment. investigators say the drugs they took that led to the death are so dangerous. police can't even touch them without special precaution. the bags were marked with danger. popular sim bottoms. these drugs are so lee lee thal two counsellors died after injecting them in their bedroom. the men were known to patients

as drug kocounsellors. only they wouldn't talk to us posting no press passing signs and yelling us to go away. they fought the proposal by a chester county couple who wanted to create a recovery house for addicts. >> i would rather support treatment. >> reporter: caroline didn't have an issue with the recovery house until lis showed up over the weekend. the men who have not been identified were referred to as counsel, but certifications weren't known ask in charge of dispensing medication to the homes of clients. >> it should be regulated. the d.a. says the case is under investigation. he's warning people to stay away

from the drugs and it you have any information, you are to call west brandy wine police. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. breaking news from sky force 10 in delaware. a crash here in wilmington into a home. mitch blocker is live with details for us. >> this is a two car can accident. this is at 3 st and washington street. police as well as the fire department have responded to the scene. no word on the injuries or what caused this accident. we do know licenses and inspections have been called to this home to check for structural damage. that's the latest from sky force 10. maybe you were one of the tens of thousands of people in south enginejersey to get the startling message last night of

a nuclear power plant emergency. >> it was a false alarm. how did this mistake happen? denise nakano went to the source to find out. >> reporter: a false alarm at the nuclear power plant raised concern and caused widespread worry through salem and cumberland counties. >> everything was going through my mind. is this real? what do i do? >> reporter: residents living near the plant but this is the first time it appeared to be real. the emergency message that was broadcast on tv before 9:00 last night to an estimate d half a million people in salem and cumberland counties was a mistake. it was caused by a coding error that originated out of the office of emergency management in west trenton. for others, it was a wakeup call. emergency management officials say if anything good comes out of this, it's a reminder about

important of a backup plan. >> be prepared even though this was an exercise ask something that occurred it shows we theed to be prepared. >> the 911 call center took hundreds of calls from concerned residents while a reverse 911 system called 70,000 people notifying them of the mistake. >> thankful everyone is fine. >> reporter: the office of emergency management say it is identified the coding issue and corrected it. denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >> developing now, the suspected suicide bomber in b monday's attack this manchester was part of a terror network. going to show you the man responsible for killing 22 people outside a a concert. investigators say this hn's brother and tower were also arrested in connection with the attack. four hr men believed to be involved in in the plot were also arrested today. today marks the first full

day of deliberations in the trial of the man accused of killing his 3-year-old son. today jurors asked a judge to rewatch the video of the police interrogation of the suspect. jurors return tomorrow. developing tonight, the jury and half the alternates in the bill cosby sexual assault trial have been seated. 2 of the 12 member jury are african-american. the other ten are white. cosby is charged with drugging and molesting a woman at his home this 2004. the trial is set to begin june 5th. to our first alert weather now. people at the driving range in new jersey working on their golf swings in this cool but comfortable weather. it's dry right now. we won't be so lucky tomorrow

morning. rain is moving this. it is on first alert radar. >> glenn schwartz is timing it out. >> sky is cloudy. it looks kind of threatening. there's nothing on the radar close by. we have to go quite a ways back west to see the closest rain and that rain will be moving this way. it will be raining by the time we get to the morning rush. but not by 10:00 or 11:00 tonight. here it comes in the middle of the night. you can see the patchy areas of heavy rain during the heart of the morning rush. not heavy everywhere, but it's going to be pretty wet just about everywhere. there's 9:00 a.m.

we still have rain in the area. the east winds help iing to kee the temperature down today. we'll see if it stays down and if it stays wet as we head through the weekend coming up in a few minutes. storm raunger 10 will be out tracking the rain that's in the middle of your morning commute. it's the first of its kind. ed join us to track the changing forecast tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. late today the budget office released its core of the health care law republicans passed in the house. it shows about 23 million people would be left without insurance. the bill will also lower average premiums, but in part, that would be because coverage would typically be skimpier. it would cut the deficit by $119 million over the next decade. the bill now goes to the senate.

pennsylvanians will be able to keep getting on airlines use ing their state i.d.s. the house passed a a real i.d. bill that the governor plans to sign. that bill gives people the option of getting an updated driver's license that meets federal i.d. laws. the traditional pennsylvania driver's license won't be to get you on a plane as of next year. pennsylvania lawmakers also trying to get to the bottom of your tax dollars being given away at the democratic national convention today. state house members asked ed rendell to testify on the issue. he was the chairman of the dnc host committee which used leftover money on bonuses for staffers. the governor criticized the move. the state had had given $10 million pennsylvania hosted the dnc. hit-and-run crash involving a a dirt bike left a child in the hospital. you can see emergency responders lifting the victim into an balance. police say the dirt bike rider hit the victim and sped is off. right now a boil water

advisory in effect for some customers located north of wilmington. it noticed a drop in pressure. the complete list of affected neighborhoods is listed on our nbc 10 app. first day of freedom right here. a philadelphia man is finally out of prison after spending 24 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit. nbc 10 spent the day with mr. thomas. he spent time with his family and he appeared live this morning on nbc 10 news today. we asked how he made it through all the years in prison. >> family, prayer, hope, keep fighting. never give up. i knew in my heart it was coming. i just didn't know when. every day just happened so fast. >> the 43-year-old has plans to marry his fiance.

he's using a cell phone for the first time in his life. for years parents have been weighing in on how much homework their kids are getting. now the school district is doing something about it. a a coalition of students, teachers and district leaders proposed changes that it include not assigning homework during breaks. >> there's a lot of other things involved as well. especially for seniors. a lot of that stuff also factors in as well. >> the school board meeting starts in 20 minutes. we'll tell you what they decide tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. delaware is making it harder to drop out of school. today governor john carney signed a bill that forces students over the age of 16 to get consent from a guardian before they can leave school without graduating. they would also have to meet with the school about the dangers of dropping out.

up next, the nbc 10 investigator will reveal how your personal information could be at risk of hacking if you need emergency responders in one local county. new at 6:00, how police are acting on those concerns tonight. plus 360 degree water views. the new attraction for one local beach town that's getting a lot of attention ahead of the holiday weekend. chris christie: addiction is a disease.

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a major update on the cyber security firms. >> investigators told you about the whistleblower lawsuit. it claims the county's emergency dispatch system left the personal information of citizens at risk of getting hacked. today george spencer was there as police acted on those concerns. pennsylvania state police information security officers moved tr patrol car to patrol car performing a cyber security review of the laptops inside only a day and a half after we exposed a whistleblowers plan. >> do you realize that there's

no protection on these laptops. >> so this was an immediate red flag. >> hands down. >> david tells us he was fired from his job after highlighting the concern. he says the new aided dispatch system was rolled out to every fire engine, ambulance and local lis car across chester county last summer. but he insists the cyber security gaps were so glaring, they may have endangered the personal information of any citizen who called an ambulance or was stopped by police. and could have opened up state and even federal records to hackers. >> there's absolutely no idea what information has been compromised from our citizens. the agency told us this afternoon chester county's three-year record certification was set to e expire some time later this year. but after the cyber concerns

surfaced police sped up their review. >> but because there's now that active lawsuit, officials wouldn't answer our other questions about the developments that whistleblower's claims. the nbc 10 investigators are also locking into impaired drivers behind the wheel. the driver was driving home when he was hit and killed. tonight we'll take a look at how the number of drugged drivers is growing but the tools to catch them are not. you'll also hear from families like the trooper.

>> they were going 7 in a 40 miles per hour zone. she was sentenced to 8 to 17 years in prison. watch the full story at 11:00. to your weather now. it didn't feel like summer, but memorial weekend figures to be a busy one. they have summer sized crowds. the big attraction and chill beach club. the area is complete with one of the best water views in delaware. the question is how is the weather going to be this holiday weekend. >> you have the best chance of any rain. we have cloud cover in the area.

temperatures in the 60s. but no rain and philadelphia as we go through to midnight, there's no rain. it's 59 in ocean city and whole gate. 59 in cape may point. a a little bit less cool. cloudy skies through the area. it's just one of several. and the moisture just keeps pushing in our direction.

it's raining across the entire area. some of it on the heavy said side. so we have a wet morning rush. then we start tapering off. it stays in the 60s in the lehigh valley. so this is the futurecast. that's neighborhood weather. you can see some of the storms coming through in the evening. it's not completely dry across the entire area, but a drier day and saturday is pretty nice as

well. you can see a lot of sunshine. it's going to be dry. a couple more showers on monday. >> i'm john clark. coming up we'll hear tr a few eagles trying to hold on to their jobs with new competition behind them. phillies benching one of their best hitters. it's all next. ♪

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i'm john clark from csn. the eagles with another workout today at the complex. remember the birds brought in four new receivers through free agency and the draft. big competition there.

one of the reasons why they needed to do this was their first round pick hasn't lived up to expectations. but the birds have a new receivers coach in mike row and grow has lit a fire under nelson. he says he's note vated to not be a bust. he put too much pressure on himself last year. that's in the past. today i practiced today. i got after it today. anything that happened back then, it happened for a reason. now i'm here to do what i got to do and to focus on being better. carson wentz's center is holding on to his job for now. e he didn't play well last year and he's gotten bigger. he hopes to get to 300 pounds and back to being the player he used to be. >> i try not to even worry about it. that stuff that is out of my control at this point. i think all i can do is just worry about trying to get better

so when i get out there i can go out there and play well. at the end of the day, if i play well, that's going to be the best for me and for the team. >> the phillies just may win tonight. they are 8-1 when jeremy pitches and he's starting tonight. he's witched the last three ask when he doesn't pitch, they are 7-27. the phillies have only scored 3 runs the last 3 games. pete is shaking it up and benching cameron for a second straight night. he hopes this helps. >> times it's good to take some pressure off him for a few days. sometimes it's better that it lights a fire under him. >> check this out. last night in l.a., dodger jok peterson's brother has downs syndrome and got to throw out the first pitch to his brother on his bobble head night. peterson is involved with best

buddies. that was an awesome scene out there. we'll see you at 11:00. >> right over the plate. nice pitch. >> thanks, john. now for a look at what's coming up on our news at 11:00. >> hacking hollywood, the gadgets that's making it easier to steal movies and why it could get you in trouble in your own house. that's tonight at 11:00.

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a live look at the beach. not too crowded at all. people will be tloking there this weekend regardless of the weather. >> that's right. a bad day at the beach is better than a good day anywhere else. thursday not a good day anywhere. we have heavy frrain tr the morning rush and a chance of a thunderstorm later. the best days of the weekend friday and especially saturday. sunday afternoon and night are the times most likely to see rain and thunderstorms over the holiday weekend. so you may want to avoid that. and then next week we're getting up near 80 degrees a couple t e times. >> getting warm again.

>> that's our news at 6:00. thanks for watching. >> up next, "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. tonight, it's a terror network at large. the concert bomber's brothers arrested as images purported to show the suspect and the bag that may have held the bomb. our first look at the explosive. new airport screening changes affecting your electronics, your food and even papers you carry on board. what you should know before your next trip. the president and the pope, inside the meeting after their clashes during the campaign. the gifts they exchanged and what they said behind closed doors. medical marijuana and children, tonight, the first large scale study on kids with epilepsy desperate for relief. doctors say the results are life-changing. and a graduation surprise for an amazing mom who attended every class with her son to help him earn his degree.