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replacing chris christie. voters take the first steps in deciding who will be new jersey's next governor. we begin this morning with breaking news into nbc 10 out of bucks county. seven schools in the central bucks school district are currently on lockdown. they are central bucks high school south, butler, mill creek, titus and barkly middle schools. the lockdown is a precaution.
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parents will not be allowed in and should not go to the schools. we are still getting information. the schools are on lockdown. if your children are there you won't be allowed in the schools. we'll keep you updated as soon as we get new information. and right now at 11:00 day two of the bill cosby sex assault trial. a judge is expect today decide if the mother can testify as prosecutors work to build biuil their case. good morning. i'll katie zachary. >> and i'm tracy davidson. pamela osborne joins us live. lay out what's expected to happen today. >> reporter: this all came about yesterday when that accuser, a witness for the prosecution testified that although she
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waited nearly two decades to go public with her encounter she told her mother about the assault after it happened. this is why there is that question of whether that mother should be allowed to testify in court. it's a decision we are expecting the judge to rule on some time this morning. >> that was bill cosby on his way in. mr. cosby's lawyers argue he is innocent. they went after the credibility of that witness who they say was not fired from her job as cosby's agency as she testified but lost her job after filing workman's comp claims. they pushed her on why she waited and never reported this incident to her boss at cosby's company. that is what she broke down in front of that jury. she said she was embarrassed. at the time she thought she was the only one going up against
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the biggest celebrity in the world at that time. i will join use for another update as to what's been going on this morning within the past few minutes. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. following this trial every step of the way. you can have alerts sent directly to your phone with updates by downloading the nbc 10 app. look for coverage on air and online. if you were out this morning you know firsthand some heavy rain came down as you were making your way for the morning rush. this is how it looked around 6:00 a.m. the worst of it came through during that morning rush and really slowed things down for drivers. we are seeing showers in part its of our area this morning. expect to see more rain this afternoon. glenn "hurricane" schwartz has the timing of all of that rain. >> yeah. we are going to be getting more scattered showers this afternoon.
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nothing like a repeat of what we saw this morning. the clouds are in. it gives you an idea that clouds are low and they are going to hang in there. we have a few showers ton the radar in pennsylvania. whatever hit us is now well offshore. these showers are much lighter than what we saw. they are much more scattered. not going to last that long. but as we go through the afternoon you can see them coming down in the northwesterly wind flow. locally a little bit heavier in a couple of spots and during the afternoon rush. it's not going to be a widespread thing. there are going to be more showers. it is a very unstable atmosphere and in addition to all of the clouds we still have all of the showers. currently 64 degrees now. 59 in mount holly. 58 in trenton. it's cold for this time of the
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day. it is 59 allentown plus the cloud cover is going to help keep the temperature down. so we are not getting out in the 60s today. some showers for the afternoon rush and some zatscattered show this evening as well. temperatures not dropping a lot overnight. you can see it's kind of a miserable looking day and night. we also have some 90 degree temperatures in the forecast too. i'll tell you about that coming up. > breaking news from paris. police shot and killed a man. you can see police presence. the man was reportedly trying to attack a police officer and was killed by police. as we get more information we'll bring it to you on air and on our nbc 10 app. new this morning waterworks officials are telling people around trenton to boil their tap
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water. they are not saying dwret why but they are telling us repairs are being made. it covers several neighborhoods in trenton and covers a small portion along route 29. some good news, the water is back on after this giant water main break. yesterday they sent thousands of gallons of water into basements and yards. only neighbors getting advisories need to boil their tap water. now decision 2017, voters are at the polls for the primary. phil murphy is the front runner for six democratic candidates. there are five competitive and winners will go head to head in november to replace chr
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chris christie. we'll have updates when they come in on air and on our nbc 10 app. >> three different shootings where part of a violent night across philadelphia. one shooting turned deadly. police found a man lying with gunshot wounds to his head just before midnight. he died at the hospital. so far no arrests in that case. a man was shot around midnight. he is in critical condition this morning. police responding to reports of gunfire and found the man walking along adams avenue. medics took him to the hospital with a wound to the stomach. they are hoping cameras can help them. it happened inside a house. police say a domestic dispute lead to the gunfire. new this morning state police invegs gaiting a fire where a mother and two children were found shot to death. the fire was reported around
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3:00 a.m. firefighters got inside and they found three people and a dog dead in the back bedroom. all had gunshot wounds. the children were both under the age of ten. the woman's husband was at work at the time. jurors back at work deliberating the case of a man accused of akaultinging six sisters who were gifted to him by the girl's parents. he fathered two children with one of the girls. we have details ant daniel -- we praugt you that on monday morning. police arrested his father. he faces charges of helping his son get away. they say he drove him to philadelphia yesterday afternoon. jr. is still on the run. gone too soon. family, friends and classmates
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remembering a beloved delaware county student killed in a sunday night car crash. >> we ask you to lay your hands on the family. >> they lit candles, cried together and released balloons. he was killed in a roll overcrash. two other teens were also hurt. his death has everyone reeling. >> great kid. >> high school football teammates call him a mentor and inspiration to younger players. the roads were pretty wet for most of the morning. let's see how they look right now. lots of backups earlier. let's see how things are now. >> we are better now than we were earlier in the morning. everything was jammed up. right now a little bit of a quiet scene.
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this is right around west chester. drive times aren't too bad. if you're moving down 95 and through delaware 295 to 495. watch far crash on kirkwood highway. that direction is closed there. al a water main break. we have been watching this all morning. we'll end here on admiral wilson boulevard. everything is good heading over the bridge. back to you guys. >> all right. thanks. only nbc 10 as officers tranquilized and remove third-degree bear who spent the last two days. he is tranquilized. they used a police helicopter to scare him to the ground. he will be released into game
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land in harrisburg. a contractor facing accusations of releasing a document. and do you know your status? we'll take a look at local efforts to separate fact from fiction when it comes to hiv and aids. and i'm tracking more showers for later today. i'll let you know how long this will last and when we'll see a big warm up. that's next.
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we are learning police shot and wounded a man in paris. the man was reportedly trying to attack a police officer with a hammer and was wounded. he is still alive. as we get more information we'll take a live look at this picture here. we'll pass it along to and we are following ki seven schools are they central bucks high school south, tamannend and unam middle schools and butler mill creek titusbarcy elementary schools. parents should not go to the schools because they will not be
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allowed in. it is 11:15 legislators will go over their agendadenttrump. they are expected to discuss items such as tax reform. lawmakers hoping to move those items along before leaving for the july 4th recess. we zre ihave details with rn interference. >> yesterday federal authorities arrested and charged a government contractor with leaking a top secret document on russia's meddling in the 2016 election. her name is reality winter. the document office suggests government officials were involved in the cyber attack. it came hours after an online
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news outlet covered that. not exactly a beautiful day out there. temperatures way below the average of 80 degrees for the high. 64 with cloudy skies in philadelphia. 50s in many of the suburbs. but much warmer in parts of delaware. you can see these temperatures fall below normal. northeast wind. it's only 62 at cape may point and we will be seeing winds coming in off of the ocean for at least another couple of days. we are about 10 degrees below normal for today and tomorrow, possibly wednesday too. showers this afternoon and evening. kind of scattered around. if you want a sunny day, you may have to wait a while for that to happen. it's because of the wind. the wind is coming in off of the ocean. it doesn't change.
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there is tomorrow. northeast wind. tomorrow night still a wind off the ocean. thursday still a wind off the ocean. things start changing thursday night and there we go. friday the west wind. that's a long way from now. we have a lot of clouds until then. so this is the line of showers and thunderstorms we saw. 5:00 a.m. the start of the morning rush. they race through the area. now we are left with just scattered showers moving into upper bucks county and into potstown right now. you can see the spin right up there. the other system we are watching the down near the gulf coast. a huge spin with that. it will be a nor'easter developing later in the week. it may become close enough to
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effect the shore right now. now, you can see these showers, small, fast moving, mostly ton light to moderate side. occasional heavier shower even into the evening hours. the temperatures, well, they are not really moving very much. there is tomorrow morning. it's cloudy everywhere across the area. as you can see, temperatures in the 50s. 60s tomorrow afternoon with few showers around but lots and lots of clouds. so for the next three days those temperatures are way below average. more rain tomorrow and we are not going to see much improvement until the end of the week and then by sunday we are up near 90 degrees. june is aids education month. series of conferences and workshops to help educate people about hiv and aids in the greater philadelphia area.
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joining us are julia from philadelphia fight. welcome to you both. let's start with you. people are living longer with hiv but they is still no cure. tell us more about that. there are misconceptions about that. >> people are living longer because medications are incredible. there is no cure but we are very close to a cure. we believe perhaps within the next ten years or maybe sooner we will find a cure. >> do you still hear people with misconceptions about the disease? >> there is still lots of stigma. my position is working with the faith community. i do a lot of outreach. information, clearing up misinformation. people still think they can contract the virus by touching the sweat of somebody with hiv. those sorts of things still exist. i try to dispel all of that.
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>> and again, this is why education is so important to sort of remove some of that. >> yeah. we spend an enormous amount of time going into the community giving hiv 101 men prenations to staff, whunty members, to talk about how they can prevent love, how they can live out their dreams with hiv. there is a lot of really exciting information about hiv out in the world right now. we have a pill once a day you can prevent high risk. there are new treatments every day coming out and like she said, there is a lot of things happening right here around the cure for those living with hiv. it's a very exciting time. >> when you're organizing for all of these events and the people you're sending out, what's the one thing you stand
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up and say this is the one message we want to hear about hiv and aids? >> i would say that one message is to get tested especially now. get tested, know your status and get into treatment because you can live out all of your dreams. hiv is not what it used to be. we have all of the information about all of the events happening on our web site. it's nbc10.com or check out our nbc 10 app. ladies, thank you. are you guilty? more people admitting to shopping under the influence. find out how much all of that online spending is costing you.
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donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown that put millions out of work and out of their homes. murphy's trying to buy the election, paying off new jersey bosses. my name's john wisniewski, and i'm running for governor of new jersey. john wisniewski, the son of a millwright, who uncovered the bridgegate scandal and exposed chris christie's corruption. the choice -- insider wall street politics or main street, new jersey, values.
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we have the ceo and she is here with marline olson. thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> so off camera we were talking about the origin of a doom day. your mother began it 42 years ago. >> i was a year old and strapped to my mother's back. >> tell us about how it's grown and expanned and what it does to the community. >> it was to cover over 14 city blocks, over 100 arts and crafts whand it is on the second sunday in june. >> i went there and i had the best time. >> yeah. >> wow. >> that's so good to hear. >> these pictures are very familiar to me! and tell us about how the community has gotten involved this year. >> you get drawn in and we are
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very excited to be part of it with our mobile teaching kitchen. this is where we bring culinary classrooms curb side and we'll have it there. we'll be handing out samples of delicious fresh foods. we'll teach people how to cook it and make it affordable and it will be a great part of this festival. >> and kids will walk away with what? >> with the ability to learn to prepare summer vegetable salad. it is very delicious and tasty and encouraging them to make better choices in the food that they eat. >> and what are your hopes? >> we are exposing the two of them, exposing them to different and new ideas. i'm excite today have this partnership. children who don't learn about healthy food and healthy eating, they don't know. i'm hoping -- i know they will teach them that. >> you can't go wrong, right? >> it's a wonderful partnership.
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i'm excited about it. >> two great names coming together. >> and we are honored to be there. >> thank you so much. let's tell our viewers more about it. for a list of all of the activities happening head to our web site and check out the nbc 10 app. >> all right. thanks. following develop ms in bill cosby's sex assault trial. this morning as cosby arrived in court for the second day of his trial. >> people are being urged to boil their water this morning, the issue that prompted the advisory is just ahead. people are stuck
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the man yuz shot. he was wounded. the officer is being treated. the situation has now been contained according to police. we'll bring it to you on air and on our nbc 10 app. we are also following this breaking news story out of central bucks area. seven schools are you aren't lockdown. central bucks high school south, tamanend, unami middle cools, butler mill creek titus and barclay elementary schools. they tweeted there is police activity near bradford dam. police received a call before 9:00 this morning reporting that
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escaped prisoner daniel sell by was at his home looking far ride home. the school district is saying parents should not duoto those area schools. those seven schools are under lockdown. they will not be allowed in. we'll continue to stay on breaking news and bring you updates as they are available. now to new developments in montgomery county. day two of bill cosby's sex assault trial is underway. pam, what can you tell us about day two? >> reporter: yeah. we have been talking all morning about whether or not the mother of one of the witnesses will be allowed to testify. we know she has testified. here is what she told the jury. she said that she and her father -- she told them bill cosby invited her to a lunch to talk about her career. when he got there she said she was direct today a bungalow. she got there and cosby answered
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the door in a bathrobe and slippers. he said lunch was coming to them and that is when cosby allegedly offered her pills. she told her mother she refused it but he insisted. she also told her parents when she woke up her clothes were disshovelled. she worked for cosby's talent agency. she claims she was fired after the encounter. defense says she was let go because of workman comp complaints. here is another thing. the witness reportedly gave a deposition during that workman's comp dispute. it cannot be found right now. a lot happening inside of that courtroom. we have reporters in there right now. we'll have many more updates throughout the day, online and on air as well. reporting live for now, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news.
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>> thank you. nbc 10 is following this trial every step of the way. you can have alerts sent by downloading the nbc 10 app. look for full coverage on air and online. a cloudy scene this morning after heavy rain moved through our areas this morning. we can expect more showers as the day goes on. let let's find out the timing with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> yeah. there will be more showers around but nothing nearly as well organized or as heavy as we saw far portion of the morning rush. what we are going to see, clouds. we are not going to see the sun. this is a shot at cape may and despite the fact that it's not raining down there, it's plenty cloudy. that was the area that came through this morning. we have more spinning around and
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upper air lows coming down. so there will be more. we have one shower near pots town and chester county right now. there will be others developing, moving pretty quickly. heavier rain would only last for a few minutes. as you can see, they are kind of small compared to the size that we get very often. into the evening and overnight hours we'll see more showers around. we are not expecting any big thunderstorms but it's just going to be a nasty day with temperatures way below average. it's 64 degrees in philadelphia now. only 60 in northeast philly. it is 58 in trenton. it's june, but that's what happens when you get the clouds and east wind. the temperature really not going any where through this afternoon. more showers through the afternoon and even into the evening. we'll see when we finally see sunshine with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes.
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>> we'll see you then. people in businesses in trenton are being told to boil their water this morning. they are being warned about a problem with it. sidney is live with more on what water officials have just said, sidney. >> reporter: we just learned within the last hour or so that the potential or actual threat to the drinking supply has been caused bay technical glitch. that is trenton water works. it caused a dip in the chlorine and that is what purifies the water that we use in our homes and businesses every day. in fact a little less than half of all trenton residents, roughly 35,000 are being asked to bill their water. the area is from delaware river to the duck island area. residents are being asked not to drink the water, wash dishes or
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brush their teeth until this advisory has been lifted. some residents say they didn't know until they woke up to hear their reverse 911 phone call. it was a little too late. >> the city advised not to wash your hands or face, brush your face or ingest while showering. do not wash dishes without dluting. >> nobody let me know. they should know. sorry, do you know this? no. oh, my goodness. >> reporter: the city advising restaurants to throw away any food recently made or ice cubes as well as not to allow your pets to drink the water. i have asked what caused this water treatment technical glitch and how soon it will be fixed.
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we are told at the very earliest by this evening. i have not yet heard back from the city but we'll work to get you those answers. nbc 10 news. >> thank you. we are learning details about that disgruntled former employee accused of killing five people at answer office in florida. john robert newman was armed with a gun and a knife when he went into the orlando business yesterday and started singling out employees. he killed four men and a woman before turning the gun on himself. he was fired in april and had once been accused of salting a coworker. that's saying you should never go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. >> it's probably not a good idea to shop if you have had a few drinks. one in three americans have made a spontaneous purchase while drinking. they can really cost you. they estimated an average bill
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of $206 each time someone shops while under the influence of alcohol. up next, right in our backyard, a local dad who lost his son to addiction is working to help other families realize that what happened to him could happen to anyone. his important message is just ahead. the cool wet weather will linger throughout the day. we have sunshine and hot weather in our future. not too far out. we'll let you know what you can expect just ahead.
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. police in paris confirm they shot an officer. the officer who was attacked is also being treated. he was hurt. french counter terrorism police handling the investigation. hundreds were evacuated from the area while the situation was contained. as we get more information we'll bring it to you on air and on our nbc 10 app. we are following local news where seven schools are lockdown. they are central bucks high school south, tamanend and unami, butler, mill creek, titus and barclay elementary schools. they have tweeted there is
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police activity near bradford dam. police received a call just before 9:00 this morning from a person that reported escaped prisoner was at his house looking for a ride home. the resident lived on county line road. he reportedly ran into the woods toward it is bradford dam reservoir. police are currently in the area of the bradford dam and they are searching for him. as we get more information we'll bring it to you on our nbc 10 app. switching gears now, some of the best musicians will come together with some of philadelphia's most talented musicians. they will present the school district of philadelphia's all city jazz festival. here to tell us more is jason, senior management and mark
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allen, a musician with the pop. thanks to both of you for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> let's start with you. tell us what this event is all about. >> this event is all about connecting our students and school district to the great jazz music in philadelphia and giving them an opportunity to shine and perform for families, peers, community and everybody. >> it is probably really nice because with the cuts to the school district fine arts has been on the chopping block. >> it has been for a number of years. we found coming in and supplementing the programs that are in place give us the opportunity to push these kids into new areas where they can perform and learn about this music that they really truly love. >> tell us what it's like performing. >> it's great. it's an opportunity i didn't have as a student. to be able to not only learn from a professional musician but to try to match that of playing the instrument and bringing a
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saxophone into a school you can see all of these kids faces light up. i think it's really special to be able to form those bonds. >> it is a beautiful instrument. >> yeah. >> the they want to go up and touch it? >> yeah. some times they do. you mention the funding cuts. some times they don't have nice equipment like this. there have been times where i let some of them put their mouthpiece on and see what it's like to play a real instrument. it's things like that inspire kids to take their own studies to the next level. >> absolutely. i have students i have made one on one relationships with through this program over the last few years. to watch them grow has been really awesome. >> and other ways i'm sure. >> of course. you know, just given kids something to do after school that's productive. i think it's a really special program. >> all right. what a great program.
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jason, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> the all city jazz festival is a music event happening am the kimmel center for the performing arts. performances from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. thank you again. >> thanks. clouds all over the place. an east wind is keeping the temperatures down. it is colder in many other parts of the area. look at these places in the 50s. in delaware it's a different story. we have got not only some places in the upper 60s, we even have some 70s. harmony hills 74. middletown 72. dover 72. bridgeville 75. of course at the beaches it's
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chilly. winds coming in off the ocean cools the delaware beaches too. the afternoon highs 74 yesterday, 68 today, 67 tomorrow. the average high is 80. we won't get up there until friday. by the weekend way above average even near 90 by sunday. this is what the radar looked like at 5:30 nin the morning. heavy showers and storms during a portion of the morning rush. now we are left with more showers coming in from time to time. this is coming into burkes county right now. we had some showers near allentown and we'll have more coming in during the afternoon. everything is spinning around this big upper air low. those things do not move very fast. it is going to keep our pattern stuck for at least a couple of days. we are going to watch this. this is a big swirl too.
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as we go through the afternoon there are showers scattered around racing through the area. it doesn't rain that long especially any downpours will not last very long. as you can see it's going to be cloudy. this afternoon scatter showers starting to develop. you can see on the forecast here 5:30. most places with a threat and even a couple of threats of thunderstorms although that's the exception. atlantic city is cool. we continue to see showers from allentown down to philadelphia
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this evening. just cloudy tomorrow morning. maybe a little bit of fog. you can see all of these clouds here. it is just not going to be a pretty day. as we go through the next four days, tomorrow about as cloudy and cool as today. then the temperatures go up. by friday we are 80. it is 76 in dover. if we get a little bit of sunshine talking about 75 in allentown. >> thank you. now to drug addiction. families throughout our area and from all walks of life are struggling to deal with a loved one suffering from addiction and some cases they are coping with the loss of a loved one from a drug overdose. our next guest knows about this sad reality firsthand. he lost his life to a heroin overdose in december of 2012.
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he is working to help families prevent the loss he has experienced. greg is with us here this morning along with the executive director of southern new jersey. thanks to both of you for being here. >> thank you. >> greg, first tell us a little bit more about your son. >> justin was loving, caring, compassi compassionate. he was the spirit of our lives. he was an excellent student, 3.0 in college and did phenomenal in high school. he developed the disease of addiction which was unbeknown to many people. it is for those not to move forward to opiates and heroin and then partner for the right in our backyard program. >> and tell me about right in
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your backyard. >> so right in our backyard is a program that was developed about four years ago. i had the opportunity to start to really understand the epidemic of heroin abuse throughout the state and beyond and formed a relationship with the drug addiction task force and then was into deuced. together we decided we really needed to make a difference in the community and we needed to be able to help families and young people to understand the payrolls of addiction, what are the causes and how in particular opiate and prescription pills are often a linkage to drug abuse. so greg and i developed right in our backyard. it is a program that is a presentation that we bring out to many community groups,
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at his house looking far ridehe wooded bradford dam area searching for lots to talk about today. it cloudy and uncondisn ununseasonably chilly for everybody. >> leave us with good news. >> all right. look at that. >> if yout will warm you. we have a couple of lou andt ge friday. we have sunshine, 80. looking od 90 degrees, possibly even into early next . >> yeah. what a roller coaster in temperatures too. >> is it really what we have been dealing with. >> we'll focus on the weekend. thanks for watching nbc 10 news
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