longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. right now at 11:00, hate in the halls. the fight that sparked new concerns of racism gnat a local school. >> turning tragedy flue flames. did they know? parents claim they have new evidence their school's mold problem was covered up. >> announcer: nbc 10 breaking news. we begin with this breaking news, a major crash in bucks county tonight shouts down the northeast extension in both directions. we're told two tractor trailers and four cars were involved here. one of the vehicles crashed through the mead wherein. >> right now traffic is shutdown on both sides between the lands dale and quaker town exists.

three people were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. jouk you can there from sky force 10 just how lengthy that back up is. also tonight a racial slur sparks violence at a school. >> students tell us this followed a week of hateful messages. nbc 10's drew smith is live at washington high school township tonight. >> reporter: it was a conversation inside the auditorium here that just wrapped up. as you can see on the outside of the school, they've got these banners advertising how great of a district they are in terms of academics. this is the moment anger over racist text messages boiled over in the halls of washington high school. several students punished because of what you're seeing in this video posted to twitter.

administrators say some kids were taking matters into their own hands after identifying one of their classmates texting racial slurs. they went a different route today, taking part in a peaceful sit in protest with nearly 100 others not attending any classes. >> i was very offended, and i felt sick to my stomach that my township is resulting in this kind of behavior so strongly and so openly. >> reporter: the school called this a wake up call. important enough to organize a last minute meeting with the entire community tonight. >> it starts from home. children are not born to be racist. >> i think they're ignorant and they don't understand. >> reporter: rumors of other threats of violence were unfounded today, but parents are still uneasy with emotions

running high. >> this is her senior year, and i don't feel safe. i don't feel comfortable. i can't be at work nervous and wondering if my child's going to be okay tomorrow. >> reporter: no one was seriously hurt in that fight. police were involved and decided not to charge anybody. suspensions were handed down not only for the students in the fight but those who wrote those harmful messages. >> and this is just one of recent incidences we've seen. >> these children were seen with these carvings. >> and earlier this month two students at quaker middle school three threw rocks and yelled racial slurs at a bus. the school district says those students have been suspended. a man accused of a

multi-state shooting spree tonight is being held on a $2.1 million bail. he's facing attempted murder and weapons charges in willmington where police say she shot a man we knew at an auto dealership yesterday. he's also accused of shooting five people where he worked in maryland, killing three of them. she spotted sprins ditching his suv near glas glow high school in newark yesterday. she called police who quietly surrounded the area. news of prince's arrest was a big relief for the family of jason -- a victim in the shooting. his brother is getting better. >> he's doing well. he's kicking, he's breathing. he's talking back. he's able to respond. it hurts. to see him alive feels good. but to see him in a bed like that, it hurts to see him like that. >> prince is no stranger to

police in delaware. listen to these numbers. his record shows 62 felony arrests and 135 misdemeanor arrests. he's also been convicted 18 times. nbc 10 has obtained a court document detailing one of prince's arrests. this was in 2015 saying they found a gun in prince's car. according to the document prince was loud and aggressive and would not stop screaming. prince was a convicted felon and prohibited of having a gun at the time. despite that, lawyers never prosecuted him. new at 11:00, claims of a cover up. tonight parents say they have proof leaders knew about those problems long before they took action to fix them. erin, a lot was said tonight. and parents actually confronted scal leaders with new evidence. >> reporter: yeah, a lot of parents showed up tonight. some had some evidence. i can tell you at least one concerned resident had a whole

bunch of photos of mold and handed them out. tonight one board member called for an independent investigation claiming someone dropped the ball. is this like a rash you say you have all over your body? you have a little bit on your hand. >> yes, every since i started going back to school. >> reporter: showing a rash all over her body claiming its the effect of mold in her schools. standing right next to this marquee. she's now joining many parents who now believe there's a possible cover up going on. >> just covering it up with bleach and paint over it and trying to deny it. >> all the township schools were shutdown for a week after testing some areas. some parents now claiming school administrators knew about this long before last week. do you believe there's some sort of cover up going on here the. >> oh, my gosh, yes.

it's obvious. >> reporter: he claims they show mold in schools as far as as the summer of 2016 and leaders knew about it. >> those that were responsible for this knew and should be held accountable and gone. >> reporter: board member jeff simpler now calling for an independent investigation in this father's demanding leader's resign. you heard him right there. that concerned father demanding that the super intendant step down. of course at two different times today the super intendant said he would not do so, also dismissing any calls of a cover up. erin baskerival, nbc 10 news. >> and leaders in philadelphia also want more information about potential mold problems in their schools. john b. kelly elementary was forced to close for several days because of the dangerous

substance. now city council derek green and local advocates have filed a right to know request with the district. it demands more information about environmental health risks at all city schools. a deer carcass hanging inside an high school football stadium. maintenance crews found it this morning at central bucks high school west. it comes just two days ahead of the rival showdown. the mascot at bucks west is a buck. security is intended to be stepped up for the next two nights. most of the u.s. territory is still without power. a month after hurricane maria leveled the island, a staggering 80% of the customers are still without power, 30% have no water. and 5,000 residents are still living in shelters. the governor of puerto rico was in washington today lobbying for more federal aide.

help continued to pour in from our area. all of the proceeds from the beef and beer will go to victims of hurricane maria. president obama's back on the campaign trail. he was in neurrecollect, new jersey today for phil murphy. the president reminded voters how important this election is. >> and you can't this election or any election for granted. i don't know if y'all notice th that. but you can't take any election for granted. >> murphy faces republican lieutenant governor tim ludono in the guvmer nfs race. democratic larry crasner and -- went toe to toe. she's not running if the position permanently. voters have 18 days to decide who to vote for in their area. local and state elections will

be held tuesday, november 7th. philadelphia's last district attorney can no longer practice law in pennsylvania. seth williams was officially disbarred today. williams resigned in june after pleading guilty to a corruption charge. he faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing next week. coming up, sharing his grief and his anger. the president's chief of staff speaking out after his own son becomes part of a political war. turning tragedy into change. a pennsylvania family gets justice for the victims of a deadly defect. fighting for amazon. local cities are competing for its new headquarters. but find out why the company could bring some bad along with the good. oh, we're watching the weekend, because it's going to be a good one. lots of warm airheaded our way, but it doesn't last long. i'll tell you when the big change is going to happen.

come on back for the full forecast. and tomorrow on nbc 10 news today, a changing family dynamic because of the opioid crisis. grandparents are now stepping back into the role of parents. meet a local family raising a 23-month old and a teenager. plus the challenges they face every single day. that's tomorrow morning at 6:45. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back.

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staying on top of breaking news in bucks county a crash involving two tractor trailers and four cars is causing this massive back up on the northeast extension. sky force 10 is live over this scene in west rock hill. traffic is shutdown in both directions between the lands dale and quaker town exists. we'll continue to update this on the nbc 10 app. also tonight he's a retired marine general and the president's chief of staff. but today john kelly spoke as a grieving father. kelly lost his son in afghanistan in 2010. >> now his death and those of

other fallen troops have become part of a political war. nbc 10 keith jones show uzus how this has led to even more pain for military families. >> reporter: seven years ago white house chief of staff john kelly learned he lost his son, robert, in afghanistan. this week he advised the president to make a similar call after sarge want la david johnson was killed in niger. >> had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman. did not say what the congresswoman said. >> reporter: that congresswomen, fredrika wilson overheard the president on the call and saying the president lacks compaction. >> saying he must have known what he signed up for. how could you say that to grieving widow? >> reporter: tonight the president expressed anger. >> absolutely stuns me that the

member of congress would have listened to that congress. i thought at least that was safer. >> reporter: so much so he walked through arlington cemetery to collect his thoughts and then defended the advice of the president to say. >> he knew what he was getting into. he enlisted, and he was where he wanted to be, exactly where he wanted to be with exactly the people he wanted to be with when his life was taken. >> reporter: gold star member says he understand's the president's intent but expects more. >> if a gold star mother, a gold star parent is grieving, we should listen. ask i think the president was wrong in following up beyond that and trying to make it beyond himself. general motors is paying out $120 million to settle claims that it knew about a defect which led to one of the biggest auto recalls in usa history. more than 9 million cars when

faulty ignition switches caused the car to just stop running. the defects caused injuries to more than 260 people and killed 124. leo and mary ruddy's daughter was one of them. she was killed in 2010 after her ignition switch in her 2010 chevy cobalt failed while he was driving. >> behind this calm facade is a mother that is totally destroyed. and i have gm to thank for that. >> they determined it was cheaper for them to pay off a few people than it should figure out what was going on. >> in addition to today's settlement gm paid out more than $500 million to victims and families. today was the deadline for cities across the country to apply to be the future home of amazon's second het quarters. philly's not inonly city in our area vying for the prime position. at least 80 other cities and

regions vying for the company to pick them. and $5 billion of infrastructure investment. but as seattle knows having an amazon headquarters in your backyard can cause a fair share of problems as well. traffic and housing prices can surge dramatically. this week more than 75 civil organizations wrote an open letter to amazon demanding the company pay a company tax and sales tax in the city it chooses. >> there's a down side to getting amazon in a community. at the end of the day this is slam dunk positive, trance mor tagsal. >> amazon plans tew nounce its decision next year. in south jersey today governor christy and others broke ground at the health sciences center. the 95,000 square foot facility in camden is set to have a $75

million impact on that city and region. the facility will open in the spring of 2019. shining brightly for a good cause tonight. tonight's glow in the park event artistess david within and -- designed this culsculpture. we have a fantastic fall weekend on the way. let's get our first alert neighborhood forecast. >> boy, is it going to be a nice one. and tonight not half bad. we have clear skies out there. it was a beautiful day today. no rainout there. our highest wind gusts 21 marns, and generally that was out of the west and southwest. so are you going to hang onto the warmth? well, let's look across the nation. how about here? nope. we are very mild at this hour.

61 in philadelphia, 55 in coastal, 56 in dover. vineland at 49, and wildwood coming in at 59 degrees. so we're hanging onto the warmth, and we're going to do so all the way through the weekend. nothing showing up on doppler radar. pretty quiet out there. we have some high clouds drifting through, pretty big dome of high pressure. so the storm systems to the north, they'll come through. they're turn our winds off through the north and not just down by tomorrow night by a degree or two, but that's about it. generally lower in places like allentown and out lying areas in the upper 40s. and sunshine with the leer 70s. and on saturday they generally turn to the southeast we're going to see the mid and upper 70s on your sunday as well.

so things aren't going to cool down until perhaps next tuesday or wednesday. and if we are to believe noa's brand new outlook, well, as far as temperature this winter everything you see in yellow and oranges, that's the cold. and at this point it looks like philadelphia has a 33% chance of above average temperatures for the winter ahead. we'll be updating this plenty. again another big update will be out in november. for tonight 54 degrees in philadelphia. 46 in lee high valley, and 43 on the jersey shore. for tomorrow look at our virtual reality model here. our skies are blue once again. 73 in philadelphia, lee high valley, 74. clouds coming in for the big

eagles game friday night. it looks like rain thafr game and rain on tuesday. cooler with rain on wednesday and even cooler yet by next weekend. we'll be back right after this.

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he brought hockey to philadelphia. >> when you talk about what it means to be a philadelphia flier words like passion -- and pride come to mind. those attributes come directly from mr. snider. >> getting ready for monday night's prime time showdown with washington. they've had a few extra games off since their last game thursday. >> i think it was really good for us. i thinktist good for our bodies and mentally to get a break. but we came back hungry. we're made different this year. nobody's going to ever settle for anything less than greatness. >> look at this. quarterback ronald darby back on the field for practice today. too early to tell, though, if he'll be able to play against d.c.

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it's going to be a beautiful stretch of weather right through the weekend. so whatever you have to do outside, maybe put the deg aches up, jim, jacqueline, great week to do that. rain is heading our way late saturday night and heading into tuesday. there you go. it's all going to go away. >> all my deck rrgzs are already up. >> of course. >> thanks for joining us tonight. "tonight show" with jimmy fallon is up next. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- reese witherspoon. bono and the edge. musical guest u2.