the future of the entire gop. the senator delivered an emotional speech on the senator floor after announcing he won't run for reelection. the trump administration's flag rant disregard of truth and decency is undermining america's democracy. flake has been critical of the entire republican party and the direction its taken after president trump took office. he warned about a grim future for the party. >> the impulse to scapegoat and turns us into a back ward looking people. the case of the republican party, those things also threaten to turn us into a fearful, back ward looking minority party. if i have been critical, it's not because i relish criticizing the behavior of the president of the united states. if i have been critical it is because i believe it is my obligation to do so. >> in the past 30 minutes, the white house responded they were asked about the recent feud with

senator flake and another republican senator bob corker from tennessee. >> he wants people to be in the senate that are committed to actually moving the ball down the field. i don't think these two individuals have been as focused on that. the president wants to get things done. that's what we're going to work through through the fall. >> nbc 10 reached out to charles dent of pennsylvania who also recently announced he won't seek reelection. his announcement sad news for the entire united states. he said, quote, jeff has never shied away from speaking out about the dysfunction and instability that has come to dominate washington. live in the the breaking news center, jim rosenfield, nbc 10 news. what everyone is talking about today. our philadelphia eagles. nbc 10 is your official eagles

station. the birds flying high today. so are fans. right now the birds have the best record in the nfl. they are 6-1. their best start since 2004. the season that took them to the super bowl. we have team coverage for you. nbc 10's tim furlong is is talking to fan who is are partying like it's 2004. >> and john clark will show us how carson wentz is proving he's the real deal. tim, let's start with you. >> i talked to fans all day long. everyone is so pumped. they were a little groggy this morning. but everyone is so excited, especially about this guy right here. and the win we had last night. that being said, it did come at a significant cost. >> it was crazy to see. >> reporter: mason is fried today. he was at the game and can't believe what they. they saw a team with that special it. >> it does have is the it.

>> i'm a good fan. >> the owner is a stocker guy. he was in love with this eagles team. his entire. crew is all in on the birds. >> al's sporting goods sold a on to of jerseys. >> it seems like especially for his age only being the second year in the that he's doing terrific. >> al's soldier sees for guys out of commission. we got two new huge injuries last night on sports radio some concern today. >> we'll see if they can overcome. no easy task. >> peterson hicks now both gone. the eagles still should be just fine. >> injuries happen all the time to all the teams. this is something that's going to be address ed.

they are a real contender. >> reporter: i think they are a contender too. they have a lot of depth at a lot of positions. you saw me saying they shouldn't have the eagles jersey so close to each other. a lady at the store, that lady came over and sort of yelled at me and said i shouldn't do that because she's a cowboys fan. i said i was sorry. but i wasn't really sorry. i wasn't sorry. these jerseysen shouldn't be here. we should push these out of the store. back to you. that's a disgrace. they have plenty of jerseys. just get those out of there. >> i'm with you. >> where's the trash can? >> reporter: i can find a dumpster somewhere she is not happy with me. >> tim furlong live for us. thank you, tim. >> it's all about the eagles. let's bring in john clark. >> carson wentz turning heads. everyone is taking notice. >> tim really called her out on tv. wow. when you woke up this morning,

you really had to ask yourself, is carson wentz really lead the nfl in touchdowns? he has 17 touchdowns, arguably the mvp of the league. he showed the entire country that he is for real. even his teammates couldn't believe what they saw. >> reporter: the magician john dorenbos was back at the league, but carson wentz was the magic man pulling some rabbits out of his hat. >> they got him. they had him. he disappeared. >> how did car escape? >> i knew i had to get away and no one ever gt their hands on me. >> i couldn't believe he got out of that jam. he just popped out of nowhere. >> i looked up at the video board and was shocked. >> there's something special going on right now. >> the redskins can't carson.

>> he has a touchdown. >> how does he find kory in the end zone. >> today doug peterson compared him to brett favre. carson's preparation reminds him of drew brees. two quarterbacks who have one super bowl. >> he's got that spiderman vision. carson wentz has 11 touchdown oefrs the last three games. only once before has a quarterback done that. and that was back in the 1950s. unbelievable. we'll have a lot more on carson at 6:20. we'll talk about losing two leaders for the season. that's the tough thing on this monday. >> otherwise we're going to be partying like it's 2004 focusing on that.

>> carson was 11 years old the last time they had a start like this. >> it's true. we laugh about it. very cool. >> remember nbc 10 is your official ooeg station. the excitement is is already building for the birds next game. they are going to take on the san francisco 49ers sunday at the link. >> we're keeping our eyes on the weather. there's still a chance for showers and isolated storms. you see all that stuff off the coast for now. some of it is skirting the jersey shore. let's take a look at the scene in cape may.

tammie souza is joining us now. >> it's kind of muggy and feels tropical. it's hard to believe it's late october. 73 right now. we're on borrowed time. 72 in the suburb ises. 74 in new jersey. if we head off to lehigh valley, 74. 73 for all of you in delaware. so we have some sunshine with some clouds drifting through. we also do have the potential for more isolated showers. right now we're watching the activity pushing up from the south. this could clip a a lot of the jersey shore. maybe even move inland into south jersey. isolated shower there and the clouds will move back in. you saw a little sunshine out there in cape may. you can actually see right here the clouds have moved offshore. we may see some of it making its way back on shore. we have some wrap around show s showers. a deep trough of chilly air is off to the west of us needing to

move right on through the area. we're going to draw from 73 down to 62 at 8:00. and 11:00, 64. you see clear skies. we may have clear skies, but we get some clouds drifting through and some patchy clouds. for in just a few minutes. >> a south jersey father and son are lucky to be alive after their home went up in flames this morning. they were sleep iing when the father was awakened by the father. they were rescued. they are expected to be okay. the home, meanwhile, a total loss. no word on what touched off the blaze. a murder investigation closed school today at pennwood middle school in darby. a man was found shot to death in a backseat of a car near the school. at first classes were delayed but they decided to cancel school when the investigation took longer than expected. police have not e released

anymore details. a high school student accused of stabbing 20 students and a security guard pled guilty today. he was 16 when he used two eight-inch knives to stab and slash his way through the school. this happened about 30 minutes east of pittsburgh. four students were seriously hurt, but everyone did survive the attack. prosecutors will now push for a 30 to 60-year sentence. seth williams will now become a prisoner. the former district attorney sentenced to five years in prison today. williams admitted to using his position as da to help friends who gave him gifts. he also admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars worth of bribes and defrauding a nursing home, stealing money meant to pay for his mother's care. he pleaded guilty back in june. how did he get so close.

a protester threw a flag at president trump today. the man was standing with reporters posing as a journalist. he screamed trump is treason as he tossed the flags. the man was grabbed by security officers. president trump and house republicans want to introduce their tax reform bill by november 1st. gop house leaders say the plan will mean more money for most families, but today that effort was overshadowed by the president's tweets. the most harsh of which took aim at members of his own party. >> i don't think there's any question, but that's the case. just in a way that he conducts himself and goes to such a low level. >> his feud with gop senator bob corker reached a boiling point. the president should stay out of tax reform and let congress hash it out. the president hit back calling

corker a light whoen couldn't get elected dogcatcher. democrats say they have had enough. >> president trump ought to stop tweeting and start leading. we have shown no leadership from this president. whether it's on tax reform, on health care, on north korea, all he does is tweet and make the problem worse. >> republican senator mitch mcconnell said today if there's anything that unifies republicans, it is tax reform. in delaware the state police sat down with residents today for some community outreach. nbc 10 was at a panera bread in wilmington for the latest in a series of session ises. it's a chance to provide another set of eyes and ears to make sure everyone stays safe. >> we can't be everywhere all the time. it's good we have can have the eyes and ears to feed back to

investigate and solve crime. >> the sessions are scheduled once every four months with every troop in the state. to a terrifying discovery on the streets of philadelphia rattling neighbors' nerves. >> it's scary. anybody could be the next victim. >> a woman's lifeless body found beaten and stuffed in a trash bag. the search to find who left her on the street. and smart car swipes. how thieves used their own strength to steal the car without using the keys. a vandalized cemetery gets new lives. we go back to the site where nearly 500 headstones were damaged. the community efforts to make this final resting place whole again.

steve sweeney's negative headlines keep piling up. why are south jerseyans so angry at sweeney? sweeney repeatedly sided with chris christie

to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut take-home pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans- all while padding his own. steve sweeney says a lot of things. but the truth is, he's not on our side.

a major step forward for a a jewish cemetery targeted by vandals. you may remember this is what the cemetery in philadelphia looked like back in february. hundreds of headstones desecrated. >> nowing from the community. >> mike's family is one of hundreds buried here in the jewish cemetery. he remembers getting a phone

call eight months ago. >> a cousin of mine. told me about it. immediately came over here. >> nearly 500 headstones knocked over and broken leaving many devastated. >> there were relatives from all over the world calling us about their relatives that were here. i found many people said give me anything to do. give me a rake, a garbage can, tell me what to do. >> naomi is the president of the federation. with the help of countless volunteers and many others, today the cemetery is whole again. she toured the now fully restored cemetery with the mayor and in a ceremony placed stones to mark they were here. joe was one of those volunteers who helped transform what vandals have destroyed. a gravestone business playing a crucial role in the restoration

plan. >> everywhere you look, it was frustrating and discouraging at times. when you stand back and look down the rows and they are all standing up there so appropriately and respectfully, it's incredible. >> stirring up emotions of some, leverage in others. >> my grandmother is still resting in peace. >> reporter: as family and friends say they can now move forward. erin coleman, nbc 10 news. are you missing a wedding ring? cape may county animal shelter just might have it. a man's wedding band was found inside a donation bucket after a fundraiser in upper township last month. members of the organization are not provide iing a photo or description of the ring. they only want its rightful own owner to come forward. now your first alert weather. >> we had such a stormy start to

the day. a little bit of damage with some downed trees and downed power lines across the area. and some localized flooding. now things are starting to quiet down. unless you live along the jersey shore. maybe even south jersey. more showers and storms north ward. they are going to clip that area. you may be enjoying sunshine right now in cape may, but that could go away. and certain is for atlantic city and points north. across much of the area we're in sort of the sweet spot. it's very steamy outside and very warm. we have sunshine you can see it basically from the shore all the way out to the lehigh valley. further off to the west, we're look iing at some wrap around showers and some clouds that look so puffy, that's extremely cold air that's being pulled in all the way out of canada. there's some snow in the upper peninsula of michigan. and you can see the rotation of this big area of low pressure. it's digging deep into the ohio

valley. it's a trough of this cool air. that has to rotate past us. this is the trough right here. you can actually just sort of make out the shape. and this is the warm air. the oranges are warm. the cold air is blue. let's watch what happens. as we move ahead to thursday, we have cooler air that's in place. we'll be lucky to make it out of the 50s across much of the area on thursday. then let's go ahead. we have northwest winds. let's move ahead to perhaps saturday. look at this. a nice flow. we have oranges and yellows. we're going to warm up once again, but there's a big trough again that's off to the west of us. and the timing for halloween it could be a wee bit on the chilly to cold side. that chilly air is going to come in monday night and make its way across the area. it may linger into tuesday. you might have to put a jacket with the kids' halloween costumes. we have been talking about temperatures and where they are going to be going. tomorrow you're going to wake up pretty much in those mid- to

lower 50s across the area. if you're out in berks county, you'll be in the 40s. we're going to head upwards with the west and northwest winds. on thursday, a much chillier start to the day. we'll see 30s in the outlying areas. we'll see the low to mid-40s across philadelphia. and then on thursday in the afternoon, again, we'll be luky to make it out of the 50s. i have a target high of 60 degrees. those winds have been fierce all day long. we have seen gusts at 40 miles per hour across south jersey and across the. and it will be anywhere from 10 to 15 mile an hour winds tomorrow. then as that chillier air makes its way in here on thursday, we'll see north winds and see them gusting as high as 25 miles an hour in philadelphia. maybe even a little higher along the jersey shore. get ready for a breezy, blustery day. you can follow it all on your weather app.

it will keep you up to date as to what's going on in your neighborhood. 55 tonight in philadelphia. 49 in the suburbs. 52 in south jersey. a 51 in delaware. let's check out tomorrow. you can see that we have sun with some fair weather clouds coming in. 67 in philadelphia. 65 inth lehigh valley. 67 in south jersey. 68 along the jersey shore. then we start to drop further. because we're going to hit right around 60 degrees on thursday. could see a sprinkle. we'll be 68 on friday. a nice rain on saturday. could be looking a at rain and for halloween could be 60. maybe dry, but chilly. gathering some of the closest friends to help the people of puerto rico. >> everybody said yes without even having heard the song. >> thu at 5:00, lynn ma projects benefitting hurricane victims.

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it means their department of food marketing held a lecture today on edible insects. >> this is in the bag there is. they invited everyone to sample the products. from crickets to protein powder. those who dared to give it a try were pleasantly surprised. >> it tastes like good granola. you'd never know there was crickets in the products. >> the texture wasn't what i was expected. it's a little dry. but not what i expected at all. >> without look iing at the product, you'd never know it's a cricket. >> the texture. makers of the insect is-based products say they are naturally high in protein. >> claims that he had a barbecue with crickets. >> said it was quite good. it was like a chip or something. >> we're going to move right along to a disturbing discovery this one philadelphia neighborhood. >> the police were here. they were so distraught they couldn't do their job.

>> the crime investigation that has police searching for a murder suspect. seeking justice, an officer says he was driving drunk when he crashed his car and kill ed woman. now parents want to see someone else held responsible. plus ribbons popping up on police cars in south jersey. why one special cheerleader is making that happen, coming up all new at 6:00. he's a husband, father, veteran... but most of all, he's a fighter.

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i have never heard of anything like that happening around here of o a body being dumped with a woman inside a trash bag. >> disturbing discovery in a philadelphia neighborhood. a body found so badly beaten police officers were shaken when they arrived on the scene. >> the body was sfound several blocks away from temple university hospital. steven fisher spoke with people who live and work in that area. neighbors want to see whoever did this caught. >> reporter: they want that to happen quickly given the nature of this crime. someone was walking down west westmoreland when they noticed the body in the trash bag. we have also learned from people this is a crime that has really struck a nerve. mix in with the garbage and debris, a woman viciously beaten and left here in a trash bag.

>> there were few words and without saying much, thomas brown knew right away it was bad. >> the police were here. they were so destroyed. they couldn't do their job. it was so emotional. they have children, mothers and to discover a body with the head smashed like that, it's destroyed. >> he put down candles for a woman he never knew. >> just to bring some kind of honor to this jane doe. to let this area know we are not letting it go by without paying attention to it. >> nobody e deserves that. no one. >> reporter: henry walked through here lst night just before 10:00. >> i didn't notice anything. i didn't see anything. >> how could you between the darkness and the mess. >> as you can see, it's nothing but dumping. >> the lighting out here is poor and believes the body was dumped here on purpose. >> the light is supposed to come

on, but it doesn't come on. >> so there's nothing. you think that means anything? >> it does. yes, it does. the situation like that would not have happened. >> reporter: i did talk to police who say the victim is still not identified. i did learn that police took video from this area. they told me nothing that shows underneath of this overpass where that body was found, but they are hoping the video does lead them to whoever committed this crime. steven fisher, nbc 10 news. in mercer county police are investigating a similar case. the body of 43-year-old lillian duran was found in a trash bag in trenton on september 4th. we checked with police. they are still awaiting toxicology results to determine how she died. no arrests have been made. new at 5:00, the push for gun control and bringing down gun violence is getting a boost today. the anti-gun violence group.

cease-fire pa got a $100,000 donation from the foundation. it will be used for push for gun law changes in the state. ed rendell says that change is needed and today criticized government on all levels for their inaction even after mass shootings. >> there's something deeply wrong in america today. what's deeply wrong is not only the sense of violence, but our unwillingness of the political system, whether it be in state capitals or in washington, d.c. to do anything about anything. >> the foundation works to promote change, education and the arts across philadelphia. turning to your weather now, the stormy skies that started the day. nbc 10 caught this guy hitting the water in boat house row enjoying the day.

>> then it will taper off and we will start to cool down considerably. let's go to cape may. you can the dark gray skies in the distance. but bright sunshine right where the camera is. that's exactly what we're looking at on radar. it's likely going to clip along the jersey shore. that's why it's sunny now, but we're going to watch the clouds move in in the the next half hour. and then some showers. we can also see a few showers across the area because the main body of this system is still well to our west. isolated to scattered. that's all we're going to see. it will be out of here by

mid-evening. look at the damage reports. these are from nonsevere thunderstorm winds. from the gusty winds we saw. we saw the storms come through and we saul all of these gusty winds. where's the warmth? it's in the southwest. that cold air is come iing our . when it arrives and when it gets out of here coming up with your full forecast. in westchester, things are back to normal at an elementary school a after the entire building lost power this morning. backup generators at glen acres kicked on following that outage. students were directed to their classrooms. it's unclear if the problem was weather related. never get caught off guard though with the stormy weather. download the free nbc 10 app for weather alerts when storms approach your area. take a look at some of the stories making headlines county by county. a former township police officer and restaurants were slapped

with a civil lawsuit today. this is surrounding a dui accident that killed a woman last year. the parents want to see a ruby tuesday's location held responsible for overserving the off duty police officer who caused that deadly accident. nbc 10 reached out to those restaurants for comment. our calls have not been return ed. a cold case mystery nearly ten years since 19-year-old donny farrell was killed. his killer has never been found. now digital billboards will try to jog the memory of anyone who may have seen what happened on october 27th, 200. all tips are comfort shl. proposed legislation promises to make hate crimes more inclusive. under the law right now, race, color, religion and national

origin are protect. a new bill would add mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or gender identity. right now the bill is in committee. a walk today is bringing awareness to human trafficking. it's a reminder not to walk over people who are exploited. we are not going to do people who are in bad situations. >> during an initiative, the fbi recently recognized 100 children who were victims of sex trafficking. ahead at 5:00, the school district that will no longer serve meat on mondays. embracing diversity in the classroom. a local school district's new effort to assist immigrant children.

all new wednesday morning on nbc 10 news today, an american haunting. this old home has centuries of history behind its walls. this strange happenings that have transformed it. plus on the road meteorologist phil will be b there. stop by and say hello and get on tv. join us for nbc 10 news today for weather and traffic from 4:00 to 7:00 a.m. steve sweeney's negative headlines keep piling up.

why are south jerseyans so angry at sweeney? sweeney repeatedly sided with chris christie to underfund south jersey schools, increase standardized testing like parcc, cut take-home pay for teachers, and broke his promise to fund the pensions of hundreds of thousands of new jerseyans- all while padding his own. steve sweeney says a lot of things. but the truth is, he's not on our side.

up with of president trump's executive orders expired today. the travel ban on refugees is over. the trump administration says it's planning to unveil tougher screening procedures in the future. today the flt school district highlights how it's embracing diverse student population school officials say it has more than 40 languages on its campus and 18 prsz of its students are english language learners. he was at today's event. he says they are looking tr more teachers to satisfy the school's growing need. >> we need individual who is are trained to make immigrant families feel welcome. we need individuals who understand the law. we need more individuals that

have training in how to teach students english. height added district wide the city has more than 14,000 english language learners that speak 126 languages. the mayor new york city is instituting a new policy aimed all the at giving vegetarian students more options at school. meatless mondays are coming to a dozen school this is spring. the mayor announced the move today where the schools will forego meat on the menus. the policy will go in effect. next at 5:00, swipe from the street. >> a car goes missing in the cover of darkness. the clue this video is giving about the thieves. and fall weather returns. that means chillier temperatures. so locate that warm jacket. you'll need it this week. there aren't enough words in the english language to explain the audacity of something that

philadelphia's former. top law enforcer asked for in court. a question, coming up at 6:00. joseph, i'm steve. how are you? nice to meet you sir. nice to meet you. how's it going man? the yankees? come on. [ laughing ] look at the smiles and the hard work that the people here are doing. it's like making mini sandwiches. they're no different than anyone else.

they just want a job. they want respect and they want dignity. this is a nice place. yeah. he plays basketball with lauren. steve called, fairly frantic. you know, he had a premature baby and i think he had just been given the diagnosis that she had down syndrome. lauren brought out the best in me. she made me a different person. deep down in his heart he feels for people who are disadvantaged. lauren's a light in everybody eye. she's the spark that has started the fire. the goal is to keep places like this open so all people, regardless of disability, have an opportunity for employment. see, i love you. i love you guys too. you know that. yeah.

five michigan teens face murder charges for a dangerous prank. the boys threw a rock from a flint highway overpass on to a car. the passenger was killed when the rock crashed through the windshield. the judge has set bail for all of the teens. you hear about car thefts, but this case is pretty unusual. a pair of thieves had a smart car. this video shows two men pushing the car on to the back of a

truck without ever putting the keys in the ignition. the car was taken early saturday morning. they have not been. able to track it down. the stormy skies and looking at a pleasant tuesday night. meteorologist tammie souza is joining us now. >> the roll er coaster continue. it's warm now and pleasant. we're expecting a cooldown by the end of the week. >> every five days we go crazy. we hit some abnormal high and then we go to the depths of fallows. it's going to get accentuated over the next ften days. outside what a beautiful sunset. we have a little bit of cloud cover still lingering. a lot of moisture out there in the sky. 75 for a high today. 10 degrees above where we should be. and look at that. our highest gust at 47 mile an

hour winds. they didn't necessarily come from the thunderstorm winds, but a lot of these were nonthunderstorm winds. just winds ahead of the storm system. so look at the cool air beginning to spill in. 52 in cincinnati. 57 in pittsburgh. we're hanging on to the 70s with our fingernails. 74 in trenton. 73 in philadelphia. 73 in dover. and 71 for everybody in wildwood. so really a steamy. tonight we're going to drop to 55 in philadelphia. 52 in dover. 52 in trenton. a little cooler in allentown at 48. and in stone harbor. 54 degrees. we're watching the radar because i'm watch iing the line of shows and storms moving northward. so this is what's going on. if i put it in motion, you can see it's pretty much going to make a beeline right toward ocean city, atlantic city. so there's going to be more activity along the jersey shore and the inland areas of south jersey.

we are right now in had this wonderful slot of dry and sunny weather. but off to the west of us, we have some spotty showers and storms. all of this soeshlted with this large storm system digging really in pretty far south through the ohio and tennessee valleys pulling down very chilly canadian air. so this is what's going to happen. we're going to watch the cold front as it pushes eastward and we clear out. overnight we could have some clouds and fog. isolated shower early on. and we're end to up being chilly all the way through friday. our next warm-up is is going to come on saturday. and rerack because this next storm system moves in saturday night and sunday. and that's going to be the big. est chill of all. you'll see in a moment with the ten day on 10.

we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. but i think heavy on the sunshine. then we see only 60 on thursday. if we're lucky. maybe a sprinkle in the lehigh valley. we'll see sunshine on friday and 68 and 71 on saturday. that sounds pretty good. that next storm system moves in and we could see showers and thunderstorms in time for the eagles game on sunday. that may linger into monday. halloween. it's going to be chilly. it will be dry. you'll need the jacket for the kids. >> one of america's famous department stores is closing their flagship location. lord and taylor is selling to the office space sharing company we work. the retail store will close after the 2018 holiday season is famous christmas window display is back to 1938. plans to build a science center at easton are now one step closer to becoming a

reality. this is what the discovery center science and technology will look like once it's built. the center is $100,000 grant. that money will pay for research studies and developing a business plan. next at 5:00, hoping and praying that his family was safe. the first few days no one heard anything. there was no communication out of the island. >> next at 5:00, lyin-manuellin miranda on the hurricane impact and his project that is raising money for the island. she's a little girl with a big heart and a bigger smile. a south engineer community is coming together. they are making noise for turquoise. we'll introduce you to her when we come right back. he's a husband, father, veteran... but most of all, he's a fighter. chris brown has never been afraid

to take on the big fights. that's why he stood up to republicans and democrats alike to fight the north jersey casinos and the takeover of atlantic city. chris brown is fighting to protect jobs in our region... a true champion for the working men and women of atlantic county. on november 7th, let's keep him fighting for us. chris brown for state senate, he's on our side.

sglmpx welcome back. lester holt joins us from the nbc studios in new york. >> he has a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." >> hey, we'll have today's stunning rebuke of president trump on the senate floor as a retiring republican calls him out for undignified behavior. and tales of the approach to fighting tumors giving new hope to patients with advanced cancer. that's all coming up tonight. for now back to you in philly. >> we'll see you at 6:30.

thank you. new at 5:00, a love song for puerto rico. stars are aligning to do their part to the residents since they struggled to recover from hurricane maria. >> hamilton creator lin-manuel miranda composed the song. he sat down to talk about the inspiration behind the melody. >> it has a different connotation. it is a name of destruction. but prior to the storm, it was the song from west side story. until i grabbed the section that says like praying and flipped it. that's what we do in hip hop. we change the meaning. >> lin-manuelmy ran ka da wanted this song to be for all the artists singing this song, it's a way to connect with all on the

island of puerto rico. when hurricane maria hit, he was on vacation in austria. >> the first few days, no one heard anything. there was no communication coming out of the island. so my facebook feed, twitter feed was like a roll call of town. my grandmother is there. so i began thinking about the town and how special those towns are. when you meet another puerto rican, you say where are you from. you know where they are on the island. it's to make sure all 78 towns are represented. >> it would be such a puzzle. >> the next challenge getting the top latin artists in the world on board was the easy part. >> everybody said yes without even having heard the song. >> we got so much more.

we got people talking about what puerto rico meant to them. people really dealing with their own emotions in the aftermath of this storm. >> he says it was important for him in the immediate hours after the storm to do what he knows best. >> now the challenge is keeping it as part of the conversation. >> reporter: with 80% of the island still without power and so many families in despair, miranda intends to keep the conversation going. >> i everyone to talk about the puerto rico they remember. that's what we're fighting for. this island we love so much. >> darlene rodriguez, nbc new york. >> it will benefit the hispanic ration disaster relief and recovery program. we're going to take you behind the scenes of the making of almost like praying tonight at 7:00 on nbc 10 right after "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. >> here are jim rosenfield and jacqueline london. >> next at 6:00, a ridiculous request. >> that's what a judge is saying

about something philadelphia's former top lay law enforcer asked for today. it came as he was sentenced. that request involving his mom, next. plus broken in and ransacked. the story you'll want to hear if you use a storage unit. and fall weather returns, but doesn't stick around that long. i have another warm-up in the forecast. and then a big dip. come on back for the details.

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bigger than football. the eagles fight a more serious opponent tonight. rough ride. the trouble today's storms are causing now. sold himself to parasites. a judge's rebuke of the former top law enforcer. right now at 6:00, it's like christmas even before halloween for eagles fans tonight. the birds 6-1 record, the best in the league. has some people super bowl dreaming after last night's win. >> some players didn't waste much time celebrating that victory. malcolm jenkins went from sacking the quarterback straight to harrisburg where he was tackling a different opponent. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. lauren mayk is at the state capital tonight to explain what the players are fighting tr. >> reporter: in harrisburg, this is where they spent their day

off. malcolm jenkins and torrey smith running on little sleep, but boosted by determination and a little something else. >> we joked that going to bed at 4:00 in the morning and up at 6:00 to catch a train. it's better to win the night before. >> reporter: they won big. jenkins making this sack in the third quarter last night. today tackling criminal justice reform. >> every day that goes by, people are affected by this. >> they are pushing for policies they argue could change lives. like a bill to seal some criminal records after ten years for people who don't have other offenses. >> to live the american dream. to start and provide for their families and create opportunities. >> reporter: the trip for these teammates coming as the controversy over the national anthem protests continues to spotlight players for more than football. >> how do you make the shift all the attention on things like the national an