and eric frein's case has not been decided yet. so the courts will have time to sort this out and it will be interesting. i'll bet that the governor will prevail in the end. >> always a pleasure. we appreciate your legal analysis and look forward to seeing it again sglon you have a good young. always a pleasure speaking to ken, folks, tell us you what you think about this story. do we need this moratorium. send your messages to us and use the #afox 9 weekend. >> thank you, bill, to the auto convention in town. show us your ink. guess which member of our "fox29 weekend" family. several have tattoos try to discuss which one. fined for being obese. there are lawmakers that want to do that. the goal is the idea of fining parents for having their children be obese and also all parents for having their children be obese and also all the reaction it is >> this is dan have you seen a few extra of these in your pocket lately. gas prices awe know down to 40% verse this time last year. that's pumping get it pumping and after $750 bucks in you

the pike county prosecutor announceed tonight he still plans to push for the death penalty for eric frein. frein is charged with murder in a september ambush that killed corporal brian dixon and severely wounded trooper alex douglas. in a statement pike county da says "today's actions by governor tom wolf does not serve as any legal imped many to my office's pursuit of justice in the criminal case against eric matthew frein. >>> and justice is what gretchen leclair has burr sued for a decade since her husband was killed in the line of duty. >> she's frustrated with the governor's moratorium and told her story tonight to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> he was such a good mantle he didn't deserve to get killed. >> reporter: gretchen leclair says the pain of lose her husband is as strong today as it was when sergeant joseph leclair was shot to death in march of 2004. >> i can't get my life on. you know, i can't move forward. >> leclair says today began like every other day. her husband top of mind but things quickly went downhill when she learned pennsylvania governor tom wolf ann

. >> the moratorium calls into question prosecutors death penalty requests for eric frein. the people most grateful for this mor tor yum on capital punishment are the guiltyist, cruellest, and most vicious killers on death row. they see the justice system hijacked if. >> if a jury sentences this man to death and the governor will not sign a death warrant is a travesty. >> i think it is prudent. >> mark falls into the opposite camp saying problems are well documented. high reversal rates, insufficient defense for the accused and astronomical costs. since the '70s, only three inmates have actually been executed as many doszens more trudge through unending legal reviews. >> if that is not evidence that we need to take a more careful look, i don't know what could be. >> the governor plans to sign temporary reprieves for each execution order that crosses his desk, essentially delaying them all. it is a broad use of his power that critics say is a overreach. reporting live in the digital operations center, i'm george spencer, nbc 10 news. >>> tonight family friends, and colleague

. >> they're citing the case of eric frein. he could receiver the death penalty if convicted in the killing of corporal dixon. some say, i pray we can find a better way to punish those guilty of these crimes. >>> from our south jersey bur bureau -- two men are behind bars. medford police say they arrested two men. police got a number of tips from the public. they're accused of duct taping a man in his 60s to a chair and beating him with a metal pipe in his home last sunday. investigators say they took off with cash and the victim's car, which has since been recovered. >>> the clock is ticking for to you get covered. the last day to sign up for health care through the government website is coming up this sunday. a number of enrollment events happening this weekend. independence blue cross has its bus there until 8:00 tonight and tomorrow and sunday. >>> we first told you yesterday at 6:00 just how low the measles vaccination rate is in pennsylvania. now senator casey is calling on the health department to take action. only 86% o

governor's move a travesty pointing to prosecutors seeking the death penalty for cop killing suspect eric frein for the ambush assassination of a state trooper back in september in the poconos. >> we're absolutely devastated. we think that it's a travesty for pennsylvania. our members are outraged, very disappointed. >> reporter: late today philadelphia d.a. seth williams blasted the governor's moratorium saying "the people who are the most grateful are the guiltiest cruelest and most vicious kill owners death row." >> there are broken areas in the system. broken areas in the system can ultimately get a person to death row and ultimately have their life taken we need to sort of parse out what those broken areas are first. >> reporter: late today pennsylvania district attorney association condemned the governor's move today as "a misuse of power". at the courthouse in center city vernon odom channel6 "action news." >> an atlantic county fugitive accused of staging a boat crash surrendered to authorities. 45-year-old andrew biddle of egg harbor township vanished in july after a boating accident i

. >> still plans to push for death penalty for eric frein frein charged with murder in september ambushat killed corporate byron dixon and severely wounded trooper alex douglas. in a statement pike county d.a. ray tonken by wolf does not serve as i am pen med to my office of pursuit of justice in the criminal case against eric matthew frein. >> nearly a decade now since her husband was killed in the line of duty. she is frustrated with the governor's moritorium, and she told her story to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> such a good man didn't deserve to get killed. >> says the pain of losing her husband as strong today as it was when he was shot to death in march of 2004. >> i can't get my life on. you know, i can't move forward. >> leclair says today began like every other day, her husband, top of mind, but things quickly went downhill, when she learned pennsylvania governor tomorrow cough putting a stop to the death person. >> i when heard it on the news i win off the handle. i started crying. i said what is this man doing? >> leclair's convicted killer, darien howser; curre

response to pike county prosecutor announce that he's still plans to push for the death penalty for eric frein charged with murder in a september ambush that killed corporal byron dixon and severely wounded trooper alex douglas. in a statement pike county d.a. ray tonken says today's action does not serve as any legal i am pedestrian end, in the criminal case against eric matthew frein. >> well, justice is what gretchen leclair has pursued for nearly decade now, since her husband was killed in the line of duty. she is frustrated with the governor's moritorium, and she told her story to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> he was such a quick man. he didn't deserved to get killed. >> sales the pain of losing her husband is as strong today as it was when sergeant joseph leclair was shot to death in march of 2004. >> i can't get my life on. i can't move forward. >> leclair says today began like every other day her husband, top of mind, but things quickly went downhill when she learned pennsylvania governor tom wolf announced he's putting a halt to the death person. >> i when heard it on the

state troopders are citeding the case of eric frein, who is accused of killing dixon. troopers say this prevents dixon's family from getting any justice. they say, governor wolf's decision today is a travesty. this is a sad day for pennsylvania. there is support, though for the moratorium. chaplain says i wish we could find a better way to punish those than killing. two former judges also threw their support behind the governor's decision. they say the system is broken. they say resources shouldn't be abused to support it. reporting live in the digital operation center, keith jones, "nbc10 news." >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with a predawn operation. a police operation at a house in the lehigh valley. it ended with gunshots. >> officers went there looking for a fugitive who's been on the run since 2013. it was around 4:00 in the morning, still dark when state police tried to serve a warrant at a home on rehr street in reading. they were looking for richard carlin, a man wanted in arizona. they spotted him on the roof. nbc10 lehigh valley reporter randy

"travesty" saying it is right for prosecutors to seek the death penalty for cop killing suspect eric frein accused of ambushing and assassinating trooper corporal bryon dixon back in accept in the poconos. various local d.a.'s are also blasting the governor who says he's not expressing sympathy for the guilty on death row but "the decision is based on a flawed system that has proven to be an endless cycle of court proceedings as well as ineffective unjust and expensive" f a pair of veteran did he first lawyers today this response. >> as a defense counsel i have my problems with the death penalty and its inequities in many respects so i think it's a good idea. >> i think it is timely and i think it is -- it was very negligence it's very necessary and i think the fact that it's -- he's not leading a campaign on abolishing the death penalty. he's talking about a moratorium which says this needs to be revisited and it should have been revisited administrations ago. >> reporter: tonight the pennsylvania district attorney's association called the governor's actions today a "misuse of power." liv