krasner taking over the office from kelly hodge who was appointed interim district attorney after seth williams resigned from that post. williams pleaded guilty to corruption charges back in july. he was accused of taking bribes and even scaming his own mother's nursing home, out of thousands of dollars. so, more than 20 elect officials will be sworn in this morning, the program begins slightly after 10:00 a.m., krasner's part of the program is expected to happen around 11:23 a.m., this event is opened to the media, thomas and karen so our cameras will be there in side. >> that we will, new year, new beginning. lauren johnson, thank you. >>> also taking the oath of office 26 new judges with the cities first female controller , rebecca a rhynhart rhynhart, who was sworn in privately tweeted in part the best way to start 2018 is to be sworn in as philadelphia's new and first female city controller #watch dog. the public swearing in ceremony will begin at 10:00 o'clock at the kimmel center. >>> in the lehigh valley allentown married he had pawlowski begins his fourth term in office just a

kelly hodge served as interim d.a. in the meantime.ow, philadelphia will swear in its first city controller, rebecca r replacing the current controller. >> there's a new leader of this miss america pageant. plus more than a thousand cars burned in a parking garage inferno. it's time for pot lovers in america's populous state, long lines on this the first day of sales. cecily? >> on the first day of 2018 we matched the high of 2018. both days, 20-degrees. it eats colder by the end of the week into the weekend. i have details on that and an update on our chance of snow in the forecast. >> tips on the experts on how to keep those new year's resolutions and ducis rogers and the eagles looking ahead to the playoffs when "action >>> former fox news anchor and 1989 miss america winner gretchen carlson is taking the reins of the miss america pageant. carlson has been named chairman of the board of directors after ceo sam haskel resigned over e-mails exposing alleged sexist comments about winners. >> a candle light vigil held tonight for a colo

krasner is a long-time civil rights attorney, the democrat, interim da kelly hodge, took over for sethliams. >> williams resigned last summer, after a guilty plea to a brewery charge. >> the city's first female controller will be sworn in at the kimmel center as well, rebecca rhynhart overwhelmingly defeated republican mike dom lynn son 82% to 18%, last november. that was after she upset incumbent allen butkovitz in the democratic primary. rhynhart's inauguration party tonight will benefit the city 's mural arts youth program. >> smooth sailing at the airport this morning, after apparent computer glitch caused long lines, big headaches on new years day, for two hours last night the customs and boards err protections processing system was down nationwide. all passports had to be check manually. as a result, some travelers in miami, and at other international airports across the country, wait in the line for hours. >> everyone is very flustered, running, seems like, there is some crazy end of the world thing going on. >> they all had to stand in line for hours. >> frustrated and rightful

he will be replacing kelly hodges who has been serving as interim d.a.hiladelphia will also swear in its first female city controller. rebecca rhynhart replaces long time incumbent alan butkovitz. the inauguration ceremonies take place at the kimmel center. >> time right now 5:36. president trump returns to work in washington today. the president began the second year of his presidency with confrontational tweets targeting iran and pakistan. president trump slammed leaders in islamabad for lies and deceit saying the country had played the u.s. for fools by not doing enough to control militants. pakistani officials responded on twitter saying the country would make clear the difference between facts and fiction. >>> the first week of 2018 is offering the biggest lottery jackpots in months. no one has won the powerball or mega millions so the jackpots keep on climbing. $343 million are up for grabs in tonight's mega millions drawing. powerball players have a chance at $440 million tomorrow night. you can always see the winning numbers right after accuweath

the democrat is a long time civil rights attorney, he is interim kelly hodge though took over for seth williams. williams is serving five year prison term after pleading guilty in june to bribery. >> and rebecca rhynhart will be sworn in as philadelphia's first female controller today. also at the kim em center. rhynhart worked in the nutter and kenny administrations, she upset incumbent controller allen butkovitz in last year's democratic primary and defeated republican mike tomlinson in november. >> well, there are some new changes happening in new jersey, and they'll have an effect on your wallet. minimum wage increase to 8.60 per hour, that's up 16 cents from last year. minimum wage is expected to climb even higher after govenor-elect phil murphy is sworn in later tenth. the state sales tax also dropped slightly to 6.625% yesterday. and there are more changes in new jersey, shore communities changing their smoking laws. it is now illegal to smoke on the boardwalk in wildwood and north wildwood. both cities passed the smoking bans last year and asked people to voluntarily refrain fr

krasner succeeds interim da kelly hodge who took over for williams.illiams serving a sentence for bribery. she is long time civil rights attorney and public defend earn. >> reb a rhynhart also sworn in at the kim he he will center at the first ever female controller. rhynhart defeated mike toll lynn son last november after defeating incumbent city controller alan butkovitz in primaries. celebrating inauguration with a party later tonight to benefit youth programs in philadelphia mural arts program. >> travelers who took to the skies on new years day encounter quite the headache at some of the countries busiest airport. now, for two hours last night, the customs and border protections passport processing system was down, nationwide. all passports had to be check manually as a result some travelers in miami and at other international airport across the country waited in lines for hours. >> everyone is very flustered, running, seems like there is some crazy end of the world thing going on. >> none of the passport machines work. we all had to stand in lin

krasner has a meeting with kelly hodge interim district attorney, hodge has told krasner that the d.aoffice lacks a robust sexual harassment policy and krasner vows to make changes to that with the help of some who are already inside of the office. other changes on his list he wants to reduce incarceration laws and do away with the death penalty. civil rights lawyer who has department numerous times as a defense lawyer has now new york with those officers to make these changes real. krasner is adamant about changes he feels are necessary and long overdue after years offset williams leading the charge. williams is now, serving five-year prison sentence for bribery, corruption charges. his trial started last summer. in july he pled guilty sending him behind bars. now, krasner, hopeful to change culture, change some laws and change perceptions surrounding prosecution in philadelphia. so his work will officially begin today, after the swearing in ceremony, and that starts at 10:00 a.m. his oath of office scheduled to start at 11:23, karen and mike if they stay on schedule. >> 11:23. it be

, prosecutors attorneys, law enforcement officials, judges, krasner taking over the office from kelly hodge who was appointed interim district attorney, after seth williams resigned from that powe last year. williams you might remember pleaded guilty to corruption charges back in july. he was accused of taking bribes and scaming his own mother's nursing home out of thousands of dollars. so today, we will begin a new era in philadelphia, more than 20 elect officials will be sworn in this morning including larry krasner our new prosecutors that ceremony scheduled to start at 10:00 o'clock and mike you didn't forget 11:23 is when krasner is scheduled to take that oath of office. >> 11:23. >> all right. >> thanks, very much. >>> lets get to germantown. >> really serious situation developing right now investigators are searching for a shooter after two people were shot early this morning. they are looking right now for a gold buick seen speed ago way from germantown avenue and collins street where a man was shot in the head and woman was shot in the leg. we don't know their conditions >>> a man