brewerytown section of the city.cam on the scene here at fairmount at brewerytown apartments for the event hosted by the philadelphia animal welfare society. organization find homes for thousands of abandoned animals each and every year. >>> medical students got some hands on experience today, as they broaden their skill set. today the philadelphia's college of osteopathic medicine hosted a surgical conference that featured workshops that taught students specific surgical procedures. the students also used the life-like manikin to learn important trauma care skills. >>> tractor trailers skills with thousands of girl scout cookies arrived in springfield delaware county this morning. "action news" was there as girl scouts of eastern pennsylvania began unloading them at cardinal o'hara high school. it all started as a prelude to the much anticipated girl scout cookie season which begins on thursday and runs through march. by the way this year is there a brand new sshore flavored cookie. very good. >>> much more to come

the collision with another car happened at 26th and girard avenue in brewerytown at 2:30 a.m.he officer suffered head, neck and back injuries and is in stable. >>> condition. >>> a federal report shows that engineer involved in the amtrak accident tested positive for marijuana. two were killed and 40 passengers were hurt. investigators pointed to a lack of safety culture and communication failure. >>> meanwhile, the career at the control during the 2015 amtrak derailment is suing the railroad saying that the amtrak failed to report that people were throwing projectiles at the train. ntsb said something else distracted him. the crash killed 8 and injured 200 others. >>> the man accused of killing five people inside a fort lauderdale airport is facing the death penalty. a grand jury returned a 22 count indictment against santago, he pulled out a gun and aimed the gun at the their heads killing five. he said he carried out the attack for isis, but isis is not claiming responsibility. >>> president trump is holding a meeting with teresa may. her first official visit to the united

. >> breaking this morning, a philadelphia police officer has been injured in a crash in the brewerytown section around 2:20 a.m. at the intersection of 26th and girard avenue. that's where authorities say the officer's car collided with another vehicle. the officer suffered head, neck and back injuries and taken to the area hospital in stable condition. the two people inside the civilian vehicle were not injured. >>> president trump returned from his trip to philadelphia to learn that the president of mexico has canceled his trip to washington, while another foreign leader will be all smiles as she joins president trump at the white house today. >> reporter: president trump insists the border wall will go up with american money, but mexico will eventually pick up the tab. >> i've said many times that the american people will not pay for the wall. and i've made that clear to the government of mexico. >> reporter: white house press secretary of state sean spicer suggested slapping 20% import tax on mexico as payment. >> our county could tax exports and let imports flow freely. mexico gove

it happened just before 1:00 this morning in the city's brewerytown section.olice say the three took money and electronics from the victims. >>> nbc10 will continue to uncover new details in the rape and murder of 14-year-old grace packer. just this morning, we learned that she was abused or neglected in at least three other homes. the lawyer for grace packer's birth parent it's said they lost custody of grace over allegations that other adults were abusing their children. and also confirmed to nbc10 that grace packer was assaulted by her father david packer. >>> 60-year-old mary louise amzibel was in the baggage area and killed at ft. lauderdale airport. >>> good morning, everyone, jessica boyington with one last check on the roads. watching the schuylkill expressway there's a crashing here on the westbound side. just around south street. now, a few moments ago, they did have one lane getting by, they moved it into the right-hand shoulder. a traffic moving away from 95 approaching the vine street expressway. it looks like three vehicles involved. at least thr

"eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live in brewerytown with the detail.let you in on little secret. we can hear you, and your trainer sounds real intense. >> yes, pretty intense here, getting ready for the 21 day challenge here, my man, osia. good morning, you have beaten us up already. >> good morning. >> tell us a little bit about the 21 day challenge you are doing to get people back in shape. >> yes. really our new years pretty much resolution for our entire group. twenty-one day challenge about great workouts, putting at least 500 to 800 calories per work out. about eating extremely healthy. you walk into this building, and it is about warning. it is about accountability. last piece, social accountability. >> i like this portion of it it, keeps you accountable with other people in the area. >> exactly. we are a big community, very social. so together we go through the fitness training to get the special sauce. >> what rocks it for you? where did you come up with the idea of 21 day? >> i do a lot of research, what works, what doesn't. and 21 days shows

the collision with the other car happened at 26th and girard avenue in brewerytown. the officer suffered head neck and back injuries. else in stable condition. >>> a federal report shows the engineer in a engineer in a deadly amtrak accident tested positive for marijuana. the train manned by alexander hunter hit a backhoe at 100 miles per hour. the ntsb did not come to a conclusion about what caused the crash. investigators pointed to a lack of safety culture and communication failure. >>> meanwhile, the engineer at the control during the deadly amtrak derailment, he said amtrak failed to address reports that people were throwing projectiles at train. ntsb investigator concluded something else rather than a projectile is what distracted him. the crash killed 8 people and injured 200 others. >>> the man accused of killing five people inside a for the laureate daily airport is facing the death penalty. grand jury returned a 22 count indictment. prosecutors say he pulled out a handgun and aimed at his victims head and bodies until he ran out of ammo. two people with tie

philadelphia police officer is in the hospital at a crash at brewerytown. another car collided at 26th street and girard avenue early this morning. the officer is being treated for head and neck pain. the other driver was not hurt the crash is under investigate. >>> this morning, three day republican retreat in philadelphia wraps. gop leaders have a breakfast planned and

philadelphia police officer is in the hospital at a crash at brewerytown. officers cruiser and another car collided at 26th street and girard avenue early this morning. the officer is being treated for head and neck pain. the other driver was not hurt the crash is under investigate. >>> this morning, three day republican retreat in philadelphia wraps. gop leaders have a breakfast planned and retreat ends at 11:00 a.m. comes after two demonstrations in the city. >> reporter: city officials estimate more than 4,000 people marched through center city. police helped firm lines to chemodemonstrators away from the lowes hotel where the william spoke. a spoertd of the president had this message for the demonstrat demonstrators. i air is give him a chance. give donald trump a chance. >> we have to come together. >> police a as you engineementi did not make any arrest. did issue was self-citation for disorderly conduct. >> here in philadelphia the murder rate has been steady, i mean just terribly increased. >> president trump's claim about philadelphia's murder rate

. >> o'brien adds to the list brewerytown which is just adjacent to fairmount and the art museum. >>ciate pretty rapidly over the next few years. >> he says parts of south philadelphia respect particularly popular right now like the point breeze section. >> easy quick assess to rittenhouse square it's more affordable than east of broad and you have access to university city. >> if you're willing to travel just a few extra minutes to get into the heart of center city. >> my favorite destination for buyers right now is east falls, it's a little further out from the city its about five minute additional drive but it's a beautiful drive up kelly drive. >> and again putting them on a map these are the five neighborhoods that o'brien says are on the risen says they're also becoming popular with grads empty nesters and new yorkers heading south to live in our city which we love. >> yeah. >> and we prefer frankly, don't we. >> right. >> thank you alicia. >>> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli adam joseph and melissa magee i'm brian taff. hope you'

the crash happened around 2:30 this morning at 26th street and girard avenue in brewerytown.o word if the driver of the other vehicle was hurt or what caused the crash. >> the philadelphia school district has $1 billion to help make much needed repairs to some of the district's schools but it's not enough. nearly 75 percent of the schools in the district need some. kind of repairs. "action news" reporter vernon odom now live at school district headquarters in spring garden and vern, you've got the story here. >> reporter: good afternoon brian. this old school district keeps on trucking despite funding problems that have persisted for decades. the district has now however prepared a mammoth list of buildings that need repairs and new appliances. >> ♪ >> reporter: this afternoon music students at dunbar elementary go through their lessons much it's a great school in north philadelphia but the building is now 85 years old. it has its physical problems. namely a leaky roof which frequently disrupts classes when there's a heavy rain. the school district showed off the puddles on t

this happened before 1:00 in the morning in brewerytown.have another update in 25 minutes. you can stay updated on the go with news and weather with the nbc10 app that you download. the "today" show continues in a few minutes. i'm tracy davidson. have a great day. ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." and coming up, intel olive branch. the director of national intelligence reaches out to trump, after the president-elect blasts his own agencies over alleged leaks. >> i think it was disgraceful, disgraceful, that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake, out. >> so, has trust finally been restored? >>> plus, khloe gets candid. khloe kardashian opens up to natalie. about her new show, her new love, and the arrests made in the armed robbery on sister, kim. >> it's traumatizing and terrifying. but that's when you get on your knees and you pray and you thank the lord that nothing worse happened. >> reporter: as the reality star talks about how she's changed her life, by changing her lifestyle. >> if you woul