connick sr.'s reputation, his office handled upwards of 30,000 cases in his three-decade tenure after often faced accusations of hard-line tactics. >> harry connick was tough on crime and death penalty cases, i don't think harry would have offered a deal. he would have said, no, you can't have it, and he wanted to lock them all up forever. >> connick's lead prosecutor was jim williams. jim took great pride in his numerous death penalty convictions, he even kept a miniature electric chair on his desk. >> jim was regarded as one of the most aggressive prosecutors in the district attorney's office. he described sliding up behind defendant ants in the courtroom and buzzing in their ears to mimic the buzzing of electricity. >> thompson's carjacking trial lasted only two days. the testimony of the la guardia children was enough to convict him of robbery. he was given the maximum sentence. >> your heart stops beating for a minute, you know. that was my first conviction, but he gave me the maximum. 49 1/2

. >> he just ruined a dolphin tale of harry connick jr. for me. >> what channel are you watching? what are you saying? >> >> i only believe in controlled water water. >> why? >> because there are no sharks in there and you can choose who you invite in. >> but statistically, it's very rare. >> have you seen the dolphin adult channel? it's called finemax. >> he's going to look for it. >> i got to check it out. right by the al qaeda-isis channel. >>> "one more thing" is up next. >>> time for "one more thing." kimberly kick it off. >> hi. i have this special feature i wanted to do last week but we didn't get a chance to so i said you can hash tag that on twitter or facebook and i'll answer your question. today i want to pick a question. is the bell curve as scary as i think it will be? it is. there are many things you can do. apply yourself. >> don't become a lawyer. >> no become a lawyer and then you can come on television like the two of us. you can become a politician a professor. it's the education that matters and the way it teaches you to think critically. congratulations to you

. >>> coming up at 3:00 harry connick jr. is stopping by "ellen" show. then "nbc10 news" at 4:00. chris christie is spending most of his time on the campaign trail but still costing new jersey taxpayers a lot of money. what's being done to get the money devoted to his security back to the state. all this afternoon on "nbc10 news" at 4:00. >>> we want to update you on our breaking news. that deadly accident in new castle county one person has died, four others were injured when two cars collided on i-495 south. south of route 13 in new castle president skyforce10 was over the scene earlier. traffic had be to be detoured for several hours. state police trying to figure out what caused this crash. ublg get updates on nbc10.com as well as by going to our nbc10 app. >>> great day out there today, huh, glenn? >> yeah. a lot like yesterday but with less wind. tomorrow's going to be a lot like today. and saturday's going to be a lot like today. sunday things start to change. the humidity starts to go back up. next week it will probably looking and feeling more like july again. >> oh well.

and harry connick. second film in my career, it was probably one of the more important ones obviously because of the subject matter. and because the very thing that was going on surrounding the make of the movie. ♪ ♪ ♪ interesting thing about the new cd bretless is when i first put this band together the first idea was to put together a band that had a groove based philosophy that was more electric. that was going to be fun to play with. aasas we were doing it life was happening around us and there was just one incident after the other in terms of our youth in this country. and their involvement with law enforcement. and it just became apparent at a we needed to make our statement about that. ♪ ♪ ♪ the title track itself you know, it came out of anxiety to be heard, you know, an anxiousness for all of this to stop. i'm a child of the '70s man and i never thought this country would revert to this. we were moving forward and we would be well beyond a lot of this craziness. the whole notion open dialogue i

>> harry connick jr. >> are you j-lo then, jen?i'm j-lo. >> this is how it works thursday, if you want to be a part of there is come here to fourth and market. what tumshie they start lining up? >> be hereby 9:00 a.m. >> yes you have to be in line by 9:00 a.m. >> you can't lining up until 6:00 a.m. you can't come before then. >> oh, yes? >> who is going to stop me? >> 5:30. >> we will have secure toy handle up, believe me. >> so, microphone, sing, then you will judge them? >> for 30 seconds. >> make it really, really good really quick. >> and be member or job let's practice, all right? let's roll this first philadelphia and singing and then you judge. >> okay. >> ♪ ♪ >> that young man's name is michael nutter. >> you seem per tedder? >> not going to make the cut. >> not going to make it? >> not going to make. >> he won't make any color ticket? >> not. >> we'll probably throw stuff at him. horrible, just bad. >> we all know the words but no personality, no swagger nothing keeping me hip. >> he was coughing shark. >> he was like -- >

round audition with idol producers and a meet and greet with american idol judges keith urban, harry connickhopefuls came out for their chance for super stardom. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ our judges have a very hard decision to make. but they have an extensive background in music. the legendary architects of the philadelphia sound kenny gamble and leon huff, patti jackson of wdas radio, dj cosmic kev of power 99 and american idol expert jennaphr frederick. >> do not sing whitney or adele unless you can sing whitney or adele. get to the hook people are starting in the beginning, no good. and just like cosmic kev look the part, act the part. >> i think your style has to match your talent. bring your a game. like that's the bottom line. >> finding a great singer or great performer is like finding a needle in haystack. >> there's opportunity for the talent and i think it's a great thing. >> reporter: the big question is, who wins fox 29 philly idol with a chance to compete to be the american idol? you have to tune in tomorrow on "good day philadelphia" to see who walks away with the silver ticket.

. >>> owners i connick boardwalk pizza chain are now facing jail time for lying on their taxes. charles and mary ban go plead guilty in camden federal court today to charges relateed to their 2010 and 2011 tax returns. the couple owns three math company and manco locations on the ocean city boardwalk and also one in somers point. they each face a $250,000 fine and as long five years in jail. a judge will sentence them in october. >>> skyfox over train tracks near 33rd and spruce streets and they are back open tonight after a fuel spill. clean up crews head to do philadelphia's grays ferry neighborhood after a cxx train leaked 10 gallons of fuel this morning. coat is looking into what happened. >>> it looks like south jersey prosecutors will not be charging bill cosby with sexual assault in may actress lilly bernard told police that cosby drugged and raped her in atlantic city during '90's and today lawyer for the comedian says the atlantic county prosecutor's office has closed its investigation into that claim. in letter to the press of atlantic city attorney ed jacobs says her

round audition with idol producers and meet and great with american idol judges, keith urban, harry connickfer lopez. many came out for their chance to super toe stardom. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> our judges have a very hard decision to make but they have an extensive background in music. the legendary architects of the philadelphia sound kenny gamble and leon huff, patti jackson of wdas radio dj cosmic kev of power 99 and american idol expert our very own jennaphr frederick. >> do not sing whitney or a dell unless you can sing whitney or dell. that's number one. get to the hook. people are starting in the beginning no good. and just like cosmic kev said look the part, act the part. >> i think you're, um, style has major challenge. bring your a game. like the bottom line. >> finding a great singer or great performer is like finding a needle in haystack. >> it was an opportunity, you know for the talent and i think it's a great thing. >> the big question who wins fox 29 philly idol with a chance to compete to be the american idol? you have to tune in tomorrow on "good day philadelphia" to see who walk awa