now, conrail appose to have had enough. >> conrail will work with us to clean up the property, secureroperty. we will work to give people into, new york rehab beds and into shelters and permanent housing. >> reporter: aunt and agreement signed with the city conrail will cut away the vegetation, remove needles and repair and install fencing the city will provide police protection and hall trash those citations against the railroad will be dropped. the district's council woman says she wants to change the story of kensington. >> change the narrative about it is okay to come to kensington and buy some of the purest cheapest drugs. >> reporter: lisa says lives will be saved but users will now be seen. >> where are the drug user going to get high? you know, they're going to end up being on the street corners where people can see them. kids can see them, you know, it's bad enough people are leaving needles around on the street as it is. >> reporter: conrail vp and general counsel said the railroad wants to do its part license be working closely with our partners to make real difference to t

code now conrail appears to have had enough.rail will work with us to clean up the property, secure the property. we will work to give people into, new york city rehab beds and shelters and permanent housing. >> reporter: aunt an agreement signed with the city, conrail will cut away the vegetation. remove needles and repair and install fencing. the city will provide police protection and hall trash. those citations against the railroad will be dropped. the chris ticket's council woman wants to change the story of kensington. >> change the narrative about it is okay to come to kensington and buy some of the purest cheapest drugs. >> reporter: lisa says, lives will be saved but users will now be seen. >> where are the drug user going to get high? you know, they're going to end up being on the street corners where people can see them. kids can see them. you know, it's bad enough people are leaving needles around on the street as it is. >> reporter: conrail's vice-president general counsel jonathan broder said in a statement the rai

. >> apparently we have an agreement between city and conrail to clean and secure the property in the hill kensington neighborhood. >>> cording to the agreement conrail and city as possible but in later then end of nexto remove veget trash and trespassing place where conrail accepts the responsibility what has been their neglect. >> conrail will work with us to clean up the property, secure the property, we will work to get people into rehab and shelter and permanent housing. >> eye meeting to discuss at agreement and next steps will be held june 20th at 5:30 p.m. , at 240 east cambria street. >> well, the day we went out there with our camera, we could not find trash. this is what this place really looks like, they are frantic to clean this up. needles every where, trash, look at them. >> furniture. >> people would say, all right conrail will clean this up. but people will use heroin, i mean, they will go anyplace, won't they. >> it is an addiction. >> they will move around from place to place but this is really bad. thank god for that agreement. >>> 6:42. valedictorian, my brother w

today the city struck a deal with conrail in an effort to demolish an encampment that's become a public health hazard. some people have died there. >> the community really wants to take back their community. it's important for us to work together. >> conrail is stepping up to do its part after the city threatened to issue fines. in return, the city will provide drug treatment to users. >>> philadelphiana know our see is something special. it's being recognized as a national treasure. the title bestowed upon philadelphia today. the recognition will help to preserve our historic neighborhoods. >>> a rain-soaked month of may followed by temperatures that heated up quickly. it is the perfect recipe for mosquitos to multiply. officials in camden county have a multi-strategy approach to prevent and protect against the mosquito threat. nbc10's south jersey reporter cydney long has more on the summer mosquito forecast. >> reporter: are you getting ready to brave the outdoors this summer? camping, back yard barbecue or a dip in the pool? you're not alone. >> mosquito season has begun. the commis

the city of philadelphia and conrail signed an agreement to clean and secure the property near the tracks, estimated 500,000 to a million syringes have been dumped there and mayor kenney says the evidence is more than about cleaning up the dangerous debris. >> while conrail works to secure and clean and maintain the property we'll focus on the individuals that frequent the tracks to get into treatment and into housing. >> it should be compete by the enof the july. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. the program that is helping to ensure june privileged students get nutritional meals while schools are out for the summer. and he camped out to get the attention of the eagles, and then a former temple player got a look from the soul. >> this air mass to the south with heat indexes into the 90s heads our way for the weekend along with unsettled weather. i'll explain if the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: hi cecily i've invented a new sport out here suping with the boat. we'll have your all important accuweather forecast. when "action news" comes back. lets go. here w

today philadelphia and conrail signed an dream to clean and secure the property surrounding the railroad track there's, an estimated 500,000 to a million syringes have been dumped there. the effort is more about just clearing the dangerous debris. >> while conrail works to maintain and clean their property we will help the individuals that frequent the individuals that are on the track tracks. the work should be completed by the end of the july. >>> a vietnam tribute is on display in chester county. the helicopter was says courted to the helicopter museum in westchester this morning. a mixed media sculpture from a helicopter that serveds an air ambulance during the vietnam war. it was shot down in 1969 and dead waited to the more than 2 million americans that served in vietnam. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 12:30, the father of the american college student that was released from north korea in a coma speaks out. >>> and a mowing mission across the united states hear how this started with one random act of kindness. that and much mr. when "action news" comes right back. if you have m

. >>> conrail and the city of philadelphia reached a deal to clear an encampment along the train tracks in the kensington neighborhood. the railroad said it will lead the cleanup after the city threatened to issue fines. for its part, philadelphia will provide treatment for those drug users. >>> in south philadelphia, police are looking for two men they say tricked a cashier into giving them $700. security video shows what happened at gooey louie's deli on mcclelland street. the men bought a soda with a $100 bill and barraged the cashier with requests of changing big bills into small bills and vice-versa. if you happen to know these guys, police want to hear from you. >>> and meat products being recalled after milk was found and not on the labels. it recalls nearly 32,000 pounds of precooked chicken, meatballs, beef, and turkey patties. the company sent them to four states including new jersey and pennsylvania. you can get the complete list of the recalled products on the nbc10 app. >>> a rainy month of may plus high temperatures have caused mosquitoes to multiply in our area. officials

. >> while conrail works to clean and maintain the property we are focused on helping the individuals who frequent the area on the tracks to get treatment and support of housing. >> well, cleanup work will begin as soon as possible and be complete by the end of july. a community meeting is set for next tuesday to discuss all this have with neighbors that live in the area. time for a look at the accuweather forecast. adam joseph is standing by and it's nice not to be in the 90s today. >> a break from the humidity as well. a nice breeze you can't go wrong when you talk bay june day in the middle of the month with deep blue sky and very tolerable to be out in the sunshine. in fact, temperatures now 81 if philadelphia and 84 lehigh valley. and warmer to the north and west away from a wind off the ocean and we are cooling off into the 70s for wilmington and dover and millville as well as the shore line with the sea breeze in effect. a beautiful day no matter where you are with the june sunshine high in the sky. and also the combination of the the comfy temperatures and low dew points, belo

officials say the man who worked for amtrak and conrail was shocked just before 11:00 this morning.ediately shut off to the employee could be rescued. he was rushed to the hot. officials say he is expected to recover and the accident is still under investigation right now. >>> a troubling discovery involving a child led police to a north philadelphia school this morning. chopper 6 h.d. over the dunbar school in the 1700 block of north 12th street. now, officials tell "action news" police were called about 10:30 because a 9-year-old student brought a box cutter to school. although investigators are are not releasing much information we know the school was not placed on lockdown but the situation was over in about 30 minutes. >>> in a latest effort to prevent opioid abuse, new jersey and pennsylvania will now share information with each other from their respective prescription drug monitoring programs. u.s. congressman donald norcross and patrick meehan say sharing that information is important because, otherwise, doctors and form sifts won't know if they are giving opioids to an addi

the sale of conrail was a big privatization item on the agenda. that raised about $1.7 billion, i think. that is nothing compared to what was achieved in spectrum. and remarkably, this revolution in public policy, which is so rare in washington -- nothing gets done, especially this big to goh through -- through -- was achieved with very little partisan acrimony. there was acrimony between industries, between us. [laughter] mr. gattuso: but it was largely partisan. this was something that was flexibility, liberalization, democratic and republican administrations, both. our speaker today has written a book on all of this. actually knows about the things i am raising here. most of what i know comes from tom, anyway. he will speak for about 20 minutes, then we have some commenters who will correct what he says afterwards. for those of you who don't know tom, he currently is at clemson university. before that he was at george mason university, wharton school, american enterprise institute -- all following telecommunications and spectrum policy. and he