>> philadelphia city council president darrell clarke is our newsmaker this morning. let's get the inside story. good morning, and welcome to "inside story." i'm tamala edwards. and good morning to darrell clarke, head of city council. a lot to talk about. i know you're focused on the budget, doing hearings right now. big issue -- education funding. the mayor's asked for $103 million. will he get it? >> well, it's the annual school-district crisis. the reality is the mayor wants $103 million, the school district needs $300 million in total. we're working with the state to determine whether or not there's gonna be an appropriate split. we've obviously, over the last several years, put more than $375 million into schools. it's for a good cause. there could potentially be a combination of revenue streams. because the challenge with this particular budget, that we won't know what the state does until after we have to pass our budget. so we're looking at various options. >> various options have come up. the mayor says, "why don't you try a 9% property-tax increase?" you've

this week city counsel ill president darrell clarke will introduce bills to hit companies and contractorsfor dumping debris where it doesn't long. "action news" reporter kenneth moton has the exclusive details. >> mounds of dirt, bricks and construction debris illegally dumped. >> they need to clean it up. >> and it's that simple. >> that simple. >> residents 19 and birch near temple university are used to sights of new buildings. >> neighborhood is beautiful neighborhood and by the university come around it's making the neighborhood better. here they have a garden. people come in dump in the guard. >> city council president darrell clarke told "action news" he's proposing two new bills to create tough penalties for companies or contractors who illegally dump. scavtion construction or demolition projects with more than 10,000 will be find 10 grand for trashing lots like this one and detailed collection plan will also be required. >> we have contractors that don't have he respect for existing neighborhood. >> we check bed with street departments so ask how much it costs taxpayers to clean

and darrell clark says that the archdiocese should wait for the vatican's decision on an appeal. now, one thing that these folks believe works incredibly in their favor is the pope's upcoming visit this summer. why that's the case. i'm working on those details when we see you again at 6:00. for now live in fishtown matt delucia. >>> 5:03 now. overnight we've been working to find new information about a white police officer originally from this area who is accused of killing an unarmed african-american man who was running away from him. >> you have to first commit to talking about the problem. >> that was the message at a protest rally in north charleston south carolina last night. former officer michael slager is charged with killing walter scott on saturday. he's being held without bail. law enforcement today is expected to release dash cam video that they say will help shed light on what happened before the deadly shooting. nbc 10's vai sikahema joins us live from our digital operations center. vai, what about the local angle to the story, the fact that this fired officer is fr

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yesterday members of the church met with city council president darrell clark. the archdiocese wants to demolish the church here on burke street because of structural and safety issues, saying it would cost more than $3 million to restore it and bring it up to code. now, some of the parishioners and the city council president believe that the upcoming visit by pope francis to philadelphia might be just the thing to save this church. >> probably couldn't happen at a better time. the simple reality is that you know, the pope coming to the city of philadelphia in a couple of months and having this debate at this particular time is probably something that we'd like to get some resolution before the pope gets here. and we're hoping the resolution is being able to save the church. >> if the archdiocese gives us that chance and walks away from the property and lets us rehab it and reuse it purposefully and either in a religious or nonreligious way, everybody wins. >> reporter: there is a meeting tonight among parishioners and supporters to decide what to do next. altho

. >> city council president darrell clarke told "action news" he's reporting two new pills to create tough penfys for companies and contractors who illegal jump . a detailed waste collection plan will be required. >> we had contractors who do not have respect for existing neighborhood we have to deal about them. >> we checked with streets department to find out how much it costs to kleep up a lot after illegal dumping, price tag $7,000 a day. >> we should randomly go through and check the plan of disposition and if we find people are -- haven't sxlind you hit them with stiff feign and the world gets out we have no business. >> there were 300 illegal dumping sites with 550 tops of trash. philadelphia used camera to combat and tickets those breaking the law. they also rely on tips to 311. and a resident captured a company dumping a foul open a vacant lot. >> and councilman clark said it will take community involvement and new bill toypt duce this week. p kenneth moton, "channel 6 action news." >> rolling stone magazine is apologizing tonight for discredited article of alleged gang rain

says council president darrell clark -- >> swallowing an additional tax increase after what's going on on the last several years is somewhat challenging. >> reporter: some in council believe state lawmakers in harrisburg to step up first before they are asked to pony up. dennis o'brien used to be a state representative. >> i believe it's a shared responsibility. but it used to be that we put up a dollar, they gave us two. last several years we put up a dollar, they take two. >> reporter: in all i polled half a dozen council members at wednesday's budget hearing. not one supported the mayor's tax hike plan. >> do you believe simply people can't afford it. >> people can't afford it and people don't want it. >> reporter: with district schools mud link through another year of crowded mass courtrooms and a shortage of teachers and resources district bean counters just want more beans. >> we're agnostic how to get the money what we're looking for a long term sustainable revenue. willing to work with council members, the mayor to get that 105 million. >> reporter: as for the mayor, he's putti

now, yesterday some of the members met with city council president darrell clark who has taken a role in trying to stop this church from being torn down. the building has been here on burke street for more than 100 years. the archdiocese wants to demolish it because of structural and safety issues. some members of the community say they don't want that and have spent the past few months raising money for repair. above all, they want the vatican to officially decide the fate of the building before the wrecking ball comes in. >> we're prepared to go the distance in terms of getting some sense of why we can't be in a position to get the vatican to step in and give us an answer as to whether or not we're going to be able to save this church. >> reporter: the archdiocese contends it would cost about $3.5 million to make this church structurally sound. coming up at 4:30 one of the members trying desperately to save this church talks about why it is so important. now live in fishtown matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds

yesterday some of the members of save the church met with the city council president, darrell clark. he's also taken a role in trying to stop the church from being demolished. the archdiocese wants to demolish it because of structural and safety issues. now, the church is closed. it merged with another parish in 2013, but some members of the church community have spent the past several months raising money to the sum of over $500,000 for repairs. >> hopefully they'll take his spirit of living the gospel and looking at people who want to put something -- put effort into something and pass on to their kids like i'm trying to pass on to my kids. and come up with a better solution than just a wrecking ball. >> reporter: there is a meeting tonight at the rec center on blair street. that's when people who are trying to save this building will decide the next step in their fight. so if this can't be a catholic parish, then what else do folks want this to be? we're working on those details when we see you again in about 30 minutes. for now live in fishtown, matt delucia. >>> from our delawar

and good morning to darrell clarke, head of city council. a lot to talk about.w you're focused on the budget, doing hearings right now. big issue -- education funding. the mayor's asked for $103 million. will he get it? >> well, it's the annual school-district crisis. the reality is the mayor wants $103 million, the school district needs $300 million in total. we're working with the state to determine whether or not there's gonna be an appropriate split. we've obviously, over the last several years, put more than $375 million into schools. it's for a good cause. there could potentially be a combination of revenue streams. because the challenge with this particular budget, that we won't know what the state does until after we have to pass our budget. so we're looking at various options.

darrell clarke and others have gotten support from colleges and hospitals to keep doing this and expanding. several colleges are on board with the idea especially since 40% of children live below the poverty line. clarke is taking the model from cincinnati. it's already being done in two to three schools but he wants to expand it to all of the failing schools in the city. >> how about putting that council person district office in there so the community can come in and get services from the city in that building? children can get clinical services from that clinic that's in that particular building. these are the type of comprehensive approaches that we need to take as it relates to the education of that child. >> reporter: south philly high school where we are, for example, has adult classes for those learning english as a second language. the meeting tonight is open to everyone. that will be at the community college of philadelphia tonight at 6:00 in spring garden. for now live in south philadelphia. matt deluv sha, "nbc 10 news." >>> a gloucester county mayor has a court hearing on drun

darrell clarke is asking the archdiocese to hold off on tearing down the 133-year-old church in fishtown. he says parishioners have appealed to the vatican for help and have yet to receive a formal response. >>> also happening later today, lower merion police and township officials will discuss community relations report on policing and race. tonight's meeting in ardmore will follow up on this video shot by a neighbor showing police detaining two african-american men shoveling snow. police are expected to release figures showing the arrests in the township by race. we have a link to the report on the nbc 10 app and on nbc10.com. >> that is racial profiling. and it has to stop. >>> citizens expressed their concerns during a township meeting last month. the issue stemmed from a woman's complaint that police targeted men she hired to shovel snow because of their race. police say their officers acted properly. >>> well it is the tape that led to murder charges. this morning, the protests in south carolina after a police officer is charged with killing an unarmed black man. >>> stormy weather

the nutter budget shows no appetite for pizza with attacks hike topping says council president darrell clark- >> swallowing an tax increase after what's going on on the last several years is somewhat challenging. >> reporter: some in council believe state lawmakers in harrisburg should step up first. dennis o'brien used to be a state representative. >> i believe it's a shared responsibility but it used to be that we put up a dollar they gave us two. the last several years we put up a dollar, they take two. >> reporter: i polled half a dozen council members at wednesday's budget hearing. not one supported the mayor's tax hike plan. >> you believe simply people can't afford it. >> people can't afford and people don't want it. >> reporter: wis district schools muddling through another year of crowded classrooms and a shortage of teachers and resources, district bean counters just want more beans. >> we're agnostic thou get the money. what we're looking is long-term sustainable revenue. we're ailing were to work with council members and the mayor to get that 105 million. >> the mayor is put pres

. >> city council president darrell clark has been trying to get tanks in philadelphia inspected fors. he's looking forward to a new state law. >> if in fact, she gives us the authority to do it on a local level, it will make it clear that we had the ability to regulate this particular industry as it relates to safety measures in the city of philadelphia. >> i think it was something that probably slipped through the cracks. >> of course we will keep track of the process and we'll let you know what happens. for the investigators, nbc 10 news. >>> it's been a breezy afternoon, but at least it's sunny out there, nbc 10 at the villanova university campus today where the students were dressed for spring. nbc 10's chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with your forecast. >> wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour today, tomorrow we may get up to 40 miles an hour. this is a live shot in the poconos. and they'll probably see wind gusts of 40 miles per hour tomorrow. and the temperatures really plunging in that area. it is going to be a long week in the weather department if you ha

city council president darrell clark is our news maker. he dives into a number of issues. million for schools. will we get programs to reduce crime. and what does he think about the state of things in the mayor's race. speak speaking of which our panel gets into that. there was interesting movements about who was endorsed by whom this week. does it tell us about the landscape of philadelphia, and who is looking good as we move toward that election. that's coming up on inside story, we hope to see you there. >> here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast how about 64 degrees today a nice afternoon coming up. whatever morning cloud cover we were seeing that will give way to sunshine this afternoon. 60 degrees tomorrow, maybe an isolated brief shower, most of us stay dry. 69 tuesday 70 degrees wednesday that's the first of three days in the seven-day forecast we have 70s showing up. 70 for friday, 73 saturday, sunday looks good, temperatures look to be around 75. the. >> this this week with george stephanopoulos is coming up on 6abc. >> this morning george skullses th