but now deanna collins enters her courtroom with high hopes.her a favorable plea deal on charges of fraudulently requiring prescriptions from pharmacies. the other charges will be dropped. it's now up to the judge to sign off. >> i can rip it up? we don't have to take the plea. we can refer this to the grand jury and ultimately to trial. do you want me to let you take this plea or refer to the grand jury? >> i would like you to take the plea. >> i'll ask our assistant prosecutor to move the plea. thank you your honor. 1046/14. it's our understanding that the defendant will be pleading guilty to a single count of cds by fraud. recommend time served as a condition of probation. >> once i accept this guilty plea, you're bound by it. you cannot change your mind. do you understand that? >> i understand. >> this is a third-degree charge that carries with it, between three and five years in state prison. your attorney has been able to negotiate a very favorable plea. i'm satisfied and i'll find the defendant guilty. you'll be released today ror. no do

nbc 10's deanna durante has been inside the courtroom. deanna, what's going on right now?orter: right now, the mother of raghunandan yandamuri is on the witness stand with the help of an interpreter telling a jury she wants them to spare her son's life. that questioning has just begun now. we spoke with the defense attorneys immediately after that verdict came down from the jury. defense attorney steven heckman who you'll recall yandamuri fired was standing by as standby counsel. he had pointed words when he emerged from the courtroom after the guilty verdicts were read. he said his client went 180 degrees, put on a defense he did not agree with. we spoke with nandamuri's attorney who's representing him through the penalty phase. here's what he had to say about his client. >> i think it's fair to say that he was stunned. he -- he thought that he was going to have a different verdict. whether or not he -- that seems plausible to court observers is deba debateable. he thought he was going to get a better verdict and he was stunned. his defense all along was he didn't do it.

deanna durante is learning new information.she'll bring it to us live at 5:30. >>> nurse nina pham is free of ebola and will go home to texas. pham joined the doctors who cared for her. she was the first nurse diagnosed with the ebola virus after caring for thomas duncan at texas health presbyterian in dallas. she says she feels fortunate and blessed to be healthy and is excited to go home to her dog, bentley. >> i hope that people understand that this illness and this whole experience has been very stressful and. >> challenging for me and my family. although i no longer have ebola, i know it may be a while before i have my strength back. >> pham and her family met with president obama at the white house this afternoon before headed home. texas nurse amber vinson is making good progress in her treatment for the ebola virus infection. tests no longer detect the virus in her blood. vinson will remain at emory for takened care. no word yet when she'll be discharged. vinson contracted the virus after treating the first patient to d

reporting live in center city, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, deanna. >>> a new home forillies finest. today officials broke ground on the city's new police headquarters. mayor michael nutter and other dignitaries took part in the ceremonial first shovel. this is at 46th and market streets in west philadelphia. >> 4601 market street in west philly will be transformed into a state-of-the-art campus that will serve our city's police and health departments all on one campus. >> the merger will allow the city to sell the current police headquarters and health offices buildings in center city as well as the morgue facility in west philadelphia. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, it was supposed to begin this weekend but find out why the start of sports betting in new jersey could be in jeopardy. >>> plus, a visit from this year's nobel peace prize winner. why malala yousafzai is coming to philadelphia and the award she will be receiving here. sheena? >>> and i'm watch something rain as we go into parts of this week. i'll show you the timing of the rain and who can expect the hea

reporting live in the digital operations center, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> deanna, thanks. >>> happening now, the jewish faithful around the world are celebrating the day of atonement known as yom kippur. there was a mad rush at this deli for traditional holiday food. yom kippur begins at sun down. it's a time of intense prayer and fasting. jews confess their sins to god and ask for forgiveness. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, it was a perfect day for a fall harvest. nbc 10 in lower marion and these first graders spent the day picking vegetables they planted over the spring and summer. that is just in time because there is rain on the way, really nice day to do that. as you see in the video, we had sunshine today. we had a mix of clouds and sun but now we're just seeing those overcast conditions, at least for most of the area. the clouds cover is all ahead of rain. that will be here later on tonight and early tomorrow morning. your saturday is going to start off with some rain and the possibility of some thunderstorms. we coul

deanna, tell us what's happening right now. >> reporter: the jury is receiving instructions.the closing arguments happened within the last couple of minutes. the judge now is explaining the law to them. they can then deliberate whether raghunandan yandamuri can be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. these are some of the final statements that the jury just heard, that it was a horrible plan that went wrong. and that this is someone who should be punished severely and it was the lamest expression of remorse you will ever hear. those quotes not from the prosecution but from the defense attorney, the man who told the jury a few minutes ago his job is to be fighting for the life of raghunandan yandamuri. a man that the jury has already convicted of two murders, murders of a 10-month-old baby and her 61-year-old grandmother. now, in his closing, assistant district attorney, first assistant district attorney kevin steele says it's time for justice. justice would be served by the jury finding death sentences for both cases. for both fi

deanna? >> reporter: jacqueline, this statement from township management says that a budget shortfall is what is making these cuts necessary. but what residents are asking is how theç department will functn once it loses six officers. >> these are the largest police cuts we've seen in montgomery county in decades. >> reporter: richard says he's outraged at the planned layoff. six police officers in three township employees will be gone from franconia township in two weeks. residents we spoke with said they had no idea the budget shortfall was so dire. >> who's watching them is what i want to know to make sure that they're not overspending and everything? who's in charge of that? so that we don't get to this point. >> reporter: those who went to the franconia board meeting are shocked. they say supervisors didn't provide reasons why the township is coming up $900,000 short. >> i felt as though the board was misinformed. they were not prepared and they did not answer any questions directly. >>

nbc 10's deanna durante is live outside the county courthouse.w? >> reporter: well, depends on which side you talk to. some are hopeful that this length of time means that they're going to come back finding guilty on lesser crimes than first-degree murder. others are hopeful if this testimony that was rae read, it means the jury is leaning toward two counts of first-degree murder. the jury is now back. in the last few minutes they went back into the deliberation room after hearing key testimony from a forensic pathologist. the testimony was reread to them. this was after the jury basically had to start over with their deliberations first thing this morning after one juror was' moved and another juror, all mthat juror put in her plac. the testimony they call very graphic are hoping will lean the jury toward two convictions of first-degree murder. >> they went through how the grandmother was killed which was a brutal killing involving stab wounds, going through her neck, down to the bone. cutting into the bone. and what force needed to be used with

reporting life in norristown, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> washington becomes the 13th current or former pennsylvania lawmaker to be convicted of crimes in the past decade. among the others, john perzel on corruption charges. bill dewese served time for theft. that year saw the conviction of jane orie on 14 charges including theft, conspiracy, forgery and tampering with evidence and last year democratic state rep, jose moranda was convicted of fraud. >> philadelphia shouldn't wait for pennsylvania to come to its senses. a member of city council asked for a hate crime law not covered under state law. mayor michael nutter has two weeks to sign the bill into law. >> do not expect more cabs on street if septa workers go on strike. the taxi workers say it's keeping its regular service in solidarity with septa workers. negotiators are trying to reach a last minute deal to prevent a strike. christine maddela is live in old city where another day of negotiations just wrapped up without a deal. is there any hope at this point? >> reporter: there is still hope. i talked to a septa represent

nbc 10's deanna durante has been woshing to get answers about this accident all day long.she joins us live tonight from the training facility in conshohocken. >> reporter: state police are only saying that that fatal shot came from another member of the pennsylvania state police force units here. we're told that they booked training at a facility here on the montgomery county public safety training campus yesterday. they bring in their own instructors. it was during or after some sort of instruction here at the facility when that fatal shot was fired. we spoke with troopers at troop k in skippack where the trooper worked. they said tonight they only want to focus on the troop eer's and fallen officer's family. >> he was an extremely enthusiastic trooper, highly motivated. you could tell every single day he walked in. he was extremely proud to be a pennsylvania state trooper and he showed it. >> reporter: he was a rookie trooper on the job less than two years and sources say he wasç getting strunge getting instruction yesterday. sources say he was accidentally shot in the

nbc 10's deanna durante joins us live this afternoon in west philadelphia. deanna?rter: that officer was assigned to school detail until this incident happened ten days ago. police tell us they are investigating and want to know more about what they saw on the tape and what you don't see. >> big man, you have a problem? cy notice you keep trying to take eye contact. >> reporter: the video was posted about ten days ago and the obscenities we have blocked from hearing seems to be directed at one boy walking with a group of kids. police have known about the incident from the start, they say because the officer reported it to superiors after it happened. they were not surprised when the video surfaced. >> sometimes they will videotape only one portion or send one portion to us. >> reporter: they said there was an altercation. the police are trying to disperse when the yelling began. >> there may have been some type of argument going on with the children out there, the young people at the school. apparently the officer was dispersing that crowd that was out there gatheri

nbc 10's deanna durante is live in norristown.ny indication how long these deliberations could take? >> reporter: well, the jury is now ordering their dinner. so at least for the next several hours. the judge were court staff, everyone here on standby. the courtroom empty except for court personnel and six or seven sheriff's deputies. the defendant in this case, raghunandan yandamuri has been brought down it a holding cell in the basement of the courthouse. yandamuri is on trial for the murder and kidnapping of a 61-year-old grandmother and her 10-month-old grand daughter. it all happened in october of 2012. investigators say that he plotted the crime in a botched kidnapping attempt in order to get money for his gambling debt. today in court, yandamuri, who is defending himself, spent about two hours addressing the jury, telling them that police did not check in on tips that he gave them, that two other men were sporesponsible for the cri and he was forced to take those men to that apartment in upper merion township in october 201

. >> the attorney for leanna washington confirming to nbc 10's deanna durante that the state senatorill plead guilty at a hearing. he would not say what the exact terms of the negotiated plea are. the 69-year-old democrat is facing felony charges for allegedly using her taxpayer-paid staff to plan and perform political activities. washington lost her re-election bid in the may primary. >>> nbc 10 is asking questions about a police chase that turned deadly overnight in the lehigh valley. we brought you this story live this morning as breaking news on nbc 10 news at 4:00 a.m. officers in easton were pursuing a man for allegedly driving recklessly just before 1:00 in the morning. then there was gunfire at the crash, the man died. randy gillian hall just got an update from the county d.a. have you learned if the suspect died in the crash or from gunshots? >> reporter: well, the autopsy results are not clear right now, so investigators still don't know if that crash into a power pole or the gunfire killed him. the district attorney just wrapping up this news conference says two officers w

thank you, deanna. >>> our other big story tonight. two potential presidential contenders bringing their star power to pennsylvania. new jersey governor chris christie and hillary clinton are both in town in a show of party support. tonight, we have live team coverage, randy gyllenhaal is in wayne where christie just wrapped up a rally with baengs governor tom corbett. >> we begin with nbc 10's george spencer live at independence mall. hillary clinton will take the stage for tom wolf in just a matter of minutes, george? >> reporter: yeah, jim, it is a standing room only crowd spread around this atrium as expected and an energized crowd, giving the campaign of tom wolf a boost here in philadelphia. a campaign that is already favored by the polls. as we take a look at the podium, you can see that former candidate katie mcginnty has just taken the stage here. we are expecting tom wolf and then hillary clinton in just minutes. though this has been built as a women for wolf event, it is pretty evenly split among the crowd and includes many

nbc 10's deanna durante is joining us live this afternoon in west philadelphia. >> deanna, what haveed about the officer and what sparked the incident caught on video? >> reporter: well, we've learned that until this video came out, he was assigned to the school detail here in west philadelphia. police spokesperson tells me they were alerted to this incident almost immediately by the officer himself and tonight they say that they believe there was some sort of altercation that began before that camera started rolling. >> big man, you have a problem? i notice you keep trying to make eye contact. >> the video is sa seconds long and police say the officer in it has been re-assigned while they investigate the circumstances that led him up to yelling at a group of teenagers. >> something we can't allow to happen. >> reporter: philadelphia police spokesperson lieutenant jan stanford says police have seen the video and knew about the issue before it sprung up on social media .officer what they're not identifying, reported the altercation to his supervisor police say there was an incident be

nbc 10's deanna durante has been in the courtroom in norristown all day. >> deanna, day ended in tears> reporter: it did. spectators, family members, the jury, all left here within the last 20 minutes. this was after hearing three victim pact statements. a letter from the mother of 10-month-old vansaanvi venna, t testimony of the 61-year-old's grandmother two sons. one of the sons is the father of that 10-month-old baby. he told the jury he can no longer trust people. on the day this happened, he simply thought his home phone was broken. he never imagined he would come home to find his mother murdered and his baby missing. the day started off with raghunandan yandamuri telling a judge that he wanted the death penalty. >> this was an act that was terrible, an unforgivable act but not born out of an evil earn, not the worst of the worst, that is language that the u.s. supreme court stated that is what the death penalty should be reserved for. ultimately life in prison without parole is appropriate. >> reporter: raghunandan yandamuri, despite his request to die, defense attorneys isç e p

deanna?enee, those documents with the state department of labor filed just within the last hour. and they allege by the police union that there was retaliation here at place as part of why these officers were laid off. now, again, this document filed within the last hour by the police union with the pennsylvania department of labor. it says that this will -- this is basically because the officers are being retaliated against. let me tell you more about what it said. the complaint says the police chief threatened to demote an officer for, quote, not having his back at a heated township meeting where those layoffs were announced. it says the layoffs quickly went from two as announced to the public to four in that township meeting. the union is alleging that that number was raised so the union representative who was a police officer with franconia township would be part of the layoff because he is fourth in line for seniority. the union is saying that the township has violated labor laws by refu

reporting live in the digital operations center, deanna durante. nbc 10 news. >>> we have this just in. doctors without borders notified new york city health authorities one of their doctors who returned from areas in africa who's been dealing with it reporting the doctor has a fever. they're following protocol. at this point, he's not been confirmed to actually have ebola but they're following all precautions. in our area, there are no confirmed ebola cases here. however, some people here are being monitored as well as a precaution. officials are checking on three people in bucks county who recently returned from west africa as well. it appears the group was not exposed to ebola and showing no symptoms either. the monitoring is part of new cdc mandated screening for travelers. >>> pennsylvania officials got together in harrisburg today to talk about the state's readiness for dealing with ebola. pennsylvania, one of six states that will monitor travelers from ebola-stricken countries. >> this is a crisis that we don't want to hit pennsylvania, and

nbc 10's deanna durante live for us this afternoon in conshohocken. >> deanna, what have we learned about the circumstances surrounding the trooper's death. >> in just the last half hour, state police sent out an e-mail release saying that the fatal shot was fired by another member of the pennsylvania state police. it happened here in conshohocken, just about 24 hours ago. tonight, troopers at the skippack barracks say they want to remember one of their own. they don't want to talk about their investigation. >> i couldn't believe i got the phone call. i mean, a phone call you never want to receive. >> reporter: troopers at the pennsylvania state police barracks, troop k, are in mourning. he was in conshohocken yesterday when a gun held by another trooper went off. troopers today called a news conference only to say it was to discuss a 26-year-old new recruit who grew up in philadelphia. >> he was an excellent trooper and like i said, it was an honor to work with him. and we're all sorry that this incident occurred and he's no longer with us. >> kendra, a graduate of temple university was

reporting live in norristown, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> quick question, deanna.o legal observers believe he's serious about wanting the death penalty? >> his own attorneys say he may be asking for the death penalty but they're not certain their clients really wants to be put to death. what they did express to us, they don't think this is a ploy or stun the. they think yandamuri is afraid of going to prison with the stigma of being a convicted killer of a baby and how he will be treated in priz. he's afraid he'll be assaulted if he's put in with general population. what they think he's after is the protection that death row inmates get because they're often in solitary confinement for most of the day, having very little interaction with other inmates. >> deanna durante, watching this case for us. thank you. >>> new developments tonight out of west africa. the world health organization said today the death toll from ebola has surpassed 4,000. >> we're learning more about the condition of the nbc news free lance cameraman being treated for ebola. this as a spokesman

nbc 10's deanna durante is live along penn's landing where she listened to the vice president's remarks earlier. de tell us more about biden's reasons for coming to philly. >> reporter: has to do with this barge that was moved from the philadelphia soide of the river to the camden side of the river. that's being used to dredge the river. he says many people come here to penn's landing for walking, biking, going to concerts but really the moneymaker is getting through the river. on aboard dredge 54, vice president joe biden met with the company. the contractors responsible for deepening the river five additional feet between the ben franklin and walt whitman bridge. >> every person rides over the bridge and look down and have understandably no idea how much of their economic wellbeing depends on what happens at this port. and it does. it matters. >> reporter: the vice president made his remarks to a small audience of elected and union officials praising the effort to deepen the channel from the delaware bay to south of trenton. the 100-mile stretch is expected to cost $300 million before

reporting live in the digital operations center, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, deanna. >the outdoor survivalist on the fbi's most wanted list. the ambush of two pennsylvania state troopers. nbc 10 is there as tourists are starting to come to an area that was considered off limits. nbc 10's doug shimell live again at the center of the search area in the poconos for us. >> what's their mood trying to get back to normal? >> reporter: well, you know, a lot of them know that by allowing tourists back into certain campsites in pike county, it may start to allow certain communities to salvage some of the fall season from the eric frein manhunt. the chapmans don't cancel camping trips because of manhunts. so they drove the camper all the way from new jersey to the otter lake camp resort in pike county. >> it's been set up for over a year. i actually called the campground yesterday to see because my daughter sent me a text he was only, like, nine miles away. >> reporter: the eric frein manhunt restricted camping, fishing and hunting for almost a month near the search zone. but thi

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reporting live outside the montgomery county courthouse, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> 20 minutesnonstop news continues now with the battle over the now-closed revel casino. that battle ended today in a federal courtroom miles away from atlantic city. >> now, even though he was outbid for the sprawling atlantic city complex by a canadian company, a florida developer fought for that gaming hall. nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg attended bankruptcy court proceed innings camden today. >> ted, tell us how the judge decided. >> reporter: the judge okayed the sale of revel to a company that plans to re-open it as a casino. the losing bidder says he's not giving up yet. >> we're happy with the judge's outcome and we look forward to the future. >> reporter: revel's president and ceo says he's excited about today's decision by a u.s. bankruptcy judge to approve the $110 million sale of the defunct atlantic city casino to brookfield property partners whose toronto-based parent company owns hard rock casino in las vegas and the atlantis resort in the bahamas. >> my focus is

deanna durante got reaction today from the cop's widow. >> she has not only harsh words for the college that's allowing this speech but for the students who dieded to pick the convicted cop killer to speak. >> shame on them. they could have another commencement speaker that would give these students wisdom before they start out in life. >> maureen faulkner has never shied away from voicing her opinion of convicted cop killer abu jamaul. she went from young bride to young widow when abu jamaul shot the fatal shot. >> having a radical, someone who hates america to speak to them is so wrong. >> reporter: supporters of jamaul, more than 30 years after his conviction and multiple appeals upholding that conviction say he's innocent. >> this has has been in prison for 33 years. the case against him has not been establish. this is a man whose voice has much to give. in many ways he is our nelson mandela. >> reporter: jamal has released other tape recorded speeches. his books and speeches are used in their classrooms, some tell me. >> mummia did not start this controversy. >> reporter: it's been

nbc 10's deanna durante is live at the courthouse in norristown. >> reporter: the jury just got the caseat about 4:45. the defense attorney told the jury they can stop the killing, that the killing should end with them and they should sentence to raghunandan yandamuri to life in prison without the possibility of parole. the defense attorney in this case told the jury either way, raghunandan yandamuri is not going to be leaving a state correctional facility alive. he used the term pine box, that's the only way he's leaving. he can live the rest of his life behind bars or get the death penalty. his job is to fight for the life. on the other hand, there was no one there to fight for the lives of the victims. the 61-year-old grandmother, her 10-month-old baby girl. they didn't get the opportunity to fight for those lives the way raghunandan yandamuri is asking to stay alive in prison. also the defense lawyer said that this was a horrible crime, a horrible plan that went wrong. and that even though he may have made some amends by saying that he was sorry to the victim's family, that was the l

nbc 10's deanna durante is live in chinatown and deanna, why do police think this man attacked beforeorter: they say it's because he walked in and pushed the victim quickly to the back of the store, getting her away from the front of the building where he beat her, sexuallya sa -- assaulted her and robbed her. police say the man behind the attack looked into the surveillance camera after he beat and robbed a woman inside a chinatown business. they say the man behind that crime has likely committed other crimes. >> based on just his mannerisms of doing this. this is something he is used to doing. whether he's been accused of it, it's something, it seems like he's comfortable in doing this. >> reporter: police say the man is extremely vial went his victim. what they're not sure about is why he chose this spot early on a sunday morning. >> sometimes it's just a matter of looking for an opportunity to strike. this may have been that opportunity, a quiet area, an area in which there weren't a lot of people early in the morning. he took advantage of that. >> reporter: on a weekday, this are

as nbc 10's deanna durante shows us now, there's a new way to sell safely. >> june 2014, philadelphiaack a suspected murderer to a willow grove street. investigators say he met his alleged victim on craigslist. and just last week, norristown police make an arrest in a month-old murder. the suspect is wanted for a rape in another state. police say he killed a man he met online. >> reporter: this officer says it's never a good idea to meet up with a stranger and even worse to bring them to your home. if you're making an online transaction and it requires a face-to-face meeting, the conshohocken police department wants i don't you to make ythat meeting place in the parking lot. >> we came up with this idea for the conshohocken police department to be a safeway zone. >> reporter: take a look, there are cameras all around the building and if you get into trouble and you need help, you can call police from outside the building. police recommend any face-to-face meeting be during the day. but know with working schedules that's not always realistic and says the building is staffed 24 hours a

. >> nbc 10's deanna durante is live in norristown.l us what changes are going to be made. >> reporter: a number of changes according to the district attorney who sat with her first assistant and the director of the quattrone center at the university of pennsylvania law school that helped in this internal review, one that lasted about six months. the d.a. says they'll be restructuring in her office, two new positions will be added and there will be restructuring when it comes to the montgomery county detectives, specifically creating a violent crime and technology unit. this mistake happened when robert kerns was arrested for rape charges and we were told back in march when those charges were dropped it was due to an error, an error in reading a lab report. that lab report was a key piece of evidence in the case. and that case again was dropped, those rape charges dropped. the d.a. says she can't talk about specifics about that case because the attorney general is now prosecuting the case. the independent reviews of the case allow -- w

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nbc 10's deanna durante is live outside the montgomery county courthouse. >> reporter: family membersfor both sides of the case are gathered outside that courtroom as murder suspect raghunandan yandamuri sits insideç an empt courtroom, empty except for him and six sheriff's deputies. the jury began deliberations about 4:30 this evening. the judge is allowing yandamuri to remain in the courtroom for the next 20 minutes or so just in case the jury has a question. raghunandan yandamuri blames police, he says for not tracking down leads that he suggested and he told a jury he begged police to search for the real killers. an accusation prosecutor kevin steele immediately told a jury was insulting and ridiculous. steele replayed yandamuri's videotaped confession. once the jury has the case, they won't be able to get to see that confession again. >> the evidence in this case shows total lack of remorse of the defendant. the butchering that he did, the killing of a 10-month-old. and i don't think anything that has been put forward by the defense shows any bit of remorse over what he did. >>

deanna durante has returned to franconia county today. >> tell us what you learned about the police cuts what it will mean for the community. >> when you talk to the police union, they say the outlook is very bleak. come saturday they say the school resources officer will be cut and at times there could only be one officer on patrol responsible for the entire township. >> come saturday it's a very different franconia township. it's going to be less safe. >> reporter: richard paulson represents the police union of franconia township. he says safety will be a huge issue with the planned reduction of police forces set to start saturday. that's why he says he is urging township officials to reconsider laying off six police officers. >> i don't know what to tell parents of kids who go to school in franconia township other than that there will be less police protection and that the kids will be less safe come monday. >> did they give you any indication they're going to postpone the layoffs? >> we asked them to delay the layoffs through the end of the year. they said they would take that into c

deanna durante there was. what else did the judge have to say? >> reporter: he compared leanna washington to other state lawmakers who have left office in what he said is disgrace. he said whatever good work she did while in office it will be forgotten because of how she left office. we also learned outside of that courtroom how it is state senator leanna washington is able to keep her state funded pension despite pleading guilty today. >> i apologize to those who have been negatively impacted. >> reporter: at times washington tears up. >> i've always been known to stand up for what i believe in and what is right. however, this resolution with the attorney general's office is the best decision for my constituents, my family, and the people of this commonwealth. >> reporter: state senator leanna washington is now a convicted felon but her deal allows her to avoid jail time and she gets to keep her state funded pension. >> she pled to conflict of interest which doesn't prohibit her from collecting her pension. theft of services charge, a conviction

deanna durante, what happened inside? >> the case has wrapped for the day.utors were seen leaving the building and bringing evidence across the street to montgomery county detectives. we can tell you, raghunandan yandamuri, who stands accuseded of murdering a 61-year-old grandmother and her 10-month-old grand daughter told investigators that while on the witness stand he may have signed the confession, though he didn't read it before he put the signature on the confession. he maintains that two other men are responsible for the murders. raghunandan yandamuri admits he took jewelry off a 61-year-old woman killed in an apartment. he told prosecutors that he took gold bangle bracelets. yandamuri multiple times accused police, forensic experts and medical examiners of lying on the stand. prosecutors repeatedly point to yandamuri's multiple con federal governments, including one on tape, that he killed the baby and her grandmother in a botched kidnapping attempt. he told prosecutors two men named josh and matt robbed him the morning of october 22nd, 2012, and for

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deanna durante is live in norristown. does this mean change is coming to the d.a.'office. >> reporter: yes, the dae says she's going to be adding two new staff positions as well as making changes inside the montgomery county detective bureau. all of this comes in the six months after she had to drop those charges against robert kerns. we do want to mention the attorney general's office is prosecuting kerns on assault charges. here's what she announced today. that these changes are coming after a review done by an arm of the university of pennsylvania law school. this independent review worked with the dae's office the last six months looking at policies and procedures. and it was discovered that a lab report had been misread in the case of kerns. now, the district attorney says that she can't talk publicly about the specific case but at the time that mistake was discovered she said she would begin a review and publicly announce those findings. >> if we were to get a report with a lab perhaps that we were unfamiliar with, that should trigger a check, a double check,

deanna durante was in the courtroom as he made one last plea to the jury. >> tell us what it was likefor the man to deliver his own closing arguments. >> it was long, two hours. at times you felt that raghunandan yandamuri was going down a road that he was trying to prove his case to the jury and then it seemed like he would get off topic and then go back and accuse police of not tracking down leads, saying the confession he gave was coerced. this trial has been going on for about 23 days for the jurors since the time that the first set of jurors were selected. so this is a very long trial for them as it is. prosecutors, the first assistant district attorney in this case, usually quiet and reserved at times raising his voice, calling the accusations that yandamuri made in his closing arguments ridiculous and insulting to the police officers that he said worked like a small army, trying to bring home a 10-month-old baby girl. now, recall back in october of 2012 when investigators first arrived at the marquee apartments, they found a 61-year-old grandmother murder, ransom notes scattere

in franconia, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> the next public hearing scheduled for tomorrow as officialsecide the fate of a northern liberties elementary charter school. this after emotions boiled over last night about the now closed walter d. palmer charter high school. nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah is live in our digital operations center with more on this. renee? >> hundreds of angry parents wanted answers about why the palmer charter high school suddenly closed and why they weren't given more notice. some of the parents actually got robo calls the night before the school closed yet other parents didn't know about the closing until their kids were sent home from school that monday. >> i'm devastated. because you could care less about our children. this is the best you could do? this is the best? >> right now my daughter is in 11th grade. she don't got no school to go tomorrow. >> reporter: you can feel their anger. the school was closed after a state supreme court ruled it violated its charter by accepting more students than allowed. today, nbc 10 talked to william hite about what fa

deanna durante is plymouth meeting. >> reporter: he said the vaccine is showing remarkable progress,it's been 100% effective in its animal testing and the ceo of the company says that he hopes human testing will begin soon. >> these viruss are very good and mutating and changing. >> reporter: that's why dr. joseph kim says any vaccine needs to be able to treat a broad spectrum of strains. he says researchers in the company's california lashes have been working on vaccines for ebola and certain cancers for the last 14 years. >> the very strain that came with the liberian man to dallas, texas, is distinctly different than a second outbreak that's quietly going on in congo. so our vaccine is the only vaccine that could protect against both strains of ebola virus. >> reporter: this isn't the first or only company developing ebola vaccinations in the united states. dr. kim says his vaccine is different because workers seen here in video provided by the company, are not using live strains of the virus. he says the vaccine is developed off of dna and no live forms are injected into testing

. >> deanna durante is live in plymouth meeting.lain h explain how this works were what they're developing is a vaccine, one they say they administered to animals last year. those who didn't have the vaccine died within days of being exposed to ebola. the president and ceo of the company tells me he hopes human tests will soon begin. >> we have to vaccinate all of the health care providers, the hospital doctors, nurses, janitors, flight attendants, policemen, the firemen, they need to be protected. they're the ones who will be protecting us. >> reporter: dr. joseph kim is hoping when it's time to begin vaccinations against ebola, the vaccines will be those developed by his plymouth meeting-based company. >> the first clinical studies will be in the u.s., in healthy volunteers. they will receive the vaccine which has zero chance of causing the disease. >> reporter: no chance of contaminating the public he says, because unlike his competitors, his vaccine developed in anovia's california lab, shown here in video provided bit company i

nbc 10's deanna durante is live at the scene. deanna, what's happening there right now? >> reporter: well, investigators are still waiting for narcotics officials to arrive here. we can tell you since 4:00 we've been able to speak to some of the neighbors here in the area of the 200 block of lindley street. they tell us that the 34-year-old man who was found dead here this morning was the kind of guy that you could count on. that if you needed something in the neighborhood, he was the guy that you went to, that he was living in this home, working on fixing it up. and that he apparently was found about 11:00 this morning with a gunshot wound to his head. now, sources close to the case tell me that they found inside the house a laptop computer, tools, money. but at this point they're not sure how the money was shot. we also can tell you that investigators went in for a closer look in the home, they found what they call several plants, several mare juijuana p, a small grow operation in the basement. a few plants on the second floor of the home. when we talked to neighbors o

okay commissioners any questions before we go to public comment seeing none, i have one speaker card deannae no are there any members of the public who wish to speak seeing none, british columbia's. >> i move to approve second commissioners on the position to approve the 3 mills act resolutions commissioner johnck uncommon commissioner matsuda commissioner pearlman commissioner wolfram president hasz so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 6 to zero and places you on item 10. >> again, thank you everyone. >> commissioners for the appropriateness and permits for the renewal of the motion and zero 212. >> yeah. good afternoon, commissioners tim frye department staff it's that time of year green again where we very visit our delegation it is up for reconsideration what we've learned over the course of the last several years initiated us to bring back the advocacy of the a delegation we find there to be a benefit to consolidating all your delegation so what's being passed out a slightly different thing i've underlined the areas that have changed and wanted to walk through the re

deanna, some people are questioning is this really a good idea? i spoke with a group, mothers in charge. while they say they are supportive of the change in the law, meaning if someone is caught with a small amount of marijuana, they won't be prevented from going to college or have an arrest record, they still ask the question, what kind of message does this send? >> marijuana is a gateway drug that leads to more serious kinds of drugs. that's my concern with that. but i am all in favor of young people not having to not be able to get a job or go on to college because they've been charged with a felony. >> reporter: should carrying a small amount of marijuana be a felony? no according to the founder and executive director of mothers in charge and although she supports the decriminalization of marijuana, she wishes more education and community awareness had happened before this new law went into effect. >> i'm somewhat concerned off times when we see young kids, 9, 10 or 11 who are getting the message that maybe it's okay to light up a joint becaus

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groceries and kyle and chris and nancy and peter coning from the kouvenl housing and raul and larry and deanna and i apologize if i've left anyone out i wanted to say also that i agree with the conclusions of the strategic economic consulate in their comprehensive study and we'll have a clearing to go through this and our study of the chain controls are working in a way to that in 2004 and our voters passed prop g and we need only some thought full twinkling to clarify a.m. gut and to strengthen our formula retail ordinances as well to reflect the neighborhood changes in the changing neighborhood context as well a key context from the many small business owners was to give a stronger voice in the process i've been committed to giving our residents a strong voices in the corridors and to leveling the mr. mayor field for independents and small business owners and to provide they provide much of the character and charm to the neighborhood and to san francisco as a whole the legislation before you and i've just handed out the amended version as well it come from dozens of meetings with community l