deanna durante live in elkins park. you were there when cosby arrived in court this afternoon. tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, he was escorted from a dark suv, walked through a line that police set up, carried a cane but used two lawyers on either side for support while he entered into the courtroom. carrying a cane and flanked by lawyers, bill cosby was dressed casually. he used his lawyers for support as he walked slowly. reporters yelled questions to the comedian who nearly fell before entering to a side door. how do you respond? cosby again says nothing as he leaves. >> anything you want to say? >> today, after examination of all of the evidence, we are able to seek justice on behalf of the victim. >> reporter: kevin steel announced the charges this morning. a victim, former employ o', said she had been assaulted by cosby inside his elkins park home 2004. prosecutors never filed charges then but say new information came to light this summer when sealed depositions were released. prosecutors took a second look at the indicate. >> re. 0ing this case was not a questi

deanna durante and cydney long. we begin with sidney, gathering information on victims as well as investigation. >> reporter: that's right, loved ones were notified of the horrible double murder. that's when hope turned to despair. it happened ach the suspect came through the doors of vineland police last night letting detectives know where to look for the bodies. we know the mother and daughter were lying in a swamp, dead all weekend long, and that suspect is now facing two counts of homicide. within the last hour we learned the bodies of the 34-year-old and baby were left in a swampy area near a boat ramp, accessible only by dirt roads in fair field township. nearly 40 minutes from her home where she lived that a source confirmed two were killed late friday. police say santiago and ramirez had some disagreement about parenting. the murders took place after she did laundry. santiago came clean to police tuesday telling them where to find bodies. >> he was not the father of genesis. he was the father of a 5-year-old

deanna durante found out what the d.a.'s actions could mean for the future of this case. >> i think that we have to do all that we can to show philadelphians that we're going to protect philadelphians, especially when an institution uses institutional power to shield pedophiles. >> reporter: philadelphia d.a. seth williams says the decision is wrong, he's asking for an entire panel of nine judges to hear the case and decide once and for all on the conviction of monsignor william lynn. >> we had to show all these other acts, all the things that showed monsignor lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school, with children. >> reporter: the defense argued the so-called bad acts were unfairly admitted at trial. lynn was the first u.s. church official convicted in the sex abuse scandal. a jury found because he moved suspected pedophile priests around, he endangered children. now williams wants the court to end the debate on the case. and he wants lynn to continue serving his three to six-year sentence. lynn's a

. >> deanna durante is joining us live from outside the courthouse. deanna, the jury had a lot more questions again today. >> reporter: they did. they wanted to know more details about the charges that kathryn knott is facing. one of them is conspiracy, and the jury asked the court does that mean that the parties would have had to verbalize the conspiracy, they also ask if ignoring a situation constitutes reckless endangerment. leaving the courthouse, kathryn knott doesn't speak as there is a gag order in the case. knott is accused of assault last september. the prosecutor told the court knott hates gay people, but the jury is asking for copies of the law as it applies to reckless endangerment and conspiracy. knott told the jury she didn't hit anyone, but the prosecutor says she threw a punch and shouted homophobic slurs at the men. jurors have to decide if knott is guilty of the actions and if she engaged in conspiracy with the men who pled guilty. both are serving probation in the crime. the two victims, along with supporters, have been in court the

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "rricane" schwartz. >> we continue to be on pace for the warmest december ever recorded in this area, and it's not just in this area. a lot of the country is incredibly warm. record three days in a row now in philadelphia, the most recent record broken from 1881. we're tracking some showers moving through the area right now, and a cold blast, a cold blast, it's only going to last a couple of days. we have cloudy skies now, there's a little bit of light rain reported. 65 degrees, the winds out of the south at 13 miles an hour, and the rain is not cooling things down any. it's still in the mid to even upper 60s right now in most places, 68 in bensalem, 58 in wilmington, one of the cool spots. rain's a little bit heavier there, and the records three days in a row in philadelphia, two days of them of 70 plus, then we drop tomorrow to 62, but the average is 45, so that's a mere 17 degrees above average. other parts of the country have been up to 30 degrees above average. now you can see the

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. >> nbc 10's deanna durante is joining us with more on what happened today. active day, deanna. >> reporter: yeah, it was, protesters told me they wanted to get arrested. that did not happen, though they do say they wanted the mayor to make a decision today about his immigration plans. they also say that they want all immigrants protected no matter their criminal status. >> we're putting our bodies on the line because we believe we want to live in a city that welcomes people and does not kick people out. >> reporter: the city says it's not shutting anything down, including the protests. for six hours protesters sang, chanted, and made demands outside city hall, attempting to block the northeast entrance, one of many doorways. >> what we wanted from them was a firm no that they are not going to change anything. >> reporter: in a meeting upstairs, three members of the group met with the deputy mayor and chief of staff who told the group the mayor has not decided if he will make any changes. >> reporting the immigrants to i.c.e., i know that this is not exactly w

deanna durante was inside the courtroom, she joins us live. deanna durante, allegations involve a 14-year-old student. >> reporter: they do, becker just left here within the last ten minutes to be taken to prison, unable to post bail. prosecutors are alleging he engaged in online communication with a student at penn ridge north middle school, a 14-year-old girl, asking her to send sexually explicit photographs and that the two communicated throughout the summer. police say the charges came to light just yesterday and they arrested becker this morning at the school where he's teaching. now, we did just speak with prosecutors who say this is an individual who was trusted with students and that is why they asked for very high bail in this case. very unusual incident happened inside the courtroom. becker addressed the judge, he said i just made a mistake, i am a good person, i care for my students and my family. i am sorry. however, he did not make any comments when he was escorted in and out of the courthouse. we will have much more on this for y

reporting live from norris town, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> thanks, deanna. >>> coverage continuesith rosemary connors live in elkins park. rosemary, you just took a look at the court documents. tell us more about them. >> i've been looking that the 20-page affidavit, lauren, for the past half hour or so. according to this affidavit, because andrea constand was in and out of consciousness that night she was at bill cosby's home in cheltenham, she was legally incapable of consenting to his actions. blostz told police according to this affidavit that it was a consensual sexual encounter and he gave the victim nothing more than ben trill, not something more potent. as we heard earlier today during that news conference from the district attorney's office, in large part the reason why the d.a.'s office decided to reopen this investigation earlier this year is because of depositions that were made available and made public from the civil case involving andrea constand and bill cosby. i want to read you a bit from this avid, portions of those depositions that came to light. during a reint

nbc 10's deanna durante joins us live from our digital operations center. the mayor didn't mince words. >> he didn't, he criticized trump more than once today saying he didn't want to be in the same room with the candidate and this morning called for banning the new york billionaire from the city of philadelphia. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: they are comments that have kept the presidential front runner in the spotlight. the comments have been denounced by politicians from both parties, but today a couple of mayors are taking it a step further. >> i think in recent times nothing more vile or ignorant could be said whether it's a political environment or any other environment. and certainly if i had the power to do so, the only banning that should be done is that person not being allowed in the city of philadelphia. >> reporter: mayor nutter did not mention trump by name, but the mayor of st. petersburg did when he said trump should be banned from his city. here at home r

nbc 10's deanna durante was there as becker gave his apology. she joins us live from warrington. deanna? >> reporter: yeah, that apology as well as another statement becker gave this morning can be used against him in the case against him. a man who has taught in multiple classrooms here in bucks county, as well as chester county. joseph becker says nothing as he's taken into court, a mathematics teacher with a history of working in classrooms he's now in a jail cell. prosecutors say he's a danger to the community and may be a danger to himself. >> this defendant abused his position and violated that trust when he engaged in the conduct he did with one of his students. >> reporter: prosecutors say becker began contacting a math student of his back in may, then over the summer continued to contact her daily via facebook. police say becker asked the girl to send sexually explicit photos and videos, which she did, and the two began exchanging videos of each other, though no physical contact is alleged, becker is charged with multiple sexual abuse counts. he tells the judge he has a

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deanna durante following the trial for us. live from outside the courthouse in center city with more on today's action in court. >> reporter: just in the last hour, the jurors have come back with a number of questions. they got the case before lunchtime. first they wanted to review six different video clips, four never released to the media, two surveillance video from that night september 11th, 2014. some video we saw in the courtroom, jurors got to see two more times. it shows minutes leading up to fights where two men were assaulted, one he was assaulted so badly his jaw had to be wired shut and severe injuries to eye. other clips were surveillance videos police released to try to identify those involved. two men have pled guilty in this and serving probation. the woman on trial katharine knott is sitting in the courtroom now. her attorney and prosecutors in cham p chambers with the judge after the jury asked to see statements. written statements of the witnesses from that night. knott charged with multiple accounts of assa

reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> all right, deanna. this is a much larger problem affecting school districts all over the area. we looked back over the last year and found at least four different counties where students were involved in sexting scandals. this one involved middle schoolers, one as young as 11 years old. police say nude photos of students at valley forge were viewed by students at home and at school. four students face charges, including distribution of child pornography. >>> here are some of the other headlines we're following on nbc 10 news at 4:00. 75 rounds of ammunition, that's what investigators say the two san bernardino shooting suspects used to kill 14 people and to injure 21 others. today we learned fbi agents found 12 pipe bombs, tools to make ieds, and at least 3,000 rounds of ammunition inside syed farook and tashfeen malik's home. >>> a south jersey man pleaded not guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter. 34-year-old ricardo santiago was charged with homicide in the deaths of neidy ramir

deanna durante talked to the mayor. is michael nutter standing by what he said, deanna?>> reporter: yes, he says he regrets the word that he used because he was in the presence of religious leaders but he stands by what he said when it came to presidential candidate donald trump. >> also we'll have to deal with, i'm sure, you know, comments from my mom. >> reporter: it's not the first time mayor michael nutter has used profane language in a news conference. but this time it's getting national attention. from the morning news shows to cable tv, he's been asked about this comment he made yesterday. >> virtually every time something like that has happened i've been very happy. these are not words i created. they are often used in company. you know, i can do a better job. >> reporter: in response to up in thor -- in response to nutter's comments, donald trump tweeted this: "mayor nutter should be ashamed to use such a disgusting word." >> if you were going to tweet at someone, you should use the correct twitter handle. >> reporter: mayor nutter says he stands by all that he

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> today's charges from one accuser. but as we've seen, many more women have made allegations against cosby. nbc's kate snow spoke with about two dozen of them for a dateline special back in october. kate joins us now. i'm curious, have you heard from any of these women since charges were announced today? >> yeah, i have, keith. texted with some of the women periodically and they are of mixed emotions. they're happy to see charges against him but emotional and sad. one woman told me she's been crying all day. this is the culmination of a long journey, they would say. they have for months and months and years and years wanted something to happen to stop bill cosby and they see this as a positive step. >> you weren't able to speak with andrea constand for your special because of a civil settlement prevented her from speaking publicly. >> right. >> based on what we've heard today, does her story line up with what other women have told you? >> right. we did get a statement from her lawyer in which the lawyer said, speaking f

nbc 10's deanna durante live in harrisburg where some lawmakers already left and there's no spending plan. >> reporter: yeah, the senate passed a stopgap budget, one that they are saying themselves they don't consider to be a real budget, they expect the governor to veto it. without members of the house of representatives here, there is not much more they can do. >> it's embarrassing to stand here on december 23, and to be leaving and to not have a product on the table that the governor will sign, whatever that product would be. it's obviously for the last few months the senate and the house republicans have been on different ends of this debate. >> reporter: house republicans no longer in session. they haven't taken a final vote on a general accounting bill. the bill, according to officials, not a full budget but would allow the governor to open up funding to schools and human service agencies while lawmakers figured out where tax increases would come from. the deal was agreed to yesterday and the house prevented from voting the measure through because house republican leadership ch

deanna durante is live with more on this. deanna, what was the message here? >> reporter: the governor called the republican-backed budget garbage. he says he will line-item veto the accounting bill the senate passed before christmas. he put heavy criticism on house republicans who were close to a deal on december 23 but he says they left town before a final vote. >> i am going to exercise my constitutional right to line-item veto this ridiculous exercise in budget futility. i'm calling on our legislators to get back to harrisburg, back to the work they left unfinished last week. in the meantime, i'm vetoing their $95 million cut to education. i'm also vetoing other items that they don't pay for in their so-called budget. this budget that they gave me does not balance. at the same time, i'm allowing emergency funding for our schools to get out. i'm also letting funding go out to our human service agencies and to our counties. but this is on an emergency basis only. in doing this, i am expressing the outrage that all of us pennsylvanians should feel about the g

deanna durante was there as the protests happen, she joins us live from center city with the latest on what went down. dean deanna? >> reporter: protesters say it was their goal to be arrested. no arrests took place, but they say they want all immigrants to be protected, no matter their status when it comes to a criminal conviction. they blocked the northeast entrance to city hall, the main entrance to the building, but not the only way to enter or exit, and police moved two protesters who laid down in the lobby at city hall. >> what we wanted from them was a firm no, they are not going to change anything. >> reporter: probation reporters organized, chanted, sang songs and compared philadelphia mayor michael nutter to donald trump. >> this is an important subject for us, maybe it isn't for the mayor. >> reporter: three members of the group were escorted to meet the deputy mayor. >> reporting of immigrants to i.c.e., i know -- >> not exactly what's happened. >> reporter: the deputy mayor told the group the mayor has not changed any policy, the mayor is reviewing it now. he says in 2014

deanna durante is live in center city. williams says he is not giving up without a fight here. >> reporter: he's not. that decision from the state superior court. he said the superior court does not take up his request, then he will go to the state supreme court. monsignor william lynn was the first clergy official charged nationwide and convicted nationwide with helping to cover up sex abuse. he was found guilty of endangering the welfare of children, he's serving a three to six-year prison sentence. they've argued a number of reasons for his release and conviction, saying he was a scapegoat in the clergy abuse scandal and he never physically harmed any children. they also say that laws used to convict him did not exist at the time of his actions. now having the conviction overturned last week by a panel of three judges, d.a. seth williams is asking for a panel of nine superior court judges to hear the case. i asked if he felt that request would be granted, he said oftentimes the superior court does deny that request and

deanna durante has been at courthouse all day. the jury just left for the day without a verdict. >> reporter: not only did the jury just leave but so did the accused, katharine knott walked into a parking garage with family and supporters. she and that group here all day long waiting for a verdict. the jury got the case before lunchtime today. throughout the day they asked questions, asking to see more evidence that he had already seen in the case. several video clips, showing katharine knott around that scene where two men were assaulted. clips did not show her punching or hitting anyone. you see her briefly in the video running toward the scene but you don't see her after that. and then they also wanted to see surveillance video that police released in the days after the september 11th, 2014 attack. now there is a gag order in the case, no one is allowed to talk to the media about what's going on in the courtroom. also, the jury asked to see still images from the surveillance cameras and cell phones. and they just have asked to

nbc 10's deanna durante joins us now from our digital operations center.ou spoke with lawmakers after governor wolf made that announcement. how do they feel about his harsh comments? >> well, many are applauding the governor's release of emergency funds, but say this should have been done long ago. senate and house democrats say no one knew the stalemate would last six months and we've gotten to a true emergency and some house republicans from the central part of the state say that the stalemate is the fault of the governor and not house republicans. >> this exercise in stupidity actually cuts education funding by $95 million. >> reporter: governor wolf wasted no time slamming republicans in the spending bill sent to him just before christmas. >> our financial house is a mess. >> reporter: and many took today to volley the insults right back at him. >> the legislature is not six months behind on this, our governor is. >>

deanna durante joins us with a close look at the progress report from the department of justice. they had more than 90 changes for the department. >> reporter: they did. the police commissioner commissioned this report concerned about the use of deadly force from the officers. while the mayor and the officers say they're proud of the efforts made so far, they say there will always be work to be done. >> reports like this and progress we make doesn't mean there will never be controversy. okay. controversy is part of what happens. >> reporter: despite making sweeping changes to department policy, training and investigations, philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey says there will always be a time when the department will be critiqued and will look to do better. in march he received the results of an independent review of department policy. concerned over higher than normal officer-involved shooting rates. the review looked at all times when deadly force was used and many changes have been fully implemented. others are in the works like requiring all officers to carry a pepp

deanna durante has spent three days digging into this story, she's joining us live now from chestnut hill. tell us what you found, deanna. >> reporter: well, jim, the school says it can't say much about this case, it does confirm it has turned the incident over to the philadelphia police department. we do know the coach no longer works here, but very specific information about this has been difficult to come by. >> i can say that i'm aware of the fact that my client is being investigated for certain activity. >> reporter: criminal defense lawyer won't get into specifics about what his client is being investigated for. sources affiliated with springside chestnut hill say parents were notified by e-mail with a communication issue between a coach and student, but those who have spoken with nbc 10 off camera say the e-mail was vague and did not give parents specific information. the name of the coach or what the person was alleged to have done. a school spokesperson tells me the school is limited in what it can discuss and will not comment on personnel matters. she did send a statement th

reporting live in center city, deanna durante. ten news. >>> philadelphia taxi and limo drivers made their case in a face-to-face meeting with the philadelphia district attorney. the groups are calling on law enforcement to crack down on the unregulated uber x ride sharing service. it came after this street protest that snarled traffic and confused drivers around center city. drivers are concerned that uber x is stealing customers own though the ride-share drivers are not regulated in the ways that taxi and limo drivers are. d.e. tells us he is not clear if his office has jurisdiction but agrees safety of riders must be the priority. >> we do have to ensure that philadelphiians, when they get into buses, trains, cabs, that the people that operate them are responsible people. >> the illegal operation of uber x and lyft is a problem. he definitely wanted to take a stand on that. we are hopeful he will do something. also meet with uber executives. the limousine association has a meeting tomorrow with philadelphia's mayor elect jim ke

nbc 10's deanna durante joins us now from our digital operations center. you spoke with lawmakers after governor wolf made that announcement. how do they feel about his harsh comments? >> well, many are applauding the governor's release of emergency funds, but say this should have been done long ago. senate and house democrats say no one knew the stalemate would last six months and we've gotten to a true emergency and some house republicans from the central part of the state say that the stalemate is the fault of the governor and not house republicans. >> this exercise in stupidity actually cuts education funding by $95 million. >> reporter: governor wolf wasted no time slamming republicans in the spending bill sent to him just before christmas. >> our financial house is a mess. >> reporter: and many took today to volley the insults right back at him. >> the legislature is not six months behind on this, our governor is. >> a $450 million increase to education funding is not a cut. >> reporter: a group of state representatives slammed the governor, but he d

deanna durante joining us with more on this push to disinvite the republican front-runner. >> yeah, theennsylvania society annual gala is this weekend in new york city, the event is a who's who of politics and donald trump has been invited to a gop lunch on friday and after his latest comments some are asking his invitation be taken away, but so far the pennsylvania gop says the offer to him still stands. >> we're not at war with the muslim community, we're at war with isis. >> outgoing republican councilman dennis o'brian might be one of philadelphia's few elected republicans not standing with donald trump or the gop's invite for trump to speak at the luncheon. >> part of the following he's created is ill informed. i think another part is people are registering in protests with the people not happy with other candidates. >> reporter: we wanted to get reaction on trump's comments. >> disgrace, disgrace, i don't know what else to say. it's horrible, keeps getting worse. >> every day is something ridiculous. i don't know what he said last, but i don't agree with him. i don't agree. i thin

. >> deanna durante joins us live from outside city hall with more. >> reporter: trump fired back ontter using the wrong handle and the war has now been ignited on social media as well as the airwav airwaves. >> if you're going to tweet at someone, you should actually use the correct twitter handle. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter takes questions about the tweets trump posted. the tweet was posted but trump used the wrong handle. that didn't stop mayor nutter and millions of others from seeing and retweeting the tweet. this was after trump called for a ban on muslims in the united states. >> we're not going to have a religion test in the united states of america. >> reporter: nutter says he regrets using profanity at a conference of religious leaders but doesn't regret the sentiment. >> i told the truth. >> reporter: reporting live outside city hall, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> the

deanna durante has spent three days digging into this story from chestnut hill. >> i can say that i'm aware of the fact that my client is being investigated for certain activity. >> reporter: criminal defense lawyer says he will not talk about the specific allegation against his client. was he let go from his job? >> again, we're still reviewing that. >> reporter: a spokeswoman says the coach in question is no longer employed by the school. sources affiliated with springside chestnut hill says parents were alerted through e-mail, but suppose those who have spoken off camera says the e-mail was vague and did not give parents specific information, the name of the coach or what the person was alleged to have done. the spokesperson tells me the school is limited in what it can discuss and will not comment on personnel matters, sending a statement that reads in part, "we are confident the students know they have unfettered access to anyone in the school if they believe they are victims of any time of inappropriate conduct." the school notified child line. >> my client is aware of an invest

deanna durante talked to both party leaders about the stalemate. >> it's embarrassing to stand here december 23rd, and to be believing and to not have a product on the table. >> reporter: many thought the full house would vote on the bill, one that would open up funding to schools and certainly service agencies while lawmakers would figure out how much taxes would be going up. >> certainly, look, when we were looking at income tax or sales tax we wanted property tax reform with it as well. maybe it's time that we admit, a lot of these things need to come off the table. >> reporter: house majority leader asking for a stripped down budget. house democratic leaders, fresh from a meeting with the governor, denounce republican action saying they could have sp passed the spending bill without the tax plan. >> don't you think you -- >> we'll let them know that. of course. of course. we're still negotiating. that wasn't finalized but it could be finalized quickly if we get cooperation. >> reporter: house and senate members say spending bills have been approved before tax plans have been set up. rece

deanna durante was in the courtroom for testimony today. she's joining us in center city with more on what happened in court. deanna? >> reporter: well, court has adjourned for the day. less than ten minutes ago kathryn knott walked out with her family. she'll be back tomorrow and the jury will get the case in the morning. kathryn knott told a jury she didn't do anything wrong, she told them she was trying to break up a fight. prosecutors say knott, the daughter of a police chief, bragged on social media with her dad's connections and used her own post to dispute her testimony. a possible blow for the defense when a long-time friend of knott told the jury she knows her as law-abiding. that remark allowed prosecutors to show a tweet not posted about having her dad issue a ticket in a traffic incident his daughter was involved in. also shown to the jury, the men severely injured in the assault and early in the trial one was forced to have a broken jaw wired shut. two men took a plea deal, they have to complete community service and are banned

nbc 10 deanna durante continues coverage. >> reporter: ricardo santiago arrested back in february for terrorist threats. police are not commenting publicly about the case where or it stands now. he was book in county jail on a charge of terrorist threats. this is the home where ricardo was living. some residents corn firm they saw him coming and going from time to time. not listed as the owner here. residents refused to talk on camera. one person telling us, when this picture appeared on the news, they knew it was their neighbor who lived not far. no one answered the door where multiple cars were parked. this police blotter, showing santiago with the same address and aerrest in february for terrorist threats. held on $2500 bail. we obtained the criminal complaint. it tells little about the murders. police are accusing him of killing the woman and her daughter during a physical altercation inside the apartment of the victim friday. santiago being held on $1 million bail and expected to appear in court tomorrow afternoon. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> she has since -- >> pack to break

outside the criminal justice center, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> now to what could be one of the most decisive days for atlantic city in decades. new jersey lawmakers are working on two measures that could radically change the gambling landscape in the state. lawmakers are expected to vote on a financial aid package to help bail out atlantic city. it is still struggling to recover from the closing of four casinos last year. lawmakers are also considering two proposals that would let voters decide whether to allow two new casinos in north jersey. a vote could come next week. >>> now that the budget stalemate in harrisburg, still no deal to tell you about, but tom wolf's administration and allies are trying today to get house republicans to agree on a tax and spending measure to put an end to this log jam. a deadline of 12:30 this afternoon was set to show wolf could assemble enough votes to move the tax package through the chamber but the governor and majority leader downplayed that ultimatum. deep public school funding cuts and narrow a long-term budget deficit and give counties

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> a bucks county community comes together to remember a young student killed while skateboarding. 14-year-old steven kim was hit and killed by a car saturday night. he was a ninth grade football star and today his friends and family gathered at the high school football field to remember him. >> he was a great person. possibly the best person i've ever met in my entire life, and i hope i can be more like he was. i think he was the best. >> he was trying to cross the street on his skateboard with his two friends saturday night when he was struck. the driver stopped and there are no charges. >>> right now at 5:00, this new video shows a violent attack at a south jersey gas station and police say this isn't the attacker's only victim. they believe he's behind numerous gas station robberies, and they are worried he could become more violent now. nbc 10's cydney long tracked down this video and has more on this string of crimes in burlington county. >> reporter: i can tell you we have three pieces of surveillance video from all three crimes, and police tonigh

nbc 10's deanna durante was in the courtroom and joins us live with more on her side of the story. yeah, knott's defense attorney says it is horrible that these men were victims of a crime, but he also says it is bad to falsely accuse someone, telling a jury that his client did nothing wrong. her lawyer says she could have chosen to stay silent, but kathryn knott chose to take the stand to tell a jury she did nothing wrong on the night of september 11th, 2014. but prosecutors say the 25-year-old doesn't like gay people and the assault on two gay men that night was a hate crime. knott was in center city with more than a dozen others, they ate dinner and were walking when prosecutors say two men fought with the victim. they say knott got involved and punched the victim. knott is the only woman charged and of the trio, the only one to reject a plea deal and go to trial. prosecutors used tweets she posted against her, some using homophobic slurs, but the defense attorney says those tweets are a distraction because the prosecutors have no real witnesses to place knott as an aggressor in

. >> reporter: reporting live outside city hall, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> the "philadelphia daily news"'s front page cartoon shows trump cutting off the head of the statue of liberty with the phrase, "when trump came for the mexicans, i did not speak out as i was not a mexican. when he came for the muslims, i did not speak out as i was not a muslim. then i came for me." the phrase borrows from a poem targeting germans during the rise of adolf hitler. "nbc nightly news" will have more tonight at 6:30 after this newscast. >>> breaking news at a school in north philadelphia. police say a seven-year-old student stuck several other students with a hypodermic needle. the school recovered two syringes yesterday. they're working to determine what if anything was in those needles. the school has advised parents to take their kids to be checked out if they were among those stuck with needles. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, a school brawl landed at least five people in handcuffs at a high school in south engineejer. the police chief met with school leaders. there were allegations of police brutali

deanna durante is life at the courthouse with more about the charge. >> reporter: it's three chargesent assault stemming from one attack in 2004 inside cosby's cheltenham home. these allegations have been talked about over the last several years but proto

deanna durante joins us live from the state capitol. the senate just voted but that doesn't -- that spending plan doesn't have support from the governor, right? >> reporter: it doesn't appear so. it's a budget that the house of representatives in pennsylvania had voted on on december 8th. and a senate spokeswoman told me that the senators felt like they needed to be, quote, the grown-ups in the room here. >> there's nothing else to do with them not here. >> reporter: around lunchtime house republicans called it quits leaving for the holiday without passing a spending plan. >> waiting for a tax package. if that tax package cannot come to fruition it's time to admit we need to take things off the table, take pensions off the table, take liquor off the table. i certainly think we should take income tax and sales tax increase off the table and pass a budget that can get 102 votes in the house, 26 in the senate, the governor to sign it, move on wo our lives. >> reporter: republicans promised to vote for a general appropriations bill that wou

my colleague, deanna durante, was in the federal building along with me. is talking with some of those folks directly involved with us. she'll have more later on this afternoon about the progress report here about the police department in philadelphia. live in center city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> now let's check on our nbc 10 headlines. philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who shot a 20-year-old woman in the city's kensington neighborhood overnight on custer street. police tell us the victim was shot in the leg. she is in stable condition at temple hospital. also in kensington, one person is in the hospital after a house fire, the flames broke out here just after 1:00 this morning near the corner of d street and east indiana avenue. investigators are looking for the cause. >>> today the temple owls go bowling. the squad takes on toledo in the boca raton bowl. >>> former supermodel beverly johnson has claimed that bill cosby drugged her and tried to sexual assaulter in the 1980s. because of those claims, cosby is suing her. the comedian i

that verdict has not been read yet in the courtroom but we have a reporter inside the courtroom, deanna durantee'll have it on nbc10.com and nbc 10s app. we'll be following this case for you on nbc 10 this afternoon. >>> and thanks for watching nbc 10 news 1591:00. i'm vai sikahema. for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of us here at nbc 10, have a great day and a terrific weekend. is >> john: you were sent here to kill me. >> eduardo: essentially, yes. >> john: well, i know that my assassin skills are a little rusty, but it never seemed to me to be a good idea to tell the target that he was a target. >> eduardo: well, not if you intend to go through with the assignment. i don't. >> john: good to know. so why the heads-up? why not keep it to yourself? >> eduardo: 'cause i think your life is still very much these people--they tend not to give up. >> john: okay, i'll bite. who's "they"? >> belle: so, i made a list for my assistant of everything that needed to get done for my office to open, and then i realized, i don't have an assistant and i can't afford an assistant. mom? hello?