. >> deanna durante was there as the first of the fans got to experience the fun. she joins us live with more about the party on the parkway. >> if any indication, there's probably a lot of empty seats in schools around the tri-state area today. many parents probably pending some interesting notes. today was a family affair. for the young estefans, it's hard to tell who is more excited. them or the parents. >> i came to see to have a great experience. >> for this 9-year-old, he's hoping the eagles will listen to his experience and pick his first round draft choice. he habit contacted the eagles directly, but he's not aleb in his preference. on a summer-like day in april, most are hitting the books and not pint sized football field. >> it's take your son to workday. >> is this where you work? >> they are bringing us to their work. >> this is your work here. >> we're personal contractors. we work where we want to work. >> no shortage of team. >> hoping to see a lot of young players get on to the teams and then we'll be out here enjoying the experience. >> i want to s

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 will be covering developments throughout this trial. count on us for daily updates on the air and on the nbc 10 app. >>> to washington now where the path has been cleared for the nomination of president trump's supreme court pick. but not before an historic move. >> we have a live puckture from the senate floor. republicans changed the chambers rules during a showdown over high court nominee neil gorsuch. erin coleman is joining us with the breakdown of the events. >> they voted to use the nuclear option to clear the way for the confirmation of neil gorsuch. it allows the nominee to move to final confirmation with a simple majority of just a 51 votes opposed to 60 votes. democrats objected until the end, but the efforts to block gorsuch failed as expected. >> it changes the rules from here on out. that means it will be e easier for the majority party to confirm the nominee than the future no matter who is president. >> everyone likes to point the funger at the other side as the source of the distress. there's abundant blame to go around

reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> take you back now. we have a verdict in the eric frein murder trial. the county is speaking now. let's listen in. >> the defendant eric frein guilty of all counts, including first-degree murder and terrorism. some of that is really just how juries go about deliberation. as soon as they were in the jury room, they were asked to give a lunch order. juries are individual, whether they talk about something over lunch or whether they wait for lunch to come and they finish that and get to deliberation. so that's when they were given the case. i don't know how many hours. >> guilty on all counts. what does that say about the evidence you presented and you're still pursuing the death permanen penalty. why is that on the table? >> we believe there are aggravating factors to be presented under the law for the consideration of the jury. and the evidence that is already been presented to the jury will be moved into evidence at the penalty phase tr their consideration in that phase. >> with aggravating factors we're

. >> deanna durante introduces you to the family showing their gratitude to the police officers who broughty boy safely into the world. >> we knew it was time to go. >> i have never heard my wife scream like this before in her life. >> it was just minutes after the couple left their quakertown house it became clear. >> his head is almost all the way out. >> reporter: with a panicked mom and quick moving labor, matthew pulled into this parking lot and they were just about alone. >> i had no idea what i was doing. >> reporter: on the phone with 911. >> he was my only hope. >> of course, i was terrified. >> reporter: officer robert compton and chief of police of dublin brian lehman showed up just as jace was. >> he came in like he had done this many times. >> reporter: but he hadn't. were you nervous? >> terrified. >> it was pretty scary but we were happy that he was born and he has no complications. >> reporter: for the officers joining the family today it's an experience they don't often get. >> we're very happy for them and everything worked out. we were glad to be there to be help. >> she'

deanna durante has the exclusive story. >> you wouldn't expect to get held up. >> the woman is police think she was the ring lead er er in a vit assault that placed this man who doesn't want his identity revealed in danger. >> i guess that's what happens. you have evil people out there. the man placed an ad locking for someone to hang out with on craigslist. he says she agreed to meet him and go to a casino. in the moments the two met. >> unless you know she got a gun pulled from the back of my head. >> they say it was her friend who also carried a a knife. police say in addition, they are after a man and a woman, police say they have talked to her on the found phone. so have we. she spoke to me on the phone today. she knows she's wanted by police but didn't do anything wrong and only an idiot would turn herself in. every day he lives in fear and has no plans to return to the site where he met her. >> she's last known to live in destruction el hill and frequent delaware county, but they want to know more about the two people she was with. especially they say since a gun and a knife we

deanna durante has been checking it out. >> no shortage of things to do. take your pick. >> that's right. it all depends on what you want to do. you can fly high on a zip line or head down to a pint-sized football field. we showed you people sailing through the lines where just outside one of the gated entrances, you can see people e getting out of work, coming here, if you're going to go through security, it's going to be a lot easier if you forget the bags and bring in as little as possible. >> fan videos playing the role of a sports casters and snapping a picture with the trophy. . it's all free. if you didn't pack a water bottle, no free fill up for you. >> one beer, two waters. how much did that set you back? >> reporter: $22. >> the bottle can be refilled. >> that's going to cost you for each beer. the price may not be perfect. >> we tried to load up. >> she tried to bring in as much. >> we weren't allowed to bring anything in. >> lucky for them soup is giving out some freebies. >> christy brought nothing. just their phones and taking advantage of th

in exton, deanna durante, nbc10 news. >> back to our first alert weather. taking a live look over center city. little overcast right now but the rain we saw earlier today has moved out. i actually maybe i see some blue skies but maybe that's just more wishful thinking. >> earlier you were saying no rain for the rest of the week, i think this week is going to be crazy. >> i think tammie needs to set us straight. >> i think you were being very wishful. i think you were thinking tomorrow's tax day, why make it depressing, it's going to be sunny and beautiful. walk those returns to the post office. why can't we just continue that all week long? but, you know, this is philly and spring and you don't get two days the same in the row. 66 right now with some peaks of sunshine in delaware. 72 in lehigh valley. they already have some sunshine with just a few clouds out there. magnificent skies out over the upper country. we're looking at 71 in new jersey. there's still some clouds hanging on there. 68 in the pennsylvania suburbs, we've got a mix of sun and clouds and

deanna durante is live to explain what's at stake with this proposal. >> reporter: the superintendent says the problem is not new to him. all schools statewide are struggle iing with skyrocketing pension costs. they are required by state law to put in every year. they have been neglecting buildings and lay off teachers and take other measures to save money. >> i'm upset. i moved here knowing that middle school was there. i was prepared for my daughter to go there. >> reporter: but plans may be changing. not just for lauren and her family, but all in the school district thanks to money issues. >> we have a problem of $4.8 million. >> reporter: the problem isn't new but it keeps going groeing. pension costs tears apart the budget every year. the district can't keep up. schools have gone without repairs and teachers could be furloughed. administrators will not be replaced when they retire at year's end and two schools are targeted for closure. milford middle school is one of them. >> it doesn't help me. i did do my research in moving here. i researched the middle school. i researched the

deanna durante, nbc10 news in exton. >> traffic deaths are dropping in pennsylvania.ys nearly 1,200 deaths were reported last year but that's the lowest number since recordkeeping began in 1928. there's mixed progress to this, though. fatalities at intersections and also pedestrian deaths were up from last year. >> we're continuing to follow the developing story that we brought you at the top of the hair, a multi-state manhunt for a man committing a murder and posting it on facebook. it's now reached five states including pennsylvania. police are looking for 37-year-old steve stephens, 30 schools in philadelphia were locked down for more than an hour after reports that he was seen in fairmount park, but there have been no confirmed sightings of stephens in our area. and all new at 6:00, social media mega phone, how more and more criminals are using the internet to broadcast their crimes. >> students ran out of their school, they were wearing fake blood in fairless hills bucks county this morning. it was all part of an active shooter drill. students, police, firefighte

nbc10 news's deanna durante joins us live from the montgomery county courtroom in norristown. >> thege tackled several issues today including jury selection. >> reporter: for now the judge says he wants to go with the standard pennsylvania jury selection process, which means the fight the defense requests that they wanted a more complicated questionnaire going out, the judge said he'd rather the potential jury pull not know what case they could be serving on. it's become pretty standard now as the defense works to keep evidence against bill cosby out of the case, a few fans gather outside the courthouse and cheer as he walks in. cosby says very little to them. inside court today he was chatty and heard loudly joking with courtroom staff. his lawyers are trying to keep his 1991 book and media interview about the book out of the courtroom. he makes reference to an unsuccessfully attempt to slipping it in the drinks of girls. prosecutors say this shows that cosby has knowledge of a date rape drug and say it's crucial to the case. cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a wo

he spoke to deanna durante. >>> bill o'reilly's run on fox news channel has come to an end. 21st century fox announced they dropped o'reilly yesterday. the move comes amid allegations of sexual harassment. "new york times" reported five women were paid a total of $13 million to settle sexual harassment complaints. we spoke to the executive director of the group women's way about o'reilly's dismissal. she said it's a positive step. >> we applaud the women for speaking out and we celebrate this as a victory for women's voices to be heard and fighting against sexual harassment. >> o'reilly released a statement saying in part it's disheartening that we part ways due to complete iep unfounded claims. by rating standards bill o'reilly was one of the most successful tv personalities. tucker carlson will take over o'reilly's 8:00 p.m. slot. >> vice president mike pence's ten day asian trip continues with a meeting with indonesia's president. they will discuss trade. pence will mark the 50th anniversary of the association of southeast asian nations. president trump is reportedly considering break

reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> also developing tonight, the so-called facebook killer is dead after a trip to a pennsylvania mcdonald's. steve stephens alluded police for 48 hours after investigators say he murdered a man and posted a video of the crime to facebook. >> the murder happened in cleveland, ohio. they found him about two hours away in erie, pennsylvania. when he pulled up to a mcdonald's drive-thru and organized mcnuggets and fries. employees stalled him by saying his fries weren't ready. he got nervous and drove off but did not get far. >> one of the country's most wanted no longer on the run. the manhunt ended in erie, pennsylvania, after a worker at a mcdonald's drive-thru recognized him and called police. >> he couldn't have gone more than 0 yards on buffalo road before the police were behind had him. >> authorities say stephens shot and killed himself. >> we would liked to have brought him peacefully and talked to him to find out why this happened. >> reporter: stephens recorded himself shooting and killing a 74-year-old man and posted the video to fac

as for the wife, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> mike pence arrived in japan today and assured them the u.s. stands behind them in working to diffuse risks tr the nuclear program. >> it was scaled back from what he said in south korea. north korea should get the same treatment as seyria and afghanistan if it decided to advance its weapons program. >>> president trump is sign iin off on executive order to help create jobs here in the u.s. the president announced his buy american high american order during a speech in wisconsin. president trump said this election the american people voted to end the, quote, theft of american prosperity. he also said the bill will send a powerful signal to the world and put america first. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with a push to create more jobs in the philadelphia fire department. >> the department says more man power could have prevented the death more than two years ago. lauren mayk is live outside city hall. >> the firefighters are speaking out a day after the federal report came out about craig's death. >> the fire commissioner is h

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 will be covering developments throughout this trial. count on us for daily updates. >>> local municipalities that rely on state police for local police services could soon pay a fee. a a a bill announced today would require the payment from places that don't currently pay tr their own police coverage. the bill would affect 90 communities in every county this our area except for philadelphia. if it approved, the plan would be expected to bring in $1.75 billion to the state over a ten-year period. >>> now to breaking news. p payless is filing for chapter 10 and plans to close 400 stores as it reorganizes its business. to word yet if any stores in our area will shut down. payless has more than 4,000 locations around the world. >>> a former philadelphia district attorney is suing to have the current d.a. removed from office. lynn a abraham and another lawyer say state law prevents from keeping his job because his law license is temporarily suspended. williams says he will stay in office doing administrative work as he fights federal bribery

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> be sure to stick with nbc 10 for daily updates during the trial. >> next5:00, students outsmart a principal even before she started her new job. >>> plus a special tribute for a local basketball star just days after she coached her team to a national championship. yo, check it. my parents pimped out our crib with fios internet. sick. word on the street is it's bomb.com. i think you're bomb.com michelle, wanna come over and surf those sweet fios speeds like old times? todd, i've moved on to xfinity, they have the fastest internet. sorry todd. fios has fallen behind. don't fall with it. xfinity delivers the fastest internet. sign up today or get started with this great offer. call, click, or visit an xfinity store today. >>> a man befriended actual students and stayed at their apartment when he knew they were away. the 23 year old is accused of stealing from them. he's charged with burglary, credit card fraud, forgery and theft. police say he was hanging around a lot and think he may have done this before. >>> then there's this. a woman hired as a principal

reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> we are following a developing story in washington. steve bannon has been removed tr the national security council. president trump made that decision himself. a top white house official tells nbc news that bannon was put on the principles committee only as a check on then national security adviser michael flynn. senior political editor mark murray joins us from washington. thank you for your time. some reports point to the power struggle that led to the oust or say it's more or less procedural. what are you hearing about this development? >> i don't think it's fair to say it's a power struggle right now, but it's a a growing influence by the national security adviser. they have put more influence with the generals than the national security advisers and away from political folks. it's worth remembering. essentially what karl rove was it's important to note that neither in serving on the principles committee that's why it was so controversial when bannon was moved up there. i think it's a a e reflection of the trump white house now wit

mount spoke with deanna durante by phone and said she did nothing wrong. >>> investigators are searchingr the cause of a fire in philadelphia's tacony neighborhood that forced two people out of the home. they also found there was a pet alligator. animal control officers took the 12 inch gator from the building last night. two people were taken to the hospital being checked out. the alligator was hurt. >>> our look at stories happening county by county begins at penn state where someone took pictures of studio audience inside dorm showers. >> they are investigating two incidents. police haven't identified the victims or even said whether they were men or women. police are asking students for information about who may be responsible. >>> investigators in berks county are searching for whoever spray painted this cat purple and burned him. the cat named churchill was found in a park reading earlier this month. a witness said kids were abusing him. he was treated at an animal rescue center and now at a foster home. this is the second cat that was subjected to abuse in reading this month. the

deanna durante is heading to pike county to cover the first days of the trial starting on nbc10 news. >> there could be major traffic headaches for commuters in new york after a new jersey transit train derailed at penn station this morning. about 1,200 people were on that brain when this happened around nine. one rider said she felt a major jolt. some passengers fell while others were slammed into the seats in front of them. we're going to show you some video that offers the closer view of the damage. no one was seriously hurt here. rescuers led passengers out of the damaged cars and on to the tracks and into the another car and we just checked in to find out what this derailment means for commuters right now. if you or someone you know takes new jersey transit trenton trains are delayed about 30 minutes both into and out of manhattan saying the trains leaving after 4:00 p.m. they should be running on time. >> and this is the second time in a week and a half a train has derailed. no one was seriously hurt. >> new video of a robbery in huntington park. watch as he rides by the 80-year