. >> philadelphia now welcomes miss kelly hodge as new interim district attorney. families of august dempsey and been depaul welcome her involvement. they would appreciate any information surrounding this investigation, and conclusion as soon as possible. >> reporter: we have reached out to district attorney's office directly, only comment we can get though is that this case is still under investigation. we also reached out to the next door neighbor and left several messages for him but have been unable to get a response. reporting live from philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> for the first time we are seeing the dash cam footage of the police involved shooting in atlantic city friday march 2014. watson was killed by police after a chase and shoot-out, and we want to warn you what you are about to see is graphic. >> unaudible. [gunfire] >> the gun fire continues, for several second before watson is hit and falls to the ground at least 69 shots were fired, and then video was released after the new jersey supreme court ruled earlier this mont

kelley hodge will that spend five and a half months serving as interim d.a. completing the term of seth williams who resigned amid a federal bribery conviction. "action news" reporter vernon odom has more on the city's first african-american female district attorney. >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: former assistant d.a. kelley hodge is now philadelphia's 25th district attorney. the first african-american female. with family and colleagues packing a city hall courtroom she vowed to restore confidence in the d.a.'s office in the wake of the scandal that surrounded exd.a. seth williams. she spoke directly to the people of philadelphia. >> the citizens of this city deserve our best as members of the district attorneys office and i hope to inspire you all to always seek to be better today than you did the day before. >> reporter: among those beaming in the audience hodge's parents and husband. she gru up in montgomery county and first told her father she wanted to be a lawyer when she was only 10. >> she's very humble with everything that sh

hodge hodge i will promote an and -- shortly after taking the oath of office, hodge told me the officealready looking at adversity through the rear view mirror. [ applause ] >> i know the das are committing to doing a good job and doing the work. i think the challenges are behind us. >> reporter: among those in attendance at the swearing in larry krasner democratic nominee and heavy favorite for the full four-year term as da come january. krasner said he's optimistic about hodge's efforts to repair the image of the da's office. >> but the over arching issue here is not seth williams taking bribes much the over arching issue is a system in which we have jails but we don't have schools because we have chosen to incarcerate people at obscene levels. >> reporter: first things first. kelly hodge must convince the work force that those running the show are honest public servants doing the people's wo work. hodge's father told me his daughter announced to him in the fifth grade that she would some day be an attorney. tonight, she is that and more. and the challenges, well, that he will be sig

in historic vote among 83 judges, kelly hodge was named the first african-american woman to head the office of the philadelphia district attorney. she is a former assistant d.a. in the office. she tells "action news" she never imagined returning as district attorney even on an interim basis. >> i'm humbled and honored. it's something i couldn't imagine or conceive of. >> that is kelly hodge after being elected in the first judicial district. this to fill the remaining term of disgraced d.a. seth williams. her first priority? >> to restore faith in the community in the office and looking to the transition that will take place in the next few months. >> hodge started in 1987 as a public defender in richmond defender. she was appointed as philadelphia's safe school advocate in 2011 by governor tom corbitt. currently, she's in private practice with the law firm in blue bell. >> i enjoyed the time there. i'm happy to do this for the timeframe i have. hopefully, i'll do it wet. well. that's my intention. >> by tradition, the 83 judges that voted placed their ballots in old top hat. hodges

kelly hodge was sworn in just this afternoon inside a courtroom in city hall. >> hodge earned her new in a special election designed to fill out the remainder of seth williams' term in office. he awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges much bruce gordon joins us in studio. the interim da has much to accomplish in these next five muss months. >> in question about it beyond the daily prosecution of criminal cases there's the not so small matter of restoring moral to an office by corruption at the very top. well wishers crowd forward to congratulate the one time time assistant da on her return to the prosecutor' office from private practice. this time kelly hodge is in charge if only for a few months. she spoke directly to and about the lawyers, detectives and support staff whom she'll now direct. >> if members of the da's office today are as i remember my colleagues i know that you're hard-working, packs nat and tenacious advocates that are ready to work with me and restoring the public's confidence in our office. >> reporter: hodge was elected by a panel o

juan: samantha pree-stinson, i want to ask about mayor r hodge. she was elected four years ago at the head of a liberal progressive coalition. there were a lot of folks. and then she came under increasing attack from the police union as well. afteter the philando castile for a justicesked department investigation. what has gone wrong with betsy hodges -- as you mention, she's up for reelection in november. >> there has been a lot of scrutiny of betsy or major hodges and people believing this is an issue of her being a woman. gender. you're either a good leader or a bad leader. you are a leader who is moving forward or a leader who is an aft. we have seen multiple examples of ineptitude, not only with mayor hodges, but within city council as a whole. there is a lack of accountability. the fact they don't listen to the community. the issue that happened at the fourth precinct was a result of communities coming together, different organizations, residents coming together to have their voices amplified, to bring up things that they know as an resident

the majority of them voted for hodge.odge is stepping in to fill the term left vacant by former d.a. seth williams. he resigned last month as part of a plea deal agreement relating to his federal bribery charges. listen to what she has to say about the opportunity ahead. >> i believe my reputation and the work i have done placed me here. i find it's a badge of honor to be in a position as a woman and african-american woman and take the role of being the chief law enforcement officer for the city of philadelphia. i done ta i don't take that lightly and i'm excited to serve philadelphia well. >> t >> reporter: the ceremony is 30 minutes from now and open to the public. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> new jersey has brand-new governor but only for today. steve sweeney will lead the state today. the governor and lieutenant governor are both out of state at a conference for republican governors. >>> checking out our nbc 10 headlines, an 11-year-old boy is the latest victim of a wave of violence in chester, d

kelly hodge took the oath of office at city hall today. panel of judges pick hodge last week to serve the rest of seth williams' term in office. williams resigned willey eight wagon sentencing after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. he's now in jail and hodge is now -- she was actually former assistant da. >> to the members of the diss trek attorney's office, it's good to be back. [ applause ] >> this is our restoration period. our opportunity to look at adversity from the rear view mirror and know you have weathered the storm. >> hodge will be interim district attorney until january when the winner of the november general election takes office. that race pits democratic larry krasner against republican beth grossman. >>> caught on camera, one huge catch. fishermen on the jersey shore reeled in this enormous shark that is drawing national attention tonight. environmental officials say it's the largest ever in the state's history. fox 29's chris kennel has been talking with the fishermen who caught the big guy in brielle monmou

the board of judges selected kelley hodge to fill the rest of the term of former d.a.h williams, who, as you know, resigned after his corruption conviction. hodge will be the first african-american woman to serve as the city's d.a. when she is sworn in. here's my question -- and hodge is supremely qualified. i don't think there's any doubt about that. but kathleen martin, who recused herself from being in the mix here, has basically been running this office for several months. why not, nelson, just keep her on the job until january, which is not too far away? >> well, it's because of the state requirement that the board of judges has the obligation whenever there's a vacancy to appoint someone. >> so why wouldn't they appoint martin? >> she decided to level herself out. >> let's pretend that she knew she wasn't gonna win. >> well, i think that it was a glass ceiling to be broken, and so we have an african-american woman. we have now, what i call the judicial council, which is known as the clifford scott green judicial council, which is made up of at least 30 african-am

hodge takes the oath at city hall at noon. she will be the city's first african-american woman to serve as d.a. hodge was assistant d.a. under lynn abraham in 2004. the court of common pleas elected her to finish the term of seth williams after his guilty plea and corruption conviction. voters will elect a permanent d.a. in november. >>> turning to accuweather, seriesous flooding issues you tell -- serious flooding issue 0 out there. >> reporter: it has been, we have flooding on roads and the creeks and screens. storm tracker 6 live double scan, obviously all the yellow toward the east right now. in philadelphia we're drying out behind the overnight rain. we did get 2 to 4 inches of rain across the region. we did have additional flooding that was lingering. in trenton things are getting better, as well. looks like you have to go toward jackson mills and lakewood to see the heavier downpours, the wide view shows you everything is departing, at least the main stuff including a batch of thunderstorms, you will hear thunder coming

i'm asking that betsy hodges do the same thing. all the rest of the staff are ineffective. the city of minneapolis needs a new start. take all the people who have been paid off for the past 20 years who praise the activities of the police chief have been doing for the past 20 and 30 years. take them to eden prairie somewhere. we don't want anymore. >> who shuts us down? >> we shut this down. if the police don't get it? >> shut it down. >> if the police don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if the police don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if tomorrow don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if tomorrow don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if tomorrow don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if the towns don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if the towns don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if tomorrow don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if tomorrow don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if tomorrow don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if the towns don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if the towns don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if the towns don't get it! >> shut it down! >> if they don't get it! >> shut it down! >

. >>> kelly hodge was sworn in today as the interim philadelphia district attorney. hodge took the oath of office, becoming the first african-american woman to serve as district attorney in philadelphia. she has more than 20 years' experience and she will complete the second term of former district attorney seth williams who resigned after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. hodge will served until the newly elected da takes office in 2018. >>> the dog days are summer, but for eagles fans their sights are set on the fall. the birds are back as training camp is officially under way in south philly. don bell is back with a suit now. >> polo gone, the suit is on. >> summer vacation is a wrap and it's time to get ready for the fall. after nearly 7 months the eagles are officially back to work. >> when i close my eyes i go to sleep. when i need to sleep, i sleep. >> reporter: some rookies are nervous on day 1 of training camp, but not matt collins. >> i think we've been practicing and working hard and it goes to the back of my mind. all i'm worried about trying

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. >>> kelly hodge was sworn in today as the interim philadelphia district attorney. hodge took the oath of office, becoming the first african-american woman to serve as district attorney in philadelphia. she has more than 20 years' experience and she will complete the second term of former district attorney seth williams who resigned after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. hodge will served until the newly elected da takes office in 2018. >>> the dog days are summer, but for eagles fans their sights are set on the fall. the birds are back as training camp is officially under way in south philly. don bell is back with a suit now. >> polo gone, the suit is on. >> summer vacation is a wrap and it's time to get ready for the fall. after nearly 7 months the eagles are officially back to work. >> when i close my eyes i go to sleep. when i need to sleep, i sleep. >> reporter: some rookies are nervous on day 1 of training camp, but not matt collins. >> i think we've been practicing and working hard and it goes to the back of my mind. all i'm worried about trying

the board of judges selected kelly hodge, for more than dozen applicant yesterday. hodge becomes the city's first african-american female district attorney, taking over for former d.a., seth williams. williams of course resigned from offers last month. after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. hodges will serve until either republican bet grossman or democrat larry krasner takes over this january. >>> well, still ahead, the deed line -- deadline facing, what the patient need to do today to save their personal information. >> also ahead: we've got update on this massive forest fire burning in south jersey. hundreds of ainge verse been scorched. >> also, we will tell but a new study raising red flags about the crab population and what it means foresee food lovers in our area. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> sweet charlie, you may be familiar with that company. they have couple of locations in philadelphia, i'm personally a big fan, but sweet charlie in ocean city also rolling ice cream, pat gallen here for cbs-3 summer fe

hodge takes over the offers from former d.a. set william. williams resigned last month after pleading guilty to federal corruption charge. hodge will serve until either republican bet gross-manor democrat larry krasner takes over in february. >> still ahead on cbs-3 "eyewitness news," strong words after deadly police involved shooting in minnesota. >> justine didn't have to die. >> the police chief prom ills cents for change after bride to be after mourners and protesters gather to send a message to police. >> plus: is this the future of high speed travel, coming to philadelphia? some city officials might be saying not so fast. we're back in two minute. blank >> a rally together thursday night ... (protests). >> valerie castile attended the march in support of justine damond, catille's son, philando, shot and killed by police offers nerve july of 2016. justine was fatally shot last saturday night after calling 911 over concerns of a possible assault outside her home. minneapolis police chief spoke to reporters about the violence on thursday.

. >> that inmate, convicted killer henry hodges, requires a team of five correctional officers to escort harsh reality check for me. >> officer robert moseley was one of hodges' victims. >> got medical on unit. took the pipe flap down, went to apply hans cuffs, i got distracted. as i was applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm real quick and pulled it in and ran a razor blade down my arm. i didn't know what happened until i pulled my arm out and saw the injury. >> moseley's slashed arm required 59 stitches. and the scar isn't only physical. >> the psychological effect never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it. but you can't take this job for granted. these guys are not here but for the right reasons, and the reality of it every day is there. keep your eyes on the inmates at all time. don't ever take your eye off them especially on death row because these guys got nothing to lose if they were to injury you. >> hodges declined to talk to our producers on camera. a chronically, the prison videotapes his every move. >> we film him everywhere he goes when he comes out of that cell j

kelley hodge became philadelphia's 25th district attorney. chosen by the court of common pleas board of judges. there were 14 candidates trying to get the nod to succeed seth williams who is now in federal custody waiting sentencing after pleading guilty to corruption last month. hodge's husband son and parents were beaming with pride when she was sworn in a packed city hall courtroom many of the d.a.'s office. >> for the time i have to lead this office i will promote and encourage the honor integrity and professionalism that is expected and that exists in each of you. >> reporter: kelley hodge made her own history today. she's the town's first black female d.a. today her former colleagues came out in big numbers to hail her elevation even though it is only temporary. she'll be serving out the remainder of seth williams second term which ends early in the new year. he's highly respected by her former colleagues. >> she's measured, she's calm, she's thoughtful. she's a leader. she's inspiring. i could not be happier with the board of judges' c

new interim district attorney, noontime swearing in ceremony will be held at city hall, for kelly hodge, she will become the city's first african-american da. former prosecutor takes over for the district attorney seth williams who resigned last month after pleading guilty for federal corruption charges hodge will serve until either republican bet grossman or democrats rat krasner takes over in january. >>> also, today, this man, face sentencing in the shooting of philadelphia police bike officer. william was convict in the april of this year, and the shooting of officer daniel kostick in april of 2015. this happened near 50th and mass nerve west philadelphia. now, officer was able to return fire and injured him in the elbow. >> well, president trump is expected to deliver a statement on healthcare later today. this as the president issues his strongest warning yet to senate republicans over the repeal and replacement of the affordable care act. correspondent with more now on what is said to be very busy day in washington. >> reporter: president trump issued a warning sunday evening to

hodge was elected by a board of common core police judges.ecames the first african-american female district attorney. voters choose the next permanent d.a. in september. the so sons of robert democracy want the man charged who killed their mother. he says he shot 42-year-old democracy and her boyfriend in the head along the 47 block of james street and fran frankfordn they climb his fence in an argument. police are staked outside of his home over fear of retaliation against him. >> healthcare vote tomorrow, and we hear about a texas tragedy as a dozen illegals died. >> and an effort to save a tiger at the zoo. >> storms are bringing us cooler air dropping into the 60s tonight. i'll let you know how long and when more storms return in the seven-day forecast. >> ducis rogers with excitement from eagle training camp day one. that and more when "action news" continues dear fellow citizen, spending time hunting treasures with my daughter is wonderful. because before i'm even ready, she'll be off to college. and though i've planned for it, i may ne

hodge will hold the position until a new da is chosen in november. >>> and montgomery county dad hugged his children today for the first time in six months. [ applause ] >> dad! >> staff sergeant kyle woods embragsed braced his oldest son and then staged the same surprise for his oldest son and mom was there for the happy and emotional reunion. >> . >>> ducis is here with sport. the training camp around the corner. >> it will be here before we know it. monday morning shortly before 9:00 the players will be on the field. this year the expectations are higher and the birds showed some promise last season and they made quite a few changes and most on the offensive side of the ball. they got torrey smith and carson wentz a new running back in blunt. how much pressure is on doug peterson -- >> if the eagles struggle this year, is doug peterson in the hot seat. >> he would be. >> because he is connected to carson wentz. that is why they blocked the quarterback coach but they feel good about the other coaches and feel good about doug because the players respect him they have to show progress a

and so if betsy hodges cannot determine its, maybe the people should run the city. >> who shuts this down? >> we shut us down. >> listen, i understand that people are in love with him, but those are people who have been paid off, who had been ineffective in our community. we see today, this is our house. you cannot lock us out of this building. you cannot lock us out of this building! you cannot hide from us, and we put you in office, today is day for the new world. we are not having that anymore. you are not going to give us the chance that we put in this office and likely put it in this office. we put this in the office. we put you in office to represent us, and if you can't represent us, we are going to remove you out of those seats! so today harteau resigns. i'm asking that betsy had just the same thing. they have all been paid off for the past 20 years who prays on the police chief and the activities that they have been doing for the past 20, 30 years. move it somewhere else, we are not having it happening anymore. we are shutting us down! >> who shuts us down? >> we shut us dow

hodges is actually running for re-election. believes she can put forward the next police chief and usher in a new kind of air when it comes to police. i can tell you the frustration here is building because many people wanted to know what happened to justine ruszczyk, about three days went by before we got any extra details. people frustrated the officer who actually fired the shot has not talked to investigators yet. the other officer, his partner, has talked with investigators. but so far you can hear in people's voices they want answers, they want change. and they're demanding for it to happen now. in fact, the police union has even stepped forward to say they want betsy hodges to step down as mayor as well. >> wow. so the castile family also having empathy for the family of justine ruszczyk, members of those two families actually met. tell us about that. >> reporter: yeah. well, we were there for that as well. and there was this march that walked through this neighborhood, this middle class neighborhood where you saw people

a poured of judges selected hodge to fill the position vacated by former d.a. seth williams who resigned after he pleaded guilty to federal bribery and corruption charges. >>> next at 11:00, problems at the pump. a local gas station shuts down after drivers discover an expensive issue. >>> searching for great white sharks off the jersey shore, with the people who made mary lee famous. >> you all are living in the middle of some critical habitat here. >> reporter: why this expedition is on a quest for answers near the new jersey coastline. >>> plus shelter from the storm. what a mother did to protect her young daughter as this waterspout b waterspout got closer and closer. >> tonight's storm is finally starting to move out and we're going to face oppressive heat. your much cooler neighborhood forecast coming up next. whoa! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we'

mayor hodges asked the chief to return home. the mayor returned and said she will not quit her job. >> i will not be resigning. >> reporter: frustrations here and in the verdict's home of australia have only grown since damon's death last sunday after she called 911 twice and two officers responded. the officer in the driver's seat said he heard a loud sound as she approached his vehicle. that's when his partner mohamed noor opened fire from the passenger seat killing damond. officer noor has declined to speak to city officials. both officers have been placed on administrative leave and questions remain why they didn't turn on their body cameras during the incident. >> your power is in your pure awareness. >> reporter: the 40-year-old spiritual teacher was engaged to be married. two communities worlds apart now mourning together demanding to know the truth. the mayor has said the shooting should not have happened. in the meantime, officials say a bicyclist near the scene of this tragic shooting and actually watched as officers t

kelly hodge was sworn into office serving as interim d.a. until the new one is elected and takes office next year. the board of judges picked hodge to fill the position to replace seth williams. he resigned from office after he was convicted of federal bribery charges. williams is in prison awaiting sentencing. >>> a lightning strike triggered the forest fire that ripped through thousands of acres in south jersey. today state officials announced that was the cause of the forest fire which burned through 3,500 acres. it started wednesday night and the smoke spread so far it could be seen at the jersey shore beaches by the weekend. the fire is now 100% controlled. >>> more homes have smoke alarms after a deadly fire this weekend. the red cross was out installing the alarm today. a husband and wife in their 90s were found dead in the front bedroom of their home sunday morning. there were smoke detectors in their house but no one heard them go off. >>> a developer wants to move dozens of bodies buried centuries ago. construction crewed uncovered

. >> reporter: protesters turned the spotlight on manipulates per betsy hodge last night. >> i am happy to sit down with folks and talk about the future of policing minneapolis. i understand people's objections to what's happening. >> reporter: it happened at a press conference where she was announcing the resignation of police chief jenee harteau. >> i've heard you and i have listened. >> reporter: hodges left when protesters took over the podium, but rushed later to tell reporters she would not be stepping down. >> there is no magic wand for public safety. >> reporter: chief harteau resigned friday six days after the fatal shooting of justine damond, the 40-year-old australian, who called 9-1-1 last saturday to report a possible sexual assault outside her home. according to law enforcement, damond was standing at the driver's window of a squad car when officer mohamed noor opened fire from the passenger seat. the bullet went through the open window, fatally striking damond. >> no justice, no peace! reporter: there have been rallies and protests in minneapolis, and damond's native aust

>> the tense exchange came minutes after mayor betsy hodges announced the appointment of a new policehief in the wake of a deadly police shooting. chief harto announced she is resigning. mayor hodges said she lost confidence in the chief's ability to lead after a series of police incidents including last week's police killing of justine damond. the australian bride tob called to report what she believed was a sexual assault near her home. police officers say they shot she was ambushing them. >> a newly released surveillance footage shows the moment a starbucks customer takes on an armed robber. the video shows a man approach the cash register with a knife and a toy gun as it turns out. he demand money from the barista when customer craig jerry saw what was happening and hit the robber in the back with a metal chair. the two men started fighting on the ground where jerry was stabbed in the neck, but he will be okay. >> it is not something we recommend. in this case it was a good outcome. no one died as a result of this incident. but he very well could have. but nonetheless, he is a her

hodge takes the oath at city hall at noon. she become the city's first african-american woman to serve as d.a. hodge was assistant d.a. under lynn abraham in 2004. court of common pleas elected her to finish the term of seth williams who was convicted of corruption. >>> maribel aber is live in new york with the market watch report. >> reporter: good morning, tam, boeing is cutting jobs at the fastest rate in more than a decade. the company has let go 6,000 workers. about 4% of the workforce. the stock is up 36%. they said they need to be more efficient in auto makes to stay exet -- automation to stay competitive with airbus. >>> the reports of home sales is due out. that's the late he is in biz. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows the bulk of the rain to the north and east of philadelphia, as we go into the overhead view you can see there's additional hour activity that's coming in from the west, this is getting close to reading, looks like it might just clip reading and you're going to get at least some tempor

late this afternoon board of judges select kelly hodge from more than a dozen applicants. she will be the cities first african-american female district attorney. she is former city prosecutor and currently is in private practice in blue bell. she won more than 50 percent of judge's vote. >> we have a interim candidate who put their name in the hat and she's an excellent choice. >> hodge could be sworn in as early as, tomorrow and she will take over for former d.a. seth williams who resigned last month after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. >>> gunman who confessed in the shooting of christopher dorman learned his punishment today. judge sentenced daunte island to between 33 and 100 years in prison. last month he pleaded guilty to attempted murder. officer done man was at sentencing. island shot him seven times when responding to reports of drug activity, behind apartments, on elmwood avenue last june. >>> septa police released this dramatic body cam footage of the police shooting that occurred last night in kensington. a suspect was shot multiple times by sep

for hodges to resign. crews are trying to get a wildfire under control near yosemite national park. destroying more than 100 structures. yosemite doesn't appear at risk from the fire which is moving south, away from the actual park. a massive explosion in eastern china killed two people, injured dozens more. you can see here how that explosion was caught on security footage. the cause under investigation. it is thought to have originated with bottled gas use to fuel cookers in restaurants and homes. to politics now, and new this morning, we're learning fresh details about jared kushner's finances from reports on a revised filing. new documents show mother than 70 assets that his attorney said he had inadvertently left off of earlier filings. the new details coming amid fallout over white house press secretary's sean spicer's resignation yesterday morning. here is clip from spicer's interview last night on fox news. >> have you been thinking about this for a while? >> no. >> so it was really sudden. >> i kn

in her speech hodge spoke directly to her new staff. >> this is our restoration period, our opportunityok at adversity and know you have weathered the storm. and now you can look in front of you and do what you have been tasked to do as district attorney with your head held high. >> reporter: she will complete williams' second term. she says the challenges are behind them and she is only looking forward. >> that is what i believe. focus on the wonderful work that they are doing and that is what i believe the focus should always be. >> republican beth grossman will face off in november to fill the next full term. >> one of the first cases hodge could face a deadly shooting in frankfurt. they were shot by a neighbor last sunday. the neighbor says they were all arguing and dempsy and depaul started climbing his fence. the man said he felt threatened and grabbed his gun and thougsh them both. >> my mom would never provoke any violence. she knows she would have to make it home to me and my brother. i don't understand why he is still here in hisuths house let alone not in jail. it's not self

>> the tense exchange came minutes after mayor betsy hodges announced the appointment of a new policewake of a deadly police shooting. chief harto announced she is resigning. mayor hodges said she lost confidence in the chief's ability to lead after a series of police incidents including last week's police killing of justine damond. the australian bride tob called to report what she believed was a sexual assault near her home. police officers say they shot she was ambushing them. >> a newly released surveillance footage shows the moment a starbucks customer takes on an armed robber. the video shows a man approach the cash register with a knife and a toy gun as it turns out. he demand money from the barista when customer craig jerry saw what was happening and hit the robber in the back with a metal chair. the two men started fighting on the ground where jerry was stabbed in the neck, but he will be okay. >> it is not something we recommend. in this case it was a good outcome. no one died as a result of this incident. but he very well could have. but nonetheless, he is a hero, there's n

eric marshall, co-portfolio manager at hodges small cap fun joins us to talk about the run in the small caps. nice to have you here, eric. welcome. >> good to be here. >> what do you think in general has been driving the performance of the small caps? >> we've definitely over the last couple weeks started to see the market broaden out. meaning that we had more stocks participating in this rally than we did in the previous first and second quarter. i think part of that is a recovery that you're seeing in some of the bank and financial stocks. some of the industrials. and the consumer discretionary stocks doing better here and tend to be more tied to the russell 2000 and the smaller cap indexes. >> can this rally continue? >> we think so. you know, small caps are really well positioned to benefit from things like potential tax reform, which we're starting to hear more rhetoric about, and also m&a activity continuing to pick up. and it's probably the area of the market that is the most fertile for picking individual stocks and there's still a lot of opportunities out there to go out and fi

seth williams resigned after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges, hodge will serve until either republican bet grossman or democrat larry krasner takes over in january. >>> in other news this noon, jared kushner meeting with senate investigators to answer questions about what he did during the presidential campaign. seth lemon reports from washington kushner gave some inside in a prepared statement >> jared kushner is telling senate intelligence committee investigators, he did not talk with russia. >> the whole how to explain, here's how i met the russian ambassador, here is what we talked becomes here's how i met the banker guy, here's whether we talked about. >> in a 11 page statement released this morning kushner said he met with russian banker back in december, around the same time he also met with the russian ambassador to the u.s., sergei , he said he was looking to establish line of communication between russia and then national security advisor michael flynn, to talk about syria. today's senate testimony was just the first meeting for kushner. he'll be back on capitol hi

kelley hodge first african-american woman to serve as top prosecutor.th williams the family wants the new interim da to bring charges against the person who shot her and her boyfriend. happened on july 16. the couple got into an argument with the neighbor who we're not identifying because he has not been charged. he told police he felt threatened when they started climbing his fence during that argument. he grabbed his gun, shot the couple and then called police. nothing has happened since. the da seat has been open since seth williams resigned as part of a plea deal on federal bribery charges last month. the family of both victims are now hinging their hopes on kelley hodge who will be sworn in today at noon. that swearing in is open to the public. reporting live outside of city hall, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> 6:35. new from overnight, american red cross helping people driven out of their apartment building by a fire on 52nd street. the fire at the park side apartments broke out just before midnight. crews put it out quickly. no one was hurt. >>

for hodges to resign. crews are trying to get a wildfire under control near yosemite national park. destroying more than 100 structures. yosemite doesn't appear at risk from the fire which is moving south, away from the actual park. a massive explosion in eastern china killed two people, injured dozens more. you can see here how that explosion was caught on security footage. the cause under investigation. it is thought to have originated with bottled gas use to fuel cookers in restaurants and homes. to politics now, and new this morning, we're learning fresh details about jared kushner's finances from r

hodge will serve until either republican bet grossman or democrat larry krasner takes over in january. >> well, a suspect accused in the strangulation dealt of his girlfriend set before cape may county judge later today. forty-nine year old paul kline is behind bars on several charges including first degree murder. authorities say he killed his 54 year old girlfriends, denise webber, her body found saturday morning inside her ocean city apartment. >> investigators in chester country still looking for shooters after a young boy get hit by a stray bullet. police say it happened saturday night on the 3400 block of twp. line road in chester. bullets shot through a home and hit 11 year old boy in the stomach. now he is expected to be okay. neighbors say they are disturbed by the gun vie len. >> it is just doesn't make any sense. >> it is not usually a lot of gun play around here. >> whatever their problem; they need to try to find a resolution, it is better through violence. >> and bullets hit a gas station across the street from the boy's home in addition to several nearby cars, police ar

guilty to federal corruption charges, and hodge will serve until the newly elect d.a. takes office in 2018. >>> police need public's help to identify suspect honey stalled skimming devices at bank atms in folcroft delaware county. police say man seen here installed a skimming device at beneficial bank located at 1800 block of delimar drive-in folcroft. investigators believe he also installed skimming deviceness two other locations, if you know who that is, cat police. >>> president trump is challenging senate republicans to quote do the right thing, honorary peeling the affordable care act. today the president met with people he called, quote victims of the obama care live , he says the democrats are telling their constituents that the g.o.p. plan won't protect people's health care. >> they run out, they say death, death, death, well, obama care death, that is one that is death. beside that is it is failing so you won't have it anyway. >> president challenged republicans to step up and fulfill their prom toys repeal but insurance commissioners in other states say patie

kelly hodge will be sworn in as interim da taking over for seth williams. he's in jail now awaiting sentencing. hodge is the first african-american woman to serve as district attorney. >> also, happening tomorrow, sentencing day for the man convicted of shooting a cop in west philadelphia. a judge will sentence william nobodylynn and they found him getty in a shooting of philadelphia kostic. he shot him 15 and master april 2015. the officer was able to return fire. he could face as long as 40 years in prison. >> a traumatic fire takes the lives of a couple in 90 s and tonight their neighbors are remembering them. that story is next and human trafficking case making national headlines. >> and this story, we're going, inside a $13 billion ship the pentagon still has not really tested. qul pass >> fox 29 jennifer joyce talked to heartbroken neighbors in elkins park. >> roy and helen 98 years old married 78 plus years, parents, grandparents, great grandparents two long lives that ended tragically this morning. >> we didn't expect anything like this. this is big

hodges will serve until either republican bet grossman or democrat larry krasner takes over in january. >> also, today, this man, william, will be sentenced for the shooting after philadelphia police bike officer. shot and wounded officer daniel cost i can in april of 2015 near 50th and master in west philadelphia. was able to return fire and hit him in the right elbow. will be sentenced on attempted murder and other charge. >> to the nation's capitol, president trump is calling out member of his own party over the healthcare debate. he is expected to deliver a statement on the topic later today. correspondent with more from washington. >> president trump issued a warning, sunday evening, to the gop, tweeting if republicans don't repeal and replace the disastrous obamacare, repercussions will be far greater than any of them understanded. the senate is expected to vote this week, on republican healthcare bill, though some lawmakers say they still haven't been told yet whether they'll be decide to go replace obama care or just repeal it. >> i don't think that's a good approach to face th

hodge takes over for former d.a.nth, after pleading guilty to federal corruption charge. hodge will serve until either republican bet grossman or democrat larry krasner takes over in january. >>> and the pennsylvania state house of representatives returns to harrisburg this weekend, to work on balancing the state's $32 billion budget, governor tom wolf allowed the budget tote become law last week, despite $1.5 million shortfall. help in the legislature about $600 million, in aid to schools lining penn state, lincoln, and the university of pennsylvania. >>> elan musk says he's received verbal approval to build high speed underground transportation system. in a twitter post, musk explained the hyper loop would shuttle commuters from the big apple to the nation's capitol in under 30 minutes. transportation system would whisk not just people but also cars, even bikes, through a system of underground tunnels at airliner speeds. musk adds the hyper loop would make stops in baltimore and in philadelphia on the way. >> we go