lawyers say he never covered up jerry sandusky's actions. >>> a judge granted jerry sandusky a new hearing to appeal his conviction. the lawyers will be back in court on may 20th. they will approve that prosecutors leaked secret grand jury material to find more victims. the 72-year-old was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse and serving 30 to 60 years in state prison. >>> new jersey lawmakers can meet again today to hammer out a financial rescue plan for atlantic city. governor chris christie may have made up his mind. talk of a legislative compromise surfaced yesterday. governor christie backs a plan that would trigger immediate takeover of ac. any other proposal is waste of time and money. >>> happening today, it is graduation day for temple university students, 9,000 students and their loved one will celebrate their year's work. this year's class -- we have particular love for at that temple university graduate around here. >> reporter: it was dave's idea to put a roof on the liacouras are a center. we have rain around region and temple university car pus where they have their --

meanwhile, quick child maine lester jerry sandusky will get an appeals hearing. yesterday. the hearing is scheduled for may 20th. sandusky's attorneys trying to prove claims that the, prosecutors lied, withheld evidence, leak secret grand jury information, all of that in an effort to find, more possible assault victims. >>> the former penn state assistant football coach is serving as long as 60 years in prison for 45 counts of child sex abuse, mike and alex. >> i will be darned he will get another hearing. all right, lauren. we will there been when it happens in june. >>> 6:51. well, fathers and daughters, whether they were really biological fathers and daughters coming together to share a special night. this is one of my favorite events by the police athletic league. the it happens every year. this is the fourth time. we will take through. >>> we're taking a live look at our pour patrol car here, this is white horse pike, in somerdale, new jersey. apparently, people think i'm too perky. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progress

. >>> convicted child molester jerry sandusky returned to center county court today in belfont pennsylvania tried to convince a judge to grant him a new trial. "action news" reporter chad pradelli was there. >there. >> now al lindsey is going to say it. >> reporter: what do you want to say. >> listen to him. with his wife dottie and other friends in court sandusky's lead defense attorney former federal prosecutor al lindsey argued sandusky received inadequate counsel from former defense attorneys joe amendola and carl romminger. >> jerry sandusky is an innocent man this is a very flawed prosecution. >> reporter: after the hearing a letter from jerry sandusky was trod reporters. >> my concern is for my family, friends, supporters and those who have worked so hard to identify the wrong. >> reporter: lindsey presented more than two dozen arguments writing before judge john cle land. lindsey says amendola should have not have waived sandusky's wright a preliminary hearing. lindsey suggested prosecutors leaked news of the grand jury investigation and he also believes amendola erred by allowing s

former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky was back in court this morning asking for a second chance. he arrived the at the courthouse in center county wearing his orange prison jump suit, sandusky's attorney and wife arrived a short time later. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live in bellefonte with more details on what happened in court. chad? >> reporter: well, rick, this hearing only lasted about an hour. this was a essentially an hearing to get a full hearing, for an appeal, for a new trial. no witnesses were called but judge john cleland did hear arguments from defense attorneys and prosecutors but it is unclear when he will decide on whether there should be an appeals hearing. convicted pedophile jerry sandusky walk into court with a defiant tone imploring the press to listen, to defense arguments for a new trial. inside the courtroom defense attorneys argued sandusky refused ineffective counsel from his past defense attorneys, joey amen dole a they believe theyer ordinary in waving the penn state football coach's preliminary hearing which would have give

. >>> jerry sandusky heads back to court today. what his luster will be asking a judge to do inside a center county courtroom. >>> and young boy is killed in a deadly crash in east falls. what police are saying happened in the moments before the crash, plus an update on the other passengers. >> today is monday, may second, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm brooke thomas. happy monday. it is monday, yes, meisha here with traffic. katie has your forecast. >> good morning, kicking off brand new week together two, accidents already out there. hopefully that's not a precursor of what's to come this morning. >> unfortunately, i got not the best news here to report, guys, another -- >> oh, starting already? >> i know, we had wanted to see things finally brighten out for mid week. just not looking like the cards are in our favor this time. so take a look at storm scan. not talking a wash out. but you have couple of little pocket of some showers out there really. nothing super major, it is enough so you might be flicking the windshield

you will know by now she won a p pulitzer prize for investigating jerry sandusky. did we find this man? >> this is a man i've known about for four years. he came forward to an attorney the day after sandusky was arrested, but what's really important to know about his story is that it's not just an allegation of rape against jerry sandusky a long, long time ago. he also says that his foster parents put him on the phone with joe paterno to report his rape and he was told by joe paterno to not make this kind of an accusation. >> he's 15 years old. his foster parents are apalled when he tells them what happened at the hands of jerry sandusky. they call the university. and this man, who's now 60, says i know i was on the phone with joe? >> he would know that voice anywhere and it was joe paterno's voice and this is what makes it sfignificant. in the last week, we learned a lot more about the allegations that penn state's been aware of over the last several years. there's been a lot of ambiguity and vagueness about what joe paterno knew and what he reported and what he d

allegations found in court documents that the late coach joe paterno was told about accusations against jerry sandusky 35 years before the scandal broke. paterno's family called those allegations, quote, bunk. but nbc news has learned others at penn state, including a number of coaches, knew about sandusky, too, going back decades. we get more tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: tonight nbc news is learning that as many as six more assistant football coaches at penn state allegedly saw jerry sandusky engage in inappropriate behavior with children, going back as far as the late '70s. according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the legal proceedings. raising the possibility that there are more victims than previously thought. sandusky is currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison, for 45 counts of child abuse. incidents that extend to the mid-'90s. during that time, two of the newly revealed coaches worked at penn state, and allegedly witnessed sexual misconduct. both now coach for division 1 football programs. according to nbc sources, one of them was seen by witnesses immediatel

allegations found in court documents that the late coach joe paterno was told about accusations against jerry sandusky 35 years before the scandal broke. paterno's family called those allegations, quote, bunk. but nbc news has learned others at penn state, including a number of coaches, knew about sandusky, too,ng or counts of child abus but it is the slowest sith growth we'ven for a historic and only i news event. kim jong-un convened his ruling congress for the first time in 36 years. and he used the moment to threaten the world with his nuclear capability. nbc's bill neely has the details inside north korea's capital. >> reporter: a stirring salute to a he said the nuclear enemy number one. this congress overshadowed by fears of another provocative nuclear test. north koreans so told me they're proud and loyal. the best leader in the world? >> yes. >> what should americans know about your leader? comrade kim is the best, she said, and a peacemaker. north korea said any word again k nth including student otto warmbier.isolated, and more dangerous than ever. even his main ally china has lost patience

former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky was back in court this morning asking for a second chance. he arrived the at the courthouse in center county wearing his orange prison jump suit, sandusky's attorney and wife arrived a short time later. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live in bellefonte with more details on what happened in court. chad? >> reporter: well, rick, this hearing only lasted about an hour. this was a essentially an hearing to get a full hearing, for an appeal, for a new trial. no witnesses were c

what did joe paterno know about jerry sandusky's abuse of miners and when did he know it? >>> it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >>> hey there. good morning. it's friday, may 6. i'm alex witt. donald trump captured the republican nomination on his ability to make deals but one gop leader is still driving a hard bargain. yesterday, house speaker paul ryan the chairman of the republican national convention said he is not ready to endorse trump. >> i'm just not ready to do that at this point. i'm not there right now. i hope to though. i want to. but i think what is required is that we unify this party. i think the bulk of the burden on unifying the party will have to come from our presumptive nominee. i don't want to underplay what he accomplished. he needs to be congratulated. but he also inherits something very special. that's very special to a lot of us. this is the party of lincoln, of reagan, of jack kemp. we don't always nominate a lincoln and a reagan every four years but we hope that our nominee will be lincoln or reaganesque. actuall

judge aspen state battles to determine if its insurers are responsible for reimbursing costs for jerry sandusky's victims. it is a suggestion that the paterno family sharply disputes. his son scott taking to twitter to call it bunk. >> i think there is a very strong public interest in knowing exactly what penn state was told. >> reporter: attorney shannon spector involved in the representation of the victims of sandusky is convinced that the gravity of public interest should compel penn state to release testimony gathered during an investigation, by louie freeh. >> instead of the having it drip, drip, drip this information, all of the information, including the testimony of the victims is released. >> reporter: jerry sandusky in 2012 was quick of sexually abusing children. ex-coach was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison. >> it is very important with regard to preventing repetitious of these kind of acts for us all to understand how what a serial pedophile could be permitted to committees acts over the period of decades. >> reporter: jerry sandusky has denied the allegation, his trial just t

coaches and administrators including joe paterno knew about the sexual abuse allegations against jerry sandusky as early as 1976. the claim emerged in the dispute over whether the university or insurance company should pay penn state's share of about $60 million in settlements with 26 men who say sandusky abused them when they were children. in the newly unsealed court documents the judge wrote in passing that the insurance company claimed that quote, in 1976, the child allegedly reported to psu's head coach joseph paterno he was sexually molested by sandusky. the family issued a statement that read in part because of a single sentence in a court record of an insurance case, joe paterno's reputation has once again been smeared with the unsubstantiated 40-year-old allegation. in response to the allegation and the subsequent media hype, the paterno family is demanding a full public review of the facts. penn state released this statement, we are aware of the allegations but the legal case and confidentiality commitments that govern our settlement agreements preclude us from discussing these matter

a new bomb shell in the wake of the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal what a new report says about coach joe paterno and his involvement in covering up the crime. >>> a 2300-mile relay is rolling through the area this morning, the mission behind those who are carrying the load, bob kelly has more after the break. tame frizz-prone hair with wholesome, smoothing care. new whole blends by garnier. blending our best into new smoothing haircare. paraben-free formulas enriched with coconut oil & cocoa butter extracts. whole blends protects from humidity. for hair that's irresistibly smooth and full of shine. whole blends is true smoothing. new garnier whole blends coconut oil & cocoa butter. wholesome loving care blended for naturally beautiful hair. find your blend. >>> happening today carry the load making it way through philadelphia, the 2300-mile journey dedicated to restoring the true meaning of memorial day. bob kelly is live outside our studios this morning catching up with some of those taking part in this relay, hi there bob. >> good morning, lauren. there is always a lot have walks a

jerry sandusky has denied the allegations. trial judge, meantime there is week, granted his appeal team the ability to probe claims there were leaks in the attorney general's office while he was under investigation. >>> donald trump is hold allege fundraiser help new jersey governor chris christie. the fun raise letter help christie pay off his own presidential campaign's debt. schedule for may 19th in lawrenceville. e-mail invitation lists the price as $200 per person, trump reportedly will also appear at a separate event at the same venue to raise money for new jersey's republican party. christie confidant says tickets for that event will cost $25,000. >> and president obama is weighing in on the candidates who hope to take over his job. he is urging reporters to be tough on donald trump. but as weijia jiang reports, the president has not endorsed either candidate, in his own party. >> this is not entertainment. this is not a reality show. >> president obama made remarks about donald trump for the first time since trump beca

sanduskyay and children.ldren jerry sandusky is servingvi decades in prison for sexualexse of 10 boys with the earliest incident happening inti 1998 much this morning theuch paterno family issued ad statement on the new revelationo they say "because of the singlel sentence in a court recor insurance case joe paterno's reputation has once again beenge smeared with an unsubstantiated 40-year-old allegation.io in response to this allegation o and the subsequent media hype h the paterno family is demandingd full public review of the factss ".. meanwhile jerry sandusky isduy i appealing a 45 count childld sexual abuse conviction and on thursday, was granted hearingnta for later this month as hee pursues appeals. >> i think it's fair. i thi if it's untrue that the familyam deserves a full investigation.. >> yeah, if it's untrue.nt >> hopefully bring everythinguly out to light and a decision wila be made. >> yeah. >> if it's true, however, and, d you go back 40 years, the abusee that you can have potentiallyenl stomped.omped. >> right. >> that paints a huge picture there.there.

the dog did die a short time later. >>> convicted child maine lester jerry sandusky going to get an appeals hearing. judge granted his request yesterday, the hearing new scheduled for may 20th. sandusky's attorneys trying to prove claims that prosecutors, lied, withheld evidence, and leaked secret grand jury information all in an effort to find more possible assault victims. the former penn state assistant football coach serving as long as 60 years in prison for 45 counts of child sexual abuse. >>> meanwhile now to that bomb shell allegation that the late penn state football coach joe paterno knew about claims of sandusky's abuse as early as 1976. a sabina kuriakose has more on the new allegations, hi there, sabina? >> reporter: good morning, lauren. if these allegations are true, it means joe paterno may have known about the accusations against jerry sandusky decade before investigators first throughout. the claims surfaced in court documents related to an ongoing case between penn state and its insurers, according to the story. judge wrote that the insurance claim a child told coach pater

new bombshell contained in court documents in a little known insurance case connected to the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. a court order in the case indicates decembered former head coach was aware of sexual abuse allegations against sandusky as far back as the 70s. a court document reads in 1976 a child allegedly reported the head football coach that the child was sexually molested by sandusky. at that time sandusky was still an assistant coach with penn state. it was first reported by the pat rot news. the order by a philadelphia judge also cites incidents in which unnamed assistant coaches allegedly witnessed inappropriate contact between sandusky and children. also in '88 a child's report of molestation by sandusky was referred to the athletic director, but there is no evidence that reports of these incidents ever went further up the chain of command at psu. fast forward to 2011 when police first arrest in had sandusky after a grand jury investigation. the former defensive coordinator was convicted a year later and sentenced to prison. this week sandusky made claims he didn't get

attempts to reach jerry sandusky's former attorneys have been unsuccessful. in belfont, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> philadelphia police have identified two victims in yesterday's deadly car crash in the city's east falls section. it happened about 4:00 p.m. on henry avenue. according to officers there were seven people in the car. 20-year-old zaire ross wilson and six-year-old eric barksdale perez were killed. two other women and three other children survived. according to police, no one was wearing a seat belt aside from the infant strapped in a car seat. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >> ♪ >> new at 5:00 now a teacher in montgomery county has been arrested and charged after accusations she had sex with a male high school student. 39-year-old rose limuli of lansdale had her bail set at $50,000 and is not allowed to have any contact with the alleged victim or other students. police say limuli had been having inappropriate sexual relationship with the student since december 2015. the school district superintendent released

school officials say they are s investigating the situation.itti >>> in you revelation in theelae jerry sanduskyd scandal.us appear s legendary penn state coach joe paterno knew ofjoe paw claims that sandusky molested me a young boy all the way back in 1976.in 1 that news coming out of au of court case related to the penn state sex scandal. scaal right now sandusky is inn prison for sexually abusing 100 boys. >> the kentucky derby is this weekend and 22 horses have2 hors entered the race. only 20 are allowed to race. re. now, the early favorite is nyquist. exaggerator is the second choice.choice >> were pow thou pigeonsig tagged with led lights. light they twirled for a show calledwe fly by night. night june 12th.ju 1 >> ♪ >> coming up on fox5 newsg up o morning, we're beginning toinni learn more about what mighthamih have caused the sudden deathdene of the singer prince.r prin >> and the caps may be downaps three games to one but thishi morning there's a silver lining for caps fans to enjoy. y we'll have that and much more. m >> ♪ >> ♪ >> time now 5:12. fox5 news morning back afterft this. this

. >>> tonight, learning new information about the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal, regulations stemming from a lawsuit between penn state and the insurance company. nbc 10 joining us now with details, rosemary? >> what we've learned through this suit is that joe may have first become aware of sandusky's abuse 40 years ago in 1976, but that's not all. we've been digging deeper into the court documents today, and talking to a legal expert about penn state's insurance policy. jerry continues to be a source of serious controversy for penn state. according to a new court order, there's allegations of abuse against the former assistant football coach dating back to 1976, 87, and 88. it's what happened after that in the '90s that may be revealing. the court order says there was abuse or molestation exclusion in the 1992-1999 insurance policies. what's that mean? well, between snooun and 1999 only the company was exempt from paying claims involving university employees, and penn state would be responsible. >> in 1992, for whatever reason, history or specific knowledge of whaf what was going on

jerry sandusky was given 30 to 60 years in prison. then there are related civil suits.2 million in 32 claims with six more alleged or asserted victims. so what you have is here a fight over who should pay for these settlements already agreed. the other point i want to make as i stress what we don't know, is this is coming from an insurance company that is making arguments about who should pay and thus dredging up different reports okay, to say this is why someone should pay less or more. in other words, there are people on the other side of it who want to save money that would disabuse these reports or say they weren't necessarily probative. that's something lawyers say when they say someone said something but at the time was it provable, was it known or did they run down the lead and find it? it wasn't true. so all of this is somewhat sadly a fight over money but it's important money because it is money who is going to people who we do know were victims. >> which is the important thing. what's also interesting is all of this is happening as sandusky is in the middle of

former head football coach joe paterno may have known about allegations against his assistant jerry sandusky as far back as the '70s. part of the order says in 1976 a child told paterno he was molested by sandusky. the order mentions assistant coaches witnessing sexual contact between sandusky and children in 1988 and 1987. the claims were made in an ongoing insurance case which penn state is trying to be reimbursed for $60 million it paid in civil claims per and thing to sandusky. >>> there's an immediate need to improve the white house security fence. that from the today. the agency wants to begin building the fence by 2018. the plan is to raise it from six to 11 feet, add spikes and a new concrete foundation. new photos show the gates through which cars enter would be raised, too. the national capital planning commission did not vote on the proposal an don't have a vote scheduled yet. >>> the men and women vying to occupy the oval office held rallies tonight and with no competition, donald trump can focus his fire on the democratic front runner. >> how about hillary clinton? i was watchin

. >>> jerry sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years in prison for child sex abuse.e former penn state football coach wants another shot at justice. ahead at 4:30, hear why he's heading back to court today. >>> deal or no deal? two new jersey transit rail unions rejected a recent contract offer that stopped a possible train strike. next, find out what that means for rail service. >>> 4:23. good morning cape may. some parts of our area could see showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. right now 50 degrees here at the shore. >>> transit running is normal but no new talks are scheduled after two unions representing conductors and engineers rejected new jersey transit's contract offer. njt officials say all 14 of their other unions approved a deal which held off a strike in march. a 60-day cooling off period is scheduled for june. >>> happening today at the link, the adam talaferro foundation to award 14 scholarships. he's a former penn state football player and current member of the new jersey general assembly. he suffered a spinal injury during a game in 2000 which p

. >>> we are learning new information about the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. as many as six assistant coaches at penn state allegedly saw jerry sandusky engage in inappropriate behavior with children dating back to the 1970s. new revelations from a law susu. there was an agrees or molestation exclusion in the 1992-1999 insurance policies. that means that between '92 & '99 only the insurance company would be exempt from paying settlements related to sex abuse claims involving employees. >> what the court notes is that in 1999 forward, this exclusion didn't exist within these policies for penn state. it also coincides with mr. sandusky leaves the employ of penn state university. >> you just heard from mike o'neill there, a lawyer in philadelphia who has worked on many insurance coverage cases. he is not handling that case. on another note i did reach out to the insurance company covering penn state. they did not want to comment if this lawsuit ends up proceeding to trial we may learn more about if that kind of insurance exemption for sex abuse claims is common a

corn victimed child sex abuser jerry sandusky is awaiting a judge's decision about a new trial. the next half hour, phone out how sandusky is reaching outside prison walls to be heard. >>> it's almost time to get sand between your toes. hear which jersey shore towns are going high-tech with their beach badge sales. we don't decorate in one color. we don't stick to one fabric. or one shape. so why use traditional aerosols that are one-dimensional? new air wick room mist with life scents is a multi-layered fragrance, just like scents in real life. our homes are rich, varied, and pleasantly surprising. and air wick room mist is, too. finally, a true-to-life fragrance, for your lively home. air wick. home is in the air. >>> it's 4:25. superstorm sandy devastated the jersey shore in late october 2012 and many new jersey national guard members came to the aid of people affected by the storm. yesterday in mercer county, nearly 3,000 new jersey zenl soldiers and airmen received the military humanitarian service medal thanking them for their efforts. congressman tom macarthur says the co

citing grand jury leaks. >> jerry sandusky is not going to get a new trial. the motions are routinely filed. but rarely granted. >> prosecutors decline to comment. the judge said in court he has questions whether the defense has factual evidence to support their argument. the fate of prince's estate lasted minutes. the late singer property holdings are estimated it $27 million. prince did not have a will and took care of his six siblings. going so far to buy some of them houses. the cause of singer's death is still under investigation. leon: all right. from purple rain to real heavy rain. doug: the national storm prediction center expanded the severe thunderstorm watch which was southwest virginia and now includes metro area. get you started. active weather day but looks as though south and west of washington. this is a live look from the national harbor. you see that the dark cloud mass on the horizon? that is 18 miles away from the camera. that is what it looks like on the naked eye. this is what it looks like for the doppler radar. north of dale city is th

meanwhile a legal win for jerry sandusky in his request for a new trial. judge today agreed to hold a hearing later this month to give sandusky's lawyers a chance to prove prosecutors acted inappropriately during sandusky's trial. sandusky who was con vicked of molesting 10 boys is currently serving a 30 to 60 year senten sentence. >>> police in barnegat township suspended their search for escape prisoner. police no longer think arthur buckle is in the area. buckle was caught on surveillance video at a cvs store 9:30 yesterday morning. a truck they believe he stole was there as well. people will still see increased police presence in spots. >> the police department is going to have an officer at every single school again tomorrow. this is just purely a precautionary measure to ease ourselves back to normal will the. >> buckle escaped from minute numb security prison facility in winslow township on tuesday morning. >> a woman accused of kidnapping a baby from the king of prussia mall in march appears in court for preliminary hearing. sherri amoore left the u

not anybody killed. >> two people in another car suffered leg injuries. >>> convict pedophile jerry sanduskyppears in central pennsylvania courtroom hoping for new trial. he also yelled out a message as he walk in. >> read what has been written. >> sandusky poes defense team raised 33 issues with the original case. they're asking for evidence share hearing which could lead to a new trial. his attorneys argue sandusky did not get a fare trial in 2012 largely because of his previous attorneys. >> reallreally didn't have timee honest with you to develop a trial strategy. witnesses were not interviewed. there was a lack of preparation overall. >> the judge did not make ruling on that hearing today. >>> jury selection will resume tomorrow in the federal corruption trial of congressman chaka fattah in the democrat tech primary last week fattah who served 11 terms lost his bid for another term. fattah denies the allegations against him saying he's done nothing wrong. opening arguments in fattah's trial are scheduled for may 16th. >>> atlantic city has made $1.8 million bond payment to avoid default

jerry sandusky is trying to tell his side of the story by second letters with a pittsburgh reporter. reporter at the nbc of it stationç received three letter. in the first letter, sandusky wrote i would welcome the opportunity to meet with you if you have a genuine purpose to feature the other side of what happened. i'm interested. he has not done any interviews since being convicted. >>> happening today, an annual event. philadelphia will honor fallen police officers and fire personnel. city leaders will lay wreaths at franklin square. this video from last year. uniformed officers will also per phenomenon a rifle salute to remember service members who died in the line of duty. >>> caught on tape, ahead, hear what led to this incident where one of the officers walked away with a broken jaw. >>> also, this -- recall expanding. ahead, the government has its eye on more takata air bags. find out how many more cars are involved. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> if you have an umbrella you're getting your money's worth out of it this week. you'll

. >>> the son of late penn state football coach joe paterno says allegations his father new jerry sanduskyas child molester 40 years ago are not true. scott paterno tweeted it would be great if of one waited to seat substance of the allegation before they assume it's true because it's not. he's talking about new court documents that 11 a boy told paterno back in 1976 that jerry sandusky molested him. report surfaced in judges ruling to settle a dispute between penn state and its insurance company. the spokesman says the university is aware of the accusations and is not commenting further. >>> the manhunt continues this noon for an escaped prisoners in south jersey. police suspended their search for arthur buckle in barnegat township, ocean county yesterday. buckle was caught on surveillance video at a cvs around 9:30 wednesday morning. and police think he stole a truck and left it there, too. authorities say residents will still see increased police presence in barnegat township and a police officer will remain at every single school today. >>> a massive airlift continues today for thousan

. >> jerry sandusky returns to a courtroom this morning trying to get a new trial. >> and campaign 2016, centers on indianna, which holds it primary tomorrow. >> look at these guys, i'm running against, hanging by their fingernails. >> this hateful talk about immigrants, about muslims, about women, i mean, enough. enough, that's not who we are. >> they win it today by final score of two to one. >> and the phillies are now the hottest team in baseball. >> they started ten game road trip today, first team up against them, the st. louis cardinals. >> katie is outside on the skydeck. how does the weather look for baseball practices around this area today? >> i wouldn't say it is horrible, it is not ideal certainly, but we are going to see is at least couple of scattered showers throughout the day maybe rumble every under this earn, if you hear thunder head inside. at least at this point where i stand, things are dry. that said, if you look behind me, you have to see, those skyscrapers because the fog has settled in very, very well for our area. find scattered showers, through the next coupl

coming up on "early today," did penn state joe paterno know about jerry sandusky's alleged abuse in 1976. >>> people running for cover. >>> donald trump is not willing to support speaker paul ryan's recommendation. plus, explosions and toxic flames sending thick clouds into the sky forcing hundred dollaei to evacuate. a space x launch by a successful landing. >>> a precious pooch gets the runaround. we will explain. "early today" starts right now. good morning on this friday. thanks for joining us today. this morning. reports have surfaced that suggest top penn state coaches and administrators and officials including the late joe paterno knew of a sexual abuse allegation against jerry sandusky as early as 1976. the claim emerged in a dispute over whether the university or its insurance company to pay penn state's share of about $60 million in settlements for 26 men who say san dudusky abused m when they were children. in the court documents the judge wrote in passing that the insurance company claimed, quote. paterno family issued a statement that read, in part, because of a single sente

meanwhile a legal win for jerry sandusky in his request for a new trial. a judge today agreed to hold a hearing later this month to give sandusky's lawyers a chance to prove prosecutors acted inappropriately during sandusky's trial. sandusky who was con vicked of molesting 10 boys is currently serving a 30 to 60 year senten sentence. >>> police in barnegat township suspended their search for escape prisoner. police no longer think arthur buckle is in the area. buckle was caught on surveillance video at a cvs store 9:30 yesterday morning. a truck they believe he stole was there as well. people will still see increased police presence in spots. >> the police department is going to have an officer at every single school again tomorrow. this is just purely a precautionary measure to ease ourselves back to normal will the. >> buckle escaped from minute numb security prison facility in winslow township on tuesday morning. >> a woman accused of kidnapping a baby from the king of prussia mall in march appears in court for preliminary hearing. sherri amoore left the

. >>> and a new twist in the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal.re's a report that former penn state head football coach joe paterno was told by a child in 19 6 that he had been molested by jerry sandusky. >>> trouble at the top. the most powerful republican says he's not ready to jump on the donald trump band wagon and what chris christie says he is doing to help. >>> the sun will come out for mom this weekend. good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. 6:31. rain rainy, cloudy, 52 degrees. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley to talk about the rain and eventual sun for mom. >> he's such a mama's boy. >> you have to please mom, vai, come on. some people love the rain. this is your day. this is going to be the rainiest day of them all. it's starting off with mainly light rain but we are seeing some periods of heavier rain move through. through it all, the temperatures will stay steady in the very low 50s in philadelphia. some of the heaviest rainfall has been in delaware. that's frawley stadium

not anybody killed. >> two people in another car suffered leg injuries. >>> convict pedophile jerry sandusky appears in central pennsylvania courtroom hoping for new trial. he also yelled out a message as he walk in. >> read what has been written. >> sandusky poes defense team raised 33 issues with the original case. they're asking for evidence share hearing which could lead to a new trial. his attorneys argue sandusky did not get a fare trial in 2012 largely because of his previous attorneys. >> reallreally didn't have timee honest with you to develop a trial strategy. witnesses were not interviewed. there was a lack of preparation overall. >> the judge did not make ruling on that hearing today. >>> jury selection will resume tomorrow in the federal corruption trial of congressman chaka fattah in the democrat tech primary last week fattah who served 11 terms lost his bid for another term. fattah denies the allegations against him saying he's done nothing wrong. opening arguments in fattah's trial are scheduled for may 16th. >>> atlantic city has made $1.8 million bond payment to avoid defau

jerry sandusky will be in court in center county seeking a new trial. penn state former coaches serving 30 to 60 years for convictions on child sex abuse. the his attorney will argue grand jury leaks tainted the first trial. victims may also testify. former penn state president graham spanier, former vice-president gary schultz and former athletic director tim curly are being tried separate thely on charges that they covered up the scandal. >>> intense investigation is underway to find out what caused an awful crash. one child is dead and another infant is fighting for perfect life. "action news" reporter catherine scotties live at st. christopher's hospital for children with the very latest on this story, good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. investigators are still looking into this crash and how exactly it happened. nine people in all were in those two vehicles, eight of them survived, the ninth person a little will boy died here at st. christopher's hospital yesterday. another one of the survivors a babe girl only a few months old

. >>> we learned on thursday of allegations that penn state football coach joe paterno knew jerry sandusky had abused a child 40 years ago in 1976. sandusky is currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison for molesting ten boys. sue paterno is defending her husband's legacy saying the family had no knowledge of these newest claims. >>> you're supposed to hear a little bit of noise of the graduates clapping. that's all right. you get the picture. on friday, graduation day for the largest class in temple university's history. nbc10 was there at the new graduates gave each other a round of applause. the yoouniversity handed out mo than 9,000 degrees. congratulations. >>> it was a wet one yesterday. today not quite as wet. still the chance for scattered showers, still a groomloomy loo day. on saturday morning we're still be looking at the potential for scattered showers. light rain following. we'll start our mother's day out with a line of showers and then we clear it out nicely. sunshine with temperatures into the 70s. all in all, tomorrow will be a pretty nice day once the showers are through.

. >>> jerry sandusky is awaiting a judge's decision about whether he will be granted a new trial. former penn state assistant football coach showed up in court in his orange jump suit, they is, getting ready for court. his defense team argues that sandusky's former council was ineffective and failed to advise him of available options. the convictions of being a child molester did not have an active role in the hearing but the attorney read this statement from jerry sandusky himself. >> just like the rest of the world, i am imperfect. however, i stand firm in knowing my slate is clean of these alleged heinous crimes. i have not been one to turn my back on in justice. this is an opportunity for all to realize and separate from the people hoff disguised and masked their motives in action. >> again, an attorney reading jerry sandusky's statement. sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years for child sex abuse. no word when the judge will make his decision about his appeal. >>> jury selection continues in the corruption trial of the u.s. representative chaka fattah. he appeared in the federal c

late penn state football coach joe paterno is responding to allegation that is his father knew jerry sandusky was a child molester, 40 years ago. new court documents alleged that a boy told paterno in 1976, that sandusky molested him. the report surfaced in a judge's ruling to settle a dispute, between penn state, and its insurance company. the school spokesmen size, the university is aware of the accusations and is not commenting, further. scott paterno had this to say about it, he tweeted it would be great if everyone wait todd see the substance of the allegation before they assume it is true because it is not. >>> coming up at 6:00, "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden will explain what penn state is now being asked to do in light of this new accusation. >>> manhunt continues for an escaped prisoner in south jersey. arthur buckle was last seen at barnegat township ocean county. buckle was caught on surveillance video at a cvs around 9:30 wednesday morning. police think he stole a truck and then left it there. authorities say that residents will still see an increased police presence, poli

and boys, what does that mean for jerry sandusky and his request to look back at the 2012 decision andrse that? >> for mr. sandusky personally an appellate court doesn't go back and retry the case. they do not take in new evidence and new facts. they're going to be bound by the trial record so if it ain't in the trial record then it's not going to come in and should not factor in to any decision concerning any rights that mr. sandusky has. what it may effect is the other people that have not gone to trial yet because to the extent that their defense says listen, we didn't know. we knew nothing. with the new allegations, a prosecutor may say we have new avenues to go down to blunt these defenses. >> so will it be overturned or not? >> well it is awfully difficult from an appellate perspective to throw out a case. >> probably not. >> probably not. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> up next, back to politics and the democrats. another win racked up by hillary clinton this weekend. widening her delegate lead slightly over bernie sanders. the vermont senator continuing his vow to stay i

the suspect's vehicle at 6:30. >>> bombshell report claims the late joe paterno knew about a jerry sandusky rape claim decades before sandusky's arrest. it says a boy told paterno in 1976 that sandusky had abused him, 25 years before paterno went to the university about reports about the abuse. sandusky's lawyers said there's nothing to support that accusations and maintains the football coach never covered up sandusky's actions. >>> new jersey lawmakers could meet again today to hammer out a solution for atlantic city. govenor christy backs a plan that would trigger an immediate takeover of ac saying any other proposal is a waste of time or money. >>> a judge ruled that facebook has to show up in court after a showdown for people who post pictures, maribel aber has more about what's going on. >> reporter: facebook will have to face a lawsuit over photo tagging. the social network asked that the case be tossed out. it resolves around the photo tagging feature that uses facial recognition to tag users and photos. >>> stocks await the april invest report. the economy is saying it added close

. >>> penn state reveals information how it settled claims involving jerry sandusky going back 30 four decades. looks like a good day in accuweather be david has that and karen rogers has traffic, good morning. >> reporter: it was nice yesterday when the sun came roaring back, it was breezy for mother's day. we're starting out with the same pattern this morning. sunshine very little cloud cover to start out. the clouds toward pittsburgh and washington, d.c. will have a tendency to press back in later in the afternoon. 50 degrees in philadelphia. despite the fact it's going fob mild later, we're chilly right now. you'll want the jacket on the way out the door. 60 degrees by 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 68. 3:00 p.m., 72 the high today as late this afternoon, 73 degrees probably around 5:00 p.m. pollen count up to medium high range probably staying that way the next several days. cool and damp conditions are behind us. as we look ahead in the seven day, we have temperatures dipping up and down a little bit, we have a couple of shots of rain, karen i'll have the details coming up. >> reporter:

. >> jerry sandusky is not going to get a new trial. the motions for a new trial are routinely filed and rarely are granted. that is because courts want finality. >> prosecutors declined to comment and the judge did not immediately issue a ruling but said he has questions about whether the defense has any factual evidence to support their arguments. diane and kendis. >> hulk hogan is suing gawker again claiming they leaked sealed transcript documents. hogan won a $140 million lawsuit explicit video of him having sex. >> the pentagon is testing a naval version of the self driving car. you know it, an ocean-going ship that does not need a crew. it could spend months on the open sea. look how thin it is. the actuv as it is called will undergo more tests this summer off of the california coast. maybe they will come up with a cute name for it. >> plenty of heavy verbal blows landed between the presidential candidates. important word here, verbal. >> verbal bashes led to this chaotic scene yesterday at a committee of turkey's parliament. lawm

new developments in the jerry sandusky case. why some charges are being dropped against some top penn state officials. >> and don't look now but we have the hottest team in baseball and phillies continue winning ways. the historic start to this season. >>. >> good morning. >> good morning, everybody. >> there you go. >> this remind me of a great moment at the good day bhaert bob kelly walked up and said you guys know what i'm going to say and say it with me the whole room. the crowd said just the way you said it. >> must have been 6, 700 people there and we have footage of i it. >> we're having a great time hope you had a great rest of your weekend. >> it was damp over the weeken weekend. but as we pointed out a little earlier we actually need the rain. so we're going to get it this week. including today six out of ten and we'll rain all day and it is this morning and showers around and fog 40s and temperatures buing bus stop buddy waterproof jacket a good idea and phillies cap because he's happy about the sweep yesterday and ca

he is angry. >>> quick child molester jerry sandusky is going to get an appeals hearing. judge granted his request yesterday. hearing is scheduled for may 20th. sandusky's attorney are trying to prove claims that prosecutors, lied, withheld evidence, and leaked secret grand jury information. all in an effort to find more possible assault victims. former penn state assistant football coach is serving as much as 16 years in prison, and for 45 different counts of child sexual abuse. >>> how about this, as far as this case is concern, there is joe pa there, bomb shell allegations, penn state football coach joe paterno knew about claims of sandusky's abuse as early as 1976. this comes from a web site penn live.com, that reports an insurance company, who is in litigation with penn state university, claims a boy, young boy, told paterno that sandusky molested him four decade ago in 1976. claim is mentioned in a court order by a philadelphia judge. the report also claims assistant coaches saw inappropriate contact between jerry sandusky and other children. that was in the late 198

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. >> jerry sandusky wants his conviction overturned.r penn state assistant coach said he was wrongly convicted for a variety of reasons and we get the details now. >> reporter: fighting for a second chance to prove his innocence, jerry sandusky arrived in court carrying a handful of documents and sounding defiant. the former penn state assistant football coach was sentenced to 30 to 60 years for sexually abusing ten boys he met through his charity organization. now he and his lawyers claim they deserve a new trial. they argued sandusky received ineffective counsel from his previous attorney allowing sandusky to complete an interview with bob costas. >> am i sexually attracted to young boys, no. >> the costas interview played an important role in the trial of the case. it was referred to by the prosecuting attorneys. since our client was not prepared to that. >> they want to cross examine the people that investigated and prosecuted the case. >> jerry sandusky is not going to get a new trial. the motions for a new trial are routinely file

mother's day and then some sunshine. >>> this morning we are finding out new information about the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. nbc news learned as many as six coaches at penn state allegedly saw sandusky engage in inappropriate behavior with children dating back to the '70s. new revelations stemming from a lawsuit on penn state on the university's insurance company. a court order this week says there was an abuse or molestation exclusion in the 1992-1999 insurance company. the company would be exempt from paying settlements related to sex abuse claims involving university employees. penn state would be responsible. we spoke to a legal expert who says the timing of the investigation to penn state's insurance policy raises questions. >> what's interesting and what the court notes is that, in 1999 forward, this exclusion didn't exist within these policies for penn state. it also coincides with mr. sandusky leaving the employ of penn state university. >> sandusky retired in 1999. i reached out to the insurance company covering penn state. they did not want to comment. if this lawsuit proceeds t

another daycare teacher was also convicted of child cruelty. >>> new details in the jerry sandusky sex. new court documents suggest the late football coach joe paterno knew about abuse allegations as early as 1976. sandusky was convicted of molesting young boys while he was an assistant coach at penn state. the abuse was thought to have only happened between 1994 and 2008. paterno claimed he knew nothing and was never charged. the details emernlgd during a court case between penn state and its insurance company battling over who should pay settlements to sandusky accusers. >>> police are still searching for the man accused of his estranged wife at high point high school. derrick ward is live there now. >> reporter: well, it is going to be anything but a normal school day in a few minutes when school does open here at high point high. the search goes on for the man who killed his estranged wife in the parking lot and ifrefforts under way to help students. take a look at video. it was about 4:40 when police say 62-year-old eulalio tordil of adelphi confronted his estranged wife. another