the ascension of jim kenney, okay? >> now, the philadelphia native was an understudy of now disgraced former state senator vince fumo, went on to ally himself with the union boss john docherty, and then the former councilman surprised everyone with a well-managed campaign for mayor that didn't even begin until february. it was kind of late. now, kenney trounced his competition in the primary, including the one-time front runner, anthony williams, and obliterated his republican opponent in the general election, which is typically what happens. >> not so typically obliterates. >> [ laughs ] >> that's right. >> now, the man who runs city hall will for the first time in eight years not be named michael nutter. so, and let me ask you, sam, because you thought about, you know, entering the race and ultimately decided not to, did you doubt a kenney candidacy at any point early on? >> well, there wasn't a kenney candidacy until february, so i have to say that the rise of jim kenney, which hopefully will be a great thing for ph

continues for you tonight. >> ♪ >> new at six, philadelphia city council president darrell clarke and jim kenneyraditionally worked well together but will that paradigm shrift next month when kenney becomes mayor. vernon odom sat down with both leaders to find out. >> reporter: call them for now the harmony twins. the mayor elect and the now president jim kenney and darrell clarke promising the mayor and city council will work together and avoid the bitter disputes that flared up during the two terms of outgoing mayor michael nutter. >> the thing is that the team approach is the one that works. >> we have a good personal relationship. i think that the benefits associated with that will work out well for the citizens. it two seldom clashed over politics. both are darlings of organized labor some in the business community in fact look at kenney the son of a retired fireman with a jaundiced eye fearing he may lean heavily towards blue color workers and working class neighborhoods and not value their concerns like high taxes. >> our attitude has not been a good one because first of all they're citiz

. >>> philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney fielded questions in center city and he spoke to the chamber of commerce and they discussed business goals and the state of education in philadelphia, kenney told them the city has some solid schools to build on. >> meantime mayor michael nutter and darryl clark and others announced their endorse many for katie mcgwinnty for for u.s. senate. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight. those in favor of building a stadium on the temple campus may not get their wish as soon as they wanted. >>> and the eagles are eyeing their next opponent the buffalo bills. >> i'll let you know how warm it will get and how long it sticks around in the accuweather forecast. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year

today in an interview about a wide range of philadelphia sports topics, mayor-elect jim kenney gave his thoughts on okafor's off the court issues. >> he's a young kid, and i think he needs a little bit of management, but how many times are you going to have some boston fan in your face giving you crap? don't put yourself in a position to be in those situations or at least have some type of security personnel to shelter you, but he is 19, 20 years old, and, you know, that's young guys have a lot of testosterone and, you know, you push somebody so far and that's what happens. >> mayor-elect jim kenney will be the famous fan on eagles game day kickoff sunday morning at 10:00. >>> the sixers recalled guards from the nba's developmental league and waved phil pressie today. the flyers in new jersey, neuvirth getting the start at goaltender. >>> temple owls left for houston this afternoon, site of the championship game. the owls could earn a new year's day bowl berth with a win tomorrow and coach matt rhule says his squad is up for the challenge. >> i think our team mentally since the south fl

. >>> philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney says he wants to know what philadelphians think of their city and what they are concern about in terms of the cities future. so he is holding four town hall meetings this week and first one was tonight. "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live outside central will high school, chad, what kinds of things did the mayor-elect hear tonight. >> reporter: well, safety in schools was a big one, jim. there was a decent turnout for tonight's town hall meeting, would i say about a hundred people showed up, some were vocal and they had the mayor-elect's ear. >> let get to wharf to say and give us direction where to go next four years. >> reporter: mayor-elect jim kenney did just that inside a half filed central high school auditorium. >> what will your administration do to crackdown on aggressive driving, drivers, and protection and safety of the pedestrians in philadelphia we need to be focusing on our neighborhood specifically here in the northern gates of philadelphia >> reporter: common refrain from parents, school and safety. >> a lot of parents a

. >> jim kenney puts his preparations for next year on the shelf so he can be an elf.. >> elf on the shelf. i like it. 54 degrees right now in philadelphia. it's wet but it is at least mild. details in your forecast coming up. >> ♪ >> santa claus had some help in south philadelphia. mayor elect jim kenney dressed up as buddy the elf to help saint nick meet dozens of children. it happened at the berks playground holiday celebration at second and jackson streets. it included hot chocolate and train rides for the kids. no, i don't think mayor elect kenny he had a big bowl of pasta and pop tarts. >> maple syrup. >> m&ms and all sorts of others. >> it was on last night. it's a great movie. >> good look for him, too, definitely. should sport that more often. >>> as we head outside we're looking better here on the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to the vine eastbound. everything is reopened. overnight construction along the vine has cleared. crews will return, though, tonight at 11 o'clock one more night of that construction before the holiday break. and there's still some

all right, well, plans for the jim kenney big block party are under way.ather than having a typical gala celebration for the new philadelphia mayor as he takes office, kenney wants to hold a block party-style event. there will be a food truck, live music, but it's not gonna really be a block party because the event's gonna be held inside at the pennsylvania convention center and only 1,500 people that kenney invites will be allowed to attend. so generally, given these plans, what do you think this says about the kenney mayorship? >> he's a south philly guy, and of course a block party is right on time. and i'll be there. >> you'll be invited? >> yeah, i hope so. >> please. can you invite me? >> except i do think this is smart public relations, right? because it's jimmy from the block having a block party. but you're right. it's not actually a block party. it's at the convention center. it's a party not unlike other inaugural parties. >> but it's still different. it's different. that's what he's trying to be -- different. >> what's different about it is thi

. >>> mayor-elect jim kenney has a town hall meeting, he answered questions at his first town hall held at central high in olney. kenney wants to create two dozen community schools over the next four years, they would act as hub where families could access health and family services. >>> hard to believe but tonight's sixers game is a hot ticket and kobe bryant and the lakers are in town, tonight could be quite a homecoming and quite a farewell. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is live with more on that. >> reporter: rick, that is right a lot of long time fans want to catch a glimpse of him or give him a handshake and say thank you for putting 20 years in with the nba, after announcing his retirement, he has a busy morning with practices and an interview with good morning americas here at the sporting club of the bellevue. kobe bryant giving a quick response to his question what do you love about pennsylvania fans. >> the passion for basketball. >> lakers fans lined up hoping for autographs outside of the team's hotel. they had pictures and posters and magazines ready tim wants to

philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney reacting to the incident with this statement, that read, in part. >> the bigotry that december created the al-aqsa mosque a has in place in philadelphia i ask all philadelphians to join me in rejecting this despicable act and supporting our muslim neighbors. >>> well, fbi is talking about what it has found inside of the home of the couple behind the shooting rampage in san bernardino, california. >> let's go to lauer when more. >> good morning, alex and mike. fbi agents discovered 19 pipes that could have have been made into bombs. we are getting our first look at sigh sigh and tashfeen malik as they entered the u.s. in 2014 in chicago's o'hare airport. agents say the couple was radicalized and had been for some time. up investigators are trying to establish when, where and whom they were influenced. couple shot and killed 14 people last week at a holiday gathering for farouk's co-workers and a chilling fact revealed yesterday, workers at the center underwent active shooter training last year, in the same room where the attack happened. >>> woman's

temple's board of trustees deferred the vote after jim kenney said he wanted to weigh in. we spoke about the issue earlier. >> i think they should be at the linc and have comparable costs associated with their use of the linc as the university of pittsburgh does out at heinz field. >> having said that, we are going to engage all aspects of the community, including the mayor-elect, to ensure what we do for our students and program here at temple university is not only right for this great university, but right for the great city of philadelphia. >> reporter: now temple's president has cited the football team's momentum, bringing more jobs to north philadelphia, and a better game day experience as some of the reasons why he thinks a new stadium should be built here on campus. trustees will meet with mayor-elect jim kenney within the next week and we're assuming there will be another vote and with another vote will be protesters expected to be out here again. reporting live from temple university, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> cooler start to the day, still doesn't f

mayor elect jim kenney promised to reinstate the policy when he takes office in january. >> on healthheck tonight a workout some celebrities swear by and now it's come to philadelphia. >> that's right. and it promises to be different than other fitness classes and help make your body leaner. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us at the big board with the details. >> it was definitely different for me. it's known as a mega former workout. it's different than a pilates reformer class and in shape magazine last year actress sophia vergara says she used it to get ready for her wedding. now a studio is open in philadelphia so i tried it out. >> you can just easily move the resistance up and down. >> stephanie first gives me a run down on the mega former. she's the owner of the new sculpt fitness studio or sfs in northern liberties. classes there use the mega former n3s. it's a system of moving platforms, springs, handles, straps and cables. stephanie says she took a class using the machine in new york city and wanted to bring it to philadelphia. >> i was never so challen

but philadelphia's mayor-elect does. >> i think the nra is a disgrace. >> reporter: jim kenney grease mayors before him have battled for tougher gun laws only to go down in flames. his solution, to keep jaw boning the issue and maybe win on the easy stuff. >> can you make it required to report your gun stolen. would that be something that's really odd. you report your car stolen. you report your bike dell kell. someone steals your gun you don't have to report it? >> reporter: local atf office federal agency that oversees guns local office declined comment during what it said was on-going investigation. said it would be inappropriate to comment. at 6:00 lucy, more from kenney. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, jeff. talk to you then. torments night we're learning that a former south jersey health inspector is among the 14 people killed in yesterday's attacks. we have a facebook post of nicholas and his wife jennifer identified him as one of the victims in yesterday's shooting. according to the press of atlantic city he worked more than a decade ago as a health inspector i

. >> nutter hands over the reins to jim kenney on monday. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight a newark man gets the gift of life from an unexpected source that story is ahead. and the eagles prepare for the final game of the season under their interim coach, pat shermer. >> and enjoy a spectacular view of the fireworks at penn's landing and we'll talk about the second round of fireworks at midnight. >> all right thank you. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> the clock is ticking for the owners of a home where more than 140 cats were found here in pitman county. they gave neil chatman 30 days to clean up the property or demolish it. they reported a strong ammonia smell coming from it and found one of the worst hoarding situations. the cats are up for adoption. >>> for a california father it was a year for a second chance thanks to a gift from an unexpected source. >> for six years terry was on a dialysis and transplant waiting list but -- >> only had one call. still terry never gave up hope during all of that time he helped nurses like joanne smith when new

. >> mayor-elect jim kenney said it has no place in philadelphia and the fbi is investigating. >> a total ban on muslims entering this country. >> that's what donald trump is calling for with the idea sparking another controversy on the presidential campaign trail. >> it's going to get worse and worse, you're going to have more world trade centers, it's going to get worse and worse, folks. we can be politically correct and we can be stupid but it's going to get worse and worse. >> trump said his proposal is response to what he calls hatred by large segments of the muslim population against americans. here's how one islamic american leader is responding. >> this is the outrageous. coming from someone who wants to assume the highest office in the land. it is reckless, and simply unamerican. >> the council on american islamic relations and other groups blasted trump's comments. several white house candidates also criticized them. >> happening now, pope francis is hosting tens of thousands of people for the opening of the holy door, here is a live look at a mass in vatican city. the event mar

mayor-elect jim kenney says if mayor nutter makes a change to the policy, he will change it back whenassumes office. >>> for the first time tonight, we are hearing the controversial comments supreme court justice antonin scalia made about black students. comments that have him under fire. they came during arguments wednesday about an affirmative action program at the university of texas. scalia suggested some black students belong at universities that are "slower track" and "less advanced." that audio was released today. >> one of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the university of texas. they come from lesser schools where they do not feel that they're being pushed ahead in classes that are two fast for them. >> reporter: justice scalia is no stranger to controversial rhetoric. his comments have drawn criticism from civil rights leaders, top democrats and even the white house. >> the jury will hear closing arguments monday in the trial of a baltimore police officer accused in the death of freddie gray. officer willia

current mayor michael nutter will hand over the reins of city governor to mayor-elect jim kenney, and as he prepares to leave office, he's reflecting on his eight-year tenure, the successes, mistakes, and lingering challenges. george spencer spent 45 minutes with the mayor this afternoon. and george, he says poverty remains the city's biggest challenge at the end of his term. >> reporter: jacqueline, more than one in five philadelphians still lives below the poverty line. it is certainly not a new problem in this city, but it is the issue on which the mayor says he is most focused on a personal level as he prepares to leave office here at the end of the week. mayor sat down with us, as you said, for about 45 minutes this afternoon, and as we talked, he said the poverty issue is so difficult to overcome in philadelphia, precisely because it's been an issue for so long. he believes the generations of local families all living in poor economic circumstances are holding the city back perhaps more than anything else. he says it's the result of the system failing its own citizens. he descri

surprise move the trustees decided to postpone a vote on the plan after philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney wanted to weigh in. >> was driven by the amount of money being charged too them at the linc. so we can get that straightened out maybe they don't neefd a stadium. >> the owls play their home games at lake-effect financial field. they are expected to meet with kenney in the next week. students at a small pennsylvania college demand that administrators rename a building. >> they say the current name as racial overtones, the building lynch memorial hall is on the campus of lebanon valley college in anvil in lebanon county about 90 miles west of philadelphia. the students say the word lynch carries racial overtones and they want the school to change the name or add lynch's first name to it. the college is claimed for clyde a. lynch who served as the school's president from 1932 until his death. the students are calling for more diverse curriculum an sensitivity training for staff. we are learning more about the couple who carried out last week's massacre in san bernardino. what we now kno

mayor-elect jim kenney dressed up as buddy the elf. he had help from santa claus.n overlooked by society is gaining national attention at the white house. >> atlanta-based choir made up of homeless men was invited to sing. ♪ >> those voices were heard through the east wing last night. the choir practices twice a week at the shelter that these men call home. they perform locally but this year the director pushed to get the group to washington, d.c. and he did. >> i was brought up to believe if the somebody needs your help, you help them and i hope that people will recognize that in these men. >> it was everything i hoped for. it was everything i dreamed of. >> these men without a home of their own lifted their voices together in the house that belongs to everyone. they sounded great. >> you're watching "nbc 10 news." "nbc 10 news today" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> the recommendations have been made, changes have been put in place, now it's time to see how the philadelphia police department is doing when it comes to the use of deadly force. >> philadelphia pol

jim kenney is holding open forum meade meetings. he took questions from everything from safer streets to housing to schools. he has been very vocal about making education a top priority. someone asked him how he plans on increasing high quality schools in the city. >> the city of philadelphia delivers services in many, many departments to many parts of the city. schools can be and will be the center of the universe when it comes to delivery of services. >> the next meeting is tonight at 7:30 at south philadelphia high school. it's a meeting on thursday and friday. details on nbc10.com or on the nbc 10 app. >>> from our jersey shore bureau, moody's service expects more casinos in atlantic city to close. the reason, a new wave of gaming planned for the region. there are eight new casinos opening in the next three years, one in south philadelphia, atlantic city casinos are hurting, four went out of business, a wall street firm and some people we spoke with predict the new wave of gambling could make the ac casinos go bust. >> i believe

. >>> i sat down with philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney moment after the state budget announcement was made and here's what he had to say. >> well, it is not optimal situation. we obviously want a full funding formula for our schools not only in philadelphia but statewide and i think legislator needs to step up at some point in time. education is not a luxury it is a requirement. if we want our state to be successful and city to be successful our kid to be productive they need an education. >> budget does have a lot of people talking especially on social media we'd love to know wharf to say. let us know on facebook and twitter. just use hashtag cbs-3 chat. >>> now to the weather another dreary day a across the region. meteorologist kate bilo has a check of your first forecast, kate. >> good news in the wake of the storm that brought ice and snow and sleet and certainly rain to our area things are drying out. you can see where that storm is right now bringing steady snow to northern maine and canadian maritime province but everything is clearing out behind it and we're in for a gene

looking forward to that, philadelphia's mayor jim kenney answered questions, he spoke to the chamber ofgers and kenney told them they have solid schools to build on and we should embrace successes including flourishing kids. >>> a credit rating firm says the lagging economy could force a toll increase on the atlantic city expressway, pitch ratinged say that the economic downturn led to more drivers and it represents a 30% hike in 2016, the transportation authority itself has not commented on the toll report. >>> it's a close call for residents on new york's upper east side when hundreds of bricks fell off a building under construction, a 10 foot square section of bricktumled from the 30 and floor on 64th street near first avenue at 10:00 last night. people on the sidewalk dove for cover and nobody was hurt. >>> police are looking for a real life christmas grinch caught on camera stealing trees, it happened at a super market. the video shows the man removing two trees from the parking lot, they were being sold by a local boy scout troop. >>> philadelphia he's are asking for help findi

. >>> today philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney formally introduced his appointment for city solicitorrmer federal prosecutor will take the rains of the city solicitor's office. the city solicitor advises both the mayor and city council on legal matters. immigrated in 1983 and is harvard law school graduate. >> the eagles see-saw season continues, another win keeps their playoff hopes alive and the birds also spoiled mccoy's homecoming in the process. now, before the game, shady showed his love for philly. he kissed the eagle at mid field and he gave an owner jeff lure a hug. but, still no warm feelings for chip kelly. after the game the eagles held on for the win picking up tame or, birds win this 123-20. players say, they didn't let the shady show get to them. >> i think been in the league long time, especially being in philly for awhile, you realize the media is pretty strong, stuff circulating at all times. i don't think anybody really thought too much about it. i mean, you study lesean, you know he is a great back. >> mccoy not happy after the game. ran off the field without shaki

. >> tell me two things that are going to surprise jim kenney during his first three or four months inice. >> on the one hand the campaign really is a good preview, if you will, runup for the pace that you may have to maintain as mayor and again he'll decide what his pace is going to be. my pace is pretty quick. he may also ultimately be surprised by the passion of philadelphians. for whatever reason people in the city do actually believe that the mayor is virtually responsible for everything, can do everything is in charge of everything can fix everything and there will be moments when as i have been i think he'll be surprised sometimes that you can't do everything and you can't fix everything and, you know, those are the humbling moments when you realize the limitations that you might have. >> we will have much more one-on-one with michael nutter at 11:00 and our entire half our interview will be posted tonight on 6abc.com. >> putting on the record, eagles win on sunday? >> i don't know. it's a tough one. decisive isn't he? >> trying to be nice. >> with the exception of a few bums an

. >> reporter: philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney says he plans to end brown outs when he takes office. >> our goal, is to eliminate them and i think that can be done and we will work with our fire fighters, our command staff and city to make sure that we change that. >> reporter: fire commissioner derek sawyer told me he he has serious questions about the controller's report and its conclusions, questions about the the numbers that were analyzed and how the study was conducted. also, the the commissioner says, that there is no cause/effect relationship in the report indicating that the brown outs like the one here at engine company three of anything to do with any possible delays in response times. finally, the commissioner told me he plans his own fire department study, to see if any of the controller's conclusions are legitimate. the at engine company three in south philadelphia, walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, philadelphia police are investigating the suspicious death of the child at a day care center this happened on the 3500 block have of germantown avenue in n

. >>> philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney added another member to his new leadership team today. today kenney tapped a city solicitor. he oversees the city's law department, he is an assistant u.s. attorney who graduated from northeast high school, came to this country from the republic of congo back in 1983. city council will vote on the appointment when it returns to session coming up in january. >>> some high-tech help is on the way for drivers navigating pennsylvania's roads. the state announced a partnership between penndot and the navigation app called waze. waze users will get rel time information about crashes, conditions, as well as construction. >>> philadelphia schools may need to find a new way to come up with money to stay open after the new year because of the budget battle. the school district is borrowing money to operate and only has enough for the rest of this month, but now standard & poor's has withdrawn its ratings because it says the district doesn't have a reliable and stable source of money, means the district could have a harder time getting a loan. >>> t

. >> there you have it, mayor held a news conference with mayor-elect jim kenney and city council and muslim community. anti muslim sentiment after san bernardino massacre. nutter said if he had any power he would ban trump from philadelphia. >> he has taken a page from the play book of hit letter. demonized a group, blame that group for a country's problems. >> philadelphia police meanwhile are stepping up patrols around worship sites after someone tossed a pig's head at a door of the islamic center in north philadelphia a. >>> fill will a's islamic community is feeling the impact of the anti muslim rhetoric. we spoke to one local woman who says she has been receiving hate messages on line. as a life long muslim she fears she and others are becoming target after female gunman tashfeen malik took part in the san bernardino shootings. >> when you are walking down the street you have to look like don't mess with me. the there is a female face to put to it. now people feel just filed in saying see it is not the just me it is all of them. >> reporter: philadelphia human relations commissi

mayor-elect jim kenney promised to roll back changes nutter makes as soon as he takes office. >> and later today at city hall, the pakistan-american society of south jersey will host a rally. the zbroop asking all muslims and nonmuslims in the delaware valley to join for the peaceful rally at 3:00 today. the group says it wants to show an accurate portrayal of muslims in the community and to condemn recent terror attacks around the world. >> it's 4:35. new information in the investigation of the california terror attacks. divers are searching a lake in a san bernardino park three miles scene. the fbi says it has a lead that the two shooters who killed 14 people at a holiday party last week had been in that area. an fbi official would not say what they are looking for but they did say that the lake search could take days. the recent terror attacks have some people targeting muslims and their mosques. however, there are signs of support and hope for philadelphia's muslim community. the islamic society in north philadelphia is flooded with flowers, candy, cards and phone calls. police a

the discussions came to a halt yesterday after mayor elect jim kenney voiced opposition to the plan.ny thinks the university should work out a more profitable deal with the eagles to use lincoln financial field as their home stadium. kenny cited parking and congestion as concerns. >> 4:39. still to come on "action news" youtube releases the top trending videos of 2015 and that the lip syncing police corporal from delaware is on it. >> hundreds of coffee cans washed ashore on a florida beach. now the coast guard is taking a look. david. >> well, we have cold conditions out there this morning, many of us in the 30's so we're dressing the kids with some extra gear. this afternoon a little bit milder than yesterday and winds staying light. maybe we can ease back after school. we'll have your afternoon call an slow rise in temperatures as we continue into the weekend. that's coming up. >> ♪ >> heavy rains continue to pummel residents throughout northwest oregon and southwest washington. monday's record setting rainfall led to landslides road closures and flooded homes. flooding forced off

. >> mayor-elect jim kenney watching budget talks very closely here in philadelphia coming up at 5:00 we will bring you to a local agency that is welcoming this money after months of doing without. nicole, back over to you. >>> thanks for that update. we appreciate it. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" make sure you have extra cash before you hit the road, coming up the the hike in tolls that will start this weekend. >>> firing of the eagles head coach chip kelly we will have more on the owner's jeffery >>> new this morning philadelphia police say an argument over have a cell phone led to a double shooting in frankford. two men, both 18, were found shot on the 5300 block of charles street around 12:20 this morning. both are in stable condition. police say three suspects are in custody. >>> police are investigating a deadly shooting in north philadelphia, a 25 year-old man was gunned down execution style, near eighth and ontario, police found shell casing from his three different hand guns and say four shooters were caught on nearby surveillance camera. they say suspects got away in

surprise move the trustees decided to postpone a vote on the plan after philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenneyaid he wanted to weigh in. >> this was driven by the exorbitant amount of money being charged to them at the link so we can get that straightened out maybe they don't need a stadium. >> the owls play their home games at lincoln financial field. trem pell trustees are expected to me with kenney in the next week. >>> 4:27. 37 degrees. you can see it's dry, not a drop on the parking lot in front of the linc. that's a live view from south philadelphia. it is cold. you have to bundle up. we have a warm-up that starts today. jessica boyington is in the first alert traffic center. >> today we're also watching torresdale avenue being blocked off with an earlier accident. we'll have more on this and drive times when i come back. >> what's in a name? controversy. next, students at one pennsylvania college want to change the name of a campus building. [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why so many people are turning to delsym for longe

the guard in philadelphia, mayor michael nutter within hand over the reins of the government to jim kenney. he's reflecting on his eight-year tenure. he says poverty remains the city's biggest challenge. more than one in five philadelphians lives below the poverty line. it's not a new problem but what he is most focused on as he prepares to leave office. >> we've had a poverty rate over 20% for 30-plus years. so it's in a generation. there are you know, adults who may have actually been in poverty themselves during the crush of their childhood. >> nutter says he believes the city can't tackle poverty on its own. the federal government needs to step in with job training programs and infrastructure investment. >> changes are coming to septa and it involves riders system wide. the smart card will transform how you pay for rides on trains, buses and subway. hear when it's expected to impact your trip. new information about this run away military surveillance balloon. learn how much damage the army says this caused across central pennsylvania. >>> septa says it will start rolling out its new sm

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ross is mayor-elect jim kenney's choice to take over when current commissioner charles rally is retires next year. a philly native, ross is well known for his success in building strong relationships with police and neighborhoods. >>> it is going to be a big night for the temple owls tonight when they face the toledo rockets in the boca raton bowls. owls pimped for the big game, only fifth time the owls have made a bowl game. they have ten wins on the season and we would love to see them make it 11. we're heal from some of the temple owls coming up in the next half hour. >> well tis the season forgiving. still ahead this morning, south philly neighborhood offering free christmas trees for people in need. also, this: >> if your gut tells you i'm not your cup of tea. don't vote for me. because i'm not going to change. >> new jersey governor chris christie addressing a town hall, we'll tell you the question that prompted that response. also this: >> snow in the west, record high temperatures in the east. i'm don champion in new york sit way look at the weather extremes taking over parts of

. >> happening today jim kenney will take questions in a town hall style meeting. he has been holding these to get feedback. topics from public safety to improving education, tonight's meeting is the at strawberry mansion high school at 7:30. today is graduation day for more than 50 police recruits, most will join the philadelphia police department. one will work for the housing authority and another is headed to falls township. a police chief in bucks county is retiring after more than 40 years of service. chief william wigman is calling it a career. the department held a retirement celebration last night. >>> eight minutes after 4:00. it is friday, and it's a little chillier this morning. a chilly morning. we're in for bright sunshine. a sunny day and look likes the weekend will be nice with plenty of sunshine for saturday and sunday. there is some cold air moving in during the morning. we're feeling that this morning. doylestown 38, 31 in millville, clouds helping to keep philadelphia in the 40s right now. otherwise clear, no sign of precipitation, not expecting

jim kenney took dozens of questions from the audience.e talks about safer streets to housing to schools, he has been vocal about making education a top priority. someone asked how he plans on increasing high quality schools in the city. >> the city of philadelphia delivers services in many departments to many parts of the city. schools can be and will be the center of the universe when it comes to delivery of services. >> the next meeting is tonight at 7:30 at south philadelphia high school, also on thursday and friday and we have information on when where they are on nbc10.com and on the nbc 10 app. >>> if you see 76ers rookie star jaleel okafor around philadelphia chances are you will see his new body guard. espn is reporting a security guard will accompany the 19-year-old when he goes out. not out of the ordinary for nba players to have security guards, recently okafor has been in the headlines for making bad decisions like speeding and fighting. sunday afternoon he tweeted apologies for his bad behavior. >>> tonight fans will be treat

. >> philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney continued to fill out his administration today. ken flekenny introduced his nexy solicitor. he has been an assistant u.s. attorney in philadelphia since 2010. his family immigrated to the u.s. from what was then known as sigh yea zaire in 1993. he went to northeast high school harvard college and harvard law school. >>> for a third day in a row philadelphia has broken the record fore for lives and today's mark stood since 1881. meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the "action news" big board. cecily, no real sun today but that didn't keep us from setting a new record. >> that's exactly right jim. we've had three days in a row of record warmth. it doesn't feel like the middle of december. it feels like early may. saturday's high 69 degrees. a new record. yesterday 71. a new record and today 70 degrees. that's 25 degrees above normal and records were shattered really across our viewing area. allentown the old record 60. beat it by 8 degrees. reading a record high of 67. wilmington 69. trenton 68. dover reached 72 degrees. atlantic c

. >>> happening today, philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney is holding another in the series of town hall meetings. thinks third meeting is at will school of the future tonight at 7:30. kenney's first meeting which happened monday night centered around education and crime. he scheduled two more town hall meetings tomorrow and friday. >>> opening statements, could get underway today in the trial of the baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray, a court spokeswoman says jury will be seated, as andrew spencer reports, five more officers are he set to go on trial, separate thely. >> reporter: a pool of 75 potential jurors showed up on monday, another pool of 75 showed up on tuesday, chosen from all of them a smaller group of jurors will cover to court today, each of them a potential selection for final jury in the trial of the officer william porter. charged with manslaughter, a assault and reckless endangerment porter is first of six baltimore city police officers to be tried in connection with the death of freddie gray, and gray died in custody after being put into the b

. >>> it was a first tonight for philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney he hell his first town hall meetingat central high school. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at city hall with more about the issues on the minds of those attended and also what the mayor elect had to say tonight. david? >> reporter: jessica, a lot of issues on the table mayor elect kenny will move into his new office behind me at city hall in a little more than a month. tonight he wanted to hear from the people and he heard a lot of different opinions. when mayor elect kenney took the stage in front of more than 300 at central high school, the crowd paid close attention to what the future of philadelphia might look like. >> there's a lot of smart people out there and up here who are going to help us move the city for. >> reporter: kenney talk about growing up in the city he'll soon run. he was leck to do city council in 1991. and served until early 2015 when he dropped out to run for mayor. one after another audience members begged kenney to help with failing schools. >> it is horrific that our children ha

mayor-elect jim kenney released a statement condemning the incident. >>> 4:39 right now. crews will be out in juniata park later this morning to repair a water main break. fifteen properties are right now without any water. crews had to shut down a 12-inch main t broke around 10:00 last night on the 1100 block of cioga street. that break sent water spewing out flooding surrounding streets. no details exactly what caused that main to break. >> still ahead here on "eyewitness news", a whale after tail. hump back whales are catching some local fishermen off guard down the shore. we'll tell you why those whales are showing up. also, which state has the best drivers. pennsylvania, new jersey, or delaware? somewhat surprising answer when we come back in two minutes. >> tourist season may be long gone down the jersey shore, some visitors have become all the buzz. whale spottings have been happening up and down the south jersey coast. monday morning a fisherman off the coast of ocean city captured this hump back whale, incredible pictures here, video as it crashes right into a bo

. >> reporter: the trustees are are expected to meet with jim kenney within the next week.eporting from temple university aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> a mare of local producers are celebrating grammy nominations tonight. ♪ ♪ let me tell you what it is >> that's faith evans performing the song "he is." and philadelphia music makers' darren henson received grammy nominations for producing the song in the best traditional r bnd&b category. the grammys will be handed out february 15th. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, tonight was chilly following another mild december day. temperatures a little above normal today but here's nbc 10 outside philadelphia city hall. where temperatures weren't enough to stop these people from enjoying a nice evening stroll, but for tonight you did need the jacket and will tomorrow morning. we have areas in the 30s and 20s. it will be chilly to start off your morning tomorrow. afternoon highs will be a little milder than they were today. as we go into the rest of the week we will be getting

mayor-elect jim kenney dressed as buddy the elf. jones was also spreading holiday cheer at conwell middle magnet school last night. he did his best santa impersonation and handed out gifts to the kids. >> fighting back. new information in the bill cosby sex assault case. the comedian is now suing an ex-super model. ahead, learn why cosby's legal team thinks they have a solid case against the accuser. next, the special honor for a beloved ex-sixers star. how allen iverson could become part of basketball immortality. coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why there's delsym. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. all night... or all day. >>> it's 4:25. tonight is bowl night for temple. the owls take on toledo in the bowl. kickoff is 7:00. this is video of the owls arriving on friday. temple is coming off of a 10-win season and second place finish in its conference. toledo won nine games and here is a fun fact. the game issing played at florida atlantic university home of the owls, so temple

. >> jim kenney holds another town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. at south philadelphia high school.ny answered residents questions last flight at his first town hall at central high school in olney. residents asked him about schools and safety. kenny wants to create two dozen community schools in the city over the next four years. they would act as hubs where families could access health and social services. >> principals know what's going on in their schools. they also know the kids that are in trouble, the kids whose families in trouble and we need to be able to communicate with them on a regular basis so we know what's going on in the neighborhood. >> a lot of parents are concerned about their children and the behavior that's going on throughout the city and the children not getting the proper education they need. >> kenny heard concerns about trash collection and aggressive driving. >> it's now 4:38 and during that holiday shopping next week, waiting to do it could save you a little bit of money and three days to remember. we'll give you those dates coming up on "action news at

. >> lang today philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney holds another town hall meeting.t begins at 7:30 p.m. at south philadelphia high school. kenny answered residents' questions last night at his first town hall. this one was held at central high in olney. residents asked him about schools and safety. kenny wants to create two dozen community schools in the city over the next four years. they would act as hubs where families could access health and social services. >> principals know what's going on in their schools. they also know the kids that are in trouble, the kids whose families are in trouble and we need to be able to communicate with them on a regular basis so we know what's going on in the neighborhood. >> a lot of parents are concerned with their children and the behavior throughout the city and the children not getting the proper education they need. >> kenny also heard about concerns over trash collection and aggressive driving. >> it's 5:47 and a midair scare after a flight attendant attacks a co-worker. >> papal performance that captured the hearts of tho

. >>> well, hundreds turn out for philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney's first town hall meeting. "eyewitness news" central high school last night, more than 300 concerned citizens listened as kenny talks about what the future of philadelphia might look like. >> schools can be and will be the center of the universe, when it comes to delivery of service. >> get the job done, the question is how much of everyone's request is he going to get done? >> kenny also talked about his mission to lower the prime statistics. he will host four more town hall meetings this month. >>> now to an update, to story we first brought you yesterday morning. police are calling a sunday night shooting in hatfield a double murder suicide. police found three adults dead in a home on the 100 block of diamond street. two other in the home, including four year old child, were unharmed, the shoot is her identified as 48 year old paul marshall. now, neighbors say the victims were marshall's girlfriend and her son. police say the shooting appears to be the result of a domestic dispute. >>> boston marathon bomber

mayor elect jim kenney released a statement condemning the incident. >>> authorities say they're ready for this week's army/navy football game saturday at lincoln financial field. the game is attended by tens of thousands people every year and features military members and other dignitaries. police commissioner charles rap say says the city is prepared for the event. >> i mean we do have security plan for the army/navy game that's coming up work wig our federal partners, working with military. i can't divulge everything but you'll see a nice presence of uniform and also a lot of people you will not immediately recognize as being police obviously. >> the commissioner also told us no immediate threats have been made and he expects the game to carry out as schedule. >>> two northeast philadelphia high school students are arrested after police say they attacked a teacher. officers say the males in ninth and tenth grade aisled the teacher at george washington high school this morning. after that teacher confiscate add cell phone. the teacher was hospitalized as precaution. the students have

mayor elect jim kenney released this statement saying in part "philadelphia has a long history of comingether in the face of a challenge. we cannot allow hate to divide us now in the face of unprecedented difficulties. "and he asked philadelphians to join film rejecting this despicable act. local business owners agreed. >> i think that some of the people of the world are sick and it's a very unfortunate situation. >> tragic. it's unnecessary. and it makes -- it makes me sad and it's a lot of evil and meanness throughout the world. >> reporter: now, the caretaker here at the mosque did tell "action news" that there was a phone number that was captured on the caller i.d. when that threatening voicemail was left. however, at this point police do not know if both incidents are related. if you have any information. >>> yoinformationare you urged t detectives. annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> thank you annie. >>> two people have been charged with murder in the brutal beating death of a woman insides her fishtown home. police arrested 50-year-old james cheever and 47-year-old jane joh

. >>> philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney held his second town hall meeting tonight this one took place at south philadelphia high school. the residents voiced their concerns about schools, about community policing and about abandoned properties. kenney will host two more meetings this week, one in northeast philadelphia a, the the other in strawberry mansion. >>> on health check at 11:00 tonight fewer mesh adults are being diagnosed with diabetes. that least verses a decades long trend. much of the type two diabetes rise has been driven bio beesty. the cdc says, that in 2009 the number of new diabetes cases reached 1.7 million. but last year that fell to 1.4 million new cases. researchers frankly don't know what led to the drop. overall, there are about 22 million americans, with diabetes. >>> facebook found are mark zuckerberg and his wife priscilla made two big announcements today, the first the arrival of their daughter, max. the second, what they planned to do with their fortune. zuckerberg posted a letter on line saying he plans to give away 99 percent of the couple's facebook sha

. >>> it was a first tonight for philadelphia mayor elect jim kenney he hell his first town hall meetingd at central high school. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live at city hall with more about the issues on the minds of those attended and also what the mayor elect had to say tonight. david? >> reporter: jessica, a lot of issues on the table mayor elect kenny will move into his new office behind me at city hall in a little more than a month. tonight he wanted to hear from the people and he heard a lot of different opinions. when mayor elect kenney took the stage in front of more than 300 at central high school, the crowd paid close attention to what the future of philadelphia might look like. >> there's a lot of smart people out there and up here who are going to help us move the city for. >> reporter: kenney talk about growing up in the city he'll soon run. he was leck to do city council in 1991. and served until early 2015 when he dropped out to run for mayor. one after another audience members begged kenney to help with failing schools. >> it is horrific that our children