kathleen kane has an agenda, and i'm not gonna pursue that course." >> kathleen kane's story, from almosteginning, is the -- could be such a great television show. i mean, she wakes up in the morning to complain to harold jackson about the way the inquirer editorial board is treating her, demands a meeting, comes into the meeting, and brings a lawyer who instructs her not to speak. i've had complaints myself with the inquirer editorial board on occasion, but i want to go there and i want to have that conversation. until the release of these pornographic e-mails, or e-mails about pornography, kathleen kane hasn't had a good day. and most of them are self-inflicted. so, when you think about, "well, how will she stand for reelection? what kind of candidate skills will she bring to that job?" when you watch her over the course of the last two years, it's unbelievable what she's done to herself. >> and, of course, a conduct that would've made nixon blush. >> [ laughs ] wow. >> you know, tailing and -- well, you know, it's an enemies list, it's spying on your enemies, and even judges -- has bee

kathleen kane is 49 years old. we're seeing where and when they're about to begin this news conference. here we go. >> we're here today to announce the filing of criminal charges against pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane. the charges include obstruction of law and other offenses that relate to a scheme that we allege she original straighted to leak confidential investigative information and secret grand jury materials, and then lying to a grand jury to cover up and conceal her crimes. the genesis of this investigation is a referral we received in december of 2014 from judge william carpenter of the montgomery county court of common pleas who was also the supervising judge of the 35th statewide investigating grand jury. 9 referral from judge carpenter to montgomery county district attorney's office stem from a presentment that was issued by the investigating grand jury recommending criminal charges against attorney general kathleen kane. by virtue of the fact that the grand jury investigation was conducted

once again kathleen kane is expect to go to trial. kevin steel the d.a. for montgomery county here, in this area, saying that the next hearing will be on october 14th. that is kathleen kane's arraignment. after that the trial deadline will be set. once again, just developing in the past few minutes, kathleen kane, our state's state attorney general here, i should say, is heading to trial for these perjury and obstruction of justice charges after a long preliminary hearing that began around 1:00 n montgomery county. we will continue to bring you updates that we get on the latest information but for now we are live from montgomery county at the courthouse i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the kathleen kane case we will bring you latest information on television and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> also tonight in the news, price dropping, at the pump, good news for drivers after rough ride on wall street today. >> "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco is live in medicine forward tonight at

the change also exclude what kathleen kane called object seen images. kathleen kane called on the judge to release the e-mails as part of her defense. >> i call upon judge carpenter to once and for all authorize the immediate release porn graphic and religiously offensive e-mails. >> one e-mail distributed by frank fina includes multiple attachments of porn graphic photos kathleen kane maintains her innocence of any wrong doing of a leak of documents to a reporter. she is she is the victim of retallation. cooled them of corruptly manufacturing the grand jury to protect their own jobs and reputations. >> the stakes for these individuals whose participation in this e-mail change has remained concealed behind the cloak of georgia secrecy could not be higher. frank fina is a prosecutor under seth williams. he has received the court filing and thorough review is necessary to determine any employees involvement. wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news." >> from our new jersey newsroom the search for the man using counterfeit cash using a fake 100-dollar bill at

live in norristown, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >>> kathleen kane's driver is also facing charges. patrick reece is charged with attempt. prosecutors say he secretly accessed the files of the grand jury that was investigating his boss. >>> kane said she will not be stepping down from her job, but pennsylvania's governor wants her to. governor tom wolff says kane cannot do her job while facing such serious charges. can kane be forced out? one former supreme court justice says yes if the court feels her misconduct is outrageous. the court could order an emergency suspension of kane's law license. she would have ten days to fight that suspension, but if she fails, she would have to leave office. she could be impeached by the legislature and the governor would then appoint her successor. >>> the one who brought the charges against kane and leaving office in december to run for judge, but both candidates vying for her job say they will move forward with the case. and stay with nbc 10 news for developing coverage. >>> now to breaking news in west kensington where a man arm would a rifle o

that detective read from testimony given by kathleen kane saying that she did not leak any information to the press but which appears to contradict e-mails sent by kane, to her staff. throughout the hearing, kane's attorneys have repeatedly objected to the state's evidence saying they do not have enough time to thoroughly review it but judge overruled all of those objections. citing state law that allows state with evidence during these pretrial hearings. meanwhile, kathleen kane, of course, proclaiming her innocence, that maintaining her innocence, all throughout this entire ordeal, saying that she is simply a victim of good old boy system here in state college. once again, this hearing is still ongoing, right upstairs here in the courtroom as soon as we can guy you more information as to what the judge decide we will provide it to you. live from montgomery county, i'm's greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see you at 6:00 if not before. >>> the community is mourning the loss of the off-duty philadelphia police sergeant who was killed over the weekend. as the investigati

kathleen kane was right behind her in the red dress. some are speculating it was to throw off cameras so they would follow the wrong sister into the courtroom. that is the very latest. much more of this for you coming up tonight at 11:00. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> we are tracking a few isolated showers developing on the radar just off to the west. let's talk to nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. when can we expect that rain? >> it will take a few hours to get into even some of the western suburbs. it will take all night to get toward the shore. a live view of cape may,ings this pretty quiet there. if there is going to be any rain tomorrow, it will be early in the day and at the shore. this is the line of clouds with a few showers and even some thunderstorms associated with it. as you can see, it's still well west of the area. just barely getting into berks county and some showers in lancaster county right now. the thunderstorm that was off to the west, that has even weakened and other heavier showe

forty-nine year old democrat, kathleen kane, says she is innocent of any wrong-doing, montgomery county republican da risa furman says kane leaked secret grand jury information to newspaper report nerve order to embarrass state prosecutors, kane believed was source of unflattering story about her. kane claims the charges running used as political weapon to discredit her, this after her office opened, uncovered, pornographic and ex-police it videos, hundreds of the state employee videos while the predecessor handling of the jerry sandusky case, led to the firing and resignation of several top state officials. now kane said she wants judge to release more of the emails which she says will expose more people. >> i neither conspired with anyone nor directed anyone to do anything illegal or unlawful. i made a prom that's i was going to finish a job and i was going to do it. and that's where we stand today. >> vote her out. i think that's where it is at. governor should step forward and do that. >> i think it is the beginning of her side of the story. >> what is? >> pornographic emails are th

. >>> we're following developing news here, pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane is due back in court in less than an hour. the first evidence hearing in the case against her. she is accused of leaking sensitive grand jury information to the press and lying about it under oath. chad perdelli is standing outside the courthouse in norristown, chad. >> reporter: rick we have yet to see kathleen kane rave at the montgomery county courthouse, but the preliminary hearing begins at 1:00 p.m. we don't know what evidence prosecutors will prevent, but the judge will decide if the purjury case goes to trial. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane is accused of leaking grand jury material to the press and lying about it under oath and order top aids to find out who was cooperating with the investigation. she has maintain the her innocence. >> my defense will not be that i am the victim of an old boys network or otherwise. my defense say that broke no laws of this commonwealth, period. >> reporter: her legal troubles began after she shuttered a corruption sting of several philadelphia d

. >>> kathleen kane, boy, she comes out swinging. she says the charges against her, all part of some grand plan to keep her silent, the scandal she claims people in harrisburg are trying to cover up. >> ♪ >> explosion on the new jersey turnpike seen for miles away. two tractor-trailers collide, and you won't believe what happened to the driver. >> and, should chris christie resign? almost half of new jersians think so. but they still say he shouldn't be forced to do so. we'll try to explain that on a thursday morning. good day everybody, it is thursday, august the 13th, 2015. hi, everybody. >> hello. >> here we go. here we go. >> how did you like yesterday? >> it was fantastic. >> people were openly talking about it in public. >> yes. >> so nice. >> openly talking about how wonderful it was. i was little stink i yesterday. i gave it a nine. so today we go to double king glitz oh, teacher is in a good mood today. >> that's right, student, were you very good, you behaved yourselves, you're getting your ten for today. bus stop buddy wen

at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> in other news, pennsylvania tern attorney general kathleen kanerst appearance in court in norristown on perjury charges and just a few moments ago a judge determined there is enough evidence to go to trial. kane's twin sister led the way in the courtroom at the montgomery county courthouse this morning for the preliminary hearing. kane is accused of leaking grand jury material to the press and then lying about it under oath. well, the first term democrat did not enter a plea but has claimed that the charges are part of a political vendetta. if found guilty of perjury kane could face up to seven years in prison. >> well, kathleen kane has stated she will not stepdown from her post as attorney general in spite of the calls from her own party including governor tom wolf. >> former pennsylvania attorney general ernie pre88 founpreatefound himself in the e condition. >> reporter: he had a unique perspective because he natasha that same chair. he gave up his post turned in his law license and he's urging kane to do the exact same thing saying she should

pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, is facing criminal charges. montgomery county's top prosecutor just made the announcement in norristown and john rawlins is there with more details on the case against kane. >> reporter: well, crime and a coverup, that is the alligation it is alleged that the attorney general is at the center of a conspiracy and the attorney general was behind it. the case was announced by the da in the last hour. >> this team determined that attorney general, kathleen kane deviced a scheme to leak confidential information and secret grand jury materials direct books directly to political operatives in the hopes of embarrassing whom she believed made her look bad. >> she says it's a revenge plot because of bad press that embarrassed kane. >> these facts exposed by the evidence we gathered and in the attorney general's own word this is war. this was her war based on the evidence conducted without regard to the rules and without regard to the law and without regard to any collateral damage. >> reporter: a short time ago the attorn

at this point, for kathleen kane, it's the ability to really conduct her office well.nd when you lose that public support from the governor down, that's a difficult hurdle. so, we don't know, again, all of what's true or not true, but, you know, every bit that seems to chip away at her story is unfortunate for her. >> is it also that she allegedly only released documents about eight people with the pornographic information and photos, and there were allegedly dozens of them? >> who were those eight people? they all happen to work... >> right. >> sorry, monica. ...in the corbett administration. so, she has yet to connect what those pornographic e-mails or what those e-mails were discussing that directly ties it into, "therefore, i had the ability to perhaps do something, leak -- not, you know -- leak information which was legal." there's no connection that has been made yet to what the federal -- feds have said that she has done. >> the real inside story with her is, from those who know her close, is that she has an explosive temper, that she's an intemperate person, th

prosecutors are laying out the evidence against kathleen kane. is charged with leaking grand jury information and lying under oath. after kane was indicted, pennsylvania governor tom wolf urged her to step down but she has vowed to remain in office. >>> after a beautiful weekend, plenty of sunshine, low humidity, we are tracking some showers. >> that's right. let's turn to nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. what should we expect? >> it is hotter, it is more humid than it was over the weekend and there are some showers come, maybe the first place to see them is up in the pocono mountains. this is the wave pool at camel beach. the sky is getting a little bit darker. you will see why there are a few showers just to the west of the poconos and the other showers are pretty far west of even lancaster county. but here are the showers up to the north and there's tobyhanna, moving straight to the east, no lightning reported with it yet. at the moment that's the heaviest shower on the map. as we go through the rest of the aft

. >> let's talk about kathleen kane. she is now charged with a crime -- in fact, several.ontgomery county district attorney risa vetri ferman, who was asked to conduct a probe of kathleen kane, issued five criminal counts against the state attorney general, including perjury and criminal conspiracy. this all stems from a leak of grand-jury information from a case in 2009. governor wolf came out immediately, the same day, called for kane to resign. now, kane, who, you remember, she was the woman, the political person in the democratic party -- has refused to resign. she says it would be like an admission of guilt. she continues to proclaim her innocence. val, what do you think about this? should she resign? and could she be forced to resign with an impeachment process? >> well, they could decide to impeach her. i think she should step down. the arrogance of staying on the job when you have this cloud hanging over your head -- you can't do your job properly. the fact of the matter is, she couldn't even do the job properly before this. i'll just give you one small example. [

the pornographic e-mails they say are the beginning of kathleen kane's side of the story. risa ferman who champed her last week said they will make a case against perjury and the other charges they hit her with last week. a call to a corbett spokesman was not returned. as for the pornographic e-mails remember in the state of pennsylvania they've already claimed a supreme court justice and others but kane says there's more. she wants them released. at 6:00 talk of impeachment. live at the capitol, i'm jeff cole. iain, back to you. >> jeff, thank you. see you at six montgomery county da' office which filed criminal charges against kane last week released statement after the news conference. it says in part, every criminal defendant has a right to publicly speak on their ownby half. the defendant in this case is charged with obstructing administration of low or other government function, official oppression, criminal conspiracy, perjury and false swearing in a criminal complaint was filed in this matter which lays out some of the evidence supporting those crimes. the commonwe

hashtag so we can see your questions. >>> montgomery county judge respond to the challenge from kathleen kanekane wants the judge to make an e-mail chain public. >> yeah, the e-mails from state computers that contain what kathleen kane says are pornographic, racially charged and religiously insensitive conversations between some pretty famous people but that judge right there, judge william carpenter responded by saying kathleen kane has not filed a formal petition to release the e-mails so he is not releasing them as of yet. kathleen kane says the e-mails are why political opponents of hers are trying to remove her from office so they never see the light of day. last week kathleen kane was charge in connection to accusation that is she leak grand jury information to a reporter from a 2009 case. >>> hi, sue. >> hey, well, we have two beautiful days in a a roast, today will be great but you know dog days of summer aren't finish with us yet. we will talk about the heat and humidity returning over weekend and we will check in at seaside heights where we're dentato's clam bar cooking up breakfast

we have learned that her next court appearance, august 24th. >> kath kathleen kane's driver is facing chargers. prosecutors say she accessed the files of the grand jury that was investigating his boss. kane said she will not be stepping down from her job. pennsylvania's governor wants her to. tom wolf said she cannot do her job while facing serious charges. she is leaving office later this year to run for judge. both candidates vying for her job said they will move forward with the case. count on nbc 10 for your continuing coverage on the kathleen kane case. you can get the latest development on the news 10 news app. >>> no need to put on the ac tonight. nbc 10 and chestnut hill where it was cooler than usual this evening. that wasn't enough to stop these people from enjoying a saturday night out. let's get a check on the weather. we are seeing very mild weather for august. >> it's great out there especially after the nine-day stretch of 90 degrees or greater. we made it to 87 today. it feels good. we're going to keep the ac's off. we'll keep the windows open. we have refreshing night

kathleen kane will now have to answer charges against her.she'll be arraigned by a collegeville district judge by video conference around 2:00 this afternoon. kane is charged with leaking secret grand jury testimony in an attempt to embarrass two former staffers. court papers say kane was angered about a philadelphia newspaper article critical of her decision not to file charges in another case involving several lawmakers. >> devised a scheme to secretly confidential investigative information and secret grand jury material. she lied repeatedly about her own actions, about the law and about other matters simply to support her version of events. >> reporter: the suit alleges the a.g. used her position and staff to carry out her alleged plot. kane will be processed inside the detective's bureau up on the 5th floor. she says she will not resign and had other things to say in a statement. we'll have that for you coming up in the next half hour. live in norristown, montgomery county, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> a scare in the air stopped a flight

homicide detectives are now looking for clues in this case. >>> pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kanexpected to surrender to face criminal charges this afternoon. nbc 10's jesse gary is live outside of the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. and jesse, kane says she will not resign but can she be forceç from office? >> reporter: she's elected to the office of attorney general. she says she's not guilty. she could be, could be, forced from office by the state senate here in pennsylvania through impeachment. that would require a simple majority vote of the senators. we've done some digging. we're finding there's no will to do that at least not at this time. let's take a look at our video. the attorney general is charged with breaking the law by leaking secret grand jury testimony in an attempt to embarrass two former staffers. a critical philadelphia newspaper article provided the motivation for a revenge plot. that's according to the montgomery county district attorney. >> she lied repeatedly about her own actions, about the law and about her matters simply to support her versi

not even the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. >> kathleen kane's driver is also facing charges. patrick reese is charged with indirect criminal contempt. this is video of kane and reese together last month. the charges against him stem from last august. that's when prosecutors say reese secretly accessed the files of the grand jury that was investigating his boss. kathleen kane is the most recent elected official to face charges in a corruption case. nbc 10 did some research. we found at least nine people in state and federal offices who have been charged or pleaded guilty in the last year. >>> beaten with a baseball bat. philadelphia police hope you can help them find the man in this surveillance video here. he's smashing a woman's car, then repeatedly hit her with the bat. you see her here recovering. this happened tuesday night in north philadelphia. watch the bottom of the screen. you see the attacker chasing the victim and hitting her over and over and over again. at one point she tries to run away, then gets back in her car, all the while the guy ke

. >> this investigative team determined that the pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane device aid scheme to secretly leak confidential investigative information, and secret grand jury materials. >> reporter: here's the break down. on march 16,204th an article was printed in the philadelphia inquirer with info that seemed to paint kane in a poor light. according to new charging documents it ace alleged that kane then as retaliation had her driver illegally obtain grand jury details from a separate 2009 case and leak it to the the daily news. that article was published less than three months later. >> in the hopes of embarrassing and harming former state prosecutors whom that she believed, whom she believed, without evidence, had made her look bad. >> reporter: charges against kane also included allegations of a criminal cover up, before a grand jury. kane disputed all of the above allegationness a statement today. it read in part, i look forward to the opportunity to present my case, in a public courtroom and move beyond the behind the scenes maneuvering that has defined the proces

. >> reporter: inside of the pennsylvania capitol, state attorney yen kathleen kane, spoke out for the first time, since being handed down charges, including obstruction and perjury. >> i am innocent of any wrongdoing. i neither conspired with anyone nor direct anyone to do anything illegal, or unlawful. >> reporter: last week the the montgomery county district attorney's office filed charges against kane for at ledge leak of secret grand jury, information to the the press which they then believed she then tried to cover up in court. >> that story is a as incomplete as it is inaccurate. >> reporter: kane decline to go into specifics, instead circled back to the investigation, porn gate, which led to the firing of the six and resignation of the two top level state employees. >> for it is not a story of the these investigations proposed, personal vendettas, or press leaks. it is a story that begins with pornography, racial inn sensitivity and religious bigotry. >> reporter: stopping short of calling it a conn peerscy, kane says current charges are part of a attempt to keep additional por

ferman says kathleen kane viewed her actions as battle and quoted her. >> this is war. this is her war based on the evidence conducted without regard to the rules without regard to the law and without regard to any chat balance damage the battle might entail. >>> also charged her driver patrick reece with allegedly snooping around in secret grand jury information related to this leaked probe. this kane doesn't like da seth williams she said he should pay and wanted to dig up dirt on him him. more ferman at 6:00 night. >> all right, jeff, we'll see you then. again here's what governor tom wolf is saying about the charges against kathleen kane. he says she is entitled to her day in court and to defend herself. but while she's doing that he wants her to focus only on that saying quote i'm calling on her to step aside step down as attorney general because i think she cannot do what she has to do as the top law enforcement officer in pennsylvania while she's facing these serious charges. >>> you can read the entire criminal complaint against kathleen kane just head to myfoxp

kathleen kane is here listening to evidence against her as she is charged with leaking secret brand jury information to the press and lying under oath. allegations say kane told top staffers to illegally track the case against her by accessing forbidden computer files. kane has not interred a plea. she says she has not committed any crimes and while this a day for lead investigators to present their case, there have been calls for kane to resign. she has said she won't resign. that shell stay in office. she says this is a coordinate add tack against her but again the development today per sister -- twin sister, rather, showing up in court ahead of her. many people actually thinking it was her. lost people in the media fooled by that. a lot of questions about that. but this case continues to take place right now and we'll have a full report tonight at 10:00 o'clock. back to you, lucy. >> we'll talk to you then, dave. >>> guy walk in a local store asking for cigarettes but he had sinter intentions. what he's about to do to the cashier police are looking for them. >> hernia honored in franc

sources tell us pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane could be charged today. this investigation into kane centers on her alleged role in leaking information about a 2009 grand jury investigation to a newspaper last year. and then allegedly lying under oath. she denies any wrongdoing. a grand jury is recommending kane be charged with perjury and other offenses. now it's up to montgomery county's district attorney furman. we contacted furman who is seeking a judgeship but would not confirm or deny the report that kane will be charged today. make sure you download the nbc10 news app and you're among the first to know if charges will be filed. live in norris town, monique braxton, nbc10 news. >>> jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. we are seeing those jams on the schuylkill expressway now 21-minute trip. if you're heading westbound toward the king of prussia. an accident on woodland avenue so watch out that. and the traffic lights malfunctioning in south hampton area. mass transit pretty much fine but frankfurt line having delays with switching problem

after a lengthy hear, the judge ordered pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane held over for trialn all charges. she ruled the prosecutors presented sufficient evidence to proceed to court despite the left efforts of kane's defense team from new york city. >> any comment? >> kathleen kane had no comment after the judge ruled there was enough evidence to face trial. they contend she broke the law leaking grand jury information to the media, lied about it under oath and ordered aids to spy on an investigation into it. >> they were to put forth a prima facie case. >> a charge of occurringry and misdemeanors. and they said the looser rules of evidence and the lower burden of proof in the preliminary hearing left them with low odds of getting some or all of the charges thrown out. >> it is a very, very strange case with all sorts of people. and i think we're looking forward to the trial. >> kane accused of leaking confidential grand jury information about one who she thought was her enemy. and kane argues she is part of a good old boy network in harrisburg. some who she claims were send

kathleen kane has refused to resign saying she did nothing wrong.she was recently charged with leaking grand jury information to a philadelphia newspaper. prosecutors say the attorney general did so in an attempt to embarrass two former staffers who kane thought released information critical of her. >> i am innocent of any wrongdoing. my defense will not be that i am the victim of an old boy's network or otherwise. my defense will be that i broke no laws of this commonwealth, period. >> this all stems from kane's review of her predecessor's handling of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. kane says she uncovered during that time she uncovered e-mails from judges and prosecutors that included pornography, bigotry and racial insensitivity. kane says her rivals manufactured the current charges against her to get her out of office and also to make sure that those incriminating e-mails did not surface. reporting live in norristown this morning, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> it's 5:36. breaking news from overnight, stocks fell in trading on the asian

kathleen kane's driver is also in trouble with the law. patrick rocco reese is charged with indirect criminal contempt. this video of reese and kane was taken last month. prosecutors say reese secretly tapped the files of the grand jury investigating his boss. you can count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage on the kathleen kane case, you can get developments on our website, nbc10.com or on the nbc 10 news app. >>> a gloucester county park is back open after a man barricaded himself inside in a nearby home. deptford township police tell us they found the man in the house yesterday. he had shot himself. he's now in the hospital. officers spent several hours trying to convince him to come out. the house is located on rexham court. during the barricade standoff police evacuated the park as a precaution. >>> she says she's taking a stand. a local mom has a powerful response to homophobic graffiti spray painted on their house. erin kennedy delong turned the words "i'm gay" into art. her daughter noticed the graffiti on their house. instead of cle

kathleen kane will have to answer to her charges. she'll be arraigned by a district judge by video conference at 2:00 this afternoon. she's charged with seeking secret grand jury testimony. some say kane was angry of a newspaper article critical of her decision not to file charges in another case involving severalç lawmakers. >> to secretly confident investigative information and secret grand jury materials. she lied repeatedly about her own actions, about the law and about other matters simply to support her version of events. >> reporter: the suit alleges the a.g. used her position and staff to carry out her alleged plot. they will not resign, she's said. she said more in a statement. you'll hear what she has to say coming up and possible remedies if she decides she doesn't want to go and the people want her to go. that's coming up in the next 30 minutes. live in norristown, montgomery county, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> now to decision 2016. a republican forum going on this weekend in atlanta has dumped donald trump. the gop pres

kathleen kane's driver is also in trouble with the law. patrick rocco reese is charged with indirect criminal contempt. prosecutors say reese secretly tapped the files of the grand jury investigating his boss. you can count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage on the kathleen kane case, you can get developments on our website, nbc10.com or on the nbc 10 news app. >>> this morning a gloucester county park is reopened after a man was found injured nearby is officers spent several hours trying to convince him to come out. during the barricade standoff, police evacuated the park as a precaution. >>> she says she is taking a stand. a local mom has a powerful response to homophobic graffiti spray painted on her house. erin kennedy delong turned the words "i'm gay" into art. her daughter noticed the graffiti on their house. instead of cleaning up the graffiti, the family decided to take a step further and paint rainbow panels on the door in show of support. >>> coming up, sentenced for having sex with her student a former math teacher is out of the

>> reporter: good morning, jenny, well, attorney general kathleen kane speaks out about the criminal charges against her, why she says it is all part of a massive political cover up. lauren? >> reporter: and you're about to pay more for crossing busy local bridges. the huge price hike just passed last night. >> good day everybody, it is thursday, august 13th, 2015. sue serio, i heard you sneezing about 20 minutes ago. so we're all affected by the allergies today. >> yes, is it nettle? is it chenopod? grass maybe, yes, there are a lot of that, because we had so much rain earlier this week t made the grass grow, and we're all sneezing. that's the only down side today. it is a ten out of ten in your weather by the numbers. we took bus stop buddy, out camping. >> he has the phillies cap on. big giant bottle of sunscreen, off to nice start with 69 degrees, and 65% relative humidity, a 6-mile an hour wind out of the north, i think we got some six's going on here, maybe the lucky number today, sunrise at 6:11, this morning. we don't have too many clouds in the sky. folks are reporting maybe

they are sketch pictures of kathleen kane sitting in the defendant's chair, facing eight charges, one felony, seven misdemeanors. prosecutors say kane leaked confidential grand jury information all to embarrass a rival, then lied about it when she was asked under oath. kane's legal team inside the courthouse continue to object to some of the prosecution's evidence which is one of the reasons that we are told this hearing has gone on for four hours. the testimony has included kane's staffers and montgomery county detectives. at this point, kane continues to deny wrongdoing, saying she did not break state law. she has also resisted calls for her to resign. some that go as high as the governor's office. live in montgomery county, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >>> meanwhile, headaches on wall street and around the world today. it has been a stomach-churning ride on the floor of the new york stock exchange today. the dow dropped more than 588 points today after a bad day on friday, too. it is part of a global wave of selling triggered by signs of an economic slowdown in china. >> nbc 10 nati

now,ç despite calls from state leaders for attorney general kathleen kane to resign, she has refused step down, denying wrongdoing. the criminal complaint charges her with leaking grand jury information to the press. prosecutors say she did that in an attempt to embarrass two former staffers who kane thought released information that was critical of her. kane says this all stems from her review of the jerry sandusky case and what she uncovered during that time. >> it began with a group of state prosecutors and judges passing racially and religiously offensive e-mails amongst each other. >> reporter: and her rivals manufactured the current charges against her, she says, to get her out of office as well as to make sure those incriminating e-mails never surface. her preliminary hearing is set for 1:00 this afternoon. reporting live in norristown, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:06 now. the death of an off-duty philadelphia police officer has renewed worries over a dangerous stretch of road in roxborough. rafael ali, a ten-year veteran of the force died late saturday night when his picku

what's next for kathleen kane when she surrenders? >>> we are in store for a beautiful weekend. here's a live look over center city. a little bit cool out there. just under 70 degrees. we'll welcome in. should be a comfortable day for this time of year. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. it's 5:00 on this saturday. let's get right to that weekend weather now with first alert meteorologist michelle grossman. >> you said it looking nice outside. i feel like we're lucking out in the weekend department in terms of the weather. another nice one today. we'll see sunny skies, low humidity temperatures in the mid-80s. here's a live look outside. we're waking up to mostly clear skies out there. temperatures cooler compared to this time yesterday, 10 degrees cooler in millville. 4 degrees cooler in pottstown. that's mainly putting us in the 50s and 60s, close to 70 degrees in philadelphia. that's pretty much the hot spot. cooler to the north and west, 51 in mt. pocono. temperatures mainly in the 50s and 60s to the south and east as well. 62 in atlantic city 68

kathleen kane is denying the criminal charges. nbc 10's deanna durante has been following the investigation for months and was in the courthouse in norristown when the charges were announced. >> reporter: prosecutors have painted a picture of a woman who wanted revenge. they say she used her office and her staff to try and embarrass former staffers. >> this was her war based upon the evidence conducted without regard to the rules, without regard to the laws and without regard to any collateral damage the battle might entail. >> reporter: it's a battle kathleen kane says she will continue to fight. the now criminally charged attorney general says she will not step down from her office. in a written statement, kane says i remain committed to leading the office of attorney general and doing the job the citizens he heelected me to do. a resignation would be an admission of guilt and i am not guilty. last year a newspaper article wrote about a case kane failed to prosecute. kane, according to court papers was angered by the article and

sources tell nbc10, attorney general kathleen kane will be charged in montgomery county today. >> we know what will be closed when the pope comes to philadelphia next month. what we don't know is how everyone will handle it. we will run through those closures and bring you reaction. >>> a live look at center city, philadelphia, right now. expect a nice and sunny day and showers will be moving in and we will have the timing for you. good morning. i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about the weather with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> feels good outside and humidity is way down and temperatures have cooled down nicely overnight and seeing readings in the 60s for most of the area. still a couple of spots left in the 70s this morning but that won't last. we will see temperatures back in the 80s this afternoon. 71 now at philadelphia international. look at the 60s northeast philadelphia at 68, 61 pottstown and wrights town and roxborough 67 and warm side in south philadelphia. delaware river trails 75 degrees at this hour. we will see lots of sunshine to start

erika, over to up. >> thank you, happening today, pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, will be on the other side of the courtroom in montgomery county. kane faces her first preliminary hearing on charges she leaked grand jury material and then lied about it under oath. montgomery county attorney fuhrman made the decision to charge kane earlier this month. >> two teenagers face weapons charges after an accidental shooting in south jersey home. a 17 year old boy was shot in the chest saturday night. police say, his two friends brought a gun to his mt. laurel home. accidentally discharged while handling it. the two friends fled the scene, but were later caught. the victim's now recovering from his injuries. >>> in campaign 2016, joe biden considers a white house bid this weekend's private meeting with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren is just the latest sign that those deliberations are growing more serious. cbs news core upon dent giuliana goldman has more on whether or not vice president biden will run. >> are you ready to make change? >> senator elizabeth warren's sport

than 1,000 pages of documents today part of a grand jury investigation into attorney general, kathleen kanecording to kane will prove these charges are nothing more than a political witch hunt. wendy saltzman joins us now. >> the 365 pages include pages of pornographic emails that were so obscene we had to view them in person because the government would not allow them on computers. she says she was brought down because the vulgar evidence she possessed with topple the careers of high-profile figures. >> kathleen kane says this was at the crux of the investigation that now threatens her career, hundreds of pornographic images most too graphic to show sent through the tom corbett administration and discovered during her investigation into the handling of the jerry sandusky case. they contain pornographic images and some religiously offensive. kane called on the judge to release the emails. >> i call on judge carpenter to once and for all authorize the release of the pornographic and racially offensive emails. >> one of them was from frank fina, it includes multiple attachments of pornographi

according to kathleen kane, it all starts with pornography.action news" reporter, sharrie williams, is live at the big board with the full story. >> kathleen kane says the version of the story that's been out there is incomplete and inaccurate. she proclaimed her innocence saying this entire ordeal is linked to pornography and offensive emails that happened before she got in office. in her first public comments since charges were filed against her, kathleen kane did not mince words. >> my defense will not be that i am the victim of an "old boy's network" or otherwise. my defense is that i broke no laws of this commonwealth, period. >> she defended herself in height of being accused of leaking secret information from a grand jury investigation to a newspaper and later allegedly lying about it. >> i am innocent of any wrongdoing. i neither conspired with anyone, nor directed anyone to do anything illegal. >> the indictment against kane was filed last week by montgomery county d.a. and kane says this is not really about a press leak, she says it

. >> reporter: ukee and jessica as attorney general kathleen kane holds the highest position in law enforcement in the commonwealth to sees her last name on these documents is rather startling. list of charges include obstruction of justice and perjury. >> when someone is entrusted with up holding the law violates that oath and violates the law that he or she is bound to up hold, we are all victims. everyone of us. >> reporter: under strong arm of the criminal charges and request by the governor to step down. >> i am not sure how the top law enforcement officer in pennsylvania can continue to perform her duties while she's defending herself against these serious charges. >> reporter: state attorney general kathleen kane has had this to say in a statement. a resignation would be an admission of guilt, and i'm not guilty. what kane does not dispute according to the november 17th, 2014 grand jury testimony, is that she believed that the public had the right to know the details of a 2009 case involving adversaries. let's put it out to the press she recalled in court. but kane has maintained that sh

this is kathleen kane's twin in the blazer. followed her, not realizing that kane was actually walking behind there in the red dress. and when kane walked out of the courtroom after the hearing, she didn't say a word. her lawyers said she maintains her innocence. kane is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. she's accused of leaking grand jury information to embarrass a rival prosecutor. kane's lawyers raise the issue of porn graphic e-mails allegedly circulated among state prosecutors and judges. the prosecutors in this case says this distracts from the issue at hand. >> this is a case about things that she said to a grand jury. this is not about extracurricular things. en out yet. i think a little more of the story evolved today. >> kane's official arraignment is set for mid-october. >>> 4:46. everyone's okay after a scare at the jersey shore yesterday. an amusement park ride that caught on fire. take a look at the video. you can see the smoke billowing from the gravitron ride in kesnesburg, monmouth county. nobody

looks like kathleen kane.oman distracted the press and had a lot of pictures taken of her. that is not her. that is her twin sister ellen. ellen goes out and gets a lot of pictures and then kathleen follows behind her in red and everyone is confused and dunn know what to do. genius, just like "parent trap" impbs stead of a zany plot to get your parents back together this is about a high-ranking official facing seven years in prison. the twin sister switch a radio did work to distract some of the media from pennsylvania's attorney general wo was ordered this week to stand trial. next court appearance is scheduled for october. note to rachel, send two cameras. next up, maine governor paul lepage recently crowned america's craziest governor by "politico".com. he is facing potential impeachment by the maine state legislature. he responded to that threat by saying publicly he doesn't need to be impeached. he will quit if enough maine residents write him letters telling him they want him to go. he is one of the only

pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane is due in montgomery county court today. kane faces her first evidence hearing on charges she leaked grand jury material and lied about it under oath. >> also, city officials will release a papal play book today at noon. the on line guide will give resident more details about the upcoming world meeting of families and the papal visit. >> well, if you have notice that your iphone is taking some blurry pictures, your camera skills may not be to blame here. apple recalling iphones to fix picture defect. it is the problem is with eyesight defect, affect phones sold between september 2014, and january 2015. custom kearse have their cameras replaced for free. >> 4:49. time for check on your business news. money watch's jill wagner joining us up at the new york stock exchange, not the day to check your 401 markets, the first week since 2011. jill, hoping for better news today, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erika, unfortunately it could be another bumpy ride here on wall street, mark its across asia tumbled this morning, c

> reporter: well, jim, this is a perjury case and it appears that form is going to be part of kathleen kane's did he first on these charges. you may recall that kathleen kane conducted a review of the jerry sandusky case and why it took prosecutors so long to bring charges. during that review, she found that porn was e-mailed on office computers and throughout the attorney general's officers. a short time ago her did he first attorney says those porn e-mails will be part of her defense and in the hearing he wanted to presenter those but he would not say as he took the podium a short time ago why or how they relate to this perjury case. >> not testing my defense with the media. i'm not previewing my defense to the media. my obligation is to my client and that's the case there i want to resolve and i will resolve it there. >> reporter: led by her twin sister and other supporters attorney general kathleen kane had no comment as she entered the montgomery county courtroom. prosecutors first called special agent david piper who works under kane and the attorney general's office. he testified that

kathleen kane heads to court in montgomery county.d, what's expected to happen at her preliminary hearing. >>> warming back up, temperatures near 90 today. we're tracking afternoon storms. right now it is 69 grows at 4:30. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'mcy

kathleen kane fights the charges against her. wolf has urged her to resign. >> she's spent a lot of time making that defense. >> is it a distraction in. >> i think it's -- it competes for time. >> in addition to pornographic materials, some of the other e mates that were circulated contain homophobic and racially sensitive remarks. nbc10 news. >> this just in, people in pennsylvania will soon be able to reg str to vote online. tom wolf's administration will launch the system tomorrow. pennsylvania will become the 23rd state to offer internet based registration. delaware's among them already, new jersey is not. >> from the jersey shore bureau. atlantic city resorts hotel unveiled a new meeting. close to $9 and a half million. the resort was struggling to survive against bigger new casinos. since then, four competitors have gone out of business. in the meantime, resorts added new amenities, hired a new casino management team and kept prices below the competition. >> a new light will shine on part of north broad street in philadelph

kathleen kane heads to court in montgomery county. ahead, what's expected to happen at her preliminary hearing. >>> warming back up, temperatures near 90 today. we're tracking afternoon storms. right now it is 69 grows at 4:30. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato. how about that weekend, though? >> beautiful. >> let's sit for a moment and think about that weekend. >> it's nice this morning, too. >> it's nice out there. >> yes. >> aren't you glad you got up early to enjoy it. >> yes, i am. >> i thought would you would be. clear skies, cool temperatures, they're getting cooler, falling right now. we will see bright sunshine to begin with. 65 in northeast philadelphia. mill 'ville is at 60 degrees. look at the 50s, doylestown, pottstown at 58, blue bell 59 degrees to start with. a pleasant morning. this afternoon it will get warm. we'll start off at 68 by 6:00, 9:00, 75 degrees and middle 80s by lunch time. hour-by-hour futurecast when i come back in ten minutes. right now, how about your monday