chris o'connell sat down with larry krasner and chris, he's bring something big-time chang changes. >> reporter: yeah, even he himself will tell you he's unlikely candidate for a top prosecutor for a city that struggles with crime. but larry krasner says he is exactly the change needed to turn around a struggling office. >>> i was a dark horse in long shot. >> reporter: by his own admission incoming philadelphia district attorney larry krasner says his improbable ride to the da's office was more a movement than an election. >> reality is that we've been putting our resources in the wrong mace in ways that do not prevent crime don not make us safer and people are sick of it and they want to go in different direct. >> reporter: he pledges to reform the cash bail system. free the wrongly convicted, and not pursue the death penalty in a system he says picks on minorities. some critic including the philadelphia police union worry krasner will be too soft. some police even starting hash tag not my da. >> my attitude about police is real simple. when you wear uniform you come correct. you ta

to you. >>> put fewer people in jail and not prosecute certain crimes. >> that's suggested by larry krasnermitch blocker sat down exclusively with krasner in his first one-on-one interview since he was elected. krasner spent his career as a civil rights lawyer. he represented members of the black lives matter, suing police in the process. he said the d.a.'s office should be ready for an approach that targets crime instead of the poor. >> culture change begins with having the right leadership. it begins with having a moral compass that, frankly, is missing. >> should the adas be worried about their jobs? >> some of them. the vast majority, no. >> krasner said he'll try to get out of the shadow of disgraced former d.a. seth williams who's now serving prison time for taking bribes. >>> the future of the road. one car company has a plan to take on uber and lyft. >>> push for reform. the senate expected to cast a final vote on their plan to overhaul the tax system. the decision could impact everyone in the country. toasting dad: i'm not one for speeches. but here's to... to many more years of fr

put fewer people in jail and not prosecute certain crimes. >> that's the plan for district-elect larry krasnernbc10's mitch blocker sat down exclusively with krasner in his first one-on-one interview since his election. krasner spent his career as a civil rights lawyer. he represented members of the black lives matter movement, suing philadelphia police in the process. in his role as a prosecutor, krasner said the d.a.'s office should be ready for an approach that targets crime instead of the poor. >> culture change begins with having the right leadership. it begins with having a moral compass that, frankly, is missing at this time in that office. >> reporter: should the adas be worried about their jobs now? >> some of them. the vast majority, no. >> krasner said he'll try to get out of the shadow of disgraced former d.a. seth williams who's serving prison time for taking bribes. >>> in delaware, hundreds of children in new castle county are ready for winter thanks to a new coat. at richhill elementary school in newport, students tried on new, personalized coats from the organization operation

number one -- the election of larry krasner as philadelphia district attorney. long-time civil rights lawyer torpedoed six other candidates in the democratic primary and then a republican career prosecutor in the general to win the highest law-enforcement post in philadelphia. this despite his very liberal views on policing, crime punishment, and his own lack of experience in prosecution though $1.45 million fromhelp his case. crystal ball here, george. will people in the future see krasner's election as a shift or as a blip? >> no, i think it is consistent with people's commitmentublic process. you see voters all the time voting for change. i think larry krasner identified himself as the candidaten an issue -- a nuare very important to people -- i.e., people sitting in jail with bails that they can't pay but haven't been convicted of any crimes, and i think that in minority communities where he is talking about the prosecutorial process and the criminal-justice process being about reform and not just punishment. you know, about 15 or 20 years ago, it became jus

we're just about a month out before larry krasner takes office and chris o'connell sat down with him one-on-one about some of the cultural changes he's going to bring. chris? >> reporter: that is right, iain n about month from now philadelphia will have new district attorney. long time center city defense attorney larry krasner will take over as the city's pop prosecutor and in the process shake up an office in desperate need of a makeover. >> that was dark horse in long shot. >> reporter: by his own admission larry krasner says his impossible rice to the da's office was more a movement than an election. >> reality is that we've been putting our resources in the wrong place ways that do not prevent crime don not make us safer and people are sick of it and they want nothing a different direct report roar he's promising a change in culture to an office embroiled in controversy. since former da seth williams was sent to prison for bribery. krasner pledges to reform the cash bail system, free the wrongly convicted and not pursue the death penalty in a system he says picks on minorities b

larry krasner long time civil rights attorney announced his transition team includes several political criminal justice figures. he's promising a change of culture pledge to go reform the cash bail system, free the wrongly convicted and not to pursue the death penalty in a system he says picks on minori minorities. i asked krasner about his reported contentious relationship with the city's police. >> my attitude about police is real simple. i think when you wear uniform you take an oath. you have a duty. you come correct. if you think this is romper room for beating people up and stealing from them, you're going to have problem with me. >> krasner takes office on january 2nd. replacing seth williams who is serving a five year prison sentence for bribery. >>> looking for new home? this one in sicklerville, new jersey s on the market. so what makes it unusual is that you don't need cash. they'll take the bit coin instead. that's the virtual web currency. but a lot of people still don't know what bit coin is. fox 29's dave kinchen has more from camden county. >> three bedrooms up here. fu

. >>> we're just about a month out before philadelphia's incoming district attorney larry krasner takes office and says he is ready to bring about change. krasner announced his transition team yesterday and it includes several prominent political and criminal justice figures. krasner is pledge to go reform the cash bail system, free wrongly convicted and not pursue death penalty in the system he says that picks on men north. he also spoke to our chris o'connell about his relationship with police which police union described as whose style. >> my attitude about police is real simple. i think when you wear a uniform you come correct, you take an oath, you have a duty, you come correct. if you think this is ramper room for beating people up and stealing from them you will have a problem with me. >> he will bring a change of culture to the district attorney's office embroiled in controversy since former district attorney seth williams was sent to prison for bribery. >>> eagles safety malcolm jenkins says he will in longer raise his fist in protest during national anthem games. he made this

. >>> we are a month out before philadelphia's incoming district attorney larry krasner takes office and he says that he is ready to bring about some change. krasner announced his transition team yesterday and it includes several prominent political, criminal justice figures. krasner is pledging to reform the can bail system, free wrongly convicted and not pursue the death penalty in a system that he says picks on minorities. he also spoke to our chris owe conn bell his relationship with police which police union described as whose style. >> my attitude about police is real simple. i think when you wear a uniform you come correct. you take an oath. you have a duty. you come correct. if you think this is romper room for beating people up and stealing from them you will have a problem with me. >> krasner says he will bring a change, culture to the district attorney's office that has been embroiled in controversy since former district attorney seth williams was sent to prison for bribery. >>> this is interesting eagles safety malcolm jenkins is no longer raising his fist in protest duri

larry krasner becoming the district attorney.as wondering if you could talk -- you are just recently at an event speaking about not incarceration. how this takeback of the philadelphia schools fits into this picture? >> you know, one of the best things about the push back , thed the public education state takeover of public education, the privatization of public education, is eventually over a period of time because so many of us were coming together from different places, unifying around a broad-based movement, around our public schools, we were really talking about our children, our neighborhoods, our families, and the city. it became much bigger than an education fight. it actually became very much a unifying force that pulled together grassroots activists that were involved with youth justice work, the criminal justice system, that were looking at questions about politics and integrity, that were educator support but were fundamentally engaged with a lot deep rooteded, issues in our city, including immigrants, sanctuary citie