larry krasner says this is the first phase of many more reforms to come. reporting live in center city, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> a week after last week's high school massacre in florida, survivors are at the white house to call for change. president trump hosted students, parents and teachers from parkland, florida. he was faced with grieving families looking for answers and sharing tales of lost lives and stolen safety. >> how is it that easy to buy this type of weapon? how do we not stop this after columbi columbine, after sandy hook. i'm sitting with a mother that lost her son. it's still happening. we need to do something, and that's why we're here. so let's be strong for the fallen who don't have a voice to speak anymore, and let's never let this happen again. >> among the people taking part in today's session at the white house were six students from the florida school where last week's attack occurred. there were also people affected by the shootings at columbine and sandy hook. >>> in florida and in our nation's capital, thousands of

bruce gordon reports. >> reporter: we caught up with philadelphia district attorney larry krasner at s offices eagles pep rally wednesday and i asked whether krasner had seen what police investigators have gathered regarding the incident. >> we have received some materials, um, there's more to receive, weary viewing what we have now and we're going to follow the stressed where it leaves. >> reporter: the off duty detective confronted 31-year-old khalil lou wall after he distribute rattily struck a pedestrian at broad and bigler around 7:30 monday morning. fox 29 has learned at least three video cameras including one on this nearby home recorded the incident. which the driver now out of his vehicle struggled witness detective. fox 29 has been told the detective fired several shots knocking the man to the ground. then continued firing striking the man 13 times in all. the number of shots app pedestrian to be somewhat of an issue for police commissioner richard ross when he discussed the case monday. >> there are some concerns because of, um, the way -- the shots were fired and the posit

the bail system as part of an overall effort to reduce the number of people in city jails and larry krasner announced that the office will no longer see cash bail for misdemeanors and non-violent felonies and that it discriminates against the poor. they are locked up while wealthier defendants can remain free while on trial. >>> students are getting in on the ground level of of a new expansion project in northeast philadelphia. the youngsters and administra r administrators held a ceremonial ground breaking, in addition to the lewis farrell elementary school. and once complete the 115,000 square foot wing has 12 high tech classrooms and a life skills support room. and superintendant, william hite stopped by to check on the progress slated to be complete in time for the new school year in the fall. >>> philadelphia mayor, jim kenney honored students this afternoon for their hard work, and "action news" stopped by the cte star students award ceremony at city hall. students from each district high school were recognized for their academic and professional excellence. a local robotics team rece

district attorney larry krasner and various community groups honored the victims and called for tougher gun laws and the end to gun violence. >> tomorrow marks one week since the tragedy in parkland, florida. and governor phil murphy called for shooting protocol in the garden state. and praising students for calls for gun control measures. this happened late today in trenton. john rawlins has the full story from the newsroom. >> hi jim, the governor called the gathering today in the wake of what happened in florida. new jersey has a lot of existing protocols concerning school security. active gunshoter drills and that sort of things. the action today the new minvation will look through the pol says and add to them where needed. >> today we will review current protocol and outline different steps being taken at the state level. to augment the practice by law enforcement. let me be perfectly clear nothing is a replacement for comprehensive gun reincluding a ban on mill industry style weapons and keeping those with mental issues from access to gun. >> and reaction over schools security. st

can't happen any more. [ applause ] >> reporter: and back here in philadelphia, district attorney larry krasnero attended the rally this evening. he urged people to use their votes to help change gun laws much iain. >> shawnette, thank you. >>> meantime president trump signed a memo to take steps towards banning those bump stock devices that was of course what was used in the deadly las vegas shooting last year. bump stocks allow semi automatic we were tons to become rapid fire devices much the justice department was already reviewing bump stocks and says it understands this is a priority for the pre. now to developing story new charges filed against an attorney tied to the russian investigation. alex van der zwaan plead guilty in federal court today charge width lying to federal investigators about his interactions with the trump campaign official. the charge does not involve election interference or relate to the trump cal pain operations but connected to the investigation into trump's former campaign chair paul manafort. former trump campaign aid rick gates. special council robert mol lower

. >> reporter: newly sworn in larry krasner, a former defense attorney was part of the group. he said his fellow politicians need to address the gun control topic locally and nationally >> if we have to go straight after the nra and we have to go straight after people who believe that cars should be regulated but guns should not. we're going to do it because that's what we have to do. >> reporter: the protest began about an hour after president trump announced his proposed ban on bump stops, devices attached to semiautomatic weapons to make them fully automatic. they were used in the deadliest shooting in modern american history, las vegas >> we cannot only take action that make us feel like we're making a difference. we must actually make a difference. we must move past entire debates and focus on evidence based solutions. >> reporter: officials stopped short. officials did announce round table sessions with teachers and students to talk about school safety in the future. >> this is a listening session to see what could be done better, what the actual concerns of the students

. >> reporter: newly sworn in larry krasner, a former defense attorney was part of the group. he said his fellow politicians need to address the gun control topic locally and nationally >> if we have to go straight after the nra and we have to go straight after people who believe that cars should be regulated but guns should not. we're going to do it because that's what we have to do. >> reporter: the protest began about an hour after president trump announced his proposed ban on bump stops, devices attached to semiautomatic weapons to make them fully automatic. they were used in the deadliest shooting in modern american history, las vegas >> we cannot only take action that make us feel like we're making a difference. we must actually make a difference. we must move past entire debates and focus on evidence based solutions. >> reporter: officials stopped short. officials did announce round table sessions with teachers and students to talk about school safety in the future. >> this is a listening session to see what could be done better, what the actual concerns of the students

philadelphia district attorney larry krasner tells nbc 10 he's onboard. >> we need to have a method to temporarily separate people from firearms under these circumstances. it's just common sense. >> reporter: states like washington, connecticut, indiana and oregon already have these laws on the books. meantime that gun control vigil, that candlelit vigil will be held here at the united church of christ at 6:30 tonight. >>> randy, thank you. meanwhile in new jersey governor phil murphy says his administration is putting a new focus on student safety following the florida school shooting. among the steps announced yesterday is a comprehensive review of the tools students, parents and teachers have to report on potential threat. they plan to expand training on how to report suspicious activity to bus drivers and teachers. the head of the state police also wants his troopers to integrate themselves into every school's culture. >> you need to get out of your car. you need to be in the lobby. and it needs to happen day in and day out, different times and become part of the culture. >> offici

larry krasner does not appear to be concerned about the legal hurdles that plan faces. >> the d.a.'s office is not going to stop a good people from saving lives. that is bottom line. we have three or four people dying a day in philadelphia. we need to create a situation in which they can survive long enough to get their lives together and get rehabilitation. >> krasner was here at our cbs-3 studios to speak with the philadelphia association of black journalists. >>> a merck chemist is out on bail after being arrested after dumb continuing potassium cyanide into a storm drain. authorities say richard o'rourke of warrington stole toxic chemical from his employer back in december, but dumped it when he learned he was under investigation for that theft. officials say local water supply was tested for two weeks and they found no evidence of any toxic impact. >>> dodging droppings, tonight officials are taking action to get rid of crowness trenton. the birds are making life very uncomfortable for people in new jersey's capitol. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff shows you how the

larry krasner say cash bail in minor crimes unfairly targets poor, minorities, and non-violence felonies will fall under new policy. last year new jersey largely eliminated cash bail. >>> staying in new jersey camden county taking opioid makers and contributors to court, they announced a big lawsuit yesterday, it targets manufacturers like purdue pharma and rite aide and wall green. county seeking money for drug treatment and toned what it considered, dangerous practices by pharmaceutical industries. >>> warminster bucks county emt is facing, luring charges after sting operation by camden county officials. pennsauken police say 46 year-old charles aimer was still wearing his emt uniform last week when he went to meet with what he thought was a 14 year-old girl. the two had allegedly exchanged text messages and planned to meet for sex but instead, aimer was met with police. he works were four different ambulance companies as an emt. >>> police are searching for an armed suspect after two home invasions in feltonville, officers responded to the 200 block of west roosevelt boulevard, for a

district attorney larry krasner and various community groups called for tougher gun laws and an end to violence. high school students who happened to walk by felt compelled to join and make their voices heard. >> i feel as though i need to do something to protect myself because quite frankly i feel as though adults and higher authority figures aren't doing enough. >> for way too long the nra has had much too much influence over gun policy. we got to vote some people out. >> today marked one week since the tragedy in parkland, florida. >> philadelphia police are searching for the driver who struck a woman and then fled the scene. it happened around midnight at the intersection of hunting park and pulaski avenues in the tioga-nicetown section. the woman is in stable condition with an arm injury and so far police do not have a description of the vehicle or the person driving wanted for this hit-and-run. >>> a judge in new york has declared a mistrial in the fraud case against philadelphia mob boss joey merlino. merlino was accused of participating in gambling and health insurance schemes.

for 17 people killed in those wounded in parkland, florida, philadelphia's new district attorney larry krasner a former defense attorney joined the group. >> if we have to go straight after the nra and we have to go straight after people, who believe that cars should be regulated but guns should in the then we will do it because that is what we have to do. >> the philadelphia protest happened about an hour after president trump announced proposed ban on bump stock devices but these protesters say they are pushing for more discussion, and additional gun control measures. >>> authorities charged a delaware county man with illegally selling guns outside of a gun show. detectives arrested kevin spillman at a expo center in oaks. aston man sold two firearms to an under cover detective who posed as an unqualified filed buyer. stillman threatened to kill himself as police moved n prosecutors say a search of his vehicle moved in, they turned up thousands of rounds of ammunition. >>> chopper three over the scene of the double shooting in woodbury gloucester county. police have a suspect in custody in c

newly sworn in philadelphia district attorney larry krasner a former defense attorney, was part of the group. >> if we have to go straight after the nra and we have to go straight after people who believe that cars should be regulated but guns should not then we will do it because that is what we have to do. >> philadelphia protest happened about an hour after president donald trump announced proposed ban on bump stock devices, protesters say they are pushing for more discussion and additional gun control measures. >>> and some schools in gloucester county are tightening security and reviewing safety measures in the aftermath of the florida shooting. washington town hip schools sent a letter home to parents monday reminding them of the safety plans already in place, a few years ago district made high school students wear id badges. schools are secured with vestibules and there are security cameras live streamed directly to the police department there are two security drills per month. >> everyone is in the back in the classroom and you have to don't talk and just stay quiet >> anything

larry krasner does not appear to be concerned about the legal hurdles that plan faces. >> the d.a.'s office is not going to stop a good people from saving lives. that is bottom line. we have three or four people dying a day in philadelphia. we need to create a situation in which they can survive long enough to get their lives together and get rehabilitation. >> krasner was here at our cbs-3 studios to speak with the philadelphia association of black journalists. >>> a merck chemist is out on bail after being arrested after dumb continuing potassium cyanide into a storm drain. authorities say richard o'rourke of warrington stole toxic chemical from his employer back in december, but dumped it when he learned he was under investigation for that theft. officials say local water supply was tested for two weeks and they found no evidence of any toxic impact. >>> dodging droppings, tonight officials are taking action to get rid of crowness trenton. the birds are making life very uncomfortable for people in new jersey's capitol. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff shows you how the

has a list of what he considers unreliable cops, and this sole witness against meek mill is on larry krasner's list. so, i think the outcome is the d.a. certainly seems to be on the side of meek mill, and so we'll have to see how that turns out. >> all right, meantime, new jersey has a new governor, murphy, and he is going to maybe change up the way charter-school expansion is done or not done and reappropriate some of that money. do you think in the end that the schools are gonna be happy with how it all turns out? he's got other priorities like restoring voter rights for parolees and things on the list, but schools definitely made it up there. >> yeah, well, look, the public schools are gonna -- many people in public schools don't like school choice, don't like charter schools. you see where we're heading with this. they argue that it siphons off money. in fact, in pennsylvania, there's a situation now where public schools are concerned about money being siphoned off for -- and it's not completely democrat versus republican, but it's pretty heavily that way with republicans in rural and smal

. >> reporter: district attorney larry krasner spoke publicly about its existence saying that this list of about two dozen provided guidance on a officer's credibility to testify. >> and any allegation about whether these officers have done something wrong in the past or some sort of bias. >> reporter: attorney for meek mill learned of it earlier this week about a filing. they have requested a new trial base on the revelation the night in 2007 when he was arrested along this south philadelphia street. as police closed in on meek mill, the lead officer on the case testified that he had pointed a gun at them but now is there conflicting information. two officers here that night say that is not exactly how things played out. sworn statements claim meek mill tossed away a gun and never pointed it at officers. it ace alleged that reginald graham lied as to nearly every material fact in his testimony at trial. these developments, attorney said could have suede the outcome of that trial, officially the names of the secret list have been kept quiet. can you confirm that officer reginald graham,

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a judge back in january postponed the hearing until next month to give the new district larry krasner time prepare. >>> president trump will meet with the nation's governors at the white house. he said the school shooting will be the first item on the agenda. the president has proposed raising the minimum age to purchasing assault style weapons. he brought up arming teachers in school but suggested that should be debated and decided at the state level. >>> it was a sad scene outside of marjory stoneman douglas high school, stay tuned returned to pick up things they left behind in the deadly rampage. >> we tried meeting with some people even in florida, with our state legislation, and meeting with them, sadly they wouldn't. really what they are trying to do there is trying to make us forget and we're not going to let that happen. >> in a bitter sweet moment, the marjory stoneman douglas high school hockey team celebrated a state championship last night. players said the championship is dedicated to the 17 people they lost. classes resumed this wednesday. >>> cleanup continues after a d

. >>> philadelphia district attorney larry krasner is taking action, he announced he's suing ten pharmaceuticalor their role. he's helping the lawsuit recover tosome some of the cost philadelphia has occurred. krasner said philly's hurt is greater than any other city. >> we have three to four philadelphians dying every single day from fatal drug overdoses probably 80% from opioid related deaths. it is a bigger epidemic in terms of volume of death than aids at its height nationally. >> few weeks ago other philadelphia leaders filed a similar lawsuit against drug manufacturers >> good evening, new castle, live look at wilmington, we're now preparing for the possibility of snow. scott got the timing in 15 seconds. flush screech >>> 60 degrees for tomorrow, during the day, those temperatures drop upper 30's saturday, dry to start with the snow moving in especially at night. ultimate doppler showing moderate to heavy rainfall also the lehigh valley as we move am i burlington county, ocean county looking at the steadier rainfall, this will continue through overnight into the first part, really of you

. >>> wednesday night and philadelphia district attorney larry krasner ordered a change to the bail system and a multivehicle truck crash closes the northeast extension for hours. but the big story on "action news" is the historic day in philadelphia. it will go down as one of the warmest february days since they began keeping records and we smash the record for february 21st. the temperatures were soaring all over the tri-state area and made for a spectacular day for visitors and animals at the the brandywine zoo and it made for a delightf delightful stroll on the boardwalk of atlantic city. lets get the facts and figures from cecily tynan. >> reporter: for philadelphians younger than 88 years old this is the warmest february day in your lifetime. the high shot up for a record high for the date 77 degrees, the old record was 72. set back in 1930. but this was the warmest february day in 88 years. the second warmest february day ever recorded in philadelphia. some areas even warmer. areas north and west closer to a cold front you had even a stronger prefrontal surge of air. reading 82 and

philadelphia district attorney larry krasner has filed a second lawsuit against opioid makers.e claims ten different pharmaceutical companies have fueled the city's crisis through deceptive marking. the drug companies have said they don't believe litigation is the answer but have pledged to help. >>> you remember the movie harry and the hendersons. well, could we finally put to rest the age old question is big foot real? before you say no, you're going to want to see amazing new video shot by one family. >>> a little girl battling leukemia gets a special gift an extreme home makeove home make r family thanks the flyers. we shared this with you on random act of kindsness day. are you planning to pay it forward to someone. let us know how. using the fox 29 hash tag. >> i'm sue serio along with weekend wendy. the point is for the entire president's day weekend the museum of the american revolution newest museum here in philadelphia on third street third and chestnut has lots of activities planned, themed activities, give aways, last chance to see very water color called "among his

philadelphia district attorney larry krasner just dropped dozen of marijuana possession cases. he made that decision after noticing a spike in marijuana arrests. krasner says his office could use those resource toss prosecute murder cases. most people in the city caught with small amounts of the drug they receive citations but krasner says or still being charged with misdemeanors. >>> still ahead here on good day "good day philadelphia" amy schumer has done something that shocked a lot of people and jennifer aniston announcing another chapter in her marriage and it is not a good one. >>> also ahead on "good day philadelphia" we have talked to bruno mars. he is bringing his show back to philadelphia. what you need to know to get your hands on the ticket and special guest he will have on the stage. >>> i could never get enough of these guys right here and ladies harlem globetrotter showing off their skills with the trick shot try affect a do you see that right there three players at the same time draining a shot from the top of an aircraft carrier, this happened on board u.s.s. m

. >> new philadelphia district attorney larry cra krasner is dropping 50 marijuana cases and doesn't plan to prosecutor new ones. most are given citations but some are charged with misdemeanors. he would like to divert the resources to other crimes like murder. >> meanwhile, today the formation of the opioid law enforcement task force. it includes departments in southeastern pennsylvania. they plan to go after the international drug cartels, doctors that write prescriptions for pill mills. >> we have a special section of our website devoted to the continuing coverage of the opioid crisis. visit 6abc right now for the personal stories of people that battle their addiction and former addicts now helping others. >> a famous hollywood couple is calling it quit after two and a half years of marriage. plus postal problems. some residents tell us they don't get mail for days on end. our troubleshoots are stamping out the problem. and we learn how effective the flu shot is in keeping you from the doctor's office. cecily tynan comes back with a look at the timeline for the winter storm. plus,

. >> philadelphia district attorney larry krasner just dropped dozens of marijuana possession cases. krasner says his office could use those resource toss prosecute murder cases, most people in the city, caught with small amounts receive citation bus krasner says or still being charged with misdemeanor. >> all right. well we have talked about the assistant football coach and a freshman soccer player and across country coach and athletic director from easton, pennsylvania. they are just some of the innocent victims of the wednesday's school shooting in south florida. listen. >> reporter: precious faces of young people, bye like 14 year-old alana petty, cara her neighbor wrote on facebook rip cara and filet with the angels you will be greatly missed and we will always love you and celebrate your beautiful life. jamie guttenberg her father fred, writing on facebook my hearties broken. yesterday jennifer and i lost our baby girl to a violent shooting at her school. we lost our daughter and my son jesse, lost his sister. i'm broken as i write this trying to figure out how my family gets t

district attorney larry krasner says his office will no longer seek cash bail for people accused of misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. right now felons are stay -- suspect read forced ed -- righ suspects are forced to stay in jail if they can't afford jail. >>> lawmakers in camden county claim the makers of oxycontin are the same as powerful drug cartels. the county said it filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against pharmacies and drug companies including purdue pharma which makes oxycontin and other addictive opioid painkillers. the lawsuit aims to stop opioid distribution and make funding available for treatment, awareness, and educating doctors about the drugs' dangers. >> they should know the devastation they've caused. they knew those pills were addictive. >> if they affected one life, this lawsuit is worth it in my eyes. >> purdue pharma issued a statement saying they could for only 2% of total yoiopioid prescriptions and "vigorously deny the allegations." >>> in lehigh county, police officers and recovery specialists will follow up with people who overdose. the district attorney announced

philadelphia's new district attorney larry krasner, a former defense attorney, spoke to the group. >> if we have to go straight after the nra, and we have to go straight after people, who believe that cars should be regulated but guns should not because we will do it because that is what we have to do. >> an her before that protest took place president trump announced a proposed ban on bump stock devices. protesters hearsay they are pushing, foreign more discussion, and an additional gun control measures. >>> a delaware county man face s charges of illegally selling guns outside of a gun show, detectives arrested kevin spillman at expo center in oaks. prosecutors say as exton man sold two firearms to an under cover detective who posed as an under cover buyer. stillman threatened to kill himself. prosecutors say a search of his vehicle and house turned up more weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition. >>> and chopper three over woodbury, gloucester county where police are investigating a double shooting at a county parking garage. officials say this happened at coupe are street ga

district attorney larry krasner urged the crowd to use their votes to send message about gun control. he says gun regulation is desperately needed. many of those who attended had been affected by gun violence and in one way or another, in fact, one father spoke about his son. >> i will never, ever have the opportunity to see him marriage, graduate from college, matter of fact, 26 days after he was murdered, his only son was born. my grandson would never know his father. he will never have an opportunity to play ball with his dad. or for my son to tell him how to ride a bike. >> the group says they're planning a demonstration on march 21 in center city to get the attention of lawmakers. let's take to you montgomery count think morning, man behind bars accused of illegally selling guns outside a gun show. police say earlier this month, kevin stillman was in the parking lot of the greater philadelphia expo center, in oaks selling guns right from his car. there was an under cover detective there posing as a buyer who couldn't legally get a gun. able to buy two guns from that man right the

. >> reporter: effective immediately, district attorney larry krasner says prosecutors will no longer recommend cash bail for 25 low-level offenses. it includes dui, possession of marijuana and identity theft.

. >>> philadelphia district attorney, larry krasner announced a new appointment in his leadership team, robert a former administrator at justice department will serve as his first assistant district attorney. he has a background in juvenile justice. carroll engeltenant is krasner 's other first assistant her expertise is handling homicide cases. >> i have received district's attorney office because i see this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring about fundamental change, fundamental reform in philadelphia's criminal and juvenile justice system. >> krasner says his new team is talented like members of the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news" continuing to honor reverend billy graham week after his death tributes that is usually only reserved for presidents. >>> carson wentz talk on twit ter but we will explain. >>> for the first time prince harry and fiance megan markle join prince william and kate middleton in a public appearance together, what thi if our world isn't stuck in the past, why is higher education? we say if there's a better pa

he says he spoke spoken to district attorney larry krasner and they will prosecute the folks they canntify to the fullest extent of the law. i'm dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> unbelievable just to see everyone, to be here. unreal. ♪ >> from minnesota to florida eagles fans everywhere are celebrating that my friends super bowl mvp nick foles. how does that sound? the first ever eagle in disney's super bowl parade. last night after winning the big game he shouted out those time honored words etched in sports lure, i'm going to disneyworld and you saw him fist bumping mickey in disneyworld. got to love it. >>> dilly dilly for philly philly bud light is honoring its promise a free beer for philadelphia. if the eagles won the super bowl. well we did. and early this morning during our extended coverage of our super bowl champs the company tweeted me 25 bars along the parade route will offer free bud light to patrons. the deal came after eagles offensive tackle lane johnson said in an interview last summer that if the eagles won the super bowl he'd give out beer to everybody. well bud l

. >> back in philadelphia, district attorney larry krasner urged the crowd to use their votes to sendessage about gun control. >> we need to regulate guns. we regulate cars. everybody accepts that they think it's normal. we need to regulate guns. this isn't crazy. >> reporter: and organizers of this evening's marseille they are planning to march on marc march 21st through center city to get the attention of the lawmakers on this issue. iain. >> shawnette, thank you. >>> president trump signing memo to take steps towards banning bump stock devices. that's what was used in the dealed las vegas shooting last year. bump stocks allow semi automatic weapons to become rammed fire devices. the justice department understands this is a priority for the president. >>> skyfox over west philadelphia tonight where a 17-year-old boy was shot in the back. he's in critical condition right now. this hammed just before 8:00 at 56th and sansom streets. so far there have been no arrests. >>> it could be the first fast food spot in one montgomery county town. packed into jenn quinn town cafeteria it got he

. >>> philadelphia's top lawyer larry krasner announced a major policy change today, starting to day district attorney's office will no longer seek cash bail, for a number of lower level offenses , krasner claims that the new policy will protect the cities poor communities. >> do not imprison the poor in the united states for the so-called crime of poverty. this new cash bail policy will not only save taxpayers money, but in the most poor of the 10 largest cities in the united states by allowing low level defendants to maintain their freedom but will begin to level the economic and racial playing field that is exist in our courts and in our court system. >> total of 25 charges will no longer require cash bail under the new policy. >>> allentown married he had pawlowski took the stand in his federal corruption trial today. he is accused of selling his office to campaign donors. pawlowski told the jury one donor, a developer, probably got more attention but not more access. he called that basic constituent services. prosecutors alleged that the democrat rigged a series of contracts to

da larry krasner welcomed robert list tenby as his first assistant his role will include working on juvenilend criminal justice issues at both local and national levels. former president obama had a appointed him to run the justice department's office of juvenile justice and delinquent see prevention. >> how many drunk driving arrests do you suppose it takes to get a guy off the road? upper darby police just arrested a man again for drunk driving, not his first time, not his second either if you thought it was possibly his third you'd also be wrong. this is his eighth arrest for dui and it has our hank flynn asking, how many is too many? >> i think that we got to continue. i mean i think he needs to go to jail. i think he needs to be rehabbed. um, given an opportunity but how many times can you go to the well? >> it's hank i'm in upper darby police headquarters where they recently took in this guy, charged him with his eighth dui, eight. my take is, how could a guy like this possibly still be behind the wheel? the accused, 48-year-old timothy fries pros spec park. upper dash plea police supe

larry krasner today. cash bail is no more. the d.a. they'll no longer ask for cash bail for those low level offenses. krasner says the initiative is to help those who can't afford to post the bail right away. specifically, poor and minorities. he says this will also save taxpayers money because it will allow defendants to maintain their freedom instead of sitting in jail. members of the north philadelphia community praised his decision. >> this may be one small step for the city at large but it's a major step for the members of my community, so we thank all of you who framed this process and have brought us to this point. >> we don't know yet when that change will go into effect. >>> curious cat got stuck inside a garbage disposal over the weekend so it was chester county police to the rescue with some tools and a little bit of coconut oil tredyffrin township police were able to disassemble the disposal and get the cat out of there in about an hour. the department posted on their facebook page we are happy to report that our new furry

district attorney larry krasner and various community groups called for tougher gun laws and an end toome high school students who happened to be walking by felt compelled to join them and make their voices heard. >> i feel as though i need to do something to protect myself because quite frankly i feel as though adults and higher authority figures aren't doing enough. >> for way too long the nra has had much too much influence over gun policy. we got to vote some people out. >> today marks one week since the tragedy in parkland, florida. >> a judge in new york has declared a mistrial in the fraud case against philadelphia mob boss joey merlino. he stood accused of participating in gambling and health insurance schemes. the jury deliberated for nearly four days but was deadlocked. his lawyers insisted he quit the life of crime after a lengthy prison term. government officials have not said whether they were going to seek another trial. >>> it is now 6:40. taking a live look, we promise center city is in there. those buildings are taller than that. we're dealing with a bit of fog this mo

district attorney larry krasner urged the crowd to use their votes to send message about gun roll, he says gun regulation is desperately needed many attended have been personally affected by gun violence. here is one man. >> i will never have the opportunity to see him graduate from high school, get married, and my grandson would never know his father. he will never have the opportunity play ball with his dad. or my son to take him out on a bike. >> after the death of his son, now, that whole group says they are planning a demonstration on march 21 in center city to get the attention of more lawmakers. >>> meanwhile, mercer county, new jersey governor phil murphy praising student pushing for gun control measures and he's calling for a whole review of the protocols in that state. and a news conference with members of the legislators and legal people, he says, he's going to review mandate that schools prepare for shoot togs improve safety. >> let me be perfectly clear. nothing we are doing here can be a replacement for comprehensive gun safety reform at the federal level including a ban

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. >> larry kraz krasner went after pharmaceutical companies responsible for marketing the drugs. he explains the suit is linked to other court action already launched. >>> a senate deal to fix daca fell flatly. the dreamers back at square one. the bipartisan deal would have offered a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants to came to the u.s. as children. the senate voted on four plans, anden couldn't pass any of them. it's not clear if senators could get a chance to try again. 60 votes were need ed for approval. the final was 54-45. >> phil murphy is rolling out a plan to smooth your ride on new jersey transit trains. the focus is on easing overcr d overcrowding. the transportation officials unveiled short-term and long-term plans. murphy promises to get more train cars on the tracks after they get positive train control equipment. that's the technology that slows a speeding train. he also says new jersey transit is taking steps to add equipment and hire more people. a state audit has the transit system under a microscope. more changes are expected. >>> get r