not in a local county jail. >> now vasquez says the hayes family is satisfied with the outcome. coming up at 6:00 more on the circumstances that had police calling for a murder charge. >> thanks robert. still ahead at 5:00 making a pact for the planet. the agreement that the governor made with the 11 other states and nations. >>> the suspect in an oakland airport drug smuggling ring faced a judge today. one of them is accused of using their access as an airport employee to smuggle cocaine and meth to hawaii. it was called an egregious breach of trust. they have been using their security clearance to get drug packed suitcases back check points and on to planes. caught in the act, the silent alarm at a south bay high school alerted police to a burglary. when they arrived they found these two. they were hawaiiiding on the property. they found illegal drugs and stolen property from several commercial businesses. >> also in the south bay, crews spent all day cleaning up after a fire that left tookic water behind. the water mixed with the hazardous chemicals. a waste company had to de

it's suspicious, the fires are under investigation local county law enforce. are working together, state park police are involved. >> reporter: well, it's that criminal investigation go forward, the fire fighting continues. the hope is to have the fires contained asap. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> let's he -- let's go back live outside, sky6 live hd showing you the center city skyline. like we mentioned the dry conditions and high winds could make for a dangerous situation. our team coverage continues with meteorologist david murphy outside the studios with the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: not only are the brushfires underway. they have good fuel to work with this afternoon and the winds could make it earer to spread. we have -- easier to spread. we have fire concerns officially kicking in at 1:00 p.m. it's after that time period we expect the breezes to begin to build. this doesn't expire until later tonight. combination of low humidity and breezy conditions and the dry fuel on the forest floor due to the lack of rain around here of signi

still ahead on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- why firefighters and one local county set a fire today in celebration. plus police and how they are responding after a series of high profile confrontations that ended with both officers and suspects dead. and what is to blame for this morning's meltdown on metro that snarled the morning >>> you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side maureen: metro is apologizing for a morning mess that sent thousands of commuters scrambling for a way to get to work. at around 8:00 this morning, smoke filled the metro tunnel between rosslyn and foggy bottom stations. metro closed both stations. commuters then scrambled to catch buses and taxis. some chose to walk. car services including uber began surge pricing charging up to four times the normal rate. i took three hours for metro to repair the damage and reopen theations. service didn't return to normal until 3:00 this afternoon. >> horal. horrible. horrible. >> put it all in one word. horrible. can i have tell people having a bad day from running the metro. everyone frustrated. maureen: metro said it replaced

. >> happening today, two local counties will go over their emergency plans in case of an oil train crash. montgomery and camden counties will hold training exercises and hold strategy meetings on that scenario. and they'll hold drills on the schuylkill river. and next to the tracks next to the site of the deadly amtrak derailment. pennsylvania governor tom wolf sent a letter to two railroad companies asking them to slow down the oil trains as they roll through popular areas. >> we want to save the environment. >> they're not sticking their head in the sand. >> now camden county will meet with state official first responders and railroad companies for a planning session today in belmar. >>> we have new information on that deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. union officials say the train engineer had what they call a grueling shift. they say brandon bostian's trip was shortened by earlier delays in boston. the railroad said bostian had about an hour to rest and eat. the union says the engineers used to get at least 90 minutes' rest. but they changed that in march. amtrak said the cha

tomorrow, two local counties will run training exercises on a worst case scenario. >> george spencer reports, this comes as pennsylvania's governor toughens his stance toward the rail carriers. >> right on the other side of this tree line here. >> karen knows exactly where the oil trains pass. and tonight while we were at her house, we saw one. through the trees and vegetation, she worries it may become kindling in the event of an explosion like this one in north dakota just earlier this month. >> if anything happened you know we run the risk of our homes igniting. >> reporter: tomorrow first responders in montgomery and camden counties will run drills on their plans for an oil train spill or derailment. oil by rail transit is now common region wide. empty oil tankers were sitting on the tracks just steps from the site of last week's amtrak derailment. >> the training exercises here on the banks of the schuylkill river and in camden county tomorrow, come right as pennsylvania's governor is urging additional safety measures. >> governor wolf is asking two the state's biggest carriers

if you can name an agency in mcclinny county there were here yesterday. that includes localtate federal, county officers. we had counties from our neighboring countries that have assisted us as well in this entire question. all of those agencies are still here today and are still providing manpower and support to us. to that we are extremely thankful for that. we've had a huge outpouring of support by our community, by our business members, and by our citizens. whether it was bringing officers -- i'm sorry whether bringing officers water or food or sending us prayers via e-mail or facebook or personal messages to officers here. we are proud of our waco community. make no mistake we are here to serve and protect them. that happened yesterday with the huge contingent law enforcement officers. once able to get the scene under control, i mentioned we had off duty officers here shopping. those officers responded as well putting themselves in harms way without the proper equipment to protect themselves. they saw officers and citizens in need. they didn't second guess. they came st

the local county that wants to tax it like a hotel. >>> the man who was punched by a teenager in a metro station last month says he is relieved that his attacker has been locked up. >> the video is disturbing. albert langeberg says he blacked out and doesn't remember getting hit that day, but he does remember the confrontation before the punches. news 4's shomari stone is at the eastern market metro station where all this happened. shomari? >> reporter: good evening. that 69-year-old man was attacked behind me at metro station. tonight he cities down and shares his story. >> to listen to the birds. >> reporter: at 69 years old albert likes to sit on his porch and listen to chirping. >> that's nice. >> reporter: and it's peaceful the opposite of what he experienced on the surveillance video at the eastern market metro station last month. >> it was an unfortunate incident and i think i was just a random case. >> reporter: take a look. he says 19-year-old elijah smith attacked him. tonight police tell us that they arrested smith and he's in jail. >> what was your reaction when police called

. >>> today, two local counties will go over their emergency plans in the event of an oil train crash. montgomery and camden counties will run training exercises and hold strategy sessions on that worst case scenario. first responders will be involved in drills linked to a possible oil train spill or derailment. nc oil tankers were sitting on the tracks near the site of last week's amtrak crash. pennsylvania governor tom wolf has written a letter to two railroads asking them to slow down oil trains when they roll through populated area. >> i want a safety environment for our folks. >> they're not sticking their head in the sand. >> montgomery county will hold its along the river in upper providence township. camden will hold a planning meeting in delmar. >>> we have new information on the train derailment. union officials say that the train engineer had what they call a moving shift on the day of the crash. the union said that brandon bostian's break was actually shortened by earlier delays in washington. those delays gave him about an hour to rest and eat. of course as you know that

see how the district's numbers compare to local counties in maryland and virginia. check out our wusa9 news app. >>> tonight we're getting a look at disturbing surveillance video that helped convicts a prince george's county police officer of assaulting a student. -- convicts a prince george's county police officer of assaulting a student. this video shows the officer arguing with the student and pulling his arm back and punching him right in the face and then he arrests the student. this sort of behavior will not be tolerated says the state's attorney. >> no matter who you are you're accountable in -- no one is above the law. >> we work for this community first. i think we keep an eye on that. we are first accountable to the people who send us here. >> pickard scheduled to be sentenced in july and faces up to 15 years in prison. >>> jesse matthew, the man accused of murdering uva student hannah graham is due in court tomorrow where a judge is expected to set a new trial date. trial was originally set for june 29th, but the defense requested more time to let a dna ex

my uncles were both sheriffs from local county until about 1941 when we all went off to the service. i decided then that i was going to be in politics, i was going to run for sheriff when the war was over because my dad lost his car during the war. they pulled our car off, and there i was, skinny. i wasn't anything to look at. i just decided that whatever i'd it, i was going to do something that you had to have a car. at nine or 10 or 11 years old or 14, i decided to come back and run for sheriff because my uncles knew they had to have a car and i wanted a job where i had to have a car. it wasn't that i hated lawbreakers and wanted law and order -- i wanted a job where i would have a car, so i intended to come back and run for sheriff, so i got a chance to get a law degree. i came back and ran for county judge in my home county while i was still in law school, just to get my name around. be careful what you run for, you might get elected. i got elected and had to finish law school. i was 24 then, one of the youngest judges in the state and people come in -- i was 24 and i looked 19.

if you can name an agency in mcclellan county, they were here with us yesterday. that includes localral, and county officers. we had counties from our neighboring counties have assisted us as well in this entire investigation. all of those agencies are still here today and are still providing manpower and support to us. to that we are extremely thankful for that. we've had a huge outpouring of support by our community, by our business members, and by our citizens. whether it was bringing officers or i'm sorry whether it was bringing officers water or food, or sending us prayers via e-mail or facebook, or personal messages to the individual officers here. we are proud of our waco community and make no mistake about it, we are here to serve and protect them and that happened yesterday with a huge contin dependent of law enforcement officers. once we were able to get the scene under control, i mentioned to some of you we had off-duty officers here shopping. those officers responded as well, putting themselves in harm's way even without the proper equipment to protect themselves, they sa

montgomery county is the only local government in the nation with a complete monopoly over the sale andution of all wine beer and hard liquor. distributors must deliver everything they want to sell to the county's warehouse which then uses government employees to redistribute it to roughly 1,000 restaurants and privately owned beer and wine stores. after the news4 i-team's investigation last fall into theft, the agency promised many of its problems would be fixed when it switched to this new oracle computer system in february. but since then more than a dozen businesses have testified at county council hearings that the new system actually made things worse. >> i want to know what they'll do. we live and die by whey what they're doing. >> we understand their pain. we hear their pain. we are really looking to do things differently, get their input and be able to make changes as we go. >> reporter: she says it typically takes three to six months to iron out the kinks. >> anytime you go through a large implementation of this size it is -- we have growing pains. and it takes several months

what local county will be hit the hardest? i'll tell you at 6:30. back to you. >>> safety investigators say they do not believe amtrak train 188 was hit by gunfire. that said they still haven't ruled out the possibility that some object might have hit the train's windshield at some point before the derailment. another question that remains unanswered why was the train traveling at 106 miles per hour in the first place when it rounded a sharp curve. eight people of course were killed in the derailment. dozens of others seriously hurt. >>> it's time to stop the violence by any means necessary. that's the theme for a rally scheduled for this afternoon by the ncaa. organizers say they plan to gather in a different spot every tuesday to draw attention to homicides that keep happening in the city. this afternoon's rally starts at 5:00 at the naacp satellite office at 1135 north gilmor street. >>> prosecutors are demanding a gag order in the freddie gray case. they say statements by the police officers could prejudice the public. the prosecutors say they h

the sportier utility vehicle. >>> montgomery county council expressed mounting frustration. how local restaurants say the agency isn't delivering what they need and it's hurting hundreds of small businesses in that county. tish is here to explain why the council says this is -- or they are so frustrated. >> unlike anywhere else in our ar area restaurants in montgomery county have to buy all their beer wine and hard liquor from the liquor board. they were stunned how difficult it is to order that alcohol using the county's new online system. how many restaurants, like the one we profiled yesterday, keep getting wrong or incomplete orders and how long it takes to actually get special orders like craft beer or unusual wines delivered. >> i'm stunned at the idea that it would take anyone six weeks to get any product that they routinely expect to sell to montgomery county customers. that's appalling. >> reporter: indicating for the first time today he wants to privatize all special order alcohol sales, which account for roughly 25,000 different types of beer wine and spirits. the council s

administration, i can tell you that there are -- that there are not enough law enforcement officers at the local, county, state and federal level to be able to forcibly deport people who are here in an undocumented status. if you start out agreeing with those two facts, we then have at least the beginnings of the outline of how we have to start to try to fix this problem. part of the reason i think it's so intractable in the country, though, is because the executive branch hasn't done what the executive branch is supposed to do, and that's execute and enforce the laws in this country. so you have people believing and not wanting to engage in any commonsense discussion of reform of the system because they don't believe that whatever changes are made in the law, that they're going to actually be enforced. and quite frankly, employers are a huge part of the problem. you know, i'm not a guy who is in favor of building a fence or wall along the entire length of america's southern border. it's too expensive, it's inefficient and i'll tell you i've never found a wall or fence that people filled with the human

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. >>> in other news that we're watching two local counties will practice their emergency plans in case of an oil train crash. montgomery and camden counties will hold plans to prepare for that worst case scenario. in montgomery county the environmental protection agency will lead drills on the schuylkill river. trains carrying crude oil roll through this area every day. on the site of the amtrak crash last week, oil tankers were sitting on the tracks but they were all right. governor wolf is asking to slow down as they roll through popular neighborhoods. >> they're not sticking their head in the sand. >> in addition to montgomery county, camden county will meet with state officials, first responders and railroad freight companies today for a planning session in belmar. >>> this morning, we have new information on the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. union officials now say the train's engineer had what they called a grueling shift on the day of the crash. railroad workers united said brandon bostian's rest break last tuesday was shortened by delays of the earlier train the was

i want democrats elected from the local to the county to the state to the federal level once again makinghe case that when democrats win, americans win. and so i want to say just a few words about what is happening to american families and what's happening with our economy because i have always believed fundamentally that when families are strong, america is strong. we have come through some really tough economic times. i looked at the statistics and south carolina has pulled itself as other places have as well american families have made a lot of sacrifices. people lost jobs. people lost homes. people had to put college on the back burner, retirement on the back burner, but everybody just kept going. it took a lot of determination. across america we're beginning to see the results of all of that hard work. and i will say that there does seem to be a pattern. democratic presidents and there are two in particular i'm thinking about over the last 35 years seem to inherit a mess of problems. have you noticed that? so then they have to dig us out of the ditches they find themselves in and put

not in the local county jail. >> reporter: now, under the terms of the sentencing, pickleman could be free in three years or less. the hayes family su sportspports both the charges and the sentencing. >>> new at 6:00 a high-tech way to break into cars. we first told you about this last night on our 11:00 news. now we have new video that shows it's happening in the south bay. take a look. you can see a man walking up to the victim's minivan and easily unlocking the passenger door. he grabs a few items and leaves. this happened monday morning on fox foxworthy avenue. thieves are now using an electromagnetic pulse. they send a shock wave to your key fob's circuitry unlocking the doors. to learn how to protect yourself and more on how this is happening, head to our website, nbcbayarea.com and click on our investigative tab where you can see our full report. >>> well it has happened for the third time in two months. a dead whale has washed up on the san mateo coast. this one was found near kelly beach in half moon bay. marianne favro joins us live from there. it looks like this whale may h

county. again, a couple of inches already falling, localized minor flooding possible. and harrington we're seeing one thunderstorm with locally heavy rain and a few more continue into southern parts of sussex county. most of the area is in fact dry. we're watching a few more storms outside of burkes county. these aren't moving at a very good pace. a lot of them are remaining fairly stationary and then raining themselves out and redeveloping. so we'll be watching these for the rest of the evening. take a look the a the temperatures, though. 62 mt. holly, we've dropped in philadelphia. today we were in about the mid-80s through most of the area. but now we're at 72 in philadelphia, 67 in pottstown. so really that wind direction is coming in and cooling some areas down as well as the rainfall. 76 degrees right now, wilmington, 71 in dover. so for the rest of the evening, we'll keep a chance of thunderstorms. temperatures in the upper 70s. but really starting to cool down quite a bit. by 10:00, still a chance of showers overnight tonight. and we'll have another round of so

they're going to investigate the possibility of both criminal and civil charges and local county supervisors are saying this is a disaster and even a nightmare scenario. >> nightmare scenario possibly playing out. environmentalists who were on the scene, how do they describe it? >> a lot of them are concerned about the use of disbursants. at this point, state officials say those are not being used. of course, environmentalists are following this very closely. in the late 1960s, there were three million gallons of oil spilled into this area so it's something that environmentalists have been following very closely. and even the local congresswoman issued a statement to that effect saying that sometimes oil and water and this pristine coastline don't exactly mix. >> curt hawkins reporting from santa barbara. appreciate it. aside from oil spills we know oil pipelines are a vehicle to climate change. the more fuel we burn the more greenhouse gases are emitted. earlier today, president obama spoke about climate change during his commencement address at the united states coast guard academy graduat

local community. it is a large county, but it is continuing to be a glowing county. it provides jobs for the local citizens, but more importantly it provides the commodities that they are looking for when they go to the grocery store shelf. back in the late 1800's, actually, the first idea of having a port huron south florida to move mostly the fruits and vegetables that were being grown and in south florida, to move them to market and the rest of the united states as well as into the caribbean. back in, you know, 1893, there was a fort lauderdale trading post, which was on the river which was just north of port everglades and that is the boehner commerce for moving goods in and out of what was then the everglades, and that led to naval. in 1913, a cut was put into the beach to allow small boats to go in and out of the lakes into the ocean. that was the prelude to the major projects, which started an authorization by the state legislature in 1927 to proceed with a port here, what is now port everglades. in february 1928, president coolidge pressed the button up in the

we focus on the impacts of the jobs on the local community. broward county is a large county, but it's continuing to be a growing county, and port everglades are those two things. it provides jobs for the local citizens, but more importantly, it provides the commodities that they are looking for when they go to their grocery store shelf. >> well, it goes back in the late 1800s, actually, the first idea of having a port here in south florida to move some of the goods, and mostly the fruits and vegetables that were being grown in south florida. move them to market in other areas of the united states as well as into the caribbean. back in, you know, 1893, there was basically the ft. lauderdale trading post, on the new river, just north of port everglades, and that was the vain of commerce for moving goods in and out of what then was the everglades, and that leads to lake mabel. in the early 1900s, about 19 13, a cut was put into the beach to allow small boats to go in and out of the lake into the ocean, and that was really the prelude to the major project which

county staff? >> reporter: executive and council president calls it a personal attack on a local leader. >> a countyore than makes $22,000 a year. and having business in frederick county for years, now suddenly they can't bid county work. >> reporter: without knowing all of the details some said when it comes to officials engaging in that type of business -- >> it doesn't seem like it's their place at all. it's irrelevant and they're using their power to manipulate matters of >> reporter: others call for a more open government. >> that's the word for i want you to be more open but i'm not going to do it. transparency that is the biggest challenge we have with the federal government. and the same with the city and the county. >> reporter: the new executive order will stay in place until the new law is made. >> garner became executive in december and this is her first executive order. >>> a really nice night. no showers tonight. a cold front moving through but dry. and low humidity and lower temperatures. still 89. humidity only 43%. a very comfortable air mass out of the north at 9. turn off the ac t

county. >> there are localized places in toms river and ocean county where 4 inches fell and other places where less than an inch fell. it depends on location. we have a flair-up of a concentration of thunderstorms right now near washington burlington county, lower bank, that is drifting to the south and east towards ocean county and garden state parkway dealing with showers. 13 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, we have the flash flood warning in affect for eastern ocean county and toms river and forked river and seaside heights, we have reports of water rescues and a lot of rain in a short period of time. that is all with this unstable warm air mass, 84 in philadelphia reached a high of 89 three days in a row, allentown 86 and trend 86 and boardwalk in atlantic city 65 and wilmington 80 degrees satellite 6 along with action radar showing a cold front pressing in over new jersey and delaware, what this front will do is bring us slightly drier, slightly cooler air tomorrow it's not a big difference but a subtle difference the next several hours a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms, par

. >> the baldwins new home is one of 46 burlington county homes built by the local affiliate of habitat for humanity. >>> high school seniors led away from class in handcuffs. their prank turned into felony charges. what they left in a locker that endedended with a trip to jail. >> get paid when your flight is delayed or canceled? yeah. the company says it can put

county. >> miller won't go into detail. but tells me some of the intelligence skills he picks up in colombia will be put to use here involving federal, state, local authorities possibly by the end of the summer. >> it'll be an information sharing operation that we haven't done here in ocean county in any coordinated fashion. we're going to try to fix that. >> strengthened relationships between law enforcement agencies in new jersey. in far away fields to help battle havoc at home. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, a father's loss. >> and i always tell him dad loves you. >> for the first time we're hearing from the father of brian dixon for seven weeks, his son's killer was on the loose and terrorizing a local community. coming up, why he's trying to forgive eric frien. >>> two children hit by a van in the middle of a philadelphia street. more on the mother's desperate attempt to save her sons. >>> and then a geyser of water burst through a neighborhood street. how it happened and what's being done to clean it up. next on nbc 10 news at 6:00. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to tha

would say by the evening time, let's say, there was definitely mobilization at least on the local level. countyngines and some of the local environmental agencies that have resources to help, they were here by the evening time. it was only about 24 hours later i would say maybe less than 24 hours, 12 to 14 hours we started seeing the big response from the coast guard, from the sort of bigger clean-up crew. >> in terms of getting information about this, obviously, it was a big news story when the estimate of the amount spill jumped fivefold, jumped from 20,000 gallons to 100,000 gallons. it's my impression that officials generally at least at these press briefings have been deferring to the company, deferring to plains all american to explain what happened, how it happened and how big a problem this is. have they been forthcoming enough? have they been true in their assessments thus far? >> well, it was a little interesting off the bat when we heard the 20,000 number. that's what everyone ran with. to learn not long after that was the number supplied by plains to the coast guard. that's what was

. >>> this afternoon the montgomery county district attorney's office honored several law enforcement officers for their service. 23 police officers from local departments from the county received commendations today three pennsylvania state troopers were recognized and each honor came with personal words from district attorney reece fuhrman. >>> the dad vail regatta is tomorrow. the large of the collegiate rowing competition in the country. kelly drive is closed now until saturday at 6:00. >>> 6 abc is off to the races can you catch live coverage saturday here on channel 6 starting at 1:00 in the afternoon join matt o'donnell and karen rogers and erin o'hearn, for all the action on the schuylkill river. >>> coming up tonight a delaware school cafeteria worker can thank her co-workers for saving her life. and the eagles ink the deal with their top pick nelson agholor. >>> we hit 81 degrees if philadelphia and warmer air is waiting in the wings i'll let you know how hot it gets in the accuweather forecast. that and more within "action news" continues tonight. >>> teenagers at a chester county high school got a harsh lesson on drinking and dri

internet through internet essentials and that's largely due to to the partnerships we've had locally and city county governmental agencies and educators here in the school district and very much agree with you guys we're proud of our success but there's more work to be done and miguel said it earlier the report says it it's going to take a coordinated effort and comcast looks forward to working locally with folks thank you very much for your time. >> thank you for being here. next speaker? >> hi i'm a resident of the tenderloin i'm an entrepreneur and i'm here to give support to supervisor campos and his comments about the plan. i would ask the supervisors to consider the relationship between free or affordable municipal broadband access to online education and vocational training and access to cost saving services and income inequality and wealth and inequality and echoing statements earlier about us looking to the future to see how our world will run so my view i think is shared by everyone in the room that san francisco is the best city in the city in the world and it deserves the best and most a

local headlines. >> several recent cases in cumberland county have community leaders asking questions and demanding answers. and today, a new call for justice. why local activists headed to washington, d.c. to push for progress in the ongoing investigation. >>> we showed you this brush fire in south jersey yesterday. now as the summer season nears, the threat of wildfires rises. what's being done to help forest services stay ahead of these flames. >>> we have breaking news for you. take a look at this little girl. septa police found her about 30 minutes ago on the market frankford line in kensington. now they're trying to find her parents. she's 6 years old. her name is jasmine. if you know who she is call philadelphia police or septa police. >>> right now at 5:30. headed to washington. local leaders from cumberland county left south jersey and boarded a train for the nation's capital. their mission, a new call for justice. the recent deaths of three people while in police custody has those activists demanding action. >> so today, they took their cause along with about 68,000 signatures on a petitio

waco police say they're getting help on the ground here as well as fire power from every local, state, county and federal agency available right now. jay gray nbc news waco. >>> and the question is just how much fire power should be put on the street. not just in waco but in any american city. today, president obama said the use of weapons of war can make police look more like occupiers than protectors. he's ordering a cutback in pentagon programs provided that kind of gear to local police. steve handelsman now with more on this. >> reporter: thanks. president obama said he made the moves after listening to the public and concerns about hownged. today's surprise decision to redoes federal military aid to police after ferguson. many were shocked by how police responded like soldiers with assault weapons and camouflage and combat vehicles. making police community relations worse. turns out five federal agencies have spent $18 billion to get police 5,200 humvees and 617 bigger mine resistant vehicles. president obama advised by a task force study today ordered an immediate ban on the pentagon pr

jersey seven years in the bush administration there are not enough law enforcement officers at the local county, state level to those two facts, we then have at least the beginnings of the outline of how we have to start to try to fix this problem. part of the reason i think it's so inintractable in the country, though, is because the executive branch hasn't done what the executive branch is supposed to do, and that's execute and enforce the laws in this country. so you have people believing and not wanting to engage in any commonsense discussion of reform of the system because they don't believe that whatever changes are made in the law, that they're going to actually be enforced. and quite frankly, employers are a huge part of the problem. you know, i'm not a guy who is in favor of building a fence or wall along the entire length of america's southern border. it's too expensive, it's inefficient and i'll tell you i've never found a wall or fence that people filled with the human will can't find their way under, over, or around. and so there may be spots where a wall or fence may make some sen

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he grew up in gloucester county and was a local firefighter for ten years, he along with officers riceoodson junior and alisha white face between 20ç and 60 years in prison if convicted. >>> route 1 in bucks county is back open after a two-car crash shut down the southbound lanes in lang horn. one person went to st. mary's medical center with minor injuries. >>> a royal baby fever is in full swing tonight in london. tower bridge and trafalgar square fountains were bathed in pink lights to celebrate the birth of a new princess. earlier today, prince william and duchess kate introduced their daughter to the world. the new born left st. mary's hospital in the arms of her mother hours after her birth. the name of the new princess of cambridge has not been revealed, 3p#ut we do know she weighs 8 pounds 3 oen 9ñ prince william brought his son to the hospital and they both waved at the crowd before going into the hospital to see the new princess. >>> police and the fbi get a break in the case of two stolen box trucks. but the investigation is far from over. who and what they're still looking

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frederick county. local on 270. very heavy rain around the clarksburg region. this is all moving toward the south and east. i'll do a zoom on this. a little lightning associated with this. it was hail. and we saw hail golf ball size. look at barnesville. seeing some very heavy rain. germantown seeing that rain. you will soon see the heavier downpours come through with the lightning and the thunderstorm. and then just plain rain. toward wood bridge right along i-95. it's just been raining for the better course of about two hours here. we are still tracking this line from frederick. that line will clip the entire region. d.c. maryland culpepper county just about everybody has a good chance to get wet a chance of thunderstorm. all because of a front. there is a front to the north. that's why we saw the storms. look at the spin here. this could be the big tropical depression of the season. all the computer models almost all of them bring it into the carolina. that's what could affect us during the weekend. it won't come far enough north to give us a lot of rain lik

bureau dozens of suspected dealers are off of the streets after a major crackdown in new castle county. local and federal authorities announced the results of operation smack down in new castle county. they arrested 42 men and women on hundreds of drug and weapons charges, and authorities confiscated marijuana, and heroin and cocaine and along with $17,000 in suspected drug money and two guns. >> the idea is to target street level trafrers and in this case heroin traffickers, because that is where the violence and the criminal activity exists. >> authorities tell us that they conducted most of the raids yesterday. operation smackdown began in august of last year. >>> hopefully, you love where you live but is it the best town? a new list is out ranking the best towns in pennsylvania. see which took the top spot and why. >>> also baking in the hot sun. abnormal heat, and a lack of rain are hurting the crops, and in some spots the drought risk is rising. ahead, how officials are conserving water across the driest parts of new jersey. >>> a stretch of southern california coastline is still closed

local and county law enforcement are working together with the state state park police are also involved. >> reporter: well, the investigation continues at this hour. no arrests have been made. they're still fighting the fires at this point in advertisement it's still going on. the smaller fires the smaller of the five fires here are 100 percent contained the three larger fires are between 70 and 80 percent contained. it's been a long, long day for firefighters here but it seems to be moving in the right direction. live in pemberton township, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> thank you john. >>> conditions are particularly dangerous right now and they're leaving us at a high risk of fire like the ones john was just telling us about. >> yeah, let's bring in meteorologist adam joseph. he's live along city avenue today with more on the threat and the conditions out there right now. adam. >> yeah, conditions are very warm. it's actually summer-like out here. we've got that strong breeze that will continue through the evening hours. we're calling it may heat. it's very

we're continueing to follow another developing story in camden county. two locallth departments taking extra precautions to night after an employee at a popular restaurant tested positive for highly infectious disease. >> fox 29's brad sattin spoke with health official who are keeping a very close eye on this situation. >> we did speak to the camden county health department a short timing a much the word we're getting there's very little risk to the public at this point. the restaurant we're talking about is here the iron hill brewery it's called. it's in the voorhees township center complex. it's been in business here for couple of years now. they have a good record of health inspections and by all accounts this incident was handled properly. here's what we know right now. the 26-year-old employee at the iron hill brewery began showing symptoms on may second. he went to virtue ya hospital may eighth. hepatitis at that point was confirm. the employee important to note had not been working here while he was sick. iron hill reported it to the camden county health de

voters across pennsylvania will choose candidates for county commissioner, local councils and several judge positions. voters in philadelphia are also voting yes or no on four ballot questions. one involves creating commissions to study funding for universal pre-k. another asked if the school reform commission should be disbanded. the results of that vote are nonbinding. nbc 10 keeping track on the votes. we'll have updates for you throughout the evening. also reaction from the voters and the candidates. it's all tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >>> state police in new jersey are looking for a man they believe might be connected to a deadly crash on route 295. investigators say the dl(+ of a ford truck lost control near mt. laurel on thursday. the driver died at the scene. police have not released his name. but investigators say the truck involved in that crash is registered to joseph tiedman. he was last seen sunday afternoon in robinsville. >>> police in the lehigh valley are trying to determine if they'll file charges against a driver who allegedly struck and killed an 11-year-old

in the bush administration, i can tell you there are not enough law enforcement officers at the local, county, state and federal level to be able to forcibly deport people here in an undocumented status. if you start off agreeing with those two facts we then have at least the beginnings of the outline of how we have to try to try to fix this problem. part of the reason i think it is so intractable in the country is the executive branch hasn't done what the executive branch is supposed to do and that's execute. and enforce the laws in this country. and so you have people believing and not wanting to engage in any common sense discussion of reform of the system because they don't believe that whatever changes are made in the law that they're going to actually be enforced. and quite frankly, employers are a huge part of this problem. i'm not a guy in favor of building a fence or wall along the entire length of america's southern border. it is too expensive. it is inefficient. i never found a wall or fence that people if they're filled with the human will can't find their way under, over or aroun