michael eakin was district attorney, a superior and supreme court justice but he'll likely be remembered as a legal heavyweight felled by raunchy e-mails. >> his opinions and writings will withstand the test of history. what has happened to him and what has been done to him will not. >> reporter: the sketch-year-old earning 203 grand a year suddenly retired tuesday two weeks before he was to face a disciplinary trial on his stepping of offensive e-mails to friends. e-mails the attorney general says were dismiss seive to women. >> because they were born with one less body part, which the last i heard does not contain any extra brain sells. >> kane found the e-mails on her her office computer server and released them to the press. eakin had hoped to avoid the embarrassing trial with a apologies and a deal that would have punish but likely cep him on the court. tuesday, he walk away. >> he has septembered responsibility for the sending of these e-mails. he has apologized to the court, to the public at large, to his family and friends and most recently to the court of judicial discipline. >>

he quit. >> any comment from you go in. >> for 20 years michael eakin set on pennsylvania's highest state courts, superior and then supreme tuesday all that achievement seemed to fall away a mid the taint of raunchy e-mails. >> he has septembered responsibility for sending of these e-mails, he has apologized to the court to the public at large to his family and friends and most recent toll the court of judicial discipline. >> reporter: but the its apologies were not enough for him. he suddenly retired tuesday two weeks before he was to face a disciplinary trial for sending sexually offensive e-mails to friends. >> no african-americans should walk into a courtroom where the judge or prosecutor or defense attorney mocks and ridicules him or her behind closed network because of the color of his skin. >> reporter: these are some of the e-mails they were released by attorney general kathleen kane who found them on her office computer servers eakin who earned $203,000 year had been suspended with pay while he wait the trial embarrassment he's now avoided. >> his opinions and writings will with

. >>> pennsylvania supreme court justice, michael eakin is resigning after a scannedle into pornographic emails. he served on the supreme court since 2002 and attorney general, kathleen kane is releasing hundreds of offensive emails sent by eakin and others. he is the second member of the high court to quit over the scandal over the last 18 months. judge mccaffrey retired in 2013 after being suspended in court for the emails he sent. >>> three religious members of the franciscan order are charged are allowing a brother to molest at least 80 children there. the molester committed suicide three years ago. those charges announced today by attorney general, kathleen kane, have you the full story. >> reporter: that is right. the attorney general says the three men knew about the abuse allegations for years but never told law enforcement and putting hundreds of children in danger. >> the attorney general found significant wrong doing. >> kathleen kane announced charges for three franciscan friars. >> they knew in a brother baker was a child predator and faced allegations of child molestation,

judge michael eakin had been suspended for his role, he is accused of exchanging lewd and offensive e-mails with friends in the state attorney general's office. the 67-year-old has served on the high court since 2002. governor wolf has not set a time line to name a replacement. >>> two women attacked near pennypack park days apart and police think it's two different attackers. by their description. the first attack happened last wednesday night around 8:30 on ron street. a man tried to carry a woman waiting for the bus saturday on frankfort avenue. pamela joins us live at the crime alert for women. >> reporter: police are telling me that they are looking into these two reported assaults but do not believe the two as you mentioned are connected. >> these woods, i heard stories about stuff happening around these woods. it's not like it's -- i don't think it's getting better. >> reporter: bruce works in the area of frankfort avenue near pennypack park. even he says he wouldn't want to get caught here after dark. >> it gets eerie quiet like almost scary quiet. >> reporter: it was after 10:00 sa

michael eakin is second member of the state's high court to quit over offensive e-mails he and others exchanged with friend and lawyers n2014, attorney general kathleen kane, began releasing the e-mails to the media and ethics watch dog agencies. justice mccarry retired after being suspended by the court in his role in the scandal. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is coming under fire once again. hundreds showed up to honor a new jersey state troop her died in the line of duty. but the governor was a no show. eye witt the necessary news reporter cleve bryan tells you the governor is responding to the criticism. >> i looks silly. >> reporter: the duo of trump and christie drawing criticism because christie was on stage with donald trump monday when he should have been attending funeral for state troop are sean cullen who died in the line of duty. >> always time to campaign but that is someone's death, that you should honor. >> you are governor of new jersey. you should have gone to show respect, even if you didn't know the man, he is still a state trooper. >> reporter: even head

it comes a week after michael eakin resigned because of his role in the lewd e-mail scandal. court says his punishment would have been more severe if he had not stepped down and taken responsibility. eakin will keep his state pension which is at $153,000 a year. he has six months to pay, the fine. >>> the atlantic city is moving closer to a financial crisis, as city and state officials continue to play the blame game. mayor don guardian says the city will run out of money april 8th and he says it will be the state's fault for not passing a financial rescue package. but governor chris christie says the city's problems stem from years of over spending. the christie says he will only sign a state take over bill if not amended by assembly democrats. mayor guardian says he is trying to determine what city services will shut down next month. police, fire fighters, and sanitation workers will continue to work, but without pay. >>> holy thursday mass was celebrated tonight at cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. >> ♪ >> during services solemn and traditional rights took place

just this week, supreme court justice michael eakin stepped down from the high court as part of the porngateestigation and scandal. it's now taken two supreme court justices off the bench, a real important twist in this case, and, jan, you're a law professor. tell me what you make of it. i mean, at the beginning, the criticism by his own colleagues, even the board of review was that this was a small thing, a tempest in a teapot, if you will -- a teacup -- and now it's taken down another justice. >> it's only one more stain on an already stained and corrupt judicial system here in pennsylvania. i have argued for the longest time that we need to stop electing judges. judges should not be elected. judges should be -- some sort of merit selection ought to be in place, and people push back and say, "oh, no. that won't take politics out. there's always politics." well, yeah. there's always politics, but you get better judges through merit selection. it's not a perfect system, but you get better judges, and all we have to do in pennsylvania is look at delaware, an adjacent state that uses merit sel

. >>> pennsylvania supreme court justice michael eakin is stepping down because of a scandal involving pornographic emails. attorney general, kathleen kane has been releasing the emails. he is the second high court judge to leave because of scandal. governor tom wolf released a statement says that the abuse of public trust is unacceptable. today is another reminder why we should all work with urgency to restore the public trust in the judicial system and he will name a replacement in due time. >>> a popular diner in chester is closed this afternoon after a pretty intense fire caused a lot of damage, the fire broke out at the grape leaves diner in edge mont at 3:00 this morning. investigators say that the fire damage was contained to the restaurant and even leaving a hole in the roof but at one point the smoke started to fill the hallways of the days inn hotel next door and that had to be evacuated as well. >> we pulled the fire alarm because i did not hear that either, and then a crew assisted the hotel staff go room to room to make sure everybody was out of the hotel. very, very smoke

. >>> a second pennsylvania state supreme court justice has quit the bench, michael eakin sat on the state's two highest courts superior and then supreme for 20 years. in two weeks he was set to face a disciplinary trial for sending selectionly charged emails to friends. eakin's attorney say he has accepted responsibility for sending those emails. he has apologize the to the court, public, family and friends. >> headed to up chicago for another big game after huge game last night against detroit. could they pull it off as they push toward the playoffs? >> i'm so excited about the flyers. on such a run. >> you are excited about these lottery numbers. might win. grover cleveland here. yes, the handsome gent on the thousand-dollar bill. with 'cash4life', the great game from the pennsylvania lottery, you could win a thousand dollars a day for life! you could invest it, or save it for a rainy day. or you could buy a new car! and with drawings every monday and thursday, that means 2 chances to win every week. cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. you could win a thousand dollars a day f

judge michael eakin had been suspended for his role accused of exchanging lewd and offensive e-mailsfriends in the state attorney general's office. the 67-year-old served on the high court since 2002, governor tom wolf has not set a timeline to set a replaceme't. >> three religious leaders allegedly knew a monk was a sexual predator but put him in a job pj an athletic trainer. the men were part of the francis can base near holidaysberg five miles from altoona. kathleen kane announced the grand jury's findings, there are reports found they allowed baker to molest more than 100 they were charged with conspiracy and child indangerment. >> chanellie and chris telly engaged in efforts to protect the image and reputation of the francráh(p' fryers rather than act in the best nterest of the children. >> all three suspects have retired and live outside the state, baker committed suicide several years ago. >>> guests at a hotel woke up to smokeñfilling their rooms this morning. the grape leaves diner caught fire and sent the smoke into the hotel around 3:00. no one was hurt, everyone evacuate

justice michael eakin decided to step down after the attorney general released hundreds of the messages. some contained photos of naked women, sexually suggestive themes, and antigay comments. he apologized for his behavior. >>> a hiking trip takes a tragic turn in upstate new york. a 12-year-old boy killed by a massive boulder. it happened sunday afternoon in roaring brook falls. 6th grader conner mclaughlin was hiking with his uncle when a boulder fell about 100 feet from a cliff and crushed him. his uncle was also struck but survived. >>> president obama has signed a disaster declaration for new jersey tonight that will allow parts of the state to recover money spent during january's record setting blizzard. 17 counties as well as some nonprofit organizations are now eligible for federal funding for assistance due to the storm. the blizzard dumped three feet of snow in some areas. >>> coming up, wicked has been defying gravity on broadway for years but now the musical has reached a new milestone. >> it took years to build, but the brand new state-of-the-art hudson yard subway station

. >> reporter: michael eakin was a district attorney, a superior and supreme court justice but he'llikely be remembered as a legal heavy weight felled by raunchy e-mails. >> his opinions and writings will with stan the test of history. what has happened to him and what has been done to him will not. >> reporter: the sketch-year-old earning 203 grand a year suddenly retired tuesday. two weeks before he was to face a disciplinary trial on his standing of offensive e-mails to friends. he have e-mails the attorney general says were dismiss seive to women. >> because they were born with one less body part which the last i heard does not contain any extra brain cells. >> kane found the e-mails on her office computer server and released them to the press. eakin had hoped to avoid the embarrassing trial with a apologies and a deal that would have punished but likely kept him on the court. tuesday he walk away. >> he has accepted responsibility for the sending of these e-mails, he has apologized to the court, to the public at large, to his family and friends and most recently to the court of

michael evening sin stepping down in a widening scandal over explicit and offensive emails. the 67 year old is the seconds member of the state's high court to quit over the e-mail scandal. eakin's resignation is the latest fall-out since state attorney general kathleen kane began releasing emails to the media annette innings watchdog agencies. >>> mother teresa will become a saint this fall. pope francis set a date of september 4th, the over of the anniversary of mother teresa's death. pope francis approved a second miracle to her inner session last december. mother teresa ' missionaries of charities runs 600 orphans, more than 100 homes word wide, to care for what she called the poor he is of the poor. she won the nobel prize in 1979 she died in 1997 at age 87. >> kick the cigarette habit cold turkey may be the best option. according to the american cancer society, people who quit smoking all at once are more likely to be successful than those who cut down on cigarettes gradually. re circumstance chest assigned almost 700 smoke tears quit cold turkey or gradually. after four weeks, 39% of the gradual quitters had stayed off tobacco, compare that to 49%, 10% more, of the cold t