mayor michael nutter through a party in love park.he promised to throw a parade for them on wednesday but some say a parade is a bit too much. >> you've got to be proud them but i don't think the city should pay for a parade. i don't think we have the money for it. >> i think it should be sponsored by a corporation. i don't think the taxpayers should foot the bill. >> they don't deserve it. they didn't win, right? you get a parade when you win the big one. >> exact details of wednesday's parade still need to be worked out. we'll let you know when we hear more about them. stay with nbc 10 for your complete coverage of the taney dragons. in about ten minutes, nbc 10's matt delucia will bring us a live report from 30 rock. >>> as friends and family say good-bye to murdered journalist james foley, his parents released details of a letter he wrote while he was being held hostage but the letter itself was never allowed to be sent. you'll find out how his message made its way to his loved ones. >>> doctors are weighing inl(dta downside of th

mayor michael nutter and former governor ed rendell join party leaders. after their visit members will need to talk finance and funning if the convention comes to philadelphia. >> we're working to see what fund will be a railable and what the host committee will put together and how much it will cost to host an event of this magnitude. >> city leaders are confident they can raise 80 million-dollar to host the convention, however, brooklyn, birmingham, columbus and phoenix, they are still also in the running to host. >>> north philadelphia mother killed after a carjacking crash will be buried today. "eyewitness news" was at a prayer vigil last night for keisha williams. she died with three children after an out of control suv slammed into them last month. one of the suspects asks for the family's forgiveness when he appeared in court yesterday. >>> this philadelphia police worker will be in court today, captain pew is accused of beating up, a woman during a fight in south philadelphia in june. pugh has been a civilian employee with the police department fo

mayor michael nutter was there is there, welcomed her and gave her a liberty bell. >> i talked about william penn, and the founding of philadelphia, and pennsylvania city, founded on the tenants of row lidge us freedom. and tolerance and openess and the ability to practice your fate, both of them smiled. >> reporter: the mayor invited her to next year's world meeting of families in philadelphia. >>> the woman who for years refused to sell her atlantic city home to casino developers finally cashed out. vera's home sold at auction for $530,000 yesterday. it sits on columbia place in the shadow of trump plaza. donald trump said he offered as much as $4 million for the property in the 1990's. the 91 year old now lives in san francisco. >>> well, after the auction, trump got in one last dig, tweeting vera made big mistake in atlantic city by turning down many millions of dollars years ago for property that just sold for $530,000. vera saved much owe money by turning down my offer. thanks vera. >> turning the knife there. common. trump? >> atlantic city casino industry is rolling the dice

. >> mayor michael nutter's offers putting this whole pep rally and game watch party together, of courses taking the mound at 7:00. and a lot of these fans already fired up. karen, joyce? >> all right, thank you, dave. >>> and for good night, president obama is taking a break from his vacation, headed back to washington, dc the first family in the middle of two week vacation in martha's vinyards. the white house being aging about why the president is returning to washington, but report he had have i meeting tonight with vice-president joe biden, and other advisors. there has been criticism over president obama's spending time on rhode island, while several crises are playing out around the world. the president is expected to go back to cape cod on tuesday. >>> now, to the latest on the dangerous situation in iraq. yet another round of us air strikes, against the mozul damn in iraq. it was day three of those attacks, allowing kurdish fighting to re-take part of the damage. the us says it will continue to protect iraq's critical infrastructure, the pentagon has not ruled out using grounds

. >>> mayor michael nutter join fans at spring side chestnut hill academy tonight, where three taney players go to school including mo'ne davis. the the school set up a 25-foot led screen in the courtyard to watch their little league superstars. >>> taney coaches and sponsors set up watch parties, at several spots around the city including here, at new wave cafe in queen village. the restaurant at third and catherine, and television's tuned in and some free snacks, in a family friendly atmosphere. >>> the city of philadelphia hosted a watch party tonight at city hall and "action news" reporter kenneth moton was right there, kenneth? >> reporter: well, jim, as we have said, and shown there is so much support around our area for this team. we have seen it first hand with the wins and we definitely saw it tonight with this loss. as, soon as that game ended, in williamsport, i can also tell you that people walk out of here applauding and with their heads held high for this young roster of players who have done so much for this city. earlier tonight here at city hall it was a party from t

she's live at city hall where mayor michael nutter will hold a pep rally and a viewing party.d morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, sharrie. it's been so much fun watching these kids. they've been doing such a great job on such a big stage with so many people watching and watch they will tonight when taney faces off against las vegas. both teams are undefeat and it should be a great matchup. a nail-biting victory over texas followed the four-zero win over nashville for the taney dragons their sights are set for tonight's game against undefeated las vegas. >> this isike another game. doesn't really bother me. i know they can hit well so i just got to go out there and throw strikes. >> reporter: 13-year-old mo'n davis has become the rst little leaguer to make the national cover of sports illurated. the eigh grader is taking at keeping f heusnhisride is next game. her teammates and opponents are as well. >> probably a of us will be a little bit nervous, you can you know, having many, many people at this game. >> reporter: no nerves tonight. >>ot ry,o. crowd back home ch

series but before that, you can get in on all of the excitement by joining philadelphia mayor michael nutter at a pep rally. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside of philadelphia city hall. she's got the latest. a lot of spirit out there for this team. >> reporter: absolutely, tam, then pep rally is taking place at 6:30 this evening at city hall courtyard. there's a viewing party planned for directly afterwards. it's big game tonight. their opponent las vegas has proved to be a team of good hitters. the taney dragons say they're ready to go. the taney dragons have taken williamsport by storm and back home they have a huge crowd cheering for them. taney gear has been flying off the racks at modell's and well wishes have been rolling in from their hometown pro athletes. >> a lot of congrats go to them and hopefully they finish up strong and do well. >> mo davis mowing down those boys. she's pretty good. >> i definitely want a jersey. if anybody can get that for me. i need a jersey so i can represent for philly. >> reporter: 13-year-old pitcher mo'ne davis has become the first

." >> mayor michael nutter is hosting a pep rally at city hall courtyard. chad perdelli will have more as the taney dragons go for it all in the world series. >> there's much more to come on "action news." the cutting edge technology that uses medical marijuana it could be life saving for people who suffer from sickle cell anemia. >> sky6 live hd clear skies over pladelphia international. meteorologist chris sers word on possible storms here in the area, "action news" sunday morning continues in just a moment. giant storms hit parts of texas, and took down power lines. 32,000 residents were without power. area restaurants dealing with minor flooding from the heavy rain in that area. the rain and wind affecting flights delaying many of them. >> we're expecting rain this week, right. a little bit today. rain this >> reporter: today's stuff is like nuisance-type drich -- drizzle and things like that. we have a couple of things to talk about in just a second. we're waking up to cloud cover, it's more humid, but temperatures are nice especially for the month of

the fun continued with a rally over at fdr park, mayor michael nutter officially declared today taney dragons today and speaking of the phillies, the team will pay tribute to the dragons and their families, that is set to start at 6:30 and jaime apody will have a live preview in just a few minutes. what a great group of youngsters that inspired a city and an entire nation, they were fun to watch and cheer for. go to 6abc.com for complete coverage of the taney day parade. you can see a slideshow and videos of the dragons celebrating down broad street. >> and incredible summer for them and us. >> traffic is dragging across the city. lets check in with matt pellman. >> i don't blame you, i do the same sort of thing and hopefully the drivers are not breathing fire as a result. and it's reopen after the parade today along the eastbound side of market and the southbound side of north broad street, no more restrictions but there are restrictions as they get ready for the made in america concert steeries this weekend. and traffic problems in overbrook at lancaster avenue, several lights are d

. >> the team took the stage with mayor michael nutter at fdr park and at one time the mayor got choked up after talking about mo'ne davis talking about her accomplishment to be the first african-american girl to play in the little league world serieses. >> he quickly regained his composure. >> he claimd this. >> i declare august 27th to be taney dragons day in ph. he tanerag the fee noutovd athe festivities co >> wa psark on a hig,a to bck for more. >> i'm happy th dehadelspi his heart. n ag th c chad pradelli, channel 6 newsyot fewhi nd m b warm gett thcitin line up on 10th street to see the taney dragons and their families make their way into the ballpark with the philly fanatic leading the way. >> it's the little leaguers hanging out with the big leaders as they get ready for a big celebration. >> it's a good idea to support them. the kids look to the fillies as a role model. fans are in their streets to see the mid-atlantic champs make a trip to this field. one of their biggest major league supporters, ryan howard, is there to support them in front of their hom crowd. >> they did a

. >>> this is a big story, breaking news from philadelphia mayor michael nutter. just about ten minutes ago the mayor announced a tentative contract deal being reached with the city's blue collar labor union district council 33. this has been a long-running dispute. the union has been worked under an expired contract since 2009. the new contract offers a $2800 signing bonus and pay increase of 3.5%. >> taking a live picture of city hall where mayor nutter signed that agreement. this is the city of philadelphia and district council 33. >> city employees have the contracts that they deserve and so it's time to get back to work, moving philadelphia forward to set the next level of economic success and set this city on the right place on the global stage. >> when the mayor got word he actually was in atlanta, but rushed back to the city to make this happen. this has been a long-running labor dispute with d.c. 33 and the city. the term of the proposed contract would run through june 30, 2016. >>> well, petco riders are seeing changes today. it's part of a two-year $1

mayor michael nutter was there as was former governor ed rendell and senator bob casey.d their pty >> well that really capped offlong day for the committee who philadelphid and venearlier hundreds of philadelphians greeted democratic party officials as they arrived for the first day of their two-day tour. they enjoyed some cheesesteaks down in south philadelphia. but they also prepared to ask city leaders some tough questions about the city's ability to host the convention. >> we're very focused on the financial, logistical and security issues around hosting we're concentrate concentrating on those three areas and work wig the team here to answer questions in those areas. >> civic leaders say they are confident they can raise the $80 million they'll need to host the convention. >>> a public tribute tonight for robin williams. broad kay dimmed its lights in memory of the late comedian and actor. it went dark for a minute the only ill lump night 98ed sign his photo. died monday morning takeing his own life after a long battle with depression. >> and watch now as a traffic

governor tom corbett may exempt that monday if i that taxis not approved by august 15th but mayor michael nutter says that is not a good option. >> you take $5 from your left pocket and move to it your right pocket you are not $5 richer. it is the same money. advancing money that is already owed to the school district does not involve this particular issue. they need new money, more money, recurring dollars, that will come each and every year. >> school district says that they need cigarette tax approved to close a 81 million-dollar budget short fall. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 big health scare for a flyers player and raises real questions about his future in the league. >>> and then a woman takes matters in her own hands and shoots a man she finds inside of her home, we are live with that story, stephanie. >> reporter: grab some groceries and check out your mental health, i'm health reporter stephanie stahl and we will tell but this new preserve zest coming up. >>> you might call it a birds eye view, we will tell you where this two can made an unusual appearance on the traff

mayor michael nutter is expected to address the crowd here at 7:00 and of course the watch party is at 7:30. i think the best thing about watching the taney dragons in the courtyard of city hall is just that, that you get to do it inside of this historic building, inside the courtyard, a rare occasion here in center city, a rare event, a very special event. as i mentioned, we have been feeling some light rain drops so if you are headed out, be sure to bring your rain jacket. just be prepared. reporting live in city hall, i'm rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. >> not many rain drops in the philadelphia area right now. we had a couple hours' worth of rain in williamsport and the question is will it be raining up there. we'll get into that. that rain from williamsport is coming this way. and we have a cool stretch on the way. it's been a cool summer, a cool august. we have even cooler weather coming. the clouds are already increasing, 84 degrees, feels like 85. humidity up a little bit from where it has been, but still not oppressive for this time of the year. temperatures in the low to mid-8

mayor michael nutter had them up on the stage and one time mayor nutter got choked up saying mo'ne davis was the first african-american girl to pitch in the world series and the first girl to pitch a shut outand he and others were touched by this team. >> what do you think about the turnout by philadelphians, they turned out in numbers? >> yes, a lot of people were here, i didn't think that many people would be there. what do you think about miael nutter talking about you and your performance? >> that was cool. >> i think it was nice seeing all the people, and it was fun but at the same it was hear breaking at the end, the shadows starting to go away and it was hot. coach alex rice, is he a boston guy who has lived here for the past 25 years, watching the people come down from their offices to the parade route that, really touched him now he calls himself a die hard philadelphian. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> we are all touched by the taney dragons. thank you. >>> some excited kids in camden got a fresh start to the school year with fresh new gear. >> oh yeah! >> spider-man

philadelphia is making its pitch today to host the democratic national convention in 2016, mayor michael nutter, senator rendell greeted the delegates in center city. the city is one of five bidding to host the convention along with birmingham, columbus and brooklyn and phoenix, arizona. meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people are packing the boardwalk in atlantic city as the 12th annual air show gets underway, "action news" reporter amy buckman is live in the middle of all the action with the latest. >> reporter: you can see that the boardwalk is crowded with folks waiting for the airplanes to begin flying over head, the weather last night was not great but today the sun is out and the only thunder we'll hear is that from the planes over the boardwalk. >> by midmorning, the boardwalk was filled with people carrying their blankets and chairs and cooler, ready to see the acrobatics, and of course the thunderbirds, they were not part of the show last year because of government budget shut down. >> what do you love about the show? >> the thunderbirds, they were here last year but we have been c

that according to district officials and mayor michael nutter.hey were depending on this proposed cigarette toox help them close the gap they're facing and legislators in harrisburg have known that quite sometime. tonight leaders near philadelphia are sounding off. >> it is irresponsible. of course it's irresponsible. it's irresponsible what you don't do your job. >> mayor nutter calling out state legislators in harrisburg tonight after a vote that could help with school funding is now a no-go. republican controlled house does he sided to cancel monday's vote on a new cigarette tax for philadelphia. the bill would authorize a $2 per pack tax to generate more than 45 million in the first fiscal year. the money would greatly help the district facing 81 million budget short fall. >> we shouldn't be in this position in the first place. >> they said they were coming in and taking care of this measure on august 4. >> without the money district leaders say lay yoov notices are set to go out to 1300 employees come august 15. >> i'm annoyed. annoyed, disp

mayor michael nutter throwing the party at love park for the little legal heroes.he also promised them a parade on wednesday. >> i want the kids to have as much fun with this. >> we're still waiting on the exact details of the parade on wednesday to come out. stay tuned for that and stay tuned for nbc 10 this morning as we have continuing coverage of the taney dragons. matt drushia live at 30 rock later this morning. krogh can see taney's appearance on the "today" show. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> plenty of sunshine on the way today. you had a cool start with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. several degrees below normal for this time of year. we'll see bright, sunny skies. we'll still nice and low today. cristobal is a 50 mile-an-hour tropical storm and not going anywhere right now. clear skies, 59 in allentown. it's dropped to 56 degrees now in atlantic city. nice and dry and it won't change during the day today at the shore. this is a live viewç from the marquis de lafayette. sunny skies today. the only clouds are i

. >>> mayor michael nutter, and ed rendell and congressman bob bread are trying to convince the party to choose philadelphia for the dnc to consider what the city has to offer. >> they will see one of the most incredible cities in the united states of america, one of the most incredible facilities in the united states of america. they will see sites you can't see anywheres in the united states, but in philadelphia. >> philadelphia is one of five cities bidding for the event. dnc is considering birmingham, alabama, new york city and phoenix arizona. >>> a devil of tropical weather is taking aim at hawaii this morning. people in hawaii have not seen of this bad weather -- this much bad weather in decades. there's julio getting stronger in the pacific. julio is a category three storm with maximum winds at 115 miles per hour. >> people vacationing along the east coast are mainliful of hurricanes -- are mindful of hurricanes this time of year, but not hawaii. >> reporter: this is the stoppingest storm since 1922. batten don the hatches. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry arou

this is the second viewing party held by philadelphia mayor michael nutter and of course, the crowd wentild when the dragons came through with that last inning heroics there. taney is getting professional love on twitter as well. off the win, the phillies congratulated the team, saying they aric ma pg the city proud. the eagles also showed their support by tweeting, let's keep philly in willey going. okay. we'll get a translation on that later. >> williamsport. >> britteny is so good this morning. let's keep philly in willey going. there are more tweets to tell you about. maybe britteny can read these. >> congratulions baseball. the city of brotherly love is behind you. that one i get. and the sixers tweeted, impressed by how the team finished strong. really? count on nbc 10 for complete coverage leading up to taney's next game on wednesday. here's more from our tweet translator right now. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> we love you, chris cato. we're just having a good time this morning. let's take a look at your weather headlines. we are go

. >> happening today, philadelphia mayor michael nutter will lobby for a cigarette tax hike at a state senate appropriations hearing at city hall. the mayor says the tax increase is desperately needed to help fund city schools. city councilman kenyatta johnson led a rally in center city yesterday that drew support for the two dollars per pack hike. school officials say if they can't counter on the added revenue by august 15th, they will begin sending out layoff notices to 1300 school employees. >>> the selling on wall street has been fierce lately. international troubles could put stocks in the red again today. maribel aber has our market watch report live on the the nasdaq in new york. >> reporter: fears russia could invade ukraine rattled wall street. the dow has now tumbled 4% from its all time record high set less than a month agoly right now futures point to a lower open. business gets even tougher for target. the retailer says earnings for its last quarter will be below wall street's expectations. the chain blames cautious shopping by consumers and that has led to mark downs. tar

mayor michael nutter throwing a party at love park for the team. the mayor promised to hold a parade for taney on wednesday. >> i want the kids to have as much fun as they can with all of this. i hadn't really thought about it. a parade would be fun. >> it would be fun. wouldn't itç be fun? >> the exact details of that parade on wednesday are still being worked out. we'll keep you posted. stay with nbc 10 for complete coverage of the taney dragons. matt delucia will bring us live reports from 30 rock later this morning with the dragons set to appear on the today tad show. watch the "today" show beginning at 7:00 a.m. right here on nbc 10. >>> happening today in philadelphia, opening arguments are scheduled to be heard in the trial of the woman accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl from her elementary school and sexually assaulting her. christina regusters is the defendant. authorities say regusters dressed in muslim attire to disguise herself as this girl's mother. last week prosecutors revealed they found an internet search on regusters compute

in march, archbishop charles schaap pew, mayor michael nutter and others traveled to rome to speak with pope francis about coming to philadelphia. francis has yet to visit the u.s. as pope. >>> the archdiocese of philadelphia released a statement saying -- >>> an emotional day at this church in north philadelphia. loved ones paid their last respects to a mother killed along with her three children after a carjacked suv plowed into them. keshia williams died a week ago, two weeks after an suv slammed into her family in tie growing ya. they were selling fruit to raise money for their church. a family friend survived. the suspects responsible are facing numerous charges, including second degree murder. in court this week, rosa apologized to the victims' family. >>> a teacher was cleared of bullying an autistic student. you might this boy 10 years old at the time, went inside horace man elementary school in hcherr hill with an audio recorder. he recorded incidents with the teacher and teacher's assistant. the boy's father sent him inside with that recorder and learned the cherry hill board

. >> reporter: michael nutter led the crew on the same tour president obama got at the reading terminal market where merchants would surely benefit from a convention of 50,000 delegates. >> it's truly exciting. i hope we get it, we're really looking forward to showing off the new philadelphia. >> reporter: even with today's rocky run and our famous cheesesteaks making the city's case, local leaders also promised they can raise the $82 million they need to host from private donors without hitting philadelphia taxpayers. that's a critical factor for the dnc. >> we're very focused like i said, on the financial low giftal and security and we're using those to weigh heavily on our decision. >> new york for one has promised some taxpayer cash. ed rendell called philly the betting favorite of the top five cities. philly is seen as more compact and highly walkable, relative to rival brooklyn, new york. pennsylvania is more of a political swing state than the home states of most other candidate cities. and philly has successful past convention experience. even with all that, cookies and chocolat

so, again, hearing will be held here at city hall at 10:00 a.m., with michael nutter, with superintendentr hite, among others, to figure out what to do and the impact of it all, because even if there is a vote it still might in the pass. >> no guarantee at this point, all right, jenny, thank you very much. children get ready to head back to school. >> new study new jersey has the best school system in the country. >> finance website wallet hub. com conducted study, analyzed 12 factors they include test scores, student don't teacher ratios, some of the drop out rates. massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire, kansas, rounded out top five. pennsylvania ranked tenth. not terribly shabby. delaware came in at number 34. the worse school district is the district of columbia. >> interesting there. i mean, a lot of it is monday which public schools, right? we all know at that time property taxes are so high in new jersey. the highest in the nation. >> yes. >> california the opposite is true, 1978 they passed proposition. and california schools went from first to worse. >> right. >> for the same reas

philadelphia mayor michael nutter threw a party at love park. the mayor also promised to throw a parade for the dragons on wednesday. we're still waiting for the details on that parade. stay with nbc 10 for your complete coverage of the tenny dragons. matt delucia will bring us live reports. catch taney's appearance on the "today" show which begins at 7:00 a.m. right here on nbc 10. >>> happening later today, military veterans and their family members will be holding a rally at philadelphia city hall. a veterans group claims the city is breaking the law by failing to appoint a conte director of veteran affairs. today's valley starts at noon. after this, the group plans to file a lieutenant against philadelphia city council. >> from our delaware bureau now, today wilmington's mayor will announce a new program to make the city safer. strategies include detecting and interrupting conflicts, identifying and treating individuals who are at the highest risk for violence and changing social norms. >> now to the unrest in ferguson, missouri, the teen sh

before the start of the game, michael nutter will host a pep rally party for the taney dragons at 6:00 in the courtyard city hall. count on nbc 10 as the dragons for their second win. at 7:00 tonight they take on texas pear land east. the south jersey baseball team is the 2014 cal rip ken world series winners. this was sent top us of the big win yesterday in virginia. the 10-year-olds beat a kentucky team 9-1 for the win. way to go guys. awesome job there. >>> prowling for easy targets. that's what authorities say about the couple accused of abducting two amish sisters. the new information we're learning about the case. >>> he threatened to kill his debate coach before going on a shooting rampage at his high school killing a classmate and himself. what disciplinary records now reveal about the suspect's threat level. >>> 13 minutes after 10:00. we take a look at the bank building where an operation is underway to remove the pnb letters from the top of the building. the building was recently sold. the letters are being repofed. one of them attached to that crane that a helicopter has re

10,000 of philadelphia's blue collar employees have now reached a tentative agreement with mayor michael nutter and the city. it's been years of back and forth bargaining, as well as bickering. >> that's right. if this deal is approved, mayor nutter agreed to drop a controversial lawsuit seeking to impose contract terms offer district council 33. under the proposed deal, workers will receive a $2800 signing bonus, as well as a 3.5% raise next month. and a 2.5% raise in july of next year. the deal prevents the city from securing the right to furlough workers. >>> nbc 10's doug shimell was there for the big announcement from the mayor today. >> doug, you say some have mixed feelings about this deal, right? >> reporter: the rank and file were not jumping for joy as you might think it are were that a deal was signed. the only consensus we could find is many said it would be a slight psychological boost to see a few extra dollars on that paycheck. >> when the old contract ran out in 2009, none of the guys with the city's sanitation division thought it would take long. >> in the beginning it wasn't b

mayor michael nutter and former governor ed rendell led the tours and committee discussions.eir guests left, both men said philly made a great sales pitch. >> if i were to grade how we did, i would give us at every venue, at every stop, every interview, we did 100 out of 100. >> i think they leave and go back to their respective areas knowing this is a city that clearly can put on a major national convention. >> the convention could bring in $345 million of economic impact. right now, philadelphia is in the top five cities to host the 2016 convention. philly is competing against columbus, ohio, brooklyn, new york, phoenix, arizona, and birmingham, alabama. >>> not guilty. that is the plea u.s. congressman fattah's son made in court today. the grand jury indicted him on federal charges. he lied to get $200,000 in bank loans and filed false tax returns. the government also alleges he took federal funds from contracts with the philadelphia school district to spend at restaurants, clubs and casinos. fattah jr. denies all the charges. no trial date has been set. fattah's former bu

mayor michael nutter and ed rendell led the trip and both leaders believe that philly made a great impression. >> if i were to grade how we did, i would give us at every venue and every stop and every interview, we did 100 out of 100. >> i think they leave and go back to their respective areas knowing that this is a city that clearly can put on a major national convention. >> the 2016 democratic national convens convention could bring the city in economic impact. considered the front city among the five cities that want to host the event. columbus, brooklyn, phoenix and birmingh birmingham. they'll make their decision by the end of this year or early next year. >>> eight people are now charged in connection with that casino heist at caesar's in atlantic city. the suspects include these five men. plumbers and evans robbed employees at gunpoint taking more than $181,000 out of cash machines. plumber worked as a security guard at caesar's and fired two weeks before that hold up. police spoke publicly for the first time since the robbery on july 21st. >> pretty good information when it was going

at 10:00, they will be greeted by michael nutter. 11:30, lunch at pat's steaks in philadelphia.just after 5:00 p.m., the members of the committee will tour the reading terminal market and then tonight at 9:20, they'll take a candle light tour of independence hall. a former dnc chairman said the city was a front-runner to host the democrats that year. the gop picked it first. this time around, philly is competing with four other cities, including new york and columbus, ohio. a decision on the 2016 convention is not expected to be made until later this year or early next year. if you're looking for an edge to give to philadelphia, you have to consider this, it is located in the key electoral state of pennsylvania. of course, a potential presidential candidates hillary clinton and joe biden have family ties to the area as many of us know. live in the digital operations center, vai sikahema, nbc 10. >>> a judge is expected to decide whether to grant bail to the accused ring leader of those six philadelphia narts officers who were charged with various corruption charges. liciardel li

. >> reporter: they came by the hundreds, mayor michael nutter, elected leaders and an entire community all to support a family dealing with the unimaginable, burying three children just 15, ten and seven years old. >> everybody is so heart broken by this. >> angel toss leave us is truly sad to our community and it hurts. >> reporter: herman douglass was a former teacher of 15 year-old kiera williams. remembers her talent format and reading and love of her mother, 34 year-old keisha williams. >> she would walk her children to school every day to make sure they were safe and nothing was going wrong. >> reporter: every week kiera and her brothers joseph reid and terence moore would help their mom sell fruit and water as a fundraiser for their church. that is what they were doing july 25th at corner of germantown and allegheny avenue when two men in the carjack suv lost control hit and killed them. >> hopefully those of us that remain and commit ourselves to serving others like they did so their lives didn't end in vein. >> reporter: three shining examples of good, that family will remembe

there to welcome them mayor michael nutter. >> it's very clear that she is tremendously strong woman. that her faith gives almost a certain aura. >> nutter gave them liberty bell explaining the significance. >> i talk about william penn and the founding of philadelphia and pennsylvania city founded on tenants of religious free donovan mcnabb, and tolerance and openness and the ability to practice your faith. both of them smiled. >> reporter: before the family flew to the us they had an audience with pope francis. >> we shared some stories about our individual meetings with his holiness pope francis. her face really lit up. >> reporter: mazing journey from a death sentence to the pope and now here to america. a place where she and her family can truly finally be free. >> i think they're looking forward, not backward inform mayor nutter called her a world free donovan mcnabb fighter and invited her to speak at the world meeting of families here in philadelphia next september. >>> there's new information night in the ebola outbreak in west africa. a medical helicopter from georgia is hea

the cheers for the taney dragons came from city hall at a watch party, hosted by mayor michael nutter >> as mayor, these are all my children. when they're out there doing their thing, i am tremendously happy. >> reporter: the whole city is happy and proud, especially after the dragons narrow win last night over texas. things started off in their favor. but by the fifth inning, the dragons were down. then a surprise come from behind win. they won 7-6. the dragons are now two wins away from the championship game. >>> it's exciting. it's like this is the world series, man. >> they were awesome. we knew they'd pull it out! >> we're going all the way! >> reporter: this is one of the fields we're standing along side where the team played during the regular season, a far cry from the stadium-like setting their experiencing in williamsport. i follow them on facebook and twitter. yesterday one of their posts was that a crowd of over 32,000 people was watching them for last night's game. pretty awesome compared to the bleachers here which probably hold about 20 fans or so. we wish them good luc

. >> philadelphia mayor michael nutter could be among those called to testify about last year's building collapse atnd and mark. contractor griffin campbell and equipment operator sean ben chop are charged with third degree murder in that case. today dough fence attorney summited their witness list and the first name on that list is mayor nutter. the attorneys say they're not implying the mayor is seasonsly for the tragedy that killed sick people last year but they believe he has information about the investigation that could aid their case. >> six people were hospitalized after this three vehicle crash in involving an ambulance this morning. chopper three was over that scene at the corner of chew avenue and east washington lane that's in the city's east mt. airy neighbor. a building that houses a laundromat and several apartments was injured. the occupants there won't be able to return until the damage is fixed. >> well police and prosecutors in pennsylvania now have a new tool that hope to use to catch child predators online. this is the state's newest mobile forensics lab. it can proc

. >> philadelphia mayor michael nutter says the dragons will get a celebration when they return home. and they went so far in that series good for them. >> philadelphia police are also on the hunt for pair of serial robbers targeting elderly victims. >> in all of the cases the suspects pray on their victims after they withdraw money from banks. we have some surveillance video here of the suspects. police say the robberies began in april in bustleton rhawnhurst, castor gardens mayfair, juniata and northern liberties. so far 11 victims have come forward. two of them spoke with "eyewitness news". both men though, asked that we not identify them. >> i was trying to open the door in the back, and he came out of no where. he drove up the driveway very quiet. >> i had my car keys i said get out of here, get out of here, that's when he came and punched me. >> police say in several of the robberies, one the suspect seen getting away in the chevy malibu or white colored car. >>> also, caught on tape, young man plants an explosive device inside a chain east take-out. then takes off. months befor

today mayor michael nutter signed a contract with district council 33, philadelphia's largest municipal workers union. blue color employees have been without a contract since july of 09, and this new deal covers that period through the end of june 2016. that deal includes reforms to pension costs, work rules, and health care obligations. >> always wanted to have a contract. you have seen me at this podium a hundred times saying that but we also needed the right contract. >> our members told us if we can go in there, take as long as you can get and get this deal done. that is what we did. it was good. it was a good deal. >> more than 10,000 blue color city workers will get an up front down us of $2,800 plus 3.5 percent raise now and another two ain't a half percent raise next year. >>> now to philadelphia's school budget crisis, back to schooltime means school supplies are in high demand but their expenses that have have become too high for some parents and teachers in the cash strapped district. here is "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao. >> reporter: as teachers streamed out, paren

comcast and time warner cable has support from 5 mayors across the country tonight including michael nutter. today the mayor sent a letter to the federal communications commission showing their support for the transaction. the letter stating the merge r will bring benefits to every affected city. bill deblasio is critical of the plan saying customer service needs to be better if it goes through. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, tonight we're actually tracking some showers and some thunderstorms across the area. so you can tell the atmosphere is pretty unstable for us to have showers this late at night. some thunderstorms are on the radar right now. showers return as we even go into tomorrow. so, a day tomorrow with clouds and some scattered rain around. cooler, though, as we go into the weekend. high temperatures may only be in about the mid to upper 70s for part of the area. we're in the mid 70s through much of the area. 74, reading, philadelphia. 73, bensalem. 71 in allentown. the humidity is up, t

mayor michael nutter blaster the critics. >> i don't want to hear anybody saying anything about what happened today other than a positive comment about these young people and what they did and our city is standing behind them. >> the dragons finished up their night at citizens bank park where they were honored by the phillies. "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers was there. >> reporter: it's the phillies park but it was the dragons day. phillies favorite little leaguers got a standing o an heroes welcome at citizens bank park flanked by phillies on both sides as they went to centerfield. >> what was scary coming through centerfield at citizens bank park or taking the field in william port? >> that's a tough question but i think taking the field in william port. >> baseball diamonds and big moments are no strangers to this team. they looked at ease up there just like they did in williamsport when the time came for the first pitch nary a one was outside this came after day of love from a city known for it. >> really terrific getting to see what the kids summer had done for my home of

mayor michael nutter blasted the critics. >> i don't want to hear anybody saying anything about what happened today other than a positive comment about these young people, and what they did and our city is standing behind them. >> dragons finished the night at citizens bank park where they were honored by the phillies. first base man ryan hurt praised the young ball players. >> take it in, look around, all this is for you guys. you guys did something special. so soak it in. >> they walk on the field together with the phillies, that must have been fun, ceremony included the entire team throwing out the first pitch. is there the custom jersey meant for big leaders and applauded as you heard by the crowd in attendance. >> it was applauding at home, it was just beautiful. papelbon, mo'ne doing their thing. what a treat they will never ever forget this moment and neither will folks there, fans, watching at home as well. >> i can't imagine what a let down go back to school. >> yes, i know they are looking forward to it. >> is there much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" upcoming mad

mayor michael nutter, former governor ed rendell and congressman bob braid write among the political heavyweights touting the city of brotherly love. this rail of sorts was held at a beer garden on independent mall. the members of the dnc site committee will be in philadelphia next week to discuss city's efforts to host convention in 2016. government leaders spoke to philadelphia's past success in hosting major convention, and all of the historic attraction this is city has to offer. >> they are going to see one of most incredible cities in the united states of america, one of the most facilities in the united states of america, and they will see sites you cannot see anywhere else, in the united states, but in philadelphia. >> philadelphia is one of five cities bidding for the event, dnc officials are also considering birmingham,al bam, columbus, ohio, new york, and phoenix. >>> a california man is facing federal charges tonight accused of assaulting crew members on a flight from philadelphia to london. it happened, in may. the u.s. airways plane had to turnaround over massachusetts,

. >> happening today, philadelphia mayor michael nutter will lobby for a cigarette tax hike at a pennsylvaniaate appropriations committee hearing in city hall. the mayor says the tax increase is desperately needed to help fund the city schools. city councilman kenyatta johnson led a rally in center city yesterday that drew support for the two dollars per pack height. school officials say if they don't get the added revenue by august 15th, they will begin sending out layoff notices to 1300 school employees. >> the husband of the second american aide worker recently diagnosed with ebola says his wife is weak but showing signs of improvement. 59-year-old nancy writebol is now at emory university hospital in atlanta where she is taking an experimental drug. she and her colleague, dr. kent brantly who is also at emory contracted the disease while treating ebola patients in africa. the world health organization is beginning a two-day emergency meeting today to discuss new measures to tackle the virus. the latest outbreak of the disease in africa has killed 887 people. >>> an american general was ki

. >>> a five-year stalemate between philadelphia mayor michael nutter and city's largest blue collar union is finally over. mayor nutter signed a new seven-year contract with district council 33 which represents nearly 9,000 streets, sanitation, and other workers. the deal calls for a 3.5% raise this year and 2.5% raise next year along with a $2,800 signing bonus. the city agrees to contribute more to the union's health plan while workers afrgree to pay mo into their pensions. >> had to take my son out of college because i couldn't afford to pay for his tuition, you know, but now this law, increase, and finally get the contract might help out a little bit. >> the deal must be approved by the members of district council 33 before it goes into effect. as we reported through the years, coming to an afwreegreemn this contract did not come easily. >>> you'll remember this scene from the mayor's state of the city address in 2013. city union protesters caused so much noise and chaos that mayor nutter was drowned out and forced to leave city council chambers. the mayor and city's unions have

. >> mayor michael nutter says philadelphia will hold a celebration for the dragons after they come home. looking forward to. that will and you can look back on the dragons remarkable journey. also, share your thoughts about the team on our website. just head to cbsphilly.com. we like to hear from you. >> right now 5:08. philadelphia police are searching for two brazen thieves wanted for nearly a dozen attacks on the elderly. the men seen here in this surveillance video are serial robbery suspects. they are accused of stalking and then robbing at least 11 elderly victims who just made bank withdrawals in the northeast, juniata and the northern liberties area. one, 08 year old victim, asked not to be identified. >> they were watching me. they were inside the bank. they new exactly what to do. >> so he is hanging around, he is look to go see who is taking large sums of money out, then followed them. then when they get the opportunity they rob him. >>> police say that this is the get-away car for one of the suspects, silver chevy malibu. they ask if you recognize either manor this car, to g

friends classmates and mayor michael nutter were on hand to watch the game. >> this team is demonstrating what our young people can do. what they're capable of. what the sky is the limit for them when adults stay in their lives, stay engage, stay involved, support them, loved one and look after them. >> it has been an up credible run for the kids from philadelphia. and the crowd of several hundred people came out wednesday night to show their support for a little league team that has capture the attention of a big city. >> they are honor students, they're funny, they're fun. mo'ne has said many times, this isn't about me. this is about my team, and that's the message that we teach at school. it's always about the team. >> reporter: so even with tonight's loss there's still of course a lot of excitement and a lot of support surrounding that is team. roaring live tonight in chestnut hill, todd quinones cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> as there continue to be, todd thank. another big show of support for the hometown team here in center city philadelphia tonight. hundreds packed the courtyard at c