first, chris christie has a new road and morris county named after him. the internet means have not stopped. the question is, when will the traffic lanes be closed as low hanging fruit? is a controversy r? what should we be doing for any government that gets elected for two terms. some people are really upset about this road. diane has a story. >> governor christie will leave office in january. for those not ready to say goodbye, feaster is on this. it is chris christie drive. >> i don't even remember his first name. >> never too early to remember sitting pas politician. he broke ground for new central access street run from central park. it's in morris county, the same county where christie lives. >> this is why you want to raise your family here. places like this that you can bring your children for them to grow up in a surrounding as pitiful as this with opportunities to compete and share special time with their family. >> it's designed to alleviate traffic. >> heavy notice traffic problems? >> no. there's traffic appear. >> some can't forget about oth

bob is also here, former prosecutor of morris county. bob, let's start with these labels.i want to clarify what jonathan was talking about. right away active newsmakers come out with news labels. are we forgetting that we have lives at stake here? are we making a mistake worrying about rhetoric instead of getting to the bottom? >> we need to balance the interest between what is right and wrong. there was a former law enforcement official in charge of homeland security. i care about keeping the community safe. we are arguing more about words and what they mean as opposed to doing that. and the situation of that we have right here, it is an ideology. this individual is brought over here and there other people who will be recruited to come to the country and commit acts of isolated terrorism. whether you call them alone will or not, it is part of an ideology. >> it seems to me right away that the conversation started about how this guy got here. we have this chain immigration. i didn't even know there was a lottery. >> you know, we do need to be careful and it's not only immi

she demanded to know why he didn't keep his promise to merge two morris county communities. >> the easiesthing in the world is to stand on the sidelines and -- and i are teak. it's serve -- and critique. it's serving folks like you that's such a unique joy. >> the governor urged the woman to run for office herself to try to make the changes that she's calling for. then christie told reporters the first thing that he and his wife will do after he leaves office in january is to see "bruce" on broadway as he's a huge fan. >>> and look at the numbers -- democratic city council president frank gilliam jr. defeated republican governor don guardsan. gilliam's campaign -- guardian. gilliam's campaign denied wrongdoing. >>> and frank moran cruised to victory. the city council president had the endorsement of the outgoing mayor, dana redd. he decided ton seek a thirm -- she decided not to seek a third term. we have more results at the bottom of the screen including philadelphia district attorney and local races for mayor. see a full list of races and results on nbc10.com and our nbc10 app. >>> today

bringing in an expert, who understands both sides of this process, former prosecutor in morris county, now a doctor defe attorney, bob bianci. >> thank you. bill: what does this mean on kids now charges who had their charges dropped before, does this indicate that prosecution not only are they being aggressive but they feel they have a case against the kids? >> prosecution thought they had a case, but most of us analyzing this, both prosecutor and defense, thought it was a stretch compared to most cases, this is a tragedy what happened. but involuntary manslaughter many believe was overcharged. they are guilty of hazing and other violations of law. this comings down to whether new videotaped evidence of was what recovered shows additional conduct that could go to that involuntary manslaughter charge. bill: as defense attorney, what do you think that biggest issue circumstance. the flying this student with -- drinks or not calling 911 or destroying videotape, where is the line. reporter: they could be guilty of hazing, that is violation of law, they could be guilty of tampers with evid

she demanded to know why he didn't keep his promise to merge two morris county communities. >> the easiesthing in the world is to stand where you stand on the sidelines and critique -- it's serving folks like you that is such a unique joy. >> the governor urged the woman to run for office, try to make the change she's calling for. then chris christie told reporters the first thingly and his wife -- thing he and his wife will do after leaving office is to see the show "bruce" on broadway. he's a huge bruce springsteen fan. turn to the nbc10 app to learn more about the impact of the race and get results from across the area. >>> 4:08. today philadelphia leaders will break ground on drexel square, the first project in the innovation project. the project at 30th and 31st streets will transform 14 acres into the first of its kind community on the east coast. it will include residential and retail spaces, businesses, educational and medical institutions, cultural venues, and open spaces. this is just the first step in a 20-year transformation project. part of the site is also being considered fo

a new access road to central park of morris county was christened governor chris christie drive yesterdayduring the unveiling, the governor joked "you're getting old when they start naming things after you." >>> thanks to the doctors and staff at children's hospital of philadelphia, thanksgiving will have special meaning this year for one north carolina family. >> formerly conjoined twins abby and erin delaney are home after spending more than a year at chop. they were joined at the head. during an 11-hour surgery doctors separated them in groundbreaking surgery. doctors will continue to monitor the girls' progress. >>> from the joy of victory to the joy of giving. fresh off the eagles' big win, vinny curry helped bring thanksgiving cheer to local families. for the second straight year, curry partnered up for the thanksgiving rush program. the program provides more than 200 take-home meals for families in need. >>> fans across the philadelphia region are buzzing over the demolition of the dallas cowboys. the route on sunday night football excited the region and seemed to drive away the mo

the street in morris county is called governor chris christie way. the road leads to a park in a town nearby the hometown ofmennen township. >>> mothers against drunk driving is reminding you to give a gift to everyone this holiday season by not drinking and droifing. they kicked off the tie one on for safety in harrisburg. they want you to put a red r ribbon op the car to plan for a designated driver. holidays can be a dangerous time on the road. more people are partying. >>> the georgia dome crumbled to the ground this morning. one pesky wall didn't want to see to go. crews will knock it down with machines. home depot is turning it into a green space to use for extra stadium parking on game days. it was home to the falcons and olympics and super bowl and final four. >>> wherever you go, everybody has a smile on their face and a pep in their step. >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with eagles excitement. the birds took it to the boys last night in dallas with that convincing 37-9 win that you saw here on nbc 10, your official station of the ph

governor was caught in the verbal fight with the bowler outside bowling place in mend ham bureau, morris county. person apparently asked christie were he never merged a township and boro. >> at lee he is consistent. >>> president trump continues his tour of asia. he is in china where he is expect to talk trade and north korea china spared no expense welcoming the president and first lady melania trump. the arrival ceremony what's lab break even by china's lavish standard. before leaving earlier in the day president had a message for leader of north korea, cbs news correspondent stephen portnoy is traveling with the president. >> reporter: president trump touched down in china third leg of his asian tour his first stop forbidden city where he sat down for welcomed tea with chinese leadership, in addition to trade the president is expect to focus heavily on reigning in north korea. >> history is filled with discarded regimes that have foolishly tested america's resolve. >> reporter: that was mr. trump addressing north korean situation while wrapping up his visit to south cover re, he spoke at nat

police say this surveillance footage from friday shows very throwing rock at church in morris county.al of the churches. investigators say he defaced four other local churches between friday and saturday while some community members expressed pain, others say they're moving on. >>> really angered me to see someone disrespect a place of worship. >> it tonight feel too good. can't lock yourself in the house and never come out. so you just got to keep living >> one of the five vandalized churches is a child, didn't tell police why he allegedly committed the crime. he faces multiple counts of criminal mischief. >> at the top of this morning's health watch watch, tap water. >> according to a study, children who do not drink tap water, which typically contains fluoride, are more likely to have tooth decay. but the study also found that children who did drink it, were more likely to have elevated lead levels in their blood. >> also on the hell watch, arthritis may affect much higher percentage of american adult than people think. researchers from boston university say the current numbers do

a head-on collision happened late last night in morris river township, cumberland county. have not released details on what caused the crash. >>> a three-year-old girl is hospitalized this morning for a gunshot wound that police say was accidentally self-inflicted. now that child's grandmother is facing charges. the shooting happened inside a home in the city's kingsessing section yesterday. katherine scott is live at chop where that young girl is recovering. katherine? >> reporter: matt, doctors here at chop are trying to save that little girl's leg. police say she accidentally shot herself after a handgun was left unsecured. a 64-year-old grandmother charged after police say her three-year-old granddaughter found her father's gun and pulled the trigger while in her grandmother's care. police say the child's father is also facing charges. it happened sunday around noon inside this kingsessing home on the 1300 block of south wilton. police say the girl's father told the grandmother to secure the gun when he rushed to work. >> he puts it into a closet, it's in a holster. it

continuing to slice all the way down on through parts of it looks like cumberland county where you see vineland, morrisetting some rain. going out to cheer on your favorite runner. this is the hour by hour. if there were any rain you'd see it over the county. let's go to the 7:00 a.m. start time. gusts are cranking up close to 40 miles per hour for the start for those runners. that west/northwest wind will affect them as they are running from the start. it will be better off helping them push along. 47 degrees and then pick up just a tad upper 40s. low 50s this afternoon. we'll look more closely at our weekday forecast coming up. >>> thank you, krystal. the countdown is on. a big day in the big d for eagles and fans will get a preview of tonight's big game coming up. >>> also coming up, a super start for the sixers with all five starters in double figures in south philly. the warriors were ready for a shoot-out. those highlights next in sunday morning sports. countless patients. countless ailments. countless hours. and guess what? you can handle it all. be a leader in your field with a bsn from strayer

morris and lafayette avenue. we had so much fun monday we will do it again this coming monday. come on bucks county we will broadcast live all morning long from the village bagel company there along easton road on warrington a hot spot we will start early by making bailing, having some fun so come on by on your way to work , school, bring kid by grab a coffee, bagel and we have some surprise is a long the way. we will kick it off live at 4:00 monday morning, mark it on your calendar and we will put you on tv before work or school. >> that is something to look forward to monday, i like that really nice. >>> 6:19. here we go again. now it has work its way sexual allegations in the political world, an alabama senate candidate, election coming up december 12th i think is facing allegations of sexual misconduct. >> would man accusing roy more more of having sexual contact with her as an cysttent district attorney and she was only 14. washington post reported on the woman yesterday, the alleged incident happened in 1979, and the post also quoted three other women who say moore persued them when they wre

county. an accident gap newport road. we have an accident that cleared, morris road is looking better at lafayette avenue. you head toward the schuylkill expressway. we're seeing a spot of slowing on the schuylkill expressway 39 miles per hour approaching the boulevard to belmont. everything else in the green speeds. mostly in the 50s as we see volume not too bad on this holiday. >> we're beginning with the breaking news in south jersey, an alert driver tipped off the police to what turned out to be a deadly hit-and-run crash. let's go over to katherine scott in maple shade, burlington county. >> reporter: good morning, tam, the circumstances surrounding the hit-and-run is under investigation. police have a person in custody. you can see that all the lanes here are open this morning. they had been closed overnight, some of the northbound and southbound lanes of 73 had been closed to continue the investigation. if you're familiar with the area it's near the lowes and tony luke in maple shade. police say a passing driver spotted a man lying near the center median and called police. the victim was pronounced