palmer school has asked me to facilitate a liquidation and disillusion of the school. >> reporter: palmer school officials say they've been undermined by the school district. >> i wouldn't say necessarily sabotage. what i'm saying is that they want those kids back. that will fill their holes. those gaps, those deficits that they have. >> reporter: more than 600 students are going have to be placed in other schools. the school district said pants can do that online through a dedicated web site or by coming to district headquarters on wednesday or friday morning of this week or 9:00 5oo on monday or go direct to their neighborhood school to enroll on monday. >> we'll get students enrolled immediately even without the records because we believe it's important that they are back in school. >> reporter: late today school parents and caretakers gathered to condemn the abrupt closing and express concern about the transition process. >> the charter school office and the school district have been very unhelpful with my process. they don't give me any information. they have no information. they're

it's light, camera, action for break out star kiki palmer who is making history on broadway. she gives us an all access past. we take a sip from the pink teacup and from the corner office of the prime minister of haiti talks about transforming his island nation into a paradise for tourism. finally, we go behind the lens with the celebrity photographer. that's what's happening in our with the celebrity photographer. that's what's happening in our world, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. from the big screen to the small screen, and now broadway, kiki palmer continues to dazzle audiences with the impossible. let's take a look. ♪ kiki palmer is breaking broadway records, but her appearance as cinderella that has people looking. ♪ >> when i think about cindere a cinderella, it's interesting, i think about my nieces and i think they look at cinderella as that blond hair -- >> totally. >> white, so the fact that you now are the first african american cinderella, tell us what's that experience like. >> on that sample, unbelievable because literally one time i came out, ran out, the beginni

palmer by phone.e says he's out of town and couldn't appear on camera but he added that all 675 students will be affected and transition team is in place to work with parents on placing those students in other schools. for now reporting from northern liberties, i'm steve patterson cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> well arc very disappointing eagles season comes to an end but the birds were at least able to pull off a win in their finale again the new york giants giants. sports director beasley reece is live in the cbs3 sat center with the highlights of this final game. beas? >>> eagles and giants so many miracles define the rivalry. this too many it was two teams going nowhere playing for pride. here we go. mark sanchez through touchdown to jordan matthews and brent celek on the birds first two possessions. mark finished 23 of 36 for 292 yards and two scores. along with one interception. the birds special teams came through again. third quarter was james casey blocking a punt. tray burton stumbled in for the

in october, a lottery was head that got hundreds of children from palmer charter while palmer high waswn for good. the letter from the board this weekend tells parents the monthly payments from the court decision are just too hi, and they're left with no no other options. statement from the school district of philadelphia says quote, the walter d palmer organization has not informed the school district of its plan to close the charter school t goes on to say the district is ready to help parents with the transition, to other schools. >> it was like that's our christmas gift, the school closing down on us. it feels very hurtful. >> we spoke to the school's founder walter d palmer by phone, says he is out of town and couldn't appear on camera but says that all 675 student will be affect in the transition team is in place to work with parents on placing those students in other schools. for now, reporting from northern liberties i'm steve patterson, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> coming up on 5:13, our traffic and weather together. how about this mild air katie, sticking around? >> sorry, w

the walter palmer school folded under a $13 million debt. vernon odom is live at philadelphia school headquarterers with more now. >> reporter: as of moments ago 27 palmer parents, their children left out in the cold after this most recent palmer school debacle have come here today and this week to get their children reenrolled somewhere else it's a hurry up situation. the complete collapse of the walter palmer school k through 8 brought monique hayes to school district headquarters into another school in time for monday. she is one of hundreds of parents struggling to get her child reelected after the palmer school shut down. >> i have to work and she has to go to school and get an education and this is not fair to my daughter all this have tugging and pulling and now she has to get used to going to another school. >> the school district is trying to the situation. they will go all day today and friday and monday. the palmer fiasco is now a waiting game. >> basically they'll let me know in two days when she will be able to start the new sch

it's another in a string of let downs for parents of students at the walter palmer. the high school abruptly closed few months ago and the charter was forced to cut enrollment earlier this year. fox 29's dave can't chen broke this story over the weekend much he's covering tonight's rally for us. dave? >> reporter: iain, a palmer grand parent told me she organized this emergency meeting with parents after seeing our story over the weekend. the question now for many parents with students who went to palmer school, they want to know what they will do now. small but vocal group of parents held what they call a curve side meeting outside the walter palmer charter school in northern liberties. they are angry palmer administrators decided to abruptly close the school over the holiday break. these parents plan on sending a message to the state department of education but they don't know where they will send their children in the meantime. some of those students rallied too. >> so sad because i learned a lot here and i'm going to miss my teachers and my friends. >> when she f

walter palmer officials blame financial problems.now children have to go to private school which many can't afford or go back to public schools which people like this boy were trying to avoid. >> i just came from that school and it took forever to get out of there. >> reporter: the frustration is mounting from parents too. now faced with a difficult decision about where to finish off the school year. >> but, me, i feel defeated. to effect them? >> reporter: a philadelphia school district spokesman tells me they wish walter palmer would have given them more time to get these kids to find new schools. we have reached out to walter palmer officials for more clarification about which grades are closing and when. we are yet to hear back. live in philadelphia randy gyllenhaal nbc 10 news. >>> new information on a hit and run where a driver sped off after crashing to the home of an elderly woman. the 93-year-old died of natural causes hours after a truck2ji nearly struck her as she was sleeping in her bed yesterday. the driver is not in cus

palmer watches the show. he posted this on our facebook page.an see him singing in other places like here. i believe this is in his home. that looks like a pet bird. >> this voice is coming out of this guy? this guy with these big old muscles? >> it's more fun to closure eyes and look to it. ♪ i say to myself ♪ what a wonderful world >> he does voices. >> how does he sing all this? let's ask him. we have palmer allen right this minute via skype. thank you for joining us. how did you learn you could hit those high notes? >> since i was 10 years old in the choir. >> what is your vocal range? >> i don't know. it goes from very, very high. like barbra streisand to very low like louis armstrong. i didn't listen to my choir director when he said just do my part. what i did was everybody's part. >> so what do people say when they hear your voice? >> they don't believe it's if i. you know it's like this. i don't know why i do it, but i do. and jack benny, george, if i could remember, i would tell you. >> i didn't know you got into a small engine shop to

>> well-done, palmer. >> slow me down, guys. you. >> dude's just playing around with some poisonous creatures, but -- >> he is known as the ninja of serpents. >> why what he does next will make you squirm. >> oh! meat-thrashing machine on a farm. >>> all right, everybody, buckle in. because this is going to be a wild ride, i promise. this dude is known as the ninja of serpents in brazil. he's quite famous because of his affinity and knowledge of s serpe serpents. here he's got what he claims to be a poisonous tarantula. he also has a small poisonous snake as well. he's showing off both of them for a while. he's handling both. but he is known as the ninja of serpents. so he's beginning to ramp this up from three to 11. >> are we at three right now? because i feel like we're at 11. >> no, we're at 3 right now. he picks up the snake. he's got it by the head. he picks up the tarantula. then he gently starts to wrap the snake around the tarantula, creating himself a nice little hors d'oeuvre. >> what is he doing? >> he's got a snake

palmer did not have charter to run the high school in the first place. they went to court and the district took back money from the organization. it's not yet clear if the fallout is forcing the middle school down, too. >> i think they been knew they was closing. they just took it upon they self to let us know at the last mine minute. it's not right to our kids they have to go through this. >> reporter: kianna doesn't know what to do now. >> i'm sad because i wanted to graduate with them people and i have to go to a new school and graduate with all different people i don't know. >> reporter: we were unable to reach palmer administrators for a comment. we did speak with the school district and they say that they will help parents transition their kids who go here to a public school. they are also setting up a website that will assist in that transition. the school district says, they will still reach out to palmer to tri to confirm that this building is closing. karen? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> it was a pretty bad fire today. the charred remains

we did reach out to palmer for a comment.e also reached out to school district officials but, of course, it's a holiday so we will let you know when we hear back from them. karen. >> all right dave. stay on top of it. thanks so much. no charges have been filed against a 19-year-old driver who struck the home of a 93-year-old woman jenny russo on her birth today on friday. she was inside that home under hospice care when the teen slammed into her house. a few hours after that crash the woman died. police say the teenager whose name has not been released is cooperating and did turn himself in. >>> we now know the entities of the drivers involved in a fatal crash in upper merion township on friday afternoon. that is a bad one. police say 50-year-old eric keifer crossed over eight hadn't dread rough road on his motorcycle colliding head on with that food service truck. 30-year-old mohammed bah was driving that vehicle. keifer died at the scene. bah was flown to the hospital of treatment of non-life threatening injuries. >>> one m

. >> the k through 8th graders won't be going back to the walter palmer charter school. randy gyllenhall is live. i can only now imagine parents scrambling to get their children enrolled somewhere else. >> this charter school locked the doors in the middle of winter break. teachers at the walter palmer charter school pack up their books and colored pencils after learning that the classrooms are closing. and now they're out of a job. >> what have they told you, anything? >> nothing. we don't know anything. >> this school is good. >> reporter: the k through 8 charter school is shutting down in the middle of winter break. walter palmer officials say there's no other choice because they're deep in debt owing millions to the school district of philadelphia. >> and they've been on us since then. we've been trying to work with them over the past year. >> reporter: the school tells nbc 10 they've tried to work out a parmt plan but a payment plan but the district isn't cooperating and a recent court order is making them pony up 1.5 million now. >> with that 1.5 million judgment,

>> parents are scrambling to find a new place for their students to go to school after the walter palmer charter school abruptly decides to close. what philadelphia is doing to help these students find a school to get to. >>> president owe bam makes an important phone call after his golf plans interrupted a wedding. what he had to say to the couple. >> reporter: a car full of young people veers off the road and what happens next is gruesome what police say they found inside the car that may have led to the crash chris. >>> and more breaking news right now bodies recovered in the search area for missing air asia plane but first our caitlin roth is tracking your new years eve weather. >> a cold new years eve forecast chris thanks so much. good morning to you. we are looking at temperatures and wind chills that we have in the seen in weeks. get ready to bundle up as you head out the next couple of days, that is coming up next. >>> and too high too low but matthew was a cutest little boy. >> hard break in a local community after a little boy is struck and killed by a police cruiser. how resi

it shows rice and janae palmer being escorted by police. palmer is captured sobbing when officers questioned her about the incident. and then it shows palmer kissing and showing affection toward rice. rice's attorney tried to prevent this from being released because rice does not want anymore negative publicity. >>> we are getting our first look at how thee-d printing will impact space travel. nasa scientists e-mailed a wrench to the international spacestation. yes, a wrench. here is a photo of sphrawt barry wi -- of astronaut barry willmore with the socket wrench. nasa engineers whipped up a model using design software. they e-mailed it. he printed out 20 separate parts that were easily put together in a working wrench. amazing. >>> some kids who go to school in the heart of san francisco's tough tenderloin district had a tough christmas. it was because of a restaurant owner with a big heart. vic lee has this christmas story . >> it was a big surprise. santa was coming early to see-@ the academy. these are the children of the tenderloin. f

the charges for palmer were later dropped.tered an intervention program and avoided a potential trial. now some are questioning the way authorities handle the janay palmer, specifically, why was a woman who was knocked unconscious when security first approached the couple handcuffed? and why would authorities allow the man being arrested for assault close enough to kiss his victim? >> if you're looking to law enforcement to provide you a service and keep you safe and then they act as they did in this particular instance, then, of course, it just further solidifies for the victim that help is not available. >> reporter: the couple married in march and janay continues to stand firmly by ray. over the weekend, they appeared together at a charity event. in an exclusive interview with matt last month, she talked about how their incident may serve to educate others. >> it's so -- there's so many messages. >> i got chosen for a reason. it was definitely to bring awareness to what people are going through every day. even though it's n

it shows rice and janae palmer being escorted by police. captured sobbing when officers questioned her about the incident. and then it shows palmer kissing and showing affection toward rice. rice's attorney tried to prevent this from being released because rice does not want anymore negative publicity. >>> we are getting our first look at how thee-d printing will impact space travel. nasa scientists e-mailed a wrench to the international spacestation. yes, a wrench. here is a photo of sphrawt barry wi -- of astronaut barry willmore with the socket wrench. nasa engineers whipped up a model using design software. they e-mailed it. he printed out 20 separate parts that were easily put together in a working wrench. amazing. >>> some kids who go to school in the heart of san francisco's tough tenderloin district had a tough christmas. it was because of a restaurant owner with a big heart. vic lee has this christmas story . >> it was a big surprise. santa was coming early to see-@ the academy. these are the children of the tenderloin. for many it

. >> reporter: elizabeth palmer tells us at least ten are dead but hundreds were rescued. a top house republican admits he spoket a gathering of white supremacists. wyatt andrews is on the story. and... >> these three right here i'm not happy with. >> o'donnell: -- seth doane with butlers in training in a place you wouldn't expect. >> this doesn't seem like mao's communist china. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> o'donnell: good evening. scott is off. i'm norah o'donnell. tonight the search is expanding for a missing air asia flight. by all indication, this is the third tragedy to hit that part of the world this year. malaysia airline flight 370 vanished in march. flight 17 was shot down o ukraine in july. now light 8501. the airbus with over 300 on board left indonesia this weekend heading for singapore and vanished when the pilot changed course due to weather. allen pizzey? >> reporter: good evening norah. the u.s. is being asked for help in the search and the navy said it's in discussions to send ships and submersibles to c

it shows rice and janae palmer being escorted by police. palmer is captured sobbing when officers questioned her about the incident. and then it shows palmer kissing and showing affection toward rice. rice's attorney tried to prevent this from being released because rice does not want anymore negative publicity. >>> we are getting our first look at how thee-d printing will impact space travel. nasa scientists e-mailed a wrench to the international spacestation. yes, a wrench. here is a photo of sphrawt barry wi -- of astronaut barry willmore with the socket wrench. nasa engineers whipped up a model using design software. they e-mailed it. he printed out 20 separate parts that were easily put together in a working wrench. amazing. >>> some kids who go to school in the heart of san francisco's tough tenderloin district had a tough christmas. it was because of a restaurant owner with a big heart. vic lee has this christmas story . >> it was a big surprise. santa was coming early to see-@ the academy. these are the children of the tenderloin. f

the closing aeffects more than 600 students that attended the walter palmer leadership charter school. >> reporter: teachers and staff were given the bad news just a day after christmas that this school was locking its door permanently, just halfway through the academic year. teachers at the walter palmer charter school packed up their books and colored pencils after learning that the classrooms are closing and now they're out of a job. >> what have they told you? anything? >> nothing. we don't know anything. >> this school is good. i liked to work here but unfortunately -- -- >> the k through 8 charter school is shutting down in the middle of winter break. walter palmer officials say there's no other choice because they're deep in debt owing millions to the school district of philadelphia. >> and they've been on us since then. we've been trying to work with them over the past year. >> reporter: the school tells nbc 10 they've tried to work out a payment plan but the district just isn't cooperating. and a recent court order is forcing them to pony up 1.5 million now. >> and the bottom

they found out a few days ago that the walter palmer middle school is shutting down tomorrow. the the small vocal group of parents held what they called a curb side meeting outside northern liberties school last night. they are upset, of course that palmer administrators decided to abruptly close the school over the holiday break they plan to send a message to the department of education. some of the student joined in as well. >> i learned a lot here. i will miss my teachers and my friend. >> when she first came here she was below average. now she's performing on a proficient level. so that speaks for itself no matter how you say it is being mismanaged these kid are learning. these kid are our future and that is the point have of them going to this school. >> the school district of philadelphia says they will find a place for all palmer students in area public schools. >>> philadelphia school district has set up enrollment sessions for former palmer students and first thinks wednesday at district headquarters. for a list of the dates and time get to my fox philly.com and click

. >>> well parents, and teachers are angry tonight after learning the walter d palmer leadership partners charter school will shut down on new years eve. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live at the school in northern liberties with the very latest. steve? >> reporter: you said it, not only was this shocking for parents but it was shocking for teachers as well. today was last day for them to clear out their personally affects in school supplies many of which were bought with their own money before they had to clear out of this school. the we spoke with one teacher who is concerned not only about her own future but about the future of her own children. >> we have found out saturday. by letter. in the mail. >> reporter: that is how third grade teacher bridget wilkerson's life changed no meeting, no warning, just a letter. >> that is horrible. i'm supposed to get paid next week. the most likely that won't happen now. >> reporter: wilkerson was one of several teachers forced to clear out of the classroom by monday evening. saturday that letter went home to the parents of nearly 70

in october palmer high was shut down and a lottery cut hundreds of children from palmer charter. >> it hurt me a lot. like a great deal. like what am i supposed to do now? everything is closed. holiday season still. what's the next step? >> the closing affect nearly 700 student from kindergarten through eighth grade. the philadelphia school district says it is ready to help student move to other schools. >>> well, the eagles season is officially over now. and the birds got out of the season with a win knocking off the giants on the road, mark sanchez had touchdown passes to wide out jordan matthews, tight ends jordan six, the season comes to a close. sanchez finished 23 for 36, for 292 yards and couple of scores along with one tick. the eagles special teams came through again, third quarter james casey blocks the giants, burton would eventually get the ball, he would score right there nate allen with big interception toward the ends to help seal it. another ten and six season, no post-season, 34-26 eagles over the giants. >> i think this team played extremely hard. i this i they played

palmer school officials abruptly announced over the weekend that they would not reopen in the new year the school is $13 million in debt and the district says they will help the hundreds of students impacted by the closure by assisting them with transfers to other schools, parents nood to contact the school district or neighboring schools to begin the process. >>> still to come here on "action news" at noon, an undercover sting catches a criminal stealing clothing from those that need it most. >>> and a couple's wedding interrupted by president obama's golf game. and david murphy has your seven-day forecast. >>> two sailors died today when the operation to secure the greek ferry caught fire on the way to italy. they were hit by a snap tow line. today italian prosecutors ordered the crippled vessel back to italy. they fear that more bodies will be found when it is properly searched . >>> the number of officers killed by guns nearly doubled this year. 15 were ambush assaults like the ones that killed the two officers in new york. and compared to 32 last year that is from the non-profit n

walter palmer points to financial difficulties. the charter owes over a million dollars to the philadelphia school district. that order came down earlier this year after the state supreme court found that the charter was collecting money from the district for too many students. as a result at the time, the charter's high school closed. the parents of the remaining students in elementary school are frustrated now that the charter is completely shutting down. >> i feel defeated. like what am i going to do for them, and how is this going to affect them? >> a school district spokesperson tells nbc 10 that any parents should contact the district to arrange new enrollment at public schools in the city. >>> this morning, a philadelphia man is in critical condition after he was helping others to escape his burning home. flames hit the house along north 8th street in hunting park yesterday afternoon. witnesses tell us the man jumped into action. they say he ran in and out of the burning home to save the people inside. >> his main goal was t

it was a story fox 29 broke over the weekend walter palmer charter school set to close for good this wednesday and tonight parents are angry after the latest and seemingly final in a series of disappointments g evening i'm iain page. those parents are set to gather tonight to protest the school's closing. fox 29's dave kinchen is live at the sight of that rally in northern liberties for us tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, there are some parents gathering here right now. they are shocked. i'll show you what's happening over my shoulder. parents gathering now. they got this letter here and the trouble is, teachers also got the very same letter dateed december 26th saying that the school will be closing on december 31st. that made parents angry. it made them very curious as well. it made the teachers angry and also putty cher on the move. fox 29 cameras rolling as teachers moved their lesson plans and other items out of the walter d palmer charter school at sixth and popular in northern liberties. told they had to be out by 4:00 p.m. today. bridget wilkerson is one of them them. >> it'

elizabeth palmer, cbs news tehran. >> still ahead here what it looks like when 2,000 couples are all married at the same time. >> a narrow escape in china. a sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in fujon province. most avoided it but one car got stuck as you see here. the people made it out but the car fell right out. it's believed that shifting sands beneath the roadway opened up the hole. >>> floating christmas tree, not a tree designed to look like a tree. 280 feet tall and uses 3.1 million lights we're told not counting the fireworks. also in brazil today the largest wedding ever held in rio. over 2,000 couples took part in the day of i do. it's l carried out for those who can't afford a ceremony of their own. >>> chaos in california. the annualed the 80 bear toss, where fans fling their bears onto the ice and they are dplaited to kids in need for the holidays. coming up the hug that's envel opened the are world. enveloped the world. >> timely tonight it's been six days since the grand jury declined to indict darren wilson for the shooting of michael brown. many of

they found out just a few days ago that the walter palmer middle school is shutting down tomorrow. a small but vocal will group of parents held a curb side meeting outside northern liberties school last night. they are super angry that palmer administrators deidentify todd abruptly close the school over the holiday break. they say that they had in warning, they plan on sending a message to the department of education, and some of the students joined in as well. >> i learned a lot here and i'm going to miss my teachers and my friend. >> when she first came here she was below average. now she's performing on a proficient level. that speaks for itself no matter how you say it is being mismanaged these kids are learning. these kids are our future. that is the the point of them going to this school. >> the school district of philadelphia says it will find a place for all palmer students, in area public schools, the philadelphia school district setting up several enrollment sessions for former palmer students the first is tomorrow, at school district headquarters. for a list of all sessi

walter palmer points to financial difficulties. the charter owes over a million dollars to the philadelphia school district. that order came down earlier this year after the state supreme court found that the charter was collecting money from the district for too many students. as a result at that time the charter's high school closed. >>> police are trying to figure out this morning if two recent grocery store holdups in south philadelphia are connected. police tell us that this is one of the suspects from the first robbery. this happened tuesday afternoon at susan's grocery on south 13th street. the man and an accomplice got away with about $500. take a look at this second robbery suspect. the second robbery happened on christmas day at joe's food market. investigators say the teenage suspect pulled a gun but ran away without getting anything. the robbers in both cases are still on the loose. >>> the governors of new york and new jersey have vetoed a bill designed to clean up the troubled port authority and instead have proposed

they are angry palmer administrators decideed to abruptly close the school over the holiday break. parents plan on sending a message to the state department of education but they don't know where they will send their children in the meantime. some of those students rallied too. >> so sad because i learned a lot here and i'm going to miss my teachers mine friends. >> when she first came here she was below average. now she is performing on a proficient level. >> so that speaks for itself. no matter how you say it's being mismanaged these kids are learning. these kids are our future and that's the point of them going to this school. >> that was our dave kinchen reporting. the philadelphia school district is set up several epp roll many sessions for former palmer students. the first is wednesday at district headquarters for a list of all session dates and times head to myfoxphilly.com. >> he's known for playing screech on the '90's teen show saved by the bell but dustin diamond very public appearance today in a wisconsin courtroom. he's accused of of establishing a guy in bar fight chr

it's nice to have a dynamic, controversial figure like jesse palmer.oticed amy's live shot, it was a bit breezy there. temperatures much cooler today than yesterday by 10 to 15 or 20 degrees. chilly winds today for the football games across the northeast. generally speaking, it's pretty quiet across much of the country. we're looking at another shot of rain coming into the northwest tonight and tomorrow. another one after that, and a third one later this week. a pretty active pattern for the west coast. but the southwest looking nice. 74 degrees in los angeles, 78 degrees in >> this is from jesse palmer. it's a little peace offering. stay away from him. >> thank you. >> you stole that from the set. i saw you. >> you know what? >> not true. >> is this because he's waving the white flag? to surrender? >> i don't think ron is surrendering just yet. >> it is fake, though. maybe there's another -- >> let's not give away our -- >> red into that -- >> take care of that. >> the magic of television here on "gma." >>> coming up, the new test for the stand your g

walter palmer points to financial difficulties. the charter owes over a million dollars to the philadelphia school district. that order came down earlier this year after the state supreme court found that the charter was collecting money from the district for too many students. as a result, the charter's high school closed. >>> this morning, police are trying to figure out if two recent grocery store holdups in south philadelphia are connected. police say this is one of the suspects from the first robbery. this happened tuesday afternoon at susan's grocery on south 13th street. the man and an accomplice got away with about $500. the second robbery happened on christmas day at joe's food market. investigators say the teenage suspect pulled a gun, but ran away without taking anything. the robbers in both cases are still on the loose. >>> the governors of new york and new jersey have vetoed a bill designed to clean up the troubled port authority and proposed a series of reforms instead. the bill was designed to make changes to the age

. >>> the school district of philadelphia had shut down palmer charter school. they were battling to keep the school open. in a letter palmer wrote it is with a sad and troubled heart that i alert you of the decision to permanently close the school on wednesday december 31 2014, a spokesperson with the school district released a statement saying the walter palmer organization has not informed the school district of the plans to close the charter school. the school district has set up a dedicated website for the parents to transition with the process, parents can access it through the district website. >>> the eagles wrap up their season in north jersey, they play the giants in a game with the winners and loser go home not to the playoffs. the birds lost three straight games crushing their post season dreams. three weeks ago they had a chance to go to the playoffs, but that's on hold for another season. jeff skeverski has more on on the game in 15 minutes. >>> the nittany lions won the pin stripe bowl yesterday. it was the first bowl win in almost five years. nca

to our south, ryan palmer has lost much more.e's taking a big step. >> so what are you doing today, ryan? >> we're doing an assembly for the students of manti high. >> he'll be talking to hundreds of kids about jeremy's death, and he's doing it at jeremy's old high school. >> it's biggest crowd you've spoken in front of. are you nervous? >> a little bit nervous. the speaking is the easy part. it's just choking down the emotion that goes with it. >> but this is really important to you? >> it's really important. >> okay. let's go. >> i want to introduce mr. palmer to you. [ applause ] >> teens are bombarded with the "just say no" message, but this is such a different drug issue. i wonder if ryan's story will get through to them. >> can i ask you in the audience how many of you knew my son jeremy? okay. this is a picture of jeremy out in sterling for his eagle scout project. he refinished the flagpoles. we were pretty proud of him. now the rest of the story. this is jeremy being buried under those flagpoles he painted. my young frie

palmer sake protected by hotel secuty which keeps rice away from her. she is visually angry and then lar she begins to cry. but as they share the elevator to be escorted to waiting police cars she afeerns experience gef emotions moving in to kiss and newsle rice. >> today the fbi confirmed north korea was behind the cyberattack on sony pictures. president barack obama says the u.s. will respond proportiony and at the o the news conveion today obama said sony's decision to pull the movie "the interview" fromts wa. wot have a society in which some dictator some place can srt imposg censorship here in the united states. >> obama said sony decision could set a dangerous press departnd the sonny ceo said it was made by theaters nationwide that would not hold the film. >> we have not caved or given in we have persevered and not backed down. we have always had every desire to have the american public see this movie. >> hackers september a message to sony executives saying they made "a very quiz decision not to sh the movie" ford and rr are continuing to recall

. >>> walter palmer announced this weekend the charter school that bears his name will shut down. the school district of philadelphia had closed the high school. palmer was fighting to keep the lower school open, but he sent a letter to parents teachers and students that the school will close permanently on december 31. >>> temperature are on the way back down following a very mild weekend, let's look live outside sky 6 in high definition looking at the center city skyline. today not too bad cooler than yesterday, but that colder air will arrive overnight and stick with us through new year's eve. for more on the conditions right now let's go to the birkd big board, and meteorologist david murphy. >> reporter: precipitation wiles it's been -- precipitation wise it's dry but down the shore there's light sprinkles and showers in play and this looks like the tail end, cape may should be dry now. satellite and radar shows how there are breaks in the clouds. that picture we showed you on sky 6 showed the sunshine breaking through in center city the rest of the way today will feature a m

>> crash indian head at palmer road. center lane blocked there. inner and outer loop no problems right now. taking a look at 66 if you're headed into town you're fine. out of town you're fine. if you're getting on the centreville area a little bit slow crossing over 50. no major problems. north of triangle looking good. woodrow wilson bridge looking good. 95 north and south, no problems there. same thing as you look at bw parkway. guys? >> melissa, thank you. 6:53. right now traffic is building on i-95 in virginia. but the brand-new express lanes could seriously improve your commute. tolling is there. megan mcgrath is live in alexandria with what you need to know. >> good morning, aaron. our new toll structure in effect. we're seeing light traffic on the regular lanes and express lanes. a lot of people still on vacation this morning. the new toll structure in effect. take a look at the chopper hovering above the express lanes right now. a little while ago, a chopper flew by one of the variable toll signs. it will cost $10.90 for a trip from garris

walter palmer points to financial difficulties. the charter owes over a million dollars to the philadelphia school district. that order came down earlier this year after the state supreme court found the charter was collecting money from the district for too many students. as a result, the charter's high school closed. the parents of the remaining students in the elementary school are now frustrated that the charter is closing completely. >> i feel defeated. like what am i going to do for them and how is this going to affect them? >> a school district spokesman tells nbc 10 that parents should contact the district to arrange new enrollment at public schools. >>> we now know what caused the death of a 93-year-old woman who was almost killed by a truck that plowed into her home. the driver sped off after crashing into the house on red brooke lane. an autopsy reveals that 93-year-old jenny rousseau died of natural causes. it was just a few hours after the truck nearly struck rousseau while she was sleeping in her bed. she was disturbe

walter palmer points to financial difficulties. the charter owes over a million dollars to the philadelphia school district. that order came down earlier this year after the state supreme court found that the charter was collecting money from the district for too many students. as a result, at the time, the charter's high school closed. the parents of the remaining students in elementary school are frustrated now that the charter is completely shutting down. >> i feel defeated. like what am i going to do? and how is this going to affect them? >> a school district spokesperson tells nbc 10 that parents should contact the district to arrange new enrollment at public schools in the city. >>> this afternoon, the eagles will make the short trip to the meadowlands to take on the new york giants but as we know there are no playoff implications in this final game for the birds. last week's lotsz toss to the redskins helped dash the hopes for the postseason. chip kelly's team have dropped the last three games. meanwhile, the g-men are on a

. >> that was john palmer breaking the news of the challenger disaster.ries he covered during 40 years at nbc. >>> from beirut to washington, he was that rare soul in the rough and tumble world of news. smart, brave, but always courtly. a southern gentlemen in the trench coat of a foreign correspondent correspondent. >> paris without the eiffel tower is like a frenchman without wine. >> he covered war and summits from the field and from the anchor desk on toechltds the pride of kings port tennessee, he got the first break in atlanta in 1960, just two years later he joined nbc news where he would spend the better part of the next 40 years. >> at times the fighting has been heavy using mortars and machine guns. >> his assignments were gritty. based in tel aviv, beirut and paris. until 1979 when he was named correspondent, covering five presidents jimmy carter ronald reagan, both bushes and bill clinton. >> the many chapters of his career are part of his memoire. written before he died last year. shared with us by his wife who we met while working here at wa

. >>> walter palmer charter school is now officially closed for good. school officials say they were forced to close because they owe the school district of philadelphia millions of dollars and that includes $1.5 million that the district wanted paid back immediately. >> and the bottom line is that that $1.5 million judgment that's what took us over the edge. >> this goes beyond the $1.5 million that clearly shows a financial situation. a mismanagement of finances. >> walter palmer was insinuting they could work out a payment arrangement. working with 600 students to help them find new schools. >>> heads up if you live near the salem hope generating station. the station will test its sirens around 2:00 this afternoon. tests will last for about three minutes minutes. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> heading out the door to walk the dog or just head out to enjoy the cold wetll mother nature is helping out. down ten degrees compared to yesterday. the cold stay as we ring in the new year, but by the weekend, the tem

ryan palmer is a church leader. he's lived here all his life.st a few months ago, his world was rocked to the core. >> we just -- we found him right here behind the minivan. and we did cpr for probably four or five minutes while the ambulance got here. cpr's very grueling. you can tell i broke a few ribs. it's just insane that you have to do that to your own child. >> this is the neighbor's driveway where ryan found jeremy, where his friends left him after he overdosed on morphine pills. >> have you been back here since his death? >> driven by. this is the scene of the horrific part of what we had to deal with. >> this is the last place you saw your son. >> yeah. we farm. and jeremy would have been the fifth-generation farm boy. jeremy started hanging out with me in the shop from the time he was probably 6 or 7 years old. he was my sidekick. >> jeremy wasn't just the pride of his family, he was the pride of the town. star athlete, eagle scout. but few people knew what was going on behind the scenes. a lot of people out here, i would imagine, wou

the alleged young burglars are all between 10 and 12 years old and are not walter palmer students.olice think that the kids broke in after they heard the school was shutting down this week. >>> from our south jersey bureau now, a burling town county school has raised half the money to stay open. st. paul elementary school has raised about $120,000 so far, according to the school's website. the trenton diocese gave them a deadline of january 15th to raise $250,000 or shut down. the diocese says it can no longer fund st. paul because of declining enrollment. >>> well inauguration day is less than a month away now, and pennsylvania's next governor has put together an education transition team with some strong ties to philadelphia. governor-elect tom wolf has appointed pedro rivera as the committee co-chair. he's a former philadelphia teacher and principal who's now the school superintendent in lancaster. other key appointments include the mayor's wife lisa nutter former bright hope baptist pastor kevin johnson and philadelphia federation of teachers president jerry jordan. wolf ran a

it then shows palmer appearing to kiss and show affection towards rice.attorney went to court to stop abc from obtaining this video but ended up losing. the lawyer for rice said he doesn't want the video to reignite the media friendy that he called the worst night of his life. >> football broadcasters can continue to say the word redskins after new federal ruling. washington university professor filed petition to have it banned from radio broadcast saying the name is obscene or profane. some americans consider it a racial slur and offensive term. yesterday the federal communication commission rejected the request. fcc said by definition obscenity depict sexual conduct so this is not fall into that category. >> environmental protection agency has ruled that the ash created by coal power plant is not hazardous waste. it produces 100 million ton of ash per year containing arsenic lead and other toxic material. environmentalist sue to force the epa to enact stricter federal storage rules. in response epa did not reclassify the ash instead creating stronger st