. >>> turf war between philadelphia's police union and cities new district attorney, what was said atecent training program that has fop president upset. >>> this is apparently a long word because we are throwing out a lot of letters of this word of the day. >> all kinds of letters. >> is that a ribbon. >> that is a r. >> lets get through them again we have a m, an d, an a and a r. >> lets see if people are guessing. >> there is a shamrock. >> how nice. >> something to do with ireland. >> people are confused because we have not received any guests. >> it is exactly 6:30. good day everybody. it is march 2nd, 2018, weather , weather, weather. >> we have not seen war of this storm yet but starting to crank up in intensity and messy rest of the day rain, snow, combination of the two and high whips such a big factor a three out of 10, bus stop buddy standing out, umbrella has not yet blown inside out temperatures in the 40's in most places where we are seeing rain but change over is happening, up in the pocono mountains from rain to snow where we expect decent accumulation. we will see rai

>> reporter: iain, the police union put out a stern letter to philadelphia police officers telling them basically not to listen to the da when it comes to how to handle their guns when their lives are in danger. >> stay in your lane and go up speak about court speak about whatever else don't speak about gun stuff or whatever it may be on the street. >> reporter: clear message from the fop president to philly's da larry krasner. after sources say krasner told a group of cadets they should shoot for the arm rather than shooting to kill if confronted by a violent suspect or situation. >> it's tollly opposite of what they're taught. they're taught and trained to shoot for center mass. this isn't a wild wild west western. where you clip them in the shoulder, bang them in the toe or hasn't. >> reporter: john mcnesby fired off think letter urging them to listen to proper training and not krasner when it comes to handling their guns. police sources say krasner spoke to cadets at the philadelphia police training center wednesday as part of a program sponsored by the guardian civic league. the re

. >>> turf war tonight between philadelphia's police union and the city's new district attorn attorneyit's all over what wept down between the new da and some police cadets. fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live in center city tonight. dave? >> reporter: well, iain, the fop leaders issued a strongly worworded letter to police offis in the city essentially telling them not to listen to the da when it comes to him telling them how to use their weapons when their lives are in danger. >> like me going into a medical building and talking about diagnosing somebody with an illness. you don't do that. i mean, you know, i not a lawyer i don't go in and tell hem how to try a case. >> reporter: the president of fop lodge five not holding back ripping philadelphia da larry krasner after sources say krasner told a group of next generation philadelphia police officers not to shoot to kill when they can shoot someone in the arm during a violent end count. >> it's totally opposite of what they're taught. they're taught and trained to shot for center mass. this isn't wild wild west western. we clip them

philadelphia. fighting words firing back and forth between the police union and the city's new district attorney. >jeff cole has more on the dispute and joins us live in studio. jeff. >> reporter: shower do. the battle is over a meeting da krasner had with police cadets earlier this week invited by the guardian civic league an organization of black officers. krasner spoke about the public trust officers carry in the high standards expected but comments about center mass targeting drew a heated response. >> reporter: the video run for about ten minutes. district attorney krasner stands in front of police cadets at the training academy and tells them he'sir backs if theirak a hest a >> reporter: as he describes the scenario, in which a mentally challenged man was killed by police who were justified in the shooting says krasner, the da also says this. >> reporter: center mass is how police are trained to shoot. firing at the middle or bulk of the body. the comment prompted the head of the police officers union john mcnesby who did not attend the event and had not seen the video to aggressively critici

. >>> happening right now, it is a battle of words between philadelphia's new prosecutor and the city's police union. our jeff cole joins us live in the studio with this one. jeff? >> reporter: new da larry krasner met with police cadets earlier this week at the invitation of the guardian civic league an organization of black police officers. krasner speaks largely in support of police at that event but his comments about something called center mass shooting touched off a storm. >> reporter: for much of the ten minute long video da krasner tells the cadets he's got their backs if they follow their oath and make honest mistake. >> isn't describing a scenario a mentalled challenged man was killed by police who had justified in their shooting says krasner, he also says this. >> center mass how police are trained to shoot firing at the middle or bulk of the body. the comment prompted the head of the police officers union john mcnesby to aggressively criticize the da in this letter thursday writing krasner has intentionally sought to endanger your lives by his outrageous effort to instruct you on the yo