understand the death of the pension fund crisis and how it makes it impossible for philadelphia to adequate thely fund public schools. philadelphia has to make a deposit this year of over 600 million-dollar to the pension fund because philadelphia's almost $6 billion late with its pension fund payments. that is 600 million-dollar that will not go to the schools or will not be going to tax cuts. what needs to be done to fix this pension crisis, and what will you do as mayor to fix the pension crisis. >> well, there will be no way you can fill a 5 billion-dollar plus pension hole by doing efficiencies. what has to be change is the the whole way that we're funding our pensions. first of all pensions have been decided by our courts to be contracts that cannot be violated unless we go bankrupt. i will in the let philadelphia go bankrupt. what we have to do is go forward and make sure that the people who come into the employee as a city of philadelphia pay a bigger share of money in to the pension plan. currently city employees pay 2 percent. it has got to be 5 percent. we have to get rid of the fat cat money mana

the budget for philadelphia public schools was the topic today and superintendant william hite was one of the officials that testified today the $200 billion spending plan needs $265 million in additional and state funs, they plan to use $80 million to cover a budget shortfall and the remaining $180 million would be reinvested in the schools. the school board will take a final vote on thursday. >>> mayor michael nutter stopped at the school for performing arts, they saw the culture class where the students study biology from raising fish from eggs to adulthood and stopped by the school's digital design studio good now that moment real day has come and gone it's time to think about july 4th that meaned wawa welcome america festival. walter perez is live now. >> reporter: can you believe it the whole thing is just five weeks away at this point and at that time the parkway will be awash with food and fun and mayor nutter says nobody does july 4th quite like philadelphia. nothing says summer more than the 4th of july wawa welcome america celebration. >> so mayor nutter formerly announced t

who should run philadelphia's public schools? the state or the city?deeper and things get a little muckier. in fact it's not even clear this is the right question to be asking. >> the src needs to be abolish. we need to have local control. >> that's been a popular sent many among mayoral candidates this spring and maybe for good reason. when the commonwealth of pennsylvania took over the philly school district in 2001, through the creation of the school reform commission, local schools were a wash in debt and test scores were in the toilet. philly teachers denounced the state takeover right from the start. but more broadly education advocates say the experiment in state rule has been a colas sal flop. >> we are not better off than 14 years ago. we are more distressed. we have moodied debt burden. we have nor uncontrollable costs costs. >> donna cooper notes that neither the src nor the philly school board before it has taxing authority the ability to raise the funds it needs. so maybe the ballot question misses the bigger point. >> the fundamental issu

ballot questions including non-binding referendum on whether the city should have control over philadelphia public schools. once again justin mentioned polls open from 7:00 this morning until 8:00 tonight. >> stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the race for mayor. before you head to the polls go ahead check out the voter resource guide. we have that for you at cbsphilly.com. we'll also have the latest result for you on the website after the polls close, as well as that "eyewitness news" this evening and of course tomorrow morning too. ukee? >> erika, today marks one wean week since the amtrak train derailment killed eight people in port richmond. investigators have been focusing on speed. they say, it was going more than 100 miles an hour. now, the fbi is trying to determine if an object hit the locomotive's windshield. investigators have ruled out a bullet. a septa train also took a hit to it windshield. the septa police chief says rock throwing at trains happens frequently. >> the message we want to get across is that we don't want anybody in our track area. we want folks to u

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. you tell us what you want to pay and we help find options to fit your budget. nah, nah, insurance, nah, nah, nah, discount. my name's flo, you want to go out with me? no. uh-huh-huh! don't moves what neighbors were yelling at a toddler. where was this kid's mother. you may be surprised when you find out. >>> how would you like to pay for on street parking with your cell phone? a lot of the major cities are doing it. philadelphia could be next. why the mayor's office is saying hold on for a second. >>> are you kidding me? after eight years of this you are only taking a month off. >> president obama stops by la

questions, including the non-binding referendum on whether the city should have control over philadelphia public schools. >>> representatives with the committee of 70 have been answering all of your questions on cbs philly.com today they deal with all a kind of issues from problems at the polls to really any questions you could have about voting. coming up 59:30 the committee chairman david thornberg will be here in election central to join to us talk about any questions you may have and future of this race where it goes from here as we move toward the fall. >>> of course, stay with "eyewitness news", we will have continuing coverage for the the race for mayor, before you head out to the polls check out our voter resource guide on cbs philly.com and find all of the results on our web site tonight have after the polls close. >>> a fast moving house fire, claimed the life of an elderly woman in chester county. that fire tore through this home in the 600 block of water street in honey brook just after ten. fire fighters rescued would the man from her burning home but they weren't able to save her l

we spin around we are right across the street from what is called middle years alternative philadelphia public school which has grade five through eight. ten year-old through 14 years old and that is likely age range of the boy seen throwing rocks at passing yellow school bus here right after cool at 3:30 yesterday coming from another school with nine special needs students, two bus aids and a school bus driver who quickly stopped the bus as one big chunk of concrete came crashing through a bus window, close to the kid in the back, the shattering glass and a piece of the rock then broke off, hit the the the eye of courtney clancy. >> it must be did you but they told me a boy threw a brick through the window and hurt my daughter. she had glass all in her eye. >> i was sitting in my seat. a boy put a brick in the window and it went in my eye. >> we're working on cameras. we think we have footage from a city camera here. we are hopeful we can get that video out to identify these individual. right now we have very minimal descriptions. it appears to be for no reason at all. >> reporter: minimal de

. >> reporter: this happened outside philadelphia public school called middle years alternative a big block building you see there even in the dark. the grade five through eight and ten to 14 years old likely the age range of the boys who threw rocks at this passing yellow school bus. right after school yesterday at 3:30. the bus coming from another school with nine special needs students, two bus aid and school bus driver who quickly stopped here as the bus was hit by a big chunk of concrete that came crashing through the bus window very close to the kid in fact and shattered glass and piece of the rock, broke off, all of it hitting face of courtney clancy. >> unyou had able. >> they told me that a boy threw a brick through window and hurt my daughter. it went all in her eye. >> i was sitting in my seat. they threw a brick in the window and glass went in the my eye. >> reporter: we think we have footage from one of our city cameras here. we are hopeful we will get that video out. right now we have very minimal description just young black males throwing bricks, appears to be for no r

ballot questions including non-binding referendum whether the city should have control over philadelphia public schools. and as we've been mentioning, polls open in less than an hour at 7:00. close at 8:00 tonight. counsel on "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the primary election and the race for mayor we'll have results for you both on tv and on line at cbsphilly.com. ukee? >> new, philadelphia police are investigating a murder, now, while trying to find a gunman, they are also trying to identify the victim. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo joins us now at police headquarters. jan? >> reporter: ukee, good morning. unfortunately, police don't have a whole lot of leads right now and they are going through evidence that they do have, in the meantime, as you mention, they are trying to identify the shooting syringe tim. they say he was hit a number of times. they also say the suspect fired at least 18 shots. >> shot at point blank range. police are is her clinic for a killer tuesday morning after finding a man's bullet riddled body on a west philadelphia street. >> we found 18 spent

. >> reporter: we just got an update from philadelphia police public affairs. they tell us that the victim has been upgraded to stable condition at this time. >>> police continue to look for the shooter and the weapon. lucy. >> well, that is good news dave. thank you very much. >>> scary moments in chinatown when a peco wire came down. it started smoking. the 900 block of race street the scene earlier this evening. it was dramatic but no one is hurt. >> another round of severe storms tears through texas and oklahoma causing the worst flooding in decades and leaving behind trail of damage. a tornado touched down in houston this morning and caused a lot of damage to an apartment complex. the twister tour the rooftops stuff several units and brought down trees. two people were injured. fire officials say 10 apartments are heavily damaged. crews spent much of the day searching for the complex for trapped residents but they believe everyone got out safely. >>> stranded drivers near dallas had to be rescued after a record rainfall caused some serious flash flooding.

it will play a major role as many people are encouraged to take public transportation in and out of philadelphia. the secret service and local security officials talked about concerns not only in the city but the suburbs as well. they expect many visitors will want to visit nearby restaurants and tourist attractions. >> public transit will be the only way that they're going to be able to move in and out of the city of philadelphia. and it's going to be you know every bus and every train that comes into that platform are going to be full of people. moving one after another. >> he also says delaware county will be at the forefront of the pope's visit and has security detail assigned to present the pope when he arrives at philly international. >>> delaware port authority is putting together its plan for the pope's visit. there are 121 days before the world meeting of families in philadelphia. drpa is working with regional transit systems to create a plan centered on safety and strategy. >> we're expecting as many as 4 million people in the city. we're talking about how we can best handle all those

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philadelphia winning the primary means you will typically be the next mayor. where the candidates stand is likely where philly policy will go. jim kenny anned advocate of traditional public of the philadelphia federation of teachers and a commanding lead in the latest polls. it is significant considering the big money behind his main opponent. state senator anthony williams, who is a strong proponent of carter schools and vouchers and who speaks passionately about education in his campaign commercials. >> i have no use for the tired old practice of pitting some parents and some schools against other parents the in other schools. we should be lifting up all philadelphia school students. >> williams has an enormous financial edge thanks to the backing of three wealthy suburban investors who through their super pac, spent nearly $7 million on williams's behalf. that was nearly equal to all other candidates and super pac fund raising combined. it is part of a trend of super pac donations used to support proposals like the privatization of public schools. right now, all the money doesn't appear to be deciding philadelphia's mayoral race but it is a sign of oh things to come m

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philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. just can't seem to escape... another sneeze attack... you may be muddling through allergies. don't get caught off guard. try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. zyrtec® dissolve tabs. muddle no more™. >>> well phils and braves will play rubber game of the three game series in atlanta phillies will set second base man chase you the thely for second straight game. he is hitting .103 and he need a break. the return of chad billingsly to a major league mound did not go well. billingsly allowed two long balls and six runs in five innings of work in his fi

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. another big night for eagles fans day two of the craft in chicago. >> today in south philadelphia eagles introduced their new addition and sport director beasley easies at novacare complex where that introduction took place what did you think, beasley. >> i was very impressed with nelson quick smart answers good looking athlete chip kelly was sitting over to the side, beaming, as he watched his new wide receiver, field all of the questions from the philadelphia media. very impressive young man, so impressive that they voted him the captain the at u.s.c., that is a a big time program here's nelson on being nam

. >>> philadelphia police hope the public can help them find a man who abduct and sexually assaulted a woman. the attack happened a friday morning on the east york street on the border of kensington continue on and fishtown. woman was walking when a man pointed a gun at the her forced her in the van and kept her captive for over an hour. investigators believe the man is likely hispanic, 21 to 25 years of age 5 feet seven to 5 feet ten with a light complexion. if you have any information please contact the the philadelphia police. >>> new information is this morning on the cartoon car test shooting in texas. federal law enforcement official say authority were investigating one of the two gunman killed touring sunday's attack. the isis claims it is the group's first attack on american soil, but the the chairman of the house home land security committee says there is no evidence that the the group was behind this. >>> meanwhile the the cause of the triple fatal fire in west caln township monday had been ruled accidental. authorities say that the the fire was spark by smoking materials,

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> hey, i'm john clark, the eagles all-time leading rusher mccoy can't help himself. he said he wouldn't talk about the birds anymore, but now in buffalo with the bills, he's making some strong statements about chip kelly again to espn the magazine. he says quote, you see how fast he got rid of all of the good players, especially all the good black players. he got rid of them the fastest. that's the truth. there's a reason. he says his relationship with chip was never good. and this topic also came up in march when former assistant coach trey thomas said some players felt there was, quote, a hint of racism u

public comment forum for residents. >>> the boys and girls club of philadelphia want a bold change for kids. and comcast is helping to jump start it. announced its $40 million campaign today. about half of the money will be used to build a new facility here in germantown. comcast is donating $8 million to make it happen. comcast is the parent company of

when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. >>> welcome back a driver crashed a car in the northeast philadelphia home but fortunately no one was there at the time. chopper three was over that scene at loney and eastwood street. officials say no one was injured when a woman drove that suv through a wall. there is in word on why that crash occurred. >>> the philadelphia democratic mayoral primary is now just four days away and recently i sat down with anthony hardy williams who says after years of work in harrisburg he is ready to lead the city of philadelphia. in the final weeks of the mayoral democratic primary race anthony hardy williams grabbed the headlines with one comment. >

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> now, an "eyewitness news" exclusive, we told you yesterday about the heroics of police officers, and fbi agents who helped save two lives in the broad street run. >> well, tonight we are hearing from another one of those heroes, a doctor who happened to be at the right place at the right time. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has that exclusive story. >> i saw just ahead of me a bunch offhanded combo up, wave in the air and bunch of shouts of we need help over there. >> reporter: suddenly doctor paul shore went from broad street run tore life safer. this fbi video obtain exclusively by cbs-3 showing

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> controversy never all that far away from the eagles, we have another one today. >> these comments are a big surprising lasean mccoy is with the eagles,bills but he says of the eagles in espn magazine chip kelly wants full control, he got rid of all the good players and the black players fastest and that is the truth. the eagles have no comment. chip kelly brought in demarco murray and jordan matthews and all black players. he will get a chance to speak to him in person when they come to lincoln center in december. >> this is a guy that is disgruntled and a lot of noise i read nothing into that, i like to

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. ink they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >> heavy smoke and flames are still coming through the roof of a fire of a house in the 200 block of ken watt lane in springfield township delaware county tonight. chopper 6hd a overhead. there are no reports of any injuries. we don't know how this fire started. but as we were saying, at the beginning of the newscast with those brush fires and wildfires in burlington county, that the weather situation right now is just prime for these kinds of fires erupting. there is dry timber all over the place. >> exactly. >> red glad warnings in effect, low humidity, high temperatures and the fact that we really haven't had

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. ink they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> an update on our top story. two normer political allies of chris christie were formally charged this morning in connection with the jersey jam scandal. they arrived at the courthouse this morning. both facing nine charges. we just heard from baroni. he spoke to the media. >> i would never risk my career my job, my reputation for something like this. >> baroni went on to say he's innocent. we'll see you tonight at 4:00 with much more. [speaking italian] kristen dimera. chad, i'm sorry for just showing up like this but after last night i really needed to make sure things were clear between us. i do care about y

. >> philadelphia came in at 19 the survey was part of a trust for public lands fourth annual park score index. take a look at the map here all of the areas highlighted in green are parks in philadelphia. 9200 acres are dedicated to parks. so why did philadelphia rank so low? park score looked at park size access facilities and investments. the survey says its goal is for every american to live within a ten-minute walk of a park. >> are you expecting friends or family to fly in this summer? a new study is out and philly international doesn't get great grades. we have when you'll need to know. >>> new information about the jersey jam trial. prosecutors want to keep a lead on evidence in the george washington bridge lane closure case. the u.s. attorney's office filed an order to keep evidence it has gathered and must share with the defense lawyers under a protective order. the evidence includes more than 1 million pages of documents including e-mails and text messages. bridget kelly and bill baroni two allies of governor chris christie christie, were indicted in the case. david wildsteen p

philadelphia. >> one of my proudest moments in public service was ask police commissioner ramsey to come to philadelphia. and so, again let's set the record straight. 37% reduction in homicides during his tenure, lowest level since 67. violent crime the lowest levels in 30 years. an energized police department, a superior command staff. and 6300 personnel who know that he is a police officer's police officer and they admire and respect him here in philadelphia. and anyone who is not smart enough to at least ask him to stay is probably not smart enough to run the city of philadelphia. >> they tell us if commissioner ramsey was the one running for mayor himself he would win in a landslide without having race of single dollar or by single commercial. he would probably do better with his results than all of the other candidate combined a lot of people tell us last time police commissioner this town ended up being mayor frank rizzo one of the most famous mayors in the town history. >> a guy who may move from south jersey over to philly, and his name would be steve keeley if steve keeley ran for philly mayor

when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. >>> phillies trying to salvage a tie with the pirates. >> maybe giving us some hope. he may not be their best pitcher but the best starting pitcher. coming in with the irates language worldy on the hill gary sizemore singles in a run and the phils capitalize on this one and 3-0. he is on point eight innings of shut out ball and strikes out six batters how about ryan howard in the fifth inning a solo homer his seventh of the year howard is heating up again, he goes three for four. >> i like what he is doing and he can help us win a game and is a guy that gets hot. with what he can do for us. >> jonathan papelbon, a ninth inning double pla

when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. >>> might have been a bead of perspiration today. >> it was hot. i broke down yesterday and put on the air conditioner, i didn't want to do it in may but the con combination of heat and allergies. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we do need rain and nothing more than a couple of sprinkles in southwestern cumberland county and the action cam was in atlantic city, a day like today makes you think of summer and memorial day weekend is only a week and a half away. we are almost there and the accuweather highlights though you that it has felt like summer and it had a warm start to may and tomorrow we are have an increased threat of for

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> welcome back on this saturday morning. we are waking up mild. temperatures in the 50s. we have a lot of humidity outside, though. we're waking up to temperatures 11 degrees warming in reading compared to this time yesterday, 11 degrees warmer in northeast philadelphia as well as allentown. you'll feel the difference when you step out this morning. yesterday we were so nice in terms of the temperature. it's going to be very summer-like by the afternoon, temperatures into the 80s and mid 80s in a lot of spot. this morning temperatures mainly in the 50s and 60s. 61 degrees in wildwood. plan on the chance for

philadelphia parks and recreation officials unveiled final plans at a public meeting last night. here it is. right here. it includes a renovated welcome center, an upgraded fountain that shoots water 35 feet in the air. that's fall. there will be three grassy areas, gardens, and a lot of trees for shade. they want it to be a place where people can come relax, eat a lunch. city officials used ideas from the public to come up with this design. >>> the philadelphia museum of art is taking its show on the road. here's a live look at the museum. this month it will launch a series of inside out exhibits that's what they're calling them. the museum will place reproductions of famous works in a dozen communities over the next month. the first exhibit sites include delaware county government building in media. the police department in hadden field. it will feature high pieces of art by cezan and monet. >> he was looking for mushrooms but found a small for the tune instead. >> $63,000. that's how much he stumbled across in a state park last weekend. the park is located in howard township i

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> here at the big board with the big talkers, a fitness trainer in missouri is refusing to apologize for a humiliating and public display of fat shaming. here is what pat hosted on his facebook page, a woman sitting in front of him at a cardinals game, two plates of nachos and two pretzels and then enters the calories into his fitness app for reasons he could not fathom and unhealthy is never okay. >> the customary way to respond to that is to hug them and say it's great but it's not great. now to the point where it's impeding people's ability to enjoy a game. >> well, she was one of the millions that saw h

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public tomorrow. >>> well a philadelphia city council committee may take a significant step towards receipt development of the gallery mall along east market street. the drawing shown here will be an afternoon are. city council will consider five bills and one resolution critical to the renovation and sale of the mall. >> market street can be kind of shady. a lot of the stores are like -- kind of like -- >> and there are already some signs of change. this dirt pit will soon be home to offices, housing and retail space. and there are some new illuminated billboards along the 700 block there. >>> how about this from the jersey shore bureau. a new plan in the works to bring another attraction to atlantic city. a very tall one. some call it a polycoaster. some say they want to put one of these at the former sands casino. if approved it could open in two years. that makes me sick watching that animation. >>> you're watching "nbc10 news." "nbc 10 news today at 5:00 a.m." starts right now. >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. >>> protecting paid sick leave. we'll tell you about a fight today to keep that ne

but i will tell you that in our public schools in philadelphia there are great success stories. mean, there are success stories that are not promoted, that are not covered by the media. we have kids -- south philadelphia high school for example, had two gate scholars last year, has one gate scholar this year. our west philadelphia automotive program had competed with m.i.t. and harvard in the design of a fuel-efficient car. i mean, we've had so many success stories that are not put on television. and if we had a flash mob of 15 in chestnut this week, it will get three days of coverage, but these kids actually producing and being positive and being productive are not covered in the way they should be. >> let's talk about crime, since you bring it up. you know, i think it's fair to say statistics can always be manipulated, but there's pretty real evidence and somewhat convincing that violent crime has gone off a cliff in the city. it's gone down at least very significantly. that leads us to stop and frisk. so many people have talked about this. it came up a lot in the campaign. th

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >>> isis is claiming responsibility for the shooting outside an anti-muslim event in texas over the weekend. as nbc's jay gray reports, the investigation into what happened now stretches to arizona. >> not that long after the remnants of the failed attack were cleared away isis called the men responsible soldiers and brothers. the terror group for the first time ever claiming the responsibility for action on u.s. soil. praising the roommates as soldiers for the caliphate during a radio broadcast and threatening larger attacks on america. >> we know there are extremists around the globe, including some who are

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philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. ink they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse, i'll take them to federal court. as mayor, i'll do what's right for them. >>> time for fox cartoon look a likes. all morning we have within asking who do we look like that is animated. we want an animated version. see a full slide show right now on my fox philly.com. >> go there right now and check us all out: here's a picture of bob kelly. who do you think bob kelly looks like. >> let's see the the reveal. >> there it is. >> woody from toy story, it is perfect. it is perfect. >> there is a snake in my boots. >> we are pulling a string here. >> you are a toy, a toy. >> that ways the first pixar film and still the best. >> very good. >> sue, it is your turn? who does sue look like. >>

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., friday, may 1. here's what's happening. >> police and marchers briefly clash as the demonstration for baltimore takes over the streets in philadelphia. >> accuweather expects clouds and cool breeze as the day goes on but you're going to love the weekend. >> nfl draft has the eagles making moves. we'll take a closer look at their late night draft pick. >> first up, let's finds out about weather with david, and karen has traffic. >> reporter: good morning, guys, we have sun early clouds are

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. tracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. e eagles all-time leading rusher lesean mccoy won't talk about the birds anymore. one more cutback move. shady is back making strong allegations about chip kelly to espn mag zeechblt he says "you see how fast he got rid of the good players, especially all the good black players. he got rid of them the fastest. there's the truth. there's a reason." lesean says his relationship with chip was never good. the eagles did not react to the comments, but the majority of players that chip has brought in this off season they are black. >>> the nfl should decide in a few days whether to punish tom brady and two patriots employees. yes, the deflategate report is out. it concludes that a patriot locker room attendant and equip

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >> drivers who get pulled over in new jersey won't need to show an insurance card any more. they can use a digital copy from their phone or tablet instead of a piece of paper. chris christie signed a bill allowing this yesterday. it prevents police from searching for other information on the electronic device. >> reporter: don't you hate to get pulled out someone is out on the side of the road, approaching belmont schuylkill expressway, watch for that traffic spot. main street in darby has reopened. route 11 trolley is shuttle busing until june -- route 15 trolley is shuttle busing until june 15th. >> reporter:

. >> public transit will be the only way that they're going to be able to move in and out of the city of philadelphia. and it's going to be you know every bus and every train that comes into that platform are going to be full of people. moving one after another. >> reporter: because not everyone can stay in philly, the suburbs are on alert, too, with packed hotel rooms, roads, and crowds. not to mention some of the drain on security. delaware county will be providing to the security detail, itself. >> when the phone arrives in the city of philadelphia, it is my understanding that delaware county is going to protect that plane when it lands in philadelphia. >> reporter: and the district attorney says there are a couple of messages he wants to get out to the public. one, if you're going to come down to the city or you'll be traveling by car, remember to expect delays and prepare yourself your kids and the elderly also. he says this is very important. if you see something that looks out of the ordinary they'd rather you call police and alert them. reporting live in center city deanna durante nbc 10 news

philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. >> sixers will send nerlens noel to midtown man at an to represent sglem ky limit e irving misses most of the game with an ankle injury. lebron finishes high of triple double. cavs win and will face washington atlanta series winner. second time lebron sent the bulls home for the summer. >> finally tonight talented young musicians gave a concert to remember tonight ♪is spring concert at overbrook school fort blind and theme of show tonight i am here. it was a celebration of life and courage in juniata park tonight more than 100 men and women that survived cancer were honored at an event at the cancer treatment