police say rafael martinez, jr., had a relationship with the 15-year-old for about a year. martinez is suspended without pay. >>> students were learning a valuable life lesson. the brothers of alfisig mufi -- someone is abused every two minutes and most of them are under 30. >>> also tonight the health care debate is heating up. >>> republicans in the senate are pushing a new bill to repeal and replace obamacare. today alone we saw four of our local congressman in the area pushing theirpulsions on the new bill. >> that's because time is a factor here. republicans want to vote on this bill by the end of next week. some ends medicare kpangz in some cities for private insurance. instead sfats would get grants to spend on health care. some are concerned insurance would lessen coverage. >> joining us with new details. >> brandon, we're talking about programs to help the homeless. >> reporter: keith and jacqueline, city leader says if the current health care bill passes, it could hit us in our wallets. it could lead to higher taxes and boost er visits and incarceration rates. >>

detective rafael martinez jr. had a relationship with the teenager for about a year. prosecutors charged martinez with sexual assault. the police department suspended him without pay. >>> to delaware county. neighbors are making another push controversial pipeline from running through their back yards. homeowners there -- the homeowners association in thornberry proceeded with a motion to stop the work. it would bring natural gas from western pennsylvania to delaware students in the -- >>> in methacton school district, students will return to class. >>> good news in delaware. the new castle airport will be getting millions of dollars in federal money. yesterday senators chris koonz and tom corps announced the -- carper announced the grant to it's hoped the investment will lead to more flooits airport including a possible -- flights at the airport including a possible return of commercial flights. frontier airlines used to operate out of the airport in delaware, but the airline withdrew all of its flights in 2015. >>> moving day for a young seal still recovering from a

police say detective rafael martinez jr. had a relationship with the teen for about a year. martinez was charged with sexual assault, and he's been suspended without pay. >>> in delaware county, another push to stop the controversial pipeline from running through back yards. a homeowners association in thornberry filed a motion in court to stop the work. the planned pipeline would bring natural gas from western pennsylvania to delaware county. >>> and in montgomery county, students in the methacton school district go back to school today after a teacher strike canceled classes all this week. the strike ended wednesday. students were already scheduled to be off yesterday because of rosh hashanah. >>> now to delaware. the new castle airport is receiving millions of dollars in federal money. yesterday, senators announced the $5 million grant to improve airport infrastructure. officials hope the investment will lead to more flights at the airport including a possible return of commercial flights. you may remember frontier airlines used to operate out of delaware. the airline wit

this is the suspect camden county metro police detective rafael martinez jr..artinez impression napt the teenager. authorities say he admitted to fathering the child and signed birth certificate. martinez allegedly had sex with the girl at his house in gloucester township offer a period of about a year. and he has been suspended without pay. >> and tonight, hurricane maria is drenching dominican republic with heavy rain and high winds. take a look at punt acan a. there's been damage and some parts of that nation experienced flooding. maria was carrying us is 125eu7bd winds of 120 as it moved by the country. officials say it will take sometime to restore power. >>> much of puerto rico is a staingter in maria's wake. they fanned out across the territory to save lives. somewhere trapped by the storm surge. flooding is widespread. electricity non existent and 155 mile an hour winds destroyed power grid and it could be months before the power is back on. president trump approved a federal staingter for puerto rico. here in philly a group has come together to support

now rafael martinez jr. is facing sexual assault charges. investigators say the child was born last month and that dna proves martinez jr. is the father. he has been suspended without pay. >>> new at 5:00, investigators say the engineers of two different commuter trains that crashed last year had severe sleep apnea. it's a story we've worked on since the crash happened. mitch, what can you tell us? >> reporter: keith, the national transportation board looked closely at both crashes. one in hoboken and the other in brookl brooklyn. what they found was an important common length. the transcripts show that even though the engineers had sleep apnea, neither was diagnosed before the crashes. now, that disorder makes people tired during the day. it causes shortness of breath throughout the night and affects sleep. now, both engineers say they have no memory of the crashes and the documents don't reveal a cause for either accident. and federal regulators actually abandoned a plan to require sleep apnea screening for engineers. they decided it shoul

camden county detective rafael martinez junior was arrested on september 12th and has been suspended without pay. mar teens has admitted he fathered the babe and even signed the birth certificate. >>> well, a volunteer fire fighter in delco is facing charges accused of sexually assaulting a 13 year-old girl. police arrested anthony tenney wednesday for indecent assault and corruption of the minors, investigators say tenney offered to buy the girl sexual devices and asked for nude photos of her by text. he is being held on $200,000 bail. >>> 6:38. eye of the hurricane marie ace nearing turks and caicos this morning as the caribbean tries to recover from the storm's devastation. category three storm knocking out power to thousands of people that hit dominican republic yesterday. quite a bit of structural damage is also being reported. powerful storm has killed at least 19 people in the caribbean including 15 in dominica and quadloop. the storm has spread widespread, and it is latest area. hundreds of homes, destroyed. storm knocked out entire electrical grid. it could take months to re

camden county detective rafael martinez, junior was arrested september 12th and has been suspended without pay. martinez has admitted to fathering the child, even signed the birth certificate. >>> happening today thousands of students are heading back to school in montgomery county this morning, they were out of class for most of the week because of the teachers strike jenny joyce the bell will be ringing at methacton high today, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. and to get to this point to begin the arbitration process teachers and school district went through four hours of negotiating. there is still no deal in place, it is arbitration process that begins now, however, teachers and students both returned to school today, teachers from the methacton education association went on strike on monday after failing to strike a tiehl with the school district on sunday night. that means students have been out of school all week, main issue in the craze higher health care costs for teachers , the school board says it has greed to salary increases of several thousand dollars fo