. >>> new this morning, police arrested a philadelphia man in rhode island and seized 317 pounds of marijuana after smelling the substance inside the man's mini van. state police say the trooper initially pulled over the mini van on 95 for a traffic violation, but after noticing the odor, the trooper did a search and found a dozen cardboard boxes containing vacuum sealed bundles of the drug. the trooper arrested the driver, who's now behind bars. >>> nbc 10 asked questions and got answers about the events leading up to the shooting of a philadelphia police officer. we wanted to know why the suspected gunman was on the streets at all. we took that question straight to the philadelphia district attorney. nbc 10's vai sikahema is live in the digital operations center. >> good morning, tracy. the suspect had been behind bars just days before he allegedly shot the officer. authorities let him go. earlier this week, nbc 10 uncovered documents showing scott griffin was released on gun charges after witnesses failed to show up to testify against him. a judge dismissed the case against griffin because of lack of evidence. griffin had 14 prior arrests on gun, the

rhode island. where do you seat your passengers? state police say the 44 year old suspect charged now with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, a overs pulled over that machine i van. why do you think he pulled the machine i van over? did it look like it was waited down or something? no, it was the smell of all that pot coming from inside the vehicle. >> wow. mayor jim kenney taking a stand against discrimination laws in two southern state, spokeswoman from his office confirms he's banned all non-essential work travel to north carolina and mississippi for city employee. the ban in response to laws passed in those states that discriminate against lgb people, mayors of several other major cities have issued similar travel bans. >> pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, has withdrawn court motion that accused prosecutors of leaking fbi recordings in her criminal case to a newspaper. a philadelphia judge questioned kane under oath about the change in strategy. kane said she agrees with it. kane is accused of leaking grand jury mate

state officials ordered her to stop running an unlicensed daycare. >>> d.c. police trying to make sense of a large fight and stabbing involving young teens. officers responded to the rhode island avenue station and found one of the teens with stab wounds. the victim has serious injuries but is expected to survive. >>> a heart breaking statement from the parents of a teen killed in a north p.o. tomic crash last summer. ellis pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter. he was behind the wheel when he crashed after leaving a party. the violent wreck killed calvin lee and alex merk. >> there is no jumping for joy, no winners in the situation. >> the parents wrote while this relieves us from endless days of trial, it drives home the cold hard fact that our son died at the hands of another human being. elli for each count. he will be sentenced in june. >>> two sisters in custody charged with stabbing a man to death outside a bar. investigators say the sisters attacked bryan grays outside the old town tavern monday night. authorities are still trying to determine what started that fight. >>> arlington police are investigating a troubling incident involving two children. i

states voting today including pennsylvania, rhode island, delaware. >> a man is hospitalized with cuts to his hand after a dispute on an uptown subway train. police say he was stabbed trying to grab a knife away from a guy. dollars information is developing, the suspect is on the loose. ben: tom brady's four game suspension has been reinstated because he is a cheater. the suspension but an appeals court disagrees, says he is in fact a cheater and should be suspended. juliet: for cheating. ben: i am ben simmoneau. juliet: cheaters going to cheat. speaking of which, where is samantha? she is am i a, i think she has fallen out of love with us. ben: instead of haters they added an extra tea and became hatters. hatters are going to hat and tom brady, in full effect this morning because he is a cheater. >> meteorologist: oh boy. i hear you. ben: i have a question. this rain is moving out of here? are we done? >> meteorologist: this is round one. the lower hudson valley but another round, round 2 to the northwest, that is through the mid afternoon and that is why we are not in the clear yet. don't put the umbrellas away, you will need them at a later po

rhode island. bernie sanders is in the lead. it's a substantial lead right now. so that could be the one state that bernie sanders wins. we will keep you posted. >>> a pair of southern police helicopter pilots being hailed as heroes after stopping a train from colliding with a car that was stuck on the train tracks. the riverside police department says its chopper and officers were answering a call on saturday when they got a report of a car losing control and rolling over on to railroad tracks. the crew got a birds eye view of the incoming danger and the train was just two miles away from the overturned car. officers in the chopper quickly decided to swoop down and use their spotlight to single for the train's conductor to stop. >>> this could have been a deadly accident. it could have been. that's why we realized that we needed to do what we could do at least to try to stop or slow down the train. >> police say the train managed to stop about 40 feet away from that car. the driver of the car that rolled over was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dui. >>> amazing that helicopter crew could actually signal with their lights for the train to stop. >> that is something.

. >> state police say this man charged with possession of 317 pounds of march juan, a with intent to deliver, i would imagine so, officer pull over the mini-van in rhode island of pot coming from inside the vehicle. 23409 only transporting but apparently smoking it while driving. >> well, yesterday was four/20. >> it was 4:20. what time do you think it happened? >> i'm sure in the 4:00 hour. >> man, that mini-van was loaded -- loaded down. >> woman who watches the show every day, alea, works in wilmington, delaware, thanks for watching every day. >> hi, and you know who also watches? i think bob kelly watches. do you think he watches? >> i watch. >> sometimes i see his back to us. >> true. and sometimes you try to talk to him and he's like huh. >> what, what? but you know what? a lot of folks that were watching us last night. i was with a lot of folks that watch us. the whole house was packed last night. mike, you were part of the saint patrick's day parade. last night was the award party. we gave out the best awards for the best float, best dancers, and with me, remember, our little buddy luke, who was eight years old, like the michael flatly, there he is.

trooper james matthew bava of the missouri state highway patrol, sergeant peggy ma rhode island e velaso, and officer ronald eugene strickmatter of the lakeshire police department. deputy sheriff hawkins suffered a fatal heart attack on september 13 following an emergency response. he was 34 years old. deputy sheriff hawkins suffered that attack after returning home from his shift that including a search for -- of a residence and a surrounding property. he had served as a deputy sheriff for three years. he is survived, mr. president, by his wife, by his daughter, and by three sons. trooper james bava of mexico, missouri, was involved in a fatal vehicle crash while pursuing a motorcyclist from a traffic stop on august 28. trooper bava served in the poo trail for 20 years. he is survived by his parents, by his brother, by three sisters, by his fe fiance. sergeant peggy salo of the belfont police department was struck by a vehicle while rendering aid to another driver after being involved in an accident on -- en route to work. sergeant salo had served in the police department for 15 years. she had previously served in the st. louis county police departm

according to the rhode island state police, corporate secrecy in my own state has complicated their investigations into real estate fraud, illegal prescription drug distribution and sales tax evasion. in january, just months before the panama papers hit the headlines, "60 minutes" aired a segment showing just how easy it can be for criminals to hide money in the united states. the program featured an investigator with the anticorruption organization global witness. that investigator pretended to represent a corrupt african leader, and "60 minutes" brought a hidden camera along into his meetings with lawyers in new york. the investigator presenting himself as representing the corrupt african leader made clear that his client wanted help using suspicious funds to buy a mansion, a jet, and a yacht in the united states, and to hide his ownership of these assets. of the 16 lawyers who met with the undercover investigator, only one turned him away. it seems the others were comfortable helping a corrupt foreign official hide money in opaque american shell corporations. while the underlying criminal schem