we followed schaeffer when he went to norris town to receive his fate. >> i've been a minister for 20ears, i can't understand why they would take my credentials for doing this one thing that was against the rules but that was clearly an act of love. >> reverend schaeffer met with the board of ministry conditioned, when asked to surrender his credentials he refused to do so. the jury was compelled to deem his credentials surrendered. >> she had tears in her eyes because she anticipated of what was going to happen. there were about 40, 45 of my colleagues. i made it pretty clear in my statement, i will not voluntarily surrender my credentials. and i hope you understand that. and she said yes we do. we will have to take them from you . >> we're very fortunate to have reverend schaeffer and his son tim from opposite coasts tonight. when we last checked in with you we heard you in the car you were telling us you were extremely nervous. now the new news, you are refrocked, how are you feeling tonight? >> i'm on cloud 9. it's not only great for myself, my family, you know we've better than t

reverend frank schaeffer was suspended and defrocked following a church trial in pennsylvania last year when he declared he would not up hold united methodist rules and performed same sex marriage. an appeals panel restored this credentials in june but that decision was overturned. today's decision will be final. schaeffer has gained a following among reformers who want the united methodist church to loosen its policies on homosexuality. >> honors today for a fallen philadelphia police officer. a plaque was unveiled in memory of officer william hinge cliff. he was killed when his motorcycle crashed during a police chase in 1995. the unveiling was held inside because of the weather. it would be placed at the scene of the accident at later date. the officer's son was four years old at the time. >> his two sons, myself mine brother walter chose to continue the legacy of serving as a policeman. walt retired after 35 years as a lieutenant and i after 25 year as a sergeant. >> this is the 114th plaque honoring fallen philadelphia police officers placed around the city. >>> a toddler nearly dr

the reverend frank schaeffer was defrocked last year. then reinstated by an appeals panel in june. that decision was then appealed to the church's highest court. the united methodist church bans ministers from performing same sex marriages. >> and three kayakers narrowly escape a frightening encounter with a shark. take look at their kayak what's left of it. those are holes allegedly from a great white shark. the kayak kearse were fishing in the waters off of santa barbara, californiaing when they came across the shark. they used a distress call and nearby fishermen came to the rescues. >> upside down and he's clinging to the top of it. we get the kayak. and we get him on our boat, and two other of the guys that were him hopped on our boat also and we towed them all three into the landing. >> the same fishermen then rescued three more kayakers in the same area. about an hour later. >>> a man's request to reach bermuda in an inflatable bubble ends when he's rescued by the us coast guard. he was found about 70 miles off the coast of saint augustine, florida. coast guard tried to get

judicial counsel ruling this morning that a pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock frank schaefferyear after his would not promise never to perform another gay marriage ceremony. the council ruled on technical grounds didn't express an opinion about gay marriage since this church trial schaeffer has become a good proponent for gay right. >> big traffic signal improvement project getting underway in center city philadelphia. so you're going to see work crews in the area from callowhill to market and broad to second. 16 intersections are getting brand new traffic signals. 15 intersections are getting what the city is calling traffic management cameras. we'll what they're up to. the work is expected to wrap up by summer of 2016. >>> bizarre surveillance video shows this driver repeatedly bashing into the garage for several minutes. and he doesn't live there. what the home own are in saw when he came outside. >> and flames shoot 80 feet into the air devouring a home. crews worked frantic toll get that fire under control. but firefighters say was missing that could have helped them save

. >> emily schaeffer was sent home from brandywine high school on monday because of this outfit. >> iended because i was basically just being told that my education is less important than what i'm wearing. >> reporter: the school has not returned our request for a comment. but according to the district's website students are allowed to wear stretch pants as long as they are covered by an article of clothing no more than 4-inches above the knee. emily's mom says she feels her daughter met the criteria. >> when she walk back in and i saw she was wearing, what are you doing here? why would they send you home for. >> reporter: when she went home to change she put these jeans which are acceptable within the dress code but she says they're actually tighter and more revealing than the stretch pants. >> the issue goes even deeper. schaeffer says school administrators announced in an assembly certain outfits are a quote distraction. which makes teenagers like emily feel uncomfortable. >> he told us quote our bodies are a secret and they should be kept a secret. i can imagine being a 1484 old a

. >> emily schaeffer was season home from brandywine high school on monday because of this outf outfitffended because i was basically just being told that my education is less important than what i'm wearing. >>> the school has not returned our requests for a comment but according to the district's website students are allowed to wear stretch pants as long as they are covered by an article of clothing no more 4-inches above the knee. emily's mom jessica says she feels her daughter met the criteria. >> when she walk back in and i saw she was wearing, what are you doing here? why would they send you home for that. >> when emily went home to change she put these jeans on which are acceptable within the dress code. but she says they're actually tighter and more revealing than the stretch pants. the issue goes even deeper. schaeffer says school administrators announced in an assembly that certain outfits are a quote distraction which makes teenagers like emily feel uncomfortable. >> he told us the quote that our bodies are a secret. and they should be kept a secr secret. >> i can imagine be

schaeffer faced church discipline for presiding over his gay son's wedding. >>> you'd have to know latin figure it out on your own but the meaning of a model on a new library in burlington county, it gets lost in translation. the library is in morristown. the motto reads nos secundus coniecto omnia. it actually means we second guess all. architect rick reagan says it was an honest mistake. >> we talked about an engraver as well as the original stone masons who did the work and we're getting a price for engraving and a price for removing the entire stone and replacing it. >> reagan says he'll pay the $6,000 to $12,000 it will cost to correct the motto. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> a nice-looking day to a chilly start. it was in the 30s in many of the suburbs. it's not going to be as cold tonight. it wasn't as cold during the afternoon. we are tracking showers, some perhaps for later tonight. but even more for tomorrow night and later in the week, more significant rain is in the forecast. the flags are still blowing. the so

. >> coming up in a few minute, we'll talk to lieutenant colonel schaeffer on this. are they close to taking the capital? much more on that. >>> and you mentioned the post-9/11 world, and that's the report of a new white house report. the white house released a new report on the next generation. you know the names, generation x, generation y, millenial generation, the white house came out with the post-9/11 generation calling them the homeland generation. people are taking to twitter saying, you can't call us that, are you kidding me? >> that's because the show this is named after in 2011, we are talking about the claire danes show, of course, but they are basically eluding to this generation as being part of living under surveillance, big government and being fearful offer to offer tof terrorism. >> they say they need to stop this. the focus group got together to vet this name. >> who did they ask? desperate, pessimistic people? we'll look at what the white house generations chart looks like. 1928 to 1945, the silent generation. '46 to '64, the baby boomers. you hea

leaving a 2 guys onil and i saw the corner, who i recognize as officials of the administration of schaeffer. we said, hello. we were just talking, shooting the breeze. obviously, a homeless woman, essentially in rags comes up to us and steps in the midst and starts looking around at us, like she was an officer inspecting the troops. then she says, she started face,ing, "look at his look at his face." badas -- that was a really -- it was a bad time. i'd never talked to people about it. i never said, i was wounded. i played like -- and i still do, frankly, like i am 26 years old. and it helps me to relate to people. when something like that happens, it is like this whole mirror or mask i have been using is it just shattered and people i have really been hiding. even though i have not been hiding anything, but i have been tricking myself. and you know, if she had done that and i had been alone, i would have let it go. but there were people there. they could observe my humiliation and my pain. >> you are single today and live in annapolis? >> yeah. >> are you still working? >> no, i am not. a r

judicial council reel ruling this morning a pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock frank schaeffer last year after he refused to stop performing gay marriages. the council ruling on technical grounds and did not express an opinion about gay marriage all the united methodist church welcomed gay and lesbian membe members. the church officially rejects sex outside of heterosexual marriage. >> it's supposed to be a fun and happy and care free celebration and one local town was anything but. >> that's for sure. what sparked a brawl at a baby shower that landed several people in handcuffs? >> also also guns and drugs all part of a big bust in one local community. talk about a special delivery. how police say the criminals were moving the stuff around. >>> and later, change of conscious for a robber in california. after stealing cash from a gas station police say he braugh it back. his explanation. howard. >> football monday after a brutal eagles loss yesterday. mistakes the ultimate killer today. chip kelly asked to evaluate his quarterback. also, time to rehash. that's coming up in spor

around 6:30 this morning, joanne schaeffer from newtown was hit while crossing the street.he driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating. police are asking witnesses to come forward. >>> joey merlino could head back to prison. a judge ruled the former philadelphia mob boss will have a hearing to decideç whether h parole should be revoked. prosecutors claim merlino violated the terms of his supervised release. his lawyers asked a judge to throw out the accusations but a judge says the hearing can go forward. it will be held friday. prosecutors say parole should be revoked because merlino is still involved in organized crime. his lawyers say he's been working a sales job since his release from prison. >>> she was shot in the head just because she was wanted to go school. >> but not even death threats by the taliban could stop her and her bravery is one reason she's being honored tonight in philadelphia. nbc 10's lu ann cahn is live outside the national constitution center where this evening malala yousafzai will receive the 2014 liberty medal. lu ann? >> reporter: 1400 peo

there is, there really is there was a case years ago, rebecca schaeff schaeffer, who was sadly killedses that are not celebrities. regular people being stalked all the time. relationships, i mean, you know. >> jimmy: well -- >> i forgot who i was talking to. >> jimmy: i've been in the bushing staring at a house, yes. [ laughter ] we do most of the stalking on facebook these days. but that wouldn't be a good show. you arresting facebook stalkers. can they arrest stalkers? don't they have to do something before you can go after them? >> it is hard to prosecute them. there was an actress who came up to me in new york who said that she's been stalked for ten years, she's on a tv show, and, you know, the happiest day for this guy is when he's in court, he gets to see her. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> he shows up in front of her office, at the grocery store, in front of her car, he's everywhere. it really hard to prosecute these guys. >> jimmy: that's when you get a low life friend to shoot them. [ laughter ] >> right. >> jimmy: am i wrong on that? [ laughter ] well, sounds like an interesting sub

the county schaeffer says jaylen freiberg sent text messages to luring his victims to sit at his table in the cafeteria. it's not clear if he's holding the same pistol assess in the rampage. >>> right now, hawaii, lava flowing from a volcano is threatening dozens of homes. residents have started evacuating homes and we're told looting is now becoming a problem. lava is inching closer, now less than a football field away from some of the homes there. martin savidge is live with the latest. what a concern, martin. >> yeah, it is the middle of the night here in hawaii. see the white roof there? you can't see it through the camera lens. just above it a faint orange glow, lava glow, within 70 yards of the first home in this community. let me show you something else. that's the road block. that's the way the lava is headed. it is literally on the doorstep of this town. >> lava on main street. on the big island, a 2,000-degree river of molten rock is just a few hundred feet away from the town and there's no way to stop it. residents are on a moment's notice to evacuate as the super-heated sto

francis schaeffer said how then shall we live?113 if the foundations are destroyed, what should the righteous do? you men and women of america, you great patriots are the righteous. we've got to stand at the counter. i would say is a great time to be a life. if you have a warrior spirit within the depths of your soul, it is a great time to be alive because greatest deceit who is in us and he is in the world so let's get to business. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> thank you all. all right, i'm going to go to general conway. general conway now really dedicates his life to this whole issue of national security, and he speaks about it and he is now working with an organization called securing america's future energy. and, general conway, i want to give you an opportunity speak about the criticality in terms of national security of our energy resources. >> thanks, jerry. and i would argue it's not just national security. you can make the case is international security. look at what's happening with russia,