somerset and the essex—hertfordshire border.he government says that the plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. earlier i spoke to grant shapps, the local mp for welwyn garden city, one of the britain's first garden cities and a former housing minister in david cameron's government. what we have to do and i regret not doing more of it when i was housing minister is think how we're going to produce another1 million or 2 million homes but on a much larger scale and not just confining it to the south—east but looking at part of the country which need greater populations. and would benefit from and want to have the additional housing. hello, welcome to the bbc newsroom at outside source. nearly 60 people have died in a

for buckinghamshire, somerset and the essex—hertfordshire border.he new villages must include green spaces and good transport links. the government says that the plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. taunton is one of the three locations to become one of the large scale ‘garden towns‘. from there, dickon hooper reports. somerset‘s county town of taunton is 110w somerset‘s county town of taunton is now an official garden town which means it has unlocked £350,000 to push forward sustainable development. the idea of this pot of money is to enable better advice, better consultation, access to other pots of money and other funds so that the housing developments that we bring forward become far more sustainable, far more pleasant places to live. the plan is to build

two months ago the environmentalfood and somerset.for a radical overhaul to what it called the government's disjointed flood management. just one of the many criticisms levied at defra, it hasn't created a national floods commissionerfor hasn't created a national floods commissioner for england. flooding isa commissioner for england. flooding is a much more regular occurrence affecting many more people than it ever has done. sober citizens of this country want to see the government protect them against flooding, we've asked some questions and made some recommendations, it's the government's responsibility to protect its citizens. defra say it's already implementing many of the report suggestions, such as managing water courses across entire catchment areas. but say there is no need for structural changes. 0ver the next five years the government is investing £2.5 billion on building flood defence schemes across the country, protecting an additional 300,000 homes. across the country, protecting an additional300,000 homes. but across the

it was the somerset county prosecutor's office which first called it a suicide.heridan's family challenged that and took the change to undetermined and it was announced today. john sheridan's son mark pressed to change the ruling released a statement in part "we feel a huge wrong has been made right, at least in part. unfortunately, we still don't know who killed our parents and so while we accept today's as vindication of what we've said all along, we have a long way yet to go ". >>> now, the somerset county prosecutor declined comment this day. unclear tonight, folks, whether a criminal investigation will be begin again i'm sorry about my throat. >> chris? >> gets yourself a loss search, jeff. thanks. >> thanks. >> be among the first to know about breaking developing stories. you can get alerts sent right to your phone with the fox 29 news app and of course on fox29.com any time. >>> to northeast philadelphia where a frightening morning rush has neighbors there on edge. police say a man got away from them while he was handcuffed and that resulted in a big manhu

. >> i'm chelsea from somerset in southwest and in order for me to go to college everyday, i have to pay 650 pound bus pass every year. this is the most expensive bus pass in the country. i'm also from bridge wau the ter which consists of the most deprive deprived woods in somerset, and this financial pressure on families to simply send their kids to the educational institution that is compulsory is disgusting, and even for the low-income families like myself that is still 300 pounds a year. in regards to the costs how are we categorized as adults on transport and made to pay these ridiculous fare, and when in every other aspect of our lives we are treated as children. we need a national fee instituted to comfort wi-- compt with the public transport. >> thank you very much indeed. it is time for me to welcome in sir timothy bottomsley who is the head of the parliament and many on has been in this place since the mid-1970s and he has a long track record to the house service, and he is a long blooer in the rights of young people. thank you sh, peter, for joinin us. [ applause ] to we h

we did go there for answers but first back to somerset street. >> soothe things like and took what hecole nardi is the mother of he ellen's two children they lived in the small home for five years. she admits the lawn should have been cut but is outraged by what happened afterwards. >> when they're done, they go in the house? >> they sure did. >> reporter: why? >> i'm -- i don't know still. i'm still not sure. i guess they figured it was vacant and they decided they wanted to help themselves to whatever they saw fit or liked. >> reporter: according to police reports, public works employee johnson used a chair to enter the hole house through that window. witnesses told police, johnson was seen leaving the home with the mirror and the guitar. when he was spotted in a shed out back, a neighbor confronted him saying the owner was coming back. >> why did the guiness mirror end up in the public works vehicle and guitar. >> you can go to 512 monmouth street they'll have everything there. >> reporter: what did they tell me they'll explain what happened there. >> yes. >> were you trying to ste

we did go there for answers but first, back to somerset street. >> saw things he liked and he just took he and the wad. >> nicole nardi is the mother of aaron ellen' twos children they they lived in the small home for five years. she admits the lawn should have been cut but is outraged by what happened afterwards. >> when they're done, they go in the house? >> they sure did. >> reporter: why? >> i don't know still. i'm still not sure. i guess they figured it was vacant and they decided they wanted to help themselves to whatever they saw fit or liked. >> reporter: according to police reports, public works employee johnson used a chair to enter the house through that window. witnesses told police johnson was seen leaving the home with the mirror and the guitar. when he was spotted in a shed out back, a neighbor confronted him saying, the owner was coming back. >> why did the guiness mirror end up in the public works vehicle and guitar. >> you can go to 512 monmouth street and they'll have everything there. >> reporter: what will they tell me. they'll explain what happened there. >> yes. w

. >> it wasn't the only item taken from his tiny home on somerset street in october says ellen.r was haul out. and his rock band glass wear. >> it's amazing. my pink floyd glasses they have a lot of sentimental value. >> reporter: who was the burglar? whose hand prints were left on the side window where he climbed in? acorin to gloucester city police -- >> how you doing? >> you michael. >> yes, i am. >> reporter: it was this man. michael v. johnson attacks dollar paid employee of gloucester city public works. he was one of a view crew of four sent to cut and clean the yard when the city claims ellen failed to do it. at first, michael johnson tried to put us off. >> why did you go inside the place? >> what happened? >> 512 monmouth street they'll have the whole story there. >> reporter: what's 512 monmouth street. >> my bosses place. >> reporter: 512 monmouth is the municipal building in this city of 11,000. we did go there for answers, but first, back to somerset street. >> saw things he liked and he just took what he wanted. >> reporter: nicole nardi is the mother of aaron elle

it was somerset county prosecutor's office which first called it a suicide. sheridan's family challenged that dan the change to undetermined was announced. john sheridan's son mark pressed to change ruling released a statement saying in part "we feel a huge wrong has been made right at least in part. unfortunately we still don't know who killed our parents and so i'll we accept today's decision as a vindication of what we've said all along, we have a long way yet to go ". the somerset county prosecutor declined comment unclear tonight whether a criminal investigation will begin again. i'm jeff cole. chris to you. >> jeff, thanks. back to fox 29 weather authority now. let's take trip up to the pocono mountains this evening much lots of people likely headed there to do some skiing as you see some of the slopes fresh may be some powder headed there and a couple of maybe hours. maybe you're headed out of the town this weekend. look at the philadelphia international airport may be somewhere warmer without the chance of snow. >> because that's what we are facing ri

they were found after a fire inside their somerset county home in 2014. the sheridan family petitioned to have the suicide ruling changed. >>> lehigh valley, whilehall township will pay money to a real estate developer to settle a discrimination accusations. federal officials announced the dpree agreement today. the count down is seven days until the presidential inauguration. toed the president elect said he's not concerned some of his cabinet picks have contradicted him during their confirmation hearings. al. >> we want them to be themselves and i told them be yourself and say what you want to say. don't worry about me. >> the president elect also says efforts to repeal and replace obamacare are going great. congress will now begin hearings to write new healthcare laws so the new president can sign them in the first 100 days of his administration. >>> our live inauguration coverage begins wednesday at 4:00 p.m. from washington, d.c. jacqueline and i will be joined in the nation's capital by lauren make and in the morning we'll be live in nbc 10 news tod

according to a letter from the federal highway administration sent to somerset county, those thin blue lines may be causing a big problem. there are many appropriate and fitting ways to recognize service to the public that do not involve the modification of a traffic control device which can put the road user risk due to misinterpretation of its meaning. >> did a really think this thin blue line is an issue or did somebody wake up on the wrong side of the bed that morning? >> i drove to oakland to see if there really was an issue? wait. no. that blue line i should be parking there. while that was not so difficult was it. then i was thinking maybe since i'm from philadelphia just don't get it. i don't get these new jersey loss. has anybody tried to park in the middle of the street because of the blue line question it. >> no. and you never tried to park. >> absolute not. did you notice the blue line on the road? >> i did not. they would immediately draft a resolution supported down to where the blue line in the street and it actually permits them to have the blood of the middle of the st

their bodies were discovered after a fire inside their somerset county house in 2014. the sheridan family petitioned to have that suicide ruling changed. >>> monsignor lynn will find out in march whether he has to face another trial or if he's a free man. the a judge will decide if there's enough evidence to bring him to trial in may. he's the highest catholic church official convicted of the sexual abuse in 2012. he served nearly three wears in prison before his release last august. >>> the personal medical records of thousands of people could be compromised after a data breach in delaware. here's the deal. the breach involves two subcontractors of highmark blue cross blue shield of delaware. 19,000 workers with employer paid plans are impacted. it involved a server containing personal information containing names,s is snums, health information and medical records. >>> the department of justice is praising reform efforts by philadelphia police department. a new report from the doj says the police department has done a good job making adjustments that the doj recommend

the shots fired just after 8:30 this morning at park avenue and somerset streets. the off duty officer was not involved in any way and that shooter got away. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf visited the barracks of a rookie state police trooper killed on duty in friday night. landon weaver will be laid to rest. he was shot while responding to a domestic incident. people later found the suspect after a man hunt. he was killed during a confrontation with troopers. >>> president-elect donald trump back in new york this afternoon but in florida over the weekend. he continued to raise questions about u.s. intelligence conclusions that russia used cyber attacks to influence the u.s. election. mr. trump told reporters that he knows, quote, things that other people don't and he said he will offer more information tomorrow or wednesday. the president-elect will have more transition related meetings at trump tower this week. >>> and one philadelphia group is gearing up to march in the inaugural parade. they spent today cleaning the uniforms they will wear. members of the p

joyce were found dead inside of their scorched new jersey home in sent of 2014, investigators in somerset county concluded that john had fatally stabbed his wife then himself after setting their house on fire. a motive was never determined. >> it does seem that debbie reynolds falz one is taking steps to make that right >> the medical examiner stated while his wounds did appear self inflicted no weapon was recovered from the scene that could be conclusively associated with the wounds sustained by mr. sheridan. >> it almost never happens where a medal examiner changes find >> he ads even when the matter of death is amended. it doesn't necessarily mean that a case will be reopened >> regardless of what the medal examiners report says under first version and amended version, prosecutor always maintains discretion over what to investigate. >> reporter: for the the family, an undetermined matter of death opens the the door for an investigation into a possible outside killer. >> we've certainly suggested some possible motives to authorities for my parents being killed. i'll leave it at that. >>

it's led the mayor of somerset to resign from the club because he says the club might not let the president become a member. mayor jeffrey slavens says there is question of whether to welcome the new president because of his action on israel. woodmont is a historically jewish club. >> i just don't really want to be associated with a community that is so intolerant and so disrespectful of the president. and i hope that by resigning, that it will be a wake up call. >> slavens has been a long time member of the club and is also a democratic activist. that even though president obama has played golf at the club before, it is not known whether he even wants the on join that club. >>> today on capitol hill, a controversial paint sg being taken down for good. it's in the tunnel leading to the u.s. capital. the painting was made by an 18-year-old from missouri and it depicts officers as pigs arresting protesters. gop lawmakers removed it from the wall several times and missouri democrat lacy clay put it back up. the capital architect was asked to review whether that painting violated contest rules

nbc10 is there with officers from wild woowood, somerset. today they would be sworn in as deputies. >>> a great grandfather in salem county plans to witness history once again on friday. d. harold smith jr. has not missed a presidential inauguration since franklin d. roosevelt in 1941. he'll travel to washington on friday with his daughter to attend his 18th inauguration. >>> and coming up in just a minute, we'll check in with tom osborne who is talking to politicians and people from the area coming for the inauguration. >> our live team coverage will continue. we send it back to rosemary connors in the studio for the rest of the headlines. >> the philadelphia fraternal order of police making it clear they are not endorsing d.a. seth williams for re-election. they put up the billboard on i-95. it reads help wanted, new philadelphia district attorney. nbc10 tried to track down williams yesterday to get a comment on camera. we spotted him ducking outside of a side door at city hall and intoes his city vehicle. the ethics board fined him $62,00

the decision came after sheridan's son accused the somerset county prosecutor of jumping to conclusion in the 2014 case. the office ruled sheridan killed his wife, set their montgomery township home on fire and then killed himself. >>> uber driver who allegedly beat up a passenger last month is facing charges. police say 57 year-old major steve fuller attack joseph fussco of cherry hill. fussco want aid ride back from new jersey from a holiday part ate kavanaugh's in university city. fussco suffered a broken nose, cheekbone and lost his front seat. he filed suit against uber. >>> for second straight sat the day we are expecting they but how much are we in for. kate's outside on the skies deck. all clear out there right now but you say that will change, um. >> that will change indeed, ukee. you canal feel the difference. temperatures plumeted since yesterday, right new we're more than 20 degrees colder then at this time yesterday, and it is only getting colder from here. lets take a look at temperatures right now. we're in the 30's in allentown and reading. twenty's in the poconos this

avon and somerset police say that the officers wear body worn cameras but i do not think it will shedlm just after the whole discussion begins, but there is no suggestion at that point that there has been any violence or anything at that point. what areas a vigorous discussion where judah adunbi point. what areas a vigorous discussion wherejudah adunbi does not want to give his name, feeling that he does not have too give police officers his name and does not want to give them his name. you can see the build—up to where he tries to enter his property and police manhandle him out of the property. at one point he raises an arm to push one of the officers away, but that's about it. what is embarrassing for the police is not only that he is 63 years old but a long—standing member of their independent advisory group, a group many independent advisory group, a group ma ny forces independent advisory group, a group many forces have to advise them on relations between different minority groups and police. so essentially, they have tasered, in the face, one of their own race relations advisers

joyce were found dead inside of their scorched new jersey home in sent of 2014, investigators in somerset county concluded that john had fatally stabbed his wife then himself after setting their house on fire. a motive was never determined. >> it does seem that debbie reynolds falz one is taking steps to make that right >> the medical examiner stated while his wounds did appear self inflicted no weapon was recovered from the scene that could be conclusively associated with the wounds sustained by mr. sheridan. >> it almost never happens where a medal examiner changes find >> he ads even when the matter of death is amended. it doesn't necessarily mean that a case will be reopened >> regardless of what the medal examiners report says under first version and amended version, prosecutor always maintains discretion over what to investigate. >> reporter: for the the family, an undetermined matter of death opens the the door for an investigation into a possible outside killer. >> we've certainly suggested some possible motives to authorities for my parents being killed. i'll leave it at that. >>

we ended up in a refugee camp in somerset. in a little village.et up by the government, in an effort to show british culture and help assimilation, they came up with some interesting entertainment. good evening to you all, tonight we have a different kind of entertainment from what we've had before... mrs jones and her merrymakers from newbury portray the kind of songs that my grandfather and grandmother used to sing. # henry viii used to sing. # henry v!!! i am, iam in uganda our lifestyle was good. but here we were, on the begging bowl. it was not easy drying clothes in winter but in uganda, she had serva nts in winter but in uganda, she had servants doing everything. cutting onions, washing clothes. overnight, their lives were more difficult than oui’s. # i oui’s. #iam oui’s. # i am henry viii oui’s. # i am henry v!!! i am # . abdullah # i am henry v!!! i am # .abdullah and his family spent four months in the detention centre and his father was determined to start again asa his father was determined to start again as a shopkeeper. my father was

three larger garden towns have also been approved for buckinghamshire, somerset and the essex—hertfordshirethe plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. taunton is one of the three locations to become one of the large—scale garden towns. long marston lies just three miles south of stratford—upon—avon. the airfield was once home to raf bomber command and now the government wants to turn the 800 acre site into one of its planned garden villages, with more than 3000 homes. we are very pleased that it's gone through. we we re pleased that it's gone through. we were expecting it to go through at the end of november, but we will have somewhere which is more raw role to look at, with road infrastructure, rail infrastructure, which we wouldn't have otherwise. the site includes one of the country's the site includes one of the cou ntry‘s few the site includes one of the country's few drag racing strips. every day, some 40 light aircraft use the airfield. you've got gliding, you've got aviators up at the top there

. >> jessica hill from south somerset. as youth parliament we should be fighting for youth voices in these issues. representing young people is terribly important. we should hold them up and let them tell us what they want and need. in the next two years i highly doubt i will happen upon an epiphany that i will be allowed to vote appropriately, as according to the people against this issue, i will. it might be difficult or a hard way, but when has that ever stopped us? as a youth parliament member, i say let us speak for ourselves. [applause] mr. speaker: thank you. now, what about the north? northwest of england, who have we got from the northwest? chelatingman just to ticulating with great intensity. [applause] >> i am representing lancashire. coming to china from the u.k. a few years ago, my life has been changed greatly. living in a democracy, i've been fully aware of and support the voting rights, but i do not agree with the motion of voting -- lowering the voting age to 16. i disagree that young people need to vote t

he says he was humiliated by the whole incident and avon and somerset police are feeling that they cannoteferred themselves to look at what happened. this equipment is from equipment worn by another police officer? no, the footage we have seen that was made available to the media was filmed by a neighbour who was passing and saw what was happening and he filmed it. it is about 8.5 minutes. the police say the two officers have also body worn cameras on, buti officers have also body worn cameras on, but i don‘t think it will shed much more light on the incident. the neighbour starts filming just after the whole discussion begins but there is no suggestion at that point that there has been any violence or anything at that point, what there isa anything at that point, what there is a vigorous discussion, in which judah adunbi doesn‘t want to give his name because it doesn‘t really has to give them his name and he doesn‘t want to give them his name and you see the build—up to when he sta rts and you see the build—up to when he starts to enter his property and the police manhandled out of the p

nhs and indeed a number of nhs commissioning authorities are already being handed over to others, somerset as indeed many others have. we should be proud of our national health service, the staff who work so health service, the staff who work so hard in itand not health service, the staff who work so hard in it and not threaten them with privatisation. but what would it cost? you must be able to put a figure on it to know what your policy would require in terms of funding? what the policy requires is an addressing the local authority funding crisis by th department of communities and local government because all of our local authorities report problems over social care. the government's cut £4 billion from that over the past six yea rs. billion from that over the past six years. that should be put back into aduu years. that should be put back into adult social care quickly as a way of helping out the nhs crisis. nhs hospitals are running in debt or deficit and therefore, having to trim back or cut services or sell off sites and resours, which of course creates problems for tomorrow, and so

another one says, is your tie from somerset cricket club? no, it's not but thanks for asking.peter stringfellow, a very well—known nightclub owner in london. he says, ros, please stop pretending that you're controlling this screen, it's really embarrassing. i prod, this is not me pretending. if i press that button, this comes up. if i press this, the map comes up. and if i pressed the wrong button, i promise you, the wrong button, i promise you, the wrong thing will happen. honestly, it's real. and if i get it wrong it doesn't work. thank you very much for those questions should we will get to slightly more pressing questions about the trump presidency. anthony will be explaining that in a while. particularly, we will focus on mr trump's complex relationship with the cable news networks in the us. there has been a rise in suicides, assaults and self harm inside prisons in england and wales. a number of those taking their own lives is the highest since records began in 1978. shouting. life in ourjails is getting worse. for staff and prisoners. the rise in assaults, suicides and

will make way for a rather different group of water lovers, a group of open water swimmers from somerset by the channel that aim to capture the spirit of "oneness" and reflect the diversity of modern britain. i am going to miss those hippos. the weather forecast in a few minutes. we return now to our top story. ticket prices on trains across england, wales and scotland are going up from today. the rail delivery group announced last month that prices will go up on average by two point 3%, but fares won't change in northern ireland. it's the latest in a string of increases. even allowing for inflation, fares have risen by around 25% since the mid 1990s. season tickets go up a little less, at 1.9%. in the south—east of england, season tickets now cost more than £11,000. we're joined now by anthony smith, chief executive of transport focus, from kings cross station. thank you very much for coming on and a happy new year. it is another price rise. how are fed do you think this is for people who are thinking of going back to work? —— fair. it is more money to spend on the service that many alr

sunset to make way for a rather different group of water lovers — a group of open water swimmers from somersetthat aim to capture the spirit of "oneness" and reflect the diversity of modern britain. iam going i am going to miss those hippo s. i'm just wondering, from hippos to... humans. you'll get used to it. yes, i know, a day into the new year and we might have already seen the goal of the new year. absolutely brilliant. yeah, unbelievable, the talent, flexibility, it had it all. i think for a lot of people, especially this early in the new year, so close to christmas, an incredible goal, and it insured arsenal beat crystal palace. we won't just talk about it, we arsenal beat crystal palace. we won'tjust talk about it, we will show it. he match will be remembered for 0livier giroud's spectacular goal to help arsenal beat crystal palace 2—0 at the emirates yesterday. alex iwobi headed in the second, but this was all about the genius of their first. have a look at giroud running through the middle. catching the cross with his left foot, looped it over his head and in off the underside of the

the quotation of the evening, this one from somerset maughn.is not true that suffering ebb oabls the character. happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part makes men petty and vindictive. the three amigos must have suffered more than anyone of us realized. donald trump's team. >> it's complete garbage. it's irresponsible and it's what's horrible about politic and what and happening in america. she should be ashaped of themselves. >> the lou: we just learned the nation's top intelligence officials will be briefing the senate tomorrow on russian interference in our presidential election. the director national intelligence james clapper, characteristics a director john brennan and james comey and the nsa's mike rogers all will brief the senate. the house received their briefing last friday. senator chuck schumer cautioned president-elect trump about being so critical of the intelligence community leadership. this was senator schumer talking just over a week ago. >> you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from

. >>> the mayor of the town of sum somerset has resigned from a prominent golf club tonight because the club may not allow president obama as a member. there's debate within woodmont over whether to welcome the president because of his recent action on israeli. he declined to block resolution admonishing israel for its settlements on the west bank. it's a historically jewish club. >> i don't want to be associated with a community that is so intolerant and so disrespectful of the president. i hope resigning will be a wakeup call and actions will be taken to make it be known how welcoming the club is for everyone. there is no indication that president obama has even expressed interest in joining the club, but he has been there several times over the years. >>> now to a developing story. a woman in a wheelchair killed when she got caught in a cross fire today in d.c. a young man also was injured when the gunfire broke out this morning in southeast d.c. pat collins at the scene now with all the latest. >> reporter: viv 67 years old. each day she'd get on her motorized wheelchair and take a

the quotation of the evening, this one from somerset maughn. not true that suffering ebb oabls the character. happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part makes men petty and vindictive. the three amigos must have suffered more than anyone of us realized. donald trump's team. >> it's complete garbage. it's irresponsible and it's what's horrible about politic and what and happening in america. she should be ashaped of themselves. >> the president-elect's press secretary sean spicer is my guest next. i'm going to the bank, to discuss a mortgage. ugh, see, you need a loan, you put on a suit, you go crawling to the bank. this is how i dress to get a mortgage. i just go to lendingtree. i calculate how much home i can afford. i get multiple offers to compare side by side. and the best part is... the banks come crawling to me. everything you need to get a better mortgage. clothing optional. lendingtree. when banks compete, you win. okay! ...awkward. lou: we just learned the nation's top intelligence officials will be briefing the sen

that building is called somerset house. and it was -- no longer is -- but it was the headquarters of her majesty's inland revenue, which is our equivalent of the internal revenue service, the irs. and so, my halftime entertainer is in fact no less than the chairman of the inland revenue, because when winston became chancellor of the exchequer -- our secretary of the treasury -- in 1925, responsible for tax policy and tax collection, he thought first of all, i have got to sell up all my shares. i better pay down my debts. there should be a surplus. i think there is going to be a surplus. and i am just going to behave financially very responsibly when i'm chancellor. unfortunately, when he sold the shares, there was not a surplus. he was left with a deficit. -- he as much of the bank had an overdraft of the maximum size the bank would allow him to have. and he had about today's equivalent of $500,000 of tax still to pay, and he was the chancellor, but he had no money to pay it with. so what he did was summon the chairman of t

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sheridan and his wife, joyce, were found dead inside of their home in somerset county back in 2014. investigators called this a murder/suicide but the couple 's four sons believed that it was a double murder. the family wants the investigation to be reopened. >>> it is now 6:05. there is a new rule for anyone visiting rittenhouse square and it concerns the park's walls. the change is not sitting well with everyone. "action news" reporter jeff chirico, slain. >> reporter: yes. >> we saw the sign there is like no one in the park this evening. >> reporter: 1rogue wall sitter in the the once popular hang out in rittenhouse square where signs now warn that the historic limestone walls are off limits. >> it is in the the fair to everybody, who wants to just come out, sit, relax, and enjoy themselves. >> it is not nice. i think it is kind of depressing. >> reporter: parks department approved the new rule to protect reese ensley restored walls but prohibition isn't sitting well with some. >> it the is kind of lessened the vibe here in rittenhouse square, i think, we used to energy different

. >> somerset mayor, jeffrey slaven, says the club might not let the president become a member. he says there is debate within wood mont country club about whether to welcome the president because of his recent action on israel. you'll remember, last month the u.s. declined to block a u.n. resolution reprimanding israel for building settlements in the west bank. vermont is a historically jewish club. >> i just don't really want to be associated with a community that is so intolerant and so disrespectful of the president. and i hope that by resigning that it will be a wake-up call. >> slaven has been a long time member of the club and also a democratic activist. the "washington post" reports that even though president obama has played the golf -- golf at the club before, it is not even known if he wants to join there. >>> right now, road crews are back at work once again, trying to fix a busy intersection in leesburg. you may have been delayed by the gas line work earlier this month. it closed down parts of east market and plaza streets. now workers say they need to perform more

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it happened just after 8:30 this morning at park avenue and somerset street. the offduty officer was not involved in any way. >> close call in berks county in new year's eve, a bullet went into a house and just missed a baby's crib. they were standing by a back window right there trying to get a better glimpse of a fireworks shot. the husband was covered in glass. the bullet just missed hitting them. it landed next to the crib of their nine-year-old. the bullet was likely fired by someone celebrating new year's eve. >> clearly there's no-fault involved. they think their celebrating, they think that it's fun to make a lot of noise and the bullets end up some where. what goes up comes down and innocent people can be effected and hurt or killed by that. >> everyone is doing okay. the family is talking about this scare with hopes of preventing others from firing weapons during any kind of celebration. police think the shot came from one, maybe even two miles away. leaders in philadelphia have warned about incidents like this for years now. he was hit in the head b

the bodies discovered after a fire inside their somerset county home in 2014.y are family petitioned for months if years to have that suicide ruling changed. >>> monsignor william lynn will find out in march whether he has to face another trial or if he's a free man. a philadelphia judge will decide if there's enough evidence to bring him to trial in may. he's the highest ranking church official convicted of sex abuse scandal in 2012. he served three years in a pennsylvania prison but his conviction was overturned and he was released last august. >>> now to the transition to trump. the senate intelligence committee will look into possible contact between russia and the presidential campaign. u.s. intelligence says moscow meddled in the election to help donald trump win. this week the president-elect acknowledged russia hacked democrats and did not affect the outcome of the election. president-elect donald trump is opening a dialogue with comedian and tv host steve harvey. they met yesterday. harvey didn't support trump for president but harvey said he had to ge

they were found after a fire inside a somerset county home in 2014. the sheridan family petitioned to have the suicide ruling changed. >>> continuing coverage now at 5:00, the highest ranking catholic church official convicted in the sexual abuse scandal was back in court today trying to get charges thrown out. today, lawyers for william lynn accused prosecutors of hiding information about the victim in the case. prosecutors say they turned over all documents. lynn was convicted of endangerment charged in 2012. the judge will make a decision in march. >>> chaotic morning on roosevelt boulevard today. started with a car crash, and a police chase and then a suspect who got away in handcuffs. sky force 10 overhead as a man in cuffs was led into northeast detectives. he's believed to be one of three suspects involved in a crash with a police cruiser. a cadillac drove away crashed into that oft duty trooper's personal car. police say the suspects assaulted the trooper and then ran away. one man was caught. handcuffed, and then escaped the back of a patrol

their bodies were discovered after a fire inside their somerset county home in 2014.ridan family petitioned to have that suicide ruling changed. >>> let's head to trenton where a mother is facing child endangerments charges after authorities say her 4-month-old daughter ended up in the hospital with alcohol in her system. police arrested felicia hamilton. they say she took the infant to the hospital after noticing the baby was drowsy unresponsive. according to officials the child's blood alcohol was so high that doctors cents theory children's hospital philadelphia for treatment. we checked this morning the child remains in critical condition. >>> 6:36 right now on this saturday. still ahead on "nbc 10 news today" local school officials are taking some heat after a certain assignment went viral. we'll show you the controversial questions that were asked and why opinions are split. >>> plus a group effort. a local restaurant now up and running thanks to the commune. we'll show you how plans to repay the favor, pay it forward. sir! what's the status? there's a meteor hu

relationship with russia that this would be a good thing and that the two countries could work together to somersetf the world's most pressing problems. how likely is that? >> well i think -- just to kind of build on what phil was saying. i think we have to see what donald trump's assessment as president of intelligence, when it's not related to questions that are directly involved in perhaps his legitimacy, as what he sees as a threat on his legitimacy of the election. this report never made any conclusions that donald trump was not legitimately elected president. but i think he perceives this as you know, questioning whether the russians might have influenced the election in some way. so there's that. whether the u.s. could have a better relationship with russia, i think that's certainly when donald trump hopes and that's certainly the noises that the russians are making, that it's a new day with russia, that the u.s. and russia can work cooperatively together. and if you see some of the policies that the president-elect is talking about, about teaming up in russia, with russia in syria, perhaps

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somerset mayor jennifer slave said he can no longer belong to a community where tolerance is accepted history forgotten freedom of speech is denied and the first black president is dis respected. >>> inching closer to donald trump taking office, many questions about the possible changes. includes how the media's relationship may change. details of trump plan to move the white house press room and the backlash to those >>> first winning at the white house, the world sears champions paying a visit to the president, before yesterday, it was all cubs, first lady was excited about the win, her hilarious reaction next. ♪ it's go time at dunkin' with two wake-up wraps for $3. enjoy two freshly-made oven-toasted wraps with bacon, sausage, or ham, and keep on all day. america runs on dunkin'. >>> 8:it was. a lot >>> 7:23. a little action on the ice. i don't think i've seen a game that had this many goals before. >> i don't think in all the gams i've gone to the combined total. of goals were the combined total of this game >> caps looked g

three larger garden towns have also been approved for buckinghamshire, somerset and the essex hertfordshirewill help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. taunton is one of the three locations to become one of the large—scale garden towns. we have a report from there. somerset‘s county town of taunton is now an official garden town which means it has unblocked £350,000 to push forward sustainable development. the idea of this pot of money is to enable better advice, better consultation, access to other parts of money and other funds, so that the housing developments we bring forward become much more sustainable, more pleasant places to live. the plan is to build new distinct communities with 8000 new homes. alongside crucially good transport green spaces and local facilities. we have three and a half thousand people in taunton deane on the waiting list. 74% of the people in taunton working taunton so infrastructure is important to us. we have the railway, the motorway, employee with sites we're trying to develop. it

joyce, were found dead inside of their new jersey home in september of 2014, investigators from somersetounty conclude that john had fatally stabbed his wife and then himself after setting their house on fire. but a motive was never determined, and the sheridan's four sons never bought it. >> although it does seem that the doctor is taking steps to make that right. >> per the revision, stayed medical examiner doctor stated while john sheridan's wounds did appear self-inflicted, quote, no weapon was recovered from the scene that could be conclusively associated with the wounds sustained by mr. sheridan. >> it almost never happens where a medical examiner will change their findings. >> peter, attorney, hot related to the case, but does add that even when the manner of death is amended, it doesn't necessarily mean that a case will be reopened. >> regardless of what the medical examiner report says, first version, amended version, prosecutors always maintains over what to investigate. >> for the family, an undetermined matter of death opens the door for an investigation into a possible outsi

wife joyce were found dead inside of their new jersey home, in september of 2014, investigators in somersetcluded that john had fatally stabbed his wife, then himself, after setting their house on fire but motive was never determined, and the sheridan's four sons, never bought it. >> although it does seem that doctor fail zone is taking steps to make that right. >> per the revision, state medical examiner, doctor john stated while john sheridan's wounds did appear self-inflicted, quote, no weapon was recovered from the scene that could be conclusively associated with the wounds sustained by mr. sheridan. >> it almost never happens where a medical examiner will change their findings. >> peter, attorney, not related to the case, but does add that even when the manner of death is amended, it doesn't necessarily mean that a case will be reopened. >> regardless of what the medical examiner report says. >> prosecutors remains his aggress over to what stroke for the family undetermined manner of death opens the door for an investigation into a possible outside killer. >> we've certainly suggest so