the d.a. is focused on guns. he says 84% of the homicides in the city of philadelphia are caused by guns so his focus with police is on stopping the flow and reducing the number of those straw purchases. live tonight in center city, george spencer, nbc 10 news. >>> new at 6:00, the president of a birks county soccer club surrendered to police on charges he stole thousands of dollars from the group. jermaine martin is president of the wilson jr. club and used the club's debit card to make $70,000 of withdrawals. the club suspended him over the summer. >>> the philadelphia, a setback to to for the immigrant community. mayor nutter changed his policy on working with federal immigration authorities. the mayor's office says it will give immigration services information about a person in custody if i.c.e. asks about a certain person. they'll only share information about people who meet certain criteria, for instance if they're accused of terror related crimes or felonies. pro-immigration rights groups have spoken out an

the d.a. red to give you a conditional dismissal of the indictment and vacate the conviction. >> today? >> it's not going to be today? but it will be by the 13th, i think. >> are you serious? >> can you believe that? it hasn't set in yet. the initial shock. >> i know. >> all of the fighting that we've done over these years. my heart is beating so fast. >> i'm very happy -- >> i don't know what to -- i mean, you try to prepare yourself for this day when you're doing all of this detective work, putting pieces together and you -- you know, you try to imagine what it will feel like because you look at all of these newspaper articles because on my wall i have a whole panel of every single newspaper article of every guy that was released from prison and one day i said i'm going to make that wall, too. and apparently, i am. ♪ ♪ >> but unfortunately, for eric, a month later he's still behind bars. >> these people just don't want to let me go. they want to continue to hold me and torture me. the mental

the d.a.'s office is still reviewing the police reports, but the district attorney tells me it looks like tomorrow afternoon anthony curinsic will be arraigned here for the murder of colleen straw. and today, her mother offered compassion toward his parents. >> police arrested 22-year-old anthony curinsic last night in redwood city. he's accused of stabbing to death his ex-girlfriend colleen straw, several times saturday at her home in san mateo. today, her mother issued this statement, saying while our hearts are broken at the loss of our beautiful daughter, colleen, we cannot help but feel sorrow for his parents. as we must suffer the loss of our daughter, they must suffer the loss of a son. friends say colleen was a kind person who attended st. simon parish school in los altos and high school in mountain view. they describe her as a talented artist who loved her chihuahua. curinsic was released from jail just days before he allegedly killed straw. he pled no contest to a domestic violence ch

the d.a. here talked today about the miami and we gave you the policy. now we're asking you to come up with a proposal for the facilities that will house it. i get it. i'm not asking you to be a policymaker. we actually did make proposals. we want the facilities that house this proposal. >> it is here if i can go through through the scenario, you will find how eaddress the issues that were brought up to us in terms of providing better mental and health treatment. >> actually have a proposal for what are the cost to build a facility that has a mental health clinic? that's what we wanted. >> supervisor campos. >> i think the point -- what i would say to department of public works is, i understand your own frustration because i do think that -- if you step back, i don't know if it's dpw's role to do what i think this committee and the board members wanted. i think that's a responsibility of the capital planning committee. for whatever reason instead of addressing the request that this committee has made, the capital planning committee decided to kind of ste

>> it is unclear, because we don't know if he has been a arrested, and the d.a. did not mention that. and so he is going to be allowed to enter the courtroom on his own recognizance, and the d.a. has not mentioned how it is going to be happening. the lawyers are cooperating with the district attorney, and again, it is the fact that the district attorney looked at all of the evidence that came out in the civil cases, and they reinterviewed a number of the witnesses and the victims including andrea constand, and they felt that it is really time that the criminal charges be brought against the comedian. >> deb feyerick, thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, a statement from andrea constand's legal team that says, we wish to express our appreciation to the montgomery kocounty district's attorney's office, and the attorneys and the cheltenham police department for the consideration they have shown in the difficult time. we have the utmost confidence in the team who have impressed us with their professionalism. and also, ki a thompson, who wa an extra on "the cosby show"

the d.a. told me on the phone before 7:00 this morning that this is an area where the homeless are known to camp and appears as though open flame was being used for heat here overnight and that is according to the d.a.'s office. just a few minutes ago, there aren't couple firefighters that came by, went down, looked at location, came back up, they left, so at this point the scene has been cleared and even though not calling it suspicious right now, the investigation is ongoing, don't know the identity of the person and will pass it along to you, catherine local -- >> gene: local restaurant remains closed after students came down with suspected food poisoning near boston college and live at chipolte in cleveland circle where health department investigating what made all of those kids sick. here in cleveland circle has been closed for at least a day now because at least some 30 students got sick after eating inside. we still don't know this morning what those students ate and we don't know when

now the essex d.a. thanksgiving and the andover police chief are putting out new information, hoping it will lead to new clues that will solve this case. >> someone out there knows something. we are asking you to search your memory and your conscience, pick up the phone, and call us. >> reporter: the d.a. released a timeline of events leading up to the double murder. on december 13, 2011, jack mcgee went to a construction site in reading where his company was building homes. the d.a. says jack spoke to his son about picking up construction materials in boston. >> a long-time employ ye of and assisted jack in cleaning out his chevy pick-up truck so that john could use the truck to pick up materials. jack reportedly left the site around 3:00 p.m. >> reporter: the d.a. says jerry was at home when her daughter called about havinger havey baby-sit the grandkids. he says holly thought she heard her father in the background during that call. the d.a. says jack's son was in the basement office at the home and le

but it is a little bit surprising that the d.a. is involved in this case. >> reporter: the superintendent says he can't elaborate on the

the d.a.'s office has played as always a pivotal role in that. the marshal's fugitive task force that works out of this area, both the district attorney and our agency all have people assigned to that task force. they have worked tirelessly almost around the clock on this since the disappearance of ethan and his mom. all of those people not to mention police agencies across the state and across the country, every lead we had that we needed followed up somewhere else we contacted a police agency and they took care of it. everyone has been tremendously cooperative. understand that there's a lot of things you'll want to know and ask about that we won't be able to talk about because of the ongoing investigation part of this and the fact that we still are trying to get ethan and tanya back on u.s. soil. that is very important that we don't say anything or do anything that will prohibit that from happening or derail that. we're on schedule to do that. we hope so. as i said early on, there was a strong feeling on many people's part, mine particularly, th

just under the wire the statute of limitations was about to expire the d.a. in pennsylvania has filed

that were rejected. >> the d.a. ere reopened the investigation after it was dismissed years ago by former d.a. bruce caster who maintains that constand's claim lacked evidence and that her statements are inconsistent, in the last year more than 40 women have come forward to publically accuse cosby of plying them with pills and wine. cosby and his philadelphia lawyer left the proceedings today without comment -- >> bill cosby returned to his cheltenham home for the night, a long time cosby neighbor reflects on the development. >> i am surprised and saddens that somebody of such stature should be involved with something like that. >> again sharrie in the eyes of the law bill cosby is innocent until proven guilty, his next court appearance is set for january 14th. live in elkins park, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> first time he has actually faced charges, okay vernon thank you. >>> pennsylvania's victim advocate group released a statement. today's announcements of criminal charges, against bill cosby serv

today the d.a. is vowing to fight back as for keeping monsignor lynn behind bars at this point in time he says his office will do all it can do. >> especially when an institution uses institutional power to shield pedophiles. >> reporter: and that is what the d.a. says monsignor william lynn did, protect a pedophile by covering up sexual abuse claims. in 2012, a philadelphia jury agreed. but last week, by a vote of two to one a three member superior court panel overturned that conviction ordering a new trial for lynn. >>> it decided lynn's trial judge allowed the jury to hear he too much evidence concerning prior bad acts or coverups from a time before lynn had any actual authority to assign priests in the 1990's. the appellate finding the sheer volume of those prior bad acts could have unfairly prejudiced jurors against lynn. seth williams today vowing to fight the move for a new trial. his plan to ask the full superior court to revisit and review the issue. williams saying the prior bad acts were

the d.a. saying all these suspects are gang members who would recruit juveniles to break into these homes because they know children face less serious criminal charges. they call it operation grinch, and it came to a head this weekend. the d.a.'s office has rounded up and charged 29 alleged gang members in 30 burglaries and believe they're likely to blame for hundreds of more. >> they identified people with jewelry, cash and guns in their houses. >> reporter: one break-in happened here in santa clara. but the crime spree spread much further over several counties. >> i think people going around stealing, we don't need them. >> reporter: the d.a.'s office says is suspects worked in groups of three to five, stopping people outside jewelry stores and following them home before breaking in. investigators say they would take cash and jewelry, then make their way to the strip mall in san jose, trying to find shops that would buy the gold and melt it down. some suspects bragging about their crimes on

he tells cnn, he thinks the d.a. is going after cosby because he made a campaign promise and statute of limitations was about to run out. and andrea constand will likely be haunted by the settlement in her civil suit. >> my understanding is she entered into a civil settlement with mr. cosby. every confidential settlement i heard of involved payment of money with agreement where you acknowledge, the defendant, does not admit wrongdoing. if that happened in this case, and i have trouble believing it didn't and i were cross examining this person, what is more important. money or principle. >>> historic flooding under way in missouri and it is expected to get worse. overnight, state officials closed parts of a major interstate south of st. louis to push sand bagging efforts to the limit. they are hoping to keep the interstate open as long as possible. governor jay nixon says the cresting will hit all time records. cnn accompanied the governor by helicopter tour. you see houses and neighborhoods and schools all under water

that's the real problem with this case. >> so the d.a. has decided that he is not going to file criminal charges. he says there may be neglect here but no criminal neglect. what, other than the civil suit, which we know will likely be coming soon, what other legal options are there? >> let me just say political pressure and media pressure could have this case rereviewed. there is enough there where you could question why the d.a. will serve as judge, jury and prosecutor. it should be in the hand of a third party. these d.a.s have a lot of discretion all around the country and a really good one probably would have given this to i grand jury. the feds could investigate. there could be new evidence and videos. the individual shot is a witness. the police ser isofficers is a witness. if you are not going to be criminally charged, there will be administrative charges and possibly further investigation here. the videos don't support what the police officer says nor what the d.a. is saying. it is his discretion. he has chosen to believe the poli

the d.a. says he would renovated the existing facility than build a new jail. while there may be fewer beds available, that more people would be able to instead be treated outside of the jail cell environment. the full board is set to vote on this on december 8. anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a man will be arraigned for allegedly stabbing a girl to death. a s.w.a.t. raid in redwood city got 22- year-old anthony kirincic behind bars. investigators had searched for him two days after his girlfriend was found suffering from stab wounds on saturday afternoon. he was arrested at the home of a relative. >>> san francisco police will get body cams. legal organizations including the bar association say they are worried they could taint them. they are against officers being allowed to review the footage especially incidents that involve the use of force. >> you would never think under any circumstances of showing an accused or showing a witness a video of a crime or from a body camera before they made a stat

the d.a. touched on this. he said that there are more challenges faced with pretrial released defendants. i want to talk about that. what you see here is the snapshot of one day. this day is august 10, 2015. on that date, the population, the incarcerated population was 1246. of that population, 943 were 76% of the population had hold and warrants. insist in addition to -- this is in in addition to their cases. those holds in warrants may have ranged from felony wants from another local jurisdiction to local bench warrants. it only excludes infraction. 24% of the remaining population or 303 individuals. these are individuals who had offenses for traffic. if you go to the next slide, you can see that of the 303 people or 24% of that population, 90% of those individuals were 271 people had crimes against people. their offense was an offense of violence against a different individuals. that's astounding. it's a significant number. conversely i want to show you, if you look at the drug related offenses, there were f

he is aware that the d.a.'s office is now looking into this as a possible hate crime. but he wants one more thing. he wants the woman in that video fired from her day job. >> the woman you see in this video had just been watching a group of muslim men pray in the park. the man holding the camera is rashid aljazari. watch now as a park ranger tries to diffuse the situation. >> she was talking about my dad. >> the woman's coffee went right into his face and then she hilt him with her umbrella. >> when you say that, wlafs your reaction? >> it's horrible. it's absolutely horrible. i just want people to know that here in the bay area, not everybody feels like that. that's not the consensus at all. >> unbelievable. she's full of hate. >> reporter: the woman in the video tells east bay regional park police a very different story: >> she relates that she was the victim in this case because she was video taped against her will. >> that video is now being reviewed by the d.a. and the woman's employer, the department of corrections which tells us that it has a policy that discrimi

but the d.a.'s office is now asking the entire superior court hear its arguments saying the prior bad acts were brought in so jurors could understand the ongoing pattern of how the church dealt with some abusive priests. >> so we had to show all these other acts, all the things that showed monsignor lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school with children. so we had to show all those other bad acts. if not, the defendant he has a great attorney, his defense attorney would have said he didn't know what happened. >> reporter: the superior court has 60 days to respond to the request by the d.a. should the d.a. get turned down williams says they'll go up the legal food chain and put a petition into the supreme court here in the state of pennsylvania. in the meantime monsignor lynn remains in state prison. however, a few days before christmas actually a day after the decision came down from the superior court panel, his attorney has asked the trial court for bail for monsignor lynn

the d.a. touched on this. he said that there are more challenges faced with pretrial released defendants. i want to talk about that. what you see here is the snapshot of one day. this day is august 10, 2015. on that date, the population, the incarcerated population was 1246. of that population, 943 were 76% of the population had hold and warrants. insist in addition to -- this is in in addition to their cases. those holds in warrants may have ranged from felony wants from another local jurisdiction to local bench warrants. it only excludes infraction. 24% of the remaining population or 303 individuals. these are individuals who had offenses for traffic. if you go to the next slide, you can see that of the 303 people or 24% of that population, 90% of those individuals were 271 people had crimes against people. their offense was an offense of violence against a different individuals. that's astounding. it's a significant number. conversely i want to show you, if you look at the drug related offenses, there were f

they're essentially bringing that person back to life and the d.a. says he's identified a pattern of opiate use of people who suffer from sports injuries. >> this is a transfor us to deal with athletic training, school nurses. >> morrisey says the problem has been increasing dramatically over recent years and wants to help eliminate drug usage across the county. >> we are following more news today, two people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed in arizona last night. the chopper disappeared found about two hours later, fishes terrain. the loan survivor flagged down rescuers with a flashlight and that person is in critical condition. >>> 7news turning to a family tragedy in michigan. a new mother holding her baby boy talking for the first time about losing her husband and her mother-in-law as she was giving birth. >> i don't want him out of my sight, like i just want him here. >> jeramiah was born at 8:03 saturday night, healthy, a little more than 8 pounds, 22 inches long. >> he looks like his dad but he has my lips. >> reporter: he wasn't sup

the d.a.'s office has played, as always, a pivotal role in that. the marshal's fugitive task force that works out of this area, both the district attorney, the marshal and our agency all have people assigned to that task force. they have worked tirelessly almost around the clock on this since the disappearance of ethan and his mom. all of those people, not to mention police agencies across the state and across the country. every lead we had that we needed followed up somewhere else we contacted a police agency and they took care of it for us. everyone's been tremendously cooperative. understand that there is a lot of things that you're going to want to know and ask about that we still are not going to be able to talk about because of the ongoing investigation part of this and the fact that we still are trying to get ethan and his mother back on u.s. soil and that is very important that we don't say anything or do anything that will prohibit that from happening or derail that. we're all scheduled to do that. we hope so. as i said early on, there was

the nbc 10 investigators confirming the d.a. is investigating allegations of election fraud. >> your judge of election does not know the election codes and you are severely affecting the election. >> paula brown was a poll watcher. >> it was illegal. in violation of the election code. people were working the polls that were inside the boards that were not appointed correctly, legally. >> brown also points out concerns one of the candidate's family members was working the polls. >> a delaware county election bureau official and sheriff's deputies made multiple visits to the colwyn polling sight. even forcing our camera back. the election board did an initial review of complaints before referring the case to the d.a. >> this is ridiculous. >> maurice clarke was another poll watcher. he blames brown for the election day disruptions. >> get out of here with that camera. >> she posted a series of videos from the polling site on facebook. clark welcomes the investigation. >> if they uncover anything, good. we want it to be a clean elec

the d.a. n texas hoped it would. what are they saying? and how is that affecting their case? >> reporter: well, hi francis. as you mentioned, ethan couch and his mother have been expected to be extradited later today. the law enforcement agencies in texas expected to do just that. but the associated press is reporting that according to an unnamed official at the mexican migration institute, that ethan couch has won a three-day injunction to delay his deportation. now, according to the a.p. it's unclear whether that also applies to his mother. so the bottom line is his extradition or his deportation back to the united states is right now up in the air. the d.a. hopes to get him back here for a hearing next month to see if his case is transferred from juvenile court to the adult court, which could carry other implications. a judge might only be able to sentence him to 120 days in jail for violating his probation if his case is transferred into that adult court. so still a lot of questions in this

. >> we just learned that the d.a. is going to be speaking. we'll bring that to you live when that happens. an emotional day there so stay with us as we continue to follow this >>> mild temperatures for us once again today, but not necessarily temps you could enjoy unless you plan on getting blown around a little but because it has been very windy today. wind gusts generally between 25, up to 35 miles per hour. as you can see worcester 33 miles per hour, peak gusts in the last hour. our highs today, incredible, right, these temperatures 64 in nor ward, 61 in boston. these temperatures occurred just after midnight and we've been falling slowly, crawling closer to 50 ever since then. sitting in the mid 50s right now. 49 in worcester but still well above average for this time of year, and those temperatures will continue to fall overnight tonight into the mid to upper 30s for those coolest suburban spots and the winds will be dying down as well. that is key. tomorrow mostly sunny, cooler temperatures but lighter winds make this not so bad and sti

and they had the d.a., the district attorney, on their side.nd that kwaf a lot of cover to opponents of the jail and so the board said, we don't want it. >> it was certainly a blow to mayor lee. >> yep. >> who supported it. the new year around the corner. we have a host of new laws coming in to play and taking effect, including one that's going to change the way law enforcement officers do their job. tell us about that one. >> this one going to require that law enforcement officers keep data. keep track of race and ethnicity of people that they stop, not just when they're driving but even pedestrians and the idea is aimed at racial profiling. we've heard a lot about that the last few years and it's really come into focus with all the video camera tapings of traffic stops that went bad. and so it's going to require that these law enforcement up and down the state to keep data so that we'll know exactly what's happening and some feel it could be a deterrent if they know they're going to have to report all of these stops that they make. >> also, a

of the d.a.'s office safes some burglaries' committed here mccarthy ranch shopping center in milpitas fat off so stanford shopping center pa tel surveyed the area and then use the rescue me device to the call window grate but the electronic. as we spoke with that does not come as a shock. resembling a case to the suspects that the members of ellis' one suspects said likely wrong doing here but no gang involvement. of the d.a.'s office said their evidence shows otherwise authorities link to these 21 suspects the other crimes. one of them is already behind bars in connection with the robbery case that happened along the embarcadero in san francisco and all the tv news crew. >> pam: consecutive years of drought conditions reservoirs are very low that includes here in the bay area. clifford has been looking into this new tonight here with the unique perspective on this one that affects us all. >> reporter: recording for news purposes and to cut the four bay area reservoirs' to see just how low the wat

again, the d.a. says it may seem odd, but these are areas that no one has had access to for hundreds of years. hopefully, they are able to crack this case for authorities. we're live in milton this morning, nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. >> thank you. it's 6:05 now. a second arrest in the theft of high powered weapons from a worcester armory. a dorchester woman charged with having an assault rifle that can shoot hundreds of bullets a minute. that led to this arrest. good morning. >> it's all thanks to images that were on this young woman's cell phone. now she is behind bars facing two very serious charges. ten of 16 weapons stolen from a worcester armory have been recovered and a second person is in police custody. police say 26-year-old ashley bigsby took this picture on her cell phone of one of the stolen assault rifles. former army reservist, james moralless was arrested for the original theft back in november. police say this is him on vary lance video loading the high powered weapons into his

kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us live in san francisco where the d.a. george gascon has already spoken out against the facility. anne. >> reporter: as have other top level officials here at city hall. jails are obviously a necessary evil. like it or not, they are going to be taking a vote today on whether to take a big step toward a new jail. this is a budget committee voting on whether or not to accept an $80 million state grant down payment on a $240 million new jail. it would replace part of the jail at the hall of justice which is seismically unsafe. but opponents say the city should spend money on treatment and prevention instead of new jails. >> our jail population is continuing to go down. our mental health population' needs continue to go up. again, any san franciscan can walk in any part of the city today and the evidence of people walking around that clearly are in need of mental health services is there. >> reporter: the d.a. says he would rather see the city renovate existing facilities than build a new jail. while there may not be enough bed

but it is a little bit surprising that the d.a. is involved in this case. >> reporter: the superintendent says he can't elaborate on the case or the boy but the coach tells the "chronicle" that this is a 15-year-old sophomore with straight "a"s and no history of problems. >> i don't know what happened except he broke a nose. but you know, you play sports you get hurt. >> reporter: he will be charged through the d.a.? >> yeah. i think that's a little bit heavy. >> reporter: in lafayette, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the u.s. water polo association later put out its own email saying the local group should not have sent the letter out to the community and that it was an unauthorized use of the association's letterhead. >>> developing now, new weapons regulations are coming for san francisco police officers. two weeks after the deadly shooting of mario woods was caught on camera, city leaders are ee evaluating the use of deadly force. a meeting today put in place a new system that holds officers accountable every time they point their firear

they made their case to the d.a. yesterday. their meeting followed a taxicab protest that clogged the streets of center city. the d.a. sells he is not sure if he has jurisdiction on this issue. >> they asked to meet with me, they had protest in front of my office and i couldn't park in front of my office so i thought before they did that again i would take the opportunity to meet with them. >> we are hopeful that he will help the law-abiding drivers and our main concern is regulate uber x and lyft. >> they say they are stealing customers. the cabbies contend those rides are cheaper since ouber and lyf don't have to pay the same fees. >> christmas comes early thanks to septa's toy drive. they will stuff a bus in center city and deliver the toys to charities in the septa service region. septa has been holding its toy drive for the past 34 years. >>> nine minutes after 5:00. a foggy start this morning. thick fog mainly in pennsylvania, rain is on the way for later today and record temperatures, they are on track for tomorrow. even

the d.a.ice. >> yes, it does put a taint on the system. something that we work very hard to reform. >> reporter: williams' stance has changed. he says based on more emails being released. in late summer when the scandal began his office said the men would be given sensitivity training but remain in their roles since the emails originated years before in a different office. >> we are really outraged beyond outraged -- >> reporter: city council leaders were outraged, demanding the three be fired. earlier this month the d.a. shifted course saying they would be reassigned from their high-profile roles but remain employed. >> i've heard their perspective now. what i think i should have done in august was ask for all of the emails. >> reporter: indeed, that is williams' focus now, getting all of such emails reviewed in the public domain as kane faces legal charges for leaking grand jury information and the suspension of her law license. williams tells us he would reconsider discipline for his prosec

joe was shot in 1998, he battles to overcome his circumstances and the d.a. says the outlandish behavior will not be tolerated tonight. >> the police are out and i asked commissioner ramsey to be on the lookout for that and people caught firing handguns will be charged are with reckless endanger a person. people don't boernl to call 911 on new years eve when they hear gunshots, and a crack down on drunk drivers with various check points and roving dui teams. and mayor nutter called for common sense among revelers. >> do not drive while intoxicated. >> the big mummers parade tomorrow and the two fireworks spectaculars, security is heavy even though there is no specific terror threats to the quaker city. >> all of you know the reports of some threats made toward new york, washington and los angeles, there have been no direct threats made toward philadelphia, that doesn't mean we don't need to be vigilant. ledge lense employees commissioner says he plans to bow out the next couple of days, if you see something suspicious or not right call the police. happy new ye

the d.a. touched on this. he said that there are more challenges faced with pretrial released defendants. i want to talk about that. what you see here is the snapshot of one day. this day is august 10, 2015. on that date, the population, the incarcerated population was 1246. of that population, 943 were 76% of the population had hold and warrants. insist in addition to -- this is in in addition to their cases. those holds in warrants may have ranged from felony wants from another local jurisdiction to local bench warrants. it only excludes infraction. 24% of the remaining population or 303 individuals. these are individuals who had offenses for traffic. if you go to the next slide, you can see that of the 303 people or 24% of that population, 90% of those individuals were 271 people had crimes against people. their offense was an offense of violence against a different individuals. that's astounding. it's a significant number. conversely i want to show you, if you look at the drug related offenses, there were f

the primary reason is someone get denied if they're mentally ill because the d.a.'s office is uncomfortable with the case legally being in that court. certainly, there's significant evidence showing reduction of recidivism for those that participate. the numbers are even better for those that graduate but you still see improvements for those that participate and don't graduate. >> i believe the first two years we did have a cap on it. we were trying to learn what we had been doing. there hasn't been a cap for eight or five years. any individual that's eligible, meaning the public defender, the d.a., the psychiatric staff and the individual agreed to participate in the court. it's a voluntary court that takes them out of the routine criminal justice court and really works with their mental illness. >> thank you. >> thank you. for your presentation. i just had a couple of questions. i know that you mentioned that while individuals are incarcerated, they are stutionally clean and sober. i respectfully disagree with that. i know for a fact that people are still getting

>> reporter: police, the d.a., and office of citizen complaints are also investigating the fatal shooting. vic lee, abc7 news. >>> there is backlash from both parties after donald trump proposed banning all muslims from entering the country this morning. >> we can't live like this. it's going to get worse and worse. you're going to have more world trade centers. we can be politically correct and stupid, but it's going to get worse and worse. >> trump led a rally in south carolina and said not only do we need to keep muslims from coming into the country but need to keep a closer eye on mosques. those in the muslim community are afraid these comments could inspire violence. >> for a lot of people, it's a joke and it's just odd but for some people, they buy into it and eat it up. it's dangerous when you have a presidential candidate saying these things it gives people permission to unleash inner animosity. >> chris christie said we need to work with peaceful muslim americans and said about trump's comments this, is the kind of thing people say when they have no experience and don't know what

the d.a.'s office encourages other bars and restaurants to take part in the program they are running. >> trying to encourage some of the restaurants and liquor establishments to take a card that we have printed up that says designated driver and get them to give you free water or a soft drink. jackpot jackpot at alba say they busiest days of the year, new year's eve. >> a lot of people come with their own drivers but if they don't it is a great option. >> we are the staff and we want to do it. >> jennifer: u.s. centers for disease control reports that almost 30 people in the u.s. die from alcohol related accidents each day. >> kris: returning to its rightful place in haverhill a church bringing the holiday season pack after a disturbing crime last year threatened to ruin it. the search unveiled its newly constructed thattivity scene on saturday. they spent a year rebuilding it after someone van callized it last year. police say a woman stole a figureine and put a pig's head in its place on chri

the d.a. says the wife then used the information to take over customer credit card accounts. in some instances she impersonated account holders and got past security questions by claiming to be at needed immediate access to pay a bill. if that doesn't work she would repeatedly place calls until she reached a service rep who would do it, according to the documents. after taking over the accounts she placed phone orders for more than $300,000 in fraudulent high-end purchases like designer bags. she also attempted to make more than 1 million on purchases at saks fifth avenue. this is crystal's public defender. >> i was told there was a search warrant executed at their home and that there was a significant number of -- amount of merchandise found high-end merchandise. >> reporter: among the charges the couple is facing, grand larceny and identity theft. the hospital says these thefts involved paper records. they also say kyle steed began working here in 2011. they suspended him without pay back in april and he was subsequently fired. lenox hill hospital says they are working to n

deanna durante found out what the d.a.'s actions could mean for the future of this case. >> i think that we have to do all that we can to show philadelphians that we're going to protect philadelphians, especially when an institution uses institutional power to shield pedophiles. >> reporter: philadelphia d.a. seth williams says the decision is wrong, he's asking for an entire panel of nine judges to hear the case and decide once and for all on the conviction of monsignor william lynn. >> we had to show all these other acts, all the things that showed monsignor lynn knew how dangerous it was to put a pedophile into a school, with children. >> reporter: the defense argued the so-called bad acts were unfairly admitted at trial. lynn was the first u.s. church official convicted in the sex abuse scandal. a jury found because he moved suspected pedophile priests around, he endangered children. now williams wants the court to end the debate on the case. and he wants lynn to continue serving his three to six-year sentence. lynn's a

. >> reporter: the brooklyn d.a. has been in office for barely two years but already 17 people have seen convictions overturned. the d.a. is committed to correcting mistakes, many made years ago. attention by students and faculty at new york law school. >> n.j., thank you. >>> breaking news in newark. more than a thousand members of a janitor's union on the march. shannon sohn is watching it all. shannon? >> reporter: you can see the march has now finally ended here at military park. you can see they are setting the stanley for what is now becoming a rally for the over 1,000 january for yale workers. this started with a strike authorization vote down on west market street and these thousand plus workers marched on market street up broad street really curtailing traffic throughout the newark area. on the right side, that is broad street. you can see things are finally moving now. but it was bad for a while. the reason for all of this, the contract expires for more than 7,000 workers in the next two this union consists

>> reporter: police, the d.a., and office of citizen complaints are also investigating the fatal shooting. vic lee, abc7 news. >>> there is backlash from both parties after donald trump proposed banning all muslims from entering the country this morning. >> we can't live like this. it's going to get worse and worse. you're going to have more world trade centers. we can be politically correct and stupid, but it's going to get worse and worse. >> trump led a rally in south carolina and said not only do we need to keep muslims from coming into the country but need to keep a closer eye on mosques. those in the muslim community are afraid these comments could inspire violence. >> for a lot of people, it's a joke and it's just odd but for some people, they buy into it and eat it up. it's dangerous when you have a presidential candidate saying these things it gives people permission to unleash inner animosity. >> chris christie said we need to work with peaceful muslim americans and said about trump's comments this, is the kind of thing people say when they have no experience and don't know what

. >> the former d.a. said there was no need to go further and that it belonged in the civil courts and now through a game of political football, at which my client's life is the center, we are back again. >> do you think there will be discussions about a plea agreement? would you be open to some kind of a plea agreement or in your mind is this a case that will go to trial? >> i have no idea what the prosecutor's office is going to do and what the inner workings their system. >> would you be open to it? >> my client is not guilty and there will be no consideration on our part of any sort of arrangement. >> the alleged victim identified as andrea constand, who worked with the basketball team at temple university. rosemary connors from our nbc station in philadelphia joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. according to the affidavit, andrea constand became connected with bill cosby through temple. he would have her over for dinner along with other temple employees, professors, administrato

he got away from the deputies twice before running into the d.a. the hallway. the d.a. n down suspects in a similar way at least three types. >> this morning the first reveals are in for "star wars" "the force awakens" and so far many critics give the installment in the series rave reviews, "usa today" said the magic is back and the "san francisco chronicle" said "the force awakens" is the best "star wars" sequel wet and the best films of 2015. however, the "los angeles times" said that the film is burdened by casting miscalculations and scenes that are flat. disney is releasing the newest "star wars" movie on friday and disney is owe parent company. >> harrison ford in a movie is good cast by me. >> it is a imagine california morning for harry potter fans. >> warner bros. released the latest from harry potter. >> wizards from new york enter the case. all the magical creatures and unfortunately some have escaped. >> is it open? >> just a bit. >> something tells us that the harry potter spinoff will cast quite the spell at the box office when it hits the theaters in novem

we gave a report to the d.a. and no charges were filed. int against michael jackson claiming he was an unfit parent, the complaint went nowhere and he was acquitted 14 times, 10 felony answers 4 misdemeanors. in my opinion, mis. allred has never seen a camera she didn't like. >> do we even know is bill cosby still looking around to sort of round out his defense team? >> i do not know how his defense teams goes but i do know miss pressly, she is great lawyer and he is lucky to have her. but a exactly who they are talking to or what their plan is, i just don't know. >> okay. tom, phillip, paul, stay with us. we have much more. we have to take a quick break. much more after this. checking out the listing on zillyeah, i like it. this place has a great backyard. i can't believe we're finally doing this. all of this... stacey, benjamin... this is daniel. you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow. >>> more breaking news here. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin and this is the picture on th

there was a political ad being run by the current d.a. about the failure to bring the particular case. he is at the tail end of being able to bring it. i suspect several pretrial motions. it won't be successful because you do have the opportunity bring a case within that period of time. the far more contested motions are going to be whether or not the other alleged accusers are going to be able to testify and betrust this particular victim's own testimony at try trial. we have a court of public opinion that condemned bill cosby. in a court of law we can't know about those cases unless the court allows them to come in. >> and as you mentioned, laura, bill cosby testified under oath about the rape accusations in a deposition. that testimony was unsealed this summer by a judge. cosby admitted giving quaaludes to women. he says i don't hear her say anything and i don't feel her say anything and so i continue sp go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejection. i am not stopped. when you hear that form of an admission which f

now, it's the same d.a.'s office who is trying to use the communicating and never happened and, frankly, was illegally released through a court reporter -- they're trying to use that and say it was a basis for these charges. also, if you look at the deposition itself, which now is out there, wasn't supposed to be, but is, then you'll see there is no admission of criminal wrongdoing with respect to mr. cosby. there is detailed testimony about this incident and others. >> a lot of people will say, if he's not guilty, why would he have settled a case with her? obviously, there's a difference between a civil case and a criminal case, but a person just watching at home thinks, if you think someone is lying, why do you pay them money? why do you settle? >> i don't really think that that's what people at home think. i think the people at home are much more savvy than that, and they have to deal with situations in their own lives where they have people who are threatening them. who are threatening to come after their

the d.a. told me on the phone just before 7:00 this morning, this is an area where the homeless are known to camp and appears as though an open flame was being used for heat here overnight. now, that being said, the investigation is still ongoing this morning, there's still a lot of missing pieces here, big one we don't know the oint of the person that has found information we will pass it along to you, catherine parrotta, fox25 news. >> heather: new this morning state fire marshal investigating this fire in sturbridge. they got a call around 9:30 and by 10:30 crews from total of 19 different communities and both mass and connect have responded. the address is listed to a landscaping construction company fortunately no one was hurt. >> julie: dozens of klemm students get sick after eating at the same restaurant. this morning the entire place being cleaned as health department investigates. the chipolte in cleveland circle was closed after at least 30 students from boston college reported gastro