lee white's wife and two fellow employees, lawrence scott and william brown.y were beneficiaries of nine different insurance policies on frankie's life that totaled nearly $1 million. >> humans are very greedy people. now they see that there's an opportunity for them to make almost a million dollars, they forget about their consciences. they'll do anything to make a fast buck. >> prosecutors believe that mr. white was the ringleader and he had planned the crime for years, hiring frankie for the sole purpose of killing him. >> it's extremely sad, but apparently, the people that perpetrated this crime realized that that's the kind of victim that they needed. they needed to find someone that no one would care about and no one would come forward and knock on doors and look and question anything that had happened. >> mr. white purchased multiple life insurance policies on frankie's life and sent imposters to the required physical examinations. a witness reported seeing the stolen car parked outside the funeral home the night before the crime. the evidence indicates

without a college degree jonathan was back to chicago and now coaches fifth and sixth-graders at william h. brown basketball is about controlling movement. return. >> i hear to this day even in these hallways with the kids, hey, i'm going to be an nba player. >> good job, y'all. let's clap it up. >> they don't understand the work you have to put in in order to get a shot at the nba. the game is the easy part. >> if you don't learn how to put in hard work in order to be successful, you are not going to be anything with this game. because it's a lot of people out there that can play ball. it's as simple as that. i love y'all, man. let's break it down for brown. one, two, three -- >> brown! >> jonathan still works out every day with hopes of achieving that nba dream. but at 27 years old time is running out. >> been out of school for a while. >> right. >> and the thing was basketball, go to the nba. >> right. >> how long are you going to pursue the basketball thing? >> really, i don't even have a timetable. >> i just wanted to know. be concerned. how long do you pursue it? will you plan to do it if y

the allegations made against democratic state representatives ron waters, vanessa brown, michelle brownly and louise williams bishop and former traffic judge, thomas tynes. last march pennsylvania's attorney general kathleen kane, also a democrat, dropped the case, claim it was fraud but d.a. seth williams says the evidence is convincing. >> i won't allow you this case just to disappear. there has to be accountability. i would not be standing before you today if i thought there was a reason not to put this before a grand jury none of the five faces any criminal charges right now. d.a. revealed that the grand jury may be looking at others. >>> a teenager charged in the knock out attack on a homeless man in upper darby township is held on hundred thousand dollars bail. the trent epps and three others, video taped the attack in the aronimink trolley station last wednesday. epps surrendered yesterday, and is charged with assault. investigators received dozens of tips after this video was posted on facebook. >> this is a violent, mean spirited act committed for absolutely no reason other than just to be vicious.

will look at allegations against democratic state reps ron waters, vanessa lowry brown, michelle brownly and louise williams bishop and former traffic judge thomas tines. last march kathleen kane a democrat brought that case claiming it was flawed. seth williams says the evidence is convincing. >> i won't allow this case to just disappear. there has to be accountability. i would not be stand brag you today if i thought there was a reason not to put this before grand jury. >> none of these five faced any criminal charges right now. the da did reveal the grand jury may be looking at others. >>> a teenager charged in a knock out style attack on a man in upper darby township being held on $100,000 bail tonight. trent epps and three others video taped that attack in the aronimink trolley station last wednesday according to police. epps surrendered today and is charged with assault. investigators received dozens of tips after that video was posted on facebook. >> this is a violent, mean spirited act committed for absolutely no reason other than to just be vicious. >> upper derby police are still searching for the

allegations against democratic state representative ron waters, vanessa lowery brown, michelle brownly and louise williams bishop. also a former traffic judge thomassin tynes. last month kathleen kane, also a democrat, dropped the case, claiming it was flawed but d.a. seth williams says the evidence is convincing. >> i won't allow this case to just disappear, there has to be accountability. i would not be standing here before you today if i thought there was a reason not to put this before a grand jury. >> in of the five faces any criminal charges. williams revealed a grand jury may well be looking at others. >> your time right now 5:35, in business news a new music source without commercials. >> and some overnight trouble for facebook money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, fed chair janet yellin says the u.s. economy still isn't healthy enough to grow at a consistently strong pace without help from the federal reserve. she made clear that the central bank sees no need to raise short term interest rates from their record low

williams did not name name, ron walters, vanessa brown, brownlee and bishop has been linked to the case. >>> police in glouester county are dealing with a new issue dealing with having a substance abuse counselor in court. the program is believed to be one of the first of its kind. we'll get more details later this morning. >>> and 12 people are under arrest in what officials call the biggest drug bust in cape may county's history. only nbc10 was there as the suspects were taken to the investigators' office. they a all together, they found $3.5 million worth of heroin. >>> and climate change with trenton from the obama administration's move to limit carbon pollution from power plants. a state environmental report says eight of the ten worst have occurred since 1989. >>> a state wide advocacy group will put out a report later today on the largest water polluters on the delaware and schuylkill rivers. pass is a live look outside of boathouse row. they say it will include a list of to beicing chemicals being discharged into area rivers. they're also going to talk about the effects those ch

williams did not name names but these four, ron watters, vanessa brown, louis brownlee and others linked to the case. >>> and after bricks from an abandoned masonic lodge fell on the house next door. sky force was over the lodge yesterday. it was back then that the roof of the lodge building collapsed. no one was hurt by the latest brick fall, but neighbors tell us they're tired of living in fear. >>> and jersey bureau of the national guard's largest deployment in six years is now under way. more than 450 troops from new jersey will be heading to qatar in the persian gulf. first, the soldiers will go to a mobilization station in ft. bliss, texas. >> there were lots of hugs and kisses at joint base mcgwire. they said good-bye to soldiers. the unit's mission will be to increase military efforts and protect military equipment. >>> nine people are reported missing after a second boat carrying indonesian workers capsized. it was carrying 27. it was just yesterday when an overcrowded boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized in choppy seas. >>> on the crisis in iraq, president obama and top co

brown shoots. kings cut the lead to 1. they tie it 51 seconds later. junk williams scored from the slots. 2-2 game. 12 seconds later, puck bounces over. 3-2 hawks after one period. teams exchanged goals in the second, then in the third. we go to ot where local boy, alec martinez shoots on net. and in, how bad does he feel? kings become the first team in history to win threes games on the road in the stanley cup finals. they will face new york. 5-4 your final. >>>. the a's zig the long ball. first sweep of the amping els at home since 2004. of course, mom, i don't want any sunscreen. jared weaver has owned the a's. the a's put up 4 and a third. 3-0 oak lanled. >>> jed lowery, 4-0. sunny gray now 6-1. bases loaded in the fourth. then in the fifth, lowery giving weaver nightmares. 3-0 pitch. a's sweep the amping els up, 6-3 your final. best record in the american league at 35-22. >>> mean whiels. the giants take 3 out of 4 in st. louis and it was over in the first. buster posey, brandon crawford. giants 4-0 after one. top four now, 6-0. ground rule double, posey cruise

watching how brett brown and his staff developed michael carter williams this year, you're throwing that all a waste and you developed him into rookie of the year. >> sixers have done things before. >>> sixers beat writer bob cooney tonight on sports sunday. what might be a surprise with the injured joel embid and what do sixers gm sam hinkie what is he doing that could hurt sixthes that is tonight at 10:35. >>> flyers scheduled came out today. they open up in boston october 8th, with the home opener, october 9th and against new jersey, sixers. i'm told after they announce winter classic nhl will announce stadium series and one of the games will be flyers and pittsburgh playing at penn state's beaver stadium. today in the world cup, to practice sill, that is a beautiful place, rio di janeiro, we all should go there we all should go there belgium a against russia. belgium in the red jersey and 19 years old, 19 years old, belgium scores, and they win the game, one to nothing over russia, 19. that is g. >>> think about the last time, three runs scored in the baseball game and the batter was

justin williams with the conn smith smith trophy and dustin brown doing the honors with the stanley cup. phillies continue their series in atlanta tonight and eagles have have their three day mandatory series tonight. >>> all right. of course, we all remember sarah american hand, who made national headlines getting a controversial lung transplant in philadelphia she just reached a big milestone. what she's now doing for the the first time in years. straight >>> at least one person is dead after a fire rips through a home in delaware causing a building to collapse. we are live with the latest. >>> plus police are searching for a gunman who shot a young boy in south philadelphia, what authorities say the shooting was over. >>> taste of summer just days before, we will feel heat, temperatures heading in the 90's, when will we feel relief? sue serio has weather on the one's. >>> a local principal spending the night on the lawn of his elementary school, why he says he he is so happy he lost a bet that landed him in the tent. >> good day, it is tuesday, june 17th 2014. tweet us your favorite

playoff mvp justin williams with the trophy and without the the beard. dustin brown the captain doing the honors with the stanley cup. phillies continue tonight. eagles open up a three day mandatory camp this morning. that is sports in a minute. >>> every now and again you might spot wild life in your neighborhood or backyard. >> i have seen on my drive, i have seen some deer, beavers, maybe a fox, apparently not unusual, but how about a bear. they come outside and see a kuala. >> it is australia. >> so they had to remove a portion of the fence, he runs off right there southern australian suburb, so, you see them in their neck of the woods pretty often. >> if that was, in wayne. >> yes, exactly. >> entirely different story. might be our lead story. >>> still ahead a 12 year-old fighting a rare disease gets a surprise of his life and it wasn't just a party what was waiting for him outside that made his day. >>> jennifer joyce good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. fire officials say it was a fire that led to a collapse of the two story home here in downtown wilm

williams is live with the details. >> hi, quite an inspiring story, jared brown suffers from cerebral palsy and has been in a wheelchair since he was 14 years old and took his first steps in three years in front of his gladiatoring class, coming up at 5:00 we'll show you the amazing moment and the reaction from his classmates. >> and quite a story from these two brothers, they were born weeks apart. >> ali gorman will explain this one. those stories and more at 5:00. >> thank you rick. >>> the barnes in center city is giving visitor a rare opportunity to view the work of cezanne. it's the exhibition the world is an apple. the still life of paul -- >> one grown space has the students happy. ♪ clap along -- >> the action cam was at the william dick elementary school in north philadelphia for the greened up school yard. >>> all right now to the latest on those clouds outside, we seem to be stuck with this this week, lets go to adam joseph with the latest from accuweather. we have to get used to it, they will be our so-called best friend and stick to our side for the remaineder of the week, with the dark clouds it's releas

and, mvp justin williams with the trophy but without the the beard and captain dustin brown, doing theors with the stanley cup. phillies, take their series in atlanta tonight and eagles have a three day camp in this week. that is sports in a minute. >>> thanks mr. sredenschek. >>> u.s. soccers fans are celebrating team u.s.a.'s win and that includes vice-president, joe biden, he visited the team's locker room to celebrate with the team. hes in the middle have the room there if you can see him giving the team a victory speech. way to represent, guys. meanwhile some are having fun, with the the big win, john brooks has become an american hero of sorts of his big goal. >> it the is coming off the bench, scores in, scores that goal. after team u.s.a.'s win people went to wikipedia to express how awesome they think he is there were quite a few changes to his page including this one that alliance him with the greatest leaders of all time there is a reed that it reads he is the the greatest american since abraham lincoln. >> that is great. >> have you ever done that, gone in and ed it everyth

williams joins us with more. >> the first reason to celebrate is the fact that the 17-year-old made it through high school, jared brown did something he did not do in three years, he put one foot in front of the other, he walked across the stage. graduating from high school is quite an accomplishment, marking a milestone in a teens life. their son jared is a graduating senior in parkland high school, in allentown. >> how i feel about jared graduating, my heart is about to explode. the journey to get here is different for all of these students, walking across the stage to get their diploma, is natural for all of these graduates. except jared, the 17-year-old was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was a baby and has been in a wheelchair since he was 14 and has not walked in three years, he wowed everyone and took his first steps. jared's big goal was to be like everybody else and walk the stage to receive his own diploma. >> there are no prouder parents in the world than janet and i. >> afterwards he was greeted with a hug and kiss from his mom and dad. >> that was awesome. >> nobody expected it. >> maybe no one else

happy birthday to venus williams, who is 34, greg kinneer, 51, and barely manilow is 71 today. keep it here for more news, weather, and sports. i'm dara brownoday." have a pretty one. >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> a good tuesday morning to you, it's 4:30 i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to this morning. let's check the forecast first with christina loren, good morning. >> hey good morning to you. happy tuesday. it's a traffic tuesday, mike has the day off. i'm doing double duty this morning. good news is, we don't have any problems on the roadways just yet. construction, we'll ghetto that in a minute. weather's not posing any sort of a problem for you this morning on your morning drive. we are going to see just a spectacular day ahead ending up in the 70s for most spots. we'll talk about that coming up. right now let's take an overall look

. >> with with the cleveland indians, the cavaliers and the browns, eaton located at phitz william placeit's another company in dublin. they had their annual meet agent four seasons hotel. i stayed there while visiting the guinness factory. these are new things to me. there's a medical device tax from obama, healthcare. looks like being on 20 lower hatch treat street you may not have to pay that. >> is that true? >> what people are buzzing about. if we were to go, i've got several fabulous places we could visit, we could visit trinitying look at the book of kels. we could do a lot. >> i would love to go to ireland with you. >> many major american companies. >> and stop in on many of the managements, because i know they'll all be there. >> they have to be. they have annual meeting there's. >> about the only time they're there. >> i wish it were facetious, but mansfield is where covidien is located. but it's actually located on 20 lower hatch street. >> listen, you -- we can discuss this to we're blue in the face in terms whether companies should be allowed to do this. of course they are.

williams did not name names but the four legislators representative, ron walters, van necessary la brown and brownlee have all been linked to the case. >>> a german arrest warrant was issued for 89-year-old joe han breyer. u.s. investigators arrested the retired toolmaker yesterday. breyer admitted to being a guard at the auschwitz war camp in warld war world war ii but he said he was not involved in the gassing of 200,000 jews there. breyer's arrest comes after a failed attempt by the u.s. feds to have hip stripped of his u.s. citizenship. >>> authorities a dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother planted two bombs near the finish line of the 2013 marathon. tsarnaev's lawyers asked for the federal trial could be held in washington based on their survey of attitudes from potential jurors. the trial is scheduled for november. tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty but could face the death penalty if he's convicted. >> happening today in the v.a. scandal, a new report will be released showing about 10% of veterans have to wait at least a month for v.a. appointment. that figure is more than twice the num

brown. sources close to the investigation confirm they are among the targets, district attorney, seth williams, took over the case after a testy dispute with attorney general, kathleen kane, she said it hinged on a tainted informant and racial profiling. and after that kane agreed to turn it over to him. and he says there is more names out there. >> this is more expansive that what has been previously reported. >> grand jury investigations are usually secret but williams was compelled to make a public announcement to assure the public that politicians are not getting special treatment. we reached out to the representatives who are named but they have no comment. one lawyer says they expect an indictment but that it won't hold up in front of a trial jury. >> williams says he has seen surveillance voi and listened to the audio and says it is convincing and they got the case and have heard some testimony. >> david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a german man who lived in philadelphia for decades facing war crime charges for his alleged role in the holocaust. the judge ordered him to

although williams did not name any names, you of course will remember there was an investigation into state legislators ronald waters, vanessa lowry-brownele brownlee and louise bishop along with judge thomasin tynes. the d.a. did not mention those names but said the investigation is even more wide-ranging than previously reported. we have several crews digging into the story and will continue to update it throughout the day on nbc 10 and nbc10.com. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> hot and humid out there today. temperatures soaring as we right now take a live look outside at the skyline of center city philadelphia. the intense humidity will make it feel more like it's close to triple digits out there today as opposed to the 90s. we are in for another hot day. nbc 10 along king street in wilmington this morning. people didn't seem to be too bothered by the heat. but this may be a different story later in the day. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist britney shipp here with the forecast. >> we are going to turn up the heat as we head into the rest of the day so you will definitely feel the difference versus the morning hours. but

williams announced today he's taking up the case after the state attorney general decided not to pursue it, he did not name names, these four legislators, representatives ron walters, vanessa brown, michelle brownly and louise bishop have already been linked to the case, the grand jury will review the evidence and decide if charges will be filed. >> if one, two, five people should be prosecuted or if no one should be prosecuted. that is what the public deserves. and that's what we're going to give to them. >> an attorney for one of the lawmakers criticized williams for holding a news conference today saying a grand jury is supposed to be secret. >> it's the new jersey national guard's largest deployment in six years, tonight more than 450 troops are gearing up to head to qatar. the soldiers 23i6r9 go to a mobilization station at ft. bliss, texas, then they deploy to qatar as part of operation enduring freedom. lots of hugs and kisses at the base today. family members and friends bid good buy to soldiers from the 114th infantry battalion. many of these soldiers are from south jersey. >> it's going to be a long deployment, leaving the family it's going to be hard. but we have a mi

reynolds brown who introduced the borough bills says she is still hoping for help from harrisburg in the form of a cigarette tax to go to schools. >>> school district superintendent dr. william height has this reaction to the borough breakthrough. he says -- >>> developing for rib, the rebel casino filed for bankruptcy, the second time since 2012. the casino will shut down this summer unless it can find a buyer. workers got warning letters today. rebel hasn't turned a profit since it opened two years ago. the last 15 minutes, nbc 10 received this statement from bob mcdef vote representing local 54. nbc 10's lu ann cahn in atlantic city tonight following every angle of this story. count on nbc 10 for the very latest tonight at 11:00. >>> meantime, all new at 6:00, police in berks county investigating a case of road rage. they say led to a shooting. >> investigators say an off-duty police officer fired his personal weapon, critically injuring another man. police say it all started when the officer got into a fender bender with another car on route 61 near berkeley park drive tuesday night. the officer was driving his personal vehicle. nbc 10's doug shimell joins us now live to

williams led the public service. he talked about the unconditional love stair shared with a angelou. willie brown got a laugh on advice she gave for what he was doing wrong. >> but she did it in a loving, embracing spirit. so much so that you wanted to make sure that next time i ran into her, i didn't get lectured to again as i had on other occasions. maya angelou was justs that awesome. >> she was a member of glad memorial church and hosted many evented over the year. he died at age of 86. >> neat insight into her personality there taking it to mayor willie brown and seems good natured about it. >> accepted it as well. >>> 5:20 right now on your monday morning. are you familiar with this? >> not really. >> sounds weird. you've heard ofcomic khan. we'll show you what we're talking about coming up next. >> i have a feeling now. >>> taking a live look outside from the south bay this morning. hazy start, nice cool one as well. summer is approaching rather quickly next weekend. what's in store for the temperatures, christina's got a look at that the. stick around, 5:20. >>> you're watching "today in

williams in just a few minutes. >> today marks 20 years since a brutal double murder grabbed international attention. oj simpson's ex-wife nicole brown ron goldman were found stabbed to death in the brentwood area of los angeles just after midnight. the twists and turns that followed led to an infamous bronco chase and what became known as the trial of the century. fox's trace gallagher takes us back. >> reporter: on june 12th 1994 investigators fine the bodies of owe oj sim upon's ex-wife nicole and her friend ron goldman. evidence on the scene led police to suspect oj of the crime. on the night of june 17th, oj simpson was in the back of a white ford bronco with more than a today's zen police cars trailing. news helicopters joined the chase and around 95 million viewers tuned in to watch the low speed pursuit on tv. the nfl hall of famer eventually turned himself in and on june 20th, oj plead not guilty to two counts of murder. known as the trial of the century, it was nationally televised for 134 days. the defense catching a break when oj tries on a blood soaked glove found at the murder scene. it appears to be too small for his h

brown, i asked him to at least guarantee there not ab 26 game losing streak. >> i can't guarantee anything. i can guarantee them to -- to really take a deep breath. >> williamshree. a swing at the williams for three. he did it again. >> i understand you look at the team and none of our first round picks are going to be on the floor. i think everybody got to take deep breath be remind wad we said we were going to do from the get go. there's no really change of plan. just is a little bit more exposed when you don't have anybody going on the floor from your first round. >> how about oxygen? even the fans sent me their feelings to my twitter account depictin depg uncle sam hinkie and the phrase is, tank you, philadelphia. (laughter). >> very nice. >> very nice. >> that's what it's going to be. >> oh, my. >> their motto is remember we build. remember -- together we build. together we tank. >> that's the back of the t-shirt. >> all right. thanks howard. >> make them up. >> another half hour full of news straight ahead for you tonight. coming up new at six the man accused of establishing a delaware daycare worker. police say this suspect was using the daycare to hi

brown hair, blue eyes, last seen in a hoodie and blue jeans and driving a white nissan altima with california or texas plates. martha: do we know anything about his personal life, williamorter: he is self-described political junk kim. worked in political campaigns more than a decade including gavin newsom in 2003. he was active on twitter and facebook. he was talking about gun control and mental health. he went to university of iowa before working as a reporter covering the music business. in the 2012 he worked for the chronicle to boost readership for 4ers coverage. friends call him, say he is emotional guy. since losing his job in november, they have seen a lot of strange behavior. he stopped answering his phone, became more intro voted. if you sue hem call police -- invery verted. >> william, thank you very much. bill: foreign policy doctrine in four years and what are they and are they enough? our panel debates that in a moment. martha: it happened again. a powerful gust of wind. look at this. this is ridiculous. knocking over one of those bounce houses again. bounced it hundreds of feet. children trapped inside again. we'll tell you what the story is when we come

tv," architectural conservator, william brown morton iii. mr. morton assisted in the development of the interior department's standards for historic restoration projects. he describes what he sees as the most important elements of the act, focusing on the protection, rehabilitation reformation, and reconstruction of historic places. this event from the university of virginia is about an hour. >> ghoom, a great treat to be here in charlottesville. i was born across the street in 1938 and i graduated as kate said from the school of architecture in 1961 as the first and at that time, the only recipient of the school's newly minted bachelor of architectural history degree. professor frederick nichols referred to me as the historic call guinea pig given my dismal grades in design this seems to be a relief to him that i had some glimmer of academic quality in my otherwise rather lazy nature. one of the advantages of that situation of being the first in graduates was to create at that time the only one, was at commencement. it was then the tradition or