Plate as suggested by major league baseball. And the team said it decided earlier this season to consider the possibility of further expansion next season. There are definitely hazards. In this case i feel like theres something we can do about it to make it better, but still make it fun. Reporter the foul ball that smacked her in the face was actually the second one that came flying towards her seat during the game. She reacted fast enough to hit the first one with her hand, and it bounced over to someone else. Live in the jersey shore bureau, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Ted, how do both of these families feel about going back to the ballpark . Reporter good question, denise. Sienna edens mom said they really havent talked about it yet. Erin told me she will go back to baseball games there but definitely wont be sitting in that same area of the stadium unless those safety nets are extended. Understandable. Thank you, ted. Keith . A better view now of where the families were sitting whe
Harold, if they need to win or if they must win. Whats your take on how theyre gonna do here . Well, i think pennsylvania is certainly a mustwin state for donald trump. And hillary would like to win it, as well. But we know that there are pennsylvania is not monolithic. So both of them have, maybe, a shot at winning it. Donald trumps certainly an outside chance, but if he can get those people in between the two big urban centers to vote for him, you know, who knows what will happen . Right, traditionally. Its been a democraticheld state for a long time. 1988 the last time they went with a republican candidate for president , anyway. So it could flip. Its gonna be down to the wire, i know. Lets look at a couple of polls and just show you what recently has been seen out there in the public when they do some polling of possible voters. Hillary clinton leading donald trump 11. 7 in one of the polls. That was a nate silver forecast. And also, a second poll showed a little bit tighter race,
Reporter lets take a live look now from sky force 10. You can see what is happening around this area. Traffic is getting by at this point, this was a big goal of emergency folks here on the scene. They wanted to make sure it was clear for rush hour. But as you can see those two lanes are still blocked on jfk at this hour. However, traffic should be able to get through hopefully as this progress continues, those lanes will also open up to make it a little easier for folks to get by. Live in center city, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. The pope is told that don at trump is not a nice person. This afternoon its trump versus the pope in an unexpected battle between the president ial candidate and the popular leader of the Roman Catholic church. The republican candidate is not backing down, nbc 10s Rosemary Connors is following the story from our digital operation center. Forget about trumps comments about ted cruz lately. This is going global. Absolutely. It began with pope francis taking questi
On how elections are being run here in philadelphia. Are the handful of people in charge of elections actually doing the job they were elected to do . Right now the Watchdog Group the committee of 70 is working to change the way those who oversee elections actually land their jobs. Ceo David Thornburg believes philadelphia commissioners should be appointed rather than elected. The Philadelphia City commissioners are a threemember bipartisan board. Theyre the people who make sure your vote counts, literally. Theyre in charge of elections and Voter Registration for the city. Commissioners are elected to fouryear terms, and there are no term limits. Right now the three commissioners serving are chairman anthony clashing, vice chairman al schmitt, and lisa. Anthony clark has been under fire for not showing up to work as chairman. He makes nearly 140,000 a year. But clark says he stays in touch with his staff by phone, even when hes on vacation and often works away from the office. Well, wi
Hes also the proud father of an eighth grader he says is a top student in the Philadelphia School district. While at work today, williams got word of the emergency funding from harrisburg. Thats good, but thats not a solution. Reporter the shortterm effects, children in philadelphia can return to the classroom after winter break without wondering whether schools will close. The district had warned that it could not meet payroll beyond january 29th without some relief. As for the governors hard line in this budget battle, the superintendent is backing him up even if it means the longterm funding is still up in the air. Im in 100 support what hes attempting to do in order to get more money for Public Education across the commonwealth. This budget is wrong for pennsylvania. You heard Governor Wolf with strong words for the legislature. Do you have a message for them . Look, im trying to educate children here, so im not an elected official, im not in office, but i do we do need revenue to