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I think it shows a lot of support for the concerns of the police department. I also am allowed not to sell a gun if i find somebody has intentions. If it does become illegal well stop selling it right away. Reporter if the new rules are approved, violators would face a maximum fine of 50 and up to 30 days in prison. Well let you know later tonight how council decides to vote. Live in Atlantic City, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Happening right now, family, friends and colleagues of a Pennsylvania State trooper shot and kill ready gathering to pay their final respects. This as the manhunt grows to catch his accused killer. Nbc 10s doug shimell is live in Blooming Grove with more. Doug . Reporter and what happened at the Blooming Grove barracks last friday, police fear may not have been the conclusion of a plan but more like the beginning of one. As Police Search countless acres of state gameland in pike county, they are convinced eric matthew frein is ready for war on law enforcement. c frein currently has his head shaved tightly on both sides with long hair on top. Its wider than a mohawk on top. This hairstyle is completely different from the hairstyle frein had warn for years. Reporter its been five days since investigators say frein ambushed and killed Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Bryon Dickson and wounded trooper alex douglass. In event you are listening to this broadcast on a portable radio while cowering in some cool, damp hiding place, i want you to know one thing, eric, we are coming for you. It is only a matter of time until we bring you to justice. Reporter area schools were closed as police ran down false sightings. And life tried to go on. I was going to go running in the morning because it was beautiful. And i thought, since he was, you know, found close to the area, i better not do it. Im locking all my doors, window, leaving lights on at night. Just really not walking by yourself. Reporter it has been hardest on the children. I dont like going outside. Reporter why . Because someone might come out of the woods and take me. Reporter and coming up tonight at 6 00, the toll this manhunt is taking on this community and its children. Live in pike county, im doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Count on nbc 10 news to follow this major story as the manhunt for the suspect continues. For updates anytime, go to nbc10. Com. A violent attack right now, a Camden County woman is in Critical Condition with severe injuries. She was beaten and left for dead. Police have few leeds and they need your help. George spencer is live in camden. George, you talked to her family. Reporter we sure did, keith. This afternoon, Police Actually told us this case is among the more brutal assaults that theyve investigated in this town recently, but they are confident that someone in this general area knows something and theyre hoping that the 1,000 reward money now on the table will bring in critical tips. Standing right here. Reporter just hours before it happened . Uhhuh. Reporter this afternoon, linda graham pointed us to the Street Corner where she last saw her sister just before the brutal attack late monday night or early tuesday morning. They see her every day. They just beat her like she was a dog and left her there. Reporter Camden Police believe it was a group of people who assaulted the homeless woman somewhere along this avenue and the attack may have lasted for some time. It looks like she was dragged somewhere. Beaten several times about her body, including the cuts behind her ears and on the back of her head. Reporter despite all of that, police say the victim was miraculously able to drag herself to virtua hospital, at least six or seven blocks to the south. She remains in Critical Condition right now but is alive. If it wasnt for the grace of god getting her to the hospital by herself, she walked there. Walked in. And collapsed. She wouldnt be with us today. Reporter at the time of the attack the victim was apparently wearing beige pants and a beige jacket with a pink shirt. The victims family tells me their sister is schedule for another surgery tomorrow. After that is completed, the family, along with police, are hoping shell finally be able to offer more details about this attack. Were live in camden, im george spencer, nbc 10 news. We have new information tonight about an assault investigation in center city. Were told by sources close to the case that one person has shown up with an attorney to give a statement to police. We first showed you this video yesterday as soon as Police Released it. Investigators say it wasnt long before the video spread on social media sites and tips starte c coming in. Police believe the group on the video is responsible for an attack on two men thursday night in center city. But two lawyers who dont want to be named tell nbc 10 the first punch was thrown by one of the beating victims. They also say other not yet released videos show a different story about what happened. No arrest warrants have been filed. How about this, new jersey is giving taxpayers a break if they have overdue bills but of course theres a catch. Taxpayers that participate in this initiative agree to pay their full tax bill and interest. But can ask for penalties to be reduced or eliminates. The initiative was created to help the state generate money as it struggles to meet revenue projections. Taxpayers have the next two months to take advantage of the program. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. It was a beauty outside today. But we are in, of course, for a cooler evening. We are. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen is with us. Theyre on the cool side, below average. Were still seeing the very dry conditions. We barely are seeing anything in the way of cloud cover. The clouds outside right now, theyre fair weather clouds, so nice and cool. Heres a live look at the ben franklin bridge. We have a lot of sunshine out there but its not really helping to warm temperatures up too much. We are still a little below average for this time of the year. The average highs in the upper 70s. Were in the mid70s in philadelphia, 74 degrees through the lehigh valley. Were barely into the 70s, 71 in pottstown, 71 allentown. The poconos are in the mid60s. Millville 69 degrees. Dover 73. Wilmington 70 degrees and from here through the rest of the evening, temperatures will continue to drop off. So by 6 00 p. M. Tonight, we should be down into the m midtolow 70s. 68 degrees by 8 00 p. M. And 10 00 tonight, temperatures should be in the low 60s but again by tomorrow morning, some of us will be in the 40s to start. Well take a lack at how cool it will be. Thats coming up. Looking forward to that, sheena. A bank robbery where the customer is the victim. How thieves stole nearly a Million Dollars without ever pulling a weapon or even making a threat. History comes alive, back where it all started. Nbc 10 goes to Constitution Hall to talk to a president ial relative. Heres their answer about how government should work. And the naked truth. Wait until you hear who police are after for stealing water during the ongoing drought. This is nbc 10 news. A special committee of lawmakers discussed strategies today to prevent another deadly attack like the one on the u. S. Embassy in benghazi just over two years ago. The 1 member house panel stressed the importance of improving the protection of american facilities. Security experts testified about the recommendations to increase security and reduce risks. Christopher stephens, the u. S. Ambassador to libya and three other americans were killed when militants stormed the benghazi post on september 11th, 2012. Just one week before the jewish new year, rosh hashanah, thousands of prayer notes were removed from the walls in jerusalem. The operation is carried out twice a year before the passover festival and at the jewish new year. Jewish religious practice forbids the destruction of any written material, so prayer books, and notes are buried. You trust them to handle your money but police say four bank tellers and an alleged accomplice stole customers personal information, using it to remove money from their bank accounts. Investigators say the suspects stole more than 850,000 from unsuspecting customers over four years. They worked for bank of america, jp morgan chase, sbc, td bank and wachovia. They allegedly took Social Security and account numbers and used that information to create fake i. D. S and documents to withdraw money. It shocks me. Im thinking my information might be out there. I will have to change my bank. I would, yes. The people affected were customers at branchs in new york, connecticut and massachusetts. All five suspects are charged with grand larceny, Identity Theft and fraud. Heres something that would scare any child, elmo in handcuffs. Police at times square arrested a woman dressed as a sesame street character after tourists say they were harassed for money. Police say they witnessed the tourist posing for a picture with the elmo impostor yesterday afternoon. The tourist tipped elmo but the redmonster allegedly stepped in front of the person as they tried to leave and demanded more money. She was charged with aggressive solicitation. Thissen is is the the first time a costume character has been arrested in times square. Batman and spiderman were arrested following ac fist fig. During another incident, an elmo impostor, spiderman and a man dressed as ironman were arrested for demanding tips. Hurricane odile swept through resort areas sunday night and monday stranding more than 30,000 tourists. Many are being air lifted but say it could take two days to do it. There were no serious injuries or deaths because of the hurricane. A powerful rainstorm left a small airfield badly damaged in san diego, california. Heavy winds picked up and tossed around six small aircraft during the storm. One plane flipped over after it broke free from its chain link. Witnesses said it was one of the craziest storms they had ever seen. No injuries were reported. Wildfires continue to burn out of control in california. Thousands of firefighters working around the clock to save homes and buildings all across the state. Nbc 10 National Correspondent Jennifer Bjorkland has the latest from weed, california. Reporter the struggle to save whats left of a small town. Not overlooked by its residents. There are no words. There are not enough brownies in the world, you know. You cant thank them enough. Reporter even those who came back to nothing in this neighborhood where fire all but flattened more than 100 homes. Theres my daughters bedroom here, my two sons bedrooms would right here. Reporter the bernsteins returned to a heap of ash and rubble but they got out alive. Im just glad nobody got hurt. Reporter 6,000 firefighters across the state are battling heat and flame. In all, 87,000 acres burned this year. With the Herculean Task ahead, no creature is too small. This firefighter found this cat hiding in a closet of a house on fire. He was scared, shaking but seemed to be in good condition, breathing fine and moving around like crazy. Reporter something to give back at least one resident who is coming home to nothing else. While it looks like the fire is out here, its still burning potentially in roots underground. We dont want anything to throw an ember, get up in the wind and be cast across the line and start another fire. Reporter a battle that wont end here. Jennifer bjorkland, nbc news, weed, california. Environmental officials in Northern California are accusing a nudist resort of stealing water during the states historic drought. Rangers say the lodge near los gatos was illegally taking water from the nearby water fall. The clothing optional owners say theyre entitled to use the water fall but rangers disconnected a hose from the hotel to the water source. Now your first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Another Beautiful Day today, a lot of dry air out there. Its making you feel really comfortable. A live loar ak the art museum. More dry days in the forecast. This will extend all the way into the weekend. That is good news. We have cool nights. Those will stick around. Its going to continue like fall during the day and especially at night, thats when youll probably want at least a light jacket. Warmer temperatures though as we go into part of your weekend, just in time for the eagles game, even the temple game on saturday, temperatures will start to warm up a bit. We could even be in the 80s come sunday. Right now heres a live look outside. Center city from across the river at the adventure aquarium, nice conditions. Fair weather clouds. Temperatures 74 degrees in philadelphia. The winds are calm and the humidity is very low, only at 37 . Reah feels a lot like fall outside. And temperatures right now are actually quite a few degrees below average for this time of the year. Especially through the lehigh valley. Were only at 71 in pottstown, 71 allentown. Mid60s only in the poconos. 69 Atlantic City, even in millville and low 70s through much of delaware and south jersey. Mid70s in northeast philly right now. 72 in trenton. Its all because of this big area of high pressure. This is going to continue keeping us dry. Its keeping our weather pattern kind of similar as we go through the next few days. The cool and dry air will stay in place as we end out the week. Were not going to see big changes in our weather pattern until about the end of the weekend. Thats when things start to warm up quite a bit. For tonight, another cool one. Mid40s areas north and west. We could see fog up in the poconos with that higher elevation. 45 for allentown, 46 for quakertown, even reading. We could be 40 degrees in mount pocono. 51 for the morning low in trenton, 49 for doylestown, around 50 in norristown. 53 northeast philly and these numbers will be heating around sunrise tomorrow morning. 47 for the morning low in vineland, 50 degrees for the morning low in dover and around philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, anywhere from the midtolow 50s. A cool start to your day tomorrow. As we go into saturday for temple game, pretty nice, 72 by 1 00 p. M. By 4 00 p. M. , temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. A little warmer. As we go into sunday for the eagles game well get warmer than that. By 1 00 p. M. To start with the eagles game. Sunshine, 79 degrees. By 4 00 p. M. , mid80s to top out the high temperatures. Mid50s philadelphia, mid40s areas north and west. Tomorrow, 73 to 76 degrees. The dry air stays around, all the way through the end of the week. Well be seeing more in the way of cloud cover on friday. Temperatures around 70 degrees. Then you see the warmup into the weekend. We could see rain sunday night going into monday morning. Shouldnt be affecting a lot of our day, though. As we go into next week, we drop back to around 70 degrees. Today philadelphia celebrated National Constitution day, the 225th anniversary of the drafting of the bill of rights. 50 immigrants from more than 28 countries took the oath of allegiance to become United States citizens. The ceremony was held at the National Constitution center. Earlier the sons and daughters of the American Revolution participated in a flag raising ceremony on the front lawn. Still ahead at 5 55, Rosemary Connors answers why is the First Amendment first . Were approaching two years since Hurricane Sandy struck and damage and pain from the storm remain but not just for people who lost homes, businesses and personal property. Some have taken hundreds of thousands of dollars in muchneeded aid for themselves. Also ahead. No child deserves to be hurt in this way, no person deserves to be hurt in this way. Antibullying 101. Students, parents and teachers are learning firsthand how to stop Violent Attacks on children. Im sheldon yellin, and i started my career rebuilding homes for one family at a time. Today, our Companies Help build something more. For 28 years, belfor has been restoring homes and businesses destroyed by fire, flood, or any disaster. And even though weve grown to over 6,000 dedicated people around the world, for me, its still about helping one family or business at a time. At belfor, were restoring more than property. A statehouse vote on the philadelphia cigarette tax which by the way would help fund the citys struggling School District has been delayed. Lawmakers say the vote wont happen until at least monday. Yesterday a House Rules Committee voted unanimously in favor of a cigarette tax. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter said the vote showed a pathway for getting the tax enacted. If its passed, the bill would still need senate approval. Theyre proposing a 2 a pack tax which could bring in 80 million or more to help Fund Philadelphia Public Schools for the Current School year. And speaking of the classroom, a different kind of lesson for students, parents and staff in south jersey. Experts from the child Prevention Program are teaching them how to prevent bullying and other problems inside classrooms. The statewide conference was held at mullica hill in gloucester county. The educational workshops will be implemented in more than 400 School Districts. Theyll help children deal with these problems that might otherwise affect their ability to succee