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Vaccine due to the gentlemans age decided to do blood work and all the blood work came back positive for hep a. Just a matter of where can you get the vaccine . Because we had eaten there on the 16th. Reporter now, the mayor is here. The Hamilton Township Health Department officer overseeing this process as we speak. The township is asking anyone who dined at the restaurant between november 10th and this past monday to please take advantage of the vaccination clinic until about 8 00 tonight. Again, an Infectious Disease expert will confirm by those state Laboratory Tests whether or not this second patient, in fact, does have hepatitis a. , but we are told that it is highly likely. Live in Hamilton Township, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Also tonight, new protests about grand jury decisions in ferguson and new york city. In both cases, White Police Officers were not indicted after black men died while being arrested. Protesters called for justice in north philadelphia today. The group gathered at noon on the Temple University campus and began the demonstration with a diein, lying on the ground every ten minutes. The protesters then marched through several academic buildings. The people in ferguson who are mad about this decision. I know protests and riots are happening. What are we going to do to console ore people . The display of the unrest and, again, the dissatisfaction of the decision on the mike brown case. Stop, i cant breathe a peaceful protest in wilmington. This group gathered at delaware tech and marched down Fourth Street to the Wilmington Police station. The protesters told nbc 10 they believe theres a lack of trust between people who live in wilmington and the citys police department. And just 24 hours ago, more than 100 protesters held their own diein at 30th street station then march eed through center cy to Philadelphia City hall. The group got in the way of some traffic and then moved to the area where the citys holiday Tree Lighting ceremony was to take place. Nbc 10 asked local police what they think about yesterdays grand jury decision in new york. Bensalems Public Safety director fred herren says Police Officers are forced to make splitsecond decisions. Herren said its easy to rush to judgment after seeing the cell phone video, but you have to look at all the facts. Any time when someone dies, its a tragic its a tragic story, but, you know, you know, its very hard for us to sit back. We havent seen everything. We havent seen the grand jury testimony. We havent seen all the video, i dont believe. I hate monday morning quarterbacking officers. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante spoke with a number of current and former officers. Still ahead on nbc 10 news at 6, hear why some say its time for police to make changes in how they do their job. New information Philadelphia Police have arrested this man in the murder of the father of onetime local basketball standout Wayne Ellington. Suspects name is carl white. White shot and killed 57yearold Wayne Ellington sr. In germantown last month. Ellingtons son is in his first year with the l. A. Lakers. Played at the university of North Carolina after finishing his High School Career at episcopal academy. Life in prison, the sentence for a man who killed a little boy in camden last year. The 6yearold was trying to save his sister. Today rivera was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for killing 6yearold dominic and raping his 12yearold sister. He broke into the familys ware street home in 2012. He attacked the 12yearold sleeping on the couch. When her younger brother tried to come to her aid, rivera slashed his throat. He was found hiding a few blocks away. He was sentenced on firstdegree murder to burglary. Most men act like little boys, like little boys, yes. Heres a 6yearold boy that acted like a man. You know, instead of hiding underneath the bed, running out the back door, he went to his sisters rescue. She goes on to say rivera is a coward who wont take responsibility for what hes done. Investigators in Montgomery County are calling a fire at a Police Officers home suspicious this evening. The Police Officer and he is family were in florida this morning when they got the news. Take a look at this cell phone video. This fire on commons drive in sanatoga. Flames tore through the house around 2 30 this morning. The fire marshal combed through the damage trying to find out what touched off the blaze. Wiring in the house, ac dc, whatever we have to look at, its all going to be checked out individually, one step at a time to make sure we have it corrected or not corrected. Good or bad. Reporter were the Christmas Lights on . Yes, they were, on a timer. Several of the Police Officers colleagues and family members were waiting for the family when they returned from florida. No one was hurt. A tractor trailer was ripped in half by a train today in Lehigh County around 9 30 this morning at 12th street in allentown. The train slammed into the truck and contents spilled on to the street. No one there was hurt. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Chilly day out there, but at least we saw some sun, right . Yeah. Now thats about to change, though. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here with more. Glenn . Yeah, we told you back, i guess last week, that there would be a lot of days with clouds. Got to enjoy the one that had the sunshine. Of course, sun setting. The clouds are with us. And theyre going to be with us through tomorrow and much of saturday as well. The temperature down into the 30s north and west, even wilmington at 37 degrees. Feels like 32 there. And feeling like in the low to mid 30s across much of the area now. As we go through the night tonight, we just expect cloudy skies. No precipitation. It will be chilly. Temperatures getting down into the 30s in philadelphia. And 20s in some of the suburbs. But we do have rain over the weekend. Plus a noreaster in the seven day. All thats coming up in just a few minutes. All right, glenn. Nbc 10 is learning new information about a man who was called out for wearing a military uniform at a local mall on black friday. An army veteran accused the man of impersonating a soldier. He recorded the confrontation at the Oxford Valley mall and it went viral. Now we know Police Arrested the man in the video 11 years ago in doylestown. His name is sean yetman. Hes from philadelphia. He pled guilty to impersonating a Police Officer and driving with a suspended license. He had a Philadelphia Police patrol jacket on with the Philadelphia Police patch on the arm and Philadelphia Police badge. When the officer questioned him about if he was a Police Officer, told him he was in the 26th district. Yetman has not been charged in connection with posing as a soldier at the Oxford Valley mall. Middletown Township Police say so far theres no evidence he received any military discounts that would be a violation of the stolen valor act. The reward in the case of missing student Shane Montgomery jumped to 40,000 today. Montgomery vanished a week ago after going out with friends on thanksgiving eve in manayunk. He was last seen leaving kildares pub on main street. The bakery where seans father work gave an additional 9,000 to the fund. Kevin montgomery has worked at the bakery for nearly 35 years. What do we want . Fast food workers in philadelphia and across country walked off the job today. They rallied outside a north philadelphia mcdonalds demanding a higher minimum wage. Airport employees and home care professionals joined the protest. Theyre asking for a hike to 15 an hour. Demonstrations were held in more than 160 cities. One of those protests took an unusual turn. Dem straonstrators in minneapol were originally marching to demand a higher minimum wage as well. Some laid down right on the interstate in response to the recent grand jury decisions not to indict White Police Officers in the deaths of unarmed black man in new york and ferguson, missouri. Police were eventually able to escort the group off the interstate. We have new information about a broken pipeline that spilled millions of gallons of raw sewage into Valley Forge National park over the past few years. Today township officials agreed to pay a fine of 110,000 and fix the pipeline. The pipeline spilled at least three times since 2012. Environmental groups have threatened to sue the township. The coowner of landmark, some jersey shore pizza places will not get another term on a local tourism board. He and his wife face federal tax charges. Charles and mary own the manco manco pizzerias on ocean city boardwalk and summers point. The city council decided to pull resolution that would result in his reappointment. He was on the agenda for tonights meeting. The feds say he and his wife failed to report nearly 100,000 in income. After last years brutal winter, philadelphia making some changes to the way it fights snow and ice. How it could improve conditions in your neighborhood. Also, warning for neighbors no one Lehigh Valley neighborhood. What the state is telling people to do after they found record levels of radon. Plus the cost of health care. Why the Obama Administration is warning people they may have to pay more. s this mythical place we talk about even though now in pennsylvania we have casinos its still. Theres ac. Were from pittsburgh. No boardwalk. No beach. No sand. Its beautiful twelve months out of the year. Its just a state of mind, it really is. You cant get this feeling anywhere. The ocean breeze and. The beach, the boardwalk, the restaurants, the casinos, music. You feel like youre on vacation when you come here. In southern california, back to back storms have created these massive mudslides. Take a closer look. See vehicles buried in a mountain of mud here at riverside county. Several people were trapped inside their car. And crews rescued 14 people when a road washed out in one community. Some areas will still face the threat of flooding. The suspects been arrested in the murder of an American School teacher in abu dhabi. She was stabbed to death in a womens restroom in an upscale mall. The woman dressed as an emirate woman was caught on surveillance tape going into the bathroom and the suspect planted a makeshift bomb outside ryans house. That was dismantled successfully. In yemen, al qaeda is threatening to kill an american hostage. A Watchdog Group says this is new video of photojournalist luke somers kidnapped off the road in 2013. In a video he said his life is in danger. The militants gave three days to reach the demands. Today the pentagon said it rescued eight hostages in yemen last month but somers was not at the targeted location. The pentagon says Sexual Assaults in the military rose again to nearly 6,000 this year but military Officials Say assaults are now actually less frequent because more victims are reporting attacks. Nbc 10 National Correspondent Steve Handelsman reports from capitol hill, where some lawmakers are still demanding a new solution. Reporter more members of the military said they were sexually assaulted this year. A hike of 8 . From 3,600 in 2012 to 5,500 this year, to 5,983 this year. The survey found only one in four victims reported an assault. But two years ago, it was one in ten. So the pentagon estimates actual assaults reported and unreported dropped to 19,000 this year from 26,000 two years ago. Outgoing secretary of defense chuck hagel hailed that progress. We believe our efforts to prevent Sexual Assault are beginning to have an impact. Reporter hagel initiated 28 programs to shame and warn predat predators, to encourage victims to report assaults. They still have to go to their commanders who often know and like the accused. Usually these friends will reach out in support of the accused. The victim has no such person in her corner. Reporter and 62 of victims still claim they were retaliated against. New york senator Kirsten Gillibrand today pushed harder for victims to be able to go to sex assault specialists outside their chain of command. We need them to be able to prosecute these cases based on the evidence and be able to remove that decisionmaking from the chain of command. Reporter so far, the pentagon says no. Other lawmakers up here including many women lawmakers oppose any change in the military chain of command structure, especially, they say, with more military women now willing to report Sexual Assaults. Im Steve Handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. An American Health care worker who may have been infected with the ebola virus in west africa arrived at a hospital near atlanta. Emory University Hospital says the patient arrived around 5 30 this morning. Details about the patient havent been released. Emory houses a specialized Isolation Unit that handled four of the ten ebola patients previously treated in this country. Well, if youre enrolling for Health Care Coverage through the healthcare. Gov website, may have noticed premiums are on the rise. The Obama Administration reported today that premiums are going up for next year. Premiums for the most popular plans will go up an average of 5 . The government Officials Say if youre willing to shop around on the marketplace website, you should be able to find cheaper plans. Thats because more and more insurance providers are now competing for your business through the health care exchanges. Pennsylvania is increasing staff on its Medicaid Expansion hotline. Staffing rose from 55 to about 130 today. After the complaints that many people were not getting through to anyone. Enrollment began monday and there have been more than 11,000 applications. Coverage begins january 1st. Some 600,000 lowincome adults are newly eligible. Active adults received tips to improve their life and lifestyle today. Nbc 10 checked in at the subaru share the love and nutrition fair in northeast philadelphia. There were free health screenings, important nutritional and fitness information was also available to everyone who attended. The sirius Xm Satellite Radio service agrees to pay millions of dollars after claims the company misled its customers. Pennsylvania and new jersey are among 45 states that will get part of a 3. 8 million settlement from sirius xm. Investigators say the company took part in deceptive billing practices and made it difficult for customers to cancel their contracts. The settlement requires sirius xm to change its business practices. If you think youre eligible for some of that money, you must file a complaint with the Attorney Generals Office in the next 150 days. Nasas new oryan spacecraft is going to have to wait another day to fly. Wind gusts and a sticky rocket valve forced the Cape Canaveral launch team to call of todays attempt to send oryan on the first test flight. Theyll try again tomorrow. It will take the capsule 3,600 miles into space and hope to use it one day to send astronauts to mars. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. A couple of cold, wet days out there but now we had a sunny day. Thats it. One sunny day. Clouds are back in and we have some rain coming in over the weekend. We do expect the weather to be dry now for the eagles game. Well kind of be in between storms. And the noreaster will be the storm coming after the eagles get to play on sunday evening. Traffic is just fine. Roads are dry now. But by tomorrow at this time, some wet roads north and west of philadelphia. 41 degrees. Already cooling off. Its 6 degrees colder than it was at this time yesterday s, a were already down into the 30s. Many parts of the area, wilmington, 37, glassboro, 39 degrees. Barely 40. Atlantic city and in dover. So it was a chilly day despite the sunshine. Tomorrow, another cool day. Saturday, one day with aboveaverage temperatures coming, but then were going to get a good bit of rain to come with it. Look at all the clouds that are moving in here. The rain not that far away. And on the Northern Edge of this is a little bit of snow. Its up in the mountains, too. I think it would be too warm for snow or ice by the time this gets here later tomorrow. Heres the future cast. We go through the night tonight. We dont see any kind of precipitation. Even for tomorrow mornings rush hour looks like its going to be dry. But by the afternoon rush tomorrow, ther