Lment saying it was a significant sum of money. Williams is not talking publicly despite multiple requests. Instead the statement. These accusations are without merit. Again, we ask the public to allow the courts to do its job before passing judgment. Now they are calling for more. There needs to be a much smoother and easier way for people who have been harassed and abused in the workplace in the city of philadelphia and government to step forward and to say something. We reached out to the City Law Department and confirmed it will be handling the defense of the sheriff. You can now add one more name to the list of high profile people being accused of sexual harassment. Senator al franken, a radio news anchor in los angeles says franken groped her in 2006 and even has a picture to prove it. Thats her with franken in front of her. She said she met franken and a Service Member and was afraid to hope up about this fearing it would impact her career. But she also said this is happening everywhere and something needs to be done. This is happening in middle america. This is happening for women that work at chilys and women who work in an office build iing somewhere is in iowa, kansas and florida. This is happening to women who have no power and no way to speak up. Franken has release d a statement apologizing for his actions. Specifically addressing the picture. He said, quote, i dont know what was in my head when i took that picture. And it doesnt matter. Theres no excuse. I look at it now and i feel disgusted with myself. It isnt funny. Its completely inappropriate. Its obvious how leann would feel violated by that picture. Before he was a senator, franken became famous as a comedian on saturday night live. He was a writer and performer on the show. He left in 1995 and his apology he says he realized hes told and written a lot of jokes that he used to think were funny but now knows they were offensive. Mitch mcconnell called for an ethics investigation into franken. Franken says he will cooperate. A london theater says its received 20 allegations of inappropriate behavior against kevin spacey. He even served as an artistic director. And the scandal involving Senate Candidate roy moore is also e growing. His campaign is casting doubt on one of the women accusing him of sexual misconduct. More sexually assaulted her when she was 16 behind a restaurant where she worked. She says moore even signed her yearbook in 1977. And named the restaurant. Moores team says it is not his handwriting. You can read more on how the dals are rocking hollywood, politics and reaching overseas. Just search harassment on the nbc 10 app. In the past 30 minutes, emergency crews in Atlantic County pull ed a woman out of a septic tank in the township. A medical helicopter, were working to find out how serious injuries are. Major steps toward a tax bill overhaul this afternoon. The house passed 1. 5 trillion sweeping redo of tax code. The actions now moves to the center. The senate bill also repealed the Obamacare Mandate to have insurance. If that passes, the house and senate would have to come up with a measure both chambers can agree on. Now to the weather, it is breezy out there. A little bit warm er too. The Lehigh Valley and the tops of the buildings there in allentown. A pretty shot. Tammie souza is joining us now. She has your first alert forecast. A little nicer out there. The breeze didnt make it here in philadelphia. We woke up this morning. Much milder. These are mainly above average. 48 in philadelphia. 37 for mount pocono. We were off to a good start at midnight. Its been a pleasant day out there. Sunshine, clouds ask a few sprinkles. A little breeze going out there. Right now, nothing really showing up on doppler radar. Were still looking at a few spr sprinkles moving through Philadelphia County and parts of Delaware County, but other than that, its going to be fairly quiet. You can see that that big storm system that brought us the showers last night and early this morning is is moving past the area. Heres the full rotation. Were going to end up with sunshine and cooler weather tomorrow. We focus on this one. It affects your weekend. Ill tell you how, when i come back. Police arrested michael huggens this morning. He is an accused killer. Authorities say he and three other teens escaped from the youth detention facility in Egg Harbor City early yesterday. They found them in an Apartment Building on South Carolina avenue around 10 30 this morn g morning. His capture comes 30 hours after Authorities Say the fourteens overpowered a guard at that facility. Its not clear how he got there. He had a gun when he was found. He did, in fact, have a gun in his possession. That is being further investigated as to how we he came into possession of a handgun. Hes been held in jail. He faces a list of new charges and Authorities Say even more are possible. To a local fraternity shut down for two years all because of underage drinking at a party that sent two students to the hospital. Its the latest in a string of universities now cracking down. New at 5 00, Steven Fisher has mixed e reaction to the decision from students ob campus. Lehigh University Says during a champagne party, one student drank so much they needed medical attention. But not one person called for help. Members of the fraternity at le university didnt want to share their side of what happened during a fall champagne party. Instead they stood by a banner huk over their real iing that ss were not kicked off, youre kicked off. Were their neighbors. Im actually kind of relieved they got suspended. Reporter rebecca says they are not the kind of neighbors you want. They go crazy sometimes. Its not safe. You have to watch. Reporter in a blog post, the University Said the fraternity was already on probation for three prior alcoholrelated incidents dating back to last year. It happens. Theres drink iing at any colle. Reporter what bothered the university is is everyone stood by and did nothing. The a student at the party needed medical assistance. I think the punishment is worse because of the safety of the students should be pair mount. Reporter members have to move out by winter break. The school says majority of those members are required to live on campus and the school will provide them with housing options. Steven fisher, nbc 10 news. In south jersey, lifrs and volunteers walked the corridor in camden and handed out educational information about opioid overdoses including what to do in the event b of an overdose. The goal is to spread information that could help save lives. You could now help out the family of a Pennsylvania State trooper who was shot in the line of duty. A t shop in easton is make iing these kelly strong tshirts. The store owner says it started as a custom order, but friends of the officer came back and ordered even more. The store owner says making the shirts is is a privilege and the least he could do the sacrifice made by corporal kelly. You cannot thank somebody enough for Something Like that. This is just nothing compared to what he did for else. You can get the shirts at custom tees inside the Palmer Park Mall or an etsy. They are 20. 10 goes to the family. He said a couple surgeries and is still receiving in the hospital. Daniel clairy is charged with attempted murder. A mission of operation warm. Firefighters launched the coat drive for the citys disadvantaged children. The event raise money to buy hundreds of brand new winter coats to hand out in the community. The Union President says this isnt just another coat drive. It is a gift of warmth. But it is also a gift of pride and ownership and selfteem for these children who dont have much of anything. Operation warm launched back in 1998 and is handed out coats to more than 2 million children around the country. They are saying it is all in your head. That euphoric feeling youre having thanks to all the eagles wins. Its having ab impact on your brain. And in the hands of local leaders, what the future holds for philly Public Schools now that the School Reform commission is as good as gone. And mistrial for new jersey senator maine nenendez. Were live outside the courthouse with whats next for him. Plus were talking to a juror about being dead locked in the case. Every day, Technology Becomes much more personalized. Like this. And this. ai device welcome home, gary, how was your day. And like this. Introducing specifi, our digital investing platform thats built around you. Just answer a few questions, and specifi will provide a tailored investment portfolio. It continually manages it, so if the market changes, it adjusts accordingly. Ask us how specifi can help you reach your potential. Mistrial in the case of bob menendez, the democrat fought back tears outside the courthouse as he blasted federal authorities and thanked jurors. Brian thompson is live. You were there as soon as jurors walked out. You talked with one of them. What held them up. Reporter one juror is saying there was no smoking gun. That is probably the most important thing we heard this afternoon. The Justice Department is not saying if it will retry this case, but certainly after losing on a 102 vote, the chances seem slim after what we saw happen here this afternoon. There were times when the emotion was too much. But speak to the world he wanted and to the jurors who refused to convict him. I want to thank the jury who saw through the governments false claims and use their common sense to reject it. One juror telling us the vote was an overwhelming 102 in favor of senator menendez. When the prosecution rested, i didnt think anything concrete to say there was more to it. Its been csignalled last week. Then again monday until finally today just before 1 00, the decision to declare a mistrial for menendez and codefendant has been convicted on unrelated fraud charges. Also his close friend tr more than two decades who had given him free trips and big donations throughout. But at times did ask for favors. They are very close today. Forgiveness to all who criticized him with one excepti exception. Among those angling to replace senator maine nen e dez if he had been convicted and if he had been forced to resign was former senator robert toroseli who resigned under his own ethics cloud about a decade cloud. End a reelection bid. The gop leader in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell has asked the Senate Ethics committee to investigate senator menendez. The chairman of that committee saying he cannot comment on such a request. Turning now to the weather, we hope you enjoyed the nice fall day out there. Temperatures in the 50s today. Not too bad. Heres a look at conditions in avalon. Theres cooler weather on top for tomorrow. A few sprinkles as i was coming to work. This is not bad. 60 degrees across much of the area. Thats going to change. Were going to do a little up and down. Its basically the day after thanksgiving. Lets take a look at that. I didnt want to show it to you but i will. The big orange warm is not us. All of your friends and family down there in phoenix and parts of southern california, this lovely blue shade is us. And were going to be cooler than normal. This is the extended outlook. If you have any plans, were going to be a little chilly as we head from about next wednesday, thursday all the way through the end of the month. Well see an average of below average temperatures. We still have a few sprinkles. Its still spiraling past us. The main body of low pressure to the north of us and there is cooler airing in. This is a little lake effect rain and snow activity. Were seeing the puffy clouds out there. It spirals away from us. But were not going to focus on that one. Heck no, were going to go way out to the west. This one is the one thats going to affect our weekend. You can see all the snow thats being dropped in the sierras. The line of were going to clear out and have sunshine. They are going to fall into the 40s. On saturday here comes the rain. Its out of here by sunday afternoon. And temperatures start to fall through the 40s on our sunday and it becomes quite windy sunday and monday. Thats going to be the big head loin there. Were going to keep an eye of all of that. If youre going to be running, expect some clouds on saturday. Not really going to see any sunshine. Well start at 7 30 in the morning at 39 degrees. 46 at 9 00 in the morning. 52 by 10 00 in the morning. Thats for the Half Marathon. Different day on sunday. The rain comes in saturday afternoon. We could see an Early Morning sprinkle on sunday. It should be gone by 7 00 a. M. , but theres that outside chance. You notice the temperature goes in the other direction. Its 46 by noon. Very gusty winds 0u9 out of the northwest. Gusts to 35 to 40 miles an hour on sunday. So for tonight in the philadelphia area, 32 in the philadelphia suburb ises. If youre in south jersey, 35 for you. 51 in philadelphia. 49 in the Lehigh Valley. Jersey shore coming in at 52. But lots of sunshine. Grab the sunglasses for tomorrow. Your tenday on 10, we get near 60 on saturday. But that rain comes in in the afternoon. We could see an Early Morning shower sunday. Yes, the birds are in dallas. We want to remind you you can watch it here on nbc. The marathon will be windy on sunday and monday. Back to the 50s on tuesday. Your traveling for the holiday on wednesday. It will be a cool 4. And 47 with breezy conditions on thanksgiving. The countdown is on to your thanksgiving vacation. What is is the best day to hit the road and avoid all that traffic as you visit friends and family . Thats a great question. Were going to break it down ahead at 5 00. And beefing up Airport Security just in time for the holidays. The new technology helping you get through the lines faster. You only have an hour left to vote for our High School Blitz game of the week. Heres a look at where the voting stands now. Got to show up to the polls. Theres several ways to vote. Vote on nbc10. Com or by tapping on the app. Call or text your vote to 6106244111. Well announce the winner tonight on nbc 10 news at 11 00. One hour, tokes. Thats all you got. Running a Small Business is demanding. And thats why Small Business owners need more. Like internet thats up to the challenge. The gigspeed network from comcast business gives you more. With speeds up to 20 times faster than the average. That means powering more devices, more video conferencing, and more downloads in seconds, not minutes. Get fast internet and add phone and tv for only 24. 90 more per month. Comcast is building americas largest gigspeed network to give Small Businesses more. Call 18005016000 today. 1,000 turkeys were dropped off at a food bank of delaware. Its a donation from giant foods as part of the annual food for families holiday food drive. Everybody should have a turkey on the table for thanksgiving. So we love the opportunity to help in the neighborhoods we serve. The turkeys will be handed out to families this week. Very nice. One major airport is trying something new for the holidays. Its a headache to try to speed things up in the security lines. Chicagos midway adding automated screening lanes. They will automatically pop up and people can put their stuff in four trays at the same time. The trays will be 25 larger as well. So what will thanksgiving travel look like at the airport and on the roads next week. We have that coming up in our next half hour. In the meantime, fighting the opioid epidemic. The device just approved thats proven to reduce withdrawal symptoms. And passing the baton. Philadelphia schools will soon be in the hands of new leadership. The changes coming to your childs schools. A twotime cancer survivor running a race as part of the philadelphia marathons weekend. How shes helping save others with every step she takes. All new at 6 00. To say see ya later. It could be history. Right now the head of philadelphias Teachers Union and its members are anticipating an historic vote to dissolve the School Reform commission. The move will put local leaders in charge of philly Public Schools. Aundrea clinethomas joins us live in Spring Garden with what this means for students. Reporter supporters of this move to local control means the needs of the community will be better addressed. Some people say they had had to be here today because they have been waiting for this vote for the past 16 years. More than 100 people gathered in administrative offices. Everyone here is ready to bid fare wael well to the commission. The commission will vote to disband a takeover that started in 2001. Now we as a community can come together and say this is what we need as aen community for our schools. When the state stepped in for performance and financial woes played the district. Decisions were made to address the problems including closing schools and laying off thousands of employees. Now 16 years later the district is on a more solid footing and some areas even making progress. The src chair says their job is done. Returning the district to local control is a big step forward. Ep hopefully we accomplish that today. Reporter now returning the school to local control means that the mayor would then appoint a ninemember school board. He says that he would be held accountable for everything that happens here, the good and the bad, including a looming 700 million deficit. Reporting live, aundrea clinethomas, nbc 10 news. What does the vote to dissolve the Reform Commission mean tr your child . We have a list of answers to your commonly ask