U. S. Attorney Zane Menninger says the dominated the community. Authorities believe the group raked in about 1. 8 million in criminal proceeds from cocaine and crack sales. The group allegedly protected its territory with violence. At least 15 firearms and ammunition were seized. Investigators say the dealers would sometimes stash their drugs and firearms in playgrounds, abandoned houses and even mailboxes. Now at least 20 of the defendants face mandatory minimum sentences of at least ten years. People who live in the city of chester, particularly in the areas surrounding rose and upland street deserve a break. They deserve better. Well continue in that community until we eradicate as much as we can, block by block, gang by gang, the violence and the drugs in that area. Todays arrest marked the culmination of a twoyear investigation. This investigation is the third major multiagency Law Enforcement initiative in the city of chester in just the past year. Tonight we are following developments in the death of a preschooler from Hamilton Township. The Health Department and the cdc want to know the exact cause and find out if its the rapidly spreading enterovirus played any role. Cydney long is live in Hamilton Township tonight. This little boy attended school earlier this week. What happened . Reporter keith, what we do know at the very least he did attend school this past monday. Inside his preschool classroom, this from the Health Department because the school did not immediately return our calls today. This little boy passed away sometime wednesday evening or early thursday morning. The only thing thats Crystal Clear right now is that he suffered from some type of respiratory illness. Its heart breaking. Scary. As a mom you try to do everything you can to keep your children safe from getting sick. Reporter parents in Hamilton Township are sad, many also anxiously awaitc answers from both the state Health Department and centers for Disease Control as to what may have caused the 4yearold boys death. This as maintenance crews outside yardville elementary work to sanitize items from that childs preschool classroom. The Health Department says it was voluntarily, not mandated. As a preventative measure, just in case there was something that might have been attributed to this. That does not appear to be the case. Reporter only the cdc lab in atlanta will be able to determine if this child suffered from enterovirus d68 which has hospitalized children nationwide. Because he died were told tests on his nasal swabs will be a priority. Weve been informed that due to the unfortunate circumstances, that they would expedite that type of case. Reporter parents were advised by means of a flyer sent home of the little boys death and no other children have become ill. Health officials are simply reminding parents to be vigilant about hand washing and aware, not panicked. Parents should be prudent to observe the symptoms of flulike and respiratory illness that will start increasing this time of the year through the fall and into the early winter. Reporter and test results from the state Health Department which will determine whether or not this was some type of deadly flu strain could be back as early as tonight or this weekend but the cdc results not until next week. In the meantime, this tightknit community is mourning this tragic loss. Were told crisis counselors will be available at the school for as long as necessary. Live in Hamilton Township, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. We now know the 15yearold charged as an adult for his role in the shooting death of a teenage girl is a highly recruited football player. Gibson whom you see right here is a star running back for father judd high school in northeast philadelphia. Hes the second suspect arrested this week for the death of aisha abdurahim. The 15yearold girl died at the scene, which was outside of einstein medical center. Jjuatrold boy was critically injured in the shooting. Person surrendered to police earlier this week. Two weeks ago tonight, eric frein shot two state troopers in blooming grove, pike county, killing one of them. As the search enters week two, federal agents and local police were sent into an abandoned hotel. An intense ground search took place inside and around the now shuttered buck hill inn. The building was previously a 400room resort. Its now empty. Armed agents and canine units spent hours inside the hotel. After searching freins hard drives they believe he planned this for years. Someone who was very prepared and who we believe probably hid things out in the woods or other locations, other structures. Frein conducted internet searches about how to evade a Police Manhunt. He was last spotted 48 hours ago. Governor Chris Christie is throwing his support behind fellow republican tom corbett. Christie is appearing at a dinner for the Party Faithful in central pennsylvania tonight. The fundraiser includes a v. I. P. Photo reception. Hes the chairman of the republican governors association. Thats also corbetts Largest Campaign donor. The Group Already put 5. 8 million into corbetts struggling reelection campaign. Polls have his democratic opponent, tom wolf, well in the lead. Tomorrow wolf will be in State College to talk about p. A. s growing economy. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. After all that rain yesterday, the walk to class is a lot more pleasant for students at la salle university. It can be tricky. Think about it, the umbrella, backpack. The sun returned and the temperatures are climbing. Its only going to get warmer. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen says the first weekend of fall will feel more like summer. We love hearing that, sheena. I personally dont want summer to end, so im very happy about this weekend. Yes, temperatures will be a little bit above average for this time of year over the weekend. And even today, weve started with the warmer temperatures. Take a look now, philadelphia, 78 degrees. Northeast philly coming in at 79. The average high is around the mid70s through the lehigh valley, were in the upper 70s, 78 allentown and reading. 75 pottstown. South jersey and delaware, just about the mid70s. 72 atlantic city, 77 degrees right now in wilmington. So as we go through your evening, great friday night to head outside. By 6 00 p. M. , sunny, very nice. By 8 00, 72 degrees and clear skies and by 10 00, the upper 60s, cooler temperatures overnight tonight and again, a warmer week and then today. Ill show you how warm it will get. Thats straight ahead. Local lawmakers are reacting to a reported plot by isis to attack subway systems. A white house official now says the government has no information about such a plot. In Delaware County today, pennsylvania representative pat meehan said the country is always on alert. This is an example of a period in which of course theres heightened scrutiny but to believe that all of a sudden were going to kick into something, this has been activity thats been taking place for a long time. Meehan says federal agents will continue to stay vigilant with intelligence. Heightened security isnt the only reaction to the reported plot. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong explains. Reporter you might never heard of the ilc Dover Company but you know what this company does. Ilc makes space suits, they made buzz aldrons space suit. You heard about potential terrorist threats against underwater tunnels and subway lines. The department of Homeland Security has ilc making balloons like this to keep americans alive if an attack happens. It will seal off the tunnel. Reporter it basically works like this. Theyll have balloons in boxes along the side walls of the subway tunnel. If they need to, they hit the openc button, they go to every nook and cranny in 15 minutes. The only place they cant stop the water is down here in the track area but they say thats okay. A little bit of water getting by, not a problem. The president of ilc hopes by the spring after lots of test runs here in the new tunnel, that transportation authorities around the country will begin strategically installing these systems. They could keep people from drowning during a terrorist attack. You have the ability to wake up each morning and know you can do something that will matter, it makes it easier, even on those tough days, to wake up and show up for work. Hear from this recovering doctor about the illness and his health. Plus, why he wants to return to the place where he became infected in the first place. Expired and unused, Prescription Drugs, millions of people have them in the medicine cabinets right now. Happening this weekend, learn where you candice pose of them safely as part of a National Drug takeback day. And missing mail found. Tens of thousands of letters, bills and packages, nearly a decades worth, suddenly turned up. Federal agents have joined the investigation into a gruesome attack at an oklahoma plant where two women were stabbed. Authorities say one of them was beheaded by a man who was fired by the company yesterday. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray has more. Reporter the brutalc attac thursday began just before the end of the workday at this Food Distribution plan in the central oklahoma. We can hear a lot of screaming. Reporter police say 30yearold alton nolen had just been fired when he stormed into the front office with a knife. 54yearold colleen huford was his victim, stabbed to death and gruesomely beheaded. Next he confronted 43yearold johnson. Witnesses say as nolen was stabbing johnson, a Company Manager moved in. It sounds like hes returning around. Thats a gunshot. Reporter nolen was wounded. This guy was not going to stop. He didnt stop until he was shot. Reporter both he and johnson are in stable condition at an area hospital as Police Continue their investigation. He recently tried to start started trying to convert some of his coworkers to the muslim religion. Reporter something that prompted investigators to call in the fbi. Due to the manner of death and initial staples of coworkers, and other initial information that our investigators have gathered, we requested assistance of the fbi. Reporter nolen has a long criminal history that includes drug and Assault Charges and there are reports that he converted to islam while in prison. Agents stress early in their investigation, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest his beliefs or the recent string of beheadings by the terror group isis played any role in the oklahoma attacks. Jay gray, nbc 10 news. The massachusetts doctors is recovering from ebola says he plans to return to africa in the future. Dr. Richard sacra spoke publicly one day after being released from the nebraska medical center. He received ebola while delivering babies in liberia. Sacra said even though he thought he was going to die, he has no regrets about west africa. You love the people of liberia. Ic think its an affiliation tt god has put in our hearts, you know, i think the otds of my ending up back there are pretty high. I dont have any specific plans but thats where my heart is. Sacra spent much of the last 15 years working in liberia as a missionary doctor. Today he called for more medical resources to be sent to west africa to fight the ebola crisis that crisis is getting worse every day. This afternoon, the World Health Organization released new figures on the number of deaths from ebola. More than 6,500 people have gotten the virus in west africa and nearly half have died. Health experts have also warned that the number of infected people could reach over 1 million by midjanuary. The notoriously secretive north korea is now admitting that leader kim jong unis having health problems. He wasnt seen in public for over three weeks. Last night, state media reported that kim was suffering from discomfort but didnt give any more specifics. Kim had been seen walking with a limp back in july. One expert says it appears the leader has gout. There are new concerns today about Nuclear Safety in japan. The government is getting ready to reopen the Sendai Nuclear plan the for the First Time Since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. But People Living near the plant say the government still doesnt have a good evacuation plan should another disaster occur. You may remember it was in 2011 that the quake and tsunami led to a meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear plan the. That plant is not expected to reopen for another 40 years. More than 850 flights were canceled in and out of chicago today after an air Traffic Control tower nearby was set on fire. Flights were on the ground. They were on a grourned stop for hours at bothee hair and midway. Investigators say the fire was intentionally set by a contract employee of the faa. But they dont believe there are any ties to terrorism. And yet another scare involving boeing 787 dreamliner. A flight was on its way from chicago to poland this morning when it had to make anc emergey landing in scotland. The crew got on board, they got a warning from the firefighting system in the planes luggage compartment. The airline says the Emergency Landing was a safety requirement and no fire or smoke was reported. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, a beautiful end to the first week of fall and temperatures warmer today than they were yesterday. And big improvements too with all the nine around today. As we go into friday night, perfect for any plans, clear skies, Cool Temperatures through the overnight hours tonight. But tomorrow, well be warming up even more than today. And this continues even as we go into sunday. So for the weekend, we have summerlike temperatures returning back into the forecast. A little bit above normal for this time of year. The first weekend of fall will feel more like summer. Heres a live look outside, this is the art museum right by the schuylkill river. Plenty of sunshine, completely clear skies and its helping temperatures to warm up, too. 78 degrees in philadelphia, mostly sunny, 14 degrees warmer right now than we were yesterday at this time. With a light north wind its allowing those temperatures to jump up with all the sunshine around. North and west of philadelphia, we are still near 80 degrees through the lehigh valley. 75 pottstown, 73 in mt. Pocono. 72 atlantic city, 76 degrees mount holly, 72 in wildwood. To our south and west, though, this is where we have 80 degrees temperatures. This is going to move in as we go into the weekend. Our wind will start to change a little bit. Some of the warm air will spill in with a lot of added sunshine, all because of this big area of High Pressure. This will stay over us for the weekend. It will continue to bring us sunshine and dry conditions. So future weather here shows the high, sunny and dry for us. Today, even tomorrow, so as we go through time, notice no clouds, no rain. Saturday afternoon, sunshine stays, so do the dry conditions. We continue warming. As we go into sun, that high keeps us under control. Clouds to our south and west but not moving in until about monday. For tonight, clear skies, Cool Temperatures, 56 for the low in philadelphia. 48 degrees areas north and west. The temperatures should hit around sunrise tomorrow morning. For tomorrow afternoon we warm up anywhere from 80 to 83 degrees through the day. Sunny skies, dry conditions, still and it does continue all the way into sunday. Sunday, 83 degrees. We stay sunny and warm. A little bit warmer than saturday but overall, it will be a summerlike weekend. Average High Temperature 74 degrees. We could be close to 10 degrees above that over the weekend. Going into next week, we start in the 80s, clouds come back monday, then temperatures in the mid70s with some more rain, chances in the forecast. More details on your weekend forecast, coming up. Looking good. Thank you, sheena. Drivers, listen up. Nearly a million cars and suvs are being recalled. Next, the reason ford is concerned about several different models and what you should do if youre driving one of them. Also ahead the never before seen side of ellis island where thousands came to die, im brian thompson. Ill have that story. From our nbc 10 Delaware Bureau, a tire slasher is at work in newark, new castle county. Police say the tires on 18 vehicles were hit sometime between wednesday night and thursday morning in the windy hills community. The cars were parked at homes along pinedale, halifax and south dillon roads. Police are warning residents to keep an eye out for anybody suspicious. We have a recall to tell you about for ford owners. Today, the Company Recalled nearly 850,000 cars and suvs. Ford says a Software Glitch could cause a short circuit and delay the air bags from c deploying. The recalled models include the 2013 and 2014 cmax, fusion, escape and lincoln mkz. Owners can go to a ford dealership and have the problem fixed for free. Big honors today at Temple University for nbc nightly news anchor Brian Williams and our own Tracy Davidson. Williams received the lo