Worth tens how fast thousands of dollars in exchange for favors. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. The jury has made up of ten women and two men and seated yesterday. Jeff cole was in the courtroom today. Joins us live outside federal court in center city. Jeff . Reporter lucy, this is a historic trial, right . Youve got a sitting da arc sitting da whos being tried for corruption bite federal government. The government says the District Attorney williams accepted bribes and gifts. Defrauded the government his moms nursing home to support his sometime lavish lifestyle. In testimony this afternoon, prosecutors pressed on their claim that he misused about 20 grand supposed to go to his moms care in the st. Francis nursing home its a nonprofit. A nursing home collections person told the jury williams didnt seem to care about. Didnt seem to want to pay. Williams attorney argued it wasnt made clear to him what his financial obligations were. We pressed williams attorney for answers on the way out. Attorney burke, give us a little sum receive your opening. A little sum receive your opening. I have no comment right knowledge thank you. Can we just get a little, just little. You guys saw it. You saw it live. Were not in there during the day. A little sum receive your open, please. I just went over our version of the evidence was and what our version of we believe the evidence will show and thats all. Reporter they didnt do anything, that affected any of these cases in your view . Thats correct. Reporter what, this whole nursing home thing is bogus here . Yes. Reporter seth, any comment, seth . How did you think it went for you today, man . Excuse me, im sorry. Reporter so look these Defense Attorneys dont often want to talk when they leave so you have to press a little bit. Williams was in the car thats who i was trying to talk tom node comment. Defense claim despite all these claims williams took this money their argument he didnt do anything to impact cases. Well, thats not what the federal government says. They say he was bought and sold and that hes a corrupt District Attorney in philadelphia. I have to say i saw testimony from kathleen did he freeze the collections person in the nursing home. I think she hurt him in front of the jury because she made it look as if williams did not care about the care of his mom and wouldnt pay for it. Shes on the stand tomorrow. Shes going to be crossed by williams attorney burke who looks to be aggressive. Live here at the federal courthouse, im jeff cole, folks, back to you. Much drama there in center city. Jeff cole thank you much. Tomorrow we will find out if a Montgomery County judge will release the names of the jurors in the bill cosby indecent assault trial. A dozen Media Outlets have asked judge Steven Oneill to release those names. Prosecution dean fence have argued that could have an effect on cosbys next jury. The jurors of course did not reach a verdict in the high profile case forcing the judge to declare a mistrial. Andrea constand on twitter today thanking her supporters and for their love and their kindness. The 44yearold prosecutors charged bill cosby with Sexual Assault hes quote eternally grateful for the messages shes received in recent days. Happening now the School Reform commission has just given its approval to a new contract for philadelphias Public School teachers. The deal comes after a fouryear stalemate that had teachers bailing out of the district because of frozen wages and uncertain future. But the new contract comes with plenty of big questions. Like who will pay for the deals our bruce gordon joins us in stewed eighty seven bruce, first things first, right . Whats in the contract . Reporter well, ill tell you lets go to the blackboard and well tell you. First of all the teachers they get pay raises for the first time in a long time, and they get some, some of the back pay they lost during the long deadlock. The district what do they get . Well, they get some changes in work rules. This is something that was key to them, and they also get and this is huge, Health Care Contributions from the union for the first time. Big deal. So why isnt everybody smiling . The long awaited contract approved by the district and teachers will cost nearly 400 million in total nearly 250 million more than the city of philadelphia has set aside for the deal which led the lone decenting voice in the School Reform commissions 41 ratification vote tuesday to ask where we going to get that money. Commissioner bill green then attempted to answer his own question. The contract itself is irresponsible. It is not paid for and theres no commitment pay for it. Reporter moments after teachers voted overwhelming to approve the deal monday night, pft president jerry jordan put that funding gap into historical context. There is never, ever a time that i can remember when a contract has been settled where there has been boat load of money just piled up waiting to pay for a contract. True. But that doesnt answer the question of who will supply that extra quarter billion dollars. City council is certainly among those on the hot seat. Now its on the state and the city to figure this out. State already made pretty clear theyre not going to be handling out a lot of cash to the city. Unfortunately, thats where the rubber meets the road. Reporter without significant help from harrisburg, src member Farah Jimenez laid out this scenario for philly property owners. As much as 20 increase in their overall Real Estate Tax bill. Reporter what was that again. As much as a 20 increase in their overall Real Estate Tax bill. Reporter we caught up with mayor kenney to ask about that possibility. Well work with our Funding Partners in hearing, lon elli to try to find a way to get this done. Reporter is there going to be tax increase. Im not pro paired to that say that now. What were working with our Funding Partners to find the money rt. Reporter now, if that funding hole cannot be filled srcs bill green, yeah, hes talking the a word. The possibility of massive teacher layoffs and he says they could begin as soon as 15 months from now. Look. All parties want add new contract for teachers. Clearly they deserved one. But with dollars tight, be careful what you wish for. Iain. Good point, bruce. Thanks. Sad news out of the jersey shore where second girl has died from a swimming incident last week. 12yearold Emily Gonzalez perez had been on live support since she and her cousin were pulled out of the sea in belmar. Her cousin misty hernandez nicholas died last thursday. Both were students at belmar elementary school. To your fox 29 Weather Authority right now. Just look at this in Sussex County, delaware. Whole lot of damage and the National Weather service just ruled the storm that hit there latyesterday afternoon the one r kathy orr and Scott Williams was telling you about as breaking news was a tornado kathy orr was tracking those tornado storms, the warnings right around this time last night, kathy. It was. Incredible pictures from the National Weather service. Take a look at this. This is how they determined it was a tornado. Look at these trees. These trees are down in one direction. Then the other is another direction like a radial disbursement of the trees instead of the trees in Straight Line thats how they knew there was rotation by looking at the signature at the ground. Look how it flatten this beautiful farm in Sussex County, delaware. And that obviously debris from a tour made co a weak tornado. Ef0 its not an extreme wind but it is definitely enough to do this type of damage. So winds estimated between 65 and 85 miles an hour in greenwood Sussex County with that weak tornado. Also yesterday another confirmed tornado late this afternoon by the National Weather service. This was really determined and spotted by a train spotter who sent in video and they determined that there was a second tornado this is in scharr tellsville, berks county with 8. It traveled 2 miles was about 4. So two tornadoes out of those severe shops yesterday coming up with our seven day forecast well talk about summer beginning tomorrow. That means more Severe Weather. Back to the 90s in the seven day and watching Tropical Storm cindy. Its hurricane season. Well talk more about that i think this summer is really going to be heating up. Send it back to you. My goodness. Amazing kathy ef0 nothing to shrug off. No. You think its not big but its something. Youre talking max 80 miles an hour wind. You can see what it can do. Thank you kathy. You bet. Republican leaders in the senate say they are getting ready to vote on a bill that would repeal and replace obama care. But the bill known as the American Health care act has democrats pushing back hard. Foxs Mike Emmanuel has more from washington. Reporter it is another partisan showdown on capitol hill over health care. Republicans are gearing up for a series of votes that could come as early as next week. Repealing obama care and replacing it with the gop bill known as the American Health care act. Senate republicans have been crafting their own version of the bill behind closed doors. And leaders in the house say theyll support whatever changes are made. Big legislation like this doesnt go through the house or the senate with no changes. So we naturally assume the legislative process will take its course. Reporter but the bill remains deeply unpopular and faces staunch opposition from all senate democrats. Who say theyll grind Senate Business to a halt in an evident to delay the vote. Theyre also criticizing republicans for drafting the bill in secret and not allowing open hearings on the changes being made. We have to assume the worst Case Scenario which is theyll get the votes to pass it and weve got to try and stop that from happening. Reporter the bill also isnt a done deal among republicans. Some conservatives have complained it wont stop taxpayer money from being used on abortions while others say it doesnt focus enough on Rising Health care costs. The current draft doesnt do nearly enough to lower premiums. But i think if we focus on lower premiums, we can bring together conservatives, bring together moderates, we can unify republicans. Reporter it is not entirely clear if Republican Leadership will have the votes to pass the bill in the senate. But Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is clearly hoping deadline pressure will produce a result. On capitol hill, Mike Emmanuel, fox news. Pennsylvania announces who will receive licenses to run marijuana dispensaries. Where theyre going to be and why one local woman says they need to open sooner rather than later. President trump addresses the death of an american student who had been nailed in north korea. The response he has for the north korean government. Temperatures out west reaching a sweltering imagine this 120 degrees. The effect thats having on our nations air travel. And new at 6 00, employees at a store in langhorne refusing to let their challenges get in the way of making a living. Its time that we bring addiction out of the darkness and into the light. To everyone struggling in silence addicts, family, friends you are not alone. Its time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. Addiction is a disease. Dont suffer. Dont wait. Help is within reach. Call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj. Gov the road to recovery starts now. So, when its your turnt to do the shopping and you need to get. Raspberries for john. Strawberries for amy. Bananas for mom. Wait, whats a jicama . And at these prices, i can make it all happen. Take a fresh look at giants produce prices. Highway to honor trooper killed in the line of duty. Today new jersey state senators passed legislation to name a road after state trooper sean cullen who was responding to a car accident on i295 in west deptford in march of last year when a car hit and killed him. If the legislation passes in the assembly, signed by the governor, that same section of 295 where cullen died will be called state trooper Sean E Cullen memorial highway. Big step today to bring medical her want to pennsylvania. The state just approved the first permits to grow and process pot. It has a dozen of them. Two of them are in our in berk county in reading and in sinking spring. Governor tom wolf signed medical Marijuana Program into law last april. Its expected to be implemented by early next year. Our fox 29s dawn timmeney joins us in studio with this story of one local woman who has been waiting for this noon news. Dawn. Lucy, waiting for years. This Delaware County woman has an incurable and very painful disease and she says pot is one of the few things that actually makes her feel better. I had 28 operations. I was 12 years old when they did the first operation. Bernadette of drexel hill has a rare neurological disorder called scharr Company Maria tooth disease or cmt. Its hereditary. Her dad had it. And it progressively is robbing this 38yearold of the ability to use her hands, legs and feet. Shes been in motorized scooter for the last nine years. With nerve pain its like pain ive never felt before like having a neuropathy, um, it is. Its like youre getting electrocuted. Reporter bernadette was prescribed all kinds of medications over the years, but says nothing helped. They made me worse. It made me worse, yeah. Reporter thats when she turned to marijuana to ease her suffering. She use a vape penn a couple of times a day. I can just use my knuckle, press the blue button let it heat up to a certain degree. I vape oil. So its concentrated flour. Reporter bernadette is very independent and incredibly upbeat. She works out of her home for the her read tower neurological foundation. She has an in home therapy pool which she says is a god send. But she says marijuana gives her the quality of life she never had before. I was sleeping better. My pain levels were down. I felt like more like myself. Reporter of course, the problem is, where she gets it. At the blackmarket. I have to. Reporter a risk bernadette says is worth taking. But hopefully not for much longer. She is so encouraged by the medical marijuana permits the state Health Department awarded today to 12 businesses to grow and process marijuana in pennsylvania. I know that within a year from now, im going to be able to go to the doctors get my medical marijuana card. Its going to be the best day. Im sure it will be. Bernadette feels like this action by the state will validate her. She often feels like people judge her and having pot legalized for medical use she says will make her live easier from both the Health Standard and also on an emotional level. Lucy . All right. Dawn. You know right now the world is in the middle of the worst refugee crisis in recent histo history. Always read those heartbreaking headlines, right . You may not know philadelphias role in giving people fleeing their homes a new life. Today is World Refugee day, and at city hall, local leaders joined non troughs to recognize them for all that they do to help refugees acclimate to their news lives in the city of brotherly love. Philadelphia was founded by a man who was forced to leave his home country because of the religion he practiced. And since day one this has been a city where all are welcome. A city where everyone can be who god intended them to be without issue. 800 refugees settle in philadelphia every year most come from of a forty three cash the middle east and ukraine. Historic markers throughout our area tell painful story of the struggles of the past. One of them the history of slavery. Big anderson spoke to leader who acknowledge those struggles but wants to make sure we also celebrate the people who fought for change for goodness sake. A lot of people say just tear it down. No, you can tear this down. You dont understand the value of this place. Reporter if you live in mt. Laurel, new jersey, you may have driven down elbow lane hundreds of times and thought nothing of it. You may have even seen this building that appears to be a deteriorating Old Meeting House and thought whats the significance . But to some its an absolutely vital part of our history that has to be preserv preserved. This was a safe house for people coming through the under ground railroad. The people at this location would either give them food, shelter, clothing and then send them to the next stop. Reporter among the darkest moments in our history but the underground railroad and places like Jacobs Chapel stood as a beacon of light. These people were one step out of slavery and they built this and kept this and we dont have a right not to go further and take it to the next level. Reporter the sight recently received historic marker and pastor person is happen for that but now you can see his focus and passion has turned to making sure the historic nature of the area is appropriately recognized and rebuilt. Its like somebody takes a baton and they youre run in race of life and they hand it to you. What they left us, i want to leave somebody else that legacy to pass it on, too. Reporter hard to overstate significance of legacy to the people fighting to restore the meeting house. Pastor person is one of many related to dr. James still buried at the sight and known in local history as a