Donald Trump unveiled his first TV ad of the primary season early on Monday, NBC News reported. The ad, which will air in Iowa and New Hampshire starting Tuesday, features some of his most controversial proposals.

"He's calling for a temporary shutdown of Muslims entering the United States, until we can figure out what's going on," a gravel-voiced narrator says in the 30-second spot. "He'll quickly cut the head off ISIS and take their oil. And he'll stop illegal immigration by building a wall on our southern border that Mexico will pay for."

The ad ends with a clip of Trump bellowing his familiar slogan — "We will make America great again!" — at a campaign event.

New and old leaders were sworn-in in Montgomery County Monday morning.

The swearing-in ceremony at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania took place at 10:30 a.m.

One of the most closely watched swearing-ins was for District Attorney-elect Kevin Steele after he defeated former district attorney Bruce Castor in an election that turned negative.

Here is a full list of the officials sworn-in Monday:

• Commissioner Josh Shapiro
• Commissioner Val Arkoosh
• Commissioner-elect Joseph C. Gale
• Clerk of Courts Ann Thornburg Weiss
• Controller-elect Karen Meredith Sanchez
• Coroner-elect Michael Millbourne
• District Attorney-elect Kevin Steele
• Prothonotary Mark Levy
• Recorder of Deeds-elect Jeanne Sorg
• Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes
• Sheriff-elect Sean P. Kilkenny
• Treasurer Jason E. Salus

Ballerinas at the Pennsylvania Ballet say they can't be compared to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The ballet took issue and fired back after a Facebook user said the Eagles "played like they were wearing tutus" when they lost to Washington.

"By tomorrow afternoon, the ballerinas that wear tutus at Pennsylvania Ballet will have performed The Nutcracker 27 times in 21 days. Some of those women have performed the Snow scene and the Waltz of the Flowers without an understudy or second cast. No 'second string' to come in and spell them when they needed a break," the Pennsylvania Ballet posted.

The post went on to say that some ballerinas are thrown into roles at the last minute, "That's like a cornerback being told at halftime that they're going to play wide receiver for the second half, but they need to make sure that no one can tell they've never played wide receiver before."

In fact, the Ballet said, had the Eagles played like they were wearing tutus, they would be headed to the playoffs.

Check out the full statement:

The Eagles missed the playoffs for the second year in a row, ending the current season with a 7-9 record.

A funeral is scheduled for a 5-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from a family party in the Lehigh Valley on New Year's Eve and was found dead on Saturday in a nearby canal.

The public service for Jayliel Vega Batista will be held Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Calvary Temple on 3436 Winchester Road in Allentown. The boy's family members are asking attendees to wear white in honor of his life.

An autopsy was performed on the boy Monday morning. Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said that the results are pending.

"The cause and manner of death is pending the completion of the investigation and forensic testing," Grim wrote in a release. "However, I feel it is important to report that there was no injury to the child. Upon completion of the investigation and receiving test results, I will release the cause and manner of death."

The search for the boy ended in tragedy Saturday, nearly two days after the little boy went missing, when authorities found his body in the water at Canal Park on East Walnut Street in Allentown.

Search dogs tracked the boy's scent to the canal and a volunteer found the child's orange electronic tablet in the water. The Allentown Fire Department Dive Team was then called to the scene. They later found the boy's body six feet deep in the water about eight feet from the shore.

Investigators believe Jayliel's death was a tragic accident and don't believe any foul play was involved.

"Preliminarily, this is being considered a tragic accident," said Allentown Police Chief Keith Morris.

Officials say the boy was found about 1/4 a mile away from where he went missing. They have not yet confirmed whether he died before or after entering the water.

Batista, who had autism, wandered away from a New Year's Eve party at his great aunt's home in the area of South Aubrey and East South streets in Allentown at 11 p.m. Thursday, police and his family said.

He was not wearing shoes, socks or a coat. Temperatures were near freezing Friday night into Saturday, rising only into the 30s.

"He was playing downstairs with his toy like he was supposed to with all the other kids and then he left out of nowhere," Tayritza Molina, the boy's sister, said.

Experts say some young children with autism will wander away due to a fear of the public. They also say many kids with autism are attracted to bodies of water.

"Every autistic child is different," said Terri Matthews, founder of Jaden's Voice, a national charity that supports people with autism as well as their families. "Some are very interested in water, some stay away from it. To them water is safe. It doesn't necessarily remind them of danger." 

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski thanked the law enforcement agencies, eleven search and rescue organizations and hundreds of volunteers who helped with the search during a news conference Saturday evening.

"Please, please continue to pray for the family," Pawlowski said. "Support them. Pray for them and also please respect them during this grieving period. This is a sad conclusion to the search. This is a sad day for our city. But as always the city pulled together. I'm extremely proud of our residents." 

Pawlowski also said a local funeral director offered to pay for the boy's burial. A candlelight vigil was held for the child Saturday night.

A Chester County school district tried to block students from seeing a popular park after police found a body hanging from a swing set Monday morning.

West Chester Police alerted the West Chester Area School District of the hanging body of a man at Marshall Square Park near E Marshall and N Matlack streets around 7 a.m., said the district.

Superintendent Jim Scanlon stressed that the body was not of a student in a letter he sent home to parents of B. Reed Henderson High School, E.N. Peirce Middle School and Fern Hill Elementary School students Monday.

The district tried to keep children from seeing the deadly scene on the playground.

“The Marshall Square Park is located in the Fern Hill/Peirce/Henderson attendance boundary,” said Scanlon in his letter to parents. “At 7 a.m. our transportation department re-routed any buses for this morning to avoid this area while the investigation was taking place, so none of our elementary buses traveled past that area. We did have some high school and middle school buses go through there before 7 a.m. and some high school students driving to Henderson may have witnessed the police activity.”

The district made counselors available to any students who wanted to talk about the death.

West Chester Police had no immediate comment on the death and there was no immediate ruling on if the man killed himself.

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A woman wants to thank the man who she says saved her and her daughter’s life Monday morning by alerting them of a fire that was spreading through her home.

Sherry Schumacher of Tabernacle, New Jersey told NBC10 she was sleeping in her home on New Road around 6 a.m. when she heard a banging at her door. Schumacher says a complete stranger was outside her front door and yelling that her house was on fire.

Schumacher says she then noticed the flames spreading from her chimney through the walls of her home towards her 15-year-old daughter’s room.

“The fire was in the wall that my daughter’s headboard was on,” she said.

Schumacher, her daughter and her pets got out of the home in time. The Good Samaritan stayed with Schumacher’s daughter as she called 911. Responding firefighters were able to bring the flames under control.

While the fire caused damage to her home, Schumacher says the situation would have been much worse if the man had never pulled into their driveway, knocked on their door and woken them up.  

“Firefighters said if it was 15 minutes later the entire house would have been lost and it would have quickly started and spread to my sleeping daughter’s room,” she said.

Schumacher says the Good Samaritan left before she got the chance to thank him. She reached out to NBC10 for help in tracking him down.

“I want him to know how very thankful we are for his stopping and waking us,” she said.

After we posted the initial story, the wife of the Good Samaritan, who wants to remain anonymous, reached out to us. The man plans to meet with Schumacher so that she can finally thank him in person.

When an Indiana woman allegedly posted to Facebook that her New Year’s Eve meal at a downtown Indianapolis restaurant was ruined "by watching a dead person being wheeled out from an overdose," she probably didn't expect the response she received from the restaurant's manager. 

Holly Jones is accused of writing on Kilroy’s restaurant’s Facebook page that she was dining at the restaurant, as she does every year for the holiday, when her table was "screamed at" while trying to figure out a bill discrepancy.

"The manager told us someone dying was more important than us being there making us feel like our business didn’t matter, but I guess allowing a Junkie in the building to overdose on your property is more important then (sic) paying customers who are spending a lot of money," she wrote, in part.

The restaurant’s manager, Chris Burton, wrote a scathing reply to the woman’s post, pointing out a major error in her note — the "junkie" Jones allegedly referred to in her message was an elderly woman who suffered a heart attack while dining with her husband and son.

"First of all, the 'overdosing junkie' that you speak of was a 70+ year old woman who had a heart attack," he wrote. "Thankfully she was finally revived at the hospital and survived. It sounds like you were very concerned about her so I thought you should know. This poor lady, who was celebrating New Years Eve with her husband and son, had to be placed on the floor of a completely packed bar and have her shirt removed in front of everyone so the paramedics could work on her. But I can completely understand why you think being intoxicated (expletive) that didn’t understand your bill should take priority over a human life."

Burton's reply quickly went viral, generating responses from around the world.

The restaurant has since shared a link to a GoFundMe page for the woman who suffered the heart attack, raising money to help pay for her medical bills. Family members wrote on the page that the woman is in critical care at Indiana University Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Jones appears to have taken down her Facebook profile, according to the restaurant, but upset commenters have since targeted a hair salon where she works.

Serenity Salon has acknowledged that a stylist allegedly posted the message to the restaurant’s page, but said the Facebook post "in no way represents the views" of the salon or its staff. 

"We are saddened by events that took place that evening and will continue to pray for the women (sic) who suffered a heart attack at this establishment on New Year’s Eve," the salon wrote, adding that it plans to "deal with this matter internally and take whatever actions deemed necessary."

The salon also said Jones "does claim she is not the actual person who posted this and is in the process of trying to clear her name. We all do have to take responsibility for our devices and make sure they are pass code protected."

The salon has since posted a $500 donation to the GoFundMe page. Jones could not immediately be reached for comment.

Read the full Facebook exchange below.

Firefighters are battling a two-alarm fire in Lansdale.

The fire started at a home on the 600 block of Wissahickon Avenue. SkyForce10 showed heavy flames and smoke rising from the house, which was evacuated.

Firefighters continue to battle the flames. No injuries have been reported.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

A Philadelphia woman reunited with her lost engagement ring through the power of social media and the kindness of strangers. Judy Kluska of Port Richmond told NBC10 she was shopping at the Cherry Hill Mall on New Year’s Day when she lost her 33-year-old engagement ring.

“I was in a couple different stores returning things and when I was leaving it was probably around 4 o’clock in the afternoon and I realized my ring was missing,” Judy said.

Judy frantically returned to the mall and showed shop owners a photo of the ring but was unable to find it. Her son Jason Kluska then posted the picture of the ring on Facebook.

“It got shared over 11,000 times,” Jason said.

Unbeknownst to them, John Kaiser, who just so happens to live six blocks from Judy in Port Richmond, was shopping at the Cherry Hill Mall with his family the very next day. That’s when his son and fiancée stumbled upon the lost ring.

“My fiancée was chasing my son around and just happened to see it on the floor, picked it up and thought it was costume jewelry or something,” John said.

John says his mother then saw the photo of Judy's ring on Facebook and he realized it was the same ring his family had found. John then quickly reached out to Jason.

“Within 24 hours John had inboxed me on Facebook and said he found my mother’s ring,” Jason said.

Jason then told his mother the amazing news, but had a little fun in doing so.

“It was actually my sister Michelle’s idea that I get down on my knee and say, ‘Would you be my mother?’” Jason said.

Judy says she was shocked when her son told her.

“He said, ‘I’ve got your ring,’” Judy said. “I honestly can’t believe it. I’m just so happy to have it back. I really never thought that I would see it again.”

Jason says he was so thankful for John’s help that he gave him and his family $1000.

“It feels great,” John said. “It’s kind of unbelievable. Small world.”
 

Helen Gym took office Monday as the first Asian-American woman to ever serve on the Philadelphia City Council, NBC News reported. She will serve in a citywide at-large seat.

A second-generation Korean American, Gym is a longtime grassroots community organizer and public education advocate who rose to national prominence through her work on a 2010 federal civil rights case to end the bullying and harassment of Asian-American students in a Philadelphia high school.

Gym has been a board member and past executive director of Asian Americans United, a Philadelphia Chinatown advocacy organization. She was also named a White House Cesar Chavez Champion of Change in 2014 and one of Philadelphia Magazine's 75 most influential people in the city.

Gym spoke to NBC News about her new role and her plans for Philadelphia:

Temperatures dipped into the teens overnight while wind chills dropped below zero as the bitter cold continues to grip the region.

Tuesday's high will be 33 degrees while the low will hit 14. The frigid temperatures continue Wednesday with a low of 18 before temperatures finally start to rise again.

The chilly temps marked the coldest temperatures in the Philadelphia area since March. 

For those who like the warmer weather, don't worry, by Wednesday we're back above average and we stay that way all the way through the weekend, as temperatures should slowly climb above 50.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for an end to a South Jersey elementary school’s tradition of having students say “God bless America” after the pledge of allegiance.

The practice has been in place at Glenview Elementary School in Haddon Heights since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Every morning students have said “God bless America” after reciting the pledge and the school has endorsed the practice. That changed this week however after the school received a complaint from the ACLU.

Sam Sassano, the principal of Glenview Elementary, sent a letter to parents alerting them of the ACLU’s concerns.

“A concern has been raised by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey that this practice in invoking God’s blessing as a daily ritual is unconstitutional and in violation of the Establishment Clause, since it allegedly promotes religious over non-religious beliefs, especially with young, impressionable children,” Sassano wrote. “On the other hand, it has been our view that the practice is fundamentally patriotic in nature and does not invoke or advance any religious message, despite the specific reference to God’s blessing.”

Sassano also stated they were aware of the general usage of the term and claimed that the question as to whether the phrase was more patriotic than religious has “no clear cut legal answer.” Despite this, Sassano said that the school administration decided to discontinue the practice in order to avoid a constitutional fight or legal fees.

“We will explore alternative methods of honoring the victims and first responders of the 9/11 tragedy,” Sassano wrote.

NBC10 reached out to Ed Barocas, the legal director of the ACLU of New Jersey, for comment.

"It is improper and unconstitutional for a school to have a practice of telling elementary students as young as kindergarten invoking God's blessing at the beginning of every school day during an official school assembly,” he said. "Parents, not the government, have the right to direct the religious upbringing of their children. If they're looking for something patriotic there are a number of ways, including the phrase 'United We Stand,' that can do that, without having the requirement of children as young as kindergarten to make this daily recitation asking for God's blessing.”

Many parents at the school were upset by the decision.

“I think this is typical of the ACLU,” said Christi Clark. “They’re bullying the masses. We’re going to stand up and say that we don’t agree.”

Clark says her son who is in the first grade still decided to say “God bless America” after reciting the pledge Monday and his classmates did the same.

Sassano also told NBC10 many parents at the school still want their kids to say the phrase.

"I also want parents to understand that I recognize everyone's Freedom of Speech right,” he said. “Many parents have expressed that they want their child to continue to state 'God bless America.'  I do not feel I have the authority to forbid this and have assured parents that is their right."

A shocking viral video of several women fighting in Camden has sparked a police investigation. Yet officials say there’s more to the video than meets the eye and the woman who they originally believed was the victim is actually a person of interest.

The video, which has been shared over 50,000 times on Facebook, shows a fight which took place on Dec. 28 on the 2000 block of Westminster Street in Camden, New Jersey. In the clip, a group of women attack another woman who screams 'my baby,' sparking outrage and concern from Facebook users that she was pregnant.

Yet as police began to investigate the clip, they determined it only showed a snapshot of actual events. According to investigators, the woman who is being attacked in the video actually initiated the fight when she drove from Philadelphia to Camden armed with a cane or crowbar to carry out threats of violence against the other women as part of an ongoing dispute. She then allegedly sprayed mace at the women and threatened to grab a gun from her car which prompted the attack that was captured on video, investigators said. Police also say they don’t believe the woman is actually pregnant.

The Philadelphia woman, who officials have not identified, did not file a police report. 

Despite the new information from police, many people who saw the video still say the group of women who fought her went too far.

“They didn’t have to engage her,” said Sequoayah Tompkins of Camden. “They could’ve called the cops and said she was giving threats. Anything.”

Police continue to search for the Philadelphia woman. They also say all of the women who fought her in the video are cooperating with the investigation. 
 

Firefighters are battling a massive fire at the Cobbs Creek Golf Club in Philadelphia.

The fire started late Monday night at the golf course on the 7500 block of Cardington Road. SkyForce10 was over the scene as heavy flames rose from the building.

No injuries have been reported.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

A young child who was sleeping in the back of a car that was stolen from the parking lot of a convenience store in Philadelphia was found safe and reunited with his family.

The incident began about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday at the 7-Eleven located at Bridge and Large Streets.

Investigators say a man went into the store and left his sleeping six-year-old step-son in the running car.

Once inside, surveillance video shows a white sedan pull up alongside the car and an unknown male get out. He then jumps into the step-father’s car and speeds away.

The surveillance camera captures the step-father running out of the store and unsuccessfully chasing after the car.

About 30 minutes later, two Philadelphia Police officers found the car about two miles away from the store.

The child was still in the car sleeping and was unharmed. He was eventually reunited with his family.

“Joy. Tears. A lot of emotion, but they were really, really happy. But so were we,” Chief Inspector Scott Small explained.

The suspect ran away from the scene and remains on the loose. When apprehended, police say the suspect not only faces charges for stealing the car, but also for kidnapping.

The incident remains under investigation.

Police in Delaware are searching for the driver who fled the scene after fatally striking a pedestrian early Tuesday morning.

The incident happened about 6:45 a.m. on northbound DE Rt. 1 at the I-95 northbound on-ramp in Newark.

According to Delaware State Police, a pedestrian was struck by a car. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say after hitting the pedestrian, the driver drove away from the scene.

Northbound Rt. 1 in the area of I-95 northbound is closed to traffic. Motorists are urged to avoid the area.

The deadly incident remains under investigation.