Has the 10th lowest claims per force in our country. N saturday, we launched the pandemic unemployment assistance program. 50,000 virginians have50,000 vie successfully filed under that program and they should see benefits by the end of next week. While i understand many people frustrated by website difficulties and wait times, one. Nia has been most innovative states in amping up the ability to respond in the sudden large increase of people filing for unemployment. Worked with microsoft and Virginia Interactive to launch a portal with mobile and texting capabilities and v. E. C. Has been a National Leader in helping virginians receive these as possible. Uickly many have already begun checks. G their as i said, having half a million eople unemployed is very unfortunate and so i want to talk about how were planning to move virginia forward. I know everyone is eager to move forward. I know that i am. Extended the ban on elective surgeries through may 1 closure of d. M. V. Offices through
Carried out random attacks in center city. In the next hour, mayor jim kenney will speak about the incidents. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante has been digging for information. Deanna, police are hoping Surveillance Video can shed some new light . Reporter they do have some video, they were out all day looking for more. Two teenaged boys have been arrested after the attack at rittenhouse square, and police say theyre looking to make more arrests. Its an area where people dine, shop, and come for entertainment. A street performer plays near 17th and walnut, as police try to find cameras that caught a random assault on people walking down this posh street. The assault is update setting. Especially when youre visitor to this area. You have to think about stuff like that. Reporter it happened around 6 00 saturday night. Police say a band of teens left a club. While most were peaceful, some were not. It was crazy. I dont come here that often. I try not to, i dont want to get in the middle of it. Its
Again and talking only to nbc10 about the gunman who shot him in the leg. Im glad to be here. Reporter this grandfather, who asked we not show his face, say the folks at a and a gross rid in north philadelphia treat him like family. In this Surveillance Video released by him. I walked over to him and tapped and said, come on, come on. Thats when he turn around and shot me. The gunman robbed two other stores a few blocks away, including the fontaine deli. One of the owners showed me video of how he and the suspect fought over the suspects gun until cruz pried it out of his hands and chased him out the store. As soon as i turned, my reaction was to jump on him. Got protected me and i was able to take his gun. Reporter as for the good samaritan, he doesnt consider himself brave, but rather blessed for surviving and getting back on his feet so quickly. He has this message for the gunman who terrorized workers, customers and store owners blocks from the Temple University campus. The best th
Killed. Governor romney, im keith jones. The u. S. Military says six americanss recue from that hotel and president obama says he is monitoring the situation. Islamic extremist gunmen took control of the radisson blu in malis capital bam coearly this morning. Bamako. There were 170 hostages, 140 guests, 30 hotel workers. The gunmen opened fire and some witnesses say they used grenades, killing three people. Mali and state tv reports Security Forces have freed 80 of the hostages so far. Children knees tourists inside the hotel took this video. Hoo these are photos of what was happening around the hotel. One hostage said the attackers allowed him to leave after he recited verses from the koran and witnesses say the ten gunmen yelled god is great when they stormed the hotel. Its not immediately clear which muslim Extremist Group may be behind the attack. The u. S. Embassy advised americans to shelter in place. Well bring you more updates on the area and nbc 10 as well as the app as soon a
He was taken into custody on monday. He is being held on 200,000 bail. Tomorrow protesters plan to go to city hall to fight possible changes to philadelphias sanctuary city program. Tonight the Sanctuary Movement celebrated a victory. One year ago Angela Navarro moved into a West Kensington church. She was threatened with deportation but wanted the right to stay in the u. S. Now they want to make an exception to the sanctuary program. It would allow them to stay unless theyve committed crime acts. They should go through the Court Process and not deportation. We believe everyone deserves a Second Chance and we believe the police should not be doing the work of immigration. The Mayors Office is still reviewing possible changes to the sanctuary program. Nothing firm has been decided. A new study says more mexicans are going than coming to the u. S. The Pugh Research center found that slightly more than a million mexicans and their families left the u. S. For mexico from 2009 to 2014. That