An explosion at high school and bronx. There are reports of extension damage at jfk high high, that explosion happened about 8 00 oclock this evening, take a look behind me this is jfk high school in the bronx. We are told this is one of two entrances to the school. The explosion happened on the sixth floor, about eight pm. Some of the custodian workers believe that it was a gas explosion. Take a look at some of the pictures we shot on the ground of Emergency Responders here at the high school. What we understand to be the case is about apm contractors to be the case is about apm contractors were working at a sixth floor construction using a blowtorch, apparently apparently they hit a gas line thats when custodians who smelled an overwhelming smell of gas, 15 people were in the building at the time. Police tell us three were injured with nonlifethreatening injuries hospital. Emergency responders search the entire building and there still an emergency alarm going off at the school. You
Ditching his board and pulling a 14yearold to shore speaking out this morning on gma. And we do say good morning, america. We made it to friday. A huge crowd already gathering in central park this morning for 5 seconds of summer and for a few seconds it didnt seem like it was summer at awe, the flash floods, the storms but look at them. Theyve dried out after staying there all night, amy, ready for this concert this morning . We cannot wait to hear from the band in just a bit. We do want to get right to that breaking news, that explosion in los angeles overnight. Rocking the basement of a highrise sparking a power outage at the Staples Center. Nick watt has the latest. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning, amy. Thats right. Concertgoers plunged into darkness. Firefighters deployed in the heart of the city, fire and billowing smoke in the financial district. Overnight a powerful underground explosion shaking downtown los angeles. Looks like we got a large multistoried modern sealed
Tomorrow. A beautiful start to your weekend. Aramark building as the flags are moving. Take a look at the temperatures. Were dropping into the 50s. We havent seen that in a while. 58 in pottstown, 56 in wilmington and 68 in wildwood. Your city planner shows by 7 00 a. M. , 68 degrees. By 10 00 a. M. , 76. 1 00, 82. The temperatures will be a bit cooler, ranging between 82 and 85. Coming up, im talking about how long this break from the humidity will last, your weekend shore cast and your eagles game forecast. The Philadelphia Eagles continue their preseason schedule today with a clash against the ravens. The birds have answered some questions but others remain. Most notably will their starting qb and running back take the field . Nbc 10s jesse gary is live in south philadelphia gauging reaction and optimism from the fans. I know its early but a lot of people have been looking forward to this game all week. Reporter thats right, rosemary. Its football season yet again, which is good new
Traffic is now back to normal. The Philadelphia Eagles continue their preseason schedule with a clash against the ravens, expected to be a big game tonight. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live in south philadelphia. He is talking to the fans, many of whom are up at this hour. Hey, jesse. Reporter rosemary, how are you . You expect a lot of talk about the players, whos in, whos out. Theres an equal amount of chatter inside the melrose behind me about chip kelly and all of his offseason changes, the chip kelly experiment as were calling it. A week ago, kelly sat his starter in favor of mark sanchez, standing under center. The birds rolled running away from the indianapolis of indianapolis colts. The signing of free agent de marco murray to ran the ball up the middle instead of around the edges. The super scrutiny from the fans extends beyond the players and on to the coach himself. I dont know what chip is doing but something might happen, you know what i mean . Something might happen. We need a
Than 3 . It was the worst day of the year and the ninth biggest point drop ever. For stockholders, jim axelrod tells us, it has been a week for the the strong. Rose tonight, two americans are being called heroes for preventing a mass shooting on a highspeed passenger train heading from amsterdam to paris. Jonathan vigliotti is in our london newsroom. Jonathan, what you can tell us . Reporter charlie, the two passengers who tackled the gunmen were offduty American Service men. The gunman was carrying several weapons in his luggage including a kalishnakov rifle, automatic pistom oland knives. According to veries, the American Service men heard the suspect loading his weapon in the bathroom and confronted him when he came out. The suspect has been taken into police custody. Both americans suffered injuries. One may have been hit by a bullet. Police have identified the suspect as a 26yearold of moroccanan descent. He was apparently known to intelligence services. Frances interior minister