Conference in about a half hour along with representatives from the Prosecutors Office and the School District. Well bring it to you live when it happens. The man accused of shooting a philadelphia officer sunday night is expected to face arraignment later today. 23yearold Scott Griffin is accused of shooting officer James Mccullough when the officer interrupted a car jacking that griffin and another man allegedly carried out. We have learned from Court Documents he has 14 prior arrests for drugs, weapons, and theft. Griffin had been in jail less than a week ago, but he was let go after a judge decided a lack of evidence because of several witnesses did not show up to testify against griffin. Of course, stay with nbc10 and the app for continuing coverage of the shooting of officer James Mccullough. Philadelphia police are looking for the person who slashed a womans neck. The victim collapsed in fra frankford avenue just before 3 00 a. M. Shes in the hospital in critical condition. Inve
After the plane landed. One passenger had to be checked out, but there were no injuryies to report. This happened after another American American eagle flight, this one operated by republican airline communicated to the faa tower that there may be a problem. That plane also landed safely. Airport officials tell me the plane taxied to its designated gate under its own power and the 76 passengers and 3 crew members got off safely. For several minutes we know things did come to a standstill. There were no planes that could take off or land here. Traffic is moving again at the airport, but keep in mind very significant delays as a result of those two snenlts earlier today. Reporting life at the airport, Pamela Osborne nbc10 news. Pamela thank you. Also following breaking news in western pennsylvania. An explosion in a natural gas well there sending black smoke into the air above nearby treetops in a largely rural community. It erupted in salem township Westmoreland County about 30 miles ea
We were here when it arrived and now were hours away from setting the worlds most famous Christmas Tree aglow wednesday, december 3, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Gangs all here early and will be late tonight for a great event. Yes. Getting lit as usual this time of year, a lot of stars going to help us light up the Christmas Tree. Goes on and on. I was saying our rendition of joy to the world. You havent lived until you heard it. Should be fun. Lets start with our top story this morning. Its that dangerous situation in california, caused by one of the strongest storms to hit that state in years. Nbcs jacob rascon is east of los angeles. Good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. Its a rain california desperately needs but not like this. The fear is that at any moment the rain and the mud on the hillsides behind me that have been sc
Good morning. Im dara brown. Right now we are bracing for more, at least california is, because it is set to get wet again. The third time the rain triggering new mudslides and new concerns. Heres nbcs Jacob Rascone. Reporter Northern California was hit first and hit hard. The storm toppling trees and power lines. Causing accidents and fourhour flight delays at sfo. Yes, we had to rebook the flight. In Southern California the storm is really coming. Its coming. Its coming. Reporter this is more than just a storm for ed highline. The house can go. Damage, severe lives are at stake here. Yeah, its a big deal. Reporter the last time a strong storm hit eds home was buried. It took 14 days to clear the mud out of the back of the house and put mud up to the Basketball Court here. That was the last time. Our concern is it could be worse this time. As the rain intensifies. Reporter right now, here it is. Downed power lines closed the Pacific Coast highway. The usually dry Los Angeles River act
Hazardous. Its really dangerous. We continue to get these new flooding reports coming in. That seems to be one of the biggest issues. They are in all parts of the bay area from sausalito, oakland, San Francisco, new one coming in, in emeryville. On top of everything else, we have a high wind advisory in effect at the bay bridge. Slight delays right now some of the cash lanes, middle lanes that we are seeing ponding. And i know i almost hydroplaned a couple of times on the bay bridge. Take it extra careful, please. In oakland, 880 northbound 880 at 23rd, i mentioned some flooding reports there. Now theres a big rig stuck in some of the ponding water on the freeway so there is a delay approaching 23rd. A Traffic Alert remains in effect in the dublinpleasanton area. It was a tractortrailer that actually hit the Center Divide and now theres damage to the guardrail and fence in the area westbound 580 approaching 680. So there will be a backup there. Coming up, well take a check of mass tran