Strangers from a man with a knife. You spoke to his girlfriend tonight. Reporter thats right. She tells me they had plans to get married but tonight she joined more than 100 people the mourn the man many are calling a hero. The courage of one man brought more than 100 people together. He traded his life to save two others. He did what most people wouldnt have the courage to do. Reporter she had dated him for nine months and were in the middle of plans to marry. She got the call she dreaded. I almost had a panic attack. I didnt want to believe it until i spoke to the detectives. I feel completely lost. Reporter family by blood or bond say they are not surprised he stopped the man. He went out as a true hero. Reporter Police Arrested 25yearold Calvin Hooker for the attack last night. Witnesses pointed police in the right direction as they say hooker tried to get away on a bus. The murder suspect lived on the 500 block of new road. I was shocked that my neighbor would do Something Like th
Domestic terrorism. It is still too early for that charge. Erica, back to you. Thank you, gadi. Now to the race for the white house. Democrats and republicans alike slam donald trump for something he did not say this week. He skipped a major gop event last night in South Carolina just about 24 hours after he failed to challenge comments made about president obama. Nbcs kristen walk elker is live at the white house with more. Reporter good morning, craig. Could this be the issue that burst the trump balloon after the comments of the president and muslims go unchecked. Meanwhile other candidates are back on trail for a busy weekend of campaigning. Ten gop hopefuls descending on South Carolina friday night. Donald trump was a no show. Canceling last minute. Trumps Campaign Said he wasnt there because he was closing a this came on the heels of the moment at the New Hampshire town hall thursday. Country. Its called muslims. One. American. Birth certificate, man. Reporter trump was immediate
Its the first in the south primary and thats why ten other republican president ial candidates are here right now. In greenville, south carolina, back to you. Connecticut governor danah malloy is ordering budget cuts totaling more than 100 million. Executive Branch Agencies will feel the bulk of the cutbacks. Malloy is asking legislative and judicial leaders to slash spending as well. The administration pegged the move on stock losses that cut into anticipated state ref knew. And governor malloy was in stand ford today to raise emilys law. It raises the age for operating a boat to 16. And it also requires boat operators to complete a safety course. The law is named after an 18yearold that was struck and killed by a boat that was skeletal remains were found this morning. Also found, a red windbreaker with nyc Lifeguard Department of parks printed on the back and a black baseball cap with puerto rico stitched on it, and a green backpack. If you recognize the items, youre asked to call po
Blizzard is to blame. The blizzard is putting some towns in the record books. This morning, the jersey shore is bracing for another round of flooding hopefully it is not as bad as yesterday. High tide will half in a halfhour, meteorologist david murphy and chris sowers are tracking the flood concerns and they the noteses. Karen rogers is snow totals. Romg karen rogers has the roads. Allentown was slammed with 31 inches of snow, chris it stops my breath every time. Reporter it doesnt usually happen, gray is what i was going to say. Action news has a team of reporters covering the impact of the storm. Well get to chris in a moment. Trish hartman is south philadelphia, Annie Mccormick and in south white hall and Nora Muchanic in ocean city. But first we head to chris sowers at the big board. Reporter it doesnt usually happen this way. We get a snowstorm we see five, six, 7 seven inches of snow. 9 blizzard of 96 produced 36 inches of snow. This ranks 4th of all type of. 22. 4 inches. Some
88yearold man died from shoveling snow. If you look at nbc 10 first alert radar, youll see the threat isnt over yet. So dont be fooled if the snow seems to have eased up. The intensity of this storm has made it a challenge for crews working to get roads passable again. Check out this live picture from bethlehem, North Hampton county, courtesy of nbc 10 photo journalist jim freeman. Look at this. As you can see, other streets just havent really been touched yet. Heres a live look at the conditions in wilmington, where they experienced heavy snowfall and strong wind gusts earlier this evening. Look at all of that snow piled up on the cars. Now with temps below freezing, that will dip into the teens overnight. Freezing all of that. Were live in ocean city tonight. Parts of the shore have seen flooding worse than Superstorm Sandy as the full moon, high tides and powerful onshore winds combine to make water, not snow, the big threat here. Tonight we have Live Team Coverage from the shore to