Worried about their children after a classmate died of bacterial meningitis. The school held a meeting designed to ease concerns tonight. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal live at George Carver high school in north philadelphia. What did parents learn tonight . Reporter parents were told its unclear where the bacteria originated o. Officials do say that the building here remains safe. This as students gathered to remember a young life. As families left tonights difficult meetings, students walked away remembering a beloved classmate. Always smiling. Everybody loved him. Reporter while their parents learned how bacterial meningitis can spread. Very straightforward. And they waited until we asked all the questions so that was a good thing. Reporter the School District telling parents the bacteria while dangerous is difficult to contract. Doesnt survive on surfaces and only spread through secretions. Intimate contact, bodily contact. Passing a cigarette around. Soda bottle. Reporter they dont know
Making the rounds. Deliberately shot. We have new information on the Police Officer shot and killed last week by a fellow officer. And dense fog could slow you down again this morning as we take a live look at center city from our comcast camera. You see visibility is pretty limited in some places, and in other places, only about a quarter of a mile. You might want to give yourself extra time. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news. Im katy zachry. And lets bring in meteorologist Sheena Parveen. I encountered lots of fog from new jersey but it was spotty. It felt like london in some places and then all of a sudden it was clear. Yes. Thats how it is. Clear in some and poor in others. Patchy dense fog this morning and really for the rest of the commute, i dont think well see big improvements until shortly after sunrise. A quarter mile visibility in pottstown and blue bell. Theyve been dealing with dense fog all morning long. Quakertown, thats thick fog. Some surrounding areas have up to five
Hi, sheena. Hi, good morning. Take a look now. Quakertown seeing zero mile visibility, blue bell, reading, 1 3 4mile visibility. And bucks county. It looks north and west of philadelphia. Wilmington is now down to a quarter mile of visibility. Millville, Atlantic City. This is patchy dense fog, and this is going to stay in your forecast for the morning commute today. Temperatures in the upper 40s. 41, millville, 42 now, wi wilmingt wilmington. Through the afternoon youre going to see conditions warming up like yesterday. It will get windy this afternoon. So if you have the st. Patricks day plans, its going to get windy. A chance for a couple of showers in the forecast. Ill show you the rest of your weeks forecast. Were going to get cold sbeer the weekend and were looking at the potential of snow as go into the first day of spring. Ill show that to you straight ahead. Hey, Jessica Boyington. This is rubbing right through girard avenue. Heres the girard avenue off grant here. No problem
Through the day for your st. Patricks day, we oar going to be warm in your 60s. Still dense fog by noon around then. We have a chance for some afternoon showers if you have the st. Patricks day plans. Other than that, yes, youre looking at a colder weekend and the potential for snow as we go into sunday. A check on the roadways with jessica boyntanan boynton boyington. This is blocked off heading to cottman avenue. All open again. No problems getting offer the roadway there. Checking in from center city to woodhaven road, were good to go there. Watch for crews working out on king of prussia road. That was scheduled to be out there until 5 00 this morning so the crew will be out there cleaning up. Here is route 73 in voorhees right around trooper road. No problems or backups. No problems with construction in the area. Ill have more updates for you o turn mog drive when i come back in the next ten, katy. Thank you. Happening right now in our nations capital, washington, d. C. s entire sy
With 149 to 43 vote house lawmakers paved the way for pennsylvania to be the 24th state to approve legal pot. After years of fierce Debate Senate bill three fails the medical approval process and puts both children and adults in substantial risk. Reporter tearful testimony from patients house lawmakers approve medical marijuana in pennsylvania. These are real people that we can help right now. We have a duty. Were legislating medicine when in fact its not recognized as medicine because under federal law its illegal. Reporter 154 page senate bill three allows doctors to prescribe medical marijuana through a statewide patient and dr. Registry but it only includes cannabis oils, pills and ointments. Smoking marijuana would still be illegal. This is not an opioid. This is a relief to great families who are suffering right in front of us in this chamber. Reporter the bill would cover patients with 16 different conditions. Among them cancer, ptsd epilep epilepsy, glaucoma and multiple sclero