Raging flames wildfire after wildfire is ripping across california. Experts say wind is fuelling the flames and will pose a challenge for first responders. And a peeping tom puts a scare into a philadelphia neighborhood. And calls to resign the renewed push to remove senator al franken from his seat just hours before he is expected to make an announcement. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. As youre walk ugh out the door, make sure you take your glove, hat, cold out there. Lets take a look at the forecast. We have seen some wind to make it feel even colder. Its not a steady wind. You can see it takes a break every few minutes but enough of a breeze to make it feel like its in the 20s and 30s this morning. 20s for Lehigh Valley. It feels like its below freezing for reading and right at 32 degrees for philadelphia and northeast philadelphia and 30s across south jersey and for most of delaware this morning so its a cold start. Youll have to bundle up but youll probably need yo
Their livers to create a new one to save their life. A person of interest is now in custody in connection with the killing of a Police Officer in m memphis tennessee. 33yearold officer shaun bolton was shot dead during a traffic stop last night. The shooting set off a multistate manhunt. No charges have been filed against the person of interest. The Memphis Police Department Said the investigation is ongoing, and the tragedy shows its too easy for criminals to arm themselves. There are so many guns on our streets in the wrong hands, thats the key. Thats the key thing. And men and women in blue have certain rules rules of engage at any given minute in a 24 hour day, they are dealing with folks with no rules of engagement bolton was the third memphis Police Officer shot dead in the last four years. Porto rico missed a multi petero rico missed a debt payment. The government failing to pay the 58 million bond. Island Officials Say they do not have the money. Friday they scrounged up 169 mi
Per pull of the trigger and anything more you have to go through years of taxing paperwork and training through the federal government, so i many a sure you are off to wondering how many guns i have, and i can tell you i have more than all your colors combined because i live in virginia but i cant disclose that to you, because its private information. Any questions . You say you lobby down in richmond on the issues . Caller absolutely. Are you with an organization . Caller i am, and i go there by myself as well, and i am well known by organizations and prefer not to mention them. Theres a couple in virginia including Rifle Organization of american and gun owners of america. Would one of them be yours . Caller like i said, i would prefer not to name them, and i thought i was sitting here you discounted a lot of the other callers and we are talking to gun owners only this morning to bring a different perspective. What is a solution in your view, neck, to reduce gun violence . Do you thin
Where you dont have to have a background check for purchasing a weapon at a gun show. In massachusetts, all of new england, youve got to have background checks. In connecticut, youve got to be practically licensed to buy ammunition. Psychiatric evaluations is a simple solution to make your medical records public information. Then you can go and the people who do the background checks i had to go through this with the Police Department here. They look at your records and they see whether you have had any instances where you would be suspect to owning a gun. Governmentw why the has not done this a long time ago. I think the nra has promoted this, that they wanted to have peoples records made public so they can easily check and evaluate the old instant background check. Thats about it. Very simple solution. Bernie sanders was saddened by the on air shooting. As a selfdescribed socialist, Bernie Sanders has not been a gun control advocate necessarily given his state of vermont. There is a
Left significant damage, but also claimed the lives of at least three people, two were killed in car crashes today. A taxi driver lost control of his vehicle and plunged into thoakland river. It happened near the michigan exit where a tree fell on a woman. Est ware it happened in San Francisco. A piece of scaffolding fell down on 7th and market streets where Police Closed a part of market. Another scaffolding collapse happened around 3 00 this afternoon in california near spruce. No one was hurt. And also south of market fierce winds toppled a tree near 7th and bryant. It came down on two cars and you can see the broken limbs, branches, and leaves were resting on the tops of those dented vehicles. And one of several trees that blew down in novato fell right on top of third street and grant. No one was inside that truck and no one was hurt. The tree also pulled down two to three power poles knocking out power to more than 2,000 customers. Not far from there a second tree fell and knocke