Little rain overnight. Little bit in some neighborhoods you might see a little dampness on the roadway but as of right now we dont have anything super act. Reporter looks like theres a couple cells on the other side of lancaster and harrisburg that may try to move in from the west later on. Dry morning commute for the most part. In some cases kind of cloudy. We have clouds off to the north of philadelphia and out to the west. I think it will be one of those days where at times the clouds winning outer and at times you get a burst of sun. Were keeping our eyes on the showers to the north and west. Some of them may survive into the reach onlater today. 67 degrees in philadelphia, off to a mild start not only here but in the Lehigh Valley where youre also sitting on 67 degrees. 68 degrees in trenton, 64 in wilmington and a little bit cooler with 63degree reading from dover over to the jersey shore. As you headed out to get the school bus over the next several hours 63 degrees by 6 oclock,
North philadelphia. Within moments, the armed men tried to rob the store, but wilson, there to buy a gift for his 8yearold son, took action and got into the fight of his life. Officer wilson drew his Service Weapon and became engaged in a fierce and violent gun battle. Reporter police say 50 shots were fired, one fatally striking the officer in the head. Officer wilson was transported to temple hospital and was tragically pronounced at 6 25 p. M. Reporter the suspects tried to escape. But following the second shootout with wilsons partner, hipps was wound and both men were arrested. Police say they recovered two semiautomatic handguns at the scene, and letter searched the suspects home. We did find an ak47 inside of their house as well. Reporter now as we said i talked to the judge earlier today, just a few moments ago i should say. Theyre looking to do the arraignment any moment here. Here is what we can expect at the arraignment there will be no plea coming from williams according to
Looking into the cause of a crowded amtrak train traveling from washington, dc to new york to derail in philadelphia killing at least six people and injuring dozens more. We are in philadelphia where the train went off the tracks. Hello kristen we got the updated number of six people who have been killed. And updated number with eight still in critical, condition as investigators try to understand what went so terribly wrong. Mangled metal train cars reduced to rubble, the scene in philadelphia after the northbound amtrak derailed overnight. Suddenly the car just popped and there was a moment chaos and a moment you are not sure if this could be it. Mayor of philadelphia spoke at the crash site. It is an absolute disasterous mess. Never seen anything like this in my life. Many were able to walk east train, some walking to local hospitals. We know that investigators from the National Transportation safety board are currently en route from washington, dc and we have learned that security
With the exception of a couple of spots at the eastern span of the bay bridge traffic is moving nicely and no delays through treasure island. We have a high wind advisory and another closure comes up in the future and i will have the crystal ball predictions coming up in a couple of minutes. Four people are dead after a horrific crash in gilroy this morning and matt keller is on the scene. This is tragic four People Killed, one with major injuries at the hospital. That is the driver. The vehicle was just towed from the area and now is open to traffic in both directions. Investigators say the vehicle 1998 black ford mustang was speeding eastbound beyond new avenue in gilroy and it lost control and overfund offroad. C. H. P. Found the crumpled car 20 deep in a dry creek. The crash was so clown someone her and it called it in. Five people were in the car, two males and three females, the flee females and a male died at the scene. They appeared all to be under 30 years old. The driver was
The slowspeed chase in los angeles. Helping police nab the driver so why did he end up in cuffs . Dont worry. Alls well that ends well. Today, saturday may 23rd 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im Thomas Roberts in for lester. Sheinelle jones and dylan dreyer are here. We have a great morning here because it is fleet week. We have the men and women of the Armed Services on the plaza looking sharp. We love. That what a great way to start this. This is the unofficial start of summer. We dont want to forget the reason we have memorial day and thank the men and women who are serving. Looking forward to seeing them in a bit. We will have a tugofwar battle coming up this morning. And we also have an onset battle with the stripes and solids. We will break it all down and have winners by 9 00. We want to get to the top story this morning. Potential