Slashed a deputy before authorities shot him at the Chester County justice center. It is unclear why he was at the courthouse today. Gyrations at the stock market have been so wild that investors cant be blamed for reaching for for the dramamine. The dow closed with a loss of more than 200 points. The turmoil has many wondering if they should pull out of the market or ride it out and hope for the best. Weve been reaching out to Financial Experts and planners today. As you can imagine, theyre getting lots of calls. Making changes at this point, thats another story. Reporter wall street is often compared to a roller coaster, and these days the ride requires an extremely strong stomach. Hes got the fortitude, he says, to tough it out and play the long game. Did you look at your 401k today . I look at my 401k every day. Reporter how about that . Today is a little better than yesterday. Reporter still theres concern. Its definitely worrisome. Its something for everyone to be aware of. Repor
Times here 13 minutes. Eastbound from the blue route up toward vine street expressway and as you can see, heading eastbound right in here we are doing og akay. Bridges are doing okay there. We are still on the scene of breaking news in francisville neighborhood. A mans body, an empty shell casing but no gun, the mystery police are trying to solve now after friends found a man dead inside his home. Katy zachry is live on the scene. What is happening with this investigation now . Reporter in the last half hour, crime scene detectives have wrapped up their investigation out here and they have left. I am told they are interviewing the two friends who found the victim inside his third floor apartment youre looking at right now. Those two friends told police they had stopped by the mans apartment right at the intersection of poplar and 15th street around 1 00 this morning and when they got inside they found him lying on the floor bleeding from the head and they called 911. When medics got on
Reportedly turns up evidence of longterm planning for the murders. Andlmed into it tweeted. At wdbj, nobody is surprised. He had a lot of anger. He had a lot of just rage. Was fired twoagan years ago from his job as a reporter. Staffers say innocent things like Fried Chicken on a menu would bring forth claims of racism. He was not a nice man and he was not a happy man. Reporter one person who was speaking out with the most passionate about this. He is the boyfriend of allison parker. He is an anchor at the station. He is talking both about flanagan and the woman he loved. We will hear from him when we come back at 5 00. Brad bell, abc 7 news. Scott we are also hearing from the father of allison parker. He says he is used to talking to his daughter each day and after this tragedy he is pushing for tighter gun control laws. She would be texting me right now saying dad, what did you think of my story . And i am never going to hear that again. She was so loved by all. My heart is broken. I
Agencies would deploy to mississippi to rendezvous with the team heading back from Hurricane Harvey but rerouted to florida. It was a scramble to be able to go. And certifications necessary. Reporter Second Harvest food bank is part of a nationwide network getting ready to ship food. They are preparing for irma. There is only so much you can. O for a disaster when you know where its going to hit. There is a frustration of the waiting game and we have to wait. Reporter the fire chief who led a rescue effort in florida during hurricane wilma in 2005 says crews will have to deal with the different climate and terrain. A lot of different sectors. You got alligators and snakes and things we dont typically think about over here to that extent. We have snakes but not the snakes that swim on water. Reporter again, Task Force Four will head out to meet their unit and will remain on stand by mode until they see which way the wind blows. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. Perspective here. Well sho
Major highways are clogged with cars. You can see from the Helicopter Shot as evacuation orders are sending people inland and to the north in order to get out of irmas path. Local leaders say that people who chose to stay in the areas that are now under evacuation wont have any help later. We boarded up the house, and were hoping for the best. Thats all we can do right now. Its a mad house. I dont want to run out of gas on the road. If you stay, you think youre a tough guy, then youre on your own. We have Team Coverage this midday as the bay area already prepares to help as soon as irma hits. Lets start with meteorologist kerry hall. This storm track, is it still aim towards Floridas Atlantic coast. It is, and unfortunately we havent seen anymore shifts off towards the east, which would make it a lesser blow to florida that the point, but we are now seeing that major hurricane just to the north of hispaniola right now moving towards the turks and caicos and we have some more hurricane