Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8am 20141228 : compar

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 8am 20141228

Perfect day at 57 degrees. Today we will be in the 50s. Lower even of the 50s. We have cloud out there today unlike yesterday. We can see some of them ben franklin bridge right new with the clouds overhead and then we will take a look at the beach, margate, and you can see some cloud there as well. It is a very quiet morning in all locations. The let me show you storm scan three. This is what were looking at. I think i went right past it. We are looking at 44 degrees, in the philadelphia area at the present time. Fortythree in trenton. We have a temperature that is, going to be pretty easy to take even as we go through the rest of the day to day, so enjoy these temperatures, a lot, because i think you will, fine them very, very, very easy to deal with, were being in the lower 50s. Now we also have as we go through time going to be finding temperatures that get in the lower 50s but not much of a problem anyplace else. But notice how cold it is, areas to the north and west, and you can see that the colder air is out there. We are going to be finding it later on today. We have some scattered shower chances as we go through the the afternoon but plenty of breaks in between and the showers for the most part should be light with a High Temperature this afternoon getting to about 51 degrees nicole. Carol, we have been following breaking news this morning. It has been hours and still no sign of missing air asia plane. The plane was from indonesia and headed to singapore. Airline officials report that the plane disappeared over java sea shortly after the pilot requested to change the flight plane because of weather. Syma chowdhry has tea tails live from the cbs3 sat center syma. Nicole, the the plane lost communication about 40 minutes into its two hour flight. Now this happened last night when the pilot requested a change of course due to weather. There were reportedly heavy thunderstorms over the java sea. Now Officials Say there was no kiss stress signal from the cockpit. Both countries immediately launched a search and rescue operation but officials in indonesia say they have suspended an air search due tonight fall but search by boats will continue. Flight 8501 was heading to singapore with more than 160 people on board, the the plane had two pilots, a five cab and crew and 155 passengers including 16 children and one infant. Most of the passengers are indonesia. Loved ones began gathering at and airport in indonesia waiting to get an update. Air asia is a malaysia based airlines. Back in march flight 370 went missing, soon after, taking off from kuala lumpur for beijing. It still has not been found. Now white house officials a say president obama has been breached on the latest incident and will continue to monitor the situation. Were live from the sat center im Syma Chowdhry for cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right, same, thank you. New this morning two people are rush to the hospital, after a car accident in northeast philadelphias lawncrest neighborhood. It happened in the 700 block have of knor street just before 3 00. Up investigators tell us that the car was traveling fast when it hit a pillar of the house and flipped over. One person is in Critical Condition and the other is in stable condition. Well, thousands line the streets to honor new York City Police officer rafael ramos. Many Police Officers from our area made the trip to queens to pay their respects to their fallen brotherhood. Dignitaries including vicepresident joe biden were also there for the somber services. Tony iyielo from our sister station in new york has more. Reporter flag draped coffin of rafael ramos and just behind his widow mlris a coming that look of grace from one who must be strong from otherses specialry jayden and justin who wore his father as nypd coat to church. His deepest sympathies. My heart goes out to her, her son and her whole family. Reporter nina ramierez join her nypd husband and young son in the massive crowd outside christ tabernacle church. Or the land of the free and the home of the brave reporter cops from connecticut to california came to show support for a man described as devoted to faith, family, and the city that he loved. A man who never had to raise his voice to gain the respect of the room because his character and his integrity out shined and a shouted louder then any word that could have ever been said. Reporter vicepresident biden spoke representing a grateful nation and Governor Cuomo praised the grace shown by the grieving ramos family. For the the ramos family, i say that we thank you, and we honor you and please join me giving the ramos family a round of applause. Reporter at place echoed out side is. Behind the barricade at 65th and myrtle hundreds of every day new yorkers gathered in a a show of mourning and respect. We are here to support them and let them know that we are behind them 100 percent. Reporter united in grief but not in support of mayor deblasio. We thank you. Reporter as his eulogy played on a jumbotron screen thousands of cops watching turn their backs. I asked several for comment and they said the gesture spoke for itself. Lingering hard feelings over a perceived lack of support for nypd at city hall. Deblasios word about ramos included praise for the police force. And he was so committed to the nypd it meant so much to him, to be a member of the finest police force in this country. Reporter ramos died just before he was to become a Police Chaplain inspiring this from commissioner bratton. Im appointing him an honorary Department Chaplain of the eightyfourth precincts. Reporter outside people joined hand during the final prayer, more than a few tears flowed, as helicopter flew by in missing man formation. Then the relentless drum beat as a hero was carried to his final rest. In queens, new york tony iyielo cbs3 Eyewitness News. A number of philadelphia officers were in new york to pay their respects. Afterward they shared a few picture from that funeral with us. You can see just how big the turnout was to honor office are ramos. Somber ceremony, served as a reminder to the sacrifice that he is they make every single day. Unfortunately we do know what that feels like because we have had our own tragedies here in philadelphia but were going to keep them in our prayers. The entire department. The large department. But as well as their extended department and were a part of that as far as were concerned. They were joined by Police Departments throughout the region. These pictures were sent from officers in gloucester county, upper Darby Township Camden County and berkley township just to name a few. Also this weekend we will continue to see more protests in the wake of the grand jury decisionness ferguson and in new york. Stand up, dont shoot. Demonstrations held here in center city was organize by several local muslim groups to address what they called Police Brutality a against the lack community. A number of high ranking officers were also there to keep that dialogue opened. We have new information this morning on a hit and run crash in Bristol Township bucks county. Nine threeyear old jenny russo died a short time after a pickup truck slammed into her home and then drove off. Authorities now say results from the autopsy indicate that she died from Natural Causes and there was no evidence of trauma a cause body that crash. The driver did eventually turn himself in. At this time no charges have been filed. Police released a name of the motorcyclist killed in the crash in king of prussia chopper three over the scene friday night at river road and mccoy lane. Fifty yearold eric keither of conshohocken crossed over the double yellow line and collided head on with a truck. He was killed instantly. The driver of the truck was flown to the hospital but is expect to recover. Well, police say a man tried to rob a local sports bar, armed with nothing but a broom handle. Yeah, it happened friday night at chestnut sports bar in newark delaware. A manager was cleaning up when the man attacked her and demanded money from the the register. She for the him off with the help of another customer. He ran away empty handed and is still on the loose. Philadelphia police are searching for suspects in two separate Grocery Store robberies are. The first happened on tuesday at citizens grocery on south 13th street. Police say two suspects demand money from the clerk and one pulled a gun. They got away with about 500. On thursday Police Responded to a robbery in progress at joes food market at 1900 block of East Passyunk avenue. The suspect ran off without getting any money if you can identify any suspect seen on your screen, please call the the police. The founder of the Philadelphia Charter School says the doors will close for good, this week. In a letter sent to parents and a message on the schools web site Walter D Palmer says leadership learning partners Charter School will close west december 31st. Eyewitness news spoke with Walter Palmer over the phone. He says this will affect some 675 students who recently won a lottery to stay at that school. It was back in october that the school had to shut out hundreds of students, for exceeding their enrollment cap. Spokesperson for the School District of philadelphia released this statement saying that they are quote ready to assist parent and students with transition to publish schools. The School District has set up a dedicated web site for Walter Palmer parents to assist them with the transition process. It is 8 10. Coming up next on Eyewitness News a look back at some of the store that is made National Headlines this year. And more breaking International News this morning, a a ferry, catches fire and in greece and now search and rescue is on for 500 people at sea. Also putting together the times square ball how new york is getting ready to ring in the new year when we come right back. Four wholesome grains. Sugar. Only six . Six grams of sugar . Thats really good. Excellent, delicious. And yummy honey bunches of oats. Tasty yummy recapping our breaking news this morning being an air asia plane is missing. Flight with 162 people on board was coming from indonesia heading to singapore. Airline Officials Say that the plane went missing after the pilot asked for permission to change course because of bad weather. The plane lost communication with indonesias sirbaya airport 42 minutes when they were over the java sea. The plane had under gone its last maintenance check in 16th. Search and rescue operations are now in progress. We have more breaking news this morning a ferry carrying nearly 500 people off the coast of greece is on fire. So far there have been in reports of injuries but passengers are reportedly stranded on the highest deck. We are told the fire broke out the on the ferrys car deck. Gale force wind are helping fan these flames. Ships from greece and italy are on the scene attempting to make rescue. Americans took to the streets in protest, the ebola a virus put the nation on edge, and nfl players got in trouble off the field. Omar villa afranca takes a look back at some of the store mace made news in the u. S. This year. Reporter a white Police Officer shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri, sparking unrest. Grand jury did not indict the officer, people protested across the country. There were more demonstrations days later when a new york city grand jury cleared a Police Officer in the apparent choke hold death of eric garner. Two weeks after that a 28 yearold gunman shot and killed two new York City Police officers as they sat in their patrol car in brooklyn. Is mail brinsley vowed that he would put wings on pigs. A massive six week manhunt in pennsylvania came to an end in an abandoned airplane hanger. Survival list eric frein ambushed and killed a state trooper in the pocono mountains. I hate all of you. Reporter 22year old Elliott Roger killed six students and injured 12 near the university of california, Santa Barbara after posting a video on line saying he could not fit in, and was un popular with girls. Baltimore ravens running back ray rice was fired, and banned from the nfl after Surveillance Video surfaced showing him knocking out his fiance in the elevator. He later won reinstatement. L. A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling was forced to sell the team after being caught on tape mace can go racist comments to his girl friend. Nascar champion tony stewart struck and killed another driver during a race but he was cleared of criminal charges. Two setbacks for American Space travel unmanned rocket heading to the International Space station, exploded on lift off from cape canaveral. A few days later spaceship two broke apart in midair during a test flight killing one pilot. There was hysteria after a liberia man died of ebola in a dallas hospital. Nurse for the back after she was forced in to quarantine upon arriving at Newark Airport from sierra leone. When she was allowed to go home to maine she caused an uproar when she refused to stay inside. Recreational marijuana use became legal in Washington State and colorado. Heavy rains triggered a massive mud slide in Washington State that killed 43 people and swallowed nearly 50 homes. Thirteen yearold mone davis became first girl to pitch a shut out in the Little League world series. Ice time. Reporter and ice bucket challenge went viral raising 150 milliondollar for lou gehrigs foundation. Omar villafranca for cbs3 Eyewitness News. I was so happy to get out of that whole ice bucket challenge thing, carol, right around the time i had jack. So sorry im a little busy but so many, so many things happening this year, crazy to believe it is coming to an end. Well, we have another year and im sure a lot more to come. The lets look at the dry boardwalk for now nicole, we are looking at people i saw a whole bunch of people running down this boardwalk going so fast that, they are way down there, right now. Maybe they are getting some taffy. It just looks nice right now. If you have outdoor plans today, not as ideal as yesterday but we do have some breaks and any kind of showers we will certainly enjoy that. The cloud are out there though 41 degrees. This is out in kutztown. You can see decent deck of clouds, but light wind so the temperatures are comfortable and the win is not stirring them up, so things look good from that perspective. We are definitely dealing with some of these showers though. They are light, a lot of them have moved on through and we will get a break, we will pick up a couple more in a few other spots and then this afternoon, for a good portion of the afternoon many of of us getting a break and then another area will be coming by and especially philadelphia points south will you see showers. Were not expecting heavy showers or rain but just not as ideal as yesterday but boy, this is ideal this time of the morning to have temperatures that are in the the 40s, in the middle 40s. Fortyfour in philadelphia allah even town. Fortysix millville. Already 52 degrees in wildwood. Lets enjoy these temperatures. Because, look at this, is this a joke . Minus 18 in canada. Minus five near international falls. Nine in minneapolis. It is no joke. This colder air is coming. Nothing to this level but we will find our temperatures as we go through new years eve getting into the 20s, overnight. So the the cold air up there, not staying up there, it is heading in this direction. This is the warmest day that we will be finding for at least the next several days, and also could be the warmest day for the the rest of the year. We have temperatures in the lower 50s. Cold front is coming through here. Showers, and of course, then we do start to pick up these colder temperatures. This computer model says that look at 4 00 oclock in the afternoon. A whole bunch of nothing. Weve got some cloud. A couple of spots and some showers and then by the time we hit 6 00 oclock maybe some bigger area of showers but still generally on the light side, by the time we get to midnight maybe some more showers, again south of philadelphia, and some cloud, through philadelphia, but they even leave, and then tomorrow does not look like a bad day, temperatures will be cooler into the middle 40s and then we will start to see these temperatures drop beyond that. Fiftyone in philadelphia today, so we can enjoy that. Fifty at the the shore. Poconos 45 degrees. With that chance of the shower. Again i mentioned those cold temperatures that we got to the north and west, well to the north and west, will they come here by new years eve night. 28 degrees brisk and cold. But, dont you be cold and if you have a warm heart and only if you have a warm heart there is an event at the act shelter the city Animal Shelter and they want empty that shelter. Get them out alive. Free adoptions yes to day between 10 00 and 5 00, 111 west Hunting Hunting pike, philadelphia pennsylvania, permanent loving homes only. If you cannot do right by the animals dont even go over there or anyplace else. Were looking at 51 degrees clouds moving in. Sho

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