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Transcripts For WCAU Early Today 20141008

Jersey. Those storms are now offshore completely. Just a few scattered showers remain this morning, and clouds, theyre not going to last much longer, though. Theyll be clearing out quickly. You can see the road is still damp in cape may, beach avenue. The view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. The big storms are clear of our area, off to the northeast, but there are just a few spotty showers left in southern new jersey. Millville, Cumberland County getting a little bit of light rain moving in. Its going to be a fast mover, that shower is going to move right on out. The wind pushing those clouds out of here. Today winds are at 14 miles an hour. Were seeing gusts right now to 23 miles an hour. Temperatures starting off in the 60s will warm into the 70s this afternoon. Ill go through it with the future weather hour by hour when i come back. But first, jillian mele has traffic. Good morning, jillian. Good morning to you, bill. Starting off with two problems out of new jersey right now. Were dealing with a truck fire on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, just past interstate 195, exit 7a. The right lane is blocked in that area as a result of that fire and response. Heading to mt. Laurel, we have repair work from a water main break in laurels town, mt. Laurel road near union mill road. Take hartford road around it. Heading into philadelphia right now, south philadelphia, a live look at 95 right at broad street. You can see traffic is moving by in both directions. Were not dealing with any lane restrictions in this area. So, as you can see, it is problemfree. Chris . Thankfully, this is a problem that was on 95 earlier. Its out of the way. New from overnight, the wet road may be to blame for this crash early this morning on i95 northbound in yardley, bucks county. This is a look at the crash scene from one of our nbc 10 Traffic Cameras there. It appeared to be a onecar crash. Again, all lanes are open. No problems now on 95. No word on any injuries because of that crash. Strong winds from overnight storms may have caused a fire at a garage in glenside, Montgomery County. Fire crews say the wind may have knocked over some utility wires, which sparked the fire. No one was injured and there was no damage to any of the storefronts in that glenside neighborhood there. Two minutes after 4 00 now. Heres what were watching happening today. Infectious disease experts from all across the country will be right here in philadelphia for a conference where ebola and enterovirus d68 will be on center stage. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live in center city. Jesse, there was a lastminute change of plans. This is an annual conference, but obviously, recent Health Concerns over those viruses changed the plans for this conference, right . Reporter chris, thats exactly right. The Program Chair for this conference tells me a special session on the ebola virus has been added, and its going to take place immediately following Opening Festivities inside the Convention Center later this morning. Lets take a look at our video. Theres also going to be a session on the spread of the enterovirus d68. This comes on the heels of an announcement by the new Jersey State Department of health. Officials there say there are now five new cases of evd68 in that state, including one right across the river in camden. Doctors at the conference will discuss some of the extreme and adverse impacts of enterovirus d68, and ill talk more about that in 30 minutes. Live in center city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. Chris . All right, jesse. Now to the ebola outbreak. In dallas, Health Workers are monitoring ten people who had contact with Thomas Duncan and more than 30 people who may have had contact with him to see if they have symptoms of ebola. Duncan was the first person to be diagnosed with that virus in the united states. He remains in critical condition. Yesterday, the reverend Jesse Jackson led a prayer vigil at the dallas hospital where duncan is in isolation. And you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com to follow the ebola and enterovirus d68 outbreaks and bring you new developments as they happen. A man is facing charges after a bloody stabbing inside a busy Grocery Store in northeast philadelphia. It happened last night at pathmark on cottman avenue. Police say two men got into an argument in the dairy aisle. One pulled out a kitchen knife and stabbed the other in the face. Police say blood was everywhere, but that didnt stop some shoppers from going about their business. It was somewhat surprising that some of the shoppers wanted to finish their shopping. Police arrested the suspect not far from the store, which closed for the night as the Health Department made sure the food was safe. The victim is in critical condition. Were expecting an update later today from police on the manhunt for eric frein, now in its 26th day. He, of course, is the man wanted for the murder of a Pennsylvania State trooper. Earlier this week, police searched an abandoned resort in stroud township and found a cabin that had been recently lived in. Its rooms had plastic covering the windows, ceilings covered with air fresheners and walls plastered with newspaper articles. Police are not saying exactly what those articles were about. Searchers also found a letter written by frein detailing the shooting of two state troopers on september 12th and his escape. 4 05 now. Happening later today, a preliminary hearing for a man charged with butchering a prostitute when he learned that prostitute was a man. Charles sergeant is accused in the stabbing death of mark williams. Authorities say sergeant dismembered williamss body. Police say the killing happened at this home on north 32nd street in july of last year. They say the victims body parts were found in a vacant lot on sezley street. Police say sergeant committed the murder after discovering williams was a crossdressing prostitute. Lawyers in the murder of philadelphia teacher bo zabel will hold a hearing today. His accused killer, marcellus jones, is already serving a life sentence for killing his accomplice in 2008. Zabel was shot to death in south philadelphia by robbers who wanted his ipod. Zabel had just moved here from minnesota to teach math at public schools. This morning, police in Delaware County are looking for a man they call a serial burglar. Police in upper darby tell us there have been five burglaries in the overnight hours since september 20th. The most recent happening yesterday morning on clover lane. A woman fought off that burglar inside her bedroom in front of her 9yearold daughter. She spoke with us on the condition we not show her face because shes terrified. I am not safe. My kids are not safe. This man literally walked up in my house. He violated me and my family. A lot of people on edge in that neighborhood. Police said the burglar is entering homes through firstfloor windows and hes going after handbags, wallets and electronics. And several bucks county neighborhoods are also dealing with a possible serial burglar. Police are looking into whether five breakins in plumstead township and buckingham are connected to a rash of attempted burglaries in hatfield township. The thieves in these cases are using similar techniques, cutting through screen doors or windows. The most recent burglary happened sunday. People living near a closed navy base in Montgomery County are worried about whats in their drinking water, and for good reason. Members of the navy and the Environmental Protection agency met with neighbors last night in horsham. They addressed concerns about high levels of pfcs found in well water within a mile of the former Willow Grove Naval air station. Now, the navy has tested 18 of 200 wells so far and found that 2 of them needed to be shut down. We discovered that there is a contaminants for fluorinated compounds potentially in the ground water here. First and foremost, i want folks to know that if theyre on public water here in horsham township, they are safe. Those pfcs have been linked to reproductive problems in animal studies. The navy says it will take two more months to finish testing all of the wells. Meanwhile, the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority took the affected wells offline and is providing water to homes through alternate lines. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. The showers have ended this morning. Theres still some clouds around, but the skies will be quickly clearing, thanks to gusty winds. Were already seeing gusts of more than 20 miles an hour. With the clouds moving out, well see a lot of sunshine today, but after warming into the 70s, and a chilly night tonight, well be dropping into the 40s by tomorrow morning. Right now 56 in mt. Pocono. Trenton still some clouds and 64 degrees. La the last clouds are moving through wilmington right now. 62 degrees in wilmington. You can see the cloud cover in the view from the Comcast Center in center city this morning. No more rain falling from those clouds, but a gusty wind is with us for philadelphia, dover, wildwood, winds to 16 miles an hour, and these winds will be increasing this afternoon. You can see the clouds, though, theyre already started to break up and to the west. Really thinning out for harrisburg. We will see a lot of sunshine today, but hold on to your hat and anything else you might be carrying, because that wind will be blowing. The winds will be steady, westerly winds, gusting to 30 miles an hour this morning. Thats going to lead to a slower warmup during the morning hours, 65 degrees at 10 00 this morning. And then into the low 70s this afternoon, but we will see lots of sunshine today. Take a look at the Colder Weather coming in tonight when i come back. We still have some water, some rain on the roads this morning from the storms that moved through overnight. Lets see if thats leading to any possible delays. Jillian mele has a look at that. Jillian . Good morning, chris. Were dealing with a tractortrailer fire on the new jersey turnpike. Its on the northbound side just past interstate 195, exit 7a. Right lanes still blocked in that area. Heading out to 76, a live look right near Spring Garden street. You can see both directions of the schuylkill expressway very quiet right now. Drive times about 14 minutes both ways between the blue route and the vine. 422 is off to a really good start so far on the highway. But dont forget, we have longterm construction, so on the eastbound side, the Armand Hammer boulevard on and offramps eastbound 422 are still closed because of construction, and they are expected to remain closed until late november. Chris. A columbinestyle threat shakes a local university, but the campus never went into lockdown. Next, the school explains why. Plus, snapped, cracked and broken. A new plan to help homeowners fix mangled sidewalks in the Lehigh Valley. And a High School Football teams season canceled. The offthefield actions that forced a coach and the school to call off the season. Is a lifeline forast cancer so many people. It is more than a community. It is a family. Theres always a hug. Youre friends for life. When i needed guidance, and i needed support, living beyond Breast Cancer was there. Last year, 5hour Energy Raised over 340,000 for living beyond Breast Cancer purchase a specially marked bottle now through december 31st. And a portion of the proceeds will help Breast Cancer survivors live beyond their diagnosis. 4 13 now. Look at this. Fire led to explosions inside a home in burlington county. Skyforce10 was over chesterfield, jacobs town road in newhanover township last night. Fire officials tell us there was a fire inside the garage, and that caused several propane tanks to blow. One firefighter had to be taken to the hospital. No word yet on his condition or what started the fire. A Widener University student is charged with threatening a columbinestyle shooting against students on campus who bullied him. Police say 20yearold louis veda of lodi, new jersey, made this post on the social networking site yickyack. Students alerted authorities who posted an alert yesterday afternoon. There was no weapons on this individual. There was no weapons found in his dorm room. We dont believe he had access to weapons. I believe at no time was the student body in danger, but the university did what the university should do, and thats take the threats very seriously. Now, the campus was never put on lockdown. Administrators tell us thats because this was not an active shooter situation. Allentown is launching a new program to help homeowners fix their sidewalks. Many sidewalks in allentown are cracked or just have gaping holes in them, thanks to the rough winter weather. A City Ordinance requires some of those to be repaired, which can cost thousands of dollars. Allentown mayor ed pulaski said the city will offer selfforgiving loans, which you dont have to pay back, as long as you keep living in your home. The problem comes into play is when you have an economy like we had over the course of the last couple years and we have, especially you know, Senior Citizens or folks in lowerincome neighborhoods do have the capacity, if they own their house, to be able to foot that financial burden. Now, the city says this will help homeowners make an investment in their property without having to move out of the city. New life is coming to this Old Shopping Center in burlington county. Evesham township announced plans for a redevelopment at the tritown plaza at route 70. This will include 500 new apartments along with new stores, plus a Little Something different. Look for walking trails, exercise trails. Make everything very walkable here, almost creating a little bit of a downtown actually right here on site. Now, the redevelopment is expected to create around 300 construction jobs, and that doesnt include the permanent jobs that will come once the project is complete. 4 15 now and on to decision 2014, the race for pennsylvania governor. The stage is almost set for another showdown between the two candidates, republican governor tom corbett will square off against democratic challenger tom wolf for another debate, the third tonight in wilkinsburg. Thats just outside of pittsburgh. The candidates third and final debate. Now, a new poll from Quinnipiac University shows corbett is narrowing the gap slightly, but wolf is still leading by double digits, 55 38 . Now, theres less than a month to go until voters will cast ballots. The race for governor will be settled in 27 days on tuesday, november 4th. Delaware governor jack markell is going back to school today. Hell be principal for a day at the booker t. Washington Elementary School in dover. This is part of an initiative by the States Chamber of commerce to help schools and local businesses create partnerships. This morning in philadelphia, comcast shareholders will vote on the proposed deal to merge that company with time warner cable. The vote is set to start at 9 30 at the kemmel center. Time warner shareholders will vote tomorrow in new york on the 45 billion proposal. State and federal regulatory officials are expected to decide whether to approve the deal some time next year. Comcast is the Parent Company of nbc 10. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Storms rolled through overnight with a cold front thats giving us a gusty wind this morning. At times, though, the flag is standing straight out. At times, it is at rest. 62 right now in reading. Philadelphias still cloudy and 65 degrees. Cape may has just a few clouds in the area but no more rain for cape may. Last showers are in south jersey right now. Just some isolated, very light showers. Plenty of wind, though, from the pocono mountains, philadelphia, Atlantic City, winds out of the southwest at 14 miles an hour in the wake of those storms that came through overnight. Now, if you look closely, you can see a few rain drops in cumberland and atlantic counties right now. The rain is pretty much done, but the wind is not. And the temperatures will be in the 70s this afternoon. Theyd go warmer if it wasnt for the wind. Well be at 5 00 at 73 degrees. Then the wind will settle down tonight. By late this evening, getting cool outside, 62 degrees in philadelphia, 59 in millville. By first thing tomorrow morning, well be seeing some 40s once again. Pottstown 44 degrees at 7 00 in the morning. So, some chillier weather is on the way. Ill show you how long thats going to last with the sevenday forecast coming up in the next half hour. All right, bill. At 4 18, we had a tractortrailer fire out there a few minutes ago. Jillian was telling us about it. Jillian, is that still an issue . You know, its still out there right now on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, just past interstate 195, which is exit 7a. The right lane is still blocked in that area for that emergency work out there. In mt. Laurel, we had a water main break happen yesterday. We had some repair work going on on laurels town mt. Laurel road right near union mill road, so avoid that area. Heading into pennsylvania, a live look, a quiet look at the blue route out near 76. Nothing to deal with out there as far as construction or accidents. The blue route is clear the entire length of the way. And for drivers in the Lehigh Valley this morning, this is a live look at route 22 right near route 309. This is also quiet, chris. Heres S

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