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WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm October 10, 2014

And he was fine. He really was fine. The next morning he was not. He was no longer with us. Reporter eli didnt show any signs he had enterovirus d68. His dad said there were absolutely no signs. For this disease for elis case, the virus will attack very suddenly and rapidly. In this case, thats what the medical examiner feels has occurred. Reporter the wallers say theyve been overwhelmed by the love and support of their community. Today theyve officially put first day of school foundation. Org online. The Foundation Hopes to buy supplies and services for kids with special needs like eli had. Make something good out of this totally random, really incredible kind of tragedy. Reporter in hamilton township, tim furlong, nbc news. Nbc10. Com has a whole section devoted to enterovirus d68, the symptoms and the best way to stay virusfree. Head to the website for advice your whole family can benefitc from. An ebola scare on a flight from philadelphia. Matt delucluselucia, quite a sc that flight. Reporter here at the airport ive been talking with people all day, generally they are not worried but they do agree that ebola is not a joke. By now, millions have seen it. This video, shot by a passenger on board a u. S. Airways flight from philadelphia to punta cana. They removed 594yearold man who supposedly told fellow passengers i have ebola. Minutes later, he said this. I didnt do nothing. He was stupid for one. Reporter mary webb is one of the millions that fly each day. She said she would haven hadaled things differently. I would have slapped him upside his head for playing this kind of a prank knowing how serious this problem is. Reporter according to news outlets in the dominican republic, the unidentified man was flown back to the United States yesterday afternoon for continued monitoring. And an Infectious Disease conference happening now in philadelphia, this doctor says the risk of catching ebola on a plane is small and only if you directly encounter body fluids from someone with visible symptoms. But still yelling that you have ebola on an airplane isnt a joke. Its going to cause panic. Its akin to yelling fire in a crowded theater. Its a riot type of environment. People are scared. Its absurd. When i get on a plane im already nervous enough. I dont want somebody yelling ive got ebola. A sentiment shared by a Flight Attendant with 36 years of experience. I think the man that has said this is an idiot. Reporter we reached out to the nations Largest Airline today to find out what they are doing in response. American Airlines Just like u. S. Airways says it is following guidelines set by the cdc, adding that anything like this said on a flight is taken seriously. Southwest also says it follows strict protocols while observing passengers for signs of illnessc live at Philadelphia International airport, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Thank you, matt. New information about the u. S. Ebola victim who died, medical records show that when Thomas Duncan arrived at a texas hospital for the first time, his temperature was 103 degrees, so high in fact the hospitals recordkeeping system flagged it with an exclamation point. Duncan was sent home even though he had other ebola symptoms and warned a nurse he had been in africa. He returned to the same hospital several days later before dying. The 1400 pages of records showed he denied being in contact with anyone who was sick in africa. His family provided those records. Read more about the Ebola Outbreak on nbc10. Com. Also, a way to help victims at west africa at an event this the weekend in philadelphia. He wants the Death Penalty. The man convicted yesterday of killing a baby and her grandmother in Montgomery County says he wants to be executed. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante has been in the courtroom in norristown all day. Deanna, day ended in tears . Reporter it did. Spectators, family members, the jury, all left here within the last 20 minutes. This was after hearing three victim pact statements. A letter from the mother of 10monthold vansaanvi venna, t testimony of the 61yearolds grandmother two sons. One of the sons is the father of that 10monthold baby. He told the jury he can no longer trust people. On the day this happened, he simply thought his home phone was broken. He never imagined he would come home to find his mother murdered and his baby missing. The day started off with Raghunandan Yandamuri telling a judge that he wanted the Death Penalty. This was an act that was terrible, an unforgivable act but not born out of an evil earn, not the worst of the worst, that is language that the u. S. Supreme court stated that is what the Death Penalty should be reserved for. Ultimately life in prison without parole is appropriate. Reporter Raghunandan Yandamuri, despite his request to die, Defense Attorneys isc e presents experts witnesses, his gambling problem as reasons why he should not be put to death. Hes killed two people, a 61yearold grandmother and 10monthold baby. Reporter yandamuri made his request in open court but not in front of the jury. His lawyer says, though, he says he wants the Death Penalty, hes not sure his client really wants to be executed. I think at times when hes talked about wanting to receive the Death Penalty, hes afraid of being victimized in prison. Reporter one of the witnesses that took the stand, a social worker at the Montgomery County prison who told a jury that yandamuri has been in one altercation in the prison and it was determined that he was defending himself in a fight, though he was still punished with five days in solitary confinement. What was Raghunandan Yandamuri doing while those victim pact statements were being read . He sat with his head down, his face covered with his hands. His attorneys tell me he was emotional, he didnt want to hear those statements. Reporting live in norristown, Deanna Durante, nbc 10 news. To a developing story now, Philadelphia Police looking for one man who they believe robbed 14 businesses in northeast philadelphia. Investigators gave us an update in the last 90 minutes. Theyve gaven us Surveillance Video of the several of the armed robberies at 7elevens since august. Hes got an way with thousands of dollars from restaurants and Convenience Stores so far. He seems to pick the stores or businesses where theres no customers. He seems to wait when theres no customers, like 7eleven, the clerk is in there by himself, no customers, he goes right in. No one was hurt in any of the holdups. If you recognize the man in this video, youre asked to call police. Skinny joe y m a. R marlino, hes free while a judge decides the fed made a big mistake in this case. Lu ann cahn was there whenc riff arrived. Hes sporting a deep tan and the man some believe is running the philly mob in philadelphia, hes just a guy that wants a job in the restaurant. The u. S. Attorney says youre an active member of the mob. The guys mental. Hes mental. Reporter last month he was four days away from completing three years of supervised probation in boca raton, florida. Getting past that deadline would have meant the former mob boss could once again associate with anyone he wanted. But at the last minute, u. S. Attorneys filed notice with the court that marlino violated his probation. One of his codefendants in the case. John, a convicted mob guy who happened to be sitting outside federal court today as marlino, his wife and security crew came waltzing in. There may be no mummers parade for marlino. He could go back to jail if the feds get a chance to show potential evidence hes still part of la cosa nostra. His attorney, ed jacobs argued there is no case because the feds didnt file the legal summons in time. His supervised probation already expired. U. S. Attorneys told the judge it was only because jacobs asked for a delay. Meanwhile, in the courthouse, he told me he has plans to be a mate e e e er er mater d. Theyre making some of his mothers recipes, he told me in the courthouse, for this restaurant he may work at. If the judge rules prosecutors can make their case, hell have could come back here for a hearing. There is the risk he could go back to prison. Back to you. Lu ann, his attorney thinks what, this is prosecutorial revenge . c what does marlino say about this . I asked him and he answered in his typical marlino fashion. He says, what do you think . You answer that question. Thats what he said. There are some who are familiar with this case who believe that the feds actually planned or were trying to charge him with something new. But they were not able to make that case. So at the least minute, they came up with probation violation. But well have to see what the judge has to say. Hes expected to rule in the next couple of weeks. Live at the federal courthouse, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. Colorful day, lu ann. Thank you. This fire last september ripped through the dietz and watson plan the. The company has decided to move to the tacony section of philadelphia. Thats where nbc 10s christine madella is live for us this afternoon. Christine . We are standing outside the dietz and watson headquarters. Its largest manufacturing and processing plant. The Distribution Center is what you were talking about, that used to be across the river in delanco, new jersey. This empty lot will be the new distribution plant right next door this empty lot. A massive fired destroyed the dietz and Watson Center in 2003. The delanco was the main Distribution Center since 2007. The city of philadelphia reached out to dietz and watson to lure them to philadelphia. The city bought the land next door and sold a part of it to the food manufacturer. Today they broke ground on the new Distribution Center. We like the idea of having a campus, of having everything all at one place. And you know, having our Distribution Center in new jersey was fine, nothing wrong with it but being able to have it here together is just kind of a dream come true. This afternoon i spoke to city leaders and they say this is a big win for philadelphia. I asked them what this means for the site, the employees and the future of this company. Youll hear what they have to say when i come back in about 30 minutes. Reporting live in tacony, christine madella, nbc 10 news. All right. Thank you, cchristine. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with the casino crisis in Atlantic City. Odds are stacked against another casino being saved. State leaders say new jersey will not give any money to billionaire carl icahn in his bid to buy the trump taj mahal which could close next month. Ted greenberg live today in Atlantic City. Ted, people made their voices heard today at a News Conference on the boardwalk. Thats right, renee. Casino workers, Union Leaders and elected officials held what was basically a verbal bashing of billionaire carl icahn who is the main lender to the company that owns the trump taj mahal. Bankrupt Trump Entertainment Resorts has threatened to close the taj in november if it doesnt get major costcutting concessions from workers and massive tax breaks from the city and state. The company shut down its other casino, trump plaza, last month. Carl icahn says hed consider providing a 100 million life line to save the taj if trump entertainment is able to get those concessions which would have workers give up their health care and pension benefits, something theyre vehemently opposing as well as the government help. But when talking about that assistance at a News Conference today, state Senate President Steve Sweeney said no way. I have leadership from every branch of government. Were not doing a thing for you, mr. Icoeyicahn, not while your trying to hurt the work hes of this state. Reporter icahn fired back at many of the accusations sweeney and others have been making about his role in the possible demise of the taj mahal. He said hes proud of his record here in Atlantic City. Were digging into that part of the story at 5 30. Live in Atlantic City, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. The monthlong for eric frein is putting a damper in at least one community. Barre barrett township, trick other treating has beenc canceled an the parade may be canceled as well. Philadelphia teachers protested at schools across the city this morning. Their goal was to tell parents their side of the School Budget crisis story. Teachers tell nbc 10 they are willing to make con sessions. This morning a group of about a dozen teachers at Northeast High School protested outside the school to make their point. Teachers in other schools met with parents. The Philadelphia Federation of teachers called it truth day for the union. The union wants the School Reform commission abolished. We are willing to contribute toward health care but were not willing to be stuck up. By the src and to spend 500 a pay in order to have a family plan. When the src answer canceled the contract, it imposed changes in health care. The src also filed suit against the union. Overseas, isis militants continue their advance on the syrian town of kobani near the turkish border. Black smoke filled kobanis skyline today. Theres word of militants have seized more than a third of the town now. U. S. Led air strikes have failed to stop the advance. Kobani has been under assault by isis since midseptember. Where is north Korean Leader kim jongun . He didnt show up to a major event for the first time in three years. Thats fueling speculation that he is ill. Kim hasnt been seen publicly in more than a month now. At that time he was seen limping and he had gained some more weight. Theres fear his absence could lead to a power struggle in the country which has nuclear weapons. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, weve seen the clouds all day today and now were seeing some light rain moving in but as we go through tonight, more rain will move in and the heaviest should be staying south of philadelphia. For south jersey and delaware, you have the best chance of seeing heavy rain overnight tonight. The rain will continue into tomorrow morning. Have showers in the forecast, mainly the first half of the day saturday, gradual clearing later in the day. Both saturday and sunday will be cool. So the entire weekend, temperatures will be the midtolow 60s. Heres a live look at the link right now. Cloudy conditions, overcast skies. Temperatures only at 60 degrees. It is chilly today. Pretty light wind but we are really watching the rain as it approaches. Temperatures now through the lehigh valley, upper 50s, mid50s in westchester, 58 pottstown, 59 allentown and trenton. Even in mt. Holly, much of south jersey is anywhere from the upper 50s to the low 60s. It will be hard to get warmer than we are right now. If anything, temperatures will keep on dropping as we go into the evening. Heres a look at the satellite radar. Most of what is moving in is light rain or areas of drizzle. But when you combine that with the chilly temperatures, it makes it feel colder out there. Reading seeing light rain moving into Chester County, montgomery, lower bucks county. Through south jersey and delaware, these could be sprinkles heads towards the shore. If you look in the direction of the southwest, its streaming towards us. We still have more rain to get through before we clear out and see the sunshine and, again, heavy rain possible overnight. Big temperature contrast because of all the rain and cloud cover, north of that were not really out of the 50s, south of that there are 80s. A big difference in temperatures. We, however, are stuck on the cooler side of it. Clouds will hang around as we go through tonight. Heres future weather by about 11 00 p. M. And midnight, more rain continues to move in. The heaviest, south jersey. Overnight, the rain continues, starting off saturday. We wake up with light showers across the area. There could be embedded heavy showers. Through mainly the middle of the day is when we get our last batch of real rain. Through the afternoon we start to clear out. We see the clouds shift to the south. As we go into sunday well see plenty of sunshine, much drier conditions, especially for the eagles game. For tonight, late rain. 52 for the low in philadelphia. 48 degrees areas north and west. Rainy in the morning, gradual drying through the afternoon. 60 to 63c for the high temperature. It will stay cool across the weekend. Sunday looks good, mid60s. Well see more sunshine. Going into next week, were back in the 70s. It does come with a few chances for rain. You see that eagle symbol on the sunday forecast. Eagles getting ready for their sunday night game on nbc. The trash talking is taking on a celebrity slant. Coming up, broad street against wall street. The new video created by a hollywood superstar who has eagles Green Running in his blood. And did you hear this one . Comments from a top ceo, sparking outrage among women. What the leader of microsoft is saying today to calm the anger. 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