Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 6am 20150517 : compareme

Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 6am 20150517

The scene of this threealarm fire here at the Philadelphia Floor company for about 2 1 2 hours. Initial reports of multiple explosions have not been confirmed, but the chief says he is currently working on a press release. So mideasthes moving all of us to one central location. But we can tell you, as you know, some flooring products are highly flammable. Ladder trucks battling this blaze from above and dozens of Fire Companies are here on the ground. Four ladder trucks in all, weve been able to count. Maybe one more has joined us now in the past half hour. The Park Companies are here from conshohocken, plymouth meeting, lower maryland, narberth. Its unbelievable the flames. We have seen flames shooting up from about three different locations inside the building but we are being moved downwind of the smoke and the flames at this point. So if youre traveling on the blue route, no doubt, the smoke is something that youre going to notice this morning. But for now, the only detours are in the area of cowynn here in conshohocken. Fortunately, the conditions outside are relatively calm and not making things more difficult for the firefighters. Meteorologist Michelle Grossman is tracking the weather outside. Good morning michelle. Good morning, rosemary. In terms of the outdoor elements, theyre about as good as they can get. Were looking at calm winds and temperatures not bad at all. Were looking at some moisture in there, not terribly dry out there. A live look outside, we are looking at some clouds and fog to the north this morning. In parts of the poconos, heres a live look at lake wallenpaupack. Those winds are calm up to 5 in some spots. But good news for the firefighters. Some showers for them mainly to the south of philadelphia in parts of delaware also parts of southern new jersey. So burlington county, Cape May County parts of newcastle and kent county. But some light showers, and that will be the story over the next hour or so, then we should dry it out and see the chance for more storms later on this afternoon. As we go throughout time to the north and west green popping up around 1 00. Its going to look a lot like yesterday. Kind of get stirred up atmosphere. We could see some gusty thunderstorms once again. Well see that once again on monday, where were going to see the chance for more storms on monday, also on tuesday before we dry it out. Well talk more about that and a look at your sevenday in just a few minutes. Amtrak crews are coming off another night of work to restore service between philadelphia and new york by tuesday, which would be one week after the deadly derailment in port richmond. In the meantime officials with the federal Railroad Administration have ordered amtrak to make immediate changes. The first is for amtrak to put the automatic train control system into effect for northbound trains approaching the frankford curve, where train 188 derailed. The system helps control a trains speed and can stop the train if it is speeding. Second, feds want amtrak to assess the risk on curves along the entire northeast corridor from washington to boston. Also amtrak must increase the number of speed limit signs on the tracks. Amtrak says it will abide by the immediate order. Passengers tell us it will make them feel safer. Heres where the investigation of the deadly derailment stands right now. The fbi is looking at the cracked windshield of the amtrak engine. The question is did a flying object hit the windshield just wildfire it derailed on tuesday night . According to investigators, objects hit both a septa train and an amtrak acela train right around the same time that night, in the same area and caused window damage. A passenger on the acela train told nbc news that the window of his rail car shattered. The ntsb says the engineer of the amtrak train, Brandon Bastian bastian, cannot remember events in the minutes leading up to the crash. The ntsb also says that bastian told them he only remembers ringing the bell at the old philadelphia station. You can read about the Train Derailment on our website, nbc10. Com and on the nbc 10 news app. You can also read more about the lives of the victims and the history of Train Derailments in our area. Now to news from our jersey shore bureau. Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that gutted the seventh street surf shot on the boardwalk in ocean city. Its just one week before the unofficial start of summer. Nbc 10s drew smith reports. We are in the ocean city boardwalk, in between sixth and seventh streets. This is the seventh street surf shop. You can take a look at the damage inside right now. Firefighters beginning to clean up. They were able to knock down the fire in just about an hour but smoke was coming right out of the building for a good amount of time. And inside the shop you can see, there is all sorts of damage. Pretty much a loss at this point. But we talked to some of the people who work here they say this is a staple of this part of the boardwalk and they will reopen. Im in shock. Ive been a part of this place for 10 or 11 years now and worked here every summer so its tough to see. The hard part is with boardwalk businesses right now, theyre all loading up for the holiday weekend, so theres a lot of merchandise in there thats obviously destroyed at this point, but also fuelled the fire. Reporter firefighters tell me the neighboring businesses did have some smoke damage but they were able to quickly attack the fire by cutting holes in the ceiling of the surf shop and that stopped the spread of the fire. Of course memorial day weekend is coming up. This is a bad time for this business to be going down like this. But, again, the people who work here say it will likely be back. In ocean city im drew smith, nbc 10 news. A heads up for drivers. The speed limit is going up on a stretch of i95 in delaware. Starting tomorrow youll see crews changing the speed limit signs and that work will continue through thursday. The state department of transportation is increasing the speed limit from 55 to 65 miles an hour from the i495 split south of wilmington to the maryland state line. Full service at the gas pumps in new jersey could become a thing of the past under a bill being introduced in the state assembly. The proposal would allow selfservice at the gas pump. It would call for a threeyear transition period where stations could still provide attendants to pump your gas. Right now, new jersey and oregon are the only states that do not allow selfservice. Next, pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf wants the state to go green. But its not what you think. Severe weather causes a tornado outbreak in southwestern oklahoma. The damage left behind plus what was Still Standing after the storms. All right. We had a few gusty thunderstorms here as well. We had some hayil even some winds over 55 miles per hour. We could see a few gutsy thunderstorms later on this afternoon. Heres a live look outside. Waking up to mostly cloudy skies, temperatures near 70 in so many spots. 69 right now in philadelphia. Your full forecast is straight ahead. This weekend, strong storms produced tornadoes near three towns in southwestern oklahoma damaging houses and businesses. The storms also caused Power Outages last night. Fortunately, though, no reports of any injuries. One of those tornadoes came very close to several farms, but these cows didnt really seem too concerned. They just continued to graze as the storm approached. I guess, what are they going to do . No word as to whether the animals were harmed during the storm. Were in the Southern Plains looking at more wild weather today. For us we do have the chance of seeing another round of thunderstorms and that will be the same story monday and tuesday. This morning, were waking up very mild, waking up to mostly cloudy skies. We have a few showers showing up on radar. Theres a live look outside. A little hazy once again with a lot of humidity in the air. Radar showing us that we are tracking a few showers this morning, mainly to the south of philadelphia in parts of new castle county, also kent county in delaware. A few also in Cape May County in southern new jersey. Temperatures right now, they are mild, right near 70 degrees in a lot soft spots. 69 in philadelphia. 64 right now in allentown. 64 in lancaster. 68 in millville and 70 in dover. And as we go throughout time here, well see these temperatures rising pretty quickly. Well see temperatures near 85 degrees later on this afternoon. Were also tracking the chance of showers and storms. So by 8 00 73. By lunchtime, already up to 81 degrees. And we could be seeing a few showers by that point in some spots and by 3 00 p. M. 83. Tracking the chance for gusty thunderstorms. It wont have the shot of being a gusty thunderstorm tor two. Well track that for you and also tracking much cooler air for your sevenday. Well see that too in just a few minutes. Today is a chance to adopt a pet and support those who champion animal adoption efforts here in our area. The sixth annual with love super adoption day is going on at the piazz at schmidts in Northern Liberties from 11 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen will be among the special guests there. The citizens for a nokill philadelphia is hosting the event, trying to raise awareness in shelters throughout the tristate region. Next workers in pennsylvania are given the go ahead to file a Class Action Lawsuit against mcdonalds. What the fast food chain is accused of doing, coming up. An important target taken down. The white house confirms that Army Delta Force commandos killed a senior isis leader during a raid in syria early yesterday. Abu sayyaf managed the terror groups oil and gas income. The commandos flew in from northern iraq. They got into a gun battle and there was some handtohand combat that also killed about a dozen isis militants. The commandos escaped unarmed and took sayyafs wife with them. Nbc news is reporting she is now talking to u. S. Officials. The red cross is appealing for 93 million to help earthquake survivors in nepal. Many of the surrounds were stranded in the mountains. They crowded around a helicopter, just trying to get out of the area. The red cross says its urgent to get aid to those in need before the monsoon starts in june. Either sit down and keep quiet or get out, one or the other. Were done with you. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is known for berating hecklers who challenge him at public events. Now, one of his former hecklers is running for state off. Jim kaety, a former asbury state council pann is running as a democrat for the state assembly. Last fall christie told keety to sit down and shut up when he protested the governor at an event. In monmouth tomorrow tim wolf will host a discussion about medical marijuana. Hell exchange views with state officials, lawmakers, physicians, and lawyers. Right now a state senate bill that would legalize medical marijuana is bogged down in a house committee. The Democratic Candidates in philadelphias race for mayor have only a few more days to stump for votes before tuesdays primary election. Both of them plan to be out on the campaign trail today. Nbc 10 teamed up with the philadelphia inquirer, daily news, and philly. Com to bring you the only independent poll of voters. More than 40 of democrats polled say that they will vote for jim kenney followed by Lynne Abraham and Anthony Williams. 14 of voters are still undecided. We caught the three frontrunners stumping for those undecide votes yesterday. Jim kenney sliced roasted pork and Anthony Williams stopped by the dawa days street fair and Lynne Abraham attended a Police Survivors benefit. Heres a look at all six candidates for mayor, nelson diaz doug oliver, and melvin street are running. The winner will face the only republican candidate, Melissa Murray bailey in the general election in november. Tomorrow philadelphias District Attorney will vote yes for universal prek. Set williams will be joined by preschool children for a mock vote at city hall. Voters will be asked about the citywide plan for universal prekindergarten on the primary ballot this tuesday. The d. A. Says twothirds of preschoolaged children in philadelphia do not have access to highquality prek. A judge in northeastern pennsylvania says workers can sue the owners of 16 mcdonalds restaurants. The lucerne county judge gave class action status to a 2013 lawsuit, who claims that the owners paid employees with debit cards that came with numerous transaction fees. After the suit was filed, the owner said they would give the workers the choice of being paid by check, direct deposit, or the payrolls debit card. A rainy day at pimlico and baltimore could not dampen the triple crown hopes of american pharaoh. Yesterday at the preakness, a horse that won the Kentucky Derby galloped closer to getting a spot in horse racing history. Reporter in sunlight, he shone brightly. Coming to the finish american pharaoh and Victor Espinosa has won the Kentucky Derby. Reporter taking home the first jewel of the triple crown just two weeks ago. Despite a heavy downpour american pharaoh galloped closer to claiming his spot in the history books. American pharaoh is the leader as the field runs the far turn. Reporter the 3yearold colt pulling out of the pack early, leading the whole 9 1 2 fur longs to win by seven lengths. American pharaoh and Victor Espinosa have won the preakness. It was just a, it was a magical moment watching him come down that stretch. Reporter this win, one step closer to the triple crown of horse racing, a test of strength and endurance no horse has conquered in 37 years. The last to do it affirmed in 1978. Affirmed has got a nose as he comes to the wire. Reporter others have gotten close. Big brown in 2008, 2012s ill have another, and just last year, California Chrome took both the derby and the preakness handily, only to come up just short at the belmont stakes. Chromes jockey now atop american pharaoh and headed for his third try at the triple. Is the third time going to be a charm . It seems like hopefully the third time is the lucky charm. Reporter both horse and jockey one more win away from whats considered the greatest accomplishment in thoroughbred racing. Dan sheneman, nbc news. Hopefully the weather will hold out today. Quite a few events going on. Heres a live look at Citizens Bank park in south philly, where hundreds of folks are expected this morning for the Phillies Charities bake ride. Its the first year for the event. 25mile ride through philadelphia begins and ends at the ballpark. It starts at 7 00 this morning. All right. Its going to be warm its mild this morning its also humid. We have fog especially not north and in the city were doing okay, and were tracking the clans for scattered showers later on today and also some thunderstorms. This morning, your weather hns on this sunday, warm and humid once again, it will feel like summer like it did yesterday. Tracking the chance for showers and storms. And finally a little relief this week into the 70s. Still warm but not as warm as we were yesterday or today. 69 right now in philadelphia, mostly cloudy skies, mainly in the 60s to the north and west. 64 in allentown, 65 in westchester. 69 already in philadelphia. And look at that 70 in dover, 67 at the Atlantic City airport. A nice start to the day in terms of temperatures. We are mostly cloudy outside, we are dealing with some fog, especially to the north, reducing visibilities down to 2 miles in some spots, also dealing with a few showers. Very light at this point, mainly south of philadelphia in parts of newcastle and kent county. Delaware, southern new jersey looks like it cleared out. For the most part we cleared out, but we are tracking the chance of scattered showers and storms today. This is a snapshot sat 2 00. If youre out and about, much like yesterday, you just want to keep an eye to the sky. And if you do hear that thunder and see that lightning, get indoors. Same story by 5 00 you can see that darker shading indicating some heavier downpours. And monday well do it once again. Mostly cloudy skies, soupy, still, seeing the chance of those thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon hours, into the nighttime hours. And tuesday, mostly cloudy once y. Then were going to clear it out nicely on wednesday. Today, warm and humid, showers and storms 83 to 86. So temperatures way above normal summerlike tomorrow, better. 79 degrees, mostly cloudy chance for showers. Tuesday, another round of thunderstorms, 80 degrees, and wednesday, finally, that relief. Lots of sunshine and temperatures in the mid70s. It will be windy, though. Thursday, friday saturday looking really nice saturday for memorial day weekend. Mostly sunny skies, warm and is a high of 76. Next it may sound like fun, but a popular app that guesses the age of its users may be doing more than you think. Why you may want to read the fine print. 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