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Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 11a 20141103

Street down coulter, i heard screaming. Reporter this witness said he had just walked by 22yearold carlesha freelandgaither at 9 40 at the corner of coulter and green. She was screaming help, help. Reporter in the dark of night all he could see was the struggle. I dont know what happened inside the car. The glass came off and thats when i jumped back and all that and he pulled off. Reporter detectives found her cell phone and glasses at the scene along with a knife and a glove. We dont know what happened at all. Carleshas family says shes in this neighborhood frequently to visit friends and her godson. They came to the scene this morning with photos in hand ready to retrace her steps in search for answers. Were going to do the same thing everybody else is doing, search through houses and grass and leaves and any kind of pals you might see, just go through it, kick it. Any kind of things you could find and pick up just to give us a clue as to where she may be at. Reporter her family believes the attack has to be random but police have not confirmed what the motive might have been. Shes a very humble child, and right now our hearts are very heavy. Reporter and carlesha freelandgaither is about 53 and was last seen wearing a light blue jean jacket, a gray and white sweater, blue jeans, and tan green shoes. Police are searching for her, her abductor, and his vehicle which was last seen speeding off here down west coulter street late last night. Police believe that vehicle is a silver fourdoor taurus with a broken drivers side rear window. Live in germantown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Thank you. An update on an investigation in kensington after two men passed out at work. Nbc 10 was there as fire crews arrived on southeast wishart street. This happened just before 7 00 p. M. Authorities tell nbc 10 no Hazardous Materials were detected and this was a medical emergency. No word on what caused the men to pass out. Theyre being treated at the hospital. Investigators in bucks county are also working to figure out what started a fire involving several tractortrailers there. We told but this story earlier this morning. Skyforce 10 was over clyde waite drive in bristol, bucks county, as firefighters tried to put the flames out. The trucks were behind a locked gate. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. After a cool start this morning, temperatures are warming up across our area and they will get even warmer. This is a live look at center city. You see the flags flapping. Things are less windy than they were this weekend. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here with the forecast. Morning, glenn. Good morning. We had wind gusts well over 40 miles an hour yesterday. Its a little breezy now but nothing like we saw yesterday. A lot of sunshine out there at the moment. Well see a lot, just a few patchy clouds in delaware and right near Atlantic City. Temperatures rising now into the 50s. 56 already in northeast philly. We only got to 49 yesterday for the high, and the winds, of course. 38mileanhour gust in the poconos, but generally 20 to 28mileanhour wind gusts. Elsewhere the wind will diminish a little bit this afternoon but theres still going to be a little bit on the breezy side. Again, nothing compared to yesterday. And the temperature is going to keep going up, up near 60 degrees at 3 00. Remember, it gets dark earlier after weve set the clocks back over the weekend. So dont be surprised how quickly it does get dark tonight. Ill have the rest of the sevenday forecast which includes a lot of rain and also another cold shot coming up in a few minutes. It is, of course, november 3rd, election eve. Tomorrow voters will head to the polls for the midterm elections. The biggest race we are watching this morning is the battle for pennsylvania governor. In less than an hour governor tom corbett will make an appearance at the American Helicopter Museum in westchester. Right now his challenger, tom wolf, is on his way to visit Small Businesses in lancaster before heading to pittsburgh later this afternoon. And over the weekend the candidates for pennsylvania governor had some big names campaigning for them. Governor tom corbett was joined by new Jersey Governor Chris Christie at a rally in bucks county where christie called him a tough competitor. Hes a tough competitor. Hes made taxes lower in pennsylvania. Hes made regulation lower in pennsylvania. Hes stolen more jobs from new jersey while hes been governor. Governor christie has made four visits recently in support of corbett. Thousands came to a rally in support of tom wolf. The president touted wolfs experience as a businessman saying he will handle the economy better than corbett. Tom knows how to create jobs here in pennsylvania. Hes done it. And now hes running because he believes that if you work hard in this state, if you work hard in this country, you should share in the countrys success. If wolf beats corbett tomorrow, it would be the first time a pennsylvania governor lost reelection since 1970. And with one day to go, wolf has a double digit lead in the polls. Both sides are pushing hard to make sure that their core voters turn out tomorrow, and nationally both Political Parties would like to have one of their own in the Governors Mansion in harrisburg, especially democrats who fear losing both houses of congress. Pennsylvania is a swing vote, so to have a democratic governor in place at the time of the president ial election is huge for the democratic party. And every house seat in the house of representatives will be on the ballot and 36 senate seats will be as well. New jersey and delaware voters are both electing u. S. Senators. In pennsylvania no senate seats are being filled there. 16 of the states 18 members of the house of representatives are seeking reelection. And among the contested seats, two races in the suburbs are getting a lot of attention. Third term republican Mike Fitzpatrick is facing an aggressive shall challenge from strouse. Ryan costello is competing against dr. Trivedi, an iraqi war veteran. They want to fill jim ger locks seat. Three of new jerseys 12 delegates to the u. S. How many times will change hands in the midterm leelections. Right now theyre evenly split and analysts predict that will not change. In new jersey theres the u. S. Senate race between senator cory booker and republican challenger jeff bell. In the state of delaware democratic senator chris coons will take on republican challenger kevin wade for the u. S. Senate. Theres one house seat up for grabs along with some key state races there including attorney general, auditor, and treasurer. And a new nbc news wall street journal poll shows likely voters are deadlocked over which party they want to control congress. 46 of vos surveyed want republicans to take control, and 45 say they want a democratically controlled congress. Republicans are more popular with likely male voters while democrats hold a double digit lead with women. And, of course, well have more on the other races in our next half hour. Nbc 10 is your station for complete election coverage. You can count on us for early returns, for reaction and live reports starting at 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Keith jones will be covering the corbett campaign. Hes traveling with them this pittsburgh while lu ann cahn is embedded in york for the wolf campaign. Well also have crews covering the big races in new jersey and also the state of delaware. And well have more on those races in new jersey and delaware coming up in 15 minutes. You can also learn more about the candidates and the issues that will be decided on our website at nbc10. Com. Its 11 09 and were following breaking news out of kentucky. This is a live pick ture from t scene of a fire at a tire recycling plants in louisville. The flames are intense right now as you can see, and black smoke can be seen for miles. We are working to find out how this fire started. Well bring you that information as soon as we get it from louisville, kentucky. Police in Montgomery County are investigating a crash after an suv slammed into a utility pole. This happened on haverford road near andover road in lower merion. Officers say the driver lost control of the suv hitting the pole which then snapped. That person luckily was not hurt. Investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire at this Apartment Building in north philadelphia. This started just after 11 00 last night on north camac street. Everyone was able to make it out safely. Now to the late e on tst o capture of eric frein. Authorities are testing a rifle trying to determine if it was the same weapon used to murder a state trooper and wound another outside a Pennsylvania Police barracks. He was captured thursday night near the hangar ending a sevenweek manhunt in the poconos. A woman who became the poignant voice over the right to die has endeder life. The young newly wed passed away this weekend. And new information about what led to the crash of a ship designed to take tourists into space. Well have been update on what may have gone wrong. Glenn . Were starting a warming trend this week. Ill have the forecast in our first alert sevenday coming up next. Newspapers speak out. Tom corbett has been something of a disaster. Tom corbett cut spending on education by a billion dollars. Its time for a change. Elect tom wolf, and youll get the type of governor we havent seen for a while. One who looks out for average, hardworking pennsylvanians. Its wolf who has solid ideas for bringing in new business and for boosting the economy. Tom wolf for governor, a fresh start for pennsylvania. In oregon a terminally ill woman is dead after taking a lethal medication prescribed by a doctor. A Spokesman Says Brittany Maynard was surrounded by family and friends when she took the drugs on saturday. Maynard had brain cancer and she said she wanted to die on her own terms. She moved to portland from california, a state that does not have aid in dying laws. She planned to end her life on november 1st but said she might delay her death but she went ahead with her original plan. May yard was a week shy of her 30th birthday. New information about a man who recently flew into Newark Liberty airport, new jersey, from west africa. Preliminary tests have come back negative for ebola. The man is being monitored at Duke University hospital and will remain in isolation until additional tests are done, and a woman in london has tested negative for ebola. She has been hospitalized with a fever and also has a history of travel to west africa. A new poll shows more than 7 in 10 americans support mandatory quarantines for Health Workers who have treated ebola patients even if they have no symptoms. 71 of those surveyed say the workers should be subject to a 21day quarantine. Nurse kaci hickox just won a challenge against maines mandatory quarantine. She said her rights were being violated and a judge agreed with her. What was supposed to be a relaxing getaway turned into a stressful situation for passengers aboard the bahamas celebration cruiseline. The ship hit an object in the water. Passengers returned to palm beach in shuttle buses yesterday. A spokesperson with the cruise line says the ship they were on hit an object shortly after leaving the dock at grand bahama island friday. Passenger video captured the chaotic scene. Guests and staff started putting on life jackets when the ship started tilting. Suddenly the power is turned off. I was waiting for the ship to sink. Passengers were taken to a hotel on the island friday night and say they waited for hours to catch a cruise to miami the next morning. They say they dont know if they will be reimbursed but the bahama celebration website satisfies there will be no cruises for the next two weeks. Two surfers have quite a story to tell after surviving a shark attack. This happened in hawaii. Mckenzie clark and brian wargo were surfing friday when a 12 to 15foot tiger shark chomped down on mckenzies board and hit her hand. As the shark dragged the board and mckenzie away, brian grabbed the dorsal fin and kicked until it let go. Mckenzie was treated for deep cuts but is otherwise okay. We have new information in the crash investigation of spaceship 2 this morning. Virgins founder Sir Richard Branson spoke about the deadly crash. Reporter they want to be clear about the new facts in the investigation. They dont yet tell us the official cause of the crash. That will take months and longer, but we now know video and flight data in and outside of the cockpit show what appear to be mistakes with both man and machine. Man because the video shows the copilot unlocking the dissent feathers or tails on the plane before the plane ever got into suborbit and thats only supposed to happen as it descends. Machine because even though the copilot unlocked it, theres also supposed to be a second lever pulled to actually deploy those tails or feathers, and they seem to have deployed on their own. Virgin galactics founder Richard Branson says this will not be a crippling incident. Its a grand program which has had a horrible setback, but i dont think anybody watching this program would want us to abandon it at this stage. Reporter the surviving pilot is recovering after surgery talking to doctors but not yet to investigators. When he does, he may very well prove to be a critical part in understanding exactly what went wrong. Nbc news in mojave, california. And police in california say they have made multiple arrests in connection with a hit and run that killed three teenagers on halloween. Investigators are expected to hold a briefing later today. That crash happened in san that anna on friday night. 13yearold twin sisters and their 13yearold friend were struck and killed while they were trickortreating. And more than a week after a deadly shooting in a school in washington state, classes are expected to resume today. Police say 15yearold Jaylen Fryberg opened fire inside the cafeteria. Four people. Died including fryberg. Two victims are still in the hospital. Students will not be allowed to use the cafeteria where the shooting happened. In texas authorities are investigating what caused this fire at a dallas apartment complex. This happened on sunday. Two Police Officers are being praised as here sews for rescuing four children who were caught inside the building. No one was hurt in the building but 18 units were destroyed and 54 people were left homeless. Right now family, friends, and the Boston Community are remembering long time mayor tom menino. His casket was taken out of this hall, the historic Government Center there, within the last hour. Thousands are lining the streets there as his funeral procession makes its way through the city of boston. 71yearold menino was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year just after leaving office. He was the citys longest serving mayor. And here is a live picture of that procession which started at city hall and its heading past parkman house, boston university, kenmore square, and fenway park before ending at the most Precious Blood Church for the funeral later today. Former president bill clinton was one of several dignitaries who paid their respects to the boston mayor this morning. Vice President Joe Biden also attended. Friends are calling todays memorial procession meninos last ride home. And today tenants are starting to move into 1 World Trade Center in new york city for the First Time Since the september 11th attacks. Its the first day of work for about 175 employees of conde nast, the major publishing company. 3400 people will work at that center. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released a statement about the buildings opening which reads in part, quote, this is a tremendous day for all new yorkers proving once again that the spirit of resurgence and community lives on stronger than ever before. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well, as expected, a cold, windy weekend with a whole lot of rain on saturday. Weve got sunny skies to start the day and to start the week, but we have a warming trend also. Its not going to be nearly as cold as it was over the weekend, at least for a while, but cold will return toward the end of the week and next weekend looks on the chilly side, maybe not quite as cold as this past weekend. A lot of sunshine out there right now. The temperature up to 53 degrees. Were already warmer than we were at any point over the weekend. Wind west at 17. 6 degrees warmer than we were at this time yesterday. So were 47 in the poconos, but low to mid50s across the rest of the area, and some spots could couch the 60 degree mark. The average high is 61 for this time of year. Were about 5 to 10 degrees warmer than they were at this time yesterday. Even a little bit more up in the poconos. And the wind not quite as strong, but we still have that west wind that is bringing in dry air but eventually its going to bring in warmer air, and a little bit less wind this afternoon and much less wind tonight. Just a few clouds down across delaware and extreme south jersey, but we have dry conditions across the east. We have showers in the middle of the country, and that activity is going to be affecting us. Its going to take a while before anything gets in here. Maybe a few clouds coming in this afternoon according to our future cast but then were dry tonight and for election day tomorrow, really cant ask for much more. Sunshine, light wind, and a little bit milder. Here we are tomorrow afternoon with mostly sunny skies. However, things are going to be changing later. Theres the High Pressure covering us now with the west wind coming around it. Tuesday were dry. Wednesday the southwest wind comes in, warms us up. But here comes thursday. Thats the next storm thats going to be affecting us and that may bring some pretty significant rain to the area on thursday. For the rest of the day today, we have sunshine, breezy conditions, highs in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. Its a whole lot milder than over the weekend but still right around average. Really nice day tomorrow, highs in the mid60s with sunshine. Another mild day on wednesday, getting closer to

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