Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 500a 20140822 : co

Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 500a 20140822

Degrees which is still below average for us. Thats just the beginning of a cooling trend that will send our temperatures into the high 70s right over the weekend. Ill let you know when were getting rid of the showers. Thats coming up in my first alert forecast. Lets go to katy for a look at traffic. We are dealing with wet roadways as you pointed out. I first want to talk about a breaking news situation in camden. We have a reporter on the scene. Theres a fire at 4th and spruce streets in camden. An alternate is 2nd or broadway. I was able to zoom in one of our center city cameras that faces camden. You can tell this is an active scene. Youll get a ground view of that in minutes from now from jesse gary. Avoid this area if youre driving in camden this morning. Taking a look at some of the wet roadways, route 73 at academy road. Some slick spots but theres not a lot of cars on the roadways. Its a friday in late august. Were dealing with not a lot of traffic in the area. Theres an accident in montgomery county, limerick, evergreen road at rupert road. Be aware of that if youre headed in that area. Katy was telling us about the traffic impact. Its a twoalarm house fire burning in camden. In the past five minutes, that fire spread to a third building there. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live on scene. Youve caught dramatic video that youre now sharing with everyone. Reporter chris, that was of the partial Building Collapse. Let me move out of the way. Were standing on spruce im sorry, were standing on 4th and thats spruce intersecting. On the corner, you can see the debris. You see the brick, rubble and debris. That was from the partial collapse. Lets take a look at how that got on the ground. G. God. Reporter thats what happened about 30 minutes ago. A couple firefighters were standing there and were fortunate to get out of the way before the debris landed on them. The lone injury due to the fire is smoke inhalation. No one else has been injured. Thats good news. The third building, the fire hasnt reached it but firefighters are using it as a leverage point. They are trying to keep the fire contained to the two buildings that have been destroyed. When we got here 45 minutes, an hour ago, hef low smoke was billowing through this area. Theres still a lot of smoke but not as bad. When we were gotc here earlier it was so smoky, you could not see your hand in front of your face. Well bring you some of the comments from some of the neighbors who woke up this morning to the fiery scene. Live in camden, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. Keep us posted, jesse. Patco riders will see changes because of the new construction schedule. Heres a live picture. Its part of a twoyear, 103 million project to replace the track on the ben franklin bridge. Again, here is a live picture of the bridge. Patco is closing the track from the north side of the bridge to replace the tracks, ties and other signal equipment. There will be Service Reductions but pat owe cco says there will fewer gaps in service than a previous work stage. The gaps in the schedule run through october 31st. Playable, right field. Pierce jones, game over. With that, tennys magical ride in williamsport came to an end last night. The Philadelphia Team lost to illinois by one run. They were down four runs but fought back hard. Taney had the tieing run at third base with two outs in the final atbat. As you saw there, could not come up with a hit. The players will come home from williamsport today and will do so with their heads held high. We talked with star pitcher mone davis about last nights loss. She says this team should be proud. To not cry or to not be mad, because we made it this far. So theres no reason to cry or anything. The kids are handling that loss very well, so are their parents and coaches. They say its been an incredible experience. I dont even know what to say to her. She changed my life from three weeks ago. Im speechless right now, even that we made it this far. None of us expected to be here. Extremely proud. Its been an intense experience. Im not going to lie to you. It wasnt 100 pleasurable. It was intense on many levels. But im very proud of not only my son but all the kids. So intense for those young players, too. We know philadelphia is so proud of them. The final score again last night, 65. So close to advancing. Our matt delucia is live in williamsport this morning. Well check in with him coming up at 5 30. Hell have more with mone davis and a breakdown of that final loss to chicago. 5 06. New from overnight, a man was shot and killed in the frankford section of philadelphia and the gunman waited for police. It happened just after 10 00 on torresdale avenue in a driveway. The 56yearold shooter turned himself in to police and is talking with investigators. Police are not yet saying why he shot the other man. Delaware police are investigating the shooting of a Liquor Store Clerk at catrona liquors late last night. The person who was beaten outside the store was also taken to a different hospital. We still dont know either victims condition. No arrests. Happening today, the son of convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell will be in court today. He was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted robbery inc june. Officers were behind the online sting that started on craigslist and ended at a Planet Fitness parking lot in astin. This is cell phone video from the scene. James smith was expecting to meet a 15yearold boy. Instead he was arrested. The d. A. Says using craigslist to catch child predators is effective because those predators are persistent. He knew he was dealing with a minor. He knew it was only a 15yearold boy and he nevertheless continued to pursue him. Never expected the guy to be meeting the kid on craigslist. Craigslist is a Big Worldwide site. This morning, smith is in jail. From our Jersey Shore Bureau this morning, Police Officers in Atlantic City are now wearing body cameras. Those cameras similar to the ones you see in this video here, they record video and audio but only after an officer switches them on. 20 cameras will be split among officers on three shifts. They cost around 300 apiece and were paid for through a Community Development block grant. Happening today, two nasa engineers will share their experiences as part of a preview to the Lehigh Valley air show. They both work on the agencys new rocket that will be capable of deep Space Exploration missions. The air show runs tomorrow and sunday at the Lehigh Valley international airport. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. Good morning. Were tracking showers, even thunderstorms moving through parts of our area this morning. Well continue with a chance of showers throughout your friday. A cooler weekend on tap, daytime highs staying in the high 70s and then as we head into next week, well see a warming trend that will push us above average. In philadelphia, light rain coming down, 69 degrees. Humidity is at 90 . Gusting wind speeds out of the east gusting to 18 miles an hour. Heres a look at where the rainfall is. Its pushed out of the suburbs, the poconos, not really into parts of delaware. Its manly situated and confined to parts of south jersey. The heaviest thunderstorm activity and strongest thunderstorm activity is pushed offshore already. Heres whatter with seeing the rainfall, just to the north of mays landing, were still dealing with moderate to heavy downpours. Also to the south of mystic island. This is tracking to the south, closer to 5 14. We are going to see some of the rain moving into parts of clover leaf lakes. And a closer look along the shore here, just to the south of maurice river. Everywhere else looks to be drying out at this time. We have a flood advisory for parts of Burlington County until 5 45 this morning. We could see some of the streams and creeks flooded there. Be careful if you see any flooded roadways. On and off, showers expected throughout today. Looks like closer to the evening it will be confined mainly to the Lehigh Valley. The poconos, keep your umbrella handy. The average 85 degrees. Today, below average, 80 degrees. Saturday, temperatures at 77 degrees. Ill have your shore cast and your first alert sevenday forecast coming up. As we follow the breaking news in camden on the house fire, thats also having an impact on traffic in the area. Youll have to get around it. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter katy zachry has the getaround way. This is still an active scene, smoke billowing from the scene at 4th and spruce streets. Jesse gary is on the ground in camden. An alternatec is second streetr broadway. Theres a lot of activity there. The scene seems to be expanding. Second or broadway, wide enough detours around it. Youre going to want to keep that in mind throughout the morning. Theres a new accident into our system in montgomery county, route 422 westbound, the off ramp to route 29. We have video of that, here it is. You can see the flashing lights right there. Its a little foggy. The rain has moved out. Its grainy. Thats not due to the rain. Theres an accident in limerick. Weve been following this for the last few minutes, evergreen road at rupert road. Back to that fire situation in camden, breaking news were following. Its been a stubborn fire to put out as we are still seeing flames from our live camera. This is taped video but were still seeing flames, our reporter on scene there. This fire started more than an hour ago. It was a twoalarm fire. It consumed two row homes. It was threatening to spread to a third building but firefighters were able to contain it. Jesse gary on scene. Well check back in a moment for more on that. A terrifying scene for any driver, headlights coming right at you. In this case, the car is also headed into the wrong direction. Well explain why police let the driver slam right into them. Nbc 10 first on the scene of this breaking news. Were in camden where a twoalarm house fire continues to burn. One person was injured. Jesse gary has been there for more than an hour. Are firefighters starting to get a handle on this thing . Reporter its still a stub around fire, still burning inside the building in the walls and the roof area as they continue to douse the flames. New information, i checked in with camden fire chief mark harper just a second ago. He tells me the report of the one person who was injured with smoke inhalation, that is unconfirmed. He says none of his men have seen that person. I checked in with ems and they havent seen that person. Im not saying there wasnt a person with smoke inhalation but they werent treated by the personnel here, maybe they took themselves to the hospital. The chief tells me both the buildings on fire were abandoned at the time of the fire. The men on the third building over, theyre not putting out flames on that building, they are using that as a leverage point or a Vantage Point to fight the flames that continue to burn on the corner here of south 4th and spruce here in camden. Its been going on for a little more than an hour now. Theyve gotten the upper hand, theres a lot less smoke and flames but still, in the Upper Corners of the back, there are still flames burning. Thats why they continue to douse water on this scene. Neighbors said they were woken up by the smell of smoke. I was sleeping. I smelled smoke. I checked outside. My mom woke me up. I checked it out. Theres a big fire at the corner house. Thats jose figueroa. He smelled the smoke in his house and hes not even that close to the fire scene, hes about a half block away. Thats how much smoke has been billowing down the corner here in camden. Ill check in in a couple minutes, try to get more information. Texas governor rick perry is scheduled to be arraigned today on felony charges including abuse of power aniko ergs of a public servant. The allegations stem from his veto of funds for a District Attorney as office after she was charged with dwi. Perry is calling the charges a farce, saying theyre politically motivated. Perry is not required to appear at todays hearing. Authorities are saying it could take months to clean up an oil spill. The gasoline spilled into the san juan river. While it has been contained by floating barriers, the head of the Water Commission says it will take two to three months to clean it up. Officers allowed a car going the wrong way to crash into their vehicle. The driver who suffers from dementia crashed into the crew. The officers decided to let them crash into them to prevent serious injury toc any other drivers. Incredible video. We know about the fire location in camden that youll have to detour around plus wet roads today. Lets see if there are other issues facing you as you head out the door. Katy zachry has a look at traffic. Chris and tracy, thats pretty much whats plaguing drivers, wet roadways and that fire in camden. You can see smoke is billowing from that building or series of buildings. Its happening at 4th and spruce streets, an alternate around that. It looks like the scene will be out there for quite some time. 2nd street or broadway. Keep that in mind if youre traveling in camden. 95, we saw rain moving in. Its since moved out. Traffic is looking great. Your average speed is 53 miles an hour, headed into center city philadelphia. Theres an accident into our system. This is in montgomery county. Route 422 westbound, the off ramp to route 29. Heres video. You can see the flashing lights right here, over on the shoulder. Theres not enough traffic for this to be an issue. As the morning rush picks up, if its still there, it could become an issue for you. Thats the latest in traffic, guys. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. Good morning, were tracking the last of showers and thunderstorms that are pulling out of south jersey. Friday showers expected for us on and off today. A cool weekend on tap for you. High 70s both saturday and sunday. A warming trend as we head into next week, temperatures push back into the mid, even high 80s. Partly cloudy in philadelphia. The rain is stopped there. 69 degrees. If you take a look at Atlantic City, rainfall is starting to push into the Atlantic City airport. 67 degrees right now with light rain coming down. Heres a closer look at the radar. You can see most of the rain is confined to south jersey, also right along the shore. As we head into the rest of this morning, we will continue to see on and off showers but the heaviest rainfall right now is moving into parts of this area and also into mays landing. Atlantic city will be next before all of this happens. Be careful if you see flooded roadways. On and off showers expect as we head into the rest of today and even into the evening. We are going to see clearing as we head into saturday. A few lingering showers expected. But as we push into your early afternoon hours, youll start to notice those clouds moving out. Well see nice conditions. A chance of showers, temperatures at 74. 76 on saturday. With a few a. M. Showers expected by sunday. Beautiful conditions, mid70s. Then your sevenday forecast shows the city dries out as well. 77 degrees. Take a look at sunday. 79 degrees. Those are temperatures we normally see down the shore. As we head into next week, we warm back into the midtohigh 80s. Good god. That was the moment that a witness saw part of a Building Collapse during this house fire thats burning at this moment in camden. Started as a twoalarm fire. Two abandoned buildings. The buildings are abandoned. Thats good news. Also, the earlier report of a person who may have been injured, that is not confirmed at thisrtime. Perhaps theres a situation where no one has been injured which would also be good news. Firefighters are having trouble getting the stubborn fire put out. Theres still a situation there. Well keep you posted on the developments, live in camden. A red light reprieve. Why 17,000 drivers wont have to pay their fines even though they got caught on camera. Ssle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com i love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup, cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. 5 24. If youre just joining us, breaking news, fire continues to burn in camden in a series of buildings on 4th and spruce streets, firefighters now have an upper hand on it, according to jesse gary. The buildings are abandoned. There are traffic impacts. Katy zachry will tell you how to get around that in just a moment. 5 24. 17,000 drivers in new jersey who ran red lights wont get a ticket in the mail because of a computer glitch. 17 towns contracted a company to run the cameras. Well, that company had a glitch from may 28th to june 30th impacting five local towns. Township, deptford, glassboro and monroe township. So the new jersey court sent those towns this letter letting them know they cannot issue red light tickets. Its against court rules to send a ticket 90 days after a violation. This morning theres a new investigation related to General Motors faulty ignition switch. Bertha coombs is here in this mornings cnbc business news. Bertha, good morning. Reporter good morning, yes, federal prosecutors are looking into whether employees of gms Legal Department willfully concealed evidence from regulators about a faulty ignition switch. The ignition switch that led to that giant recall. That may have delayed that recall of vehicles with the fatal problem. According to a source which the wall street journal is quoting. The journal reports that this latest round of scrutiny to gms Legal Department adds to the larger allegation of misconduct. Gms own internal report did say that the Legal Department was at fault and a couple people were dismissed. Back to you. Likely a lot more to come on this. Bertha coombs, cnbc, thanks. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Were tracking the last of the showers and thunderstorms moving through south jersey, right along the shore. Ill let you know what to expe

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