Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm 20160405 : comparemel

Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm 20160405

Villanovas campus it didnt take long to find fans showing school pride. The place is still buzzing after last nights National Championship win. He made it it was great. Everyone is happy. Everyone is excited at breakfast, last night was crazy. We all stayed up until like 4 00 in the morning. Reporter it was a late night for thousands of students and fans on campus. They flooded the intersection of lancaster and icen avenues after kris jenkins last second three. My parents were here in 85 so its unbelievable to be here now. I was crying tears of joy, disbelief, tears of pure elation. The after party is far from over. Everyone we spoke with said they will be at the welcome back pep rally today. It will be the fans first chance to thank the team for a dream season. This was an unbelievable moment. I will never forget it the rest of my life. Fans have their signs ready. They are ready to go, ready to cheer on the wildcats as they get here. Well be here and keep an eye on the bus and tell you some of the fans we spoke to, they are already making plans to go to the parade in center city. A live look at the stadium, right now and whats going on. It right now im brandon hudson, live at villanova, nbc 10 news. Well have more on the parade details coming up. For now to Philadelphia International airport where we are waiting for the team to arrive. Nbc 10s tim furlong is live in sky force 10. About an hour we expect them to touch down . Reporter yeah, thats right. Were just to the northwest of the philly international airport, getting a little wind here. In a while your National Champion wildcats are going to return, allowing the pro teams come in and out of. Im told they will be greeted with an arch of fire hoses. Were tracking the fight from houston. We can show you on the system the team plane is over the state of North Carolina so its making its way up here. It wont be too much longer. Once the team arrives a Police Escort back to campus where they will be greeted by thousands. Well follow them every step of the way from the air and from the ground. Youre in the right place for the best coverage of villanovas return so stay with nbc 10. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Now that parade. The University Says it will begin at 1 00 friday afternoon at the intersection of 20th and market, and end at dilworth park. The wildcats waited 31 years to march in center city. 100,000 people crowded city hall to cheer on the wildcats back on april 3, 1985. Celebration came two days after villanovas stunning championship victory over georgetown. So its time now. 31 years. We waited for this. Villanovas buzzer beater was a thrill to watch, imagine im sure it was even better in person. Keith jones, a nova grad, former manager of the Basketball Team and he got the chance to capture the final moments last night in person on his cell phone. Look at this. Look at his phone. Its going every which way. Everybody is running and cheering and the confetti is coming down. Keith was lucky enough to be courtside there. He was right in the middle of all of that excitement. And this was the scene inside the pavilion on villanovas campus. Thousands of fans went wild as the team won in the final seconds. Sky force 10 showing the students spilling out on the streets to celebrate. Boy, did they. This really is a victory for fans across the region. The crowd roared in south philadelphia as the team made that gamewinning bucket. The last time we saw a championship moment in south philadelphia, eight years ago, i remember it well when the phillies won the world series. Were going to show you cheers after cheers. So fun. Nova nation went wild at kellys tap in brynmawr. Confetti dropped, fans jumped for joy the moment the team became National Champions. And the thrilling win has no doubt made villanova the Happiest College campus in the country, not to mention the fact they had school off today. Added to it. Our coverage continues with lauren mayk with the mad rush now for championship gear. Medium. Reporter its the tshirts that stay villanova is a champ. Its once in a lifetime. Reporter he is a grad student outfitting his family in gear. Its me, my broth e my dad, my roommate and my sister. Reporter we were at the book store as staff rushed to get shirts on the floor. Box after box driven in from new jersey, hot off the presses. They really have not slept, so a lot of them are on two, three hours of sleep. Reporter lines outside and inside to pick up the must have item, we couldnt help but notice these students were a little hoarse from all of the cheering. We just got out of bed to go to the tidining hall. You can barely talk. You needed to get this shirt. Maybe the tshirts can do the talking for them. And its not just students lining up for the wearable memories. Looks like im skipping work to get some championship merchandise. Reporter eric was here in 1985 for the last championship. Its a wonderful connection for people. If youre here youll always have this. 30 years later it hasnt faded. Its a wonderful experience. Reporter if you look for a tshirt you have two options. If you wonder which is the seller its this one, says champions in very big letters. At villanova, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. I like that one on the right. There was chaos to tell you about that accompanied last nights celebration. 27 people in fact treated at Triage Centers but the injuries nothing serious. 6 or 7 had to be transported to hospitals again those injuries were minor. There were six arrests and one person received a citation. You saw the bonfire there on campus as the celebration went on for hours. Our local newspapers also marking villanovas place. Its such the story. The front page of todays philadelphia daily news. It reads we win. With novas logo. The back page proclaims, thrill anova. This weeks cover of Sports Illustrated features the wildcats with the line super nova. The article spotlights villanovas forward Chris Jenkins gamewinning threepointer. Philadelphia threedon. So what do you do when your Favorite School team wins the ncaa championship . Get a tattoo . No. That would not be your answer. Some did. There you hear the butz. This morning the show offering free professional tattoos of the nova to hard core fans. This guy wanted it on his leg. Several showed up to get some ink. That could be the ultimate support. Im commemorating the greatest College Basketball championship win that i think were ever going to see. We all know that National Champions are few and far between, we may never get another one here in philadelphia. Several people had already considered getting a villanova tattoo so the win sealed the deal they said. Nbc 10 is your place to celebrate. Be sure to check out the nbc 10 app because youll find videos there, plus photos of the best moments from the entire ncaa tournament. Also a link there where you can get your nova National Championship gear. Switching gears to your first alert forecast. Nothing till spring, snow flurries. Did you see them in south philadelphia where part of the area woke up to snow. There is a look at conditions now. Live view from boathouse row. Didnt get out of the low 40s today and thats going to be a trend for the rest of the week. Lets get details on that with meteorologist sheena parveen. Another cold night . Yeah, another cold night. Temperatures in the 20s again for much of the area, so regardless of how cold it might be right now were going to keep on dropping as we go through the overnight hours. Here is a look at the winds because its making it feel colder out of the north still gusting around 25 miles an hour so you notice the wind today. Temperatures, though, still in about the mid to low 40s, not going to get in the 50s. 44 wilmington, 42 allentown, 41 pottstown. And really its through the rest of this evening youll notice the temperatures starting to drop because the winds will start to lighten up. So well be getting colder. Take a look at future weather here. Overnight tonight, those temperatures really drop with lighter winds and clear skies. So by 8 00 p. M. Well quickly get in the 30s, only by 8 00 tonight. Close to freezing through the lehigh valley. 11 00, some areas will be in the 20s, some of our suburbs in new jersey like millville coming in by 11 00 p. M. Near freezing and quickly in the mid to low 20s by the time you walk out tomorrow morning. Ill show you the morning temperatures and also our next round of rain, some of which could be heavy. Thats straight ahead. I want to update you on the deadly amtrak derailment. Investigators are expected to interview the trains conductor and two assistant conductors. Investigators are still trying to figure out why a backhoe was on the tracks when train 89 rolled through chester sunday. They say the trains engineer applied the emergency brakes five seconds before it hit the Construction Equipment and killed those two amtrak workers. They have now been identified as backhoe operator Joseph Carter of wilmington and supervisor Peter Adamovich of chester county. Sky force 10 in bucks county over a crash. Three cars collided. Three people were taken to the hospital with critical injuries from this accident. Earlier this morning sky force 10 over this School Bus Crash in cumberland county. The bus went into the woods. There were adults on the bus headed to the elwin training school. They were taken to a hospital as precaution. And we also saw that car damaged nearby. No word on the cause of this crash. Major news for new jerseys children. The state is going to spend 10 million more dollars to fight its lead problem, this a week after the nbc 10 investigators series living with lead revealed the garden state diverted money meant to get rid of lead, paying for pensions and salaries. Mitch blacher brought us those stories. Whats the plan for this new money . When we first asked governor christie about this issue about the lead poisoning in his state he called the issue overdramatized. Now he says the state is willing to pay 10 million more money in order to get rid of and contain lead in new jersey homes. Paint has poisoned thousands of children according to the state department of health. Governor christie said his administration will spend 10 million to prevent more kids from getting sick. Were working hard and making sure that lead poisoning while its a concern does never become an epidemic. The governor changed his tone when we first discovered the state diverting millions he dismissed the problem. First of all, this has been an overdramatized issue. And the fact is that new jersey has a fund that helps to pay for this. But that fund according to state senators like jeff van drew, was raided. The state office of legislative Services Says nearly 60 million meant to remove lead had been spent on state salaries and pensions. We want to do more. Its the right thing to protect our children and their families. New jersey will spend about 20,000 to get the lead out of a single home at that rate they will be able to get to about 500 homes in the state. The governor said all of this money will come from this years state budget and if you want to see all of our investigative reporting our series living with lead is online now at nbc10. Com, that includes the story that first revealed new jersey raiding its lead remediation fund. Mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. To decision 2016, it takes us to wisconsin today where that states primary election is under way. The polls are open until 8 00 tonight. Todays primaries become more important at this point in the race because donald trump has slipped in recent polls, opening the door for ted cruz and john kasich. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also in a tight race. And its almost time for our primaries, pennsylvania and delaware holding their primary elections two weeks from today on april 26. New jersey voters they go to the polls june 7. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf joined Vice President joe biden today in a push to prevent sexual assaults on college campuses. The two spoke to students at the university of pittsburgh. The campaign is intended to encourage students to show support for victims of sexual assault. Hundreds of colleges and universities across the country have held events to support that effort. Today members of the community got a lesson about preventing child abuse from philadelphias mayor and the department of human services. Nbc 10 at Clara Barton School where the mayor, jim kenney and members of dhs talked about a city wide effort called i am for the child. The program is geared toward protecting children from abuse, the campaign designed to involve the community in supporting young people who are at risk. You know something is going wrong dont feel youre meddling, that youre not doing the right thing. Pick up the phone, call somebody. See something, say something. Because that child is depending on us to protect them. April is National Child abuse prevention month. New video of a robbery at a 711 in philadelphias olney neighborhood. It happened around 3 00 sunday morning on east champost avenue. One man stood as a lookout and the other demanded cash. They believe the two may be teenagers. Temple university is cracking down on what it calls unruly behavior by students both on and around campus. The universitys president said parties at some private Housing Units often spill into the street, disturbing those who live nearby. As a result, members of the Community Support team will walk the neighborhoods during peak party times, to make sure students are safe and fines for alcohol violations are going to increase. More water worries in one Burlington County town to tell you about. Morristown residents have more questions about the safety of the water coming out of their taps. A Watchdog Group is holding a meeting tonight at 6 30 at Friends Meeting house to try to get answers. Last year tests showed a type of bacteria in the towns water supply, residents werent told about that until last month. Well, cold and windy today. Tonight will be cold but its not going to be as windy so temperatures will be a little more widespread in the 20s in a couple locations, will be colder too. So another freeze tonight, beautiful clear skies outside though. But with the clear skies and the lighter winds thats kind of a perfect recipe right now for a very cold overnight period. So as we go through the overnight hours, freezing, then into thursday, heavy rain, thunderstorms on the way. Temperatures will be back in the 60s, but then colder again over the weekend. Before we get to the weekend were talking about the villanova parade on friday, so i have that forecast for you in a minute. Right now were in the low 40s through the lehigh valley. Mid40s in philadelphia. 41 glassboro, 43 in millville and dover and really these areas will be in about the mid to low 20s as we go through tonight. It is going to be another cold one and that freeze warning is going to start earlier tonight too. Take a look at our temperatures as we go through the overnight hours. 11 00 p. M. Close to freezing then quickly dropping to freezing through the overnight hours, and when you step outside tomorrow morning, so if you needed the heavy coat today, youre going to need it tomorrow too. So here is the freeze warning map. Philadelphia area, surrounding suburbs, new jersey and delaware tonight is going to start at 10 00 p. M. So earlier since the winds are going to start to lighten up. Temperature below freezing for several hours, so again, thats sensitive vegetation and spring plants and another round of freezing temperatures could damage those. Here is a look at future weather. We do stay dry overnight. Cold and dry in the morning, and then we go through wednesday afternoon. Temperatures closer to the 50degree mark, maybe mid to low 50s in areas. Well see more clouds later into wednesday and especially into thursday. Here come the clouds for thursday morning and even the rain so. This is 9 00 a. M. Thursday. Some showers starting to move in. Looks like the heaviest rain should be here by midday thursday and into the afternoon. So, with this we could see locally heavy downpours, cannot rule out thunderstorms either. But that will be clearing up for your friday. So thats good news. Here is a villanova parade forecast starting at 1 00 p. M. , 20th and market street, 1 00 p. M. Temperature around 50 degrees. Then we slowly climb to around 53 degrees. But it looks like right now well stay dry. Tonight temperatures will be pretty widespread in the 20s, some of our suburbs will be in the low 20s. Tomorrow mix of sunshine with increasing clouds through part of the day, not as cold or windy though. Temperatures in the mid to low 50s for wednesday. So looking pretty good tomorrow thursday, we have heavy rain and thunderstorms moving in, low 60s. There you see friday were a little cooler but looks to be dry. Over the weekend well be watching for a chance for showers saturday but it is going to be a colder weekend. Take a look at this. Philadelphias d. A. Seth williams getting ready to lace up his boxing gloves to step in the ring, he will be duking it out in a tournament for Charity Later this month. Nbc 10 and north philadelphia today for the big announcement. Philly native Bernard Hopkins is training williams for his matchup against terreek shabaz. Im risking this beautiful face and terreek, you have been planning this for 18 months. He has been training for a year for this fight. He was a gold glove boxer in brooklyn. He told me three weeks ago about this fight. There you go. The night of the fights will benefit causes like the urban league and the united way. Its happening at Temple University on april 30. So watch out. Coming up next, restaurant rodent. A viral video has mcdonalds issuing an

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