Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 5am 20160325 : comp

Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 5am 20160325

Tractortrailer scene, earlier tractortrailer fire. Now cleanup under way on the pa turnpike eastbound thats blocked at downingtown, route 30, 100 or route 202 to get by this scene for now. As it stands, eastbound lanes are blocked right now. The falls bridge has reopened. It was closed, it was supposed to be until april for rehabilitation work. Its open today. You dont have to take the alternate but you can if you want to. A lot of the road work at 422 cleared out of the way. Major lane restrictions earlier. Now youre good to go, on time. The villanova wildcats are still dancing after crushing the miami hurricanes in the sweet 16. Matt delucia is live at the Wells Fargo Center. Matt, nova will be playing in kentucky but a lot of excitement is in south philadelphia this weekend where you are. Absolutely, tracy. A lot of teams are still dancing in this tournament. Villanova players and fans are certainly waking up this morning a little more cheerful, getting ready for the elite eight matchup tomorrow. But the teams who have traveled here to philadelphia are in town right now. They had practice sessions yesterday and are getting ready for their sweet 16 games later on tonight. First, take a look at nova playing miami last night. People are talking about the wildcats today. It was a dominating win over the miami hurricanes, 9269, the final score. Before the game, we caught up with a couple of the many fans who traveled to louisville, kentucky, to help this team to victory. Its like overwhelming right now. I feel like the love is like crazy, mind blowing. I think theyre the hottest team in the country. Theyve been playing well. I think kansas do it. I think this is their year. Up next, villanova takes on kansas, the number when seed. That will be in kentucky. Based on vegas odds, kansas is favored to win the whole tournament. Hopefully well get an upset there. Well hear from head coach jay wright at 5 00. c but here, notre dame wisconsin and unc indiana playing after that game. Last night we had the excitement in kentucky. Now its time for philly. Live at the Wells Fargo Center, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. 5 03 and 64 degrees outside. Now to decision 2016. Congressman chaka fattah facing federal charges is intent on keeping his seat out of the hands of four challengers. The candidates debated in center city last night. Fattah faces competition tw dwight evans, brian gordon and dan murrof and republican james jones. I said i am completely innocent. This is an election about the future. Weve seen the same old song and dance for the last 20, 25 years. Congressman fattah is vulnerable. Which explains the numerous challengers remaining in the race. Fattah has held the seat since 1995, the second Congressional District covers philadelphia and a part of Montgomery County. The pennsylvania primary is april 26th, six days before fattah heads to trial on fraud and racketeering charges. 5 04 from our south jersey bureau. Police are asking for your help to find a pair of shoplifters. Investigators say they stole more than 5,600 worth of merchandise from the target store on route 73 in evesham township. Police say the pair drove away in a Gray Mercedes with new york license plates. Were learning more about arrests being made following the deadly attacks in brussels. Nbc 10s drew smith is live in the Digital Operations Center this morning. Drew, these arrests come after several raids in more than one country took place, right . Both brussels and france, neighboring country next to belgium. Authorities are holding at least six people following the latest rounds of home raids. These all happened in the Early Morning hours, centered around the scarbake neighborhood inc belgium. Theyve linked materials back to the brussels attackers. A federal prosecutor said arrests were also made in central brussels and over in france where they also said they foiled another terror plot. Heavy Police Presence can also be continue to be found throughout these areas. Forensic teams moved in and blocked off access to some buildings. Neighbors reported hearing detonations during these home raids. Also this morning, were following another story. This is going to be a visit from secretary of state john kerry. Hes heading to brussels after a quick trip to moscow. Thats the video youre seeing here. He was talking about the Islamic State there. We know he has now arrived in brussels. Were in fact waiting for a live picture to show him on the ground there. Counterterrorism talks expected to continue to be the focal point of his visits there. We are working to phone out what his plans are today in brussels. We are expecting to see him pay respects to the victims as well. Live from the Digital Operations Center, drew smith, nbc 10 news. 5 06. This morning, seven iranians are facing charges in a series of cyber attacks. Investigators say they targeted new york city banks and a dam outside the city. Now, the fbi says the hack prevented hundreds of thousands of Bank Customers from accessing their accounts. However, Officials Say the alleged hackers targeted the dam, a water dam when it was offline so the water was not affected. The federal Authorities Say the hacking took place between 2011 and 2013. A philadelphia security expert says this type of attack is terrorisms new frontier. Future for warfare and the future of terrorism may very well be from the cyber world. We have to be absolutely prepared for that. That security expert also said the United States government is, quote, behind the curve and needs to invest more to strengthen our online defenses zblnchz christians here and around the world are marking good friday. On this most somber day onc th christian calendar, the faithful commemorate jesus christ crucifix leading up to his resurrection two days later on easter sunday. In center city, the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul will hold meditations and the sacrament of pennants. Theres also celebration of the lords passion this afternoon. This was the cathedral last night as the faithful marked holy thursday commemorating the last supper where jesus washed the apostles feet and the archbishop reenacted that following christs example. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Seven minutes after 5 00. Youll need the umbrella today. Im tracking showers that are already moving into the area this morning and well still see shower activity this afternoon. Then sunshine will break through. And the windy conditions that were experiencing this morning and warm conditions, too, will persist into the afternoon. Were talking 70s today. This weekend, sunshine will abound. All this will be out of here by then. Right now, 53 degrees in the pocono mountains. It is rain there. 62 in trenton, 65 in dover. Unusually warm for this time of year. You can see a little bit of the rain falling on the picnic tables. Thats the view from camel back. Notice the wind is blowing that flag, too. Windy and wet to start with, just light rainfall from the pocono mountains into allentown, berks county. Light rainfall in closer to philadelphia, right now it is in parts of bucks county and into the trenton area youre about to get rainfall right now. The forecast is calling for the temperatures to stay elevated through the day. Showers this morning, drying out this afternoon, near 70 for allentown, quakertown and reading. And into the 70s for trenton, norristown and mt. Holly during the afternoon. Well see breaks of sunshine after a bit of wet weather this morning. Not looking for a lot of rain. Steadier rainfall is possible. We could see up to half inch in dover and vineland. A little less at the shore, 68 degrees. Those showers moving out, by later in the afternoon at the shore. Even though well see some rain jy drexel hill and philadelphia this afternoon. Well see sunshine and temperatures near 70 degrees. Look at the weekend forecast and beyond with the sevenday when im back in ten minutes. All right, bill, thank you. The warmth hits you when you walk out the door this morning. Its nice. Its nice. Youll need the windshield wipers and umbrella as you head out. Lets check in with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington watching the schuylkill expressway. Its still early. Were on the vine street expressway also. Eastbound drive times from the vine street expressway from the blue route to the vine street expressway here, a 13minute trip. Speeds into the 60s. All lanes doing okay, whether youre headed eastbound or westbound right now. We have a disabled vehicle out in Montgomery County over in rockledge on fox chase road and huntington park. This is over in new jersey headed down the shore a little was. Route 50 northbound right around route 49. This is scheduled until july. Something you want to keep in mind. Far from over. The pennsylvania budget stalemate may be stalled but hear why analysts say we could be heading for more gridlock this summer. Police rush to the scene and pull a man to safety. Well tell you what the driver refused to do that forced the officers to risk their lives. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. 5 13 right now. Heres a live look at glenside, Montgomery County. The flowers are in bloom. 61 degrees there. Were expecting rain showers in our area this morning. Well get you updated onc that with bill henley in a couple minutes. Today, friends and family gather for a Police Officer and Delaware County native killed in the line of duty. He died during an unprovoked attack on law enforcement. People stood in line yesterday to get into a viewing for jacai cols colson. Following Services Today in maryland, colsons funeral is set for monday. He will be buried in Delaware County. Colson graduated from Chichester High School in 2005. He was a member of Student Council there an an athlete. Colson was killed earlier in a gun battle after a suspect started firing outside his Police Station. That suspect, michael ford and his two brothers face a number of charges. Police say one brother drove ford to the Police Station while the others recorded a video in which ford mapped out the shooting. A Police Pursuit in arizona took twists and turns. Officers chased the driver of this stolen pickup truck through the streets of mesa. At one point, the driver got out and brawled with a motorcycle rider and possibly tried to steal the bike. The driver got back in his white pickup before finally rolling on an interstate. Officials say the crash threw the driver from the vehicle. He was taken into custody. An a Police Dashcam recorded two officers rescuing a man from a burning car. He reportedly hit several vehicles on a bryant, arkansas highway before hitting the center wall and catching fire. The driver inside would not cooperate and get out of the car, so they dragged him out to safety. The man was not seriously injured but he was arrested on several charges. Now from our south jersey bureau, a date is set for the grand opening of the new 14 million nightclub in Atlantic City at the borgata. Premiere will open on april 8th with a fourday celebration. The borgata hopes the club will rival the top clubs in new york, miami andc vegas. People across the midwest are dealing with the aftermath of a spring blizzard. At least we dont have that here. This morning, many are digging out, parts of minnesota saw up to a foot of snow. The blizzard also buried sections of iowa, south dakota and wisconsin. In the meantime, flooding hit missouri and made for a scary ride for students who were being bussed to school. A bus carrying 20 kid nearly turned over in the floodwaters. The driver says strong winds played a role as he was driving. The students had to get out of the bus through a side window. Fortunately no one was hurt. 5 16. 64 warm degrees outside. Lets check your ride to work on this friday. We made it to friday. There was an issue earlier on the turnpike. We had an issue on the pa turnpike, much earlier in the morning, around 1 00 this morning, a tractortrailer fire and then we had some major cleanup. Pa turnpike eastbound around downingtown has been blocked all morning. Now just reopened. No problems anymore there. No big backups. Well check in with our drive times as well. 23 minutes westbound or eastbound. No problems at the most. 23 minutes from valley forge to route 1. Heres 78 in the lehigh valley. A lot of folks starting to make their way out the door this morning. The disabled vehicle in Montgomery County, out in rockledge on fox chase road and huntington pike. Ill be back in the next ten mondays or so with another check on your morning drive. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 17 minutes after 5 00. A little bit of rain in the area hasnt reached the airport yet. Theres the Philadelphia International airport. Thats terminal f. No rain yet. Thats the main story. 64 degrees. Cant beat that. This time of year, should be in the 30s. A warm and windy start. Takeoffs will be bumpy, i suspect, with winds gusting to more than 20 miles an hour in philadelphia. Looking for rain, were spotting some of it in the pocono mountains. This is a view from camming back. Light rainfall there. Doesnt seem to be bothering the moths that are gathering around that light this morning. Temperatures even warm in the pocono mountains, 53 degrees. Can only be rain with temperatures in the 50s. 64 degrees in wilmington and 64 for northeast philadelphia and for Philadelphia International. Theres the rain. Light rain moving through Chester County into montgomery, extreme western Montgomery County. The first line of showers very light in berks county, reading seeing some rainfall and so is allentown. As we saw in the live picture from the pocono mountains, its barely coming down, very light rainfall. If we do get heavier showers, we will see it with this next line that is just to the west this morning. Theres the snow in canada. Thats where youll find the cold air. For us it will be nothing but warm. Showers, windy and warm. Temperatures in the 60s and low 70s today. And then tomorrow, its all out of here, including the 70s. 61 will be the high after a morning low of 39 degrees. Sunshine will be nice and bright to start with on sunday. Late in the day, clouds moving in ahead of showers likely on monday. Possibly even a thunderstorm monday. By tuesday, though, the sunshine is back. A little bit windy, cooler and 58 degrees. 60s for wednesday. Looks leak a nice one. Wind an rain with warmer day on thursday, high of 69. All right, bill, thank you. Still uncertain. New jersey lawmakers have Different Solutions to the financial crisis in Atlantic City. Well tell you about the only thing governor Chris Christie says hes willing to do and what the citys mayor wants in return. And if youre about to pay a traffic speeding tick net Chester County, listen up. Police say you might owe nothing at all. Well explain. Your daughter wants to stay organic. Your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like giants natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 items. Eat well for less. Only at my giant. Bogus speeding tickets. Thats what police in Chester County are warning drivers about today. Police in tredyffrin township said someone is emailing phony citations to people. Investigators tell us the emails appear to use accurate information. The scammers hacked from traffic and gps apps. The messages claim to have snapshots of license plates and the fines people have to pay. I think its terrible. I would be inclined to send money. Drivers would never receive a citation by email, says tredyffrin township. The same is true for warrants and other official business involving law enforcement. More families in philadelphia will now be able to get comcast high speed internet. Comcast yesterday announced that its expanding its Internet Essentials Program to about 5,000 lowincome families. Internet essentials offers quicker speeds of free wifi router and free access to Digital Literacy training and also helps families buy a computer for less than 150. Comcast is a Parent Company of nbc 10. Verizon says it fixed a data breach after hackers stole Contact Information from the companys business clants. The customers all use verizons Enterprise Solutions unit. Verizon is not saying how many customers were involved. A report says the hackers put Contact Information for 1. 5 million business clients up for sale. Verizon says no consumer customers were involved in the data breach. We have a recall alert that coul

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