Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am 20170309 : comp

Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 6am 20170309

Take full advantage because we do have some clouds developing later today. And then we have much colder temperatures by the end of this week. Current temperature for mt. Pocono, 40 degrees, allentown at 51. Pottstown, 49 degrees for you. But notice, the temperatures are really mild right now. In fact, were seeing westerly winds, pretty comfortable. Lancaster and reading currently at 50 degrees. Again, i cannot stress this enough, take advantage of it, because by tomorrow, temperatures are going to only top out in the 40s and 30s by saturday and yes by sunday. As for the forecast today, plenty of sunshine at 1 00 p. M. In philadelphia seeing upper 50s to low 60s. Same deal in the p. A. Suburbs. Notice im going to keep plenty of sunshine in the forecast because its not until the second half of the day when we start developing clouds and a wintery mix moving in from west to east. Coming up in just a bit i do have your most accurate tenday forecast. Starting out at roosevelt boulevard, this morning, our cameras both north and southbound, at 17th street. No problems here. Really light traffic so far for the morning. There is a crash in pottstown, with traffic here. Shoemaker road at route 100 headed northbound. Watch for lane restrictions there. Not in process of any scheduled opening for the taconypalmyra or the burlington bristol. And the ben franklin looking clear. Ill be back in ten minutes with your update. That breaking news out of salem county, police are looking for the driver who slammed his car into this house in penns grove. Authorities tell us the officers tried to stop the car earlier in the night but the driver kept going then he ran off. Four other people were in the car. One passenger was hurt when she hit her head on the windshield. The couple who lived in the home was not injured. Also breaking overnight, hawaiis known as the 50th state but it has become the first state to sue over President Donald Trump travel ban. The state says the ban will harm its Muslim Population and its foreign students and will hurt tourism. It will ask for a temporary restraining order. The hearing will take place one day before the ban takes effect. The Justice Department is not commenting on this suits. Breaking overnight on capitol hill, Congress Took a first major step to repeal the Affordable Care act better known as obamacare. After an 18hour overnight session the house and ways and Means Committee became the first to repeal it. Jury selection begins today in the Death Penalty case against eric frein, the alleged antigovernment sharpshooter charged in the deadly am burk at a Pennsylvania State police bearics in the poconos. Nbc10s Pamela Osborne is live in westchester where that jury selection will take place in the courtroom thats 150 miles from the crime scene. Reporter yeah, the reason why, rosemary, is because of the extensive News Coverage that followed. For 48 days, the entire pocono Mountains Community was on edge as authorities looked to track down eric 14. Selecting jurors outside of that general area is something that the prosecution and defense both agreed on. 38yearold Bryon Dickson a marine veteran and father of two was leaving the barracks and Alex Douglass was also shot and wounded. And a journal written by frein described how he opened fire on the state room troopers he also zriebled watch describing watching one of the victims fall to the ground. The mother of the state trooper killed said that frein killed without restrain or remorse, and needs to be, quote, held accountable. That jury selection begins at 9 00 a. M. Reporting live in westchester, im Pamela Osborne, nbc10 news. Pam, thank you. In bucks county a 5yearold boy is dead after he was hit by a truck in morrisville last night. This helped at the bell air trailer park where the boy lived. People started attacking that truck forcing the driver to take off. But a short distance later that driver called 911 and reported what happened. The boy die in the hospital. Residents say several apartment complexes in New Castle County are taking action to protect themselves following a series of kidnappings. Maintenance crews have secured new security locks. The neighbors have put up their own surveillance cameras. Also a nearby karate studio has added selfdefense classes in light of the incident. Police are now investigating three different attacks on three different apartment complexes in the area. The suspect is still on the lose. Peco crews are working to restore power to 900 customers left from the fire yesterday. We got a look at the damage left behind in the citys nicetown neighborhood. Investigators havent figured out how the substation fire started. Nurses at Delaware County Memorial Hospital say today is the last day of what they call a lockout following their twoday strike at the hospital in drexel hill. Nurses and technical staff hit the picket lines sunday calling for more staffing to improve patience care. Hospital officials insist this is not a lockout. They say the Firm Providing the temporary nurses this week required that they work a fiveday minimum. The staff nurses will be back on the job tomorrow. Women are vowing to keep the moment item going following a day of marches here in philadelphia and across the country. Demonstrators who took part in the day without a woman event briefly delayed traffic in parts of center city last night. The rally for better play, quality in the work forcing and gender rights, and they say they will keep up the fight, day without a woman. Just knowing that its a road that everybody has to keep paving. We cant get tired. We cant let what is happening in our world wear us down. We have to stay strong but stay energized. The marches here and across the country were connected to global demonstrations for International Womens day. 6 07 on this thursday. 50 degrees outside. This is a live look with the sun coming up over boathouse row. Im guessing a lot of people will be on kelly drive getting in that run. Maybe practicing for training for the race coming up. Maybe biking. Lets check in with erika martin. Vai and rosemary, a gorgeous day on tap. Down the delaware. It looks beautiful. The Delaware River is very quiet. Very calm. Look at the colors behind that. Sunrise at 6 22 a. M. , a few minutes away otherwise a lovely start to the day. Winds are pretty mild right now coming out of the west and southwest. Soon, well see a shift in those winds, northwesterly and that means colder arison its way. Enjoy it right now. Its high and dry and just to the west of us, we saw some snow approach western pennsylvania. That is helded in our direction. Theres a low pressure system, although its a weak one thats developing across the great lakes that will bring us some wintery weather. Later tonight, and into tomorrow. Certainly for your friday morning commute. Meantime, lets enjoy the really nice temperatures. Temperatures mainly in the 50s. Wilmington currently at 48 degrees. Allentown, 51, trennon, 50, philadelphia, 50. The average high for today is 50. Were already at the average high. And the forecasted high. A nice warm 60 degrees. So, you be sure you enjoy. Wind profile right now, were seeing moderate to Gentle Breezes right now. Thats really good news. However, as that secondary cold front sweens through, expect it out of the northwest and that means colder air moving in just in time for the weekend. Hourbyhour forecast starting at 6 00 a. M. Notice how we start to see clouds develop by later tonight byly 11 00, 11 30 a. M. , well see light snow, sleet moving into the Lehigh Valley. And certainly by early tomorrow morning, it looks like we will see widespread light snow. The. News is the surface is way too warm right now so a lot of it will not stick. However, give yourself extra time for that friday morning commute. I will see you guys in just a bit with your tenday forecast. Thank you, erika. We have a disabled vehicle on the pennsylvania turnpike. Yes, Jessica Boyington is watching the Traffic Cameras for us. Tell us what youre seeing. Close to the turnpike. Route 309 headed in that direction. Not sure if its an accident or not. Reports that it was but also it just looked disabled because you can see theres nothing else in the camera view here. But also can be zoomed in i saw Police Activity earlier. You can clearly see somebody is out and about Walking Around. Definitely something to watch for here. Well check with details on that. Again, watch that over its in shoulder and watch the lanes getting by as well. This is the 42 freeway. North or southbound drive times, no problems yet. To the walt whitman bridge, still a fiveminute trip. No problems there. Speeds in the 60s also. Route 70 in cherry hill, just around kings highway both directions look great so far so were not seeing any problems on the new jersey roads but im going to check in with the schuylkill when i come back. Calls for help hit a dead end. Coming up next, the problem that plagued cell phone users and left 911 calls unanswered. And abilitier on attack. The movie star caught on camera beating up an airport worker. Plus, the antiageing workout, well tell you about the exercise that could help you sweat your way to the fountain of youth. About a quarter past 6 00 a. M. The fcc is investigating a 911 Service Outage that affected at t wireless customers across the country and right here in our area. Yeah, users in bucks, chester and montgomery counties were unable to make 911 calls for at least an hour last night. Service was restore just before 10 00 p. M. Nbc10 was inside the Service Center when the problems happened. Law enforcement used social media to spread the word of a number that residents could use. At t has apologized for the problem but the company has yet to say what caused the outage. Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are still locked out of their Computer Network and leaders say its not clear when the issue will be resolved. Staff aides discovers the attack yesterday after it shut down the system and demanded a ransom. And the fbi is investigating and microsoft is working to rebuild the network. President trump has asked former utah governor jon huntsman to be his ambassador to russia. Huntman is expected to accept the offer. He previously served as the ambassador to din china under president obama. And 6 billion in cuts to the department of housing and urban development. According to preliminary documents obtained by the washington post, nearly 2 billion will be cut from public housing. And ant Antipoverty Program eliminated. And the Jewish Community center in New Castle County yesterday, a threat came in just after the jcc opened for the day. Following the search of the property, investigators determined the threat was baseless. Meanwhile in Chester County eight jewish organizations are coming together to stand against hate. Nbc10 was there as dpon straight demonstrators packed the steps of the county courthouse. They want to be part of the solution. I think its important if you try on children and for students i speech to speak up for democracy. And same for members of our community being targeted. Six Jewish Community centers in our area are calling on attorney general Jeff Sessions to put more resources into investigating the threat across the country. And in south jersey, leaders from several state organizations are coming together to show their support for local undocumented immigrants. They gathered yesterday outside of Camden City Hall to demand Immigration Reform from washington. The rally got together members of the christian, jusewish and muslim faiths. 6 17 right now, i dont want to jinx us but at this time yesterday, jessica was running around with a lot of crasheses. Seems to be by and large okay. Jessica, what are you seeing . Theres a problem here, but the roads arent really crazy backed up, so rosemarys right, yesterday was a little bit of a mess. We have a little slippery drive added to the morning commute as well. 309 at the p. A. Turnpike, a crash, because of an ambulance on the scene here as well. The righthand shoulder. Its not blocking any lanes. Theres not a lot of traffic in the area as well. Not something thats too much to worry about on 309. But there are people Walking Around there as well. Lower providence, theres a crash around greenvil village l. Well check in with the schuylkill expressway when i come back in ten minutes. Late yesterday, i saw quite a few people with their top down because it was gorgeous. It was gorgeous outside, rosemary. Thats today a repeat if you will. Temperatures topping out in upper 50s and low 60s. Temperatures below average for this time of year. Here is the deal take full advantage of today, im telling you by tomorrow and certainly by this weekend, we have a completely different weather story on tap. Sunrise, 6 22 a. M. , a lovely start to the day. Satellite and radar picking up on the High Pressure system. Everything is high and dry. Wider perspective, cold front well offshore. This is why yesterday we did see an increase in the wind speeds and wind gusts and well have another cold front sweeping on through. You there see introduction of light snow moving into parts of northwestern pennsylvania that is heading in our direction. Will not get here until later tonight. The weather headlines includes for today, above average temperatures seeing lots of upper 50s and low 60s. Clouds develop from west to east, looks like we could see a rain winter mix for Lehigh Valley by 11 00 p. M. Early tomorrow morning, give yourself extra time, while were not expecting a whiteout, here is the deal, it will be during the morning commute. Thats where we see the light snow moving across the Delaware Valley. Any surfaces that have not been treated you will have difficulty with extra time for that commute. For the weekend, the weekend blast in full effect, and current winds right now, Gentle Breezes for the most part. Philadelphia, 9 miles an hour. Coatesville, 10 for you, mod result breezes for allentown. And atlantic city, 9 miles an hour. Wind breezes coming out of the west will shift soon enough. The average high is 50. So were already at the average High Temperature, forecasted high for today. 60 degrees so you be sure you enjoy the day. Overnight lows are actually pretty mild. Were seeing 32 for allentown, 35 for trentth, atlantic city, 37 degrees. Mt. Holly your expected overnight low is 33 degrees. Here it is with the traffic system moving in from west to east, notice the clouds develop quickly, and by midnight, were starting to see snow showers and a wintry mix. And coming up in just a bit, i do have your ten day on ten. Rosemary, were looking for it. Making Recreational Marijuana legal in pennsylvania . Thats what Governor Wolf has to say about the growing movement. Well hear from him coming up. Plus, a popular place to take the family in the area is getting bigger and better. Well show you whats new at kalahari next. Announcer this portion of nbc10 news sponsored by your neighbors at pearl vision. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. 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The university unveiled 60 million plans to make over the ha pavilion which will be renamed the finneran pavilion. Could be finished for next basketball season. An expansion at calkalahari resort in the poconos has turned into the countrys largest water park. It shows off the slides and longer lazy river. It has also ald added a new wav pool and over 500 guest rooms. Good morning, everyone, Jessica Boyington watching the roads, an update on route 309 on the p. A. Turnpike on the northbound side. A crash here, looks like an ambulance on the scene as well. Well keep our eye on that and checking with the rest of the roads when i come back around 6 30. For now, lets get a check on the forecast with meteorologist see ricca ma erika martin. Lets look at the day upper 50s and

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