Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today Weekend At 5am 2016031

Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today Weekend At 5am 20160312

Good morning. This is nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. A little bit cooler this morning, karen. I had that fleece on when i was coming in. I felt more comfortable with gloves on. I didnt want to go back to gloves. Maybe not gloves. Its just me. If it dips below 50, i put gloves on. We are cooler. Its going to be a beautiful morning with the sunrise at 6 16 this morning. Right now looking live at the city skyline and its crisp out there. Temperatures holding steady. 44 in philadelphia right now. Of course colder to the north and to the west. However, Washington Township reporting in at 38 degrees. Look at that 28 this morning in quakertown. 25 degrees in the poconos. 34 down in Atlantic City at the airport there. Temperatures will be bumping up as we move on through our saturday but its on the chilly side as we start out early this morning. So well call it cooler but sunshine will prevail especially during the Morning Hours and then we expect the clouds to move in later this afternoon and well go for mostly cloudy forecast as we head into our evening hours. High temperature between 64 and 67 across the region. A little cooler than what weve been used to over the past couple days. Rain moving in. Ill be back with more on that in just a bit. Thanks, karen. Chaos in chicago. Supporters of donald trump clash with protesters at his rally last night. His Campaign Managers were so concerned about safety they canceled the event before trump even took the stage. Police say two officers were hurt while holding back the crowds and five people were arrested. Trump has been criticized by his opponents for the increasingly violent tone at his rallies and last night the situation escalated. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live in the Digital Operation Center with a closer look at what happened in chicago and reaction trump supporter, chris christie. Monique . Chanting we stop trump. We stop trump. Look at the video we gathered hundreds of protesters chanting victory cries as they filed out of an auditorium where the republican president ial candidate abruptly canceled a Campaign Rally. Protesters at the university of illinois were obstructing most of the exits as Trump Supporters began filing out. Trump supporters were pushing back racists, go home. Some reaction from students included a graduate student saying i think its a great thing that happened to have the trump rally at this school for what this school stands for is disrespectful. A trump supporter said as he was walking through a gauntlet of protesters they cursed at him and he had to push through holding his 9yearold daughters hand. He also told us she cried. Police sources and barricades kept the bulk of people across the street. They were protesting his they cited concerns it would create a hostile and physically dangerous environment. Chicago police are telling us five people were arrested in all. Trump supporter, new jersey governor christie was asked about the protest in chicago and heres his response. No, i think everybody is responsible for their own conduct. Its like saying does a sports team have responsibility for every knucklehead who runs on the field. Were going to continue to monitor developments in chicago and have more for you throughout the morning. In the Digital Operation Center, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Thanks for that. Stay with nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the trump rally chaos. Check out the nbc 10 app or go to our website, nbc10. Com. Plus well have reaction from some of the other president ial candidates coming up in our next half hour. We have a warning now for women who like to walk a popular trail in philadelphia. Police tell us a predator forced a woman into the woods and sexually assaulted her. The 22yearold woman was walking alone Late Wednesday night. The victim helped police create this sketch of the suspect. Hes described as a heavy set man in his 30s. He has a light beard and heart shaped tattoo on his chest. The woman told investigators he dragged her into the woods and duct taped her mouth. He physically and sexually assaulted her. Its safer that if youre going to do the trail part, do it in groups. Alone at night, its kind of scary to do it at night. Philadelphia police hope someone will recognize the sketch and give them a call. Good news for new Jersey Transit riders. There will be no strike by Union Workers after they reached an agreement with the transit agency. Neither the union nor new Jersey Governor Chris Christie would release details last night but what we do know is there will knob fare hikes or service cuts through june of next year. New Jersey Transit employees had been working without a contract for nearly five years. Riders are pleased they wont have to pay high fares. Thats important to us. The unions wanted an 18 pay raise over seven years plus back pay to 2011. They also wanted Health Care Costs capped at 2. 5 of their base pay. Its unknown what they received in the deal. It was not the news congressman fattah lawyers wanted as they tried to get fraud and corruption charges dismissed against him yesterday. They argued 19 of the congressmans 20 federal charges should be thrown out because of legislative immunity. The judge called it thin and questioned whether the motion was filed in good faith. Even with the trial date looming on may 2nd, the congressman is focused on his reelection bid. Theres a decision thats going to be made on april 26th. Im making sure it doesnt interfere with the democratic process. F fattah is facing charges in the same courtroom where his son was convicted last year. Today friends and family will remember cara mccollum. Mccollum died last month after a car crash in bad weather. The 24 year old was crowned miss new jersey in 2013. She was a news anchor at smj today. She was also the girlfriend of nbc 10s keith jones. A colossal construction project is getting under way. The second largest concrete pour in philly history. Historic storms swamp the state of louisiana. Well show you more of these unbelievable images from a drone and from the ground coming up. Good saturday morning. Im your first alert meteorologist karen thomas with good news. Were looking for sunshine this morning. I know we had really warm weather this past week so were cooling off just a bit this morning. We do have sunshine in store. Well check temperatures in just a moment. First, a live shot from cape may. It will be a pretty crisp morning to take a stroll on the beach down there in cape may this morning with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. Thats basically the call in and around the area with the exception of the poconos. 25 degrees there. Freezing mark in allentown. Along the shore not doing too badly. 34 in Atlantic City. 37 in georgetown. Heading out early this morning whether in cape may or inland doesnt much matter. Youll need a bit of a jacket for sure. Well be warming up as we bump through your Morning Hours. Wakeup weather has us at 48 by 8 00 a. M. Sunny skies with a light breeze. 52 by 10 00 a. M. Were looking for High Temperature in the low to mid 60s today. So thats cooler than what weve enjoyed the last couple of days for sure. We do have rain on the way. More details on that in just a bit. Happening now in center city, theyre pouring concrete for a new condo complex. Whats different about this . Its expected to be the second largest pour of concrete in the history of philadelphia. Contractors will pour nearly 300 truck loads of concrete over a 20hour period that started at 3 00 this morning. Philadelphia flower show wraps up its final days this weekend. If you havent been, get out to it. Its supposed to be great. Its been packed at the Pennsylvania Convention center since the show opened last saturday. This years theme is explore america, hundred years of the National Park service. Doors open today and tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. Still ahead, a cat cafe. Whats that you say . It has to do with spending time with felines while satisfying your java craving. Well explain. 5 14 on this saturday. Historic storms continue to swamp louisiana. More than two feet of rain has been dumped across the state in the last three days triggering destructive flash flooding. At least three people have died. Dozens have been evacuated from their homes and roads have even collapsed under all of the water. Heres a view from above. A drone flew over Vernon Parish to capture these images of the flooding. The governor of louisiana has declared a state of emergency for some areas and families are being warned to get their valuables and get out. In brazil, flooding there claimed 16 lives. Entire neighborhoods and roads are under water in sao paolo. Firefighters had to rescue a newborn baby from a flooded home. Three people drown when they were swept away in floodwaters. Back in the u. S. , nancy reagan is once again with her beloved ronnie. The former first lady was laid to rest yesterday. Reagans final farewell drew hollywood stars, political heavy weights and representatives of ten white house families. The service was all planned by nancy reagan herself right down to the White Flowers on her casket. Occasionally i thought that even god might not have the guts to argue with nancy reagan. She will once again lay down beside the man who was the love of her life. The one she loved until the end of her days. Following the funeral nancy reagan was buried on a Southern California hilltop alongside her husband who died in 2004. There was a tribute to the former first lady here at home. Flags were flying at halfstaff in honor of nancy reagan outside of the federal courthouse in philadelphia. It was a final salute to an american sailor seven decades after he was killed at pearl harbor. A military funeral was veheld f vernon luke. He was killed aboard the uss oklahoma and buried in an unmarked grave. His family says they have some peace of mind. We finally were able to recognize him individually for his efforts. It took a long time but its nice knowing we did the right thing. Most importantly, the family now knows where their sailor, who served on uss oklahoma is and they have closure. Ray emery put together a packet that traced where their remains were buried. Good saturday morning. Im meteorologist karen thomas. Were looking for sunshine this morning and that is really good news for our saturday so mostly sunny skies as we check our headlines. Cooler. We had some record warmth this past week. Temperatures dipping down a bit especially through the weekend. Were tracking rain for tomorrow mainly. 44 degrees right now in philadelphia. Thats about 17 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday morning. Yesterdays high close to 67 degrees. Not that warm today but sunshine to start anyway. Current temperatures in allentown, 32. Northeast 39 degrees. 34 degrees right now in Atlantic City. So temperatures across the region on the cooler side for sure. Want to show you as we were basking in heat on thursday breaking a record of 82 degrees, you can see our temperature cooldown just slipping down into the 60s for the weekend. 67 for our high today. 63 projection for tomorrow. Future weather, well start with sun. As we move through saturday, the cloud shield moves in and were looking for mostly cloudy by late afternoon. Rain holds off until tomorrow. Were looking for peeks of sunshine especially north and west of philadelphia but moving south to north a system coming in. Low pressure system out of the Mississippi Valley is expected to bring us a chance of showers tomorrow afternoon with heavier rain moving in sunday night into monday morning. So well need the umbrellas for monday morning. Cooler and sunny today. We should stay dry for the most part. Cloudy later on. 64 to 67 degrees for High Temperatures across the region. Tonight, mostly cloudy. We slipped in a shower way south. Extreme southern delaware potentially shower or two later on today. We lose an hour of sleep if you want to look at it that way. Show you the sevenday forecast. Unsettled pattern but remember we spring ahead with our clocks overnight tonight into early tomorrow. You see were on and off with the rain showers. Were looking for rain on monday. Possibility of shower activity on tuesday. We clear out wednesday. A cold front comes in for thursday. Temperature readings not doing too badly. Well above normal for this time of year. We dry out by the end of the week with temperature readings in the mid 60s. Its not st. Patricks day until thursday. There will be a bulldog kissing booth raising money for a local rescue or dress your pooch up and participate in the contest. Its happening today on route 73 in marlton, burlington county. From dogs to cats. You can now grab a perfect cup of coffee make making a feline friend. The cat cafe is now open in the brewery town neighborhood. It cost 12 to get and you have an hour to play with the cats. Space is available for people who need a cat fix and dont want to be a cat owner because of your landlord because of, you know, allergies or because you dont have the finances, et cetera. Its a good place to hang out with cats. The cafe is operated by the green street rescue. Some philadelphia youngsters get a lesson in tennis and in life from a hall of famer. Well share their story when we come back. Earlier this week some lucky youngsters in north philadelphia got quite a thrill. Pro tennis instruction from International Tennis hall of famer. Thanks to the down the line foundation, the group aims to teach valuable life lessons through tennis. Heres a look at the event. Up easy. Easy does it. All right. There you go. When a childs character begins to build up easy. That a boy. Responsibility. Accountability. Learning how to say thank you. Education. Taking care of their body. Watch the ball go up. Easy. All right. Good girl. Also building their selfesteem through tennis to be able to say no to drugs, alcohol, violence. More opportunities you give children to play any sport, the more chance you have of them staying off the street. All right. But this past summer, the first white person was inducted into the black tennis hall of fame. We started the inner city program in the late 80s in newark, new jersey. What greater gift can you have to know you gave a child a chance to survive their life. The coach you just saw says more than 1,000 kids participate in the down the line program. He hopes through more exposure, organizers can double or triple that total. 5 25 on this saturday. Just about 45 degrees outside. Much cooler than weve been the past few days. The countrys second oldest st. Patricks day will march at the ben franklin parkway on sunday. A live look over the parkway in philadelphia where organizers are getting everything ready. Be prepared for road closures in center city because of this parade. It starts on sunday morning. Jfk boulevard will be shut down from 16th to schuylkill avenue. Today wilmington will be seeing green. The city is getting ready for its st. Patricks day. Mayor Dennis Williams helped paint the lines green on king street yesterday. This marks the route for todays parade. Hundreds will be marching. It kicks off at noon and theres a Big Tent Party at the end of the route where you buy the beer mug and they keep refilling it for you. An important reminder, drive sober. Police made 47 Impaired Driving arrests in delaware during st. Patricks day celebrations. Drivers can expect increased checkpoints this weekend so dont drink at all or get a designated driver. People will also be celebrating all thats irish in bucks county today. That countys st. Patricks day will begin in levittown. 5 27 right now. A donald trump canceled because of security concerns as supporters and opponents go at each other. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is following the fallout from the chaos in chicago. Monique . After the break well take you to chicago to show you some of the clashes against police and those who support trump and those who dont. After a week of record warmth, were cooling off a little bit this weekend as we start out our saturday were looking for sunshine today but clouds moving in later and we do expect some rain entering into our forecast. Ill be back with your complete weather outlook after the break. Right now on nbc 10 news today, the fallout from this chaos in chicago after donald trump calls off a Campaign Rally due to security concerns. Lets take a live look outside right now after such warm weather during the week, were cooling off a little bit this weekend. Heres a look at the center city skyline where well have sunshine to start off our saturday. Good morning. Welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 5 30 on this saturday. Meteorologist karen thomas is tracking a little bit of a chilly morning but, karen, the sun should help warm things up. Absolutely. Lets face it, weve been spoiled a little bit with record warmth this past week. Really felt more like florida this time of year. Incredible as temperatures climbed into the 80s. Were cooling off a little bit this weekend for sure. The good news is we are looking for sun. Official sunrise at 6 16 this morning so we see sun off to the horizon as we look live to the city skyline. Temperatures low to mid 40s across the region. Colder to the north in the poconos as 25. 32 in mt. Holly. We see0s

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