Transcripts For WPHL Action News At Ten On PHL17 20141202 :

Transcripts For WPHL Action News At Ten On PHL17 20141202

The board says the comedian did in the want to be a distraction. That is more than a dozen woman have come for saying they were drugged and sexually assaulted by cosby. Action News Reporter Kenneth Moton is live at Temple University tonight and kenneth, lots of people reacting there right now. Reporter brian, this scandal involving bill cosby was bound to impact, Temple University at on point as it raised dawn, even as though there is still huge support for cosby here students tell us tonight the that he did the right thing. He was a popular fixture at Temple Universitys big event, graduations, ceremonies, but the the growing sex assault scandal involving actor and Comedian Bill Cosby has taken its toll forcing the schools most well known trustee to quit the board. I have always been proud of my association with Temple University, cosby says, i have always wanted to do what would be in the best interest of the university and its students. I think that there is a bigger problem that we need to look at ate we have to keep focus on that. Im not surprised. I dont know fit is right thing or not. That is what everybody has to do in these types of things. Reporter allegation from his more than a dozen women spanning decades the 77 yearold entertain shore denied wrongdoing and never been charge. Temple has supported and defended cosby enduring a 2005 civil suit, filed by a former University Basketball employee. She accused cost which of molesting her in his cheltenham mansion. If it was a big issue and fit actually happened he would have been quick a while ago. Allegation where is owe long ago and i just disagree that he stepped down. He has been a big part of the Temple University for so long. Reporter october, cosby was reelect to the temple 36 member board of trustees where he served since 1982 but he wasnt just a famous name but an active Voting Member over 309 year period making major decisions for this growing campus, its projects and its nearly 40,000 students. It is a shame. Im sad to see it happen. They cannot say editor prove that he did it, it is just tough. Reporter we have learn other colleges cut ties with cosby. The Brooklyn College of music and boston will no longs ward a scholarship in cosbys name and the university of massachusetts amherst is asking him to step down from sharing a fund raising campaign. Reporting live from Temple University tonight here in north philadelphia, Kenneth Moton for action news at ten on phl17. Shirleen . Kenneth, thank you. If you stepped outside at any point today you know it did not feel like december 1st but we hope you enjoyed the 65degree weather because colder air and rain has moved in. For more on what you can expect, overnight lets go to meteorologist Melissa Magee at the action news big board. We had a busy night for the first day of december and unfortunately it was is too good to last. High today in philadelphia 65. That came at 1 00 this afternoon. At 5 00 we have dropped down to 58. We kept on dropping, the last hour, the we had a temperature of 45 degrees. We are a good 20degree temperature drop in the past eight hours. The heres part of the reason y Storm Tracker six live double scan radar we are tracking a cold front moving through. The you can see the bulk on have that cold front and bulk on have that precipitation with the front pushing off shore, cross areas of south jersey and delaware but we will widen out the picture. There is moisture we are tracking off to the south and west. Doesnt look like a whole lot here. We will cross the Lehigh Valley and tene river valley this will work southwest to northeast direction affecting portions of our region as we get in the day on tuesday. We will outline time line for you, as we go throughout the rest of tonight into the the morning rush hour it looks to be mainly dry once that first batch of precipitation moves off shore tonight. As we go in the midmorning and mid afternoon hours we are calling for light rain in philadelphia mix north and west. Toward evening hours tomorrow into the night some light rain for most locations. Is there a Winter Weather advisory in effect for Lancaster County for snow and sleet. We will look closer at that with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, brian. See you shortly, thank you. New at 10 00 eric holder plans to unveil new just advertise Department Guidelines this week, and hopes of putting an end to racial profiling. Holder is in atlanta right now for first of the series of meetings. He will travel country discussing ways to build trust between Law Enforcement and communities that they serve. All of this, of course, as a result of the ongoing fall out from ferguson, missouri. It was a week ago tonight that a grand jury announced it will the not indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Meanwhile president obama is calling on two of philadelphias top officials to guide the country through this crisis. Sharrie Williams Joins us live from Police Headquarters tonight. Sharrie, youve got details here. Reporter brian, those two Philadelphia City leaders, include mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. They have been both tapped by the president to partake in the the ongoing conversation that is will be held around the the country, as far as the series of meetings, the president is asking for addressing the Police Relations in the community. Take a look the at meet ago this took place earlier today. This is a new assignment for philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and this one is directly from the president of the united states. Ramsey will co chair mr. Obamas new task force on 21st century policing. The goal to reduce distrust between police and minority communities and this will include funding from the Obama Administration for body cameras to be worn by Law Enforcement officers, that is one of the proposals, included was a task force to look the best practices of Police Departments that have improved Community Relations and the goal, it is to then institute those find as cross the nation. The as we know, this initiative coming from the president , his recommendations after what happened in ferguson and in speaking with commissioner ramsey tonight, he says that this will not be only about talk. There is a sense of urgency but it wont be just sit around and talk, if i was that, i wouldnt be wasting my time, because that is only thing that would be an outcome. The the president is very serious about this. I understand the skepticism but we will move forward on this. This than the is something that will just become no more than just converse says. Reporter the the president so serious bit, he has already given commissioner ramsey, 90 days to report back to him and in speaking with the commissioner tonight he says he is, up to the task and believes it can be achieved. Were live at Police Headquarters, Sharrie Williams for action news at ten on phl17. Harry, thank you. The nfl meanwhile will not punish five st. Louis rams for their on field show of support for protesters in ferguson missouri. The players waved their arms in the hands up, dont shoot gesture before yesterdays game against oakland raiders. St. Louis Police Offices so, said it was profoundly disappointed with the players and called for an apology. As though a grand jury found evidence to the contrary some witnesses said Michael Brown had his arms up when officer wilson fatally shot him. New at 10 00 a man was hit and killed in northeast philadelphia. Police tell us that the victim was crossing cottman avenue near oakland street when he was hit by a dodge charger. At the time it was dark and raining and victim was not in the crosswalk. Police have have not identified the man yet buts peers to be in his 40s, but the driver who hit him, stayed on the scene, and police are calling this a tragic accident. Tonight is there still no sign of missing college student, shane montgomery. The reward for information in the case has jumped to 25,000. The fbi has also posted montgomerys picture on digital billboards across the city. He was last seen leaving this manayunk bar around 2 00 a. M. On thursday morning. The time line that we have put together for this shows him leaving the bar at a certain point, and then being on main street, and that at that point the trail goes somewhat cold. A ping from montgomerys cell phone was pick up near crs a mile from the bar. That ping was less than an hour after he vanish. The montgomerys family was handing out leaflets. His mom says she is holding out hope that he will be find. Jury selection began in the murder trial of the man accused of killing a Philadelphia Police officer. Rafael jones was charge with the shooting and killing of office are moses walker junior during a robbery in 2010. Chancer mcfarland pleaded guilty to his role in that killing, and agreed to testify against jones. Prosecutors a that jones was the trigger man. Red cross is helping four families tonight after a row of town houses went up in flames. This fire in newark, delaware started when a man crashed into a gas meter. Martin lou ease was just a few doors down and shot this video today. He heard sound of tires and then ran out of his house. That is when he saw his neighbor stuck in his car. The house was on fire. His neighbors wife trying to put out the flames. The gas line did rupture it did not explode greatfully. A with man who lost her wallet on a september bus has been reunited witt. Septa bus operator miles wright found the black wallet on friday. He says owner boarded the route 23 bus around 6 30 in the morning. Somewhere between 11th and mifflin and 11th and reid. Wright aid that the woman left the wallet on the dash while she went to her seat to get change from her bag but tonight a happy evening, she has got her wallet back and complete with her credit cards and 400 in cash. I said thank you so much, thank you so much. Septa says people leave belongings around all the time and tend to write them off but they should call and check with the companys lost and found. The Holiday Season is in full swing right now and philadelphias rittenhouse square, the the lighting of the Christmas Tree took place tonight and there is plenty of Holiday Cheer on hand when mummers performance and a group of student singers. Our videographer dann sheridan who shot this story tonight smiling from ear to ear. He saw a familiar face, his sons babysits monk the talented carolers. Radisson blue Warwick Hotel in center city turned a reality tar for help with the holiday decorating. Project runway season 12 winner and philadelphia native dom streeter is putting together a one of a display in the lobby. Dubs franklin fire place it mimics the the hotel design of lending hysterical and modern characteristics and it looks great. Talented young lady. Yes. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life. So imagine when the man you paid to videotape it doesnt deliver . Coming up at 10 45 that is what Bensalem Police say this man did and tonight, following action news, getting involved, he has been arrested. Plus youve got to see this bizarre chase a man jumps out of his car and tries to run but dont worry, he has got another set of wheels there. And next finally hearing from ray rices wife, shes breaking her silence and talking about the night ray punched her in an Atlantic City hotel he will rate or. Ray rice has been cleared to play in the nfl again and today his wife broke her silence. Janet rice has been his biggest supporter even after this video from inside an Atlantic City elevator surfaced. It shows rice hitting and dragging janet last february. At the time they werent married. Since then they have tied the knot and janet is standing by him. I can say he is telling the truth. I know for a fact that ray told the honest truth that he has been telling since february. He has proven himself as a fat ball player for seven years. There hasnt been a question what he can do on the field. Janet maintains nfl was full a wear of the incident from the beginning and that commissioner Roger Goodell only kicked him out of the nfl following public outrage. The the judge a agreed and reversed the suspension. Rice is now a free agent a. We will wait and see if anyone will sign him. A go p staffer is out of the job tonight after posting some Harsh Criticism of sascha and mallia obama. Elizabeth lawon turn in her resignation. Last week she criticized the teens on facebook for the way they acted and dressed during a white house ceremony in which their famous dad pardoned a turkey. She said girls should have shown more class and if they dressed like they were going to a bar. She also attacked the the president and first lady saying they are not good role models, she worked for a republican congressman, deleted the the status, after significant backlash. And an alleged car thief in california didnt get very far, thanks to a good samaritan. Police say it all started when they tried to pull the driver of the stolen bmw over. He led them on a short chase and ended up crashing the the car. At one point he rode a skateboard to get away and then a driver of the pickup truck stepped in. He managed to corner the suspect with his vehicle allowing police, to nab him. Yes, a skateboard. He tried. He did see that. But he fail. Now the accu weather forecast. We are tracking that overnight rain, coming our way, melissa. Yes, brian and shirleen i wish we could skate away from the weather and go back to the milder weather we had relevanter today. Unfortunately the warmth is coming to a close and showers are working their way in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys. Heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar. Weve got the rest of the cold front starting to push off shore but some moisture from south jersey down across areas of delaware. Keep that in mind if you are on, the garden state parkway, heading northbound on Atlantic City there. You can see across Sea Isle City on down south and westward into areas of cape may and then milford. Keep in mind that, that precipitation months through tonight we will get another batch of moisture that moves in as we get in the day on tuesday. So Winter Weather advisory has been posted for Lancaster County because, we are calling for some snow and sleet and changing over to rain gradually as the day progress tomorrow. We have had a High Temperature in city of 65 degrees. Right now were down to 44. Colder air moving in. Allentown and Lehigh Valley 39. Beach haven coming in at 43 and 43 currently in millville. Heres Satellite Six with action radar. Is there cold front moving through right now. This pushes off shore, with the moisture, moving off into the atlantic. But if you look off to the west there is precipitation, some mixed precipitation as well, moving across areas of southwestern, sections of pennsylvania, and, mixed and even with some snow and some sleet. So this will move in the delaware and lehigh val fridays southwest to northeast direction as we get throughout the day on tuesday. Heres the call from accu weather for morning rush. Chilly, cloudy, showers as far south, 6 00 a. M. In the upper 30s. Were cold at 36 at 7 00a m. At 8 00 tomorrow morning, that temperature coming in at 37. Heres what is going on as we get in the morning hours. Mostly cloud which a little bit of precipitation across south jersey abe through delaware. Do not be surprised if you have a little bit of the sleet pellet that will be mixing in. Otherwise as we get in the noon time hours tomorrow, a lot of that precipitation staying mainly off shore. But then a slight mixed precipitation north and west of philadelphia along that i95 corridor for allentown, reading and down to lancaster. Coming up we will lot at system on the waste for tuesday and then this week were kind of up and down a roller coaster ride with our temperatures. We will take a closer look at that with the accu weather forecast, guys. Melissa, thank you. See you shortly. Sixers are trying, but some question how hard to avoid a date with infamy tonight. Ducis rodgers is live from the action news Sports Center with a first look at sports. Shirleen and brian, 16 tries, 16 losses. Sixers are dangerously close to tying nba mark for futility, to start a season. Just two away heading in to tonightes game against san anton ohio spurs. San antonio played without tim duncan and tony parker. Sixers played with

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