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Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20240622

You can track those storms in your neighborhood right on your smartphone or tablet with the nbc 10 news app. Get up to the minute live radar and instant weather alerts. The nbc 10 app is free. How about this now. A tree limb wayeighing more than a ton plunged on to a tree Service Employee pinning his legs in the bucket he was working in. The limb came loose to soon as crews worked to clear a vacant residential lot in haddonfield. The Service Crews were working to clear the lot. Nbc 10s cydney long is there live. Tell us about the dangerous rescue. Reporter i can tell you it was dangerous and delicate. This private contractor right now is hospitalized but take a look. He was trapped and terrified right here about 50 feet in the air. You can still see that limb hanging in the balance, the one that fell on top of him. Its more like a tree trunk, about 25 inches in diameter. Haddonfield police kept residents away from the danger. Neighbors tell us they heard an extremely loud snap and this man screaming for someone to dial 911. He was scared. What did he tell you . All he kept saying to us was that he was in a lot of pain and needed help. When he was cutting the tree a large branch broke away and actually trapped him inside the lift that he was on. Its extremely dangerous for all the individuals working together. The biggest concern for us is trying to get the tree cooper trauma surgeons were called to the scene to stand by. After two hours of cautious maneuvers, crews were able to get him on to the ladder rescue bucket. Firefighters elevated his injured and bloodied leg on their way to the ground. It was probably about 25 inches in diameter weight possibly could have been up to 2500 pounds. Everybody is just relieved we were able to get him down safely. Reporter you can see the limb up there right now. Police are not yet releasing the mans name. Two other tree Service Workers told police they were working with chainsaws out here. We went to speak with them but they didnt want to talk to us about exactly what went wrong. We do know it was pouring down rain when this worker suddenly became trapped. Im cydney long, nbc 10 news. New information this afternoon about a deadly shooting at a Delaware County medical building. Nbc 10 has learned that a man pleaded guilty but mentally ill to first degree murder and attempted murder charges. He shot his caseworker and wounded his psychiatrist on the campus of mercy fitzgerald hospital in Delaware County a year ago. Prosecutors say he was upset about signs prohibiting firearms in hospitals. The psychiatrist pulled out his own gun and shot the man. He will be sentenced in september. A mother is furious after her 17yearold son is killed in a hit and run over the weekend. Police tell nbc 10 tyrone kelman jr. Was riding his bike in hunting park sunday when a woman driving an suv hit him. The investigators say she may have tried to remove her license plates after the crash. Police eventually caught up with her but havent announced an arrest or charges. We talked to the victims mother. She has a message for this driver. I hope you know that you touched a lot of peoples hearts today. Hes only 17 years old. I dont understand how shes sleeping peacefully tonight. I dont understand this. Turn yourself in. She says her son was funloving, happy and outgoing. He was a rapper in his spare time but also a student athlete headed into his senior year of high school. A growing fbi investigation in allentown is creating a difficult decision for that citys mayor. His office was raided by the feds looking for information about how city contracts are awarded. His longtime political consultant is reportedly cooperating with investigators. Consultant has closed his business and left allentown. Some are worried but the federal investigation might affect the towns comeback. There seems to be a growing drumbeat about whether its time to resign just giving negative publicity with all the good things going on. I have no intention of resigning. We are doing our job here. The city doing my job as mayor, im going to keep doing that job. We got great things going on in the city of allentown. Last friday the fbi also took documents and computers from the office of the reading mayor. He was also one of flecks clients. As philadelphia prepares for the pope the pope prepares for jail. We are learning new information about the jail he will visit in september. We can tell you a philadelphia priest convicted in a clergy sex abuse scandal is no longer housed there. Monsignor william lynn is in a state prison near scranton. He was the First American Church Official to be prosecuted over the alleged sex abuse coverup. World leaders and iran have struck a landmark deal about Nuclear Weapons. It comes after 18 days of intense negotiations. It limits tehrans nuclear program. In Exchange Iran will receive billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. Iran is calling it a win win but israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its a mistake of historic proportion. Before president obama came to philadelphia he defended the deal, saying economic sanctions will snap back into place if iran violates the agreement. Iran armed with a Nuclear Weapon would be far more destabilizing and dangerous to our friends and the world. Congress has 60 days to review it before voting. House Speaker John Boehner is calling it unacceptable. Its going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paveing the way for a nuclear iran. The president warned congress that iran has enough enriched uranium to build ten nuclear bombs. He adds under this agreement, 98 of that material would be turned over to the partners in the deal. More police cameras, 90 to be exact. Thats what they will vote on in camden tonight. The city has more than 200 cameras credited with cutting down on crime and linked with shot spotter technology. That alerts police if shots are fired. Police say this latest round of cameras wont be the last installment. Our goal is to have them in hot spot locations and hopefully as crime starts to dissipate in those areas we want to keep a sense of Public Safety for our residents. We like to have the cameras. We believe they work well providing Public Safety. Our goal is to have them in hot spot locations where crime is likely to occur. If the cameras are approved they will be installed within three months. A Second Company is being probed for a potentially dangerous airbag malfunction. The company made airbags for older model Fiat Chrysler and kias. The investigation covers 470,000 chrysler town and country mini vans from 2002 model year and another 70,000 kia optimas from 2004. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the airbags could explode, spraying shrapnel. That is the same issue takada has. Last month, the ceo of the company apologized. A teenager survived a Small Plane Crash that killed her step grandparents. Then she spends days alone in the woods looking for help. The plane went down in the cascade mountains. The 16yearold stayed with the wreckage of the plane for about a day before she started hiking. She ended up walking for days before finding a highway. Thats where a car picked her up and drove her to a store where she called police. The sheriff says hes stunned she survived. I will tell you this. From all of us here we are impressed. Shes kind of like a super hero. Just amazing what she went through, especially at 16. Enough for an adult but 16, pretty impressive. She is being treated for dehydration and extreme muscle fatigue. Crews are still looking for the girls grandparents and the plane. Now to a developing story. A man is dead after police say he sped away from them and crashed into a school bus in wilmington. It happened this afternoon on Delaware Avenue between jefferson and adams street. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter tim furlong has the latest from the scene. Reporter it happened this afternoon right in front of people here along busy Delaware Avenue in wilmington. Wilmington police say a couple officers called in a report that a guy was driving erratically and told other officers to keep an eye out for his car. At twelfth and west officers saw the vehicle and turned on their lights. Im told before they had a chance to engage the driver he sped off westbound on Delaware Avenue, jumped the median and landed in the path of the oncoming school bus. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. We dont have his age or identity. There were no kids on the bus. Im told the driver suffered minor lower body injuries. Police dont know what led the man to drive erratically or take off from police. We will keep you posted as we gather information and bring it to you on air, online and on your mobile devices. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. New information about a plane that took off from Lancaster Airport and crashed into a massachusetts home. The ntsb says the plane had holes in ten inengine. Four people inside the home when the plane crashed managed to escape. At least one person is dead and about a dozen others missing in kentucky after storms there. Wind thunder, heavy rain beat down, sweeping cars away in rushing flood water. The storms came so fast people had little time to get to safety. Now to decision 2016. New jersey governor and republican candidate for president Chris Christie is planning a big fundraiser. Its going to be next month at the asbury convention center. It will cost 2700 for a picture with christie. His campaign wont say how much money its raised so far, only that fundraising is going well. There are now 15 candidates in the republican president ial primary, five democrats vying for the nomination. Closing arguments are expected this afternoon in the colorado movie massacre trial. Attorneys will have one last chance to convince jurors that james holmes is either a cold calculated killer or a mentally ill man. Closing arguments were originally schedule to begin this morning but were delayed. Holmes is charged with killing 12 people and wounding 70 others at a colorado Movie Theater nearly three years ago. Count on nbc 10 to bring you updates on this story. We can tell you this. There is a 3. 8 million reward for the capture of el chapo. He is the notorious drug kingpin who brazenly escaped from a mexican prison saturday night. There are reports that the dea tipped off the Mexican Government of el chapos plans to escape 16 months ago. Investigators found a milelong ventilated tunnel that el chapo used to escape and they dont think he did it alone. We should know by tomorrow if the Greek Parliament approves the countrys third bailout. Banks are still closed today as the Prime Minister works to get skeptical law makers on board. The Greek Parliament has until 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow to back a series of austerity measures including tax hikes and pension and labor reforms. New york city has reached its settlement with the family of eric garner who died in police custody. Garners family will get 5. 9 million. His family had filed a claim against the city in october asking for 75 million. In settling the claim, the city admitted to liability. You want a way to avoid dealing with the issue so you make the family look like money grabbers or me look like a hustler because you dont want to deal with a choke hold. Its been almost a year since an officer put the 43yearold in an apparent choke hold. He had been stopped for selling loose cigarettes. The video showed garner gasping and saying quote, i cant breathe. His death sparked outrage and protests over police treatments of africanamericans. The former mayor of harrisburg is facing criminal charges in what pennsylvanias attorney general is calling one of the most disturbing cases of public corruption. Kathleen kane announced the arrest today. Steven reeves is accused of unlawfully using taxpayer money from different agencies to buy hundreds of artifacts from museums and other historical attractions. Some of the artifacts allegedly included a vampire hunting kit and full suit of armor. He defended himself to reporters today. Never had any experience like this. This is like a fish out of water. Its a whole new thing. Was anything you did criminal . Not that i know of. He served as mayor of pennsylvanias capital city for nearly 30 years. Stockton university can find another buyer for the former showboat casino in Atlantic City according to a judges ruling. The judge also gave the developer the opportunity to prove why the university should be held to its agreement to sell the site to him. Stocktons agreement to sell showboat to straub for 26 million expired july 2nd. He says hes still interested in buying the site. Atlantic city by the way, is seeing a bit of a boost thanks to more corporate conventions. According to the nonprofit meet a. C. The number of convention related Hotel Bookings has jumped 37 for the first half of 2015 more than 118,000 hotel rooms have been booked so far this year for conventions. Through the year 2022. Thats compared to about 86,000 during the same period last year. How about this. One of the areas most traveled bridges could soon be getting a makeover. Delaware River Port Authority commissioners are voting tomorrow on a plan to refurbish the bridge. The 60 million project would include a paint job and upgrades for the toll plazas and ramps. Once work starts the project is expected to last three years. Washington township third graders managed to miss the rain today. Students were at the family market to harvest squash they planted. Laugh year last year they harvested 48 Million Pounds of produce. The food is used to help families in need. News from out of this world, you could say. Nasa Scientists Say they expect to see more detailed photos of pluto sometime tomorrow morning. Their new probe zoomed past pluto this morning. Scientists celebrated this historic occasion. The spacecraft traveled within 7800 miles of plutos surface snapping pictures and taking measurements. That was just amazing. Now we have had some problems with the weather this morning, some downpours, especially in parts of new jersey and we have more downpours on the way. Thats why we have a first alert out for tonight and tomorrow because if some of these downpours hit areas that got the downpours already, then theres going to be even more flooding. More storms coming during the day on wednesday that could again add to the threat. Right now we have mostly cloudy skies and there are showers around, even around the city of philadelphia. 81 degrees, raining at the airport with lightning and thunder. The wind westsouthwest at 16. The humidity really jumped up during the day today and thats one of the reasons that we are having this flood threat which is pretty high that some place in the area is going to get some more flooding within the next 24 hours. The lightning is going up a little from what we saw a couple hours ago. The high wind chance would come later tonight with a front coming through as you will see. Temperatures generally in low to mid 80s, not as hot as it has been because there was a lot of cloud cover and also morning showers. And this afternoon, it will continue to get warmer where its not raining, at least, and we want to remind you the areas that got hit the hardest this morning are the ones generally most vulnerable to what might happen tonight. So parts of salem, cumberland counties, they had four to five inches of rain part of burlington county, four inches of rain and even camden and gloucester counties, one to two inches of rain this is the way it looked this morning and those showers just didnt look like they were going to be moving out of here. Thats hours worth of radar. Some places really got nailed. Now, this is the current radar and those showers continue to build and one of the heavy ones a thunderstorm right over the philly international airport. As you can see, coming right into the City Center City getting it lower merion the rest of the city of philadelphia is about to get wet and stormy and then across the river, in Gloucester County, youre getting hit hard again. Remember, you got two inches of rain this morning so we dont need to add to this. Here we are in bucks county. This is the upper portion of bucks county. It was the lower portion of bucks that got hit harder this morning. They are at least evening out a little bit. We have more coming in later on tonight. We have one batch that we are watching in central pennsylvania and the main area in eastern ohio, that looks pretty fierce obviously. As wefc÷p go into the night tonight, we are going to see some of those storms come in from the west. There we are. 2 00 a. M. The computer model shows occasionally heavy thunderstorms moving through. Then it ends right . Well, maybe early tomorrow morning but look what happens as we go into the midday hours. Some of the showers develop and come spinning right back. Where does it spin . Right into parts of central and southern new jersey. That is why we have the first alert out that any of that heavy rain if it develops tomorrow that could lead to some more flooding as this low Pressure Center goes overhead tonight and if it goes offshore like the winter storms where you get the wraparound snow we will get wraparound rain. Then High Pressure builds in for thursday and friday with just some beautiful weather. Low humidity coming back for more than one day, too. For the rest of the night, showers and storms continuing to develop. Some of them are heavy already. 73 for the low in philadelphia. Very humid night. Ano

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