Powder keg, waiting to go boom. Eventually after many incidents of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. After a short chase by police, flanagan shot and killed himself. Alison parker and adam ward were in relationships with colleagues and each have ties to our area. Alison parkers boyfriend is an anchor at the station, chris hurst, went to conestoga and Temple University for a year. He tweeted a picture with his girlfriend yesterday, saying she was the most radiant woman i ever met and for some reason she loved me back. This morning he talked about alison on the today show. She made us take these pictures sometimes when i didnt even to want smile, but she brought a smile out of me i didnt even know existed. She did that with everyone else she touched. Thats why im so thankful there are so many pictures of her and adam together and so many pictures of her happiness. Thats what well have forever. And the fiancee of the photographer who was shot and killed, melissa on ott, grew up in gibbstown, gloucester county. She started as an intern here at nbc10. She turned to facebook as an outlet last night writing, im not okay. And i wont be for a long time. But the enormous outpour of love and support from so many of you near and far is so much appreciated. Yesterday was her last day working at that station in virginia. She was moving to North Carolina to start a new job. She posted this picture before the shooting tomorrow morning. Adam brought balloons to work and coworkers brought flowers and cake to celebrate her last date. Adam was also going to move to North Carolina. Most recent Tropical Storm in atlantic has started to affect caribbean islands. Erika is a potential threat to florida. Nbc10 chief meteorologist glaus glaus is here with the latest track of the storm. Fill us in. Yeah. The 11 00 a. M. Advisory has just come in minutes ago. Erika continues on a westward track. There is miami. There is erika. Its been producing some tremendous rains in parts of caribbean islands. The island of dominica has had 6 inches. Its moving with winds 16 miles an hour. The center is not in the center of where the thunderstorms are. It is still in balance. It is not strengthening. There are no signs of it strengthening any time soon because of a number of factors. One factor is the land mass is ahead of it have a lot of mountains. Puerto rico and Dominican Republic and many of the computer models take the track pretty close to the Dominican Republican. Its fairly consistent with a close call at florida as we go into sunday and into early next week. So, the latest official storm track from the Hurricane Center once again takes it through the bahamas and very close to the southeast coast of florida as we go into early monday. The possibilities . It could still curve farther out to the east so that it misses florida by a decent amount but could potentially go west of florida. The way this is now, unfavorable conditions for development with these kind of storms make the forecast that much more difficult. Well get more into the possibilities of erika and also our weather, how long this great weather is going to last with the sevenday in a few minutes. Its starting out as another day of recovery on wall street. The dow industrials gained more than 200 points in the first few minutes. Heres a live look at the big board still up 283 points. Wall street soared more than 600 points at the closing bell yesterday, breaking six Straight Days of losses. The nasdaq and s p also rose. Chinas key stock index surged more than 5 today. The biggest gain in eight weeks. Markets rose after gutwrenching global losses. We have new video at a theft at larrys steaks in yorktown. This happened a week ago around 4 30 in the morning. A guy smashes the front door, crawls, and he takes two cash registers before crawling back out through the broken glass door. Police are looking for any tips you might have to help them find that guy. Take a look at this surveillance picture. Philadelphia police are working with the fbi to catch this guy. They say he robbed Citizens Bank on south 24th yesterday afternoon. Police say he passed a note to the teller and then ran off with the cash. Police say he is armed and dangerous. Police in merion are looking for three masked men they say robbed this 7eleven this morning around 4 30. The guys walked in with guns, asking for money. One of the employees was attacked but is expected to be okay. We were just there as police were leaving the store. Police believe a deadly shooting in the francisville neighborhood may be drug related. Investigators say two friends found the 24yearold victim in his victim at poplar and 15th. He had been shot in the head. Police tell us there were no signs of forced entry. They found remnants of marijuana, a strong odor in the apartment, a shell casing by the victim but no gun. Police are looking for the killer. Philadelphia police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck they say caused a fivecar pileup and then left the scene. The crash happened around 6 00 at wyoming avenue and old york road in the citys logan section. The pickup backed out of the driveway and crashed into a car and caused a chain reaction. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. A local funeral director is telling her side of the story after a disturbing discovery in philadelphias Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. Police found three bodies in this garage on tuesday after neighbors complained of a strange odor. The garages were under the ownership of powell funeral home. The family of the deceased demanded answers. Im not lying. Mother, ask my mother if she i got to go. I bet you do. Powell told us they were stored in the businessowned garage because it was easier to pick them up from a single location. Powells funeral home is closed for renovation and investigators want to know more. Theyre also looking into the finances including 17,000 in back taxes owed to the city of philadelphia. If you live near the water in one part of Delaware County, dont be alarmed if you see a lot of police activity. It is a drill. Theyre practicing if a dangerous scenario happened. Nbc10s monique broadcast ton is live with more on what this exercise is all about. Reporter the xib is leading emergency personnel, like homeland security, s. W. A. T. Team members and police from chester county, Montgomery County and those here in Delaware County on a tactical drill. Our camera was rolling when the teams landed on tinicum island. Theyre simulating a response to a situation where rockets or bombs are about to be launched against dell county. This is also under the airports flight path, so theyre practicing a united response to people who want to take planes down. This exercise falls less than one month before pope francis arrives. Well, certainly, we to want make sure the pope is safe. Beyond, that we want to make sure the residents of philadelphia, residents of Delaware County and anyone that wants to visit this particular area for the papal visit are protected. Reporter if i ask if the waterway around tinicum island was monitored, i was told yes, by air and on the ground. Outside tinicum island, monique braxton, nbc10 news. A sudden disaster overseas caught on camera. One minute people are standing on the sidewalk, then in an instant they were swallowed by the earth. This morning we have an update on the people who ended up in a sinkhole. Officials are warning visitors to one zoo. Find out what they may have been exposed to coming up. Its nice and comfortable now. 90degree temperatures are going to return. Ill show you when ahead in my sevenday forecast. Imagine youre standing in a bus stop and all of a sudden it opens up underneath you. Thats what happened in china. Five people were swal load up by this sinkhole. A surveillance camera captured the whole thing. All five people are okay. There are new charges for the man accused of killing a Louisiana State trooper. Trooper vincent died on monday. They say kevin daegle killed him after a routine traffic stop monday night and now they say he is tied no another killing and used the same gun in both. He is being held on 1. 5 million in bail. Police have one man in custody after a shooting on the southern texas campus. One person is in critical condition. The northstar fire in Northern Washington state is still burning. That fire started a week ago. Mandatory evacuations were enforced yesterday. You see people in tents. Theyre moving their pets, too. So far more than 168 acres have burned. The big concern is other fires burning less than five miles away. In alabama, the birmingham zoo closed its bird exhibit after birds tested positive for a bacterial disease. So anyone who has visited that exhibit in the pa month could have been exposed. Its one of the most popular attractions at the birmingham zoo. So far no one at the zoo is sick and the birds are being treated. Closing arguments are under way in that closely watched Sexual Assault trial in new hampshire. After we heard the suspect in his own words for the first time. Heres a live picture from con cord, new hampshire, right now, where attorneys are making their case. Yesterday owen labrie appeared calm, presenting himself as a high achieving soccer captain who planned to attend harvard and become a minister. At one point his accuser left the courtroom in tears. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez reports. Your honor, the defense calls owen labrie. Reporter closing arguments after 19yearold labrie took the stand as the defenses only stand. Was there any indication at that point [ bleep ] did not want you to take her pants off . No. Did she say anything . No. Reporter labrie said the encounter last year with a 15yearold freshman, who were not identifying, was consensual and kissing. Prosecutors say he plotted the meeting for months as he completed with friends at the elite prep school to see who could score with or slay the most girls. You were excited about having sex with [ bleep ] correct . I was excited to see her. You were excited to see her because you wanted to have sex with her. No. You were excited to see her because you wanted to slay her. I was waiting to see how the night went. Reporter labrie acknowledged he later deleted 119 facebook messages. It was my moms advice. Reporter he told a friend hed used every trick in the book to have sex with that girl. He said that comment and others were crude jokes. It was a joke but today its a lie, right . Yes, it is a lie. You know, i i wanted to boast to my friends. Reporter as labrie read other messages he exchanged with the girl, she left the courtroom in tears. It was appalling for everyone in the courtroom to hear his attitude and behavior towards the way he talked about women on campus. Reporter labrie has pleaded not guilty to all charges. I think he answered all of the questions that were asked of him directly. Truthfully and completely. And i could not be more pleased that the jury saw the real owen labrie. That was Gabe Gutierrez reporting. The girl later returned to the courtroom for the crossexamination. If convicted labrie faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the felony Sexual Assault charges. Things are changing down in the caribbean and perhaps changing in florida as well. So, were going to be seeing more and more talk about erika. It is a threat to florida and potentially the southeast coast of the United States as well. We have more perfect weather around here coming, but 90degree temperatures are going to be coming also. The temperature now, 76 degrees. The winds northnorthwest at 9. Feels like 76. The humidity is pretty low. Around the same temperature as yesterday and thats where well be this afternoon, too. Were in the 70s just about everywhere except for that 63 at mt. Pocono. That is pretty cool for this time of the day at this time of the year. And were in the mid70s across most of the rest of the area, too, despite all of that sunshine. So, it is kind of a cool air mass for this time of the year. Theres that northwest wind so that the beaches are same temperature as what were seeing inland. A few fair weather clouds neert great lakes. Lots of dry air across a good bit of the country. That certainly continues. Theres that northwest wind. Keeping things dry. Get a few clouds from time to time but generally fair weather type clouds. Theres the nearly wind coming in tomorrow morning. Watch what happens to this wind as we go not only not during the day tomorrow. Tomorrow is nice and comfortable, too, but as we head towards saturday, the wind starts shifting, coming in off the ocean. The temperature starts going up as we get a southwest wind there on saturday. The weekend is definitely going to be warmer than what we have seen the last few days. Now to erika. Theres florida and there is erika. Looks a lot more ominous than it really is because its offseason. The center is actually right here. If it was in the middle of all those thunderstorms, that would be a little more impressive to me. Were starting to see thunderstorms near the center a little bit. This right now is moving more to the west. Now, the tracks yesterday, were talking about it going north of puerto rico. If it keeps going like this, it cant go north of puerto rico so the track has to change a little bit. 50mileanhour max winds now moving west at 16 miles an hour. And the conditions are not favorable for strengthening at the moment. The latest computer models still bring it generally north of puerto rico and into the bahamas. And, obviously, with the threat to florida, the official track is there with the one on the left side of where the computer models are, partly because of where its moving right now. There is more uncertainty, i think, than the computer models would be suggesting. And its mostly related to the strength of this thing. The official track, 65mileanhour, Tropical Storm as it hits the bahamas. Conditions are unfavorable for rapid strengthening now. Once it gets to the bahamas, if it gets that far, it will be much more favorable condition and environment and warm water, and that could really strengthen the thing. Not just perhaps into a category 1 if everything comes together. So, theres a lot of potential here and a lot of uncertainty as we talk more about that in the next half hour. Jun with low humidity today. High temperatures into the low 80s. Sevenday forecast, mid80s tomorrow. Again, low humidity. Then starts heating up saturday and sunday, the humidity goes up as well and we may have multiple days of 90plus. New findings about dangerous viruses. Local researchers make a New Discovery about ebola and it could change the way wastewater is handled. Well have the details straight ahead. When it comes to heart health, some doctors now say you shouldnt worry about counting calories. See what you should worry about instead. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Mr. President , we know you tried to make a good deal with iran. Whose leaders stone women, hang homosexuals, sponsor mass terrorism, scream for the destruction of israel and death to america. So, what if youre wrong . And they cant be trusted . Senator casey, dont trust iran. Vote this down. We are following breaking news off the coast of florida where a search operation is under way. A twinengine cessna is believed to have crashed off the water near titusville near ken i can space center. The last contact was at 4 00 in the afternoon. They may have spotted debris between then and now. You can sea coast guard both in the water. This is off the coast of florida. Were working to get you more information. As soon as we do, well bring it to you. If youre worried about heart health, stop worrying about calories. You should worry about how nutritious your food is, like nuts, high in calories but linked to reduced risk of heart attack and strokes. Scientists say eating two more servings of nuts a week could reduce Cardiovascular Deaths in the u. S. Its back to school which means more kids near the roads and more cars and buses on the roads. Traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children 5 to 19. Thats from a new report from safe kids worldwide. An estimated 500 children are killed and tens of thousands are hurt in Car Accidents every day. Drexel university is behind new research about ebola. New studies show the disease can survive in waste water for eight days. Right now ebola contaminated waste usually goes right into the sewage systems. This research will change the way ebola waste is handled. Before school even starts were talking about missing school. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevention, children missed 22 million days of school every year because of the common cold. But a new germkilling product hopes to bring that number down. At this school in texas, theyre testing out a new product that helps keep germs from spreading. Just peel it and stick it to get it on the structure, and then you take a little heat gun if if you want a shrink wrap effect. Its metal based in silver so it doesnt allow microorganisms to multiply. It reduces the spread of staph injections by 99. 9 . The film transfer protects surfaces from bacteria for a year. Were continuing to follow developments out of virginia. A makeshift memorial is growing for two journalists gunned down by a former coworker. Coming up, were hearing from the husband of the woman who survived that attack. And protecting your privacy online. One company now says, they can erase your digital fingerprints. Checking out our top stories right now, a look at todays headlines. Philadelphia Police Believe a deadly shooting in francisville neighborhood may be drug related. Investigators say two friends went to their friends apartment this morning and found him shot in the head. Police are still looking for the killer. Philadelphia police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck they say caused a fivecar pileup and then left. The crash happened around 6 00 this morning in the citys logan section. Police say the pickup truck backed out of the driveway causing a chainreaction crash. Police are looking for this smash and grab burglar. This is video from larry steaks in yorktown. Police say this happened one week ago at 4 30 in the morning. The guy smashes the front door, crawls in. Once