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Transcripts For WCAU NBC10 News Today At 430am 20171218

No problems so far. Ill update you again for the rest of the morning when i come back in ten minutes. Developing now, the powers back on at the worlds Busiest Airport in atlanta. The outage, the power outage lasted for hours yesterday. It canceled hundreds of outgoing flights. The problem triggered a travel nightmare across the country including nearly two dozen canceled flights from philadelphia. Stranded passengers had mixed reactions about the problems. We havent gotten an email or text. Im surprised about that. Get a different flight because the system is down. This is a mess. Santa claus and mrs. Claus came around ringing bells and personing us a merry and wishing us a merry christmas. Lightened the mood a little bit. Power Officials Say an underground fire caused extensive damage to the electrical system. Yesterdays power outage is impacting flights at Philadelphia National airport this morning. We find matt delucia live to talk about the ongoing problems passengers are facing this morning. Reporter the good news is that some flights are back up and on time as we see on the departures boards. You see the Early Morning hustle and bustle here at airport. People in line for delta. Theres also a Spirit Airlines flight heading to atlanta that is scheduled to be on time for later this morning. As we look at the departures board, we see early flights, 5 15, 6 00, 7 00 on time. There are cancelations for later this morning. There are lingering effects because of the power outage yesterday. Upwards of 300 flights in and out of atlanta for delta. Thats what they are reporting this morning. And delta is the largest carrier at the airport. The airline is particularly feeling the effects of the power outage. Delta says it is hoping to get back to a normal flight schedule this afternoon. Weve been talking with people for the past 24 hours who have been feeling the effects. Heres what one had to say about trying to find accommodations last night. Had to caught friends to pick me up. I hate to do that because theyre elderly. But im not going to sleep on the floor here. If you are flying to atlanta or connecting from philadelphia, this airport here simply thats you should keep checking with your airline for the status of your flight. Weve been seeing a lot of changes since the outage happened. Weve been talking with the travelers who had been stuck here overnight. Another traveler said she was hoping for the best. Of course, a busy Holiday Travel season. The long line traveling to not just atlanta, but people at the ticketing counters for delta and spirit to get to holiday destinations. This is a busy time. People want to get there on time. For now, live at philly international, matt delucia, nbc10 news. Count on nbc10 for continuing coverage of flight cancelations. Well be monitoring the impacts on flights all morning long. Remember, you can also get alerts sent straight to your phone with the nbc10 app. 4 34. 39 degrees. In other news, police in philadelphia looking for the person who shot a man three times at fdr park in south philadelphia. Investigators say the victim was selling sneakers when the shooter opened fire and then took off. The victim remains in critical conditi condition. Senator john mccain who is battling brain cancer will miss the vote on the gop tax bill. He will undergo rehab and physical therapy in arizona after getting treatment at walter reed for a viral infection. His daughter says hes doing well and looking forward to celebrating christmas with his family. President trump says senator mccain will come back if republicans need his help to pass the bill. President trump says he has no plans to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller over the russia investigation. There is growing criticism from republicans about how the special counsel got access to thousands of trump transition emails. Nbc10 National Correspondent Edward Lawrence has the latest from washington. Reporter returning from camp david, nbc news asked President Trump if he plans to fire special Counsel Robert Mueller. No, im not. No. Reporter the comment may end weeks of speculation that the white house wants mueller out, and the russia investigation stopped. Still, some of the president s cabinet members say this cloud takes away from the administrations message. We have to get past the information. A giant distraction. Nobody has said that in any way this impacted the outcome of the election. Reporter special counsel investigators are combing through emails. In a letter a trump lawyer accused mueller of improperly obtained private emails unlawfully produced by the General Services administration saying some contain attorney clientprivileged information. Not looking good. Not looking good. I cant imagine theres anything on them frankly. As we said, theres no collusion. No collusion whatsoever. Reporter Robert Muellers spokesman stated, when we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owners consent or appropriate criminal process. What is the white house afraid . Let them finish the job and get the facts. Reporter the white house would rather talk about the tax bill expected to hit the president s desk this week. The house is expected to vote on the tax bill tuesday. Then the senate will decide and make their decision by wednesday night. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. 4 36. Eagles fans, you can give nick foles a passing grades. You cant see that unless we say it. There are passing grades. I like that. I got it. Yes. The birds new starting quarterback threw five touchdowns in a threw four touchdowns in a game yesterday. He met the challenge in taking over for quarterback, the injured carson wentz. Foles hit a different receiver on each of the scoring to see. The special teams blocked two kicks and a punt. And the defense bent but did not break when it counted at the end. The birds won 3429. After the game, foles says he expects to win in light of seas seasonending injuries. Sort of been the message this year is guys have had to step up. The necessary it the injuries its created, the guys that are injured are still there. Its not like theyre not a part of the team. Theyre still creating that atmosphere that when things do go wrong, guys dont blink. Foles said he carson wentz wished him luck ahead of yesterdays game. Still saying it, members of eagl eagles nation voicing their dream at the meadowlands yesterday. Fans who watched at, if kpint live at x fiscal responsibility live said it didnt have to be so close. The special teams come through and give the offense a shot. Crazy. I thought they would blow the giants out. A great game to watch. Nick foles proved something tonight. Im excited about nick. A close game like that, nick pulls it out. All the way, nick. I believe in st. Nick, baby. Heres what the eagles latest win means, about the birds improve to 122, they maintain the numberone set for the nfc playoff. If the exwin one of the next if the eagles win one of the next two games, theyll play at home. A week from tonight, christmas night, eagles host the oakland raiders. 4 38. Overnight, Police Arrest a man who allegedly beat and robbed a woman. The details were learning about the suspect and how another crime led police to him. And show of support. The emotional surprise in the stands at one nfl game, and why it caught players offguard. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Breaking news out of new york. At least four people were killed in an overnight fire at a brooklyn home. Ten people including firefighters have been hurt. The fire is not yet under control. Well continue to update you as we learn more. Good morning, everyone, Jessica Boyington watching 95 and cameras around girard avenue. So far, so good. Not seeing a lot of volume. Looks light even though it is early. Southbound moving toward center city frrk city, from woodhaven to the vine street expressway, a 12 to 13minute trip. Watching a crash at croydon. Two vehicles are involved. Snow no word on how no word on how extensive or if there are injuries. The p. A. Turnpike, drive times good, 20 minutes at the most from valley forge to route 1. Speeds into the 60s. Watch for construction eastbound. The right and center lanes are closed at bensalem near marker 350. Traffic getting by, but maybe slow getting by the right and center lanes that are blocked. Youll stay by to the lefthand side. Updates on all this when i come back. Ill be back in ten minutes. 4 42. 39 degrees. Ten degrees above normal. And it gets cooler in the short term at 8 00. Warming to middle 40s, sunshine this afternoon. Clouds in the suburbs now, but we get the sunshine, and temperatures warm into the 40s in the suburbs. There have been sprinkles in the lehigh valley. Right now, dry and 35 degrees. No sign of freezing temperatures. Dryer at 8 00. With sunshine, warming to the 40s in the lehigh valley. New jersey, clouds will break. More and more sunshine this morning. By noontime, 45 degrees. 46 at 2 00 this afternoon. A breeze, stronger at the shore than rest of the area. But it stays below ten Miles Per Hour during the day today. 40s to start. Thats where it stays all day. At lunchtime, close to 50 degrees. In delaware, cloudy, dry, no sign of showers this morning. Gets a little bit chillier as clouds thin. That will lead the way to sunshine and a nice warmup into the 40s this afternoon. There are some in warmer days ahead. Cooler days, ahead. Well look at the ten day on ten with a look at christmas and beyond when im back in ten minutes. See you then. Thanks. A note and a surprise. One man pays it forward for the holidays leaving an entire restaurant in shock. Frimid fight. The record hundreds were trying to break in the snow. New this morning, police have captured a man who attacked a woman as her fiance listened helplessly over the phone. We have a picture, but its graphic. The victims fiance said he didnt recognize the person laying battered and bruised in a hospital room. The attack left her this way. It happened over the weekend on 63rd street in west philadelphia. The womans fiance said he was on the phone with her because she was worried that a man had followed her out of a store. He heard a scream and then the phone was cut off. I cant even go to visit her because i cant stand i was on the phone with her. I just couldnt get there quick enough. Philadelphia Police Police captured the suspect when they arrested him for another crime. Doctors will have to wire the victims mouth shut and reconstruct parts of her face for her to properly heal. New, new Jersey State Police say someone stole one of their suvs and used the weapons inside for an armed robbery. The unmarked suv was stolen over the weekend in middlesex county. There were troopers uniforms in the vehicle, as well. Police have given no further information. Sarah palins oldest son is facing Domestic Violence charges again in alaska. Track palin went before a judge yesterday. Police arrested him on charges of assault, burglary, and causing hundreds of dollars in proper damage. Track palin pled guilty to similar charges last year. That time, his mother, former governor of alaska, sarah palin, suggested her son suffers from post Traumatic Stress disorder. 4 47. Well look at news state by state and county by county. In mercy county, Police Charged a man with attempted murder after investigators say he went on a rampage with a sawed off shotgun. Ply say Cedric Hodges police say Cedric Hodges jumped into a womans car. She ran off to get her husband, and hodges shot at both, missing. While officers were searching for hodges, they found another man who had been shot in the arm. Police found the gun along with two other victims who had also been shot. In Chester County, police are looking for two men who tied up employees and robbed a mobile store in detailsworth town crossing dillsworth town crossing. Two men walked in and ordered employees to the back of the store. One man had a gun. The second tied up two of three employees inside. They got away with cell phones and tablets. This past week marked five years since the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school. And last night in cherry hill, the community paid tribute to the victims at the Unitarian Universalist church. Members of the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence and million mom march held a commemoration. Young people and their parents talked about and shared letters written to legislators about gun violence and lost loved ones. In south jersey, a new school toeopens to meet the nee of students with autism. Mt. Laurel, burlington county. Bancroft is the largest Services Provide for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. The school has residences, a health care center, extensive open space, and nature lighting. Snowballs finally flew at Six Flags Great Adventure in ocean county. The goal, to set a world record for the largest snowball fight. More than 500 people showed up to be part of that. Similar fights took place at six flags parks in california, texas, and missouri. The number to beat was just under 7,700 all taking part in one big snowball fight. This is actually planned for last weekend, but it was postponed because of and were not making this up, it was postponed because of snow. Go figure. I remember posting that story on facebook saying, i know youre not going to believe this but yeah. A gift to headline writers across the world. We will not be throwing snowballs this morning. A lot of the piles have disappeared. On my driveway shovel the whole driveway . Not the whole thing. Just a path. I always shovel my own, you know. Okay. Philadelphia right now, we are dry, there are clouds overhead. Boathouse row, a clear view, lit up for hanukkah. Looking nice this morning. Not much of a wind today. A breeze out of the west northwest at five Miles Per Hour. That will keep temperatures typically cool. In the 40s for this afternoon. Tomorrow, we get a shift in the wind, and the wind speeds pick up. Just a little bit of a shift brings it out of the southwest. Thats a warming direction for us. Well see a significant warmup tomorrow afternoon. This morning, tracking a few light showers, really sprinkles. Theyre moving into Chester County now. Delaware county, seeing a few raindrops, as well, around concord. Most of those are not reaching the ground. You might see a sprinkle this morning. It wont last. Drying out quickly. And we will get sunshine today. The clouds will be breaking for sunshine. The next chance of wet weather will come from a system that has not even reached the pacific northwest. That will give us a good chance well see rain on saturday. I think it will clear for sunday and christmas eve. 46 degrees, clouds to start. Sunshine this afternoon. That little bit of a breeze keeping us in the 40s today. Tomorrow, starting back in the upper 30s like today. 57 degrees in the afternoon. That wind shift makes all the difference. Weve got a good deal of sunshine for tomorrow. It cools to wednesday. Back to normal for this time of year. Temperatures in the morning on the mild side. Winter arrives at 11 28 in the morning thursday. A little bit chillier thursday, but another warmup starts for friday, in spite of cloudy skies, mostly cloudy and 52 in the afternoon for the first full day of winter. Rain saturday with the temperatures pushing close to 60 this afternoon. Thats after the morning temperature in the 40s. No sign of anything other than raindrops. Clearing for sunday and looking dry for smeech. Theres a chance for christmas eve. Theres a chance of rain showers on christmas day. 45 the high before a blast of cold air comes in before tuesday bringing a chance of snow showers next wednesday. Thanks. 4 52. Lets check the roads. Including the schuylkill expressway. Jessica boyington with first alert traffic. Watching the schuylkill expressway around montgomery drive to start. We dont have any construction to worry about. Were not closed in between specific points. Open in both directions. Around montgomery county, center city eastbound, drive times look good from the blue route to the vine street expressway. Still a 12 to 13minute trip. In croydon, an ax kccident at bristol pike. A few accidents to talk about. Watching 202 at least for drive times, ten minutes in both directions now from route 30 to the schuylkill. Speeds into the 60s on the northbound and southbound side. Back to you. A message for the holidays. The surprise that left restaurant workers in tears and a special note that was left behind. Good morning, everyone. Jessica boyington checking the roads. Heading into new jersey, the garden state parkway. Looking good so far in both directions. Empty for the most part through the cape may toll plaza. Thats not what everything looks like. Route 309, a problem in ft. Washington. Ill check when i come back. Sometimes the catch in pro football is not a catch. Dont that will to pittsburgh fans who are spitting mad. It was part of a crazy ending between ending between the steelers and patriots last night. Pittsburgh thought it had scored the go ahead touchdown with seconds left. A review determined the receiver did not have control of the ball through completion. New england later intercepted a pass to win it. Ooh. Painful. Before that, this was a nice surprise. A pleasant surprise really. Injured linebacker ryan shazier made an emotional return, waving to the crowd. He was able to leave a rehab hospital for a few hours. He had spinal fusion surgery after hurting his back in the game two weeks ago. Police in north jersey say a rowdy pub crawl with a sh

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