Philadelphia police sponed to 1808 pine street at 4 00 this morning. They found the 60yearold victim suffering from wounds to his face torso and left hand. There was an explosion when the victim opened an envelope that he thought was medication he receives through the mail. It was a substantial detonation. About ten neighbors were evacuated as were guests at a nearby bed and breakfast. Obviously i had the concerns to clarify what the situation really was. A lot of bright lights that is pretty weird for 5 00 in the morning. Investigators say that the envelope was addressed to the victim and intended for him although they dont know why. The victim was out of town and its unclear when the parcel arrived and whether it came to the mail or whether it was placed at the address. We have to operate under the premise there was a possibility it went through the mail but we dont know that right now. For most of the day the block remained blocked off as investigators looking for includes. They are
University, 2 hours of terror when a man on campus drove onto a sidewalk and then jumped out of the car and started stabbing people. A campus officer shot him to death. The only shots fired came from the officer. 8 people are wounded but recovering. The school sent out tweets about 9 30 this morning putting the campus on active shooter lock down. And in one classroom students used chairs stacked against the door hoping to keep the guy out. That lock down today but we are awaiting a News Conference on this situation momentarily. Were going to bring that to you as soon as it happens like we said at any moment now. And right now an update to a deadly crash. The man accused of hitting a tow truck driver is still in jail right now. When he hit hand. We spoke with hands family today. Perez was given a one thousand dollars bond, troopers say hands was hit in the south band lanes of i275 sunday morning. Hand was helping a diction abled motorist when perez lost control of his vehicle and hit hi
Peninsula. Driver wins the australian grand prix and lorenzo walks from a crash in melbourne, ill have all the details in sport. Greece has begun the process to send refugees on the island of lesbos back to tshgky, a deal between the eu and turkey as it begins more refugees are arriving and zaina has this report from lesbos. Reporter this was supposed to have stopped but the boats keep coming in. Europes refugee crisis is far from over. The latest arrivals are refugees from syria and many from the war torn syria of aleppo and going across the aegean sea to reach the greek island and hoping a resent agreement with turkey would dischurj Asylum Seekers but people who manage to reach the shores are hopeful they want be turned back. Translator we are coming from a destroyed city and asking for asylum on human tarn grounds and not only the worn out situation but its bad for us. Reporter people want to make their way to mainland europe in search of a better life and be reunited with family me
President obama indicates that hell sign it. Teachers behind bars. Its like the sickest thing that happened. An atlanta judge sentences nine out of 10 former educators over a cheating scandal. Three. Two. One. Lift off success and failure for the latest Spacex Mission to the International Space station. Gening im antonio mora this is al jazeera. The u. S. Took a big step today on the road to resuming diplomatic ties with cuba. President obama informed congress hell take u. S. Off the u. S. List of state sponsors of terrorism. Mike viqueira has more from the white house. The move was expected and will have real world consequences. Cuba and america open for business with each other. It could have come saturday. Many expected it when president obama was in panama for the summit of the americas and he received a recommendation that cuba be delisted from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, where it resided since 1982. Its part of president obamas announcement that he wanted to work tow
Ramadi a joel very questions iraqi soldiers will a fight. Good morning live from new york city. Several people are still missing, more than 2,000 spent the night in shelters in the South Central u. S. After deadly flooding. The Severe Weather is not taking a break this memorial day holiday. Two were killed, including a firefighter swept away by the waters while trying to rescue people. In texas the belong co river southwest of austin rose 26 feet in just one hour. One person was killed in nearby san marcos. Both texas towns lost hundreds of homes. A curfew was in effect last night near the river. It crested at 41 feet, more than three times the flood stage destroying a bridge and buckling roads. Three people are missing and feared dead in the river. Theyve lost everything, their cars, furniture everything. Its just amazing. I cant even begin to let it all sink in. I dont think i want to know just yet. Texas officials warn the flooding could last for weeks. Rainfall topped 20inches in m