This got under way a few moments ago. His mother fears returning to ghana now would be, quote, signing my sons death warrant. Serena badia, a 14yearold with a congenital heart condition has already gone beyond the Life Expectancy given to her by doctors in spain. Actually, i think shes 16. Shell correct us. An 8yearold girl in miami surfing from nerve cancer relies on her dad to take her to monthly treatments in new york. Her father needs deferred action to stay with his daughter. A man in venezuela has been able to care for his wife who suffers from a blood brain malformation and his daughter has neurobl neuroblastoma. This new policy threatens sick immigrants who may be forced to leave america and end their lifesaving treatment. It threatens u. S. Citizens and lawful residents who rely on immigrant Family Members for financial and emotional support while theyre here. It threatens crucial medical research and progress by undermining Clinical Trials that rely on the participation of im
Poe poconos and south of allentown. All the rain streaming in from the west and it will continue over the morning hours. Well start to see gradual clearing heading into the afternoon. The average this time of year, 9 degrees. Today well stay in the low 60s. By tomorrow, 64 degrees. Mix of sun and clouds. Ill have your sevenday forecast coming up. You can get weather updates any time over the weekend with the nbc10 first alert weather app. Go to our website nbc10. Com for a free download. New from overnight, a weekend of protests over Police Shootings including the death of Michael Brown have begun in missouri. Hundreds of people marched through the streets of ferguson last night and eventually came face to face with officers in riot gear. The protests remained peaceful. It has been two months since Michael Brown, an unarmed africanamerican teenager, was shot and killed by the Police Officer in ferguson. A grand jury is reviewing that case. Also earlier this week there was another polic
North. We are starting off with rain for the weekend. Coming up, ill show you the timing of that and how long it will last. Back in philly today, former mob boss joey merlino returns to the city of brotherly love to make an appearance in federal court. Prosecutors say he violated his supervised probation in florida but merlinos lawyer says the feds made a mistake and his klein the has done nothing wrong. Lu ann cahn has been covering merlino for years. Shes live in center city. Lu ann, whats going on here . First you have to remember that joey merlino served 12 years in prison for racketeering and he was just about to finish three years of probation. If he crossed that finish line, he wouldnt have to check in with anyone and thats when the feds said, whoa, wait a minute. Not so fast. I missed the mummers parade. Reporter the u. S. Attorney says youre still an active member of the mob. The guys mental. Reporter hes mental . Joey merlino is now 52 years ole, tan from living the last few
Philadelphia international is not included because few if any travelers from west africa arrive here. Health workers at those five other airports will use notouch thermometers to check those passengers for a fever. Those with high temperatures will be interviewed and quarantined if necessary. They will focus on travelers flying from liberia and sierra leone and guinea. New Jersey Health officials ordered the nbc news crew exposed to a freelance cameraman with ebola be quarantined until october 22nd. It was a voluntary 21day isolation agreement was violated. Officials say the nbc crew which includes medical editor dr. Nancy snyderman is showing no symptoms of the virus. New numbers on the virus is out from the world health organization. They though that more than 4,000 people have died from this outbreak in west africa. In total there are nearly 8400 confirmed cases of the virus. A u. N. Special envoy says the world response needs to be 20 times greater than what it was at the beginning
Required for anyone arriving at those airports who has had direct contact with an ebola patient in africa. A dr. Who recently treated ebola patient the worker had no symptoms at new york airport, but developed a fever later. Dr. Craig spencer is in an Isolation Unit at Bellevue Hospital. He returned from new guinea last week and was diagnosed positive for ebola last night. Reporter well, jim, in the wake of the first ebola case in new york city, new procedures have been our responsibility is to make sure that we protect the public health. Reporter anyone returning to new york or new jersey after being in west africa and having contact with an ebola patient will be quarantined for 21 days. The cdcs guidance is continue wally changing and we need to set a standard for our two states. Reporter the doctor returned home a week ago and was diagnosed with the deadly disease. Dr. Craig spencer is in a special Isolation Unit in stable condition at the Bellevue Hospital in manhattan, but people