among many other issues that they want to see reformed. two of the hostages were released one in the last few hours and we do know at least one of the hostages had non life-threatening injuries. he s recoughing at a hospital. several law enforcement agencies are here including fbi. all are hoping for a peaceful resolution. it s been a long and difficult day. what started shortly after 10 wednesday morning and still is a touch and go situation. a hostage standoff between ceks officers and inmates at the james vaughn correction center and the call came in reporting emergency shortly after 10. approximately 14:25 first staff member was released. and approximately 17:20 hours eight inmates were released. and 19:57 hours one staff member was released. and that s prior to our arrival here the takeover happened when more than 100 inmates over powered four corrections officers. delaware department of corrections commissioner barry phelps and top brass is determine physical
among many other issues that they want to see reformed. two of the hostages were released one in the last few hours and we do know at least one of the hostages had non life-threatening injuries. he s recoughing at a hospital. several law enforcement agencies are here including fbi. all are hoping for a peaceful resolution. it s been a long and difficult day. what started shortly after 10 wednesday morning and still is a touch and go situation. a hostage standoff between ceks officers and inmates at the james vaughn correction center and the call came in reporting emergency shortly after 10. approximately 14:25 first staff member was released. and approximately 17:20 hours eight inmates were released. and 19:57 hours one staff member was released. and that s prior to our arrival the takeover happened when more than 100 inmates over powered four corrections officers. delaware department of corrections commissioner barry phelps and top brass is determine physical staff
i have never been, don t judge me, but i wanted to go, and we have to talk about closures and parking things affecting. no judgement here. no judgement here but i think they would welcome you with open arms. oh, yes. i ll be there later. those wip guys taught absolute lay door you, we know that. in templets weather pattern here today, looking at pretty quiet day, lot of sunshine expected out there, breezy pattern continuing, though, so that s going to make it feel that much colder. the other thing it is actually that much colderment taking a hit on storm scan, what you will notice here, looks very similar to yesterday. hands full of clouds still out there. generally a clear sky, though, especially across southeastern pennsylvania, but take a look at where our temperatures have now take answer hit. not a huge deficit. but it certainly is a deficit from the same time yesterday. so, anywhere from eight to flirting with 15 degrees colder in a lot of parts, reflects on t
reporter: flags are being flown at half-staff to honor sergeant steven floyd and tonight new radio transmission that reveals the tension behind those prison walls. hey, they re at my neck right now with a knife if you don t hurry up and turn these phones on. reporter: desperation from a man who identified himself as officer wilkerson, presumably one of four employees being held by inmates at the james vaughn prison. we re going together. reporter: demands included access to phones and waters. negotiators didn t realize the water was being poured into foot lockers used to barricade the doors. by wednesday evening, two of the four employees were released. negotiators tried to convince inmates to give up more. i m just trying to get this thing over with so everybody can go home safe. reporter: by 5:00 a.m., law enforcement used a backhoe and charged into the building, handcuffing inmates and rescuing a female employee. sadly sergeant steven floyd was with the d
krystal klei is trackings to frigid temperatures inside. it is a cold, cold start to mourning. we knew this was coming. we re looking at numbers right now. these are the actual temperatures. 23 in philadelphia. 20 where we are in allentown and 19 in coatesville. vineland you re at 23 and that s the same for atlantic city. mount pocono only at 9 degrees. what you just saw a moment ago, the feels like temperatures much colder. five below for mount pocono. feeling like single digits in areas like allentown and 9 degrees, wilmington 9 degrees as well. atlantic city only 10. philadelphia feeling like 12 as we start our morning. so as we go through our morning hours it s going to be bitterly cold out there. not the kind of morning where you want to get out and do a lot of activities early on in your day or as we get into the later part of your day. the cold air will stick. clear conditions. clear overnight allows temperatures to plummet. we re talking cold conditions this morning