Company says its phase 3 trial in the u. S. Found its 72 effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms and says it will file for Emergency Authorization in the coming week, that could mean approval by the end of february. Heres whats key, the vaccine does not require Ultra Cold Temperatures for storage and Shelf Life Is Good for up to two years, huge win. The other breaking story were following, scientists warning the u. S. Is in a race against time with the new Coronavirus Variants popping up across the country and one of those strains, the South African Variant, is now officially here. Two cases have been confirmed in the state of south carolina. Even more concerning, the state departments Public Health warning says that two infected adults had no recent travel history and no connection to one another. And its raising concerns the strain may already be circulating within the community as new data indicates the vaccines we have may be less effective against this one. That said,
4 00. As a father if it was my kid, old school justice. Hes a truck driver, drives up and down the east coast, has made other stops and believes this is just something for fun to do. Reporter walmart told us their employee acted quickly by alerting police. The suspect was arrested even before his victim finished shopping. Very grateful we found it. She was obviously upset and distraught that it occurred. Especially your First Impression will be when you circulate around on the internet. Reporter Police Officers tell me they have no reason to believe barona shared the video on social media or otherwise but they are reaching out to towns in other states where he told police he stopped off to shop and kill time, allegedly committing these crimes using his cell phone. He is being held on 35,000 bail. Im cydney long, nbc 10 news. We have new information now on the job losses that will result from a series of supermarket closures affecting our area. The number right now is more than 1,000. T
Verrazano, head to the lower level to avoid this. On the Grand Central parkway, this is eastbound out by clear vie two lanes remain closed. Stick to the expressway. Breaking news in Staten Island, thats where police say a man was found dead near the Ferry Terminal. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in st. George with what we know now. Reporter were watching the investigation officers and detectives with flash flights are going down the ramp between the st. George terminal and the baseball park. Thats where they found the body of a man believed to be in his 30s on a park bench. Well show you some video of this investigation which started just before 2 00 this morning. Thats when officers received a 911 call about someone on the bench. When they arrived, they found the victim stabbed multiple times in the torso. He was pronounced dead added scene. Here, but they also dont know who could have done Something Like this. That is part of the investigation. This is also near a correct shun
You head out the door right now. Completely dry in the area. No sign of any showers as you look past city hall in center city. Issued a first alert for the potential for severe thunderstorms firing up north and west and moving to the philadelphia area during the evening commute with damaging winds and heavy downpours for our area. Before they get here the temperatures will be climbing and were already warmer this morning. Look at the 70s. Wilmington philadelphia northeast philadelphia alan town and reading. Even warmer at 72 degrees right now. Its going to be a quick warmup during the day with steamy conditions. We will see no sign of any showers this morning, but as the day goes on you will see those temperatures climb into the upper 80s this afternoon. Take you through it neighborhood by neighborhood with the forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Following breaking traffic news with the westbound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike shut down right now. Lets find out whats going on
Could cooperate. Brittney, not as steamy as it was yesterday. Less steamy. As we head into the weekend temperatures still going to stay above average but were also tracking rain as we head into sunday. Live look outside now. Could see a mix of sun and clouds. Checking out scattered showers moving into dover. Wind speeds out of the northeast at 7 miles per hour. 65 degrees in trenton. 68 in wilmington 66 waking up with us in Atlantic City. Our temperatures today will range between 85 and 88 degrees. Sun and clouds. Well be tracking the weekend forecast. Now well check in with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington monitoring the roads. Thank you, brittney. Upper more land we had a disabled vehicle. They got that incident all out of the way. Nash ave. And quigley avenue is free and clear. No problems on 95 as you look around cottman avenue. This is a rare sight to see on 95. Especially once our morning commute gets underway. Friday dealing with southbound woodhaven road towards t