plateau. for to hours authorities searched the park, 30 schools in the sit city were on lock down but police say they were unable to confirm that steve stevens was ever in this philadelphia area or park or in philadelphia i hope they find him. reporter: in afternoon news conference cleveland police chief calvin williams reiterated that there was no evidence, stevens was in philadelphia, but they encouraged the public to keep looking. we re following up on every lead that comes into us. every single lead. reporter: is there now a $50,000 reward for the arrest of stevens, cleveland police chief calvin williams wouldn t speculate what could have driven stevens to the murder. to be honest, you know, we ve interviewed several people, involved in this and i don t think there is any rhyme or reason for it happening. i don t think there is anything that we can point to specifically to say that thinks what sparked this. reporter: and coming up at 6:00 we dive deeper in to di
. and tonight at 62:00 years in the making, a revealing new federal report points to crucial moments that led to philadelphia fire fighter joyce craigs death during a basement fire. she was the cities first female fire fighter to die in the line of duty. hello everyone i m ukee washington. i m jessica dean. eyewitness news reporter joe holden is live outside fire fighters union headquarters in spring garden with the details and new report and also some reaction. joe? reporter: jessica, good evening. one of the key findingness this report is that a piece of fire fighters lieutenant joyce craigs breathing equipment that failed, dating back to 2003. report shows that the fire department, had replacement available at the time of this fire but they had not been distributed. federal report two and a half years in the making spotlights response tactic california and equipment issues, it suggest ultimately led to the death of philadelphia fire fighter joyce craig. it was dece
the world s most volatile dictators? another hoverboard catches fire inside a home, causing extensive damage. this morning, what you need to know if your kids have one of the popular toys. and momma hoda. two months after she surprised us all i do have something to tell you. hoda is returning to studio 1a. and we re welcoming her with open arms today, monday, april 17th, 2017. from nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. and already this morning, the foundation, the eye liner and the tears have been flowing. that was just you. in the makeup room upstairs. that s right. hoda is back. we re so happy to have her here. when i look at her, i cried. she teared up. how do you feel, hoda? i m exploding. i should be studying notes. but you know what i m doing? looking at baby pictures. looking at baby pictures. it s so great t
still well above average throughout our area. nbc first alert meteorologist bill henley is here with a bit of a mixed bag. that was a summer preview. you can look forward to that in june, july and august and today we do have a mixed bag. we saw sunshine this morning and the clouds racing and now it is a steady, light rain for philadelphia. you can see the raindrops on the lens and the view from the aquarium. look at the rain from the suburbs to new jersey and delaware and even through trenton and this is farther north than what was first expected and it will not be all day. the showers will dry out this afternoon and we will see sunshine again. the lehigh valley has dry out and the rain has ended there. 70 degrees at 2:00 and holding into the low 70s this afternoon and the wind shifting and that s going to give us a warm-up, allow for a warm-up and not for the 80s, not for today. late-day sunshine in philadelphia, and up to 72 degrees for the suburbs and the jersey shore
cleveland suspect here in philadelphia. but tip calls to police it put the fairmount park neighborhood on alert today. i know you spoke with a mother who saw several police cars surround that neighborhood this afternoon. reporter: that s right and she tells me she was concerned. that s because of the sheer volume of police presence between here in fairmount park and also mlk boulevard. this after several calls came into philly p.d. were reports people they thought they saw someone who matched the killer s description. 30 schools were on lockdown in the city as a precaution. troy chapman knows the hunt is on in several states. my heart was broken. my heart was broken. that could have been anybody at any time. reporter: around 1:45 inth afternoon her antena went up while enjoying the quiet moments with her kids. i only saw the helicopters come by. i saw a few cars come by with flashers on like in a row. reporter: police chopper and officers from five districts respo