Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20140905 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20140905

The weather app will help you plan for the weekend ahead. Down load it on nbc10. Com to get radar and Severe Weather alerts right on your smart phone or tablet. Braining news right now from sky force 10 where we understand this is the scene where a 21yearold man has been shot. In fact, shot three times were told. This is a juniata part. We dont have any idea as to his condition. He has been shot three times. As we pull out here, looks like we are looking at an alleyway there. A man has been shot three times. He is 21 years old. Were working to get more information. Answ as soon as we get more information, we will bring it to you. A local congressman speaking out for first time to nbc 10 about the federal investigation surrounding him. Nbc 10s Harry Hairston is joining us from our digital operations center. You caught up with congressman fattah today. What did he say . Reporter i got off with him a short time ago as he was at a public event. I asked him about the allegations of criminal wrongdoing made by a former top aide. I wanted to know if those are true. All of my years as an official, i have never been involved and never would be involved in any illegal conduct. Reporter the congressmans former chief of staff says differently. According to this federal indictment, he pled guilty and implicates fattah in a scheme to conceal federal grant funds and other funds to repay an Illegal Campaign debt from 2007. Are you disappointed in what he allegedly pled to and his words that seem to link you to something inappropriate . You never know what pressure people are put under. Reporter he insists he doesnt know why he pled guilty and implicated him. As far as you say, you have done nothing wrong. I said, i have never never is a very clear declaration. Right . No illegal conduct, period. Reporter fattah tells me that he believes in his case the feds may be overzealous. We have concerns the conduct this has been going on for seven years. We think that it should get come to some conclusion. Reporter usa just heard, the congressman says that he is has been under investigation for seven years now. The feds have been looking into the ways that the congressman has handled federal funds for grants run by former aides of his office. So far, no charges have ever been filed in all of this. Back to you. Harry, thanks. Congressman fattah is married to renee fattah. New information in a murder and car file. We know police have charged this man with killing the man. Police were called to North Lawrence street where the car was in flames wednesday night. Police found the body in the passenger seat. He had been shot several types. Police say an argument led to the murder. More drama in the courtroom today during the trial of a woman accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 5yearold philadelphia girl. Christina regusters aunt and boyfriend testified today. Lived in the home with the two women. He told prosecutors that regusters was molested as a child and her aunt took her in. He the aunt testified the suspect was waring a jacket that belonged to her. In security video taken from the school where the girl was taken. 20 minutes of nonstop news with the casino crisis in Atlantic City. The latest casino facing financial problems could serve warn noticed to employees soon. Nbc 10 told you yesterday that the trump taj mahal could file for bankruptcy. Ted greenberg spoke with the Casino Workers Union about the potential for those notices to be handed out. Ted, what are union reps saying about this . Reporter i have been checking with numerous sources. Im told no notices have gone out today. Still, employees here at the trump taj mahal are no doubt on edge as a new effort ramps up to help those who have already lost their jobs. Children sokz, under shirts and under wear discontinued for victims of the casino crisis. We are trying to make a difference in some peoples lives. Reporter this 21yearold man, a College Senior and son of a former mayor has collected the under garments for a clothing drive benefits families impacted by this weeks closure of the show the boat and revel casinos. Thank you very much. Reporter this woman worked at showboat for 15 years. This right here helps me a lot. With four kids and being out of work, its a struggle. I want to do every little bit that i can. Reporter both parents previously worked as dealers at trump taj mahal, which could be close to declaring bankruptcy because of its own financial crisis. A source familiar with the situation tells nbc 10 the taj mahal has informed the casino union that notices warning employees of layoffs or a possible closure may be issued in the near future. No comment today from the taj mahal. What do you say to those workers who may be very concerned at this point . We say, were behind you 100 . Whatever it is, well deal with it and help you get through t. Appreciate it. You have a good heart. Reporter although cindy received an early delivery today, the rest of this donated clothing will be distributed saturday afternoon to more than 40 preselected families. Always try to put myself in other peoples shoes and help out when i can. Reporter a developing situation right now involving the trump taj mahals sister casino, trump plaza. This lawsuit was just filed by the owners of the popular rain forest cafe inside trump plaza. It is seeking to keep the restaurant open even after the casino closes on september 16th. Live in Atlantic City, im ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. There could be a potential buyer eyeing the former showboat casino. A company that develops restaurant and entertainment places, says its one of three locations its considering. Theres a latitude 360 in pittsburgh. It has restaurants inside as well as video and redemption games. Count on nbc 10 news for every angle on this major local story. We have a special section devoted to the Economic Impact of the Atlantic City casino crisis right now on nbc10. Com. To a developing story now in the caribbean. A private plane from the u. S. Crashed into the ocean north of jamaica this afternoon. The pilot had been unresponsive for several hours. No word how many people were on board the plane. It took off just before 9 00 this morning from an airline in rochester, new york. It was bound for florida. After not hearing from the pilot, fighter jets were scrambled to follow the plane but had to peel off when it entered cuban airspace. From our delaware bureau, state Police Arrested an accused mother and son drug selling duo. They had been watching them for a month. The woman and her son had charged with selling marijuana. He is charmed with illegally owning a gun. Police say the mother sold marijuana to an under cover Police Officer from her home last week. Police were called to the house after gun shots were fired during a party at that home. Look at this new video from philadelphia police. They are looking for two suspects who robbed two men in juniata park. It happened outside the family tavern. Police say both suspected had guns, made the victims empty their pockets and repeatedly hit them. They got away with the cash, cell phones and the victims keys and i. D. If you recognize them, you are asked to call police. One of the three bucks county boys killed this weekend was buried today. Students have a chance to say goodbye. Ryan lesher was laid to rest this morning. Keffers funeral has earlier this week. Digney will be buried tomorrow morning. All three teens were about to enter their sophomore year at Council Rock South high school. Authorities say a 15yearold girl from new york was driving the suv when it crashed killing the three boys. This happened near Lake Wallenpaupack saturday morning. The wayne d. A. s office shows there were six teens in the car. A witness told police the car took a curve too fast and then flipped over. Progress for Central Bucks School district. The district has reached a tentative collective Bargaining Agreement with the central bucks education association. Here are the highlights now. It calls for 2. 8 annual raise for teachers, just over an 11 raise over four years. It reduces the cost of shortterm disability men cal costs. The central bucks education will vote on the tentative agreement monday. If all goes well, it will be outlined at the meeting on tuesday. Now to our south Jersey Bureau where a complaint against the School District has led to a fine of 32,000 against the school. The state department of education says the school violated contract laws when it it awarded a contract for Health Insurance to alamo insurance even though other Companies Made lower bids. In february, the school board called the contract a professional service that did not require bidding. So far the School District has not responded to our calls for reaction to the fine. A Memorial Service was held in florida for the murdered journalist sotloff. They have been mourning in private. A native of south florida, he was beheaded. He was taken hostage last year while working as a freelance journalist. Obama vowed to take out the leaders of isis. Mr. Obama ruled out u. S. Boots on the ground. He was looking for help from other nations today. Steve handelsman has the latest. Reporter on day two of the nato summit, president obama working to build a coalition to destroy isis as nato members would like to join the effort. The killing with a drone tuesday of a top terrorist leader in somalia to try to make clear the u. S. Knows what its doing. Its not going to happen overnight, but we are moving in the right direction. He would are going to achieve our goal. We are going to defeat isis. Reporter more air strikes hit today. Experts say just using air power and just in iraq, not syria, cannot defeat isis. Air strikes alone, we conducted plenty of air strikes in iraq in the years we were losing. I think its very important that what we do is part of a comprehensive plan. Reporter the step by step process has support in washington. This president understands the succession of ready, aim fire. There are way too many of my colleagues here who want to shoot first and ask questions and plan later. Reporter in ukraine, the fighting wound down as a peace deal was signed. It is favorable to russia. Warning putin not to menace any nato nations. To add to the pressure put on by sanctions. We want to make it clear, we mean what we say. Reporter no nato plan has stopped putin. President obamas plan to destroy isis is a work in progress. Im steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. The last day of Chris Christies trip to mexico. He has been talking to the prechl can president and other leaders there. He is trying to boost investment and commercial ties between the latin american nation and new jersey. Today, he is visiting a school and a park in a city where many of new jerseys mexican families have roots. Penn state is making a plea for civility as they continue to deal with the aftermath of the sex abuse cascandal. The president is calling on the School Community to be polite even when they dont agree. The message doesnt mention sandusky or his arrest and c convicti conviction, but it does talk about whether the handling and resulting sanctions were appropriate. The president says the rudeness in debating the issues deepens the divide and sets a bad example for students. Clearly suck but lly sick spirits. Thats the condition of the third ebola patient this year. He got infected while working at a hospital in liberia. He will not receive the experimental drug that the other two ebola patients were given when they came back here to this country. Thats because there are no more doses available. Doctors are looking at other experimental therapies. A tour of a promise zone. The u. S. Secretary of housing and urban development took a look at West Philadelphia this morning. The area was named a promise zone earlier this year as part of a white house initiative. The visit included the mantua neighborhood, just above drexel universi university. A new program the secretary wanted to know more about it, tell us about it. Reporter they toured an apartment building. They toured a youth center that they hope will double the number of kids that will have access to early education. The secretary for housing and urban development was joined by Michael Nutter as part of the tour, they stopped is at the Montgomery Early Learning Center in West Philadelphia. Its a model for Early Childhood education and will be an example for other schools in area. Drexel university is leading an initiative to improve Early Childhood he had can a anything v few educational options. This is a perfect example of the kind of collaboration between the public sector, Nonprofit Sector and the community that is helping to lift up places like West Philadelphia. Reporter the Childhood Education Initiative is one of the first erts since the promise zone was announced. They are designed to improve areas of high poverty by focusing on job development. They hope the promise zones by pass red tape that faulter s lot of these programs. New york citys medical examiner says more tests are needed to figure out what kil d ed rivers. Fans continue to mourn her death. She died yesterday at the age of 81, a week after her heart stopped during a routine medical procedure. Fans were still leaving flowers at her apartment and at her star on the hollywood walk of fame. Rivers will be laid to rest at a private invitation only service this sunday. Joan rivers often visited our area to make appearances on qvc. She sold her jewelry and clothing line to the Shopping Channel studios for 24 years. Listen to this. During her time on the channel, rivers sold a billion dollars worth of merchandise. Good evening. Changes on the way as we head into tomorrow. We are tracking severe thunderstorms. Thats going to be a possibility for us as we head into the receipt of tonight, showers for us. Be care fm if you are heading home from work. A first alert for saturday storms. Will go over details on that. As we head into sunday, we have a major cool down on the way. Temperatures returning to the 70s. A lot is happening with the weather over the next 48 hours. A look at satellite radar, you can see the showers. This isnt widespread rainfall. Fur closer to dover, you are seeing thunderstorms that are continuing to push offshore. We want to show you this one cell here. Its moving slowly. Its pushing into Lancaster County. Closer to lancaster, closer to 5 09 p. M. We could see hail within this thunderstorm. It depends on where you are. If you are dloers Lancaster County, you are going to see isolated thunderstorms as we head into the rest of tonight. Our future weather shows at least until 8 00, we are dealing with the threat of a few showers. Once we get closer to 9 00, 10 00, the threat will go down. As we head into tomorrow Early Morning, 5 00, 6 00, south jersey, expect to see another round of moderate to even heavy rainfall. As we head into your morning hours, but closer to the suburbs, poconos not seeing a lot until we head into the afternoon. Thats why we have our first alert that we are issuing for tomorrow. We wanted to give you a heads up on that. The storms are going to be in the evening and afternoon. We could see some of the strongest storms to the north and west of the city. We are exekt peing heavy rain and damaging wind. Our slight risk is confined to allentown into the poconos for tomorrow. What that means is strong storms are possible, heavy downpours, damaging winds, lightning and localized flooding. If you see flooded roadways you turn around. Dont try and go through them. Between 5 00 and 8 00, most of the rainfall shift together i95 corridor. It will move to the south and the east. By 10 00, right along the shore. We are expecting moderate rainfall with that. Stretching down into toms river. Isolated thunderstorms embedded with the thes showers. Be careful, sunday afternoon and each. Thats when the first alert is issued. For philadelphia, its a warm day. Feels like 94. Temperatures in the poconos, 75. 85 inis allentown. 86 in wilmington. Feels like for wilmington, 94 degrees. Feeling like 92 in millville. 91 tomorrow. Then we drop to 79 on yun sunou sunday. For tonight, a chance of showers, cloudy, a little bit o late fog and as we head into your 78day forecast, sporting events, beautiful for the eagles sunday once we get rid of the storms on saturday. A battle for the boys. A group of young field hockey players being banned from playing on the team. How the field hockey fight has become a battle of the sexes. Why the School District decided to keep the boys from playing. A delaware state worker says when they came back from maternity leave, her boss made her pump in a storage closet. Im talking to the mom and getting clarification on delawares laws. Just days away from the start of classes for philadelphia students, the security changes the parents can expect at skothe schools this y. Philadelphia schools will welcome students back on monday but with noticeable changes this year. There are fewer School Security officers because of an 81 million budget deficit. Some Police Officers at the High School Level have been reassigned to other schools and some buildings will share officers. The Public School teachers are concerned and so are parents. Parents have reason to worry about their kids safety. Parents always have reason to worry. Im a parent. I worry about my kids safety. Different this year . I dont know whether its dif

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