Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20141021 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20141021

Terrence jr. Was one of three Young Children killed along with his mother, keisha williams, this past july in north philadelphia. What is it you would like to see when you talk about justice . Id just like to see the family the family wants to see justice. I lost four cousins and nobody shouldnt have to go through that. Here at the intersection of germantown and allegheny is where an suv plowed into a crowd of people selling fruit on the corner, just before that crash, Cornelius Crawford and 19yearold Jonathan Rosa carjacked a Real Estate Agent and raped her in the back of her suv. The Real Estate Agent testified both men assaulted her. But crawfords attorney denies his client was involved in rape. It didnt happen the way she said it happened. He didnt sexually assault her, never did sexually assault her. And he doesnt want to be known as that. Reporter assistant District Attorney responded sharply to that statement. This is not something she wanted to discuss ever, ever, if it was up to her, she never would have said a word about this because it was so traumatizing to her and she knew if she told detectives she would have to tell this story in public. Reporter omalley says the rape victim only spoke up to help police catch the suspects who ran from the scene after the crash. The fact that there was a carjacking going on is what gets us to the Second Degree murder. Reporter now, crawford is expected to enter a not guilty plea next month. The other suspect, Jonathan Rosa, is still awaiting trial. Back to you. Thanks, harry. Police say a driver hit the gas instead of the brakes leading to this crash in south philadelphia. Skyforce 10 was over the scene late this morning on south broad street. A car hit the police and Fire Credit Union causing part of the brick wall to come crashing down. No one was hurt. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. The nbc 10 First Alert Weather Team tracking rain and cooler temperatures heading our way. So, when can we expect the changes . Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here now with the nbc 10 first alert answer. Glenn . Yes, were just starting to see some showers develop in parts of the area. There have been just isolated showers earlier in the day. A lot of sunshine in much of the rest of the area, but one place that really got hit hard, brick township, new jersey, had some isolated thunderstorms there and even had some flooding and there was even a waterspout just offshore. But as you can see with the live radar, theres just some isolated showers that have popped up in parts of the area. Most of the activity is back to the west. It will start to move in as we go through the night tonight, but its going to take a little while. Again, just some isolated showers for the next two or three hours. Then you can see this area of rain with heavier activity in delaware and south jersey coming in later this evening. More on the timing of the rain over the next couple of days, plus the drop in temperatures with the sevenday in a few minutes. Thanks, glenn. This just in, rocky the bobcat on the loose again. Stafford Township Police tell us the animal escaped from his owners home this morning. Rocky was spotted running into the woods near matilda drive and newell avenue. Fine has been issued a new summons to appear in court, set for december 5th. Just last monthc a judge told fein she would lose the bobcat for good if he escaped again. Day 39 of the manhunt for suspected cop killer leads to a School District shutdown in the poconos. If hes in the area, they should keep the kids home. The decision to close schools came early this morning after a possible sighting of eric frein just yesterday. Doug shimelle is live in the pennsylvania mountains. The fbi trying to verify if that most recent sighting of frein was the real thing. Reporter and thats been a big issue all along. State police have said theyve had multiple sightings of people they believed to be eric frein but thats just the problem, these are eyewitness accounts of people who say it looked like him. So to have some sort of hard, Video Evidence would be helpful. Nbc 10 has learned that the fbi wanted to see security videos from Pocono East High School near where fugitive eric frein was allegedly seen friday night and again on monday. Police also want to confirm if it was frein who purportedly broke into an athletic building on the High School Campus and stole bottles of gatorade. Not far away, a canine unit took their bloodhounds and disappeared in dense woods behind the swiftwater post office. The kids ares loing out. Reporter all the while, no classes in the pocono mountain School District today, now that the sightings and the search zone are uncomfortably close to the High School Campus. The police havent caught him, hes obviously that good to hide from the state police for that long. He could in there for all we know and have a disguise on or something. Reporter well, of course, there are some parents who were not exactly happy that the pocono mountain School District canceled classes. More on that coming up tonight at 5 00. Live in swiftwater, im doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Now to new information on what police call an inside Armed Robbery job at a Delaware County restaurant. Investigators announced today a 5,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the suspects who held up the Chickies Petes in drexel hill sunday morning. Suspects forced several employees inside a walkin freezer before getting away with more than 16,000 and personal items belonging to the victims. They knew what they were doing. I mean, theres no doubt about that this was a setup job. In my opinion, based on my experience, the way they did it, they went exactly where they were going. Police are also looking for the person driving this car. Its described as a white or silver suv or mini van. Investigators are working right now to enhance this video. A former philadelphia mob boss will be headed back to court friday. A judge ruled joey merlino will have a hearing to decide whether his parole should be revoked. A judge says the hearing can go forward. Prosecutors say parole should be revoked because merlino is still involved in organized crime. His lawyers say hes been working a sales job since his release from prison. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with the new law in place that could put the brakes on inmates speaking from behind bars. Pennsylvania governor tom corbett signed a bill today aimed at preventing people convicted of crimes from causing their victims mental anguish. Under the bill,c prosecutors o victims would be able to file a lawsuit and seek an injunction when an offenders conduct perpetuates the continuing effect of that crime. The measure was prompted by a controversial commencement address from jamaul. He delivered a prerecorded speech. Abujamal is serving life in prison for the 1981 death of Philadelphia Police officer daniel faulkner. Today the governor signed the bill on the center city corner where faulkner was shot with his widow by his side. This gives the survivors what they need, the strength to stand up and speak out when murderers take their lives. We need this so desperately. The murderer who murdered by husband so many years ago needs to be silenced. A crowd of abujamal supporters protested at todays signing. Critics have called the measure a violation of free speech. Today, a Philadelphia City council revised a bill. The change would increase penalties in cases when a suspect is found to be motivated by the victims Sexual Orientation or gender. It all stems from an attack on a gay couple in center city last month. Police say the suspects in the case are seen on this Surveillance Video which was taken moments before the assault. Now, theyre accused of asking the two victims about their Sexual Orientation, then punching and beating them. One of the men had his jaw broken. Defense attorneys say the fight was not motivated by Sexual Orientation. Kevin harrigan, Phillip Williams and Kathryn Knott are charged with aggravated assault and conspiracy stemming from that attack. Now to decision 2014. Just two weeks to go until election day. A look at the race for congress in south jersey. Last week here on nbc 10 news, we focused on the first conditional race in camden an gloucester county. We shift to the third Congressional District race which includes john runyon is not running for reelection. Democrat Aimee Belgard and Tom Macarthur are locked in a battle for runyons seat. Cydney long spoke with the candidates today. Cydney, what are they saying about the attack ads launched against each other . Both candidate admitted they are fed up with deception and hiss honesty in those ads. They say the next two weeks must be focused on the facts, including finding ways to bring muchneeded jobs to south jersey. The ads speak for themselves. Aimee belgard, increased taxes and lied about it. Macarthur opposes a womans right to choose. Its interesting to see that my opponent has put 4 million of his own wealth into this race to try and buy himself a seat in congress. Im never going to be able to outspend that. Im going to outwork that. I dont see it as a prize to be bought. For starters. I see it as a job of serving people. I think that comment says more about her than it does about me. With two weeks until election day, candidates Tom Macarthur and Aimee Belgard fighting for the 3rd congressional seat are shaking hands and separating facts from fiction. Both agree job creation in south jersey is key, along with protecting vets and jobs at joint base cmaguire. On equal pay for women and raising the minimum wage, they disagree. I dont believe my 17yearold daughter needs a 3 raise to improve america. I am concerned about the half that are trying to support themselves as adults or raise a family on minimum wage. Women are making about 78 cents on the dollar of their male counterparts. Its 2014 and thats just despicable. Reporter now, both candidates plan to crisscross burlington and ocean county over the next several weeks. They both agree that protecting jobs and Veterans Health care is critical. This district is home to 65,000 veterans. Live in pemberton, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. Thank you, cydney. Election day is exactly 14 days from today. Elections for federal, state and local offices will be held in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. Happening now, the youngest Nobel Prize Winner in history is preparing to take the stage at the Convention Center in philadelphia. Malala yousafzai will address the forbes 30 under 30 summit. Shes just 17 years old. The taliban shot her in the head for going to school but she survived and continues to advocate for girls receiving an education. But the summit isnt the only reason yousafzai is in town. Tonight, shell also receive the Liberty Medal at the Convention Center. The prize includes a 100,000 award, each year its given to someone who strives to secure freedom for people around the world. Local students call yousafzai an inspiration and tonight, theyll see her receive the lib effort medal in person. Students from Mercy Academy have been studying the young activist and are making posters to support her and are using social media to get yousafzais message out. I feel like malala stood up against all the Death Threats and everything that was going against her and she stood up and made her statement. I think shell learn from that, even with everything going on. Six students produced a documentary about Malala Yousafzai and theyll attend tonights Liberty Medal ceremony. The past three recipients of the Liberty Medal include former secretary of state hillary clinton, boxing great muhammad ali and former defense secretary robert gates. Others include Supreme Court justices, american president s, leaders and entertainers for their commitment to change. Oscar pistorius is now a prison inmate. A judge in south africa sentenced the former olympian to five years behind bar s in the shooting death of his girlfriend last valentines day. Count one, culpable homicide. The sentence imposed is the imprisonment of five years. The judge cited his gross negligence in shooting through a closed bathroom door and killing reeva steenkamp. He could be released after just ten months and serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest. Hes going to pay something. Do you think justice has been served . Yes. Oscar will embrace this opportunity to pay back to society. The prosecution said its studying the sentence and will decide in two weeks whether or not to appeal. Ebola concerns have led to new travel restrictions from u. S. Airports. Starting tomorrow,c travelers from liberia, see area leon sierra leon will be able to fly with advanced screenings. Passengers will have temperatures taken before theyre allowed into the u. S. Good news from madrid. Doctors say a spanish nursing assist and the is now completely free of ebola. Teresa ramiro first tested positive for the virus on october 6th. Doctors say she began to show signs of recovery last week. Although her immune system has eliminated the virus, shes expected to stay in the hospital for a couple more weeks. Today the battle to stop isis rages on. New video shows the aftermath of at least one air strike in the syrian town of kobani. It sits on the border with turkey and isis militants have been fight for control of it. The u. S. And its allies are stepping up their air strikes. A proisis group claims militants intercepted a u. S. Air drop that was intended for cuddish fighters. Nbc news cannot confirm the authenticity of this video but it purportedly shows isis militants opening boxes with weapons in them. Another retailer is looking into a potential credit card data breach. This time, its staples. Company Officials Say theyve been in touch with Law Enforcement officials about the issue. The Office Supply chain said that if it turns up any data discrepancies during its investigation, customers wont be responsible for the fraud len the activity on their credit cards as long as its reported in a timely manner. U. P. S. Rates, theyre about to go up. The shipping giant says its raising rates for a number of services by an average of 4. 9 . The company says its increasing rates for ground, air, international, u. P. S. Freight and u. P. S. Air freight rates. The good news is, the changes wont go into effect until december 29th, so Holiday Shopping wont be impacted. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well, we had a fair amount of sunshine across much of the area today. Things are really going to change tomorrow drastically different than today. Rain is on the way, some of that coming overnight tonight. The wind will be increasing and the temperature will be going down. Its going to feel kind of chilly over the next couple of days. The clouds are increasing across philadelphia area. Now 69 degrees, a little bit above average for the temperature. Not much wind. 7 degrees warmer than we were at this time yesterday. Were in the mid60s across much of the area, only 55 in the poconos. But we are 70 degrees in millville, new jersey, as we see a fair amount of sunshine. There have been isolated showers in Central New Jersey earlier. Now were seeing more in Chester County and into new castle county. Some up near the poconos. Theyre around but theyre fairly light and theyre isolated, at least at the moment, northern delaware looks like its going to get the greatest amount of rain in the next hour or so. Theres more activity back to the west. Its going to be spinning around and coming in this way. You can see that on the futurecast as we go through the evening, an area of rain coming in from the west. That means it will be affecting especially delaware and south jersey but some of that rain coming in overnight, dont be surprised if the ground is wet when you get up in the morning and its raining and the clouds are low and the wind is up a little bit. A whole different story. And part of thec reason for th is this developing noreaster off of the delmarva. This is not a strong one but it will be spinning moisture in around off of the atlantic for the next couple of days, its going to be moving very slowly and, again, you can see some of the moisture coming around actually from new england. And these kind of things come in a little slowly, develop slowly and they end slowly. So we can still perhaps even see some clouds as late as friday morning out of this same system thats going to be affecting us tonight. And for tonight, we expect the clouds thickening, the rain is going to be increasing later tonight. So more people are going to be wet tomorrow morning than will be wet lets say at midnight tonight. And then tomorrow, rainy and windy, much colder. High temperatures only in the upper 50s. And another day, fairly similar to that on thursday, a windy day with showers, temperatures may not

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