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WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm April 7, 2015

People will call philadelphia police. Reporting live in center city deanna durante, nbc10 news. First alert Weather Technology is tracking spring showers, even the chance of storms this afternoon. The mild temperatures are still here but for how long . Nbc10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here to break the news to us. What about it glenn . By this time tomorrow afternoon, it is going to be much, much colder. Probably 25 degrees colder than it is right now. And the wind thats blowing from right to left now that will be blowing from left to right at this time tomorrow. Bringing in the colder air. Most of the showers are on the lighter side. Theres more at the shore than around philadelphia. And theres more up toward the poconos. A few showers in the Lehigh Valley berks county. Again, not on the heavy side but we do expect perhaps, some development this afternoon. The next couple of hours, well be watching the Western Skies and the western counties on the radar to see if this area of thunderstorms does develop here. That is a possibility. What is a certainty is the cold air. Tell you just how cold its going to get and when and more on the timing of the rain with the sevenday in a few minutes. Thank you. Nbc10 has obtained the 911 calls from the highprofile death of a man in Police Custody in Cumberland County. This case has sparked criticism about how officers handled the situation. Harry hairston live in our digital operation center. What kind of insight do these tapes offer . As youre about to hear these 911 tapes may give you somewhat of an idea of what the officers mind sets were like when they were approaching the caller clearly laying out what the situation looked like. 911, wheres your emergency . Yeah there is somebody freaking out here on 118 west grape street. 118 west grape street . West 18 yeah. Whats going on there . I dont know. Some guy just going crazy. Nbc10 broke this story last week. Thats when 32yearold Phillip White died while in Police Custody. Now family members are calling for an independent investigation into what happened last tuesday. This is cell phone video taken after Police Responded to a disorderly persons call. The video shows white lying on the ground surrounded by several Police Officers and a police dog. Now, Vineland Police have not commented on it, referring us to the Prosecutors Office. When we reached out to the Cumberland County Prosecutors Office they say they cannot comment except to say that its under investigation. Reporting live from the digital operations center, Harry Hairston, nbc10 news. We are now less than three hours away from the first televised debate in the 2015 race for philadelphia mayor. Youre going to see that debate right here on nbc10 and on our latino sister station tell telemundo 62. The candidates will square off at the Kimmel Center. The hourlong debate begins at 7 00. Nbc10s Rosemary Connors is live at the debate site. What issues can we expect to see front and Center Tonight . Reporter well renee and keith, education funding, job creation and taxes, those are going to be the top three issues this evening. Inside the pearlman theater, thats where you can hear those issues debated. Our crew is hard at work. Theyre rehearsing for their 4 00 practice time. Again, well hear all of those issues discussed, debated by the democratic candidates. Nbc10s Jim Rosenfield will moderate the debate along with our political experts crafted the questions. Some questions also came from viewers who submitted them online over the past few weeks. Earlier today we spent time talking to voters about what is important to them and what they hope to hear this evening. Ill be listening for education and innovative ideas about bringing local control back. So many good parents that need affordable housing. Theyre in shelters. For the racial tension thats gone on around the Major Cities Police violence, i would like to see philadelphia do something about that. Reporter this is where the six candidates will be positioned on stage. From left to right, abraham, diaz kenney oliver, street and williams. We expect the candidates to arrive here at 5 30. The doors to the Kimmel Center will be opened at 6 00 for the audience to purchase tickets to take their seats. Well give you all the action throughout our newscast. Of course later on this evening for the debate. Reporting live inside the Kimmel Center, im Rosemary Connors, nbc10 news. Thank you. Nbc10 and telemundo 62 are brought to partner with the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of commerce to host the democratic debate for mfl mayor. Held tonight at 7 00 live from the Kimmel Center. Jim rosenfield will moderate the debate which you can watch right here on nbc10. If you cant be in front of the television for tonights debate no problem. Watch it live on your smartphone or tablet using the nbc10 news app. After the candidates square off, a postdebate show only on nbc10. And nbc10. Com you can also see that live on your smartphone or tablet. One candidate running in the gop primary. Melissa Murray Bailey is running unopposed as a republican for philadelphia mayor. Drexel university tells us its investigating a law professor who allegedly emailed students a link to a pornographic video. School Officials Say professor Lisa Mcelroys email last week erroneously included a link to inappropriate materials. Nbc10 reached out to the school for comment. They said, in part, drexel is required to initiate factfinding for all reports of inappropriate behaviors of a sexual nature that may impact members of our community. Whoa have new information about a hazing investigation involving the womens Softball Team at st. Joes university. Today members of the Team Released a statement through the School Newspaper saying they are, quote, devastated by the allegations. The school is investigating whether some of the girls forced younger players to participate in unsanctioned hazing. The team also said in part we are facing allegations headon and with our heads held high. Hawk hill is too important to us to do anything less. Several dozen students walked out of class at Norristown High School this morning. The peaceful protest was prompted by an teacher who allegedly made racist comments toward a student. The teacher was given a twoday suspension but some students didnt feel that was enough so they walked out of class. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues now with new information on a 14yearold Lehigh Valley girl accused of murdering her mother. Today were getting a better picture of life behind bars for the teen. Nbc10s doug shimell talked to the girls attorney today. What is the attorney saying about his young client . Reporter well, her Attorney Says after visiting his client here at Lehigh County jail today, he says he is immediately asking the court to have her moved to a juvenile facility because he says his 14yearold client is not a coldblooded killer. I melt with her in the prison the adult prison. She was very tearful. Reporter John Waldrons murder defendant wears braces and is in the eighth grade. She misses her mom. She was crying about her mom today. The events that have transpired over the last few weeks are just devastating to her. Reporter 14yearold jamie is charged with conspireing with her 20yearold boyfriend, whos in the army to murder her own mother after she demand the two stop dating. Caleb barnes was controlling her. Shes not able to control him. An eighth grader doesnt control a 0yearold soldier. Reporter but Lehigh Countys prosecutor showed deleted texts that say, quote, she threated to throw me out of the house. I want her gone. The other says im going up to the bathroom while do you it. Would it dont we wait until we get in the car with her. Another text from jamie, just do it. Those seem pretty damning on the face of them . They do on the face of them. Reporter he says keep in mind caleb barnes also faces a murder charge for stabbing sheryl in the neck, burying the body and trying to push the bloody car into a pond. I want to go through each text as to what she meant by those, too. They do sound damning at times. Were going to have to deal with those. Well caleb barnes public defender declined to comment but i spoke with Lehigh County attorney, jim martin who says those texts speak for themselves and his office will reject any attempts to have jamie tried as a juvenile. Doug shimell, nbc10 news. Supporters of abu jamal are protesting the medical treatment given to the convicted cop killers. Supporters released these pictures shown yesterday. They claim to show mistreatment. They say he suffered an eczema outbreak three weeks ago which covered the body in blisters leading the prisoner to go into diabetic shot. Hes hes serving a life sentence without parole. He was convicted of killing officer Daniel Faulkner in december 1981. People united well never be defeated supporters of abu jamal gathered outside the district attorneys office. Theyre calling on medical care and saying the medical care given to the inmate substandard. They equate it with a murder plot by the state. Abu jamal supporters also used the protest to express several demands. Among them daily visits by abu jamals family and friends, access to a diabetes specialist and a diet suitable for diabetics. They also want the department of corrections to a lou the release of his medical records and a probe of health care. We reached out to the department of corrections. They say theyre working with his representatives and add, quote, when an individual presents to the medical department with symptoms or issues that require a higher level of medical care that individual is sent to the local hospital. Nbc10 has new information now about the kent county business where bullets were flying at a teen party on easter sunday. It turns out the place was ordered shut down last month. Cydney long is live at the scene of that deadly crime in Haddon Township. What did you uncover today . Reporter i can tell you the business was successfully shut down a month ago and Code Enforcement officials tell us they checked on it just last week. Part of the confusion with this investigation is the building where the teenage party was held. That sits in camden city. But the parking lot where the shooting occurred is in Haddon Township. A bright yellow camden city Code Enforcement sticker dated march 2nd seemingly peeled back and scraped up was a car dealers cue with no license to operate he had to shut down and the fact teenager bright was shot and killed in this parking lot sunday night has camden city leaders fuming. Once i heard that there was a dance or something that took place and that this was a car dealer not a nightclub, my question was who is this guy and what is he doing . Reporter neighbors on the Haddon Township side of the lot along grant avenue its not a new problem. You know its been going on for months. Reporter say they fear for their own safety. That the business is a nuisance in the community. We found out today from the Prosecutors Office that as many as 100 teens attended this sunday night easter glow in the dark party. Unfortunately, its our problem because most of the kids there are city kids, so we got to make sure we stay ahead of it, make sure theres no retaliation. Reporter investigators tell us theyre working to enhance Surveillance Video of the chaos that unfolded. We tried to dig up gas station security video, but it was too grainy. City leaders say theyre confident the shooter and anyone else liable will be brought to justice. That location was closed should not have been open for any type of business let alone a nightclub and throwing parties for kids where youre charging them. So, i can assure you that we will and our attorneys will do their Due Diligence to go after the property owner. Reporter and the city of kam dan just told me who owns the building and that that person leased to the business next door but that leasee perhaps sublet to pitts automotive. The question is who has the key to this building and why would they allow a teenage party to unfold at a business that is zoned commercial and that was shut down . Live in Haddon Township cydney long, nbc10 news. Staying in new jersey its a done deal. Atlantic citys former rebel casino is getting a second chance. Today a deal closed to sell revel to florida developer glenn straub. He paid 82 million for the casino which cost 2. 4 billion to build. The deal was finalized after four earlier attempts to sell revel fell through. More good news for atlantic city. Tonight casinos increase their gross operating profits by 44 last year despite the shutdown of four casinos. The atlanta club showboat, trump plaza all closed last year. A small plane leaving the ncaa tournament in indianapolis crashed and all seven people on board are dead. The plane took off from indianapolis and crashed just short of its destination of Central Illinois Regional Airport in bloomington. It was very foggy at the time. The ntsb is investigating. Relatives say there were several men on board that plane who went to the championship game last night. Happening now. Jurors are deliberating the fate of accused boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The jury was handed the case a little less than a week before the second anniversary of the deadly attack in boston. Michael rosenfield has been covering the federal Death Penalty trial and joins us live from boston now. Michael, first the jury has to decide whether to convict Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and then his punishment right . Thats right. Jury deliberation began first thing this morning. These are the documents the jury foreperson will eventually have to fill out, 30 counts in all, as they decide the fate of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. A new phase under way after weeks of testimony, including heartbreaking accounts from marathon survivors, the case is in the hands of the jury. The United States of america versus Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will now be decided by seven women and five men. He is facing 30 counts charges ranging from using a weapon of mass destruction, both at marathon finish line and watertown, bombing of public use, conspiracy and carjacking. Were all guessing as to how long the jury will take because they are looking at an awful lot of evidence that helps to establish his guilt. But there are also a number of charges where they may find the evidence is lacking. Reporter with so many exhibits presented in court, jurors will be able to view videos and photos of the evidence on a touchscreen in the jury room. The judge warning jurors not to let the graphic images override their rational weighing of the evidence. While the defense openly admitted in court Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be held accountable and his actions deserve to be condemned, they say if it hadnt been for his older brother, none of this would have happened. They say he researched how to make the bomb he bought the bombmaking materials and he built them. The defense argues Tamerlan Tsarnaev led and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev just followed. They hope the jurors will eventually spare his life. Prosecutors say the two men were partners in crime. That they prepared for the attack, coordinated with each other and that he was radicalized like his brother pointing to his own words scribbled on a boat hiding in watertown, explaining his actions. No one expects we wont see a guilty verdict in the bombing case but the jury is taking its time going through a 32page jury verdict form and being deliberate. And hopefully, likely, we may see a verdict some time tomorrow. Reporter and if jurors do find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilt y a new trial will begin and the same jury will have to decide if he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. Live in boston, michael rosenfield, nbc10 news. Yesterday was warm and sunny. Today warm and cloudy and some showers around. We got kind of a wet week. The rest of the week well have rain probably every day. A huge temperature drop is on the way. The next 24 hours, you may not even believe it. Then weekend changes. Things are going to improve tremendously by then. Phillies had great weather yesterday. He wont for the next two games. 67 degrees. Wind is calm. Cooler than this time yesterday. Still on the warm side. The Severe Threat tracker for tonight, not all that high for heavy rain and lightning and, of course, very very low for high wind, hail or tornadoes. Keep an eye on every system to see what the threat level is. Its down to 59 in allentown.

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