Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20150504 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WCAU NBC 10 News At 4pm 20150504

With fire danger. Sky force 10 over a brush fire in south jersey just one of several happening in our area. The problem could spread because of the hot weather and dry conditions. Nbc 10s south Jersey Bureau reporter cydney long where some of those fires are burning. Well thats right. They are warning people that something as simple as a cigarette toss out of your window or a cars catalytic converter could spark a major brush fire. Theyre asking people as they heat up their barbecue grills during nice weather to play it safe. Sky force 10 overhead as massive flames burn. New jersey forest fire officials believe some five fires may have been set intentionally on whats considered a red flag warning day. It means as temperatures rise and winds pick up humidity drops. The fires are being investigated as suspicious. Just pray to god that nothing gets any worse than it is. Red hot flames spark up near route 70. Fire investigators considered this the largest of the fires burning scorching up 45 acres of 80 right now burning. The closest neighborhood, the country lake subdivision is two miles away. Right now, were comfortable. Theres no structures threatened. But we are concerned about motorists on the road just being careful. Firefighters working. Firefighters working along the roadside. Theres a lot of smoke on the road. Can you send one more truck over here . Brush truck crews are attacking the flames both on the ground by setting backfires and from high above drawing water from lakes in the region. As those fuels become more conducive to burning, the fire will spread quicker. Also driven by wind it will all contribute to increased fires spread. Retired new york firefighter is confident crews will keep him safe from the flames. Of course. I wish i could do it now. Right now, you can see the shoulder is closed so firefighters can continue to watch for the flare u. They plan to keep us posted on how quickly and efficiently the containment process will work under very difficult conditions. Im cydney long, nbc 10 news. Sky force 10 found another brush fire burning this afternoon. This time in philadelphias cobbs creek neighborhood. This is in a wooded area near the cobbs creek golf course. Lets talk more now about the weather conditions and the role they play in the fire danger. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here to explain it now. When we have a risk of fires increased by the conditions in the atmosphere the National Weather Service Issues a red flag warning. This case until 8 00 tonight, all of new jersey all of eastern pennsylvania. And what it means is that there is an increased risk of fires developing and spreading the very dry ground plus the low humidity plus the gusty winds, those are the ideal conditions for fires to spread. We p want to warn people about it. The wind has certainly picked up this afternoon. It was very light this morning, but the gusts are over 20 miles an hour still in much of the area. It will diminish after sunset tonight. Were in the low to mid80s across much of the area. Right at the beaches its cooler, but a warm day out there and its going to be a warm night, as well. The breezes will be dying down. So by 10 00, not much wind at all. We are tracking thunderstorms and one day of cooler weather with the 7day in a few minutes. Thank you, glenn. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with new information about the Lehigh Valley mother accused of throwing her baby son off this bridge before jumping in herself. What im being told is the mother is directly under the bridge. And we have no eyes on the baby. Nbc 10 obtained the police radio transmissions as officers responded to the scene in allentown. Both mother and baby survived. Rescuers pulled them from the waters there. Live on the scene of the incident is nbc 10s doug shimell. And you talked to someone who saw this all happen. Tell us about that. Yeah everybody from that witness to the police or rescuers out here are still trying to figure out how a mother could do this. Over the lehigh closer to front street a female jumped off the bridge with an infant. The police radio call didnt seem real and the people fishing under the hamilton street bridge sunday in allentown were in disbelief. They said a mom threw her son over the bridge. Investigators say perry threw her 1yearold son into the lehigh river and jumped over, as well. Unconscious with a laceration to her head. No location of the baby. Initially, rescuers couldnt find the boy and adriana says police asked her and others for help. And the cops came out out of breath. And hes like we need everybodys help to look for a baby in the river. They have recovered the child. An Allentown Police officer eventually found the boy unconscious in Shallow Water a short distance down river and performed cpr. It has bothered adriana who also has a young son ever since. It breaks my heart. I always does. If they cant be a mom, take the easy way out, take it to someone who can help them, not hurt it. Well police say the little boy is still in Critical Condition in the hospital. His mother is in jail tonight, facing attempted murder charges. Live in allentown, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Sky force 10 over a house fire in camden today. The home went up in flames around 12 00. No one was hurt. Investigators still trying to figure out what started that fire. All right. Take a look at these two guys right here. Weve got surveillance photos from the fire marshals office. Investigators want to question this pair about a weekend fire at an Historic Site in wilmington. Flames destroyed the former complex friday night. Its on the National Register of Historic Buildings in 1831. Mills began manufacturing textiles here. Authorities are calling this fire suspicious. A father who pleaded guilty after his daughter was found to have rotten teeth now says he did not neglect her. Police say the 6yearolds teeth were so infected that her life was actually at risk. Kenneth wannamaker says he wants the judge to toss out his guilty plea. Well, a home surveillance camera caught a burglar in the act in fishtown. A woman checked out the camera after noticing her laptop was missing. This is what she saw. The video taken inside a home on the 2600 block of livingston street yesterday. Police are hoping you can help identify this intruder. To a developing story now, fbi agents and police today are still on the scene of a deadly shootout in texas. Began when two men opened fire with assault rifles in an event showcasing cartoons of the prophet mohammed. There are indications that one of the men may have ties to terrorist activities. It happened last night in garland, texas, 30 miles outside of dallas. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray is there with new developments. Jim, renee, the Events Center is still locked downright now. The streets around the complex are closed as well as police and federal investigators continue their investigation into the attack last night. Police say the shootout lasted no more than 15 seconds after the alleged gunmen jumped out of their vehicle and opened fire. They simply got out and started firing. Wounding an Armed Security guard and then turned toward police. Came around the back of the car and started shooting at the police car. The traffic Patrol Officer inside that cruiser fired back killing the suspects. The officer was using his duty pistol. They were using assault rifles. At this point, investigators say theyre not sure of a motive. We think their strategy was to get to the Events Center, into the Events Center. Where the inaugural mohammed art exhibit contest was coming to an end. The event included a competition with a 10,000 prize for the winning cartoon featuring the muslim prophet mohammed. Images that are considered blasphemous. We all knew there was a chance something bad may happen. As the investigation continues, were learning more now about simpson who was convicted of lying to federal agents years ago about his plans to join a terror group in africa. There are also indications had sent a message with the the texasattack about 30 minutes before the shooting. An attack police and federal agents continue to investigate right now. And police say this is just the start of whats going to be a long, very intense investigation here. In garland, texas, jay gray, nbc 10 news. We want to take you back now to the breaking news we told you about at the top of our newscast. A deadly truck crash causing, were pulling out here from sky force 10 you see the backup real traffic problems throughout lehigh county. All the northbound lanes right now. They were closed for several hours, but just within the past ten minutes one left lane has managed to open up. But as you can see, traffic there really snarled. Now, the crash, its near the quakertown interchange. This is in lower macungie township southwest of allentown. Video now of the scene earlier when these two trucks collided around noontime. One of the northbound lanes has reopened. But sky force 10 was showing us the live pictures of the huge traffic backup as a result. Stay with nbc 10. Well continue to update this breaking news for you. New information right now, though about the jersey jam bridge scandal. Two former political allies of governor Chris Christie pleaded not guilty today in federal court. The two were charged in a scheme to close lanes of the George Washington bridge as political retribution. Christies former deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly and former top appointee bill baroni entered the pleas in newark. Prosecutors allege they deliberately caused traffic jams in september 2013 as payback against a mayor who did not support christie. Former christie ally David Wildstein pleaded guilty today or friday i should say to two counts of conspiracy admitting he helped plot the lane closures in ft. Lee. Governor christie is not implicate implicated. Said he knew nothing about it. I would never risk my career my job, my reputation for Something Like this. I am an innocent man. A judge sent a tentative trial date of july 7th. Jurors in the murder trial involving the 1979 disappearance of 6yearold etan patz got a new tool to help them deliberate. A printer. This is the 13th full day of deliberations in the case against pedro hernandez. Jurors requested a printer to make hard copies of their spread sheet for discussion. Etan patz disappeared while walking alone to a school bus in new york city. His body was never found. The 6yearolds disappearance help draw National Attention to the plight of missing children and their families. He was among the first missing children pictured on a milk carton. We have new information about a crash that injured four soldiers on the new jersey turnpike over the weekend. Police have charged 43yearold maguire of wreckreckless driving now. That humvee ran off the road and hit a tree. For the first time in his trial, dzhoknar tsarnaev is showing emotion. He cried as his aunt took the stand. She sobbed uncontrollably and testified tsarnaev was a kind and warm child. He wiped his eyes repeatedly with a tissue. A jury convicted him of all charges last month. Now that same jury is deciding whether he should be executed or spend his life in prison. Three people were killed and more than 260 hurt when a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon two years ago. Nepals government is telling foreign rescue workers in the quake hit capital to return home. The major rescue work in kathmandu is finished claiming remaining operations can be handled by local workers. The death toll of last months earthquake stands at 7,300 people. Now to the race for u. S. President. Two new republican candidates are bringing diversity to the president ial race. But theyre both considered long shots. Its now a crowded gop field for the 2016 nomination. Senators ted cruz rand paul and marco rubio had already announced. But today, karliecarr carly and ben carson added their names to the list. Im hes retired as head of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins and made the announcement in his hometown of detroit. Hes never run for public officer but a star among some conservatives. Hes written six bestselling books about his personal philosophy about success. Experts believe carson will try to parlay his success as an author and speaker into a competitive campaign. Im saying to people around this nation right now, stop being loyal to a party or to a man, and use your brain to think for yourself. Former hewlettpackard ceo Carly Fiorina is expected to be the only republican woman to seek the nomination. She declared her intent with this online video. Fiorina has never held an elected office either. But she says she understands executive Decision Making and she said today its time for people to rise up and take the government back. The egos its time for us to empower our citizens give them a voice in our government. To come together to fix what has been broken about our politics and our government for too long. Because we can do this. Her first public event is scheduled for tomorrow in new york city. Meantime, Hillary Clinton and senator Bernie Sanders are the only two president ial candidates to announce for the democratic nomination. Hillary clinton has agreed to testify to Congress Later this month about the deadly attack in benghazi. Clinton was secretary of state when that happened. And its official the newest member of britains royal family has a name. She is Charlotte Elizabeth diana. Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of cambridge was born saturday to Prince William and his wife katherine. More from Kensington Palace. The princess Charlotte Elizabeth diana, an extraordinary name with tributes to many members of the family. Charlotte, we think, is a tribute to Prince Charles himself, the female version of charles. Elizabeth, of course after the queen herself, and then diana after williams late mother. I think its what Diana Wouldve wanted. Its lovely. Remember too, though charlotte is the middle name of kates sister. They do pay tribute to a number of members of both sides of their family in this name. We heard today, a gun salute across london and bells ring out to celebrate her birth. The announcement of the name by the way, though was very modern, it was announced on twitter just as the birth itself was at the same time in the traditional sense with the easel at buckingham palace. We now expect the family to lead Kensington Palace and head up to the hall, their country residence where you can bet they will try to stay away from the media as much as possible. Because one thing we know about william and kate, they absolutely want to try as best they can to bring up their children as ordinarily as possible away from the media spotlight. Back to you. Well weve now gone 12 Straight Days without any measurable rain in philadelphia. And add that to the warmth, and weve got an increase fire danger. Thats why the red flag warning out until 8 00. A very warm start to the week or into the mid80s already. And were tracking some possible thunderstorms for tomorrow. A lot of sunshine out there today. 85 degrees, the wind really has increased. 18 gusting to 24 miles an hour. The other factor very low humidity, only 21 out there. So youve got all this pollen around. And theres no rain to wash it out of the air. So its pretty high. And a lot of people are suffering. It is expected to go down a little tomorrow and especially on wednesday with some rain coming in. But not everybodys necessarily going to see rain out of this. And it goes right back up on thursday and may get very high by next weekend. Theres the southwest wind flow. The sustained winds that were down below 5 miles an hour this morning. Now 10 to 20 miles an hour. And thats the reason for the fire danger. The winds will diminish again tonight and thats why the fire danger goes down. The current temperatures in the low to mid80s across most of the area. It is cooler on the beaches, i was on the boardwalk yesterday and it was cooler than it was. 84 in woodbine. 67 in beach haven, 80 Atlantic City International Airport. Thats the place to be if you want to cool off from this. Theres the red flag warning. There is a cold front approaching. There are showers with it, but not that impressive. And it will be coming in during the day tomorrow. So heres the future cast. As you can see. As we go toward the midnight hour nothing going on tomorrow morning, theres nothing going on still have that warm southwest wind and then the afternoon, yeah, we may have some showers and even some thunderstorms not a lot of rain. Probably need more than were going to get, but at least its something. And then this front kind of stalls a little bit on wednesday and we could see some more showers, at least in the morning. And that east wind comes back. That will cool us down. But for just a day. The warm air, yeah thats going to keep building right back. One day of the mild air and then it really starts warming up again. For tonight, 64 for the low in philadelphia. 56 north and west with that wind diminishing. Very warm tomorrow again, highs in the mid80s with scattered afternoon thunderstorms, the wind shifts into the northwest and then eventually the east. And that cools us down on wednesday with some more showers around. Then we warm up some more thursday, a lot more friday, and look at this. Mothers day weekend. 86 on saturday, near 90 on sunday. With more dry weather. Coming up the mental disorder Health Experts say nearly 20 million kids have in the u. S. And how 80 of them dont get treatment for it. A ca

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