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WCAU NBC 10 News At 5pm May 20, 2015

Links to Council Member web pages, visitors were greeted by a message reading in part i am muslim and islam is my way of life. It stayed that way for an hour or so. Nbc 10s drew smith is live in the Digital Operations Center. How did this happen . Well that is still being looked into. But right now you can look at my ipad, it is loading up just fine, the website. That was not the case earlier. The good news no Sensitive Information appears to have been hacked during this. The bad news is heard from a local cybersecurity expert, this site was a prime target. Hacked, the morning after the pools closed probably not a coincidence. Because of the election. Reporter rob davideo says the hackers who took the website down werent after money or information. This is a very low disruption type of activity. Reporter in fact they even passed on some advice. Your security is very low. Patch your security. Reporter the International Hacking group cybercommandos claimed responsibility for replacing the councils web page with this a reference to islam, but there is no way to know if theyre muslim. We call this hacktivism. Reporter council says they have no idea who the hackers are, but insist all Sensitive Information is safe. The video says the Group Targets Government School and tech companies. They probably use a web scanner to pick up a vulnerability. One missed Software Update can open up a hole. He says the use of an outside provider to manage the site may have also played a role. If youre not vigilant not on it on a daily basis, things like this tend to happen. Reporter city council had one of its website managers download a new Software Update to address the vulnerability issue. Theyre working with police now to make sure there are no future attacks. Live in the Digital Operations Center drew smith, nbc 10 news. New information about last weeks deadly amtrak train derailment. The ntsb released details about the engineers cell phone. Deanna durante is live to ex explain. What did we learn . Reporter the ntsb says ail note cell phone was used last tuesday, it still has a lot more work to do to determine if the phone was used at the time of the derailment. The ntsb says it has the cell phone of Brandon Bostian and record shows calls were made and texts were sent and data was used but it says now it must look at the times the phone was used and match the times with information from the trains data recorder. And train cameras to determine if the phone was used while the train was being operated. The ntsb says there were no issues with the rail signal system. And the ntsb confirms what nbc 10 news told you yesterday that bostian was heard on the radio, talking about a stopped septa train minutes before the crash. Investigators are finishing up documenting of the train equipment and railcar damage and are still talking to those who were aboard the train. Philadelphias Police Commissioner says his detectives remain working as a support role to the ntsb and says at this point hes not been notified of anything that points to criminal activity. Right now im not aware of anything that is going to result in criminal charges but it is possible. A d. A. Can review this. There can be something im not aware of that would lead to that. Reporter now the commissioner says the ntsb is the lead investigating agency on this, and detectives are acting in a sport roleupport role. We learned that they have interviewed a septa conductor, he says he saw the amtrak pass him as he was stopped on the tracks and the minute before the derailment but saw nothing out of the ordinary. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Philadelphias fire commissioner is praising the work of his department during last weeks derailment. Sad event, but it is good in that the city of philadelphia got to see their Fire Department perform and work in action and show that theyre prepared. Derrick sawyer made the remarks today at an event honoring the citys paramedic of the year. Youll meet that paramedic ahead at 5 30 tonight. The Philadelphia Daily News is paying tribute to those who rushed to save victims of the derailment. This cartoon by wilkinson appears in todays paper. You see police and firefighters with paramedics and doctors. The caption reads, not on the ballot, but they get our votes. A reference to yesterdays election. Speaking of the ballot the election today, the two candidates attended a Community Reception to mark day one of their faceoff. There they are. Democrat jim kenney and republican Melissa Murray bailey greeted each other with open arms at the broad Street Ministry in center city. The candidates talked about the important issues of the race including universal prek for children in the city. How do you fund universal prek. Thats the question. It is easy to say we want these things done but harder to figure out how to fund it. How do you fund stadiums convention centers, the things we pay for . It is all about priorities. The candidates also talked about the Police Departments stop and frisk policy which they both said would end if elected. From the nbc 10 jersey shore bureau, a beloved Atlantic City radio host called out sick for his show for first time in 56 years. Pinkie kravitz missed his show. Kravitz underwent heart surgery. Coskey says the prognosis is good. Kravitz is 87 years old. Volunteers are needed for a new state animal response team. It will keep animals safe during emergencies and disasters. Volunteers are needed with experience with small and large animal care training shelter, rescue. Veterinarians and their assistants can help as well as anyone interested in animal welfare. The deadline to sign up is monday, june 1st. There will be training. For more information, call 3022554628. We also have details on nbc10. Com. Facing danger and saving lives is part of their job. Today, close to 70 Philadelphia Police officers were honored this morning. Nbc 10 at the philadelphia Police Departments xhoencommendation ceremony. Some were honored for arresting armed suspects. Others put themselves in harms way to rescue someone. Were oftentimes the first ones there. And whether it is running in a burning building whether it is dealing with Armed Robbers or people armed and dangerous people with guns thats what they do every single day. And god bless them. Five officers received a valor award named after murdered Sergeant Robert wilson for extraordinary acts of courage. Happening tonight in delaware, a look at the future here are just a few images detailing what is on the drawing board. The plan to breathe new life in an old steel plant. Ahead, wait until you hear how many new jobs it will bring to delaware and beyond. A city of green. Fair monte park hosts thousands of acres wedged around city neighborhoods. Thats still not enough to give us the title of best city park. Philadelphias not even close. And hardly moving. Get it . Hardly moving. Check out this slow speed chase. Had nothing to do with traffic as you can see. How cows ended up on an interstate. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed an executive order to protect the state from cybersecurity threats. The order establishes what is called integration cell. A new organization designed to improve information sharing and live threats and coordinate with federal law enforcement. Im hoping that the steps were taking today will allow us to get out in front of the problem and try to deal with it in a way that is not only creative, but effective. Christie has stressed the threat of cyberterrorism to national security. Developing news from the nfl, the leagues commissioner is addressing the flap over deflated footballs. And the punishment that followed. Commissioner Roger Goodell says he wants to hear directly from patriots quarterback tom brady. He was suspended for the first four games of the season. Brady appealed that suspension. The commissioner will hear the appeal the nfl players soccer wants a neutral party to oversee t today, the commissioner said it is his job and rules are rules. I have great admiration and respect for tom brady, but the rules have to be enforced on a uniform basis, and they apply to everybody in the league. Along with bradys us is pepgs suspension, the league hit the team with a fine and ordered the team to forfeit draft picks. The patriots are not appealing that part of the punishment. You might be affected by this here. There are a lot of questions about the biggest consumer recall in history. The government the manufacture, nor automakers can say how to fix faulty air bags or whether your car might have one. Here is chris clackum. Reporter the faulty air bag recall affecting one in four cars nearly 34 million vehicles on the road today from 11 different automakers is setting up a rush on already overwhelmed dealerships. Dealer will say i have ten air bags in my stock right now. And youre call number 75. Reporter adding to the anxiety is the admission from takata that they only think they know whats causing their air bags to explode with such force that left five people dead another 100 injured. We have a lot of work to do especially with regard to why this happened in the first takata has not identified the root cause of the defect. Reporter even the website was overwhelmed on wednesday, consumers are being told to go to safercar. Gov to verify whether they are or not. Check back a few days from now, a week from now, and see if your car might have been added. Reporter as upsetting as the recall is some analysts found a silver lining. This is not the sort of defect that in the middle of traffic, your air bag suddenly explosively deploys. Reporter the air bag still only deploy in accidents, so they say as always drive safely. Chris clackum, nbc 10 news. A rising tide helped free a stuck norwegian cruiseship that ran aground off bermuda. The cruise line says the passengers and crew are safe. The ship had just set off for boston when a malfunction in the steering system forced it slightly off course. Passengers tweeting on board say everyone remained calm and restaurants and casinos were full last night. Crews searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight have widened their search area. The expanded zone covers 46,000 square miles, an area about the size of pennsylvania. The flight disappeared more than a year ago. No trace of wreckage has ever been found. Mental health took center stage in washington today. A pennsylvania congressman pressed lawmakers to reform the countrys Mental Health system. Tim murphy was joined by dozens of families at a hearing on capitol hill. The families have been affected by mental illness. Theyre hoping their tales will inspire congress to reform laws to make it easier for people to get treatment. Mental illness doesnt know any boundaries here. No matter your race your gender, your income level, your political party, your age. It doesnt care. Congressman murray is from the pittsburgh area. Earlier this year the republican introduced a congressional resolution declaring may as Mental Health month. Quite an odd sight for drivers on a kansas turnpike. Take a look. These cows walking on a turnpike near lawrence kept traffic from moving. The cattle escaped from a nearby farm and police rounded up this herd as well as others standing on the side of the road. The roving cows did not cause any accidents and all made it home safely. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather, with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well definitely a cooler day today. We had clouds around. And also a lot of sunshine. No rain but were tracking rain as we go into tomorrow. Parts of the area seeing the rain, well also see much cooler temperatures. So if you thought today was cool tomorrow will be on the chilly side. We could call it. Some areas may not get out of the 50s tomorrow. But dont let the weather fool you. As we go into your memorial day weekend, it will start to change for the better. So ill show you that forecast in a second. Live look out near the ben franklin bridge our camera has been shaking all afternoon. Winds gusting near 25 to 30 miles aprilmile s an hour. Rees now in philadelphia. Only 61 in allentown. 62 pottstown and westchester. 66 now wilmington. 67 bensalem. 70 degrees closer to the airport there. Thats because they have more of that offshore wind 68 degrees now in millville and dover. A cooler day today, but tomorrow will be even cooler than today, and thats going to come with rain for parts of the area. We still have the clouds around mostly Lehigh Valley poconos, areas north of philadelphia. Plenty of us are still seeing sunshine. Now we look back off to the west, thats all the rain that will start to move in tomorrow so, again, dont let tomorrows weather fool you, because it is going to be a colder rainy day. Nice changes coming for the weekend. Here is the future weather for tonight. We do stay dry. Look at the cloud cover increasing. Now here is thursday tomorrow is 8 00 in the morning. We expect to be dry at this time. It is just going to be mostly overcast skies. Then by the middle of the day, when the rain should start to move in here is 2 00 p. M. Mostly philadelphia, south jersey and delaware. This is going to be the best chance for rain. The best chance for heavy rain thats going to face out for philadelphia. Through the afternoon, it just lingers around philadelphia and points south. There is a chance that if youre in the Lehigh Valley or poconos, you could see a shower i think a majority stays south of philadelphia. Leaving as we go into friday friday will be windy and mostly dry day despite maybe a few passing showers, but i think well stay mostly dry. Going into saturday there you see the start of your memorial day weekend and we are looking at nice, dry weather setting up for us. So for the weekend in the poconos, saturday sunny, 59 degrees, cool there. By sunday, clouds around, 68 degrees. A chance of a thunderstorm. Now if youre heading to the shore, the delaware beaches, saturday and sunday look good. Nice and sunny. And it will be dry for any barbecues, really anywhere you go. Temperatures cooler though 65 saturday, 67 degrees on sunday. Monday will be the warmer day, 74 degrees. But thats going to come with the chance of maybe some thunderstorms. For tonight, clouds increasing it will be cool 51 for the low in philadelphia. 41 degrees areas north and west. Tomorrow a cool or chilly day, especially areas south could only be around 57 degrees with chilly conditions with the rain. 64 degrees areas north. Going into friday. We dry out, 57 and windy. Cool start to the weekend, however, we warm up to the end of it. Supporting parents in camden the Isabelle Miller Community Center will be a Resource Center for parents. The center staff will give guidance to parents and help them take an active role in their childs education. A lot our families are asking for Additional Support and resources to help them raise their children. And so this is that Additional Support. The new center is the first of four neighborhood Parent Centers that will open this year in camden. Check out the number of trees along this stretch of kelly drive in Fairmount Park in philadelphia. With more than 2800 acres, the park offers wide variety of Fitness Options such as hiking trails and sports fields. A survey looked at parks in 75 of the largest cities in the nation. Philadelphia came in at 19 the survey was part of a trust for public lands Fourth Annual park score index. Take a look at the map here all of the areas highlighted in green are parks in philadelphia. 9200 acres are dedicated to parks. So why did philadelphia rank so low . Park score looked at park size access facilities and investments. The survey says its goal is for every american to live within a tenminute walk of a park. Are you expecting friends or family to fly in this summer . A new study is out and philly international doesnt get great grades. We have when youll need to know. New information about the jersey jam trial. Prosecutors want to keep a lead on evidence in the George Washington bridge lane closure case. The u. S. Attorneys office filed an order to keep evidence it has gathered and must share with the defense lawyers under a protective order. The evidence includes more than 1 million pages of documents including emails and text messages. Bridget kelly and bill baroni two allies of governor Chris Christie christie, were indicted in the case. David wildsteen pleaded guilty. Governor christie was not charged. The trial will begin in july. They are celebrating improvements at a historic train station. Delaware county officials showed us 60 new Parking Spaces at in cliffen to height en to cliffton heights. The building was built in 1871. The upgrades arent done yet. Here is a look at phase two. This fall septa plans to build new platforms and a pedestrian walkway. Here is the stat youre probably not going to like. Philadelphia International Ranks at the top ten for the worst on time arrivals during the summer months. According to mile cars. Com they rank seventh on the list. They analyzed travel data from the past ten summer and found chronically bad arrival times at philadelphia. Also among the worst, new Yorks Laguardia and jfk airports Honolulu Internati

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