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WCAU NBC 10 News At 5pm May 28, 2015

Its in the same spot its been in for hours. Everywhere else its moving around. Heres delaware. This is the southern portion of New Castle County right near smyrna and just north of dover. You can see that is crossing delaware bay toward bridgeton. Now one shower moved through the philadelphia area then through evesham township and now is moving right over tabernacle. As you can see, a little bit of lightning with that over Medford Lakes right now. But the area thats been the most active right near Seaside Heights in ocean county. Look at all the lightning there, and we had a bit of a lull then the thing just exploded right over the same spot. So theyre probably getting some flooding in that area along with all that lightning. The rest of the area generally quieting down as we go through the next several hours. Drying out and the humidity dropping. But its going right back up along with the storm threat for part of the weekend. Ill get into that with the seven day in a few minutes. All right, glenn. A man knocked to the ground by a Lightning Strike is now home from the hospital. John tells nbc 10 he was walking from his car to his house in broomall yesterday afternoon when lightning hit a nearby tree. That impact threw him several feet and he had trouble moving one of his legs. The lightning damage to the tree was minor. It certainly left a mark on neighbors. Take cover. Take cover. Its not worth the risk. John was fortunate. Were happy for him. Dont risk it. He spent the night in the hospital. He says he feels fine but needed a mild painkiller. And a nap. New at 5 00 they should have seen this coming. A problem with a psychic may mean disciplinary action for two top employees of philadelphias Veterans Affairs department. This doesnt impact veterans. The government audit shows the assistant director of the department hosted a party at her house and invited employees. Thats a big nono at a facility with a history of leadership issues. Senior leaders are told to avoid personal relationships with employees. Also in trouble the wife of another employee was paid to tell fortunes at the party. The inspector swrerl says s eror general says that adds up to misuse of her positions. The pair is waiting to see what their punishment might be. Both say they did nothing wrong. Last month the Inspector General issued a scathing 78page report about philadelphias v. A. Facility. The report cited poor leadership and unreasonable workloads. Other issues included mishandled or neglected mail slow Response Time of veteran inquiries, ma lip manipulation of records. The troubled v. A. Is undergoing a nationwide overhaul. Many veterans died while waiting to be treated at v. A. Hospitals. Several facilities across the country are accused of falsifying records and denying medical service to eligible vets. Tonight, a new clue and a new plea for help. Philadelphia police now have better pictures of the man they say sexually assaulted a woman inside her home. Theyre also offering a reward for Vital Information about that suspect. Nbc 10s renee chenaultfattah is here with details. What have you learned, renee . Keith jacqueline tonight were getting a new look at the suspect wanted in the attack and theres new information about his movement. Today, Police Released new surveillance photos and theyre now offering a 10,000 reward for his capture and conviction. The suspect is wanted for sexually assaulting a woman inside her home on rosewood street monday morning. Investigators now believe he was in her home twice. The first time they say he stole the womans car. He then returned a short time later and woke her up. I think the community has to take a look at this and say, were not going to tolerate that, we want to rid our neighborhood of this individual. Investigators believe the same man is responsible for a similar breakin in the same area just a few months ago. If you recognize this guy or you know anything about the case youre asked to call philadelphia police. Renee chenaultfattah. Nbc 10 news. Zblmpls to this now. Pope francis visit to philadelphia is just four months a away. Law enforcement and School Officials are gettingready. Some met today. The topic, safety. Nbc 10s Deanna Durante was there and joins us live from center city. So much to discuss. Reporter many schools may be closed during the third peek week in september when the pope visits. Some schools encouraging families and parents to come here, 2 Million People expected to be on the parkway for the papal mass alone. Looking at the issue of millions of people being in one setting. Could 95 be shut down at the time . People in bumper to bumper traffic . What do you do . How do you handle that . Reporter officials are learning from each other a few months before the papal scheduled visit and world meeting of family events begin. The topic today, large crowds and keeping kids safe especially as we approach the visit the entire world will be watching. Public transit will be the only way that theyre going to be able to move in and out of the city of philadelphia. And its going to be you know every bus and every train that comes into that platform are going to be full of people. Moving one after another. Reporter because not everyone can stay in philly, the suburbs are on alert, too, with packed hotel rooms, roads, and crowds. Not to mention some of the drain on security. Delaware county will be providing to the security detail, itself. When the phone arrives in the city of philadelphia, it is my understanding that Delaware County is going to protect that plane when it lands in philadelphia. Reporter and the District Attorney says there are a couple of messages he wants to get out to the public. One, if youre going to come down to the city or youll be traveling by car, remember to expect delays and prepare yourself your kids and the elderly also. He says this is very important. If you see something that looks out of the ordinary theyd rather you call police and alert them. Reporting live in center city Deanna Durante nbc 10 news. Tonight, refurbished rail cars are on the patco high speed line. The cars were put into official today. Ahead at 5 30, how the rail line and other agencies are getting ready for an onslaught of new passengers when the pope and world meeting of families come to philadelphia. The world meeting of families is now less than four months away. Get information on the papal visit and its impact on our region any time by checking out the nbc 10 news app for your smartphone or tablet. All right. Turning now to sports. Birds are back on the field. Yeah, they are. Today eagles players suited up and hit the south philadelphia turf. That means we get the first look at some of the eagles newest players. Comcast sportsnets john clark was there. John i know its early but i hope the team looks strong. Reporter oh, yeah and you know what, all eyes were on the quarterback, sam bradford. He really is the most important part of this team. Of course, chip kelly replaced 8 of his 22 starters and sam bradford is a key. He is not doing full drills right now. Hes not participating in the simulated game action. Hes not a full participant. But chip kelly says he is actually on schedule with his rehab. Take a look at sam bradford out there and when he throws the ball, he looks really good. A quick release. You can see the brace on his left knee. He says his knee is Getting Better every day. Hes just so happy to be here in chip kellys fence. Cant wait to get going. Hes coming off the two knee surgeries, missed the last 19 games. So, sam, is there any doubt that you can return to being the player you once were . No. You know, it feels great. You know the staff here has done a great job. You know i would say in the past, you know six to eight weeks, you know, things really kind of turned the corner and made a lot of progress. Were taking it on a day to day, week to week basis, continuing to push the knee doing more things every week. And as long as it continues to respond well well keep adding more of that. Reporter and chip kelly says bradford can start taking part in more drills next week. And chip says theres an open competition at the quarterback spot with sam bradford and mark sanchez. Take a look at lesean mccoy and chip kelly in better times. Of course, chip kelly today responding to shadys comments for the first time. Lesean mccoy said that chip got rid of all of the good black players and theres got to be a reason for that. Here is chip kellys response today. Ive got Great Respect for lesean. In that situation, i think hes wrong. You know we put a lot of time in looking at the characters and factors that go into selection and retention of players and colors never been one of them. Ive reached out to him twice. He didnt accept my call. I talked to his agent. Told him id love to talk to him at some point in time. I havent had a chance to touch base with him. Reporter so chip and lesean still have not talken since he was traded. Coming up at 6 00 were going to hear from one of shadys former teammates, one of chips players who has very pointed comments about what lesean mccoy said. Well hear from tim tebow, Demarco Murray and others eagles. Im john clark life at theve. See you in about an hour. Nbc 10 is the official Tele Television station of the eagles. Well be airing several games beginning august 16th. Of course get instant team updates and analysis on the players on air and online with our nbc 10 app. Philadelphias new paid sick leave law took center stage at city hall today. State lawmakers talked about the law and a new bill in harrisburg threatens to overturn it. The law went into effect two weeks ago. It gives workers in the city up to five paid sick days a year. The legislation was the topic of discussion when the state and House Democratic policy committees held a public hearing in philadelphia this morning. We have new information about the 34 million cars and trucks that need to have their airbags replaced. Is your car on the list . The makes and models involved in the massive takata airbag recall. Ladies and jengentlemen, start your engines. Nascar rolls into town. We hear from the biggest names about changes coming to the dover track. With summerlike weather in boston right now, the snowy scene is a distant memory. Right . Actually no. Still quite a winter look in some areas as we approach june. Well show them to you. New information about the big airbag recall. Were starting to learn some of the models covered by the recall. They include nearly 30,000 bmus, fords, 400,000 Fiat Chrysler vehicles. 11 automakers involved are involved in the takata recall. See the list on nbc10. Com. Millions of takata airbag inflaters can explode with too much force. Metal pieces can fly into drivers or passengers. Six people have been killed and more than 100 injured. The Boston Marathon bomber will be formally sentenced next month. The judge announced today that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be sentenced to death on june 24th. On that day, families of the bombing victims and survivors will address the court. Tsarnaev will also have the option to speak. In 2013, 3 people died and hundreds more were injured in the bombing near the finish line of the race. Tsarnaev and his older brother detonate the bombs. Died in a shootout with police. 21 2yearold Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will become the youngest person on federal death row. To the scandal rocking the world of soccer. The president of fifa makes his first public appearance in two days. Sepp blatter refused to resign after 14 people were indicted on charges including fraud and bribery. His fate will be decided tomorrow in a fifa president ial election. He calls this a difficult time for the soccer organization. The next few months will not be easy for fif ax. Im sure more bad news may follow. But it is necessary to begin to restore trust in our organization. A u. S. Justice Department Investigation found fifa officials took bribes in order to make decisions about host cities for tournaments. All right. You have to see this video here. Crews had to rescue a construction worker this morning after a trench collapsed in pittsburgh. The crew was excavating sewer lines for a new Townhouse Development when the ground around that worker collapsed. He was buried in dirt. Crews used shovels to dig him out. It took about an hour to free him. The man was taken to the hospital. Theres no word yet on his condition. More red cross help from our area is heading to texas to help. The director of communications for the American Red Cross eastern pennsylvania region went to north texas today. Nbc 10 was at Philadelphia International airport as he got ready to fly out. He will join a team of philadelphia volunteers already in place. As the number of victims from the texas flooding grows, the threat of more storms brings more worry. The rain is making it difficult for rescue and recovery teams. Heres nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray. Oh no reporter panic as a wall of water burst through the door of a home along the blanco river. Oh no. Reporter this home video shows the horror. While today the words of family members of the missing share the heartache. Its impossible to express in words the tremendous loss pain and fear we are feeling. Reporter still working alongside rescue and recovery teams on the ground they refuse to give in. We are 100 committed to finding laura, Andrew Leighton randy, will ralph, and sue. Reporter the search is over for the ramirez family. God had his arms around her, and yeah. Brought her to glory. Reporter 18 wrld ayearold alyssa ra ramirez was laid to rest yesterday. Alyssa was driving home from prom last weekend when she called her dad as her car was being swept away in the floodwaters. Its a horrible conversation. A conversation ill never forget. Reporter the emotions like so much here are raw. Battered communities pulling together where they can while in other places like wharton, southwest of houston, families are pulling out, moving to higher ground. Voluntary evacuations in place with the growing threat of more rain and flash flooding here. Unfirefight unfortunately, that threat of rain and more Severe Weather will continue in many places through the weekend. Jay gray nbc news wimberley, texas. Breaking news now into nbc 10. Were just learning skyforce 10 over tinnecum township in Delaware County. A body was found in a suitcase this afternoon. The victim was a man in his 20th but police havent released a name just yet. Investigators are still on they scene. Well bring you any new information about this as soon as it comes in. You your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. We have thunderstorms in parts of the area. Most of them have moving but at least one has not. Thats caused some problems. Were tracking those thunderstorms across the area. Its still warm unseasonably warm out there, and we do have some thunderstorms in the forecast before the weekend is over. Right now just cloudy skies in philadelphia. 82 degrees. Temperature knocked down. It was 88 an hour ago. Winds southwest at 13 miles an hour. Its in the 80s across most of the area. Look at mt. Holly hit by one of those showers. 74. Wilmington dropped to 76. And it is a warm and relatively humid afternoon. But its not going to be nearly as humid later on tonight and tomorrow. You see how much cooler it is right at the beaches. Only in the 60s with that southerly wind coming off that 54degree ocean. Now, the radar showing obviously not much in pennsylvania but delaware and parts of new jersey getting hit hard. We have a couple of warnings out here now. One of them is in kent county in delaware for Severe Thunderstorm Warning right near dover. They got a big race weekend here. And just a slight chance of some showers tomorrow but this is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 5 45 for some potentially gusty winds. And this is where the real problems are. In ocean county right near Seaside Heights area these storms keep going right over the same spot. Redeveloping. And we have a Flash Flood Warning until 7 45 p. M. In this area. And the radar estimated rainfall 4 1 2 inches in this one spot. Just west of Seaside Heights. So about 4 inches right over there on that barrier island. Theres flooding going on reports of some water rescues as a result of all that. The other isolated showers east of cherry hill in eastern Camden County. Another one near evesham. We had one there about an hour ago. The future cast shows the activity generally confined to delaware and south jersey. And fairly isolated as we go through the night tonight. And then tomorrow not much activity at all across the area. Now, at the shore, were going to be seeing the southerly wind. Its going to be breezy. But its also going to be stormy on sunday. Sunday is the day that were going to be seeing the worst weather at the shore. And the worst weather in the poconos. Much cooler there than what were seeing on friday and saturday. So, for the rest of the night, we have those scattered storms. The ocean county warning for the flash flooding is one were watching closely. Less humid late tonight. 58 for the low in some of the northern and western suburbs. Tomorrow mix of sun and clouds. Little bit less humid but still very warm for this time of the year. About so 10 degrees above average. Sevenday forecast. Another warm day saturday. Sunday the temperature is down. The rain chances are up. Especially in the afternoon. Anyone a lot of rain coming in on monday and chilly, only 59 for the high. Were following breaking news in ocean county where heavy rain is taking its toll. Glenn just talked about it. Th

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