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WCAU NBC 10 News At 7am February 8, 2015

In a live report well tell you why philadelphia investigators believe the victim may have been targeted eded because of something posted on social media. Hundreds of tax returns lost and then found by a philadelphia couple. So where did the documents come from . Youll hear from that couple who discovered them scattered in the street. Get ready, we are tracking something of a winter warmup today. Heres a live look over the ben franklin bridge as the sun is coming. Enjoy the weather while you can, because it wont last long. Good morning, welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its just after 7 00 on this sunday. Meteorologist Michelle Grossman is watching those changes in the forecast. Michelle . Bigtime changes come on monday, but for today, a similar situation to yesterday. More clouds and sunshine and you can see the clouds from this live shot here. Youll see more clouds and sunshine throughout the day. Overall, a mild day. Not a bad day for february. It could be a lot worse. That snow that we were talking about in the beginning of the workweek, most of the heavy snow to the north of us but we will see some precipitation on monday. Right now, we are right around freezing in many spots. 33 in horsham. 33 in wilmington. Sliding to the north and west, temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. 32 in quakertown 32 in reading, 32 in mt. Pocono. Along the coast, 38 in beach haven, up to 39 in avalon. 36 in dover and at the freezing mark in millville. Satellite radar showing we are dry right now. Satellite showing us we have plenty of cloud cover in place. Radar showing us we are dry and we will keep it dry throughout the day. If you do need to get outdoors you could do that today before some wet weather comes in on monday. For today, plan on a mild day. Thats your big weather headline. By 8 00 36. 10 00 a. M. 42 degree. And by lunchtime, up to 45. Well top out around 50 in philadelphia and we are tracking some wintry mix to the north and west on monday and also some rain for philadelphia. May end as a little snow. Well talk all the details, straight ahead. Nbc 10 is staying on top of breaking news this morning. Police are searching for the men who broke into a northeast philadelphia home and robbed the people inside. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in northeast philly this morning. Matt tell us what youve learned. Rosemary, police right now are holding this scene as the manhunt continues this hour. Right behind me you can see the apartment in question. The window was kicked out during the getaway. And were at the brookshire trace apartments. Lets take a look at some video we have of this scene. Police tell me just before 2 30 this morning three men came to this home and kicked in the front door. Then they went upstairs and robbed three people inside. And when officers got here, they heard glass breaking and the men jumped out the window. We did speak with a neighbor out here who said, he heard the commotion, grabbed his gun, and went outside. I heard the window smashed, so i grabbed my sidearm, ran out back saw two gentleman jump out the back of a window, and i heard two officers flash their sirens at me they asked me who i was, i told them i had a sidearm, they disarmed me they were very polite. Reporter police found a bandanna and some cell phones one right there on the sidewalk. They also found some footprints leading into the woods. One of the bushes snagged the hat off of one of the men. There is some evidence out here. And police tell me they are questioning a person of interest, someone that was pulled over for acting suspicious. But so far no connection and no arrest. Detectives are getting a search warrant to go through this home. Theyre trying to figure out exactly what was stolen and as for a Motive Police tell me the homeowner may have been targeted for recently coming into money and posting about it online. The investigation, of course is still very much underway. But fortunately, no injuries as a result of this Home Invasion and robbery early this morning. Live in the northeast section of philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. New from overnight, Philadelphia Police are looking for a suspect wanted in a different Home Invasion. This one happened in tacony. Investigators say the robber had a gun when he got into the house along edmonds street. Its unclear if he got away with anything. Nobody was hurt. Also new from overnight, Philadelphia Police are investigating a driveby shooting. This happened outside of a party. Police tell us that a man was standing by the door of the house on rohrer street in kensington around 10 30 last night when he was shot in the shoulder. Right now, he is in stable condition. Police have not made my arrests in this case. We just received new information about a developing story moments ago. Police have arrested a 17yearold boy in connection with that shooting at a mall in western pennsylvania. Weve been telling you about this since early this morning. This happened inside the Monroeville Mall just before 8 00 last night. The mall is just east of pittsburgh. Three people were hit by gunfire. Two of the victims were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. The third is in stable condition. Police say the shooter targeted one of the victims, but investigators have not released further investigation. We did speak to one witness by phone, who told us what it was like inside the mall when the shooting started. Everybody kind of put it together. People started running. Someone said someone has a gun, or they started shooting. You started hearing sirens police cars started showing up. The suspect is now being held at the Allegheny County jail, awaiting arraignment. The trial is set to begin this week for the philadelphia man accused of gunning down another person over a pair of headphones. Arkel garcia is facing several charges, including murder. Police say he gunned down 21yearold Christian Massey in november 2013 in the citys overbrooke neighborhood. Massey had special needs and was an athlete. He was walking to a friends house when investigators say garcia tried to steal his beats by dr. Dre headphones. Massey refused to hand them over and was shot several times. This morning, were waiting to hear if there is a confirmed case of measles on Montgomery County. On friday, you may remember that Health Officials announced that a 15yearold boy in Montgomery County is expected of having the disease. The teen is isolated at home until those test results come back. They are expected some time either today or tomorrow. Just as tax season is underway, we are learning about the owners of a tax preparation business in Mercer County who have been convicted in a scam. According to federal prosecutors, kamal james and crystal hawkins filed fake returns on behalf of prison inmates. They ran their nowclosed business out of brick, new jersey, and seaver delaware. The couple would file false information in order to get a bigger refund back. They were arrested in an undercover sting and convicted on friday. The couple will be sentenced in may. It could have been a tax nightmare. A philadelphia couple may have saved dozens of people from Identity Theft and other problems after they found a stack of w2s just littered in the street. Yvette santiago and her husband found the documents near their yard in wissinoming. The tax return showed peoples names, Social Security numbers dates of birth, and employment information, including their salaries. We took the papers to a tax expert, who is in disbelief. He tells us those affected are lucky that the santiagos are honest people. Responsible for getting out there, because as a preparer youve got a responsibility to make sure that this information doesnt get out. The next step is figuring out how this happened and who is responsible. We plan to follow up with the irs tomorrow when they are open for business. Ive got to tell you, we are lucky in terms of the weather. The storm system known as the Pineapple Express is bringing a whole lot of weather worries out west. Well show you what theyre dealing with this morning. And nasa will launch the first of its kind space Weather Satellite tonight. Well tell you how predicting the weather in space can help technology here on earth. Hello im a kid. And us kids have an Important Message for our grown ups. Three grams daily of betaglucan. A soluable fiber from whole grain oat foods like cheerios can help lower cholesterol. And where can you find betaglucan . In oats. And, theyre yummy im going back to being a kid now. Thank you pe nn state is right here in greater philidelphia. We are top ranked by corporate recruiters. Theres new scholarship money available. We have four year degrees so you can finish here. Or at another penn state campus. And theres no application fee when you visit here. Penn state in greater philidelphia. Download your application fee waiver at nt more weather worries for the west coast this morning, after a days of rain brought by the system known as the Pineapple Express. Residents are now dealing with serious flooding, power outages, and even mud slides and more rain is expected in the coming days. You would think that there would be a Silver Lining to this that it would be a good thing for californias drought. Forecasters say this rain wont even make a dent in it. Back on the east coast, there is a fresh blanket of snow in rochester, new york. Here is a live look where the flakes were falling overnight. Right now, its calm there, no snow falling, but they are in for something of a storm system this evening into tomorrow morning. And it sounds like michelle that were going to be getting some of that as we head into our workweek. Thats right. Yeah, monday some of us could be seeing some snow. There could be a messy and slow commute for some especially on monday in the morning and the evening commute as well. Today, wehle keep it dry. We start out the weekend pretty nice. Well end it pretty nice as well. Another graylooking day. More clouds than sunshine. Mild air in place once again. And even now, we are walking out the door up to 5 to 15 degrees warmer. In mt. Pocono 11 degrees warmer than this time yesterday and 8 degrees warmer in millville. Currently, right around the freezing mark in many spots. 34 in philadelphia, 32 in allentown, 30 in lancaster. 37 in wildwood and right at 33 degrees at the Atlantic City airport. So for today, mostly cloudy and milder temperatures right near 50 degrees in philadelphia. Its 48 to 51 cooler to the north and west and maybe a little warmer to the south and east. Well talk more about todays dry forecast but at least its mild, and also some clouds in place and that precipitation comes in on monday. More about that coming up. This morning, all systems are go for nasas launch of a space Weather Satellite. A Spacex Falcon rocket will launch deep space observatory. Liftoff is scheduled for just after 6 00 tonight. Discover will attempt to monitor solar wind and realtime energy streaming from the sun. Spacex will then try to land a rocket on a platform in the atlantic ocean. Last month, a similar attempt failed, so hopefully theyll get it this time. Right now, rescue crews in taiwan are searching for the final few passengers in the river where that trans asiaways Airways Plane crashed. What tool theyre using to track them down. If you want it go out and get it we have some new information in the deadly trans asia plane crash in taiwan. Officials say that a total of 40 people have now been found dead. The airline has begun distributing money to their families to cover funeral expenses. Three people remain missing. Crews are now using metal detectors in that search. They hope that the remaining bodies may have metal on them, like necklaces or watches. The jet crashed into the river here minutes after takeoff on wednesday. This is new video out of baghdad, where people are celebrating an end to a nightly curfew thats been in place for a decade. They danced in the streets this morning, while others drove around freely in their cars. The curfew began in 2004 in response to the growing violence after the u. S. Invasion of iraq. More pilots are joining the fight against isis. The United Arab Emirates is sending a squadron of jet fighters to join jordanian f16s. Dozens of fighter jets have bombed isis Training Centers and weapon Storage Centers this week after the Group Released a video showing a captured jordanian pilot being burned to death. Meanwhile, the family of an american aid worker captured by isis remains hopeful that their daughter is still alive. On friday, isis leaders claimed that 26yearold Kayla Mueller was killed in a Jordanian Air strike in syria, but the Obama Administration says there is still no evidence to support that claim and extra resources are still being directed to find her. Isis took mueller hostage in august 2013 as she was leaving a hospital where she was an aid worker. Federal prosecutors in chicago have charged a group of immigrants living in the u. S. With aiding isis. One of the six people appeared in federal court in chicago yesterday. The group is accused of sending money and military equipment to rebel groups in syria. Federal prosecutors say the group communicated through social media. Now to the crises in ukraine. This morning, there is another push for peace in the country, as the fighting there continues. Today, the leaders of germany and france will talk with russian president Vladimir Putin over the phone. Its all part of another effort to ease tensions in ukraine, now that the fighting has picked back up there. Ukraine is calling for a ceasefire. Russia is accused of backing separatist rebels in the conflict. Now, some including meet the press moderator, chuck todd are asking what role does the u. S. Play in all of this . How soon will the United States be providing more Security Assistance heavier artillery, to ukraine . I have no doubt that additional assistance of economic kind and other kind will be going to ukraine. You can watch more of chuck todds exclusive interview with john kerry on meet the press right here on nbc 10 at 10 30. Nbc nightly news anchor Brian Williams is temporarily stepping away from the anchor desk saying that he has become a distracting news story. The announcement comes just days after williams apologized for falsely saying on the air that he was in a helicopter that was hit by a rocketpropelled grenade in iraq back in 2003. Lester holt read part of williams statement yesterday on nightly news. A word tonight about our colleague, Brian Williams who you may know has been under scrutiny this past week over his recollection of certain stories hes covered. This afternoon brian issued a statement that says in part it has become painfully apparent to me that i am presently too much a part of the news due to my actions. He goes on to say, i have decided to take myself off of my daily broadcast for the next several days. Lester holt will fill in while Brian Williams is off. Meanwhile, the president of nbc news says that there is an internal investigation into some of the statements that Brian Williams has made in the past. This week in texas, the trial will begin for the marine accused of killing two men, including former navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle who was the inspiration for the blockbuster movie, american sniper. Eddy ruth is facing capital murder charges in the death. Hes accused of killing kyle and his friend chad littlefield, at a gun range two years ago. Ruths lawyers are expected to argue that Mental Illness is to blame for the killings. The trial is expected to start on wednesday. Lets head now to california, where police say there is no indication that the paparazzi was chasing reality tv star bruce jenner at the time that he was involved in a deadly crash. Jenner was not hurt in the multiplecar accident in malibu yesterday. However, another driver died. Because celebrity photographers immediately posted pictures of the crash online there was initially concern that they were chasing the olympic gold medallist. Jenner has also starred in the tv show keeping up with the kardashians. All right. A good sunday morning. Im meteorologist Michelle Grossman. And we are starting out pretty mild for this time of year. Were looking at temperatures right around freezing so you still want to dress for temperatures at the freezing mark. But still, better than yesterday. Anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees warmer than yesterday and right near 50 degrees later on this afternoon. So weather headlines on your sunday morning, enjoy today, were going to keep it dry, keep it mild and we start out the weekend mild. Well be even warmer today. Right near 50 in philadelphia. Thats your first weather headlines. Then rain comes in overnight. We can see a mixture to the north and west on monday rain south and east on monday and everyone can see a chance for seeing this changing over to snow late monday before the system officially pulls out of here. And blustery on tuesday. Were talking cold temperatures and winds. It will feel like the low 30s on tuesday. Right now, 34 in philadelphia. It is cloudy were going to see clouds being the rule today, like the clouds were yesterday. Well see more clouds and sunshine today. Temperatures, mainly right around the freezing mark 32 in allentown, 31 in mt. Pocono 34 in philadelphia. Sliding down to the south and east, 33 in glossboro, 36 in Atlantic City 36 in dover. Bundle up as you head out this evening. There are the clouds this morning. Mostly cloudy skyies later on t

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