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WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 11a August 29, 2014

Second vehicle, a darkcolored car ran over her. Even if you didnt see her, you should have felt the impact on your car and sad they kept going. Reporter the driver of the darkcolored car stopped and helping with the investigation but the white vehicle kept going. Witnesses say that woman was in bad shape when they got to her. She was breathing but her breathing was very faint and it was sort of panting like like that. Reporter theres surveillance cameras on the church at the corner and also some of the area businesses that may have captured the accident when it happened and the vehicles as they sped off. Investigators hope it aids them in the search. In the logan section of the city, nbc 10 news. A messy cleanup overnight after an accident. A tractor trailer carrying eggs overturned i76. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Sky force 10 was over a fire inside the home at 52nd and pine streets around 8 30 this morning. Everyone made it out of there safely. It took firefighters just a few minutes to get the fire under control. And now taking a look at the expressway on this beautiful getaway day. A lot of people are hitting area highways today as they get a jump on the Labor Day Holiday weekend and very nice weather for at least the first part of the weekend. A lot of cars will end up here at the jersey shore. This is a live look right now at cape may. The skies will be sunny again but theres still a moderate risk of rip currents as cristobal remains out in the atlantic. Nbc 10s first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here. Hows it look . Fantastic, especially the rest of today and saturday and things start to change pushing into saturday afternoon and for the rest of your Labor Day Holiday weekend. A look at the temperatures, 70 degrees in allentown. 74 in philadelphia. Mild start to the morning at 72 degrees in millville and the shore 72 in avalon. Dealing with a moderate rip current risk and be careful in the water today. Really even into tomorrow. We want everyone to stay safe. Heading into the rest of the afternoon and evening hours today, take a look at the temperatures. We barely push into the 80s. 78 degrees by noon. 79 by 4 00 p. M. And warm, going to see a mild night ahead. 74 degrees by 8 00 p. M. Coming up, talking about the late holiday storms and also the possibility of a late summer heat wave. Thats all coming up in the first alert 7day forecast. Renee . Thank you. Just over 24 hours, the made in america festival begins in philadelphia. Taking a live picture right now from the Philadelphia Museum of art where a dozen performers take to the main stage over the twoday music event. This is the third year that philadelphia hosted the made in america festival. Now, some of this years top headliners include kanye west, kings of leon and pharrell williams. The first performer takes the stage tomorrow just after 1 00. Hundreds of thousands of people bought tickets. Besides the main stage, theres three other performance areas set up. People need to go through security, one item that organizers say will be allowed is the hydration camelbaks and still some restrictions. There is these new things of camelbaks and we have decided that well allow you to have them come in but they will have to be empty. If they are not emptied, they will not get in. For people not getting tickets yet, there are still some available at online ticketing sites but it kostzs you. Oneday tickets selling for about 145 and 2day passes almost 200. Nbc 10. Com is your complete resource guide to the weekends made in america concert, whether its a rundown of performers or traffic detours, take us with you heading to the concert to get Important Information on our app. Three people are dead or rather facing drug charges but its how they were caught thats getting some attention this morning. Heres what happened. Police were responding to the 3300 block of kensington avenue after a man was shot in the knee. Investigators say a stray bullet hit a nearby parked car with those three people inside. Well, when officers went to check on those people, they found drugs and guns in the car. Police are trying to track down a man that sexually assaulted a teenager. This sketch of the suspect was just released this morning. The attack happened on wednesday while the 16yearold was on a wooded trail near 11th avenue and foundry street. Police say the man also tried to rob the teen. Family and friends of a student from ocean county gathered for a funeral in israel. Heres the scene outside the service in jerusalem. People gathered where aaron was studying. His body was found yesterday nearly a week after the 23yearold disappeared in israel. Nbc 10 was in lakewood early this morning as dozens turned out to watch a live feed of the funeral online. Most family members are in israel right now. We talked with a local jewish leader of the sudden loss for this family. Its an amazing family. Hard working, fun, caring, loving family. Upstanding citizens of society. And very unfortunate that this tragedy happened to them and its important for me to have them know that i care about them. Searchers found the body about a mile from where he was last seen. Investigators say he was hiking and there are no signs of foul play. Happening right now, upper darby, a detective on the stand in the trial of a woman accused of kidnapping a 5yearold girl out of the school. Earl ler, jurors heard of another Police Officer first on the keen when the girl was found. He testified he helped the girl warm up in the car and also today an alternate juror excused because of a family emergency. The suspect is expected to take the stand in her own defense before the trial wraps up. And happening today, classes back in session at the Delaware Valley Charter High School but with increased security measures there. Nbc 10 was at the school in the logan section of the city as students showed up for class this morning. The principal says safety is a top priority and why they increased security for the school. New procedures are better screening of students entering and hall sweeps where security guards will perform checks on each classroom. Now, back in january, as you will remember, there was a shooting inside the gym of the charter school. Two students were injured, two other teens were charged in connection with that shooting. Happening right now, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie at the jersey shore ahead of the Holiday Weekend and currently on the boardwalk where merchants report Better Business this summer. It is nearly two years now since Superstorm Sandy destroyed the boardwalk there. Later this afternoon, the governor will stop at jenkinsons boardwalk in Point Pleasant mayor. Atlantic citys mayor will talk about the casino closures. Showboat is closing this coming sunday. Monday, the Revel Casino Hotel will close the doors and then trump plaza shutting down september 16th. More than 6,000 casino workers will lose their jobs. Pressure is mounting for the white house to take action in the crisis in syria. Well tell you what options the president is considering when it comes to the militant group isis. Thats coming up. Dramatic video of a volcanic eruption this morning. Well tell you where this is happening and tell you how its affecting international travel. And its going to be a cool start to the Holiday Weekend and tracking the return of heat, humidity, even storms. Ill let you know what to expect in the first alert 7day forecast. A volcano erupts in papua, new guinea, this morning. Several communities were evacuated and some International Flights were diverted. According to local residents, about half an inch of ash covered surrounding areas as the volcano spewed a massive column of ash and smoke. And then in iceland, Scientists Say theres a new sign at a volcano there may soon erupt. This aerial look over the volcano shows cracks in a glacier. The caldrons are believed to have just formed over the past few days, possibly because of a sub glacial eruption. The row of cracks stretch for four miles and the caldrons are about 50 feet deep. With pressure mounting in syria and rush whys involvement in ukraine, president obama says the u. S. Isnt ready to take action. Nbc 10 National Correspondent tracy potts reports from washington. I dont want to put the cart before the horse. We dont have a strategy yet. Reporter the u. S. Has hit more than 100 isis targets in iraq, our people are there, military, diplomats. But in syria where isis is strong, president obama says its too early to order air strikes and asking the pentagon for options and sending secretary of state kerry back do the middle east for other countries to be on board. Right now, those structures are not in place. Reporter with Congress Still out of town, some lawmakers feared president obama would order air strikes in syria without congressional approval. Thats not whats going to happen. It is going to be important for congress to know what that is in part because it may cost some money. Reporter experts wonder whether air strikes would work. Not enough in my judgment to actually push them out of areas where they currently are well established. Thats going to be a longer term challenge. Reporter another challenge ukraine. Nato says russia sent 1,000 soldiers in to fight the government. The u. S. May consider more sanctions, the president says, but no troops. It is not in the cards for us to see a military confrontation between russia and the United States in this region. Reporter and new this morning, russia is reacting to natos insistence theyre moving in. He says the pictures were from a computer game. Tracy potts, nbc news, washington. U. N. Forces are monitoring the border of israel and syria after the capture of dozens of u. N. Peacekeepers. The u. N. Is working to secure the release and told theyre alive and unharmed. Various rebel groups including the Al Qaeda Linked have been fighting the Syrian Military near that border. The military now says an f15 pilot aftdied after crashi in the virginia mountains. He reported an inflight emergency before he then lost radio contact. The name is yet to be released. Today closing arguments are beginning in the trial of former Virginia Governor mcdonald and his wife maureen. The prosecution rested the case yesterday. The couple is accused of taking more than 177,000 in gifts from a businessman in exchange for promoting the companys dietary supplements. If convicted, they could face decades in prison and millions of dollars in fines. An armed man shot and killed by Police Outside a Day Care Center in minnesota. Authorities say they were called out after receiving a call about a suspicious vehicle outside the facility. When officers arrived, they say the armed man jumped out of the car with a gun. Thats when police shot him. Two other men in the car were taken into custody. No one inside that day care was injured. In seattle, washington, seven people were hurt after a suv crashed into a hair salon. Three of those victims were pinned by the suv. The others suffered burns inside the building after the crash sparked several fires. Authorities say it could have been worse, though, if it wasnt for quick thinking witnesses. Smoky. You couldnt see from your hand. But we just kept pulling debris because they said we heard there was a kid in the car. Two kids in the car. And theres more. The Fire Department had to install braces to hold up the building after the accident caused it to start cracking. The nfl has changed the policy on Domestic Violence after the controversial suspension of Baltimore Ravens runs degree back ray rice. This incident inside revel casino in february started it all showing rice dragging apparently unconscious fiancee out of an elevator. The couple since married. Rice avoided trial entering counseling and the nfl suspended him two games. Many said the punishment should have been more severe and the commissioner announced a first time offender can get a sixgame suspension and a repeat offender could be banned for life. The new policy goes into effect immediately. Now, in a letter to owners, goodell commented about suspension saying, quote, i didnt get it right. Simply put, we have to do better. Nascar driver tony stewart will return to racing this weekend three weeks after a crash that killed a fellow driver. Stewart will compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway on sunday. The threetime nascar champ said he sat out three races to grieve for kevin ward jr. And his family. Stewarts car hit ward during a race in upstate new york on august 9th. Officials say the accident happened after ward climbed out of his car and walked down on the dirt track to confront stewart after spinning out. This morning, joan rivers is resting comfortably at a New York Hospital after she went into cardiac arrest yesterday. Now, this all happened while rivers was having minor throat surgery at a doctors office. She was immediately rushed to the hospital. The 81yearold was scheduled to perform a show in new jersey this evening. Of course, that was postponed because of this hospitalization. Good morning. We are going to see a very nice end of your work week and Holiday Weekend. We head into the rest of today, the average for the time of year, 84. Today in the high 70s. A stormy holiday for us. Second half of the weekend we expect to see storms back in the forecast and were tracking the possibility of a heat wave. A closer look outside right now, the city skyline, clouds. We are going to see temperatures staying in the 70s so 74 degrees right now for philadelphia. 43 humidity. Thats a nice and comfortable day. The air is calm. Versus yesterday with wind gusts closer to 20, 25 miles per hour. And throughout the rest of our region, we are at 66 degrees in the poconos. 71 in reading. 69 in westchester. 72 degrees in wilmington. 73 degrees nice and comfortable in stone harbor and our average is 84. So as we head into tomorrow, our temperatures will recover a bit closer to that average. But take a look at what happens on sunday. We push right towards the low 90s and we stay there for a few days so a closer look now at our radar, seeing a few high thin clouds. Mild conditions expected in most of the friday and heading into saturday, the big difference is our temperatures are going to warm up. We are also going to see an increase in the humidity. Well see our air coming up from the south. Thats moisture to head into our region and thats going to help prepare us for sundays showers and even storms and expect to see showers and storms throughout your sunday starting closer to 6 00 a. M. And then lingering. Look at monday around 6 00 a. M. Dealing with the possibility of those showers and even isolated thunderstorms. As far as today is concerned, the temperatures range between 77 and 80 degrees. Sunny and nice for us. Southeasterly wind 4 to 9 miles per hour. For the poconos, low 70s today, tomorrow we do push back into the high 70s by sunday. With the chance of thunderstorms so really out of all three days with monday off, saturday is the golden day, especially down the shore so for today, 77 heading into your saturday, 78. One thing to point out for today down the shore, rip currents. We have a moderate rip current risk and be careful in the water today and thats probably going to extend into tomorrow. On your sunday, temperatures warm a bit but we also are dealing with the chance of thunderstorms making saturday the best day. 7day forecast shows well see temperatures today at 79 and going to be a beautiful friday. Heading into saturday, partly sunny. 83 degrees. Look at sunday. We are expecting evening showers, possibility of a few isolated thunderstorms, 92. We could have a heat wave on our hands reaching 90 again on monday. Another chance of storms, seam thing on tuesday heading back to work. Its going to be a stormy start to the work week and then 93 degrees. We dont drop out of the 90s until thursday. One teacher lands in hot water over some social media posts. She sent tweets that some parents find shocking. Well tell you what they said, coming up. And weight loss surgery could do more than help people lose weight. A study shows what it could do for peoples brains. A new government report shows that a majority of children are being vaccinated against serious diseases. Data of 2013 shows Vaccination Coverage topped 0 for all recommended vaccinations and less than 1 of children were not immunized at all. Health Officials Say that many parents struggling to get the recommended shots after the child turns 2, especially those liv living in poverty. Officials say they should help about free immunizations to uninsured or low income children. An experimental procedure could help treat memory loss of stroke or alzheimers or trauma. Scientists send pulses into the brain for stimulation. Well, after three treatments patients had improved memory regions of the brain and were able to learn new information more easily. Scientists say more studies are needed to determine if this is a safe and effective treatment for memory disorders. And a new study finds bariatric surgery not only helps treat obesity but may improve brain function. Obesity is linked to an increased risk of alzheimers disease. But when researchers did brain scans and tests on more than a dozen women before and after bariatric surgery, they found improved planning, organizing and strategizing abilities. An ominous warning about ebola. See why the World Health Organization says all countries should be prepared to deal with the virus. Well have an update on the outbreak. It is a train that goes as fast as a plane in where its running and who will get to be the first passengers. Tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a c

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