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WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 11a March 2, 2015

Week. The first thing that will happen is a refreeze tonight. You may want to take care of whatever ice and snow is in your way right now or at least in the afternoon while it is a little milder. We have snow and ice coming tomorrow and then we have rain coming on wednesday, and then we have snow after that. A lot going on here. Its above freezing plus the sun, plus the wind helping to dry things out. 32 constitution in redding, just barely at freezing. 30 degrees in georgetown. But the wind is picking up and were seeing colder air come back in. We have a couple of snow flurries around but nothing too significant. Back to the west though theres the next storm out there. A lot of moisture with it. Its going to start as snow and then go into ice and then rain. But this afternoon, temperatures, if anything drop a little bit. Then we get that refreeze coming during the night tonight. Then things start to get wild tomorrow. The timing on all that with the sevenday in a few minutes. See you then glenn. Leftover ice caused slick morning commute. Here is a scene from storm force 10 a few hours ago. As you can see, side roads were frozen over. Drivers had to take their time this morning. Passengers at Philadelphia International airport also ran into some travel problems. This morning crews had to deice planes which caused delays for some arriving flights. Yesterday officials canceled hundreds of flights. The people on those planes were stranded overnight sleeping in the airport as this fell oechlt streets and sidewalks may be ice covered, in the Lehigh Valley they have several inches of snow there. Neighbors broke out snow blowers last night to clear their sidewalks and their driveways. Some told us they would rather deal with the snow than the ice but they say the roads were still messy. More wintry weather in store this week now the best time to download that new nbc 10 app for all the latest forecast alerts and advisories Free Download in the app store. We now know more about a water main break in south philadelphia we covered all morning as breaking news. Crews are working to fix a 12 inch main at 15th and christian after a pipe broke outside of a barber shop. Right now 20 properties are without water. Officials believe the frigid water, the weather, rather is to blame. We have new video of another gas explosion in ocean county. This happened along rear cooks lane in point pleasant. One person is hurt. That victim said he smelled gas. We went to turn on the light switch and the entire house went up in flames. The man has burned over half of his body. Last week a home in stafford township exploded because of a gas leak. New developments today in the trial of a woman accused of giving a deadly injection for a cosmetic enhancement. Court was scheduled to start hours ago but still no one has taken the stand. Jesse gary outside the criminal Justice Center. Tell us what is going on right now . Reporter a lot of waiting. Its unclear why court has not started. From what im hearing from inside the courthouse it may not start at all today. It could be a problem with the juror, it could be a deal possibly in the works. We just dont know at this point. Once it does resume hopefully hear more tam from wins low. She claimed highprofile clients amber rose. She had mastered the craft of silicone enhanced buttocks injections. Prosecutors say procedures she did were done illegally since she had no license. One of her injections killed a 20yearold woman from britain. The injection hit a vein and sent silicone into the lungs and brain. Shes charged with third degree murder and if found guilty will face decades in prison. Im going to run back in the courthouse and try to get an update on why court hasnt started and if it will. Back in a few minutes. Live outside the Justice Center in center city jesse gary, nbc 10 news. A third teenager expected to turn himself into the police with a connection of strong Armed Robbery in philadelphia. Two other teens turned themselves in. Investigators say this Surveillance Video shows suspects just moments after one of those crimes in the fairmont section of the city. The victim in this case was just 13 years old. Investigators say the group forced that kid to the ground injuring his lip and his hand and then stole his phone. Here are the locations of all of those robberies in fairmount. Two happened at Ben Franklin High School near broad and Spring Garden streets. Police say the group of teens attacked people on the street and stole their phones. According to officers in one case the group used mace on one of the victims. Today Burlington County jury selection begins in the retrial of a couple charged with child abuse. Army major john jackson and his wife carolyn are accused of disbling three of their adopted children by withholding food and water and physically assaulting them. In november a judge declared a mistrial after a prosecutor mentioned the death of one of their children. The couple was not charged in the death and the new trial is set to begin in mid april. Today the trial resumes for a fountainville man accused of trying to kill a Philadelphia Police officer. Eric torrez facing attempted murder charges in the 2013 shooting. This is the injured officer, edward davies. Police say the whole thing started as a traffic stop in kensington. They say torres tried to run from the officers and eventually shot davies in the stomach during a struggle. Prosecutors say torres intended to kill the officer. The defense claims the shooting was just an accident. Thieves set their sights on unlikely item in several cars airbags. Police say neighbors in northeast philadelphia woke up to find airbags had been ripped out of their cars. Nine vehicles were targeted and they were all hondas. Happening today, Philadelphia School Reform Commission will hold a meeting amid controversy over the organizations leadership. Governor tom wolf announced that he is naming margerie neff as the new chair better than person and removing green. Green argues the move is against the law. He says that he wont stand in the governors way for now but he does plan to go to court. Governor wolf cited mismanagement and poor decisions for replacing green. Last night green post add response to the schools facebook page. I do not question the capability of commissioner neff. Im concerned by the governors belief that he can influence this body. The School Reform commission is a governed body that has taken hard decisions and is built to stand apart from political influence. Governor wolfs office says he does have the authority to remove green as chair. The hearing will be held over the future of the pier shops in Atlantic City. Developer bart blackstein wants to redevelop the pier shops. The attorney for caesars say it owns where it sits. He says trespassing and no right to move forward with development plan. A Jersey Shore School apologized. In atlanta county during a basketball game last month they were taunting players from Atlantic City high school while wearing monkey and banana costumes. Holy Spirit High School read that statement that reads in part. Holy spirit offers our heartfelt apologies for offending anyone that evening. Holy Spirit High School does not tolerate any type of offensive or discriminatory behavior. Some are outraged on the west coast after a Police Involved shooting. The incident was caught on video. Well show you why its stirring so much controversy coming up. Isis declares war on twitter. Well tell you why the terrorist organization is threatening the leaders of the social network. Glenn. Well enjoy the thaw while you can. More snow and ice on the way. Its going to be a really busy weather week. Ill show you whats in store in the nbc 10 forecast. This morning a new photo released of the isis executioner jihadi john. Mohammed emwazi. This picture taken while he was working at a Computer Company in kuwait in 2010. One said he was polite and well mannered but not very sociable. They say emwazi is the masked man in the shocking execution videos. Hes now considered one of the most not or reduce killorious killers in the world. Isis threatened war on twitter. It threatened after it blocked accounts. Its used to recruit around the world new fighters. It said quote, our Security Team is investigating the veracity of these threats with relevant Law Enforcement officials. Today the u. S. Senate will decide if it will begin direct negotiations with the house in a fight to fund homeland security. President obama signed a oneweek extension that was passed by Congress Late friday night to keep the department running. One key issue standing in the way, president S Immigration reforms. Congress has until midnight on friday to come up with an agreement. Otherwise 30,000 workers will be furloughed and 200,000 will be working without a paycheck. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the u. S. His visit is the center of controversy among lawmakers. Netanyahu spoke at a pro israel event this morning. Tomorrow hes scheduled to address congress urging new sanctions against iran and denouncing efforts to negotiate a deal in Irans Nuclear program. Republicans invited the leader to speak, bypassing the white house which led to the controversy. Today netanyahu said hess speech to congress is not intended to show disrespect to president obama. Youre here to tell the world that reports of the demise of the israeliu. S. Relation is not only premature, they are just wrong. Tomorrows speech is also causing controversy because it breaks a u. S. Policy of not hosting foreign leaders who are about to face an election. We are seeing video this morning of a deadly Police Involved shooting in los angeles. The cell phone video here shows officers responding to a robbery call in the citys skid row neighborhood. When police confronted the man, there was a struggle. Investigators say the man reached for a gun and shots were fired. Its unclear how many officers used their weapons. The lapd said at least one of the officers involved was wearing a body camera at the time. That body camera video will be reviewed during their investigation. This shooting comes as the president meets today with members of his task force on 21st Century Policing to discuss the recommendations they made in the new4 kyklu draft report. President obama picked Philadelphia Police commissioner Charles Ramsey to lead that panel. Recommendations include increased use of body cameras, expanded efforts to connect officers with neighborhoods, and civilian oversight of police. A final report is expected next month in april. A unique event planned this weekend at the please touch me museum. It benefits an organization that helps people in times of need. Were talking about red cross red ball. Joining us renee cardwellhughes. Shes also ceo of red cross of the southeastern pa. We appreciate your coming in today. Thank you, vai. Tell us about this oneofakind gala. Well the red ball is extraordinary. Most of the time we think red ball, we think ball sitdown dinner stuffy no fun. The red ball is the exact opposite. Were at the please touch museum. There will be 30 restaurants, four different bands, a beer garden a cigar bar, tequila shot station. So what we do were all dressed up and beautiful and go from place to place to place to taste food and dance and have fun. Ive gone to please touch me museum in wednesday childs segment. Its a fun place to be. Lots of food. Lots of food. It will go on all evening. Theres something in every spot nook and cranny of the museum. We have the entire museum. On the first floor a vip lounge done up in Chinese New Year theme. Doing all the food. Private parking. Upstairs there are 29 more different restaurants. You go from everything to chocolate to seafood. Its all you can imagine and so much fun. How many people are you expecting . Were expecting about 1,000. Wow. But the museum is huge. So you wont feel crowded. Youre in every spot of it. You get to dance on the carousel. That is quite enticing. Now, your fundraising here of course. Tell us how the money is used. This really is the ultimate party with a purpose. All of the funds go to disaster relief. Specifically they support the red cross house. Theres only one in the nation. Its a transitional housing facility. So when families are displaced by disaster fire water main collapse Building Collapse they stay at the red cross house. We wrap services around them to putni them back on their feet so they can be stronger and better after the disaster. Of course we always appreciate when we see you as many families do. Theres a fire early in the morning when were anchoring our news and youre there to help out. Also understand my buddy keith jones is mcing your event this weekend. He did it last year. He did it last year. He was so much fun he had to come back. Im going to tell him to make sure he behaves himself. Last year he danced all night with me. He cant behave too much. Thank you very much judge hughes. We appreciate you coming in. Red ball saturday at the please touch museum. As i just mentioned nbc 10s keith jones will be the host. Go to nbc10. Com or our mobile app for more information. Announcer now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Well, we had a nasty day yesterday. The ice formed. It was still there this morning. Boy, weve got some more action coming this week. A very active week. Some of that comes starting tonight. The ice melts today, refreezes tonight. So you might want to get away get that stuff out of the way of your sidewalks and driveways while you get a chance this afternoon before it refreezes. Then weve got snow and ice coming on tuesday. Thats just the beginning of the next rounds of precipitation. The wind is really picking up now out of the northwest, 38 degrees, 18mileanhour wind gust of 29 miles an hour. At least were 10 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. Were above the freezing mark just about everywhere except for the poconos. That combined with the strong march suns doing a lot of melting out there right now. But as the temperatures drop into the teens in many parts of the area tonight, theres going to be that refreezing. The wind is coming out of the northwest. The colder air trying to come back in. Look at these wind gusts. Just in the last hour picking up. 25 to 35 miles an hour. Were going to see that during the afternoon. Just a couple of snow flurries generally in Mercer County in new jersey. But the next storm, thats out west. Another one out in the southwestern states the third one in a row thats come all across the country. Its going to be affecting us. This one is going to be a little different. Looks like its going to start as snow tomorrow afternoon. Theres 2 00. But very brief. So hardly any accumulation of snow. It would be nice to have a little of that because then we have the ice. Look at that pink area. Huge again. This time it will be more likely sleet than the freezing rain we saw yesterday. Sleet are those balls of ice that bounce when they hit the ground. Its not the kind that coats the trees like the freezing rain did yesterday. Then the warmer air is coming in changing that all to rain. Still more icing north and west. The warm air finally comes in. Everybody is going to go over to rain by wednesday morning. Then we get a rainy day all day wednesday as it gets milder. Then as the colder air comes in changes over to snow. Maybe significant snow. At least in parts of the area. Weve got significant ice in the forecast too. Future weather Computer North and west. Thats about a quarter of an inch of ice in redding thats being reading thats predicted. Not a significant amount. Not as much in the philadelphia area because its sleet instead of freezing rain. So for this afternoon, theres that wind clearing and windy, 15 to 25 gusts to 35 miles an hour. Temperatures up near 40 he then starts to come down later today. Very cold overnight tonight. Everything refreezes as the wind diminishes diminishes. Then the sevenday forecast. Tomorrow in the afternoon, snow to ice then to rain by tomorrow night. Then on wednesday its just all rain but mild 50 degrees. Then the cold air comes in on thursday. Snow many hours worth of snow possibly and a good bit of accumulation possible. A lot more on that coming up this afternoon as new data comes in. Bitter cold comes in behind that snow. At least we have a dry weekend for a change. All right. Thank you, glenn. A nurse who survived ebola is now taking legal action. Well tell you who shes suing and why. Plus see what shes suffering from now. Thats coming up. Could one workout on a treadmill predict how long you have to live . See what some researchers are developing straight ahead. A texas nurse who contracted ebola is suing the hospital where she got the disease. Nina pham says shes preparing to file a lawsuit against Texas Health Resources today. Shes ebolafree but says the disease left her suffering from body aches and insomnia. Pham contracted ebola caring for thomas duncan. He was the first person to be diagnosed with the disease in the u. S. Doctors say they are getting caught in the middle of the debate over delaying vaccines in children. According to a new survey parents have increasingly pressured doctors to postpone vaccines for their young children. Doctors say vaccine schedules are based on research which makes them the most effective. By delaying them it puts kids at risk for disease that could lead to outbreaks. Its important to know a majority of pediatricians are working with parents wishing to space out or delay their childrens vaccines. Researchers say they have developed a formula for the risk of dying based on the treadmill. Its the fit treadmill

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