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WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 11a March 26, 2015

Germanwings spoke in the last hour. His performance was without any criticism. Nothing at all was striking. The crash killed all 150 people on board. Meanwhile, police were seen outside the house in germany that is believed to be lubitzs home. He had a single engine private pilots license. They issued that license in january of 2012. It had restrictions. He had to be proficient in english and had to be accompanied by his german pilots license. Monique braxton is live at Philadelphia International airport. Monique, nationally known aviation expert from our area is weighing in on the developments. Thats right, vai. We came here just outside the International Terminal because lufthansa operates a few flights out of here every day. As you mentioned, they do own germanwings. The aviation expert arthur wolf calls it very troublesome that anyone would intentionally crash an airliner kill himself, and the passengers on board. What concerns me most is on a short flight like this, what in the world is somebody leaving the cockpit for . When this is an airplane certified to be flown by two pilots. Now, wolf also told us hes concerned about the fact there is no bathroom inside the cockpit like a lot of american airlines. Now, the next half hour were working to bring you one of his comments about what he thinks should be done in the future as far as the presence of other people inside the cockpit at all times. Live for now outside the International Terminal Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Three americans who are among the crash victims, one graduated from Drexel University in 2013, emily sellke was a Music Industry major and Vice President of the gagmma sigma Sigma National service sorority. Her mother was with her and died in the plane crash. We spoke with one of emilys friends. She wanted the best for everybody. She made everybody feel important. Thats why everybody loved her was because she made you feel important and thats hard to find in people these days. Emily and yvonne selke are from virginia. Yvonne selke was a u. S. Contractor you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com as we continue to follow developments on this breaking news as the investigation intensifies into the deadly germanwings plane crash. You can get updates on air and on our nbc 10 news app. Pope francis is coming to washington. About an hour ago, the White House Press secretary announced that president obama and the first lady will meet with the pope in september. His visit to the white house coincides with the world meeting of families being held here of course in philadelphia. Taking place the week of september 22nd. Pope francis will be here september 26th and 27th. You can count on nbc 10 for new information on the papal visit and its impact on the region. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. Warm wet and windy weather. As the saying goes march winds, april showers, lead to may flowers. Something like that. Were tracking showers and thunderstorms moving into the area. Here is a live look at the center city philadelphia. You can see where the rain and the storm are right now as we take a live look at the radar. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist bill henley is here now with the forecast. Did i get that right or may flowers . Right on target. We have the wind helping to warm things up. But also coming with the wet weather. We have been tracking the showers for the last couple of hours and thunderstorms too. Thunderstorms have already rolled through delaware and this line of showers is just crossing millville, through Cumberland County and heading to the northeast quickly too. Northeasterly at 50 miles an hour. It looks like it is going to be moving into Atlantic County with some heavier rainfall. The rainfall rate more than an inch and a third per hour and some of the heavy showers to Gloucester County theyre also moving quickly to the northeast. So rain is starting to come down in philadelphia. 51 degrees right now at Philadelphia International. Thats a lot warmer than it has been lately. And we will go considerably warmer this afternoon. It is not going to be an all day rainfall. Well see some scattered showers, 60 degrees by 1 00 with breaks in the rain. 65 degrees at 4 00. And still in the 60s when were likely tracking some showers and thunderstorms that will be moving in from the northwest. And that is going to writebring our temperatures down into the 60s by 7 00 and falling overnight tonight. Extended future weather taking you through it hour by hour when i come back. Well see you then bill. A man convicted of killing a young man over a pair of headphones has been sentenced to life without parole. Last month the jury convicted arkel garcia of Second Degree murder charges in the death of christian massey. Garcia shot and killed 21yearold massey in november of 2013 and the overbrook section of philadelphia and police say garcia wanted to steal masseys beats by dre headphones. A judge handed down a sentence this morning. A philadelphia judge postponed sentencing for christina regusters. She was convicted of taking a 5yearold girl from an elementary school, bringing her to a home and raping her. Whenever she is sentenced, she could face life in prison. And new this morning, police in State College say some of the women pictured nude on a Penn State Fraternitys private Facebook Page have come forward. Authorities also say some of the members of Kappa Delta Rho are now cooperating with the criminal investigation. The frat was suspended for a year and ordered to reorganize by its national organization. Philadelphia police are investigating a Home Invasion in point breeze where a woman says the intruder choked her. Police are calling it a strong arm robbery and they say it happened around 4 00 this morning on south chadwick street. The Victim Told Police the attacker asked her for money and then grabbed her by the throat. Her husband said she is doing okay. Police say in the end, the intruder did not take anything from the home. Investigators are still trying to figure out how the attacker got inside that house. And police are looking for two men who drove away from a Home Invasion robbery in west philadelphia. This happened around 11 30 on north constoegia street. Investigators say the man robbed and pistol whipped the man inside his home. The victim was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. The intruders got away with a tv, playstation and some video games. Don tollefson was once the highest paid sportscaster in philadelphia. This morning hes getting ready to serve two to three years behind bars. He was convicted of scamming people by selling bogus sports packages and pocketing the money. Judge ordered him to pay back more than 160,000. Happening today, a hearing in philadelphia will take a closer look at governor tom wolfs moratorium on the executions in pennsylvania. Members of the House Judiciary Committee who oppose the ban are holding the hearing at city hall at 2 00. Theyll listen to testimony from the families of murder victims. The state Supreme Court is deciding if the moratorium is legal. Also happening today, family, friends and fans will come together to remember eagles legend chuck bed narknarik. There is a private mass for family and friends tomorrow. The hall of famer known as concrete charlie died over the weekend at the age of 89. He played offense and defense for the eagles from 1949 to 1962. And now to the race for mayor in philadelphia. A judge ruled yesterday that former state senator milton street can stay on the primary ballot. There were questions about his eligibility to run because of claims that he hasnt lived in philadelphia for three years as rehred by law. Street is one of six candidates vying for the democratic nom nation. The others are lynne abraham, nelson diaz, doug oliver, jim kinney and anthony williams. Jim rosenfield will moderate the first debate ahead of the may 19th primary. At the Kimmel Center on tuesday, april 7th. Watch it here on nbc 10 of course. If you have a question for the candidates, let us know. You can submit them right now at nbc10. Com or through the nbc 10 app. Camden city schools announced a shakeup in leadership at five of the lowest performing schools and up with of the Oldest School buildings is shutting down. The Whittier School building is more than 100 years ole. And will close for good. Educational nonprofits best known for operating charter schools, will take over leadership at those five schools. Education Officials Say only one out of every five students in the Camden City School district performs at grade level. We dont give them the opportunity that they are due, then were failing as leaders. Through this partnership, were build ing building real signs of progress. You may remember last month in philadelphia there was plenty of public outcry when they considered granting charters to some of the same groups now expanding in camden. The schools to be transformed in camden will not become charters. The district calls them renaissance schools, still neighborhood schools run by the School District. And we continue to toll breaking news breaking developments concerning the crash of the germanwings plane in the french alps. Were learning more about the copilot alone at the controls who intentionally sent that plane into the doomed descent. Plus assessing the damage from deadly tornados that swept through parts of oklahoma. Storm system that caused those tornadoes is heading our way with a chapsnce of thunderstorms for later today. Already tracking storms and much warmer temperatures. The hour by hour forecast when we come back. Jesse jackson jr. Is now on his way to a Halfway House in washington, d. C. After being released from an alabama prison this morning. Jackson was picked up by his wife, children and parents. The reverend Jesse Jackson and his wife. Jesse jackson jr. Began serving a 2 1 2 year sentence at the prison in 2013. He pled guilty to illegally spending 750,000 in Campaign Funds on items like furs and vacations. Hell serve the remainder of his sentence at the Halfway House. And prosecutors could rest their case against Boston Marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. Yesterday, fbi agents testified they found bomb components in his familys apartment similar to those used in two bombs that exploded near the marathon finish line in 2013. Tsarnaevs lawyers admitted he and his older brother tamerlan detonated the bombs but say tamerlan was the mastermind of the attack. We could find out tomorrow whether italys top court will uphold a guilty verdict against amanda knox or send the trial back to another appeal. Yesterday, the panel of judges delayed their decision by two days. Knox and her former boyfriend were convicted and later acquitted of murdering knoxs roommate. Last year an Italian Appeals Court upheld the original guilty verdict. A line of tornadoes spewing storms moved through oklahoma last night killing one person and injuring several others. This morning work crews are out trying to restore power to homes and families are seeing the damage done to their property. Gabe gutierrez has an update. Reporter it has been a quiet tornado season here in Tornado Alley until last night. This is the doughnut shop or it used to be a doughnut shop here. It is the hardest hit area of oklahoma. At least one person was killed in a Mobile Home Park not far from here. Three people were injured in that Mobile Home Park. One of them critically. Several dozen homes were destroyed near here just west of tulsa. So it is also a gymnasium where there are 60 to 70 people trapped inside. Firefighters rushed in and were able to take out rescue the young girls and amazingly no one was injured. Today, governor mary fallin is touring parts of the state and is assessing the damage. Tens of thousands of people were left without power here in Tornado Alley. Tornado season had gotten off to a quiet start until last night. Gabe gutierrez, nbc 10 news sand springs, oklahoma. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Foggy start is what we had this morning and now fog is still in the area. Eased off a bit, were tracking some showers and thunderstorms rolling into the area. A threat that will be with us not only during the day, but especially this evening. A oneday warmup today into the 60s this afternoon. We get a break in the rain and the clouds thin out a little bit. We could be closer to 70 degrees, but it is a oneday warmup. It will turn winterlike as we head into the weekend. Already warmer for the year. We look at the pocono mountains at 45 degrees. Trenton is 48. And just last couple of minutes, dover has warmed into the low 60s and thats where philadelphia is going. Right now it is clouds over the city and rain too. You see the wind has died down for now. But there is a southerly wind blowing and thats not only helping to wind the tarmemperatures up. Riding in on the wind is the wet weather that were seeing stroll through the area through philadelphia. Thats mainly light rainfall but heavier showers in south jersey moving into Atlantic County right now. We have seen some wet weather in cape may. The showers and potential for some thunderstorms, in fact thats Lightning Strike that just popped up now in upper Cumberland County in new jersey. Showers to start with. Will be coming our way later today. There is more wet weather to the south. And also there you can see the showers and thunderstorms moving through norfolk right now and into eastern carolina. Thats going to be here this afternoon. And then this evening, it is this line of showers that will give us the possibility of thunderstorms for this evening. Noon time 57 degrees in philadelphia. Clouds will thin out. Theyll break, 3 00 this afternoon. 64, still some showers in delaware and south jersey and were watching this area to the north and west that will be moving in during the evening hours after some areas could reach to near the 70 degree mark. Showers roll through during the evening and that drops our temperatures by tomorrow morning. It feels pretty chilly once again. For today, warm breezy winds gusting to 20 miles an hour and High Temperatures in the middle 60s to near 70 degrees. Dont get used to that however. Here is a sneak peek at the weekend. Saturday morning, 4 00 32 degrees in doylestown. Philadelphia 34. Cold enough for snow. And that is a possibility saturday morning. There is a chance of some light snow. Not a big storm here. And with temperatures above freezing not expecting to see accumulation. A dusting at most on colder surfaces. And by afternoon time changes over to rain, a light rainfall and 40 degrees. Chance of that on saturday. Mostly cloudy skies, 40 the High Temperature, but a big improvement sunday up to 50 degrees with bright sunshine. And then things turn a bit warmer too. Sevenday forecast coming up in the next half hour. Thank you, bill. Scaring you into quitting. Smoke caused my lung cancer. Thats the hope of a new ad campaign. Smokers show the effects of what they say is the harsh reality of years of smoking. And this picture says it all. More exciting news about leah still and her brave battle with cancer. This is nbc 10 news. The centers for Disease Control is set to launch a new set of ads next week aimed at getting people to stop smoking or never start in the first place. Erika edwards has a preview and a warning, the images that youre about to see are graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers. Smoking caused my lung cancer. Reporter by now, most people have seen or heard of the graphic antismoking ads from the centers for Disease Control. So i was legally blind. Reporter what many may not have heard is an explanation of the damaging effects of cigarette smoking put quite like this. Before they put that needle in your eyeball, look as far away as possible. Reporter that cringeworthy tip is from marlene, one of the long time smokers featured in the cdcs new tips from former smokers campaign. Shes describing her treatment for macular degeneration. Smoking doubles the risk for the condition, a fact she wishes she would have known when she picked up her first cigarette at age 18. It was devastating to me when i found out that i could lose my central vision. Whoever thought that smoking could do Something Like this . Reporter other ads show men and women with Colorectal Cancer who must use ostemy bags to collect their waste. The testimonials are gruesome and honest because thats the way to reach smokers. We cant be too cautious because the smokers absolutely said we want to know what it will be like if we get this because that will help motivate us to quit. Reporter according to the cdc, it is working. Other tips campaigns prompted more than 100,000 smokers to quit for good. Erika edwards, nbc 10 news. Good news this morning about a little girl waging a big battle. Last week we reported the scans show leah still is cancer free and we just learned that the biopsies confirm it and she is officially in remission. Her father devon still, tweeted this picture late last night and shows him with leah giving a peace sign and puckering up of course. He

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