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WCAU NBC 10 News Today At 600a October 9, 2014

Septa officials said that amtrak is having some problems there. You can expect delays on the Paoli Thorndale line. This is eastbound at trooper. Were starting to see volume building but no big slowdowns yet. Thats going change. 422 drive time between east and 702, about a 20minute drive. If youre heading out this morning no accidents or delays. Drive times really good 17 and 18 on the blue route between 76 and 95. Thank you, jillian. New from overnight, investigators are looking at what caused this deadly fire. Skyforce 10 was over the scene last night. It happened at an assisted living facility in Delaware County. We know one person is dead. At last one other is hurt. Dozens of others had to be evacuated. The blaze broke out at the Elwyn Institute. A fire started in the room of one of the units. It was contained just to that unit. More than three dozen residents were evacuated to another part of the facility. Nbc10s katy zachry is gathering new information. Were going to be checking in with her at 6 30. Now to the Ebola Outbreak. The u. S. Is marking its first death from the virus. And new measures are being taken to stop the virus in spreading. Day two of the Infectious Disease conference. Well be getting an update on the Ebola Outbreak. Some of the brightest minds or in on the conference. This saturday, the federal government will begin taking the temperatures of people who fly into the u. S. From west africa at five u. S. Airports, including new yorks jfw. Newark liberty, washington dulles, chicago ohare and atlanta hartsfield. The extra screenings will not be done, however, at Philadelphia International airport since few if any passengers from west africa arrive here. The second case of ebola just hours after the victim of ebola was remembered at a Memorial Service in dallas. Thomas eric duncan died in the hospital. A sheriffs deputy who visited the apartment where duncan was living is in the hospital himself. We have a section devote to the ebola crisis. More on how dr. Kent brantly is helping to work with nbc news with the freelancer being treated for ebola. And in yemen, at the 6 00 hour, 35 people are dead following a bombing at the nations capital. This happened in the last hour. Many victims are soldiers. Were still trying to find out more about the attack and well bring you that information as soon as it comes into our newsroom. No verdict yesterday. Today, a Montgomery County jury will continue to deliberate the fate of a man accused of killing a baby and her grandmother. The jury in the trial of yandamuri worked until 10 00 last night. Yandamuri is representing hills in the case if convicted in the death of the baby and her grandmother, yandamuri could face the death penalty. A Pennsylvania State lobbyist charged with Sexual Assault is scheduled for a preliminary hearing. Andrew marsico is accused of attacking attacking a woman in september. His lawyer says hes innocent in that. In Chester County, the treasurer of a volunteer fire company is charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own use. Prosecutors say howard smith iii embezzled donations in valley township. They told us he used the money to buy phillies season tickets, pool cleaning supplies and a vacation to hawaii. It was the vacation that was uncovered with a suspicious charge. He betrayed the tlaurust tha other men and women put in him. These are men and women who put their life on the line and risked their lives to protect the community. His mother calls the charges against her son totally false. And to support the partys candidate in the pennsylvania governors race, new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton are coming to town. The two potential candidates for president in 2016 will make stops miles apart. Nbc10s jesse gary is live in center city. Jesse, we know its bringing a lot of national attention. Reporter thats right, the party that controls the Governors Mansion and the legislature here also determines the number of delegates to the national convention. Right now, tom corbett, republican, controls the senate. And the democrats control the house. Now, if the democratic contender wolf wins next month, that could shift the balance of power and the number of delegates to the convention in 2016. Those delegates ultimately nominate the president ial candidate. They got it wrong in terms of who gets the nomination. Not a big number, but it all goes into an equation that calculates the number of delegates that go to the convention. Reporter secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be at a rally. And governor christie will be on the main line campaigning for governor corbett. And candidates for pennsylvania governor say stumping the third and final debate in pittsburgh, last night tom corbett and wolf took questions from a threemember panel and tweets from viewers. Among the issues, taxes, Public Education. Weve paid off 27,000 educators over the last few years. Class sizes have gone up. Property taxes have gone through the roof. We are not spending what we were spending before on Public Education in the classroom. When you say 27,000 teachers were laid off, 14,000 is in the private. When you look at state spending, taxpayers of pennsylvania were in the highest level. And corbett with now just 26 days before the november 4th election. Announcer now your nbc10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Got a chilly start this morning. Thats a live view from center city. Clear skies that we are experiencing overnight have led to a chill consider start this morning. But we will see bright sunshine all day long. And the temperatures will be climbing, as far as tomorrow and the weekend is concerned, we are tracking some rain, as we head closer to the weekend. Right now, 44 degrees in allentown. Northeast philadelphia, 52, and its 53 degrees in atlantic city. And a nice clear view from center city, is this a view from the Comcast Center this morning. Were waiting for sunrise, we are now less than an hour away from sunrise this morning. Look at the temperature change, eight degrees cooler compared to yesterday in philadelphia. Millville and pottstown are in the 40s. Off by 16 degrees this morning. So you need an extra layer to get started. Satellite says were clear right now. Plenty of sunshine today, but clouds start moving in overnight tonight and will bring us rain for later tomorrow. For today, no sign of any showers. Just temperatures in the 60s for the pocono mountains. Allentown, quakertown, reading all in the 60s today. 71 this afternoon for northeast philadelphia at the airport. While 70 degrees in mount holly. Just a little cooler for doylestown. Very close to the 70 degree mark for atlantic city, vineland and dover. Plenty of sunshine but a little breezy at times for wilmington, chester and philadelphia. Temperatures near 70 today but cooler weather along with Rainy Weather is on the way. It may impact your weekend plans and timing with the sevenday forecast when i come back. Its about 10 after 6 00 this thursday morning, that 6 00 hour when volume starts to build anyway. Yeah, usually some delays out there. Lets check in with jillian mele. Whats happening on the roads . Lets talk about mass transit for a second. We just got this information in the last few minutes, the septa thorndale line has a delay. From thorndale into philadelphia. Septa officials havent said what kind of delay were dealing with but we know the trains are going to be delayed from thorndale. Once again, thats only Inbound Service affected. Heading to 76, were starting to see volume at the conshohocken curve which is typical. Drive time not indicating any delays. 15 minutes between the blue route and the vine. Of course, thats going to change. Getting to a live look at the ben franklin bridge from camden. Quick traffic starting to increase as drivers make their way into philadelphia. We still have lane restrictions because of that track rehab project. He is called a fugitive. He is still on the run but police may have a break in the case. They say theyve uncovered new evidence in the search for the survivalist eric frein suspected of killing a Pennsylvania State trooper. Plus, a Montgomery County mother is locked up on charges that she gave heroin to her own child. And todays day 27 in the hunt for fugitive eric frein in the pocono. Even though the police dont have the suspect they have their hands on a treasure trove of evidence, police took computer drivers found in a house where police say frein stayed the days before the shooting. And they found a letter written by frein found in detail. And a sketch shows what frein might look like now after a month after the attack that dills Corporal Byron dixson and robert douglass. And these surveillance photos of the masked men that had a gun and held up the td bank in hatboro yesterday. Investigators believe hes behind the robbery at the same bank back in july. In Camden County police are on the hunt for a bank rob here wore muslim garb. He handed a note to a teller yesterday afternoon. Investigators believe hes behind two other camden robberies last month. Police say he wore a burk da in both of those incidents as well and took off on a bicycle. A Montgomery County mother is accused of injecting her own teenage daughter with heroin. Police arrested Patricia Davenport on tuesday. The prosecutors say the two would take davenports daughter, boy friend and her 8yearold son while alleging using drugs. A read the story about the allegations of a mother introducing her child to a drug, im really at a loss for words. I cant fathom these allegations. I cant fathom the facts charged. Prosecutors say this happened several times over the last months. Both women are charged with endangering the welfare of children and a number of other offense. And for thursday, another day of traffic . At least in the report, a delay on mass transit, jillian . Lets start off in Chester County. This is a live look at the route 30 bypass. You can see, were starting to see that volume out there that were used to seeing, not too bad but definitely increasing. Average speed outbound near girard. 28 Miles Per Hour. 33 is what were seeing at cottman avenue. This is a live look at 95, near cottman. You can see the brake lights right there so its definitely slowing down. 76, we have some volume building out there. We do have an inbound delay since the problems that amtrak is having in that area. We dont know how long the delay is, septa officials havent said but they are giving us warning that we are seeing delays Inbound Service between thorndale and Center City Philadelphia, so just keep that in mind. Heading into new jersey a live look at 295, where things are quiet at 70. No accidents on 295. No accidents to report on the majors in delaware. Now, yours in 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Were about 45 minutes away from sunrise this more than. Were starting to see a little bit of light. Look how nice and clear it is. This is a view from the Comcast Center in center city. Clear skies. The temperatures have dropped to 55 in philadelphia. The humidity is down. Its going to be a nice day. A clear view from cape may. Just a couple spots of clouds and this view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Low 40s in pottstown. Doylestown is 48 degrees. In the 50s on the i95 corridor. Parts of camden, cool, haddonfield at 49 degrees. 56 degrees in camden. Lower 50s in cherry hill and vorhees while glendora is 54 degrees. We will be clear today. The radar screen is going to stay dry today. Tomorrow, this is what were tracking, showers that were tracking are move into the midwest, will be here later tomorrow, and likely impact the weekend as well. Sunglasses do the trick today. Look at the temperatures into the upper 60s and low 70s. With winds not as strong as yesterday. Still getting breezy this afternoon, gusting to 20 miles an hour. Cooler tomorrow as aclouds move in. And a chance of shower its in afternoon, 64 degrees, the High Temperature after a morning low of 51 degrees. And it stays cooler this weekend. Showers continuing into saturday morning. And drying up, actually getting breaks of sunshine. Sunday, cool, cooler in the morning. A chance of showers again on monday but it will be warmer as we go into the new work week. 70s for monday, tuesday, and wednesday. This morning, we are talking about the future of philadelphias schools. What teachers and some lawmakers say must happen for the district to recover from the ongoing budget crisis. And you want to get an mba. But going back to school is hard. Because you work. Now Capella University offers a revolutionary new way to get your degree. Its called flexpath, and its the most direct path, leveraging what youve learned on the job and focusing on what you need to know. So you can get a degree at your pace and graduate at the speed of you. Flexpath from Capella University. Learn about all of our programs at capella. Edu. 6 22, 55 degrees out there. You see a live look at Center City Philadelphia with the Liberty Towers there, just to your right all lit up. Its going to be dry today but bill henley will be along with the forecast to tell us when you can expect that all to change. Now to news on the Philadelphia School budget crisis, we are expecting reaction later this morning from the Teachers Union on the School Reform commissions move to cancel its contract. State representative Curtis Thomas will hold a News Conference in Northern Liberty at 11 00 this morning. Hes expected to join philadelphia teachers in calling for quick completion of the state audit of the Philadelphia School district. Thomas has already called for the city to take back control of the Public Schools reform commission. In delaware today, the board of education will decide in a Charter School will stay open. Moyer Academic School in wi wilmington was placed under academic review. The school has replaced 90 of its teachers and has a new principal, moyer believes it can turn it around. And it shows voters arent as people arent as satisfied as in recent years. 68 of the people believe the state is an excellent place to live. 58 of the people polled say they feel safe in their neighborhood at night. The poll was conducted by monmouth university. Good morning at 6 24. Just got word of an accident out of Montgomery County. This is happening at horsham at the intersection of county line road and heath valley road. Watch for lane restriction theres. A pretty busy intersection at this time of the hour. Keep in mind, were still dealing with delays at the septa morning line. All because of track problems that amtrak is having this morning. Just keep that in mind. A live look outside at cape may. It looks like were starting to see a bit of that sunrise. Its cooler out there this morning, bill. Yes, it is definitely cooler at cape may. Cape may is the warm spot. Inland, most of the spots have dropped in the 40s and 50s. The temperatures are still falling right now. Weve got a good half hour plus to go. Right now, 55 in philadelphia, horsham is at 46 degrees. 41 right now in quakertown. And 40s in interior new jersey, vineland is 47 degrees while Cape May Harbor is 63 degrees. New from overnight, a deadly fire and apartment that housed people with disabilities. Nbc10s katy zachry is live in Delaware County. Reporter hi, in the last half hour, i talked to Pennsylvania State Police Investigating the deadly fire that happened here. Ill have new information from the person who died. Monique braxton is live in center city, monique. Reporter katy, in just a couple hours doctors who treated ebola patients will share Lessons Learned here at the Convention Center after the break. Revealed through the work of its scholars and graduates. It has inspired strength and purpose. An enduring symbol of passion and excellence that is not static, but moves among us. A feeling. A shared experience, a reminder that we are connected for life. We are penn state, making our mark on the world. Announcer this is nbc10 news. Just about 6 30 this thursday morning. One person is dead in a fire in an assisted living facility in Delaware County. Were live with the investigation and the effect on residents. And in the wake of the Ebola Outbreak that claimed a life here in the u. S. , Health Experts will be focusing on the deadly disease in a conference in philadelphia. And theres a chill in airporthe air. Theres a look at the skies. Good morning, welcome to nbc10 news. Im vai sikahema. And im rosemary connors. Its chilly out there, yeah. Lets check in with meteorologist

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