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WCAU NBC10 News At 4pm March 22, 2017

News center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. Our coverage continues in ten minutes with the impact of the attacks here in philadelphia. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal is talking to tourists and a tourism experts live report is coming up in ten minute. In the meantime, 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with 7monthold twins found dead in an apartment. They heard the mother scream for help right before police arrived. Cydney long has been working this story all day. She is joining us live from the scene there. You listened to the 911 calls from this incident, what do they tell you . Reporter jim and jackie, i listened to the entire call. It goes on for six minutes. And in it, we hear the mother, we hear her voice as shes explaining to police as they arrived inside department 5105 that her twin daughters went to sleep at 6 00. But by 8 00, they werent breathing and she tried to apply cpr before she dialed 911. Reporter investigators began to take evidence inside the familys apartment. They are working into how two 7monthold twins passed away. A witness told us that a woman she met at the laundromat ran out screaming. She was screaming. And they put her in the back of the cop car and i saw them bring out bags, body bags and stuff. Reporter alice lives two doors away and says the mother, grandmother and several children live here. I was thinking, okay, if it was a baby, then i can understand it, but two of them . Thats horrible. Reporter intewe asked if th deaths were accidental or considered foul play. So far, few hours. The neighbor said she saw the mother on monday. She had the kids with her and she brought them out to the car. And i talked to her and she said, im just going to go pick up my son now. Reporter and also in the 911 call, the mother references that the son who is about 6 or 7 years old was also home here this morning. Hes the one who answered the door for police. Neighbors, meantime, have been able to come and go this afternoon. This apartment is no longer being held by police as any type of crime scene, though the mother and grandmother have not returned here. We are live in lindenwal, cydney long, nbc 10 news. And philadelphias District Attorney out on bond this afternoon after he was arraigned on corruption charges this afternoon. Seth williams right there didnt have much to say to our camera as he walked into court today. He posted 50,000 bond, surrendered his passport and agreed to have no contact with the victims in this case. Nbc 10 Investigative Reporter mitch blocker was in court for williams hearing. You were right there, did the d. A. Have any reaction sitting on the opposite side of the courtroom . Reporter he has not had a whole lot to say about the 23count indictment he now faces, even over the past few months as nbc 10 investigators have been asking him questions about the gifts he took and whether or not it affected his office. He has had little to say until about two hours ago when he told the judge that hes innocent. Walking into court, philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams greeted the cameras more than an hour before court started. He was here early to get fingerprinted and officially turn himself in. Inside it was the first time in his career he found himself on the defendant side of the courtroom. He sat in federal court as the charges were read, 23 counts alleging he took cash, a car and vacations in exchange for favors only he as a District Attorney can provide. We are looking forward to the trial to present our case. Reporter prosecutors are confident in their case. The indictment cites financial records and Text Messages between williams and those who gave him gifts. Prosecutors say they prove his office was for sale. Outside after court only williams lawyer took questions. Simply because the government makes explosive allegations in a complaint doesnt mean they are going to prove it in a court of law. Reporter williams will walk out a sitting d. A. For more than a month he met calls for resignation with defiance. Williams staff said he was not in the office today. Hes still on the public payroll even as he fights for his own freedom. Now staying in office while fighting an indictment is not unprecedented. We saw just a few months ago in pennsylvania as former state attorney general kathleen cane stayed in office until eventually being convicted. Mitchell blacher, nbc 10 news. And Lynne Abraham talked about the case and what she had to say is coming up still ahead. You can also read more about the indictments against the d. A. Seth williams on our website. You can see the wind whipping things around. Heres a live look at the flags blowing in the wind on the top of the aramark building. The bitter cold blast is a shock to the system aside from yesterday. The wind, you can hear it before you step outside to feel it. Firstalert meteorologist tammie souza is here with more. Its a puffy coat and poofy hair look today. The winds are out of the north. Its a very cold canadian air mass. Look at the wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour in wilmington. Atlantic city in 36. We still have gusty winds, but they are going to die off as the evening progresses. This is what happened from yesterdays 59. Todays high was 53, but that was shortly after midnight. We spent much of the day right around 40 degrees. We are 18 degrees cooler at this hour today than we were yesterday. So youre really feeling it out there. Here are the temperatures this hour, 40 in philadelphia, allentown at 35. 42 in atlantic city. It looks like were going to dump off under clear skies to a chilly night tonight. Take a look at the temperature trend as we watch the camera bounce across looking at philadelphia. Look at the temperatures, youll wake up at about 24 degrees in philadelphia. 22 in reading. Wilmington, youll wake to 24. Stone harbor, 25. Only going to make it to the low to mid40s tomorrow. But im talking 70s, and that is not anybodys age. Thats going to be coming up with my full forecast in just a few minutes. Guys . Better the temperature than the age, but nothing wrong with the 70s. Breaking news from the white house in the past few minutes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee briefed the president on intelligence that was collected on the Trump Campaign, possibly including mr. Trump himself. The chairman says it does not appear anything was collected illegally and has nothing to do with president obama. He was asked if he thought the president s team was spied on. Well, yeah, i guess it all depends on one definition of spying. I mean, clearly it bothers me enough. Im not comfortable with it. And i want to make sure that the white house understands it and that is why i briefed the speaker this morning on this. The president said he felt somewhat vindicated after hearing this latest report. Meanwhile, it is crunch time for the Republican Health care plan. President trump is working to shore up reports to replace obamacare. Ahead of tomorrows house vote, today the president met with women and Health Care Professionals at the white house. We are going to help get this thing done and get it figured out. Its a tough situation our country has been put in. Its not easy. Right now more than two dozen republicans are opposed or leaning against the plan. Thats enough to sink it without changes. And today former Vice President joe biden heavily criticized the way the Trump Administration handle itself during the first 60 days of his presidency. I hope that the president decides that the campaign has to end and he has to start to govern. And understand that the president s words matter. Mr. Biden made those comments on the steps of the capitol where he joined democrats for a rally marking the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care act. He said it gave millions a peace of mind. And the Associated Press report alleges former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort worked with the russian billionaire years ago to advance the president vladimir putin. And neil gorsuch faced another long day of questions from the Senate Judiciary committee. He pledged devotion in the laws passed by congress no matter his personal feeling. He also countered criticism that he favors government and corporation. Gorsuch said he worries about the ordinary american. And officials in the jersey shore town approved a permit for a rally in support of president trump. The mayor of Seaside Heights originally denied the request for the protrump rally on the boardwalk because of concerns with clashes in opposing groups. He scheduled the rally for saturday at 1 00. And now an update from breaking news overseas. Four people are dead following a terror incident in london. The dead include an attacker and the Police Officer. There were two incidents today near parliament. It all started when a driver mowed down several pedestrians on the westminster bridge. That attacker then drove off and crashed into a fence on the parliament grounds. He stabbed a Police Officer before officers shot and killed him. Now the attacks have put people here at home on alert. And our Team Coverage continues with nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal live along independence mall. Any noticeable uptick in security where you are . Reporter no noticeable increase in security here at the landmarks in old city, but tourists do tell me they are monitoring developments out of london. As you mentioned, there was another vehicle attack and its becoming clear that not every tourist landmark has these vehicular barricades that are strong and made out of metal to prevent pedestrians getting hit by road cars. Yet another case of lowtech terror hits europe, this time in the heart of london. News of the casualties spreading to brits around the world. Yeah, i was just having some breakfast and checked my twitter feed. Reporter robert was at the liberty bell in philadelphia. Hes originally from south london and says it is clear these attackers targeted popular tourist hot spots in his hometown like the westminster bridge. Theres nothing sophisticated about it. Anyone can drive and pick up a speed and drive off the road into a crowd of people if thats what they want to do. Reporter europe has faced many of these simple attacks, including the truck attack in nice, france, a terrorist plowing into crowds killing dozens. A aft tha after that attack, the police said this could happen again. Innocent people are getting hurt. Reporter and now tourists in large cities are on edge around the world. But simple attacks can be prevented by simple barricades like these ones outside independence hall. I think about it a lot. You just want to be safe and make sure everybody is with you, your kids are safe, and i think i think if youre watchful and paying attention to things going on around you, and just hope youre not in the wrong place at the wrong time. Reporter i was in touch earlier with an official from the british consulate here in philadelphia. They tell me they continue to monitor the situation in london. But right now they do not have any updates on whether anybody locally may have been affected in that attack. Live in old city, Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. More testimony today in the trial of the penn state president graham spaniard charged for failing to report a complaint about abuse from former coach Jerry Sandusky. Jim curley and Vice President gary schultz testified today. Both face charges before pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Spaniard is charged for not reporting a complaint that Jerry Sandusky had abused a boy in a team shower to Child Welfare authorities back in 2001. Prosecutors say the lack of action put children at risk. And new details now about a deadly shooting in south jersey. Police say the victim was a 24yearold man. Officers found him shot to death last night inside a car on kingsley road near bush street. So far there are no arrests. A local Tea Party Group is petitioning the Lehigh County commissioners to remove the sanctuary status in the county. The Immigration Committee of Lehigh Valley will present a letter at the county commissioners meeting tonight to say the sanctuary status helps Illegal Immigrants in the region even if they commit a crime. We spoke to both members on both sides of the issue before tonights meeting. We would like for the board to rescind the resolution they passed and agree they will co comply with a detainer request by i. C. E. We were built on the strength of immigrants. We were built of the basis that was written on the statue of liberty. Tonights meeting is at 7 30 at the Lehigh Center in allentown. Help is on the way for lbgtq young adults for a project home. Project home estimates that 40 of the young homeless identify as lbgtq. Work has been postponed to renovate the busy delaware memorial bridge. Crews were scheduled to pour a new concrete deck on the bridge running along i295 at the route 13 interchange. Now that work has been pushed back to next wednesday. So for now you can expect delays and lane closures to continue. Speaking of closures, happen right now, a major road shut down in center city for the ellen show. It is going to impact traffic for the afternoon commute. Taking a live look down broad street from the Kimmel Center campus camera, this is the area were talking about, walnut street. It is closed near broad and 17th street for that taping today. Thats where nbc 10 ease aundrea clinethomas is. Ellen is revealing details about the new event one tweet at a time. Reporter people are holding on to their phones for more clues. So many people came out here without really knowing a lot about what was going on. That does not matter. You see a lot of them are in costumes because one of the tweets told people to show up as their favorite duo. So we have seen people dress up in costumes like mario and liugi and the kardashian sisters. They are all trying to get a better shot of getting on the show. But as i said, a lot of them dont know details about what is happening. And that is really just adding to the excitement out here. We are on walnut street between 16th and 17th. Thats where the bulk of the action is going on. We know that philly will make a cameo. We know that some folks are going to get on the show. We just dont know how. Jeanie is here and will be picking out people with the best costumes. That is coming up shortly. Ellen is not here. That doesnt matter. We know ellen is great at surprises. So well stay here and tell you what is in store. Well be back at 5 00 and 6 00. For now, reporting live on walnut street, aundrea clinethomas, nbc 10 news. It is always fun and ellen. We are a duo, we are an anchor du duo. We should have come out. Have fun out there, aundrea. Well check back with you. See you soon. You can watch the season taped in philly during tomorrows ellen airing at 3 00 p. M. Followed by the duo here at 4 00. You know how the duo becomes a trio . Just add a little tammie to the mix. Tammie makes everything better. We could be the three musketeers. They could add a lot of layers so we wouldnt be freezing out there. Guys, it is chill lip oy out th. You can notice the camera bouncing. We have 30mileperhourplus winds out there. It is making for a nasty windchill that feels like the teens and 20s today. As we look at the radar, nothing going on. All the beams are sweeping, we have a little bit of clutter down here in south jersey, but that is nothing to worry about. It will be a couple days from now to see the first chance of showers. Widen the view and we have nothing going on across the great lakes. Why is that . We have High Pressure here. You notice over here we have a system that keeps bumping into the High Pressure. You cant go anywhere. Its blocked. Thats why we have two nice days. Tomorrow will be number three and then we see things descend southward. So our winds today are out of the northwest. They are coming around this area of High Pressure as the High Pressure slides to the east, well start to see our winds shift a bit. This allows the clouds to move in. This is on thursday night. And here comes the storm system that ridges over the top of that High Pressure. You notice the winds will turn to the south prior to that. Now, that is on friday. So well get back into the 50s on our friday. 70s on saturday. We get clouds in here, winds out of the southwest. Heres a little bit of rain trying to come through. The models are taking the rain back out. We thought we would have a bit of a mix early friday morning until about midmorning. Stay tuned. That could change depending on the track of this, but at this point it looks like a few clouds clearing out in the afternoon. Just some fairly decent conditions out there. So this is what were pretty much going to be looking at. As we head into saturday, a few clouds thickening. And then the rain moves in saturday night, sunday, monday and tuesday. So enjoy your saturday. Lets take a look at what is going to be going on. Overnight tonight, were going to see temperatures in your neighborhood that are going to be quite chilly. Were going to be dipping down, in some places, into the teens. The pennsylvania suburbs, 19. Philly will be at 22. 21 in south jersey. The jersey shore, 23. And 22 in delaware. That sprinkle in the jersey shore is probably not going to happen. Things are pretty dry out there, but well keep an eye on it. For tomorrow, were looking at 56 in philly. Were looking at the suburbs at 50. Lehigh valley in the 40s. So were going to see temperatures then that will start to warm up. And here is a look at your tenday. Were pretty much going to be dealing with a b

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