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WCAU NBC10 News At 5pm September 16, 2015

Put families up in public housing. So theyre working on that now trying to figure out where to put people. People appreciate all of the support. These are donations. They have a pantry here working at this corner here in kensington. A lot of people got the message but none want the message about homelessness and the discussion to end here. Live in kensington, tim furlong, nbc 10. Weve been waiting for months and months. Now the number of days until the popes visit is down to just ten. Officials are urging people to get ready and get excited. Today city leaders laid out details reminding residents trash collection friday 25th and monday the 28th is canceled city wide. However, all city rec centers, parks outside the festival ground will be open during normal hours. Law enforcement is preparing for 12hour shifts beginning midnight on the 25th and additional medical units on duty. If you drive near the parkway you noticed a lot of changes over the last few days. We spotted these crews setting up the big stage for the papal event. A birdseye view looking over the parkway. Officials expect this area here to fill with hundreds of thousands of people during popes mass on sunday. Could be 1. 5 million, 2 million. We have an idea what that will look like. Nbc 10 partnered with virtual real center to bill a 3d model and crowds as well. The new view exposes big security challenges. Cydney long went to the lab with our security expert who has more on what it will take to protect all of those people. Now that we have this birdseye view, a huge area, jam packed. Specific security challenges youre up against. A number of security challenges with this event because you have a number of moving parts. You have a number of moving agencies. Inner operable of communication is key. Thats a downfall with a number of different efforts to protect anyone. You have to take into account this three rings of security in executive protection. One is next to the pope. The second being 500 yards from the pope. The third the Security Check point and the countersniper folks and those undercover in plainclothes protecting and augmenting this mission. One of the things that the snipers will be looking for, well get into that cover and conce concealment. A lot of Tall Buildings and trees. Is that an issue with line of sight to the pope. The problem with Tall Buildings and trees from this vantage level, a thousand yards away from the stage where the pope is, is Tall Buildings and trees pose an issue. You always want to have a line of sight to your principal. You always want Access Points and egress points covered. You never know if someone will come into this area that may challenge secret service. What did they set up the Security Checkpoints. Encounter themagnatomter. Reporter a virtual homework assignment to include best statistical data that the reality team worked on with nbc 10 for a month to best prepare you for next weekend papal mass and parade. Trained last year, secret service, Philadelphia Police department. Theyve exercises this. They planned for this. This should run fluidly. That was cydney long reporting. Tonight at 6 00, see what this will look like from the popes view and well take a closer look at locations of jumbotrons that will have subtitles for the popes mass in spanish. A big boost to cell service will hopefully keep you connected while pope francis is in town. A group of cell phone carriers spent tens of millions to install special antennas on the parkway light poles. Provide high speed data and phone service. Remember to use nbc10. Com and the nbc app for any information about the popes visit. Look for preparing for the pope. Right knnow at 5 00, onpathetic and ridiculous. Tom wolf described the budget battle in harrisburg. The Pennsylvania Senate was back in session. Republicans say the governors rejecting their monthold offer to meet a key demand of his boost to Public School aid. They want wolf to lend support to a measure to end traditional benefits in the states major public pension system. Within the past hour, the governor shared his growing frustration over the stalemate. We have wasted three months, theyve made it beyond clear through inaction that they take the interest of special interests above the interests of School Children and schools in pennsylvanias future. That is unacceptable to me. House action on the budget expected next week. Philadelphia police are looking for the suspect who pistol whipped a woman during an apparent attempted sexual assault. Outside an elementary school. The victim tells police the attack happened as he was Walking Around 6 00 this morning outside John Marshall elementary in the frankford neighborhood. School officials called parents ahead of time to inform them of this crime but some parents never got that call. Police were still on scene as students started to arrive. Walking by themselves, first thing they looking at cops, cameras, whats going on, nobodys telling them nothing. Little kids might be scared trying to figure out whats going on. The crime happened under one of the surveillance cameras. Theyre working to create a sketch. A new jersey teenager cannot use medical mare juijuana to tr her seizures. Jennys mother cannot come to the school to give her daughter home made cannabis oil every day. The judge cited federal and state drug laws. The family plans to cope appealing this decision and eventually take their case to the federal court to fight not just for their daughter but for all children like her. Radnor High School Seniors are in him bow. Teachers refused to write college recommendation letters until early october part of an ongoing contract dispute between the teachers and district. The board confirmed theyll negotiate with the Teachers Union for the first time in weeks. A School Official says Guidance Counselors are writing and sending in college reps. A lawsuit over the death of a woman who drowned after taking the Polar Bear Plunge made its way to court. She fell off a pier. She was seen celebrating with friends jury selection started. The lawsuit contends she was alive when police found her but, according to her family, paramedics mistakenly thought she was dead and didnt properly try to revive her. Plflag throughout now count delaware are at halfstaff to honor a fallen officer. Stabbed to death while responding to a car breakin in 230 20 11. His killer is serving a life sentence. He had served 18 years on the county force. He was 44 years old. A new name in the race to become delawares next governor. Congressman john carney announced his intention to run today. Carneys delawares lone member of the u. S. House of representatives. He planned to support beau bidens bid for governor but after his death in may carny decided to ask the people of delaware to give him a chance. Senator and laugherty are running but its not sure if hell meet a clalger. He lofrts the primary to governor jack markell serving his second and final term. After the investigators put a spotlight on philadelphias dangerous Vacant Properties, officials took notice. Now calling for one leader to lose his job. Jon stewart gets serious. His emotional plea to help First Responders to 9 11. Why he calls congress behavior embarrassing. Warm and dry to end out the week but challenges for the weekend. A cooler falllike forecast. This is nbc 10 news. Comedian jon stewart demanding First Responders be compensated for working at ground zero. Demanding that Congress Renew the health and compensation ability. Stewart who helped get the act passed in the first place says its embarrassing lawmakers havent renewed funding. Everything that they say about this country, about how much they love it, about how much they believe in it, is thats all symbolism as far as im concerned if they cant take care of people that took care of us. I was diagnosed in november with a brain cancer inoperable and it was immediately linked to the World Trade Center as well as my father had a couple of bouts with cancer also a fireman on 9 11. The federal government needs to pay for. One part of the act expires at end of the month. Firefighters in california trying to get a handle only while fires. No end in sight. Firefighters taking advantage of the cool weather and rain today to get more control of the valley fire. 30 contained more than 100 square miles. Its one of a dozen fires burning in california. 1,000 homes and buildings destroyed in the two worst fires in the state. Right now, a child is missing and at least 18 people are confirmed dead in the intense flash flooding that swept through southern utah monday. Leeanne gregg joins us live from colorado city, arizona. How are conditions where you are right now . Reporter well, its supposed to reason this afternoon, as it has for the last three days. Finding those missing people continues to be a priority. One adult and one child still missing in one of the worst disasters this communitys ever faced. For the third day the search continues for 6yearold boy lost after two vehicles swept away by floodwaters, killing three women and nine children. A frightening scene caught on video. Oh, no. Reporter one of three survivors fled to get help but it was too late. Its just a horrific event that was totally out of our control. Reporter city and state officials coming to grips with reality of the loss and devastation. This is as much tafatality a flooding in the state. Reporter missing, one of seven hikers when flash flood struck. The bodies were recovered tuesday. About 25 members of the Utah National guard are helping with the efforts, along with law enforcement, Emergency Rescue teams and hundreds of volunteers. One talked about unique challenges of searching for victims. Muddy, slippery, some of the areas folks are walking into, sinking up to their knees and getting covered in mud. Reporter searchers are not giving up hope, missing are feared dead. To be successful if helping bring closure to families something that we definite like to do. Its a big, important thing for us. Reporter officials urge residents to be mindful of flooding threats. Once begin, rain is in the forecast. And in a Late Development word that two of hikers, bodies have been recovered, one remains missing as well as the child. A strong focus on the seven mile stretch of creek bed hoping for some result. The community continues to unite in grief. We heard about those tough conditions for those searching for a child among the missing. How long do you expect crews will continue to search. Reporter they havent said they have any sign of letting up. They want to continue and have some results but its been extremely difficult, the weather has caused problems as well as issue of the massive area that they have to search. For example, some of these debris piles that have been left from the flooding, hundreds of them, each have to be gone through separately, takes a lot of man power, patience. They have had hundreds of volunteers with paid personnel, search and rescue teams professionally but time consuming again. No signs of letting up. Leeanne gregg, thank you. Head of the United Nations called it shocking. Hungarian riot police pummel migrants with tear gas and water cannons. Theyre now stranded in serbia after hungary closed the last hole in the border between the two nations, cutting off a popular route between germany and sweden. A group of migrants demonstrated demanded to be let through before police started using tear gas. At home as the death row debate heats up an inmate learns his execution will not happen today. Earning a reprieve hours before his execution. New evidence to show he is innocent. Convicted in 1997 of murdering a hotel owner. Supporters believe he was not involved in the crime. The reprieve was the news Death Penalty poeopponents were hoping to hear. The group held a prayer vigil inside the church. They prayed for the pontiff to speak out against the Death Penalty when hes in town. Also asking pope francis to show support for governor tom wolfs suspension of executions in the state. Earlier this year, Governor Wolf issued a moratorium on the Death Penalty in pennsylvania until reviewed more thoroughly. That moratorium is being appealed and were waiting for the state Supreme Court to rule. Opponents of the Death Penalty fought to abolish in delaware. Supporters voted down a bill earlier this year. New jersey abolished the death nenl 2007. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. Well, a perfect day again to get school work finished outside. Nbc 10 on the campus today where students seemed to be enjoying the weather. Take advantage of weather like this, low humidity, comfortable in the morning and afternoon. We have been warmer but we can still talk about the Comfort Level with humidity being so much lower. Warm and dry, stay this way to end out the week and going into the weekend. Talking about eagles opener sunday and changes in that Weather Forecast for sunday. Talking about fall air returning. It is going to get cooler second half of weekend leading into next week. Ill show you the forecast in a second. Clear skies, lots of sunshine. Warming up into the mid80s. Warmer than yesterday which was warmer than the day before. Were going to keep the warm air in the forecast for the next several days until we get cooler air. Mid80s through lehigh. 87 allen town. 87 in philadelphia but back down to 85. 84 wilmington, millville 82. 86 glassboro. If youre along the shore points or delaware beaches on shore wind is giving you temperatures in upper 70s. Sea isle city. Water temperatures in the low 70s. Dell ware at 80. Atlantic city marina 77. Thats the area we are seeing cooler air but all under the same air mass. The same weather patterns in place for the northeast back off to the west. Big area of high pressure. This is giving us sunshine. Its what kept us with pleasant conditions over the past several days. The highs going to block it. None will move up. Florida seeing opposite weather of what were seeing. Well keep the pattern going. Through the next few days, big high meanders around the northeast, keeps us dry. Slides offshore friday. Thats going to bring winds in from the south. As we go into saturday with south wind note this humidity going up. We should stay mostly dry through the weekend. Cold front moves through but rain chances very small to where we dont expect anything but cloud cover across the area. Once the cold front passes it will get cooler and breezy in time for the eagles game but expect to stay dry. Eagles forecast sunday against the cowboys, nice but breezy. Winds pick up, tailgating temperature around 73. Notice more clouds. Kickoff, mid70s, temperatures around 70. Tonight we stay comfortable. 63 for the low in philadelphia. 54 areas north and west. Tomorrow, nice day, mid80s, sunny, warm, low humidity, light wind. Looks perfect as we end out the week. Friday, the same thing. Then we go into your weekend mid80s, supper 70s sunday. Into next week starting in the mid70 and rain comes back middle of the week. Police have a message for parents. Use your car seat correctly. Why they say many families are doing all wrong. A local shelter gets ready to chew the ribbon on a new facility. How to will improve the way owners find their next pet. This is nbc 10 news. News of a car seat recall to pass along. Impacts some 173,000 parents, recaro is pull two models made before june 9th, the pro ride and perform ride. The top tether of the seats could detach and hurt the child that its supposed to protect. Contact recaro to order a repair kit. Nearly 60 of car seats are misus misused, according to research from safe kids and vehicle crashes are the leading killer of children. Help keep kids safe in your life, certified child passenger safety technicians are offering free car safety checks. Event runs from 10 00 a. M. To 1 00 a. M. Allen town. Appointments recommended. Call 610402care. There will be a ribbon chewing ceremony. Thats right. Dogs and cats will chew the rib on the associations new facility. The campus features rooms where family can spend time with pets they might want to adrop. The animals have large fenced in fields for play time. Association wants animals to feel comfortable when here and humans too. Also the people and volunteers here and the visitors, its just you want a better experience going as a family or individual or couple to look for a pet. Delaware Humane Association has a Large Community room. Even have birthday parties there and bring in the dogs and cats to play with the kids. Great idea. Investigators first told you about condemned property Still Standing long after declared dangerous. The situation hasnt gotten any better. Now a new call for someone to lose their job. All new on nbc 10 news at 6 00. Popular jersey shore landmark is a dronefree zone. I think they should fly what prompted the ban and why some drone owners say it makes sense. This is nbc 10 news. So after the nbc 10 investigators put a spotlight on philadelphias dangerous haveva properties, officials took notice calling for one leader to lose thisser his job. The controller tells nbc 10 he wants the mayor to fire the head of licenses and inspects. How dangerous properties are affecting neighbors across philadelphia. Reporter steve sees two Properties Every day. Its a shame. Its a nice street. Its up and coming and you have stuff like this, no roof, trees growing out, broken windows, trash. Reporter investigators first told you about these properties in march, not much has changed and the controller says things have gotten worse. The buildings had decals indicating they had a notice to be demolished two years previously. Reporter the controller says

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