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WCAU NBC10 News At 5pm December 5, 2016

Following the story and joins us live from upper darby. Deanne, its hard to make how the the faces in the video but police have several clues, right . Reporter they do. They want you to look at the video, look at what the theyie are wearing, the shoes, the clothing. They say the suspects may have left behind fingerprints and other area. The owner of the building says this crime is going to change the way he does business. It was an ambush. The woman has no idea anyone is in thelaundromat, let alone two armed thieves. Shes pulled into a boiler room. One thief goes through her pockets. These two scumbags walk in at 4 00 a. M. And stick her up. Another thief hits the office, first stuffing dollar bills in pockets. When a tray of quarters hits the floor, he removes his gloves to get every single one. Police think this thief could be a woman as she steals the victims coat. Laundromat customers are shocked. We showed them the video. They say its hard to tell who the thieves are. Nobody sees their fates, you know . I hope they catch them. Reporter despite covered faces, police think people out there will know a pair of thieves wearing all black, using camouflage masks covering their cases and who suddenly have hundreds of dollars in quarters to spend. The video is good, and theres no doubt that theyre from the neighborhood. Reporter now, these two got away with about 200 in cash, about 400 in quarters. Again, Police Believe someone out there is going to who this couple is by their clothing, by the way they walk. If you want that tip money, call it into upper darby police. Deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Turning to our first alert weather, lets take a live look at boat house row in philadelphia. The skies have cleared, at least for now. A beautiful picture along the schuylkill river. A wintry mix in parts of our area this morning. Its a much different scene at the camelback mountains. You can see snow on the ground there after flakes were seen coming down early this morning. The snow tapered off just about a half hour later. But we are not done with the wet weather just yet. You can see more rain is on the way to our area. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen joins us for you. Its dry for now, sheena, not going to last long . No, its not going to last too long. This time tomorrow well be watching rain move in, and we will be too warm for anything but rain. Well be watching the poconos, however, because those areas could see snowflakes as we go through the afternoon and evening tomorrow. A live look at center city. We have pretty nice conditions, just thin clouds out there. Tomorrow youll notice even more clouds around. For now were nice and dry in the philadelphia area. Temperature, 49 degrees. The winds are not that bad, but it is still cool this evening. And its going to stay cold as we go overnight tonight. Now, the wind direction giving us mostly temperatures in about the mid to upper 40s, so seasonable for this time of year. 44 degrees in allentown, 45 in vineland. Wilmington, 46 degrees. Locally were die. You notice more clouds moving in from the south. And the cloud cover is ahead of the rain. The rain is moving in this direction. Its all going to be moving in from the southeast. We have a lot of gulf moisture with this rain. Some of it later tomorrow evening could be a little heavy at times. But for tonight, were going to stay dry, even overnight, dropping into the 30s again by tomorrow morning. Your morning commute will be dry for the morning drive. Coming up, well take a look at the timing of the rain later in the day. To the transition of president elect donald trump. It took a big step forward today. Former rival dr. Ben carson has been chosen to head the department of housing and urban development. In a statement, mr. Trump said the retired neurosurgeon has a, quote, brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities. He went on to say the former president ial candidate shares his optimism for the future of the country. Dr. Carson is the first africanamerican chosen for the new cabinet. Vice president elect mike pence spoke about the pick this morning and the ongoing search to fill cabinet spots. Excited to have dr. Carson as our intended nominee for housing and urban development. Were looking forward to another very productive week in the transition thats setting a historic pace. This comes as the president elect is widening his search for secretary of state. Transition officials now say mr. Trump is looking at former utah governor jon huntsman for the job. Mitt romney, rudy guiliani, and David Petraeus are reportedly being considered. This morning former Vice President al gore had an unexpected meeting with the president elect at trump tower. Mr. Gore was originally only scheduled to meet with mr. Trumps daughter ivanka to discuss Climate Change. Hes a leading advocate of the idea that humans are causing Climate Change. During the campaign mr. Trump called man made Climate Change a hoax. Gore said he had a long conversation with the president elect today. I found it an extremely interesting conversation. And to be continued. Im just going to leave it at that. Mr. Gore did not go into detail about what was discussed during todays meeting with the president elect. New details tonight on the push to get a recount in pennsylvania. A new federal lawsuit has been filed which seeks to order a second look at the Election Results. Former Green Party Nominee jill stein is behind the effort in pennsylvania. She has launched similar efforts in wisconsin and michigan. Today stein held a small rally across from trump to our in new york city. She called on president elect donald trump to stop trying to block the recount process by filing lawsuits. Stein also said she will not give in to intimidation. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield joins us live in the digital operations center. Jim, todays news came as philadelphia revealed the results of its own recount. Erin, today we learned the recount in philadelphia resulted in a very minor change, it gave Hillary Clinton only five more votes in the city. Lets go outside federal court in philadelphia right now, this afternoon. This where an attorney for jill stein was speaking out about the recount effort. He called the Voting Machines vulnerable and hackable. And he referenced some irregularities but offered no specific evidence of any hiking. Hacking. He did go on to say its something that needs to be looked into because of concerns about international hacking. We use machines that are vulnerable. Weve had foreign interference in our election. Theres a lot of concern that votes arent being counted properly. Steins lawyer says an investigation is needed to determine if any voting systems were compromised during the election. Nbc 10 reached out to the Pennsylvania Department of state. Theyre not commenting on the litigation. We also reached out to the Pennsylvania Republican party for a comment. A spokesperson said, quote, we are actively engaged in the election contest lawsuit and look forward to the dismissal of these absurd claims, end quote. Jim rosenfield, nbc 10 news. Keith . Jim, thank you. A judge has declared a mistrial in a case of a former South Carolina officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man. The jury said today that they were unable to come to a unanimous decision in the case against former North Charleston officer michael slager. He was caught on camera shooting and killing walter scott as he ran from him in 2015. The defense team argued he was if fear of his life when scott got control of the officers stun gun and pointed it at him. Its not clear if the case will be retried. A georgia father convicted of leaving his son in a hot car to die will spend the rest of his life in prison. A judge instanced ross harris this afternoon. Last month jurors convicted him of murder in the death of his 20monthold son cooper in june of 2014. Cooper was left in the back seat of his fathers car for nearly seven hours near atlanta. Prosecutors say ross intentionally killed his son to escape the responsibilities of family life. He will not be eligible for parole. Today the trial began for a Delaware County mother and her boyfriend accused in the murder of her 2yearold son. Prosecutors say Shannon Matthews and Daniel Grafton terrorized mason hunt before his death in february. Investigators say the child was beaten repeatedly. They each face 82 years in prison if convicted on all charges. A chance encounter leads to an arrest at the jersey shore. A witness to a hit and run provided police a description of the suspects car, and as Ted Greenberg shows us, he spotted the very same car while driving to thanksgiving dinner two days later. Reporter as the owner of a Point Pleasant beach auto body shop for a quarter century, alan pickert knows cars. Even he is stunned about what happened after he helped investigators figure out what type of vehicle was involved in a deadly hit and run. I thought, it has to be a coincidence. Reporter it isnt. Authorities say he spotted the very same car involved in the crash. The bumper was broken. Reporter he was driving to thanksgiving dinner when he passed the altima being loaded on a tow truck after it broke down. He immediately called a friend in the state police. I told him that, you know, the car theyre looking for, he goes, yeah. I said, i think i just passed it. Reporter investigators had been searching for the nissan since november 22nd when they say it struck and killed a 34yearold man and kept going. Following picker tts tip, they found the car and determined it had been driven by makxine pickard of berkeley township. She turned herself in on charges of knowingly leaving the scene of the accident resulting in death. This is an unbelievable scenario. Reporter its the third time in the past couple of years that pickert has helped the Ocean County Prosecutors Office identify vehicles involved in hit and run crashes based on debris left behind. Not until now did he end up seeing one of the cars. The first time was astonishing. The second time was unbelievable. This time its miraculous. Clearly hes special individual and were thankful for his assistance. Reporter assistance pickert repeatedly offers free of charge. I have kids. I have a wife. I dont want them to encounter the person that did this to somebody else. Reporter no one answered the door at maxine pickards house when we went there today. She is free on bail. In toms river, Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. Up next, a gunman sends customers scrambling. Its why he picked this particular place and its connection to the president ial election that has Police Taking a closer look. Plus, a disturbing discovery. What turned up on a piece of protected land in our area and the search for whoever is responsible. And convenience store. A True Convenience store, we should say. The new supermarket without a checkout line. Those stories and much more ahead on nbc 10 news at 5 00. He gets a lot of compliments. He wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, thank you for serving our country and im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Male vo comcast. A sinkhole is being blamed for the death of an offduty sheriffs deputy in san antonio, texas. Officials say the deputys car fell into the sinkhole yesterday. Its believed to be at least 20 feet deep and filled with about 12 feet of water. Utility Officials Say the sinkhole appeared after a sewer line rupture during yesterdays heavy rain. Police say a fake news story led to a very real and dangerous situation at a washington, dc pizza restaurant. A man opened fire inside because he claimed he was investigating accusations against Hillary Clinton. 28yearold edgar welch can be seen getting arrested here outside the popular pizzeria yesterday. He says he came to selfinvestigate the socalled pizza gate controversy which suggests that the pizza place is the center of a child sex ring led by Hillary Clinton and her chief campaign manager. Promoting false conspiracy theories have consequences. I hope this will cause those people to stop. Police say welch was armed with a handgun and a knife. Hes facing several charges. Nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald has a look at how the controversy started. Meagan . Reporter guys, the owner here at comet tells us for weeks hes been receiving threats. Were also learning neighboring businesses here along connecticut avenue in northwest, they tell us theyve also been receiving threats. Of course there is absolutely no truth to this conspiracy theory. But a social media expert we spoke with today says for a lot of folks that doesnt matter. No doubt about it, we live in a world where its harder to tell fact from fiction online. Its terrifying. Reporter many of those fictitious stories are circulating on facebook and twitter. On sunday, Dc Police Say edgar welch drove up from north carolina, entering this pizza place and firing an ar15 rifle inside. Welch told them he was self investigating a story circulating on social media sites that police say just isnt true. The owner of comet was emailing with john podesta. Reporter a professor of communications at American University says this fake news story started when emails from Hillary Clintons campaign were hacked and released by wikileaks. People reading through these emails take nuggets of truth and put that together with other things theyve heard and come up with these new fake conspiracy stories, like this, that theres a child sex trafficking ring at comet. Reporter he says people convinced themselves that these fake stories are true because a lot of folks dont trust the government or media outlaws. Many local businesses on this block of connecticut avenue say theyve received several threats as well. It makes me so sad as a mom to think there were families in there and that someone who came in and was so misguided and lost, thought that an act of violence would solve anything. Reporter which says why these neighbors have stopped by, hoping that simple acts of kindness will overshadow hatred and lies. And shop owners tell us they have been petitioning dc police for the last several weeks here, trying to get more of a Police Presence in the area. Police tell us theyre listening, out monitoring the area for suspicious activity. Back to you. Meagan fitzgerald, live for us in washington, thank you. Tonight a search is under way for whoever killed an elk on protected land in the Lehigh Valley. State police say the animal was found dead yesterday morning at the trexler nature reserve. The area is located right next to the Lehigh Valley zoo near allentown. Police havent said how the elk was killed. They are investigating it, though, as a case of animal cruelty. The preserve protects endangered he willed and bison herds. Tonight, nice and dry. Tomorrow morning well be dry. But tomorrow later in the day around this time well be tracking rain across the area. Right now, a live look out at center city. We are still in the clear. And most areas dealing with just about partly cloudy skies. 49 degrees now in philadelphia. Lehigh valley temperatures, mid40s. Pennsylvania suburbs, many of our delaware neighborhoods in the mid40s. South jersey neighborhoods, mid40s. So pretty comfortable temperatures for this time of night when you consider that were not really above or below normal for this time of year. 46 turnersville. Lumberton, 46 degrees. Hope well township at 41 degrees. Cinnaminson, 49 degrees. Well drop into the 30s tonight, another cold start tomorrow morning. A live look at the radar and satellite. We have the clouds around, more clouds about to move in. Were nice and dry right now. More clouds to our south, that comes with the rain. This is a lot of gulf moisture. We have some heavy rain in here. And i think through the day tomorrow, later in the day, mainly afternoon and evening, we could see some brief heavy periods of rain. That is going to be in the forecast. But if youre up in the poconos, you could certainly be seeing some snow showers. Here is a look at future weather. 8 30 tomorrow morning, clouds moving in. Well be dry for the morning commute. So that is the good news. Then closer to lunchtime, we should already see the rain moving in. By 5 00 p. M. We do expect a rainy evening commute. And if you are in the poconos, possibly part of the Lehigh Valley, it looks mostly confined to the poconos, though, we could see snow by 5 00 p. M. Maybe accumulation in the poconos. Elsewhere, we expect rain for new jersey, parts of pennsylvania and delaware. Could be a little bit heavy at times. By 9 00, future weather showing a little bit heavier rain across the philadelphia area, maybe up towards trenton. Then the area where we expect some snow might be warming up a little bit. Some of that snow will start to make its way farther north. Now were looking at 7 a. 00 a. A. M. By wednesday morning. We expect clouds to be hanging around. Well see more clearing through wednesday afternoon. Tomorrow, make sure you have the umbrella. Temperaturewise, its going to be a rainy, chilly day for the afternoon. 44 degrees in schwenksville and allentown. 40 with rain later in the day. Watching watching to see how close that snow gets. Right now it looks like its mostly confined to the poconos. Make sure you have the umbrella. Normally high this time of year is 48. Today weve gotten to around 50. Tomorrow, 47. Some seasonable temperatures. Wednesday were up into the mid50s. We drop to the mid40s on thursday. Look at the drop on friday. And thats going to come with wind 38 degrees and windy. This arctic air mass is going to drop down to canada. It will make its way into our area by friday. That is

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