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Here today we did get a good look at the timeline and what has led us to this point. The head of delawares Correctional Officers unions said Sergeant Floyd may have saved his fellow officers lives. He was in a closet when the lieutenants came in the door. He told the lieutenants to leave the building, after what happened then, we have no idea. Reporter after the inmates took over the hostage standoff dragged on for hours, over time two officers were released. Were told negotiators became increasingly concerned about Sergeant Floyds well being. Hey, hows floyd doing . Reporter a large portion of the back and forth was broadcasted online. They demanded more Educational Opportunities and insisting they get to talk to the governor. Let us talk to floyd and that will be one plus if you. Reporter around 5 00 this Morning Police decided it was time to move in. Tactical teams got the female counselor to safety but they found floyd unresponsive. Its not clear when he had been killed or how. Officials say some inmates had sharp instruments. At this time, we would consider all 120 suspects in this investigation. Reporter the union says after an inmate raped an employee in 2004, they came up with a whole bunch of changes that needed to be made. But the Union President says the former governor didnt implement any changes. I have reached out to the former governor, at this point i have not yet heard back. Well keep you posted. Were leave in newark. Meantime, the governor has ordered flags across the state to be flown as halfstaff in honor of Sergeant Floyd. He vowed to leave no stone unturned in the investigation. Sergeant floyd was a 16 year veteran of the Delaware Department of corrections. The union tells us this is the first death in its history. Sergeant floyd also leaves behind three children. Lets go now to nbc 10s randy gyllenhaal. You spoke with people in this Community Today and theyre shaken up by this . Obviously, they were hoping for a different outcome, wishing that those inmates who were holed up inside building c would have just surrendered sometime last night. This deadly outcome, they say, comes amid a lot of growing tensions inside those prison walls. Sergeant steven floyds body was taken by motorcade from the prison where he died. Very sad for the family. Reporter as strangers in the small town lined the street to pay respects. We have friends that work here too, you know. Just been hearing family members, its a shock. Reporter in smyrna nearly everyone knows somebody who worked at vaughan correctional at the smyrna diner, locals followed every update during the standoff. Heart broken it ended in violence. It is surprising, you know. That is went this far, you know. Reporter during the siege, the inmates complained about abusive treatment. Official and even locals here acknowledge growing tensions inside the prison walls. That c building, its a pretty tough building to work. Reporter Robert Watson is a retired prison guard who spent 28 years inside the cell blocks. You would hear off and on, you know, different stuff. I think its been something waiting to happen. Reporter he says the inmates had other options, instead of a hostile takeover, to voice their complaints to prison staff. They usually take a group of inmates and talk to them, try to find out try to resolve the problem, treat them fair. And firm. But just dont let them take advantage of you. Reporter i also had the chance to talk with the towns mayor today, she tells me, of course the residents are devastated. So many people know or have loved ones who work here. She tells me the town is organizing a candle light vigil tomorrow at 6 00 at the municipal park. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Randy will speak live with the mayor coming up at 5 30. Tim furlong mentioned earlier the Union President had harsh words for the previous governor. Flanked by Correctional Officers who worked with Sergeant Floyd, the Union President said floyds death was a direct result of staffing issues not addressed by the past governor. Overtime costs state wide has reached 20 million. Lack of adequately strained staff. You have an overworked staff. The amount of overtime thats needed to be worked in that facility is unsustainable. The Union President says he has the utmost faith they can Work Together with delawares new governor, john carney, to fix the staffing issues. In the meantime were still asking questions about what happened inside the prison, who was behind it and how it led to certainty floyds death. Coming up at 5 30 ill be talking to the mayor of smyrna about how this is affecting the community as a whole and how they plan to move forward. Ill send it back to keith and erin in philly. We will see you at 5 30. On our website, you can listen to the phone call that inmates made from inside the prison. Plus, the radio calls as authorities negotiated with the hostage takers. Thats right now on nbc10. Com. New tonight, chilling video of a woman running for her life after shooting a robbery suspect. A man tried to rob a laundry mat on West Chester Park in upper darky yesterday morning. She made a split second decision and went for his gun. She manage today shoot him in the arm and run away. He was arrested and in the hospital. Hear from that woman about her bravery in 20 minutes. New at 5 00. The naacp is calling for a new trial for one of two men serving time for their roles in the deadly Market Street collapse. The group, along with contractor Griffin Campbell white talked about the results of a civil trial. Several people and agencies were found liableab for the collapse. The jury said campbell was 1 liable for the collapse. He is serving a 1530 year prison sentence. The group is pushing to get him back in front of a judge. He had some experience, but he was ultimately depending on the help on the architects. And, you know he was the one with the least authority in this project. He had no authority to speed the project up. He had no authority to shut it down. We asked philadelphias District Attorney for a statement, an Office Spokesperson said quote, if and when a request for a new trial is made, they will review the request and make a decision. Not a bad day if you had to be out in center city. A lot of people wearing hats and boots at 13th and filbert this afternoon. This weekend youll want the gloves and the scarves too. Temperatures will dip this weekend. Midweek next week, wait for it, springlike weather returns. Got to love it. Up and down, were calling it roller coaster weather. Erika martin has your neighborhood forecast. I love your positive outlike there. Because we do have the cold blast. Get ready to bundle up for this weekend. Yesterdays High Temperature was 50 degrees. Today we topped out at 48. Look at this by tomorrow and saturday. Well be trending below average of 41 degrees. 36 on friday and 34 on saturday. But the good news is we bump up just a bit by sunday and yes, we were up by next week. Otherwise, philadelphia right now, we are seeing mostly cloudy skies, current temperature 44. Winds at 17 Miles Per Hour and gusts up to 24 Miles Per Hour. Anytime were talking about those stronger winds and gusts, weve got to talk about the feels like temperatures. Starting at 5 00 p. M. , even though temperatures are in the 40s in philly, were seeing 35 as those feels like temperatures, so we get this going and pause this at 10 00 p. M. It will feel like a cold 19 degrees in allentown. 20 in doylestown and west chester and 23 in philly. We do have a very cold night in the forecast and a cold start to our friday. More details coming up in the full forecast. Thank you. Pleaolice say the man in th sketch poised as an officer and pulled over a woman driving in South Whitehall township last saturday. He was driving a black unmarked car with tinted windows and red and blue lights on the dash board. Take a look at this, that right there is 3 million worth of haeroin. Three people were arrested in different parts of the city, one of them had an infant with her when she was arrested. All three face 60 years in prison. New at 5 00, get your resumes ready if youre looking for job. Lowes plans to hire more than 1,300 employees in the philadelphia area. The spring is the busiest time of the year for Home Improvement projects. The job is usually for march through september. An economic Progress Report tonight for the city of philadelphia. The mayor delivered his Second Annual speech to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of commerce. The mayor says his administration delivered in all the objectives he laid out last year. Our crime rate is at a 40 year low. Millenial and immigrant growth are on the rise and were on the top of the list for travel destinations and restaurant hot spots. The mayor also said the city is doing a better job, but theres plenty of work that needs to be done in solving the poverty rate. Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate of any large city in the country. Some people are asking what should it cost to save a life . One drug company is charging 4,000 a dose. Making money on peoples bad luck. Coming up all new at 5 00, local Police Departments say one drug company is putting profits over people. And coming up, all new at 5 00. From asbestos to medical waste, pennsylvania is americas dumping ground. Is the cash worth the cost . If waste is being imported for profit, we need to ask the question who is it really profiting . The nbc 10 investigators follow the trail of trash. Whats more heartpounding than playing cupids cash. With top prizes of 50 thousand dollars . How about winning. On the spot. We won play cupids cash, the new game from the pennsylvania lottery. And you could win. On the spot. Keep on scratchin from asbestos to medical waste, pennsylvania is americas dumping ground. Nbc 10 Investigative Reporter mitch blocker is on the trail of trash. Reporter its a familiar sou sound. Tracking the trail of trash isnt hard in his part of bucks county. You can hear, see and sometimes smell it. The fumes from the trucks sometimes reeks into your living room. Reporter since 2010 Pennsylvania Companies have imported more garbage than any other state. More than 46 million tons. It comes from as close as new jersey, new york and maryland. And from as far as canada, california, and puerto rico. 15 million tons wound up here in the states newest landfill in bucks county. We cover the waste every night. Reporter Waste Management works this site. What would this look like if you didnt import waste . It would be a much smaller operation. But you would have many more landfills around the country. Reporter to give you a better idea of the size of the land fill well take you up into sky force 10. You can see all 194 acres a football field to give you a size comparison is one acre. One third of the trash youre looking at comes from out of state. In just 13 years this entire land fill will be full. If you were to do this on a smaller scale, your costs would go up and it would be more expensive for all of us. Reporter since 1996 the state has added a new land fill every two years. An option is for them not to come here. Reporter tom smith has watched the land fill grow since he was a kid. He believes its all about the money. If waste is being imported for profit, we need to ask the question, who is it really profiting . Reporter in the last five years, the state has made more than 289 billion. Does that influence in any way what you let in . No. Reporter he regulates where and how trash is dumped in the state. He says it needs to go somewhere. Theres going to be space required, you know, for land fills. Reporter even if the state wanted to, it couldnt stop the imported waste. The u. S. Supreme court has ruled that waste is interstate commerce and cannot be stopped by states. If the economics drive it to another state, maybe our waste will start going to another state. Reporter for now, waste from 36 states goes by orlandos house. The trail of trash to pennsylvania, including ash and asbestos, medical leftovers and Construction Materials continues to grow. Theyre running out of space over there. And somehow they always find a way to gobble up more land. Reporter for the investigators im mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. Unbelievable stuff there. We spoke with the officials from the Waste Industry who told us they dispose of trash in environmentally ways. The governor plans to introduce a bill to limit it. Not everyone living near a land fill has problems with the garbage. Tomorrow the investigators tell us how the trash becomes cash. Im first alert meteorologist erika martin. Our headlines include increasing winds tonight as temperatures start to nosedive. Get the heavier coats out because you will need them for the next couple of days. Heads up right away. Also tracking below average High Temperatures on friday, and teens to 20s overnight friday into saturday. The weekend brings us lots of sunshine on saturday. But certainly a Cold Saturday in the forecast. And temperatures start to climb on sunday. Current wind right now, 17 Miles Per Hour for philadelphia. Northwesterlies for you, allentown, 16 Miles Per Hour. Wilmington, 18. And Dover Air Force base, 16 mile per hour wind speeds. Very important, of course, because those temperatures feel a lot colder than the actual temperatures because of those stronger north westerly winds. Current temperature for trenton, 40. Mount holly, 43 for you. Vineland 44. Coatesville 36. And allentown, 38 degrees. The normal high for philadelphia today, 41 degrees. Todays high 48. Sunrise 7 08 a. M. And sunset 5 21 p. M. Yes, a little more day light for today. And today right now, 44 current temperature in philadelphia. Neighborhoods in and around philadelphia seeing lots of 40s. Upper 30s for park side. Andorra 38. Fox chase 41. Port richmond 42. Along with society hill, your current temperature 43. Satellite and radar image picking up on light returns. We did have some reports of light snow moving through parts of reading, allentown right now it looks like youre getting light returns here. Not making it to the ground. For the most part were seeing mostly cloudy skies. For the lehigh valley, your current temperatures are mainly in the 30s. Fleetwood 35 degrees. So conditions right now are just above the freezing mark. Bethlehem 37. And easton current temperature, 36. Heres your story across the lehigh valley. Allentown, you are getting colder, especially those overnight lows. Overnight thursday into friday. Were seeing 18 degrees. And then friday into saturday, that expected overnight low, 14. Thats the actual expected overnight low. Never mind the stronger north westerly winds. Your weekend forecast, expected High Temperature, 32 degrees for the pa suburbs. Thats on average. Upper 20s for the lehigh valley. Plenty of sunshine, thats not the issue. Its simply just going to be cold. Sunday we increase into the upper 30s for the pa suburbs. Mid40s for jersey. Jersey shore and delaware seeing mid to upper 40s for you. So certainly seeing an improvement there. Your ten day forecast brings us colder temperatures on friday and saturday. Then we climb into the 40s by sunday. Good news is by monday and tuesday were seeing upper 40s. Temperatures above normal. Im also tracking the potential for moderate to heavy showers tuesday into wednesday. It will be windy wednesday into thursday. Then we dip right back down into the 30s below average High Temperatures by next thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. Back to you. All right. Next at 5 00, how a new jersey town is making it more difficult for people to buy cigarettes. Plus, open wide. How you can take advantage of free dental care. And scoop or soup . Why a famous ice cream shop changed up its menu. Thats next at 5 00. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to worry about student loan debt. I graduated into it. It was keeping me from doing the things i love, like traveling to see my nephews. But i knew there had to be a way to manage it. Citizens Bank Education refinance loan. Call. Or visit citizensbank. Com refi to find out how much you could save in less than two minutes. I refinanced more than 6 federal and private loans. Even if youve already consolidated, you can still refinance your undergrad and grad loans. Now that im saving, i can visit my nephews. And i can help you with your student debt, so you can do whatevers important to you. If you have a question about whether refinancing is right for you, ask me. Sincerely, robert kennedy, fellow grad and fellow citizen. Citizens Bank Education refinance loan. Call. To see how much you could save now. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Today Trenton City Council will vote on whether to raise the legal age to buy tobacco to 21. The new law would prohibit the sale of e cigarettes to anyone under 21. If approved the city would become the 22 nd city to do so. Kids can get Correctional Officers<\/a> unions said Sergeant Floyd<\/a> may have saved his fellow officers lives. He was in a closet when the lieutenants came in the door. He told the lieutenants to leave the building, after what happened then, we have no idea. Reporter after the inmates took over the hostage standoff dragged on for hours, over time two officers were released. Were told negotiators became increasingly concerned about Sergeant Floyd<\/a>s well being. Hey, hows floyd doing . Reporter a large portion of the back and forth was broadcasted online. They demanded more Educational Opportunities<\/a> and insisting they get to talk to the governor. Let us talk to floyd and that will be one plus if you. Reporter around 5 00 this Morning Police<\/a> decided it was time to move in. Tactical teams got the female counselor to safety but they found floyd unresponsive. Its not clear when he had been killed or how. Officials say some inmates had sharp instruments. At this time, we would consider all 120 suspects in this investigation. Reporter the union says after an inmate raped an employee in 2004, they came up with a whole bunch of changes that needed to be made. But the Union President<\/a> says the former governor didnt implement any changes. I have reached out to the former governor, at this point i have not yet heard back. Well keep you posted. Were leave in newark. Meantime, the governor has ordered flags across the state to be flown as halfstaff in honor of Sergeant Floyd<\/a>. He vowed to leave no stone unturned in the investigation. Sergeant floyd was a 16 year veteran of the Delaware Department<\/a> of corrections. The union tells us this is the first death in its history. Sergeant floyd also leaves behind three children. Lets go now to nbc 10s randy gyllenhaal. You spoke with people in this Community Today<\/a> and theyre shaken up by this . Obviously, they were hoping for a different outcome, wishing that those inmates who were holed up inside building c would have just surrendered sometime last night. This deadly outcome, they say, comes amid a lot of growing tensions inside those prison walls. Sergeant steven floyds body was taken by motorcade from the prison where he died. Very sad for the family. Reporter as strangers in the small town lined the street to pay respects. We have friends that work here too, you know. Just been hearing family members, its a shock. Reporter in smyrna nearly everyone knows somebody who worked at vaughan correctional at the smyrna diner, locals followed every update during the standoff. Heart broken it ended in violence. It is surprising, you know. That is went this far, you know. Reporter during the siege, the inmates complained about abusive treatment. Official and even locals here acknowledge growing tensions inside the prison walls. That c building, its a pretty tough building to work. Reporter Robert Watson<\/a> is a retired prison guard who spent 28 years inside the cell blocks. You would hear off and on, you know, different stuff. I think its been something waiting to happen. Reporter he says the inmates had other options, instead of a hostile takeover, to voice their complaints to prison staff. They usually take a group of inmates and talk to them, try to find out try to resolve the problem, treat them fair. And firm. But just dont let them take advantage of you. Reporter i also had the chance to talk with the towns mayor today, she tells me, of course the residents are devastated. So many people know or have loved ones who work here. She tells me the town is organizing a candle light vigil tomorrow at 6 00 at the municipal park. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Randy will speak live with the mayor coming up at 5 30. Tim furlong mentioned earlier the Union President<\/a> had harsh words for the previous governor. Flanked by Correctional Officers<\/a> who worked with Sergeant Floyd<\/a>, the Union President<\/a> said floyds death was a direct result of staffing issues not addressed by the past governor. Overtime costs state wide has reached 20 million. Lack of adequately strained staff. You have an overworked staff. The amount of overtime thats needed to be worked in that facility is unsustainable. The Union President<\/a> says he has the utmost faith they can Work Together<\/a> with delawares new governor, john carney, to fix the staffing issues. In the meantime were still asking questions about what happened inside the prison, who was behind it and how it led to certainty floyds death. Coming up at 5 30 ill be talking to the mayor of smyrna about how this is affecting the community as a whole and how they plan to move forward. Ill send it back to keith and erin in philly. We will see you at 5 30. On our website, you can listen to the phone call that inmates made from inside the prison. Plus, the radio calls as authorities negotiated with the hostage takers. Thats right now on nbc10. Com. New tonight, chilling video of a woman running for her life after shooting a robbery suspect. A man tried to rob a laundry mat on West Chester Park<\/a> in upper darky yesterday morning. She made a split second decision and went for his gun. She manage today shoot him in the arm and run away. He was arrested and in the hospital. Hear from that woman about her bravery in 20 minutes. New at 5 00. The naacp is calling for a new trial for one of two men serving time for their roles in the deadly Market Street<\/a> collapse. The group, along with contractor Griffin Campbell<\/a> white talked about the results of a civil trial. Several people and agencies were found liableab for the collapse. The jury said campbell was 1 liable for the collapse. He is serving a 1530 year prison sentence. The group is pushing to get him back in front of a judge. He had some experience, but he was ultimately depending on the help on the architects. And, you know he was the one with the least authority in this project. He had no authority to speed the project up. He had no authority to shut it down. We asked philadelphias District Attorney<\/a> for a statement, an Office Spokesperson<\/a> said quote, if and when a request for a new trial is made, they will review the request and make a decision. Not a bad day if you had to be out in center city. A lot of people wearing hats and boots at 13th and filbert this afternoon. This weekend youll want the gloves and the scarves too. Temperatures will dip this weekend. Midweek next week, wait for it, springlike weather returns. Got to love it. Up and down, were calling it roller coaster weather. Erika martin has your neighborhood forecast. I love your positive outlike there. Because we do have the cold blast. Get ready to bundle up for this weekend. Yesterdays High Temperature<\/a> was 50 degrees. Today we topped out at 48. Look at this by tomorrow and saturday. Well be trending below average of 41 degrees. 36 on friday and 34 on saturday. But the good news is we bump up just a bit by sunday and yes, we were up by next week. Otherwise, philadelphia right now, we are seeing mostly cloudy skies, current temperature 44. Winds at 17 Miles Per Hour<\/a> and gusts up to 24 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Anytime were talking about those stronger winds and gusts, weve got to talk about the feels like temperatures. Starting at 5 00 p. M. , even though temperatures are in the 40s in philly, were seeing 35 as those feels like temperatures, so we get this going and pause this at 10 00 p. M. It will feel like a cold 19 degrees in allentown. 20 in doylestown and west chester and 23 in philly. We do have a very cold night in the forecast and a cold start to our friday. More details coming up in the full forecast. Thank you. Pleaolice say the man in th sketch poised as an officer and pulled over a woman driving in South Whitehall<\/a> township last saturday. He was driving a black unmarked car with tinted windows and red and blue lights on the dash board. Take a look at this, that right there is 3 million worth of haeroin. Three people were arrested in different parts of the city, one of them had an infant with her when she was arrested. All three face 60 years in prison. New at 5 00, get your resumes ready if youre looking for job. Lowes plans to hire more than 1,300 employees in the philadelphia area. The spring is the busiest time of the year for Home Improvement<\/a> projects. The job is usually for march through september. An economic Progress Report<\/a> tonight for the city of philadelphia. The mayor delivered his Second Annual<\/a> speech to the Greater Philadelphia Chamber<\/a> of commerce. The mayor says his administration delivered in all the objectives he laid out last year. Our crime rate is at a 40 year low. Millenial and immigrant growth are on the rise and were on the top of the list for travel destinations and restaurant hot spots. The mayor also said the city is doing a better job, but theres plenty of work that needs to be done in solving the poverty rate. Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate of any large city in the country. Some people are asking what should it cost to save a life . One drug company is charging 4,000 a dose. Making money on peoples bad luck. Coming up all new at 5 00, local Police Departments<\/a> say one drug company is putting profits over people. And coming up, all new at 5 00. From asbestos to medical waste, pennsylvania is americas dumping ground. Is the cash worth the cost . If waste is being imported for profit, we need to ask the question who is it really profiting . The nbc 10 investigators follow the trail of trash. Whats more heartpounding than playing cupids cash. With top prizes of 50 thousand dollars . How about winning. On the spot. We won play cupids cash, the new game from the pennsylvania lottery. And you could win. On the spot. Keep on scratchin from asbestos to medical waste, pennsylvania is americas dumping ground. Nbc 10 Investigative Reporter<\/a> mitch blocker is on the trail of trash. Reporter its a familiar sou sound. Tracking the trail of trash isnt hard in his part of bucks county. You can hear, see and sometimes smell it. The fumes from the trucks sometimes reeks into your living room. Reporter since 2010 Pennsylvania Companies<\/a> have imported more garbage than any other state. More than 46 million tons. It comes from as close as new jersey, new york and maryland. And from as far as canada, california, and puerto rico. 15 million tons wound up here in the states newest landfill in bucks county. We cover the waste every night. Reporter Waste Management<\/a> works this site. What would this look like if you didnt import waste . It would be a much smaller operation. But you would have many more landfills around the country. Reporter to give you a better idea of the size of the land fill well take you up into sky force 10. You can see all 194 acres a football field to give you a size comparison is one acre. One third of the trash youre looking at comes from out of state. In just 13 years this entire land fill will be full. If you were to do this on a smaller scale, your costs would go up and it would be more expensive for all of us. Reporter since 1996 the state has added a new land fill every two years. An option is for them not to come here. Reporter tom smith has watched the land fill grow since he was a kid. He believes its all about the money. If waste is being imported for profit, we need to ask the question, who is it really profiting . Reporter in the last five years, the state has made more than 289 billion. Does that influence in any way what you let in . No. Reporter he regulates where and how trash is dumped in the state. He says it needs to go somewhere. Theres going to be space required, you know, for land fills. Reporter even if the state wanted to, it couldnt stop the imported waste. The u. S. Supreme court has ruled that waste is interstate commerce and cannot be stopped by states. If the economics drive it to another state, maybe our waste will start going to another state. Reporter for now, waste from 36 states goes by orlandos house. The trail of trash to pennsylvania, including ash and asbestos, medical leftovers and Construction Materials<\/a> continues to grow. Theyre running out of space over there. And somehow they always find a way to gobble up more land. Reporter for the investigators im mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. Unbelievable stuff there. We spoke with the officials from the Waste Industry<\/a> who told us they dispose of trash in environmentally ways. The governor plans to introduce a bill to limit it. Not everyone living near a land fill has problems with the garbage. Tomorrow the investigators tell us how the trash becomes cash. Im first alert meteorologist erika martin. Our headlines include increasing winds tonight as temperatures start to nosedive. Get the heavier coats out because you will need them for the next couple of days. Heads up right away. Also tracking below average High Temperature<\/a>s on friday, and teens to 20s overnight friday into saturday. The weekend brings us lots of sunshine on saturday. But certainly a Cold Saturday<\/a> in the forecast. And temperatures start to climb on sunday. Current wind right now, 17 Miles Per Hour<\/a> for philadelphia. Northwesterlies for you, allentown, 16 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Wilmington, 18. And Dover Air Force<\/a> base, 16 mile per hour wind speeds. Very important, of course, because those temperatures feel a lot colder than the actual temperatures because of those stronger north westerly winds. Current temperature for trenton, 40. Mount holly, 43 for you. Vineland 44. Coatesville 36. And allentown, 38 degrees. The normal high for philadelphia today, 41 degrees. Todays high 48. Sunrise 7 08 a. M. And sunset 5 21 p. M. Yes, a little more day light for today. And today right now, 44 current temperature in philadelphia. Neighborhoods in and around philadelphia seeing lots of 40s. Upper 30s for park side. Andorra 38. Fox chase 41. Port richmond 42. Along with society hill, your current temperature 43. Satellite and radar image picking up on light returns. We did have some reports of light snow moving through parts of reading, allentown right now it looks like youre getting light returns here. Not making it to the ground. For the most part were seeing mostly cloudy skies. For the lehigh valley, your current temperatures are mainly in the 30s. Fleetwood 35 degrees. So conditions right now are just above the freezing mark. Bethlehem 37. And easton current temperature, 36. Heres your story across the lehigh valley. Allentown, you are getting colder, especially those overnight lows. Overnight thursday into friday. Were seeing 18 degrees. And then friday into saturday, that expected overnight low, 14. Thats the actual expected overnight low. Never mind the stronger north westerly winds. Your weekend forecast, expected High Temperature<\/a>, 32 degrees for the pa suburbs. Thats on average. Upper 20s for the lehigh valley. Plenty of sunshine, thats not the issue. Its simply just going to be cold. Sunday we increase into the upper 30s for the pa suburbs. Mid40s for jersey. Jersey shore and delaware seeing mid to upper 40s for you. So certainly seeing an improvement there. Your ten day forecast brings us colder temperatures on friday and saturday. Then we climb into the 40s by sunday. Good news is by monday and tuesday were seeing upper 40s. Temperatures above normal. Im also tracking the potential for moderate to heavy showers tuesday into wednesday. It will be windy wednesday into thursday. Then we dip right back down into the 30s below average High Temperature<\/a>s by next thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. Back to you. All right. Next at 5 00, how a new jersey town is making it more difficult for people to buy cigarettes. Plus, open wide. How you can take advantage of free dental care. And scoop or soup . Why a famous ice cream shop changed up its menu. Thats next at 5 00. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to worry about student loan debt. I graduated into it. It was keeping me from doing the things i love, like traveling to see my nephews. But i knew there had to be a way to manage it. Citizens Bank Education<\/a> refinance loan. Call. Or visit citizensbank. Com refi to find out how much you could save in less than two minutes. I refinanced more than 6 federal and private loans. Even if youve already consolidated, you can still refinance your undergrad and grad loans. Now that im saving, i can visit my nephews. And i can help you with your student debt, so you can do whatevers important to you. If you have a question about whether refinancing is right for you, ask me. Sincerely, robert kennedy, fellow grad and fellow citizen. Citizens Bank Education<\/a> refinance loan. Call. To see how much you could save now. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Today Trenton City Council<\/a> will vote on whether to raise the legal age to buy tobacco to 21. The new law would prohibit the sale of e cigarettes to anyone under 21. If approved the city would become the 22 nd city to do so. Kids can get Free Dental Services<\/a> tomorrow. Its part of the american dental Associations Annual<\/a> give kids a smile day. Volunteer dentists will provide free xraies, cleanings, extractions and more. To find out where these are, log on nbct10. Com or use the app. There are new details about the dog found in a trash bag last month in philadelphia. The spca found a forever family to adopt francis the dachshund. He had a broken spine when a Good Samaritan<\/a> found her. The dog is in good enough condition to go home. Campbells soup is bringing back a 102yearold recipe. Guests got to taste it at franklin fountain in old city. The original beefsteak tomato soup was made from a 1915 recipe. Only 10,000 jars were made. Its available at select new jersey and pennsylvania Cracker Barrel<\/a> restaurants. Switching gears, also tonight a woman fights back after shes attacked inside a laundry mat. It was all caught on video. Next at 5 00, the victim tells nbc 10 about her ordeal and how she got the gun away from her attacker. And im Jim Rosenfield<\/a> live outside the Vaughan Correctional Center<\/a> in delaware. We are working to get new details about what led to a deadly standoff at this prison, coming up next, the mayor of smyrna joins me with more on how the community is mourning the loss of a corrections officer here. And how they plan to try to move forward from this tragedy. And coming up on nbc 10 news at 6 00, Atlantic City<\/a>s famous board walk is growing right now. Well get a behind the scenes look at how thats giving you more options for a summer stroll. Condolence and questions, a prison standoff ends in the death of a corrections officer. Now investigators and the Community Want<\/a> answers. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield<\/a> joins us from the Vaughan Correctional Center<\/a> in delaware. We are learning new details about what happened inside that prison. But we still have a lot of questions. There are a lot of questions, delawares governor called the uprising a tortuous updeordeal. We have learned new details. Here is what we know at this hour. 47yearold Sergeant Steven<\/a> floyd was killed during the standoff. The head of the guards union says floyd was forced into a closet and he was killed by his captors. Authorities havent confirmed that yet. But they did say the inmates used sharp objects to take over the prison. Right now all 120 inmates in that building are considered suspects. Sergeant floyd spent 16 years behind the walls in this prison. Tonight were waiting to find out exactly how he died. There will be an autopsy conducted. This afternoon, this sign of honor as dozens of officers led a procession from the smyrna prison to the medical Examiners Office<\/a> in wilmington. An American Flag<\/a> covered Sergeant Floyd<\/a>s body. Tonight an emotional Deputy Commissioner<\/a> perry phelps as he talked about his colleagues death. It is with Great Sadness<\/a> i stand before you today. The fourth hostage, Sergeant Steven<\/a> floyd, was found unresponsive at 0529. Sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years. Was pronounced dead. And at 0532, we secured c building. Difficult information to pass along from the Deputy Commissioner<\/a> there. There are two vigils planned for tomorrow here in smyrna to remember the fallen officer. Joining me now is the mayor of smyrna, joanne masten. Mayor masten, thanks for joining us here and our condolences to the community this evening. Tell us the impact on the community when Something Like<\/a> this happened. Smyrna, even though its a very small town. This has took the community by surprise. Certainly the prisons been here for a long time and we hear relatively nothing about it. Im amazed i guess not amazed of the out pouring of support for Sergeant Floyd<\/a> and his family. A number of people have reached out to me about getting a vigil planned, about what we can do for the family. And just as a correction, theres one vigil here in smyrna tomorrow night at 6 00, the other is in dover at 6 30 at legislative hall. Two events already planned to try to help the community grapple with this, heal and learn from it as well. Its been very shocking. And i can only speak on behalf of the folks ive contacted, but on behalf of the town of smyrna their thoughts and prayers are with the family as well as the other officers that are here working. Talk to me about the employees who work at the prison and their role in the community. This is a Small Community<\/a> and Everybody Knows<\/a> one another, at least knows of someone who works in that facility, right . Yes, i personally know many of the guards, as well as people who work in the offices. Those people we see every day. Some of them are friends, some are family members. And its very hard last night watching facebook to see the comments coming from family members not knowing whats going on with their family members, if theyre dead, alive, hostage, whatever. It was a very trying night for many, many people. You as the mayor have to help this community move forward. Yes, i do. Its my job. Mayor masten we appreciate you being here. Our condolences once again. Thank you. As we said, there are two vigils that are planned in the coming days. Well be back at 6 00 for the latest on the story. Lets go back to the nbc 10 studios. Thanks for that. Well see you at 6 00. New at 6 00, the nbc 10 investigators take a closer look at how vaughan prison was staffed at the time of the standoff and what that means for workers and inmates. Also tonight, new video of a bold robbery attempt. Police call it a story of courage and survival. When a Delaware County<\/a> woman fought off a robber, grabbed his gun and got away. Why police are commending the laundry mat worker. Reporter she has a reason to smile today. Im glad to be here today. Im still alive. Reporter she explained in dramatic detail what youre seeing. 3 00 a. M. Wednesday while working at the upper derby landry mat. A man with a gun followed her into the bathroom. He locked the door and kept the gun pointed at me and was like, strip all your clothes comple completely. Reporter she refused and police say she wrestled for the gun. You can see her burst out the door. She runs and collapsed. Reporter in the chaos she said she didnt even register that the gun went off. Shattering brooks arm. I took the gun away from him. He hit her in the top of the head. Afterwards hes going to shoot me. Reporter brooks is from wilmington. Police say he has a criminal history. Hes facing new charges. This bum comes in and wants to rape her and rob her and who knows what else. Reporter the mother of three says after ten years working overnight here, shell be looking for a new job. Upper Derbys Police<\/a> superintendent giving a strong recommendation. She fought for her life. She won. Reporter drew smith, nbc 10 news. For your first alert weather. A life look at penns landing and the river rink. People are skating but there is a chill in the air. Expect a cold morning and a cold super bowl weekend. Erika martin joins us now with your most accurate forecast. Bundle up. Bundle up because pretty much thats the story. We have a cold blast settling into place by friday into saturday. Current temperature 44 in philadelphia. Northwesterly 17 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. It feels like 37 degrees by 10 00 p. M. 32 is the expected temperature. Its going to feel like 23. Because we do have those northwesterly winds. Temperature trends the next couple of days, well be below average on friday and on saturday. Expect a High Temperature<\/a> friday 36. 34 on saturday. But the good news is, by sunday, we will be above average, 42 is the expected High Temperature<\/a>. Hour by hour forecast. Im going to start this at 5 00 a. M. We do have a chilly start to your friday. Its going to be 28 degrees in philadelphia. 23 in allentown. Doylestown 25 and trenton 27. Keep in mind, we have those much colder feels like temperatures in the teens and low 20s. At 7 00 a. M. , still seeing the really cold temperatures in the low 20s for allentown. Mid20s for potts town. Burlington, your expected temperature at 7 00 a. M. Friday morning, 28 degrees. Were going to keep it that way at least for friday morning. And again, keep in mind you do want to bundle up. Even though these temperatures are in the mid to upper 20s, with those winds its certainly going to feel a lot colder in the teens and 20s. Coming up well talk more about that cold blast, back to you. Thanks. Next at 5 00, doctors discover a new treatment that could help men survive Prostate Cancer<\/a>. Plus, the cost of saving a life. Local Police Departments<\/a> say an overdose drug is getting too expensive. Now, theyre accusing the drug company of price gouging. And different faiths coming together. The message theyre sending to President Trump<\/a>. Coming up on nbc 10 news at 5 00. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to want to relax with your family. But enjoying today doesnt mean losing sight of tomorrow. So while i invest in the now my mortgage, vacations i still invest in the future, like my childrens College Tuition<\/a> and retirement. I can help you piece together your Financial Journey<\/a> for today and tomorrow. If you have a question about investing, ask me. Sincerely, amanda etheridge, fellow planner and fellow citizen. To a warning about selling items on craigslist. A man was beaten and scammed over a cell phone in southwest philadelphia. Police say the man in these pictures, there he is. Posted a listing on the website to sell an iphone 7. He met the victim at 10th and snyder va snyder avenue. Police say the man kicked the victim and pulled a gun on him. Many local Police Departments<\/a> say and offer the safe zones for people to carry out these types of sales. All right, tonight there is new hope for Prostate Cancer<\/a> patients. Brandnew study published in the new england journal of medicine finds hormone blocking drugs may help men live longer after their cancer returns. A new study found a calm bombin of radiation and drugs that block male hormones is most effective. By doing hormonal therapy in conjunction with radiation therapy, it increased my chances from one in five to one in three for a complete cure. Thats a lot. Thats huge. Thats for sure. More information on this new study and the benefits of hormonal therapy, tune in to nbc nightly news with lester holt right after nbc 10 news at 6 00. A campus in flames. Students started this fiery protest over a conservative speaker. Now President Trump<\/a> is responding. Tracking much colder temperatures, im also tracking feels like temperatures in the teens and low 20s. Get ready for a cold blast, details coming up in your most accurate forecast in my full forecast. Ill see you then. Oh, its a good day. [car horns] [angry shouting] excuse me [storm siren] when it comes to buying a house. Trulia knows the house is only half of it. And with 34 map overlays like traffic, crime, natural hazards, and more. You can find the right house and the right neighborhood for you. Trulia. The house is only half of it. At the jersey shore today, religious leaders and elected officials held what they called an interfaith and social justice vigil in Atlantic City<\/a>. Dozens of Community Members<\/a> packed the lobby of city hall to condemn President Trump<\/a>s immigration order. Trucandidate trump called fo muslim ban. President trump has set in action for all appearances stands as a muslim ban. Some at the vigil held signs indicating their relatives were also immigrants. President trump is defending his recent phone calls to world leaders. Speaking this morning at the National Prayer<\/a> breakfast, the president said, we have to be tough. The president s comments come amid calls to world leaders. He told the mexican president he might send troops. But the white house says the remark was meant to be light headed. Another remark said President Trump<\/a> cut short a call with australias president. When you hear about the tough phone calls im having, dont worry about it. Just dont worry about it. Theyre tough. We have to be tough. Its time were going to be a little tough, folks. Were taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. State Department Workers<\/a> welcomed their new boss to his first day on the job. The senate on wednesday confirmed Rex Tillerson<\/a> as secretary of state. Tillerson is a former ceo of exxonmobil. President trump suggested pulling federal funding from the university of berkeley on twitter this morning. It came after a night of violent protests at the school. Students set fires on campus, police in riot gear were ready to go, trying to control crowds and students were even fighting with each other. The protests prompted the cancellation of a speech by a controversial Breitbart News<\/a> editor. The president tweeted, if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view. No federal funds . The tweet caused a fire storm frenzy raging from whether the university would lose millions of dollars to the sanctity of the first amendment. Many noted the irony of berkeley being the birth place of the Free Speech Movement<\/a> in the 1960s. Students in Delaware County<\/a> say its important to have dialogue. I mean, one of the big things ive heard one of the big things they preach you should engage in dialogue with whoever youre disagreeing with. I think thats one big thing a lot of students here have learned from that interaction. The Berkeley Police<\/a> Department Said<\/a> at least three or four people were hurt during those protests. Im first alert meteorologist erika martin. Conditions right now are hovering right around freezing for the pa suburbs. On average, new jersey low 40s for you mostly cloudy skies. Lehigh valley, 38 is your average, delaware currently 44 degrees. We do have temperatures that will start to dip, especially tonight into tomorrow. Be sure you look at the bottom of your screen for your local sevenday forecast. Current winds right now, millville, ten Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Along with Atlantic City<\/a>, wilmington, 18 for you. Philadelphia, 17. Coatesville, 14. And allentown, 16 mile per hour wind speeds. Making a difference, of course, with those feels like temperatures, satellite and radar image keeping mostly cloudy skies right now. We will start to see a clearing, but then the clouds will redevelop overnight into tomorrow. So neighborhoods in jersey seeing lots of upper 30s and low 40s. Medford. 41. Lumberton currently at 40 along with florence, were seeing robinsville at 41. And princeton is currently at 36 degrees. Now, so were seeing these temperatures that are hovering around the freezing mark for the pa suburbs. Slightly above but we do have a cold night in the forecast. Were going to trend cold at least through saturday. Phoenixville currently seeing 30s. Elroy seeing 35. New hope 36. Newtown and fort washington, 36. What about philly . Seeing lots of upper 30s, m andorra, center city, 41. Rittenhouse 40. Buffalton one degree warmer at 41. Out the door forecast for philadelphia seeing temperatures dip into the low 30s by midnight. 31 is your expected temperature. Upper 20s by 4 00 a. M. You will see those clouds redevelop, especially for early tomorrow morning. For the pa suburbs were seeing upper 20s by midnight. And low to mid20s by 4 00 a. M. Notice this trend, we are certainly dipping behind a cold front. Lehigh valley were seeing 24 degrees at midnight. 21 at 4 00 a. M. Never mind those feels like temperatures in the teens and low 20s. Jersey shore, 30 at midnight and 26 at 4 00 a. M. So your three day outlook looks like were seeing temperatures decline into the 30s. Below average. 36 on friday. 34 on saturday. And 42 on sunday. The average High Temperature<\/a> for philadelphia is 41 degrees. And today, temperatures were above average. Now for the pa suburbs, seeing that similar trend overnight friday into saturday, look at this, 19 degrees and saturday into sunday a very cold 21 for you. Lehigh valley expected High Temperature<\/a> on saturday. 21 and overnight low saturday into sunday. 21 degrees. Back to you. It was a busy day for catholic students across philadelphia. Nbc 10 and st. Charles seminary in winwood. Students packaged 50,000 meals to help feed the hungry. Missionary work is now part of the program at 18 philadelphia catholic schools. As they partner with the International Humanitarian<\/a> relief agency. Also tonight, its a drug that can save lives. But now local police have a message for the company that makes it. Why you taking advantage of somebodys misfortunes . Dont be animals. Coming up new at 6 00, board walk makeover. We get a look at changes coming to Atlantic City<\/a> thats bringing a long awaited reconnection to the shore. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Welcome to 8 and a half maple street. Its half a house. And even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, its a full house to the wilsons. Because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. Dont pay for uploads that arent up to speed. Get 150 meg internet with equal uploads and downloads, tv and phone for only 79. 99 per month online for one year. Only from fios. Mmmmm psst. Yoplait custards back. The family favorite. Protein. Protein proteiny protein. Proteiny protein . Protein proteiny protein. At least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. New greek 100 protein. From yoplait. Welcome back. Lester holt joins us now from the nbc studios in new york. Me has a look on whats coming up on nbc nightly news. Ahead for us tonight, the president testing relations with one of the countrys most loyal allies. Weve got new details about the deadly prison takeover in delaware and how it came to an end. New hope for men suffering a recurrence of Prostate Cancer<\/a>. More on that when we see you at nbc nightly news. Well see you at 6 30. Its a drug that can save lives. Tonight, local Police Departments<\/a> are outraged with the drugs maker. They say the cost of the drug is sky rocketing. As Deanna Durante<\/a> shows us people are paying the price financially and with their lives. Reporter it was a year ago nbc 10 found this man overdosing on a septa platform. The increase of heroin ods is only rising and so is the use of a drug called narcan. Weve seen a 900 increase from 2016 to the first month of 2017. Weve seen that much more narcan being used. Reporter towns and counties state wide are stocking up, supplying that demand. But there is a problem, according to police. The cost is ridiculous. Reporter google narcan, we did and youll see it too. One company has hiked the prices from 600 to 4,500 a dose. Many agencies are stocking up on doses with the help of donations, grant money. We shouldnt have to pay that much out of pocket with our tax dollars for this dug. I dont agree with people making a profit of someones down fall. Its horrible. If its going to save lives we need the prices to be able to give it to everybody that needs it. Reporter some Companies Say<\/a> thats exactly what theyre doing. Communities in our area like falls and bristol townships get doses from the company, others through nonprofit agencies. In Montgomery County<\/a> is a mixture. While some cheaper brands are on the market. Others that provide an auto injectors have increased from 600 to 4,000 a dose. We reached out to the maker of narcan. It told other Media Outlets<\/a> that list prices are not an accurate reflection of the prices charges. Deanna durante nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news at 6 00 is next. Jim rosenfield is live outside the Vaughan Correctional Center<\/a> in delaware to bring us new details on that deadly prison standoff. Guys im live here at the delaware prison where inhates took several Correctional Officers<\/a> hostage yesterday. One is now dead. Coming up on nbc 10 news at 6 00, the nbc 10 investigators dig into staffing concerns after officials admitted the prison was operating at minimum levels when this uprising happened. And get ready for another winter blast. Im tracking temperatures dipping into the teens in my first alert neighborhood forecast. Next at 6 00. Right now at 6 00, deadly inmate takeover at a delaware prison. Tortuous 15 hour ordeal. A veteran corrections sergeant killed after he was taken hostage by prisoners. Hes a champion. And he would fight for what was right. Tonight we learn how he saved coworkers lives. Also, insight into the hostage negotiations. We talk to the governor you can talk to floyd. Plus, the tensions behind bars that may have triggered this deadly prisoner uprising. Good evening, im Jim Rosenfield<\/a> live at the james Vaughan Correctional Center<\/a> in smyrna, delaware. This is the site of the deadly two day inmate takeover, theres a lot going on. Heres what you need to know roit right now, this afternoon a procession brought the body of steven floyd from the Correctional Center<\/a> to the medical Examiners Office<\/a>. The head of delawares Correctional Officers<\/a> union says floyd was a hero. Even in his last moments, as the inmates attempts to take over the building, Sergeant Floyd<\/a> told a couple lieutenants to get out of the building and that it was a trap. He says floyds warning saved his fellow officers lives. Today we got a better understanding of what happened inside the prison during the standoff. Officials saying around 11 00 last night. Three maintenance workers who were hiding in the basement escaped through the roof. But around 5 00 this morning when negotiators couldnt get any information about floyd, officers decided to knock down the door with a back hoe. A woman who worked as a counselor was freed. 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