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WCAU NBC10 News At 6pm March 14, 2016

Reporter Police Rushed to the area. Leaving neighbors stunned and sad. Horrible. I mean, anybody who would just leave a child out in the rain, that says volumes that they have no concern. Reporter and police are still searching for the young driver as well as the van. Anyone with information should give police a call. They tell us this is a reminder why you never leave your car running especially if your children are inside. The good news is that child is at home with his parents. Reporting live, Pamela Osborne for nbc 10 news. We have breaking developments in the shooting death of a Maryland Police officer originally from delaware county. In the last hour Police Reveal that officer colson who was killed in Southern Maryland was killed by friendly fire. Right now three brothers are under arrest in the case, they are looking for a fourth. Investigators say evidence shows the gun men intended to die during a gun battle. They called officer colson a hero. He took action and in doing so demonstrated extreme heroism because it was his actions that allowed officers to take a position where they could intervene and neutralize the threat. The officers family was attending the News Conference a short time ago. Tim furlong has more on officer colsons life and the legacy he leaves behind in his hometown. Was like a punch in the stomach. Reporter word spread among the faculty this morning, lots of people remember 2005 graduate jacai colson and cant believe he was the understood cover officer killed outside of washington. They remember the Student Council member and athlete as a respected leader among his peers. Did it the way we want our students to do things, graduated from high school, went to college, he did everything the right way. Screaming and screaming. I dont know what to do. Reporter his family struggling to make sense. He followed in his grandfathers foot steps. Jacai was a chip off the block. Reporter he was a respectful 28yearold with a bright future, the Family Friends are now trying to console the family jacai leaves behind. It goes back to old school. Be there for thy neighbor, friends and family, and shoulder to cry on. Reporter this afternoon Governor Tom Wolf ordered flags at the capitol and facilities lowered to half staff to honor officer colson. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. A rainy and chilly start to the work week. Nbc 10 at suburban square, montgomery county, umbrellas and coats were a must. A live look from the camera atop the loews hotel. Its raining and somewhere you can see the ben franklin bridge in the distance. Its tough to see anything through all of the clouds and the rain. Nbc 10s glenn hurricane schwartz with his first alert forecast. Glad youre feeling better and back. You know, losing that hour of sleep what is supposed to make it better is the extra hour of sunlight which were not getting today. Yeah. And the scene behind me and the scenes that you saw dont exactly make for a bright start to the week. But its not going to stay like this the whole week. We have a wet commute home, but at least we can see the visibility may not be that good tomorrow morning for the morning commute. So, might be a little more difficult then. Right now we dont see very much on the radar. Just some tiny drizzle drops too small to be detected by radar. And in other places cloudy. We dont have the significant rain that has moved off into new england. The temperatures generally in the 40s, across the area. Kind of uniform when you have cloudy skies and persistent east wind. And the temperature, it starts creeping up a little bit as the wind comes down. But the temperatures go way up and yes, the sun will return and ill let you know when with the sevenday in a few minutes. New at 6 00, a scary ride for septa passengers when their bus crashed into a Philadelphia Bank this afternoon. Nbc 10s Denise Nakano is live with more on what happened here. Reporter one look at the aftermath of this crash and its a wonder no one was seriously hurt. It happened around noon at old york road in the citys fernrock section. Septa says 7 to 10 passengers were treated for minor injuries and you can see the bus coming within feet of the banks entrance. No one was outside the bank at the time of this crash. No word on what caused the driver to go off the road. Officials were called in due to concerns of structural damage to the building. Denise nakano, nbc 10 news. Police say an argument over a sports team led to a deadly stabbing at rittenhouse square. Police released the mug shot of the suspect today, there he is, Steven Simminger charged with murder now, police say he was walking by as the victim and friends were getting out of a cab. Someone made fun of simmingers devils cap that sparked a fight. The decedent is actually on top of the suspect and he stabs him a couple of times from underneath him. Simminger showed up at a hospital with a cut on his hand which helped lead to his arrest. New at 6, a judge in harrisburg will make a ruling that could decide whether john kasich can stay on the ballot in pennsylvania. Marco rubio supporter filed an objection because he said kasich did not have enough signatures to be on the ballot here. The kasich camp argues that was filed about 15 minutes past a deadline and should not count. Today both sides haed to file arguments with the judge before a ruling was made. Its important to note that right now kasich is on the ballot in pennsylvania. In the race for the white house stom mega tuesday with primaries in five big delegate rich states. The biggest battles in florida and ohio. The in wither of those gets all of the delegates and they are also the home states of marco rubio and john kasich so its critical for them to rin. Donald trump starting his day in North Carolina with new jersey governor chris christie. Christie announced he was endorsing trump after dropping out of the race. Criticism continued over violence like this. At some of trumps rallies. There were scuffles at several events over the weekend. Trump rejects claims that hes the one inciting this. Fellow republican ted cruz was pressed whether he reconsidered Backing Trump if hes the gop nominee. That is a question the voters are asked. At what point do we say enough is enough. If donald trump is the nominee he is a disaster. And the answer is to beat him. Marco rubio expressed confidence that hell win his home state tomorrow, saying he plans to beat the republican field in florida and carry on with his campaign. As for the democrats Bernie Sanders is denying trumps claims that sanders supporters are to blame for the problems at his rallies. Hillary clinton is calling on democrats to unify around her president ial bid. Clinton told the crowd the party must focus on the threat of donald trump. For complete decision 2016 coverage including the latest delegate counts and primaries and caucuses, tap the nbc 10 app. Outpouring of support from across the nation to remember a fallen hero. Hundreds stood in 0 driving wind and rain to honor sean cullen. At his funeral mass siblings told he was a firecracker from the day he was born, cullens pregnant fiance stood beside his casket. They stood at attention for a procession that drob his body past his childhood home. On march 7 a driver hit trooper cullen as he was investigating a crash on i295. That driver stopped at the scene. She is not facing charges. Some of cullens colleagues shared some of the things they will miss most about him. Sean, ill never forget him. Clearly not forgotten. And he was one of those guys always got the job done, and always made me laugh. Miss that with him doing his crazy jump kicks in the station. Thats what they say got them through today, all of the laughs and smiles his humor brought to their lishs. Cullen was just 31 years old. A pair of state lawmakers want to rename move over law in honor of trooper cullen that requires drivers to slow down and move over and give safe clearance to police, fire crews and tow truck drivers. Violators face a 500 fine and there are similar laws in delaware and pennsylvania. A warning to pennsylvanias county commissioners. Governor wolf said if the legislature refuses to raise taxes they get stuck with higher Human Services costs. Wolf is seeking a package that includes an income tax increase of 11 that would cost someone 50,000 a year an extra 165 in taxes. Top republican lawmakers are committed to dealing with the states deficit without raising taxes. The Pennsylvania House is considering a bill that would legalize medical marijuana. Supporters of the bill rallied in the state house, the Senate Passed the bill in may. If its approved patients with certain conditions could use medical marijuana for treatment. A final vote could come later this week. 23 states have legal itzed the use of medical mirna including new jersey and delaware. Four states have legalized marijuana for adult recreational use. Next at 6, a local woman fights to get out of jail early for her role in an attack on a gay couple in center city. Why a local judge is sticking by her decision and how long shell remain behind bars. A proposed hike to new jerseys minimum wage is facing a wave of opposition at the jersey shore. It would be tough doing business as usual. Why some say the increase could put them out of business. The week got off to a soggy start but warmer weather is in the forecast. Ill let you know when thats coming and when you can expect for st. Patricks day. When youre on hold, your business is on hold. Thats why comcast business doesnt leave you there. When you call, a Small Business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. No annoying hold music. Just a real person, real fast. Whenever you need them. Great, thats what i said. So your business can get back to business. Sounds like my rides ready. Dont get stuck on hold. Reach an expert fast. Comcast business. Built for business. A judge refused to cat jail sentence for the woman convicted of assaulting a gay couple. Catherine knott will stay behind bars and continue her term. The jury convicted her for the attack and a judge says that sentence imposed was not excessive. Considering the injuries to both the victims and the citys image. Knott has been in jail for just over a month. State lawmakers continue the push to raise the minimum wage in new jersey. But adding money to workers pockets could cost you. Right now the minimum wage in the garden state is 8. 38 an hour. The highest in the tristate region. But if democratic lawmakers get their way pay would nearly double to 15 an hour in the coming years. As Ted Greenberg tells us its a jump some Business Owners say theyd be forced to pass on to you. Reporter when the surf mall opens in less than a week for the first time this year, wes will stack the business with about two dozen employees, most under the age of 20 who start at minimum wage. Were not employing people that are raising families. He is among many who say a proposed hike in new jerseys minimum wage currently 8. 38 would be disastrous to their largely seasonal economy. Very tough for us because we have a small window to make all of our money for the year. Hopefully businesses dont scream to the skys falling down because it is a phasein. Last month democratic legislative leaders announced a proposal to initially hike the minimum wage to 10. 10 an hour, with annual increases reaching at least 15 an hour over the course of five years. It would be impossible to not raise prices. It just would not be profitable to be in the business where its 100 days on the boardwalk. You have to make all your money. The pier hires about 150 seasonal employees, many are paid minimum wage. I think it would be time for people to reflect whether they are going to stay in business. I would like 10 an hour. Darla is all for raising the minimum wage which she is paid at her job at a gas station. I have a roommate you know. And he helps without the bills. Otherwise id never make it. Governor christie blasted the notion of raising the minimum wage calling it economically irresponsible. The democrats say if christie refuses to support their plan, theyll put it on the ballot for voters to decide. Ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Pretty nasty way to start the week after what we saw last week in those record high temperatures. Its been damp and chilly today. Damp and chilly this evening. And probably damp and chilly tomorrow morning too. Along with perhaps denser fog than what we have been seeing. We have warm weather coming in on wednesday but its not going to be as warm as last wednesday or last as long. You can see across the delaware river, the clouds are very low. And by tomorrow morning you may not even see this well. 46 degrees, a it wille drizzle now. The wind 14 miles an hour but its not gusting as much as it was just an hour or so ago. The temperature today only got up to 50 degrees compared to that 69 on friday. 61 over the weekend, saturday and sunday. And then tomorrow were going to jump back up to 60. Its that east wind that has kept the temperature down. Otherwise this is pretty warm weather pattern over much of the country. So, were one of the few places that are chilly. Temperatures in the 40s across the region, except for the 36 in mount pocono. And many places 10 to 20 degrees colder than at this time yesterday. While its pretty close to the same temperature in delaware and south jersey. The visibility giving us an idea how dense the fog is. Less than 2 miles in coatesville and blue bell. Thats still i mean thats fog but its not dense fog. And we dont have any of that reported yet. Three miles for international that could slow down some of the air traffic but it doesnt stop it. Tomorrow morning, again, visibility should be lower than this across much of the area. As the wind diminishes. We have a couple of sprinkles coming up from the southwest in addition to the drizzle that has been lingering and we have another area of showers in the ohio valley, Tennessee Valley a spin with that moving in our direction. We could see a little more activity tomorrow morning as well. The temperatures tonight if anything they go up a touch. And you can see some of those showers coming in by tomorrow morning. And then it warms up. 46 degrees in philadelphia, 42 north and west. The fog develops toward daybreak, continues through the morning hours, maybe a couple of showers in the morning. And then by afternoon might get sunshine and if we do, temperatures go up near 60. The average high is 52 so wednesday, 71, pretty warm, st. Paddys day 62 with a chance of showers. Then the shower chance continues on friday before we get really cold over the weekend and some cold windy rainy conditions by sunday. Im john clark. March madness is here. Well hear, they are all getting ready and well show you which phillies slugger is tearing it up this spring. Winners are showing up all over pennsylvania. And with more than 500,000 winners of match 6, cash 5, and Treasure Hunt every single week, thats not a big surprise. Winners, winners everywhere play today since the Great Recession a good start. Katie the u. S. Has added 14 million new jobs but too many families see the special interests gaining the upper hand in washington, while paychecks dont go far enough. If you work hard, your paycheck should show it; you earned Social Security it should be there when you retire. And you shouldnt have to go broke to afford college. Im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message because its your turn. Im john clark. It will be a fantastic friday for the big five, all three philly area teams will play. Villanova and temple in brooklyn in the afternoon, st. Joes at night. Take a look at nova on the court this afternoon. Preparing. They are happy that Senior Center daniel has an extra day to get his sprained ankle better. They face asheville. Nova is a two seed. A lot of expectations after going home early the last two seasons. Obviously the last couple years we had early exit. We were disappointed. Were going to keep doing what we do, were going to get better. Stick with that. If nova wins friday they could play temple in a big five tournament battle sunday. The owls hitting the practice floor, going to try to beat iowa after villanova plays on the same court. Iowa is a top 5 team but they finished losing six of eight. Everyone is extremely focused. We know what we have in front of us. Great opportunity like i said coming up friday. And everyone is locked in. St. Joes have the longest trip. The title yesterday they face cincinnati friday night. It is a tough trip and late night but the hawks are happy to be dancing. Got to go out and play basketball. That doesnt matter if the you lose nobodys going to think about oh, they took a long fight. Nobody cares about that. Right now we focus on one game at a time. Flyers tomorrow against the red wing, happy to welcome back a teammate today. Ja jake, he is not ready to go yet. I got to practice with the team first before i think i can get in the game. You know, no tomorrow, hopefully im going to get better during the week. Philles, orioles today. Michael franco continues to crush it. That is six homers this spring, the most in baseball. Positivity there. Phillies lost. Were right back. Try and stay dry. Next on nbc nightly news why women are at increased risk for migraines. Breaking news tonight. Under investigation. Police weighing charges against donald trump and his campaign and whether they incited a riot at a rally. Dramatic developments hours from the polls opening in critical states. Race against time. Catastrophic flooding destroys thousands of homes. Tonight a major emergency effort to save entire towns. American isis surrender. A shocking moment caught on camera in iraq as a virginia man turns himself in. His parents thought he was on vacation. Miracle survivor. The 14yearold girl who squeezed her mothers hand right as they were preparing to say goodbye. Wait until you see her now. And hidden migraine risks. Why so many women are getting them. Doctors saying knowing

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