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WCAU NBC10 News Today 11am September 16, 2015

A much different scenario as the sun was rising here over frankford. Look at our video know. Investigators tell us just before 6 00 a woman told them she was wiffle whpistol whipped purse taken during an apparent sexual assault. Police who responded described the schoolyard where the victim was dragged as bloodsplattered. Our camera was rolling when police blocked off Public Access to the schoolyard which was a crime scene at the time. The victim was taken to a local hospital. She will be talking to svu and their goal is to have a composite sketch done. What youre looking at right now is a School Districts surveillance camera thats posted just above where where the alleged crime occurred. I asked the a School District spokesperson if this camera was working and moments ago i was told yes. The police are reviewing the surveillance videotape. We also talked to parents who arrived here this morning just before 8 00 to bring their children to classes. They were stunned and were working on bringing that to you at 11 . Live in frankford, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. Thank you, monique, police say a man was shot several times at fourth and cambria street last night. So far police have no clues on who may have done the shooting or a motive. They hope security cameras will help in their investigation. Mr. Us a police are searching for a gunman after police were shot one week apart. One victim was found at 60th and man, the other at 59th and irving. Both victims were taken to the hospital where they are listed in stable condition. Pope francis says he is looking forward to his visit to cuba and the u. S. With great hope. The pope made a comment during his weekly audience at the vatican this morning. He leaves for cuba on saturday then hell travel to washington, d. C. , new york city, and finally here to philadelphia. Pope francis will be in our area the weekend of the 26th and 27th. Meanwhile, philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter is expected to update us on the planning for next weeks world meeting of families and the papal visit. Well bring that briefing live to you when it happens. Right now, Communications Companies are offering a closer look at the upgraded wireless system that will be in place for the popes visit to philadelphia. A high capacity distributed Antenna System is set up along the ben franklin parkway. Hell help the crowd stay connected during the popes outdoor mass and other papal activities. And now the time to download the nbc app, we have a rundown of the road closures and transportation changes that will be in effect during the popes visit. Another spectacular day all across our area. Weve been enjoying a wonderful week of weather and heres a live look at the jersey shore atop the marquee delafayette hotel in cape may, new jersey. Brittney shipp is here. Brittney, its a perfect day to be at the beach. Theres a warm end. Were going to see great conditions, humidity will stay down 48 , temperatures at 79. The air is calm or a little bit above average so summer is really holding on but we will start to see our temperatures relaxing as we go into the weekend. Sunshine over half of the nation. A very quiet weather pattern. This will be the trend when we go into the weekend. So for today expect plenty of sunshine, warm conditions over the area and we are going to stay dry. Were not going to see cloudiness either and that will be true as we head into thursday as well. So we have a few little changes happening as we get into the weekend. Thats coming up but first lets look at the city planner. By 1 00 p. M. , 83 degrees, by 4 00 p. M. 85 and temperatures at 7 00 p. M. 81 degrees. Todays high at 87. Ill have more details on those changes coming up. Vai . Thank you, brittney. Happening today, philadelphia congressman shaka fattah has a Court Hearing in his Corruption Case but hes not expected to attend. A federal judge will decide if fattah can have contact with witnesses. The judge requested he be barred from contact as a condition of his release. Fattah is accused of misusing campaign funds, donations and grant money. Congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor Renee Chenault fattah. Renee is labelled as person e and an affiliate of the fatah enterprise. The feds allege she took part in the scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay Closing Costs on a vacation home. Shes not charged and denies wrong doing. Renee is currently on leave from nbc 10. The Pennsylvania Senate is getting back to work today as they get ready to try to break the budget stalemate in harrisburg. The senate is scheduled to advance a shortterm spending package but Governor Tom Wolf has indicated he will not sign the temporary deal until a general budget agreement has been reached. School districts across the commonwealth are eager to get state funds that have been tied up by the budget standoff. Meanwhile, toll prices increased overnight for two local bridges connecting new jersey and pennsylvania. This morning, drivers are paying more to use the taconypalmyra and burlington bristol bridges when communitying outside of new jersey. Starting last night at 10 00, the fare increased to 3 for drivers with ez pass. Its four bucks for those of you using cash. This is the first toll increase in 15 years. The Burlington County bridge says the funds are needed. Nearly 75 Philadelphia Police officers will be honored during a merit commendation ceremony today. The Department Says all 74 officers have made outstanding arrests while performing highly intelligent and valuable acts of police service. This is video shot from the previous ceremony. Officials say their acts demonstrate special initiative and perseverance in the performance of their duties. Meantime, eight new harleydavidson motorcycles are being presented to the department in just a few minutes. The motorcycles will replace older motorcycles currently used by the Highway Patrol unit. These same motorcycles will be used to escort pope francis on his travels throughout the city during his visit next weekend. A Ground Breaking ceremony is happening today at the divine lorraine, the abandoned hotel many consider an eyesore along broad street in north philly. Heres what the hotel looked like in 1894 when it opened. It closed in the late 1990s. A developer plans to transform the building into apartments and restaurants. City leaders who have toured the building in its existing condition and following this afternoons Ground Breaking. Happening right now in camden county, thousands of veterans can get help finding new jobs. The philadelphia veterans career fair is happening on board the battleship new jersey in camden. It runs through 2 00 this afternoon. 40 companies are participating including comcast nbc universal, the Parent Company of nbc 10. The goal is to help at least 2,000 veterans and military spouses find jobs. To get more information about the event, go on the nbc 10 app. Today kids will get their first opportunity to play in a newly enseparated playground in south philadelphia. A ribboncutting ceremony will officially open the barry playground on bigler street. One improvement, the resurfaced tennis courts. Meanwhile, heres a live look at Citizens Bank park right now. Nice and warm out there. If youre going to go to the phillies nationals game, youll get a papal bonus. This is what it is. Fans can pick up this commemorative phillies pope rookie card. The front shows pope francis himself and the back, of course, like all the cards, features his stats including the pontiffs background. The phillies will be handing out the card at the first base and third base kiosks. Getting ready for round two. A preview of tonights republican president ial debate and what you might see from frontrunner donald trump. Plus, the cost of Higher Education is overwhelming for so many families and now a local college is making a bold move. Well have details on the school thats drastically slashing its tuition costs. Brittney . Temperatures are staying nice and warm for us, but i am tracking cooler changes in store. Thats coming up in my seven day forecast. My milkface is an elevated state. Cinnamon is my soul mate. No debate cause it tastes so great. Thats why i got milk face. Yes, you want it. The milk tastes oh so sweet. Just like heaven between your cheeks. Try this technique, put your mouth on fleek. Lalalalala. We value sticking with things. When something works, people stick with it. More people stick with humana medicare advantage. Because we stick with them. Humana medicare advantage. The plan people stick with. The hunt is on in phoenix, arizona for one gunman after a Police Officer was shot and injured. This happened shortly after the officer pulled over a car for a routine traffic stop. The officer was wearing body armor and is expected to recover but police say the shooter took off and there may have been another person in the car. That car was found abandoned nearby. Authorities say theres no information linking this mornings shootings to a series of shootings of vehicles along a highway in phoenix over the past few weeks. The republican president ial candidates are set to debate for the first time in more than a month. When the candidates take the stage in california, the focus will likely be on frontrunner donald trump. Nbcs tracie potts has a preview from washington. Reporter the Reagan Library in simi valley, california, is set for tonights debate. I think well see trump show number two. Reporter donald trump heads into the debate a solid number one in the polls. People are not silent, theyre disgusted with our incompetent politicians. Reporter another nonpolitician, dr. Ben carson, takes the number two spot on stage. Tonights attempt for jeb bush now languaging at 6 . Republican strategists say he needs to take on trump without crossing the line. Governor bush needs to be able to take the fight to donald trump aggressively. Hell almost have to make fun of donald trump. Somebody comes at me, bam, im come bag at them, dont worry about that. Reporter tonight could be an opportunity for Carly Fiorina who fought her way on to the main stage and seems ready to take on trump. She really has an opportunity here to kind of punch trump in his face but at the same time stand out as being a very strong outsider. Reporter 11 candidates hoping tonight will be their moment. As for those candidates who didnt make the cut, they have an earlier debate two hours before the rest of the candidates take the main stage. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Meanwhile, Vice President joe biden is blasting Donald Trumps position on immigration, biden is deciding still whether to run for president and he told hispanic audiences in washington last night he thought trumps message was sick. Trump is calling for millions of undocumented immigrants to be deported before allowing some to come back. Tonight on nbc 10, Hillary Clinton will visit the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Clinton will be making her first late night talk show appearance since announcing her candidacy. It will also be her first visit to the tonight show since fallon took over as host. The show come yours way after nbc 10 news at 11 00. We have a live look now from city hall in philadelphia where Michael Nutter, the mayor, is updating us on a planning for next weeks world meeting of families and papal visit, lets take second listen in. Certainly our partners with regard to the world meeting of families and the papal visit, the archdiocese, the United States secret service, commonwealth of pennsylvania, pennd penndot. This is our ninth Media Briefing related to Planning Efforts of the world meeting of families and the visit of pope francis. Todays announcement is intended to get the whole city excited and involved in the papal visit. This incredible moment in history is upon us. For past briefings, weve discussed things like logistics in a variety of other information. Weve focused on the footprint in center city and transportation routes in and out of that area because that is where, of course, the main Public Events for pope francis and the world meeting of families will take place. Its true, center city and its neighborhoods will be most directly affected by road closures and parking restrictions and other inconveniences but that doesnt mean that weve only been planning for or thinking about the center city area. The impact of the events in center city are specific but the opportunity to participate is, of course, open to everyone. From the very beginning i viewed the citys role from the world meeting of families as one that presents an exceptional, unified world class experiences for residents and visitors across the country and around the world. Our entire city is hosting pope francis, not just one section. When you watch the National News coverage, no one reports that center city, philadelphia, is a stop on Pope Franciss historic american journey. The reports say the city of philadelphia is the host city for the world meeting of families and the final stop of Pope Franciss time in america. People from every religious persuasion as well as those with no particular affiliation should certainly feel invested in the arrival of this world leader to our great city. This is really about civic pride, about using this historic opportunity to essentially tell our story to the world about our unique history, our Exceptional People who call the philadelphia region home. Ive spent my career in Public Service touting the attributes of our great city. Its my hometown, i love philadelphia and all it represents, our opportunities and our challenges. And for the last eight years as the mayor of this great city certainly one of the roles and responsibilities in this work is to be the cheerleader in chief. Thats what mayors do and im proud to do it. Mayors all across the country do the same for their cities. Im asking people who are not already enjoying the arrival of pope francis to get excited and involve. There are many things to do in conjunction with this event, its not just about the opportunity to see or hear pope francis speak. The papal play book published in this past sundays Philadelphia Inquirer has a list of fun to be had at venues throughout the city. Like the vaticans splendors exhibit at the Franklin Institute and the philadelphia trolley works is offering a faith, family, and freedom tour of historic churches, synagogues, graveyards and other sites by the glow of candlelight. And Just Announced in the past week or so great acts will perform during the festival of families on saturday including Aretha Franklin and comedian jim gaffigan and it will be hosted by actor mark wahlberg. It really is something for everyone at the world meeting of families and the papal visit. There are people all over the world who unfortunately may never have the opportunity that we will have to welcome a leader of International Importance like pope francis to their hometown, much less to see him in person. We have that opportunity. Lets make the most of it. In addition to the many, many, many pilgrims who travel to philadelphia, local residents and businesses are in the enviable position of being close enough to participate in the weekends events. If youre a business, make sure you get your ill be there items featuring pope francis to let customers know youre open. Residents, if you havent done it already, make sure you get your septa passes and tokens, make plans for your family and friends about which events youre attending and decide on your favorite selfie pose. And if youve already decided that you just cant make it downtown in person for these events, you can still be involved from the comfort of your own home as you go about your regular weekend activities. Most areas of our city will not be affected by the road closures or other restrictions that will be in center city but the Philadelphia Police department and the Philadelphia Fire Department will provide the same level of excellent it was so every neighborhood in our city as they always do and well hear from both commissioners in just a moment. Main routes like the roosevelt boulevard, interstate 95 and all bridges except the ben franklin bridge will remain open to facilitate the people moving around and through the city and region. Public schools will be closed wednesday to friday but all city recreation centers, libraries and parks outside of the francis Festival Grounds will be opened during their normal operating hours during the week and on the weekend. City Health Centers located outside of the francis Festival Grounds will also be open for normal hours and service. Other City Services like street, water, pgw, l i will have assets on standby all weekend in case there is an emergency like a water main break or Something Else in any section of our city. We expect that most businesses both inside and outside of the francis Festival Grounds will be open and eager to serve the public, residents, and visitors. Working through t

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