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WCAU NBC10 News Today 11am May 19, 2016

Making abrupt turns and dropping rapidly before it vanished. Civilian radar doesnt show that. It just shows the jet stopping at 37,000 feet. Flight 804 disappeared around 2 45 egypt time. Thats last night for those of us on east coast. About 20 minutes from landing in cairo and just entered egyptian air space. It took off from charles de gualle airport with no reported problems. More than a dozen french passengers, many egyptian passengers and other nationalities onboard. Also children. No americans were on that plane. French president Francois Hollande says no hypothesis about the crash is ruled out or preferred. Prosecutors office in paris is opening an investigation into the incident. Meanwhile, other officials in the city are making sure the families of the victims are getting support. And this is another blow for paris. Just this morning, frances lower house of parliament approved an extension to the state of emergency declared for the deadly terror attacks back in november. It will now last another two months. Terrorist attacks several targets last fall, killing 130 people and injuring hundreds. Aviation correspondent tom costello talked about the possibility of whether the plane crash could have been a terrorist attack. I think at the moment, as we have seen the military responding to the scene now on the ground, the navy responding to the scene on the ground, terror experts closely watching this. Theyre very concerned something catastrophic happened at 37 thrown feet and the question was was it caused by some explosive device. We dont have answers now. The black baoxes will hopefully tell that story. They have to find them. President obama will be updated about the crash throughout the day. The president has advised his administration to reach out to their International Counterparts to offer support and assistance. Right now, families of some of the passengers are gathered at Cairo International airport waiting for word on their loved ones. We have yet to learn the fate of all 66 people onboard the jet. And of course, stay with nbc10 and the nbc10 app for live updates on the crash of egyptair flight 804. Switching gears, mayor jim kennys soda tax proposal has sparked outrage and support. Blondell Reynolds Brown is presenting what she believes is a Good Alternative to the tax. A container tax and its already raising eyebrows even from soda tax supporters. Pamela osborne is live in center city to explain. Pam, lay this out for us. Vai, its worth mentioning that all of this is happening as more than 10,000 signatures of people opposing any beverage tax arrived to counsel today. Prior to this point, there havent been too many details about the proposed container tax. We tracked down someone who had information about the councilwomans plan ahead of the meeting. He tells me the councilwomans container tax proposal would add a 15 cent tax on all beverages over seven ounces. That includes bottled water, soda, teas, and even 100 fruit juice. Its their understanding that the only beverages not included would be baby formula, alcohol, and milk. Keep in mind, feely and the coalition he represents are prosoda tax. They like the mayors plan to add a 3 cent an ounce tax on sugary drinks but they feel the container tax wont raise enough money and will hurt lowincome moneys. And they are concerns about the amount of money a container tax would raise. To note, a similar container tax was in baltimore. That one included alcoholic beverages. But it only generated about 10 million within a years time. And thats pretty far off from the numbers that we have seen floating around with this container tax, somewhere in the sgif 50 million to 60 million mark. Well have much more on later editions of nbc10 news. And we are enjoying the warmer weather today. Look at that. Temperatures finally getting into the 70s. The sun is back. We take a live look at frawley stadium, home of the wilmington blue rock wheres theyre paying baseball tonight. Nbc10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is here with the forecast. Whatever rain we had is probably pushed out to shore by now. We have a couple great days, but enjoy them because its just a couple. Then things are going to change again. Were up to 65 degrees right now in philadelphia. Just fair weather, cumulus clouds. More clouds in parts of south jersey and in southern delaware. But look at that. 67 in much of new jersey. Lehigh valley and delaware. Barely got up to 69 yesterday. And as we go into the lehigh valley, we see some numbers already getting close to 70. Easton at 69 degrees. Bethlehem, 67. Whitehall, 68. 66 degrees in reading as we go into berks county. So the temperature continues to climb. We have mostly sunny skies. The only clouds down in southern delaware and extreme south jersey. As we go through the afternoon, just partly sunny skies. Temperatures at or above 70 for the high. And then it doesnt cool off a whole lot tonight. New jersey, close to 70. Jersey shore wont get there because of the wind coming in off the ocean. Even warmer tomorrow, and then the big changes come. Details on that coming up. Well see you then, glenn. Time for a check on the roads this late morning with jessica boyington. Lets see what the roads are looking like. Were watching a little delay, and thats just in the schuylkill expressway. Around south street. Were seeing more of an eastbound delay. Towards the king of prussia area. Right nower were losing the left lane up ahead due to construction. Thats what most of the slowdown is about from south street moving forward. Of course, heading eastbound. Theres also construction in west olney avenue. There will be lane restrictions there until about 3 00 p. M. Route 47 over in franklinville, new jersey, a utility pole down blocking both directions around little mill road. You can take the detours or sgro 55 looks nice and green. 422 back to normal. Earlier, seeing really big delays heading east bound, now only an 8minute trip. Speeds back to the 60s. Vai. Jessica, thank you. Former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is afallogizing for a comment about women he made in the Washington Post that appeared in the paper that went viral. He said there are probably more ugly women in america than attractive women. The philadelphia dalea news is weighing in on the comments with todays headline, beware of dogs. He made the statement in reference to presumptive gop president ial nominee donald tru trumps comments on women voters. We caught up with rendell at 30th street station yesterday. The former philadelphia mayor owned up to what he said. What i said was incredibly stupid and insensitive. And when i read it in the article, i said, did i say that . I think the way he put that is unfortunate because its almost using the same ammunition to make an opposite point. I dont think that looks should ever come into politics. Philadelphia republican chairman joe difelice issued this statement on the comments. Quote, two wrongs dont make a right. Its not excusable that he feels entitled to sound off on womens appearances even as he critiques donald trump for doing just that. Well, today, new jersey lawmakers will consider a bill to raise the states minimum wage. An Assembly Committee will take up a measure to bump the rate to 10. 10 an hour next year. It would then increase annually for four years. A state senate panel approved the bill on monday. Lawmakers say if the governor refuses to sign the bill, theyll ask voters to approve a minimum wage hike. Right now, new jerseys minimum wage is 8. 38. Delaware is next at 8. 25, and in pennsylvania, the minimum wage is 7. 25 an hour. Pennsylvania governor tom wolfe is expected to sign a bill that could require firsttime dui offenders to use ignition interlock systems. Yesterday, the Senate Unanimously passed the measure. It requires firsttime dui offenders with a blood alcohol of 1. 0 or higher to use a breath Monitoring System for a year instead of losing their license. The device will not allow a vehicle to start if the driver has been drinking. Under the current law, repeat dui offenders must use the ignition interlock system. Meantime, in atlantic city, leaders have postponed a vote to allow people to carry open containers of alcohol on the boardwalk. They tabled the issue for more discussion. The bill requires that people who openly carry alcohol buy it from a licensed Beverage Business adjacent to the boardwalk. Container must also display the name of the business. In delaware county, family, friends, and colleagues are pushing for the sainthood of a priest. They spoke to students at mont Senior High School in drexel hill about father bill atkinson. He broke his spine in 1965 and spend his life as a quadriplegic. He was ordained in the 1970s and taught at bonner for 30 years. He died in 2006 at the age of 60. Something about him that he was able to reach people in ways that i have never seen the like of, you know what i mean . If he knew a student needed something or he thought he could help a student, he was there. The u. S. Conference of catholic bishops has endorsed his cause for sainthood. Breaking news involving professional golfer Phil Mickelson. Why the government filed a complaint against him this morning. Plus, incredible images of a fiery plane crash. Ill tell you whats more incredible about the story. Enjoy the sunny and warmer weather because im tracking big changes for the weekend. Ill let you know what to expect and when just ahead. Boy, check out this photo from the crash of a u. S. Air force b52 bomber on the South Pacific island of guam. The plane aborted on takeoff, crashed and caught fire this morning. All seven crew members made it out safely. No one else was hurt. The air force is investigating and taking steps to keep the planes fuel from contaminating the ground. And we have breaking news about one of the worlds most famous golfers. The securities and Exchange Commission named Phil Mickelson in a complaint involving alleged insider trading. He owed money to a man who received tips and Business Information about a food company. That man urged mikkelson to trade stock in the food company. The s. E. C. Said he made a profit of more than 900,000 the next day. The Associated Press says attempts to reach him for comment were unsuccessful. To decision 2016. Donald trump will visit Mercer County later today as a favor to chris christie. The Presumptive Republican president ial nominee will appear with christie at the Lawrenceville National Guard armory. The event will raise money to help christie pay off debt for his own president ial run. Trump also will attend a separate fundraiser for new jerseys republican party. Meantime, trump used the word rape regarding a decadesold allegation against bill clinton. He made the comment in a fox news interview. He was referring to a controversial claim in the 90s by a woman saying she was assaulted. Clinton denied the allegations. He was never charged. The Clinton Administration cl m claims he is attacking. And Bernie Sanders is vowing to stay in the president ial race despite the fact that Hillary Clinton is very close to securing the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination. In tuesdays contest, sanders picked up more delegates than clinton, but she kept her overall lead. Still, sanders says hell keep fighting to the convention here in philadelphia in july. And sanders is ramping up his criticism of the democratic party. He said Party Leaders are making the election process benefit clinton. Weve a lot of cloudy, cool days this month, and last few days of april as well. Today is an exception. We have a lot of sunshine, temperatures on the rise. 67 degrees in the lehigh valley. And also down in at least parts of delaware. Generally the northern parts. And we even have a couple spots reporting over 70 already. Marsha marshallton and glasgow. As we head to the south, there have been clouds, a northeast wind coming off delaware pbay ad the ocean. Rehoboth beach at 58. Dewey beach is 59. Even back to the west, georgetown, 63. Wouldnt normally be that cool, but theres some clouds down there, as you can see on the satellite picture. The darker areas are totally clear. And you can see some patches of clouds in southern delaware. Not that theres going to be any kind of rain other than an isolated shower and a couple clouds up north of williamsport that could lead to an isolated shower in some areas this afternoon. But were warming back up, at least for now, for a couple days. 62 tuesday, 69 wednesday, 72 today, 76 on friday. And actually get above average, and then things go down as we go into saturday. Well, were dry right now. Thats for sure. But things are going to change as we look back to our west. We find a lot of dry air, but not down here. See this area in texas . This is headed right in our direction, and its going to be moving in here in time for the weekend. This is some of the latest computer guidance just in, and it holds the rain off until at least after day break on saturday. But this is a large area of rain. Theyre having a preakness on saturday. And that looks pretty wet. And the wettest weather in southern portions of our area. But it does look like just about the entire region gets rain. Multiple hours of rain. The temperatures stay down as a result of that. And so not a pretty picture for saturday. For today, it is a pretty picture. Its lansdale at 71, allentown, 71 degrees. Not expecting any kind of significant rain. Just an isolated shower at best. Avalon, places to the shore cooler with the northeast wind. Rehoboth beach at 65 degrees. Heres the weekend. And you can see how nice friday is. And then how much the temperature drops for saturday. Its the clouds, the rain, its the northeast wind. Delaware, from 76 tomorrow to 55 on saturday. Sunday, not quite as bad. And that is the case in other areas, too. New jersey, 58 degrees on saturday. After 76 tomorrow. So you have your chance on friday. See whats happening next week with the tenday later. All right, thank you very much. Every second matters in a medical emergency. Well tell you about an app that could help save your life and get you help even before medics arrive. But first, move over, rocky balboa. Theres a new boxer in town. Well have a sneak peek of a brandnew film premiering tonight at xfinity live. The stars of back in the day are live in our studios and ill talk to them next. Everything youve been through in your life comes down to these final three minutes. Yeah, when you think philadelphia, you think liberty bell, cheesesteaks and of course, rocky. But our next guests are bringing the story of another struggling boxer to the silver screen. Back in the day is a new independent film being released in theaters tomorrow, and it has a big premiere tonight in south philadelphia. Here this morning, william, who wrote, produced, and stars in the movie along with a couple of his costars, lito is here and greg, who produced and also stars, appears in the film. This film premieres tonight. We thank you all for being here. Let me start with you. This film is set in brooklyn, but its shot, a lot of it is shot here in philadelphia. Parts of it in the suburbs of philly. When the character has to leave the neighborhood for a little while, and he goes to kind of get his head, you know, figured out, and he needs to get away, we shot it like right outside in bucks county. For the locals who live here, there will be sights they will recognize in the film . Possibly, its more of kind of the country setting, possibly, but they might recognize some stuff. This is pretty amazing. You got alec baldwin, danny glover, shannon dough rtddohert mike tyson. What was that experience like . Amazing to have such a great cast, from like you said, alec baldwin, who plays the main gangster in the movie, and then Michael Madison is his captain. And those two together were amazing. And danny glover playing my trainer was just hes so amazing, and then my corner guy. And shannon doherty, she plays kind of like the love interest. Mike tyson does ant appearance, which is amazing. And to work with leo and joseph denauf rio, a great cast. Let me turn to you. You appeared in the bronx tale and the sopranos. You are also recently released from prison. This is your first role since the release. Tell us about that and how you turned your life around. Well, first of all, i want to say thank you to will and paul. They gave me an opportunity when many people wouldnt. Which i am forever grateful for. Um, you know, im proud to say that im clean and sober now, nine and a half years, and i used my time and spent a lot giving back, and teaching kids in high school and College Students the dangers of drug addiction and not to make the same mistakes that i once made. Because it can potentially be really harmful, and you know, it could kill you. Good for you. Greg, youre a philly guy, and we have seen each other around town. Sure. Youre also a member of the comcast family, so tell me how you got involved and your participation in this film. Well, i have been in business ever since comcast, as you know, for the past eight or nine years, but i met will through my brother. Mutual friend that we had, and i met will in philadelphia. He came down, and we instantly became friends. Im seeing here, looking at your scene. Your big opportunity. You guys became friends. We became friends and it went on from there. But wills a fantastic writer, great producer. People flock. The actors flock to him to try to be in his projects. So hes a great friend, great writer, great actor. And thats probably how you got alec baldwin, all these great stars to star in this film. So a great experience for you . Wonderful. It was great. I cant wait for our next adventure. So the philadelphia red carpet World Premiere of back in the day is happening tonight at xfinity live. Great location. South philadelphia. The stars will align after 6 00 tonight, and the screening at 9 00. Head to our website at nbc10. Com or check out the nbc10 app. You look great. Thank you very much. Good luck on the film. Thank you. Well, we continue to follow breaking developments in the crash of an egyptair flight this morning. What some Security Officials

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