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WCAU NBC10 News Today At 530am February 26, 2016

Roadways at that point yet. 95 looking different. We are starring to see the volume headed southbound. Thats whats going towards the center city area. The brave time still okay. Speeds in the 60s and 13 minutes from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway. No problems there. I like to always give you a heads up later on in the evening, especially on a friday night. There might be added stadium traffic and volume around the wells fargo center. The philadelphia 76ers play the wizards. Fire crews are still on the scene of a restaurant fire overnight. Drew smith is in germantown this morning. What are you learning about this fire . Reporter tracy, we know fire investigators are here now. The work continues to try to keep putting water on this restaurant. You can see they are still spraying water on it. This is several hours after they said this was under control. The flames no longer leaping through the roof but it is still a situation that firefighters are keeping their eye on. We shot video of those intense flames, firefighters got here around 1 00 this morning. Several trucks had to try to get on all sides of this restaurant, the house of gin chinese restaurant. They tried to attack it as best they could. It took a full hour to bring it fully under control. The inside of the restaurant is all charred out. The roof, destroyed. As those flames and those hot flames came right up from the inside. Now, again, the fire investigators are here. Starting to take photos, look around to try to figure out what may have happened here. Theres also someone associated with the restaurant over inside a deli building one bulling over. Well try to speak to him, figure out what may have happened here. This restaurant was scheduled to open around 11 00 this morning. Obviously that will not be happening today. Live in germantown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. Thank you. Meanwhile, doctors are evaluating the Mental Health of a bucks county man who triggered a standoff. Police say they were responding to a domestic call at the langhorne home yesterday. Thats when man barricaded himself inside and told police he was armed and wearing body armor. He surrendered three hours later. Chamonix high school was on lockdown as a precaution. No one was hurt. Officer Michael Edwards says a man approached his cruiser on wednesday night at a park in south philly and said, i should blow your head off. c edwards says Shareef Haines kept his hands in his pants and used his body to try to keep him in the car. The officer managed to get out of the car, draw his gun an confront haines who made a shooting gesture with his hands. Thats within a backup officer arrived and tasered the suspect. He could have had a gun. And i would have been a victim. This incident shows that Police Training works. This case comes about six weeks after a gunman shot Philadelphia Police officer Jesse Hartnett at pointblank range. Three bullets hit hartnett in the arm. He sa hes had a number of surgeries since then. He said that man who carry out that assassination attempt pledged to isis. Cosbys lawyer says hes letting the suit against Beverly Johnson go for now. To concentrate on the criminal charge charg charges. Beverly johnen is accused cosby of drugging her. Cosby denies the allegations. His attorneys plan to refile the case. No deal. Yesterday, a pennsylvania Judicial Ethics Court rejected a deal between Supreme Court Justice Michael aiken and his accusers. Aiken seen here leaving a pittsburgh courtroom yesterday with his wife is accused of violating ethics rules by exchanging offensive emails. The threejudge panel would not let aikens lawyer or the judicial conduct board outline the deal. Instead, the judges said they would decide whether there have been any misconduct and if so, what the punishment would be. Attorney general Kathleen Kane uncovered emails while reviewing her predecessors handling of the Jerry Sandusky case. Philadelphias District Attorney says theres no timetable other than justice when it comes to the lesean mccoy case. Nbc 10 spoke with Seth Williams at an event in south philadelphia yesterday. Williams said his meeting with mccoy and his attorney earlier this week to discuss the case is pretty common practice ahead of filing any charges. Mccoys accused of assaulting two offduty Philadelphia Police officers at the recess lounge on february 7th. But he reportedly told the d. A. An investigators tuesday that the incident was not his fault. Williams says hes committed to taking his time to get it rightc those that are impatient or want to bully my office into doing something, were not going to do that. Were going to do what we think is right, make the decision when we have enough evidence. Williams says his office is in touch with mccoys attorney and they know where shady is. A Camden County fourth grader is behind an effort to help the people of flint, michigan during their ongoing water crisis there. I was able to get wash, brush my teeth and drink clean water. There are kids in flynn the, michigan, that cannot do those things. Thompson made a video, posted it on her Youtube Channel. Several businesses in deptford helped out her cause by collecting bottles of water and printing up flyers for her. She and her dad drove the water hundreds of miles to flint after her father got permission from his employer. Asked them if he can drive the truck around to flint, michigan, they said we can help you and drive with you to load all this water in that truck. Her Youtube Channel is kind kindly kanicki. A tornado caused this destruction in lancaster county. The National Weather service confirmed an ef2 tornado hit the area, packing winds of up to 125 miles per hour. It destroyed dozens of buildings in its path, including an amish schoolhouse. Its just a foundation. Everything was completely on the ground. It almost looked like a bomb exploded the school. A lot of nonamish people in town got warnings. A lot ran to warn their amish neighbors who do not use technology. The tornado also hit two chicken houses. Not clear how much of the 16,000 chickens can be saved. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 5 38 this morning. It is a cold start this morning. Its going to be a blustery day. Right now were looking at the temperatures that are in the 30s for reading and philadelphia and cape may. Temperatures are in the 30s but the wind is blowing and it feels like its in the 20s this morning. This is a gusty view, the wind has been shaking the camera atop the marquis de lafayette hotel. Look at the wind gusts. 29 miles an hour in philadelphia. Topping 30 miles an hour in atlantic city. It is dry. There are clouds blowing through the area. Snow showers in central pennsylvania and into the pocono mountains. Weve seen a few snowflakes. It should stay dry for most of the day today. You might see a flurry. Theres dry air in place. Most of those flurries are evaporating before they make it to the ground. More sunshine as the day goes on, 26 degrees for the pocono mountains, middle 30s will be it for allentown and quakertown. The wind blowing all day through doylestown, trenton and mt. Holly. At the shore youll see sunny skies, 40 in atlantic city, vineland, rehoboth, in the upper 30s this afternoon and a blustery day for west chester, drexel hill and swedesboro. Temperatures not much warmer than they are right now. Sevenday forecast with the temperature turnaround for the weekend when im back in ten minutes. All right. About 20 minutes before 6 00. Lets get a check at traffic and specifically 422. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. Jessica . Thats right. We are doing okay so far. Were still really quiet this morning. At least in terms of volume. Heres 422 around trooper road. Trooper road is actually right in here. That wraps around and heads eastbound towards the schuylkill expressway. The drive time is doing okay, eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill, eightminute trip, speed in the 60s. That starts to jam up usually around the 7 00 hour or so. We move over to lower providence where theres a water main break on north trooper road and clark hill drive. Causing delays, just follow those local detours, heading over into new jersey and ocean county. Be prepared to watch out for that and see some delays. You can see the major surrounding areas as well, we are still seeing everything in the greene. Not a lot of volume heading out the door there. A screening hall, thats what could happen soon unless a deal is struck between the unions and nj transit. Well tell you about the issues that are holding up the agreement and when a strike could happen. Plus, busted, despite his good grades, this Pennsylvania High School student is in trouble with the law. Find out why. 5 33. This morning were meeting a Gloucester County teenager whos getting a helping hand from her classmate. Christina is a student at Clearview High School in mullica hill. She had multiple brain surgeries and her medical bills are piping up. Her fellow classmates raised money with hoagies for hope. Super bowl sunday was the day the students sold those hoagies and made for than 17,000. We talked to christina about how it feels to have the school help her family. Makes me feel lake a better person inside. I feel like everybody cares. The students split the money between christina and two other kids with medical conditions during the School Board Meeting last night. New Jersey Transit and the rail workersc unions resume tas today to try to avert a threatened strike. The walkout could bring the trains to a screeching halt next month. The unions thorred a strike for march 13th. Among the sticking points are Higher Health insurance premiums and disputed pay raises. The dispute continues between apple and the fbi. It all sounds around the San Bernardino terrorist incident. The company is arguing that a court order requiring april toll build a tool to bypass the pass code of one of the San Bernardino shooters would violate their first and fifth amendment rights. Federal authorities want april toll unlock the phone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists as part of the investigation to see what it is on that phone. Apples court filing it not only claimed the order violates the companys rights but it would do serious damage to the security of apples products. Fbi director james comey says the battle with apple poses the hardest question hes seen in government. Increasing situations where we cannot, with lawful court orders, read the communications of terrorists, gang bangers, pedophiles, all different kinds of bad people and with, again, lawful court orders and search warrants were increasingly unable to make that search warrant effective. Meantime, another new development. Google which is considered a competitor to apple in the Smartphone Market are planning to lend a hand to support apples objection. Apples ceo tim cook says hes prepared to take this case all way to the Supreme Court. Live in the digital operations center, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. 5 46. Were getting a first look at what happened in the moments before police shot and killed a man with a machete in mousen to. The guy was upset that he missed his bus. You can see him waving a machete. Authorities say he used it smash a window in the police car and then hit the officer with the flat side. Another officer opened fire killing the suspect. Police say 23yearold ukrainian man impersonated a Pennsylvania High School student for years and he even made the honor roll. Authorities say Artur Samarin walked the halls of Harrisburg High School pretending to be a student named asher potts. Police say Artur Samarin remained in the u. S. After his visa expired and had been attending the school under false identity since 2012. Students say theyre shocked. He lied to me. He told me his age before. Investigators say Artur Samarin maintained a better than 4. 0 grade point average and took part in several student activities, including the rotc. Artur samarin faces chargesc o Identity Theft and tampering with public records. Now from our south jersey bureau, a church wants to know why black lives matter. Unitarian Universalist Church in cherry hill hosted a Panel Discussion last night. The church believed people needed to hear the message. The church calls the thief a coward who tried to send a message of hate and intolerance by ripping down the black lives matter sign. They say the theft only makes their commitment stronger to fight racism in the criminal justice system. Surveillance video from january appears to show joshua keasey and ibew local 98 president John Dougherty walking on north 3rd street. Keaseys lawyer says his klein was beat up because hes not in the union and was working at a construction site. Dougherty made a Campaign Contribution to d. A. Seth williams. Williams says he excused himself to avoid any real or perceived conflicts. I didnt throw a case for a friend that is overly difficult or went out of my way to prosecute someone because they stole my lunch money in eighth grade. The state Attorney Generals Office is handling the case. A spokesman for dougherty says he acted in selfdefense. Nbc 10 employs workers who are members of local 98 union. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Its winter coat time. The cold is back. Gusty winds this morning. Theyre going to stay with us this afternoon. Clouds, theyre blowing through the area. This is a live view from here at the nbc 10 studios. The winds at 21 miles an hour. 37 degrees, feels like 26 degrees this morning. Cold in the pocono mountains, colder, theyre back to making snow at camelback and that snow has been blowing across the slopes with the winds topping 20 miles an hour. 22 degrees in the poconos. If you can find an area that doesnt have wind, 32 in pottstown, 35 for wilmington. You factor in the wind, those numbers are in the 20s. Here are the clouds riding in on the winds. Were seeing snow showers in central pennsylvania, the pocono mountains, you might see a few snowflakes. A few flurries in northeastern maryland. Worst case scenario, might see a flurry. If youre looking for steadier snow showers, youll have to do traveling because theyll stay clear of our area and the clouds over the city will be breaking for sunshine. Well see sunshine this morning at 7 00. 34 degrees. Look at the winds at 20 miles an hour. Steadyc into the afternoon hou, 36 degrees at 10 00. 39 degrees at 1 00 today. It stays cold all day long. With the clouds out of here for the weekend, well see the numbers turn around after a colder morning tomorrow morning. 45 saturday afternoon. Look at sunday. Wow, what a rebound. 60 the High Temperature and then that mild weather stays with us on monday. Theres a chance of a daytime shower. Just a light rain shower. Sunshine and near 60 on tuesday, more showers on wednesday and then it turns colder thursday. About ten minutes before 6 00. I see jessica doing a jig. I think its because its friday. Tgif, jessica. What are you seeing on 42. Im happy about that. Northbound drive time still doing okay, headed to philadelphia, a fourminute trip northbound from 55 to the woodhaven road bridge. If you are headed out the door, theres an overturned vehicle thats blocked at mathistown road. In delaware, still reports of area roadways being closed because of flooding. Thats in new castle county. Airport road is still closed between 95 and route 202. The ramp is still closed, though, they had to reschedule the open for it. It was supposed to open on tuesday. 95 southbound to exit 7b, route 52, still closed for the ongoing construction. 37 degrees at 5 51 this friday morning. The Philadelphia Museum of arts collection is get a little bit bigger. Heres a live look at the museum right now. Just ahead, well tell you about the gift its now getting, including a major endowment. Plus, changing the rules. Major League Baseball is eliminating part of the game after an incident involving former phils star chase utley. Well tell you about it. And we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is pearle vision. Good morning, everyone. This is Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. If youre just waking up heading out the door, head out the door to berlin, youll be just fine on the white horse pike around cross keys road. Were getting word of a tractortrailer overturned on 78 in the lehigh valley. Just new in to our system. Police not even on the scene. Ill tell you exactly where that is when i come back in the 6 00 hour. This might be the save of the year. Flyers goalie michael made this block with his stick right at the goal line. Look at that from high above. Crazy. The save secured the flyers 32 win over the Minnesota Wild at the wells fargo center. Baseball has hey new slide rule. Mlb Officials Say theyre hoping to avoid a repeat of this utley takeout slide in last years playoffs

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