Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 4pm 20150312 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 4pm 20150312

5yearold and a 7yearold home alone in deplorable conditions, the mother was arrested. The home in upper darby is declared unfit for human habitation around 10 00 last night the next door neighbors called 911 when their detector went off. And when finding nothing there they went next door, they found the home next door had no heat and the oven was on for warmth and a space heater in a back bedroom the police found a 7yearold girl and her 5yearold brother, she told police her mother was at work and she was baby sitting. The fire was declared a hazard because of the oven being used as a source of heat and a space heater and it was so filthy it unhealthy. Neighbors called the incident a shape. Shame. I dont know what to think of that i have kids of my own, that is scary. Now firefighters detecting low levels of Carbon Monoxide in the home probably because of the oven being left on. The children are now in the care a relative Christina Wright was arraigned this morning and released on 30,000 unsecured bail. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Tensions are high once again in ferguson missouri today after two Police Officers were shot overnight. St. Louis Police Called the attack an ambush saying someone fired at officers during a protest. They used a pistol. The officer was shot right here at the high point of the cheek under the right eye and the bullet lodges right behind his here and the st. Louis county officer was struck here on the shoulder and the bullet came out the middle of his right back. Both men were released from the hospital today and are expected to recover without any longterm damage, s. W. A. T. Teams swarmed a home in ferguson looking for the suspect this afternoon, so far they have not announced arrests. News of the injured officers in ferguson hit a nerve here in philadelphia where the death of officer wilson is still fresh in everyones mind. Its one week since he was killed in a shootout with suspects. Chad pradelli has the details here here. Reporter commissioner Charles Ramsey condemns the shootings in ferguson but he has not much time because he is busy preparing for the funeral of officer Robert Wilson iii. Officer ramsey says this causes a toxic environment. The rhetoric has to be calmed down. We need thoughtful people talking about issues that are legitimate issues that need to be addressed. Commissioner ramsey is part of a task for that is used to improve relations between the commune and the police. And officer wilson will be buried tomorrow who leaves behind two young boys, attorney general eric holder calls shootings on police repugnant this disgusting cowardly attack may be used to unravel any sense of progress that exists. Muhammad is the newly elected head of the naacp he says the distrust between the Africanamerican Community and the police must be repaired with mutual respect. His thoughts are with the two officers that were shot in ferguson. They leave for work each day not like the rest of us, there really is a chance they wont return home and when an officer loses their life it reminds me that their life is on the line. Commissioner ramsey certainly knows the dangers that Police Officers face every day he is the top cop now for seventh years now. The federal government announced a massive undertaking regarding Insurance Claims for Hurricane Sandy. They will reopen and review every Insurance Claim filed for Hurricane Sandy that is ever file claims 144,000. This comes after Many Companies that assessed the damage were accused of fraud Robert Mendez and corey booker were among those pushing for this. Anyone affected will get a letter from fema about the review process. Nora muchanic will have more on that coming up at 5 00. I looked but couldnt find one, not a single cloud in the sky. Not as warm as yesterday but you will not hear a complaint out of us. The sun is still shining. Too bad i would give you a dollar for every cloud you found. Despite a step down in temperature this is normal for this time of year. Right now in philadelphia 51 degrees, washington near 60 and 62 in richmond with the northerly wind, notice to the North Buffalo and binghamton, that is because of the deeper snow pack there and snow around our region we were able to move the temperatures out of the 30s and 40s. Peak wind gust 38 Miles Per Hour it was very breezy at times, near 30 Miles Per Hour in allentown and 36 for millville and Atlantic City close to 40 Miles Per Hour. High pressure is in control squashing the clouds and the High Pressure stays in control and as we look ahead to the accuweather forecast, well have a chilly overnight and 50s stick around and changes come in time for the weekend in the form of rain, well let you know the timing of that in the accuweather forecast. Another dane another headline for the eagles, running back Demarco Murray just landed in philadelphia and there are reports that the birds are about to officially lure him away from the rival cowboys. Jaime apody is live now at the nova care arena. Reporter i watched him walk past me into the door behind me if maury ends up an eagle they will replace the 2013 leading rusher in the nfl with last years leading rusher in the nfl. He reportedly agreed to a deal but nothing is official until he signs it. Murrays plane lands in philadelphia at 3 00 p. M. This afternoon and made his way to the complex and he is meeting with head coach chip kelly as we speak he canceled a trip to watch Marcus Mariota work out to be here. He is great friends with sam bradford and told him yesterday to express his interest in philadelphia. Now, murray rushed for over 1800 yards and 13 touch downs in almost 400 carries last year he would fit well in chip kellys system. Its interesting to know that Ryan Matthews a running back is still here in the building on his official visit he reportedly agreed to a three year deal, will they sign both, its not likely, hear more coming up all day on action news. Just dying to find out what Chris Christie has to say about Demarco Murray in philadelphia today. It is time now for the action news traffic report today. Lets go live to autumn marisa in the traffic center. Hi shirleen and brian its busy out there and all the road crews are out fixing the potholes we see the remnants on the schuylkill expressway and we just had an accident on the vine street expressway clear that is eastbound on 8th street from the blue route to the vine now taking you 27 minutes to go from the vine to the blue route. That is not that bad speeds in the teens and the low 20s out there, slow going if you are eastbound from 202, up towards the blue route and again on 95 16 Miles Per Hour, its nice and slow there as well. Going outside to the boulevard, you can see northbound and southbound lanes are jammed this is because the schuylkill expressway is jammed and the vine street is jammed and when that happens all the major arteries get backed up like this this is in vineland new jersey, the fires that brian and shirleen were telling you about delsy drive at walnut road is closed. Use South Orchard road to get around that. 73 northbound at prospect avenue, we have a downed pole stay clear of that as well. Back to you brian and shirleen. Thank you autumn. Still ahead, its a murder case that goes back 45 years and started more than 1,000 miles away how police ended up solving it in our area and more trouble for the secret service, the agents accused of getting drunk and crashing a car on the growns of the white house and facebook settles a lawsuit that could have them thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldnt know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. In Customer Satisfaction studies, fios is rated 1 in Internet Speed and reliability 8 years running. Plus, fios has the fastest wifi available from any provider. Period. See the difference for yourself. Get a fios triple play online at an amazing price, guaranteed for two full years plus, get a 300 bonus with a twoyear agreement. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v police say that a murder that happened 35 years ago in arkansas was solved hundreds of miles away in delaware james clay, 70 years old was arrested in Sussex County yesterday and the fbi was working with police to track him down, he is charged in the 1970 kidnapping of james ricks in jackson county, arkansas, he is held now without bail pending an extradition hear. Two agents are under investigation accused of driving while drinking on white house grounds. Another black eye for the secret service, two agents are removed from their positions for allegedly driving a government car while drunk and crashing into a White House Security barrier, one agent involved is a top member of president obamas personal security detail. The most important part is you have two secret Service Agents probably armed in a government car in some state of ineastbound ration after a suspicious item was thrown on white house grounds, after going through the tape they crashed into a white house barricade. The agents were not given a field sobriety test according to a supervisor. I feel somewhat betrayed by it. Joe clancy has taken the investigation out of the jurisdiction, clansy has asked the Homeland Security to investigate. This following a man jumping the fence at the white house and make into the white house before being apprehended. Its up to us to correct it. The suspicious item on the lawn the Washington Post reported that the two agents disrupted an active bomb investigation and may have driven over the suspicious package itself and this incident is being investigated and we are told that the president is well aware of it. Thank you. The focus of the Boston Marathon bombing trial shifted today. Prosecutors showed evidence of the days after the attack. It focuses on the murder have had mit police officer, sean collier, he was killed after pictures of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother were broadcast on the news identifying them as suspects and dramatic video of him escaping after colliers murder. And to business and a bit of a rally the dowspiking 259 points and the s p up 26 points. Facebook is facing a Class Action Lawsuit over the way that kids spend theyre Parents Money on that site they are rule that that case can move forward and it involves thousands of plaintiffs. Its the way that kids spend money on the site without their parents permission. The case is set to go to court in october. The Camden County government is planning to take over the demolition of abandoned homes in camden, they want to manage the project, the contractor who previously won the bid backed out last month after concerns of asbestos. Its yet another program run by the county. Volunteers are needed to keep philadelphia looking its best mayor Michael Nutter and the Streets Department are trying to make the eighth annual philly spring cleanup the biggest one yet. The event is a month away on april 11th if you want to help, you can sign up now you can submit the project proposal if you want something done in your neighborhood. The character dresses up as the sun is affective today. Its a Beautiful Day and i hope there is more on tap. Lets go to meteorologist, adam joseph. One more day and then changes unfortunately arrive for the upcoming weekend, speaking of the sun its glistening on the Atlanta Ocean and at times you see the camera bouncing quite a bit and dealing with a breeze. The temperatures have dropped since yesterday because of that wind coming in from the northnorthwestly direction only in the mid40s north of town and 44 and in trenton and 51 in philadelphia and 50 51 is the average, for high temperatures this time of year. And we are doing better than that, wildwood 54 degrees and less snow pack to the south and warmer temperatures and snow pack to the north and west and that is why it is cooler in the far northwestern suburbs and speaking of that snow depth it is very thick to the north of new england just south of boston we are seeing 1 to 2 to 3 feet of snow on the ground in northern maine and the western part of the pennsylvania a foot of snow to the north of pittsburgh but locally here we have wiped a lot of that snow away i95 and points to the west but lehigh and north bucks county, 1 to 3 inches of snow on the ground and 3 to around the poconos. And the areas around philadelphia, a patch here or there, but most of that will get washed away by our next round of soaking rain that is gathering down to the south right now little rock, jackson as well as new orleans, that moisture is coming out of the gulf of mexico and will arrive here late tomorrow night your friday is dry the entire day and by 11 30 tomorrow night you start to see the edge of that rain in the southwestern suburbs, it takes over here and rains steadily and heavily here on saturday morning at 8 30, in the afternoon the heaviest rain moves out by 2 00, its a damp and dreary afternoon on saturday with some left over showers at times. But prior to that rain coming in with some warmth for some of us a cold night ahead 21 in allentown and 28 in wilmington and 25 in millville and below freezing in philadelphia. As we look at your four day at 4 00, sun tomorrow morning gets replaced by clouds and tomorrow night at 52 degrees, as we get into the weekend, 58 on saturday and its mild in the city, rainy and a half inch to inch, and still unsettled on sunday and much better and drier a popup shower at 54 and big improvement by monday and sun and clouds with temperatures above average at 56 degrees, could we keep that above average . Well let you know coming up in the seven day. Up next, a fire rips through a restaurant and causes damage to the free library of philadelphia, plus we are a few days away from a local mega sale that happens twice a year swrerks details for buyers and sellers including a new way for folks to make money. And adorable . Or deplorable the woman that snapped this newborn photo defends its intentions. An Early Morning fire rips through a tioganicetown restaurant and damage a branch of the free library of philadelphia. On the 3700 block of north broad street the restaurant was badly damaged and People Living in the apartment over it had to escape the flames it turns out there is a Library Branch next door and it has smoke and water damage fort fatally nobody was injured. A bankruptcy judge will rule tomorrow on the proposed sale on the bankrupt Atlantic City revel casino. Florida developer glen straub wants to buy revel for 82 million and the judge will decide whether to approve the deal tomorrow but a loophole leaves the door open to accept a higher bid if one come as long before the march 1st closing date. Police in south jersey are warning people about a phone scam about a fake kidnapping. Im nydia han, i have the 411 on a kids item swap. And this year the organizers are offering something new. Ill explain coming up on 6 abc. I know grandmas house isnt the most exciting, but its only for a few hours. Look what ive got. 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Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Shirleen Allicot and brian taff. Hello again 4 30 and action news continues with the buzz and the backlash over powdered alcohol while some states dont care that it has been approved by the government they will ban it. And getting rid of a double chin used to involve this. Cut it out or suck it out. But not anymore, coming up well tell you about the injection that can melt the fat off your face. Plus, double dare at Dunkin Donuts you wont believe what a florida woman did to get into a sore orty. She is now charged with indecent exposure exposure. Now scammers are preying on parents worst fears to get money. Well go to david henry live in lyndonwald with the details. The alleged vi

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