Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 4A 20171003 :

Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 4A 20171003

Injured. The shooter 64 yearold Stephen Paddock had a weapons, 23 rifles and handgun in his hotel room. In his home police found 19 guns, ammunition and explosives. And while isis claimed responsibility, federal investigators think there is no link to international terrorism. I want to emphasize we believe paddock is solely responsible for this heinous act. We are aware of the rumors outside of the media and also on social media, that there was more than one assailant. We have no information or evidence to support that theory or that rumor, we believe it was only one shooter and that was Stephen Paddock. Right now the detectives are working around the clock, to process that scene, based on the additional rounds they have found, they think this could have been so much worse. As we look at chilling video there were people from different walks of life link by this horrific tragedy. We are learning about all those people who who their lives, victims, couple celebrating their first anniversary. Police cezanne i meltin died while protecting his wife heather from the shooter. She told a reporter he gave his life to save hers. One year anniversary. It is expect to be eerie motional day at Philadelphia International airport as people in las vegas are returning to their family and friends. Lauren johnson at the airport this morning. Good morning to you, lauren. Reporter good morning, delayed coming in and out of las vegas because of the mass shooting but then Service Resumed after police were able to secure that scene and this morning a philadelphia couple will come home much different then when they left. Reporter those pops they assume were part of the vegas fire works show we are talking about katie and bob of horsham , they were among 22,000 people gathered at the stage to see jason aldean perform. It was their final night in vegas or so they thought until those gunshots rang out and they ran for their lives. Katie sprained her ankle trying to escape her gunfire, her injuries minor considering the blood bath that left 59 people dead and hundreds more injured. It was wrapped fire and it was like pop, pop, pop, pop. And that pop, pop, poppy just get sick. It is hard. I cant handle it. We were just having fun. That is it. Singing, dancing and Somebody Just goes and. Messes it all up. That is it. We just wish it was over. Reporter man behind the massacre an accountant and high steaks poker player 64 yearold Stephen Paddock who Authorities Say stashed dozens on have high powered rifles in the 32nd floor help tell room and sprayed bullets in the crowd. Well, thermos exited to get back home to see their children. Their flight is expect to land here this morning. We have been communicating with them and plan to speak to them whole they land. Coming up we will hear from passengers [gunfire] who made it back yesterday, thomas and karen about the horror they dealt with in vegas. All of those stories, lauren, thanks very much. You mentioned this but we are diving deeper into this tragedy and the mystery of what prompted Stephen Paddock to unleash the perfect or. Investigators say they have found nothing in his background to suggest why he did what he did . What we do know is that the 64 yearold was a wealthy Real Estate Investor didnt have any criminal history. Eric paddock says as far as he knew his brother was a poker playing accountant with no political or religious affiliations. Reporter family members say they are at a loss as to what triggered the mass shooting. Paddocks brother who lives in orlando says it just doesnt make any sense. Did you have any indication that he was angry at anything. Absolutely nothing. There is in reason for me not to say this, this is what i loved to be able to get you guys to give some reason to this, if there was anything, i could have done, i would have done it. But there was, exactly nothing. We have absolutely no clue why this happened. Paddock says he spoke to his brother just a few weeks ago and he said the family is now afraid of retaliation. Tragedies like this can change everything about how we hold events and how Law Enforcement plans for those events especially out in the open. Lets get out to steve keeley on the ben franklin parkway where we have so many events every year, steve. Reporter well, next month, november 22nd will be 53 years since Law Enforcement all around the world started always looking up, when dignitaries visit cities, stadiums and sites around the world and when the pope was here on the parkway a few years ago federal and philadelphia Law Enforcement were up on high rise rooftops themselves, but what about the crowds below, and Police Commissioner ross told us last night that now security planners have to take into account the possibility at big concerts on the parkway, machine guns snippers from high rises. Does it make you think twice about going to a big outdoor event at this point. It does make me think twice i mean you never know, when you leave the house if you come back again or not. Who would think someone from 32 stories up would start firing at thousands of people. This is quite candidly quite difficult to anticipate. I feel like you have to live your life, you cannot give it. Reporter you go to the events. Yeah. Reporter you walk through cities every day and rarely do you look up unless there is a head line news story about scaffolding falling or part of the building falling down and now everybody will be looking up, at least for the rest of this week if not forever, including tonight, when people will be having a peace rally at city hall at what many called a protest plaza where rizzo statue is, thomas payne plaza across city hall. As they are gathering praying about the victims in las vegas you can bet they will be looking around philadelphia, center city wondering are we next, guys . All right, steve, we hope we dont to have wonder just such a difficult situation, thank you. Time right now 4 07. Out of this tragedy we are seeing good in humanity. Many people in nevada waiting in hours for hours to donate blood. State officials and mayor of the vegas talk about the need for blood to help the victims. So many people responded, and Clark County Sheriff just said the city has enough for now and officials are asking people to come back this afternoon. Our dave kinchen is in las vegas his live reports begin at 6 00 a. M. Right here on good day philadelphia. More breaking news, the world grieving looks of another music legend this morning rock and roll icon tom petty has died. Such a classic, this was 2002 tom petty and heart break ers and rock and roll induction ceremony they hit the scene in the zero sevens topping charts with refugee, i wont back down, were listening to and learning how to fly. Just to name a few of the so many. They wrapped up a tour last week, fortyeighth anniversary tour. The rocker was found unconscious and cardiac arrest in his malibu home sunday night. They took him off life support yesterday. So many great classics, i remember playing those songs, im sure you did as well, sue serio, good morning to you. Yeah, it happened so suddenly too. 55 degrees in philadelphia right now. Fortysix in allentown. We have 38 degrees. Another chilly one in the mountains this morning and 48 in reading, so basically, whatever you used yesterday in the morning you will need it again. Winds are not an issue. They are pretty calm, coming in out of the east and out of the north this morning. 71 degrees is your average high so as these days get shorter the average high gets lower and you can see where our peak of the last seven days was, wednesdays high of 89, last monday was 91, well, yesterday was just about perfect 75 just above average and we will be there once again today. Tomorrow sunny and pleasant as well maybe more humidity. Kind of sticky on thursday back in the 80s, 80 degrees on friday with mostly cloudy skies, mix of sun and included on saturday we have an eagles game on sunday chance of showers then and maybe own columbus damon as well, so, that is your seven day forecast, of course, dont forget about our radio partner 101. 1 more fm, we have forecast on radio and tv, every day. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, morning, it is 4 10. We are watching these guys pack things up, schuylkill expressway in the tunnels under the 30th street station where they were working overnight. At lee, excuse me the lanes are opened here, one lane, on that westbound side they had it closed beginning of the last night. They are still working on i95 in delco just south of 476, only one lane heading south down toward delaware county. Up here for folks in bristol i95 work zone between woodhaven road up to 413, all part of where they are putting in those fly over ramps which will connect to the pennsylvania turnpike and hello to phoenixville they are working on 422 down to within lane as you head into king of prussia. All that overnight work on all of the roadways until 5 00, 5 30 heres a live look at king of prussia where they were paving the schuylkill last night watch for lane restrictions between valley forge and gulph mills in the five or 5 30. Karen and thomas back to you. All quiet along the parkway. 4 11. List keeps than growing here. Coming up next on good day philadelphia equifax say more americans, millions more, may have been impact by the recent security breach. We will tell you how you can check if your information has been compromised. Plus former First Lady Michelle Obama will be in fail today how nice, the event that is bringing her and other very prominent women to our Convention Center and also were listening to music by tom petty. Welcome back, good morning at 4 14 here our time and it is 1 14 in las vegas where we can see blinking lights continuing out there we are learning more about the gun man behind the worst mass shooting we have ever had in modern u. S. History. Police say Stephen Paddock went on that spree and from there the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and casino killing 59 innocent people and injuring so many other injuries before killing himself in that room. He had at least 23 guns in that room and more in his home and a nevada retirement community. We know president will visit las vegas tomorrow to day he and the first lady will travel to puerto rico and u. S. Virgin islands. They will see devastation firsthand from hurricanes maria and irma. President trump says he will personally meet with the people impact by the disasters to hear their concerns. Todays trip comes as president defends the federal response called sluggish and inadequate, pentagon says nearly half of the puerto rico remains without water nearly 95 percent of the people have no power. 4 15. Other top stories, the trial got off to a rocky start foreman police say set off bombs in new york city and sea side park, new jersey you remember right before that race. Judge in new york remoder ahmed can rahami who said he wasnt able to see his wife. Prosecutors say he set off bomb last september in manhattan which is injured 30 people, one in new jersey explode budd did not hurt anybody. The 29 yearold said he is not guilty. A man in bucks county is facing charges in the death of his girlfriend. Police say Anthony Depaulo shot and killed his girlfriend sunday in tulleytown. It happened on the 300 block of main street. Anthony depaulo faces charges of criminal homicide. No word on a motive. And there is a south jersey bookkeeper who admits to stealing more than 400,000 from her employer, according to prosecutors, people there in Burlington County say that sarah akuhn transferred the money from paul davis restoration into her personal credit card accounts. The thefts took place over 10 years. She faces eight years in prison when shes sentenced in january. As we mentioned a moment ago this afternoon Governor Tom Wolf will be at pennsylvania conference for woman alongside Michelle Obama wolf is expect to speak on his administrations support of womans rights. The conference at the Convention Center here, seeing her husband the former president there along with the vicepresident no, that is with wolf right there, sold out, grace anatomy executive producers sandra rhymes will be speaking. So many people wanted to go to that. We have a lot of anticipation, sue serio. Big conference. And bob kelly will tell but the big traffic jams but that always happens when something popular is going on. We have the jet stream still far to our south which means were still in our cool weather pattern, another cool start to the day so make sure you have your jacket or your sweater that you wore yesterday, but the trend for the month of october at least so far and we are only in the third day of the month is for above average temperatures, when you, at the end of the month and it is halloween and we are averaging it out we are expect ago above average temperatures. We have nothing on radar right now to show you and really most of the northeast is not only rain free but cloud free, as we look ahead to the mid 70 s for today and probably the upper 70s as we head into tomorrow, and again, no rain in the forecast for the next couple of days, temperature as you walk outside the door is 55 in philadelphia, much cooler in the north, allentown at 46, 38 in mount pocono, millville new jersey at 43 and 48 degrees to start your day in wildwood with a relatively calm winds. So, 75, how about that for a High Temperature just where we were yesterday, was really close to perfect bob kelly, i think as weather, gets around here. Toughest part of this time of the year is kid need a fleece when they leave in the morning but they come home, without it. I said that to austin yesterday, where is fleece . What fleece. The one you wore this morning. Were always minus one in the fleece column there. 4 16. Make it 4 18 on a Tuesday Morning downtown philadelphia vine street expressway still closed between broad street and schuylkill expressway until about 5 00 oclock as part of that overnight construction, project. Hello to wilmington delaware looking good all lit up there working your way dunn to 202 and 95 and 495, both market frankford and broad street subway using shuttle buses until 5 00, trains kick in, speaking of trains, septa says expect extra volume on the Regional Rail lines today because of the sold out pennsylvania conference for women. Mihelle obama will be speaking around lunchtime hour so we will see not only increased volume on the rails, folks coming in we will see volume around the Convention Center and of course some extra Police Presence with mrs. Obama paying us a visit later on today. Hello to maple shade, shaders live look at route 73 between moorestown and the tacony palmyra bridge and crews are still working here on the schuylkill expressway, this is a live look westbound right underneath 30th street station , left lane is opened, at lee it is opened, we will take within lane better than no lanes, right karen and thomas. Heck yah, absolutely. Going from traffic related news to vehicle related news, ditching the fuel. We will tell you how one major auto maker is hoping to end its relationship with gasoline and diesel in the very near future but first heres sean bell. Coming up next eagles running game is in fully affect hear why coach Doug Pederson thinks the ground game is finally running smoothly, that is coming up next in sports. Good morning im sean bell there is a lot to like about the eagles game then they did two weeks ago and that is because of lagarrette blount. Has been a bee over last couple weeks and head coach Doug Pederson thinks everything is coming together in the running game. Every week we try to go in and try to establish the running game. That is the first thing youve got to try to do. If you can do that it will open up a little play action pass. That is where you want to start. These are the same runs we have always used we window dressed them differently but the timing, accuracy, pinpoint , the blocking, things that we work on during the week are starting to pay off. The flyers getting ready to start the season, tomorrow in, san jose against the sharks and they had some advice for the young guys for their first game. For me it is just enjoy the experience. I remember my first nhl game and i was nervous and shaking all over the place. It is just another game. Once the puck drops and get through a few shifts they will be fine. That is sports in a minute. Im sean bell. Thanks, sean. There is no way to make sense of something that doesnt make any sense but we are looking at the tragedy in las vegas. Coming up here at 4 30 we will have the latest on the investigation and question where it goes from here. Lets check traffic, bob kelly good morning. Good morning, gang. Still working on 95 southbound in within lane south of 476 heading down, heading toward delaware county. Lets get outside and take a live look at ben franklin parkway where that is part of the detour route through center city. We will check jam cams and tuesday has your forecast when we come right back but first maybe you were a winner last night, lottery numbers. So many thoughts and so many prayers are with the people of las vegas, the people who were visiting and were there for that tragedy and any connection to what happened out thereafter that gunman, killed all of those people and injured so many more. We are taking a look at how Something Like this will happen. Tragedy in las vegas could bring changes to our area specifically Music Festival and parade around the Delaware Valley we will have a live report. Another sad note. Passing of that man, legend tom petty did pass away overnight his publicist reported, so many remembrances from so many people looking at his legacy and all of his great music. Great to have you with us on this Tuesday Morning at 4 27 Thomas Drayton with karen hepp, bob kelly, good morning. Sue s

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