Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 4A 20171130 :

Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 4A 20171130

Looking good. Karen, thomas, back to you. Bob, thank you so much. Developing right now, homeless man, who was beaten to death in mayfair, now being remembered as a kinds and gentle soul getting the respect and death he did not get in life. Police are still looking for the people responsible. Lets get right out to jenny joyce at police headquarters, jenny . Good morning, dante was out there at the vigil last night, she reported that police have identified one of the teens involved. He left his safe phone near the scene, interviewed by investigators but has not yet been charged. Meanwhile the family and friends of kevin cullen say theyre anxious for justice around 6 00 sunday night, cullen, homeless, mayfair, was brutally beaten by a pack of he later died last night. People who knew cullen and even some who didnt, attended a vigil to honor the life after man they say was a very nice man. Police tell us he suffered a violent death. The mans head was smashed against the side after house on the 4200 block of logger street. One woman found him and stayed with him until help arrived. But cullen didnt make it. Cullens siblings say theyre grateful for the womans actions and the support of the entire community. Kevin was a son, a brother, an uncle, a cousin, a nephew, a friend, were just really grateful for all of these good people in this neighborhood, especially the woman, done a, who, you know, sat with him when he was dying. To know that somebody was there, giving him compassion, when he was dying. Police believe the motive was attempted robbery, while they continue to look for the teens involved, family members are planning cullens funeral. He will be laid to rest on saturday. Karen, thomas . So, so sad, jenny, totally, thank you so much. Also developing 4 02, new details are unfold being matt lauers alleged sex conduct with multiple women from nbc. Three women have come forward with inapropriate behavior, and our chris oconnell. Welcome to christmas in Rockefeller Center disgraced matt lauer noticeably absent from the Rockefeller Centers Tree Lighting ceremony. We just learned this, moments ago, just this morning. As im sure you can imagine, we are devastated. We are still processing all of this. Todays show coanchor, visibly shaken, delivering the news that nbc had fired matt lauer, one of the most recognizeable names. In a two month long investigation, variety magazine reports three women have accused matt lauer of sexual harrassment, the allegations shocking, one accuser saying matt lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present, a second accuser says on another day he summoned different female employees to his office, and then dropped his pants, showing her his penis, and this report, that matt lauer had a button under his desk that allowed him to lock the door from the inside without getting up. According to nbc, some of the misconduct reportedly started when matt lauer was away covering the olympics back in 2014. Tmz posting this 2006 clip of matt lauer commenting to then cohost, meredith see era, as she was leaning over. Nice view. For years, tabloids like page six had reports of matt lauers conduct with coworkers, but nbc says it is the First Official complaint they had against their star anchor. Whenever we would get scoop, or any stories, pertaining to nbc news, or the today show, they went to the end of the earth to protect matt lauer regardless what it was. The accusations come just takes aftermath mat lawyer hosed the macy thanksgiving day parade and since the news broke, the New York Times is reporting that two more women have come forward with similar claims against matt lauer. Chris oconnell, fox 29 news. Meanwhile, former today show coanchor ann curry speaking out after working with matt lauer for more than a decade. Her departure was plagued with rumors of sexism. She told People Magazine that she still processing the whole thing, and, quote, i admire the women who have been willing to speak up both anonymously and on the record. Another notable media figure, garrison cooler, has also been fired, after accusations of inapropriate behavior. His duties as host of the show on a prairie home companion ended last year when he retired. But Minnesota Public Radio now confirms it fired him Effective Immediately after the station received those allegations. The 75 year old was Still Producing the syndicated show the writers almanac. Meanwhile, michigan congressman john conyers also fighting Sexual Misconduct allegations. So far two women have accused him of making unwanted sexual advances. He surrendered his post as house judiciary commit House Democrat after this all came out. His Attorney Says he has no plans to resign. And in the wake of the outpouring of allegations, lawmakers taking action on congress right now. The house has passed a measure to require annual harrassment training for lawmakers and aids. Bipartisan group of lawmakers has also drafted legislation that would ends the practice of paying settlements, with accusers, with your taxpayer money. Temple students are grieving this morning, after one of their own was found dead in the library. University says 24 year old michael paytus found unresponsive in the Paley Library monday morning, he was returned to the hospital where he died. He was fourth year marketing major had transferred to temple from Delaware County Community College back in 2014. No word on how he died. Meanwhile, a man accused every killing temple student right here will stand trial. Police say 29 year old joshua killed 20 year old jena burley after he met her at a temple campus baron september second. Burleys body found in his grandmothers property in wayne county, days later. He is charged with murder, tampering with evidence, abuse of corpse, and other related charges. Three to six years, thats the time one man is going to spends in jail for attack that outraged so many people across the country. A judge sentenced 29 year old barry baker the guy right there oh, look at that, in that orange, you know, yellow sweatshirt, for punching a man with Cerebral Palsy outside the 7eleven in may. It shows right before he attacked that man he was mocking him, he plead guilty to certainly Assault Charges back in september. Another disturbing story here, septa Police Say Surveillance video shows 15 year old boy disappearing on a train platform the night before officers found him electrocuted on top of a Regional Rail train last week. Investigators say security cameras at suburban station show rayqon jones late thanksgiving night on that platform. Officers say after he disappeared from view, the electricity surged knocking out the power. They found his body the very next morning on the roof after train at Jefferson Station in center city. He was lying toward the back of the train near its power lines. Police say jones had been missing from his foster home since september. Atlantic county, camden man facing charges in connection with the death of 53 year old, andrew motorcycle garbage. Police say he died on thanksgiving from head injuries. Thirtyfour year old Johnny Morgan has been charged with aggravated manslaughter. This all happened back on november 3rd in atlantic city. But died 120 days later. If convicted morgan faces ten to 30 years in a new jersey state prison. Lets take to you Lehigh County this morning where a man and woman have been found dead inside a hotel room. Police say 56 year old man from tennessee and 36 year old woman from texas died yesterday on hamilton boulevard. This is in South Whitehall township. Authorities are not releasing their names until family members have been notified. An autopsy is expected to be performed today to determine how the pair died. Now, to a story you saw first here on good day philadelphia. Prosecute verse filed charges after a fight on drexels campus turned deadly. Twentyone year old america low and his girlfriend, were arguing outside after pizza shop in University City tuesday evening. Thats when they say someone else in the area bystaner 24 year old joseph, intervened, thinking he was protecting the woman, and he shot the boyfriends in the chest killing him in front of her. She was horrified. We just heard people screaming and running in every direction. And we heard like car horns and stuff. And then the police were here within like a few minute. So now hes facing murder charges. A work is her recovering after construction accident in new jersey. It happened around 4 00 yesterday afternoon, in woodbridge township. A trench collapsed bearing a worker to up his waist. Emergency workers working hard eventually got the man out after about an hour. New castle county draft right now proposing al to improve students success, they say some schools in wilmington. Heres what theyre looking at doing, major merger to consolidate five schools into fewer buildings, it will impact about 1600 students, this calls for merging bancroft, albert palmer, pull a as ski, along with bayard middle school. K through eighth grade school would allow for more resources and stability for students, it is one proposal right now. Central High School One of our crown jewels in our system, is going to be getting even better. It is getting a 42 million renovation. It is fueled by major gift from one of its alums, 10 million bucks from joseph field the founder every intercome communications this, he just took over kyw. So theyre going to add all of these great performing art centers and outdoor spaces, and stem labs, great for academics, and athletics, lots of, you know, the science technology, engineering and math stem, groundbreaking set for january of next year, 2019. Happening today, Hillary Clinton back in philadelphia to tell us what hams. Thats the title of her new memoir released back in september. She will be promoting it tonight at the academy of music, so the very personal book recounts the outcome of the 2016 election this in her eyes, philly is one of eight cities she is stopping at on the book tore, you can get ticket on line at 60. Here is a question. Want to roll like the pope. Is that what all of the cool kids are saying, lets roll like the people. He used to stroll through the street of philadelphia. Coming up how you can get your hands on the pontiffs fancy fiat. Also. By the way is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane . I know, right . Airplane. Will there be any airplanes for your Holiday Travels right now . You will not believe that there is this major problem. Surely you must be joking. Lets get a check on the roads this morning. If you watched the move pi, you got it. Good morning, everybody, 4 11, hello to the shaders, maple shade new jersey waking up the light turn green along 73, lets check some of the cameras. Looking live at the ben franklin parkway. Come on, rudolph. Light it up. Whats a traffic jams that we can get you going this thursday morning. Sue will get you going with the forecast when we come right back. Rudolph so before the break, you heard the original version, jean altry, and then the soul full version, wildwood, good morning to you. Not creature was stirring on the boardwalk. That will change in a couple of months. I love it time of year, you have all of the different versions of all of the wonderful classics, well be playing them, tell us what you want to hear. Tweet us, seeds us, speaking every radio, right . Sue serio, former dj, how are you . Absolutely. Yes, this is a fun time of year. And it always bridges back memories of when, you know, the kind of music you list toned when you were a kid. The kind of music you dont hear any other time of year. Okay, 38 degrees in philadelphia, 22 in mount pocono, 37 in wilmington, 39 degrees in wildwood. All of these temperatures are chillier than yesterday. Nine to 17 degrees cooler than yesterday. So maybe add just a little bit after layer to your ensemble this morning. So looking at this snow up in michigan. Thats all associated with a cold front that will zip through little later on tonight. Here is the time being of that. As we look at today, we will see a decent amount of sunshine, it is not until maybe after sunset that we start to see some showers, and theyll zip through pretty quickly, we will think maybe between 9 00 and midnight, and it should all be out of here by the time we get started again on friday morning. So, that will keep us in the seasonable range every temperatures, we wont be in the 60s any more for awhile. And whats going to happen after that, as we start to look into next week, this jet stream will move a little further to the south. And then well have some chillier temperatures after that. Kind of cold, we sometimes get in december. So, the average high now down to 50 degrees. Yesterday, we were at 64 today probably make up it to 56. 53 degrees friday. It will be breezy tomorrow as well. And chilly on saturday, especially, to start, but by sunday, back in the mid 50s, monday looks good, as well, great weather pattern continues, and then we have chance of showers, and after the rain on wednesday, is whether we expect temperatures to plunge little bit. So we will enjoy the 50s now for the foreseeable future, bob kelly. Thats why youre wearing your poodle skirt today. Loving the 50s. Live look at 50 to 76. Seventysix the schuylkill expressway westbound, down to one lane here at south, then full closure at 30th street. Until about 5 30 or so. Nice pretty shot of the ben franklin bridge. Coming in from south jersey, no problems or delays at least for the moment. Thanks to michelle, sent us picture of some of the shenanagans her elf was doing on the overnight, getting into the gingerbread house, you know the deal. The elf moves on the overnight, so take a picture of some of the crazy stuff you find your elf doing this morning, and post it to facebook, twitter, instagram, we will will show it here on tv. Later today im coming to downingtown, breakfast at the good old farm house, cool spot, great coffee, great smacks, out there along lancaster avenue downingtown. Live on good day philadelphia, from 9 00 to 10 00. Catch us on tv or come on by, have a cup of coffee with me later on today. Karen, thomas, later today. Coffee is brewing, thank you. 4 18. To the developing story out of washington, d. C. , special Council Robert muellers Team Questions jared kushner. The son and law and advisor to President Trump was interviewed by investigators sometime this morning. The focus a meeting he had with a Russian Ambassador and former National Security advisor michael flynn. Now the meeting reportedly happened during President Trumps transition into the white house. And, some more controversy over the president s latest tweets. Retweets, so to speak. President trump re tweeted several videos every muslims engage, it looked like, but was not, it turns out, in some of these cases, a acts every violence, original tweets came from a right wing British Group known as britain first. The british Prime Minister theresa may quickly condemned these videos saying it was wrong for the president to have retweeted them, but the Trump Administration disagrees. Whether it is a real video, the threat is real. And that is what the presidnt is talking about. Thats what the president is focused on, is dealing with those real threats. And those are real no matter how you look at it. So, you know, critics are saying these videos are antimuslim, question their ought nepotism. Saying that theyre imigrants, both people born in the country where that happened. Not immigrant at all. Some of the videos are fake. All right, going to something else, happening yesterday morning, while we were here on good day, convicted war criminal on trial in the haague decides to ends his own life by swallowing poison right after his guilty verdict. It happened just moments after 20 Year Prison Sentence fora that guy, 27 year old valve continue. There he goes, he drinks the poison, all stummed, condemned of war crimes during the sack ya war. Former bosnia chief says im not a war criminal before drinking the content that far bolt telling everybody he had poise orthopedics himself. They rushed him in an ambulance to the hospital where he died. A sad update to something that brought joy to so many around the world. We all remember those ice bucket challenge videos, right, that raised als awareness, learning this morning the man who inspired them, anthony, died over the weekends. He was 46 years old. He lost his life after 14 year long battle with als. Challenge, you will remember, went viral. Celebrities, politicians, everybody got into it, raised 115 million in two month, back in 2014. In Burlington County, a drug deal is her facing homicide charges after one every his customers died. Police say that guy, jimmy flakes, jr. , sold 45 year old man heroin for ten bucks. That man was later found dead in a home in marlton after using the drug. So now flakes is being held at the Burlington County jail. If you get thirsty on the Schuylkill River trail and dont already have water with you, you may be out of luck this winter. Philadelphias Water Department is preparing for winter, which means, shutting down all four Schuylkill River trail water stations. Stations serve as fountains, bottle filling stations and ground level bowls for dogs. Shutting them down protect the pipes so they wont burst in freezing temperatures. The stations will reopen, though, in the spring. And the man who lost a ring, thats been in his family for almost a centur

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