Uniting against hate, people are coming together to send and important message today. After the unthinkable tradegy inside of a Pittsburgh synagogue, the community is reacting and standing up to hate.
Show Up For Shabbat
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MANNA "Pie In The Sky" Fundraiser
Buy a pie, feed a family. Manna Pie's CEO Sue Daugherty talks with NBC10's Rosemary Connors about Manna's annual "Pie In The Sky" fundraiser. Pie sales are going on now through November 16th with locations throughout the area.
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Bucks Co. Race on a Razor's Edge: In Polls and on TV
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick faces what many Republican incumbents across the country must deal with this year: independent voters and die-hard Democrats eager for Congress to act as a check against the Trump administration. If voters' desire for change in Washington is strong enough, they coul swing the district for Democrat Scott Wallace, a first-time candidate but longtime funder of progressive policies and organizations.
Photo Credit: Associated Press
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Voters: Election is a Referendum on Trump Republicanism
The last two years — President Donald Trump's first two in the White House — cast a huge shadow over the 435 races across the entire United States for seats in Congress. Many voters say the president's actions and policymaking will be the main drivers of which button they press or which lever they pull at the polling place Nov. 6.
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Free Coffee at Wawa's Newest Center City Location
Wawa's 12th and Market location in Center City is now open for business – and it's offering free coffee until Sunday.
In April, Wawa announced its plans to open multiple new locations in the Philadelphia area in 2018: one in Frankford, one in Byberry, a 34th and Market location in University City, a 13th and Chestnut location in Center City, and this one.
It's all a build-up to what some are calling "the ultimate Wawa". An 11,300-square-foot location will be the largest Wawa in the world and is set to open across from Independence Mall (inside the Public Ledger building at Sixth and Chestnut) in December.
True to grand-opening form, Wawa is providing free coffee at its newest 12th and Market location until the 4th. That makes for a full weekend of joe, gratis.
“We are thrilled to further our commitment to our hometown by opening another new store in Center City,” said Chris Gheysens, Wawa President & CEO.
Grand opening visitors were met with fanfare, ribbon-cutting, and the chance to watch a hoagie-building competition between two teams representing the Philly Police Department and the Philly Eagles.
Photo Credit: Wawa
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Jewish Community Welcomes Allies to #ShowUpForShabbat
In solidarity with the victims of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue attack, major Jewish organizations have invited people of all faiths to "show up for Shabbat" this weekend.
The American Jewish Committee started the Show Up For Shabbat campaign to increase attendance at Friday night and Saturday religious services as a show of support for Pittsburgh's Jewish community after 11 people were killed in the shooting at their house of worship a week ago.
The Oct. 26 tragedy is the deadliest act of anti-Semitism to occur on U.S. soil to date.
Daniel Elbaum, the American Jewish Committee’s chief advocacy officer, said the Jewish community is taking initiative to send a message that challenges the hate that motivated the Pittsburgh shooting.
“That message for Jews is we’re not afraid, that we won’t go back to those dark times in our history when Jews were afraid to publicly congregate in our places of worship,” Elbaum said. “And we wanted to give an opportunity to our allies, to our friends and all other communities to stand with us, to show their solidarity and say that a crime against one of us is a crime against all of us.”
The movement has attracted the attention of orthodox and reform congregations across the country and world, as well as many politicians and public figures.
The Jewish Federations of North America have partnered to help spread the word.
The Tree of Life will hold their Shabbat services at the neighboring Beth Shalom synagogue, which has enough seating for 1,000 attendees, according to the Boston Globe.
Rabbi Matthew Soffer of Temple Israel of Boston told the Boston Globe his synagogue is expecting about 1,500 people to join its Friday evening Shabbat of Comfort, Community, and Courage service. Soffer also said Boston’s Gov. Charlie Baker, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Sen. Edward Markey, City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and Police Commissioner William Gross plan to attend.
For those unable to attend Shabbat in-person, New York City’s Central Synagogue will live-stream its services, starting at 6 p.m. Friday and 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
Prominent political figures and celebrities have also urged people to attend Shabbat service this weekend.
“This weekend, Americans of many faiths are gathering to send a message of strength and unity against the forces of anti-Semitism that continue to exist in this country,” tweeted Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. “We have so much more in common than what separates us.”
When the American Jewish Committee tweeted at “Entourage” actor Jeremy Piven to ask if he would attend services, Piven responded, “It would be an honor.”
The initiative has also spread to Jewish congregations across the pond.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted Thursday that he planned to attend services in his city.
“Places of worship should be sanctuaries and safe spaces,” Khan wrote. “Tomorrow I will be standing shoulder to shoulder with Jewish Londoners for their Shabbat service to show solidarity to the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting last weekend.”
Elbaum said it’s been “truly wonderful” to see how quickly #ShowUpForShabbat resonated with Jewish and ally communities as far away as London, South Africa and Asia.
“We’re hopeful that this is just the beginning of the story, that these relationships that have been rebuilt...can help us address some of the real pressing issues in society and really heal a lot of rifts that our society feels,” Elbaum said.
Jerry Silverman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, hopes the campaign shows that the Jewish community and its supporters will not tolerate hate, will remember the innocent lives lost and will celebrate the first responders who saved lives last weekend.
“We come together as a community that will not tolerate hate, will not tolerate anti-Semitism, we will not tolerate racism, we will not tolerate xenophobia,” Silverman said. “We will be resilient, we will be unified and we will be together.”
Photo Credit: AP/Matt Rourke
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Car Windows Smashed on Temple's Campus
A number of students at Temple University woke up to an unpleasant surprise on Friday: smashed windows on their cars. While the windows were smashed, most students reported nothing missing or stolen from their vehicles.
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Vehicle Leads Police on Chase on Turnpike
A routine traffic stop turned into a high-speed chase on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Friday. It all started when a state trooper attempted to pull over a vehicle, but that driver refused to stop.
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Special Needs Kids Get License to Drive
A program at the University of Delaware is giving some special needs children the chance to drive, and even decking them out with some new wheels. NBC10's Tim Furlong explains.
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'Town Watch' Threatens to Fire Bomb Latinx Family's New Home
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A family from the Dominican Republic who recently moved into a home in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood are uneasy after a racist letter threatening to bomb their house landed in their mailbox.
The letter which claims to be from the "local town watch group" mocked homeowner Connie Mella for speaking Spanish and threatened the family with harm.
"Let us make it PERFECTLY CLEAR since you must understand some of the English Language that WE do NOT intend to put up with any type of f---ing s--t from YOUR kind of sub human species!!" the letter read in part.
The author threatens to "fire bomb" the home if the family makes noise or plays loud music among other racist statements. They went on to say that they've bombed a house before. It's not clear if that is true.
"She never had a problem with [her] neighbors. She’s the type of person to make sure everybody like[s] her," Mella's son, Elvis, said in an interview with Telemundo62's Yaima Crespo on Friday.
Connie Mella has Dominican roots, but is a U.S. citizen. She's lived in the country for the past 20 years.
"We're humans, we can talk as grown ups. They can talk to her as a grown up," Elvis Mella said.
Despite a warning in the letter not to involve the police, the family reported the letter, which was sent through the mail and postmarked. Requests for comment from police were not immediately returned.
Photo Credit: NBC10/T62
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Police Hope New Tech Can Help Solve 40-Year-Old Murder of Young Family
Gary Deal, his wife Joan and Jason, their 3 year-old son were found slain inside their house in Folsom, Atlantic County on October 30th, 1978. The case remains unsolved. Now, detectives hope advancements in technology and help from the public will finally bring closure to the victims' loved ones.
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After Pittsburgh Tragedy, Philly Synagogue Invites Members of All Faiths
As the Jewish community continues to mourn the shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue last weekend, members of the community are now inviting people from all different religions to their service. NBC10's Matt DeLucia explains.
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Caught on Video: Dangerous High-Speed Chase on Pa. Turnpike
A high-speed chase started on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Friday after a driver refused to stop when a state trooper attempted to pull over the vehicle. Later on, the driver ditch the car and tried to escape running down the highway. Police were able to catch the individual.
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More Money Spent on This Pa. House Race Than Any Other
The House race for Pennsylvania’s 1st District is now the most expensive in the country with $24 million spent, according to Advertising Analytics.
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Millions in Local Medical Debt Paid Off by Nonprofit
RIP Medical Debt, a non-profit organization that buys people medical debt and forgives them, received money to pay over $250 million of medical debt. NBCUniversal also donated to help erase $15 million in medical debt.
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Woman Dies in House Fire After Wheelchair Gets Stuck in Door
A woman is dead after she was unable to escape a fast-moving fire that tore through her Havertown home on Friday evening.
The fire tore through the first floor of the home along the 900 block of Larchmont Avenue just before 6 p.m.
Brookline Fire Chief John Viola said the victim was an invalid who was overweight and had mobility issues. A neighbor said the woman used a wheelchair.
"There was some problem with the chair. They tried to carry her out of the house and it got caught in the door and unfortunately the fire took off from there," Viola said.
By the time police and firefighters arrived moments later, the woman had died, Viola said.
The woman's daughter and granddaughter were able to escape the home without harm, Viola said.
Local and state police are investigating the cause of the fire.
Photo Credit: NBC10
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Election Official's Attendance Track Record Questioned
The midterm elections are fast approaching Nov. 6, and Philadelphia City Commission staffers are working hard to ensure a smooth day of voting at hundreds of polling places.
In Nicetown, warehouse workers are preparing voting machines for use. At City Hall, employees are constantly checking and rechecking their systems.
Yet amid all the hubbub, one critical player is missing. That’s Anthony Clark, one of the three top election officials in Philadelphia.
WATCH: Tune to NBC10 News at 11 p.m. tonight for an NBC10 Investigators story on the difficulty of tracking down Clark. Or watch the livestream HERE.
Clark has remained a controversial character in City Hall for the past decade.
In 2007, Anthony Clark ran for City Commissioner and won. He was active during his first term as one of three people charged with overseeing elections: He designed and published the Philadelphia Public Guide on Election Information and Voter Education, partnered with other officials to modify Pennsylvania’s voter ID law, and proposed to expand the City Commissioner’s website for greater voter accessibility.
But in more recent years, Clark has been increasingly absent, both in the office and at the polls. So much so, in fact, that some have asked whether he’s really doing work to justify his $138,000 salary.
Take his voting record, for instance. According to the now-deceased alt-weekly City Paper, Clark failed to cast a ballot at least five elections, including the 2012 presidential election, over the course of three years.
Yep, you read that right – the head of the board that runs Philly elections didn’t vote in them himself.
When questioned by reporters, he failed to explain why, saying only that under the U.S. Constitution he was not required to vote and that his decision was a "personal choice that has nothing to do with the running of the office."
Fast forward to 2018. The NBC10 Investigators tried for two months to schedule an interview with him without success. They were told repeatedly by city staffers that Clark was on vacation, that they didn’t know where he was or what he was doing, and finally that "elected officials like him 'don’t do 9-to-5 like the rest of us do.'"
This isn’t the first time Clark's schedule has been placed under the media microscope. In 2015, the Daily News tried to track him down for two weeks, visiting his office each day at different times in the morning and afternoon. He wasn't available, staffers said, and they couldn’t guarantee that he’d be in later either.
The Daily News story said it's become a bit of an inside joke around City Hall. Some employees, according to the story, joked that meeting Clark in the building is about as common as sighting the Loch Ness Monster, while another called him the "$139,000 Invisible Man" of the city commissioners.
But political watchdog organizations didn't find his absence amusing. A coalition consisting of Philadelphia 3.0, 5th Square, Philly Set Go, and Committee of Seventy filed right-to-know requests in 2015 in an attempt to find out what, exactly, Clark does with his time. In response, the city said that Clark keeps no public calendar, agenda, or attendance record. He doesn’t even have a computer on his office desk.
In an interview with NBC10, Committee of Seventy CEO David Thornburgh said, "He's just AWOL, plain and simple."
When confronted by the NBC10 Investigators after the October monthly meeting, Clark repeatedly said a reporter would have to schedule a meeting through his office. But he did eventually say, "I ran. I won. The people voted for me. OK?! They didn’t vote for you."
When Clark retires at the end of his current term, which ends Jan. 2020, Philly.com reported he will receive a $500,000 payout through the controversial Deferred Retirement Option Program. That’s on top of his $10K-per-month pension, the news site said.
Photo Credit: NBC10
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Dual Tornado Warnings for 6 Pa. Counties
A pair of Tornado Warnings have been issued for a handful of Pennsylvania counties Friday night.
The National Weather Service issued the warnings for the following areas:
- EAST CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
- NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
- SOUTHEASTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
- NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
- NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
- SOUTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
The warning will last through 11:30 p.m.
Here's the specifics from the NWS:
AT 1047 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GILBERTSVILLE, OR 18 MILES EAST OF
READING, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SCHWENKSVILLE AND SPRING MOUNT AROUND 1055 PM EDT.
EAST GREENVILLE, GREEN LANE AND GERYVILLE AROUND 1100 PM EDT.
SOUDERTON AROUND 1110 PM EDT.
QUAKERTOWN AND PERKASIE AROUND 1115 PM EDT.
PLEASANT VALLEY AROUND 1120 PM EDT.
DUBLIN AROUND 1125 PM EDT.
BYRAM, BEDMINSTER, TINICUM, FERNDALE, OTTSVILLE, PIPERSVILLE,
REVERE, GARDENVILLE AND LUMBERVILLE AROUND 1130 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HARLEYSVILLE, BOYERTOWN, POTTSGROVE, RED HILL, FREEMANSBURG, BRITTANY
FARMS-HIGHLANDS, NEW BRITAIN, PENNSBURG, PALMER HEIGHTS AND
COOPERSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A
MOBILE HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
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A Call for Unity: Philly Synagogue Holds First Shabbat Since Pittsburgh Massacre
Security was heightened at Congregation Rodeph Shalom for Shabbat service on Friday night just shy of a week since a mass shooting inside a Pittsburgh synagogue. But congregants used the holy service as a chance to heal and call for unity.
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Severe Storm Will Clear
A severe storm that hit southeastern Pennsylvania and Mercer County in New Jersey is expected to clear by mid-morning Saturday.
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