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>> breaking news, travel ban redo, president trump will sign a new travel ban order today, and we're learning details who will be affected by the new rollout. nurses on strike, issues causing nurses at a local hospital to walk off the job for a second day in a row. and if you're feeling lonely, why you can blame all the friends you have on facebook. we'll explain. nbc 10 breaking news. >> that breaking news, travel ban order take two, awaiting an announcement within the hour. president trump is not expected to appear at the department of homeland security for the rollout, but the attorney general and secretary of state
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will be there. good morning. >> the new version of the travel ban has some differences from the one blocked by the court. among the changes, one less country on the list. our national correspondent is tracking the developments surrounding the travel ban as well as the president's claim that president obama wiretapped trump tower. she reports now from washington. >> reporter: today, more fallout after president trump ignited a weekend twitter storm claiming without offering any evidence that former president barack obama tapped the phones at the trump tower during the 2016 campaign. the former president said it was simply false, and a spokesperson for president trump today descended the tweets as valid. >> he believes the obama administration may have tapped into the phones at trump tower, and that this is something that we should -- this is something that we should look into. >> a senior u.s. official confirmed to nbc news, fbi
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director jameis comey, sunday to knock down the president's claim saying it is dpafalse and would assert the fbi has broken the law. >> the president of the united states put his own reputation, the reputation of his predecessor and reputation of the nation at risk to get a draw from the next 24 hour news. >> at the beginning of a busy week in washington. the white house announcing a revised travel ban taking the place of the one halted by the federal court. the new executive order will not go into effect until march 16. it does not include iraq or revoke existing visas. also this week, republicans are expected to introduce their replacement health care bill that would take the place of obamacare. nbc news, washington. and you can count on nbc 10 to follow the story for you today and any problems that it could create. we'll alert you on the nbc 10
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app. local nurses are back on the picket line this morning in delaware county. >> it's the first day they are demonstrating, but they will not get back to work tomorrow. pamela is live for us to explain and tell us what the nurses are asking for. pam? >> reporter: yeah. you can hear some of the support from honking motorists driving by. we spoke to many of the nurses on the picket line this morning, quite a few of them we spoke to actually have decades of experience at the hospital. they say that a strike is the last thing they wanted, but say it's absolutely necessary that they do this for themselves and their patients who they feel deserve so much more. we are constantly consistently understaffed at the hospital. >> reporter: for far so long, picketing nurses and nurse technicians at delaware county memorial hospital say their concerns went ignored. >> since prospect has come to the hospital -- >> reporter: walking off the job
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sunday. >> use the word abandon, and that's, like, a knife in the heart of a nurse. >> reporter: today, 370 of them have joined together for day two of the strike. they want better health care and wages, but above all, they say they want better for their patients. >> as an icu nurse, i have the sickest of the sick. >> reporter: angela has 36 years of icu experience. she says, the extra patients they've been forced to take on is not doable. >> most drastic is on the medical surgical floors. they used to have five patients to one nurse, and now it's seven to eight patients to one nurse. that's two more pain medications that might be late because you're sitting with someone who was diagnosed with a horrible disease. >> reporter: striking workers say there's been cuts to the nurse teches assigned to help nurses, leading to what they feel is a gap in care patients deserve and what they get. >> we need support now.
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we need support. we need to keep this hospital, it's a good community hospital. it has to run the way we want it to be running the way patients deserve. >> reporter: i reached out to the other side this morning. we're still waiting to hear back, but they released a statement saying that the nurses were offered competitive wages and benefits, and that there's been no cuts to staff. now, the strike ends after today, but striking workers will be locked out of the hospital for another three days. we know in the meantime, the hospital has brought in other employees to deserve patients here. reporting live, nbc 10 news. saw pam standing there in the coat. a cold weekend and a cold start to the day as we give you a live look from our camera at the kimmel center campus, north on broad street at city hall. the sun is out. temperatures are climbing. perhaps not as fast as we'd like, but it's climbing. our meteorologist is here with
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our forecast. >> so the good news is, we're not in the teens anymore, but it is chilly. same thing in cape may, sunny like in center city. still mostly clear skies at this point. temperatures are on the rise, slowly, but surely, as now some of us are in the 40s. 41 in philadelphia. mount holly at 41, and mid-40s in atlantic city. allentown at 41 and pottstown at 41 degrees. some of us will get to the low 50s, putting us just slightly above average for the time of here. in is a seasonal time of year. this is a wider view to show sha right now we are mostly clear, but there is gray color, the clouds that start to increase later today, giving us partly cloudy conditions to mostly cloudy by tonight, and then notice all these spots of green you see. this is a a broken up showers that are going to try to track out ware, again, overnight, and
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particularly into tomorrow. it's not going to be a washout forecast, but there's going to be some rain for your tuesday. here's how the rest of the afternoon's shaping up, though, 41 now, 48 at 2:00, and then we slope off by 5:00 p.m. we should peak in the low 50s today in philadelphia. as for winds, no issue at all. they are at 5-15 miles per hour coming from the south. when you have a south flow, that picks up temperatures. today is close to average rather than 30s, by tomorrow, we're talking above average conditions into the 60s. a closer look at the temperature rise and more on those chances of rain coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks for that. at the jersey shore, police investigate a deadly shooting in atlantic city. officers say a person was shot and killed on south vermont avenue before 1:00 this morning. we are told more details will come from the atlantic county prosecutor's office. one man dead and teenager recovering in the hospital after a shooting in the eastwood section. police found this car littered
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with bullet holes yesterday after crashing into a pole on 8 is 1st and pontiac streets. both victims were inside the car when a black vehicle pulled up and someone fired multiple times. 19-year-old davis shot a number of times dying at the hospital, but a 15-year-old boy was hit in the face, in critical condition. so far, no arrests. a a 7-year-old girl in philadelphia is in rcritical, bt stable condition after being rescued from a house fire. her parents suffered minor injuries. they were back on the street handing out smoke detectors. investigators are looking for the cause of the fire. philadelphia police hope new images help them catch suspects in a subway attack. look at these four men accused of following a 22-year-old man as he left the station at morris in south philadelphia. they then punched him, kicked him before taking his money and phone. if you know the men, police want
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to hear from you. happening today in the lehigh valley, officials are voting on the issue of medical marijuana. the board of commissioners will be deciding on rules when the state's medical marijuana program begins next year. the commissioners are considering location for grower s and dispensaries and whether to ban drive-throughs and outdoor vending machines. the top fiscal watchdog today lends support to legalizing marijuana. the auditor general will hold a news conference in about 25 minutes from now to talk about the economic benefits of regulating and taxing marijuana. he believes legalizing the drug pays for the state's $3 billion deficit. pennsylvania's democratic senator cannot get on their computers. that's because a cyber attack shut down the system on friday. the network and data are still not accessible. they are working to get the network back up and running. all right.
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it is ten after 11:00 on this monday morning. >> let's find out if the traffic is up and running, checking in with our traffic reporter, jess, what are you seeing? >> we had an accident on the westbound side approaching the boulevard, so we did have this over into the shoulder. it's cleared, but now we are watching residual delays. there might be construction, typical afternoon volume we're approaching now, 16 minutes westbound from the vine street expressway to the blue route, average speed in the 40s. also, watch for a crash on north wales road. here on the pa turnpike, not too bad out there. roads are green. westbound and eastbound, 22 minutes from valley forge to route 1 and speeds in the mid-60s. back to you guys. >> jessica, thanks. today at the jersey shore, the council president small will formally announce his bid for mayor, holding off a kickoff
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event, and small will run against councilman gilliam and abdullah in the primary. he faces don guardian. a photo scandal is rocking a revered branch of the military this morning. the secret facebook page that led to a defense department investigation of the marines. plus, missile tests, reaction to north korea's launch to four missiles 200 miles from japan's main island. and we are warming up in the days to come. take a look at the afternoon forecast highs and how they compare to tomorrow when some of us make it into the 60s.
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new jersey senator is calling for more federal funding to help thwart threats and vandalism. he spoke last night, and our nbc 10 camera captured police and a security guard keeping watch outside the temple. the senator talked about fighting hate days after a bomb threat evacuated a nearby jewish community center. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> and take a look at the temperatures we're dealing with now in the philadelphia neighborhoods. this is definitely an improvement from the 20s we had this morning. we're now in the 40s. officially at the airport right now, 41. warmer in center city at 46, and
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we're looking at 45 degrees now in fox chase. not bad. we can do better into the afternoon. we are talking 50s across the map today, which is close to average. the average high for this day in march is actually 49 degrees in philadelphia. here's a look at the new jersey neighborhoods. pretty similar, 40, washington township, 45, pitman, and 42 for lumberton, robertsville at 38 still and hopewell township at 41. we are starting to climb. it's chilly out there, but looking better than yesterday where we only capped in the afternoon in the 30s. radar and satellite, a closer look than minutes ago. showing that, for us, we're still mostly clear, just a few scattered clouds hanging on the western edge now of our viewing zone, but as we get into the afternoon, the clouds continue to spill over into the rest of the area, meaning we'll see partly cloudy conditions out there. the forecast highs this
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afternoon, 50 for parts of summerton and center city, in the suburbs, upper 40s and 50s, and upper 40s in the lehigh valley. 48 in allentown, and 49 in easton, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy tonight. in new jersey, trenton at 49, mid-40s at the shore. the ocean air keeps temperaturing cooler up against the shoreline, so ocean city just 44 degrees. wilmington at 52 for today's forecast high. tomorrow, we have a warmup we talked about. 60s tomorrow. up to 65 in parts of the philadelphia neighborhoods. suburbs, lehigh valley and delaware and south jersey also making it into the 60s. the shore should see upper 50s for high temperatures. know we got icons showing you showers mixing in with sun. that's because there's on-off rain in the forecast for your tuesday. let's track it out.
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clouds increase until 8:30 in the evening. mostly cloudy conditions and potential for rain clipping north. these are going to be spotty showers that start tonight. we could see some of the showers clipping through parts of philadelphia, wilmington, and pink as well. don't think we'll be cold enough for freezing concerns, but we are going to look at at least showers passing by. this is light rain at best, not long-lived, 8:00 a.m., the long commute, this is not going to be a rough drive by any means for your tuesday morning. we go through the rest of the tuesday, again, isolated showers are possible, but not a lot until we go into tuesday evening. there's a line, possibly more steady storms passing through. this line, 2:00 a.m. through 7:00 a.m. lingering at the shore, so the commute wednesday, again, is fine, but there's wet spots on roadways, and those winds will be picking up for tomorrow. we are looking at winds at 15-20 miles per hour, but gusts 30-40
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shop, share, giveback, three days of supporting local businesses and an organization that does so much for families in need. karen phelps, owner of flower in montgomery county, and we are here with mary griffeth, thank you, both, for being here. why did you decide to start the give back program? >> we wanted to raise awareness within our local community.
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as small business owners, we're approached all the time to help various organizations, and we wanted to be able to make a bigger impact, and develop relationships and be able to give more money and more help to localcharts we support. >> that's how the program gives back? money and help? >> yes. money is generated based on sales for a three-day shopping event. >> and, mary, tell us more about the work you do, and what the giveback program. >> well, first, we'd like to thank karen and the flower business centers to partner with such an organization to give back to us. it spreads the communication of what domestic violence is. for domestic violence, communication is the wisdom. we do everything at laurel house. we have a 24/7 hotline. we do sheltering. legal advocacy. most of all, we have dart, our
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domestic abuse response team that works directly with the police and fire to have immediate response for our vehicle t victim. >> known for your work for abused women, and my colleague, tracy davidson, she's on vacation now, but i want to make sure we give you guys a shoutout, and my friends, the reeds, they are in kansas city now, but they do a great deal with the house. >> the reeds are still very supportive. they send us, sorry eagles fans, but send us a kansas city package every year for the gala, and we appreciate their continued support. >> you guys are fantastic, a three-day shopping event happening thursday and friday and saturday, march 9, 10, and 11, benefitting laurel house. for more information, go to our website at nbc10.com or check out our nbc 10 app. thank you very much for being here and the good work you folks do. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> sure. well, travel ban take two.
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we are are awaiting an announcement about president trump's revised travel ban executive order and the effect it could have on the area as we learn new details about who will and who will not be allowed to enter the u.s. coming up, every kid hates summer school, right? well, there's one program that's aiming to change that by helping students write their future.
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a sunny, but cold start to the day. the skiers are not complaining, though, a live look at camelback mountain in the poconos. very happy skiers coming down the hill there. students walking at temple university campus bundled up this morning against the chill. it is nicer, though, than the last few days. no wind that we had. good news, it's going to get warmer. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist is here with those details. hi. >> hi, katy, yeah, makes all the difference without that strong wind. wind chills make it brutal. we experienced that over the weekend. now, winds are are light, 5
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miles per hour, and temperatures are picking up because those winds are coming from the south, which usually pumps in warmer air. 41 degrees now in philadelphia, suburbs and new jersey. low 40s for the lehigh valley, and notice on the live cameras, a mostly clear sky, but clouds increasing as we get into the late afternoon through your evening ahead of rain potential into your tuesday. here are the forecasted highs for us, right near 50 degrees for areas like philadelphia, the pennsylvania suburbs, and upper 40s from new jersey, the lehigh valley, and 52 in parts of delaware later on today with those partly cloudy conditions. there's the radar views, like i said, clear now, and now the clouds head our direction, the gray color here, and the scattered showers in ohio, west virginia, and that's going to be headed our direction. not give us a lot of rain, but at least give us spotty activity as we move along into the
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overnight and tuesday night as well. here's the temperature trend. we only hit 36 saturday and 38 sunday. today, we're looking for 50, which is average for this time of year. we keep going up. a mild start tomorrow morning, 65 in the afternoon, and still 60s wednesdays as well, but windier conditions, and that rain i talked about will look more closely at the extended forecast coming up. thank you. the defense department investigating reports of a secret facebook page used to share nude pictures of female marines. >> details of the scandal now rocking the military. >> reporter: mistrust rocking the marines, following trouble allegations of cyber betrayal, pictures of more than two dozen naked women surfacing on a private facebook page called marines united with almost 30,000 followers. the network allegedly solicited photos of female service members who are identified by their full
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name, rank, and duty station. some of the photos apparently taken without the women's knowledge. more than 2500 comments, which contained graphic language and condoned rape was first revealed by the war horse, a nonprofit news organization run by marine veteran thomas brennan. he found pictures scrolling through facebook and recognized a former marine. >> seeing a woman i knew, a woman i'm friends with inside of that google drive was really what sent it home for me. >> reporter: a marine corp. spokesperson said it's deeply concerned about the allegations, adding, this behavior destroys morale, destroys trust, and degrades the individual. >> this is a second group of criminals that are sexually exploiting people. >> reporter: but according to brennan, it may be just the tip of the iceberg.
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active duty corporal woytek spoke on the record, asked not to show her face, said her photo ended up on the page and other sites multiple times in the last six months. lawmakers now calling for an investigation. >> it's disgraceful to treat fellow marines, fellow service members, people who are literally willing to do anything to protect this country, even die for this country with such disrespect and disregard. we have breaking news this morning. president trump has just signed a new executive order replacing his previous travel ban. >> yeah. this is a live look now from washington, d.c. where administration officials are about to announce the ban that was just signed. no cameras were present for the signing. the revised order reportedly temporarily halts entry for those seeking new visas for six muslim majority countries.
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the previous order halted entry from seven mostly muslim countries, but the new order removed iraq from the list. iraqi government spok spokesperson said that sends a positive message about relations between the two countries. count on us to follow the story for you today and any problems it may create. we'll send out alerts on the nbc 10 app. reaction is pouring in from around the world to north korea's latest missile launch. it sent four banned ballistic missiles flying today. >> nbc's national reporter has the latest from beijing, china. >> reporter: the four missiles landed in the sea of japan, three of them within japan's exclusive economic zone, about 200 miles from land. that proximity alarmed japanese officials, what they see as a new and rising threat level from north korea. now, the north has warned that it would fire missiles in response to the massive joint military drills that south
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korea's currently doing with the u.s. this latest test is the second since president trump took office. it's not believed that they are the type of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the u.s., however, the state department said in a a statement that the u.s. will use the full range of capabilities at its disposal against this growing threat. china also said it was opposed to the launch, but officials noted the joint drills as being a possible reason why. china is firmly opposed to the u.s. defense system due to be deployed in south korea this year, so that could make it difficult for the u.s. to pressure beijing in order to reign in the north. back to you. >> local nurses back on the picket like this morning in delaware county. >> strike ends today, but the labor dispute will not. let's go back out live to pamela with another update on the impact on nurses and the
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patients they serve, pam? >> reporter: that's right. these striking nurses want better health care. they want better wages. that's not all. the one thing that i kept hearing over and over again as we walked the picket line this morning was their desire to give the patients better care. the nurses union said the hospital increased the number of patients per nurse and shortages of basic equipment which is why dozens of nurses and technical staff here at the county hospital walked out yesterday, a total of 370 participating in the strike. officials said nurses were offered competitive wages, benefits, and nursing staff levels are checked throughout the day and on par with the national average coming from the group representing the hospital here, but take a listen to what one of the nurses with 24 years experience at this hospital said about how staffing levels directly relate to the type of care they are able to provide. we are constantly,
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consistently understaffed at the hospital. if you had a patient, if you come to visit someone in the hospital or been a patient yourself, you know that's the case. they have said that they check on staffing four times a day. that's true, but they do nothing about it. they check it. when we tell them according to our grid, we should be getting an extra nurse, they said, i'm sorry, we can't do anything for you. >> reporter: we heard back from the other side this morning. no new negotiations are currently scheduled right now. we know that although the nurse's strike is going to end at the end of today, they are not allowed back to work for three days. meantime, the hospital has other employees who are working here to take care of patients. reporting live, nbc 10 news. thank you, pam. here's a rude wakeup call for california motel guests. they had to be evacuated when a driver crashed into the san diego building last night. the driver took out a support
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beam when he crashes compromising the structural integrity of the building. the driver was arrested for suspected dui and a hit and run. >> the chance of getting hit with an irs audit have never been so low. the number of audits dropped for the sixth straight year, awe itted 1 million people last year. officials say the cuts cost the federal government between $4-$8 billion a year in uncollected taxes. well, most people who get a a refund on tax returns will not rush out to spend it according to a study by bankrate.com. it found just 6% of americans who expect to get a refund plan to splurge on a vacation, a shopping spree, most will save it or invest it or spend it on the necessities such as food or utility bills. talking about cars of the future, ford has begun testing 3 b printing of large scale auto parts that could open a new
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market for upgrades, for example, if you are buying a mood, you could order customized parts for the next car. also, 3d printed parts weigh less that could boost fuel efficien efficiency. when you think of summer school, it's not for the best reasons, but one man in the area wants to change that way of thinking. >> yeah. it is working. as nbc explains, a unique program gets kids to like the idea of summer learning, especially those who want to write their future. >> write down ten goals you would like to reach. >> reporter: she's in 9th grade, already looking at colleges. she has eyes set on medical school, and her teachers are noticing. >> makes me so excited, feel like they are noticing me, and i'm doing something right. >> reporter: while her friends and family are on the beach this summer, she'll be here in a classroom at cabrini university with a pen in hand. >> just need to focus. >> reporter: years ago, brown was thinking the same thing.
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>> i was not the best writer in high school and college, but i had a great support system. >> reporter: growing up in chester, there were basketball camps, but no writing camps. to give something back, he started one. >> so they have a place to go and learn. >> reporter: write your future, it's called, and it starts this summer for two weeks, students in 9th-11th grade learn from college professors learning how to write good. i mean, well. >> no matter what area of business you go into, whether you be a plumber, have your own hair salon, open your own business, you have to know how to write. you have to e-mail. you have to connect with clients. writing is important in every facet of life. >> so they can succeed in college, here or anywhere. now, or later. >> oh, my gosh. i'm overly excited. overly excited. >> this helps someone else, and that's the only way the world
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changes is by helping others. >> our thanks to matt there. we have breaking news for you now from skyforce10 live over a fire in northeast philadelphia. we'll get a picture for you in a minute. we'll tell you where it's happening, along grant avenue and fordum road. there's a plume of smoke. this is afc fitness, ano report of injuries. we'll bring updates as soon as we get them on air as well as on the nbc 10 app. >> you see sky force 10 there, pictures coming from force 10 on the way, zooming in here at this facility. you can see -- we can't see flames, obviously, but there's lots of smoke there. >> heavy black smoke. evidence that this happened, not too long ago, information we got from the assignment desk that this broke out not long ago. at this hour, probably a lot of people are at the gym taking classes or working out. we'll stay on top of that.
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>> our assignment desk is making phone calls, and we'll get more information on this fire at a facility in the northeast. the workout facility, afc, is what it's called. meanwhile, breaking news, president trump has just signed a new executive order replacing his previous travel ban. >> this is a live look right now from washington, d.c. where administration officials, secretary of state, rex tillerson, is at the podium now listing the details of the ban. let's listen in. >> the state department will coordinate with other federal agencies and implement these temporary restrictions in an orderly manner. our embassies and consulates around the world play an important role in making sure that our nation is secure as it can be. the state department will implement the provisions in this order that allow for the ad missions of refugees when it is determined they do not pose a risk to the security or welfare
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of the united states. upon the president's initial executive order issued on january the7th, the department of consular affairs and security offices immediately took review in coordination with the department of homeland security to identify additional measures that would strengthen our vetting of those seeking entry to the united states from seven named countries. these early efforts were concentrated on iraq. iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis. with their brave soldiers fighting in close coordination with america's men and women inup form. this intense review over the past month identified multiple security measures that the state department and the government of iraq will be implementing to achieve our shared objective of preventing those with criminal or terroristic intent from reaching the united states. i want to express my
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appreciation to minister of iraq for his positive engagement and support for implementing these actions. the united states welcomes this kind of close cooperation with countries in every region of the world who share our commitment to national security. this revised order will bolster the security of the united states and her allies. now we spent the morning briefing the congress, press, and we'll continue to with key stake holders this afternoon. experts from the department of homeland security, the department of justice, and the state department hosted an hour long call with the media on this topic this morning. the collective teams continue throughout the day to follow-up with the congress, media and stake holders to answer questions. i'll turn to the attorney general now for comments. >> thank you, mr. secretary. good morning to all of you.
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one of the justice department's top priorities is to protect the united states from threats to our national security. transfer therefore, i want to discuss two points. first, the national security basis of this order, and, second, the department of justice's role in defending the lawful orders of the president of the united states. first, as president trump noted in his address to congress, the majority of people convicted in our courts for terrorism related offenses, since 9/11 came here from abroad. we also knowç that many peopli to support or commit terrorist acts will try to enter through our refugee program. in fact, today, more than 300 people, according to the fbi, who came here as refugees are under an fbi investigation today for potential terrorism related
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activities. like every nation, the united states has a right to control who enters our country and keep out those who would do us harm. this executive order seeks to protect the american people as well as lawful immigrants by putting in place an enhanced process. three of the nations are state sponsored of terrorism. the other three have served as safe havens for terrorist countries, countries where governments lost control of the territory to terrorist groups like isil or al qaeda and affiliates. in increases risks people admitted here from these countries may belong to terrorist groups or may have been radicalized by them. we cannot compromise our nation's security by allowing visitors' entry when their own governments are unable or unwilling to provide information we need to vet them responsibly
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or when the governments actively support terrorism. this executive order provides a needed pause. we can -- so we can carefully review how we scrutinize people coming here from these countries of concern. second, the department of justice believes that this executive order just as the first executive order is a lawful and proper exercise of presidential authority. this department of justice will defend and enforce lawful orders of the president consistent with the core principle -- >> we heard earlier from secretary of state rex tillerson talking about the ban that's been lifted for iraq, but, basical basically, allows admission of refugees when it's determined they do not pose risk for american citizens. >> we'll follow this developing story throughout the day. you can go to nbc10.com for more
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on this. you can watch it online, but, first, we want to take you to some more breaking news from sky force 10. right now, live, over the scene of a fire. pretty intense fire in northeast philadelphia. >> this is a three-alarm fire on grant avenue and fordum road. you see how much the fire has ripped through this building. this is afc fitness center known as the aquatic and fitnesser in the northeast. plumes of smoke can be seen for miles. you see fire fighters there on the ground who are shooting water at if, water cannons from various directions, different places there on the ground. >> this is in the section of philadelphia, this gym facility has been in the area for years, very popular. look at the time, 11:00, people work out at this time because they missed the morning rush, so we are trying to get word on how many people were inside, if
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there are any injuries, and we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them on air and nbc 10 app. >> this facility is close to holy family university in the northeast. you see this fire here, burning, it's a three-alarm fire. pretty frightening. we are working to find out if anybody was injured, anybody hurt, how it started, of course, there's going to be an investigation that will begin almost immediately if not already to find out how this fire started. we'll work to find out, also, when it started, but close to noon, this fire can be seen for milings with plumes of smoke in the air. >> just to give you a location proximity, this is near the golf course and country club as well. for people who know the area. we'll stay on top of this. first we're going to an update of the weather. >> coming up after the break, we're going to take a closer
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holy family university between fra frankfurt road, this is the afc fitness center, about 40,000 square feet of space. this building holds. you see that in the back there, that's bybury creek there behind it. there's a lot of churches and schools in the area. it's known as the aquatic and fitness center in the northeast and boasts what they say is the largest indoor pool in the area. it also has olympic sized pool and outdoor pool, but you can see the place, this fitness center is on fire, and at noon, this time of the day, we can just imagine there were probably a lot of people there working out. keeping fingers crossed everyone got out safely. we are trying to get information if anybody was hurt or injured, but this acenter is on fire.
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the pennsylvania convention center will be transformed into the netherlands complete with fields of tulips, windmills, and much more. the philadelphia flower show is back with a theme of holland, flowering the world. matt is the president of the pennsylvania horticulture society. thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> what an exciting time this is. it's someone who has been to the flower show, i love it, but for youings it's busy. >> incredibly busy and exciting. we have 3500 or so volunteers coming together this week and next to make the show happen, and 250,000 guests to welcome next week. it's busy. >> the exhibits are just breathtaking. every year you walk in, it gets better and better. give us a sneak peek inside the center now. >> you're going to walk into a
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field of thousands of tulips, tens of thousands of tulips, hover flower fields over head. in the hall, major garden created by landscape firms and expermits in the region and thousands of planted bulbs, color, beauty, and just amazing gardens to see. >> amazing artists, too, right, from the high school students to those of international fame. >> everybody exhibits here from high school kids from philadelphia. we got seasoned professionals from around the region, and even three designers from holland. >> great. matt, thank you so much. the theme of the flower show is holland: flowering the world, saturday, march 11th-19th in center city. for more information, go to our website, nbc10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. we'll be right back.
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>> nicole: oh, god, please. not for me, but for holly. could you just throw a little luck our way? help keep holly and me safe. i mean, i didn't--i didn't mean to end up in this awful place, and if anything happens to her, i... oh. oh, sweetheart. what have i done? [phones ringing] >> chloe: hello? how is sitting here, staring at a computer screen helping find my child? >> hope: chloe. >> chloe: no one's had the decency to call me. it's bov
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