they recently moved into the bellingham retirement community in east goshen township. according to police, a family member, their son spoke to his parents around 9:30 yesterday morning. they told him they were planning to go to the grocery store. the couple should be in a silver 2007 lexus rx 350 with a pennsylvania license plate of hdm-5216. dominic is diabetic and needs insulin. if you need any information as to the couple's whereabouts, police would like to hear from you. >>> it was one year ago today when federal authorities say a man armed with a high-powered rifle carried out a deadly ambush on two pennsylvania state troopers in the poconos. the shooting happened outside of the blooming grove barracks. bryan dickson was killed and alex douglas seriously wounded. it set off the manhunt for eric frein. nearly a thousand federal, state authorities descended to find the cop killer. they found frein in an abandoned airport hangar. yesterday nbc 10 spoke to the father of the murdered officer by phone. he shared what life has been like for his family over the past year.

a large tree makes contact with a section of power lines on a residential street in bellingham, washington branches start smoldering, then ignite. >> there goes the first piece of branch. >> the wind would gust and it would blow it into the power line. >> caleb lives across the street and starts recording the unusual event on his cell phone as his neighbors begin to gather and watch. >> at that point, like we had already called the fire department. it seemed like most people were just kind of standing around, eyes to the sky. >> this is amazing. >> this is ridiculous. >> powerful jolts of electricity pulse through the tree, down to the ground, over and over again. >> i think it was like a 24,000 volt power line. i think that's what the energy company said. >> making matters worse, the wind pushes the large tree harder on to the surging power lines. >> now it's really heating up. >> looks further down, too. oh, my gosh! >> there's nothing the spectators can do as the fire moves down the center of the tree. >> i'm moving back a little bit. i can feel that. >> there's kind of the bzzz sound a

help tracking down an older couple missing for a day. 76-year-old and his 77-year-old wife live in bellingham in east goshen. at 9:30 they told their son they were going grocery shopping. they have not been seen since. dominic is diabetic and needs insulin please call police if you have any information. >>> a brown paper bag was the source of tense moments at episcopal hospital in kensington. at 10:00 a.m., security guards found the bag at the main entrance. the ends were folded and a note was attached. the bomb squad gave them the all clear two minutes after they arrived. >>> it's crunch time for organizerses as they prepare for tens of thousands who plan to be part of the historic event for pope francis. local businesses are getting ready, too. >> this is why you live in the city, it's exciting. >> reporter: center city businesses are harshing out businesses for the papal weekend. this woman has 8 stores. she is doubling pope merchandise. >> i had no doubt we would be open. it's exciting that it's happening. we have live and have our businesses in center city. for all of our restaurants and

closed from black rock road and bellingham drive. to avoid it will be clopper road. that is a fatal car fire that happened there. on wisconsin avenue we are jammed here because of a tractor-trailer, double tractor-trailer that spun around. in an nondale, shut down. kroom roadblocked because of a downed tree. 95 north the on ramp from 610, we do have a crash there as well. back in a few minutes. >>> developing right now, tropical storm joaquin. strengthening and it could become a hurricane. it's turning near the bahamas. there's a hurricane watch there. all eyes on the east coast to see what kind of impact it's . >>> we're following breaking news right now from the live desk and that is a fatal car fire in montgomery county. right now we can tell you there was some form of car crash involving a single car. this is the picture we have showing all the flames and montgomery county fire responding. one car involved, some sort of crash. the car caught fire and we know one person, an adult male, we're told a man, is dead. molette green is on the scene. she'll bring us an up

they recently moved into the bellingham retirement community in east goshen township. >>> the postalricting mail delivery for some during pope's -- pope francis' visit. the postal service will remove the blue collection mail boxes from the neighborhoods. they will be removed beginning thursday beginning september 24th and reinstalled sunday afternoon. >>> one man from bucks county isn't waiting until pope francis arrives in philadelphia. he is flying to cuba to see the pontiff. dann cuellar has that story. >> reporter: meet george who is about to travel to cuba to see pope francis. >> i was able to put a group together. >> reporter: he will be among 50 people who will be traveling to had a vanna wednesday. he is no stranger to popes he was in cuba for john paul's visit in 1998 and pope benedict in 2012. now the cuban exile whose family fled cuba wants to be there for pope francis. >> everybody wants to be near this holy man. >> reporter: he said he had the honor to suspend the week with pope francis back in 2013. he said unlike the pope's visit to philadelphia which will be in a him

they recently moved into the bellingham retirement community in east goshen the only people.f you have seen the couple call police immediately. >>> another concerned is joining the race for u.s. senate in pennsylvania. john fedderman is running for nomination for pat toomey's senate seat next year. former congressman joe sestak and katie mcginlty are seeking the nomination. >>> there's one less candidate in the race for the white house. former texas governor rick perry who was seeking the republican candidacy has dropped out of the race. else the first major candidate to give up. his war chest was running dry and he failed to make the prime time debates. >>> the justice department said hillary clinton had the right to delete personal e-mails during her time as secretary of state. the 2016 presidential candidate admitted that using a private e-mail server to conduct government business was a mistake. as far as deleted messages the justice department said they were not part of the public records law. preserved e-mails were turned over to the state department. >>> pope francis w

. >> today in a bellingham, washington, courtroom, kenneth bianchi, in the hope of avoiding the deathnfessed to participation in the los angeles hillside stranglings and accused his cousin angelo buono of being his accomplice. >> kenneth bianchi, to a great extent, he was motivated because he was trying to show his older cousin who he revered that he was tough. and for angelo buono, he enjoyed the fact he had his younger cousin listening to him. and we saw this time and time again, pairs of killers who urge each other on, and together they are extremely vicious and violent. >> is there any doubt that this is a body? >> no doubt. there's a skull and bones and everything. >> when did you first get word that there might be some bodies buried here? >> this morning. >> had you had any indication before? >> the man behind the killings was dean corll, 33 years old. he was shot and killed wednesday evening by wayne henley, 17 years old. henley was one of two teenagers who lured young boys to corll's home. >> dean corll would lure kids to his house. once he had them in the house, he would inca

they recently moved into the bellingham retirement community in east goshen township.re planning to go the the grocery store. the couple should be in a silver lexus rx 350 with license plate hdm-5216. police tell us dominic is diabetic and needs insulin. if you have any information to the couple's whereabouts, call police. >>> now back to the "today" show. we'll see you back here for a full hour of news at 8:30. have a good one. >>> good morning. it's 8:00. here are the stories we're watching. getting closer. police in arizona fan out across highways keeping an eye out for snipers after a string of shootings on i-10. a person of there was brought in for questioning, but the 19-year-old is not charged. >>> body slam. the video of james blake taken down by an undercover officer in a case of mistaken identity. what blake is now saying and how he hopes to become a catalyst for change. >>> and incredible rescue. two passers by at the right place at the right time after a woman drove off a mountain in utah. they heard her screams for help. we will hear from her rescuers toda

let's hear from bellingham, washington. >> caller: we both attend university here, thanks very much for the call. i'm a longtime c-span watcher and longtime listener. first time i've ever gotten into your line. the first thing i want to say on this issue, i can understand why people's opinions on the misuse of taxpayer dollars. but when i look at my country and i look at billions of dollars that are being subsidized by the federal government for corporations, those corporations which then put billions of dollars in to lobbying in order to control the political climate in this country, that's manipulating everyone's health across the board, man, woman, child, adult, elderly, college, noncollege, whatever. i thought it was the american way to help your neighbor. i thought it was the other way to look into your neighbor's cup to see if they don't have enough and if they don't, you should help them. $500 million going to a women's health service literally the leader in women's health service and my own sexual reproduction rights, i'm a male individual and i utilize planned parenthood. i tho