one of them a young woman graduated from drexel university. fox 29's dave schratwieser is on drexel's campus tonight where people are trying to deal with all of this. dave? >> reporter: lucy spring break on drexel university campus. there are not a lot of students here but the students who are here told us this afternoon they're saddened by this latest news. family members drexel university confirm recent graduate emily sell key and her mother yvonne both on board the germanwings air bus that crashed in the french alps on its way from barcelona to germany. >> i'm very sad. very unfortunate. she obviously was a student at west fall. i'm a student at west fall as well the art college. my heart goes tout her. >> reporter: statement released by the family said, our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily. two wonderful caring, amazeing people who meant so much to so many. at this dull time we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers ". emily selke graduated from drexel in 2013 in a statement drexel university said dr

drexel university released the statement saying they were deeply saddened of the traumatic loss. eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> such a tragedy eva thank you. >>> gloucester county school district said e-mail is back to "g.m.a." after hackers took over the school district was hacked by a malware so new regular security could not protect it. no sensitive student or employee information was obtained. the hackers demanded bitcoins. >>> pennsylvania is heading in the right direction since 2010. the poll was released this morning. 39 say the state is heading in the right direction but 47% say it is off track. >> we're tracking fog and temperatures is shooting upwards, and then we have storms, a lot of stuffer going on. >> reporter: a lot of stuff going on. the best thing is the mild air. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are mild. as we look outside, we have fog down by the shore. in center city easy to see sky scrapers from our sky 6 camera in center city. and temperatures not as bad. 41 degrees in philadelphia for example. 39 in wilmington. 34 degrees a little bit co

the victims include a drexel university graduate traveling with her mother. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us new from the drexel campus where they are remembering her, good morning. >> reporter: erika, good morning. emily selke is a 2013 graduate of drexel university and today those who knew her best, are remembering the young woman as a caring person who was dedicated to giving. >> i just keep saying over and over it is surreal. >> reporter: haley holmes speaking to cnn wednesday night. still cannot believe her good friend emily selke is gone. >> yesterday morning i woke up, and a on my phony a had a text from my friend and i had to breaking news alert about the plane crash and i remember thinking wow that is really sad. >> reporter: she soon discovered on that plane among the 150 ted was emily and her mother yvonne selke. as the news broke here at drexel tears, and hugs, inside of the urban center where emily spent so much time during her education at the university. selke graduated with honors in 2013, earning a music industry degree, from dr

>> reporter: we are remembering emily selke this morning the drexel university graduate killed in thatne crash, i'm jan carabao coming up we will hear from her friend and this university. >>> a woman shows up hundreds of miles from home after she claims she was kidnaped but her story is quickly unraveling. >> vittoria and katie return with traffic and weather together on the three's including the latest on today's storms. we are back in just two >>> developing right now a new twist in the deadly plane crash the in the french alps black box reveals one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit, right before that plane went down. we will have the latest for you on the investigation as the drexel community mourns the the death of the passenger with ties to the area. >>> get ready for a warm but stormy day. storm scan three shows rain heading our way a little later this morning. lets check with weather and traffic with katie and vittoria. but i will give you a sense of what the impact is in our area and full details straight ahead, vittoria. >> good morning, everyone. in regard to your c

for your privacy and your prayers ". >>> em selke graduated from drexel in 2013 in a statement drexel university said "drexel is deeply saddened to hear about the tragic loss of emily selke and her mother. emily graduated with honors from drexel in 2013 and was music industry major in drexel's antoinette west fall college of media arts and design. our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends ". >>> the sr. roar are the emily belonged to released this statement. say the at a chapter is mourning the loss of our beautiful emily selke. emily and her mother were a board the plane from barcelona to duesseldorf that crashed yesterday. emily served as a membership vice-president while in say the at a and she was a an integral part of our growing chapter. she embodied the the spear the of gamma sigma sigma an a person and friend emily put others before herself and cared deeply for all of those in her life. emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters of say the at a. police keep emily, her mother and their family in your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time ". >>> student

one of the victims was a graduate of drexel university and dann cuellar is on campus tonight. >> the us is on spring break right now but the students would remain are saddened to hear that one of the victims was a recent drexel grad. and learning more about emily selke and her mother who died when the plane crashed. drexel university announced that 23-year-old emily selke graduated with honors and a music major. and on board the germanwing flight travelling with her mother, yvonne. >>> >> and even though i didn't personally know her i feel sad. >> drexel is deeply saddened to hear about the loss of emily selke and her mother. >> it affected the drexel community and my thoughts and prayers to her family and friend. >> she was a member of a sorority, and emily served as the membership v.p. and was an integral part of our growing chapter. and embodied our spirit. as a person and friend emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in her life. emily will be greatly missed by her fellow sisters. her mother yvonne worked in washington and did intelligence contract work

. >> they include a drexel university graduate and her mother. "eyewitness news" report are jan carabao is live on the drexel campus good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are hearing from emily selke's family and friend and this university all remembering the the young woman as a caring person dedicated to giving. take a look at emily selke who studied here on campus at the urban center and graduated with honors in 2013 earning a music industry degree. during her time at drexel selke was active as service sorority gamma, gamma sigma. it credits her with as integral part of growing the the chapter at drexel and members are remembering her as someone who always put others before herself. selke with her moth when her germanwings airline flight crashed in the trip there barcelona spain to dusseldorf germany on tuesday. one of the many friend spoke to cnn about the tragic news listen. >> i just keep saying over and over it is surreal. you always see these things on the news and you think it is horrible but you never know anyone involved. you neve

first we wanted to tell that you emily selke2013 graduate of drexel university. we talked to student here on campus yesterday shocked, and saddened, to hear that she was on the plane that crashed in the french alms. crash happened tuesday. germanwings flight lost radio contract with air traffic controllers during routine trip from barcelona to duesseldorf germ at this, at this point, officials say it does not appear that there was any foul play. the new york times is reporting the black box recordings indicate that one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit. he left for some reason. co-not get back in. he was banking on the door among the 150 people on board who were killed, two americans, mother and daughter, yvonne and emily sellke, yvonne worked for secret agency and expected to be graduate of springfield high school according to its reunion page her daughter emily 2013 graduate of drexel media and arts design. in a statement her family said our entire family is deeply sad ends by the losses of eve son and emily, two wonderful caring amazing people who me

. >>> a graduate of drexel university was on board the doomed flight that crashed in france yesterday. all the people on the flight are presumed dead, two americans were on board including a drexel university graduate. the search for remains continues as they work to find out what happened to that plane. marcy gonzales is live with more. >> reporter: rick, investigators are holding a news conference right now, they say for the time being there are no signs of foul play but they are not ruling out the possibility that the plane may have been hijacked and they have successfully recovered recordings from the first black box. >> this is the battered black box this is one of the keys to figuring out what caused germanwings flight to crash in the alps yesterday. >> it will be possible to put it back together to make use of it. the airbus was traveling from barcelona to germany when after reaching 38000 feet, the plane quickly lost altitude and plunged to 6,000 feet before dropping from radar and slamming into a mountain. >> we don't know the buildup to that things that come to mind to me ra

. >> yes she's a drexel university graduate. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live on drexel's campus jan. >> reporter: we are hearing from emily selke's alma matter her friend and family all remembering the young woman as a caring person who was dedicated to giving putting others before herself and service, lets take a look. this is emily selke she studied at the urban center at drexel university and graduated with honors in 2013 earning a muse being industry degree. during her time here in drexel selke was vice-president of the service sorority gamma sigma sigma. they credit selke as an integrate part of the growing the chapter at drexel and members are remembering her as someone who put others before herself. selke and her mother yvonne died when their plane crash in the french alps from the trip to dusseldorf. one of the many friend spoke to cnn about the the tragic news let's listen. >> it is just so surreal. you always see these things on the news and you think, you know, it is horrible but you never know anyone in

three americans died two of them identified as emmy drexel university and her mother from virginia. hundreds of troops and police are ready to join the search. as we discovered access to the remote site miles from any road is almost impossible. as well as the snow and ice, these mountain sides aren't stable. for searchers, anyone, this is dangerous. this operation to first find and then recover bodies and debris won't just take days it will take weeks. >> this is tom costello the fact 9525 crashed into a mountain could be compelling evidence that the crew was in capacitied. like all modern aircraft 8320 is equipped with ground proximity warning system. >> too low, ter rain. >> that tells pilots to pull up the plane is headed for ground collision. >> terrain ahead, pull up. >> the germanwings plane never attempted to avoid the mountain. french ses investigators are studying recorder but they need flight data recorder to unravel what happened to the plane and in the cockpit, a process that could take weeks. we still don't know if the crew programmed the plane to descend 30,000 feet. i

fox 29's dave schratwieser is live on drexel's campus in university city tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, sad night here on the drexel university campus as students learned that emily selke was killed in that crash in the french alps yesterday. students are shaken by the loss. >> i can't even imagine. it's horrible. >> reporter: students at drexel university's college of media arts and design were stunned to hear the news that recent graduate emily selke and her mother yvonne were on board the germanwings air bus that crash in the french alps tuesday. >> i'm very sad. very unfortunate. she obviously was a student at west fall. i'm actually a student in west fall as well. the art college. my heart goes out to her. >> reporter: in a statement her family said our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily is he key two wonderful caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. at this difficult time, we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers. emily selke graduated from the media arts and design program at drexel in 2013. in a statement dre

she graduated from drexel university in 2013. industry major. >>> a judge sentenced sportscaster don tollefson two to four years in prison today. he was accused of selling bogus trips for charity and then pocketing the money. the judge also ordered tollefson to pay back more than $160,000. >>> philadelphia mayor nutter signed an executive order today creating a new civilian oversight board. part of its job will be to watch the police department. the aim is to improve training investigation and community relations. >>> more fallout from the video that shows members of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity at university of oklahoma chanting racial slurs. this afternoon one of the students identified in that video sat down with african-american leaders in the community speaking publicly for the first time since the incident. here's nbc10 national correspondent jay gray. ♪ we'll never [ bleep ] ♪ >> reporter: the first time we heard from levy pettitte, sparked controversy across the nation. one of the sigma alpha epsilon fraternity memb

emily selke graduated from drexel university in 2013. she and her mother were on the doomed plane that crashed killing all 150 people on board. the selkes are from virginia. the state department says a third american was also on that plane. >>> growing concerns at the jersey shore about plans for a beach construction project. >> it's loud dirty, inconvenient for the beach. >> reporter: i'm ted greenberg. why some people are so worried about the timing. >>> i've got some more showers moving into the area. and i'm tracking a chance for a springtime thunderstorm. find out the timing plus a big jump in temperatures. my exclusive nbc10 first alert seven-day forecast. >>> coming up tonight on "nbc10 news" at 5:00 the stench that lingers. and it's not just an issue in the bucks county town that houses a landfill. new jersey residents are upset and tonight they'll be sounding off. now, more and more americans are discovering that... shred after shred... dish after dish... day after delicious day... shredding galbani mozzarella yourself inspires

. >> was 2013 graduate here at drexel university. she was traveling on that flight with her mom so, the crash happened tuesday the germanwings flight lost radio contact with air traffic controllers, during a routine trip from barcelona to doors dove germany. at this point it does now a near was any foul play. again, that black box recording, indicate, that one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit. he left for some reason. he could not get back, in he was banking on the door. among the 150 people on board we have three americans including, a mother and daughter yvonne, emily selke. yvonne work for secret pentagon agency and is believed to be graduate of springfield high school according to its reunion page. her daughter emily is 2013 graduate of drexel west fall college of media arts, design, was music industry major. >> e a family said the entire family deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily. two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. at this difficult time we respectfully ask for your priva

they took part in a cooking competition at drexel university.the competition is part of the careers through culinary arts program. high school student his two hour hours to prepare from memory a french meal of potatoes and crepes for dessert. makes my mouth water. hundreds of thousands of college scholarships were up for grabs here. >>> the catholic church has faced plenty of controversy and some of those hot-button issues are certainly to come up in the coming months especially as the pope and church leaders from around the world come to philadelphia. today, the topics that will get more attention than others and why there will be greater focus on certain subjects. >>> then all new on nbc 10 news at 5k clo:00, more than two and a unforgettable. an amusement pier where the roller coaster was washed into the ocean. the white house. earlier today the white house announced president obama and first lady will meet with pope francis september 23rd and today marks six months from pope frances frances's historic visit to till philadelphia. >> the pope

"eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer has more on this neat partnership between drexel university and tech girls and it the aims to change all. that nicole, great program. >> it really is. here's the thing. research shows girls are as interested in technology as boys are, up until high school but by the time they helped off to college they have decided to pursue other fields. once they enter the working world they turn away from technology. a as two mentioned two local groups are taking steps to reverse that trend. >> at drexel university this may look like your typical computer class but come closer and you will see these girls are gaming, test launching a game designed curriculum for schools, students nationwide. >> our goal it is to have more and more young girls and young women get interested going in the tech industry n my case gaming industry. >> reporter: digital media professor doctor frankly teamed up with tech girls a program that gives middle and high school age students hand on experience with technology. >> there is gaming programming, using robotics, and so many othe

drexel is deeply sad toned hear about the tragic loss of alumni em lie soul is beinge and her mother read a university e-mail. our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friend. and, in another statement, the sorority that emily belonged to praised her for her giving service oriented spirit. that she always showed. we will have much more on this when we join you at 6:00 live from the drexel campus i'm walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thank you. >>> french officials are ruling outer wrist many as a cause of the crash. investigators have started analyzing the plane's voice data a recorder hoping it will reveal why the the air bus slammed into the the mountains. cbs news correspondent tina krause has latest now from france. >> reporter: investigators have started analyzing the voice recordings from one of the plane's black boxes. they say it contains usable sound and voices but caution their findings are preliminary. >> we hope to have a first or rough idea, in a matter of days. >> reporter: authorities say they don't have the slightest explanation why the germanwings air bus lost

sara bloomquist is live now in university city. >> reporter: jim the drexel campus quiet tonight this is spring break but in this internet age the few students on campus quickly learned today that one of americans killed in the plane crash graduated from drexel and today we learn more about emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the plane that went down in the french alp. we learned that american emily selke was on the flight traveling with her mother, yvonne, when the plane crashes in the french alps,

one of the passengers was a graduate of drexel university. >> reporter: matt, you're right investigators are looking at the new clue from the voice recorder is to what happened on the german wings jet corder. >> reporter: on the recording you can hear is one of the pilots locked out of the cockpit banging on the door trying to get back in, all 150 people were killed in the crash among them, emily selke on the flight traveling with her mother. yesterday the university said they were sadden to hear of the tragic loss. >> it's sad to see that she was in drexel. even though i didn't personally know her, i feel feel terrible for her family. >> it affects the drexel community my thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. >> reporter: emily selke just graduated in 2013 is a music major. she returned home to her hometown in virginia outside of washington, d.c. after graduation. we'll have more coming up with the latest information coming out of the voice data today. eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> we have more at 6abc.com. you can read more about emily selke plus photos of th

honors graduate of drexel university and emily was with her mother on the plane and investigators have recovered one of the plane's black boxes one mystery is why they didn't hear from the pilot when it descended 38,000 feet. sara bloomquist is live now in university city. >> reporter: jim the drexel campus quiet tonight this is spring break but in this internet age the few students on campus quickly learned today that one of americans killed in the plane crash graduated from drexel and today we learn more about emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the plane that went down in the french alp. we learned that american emily selke was on the flight traveling with her mother, yvonne, when the plane crashes in the french alps, emily was an industry major who graduated in 2013 in a statement they said drexel is saddened to learn about the tragedy of emily selke and her mother. >> feel terrible for her family. >> she was a member of the national service sore orty gamma sigma sigma. >> they said she was an integral part of you growing chapter and embodied the spirit of sigma sigm

one graduated from drexel university in 2013. emily selke, a music industry major and vice president of gamma sigma sigma national service sorority. her mother yvonne also died in the crash. we spoke with one of emily's friends. >> she wanted the best for everybody. she made everybody feel important. i think that's why everybody loved her was because she made you feel important. that's hard to find in people these days. >> emily and yvonne selke are from virginia. yvonne was a u.s. contractor you can count on nbc 10 news and nbc10.com as we continue to follow the developments on this breaking news as the investigation intensifies into the deadly germanwings plane crash. you can get updates on the air and on our nbc 10 news app. >>> now to breaking news out of delaware county. the superintendent just finished talking to the media about a woman reported missing in august of last year. 25-year-old amanda guio disappeared in august of 2014. she is a known drug user and has no contact -- had no contact with her family since she disapp

she also graduated with honors in 2013 from drexel university in philadelphia where she majored in music industry. drexel said it was deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss. emily was a member of the gamma sigma sigma service sorority which posted a photo and service memoir about emily who always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in her life. emily's linkedin page said she was a community manager for car workplaces in alexandria and was also a lifetime girl scout. peggy fox. >> as peggy mentioned, the family and friends of the selkes declined to comment and asked for privacy and prayers instead. we also learned today the third american was on that flight, but the state department has not released any details on that passenger. >>> tonight french officials say it appears unlikely an act of terrorism or foul play brought down the plane and they should have a better idea what happened the next few days because they found usable audio from one of the black boxes. >> we hope to have a rough idea in a matter of days and having a full understanding of it with all the info

she went on to drexel university where she was on the executive board of the guama sigma sigma sorority. today, her sorority sisters posted this photo writing "emily was an integral part of our growing chapter. she always put others before herself and cared deeply for all in her life." jane carter has lived in the selkes' neighborhood for 36 years. >> i'm still kind of shocked. i'm still kind of shocked. we're just a small little community and i'm very sad. kevin: it's unclear why mother and daughter were flying from spain to germany. family home sitting quiet tonight. >> live every moment that you can. that's the only thing that i can say. i'm sure they didn't have no idea that something like this was going to happen. it's a real tragedy. and i hope they find out what happened. kevin: so far, the selkes have only released a written statement in which they said our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily, two wonderful, caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. we're live in nokesville this evening, i'm kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: conflicting info

emily selke was a 2013 graduate of drexel university and her mother yvonne grew up in delaware county.o=-g some of her mother's family still live near springfield high school. audio recordings can be heard the captain that was locked out. the germanwings pilot banged on the door and then tried entering using a keypad. what he didn't know at the time was the co-pilot used the switch to override the pilot's code. this was one of the switches that pilots have access to. you can see behind me that there are three different positions there. it's unlock it's normal and also locked which, of course keeps everyone out of the calk might. here's what we know about the co-pilot at this point. he is known as a very calm responsible man. andreas lubitz had been working for germanwings since 2013 and tonight we're hearing from those close to drexel university grad emily selke and, of course her mother yvonne. >> they were among three americans to die when the germanwings plane slammed into a mountainside. parishioners in northern virginia say they feel like they've lost two members of their family. h

>> reporter: yes, 2013 music industry major emily selke drexel university graduate. yesterday we did talk to students who were shocked and sad toned hear she and her mother were on the plane that crashed in the french alms. crash happened tuesday. germanwings flight lost radio contact with air traffic controllers during a routine trip, from barcelona to duesseldorf germany. at this point it does not appear there was any foul play nationally reported the black box recording indicated one of the pilots locked out of the cockpit, now the ap has also confirmed that apparently the pilot left to the cockpit for some reason he could not get back, in was banking on the door. among the 150 people on board who were killed, two americans mother and daughter, eve son work for secretive pentagon agency believed to be graduate of springfield high school, according to its reunion page, her daughter em have i a 2013 graduate of drexel's west fall college of media arts, and design, she was a music industry major and emily's family released a statement saying quote our entire family i

competition, 30 high schoolers from philadelphia and delaware and chester counties competed at drexel university and they had two hours to prepare a french meal including a savory chicken ditch with potatoes and desert crepes with cream and chocolate. the competitors were vying for college scholarships. >>> warmer yes but not a spring like fun day. >> no no. it came with showers and peeks of sunshine here and there 67 in philadelphia and 71 for the high in wilmington but it all ends tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing now we are in between the showers and thunderstorms in philadelphia but you see the line that is moving into lancaster county, that whole line is moving east at 30 miles per hour, so wolmersdorf you are hit with gusty showers and thunderstorms at 6:45 and westernersville by 7:00, and this has wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. we are dry in center city and rain free and peeks of sunshine and you can see we are dealing with clouds and sky 6 hd is moving around and wind gusts at 20 miles per hour from the south and that is bringing up the warm air, philadelphia 65 de

longtime contractor for booz allen hamilton, and her daughter, emily, a 2013 honors graduate from drexel university. her family said, "our entire family is deeply saddened by the loss of yvonne and emily two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many." >> i'm still kind of shocked. we are a small community. it's a tragedy. i hope they find out what happened. roz: the state department said there was a third american, but they have not named that person yet, respecting the family's wishes. roz plater, abc 7 news. leon: people across oklahoma are spending the night in their tornado shelters. the damage from the tulsa area one person died after a tornado or straight-line wind hit a mobile home park. higher fighters rescue dozens of children from a gymnastics studio after the roof collapsed -- firefighters rescued dozens of children. >> we got them tucked under across the street. the tree fell on the house. leon: a tornado hit moore oklahoma, the flashes powerlines and transformers failing. alison: warmer temperatures are ahead for us but we are watching for the chances of storms tom

. >>> three americans were on the flight including a recent drexel university graduate and her mother. emily and her mother evelyn selke were on the flight. >> it's sad to see she was in drexel and it does affect everyone here, even though i didn't personally know her. i don't know, i feel terrible for her family. >> emily selke graduated in 2013 with honors. >>> developing news now, police in delaware county are asking for the public's help to find a woman missing for a year, and "action news" reporter chad pradelli was at this morning's announcement and joins us now from upper darby with the latest. >> reporter: amanda was a popular student at high school shortly after graduating she spiralled into addiction and she is missing for close to a year and now police and her family is asking for the public's health. she walked out of her home around 8:00 a.m. and vanished. her cell phone has been dead and there is no contact and credit card and bills untouched and her two young daughters miss her dearly. >> we love her and miss her and need her home. >> if this can reach my sister i would

at drexel university this may look like your typical computer class but cut a little closer and you willhese girls are gaming, test launching a game design for schools and students nationwide. >> our goal, we have more and more young girls and young women, and women, get interests in going in the tech industry. in my case, the gaming industry. >> reporter: that is why digital media professor doctor frankly, teamed up with tech girls, a program that gives middle and high school age students hand on experience with technology. >> there is gaming, programming, using robotics and so many other pieces of technology that are happening today, it is an important part of careers and the economy. so we need to encourage more girls to be participants. >> reporter: in this group it is an easy sell. >> because we can do it too and it is just fun. >> boys shouldn't be the only one programming and making video games. >> it is great that they are boys but we're girls and we want to do this stuff too. >> reporter: on this day they tested out program and provided feedback for these teams. >> girls are hel

"eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer has more on their partnership. >> reporter: at drexel university this may look like your typical computer class but come a little closer and you will see these girls are gaming, test launching a game design curriculum for schools and students nationwide. >> our hope is to have more and more young girls and women and young women interested in going in the tech industry in, my case the gaming strit. >> reporter: that is what digital media professor doctor frankly, teamed up with tech girls a program giving middle abe high school age students hand on experience with technology. >> is there gaming, programming, robotics and so many other pieces of technology that are happening today. it is important part of future careers and the the economy. so we need to encourage more girls to be para advertise pant. >> reporter: in this group it was an easy sell. >> but we can do it too and it is just really fun. >> boys shouldn't be the the only one programming and making video games. >> i mean it is great that they are boys but we're girls and we want to do this

she went on to attend drexel university in philadelphia where she was on the executive board of a sorority. today, her sorority sisters posted this photo on their facebook page writing "emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life." >> i'm still kind of shocked. i'll still kind of shocked. we're just a small little community. kevin: and today in a written statement, the selke family said our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily. two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. at this point, it is still unclear why mother and daughter were on board that aircraft traveling from spain to germany. in nokesville kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, kevin. we have breaking news this hour coming in. u.s. military officials have just announced that bowe bergdahl will be discharged with desertion and mistreatment with the enemy. he was returned to the u.s. as part of a prisoner exchange last may. alison: for the first time today, we heard from the wife of a man found murdered in a d.c. hotel last month. and

a woodbridge high school and drexel university graduate selke'sorority sisters posted this photo and message on facebook. "she always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life." the crash victims come from 15 different countries. investigators are looking into every possible cause of the crash including terrorism. only clues at this hour one badly damaged cockpit voice recorder. >> we need to know what the pilots were doing, what they were saying, if they were communicating. kimberly: surviving family members gathered wednesday morning. neighbors struggled to find words that expressed the depth of their grief. >> live every moment you can. that's the only thing i can say. kimberly: now, co-workers of yvonne selke describe her at booz allen hamilton as "wonderful" and "dedicated." similar praise for her daughter emily seen her on her sorority's twitter page. and also emily worked for carr workplaces and they described emily as an outstanding young woman. live in the newsroom, kimberly suters, abc 7 news. back to you. maureen: thank you. as we said there was

drexel is deeply saddened about the loss of alumni, em lie selke and her mother read a university e-mail. our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. during her studies here at drexel selke was active as vice-president, of a campus chapter of the national service sorority gamma sigma sigma. selke's family who lives in virginia, also issued a statement that reads in part our entire family is deeply saddened by the the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful, amazing people, who meant so much to so many. and selke's sorority also had word of praise commemorating her, for her giving service oriented spirit. live from the drexel campus i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> all right walt, thank you. >>> meanwhile french officials say it could be days or weeks before remains of all 150 victims from the crash are recovered. investigators are trying to figure out why germanwings flight 9525 lost altitude and slammed in the french alps. they started analyzing voice recordings from one of the plane's black boxes. officials say a it contains usable material but they

summa laude graduate of woodbridge senior high school and graduated with honors in 2013 from drexel university in philadelphia where she majored in music industry. drexel said it was deeply saddened to hear about the tragic loss of emily selke and her mother. emily was a member of a service sorority which posted a photo and memoir about emily who always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in her life. emily selke's linkedin page said she was a community manager for car workplaces in alexandria and a lifetime girl scout. i'm peggy fox in nokesville, back to you. >> french investigators say it could be days or weeks before the remains of all 150 victims of the crash are recovered. french and german officials say terrorism or foul play are unlikely. >>> today virginia governor terry mcauliffe is ordering alcoholic beverage control agents be retained following the high profile arrest of a uva student. pictures from the night martese johnson was arrested outside a charlottesville bar we've all seen. the governor ordered police to investigate the march 18th arrest. ism it's been a w

marcy gonzales, back to you >>> the family of the drexel university student is asking for privacy and prayers. emily selke and her mother yvonne, were killed on the flight. >> what people should know about them is they were not two americans on the plane and not a mother and daughter on the plane but yvonne and emily two amazing loving people who left behind friends and family who love and miss them a lot. >> at drexel emily was the member of a service sorority gamma sigma sigma they said she put others before herself and will be greatly missed. can you see more by going to 6abc.com and see more vote owes and video from the scene in the french alps. >>> tornadoes tore a path of destruction in oklahoma one twister killed a person and injured nine others in the tulsa suburbs yesterday. the national weather center is just starting to assess the damage. a children's gymnastic studio collapsed and firefighters carried them to safety after the storm. >> was scared and all we did was praise god we were still alive. >> tornadoes were also reported in arkansas 80,000 people were left without p

two of them identified as emily selke, a drexel university graduate, and her mother yvonne from virginia. friends said they would always remember emily with a smile on her face. >> there will definitely be a hole in our church community and the community at large. >> reporter: at the german school that lost 16 teenage students and two teachers, numb shock. hundreds of troops and police are ready to join the search, but as we discovered access to the remote site miles from any roads is almost impossible. as well as the snow and ice, these mountainsides aren't stable, for searchers, for anyone, this is dangerous. this operation to first find and then recover bodies and debris won't just take days. it will take weeks. there were moments of silence today from colleagues of the flight crew at dusseldorf and barcelona airports. from the leaders of france, germany and spain who flew over the crash site, and from stunned locals. silence interrupted only by the harrowing search of the helicopters. bill neely, nbc news, seynes-les-alps, france. >> reporter: this is tom costello. the fact that flig

emily selke graduated from drexel university in 2013. she was a music industry major. emily's mom was also killed in that crash. the director of france's aviation investigative agency says audio has been recovered from the cockpit recorder. he also says the plane was flying until the end, slamming into the mountain, not breaking up in the air. >>> stockton university is scrambling tonight. the school's plan to take over atlantic city's former showboat casino is in jeopardy. the school says it's all because of the building's neighbor the trump taj mahal. ted greenberg explains what could happen if this deal falls through. >> reporter: there are signs of change at what was atlantic city's showboat casino but plans for stockton university's island campus and hotel here are in peril. >> it's discouraging for a lot of students. >> reporter: the potential disintegration of the university's massive expansion was the talk on the major galloway campus a day after stockton's president announced that an opposing move by the neighboring trump taj mahal casino had stabbed the schoo

emily graduated with honors from drexel university and was a woodbridge high school a lum fuss. and is he worked at booz allen. >> they were just good people. they were committed to their faith. both emily and yvonne. >> three of the plane's 150 passengers were americans. as for what happened it could be months before the official report. an investigator told the "new york times" one of the plane's two pilots was locked out of the cockpit shortly before that crash. >>> today jesse matthew is expected in court for a hearing in charlottesville. he faces charges in the murder and abduction of hannah graham. a new trial date will be set in may. matthew also faces charges of attempted murder and sexual assault in fairfax county. >>> also today, a uva student is expected to plead not guilty following an arrest that left him with 10 stitches. 20-year-old martese johnson faces two misdemeanors. cell phone video shows johnson with a bloody face as a.b.c. officers pinned him down outside a bar. >>> governor mcauliffe is ordering all a.b.c. officers to be retrained immediately. he signed a

. >>> today, drexel university is holding an indoor triathlon. this is the third year.articipants will use the treadmills stationary bikes and swimming pools. there are different distances offer for all skill levels. >>> a boston police officer is in critical condition after being shot during a traffic stop. the department says somebody jumped out of car and shot the officer. other cops returned fire and killed the suspect. a woman was caught in the cross fire but her injuries are only minor. two other people in the car are in custody on unrelated matters. >>> now to los angeles where a driver surrendered after leading police on this chase. the steelen car had the words "we support our local police department" written in the back window. at one point during the case police nearly had the car cornered in a parking lot about the driver drove off. >>> investigators are looking into whether somebody tampered with the gas lines setting off thursday's blast. sources tell nbc news that someone may have been trying to steal gas. two people are still missing after the explosion

. >> eyewitness news at drexel university where dozens faced off in a cooking challenge.rs there can win a scholarship that could mean as much as full tuition. students had just two hearst to prepare a french meal from memory. >>> well, we have got a break in the rain but i see a lot of green behind you. >> there is green yellow and some red. >> those are not good colors. >> no. >> not for our purposes. >> not on the doppler radar screen. you can see line of showers and then are storms and where we see red that is where we are seeing then are storms. as we zoom in you can see right here through harrisburg on 81 this is what we are tracking. these storms are moving east at 30 miles an hour with wind gusting to 35 miles an hour. we will run track at this speed. it will be in the lancaster area even in the york area by 6:29 in york, handhim by 6:41 and reading by 7:11. at that speedy expect these storms to be in philadelphia along i-95 corridor by 9:00 o'clock at the very latest. that is what we expect here. ahead of these storms our eyewitness weather watchers are reporting

emily selfie graduated from drexel university and her mother yvonne. yvonne graduated from springfield in 1975. those who knew her said she planned to attend her 40th reunion this fall. >> i thought someone should talk to yvonne who lived in the area. >> live in the digital operations center tracy davidson "nbc 10 news." >>> now airways are hastily changing their rules that two members must be always present in the cockpit. today the german aviation will consider that rule. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the deadly plane crash. check the nbc app and nbc10.com for more information on the pilot's background and what we learned from those that knew him. >>> and six minutes after 4:00 now, in new york city officials say no gas odor was reported and no leaks found before an apparent gas explosion to cause an apartment building to collapse. the utility con edison reports a survey was done wednesday on the gas mains in the area and nothing was found. plumbing work was going on inside the building and that work failed the inspection an hour before

that crash killed drexel university graduate emily selke and 149 others.e talk only with "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt. >> emily was such a positive person. she had this very go with the flow personality very easy going. um she was really easy to go get along with. >> reporter: julie is comeing to grips with the reality that her friend emily selke died in this plane crash in the french alps. >> that's me and emily. >> the two were roommates for summer in scotland and quickly became friends. >> it was crazy that -- how fast we became friends and how comfortable she just made me feel. i thought we had been friends for like years. >> emily her mother yvonne and 148 others died in the crash. what prompted 27-year-old co-pilot andreas lubitz to crash the passenger jet. the key question investigators from multiple countries are work working to answer. >> i don't feel angry. i'm really sad for the father, the parents of that young pilot. i mean october imagine what they're going through right now. >> reporter: investigators searched lubitz's apartment an

emily graduated from drexel university in 2013. her mother went to high school in delaware county.raduated from springfield high school in 1965 and planned to attend her 40th class reunion this fall. >> there's a local reaction to the crash victim and i thought it was yvonne who grew up in delaware county. >> they still have relatives living in delaware county and yesterday the third american victim robert oliver was identified but they gave little information about him. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the deadly plane crash and check the nbc 10 app or nbc10.com for more information on the pilot's background and what we learned from those who knew him and you'll find the latest on the investigation there. >>> this morning we're learning more on what led to an apparent gas explosion to cause three buildings to collapse in new york city. plumbing and gas work was happening inside the building and con edison said the work failed inspection an hour before the explosion yesterday. a survey of a gas main was done in the area on wednesday. the crews found a no leaks or gas leak

mother when that plane crashed yesterday morning and tonight friends and former classmates at drexel university are remembering a woman known for her big heart. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live on drexel's campus tonight. david, what are you hearing from her friends? >> reporter: jessica there's understandable allot of sadness confusion and shock. emily went to class behind me inside this building at drexel and graduated in 2013 and every day passes we learn more about the flight that took her life. >> i just keep saying over and over it's surreal. >> reporter: haley holmes in shock over the death of her close friend emily selke. >> yesterday morning i woke up on my phone high a text from my friend i had breaking news alert about the plane crash and remember thinking that's really sad. >> later holmes found out selke and her mother were on the plane. recovery teams expect several more hours of work as they search for a hundred 50 victims across a 10-acre site in the french alps. >> at this time we can confirm the deaths of us citizens yvonne selke and emily selke. >> reporter: she

. >> did you know that drexel university has a food lab, yeah. they do many great things.ew healthy ideas for kid lunches. >> yes. >> it looks like she's at a kennel. >> yeah, we're going to fire some stuff up. >> here's the cool thing about this program, you know, lot of people, lot of cooking schools they give you a cookbook and ask you to make people make what they have made before. you guys are innovating and a making new things all the time. >> yes. >> mike asked the question. you have basically made some healthy recipes for kids for school. >> yes. >> and what is in that right there. >> this is a tomato spices cup cake. >> say it again. >> tomato spices. >> what made you think to put tomatoes in there. >> keep that firing up because it is cool. >> what made you think to put tomatoes in. >> we were trying to think of ways to add vegetables to everything we are cooking. how else do you add vegetables in dessert. one of the ways we made zucchini brownies and i thought of tomato cup cake. >> that is cool. >> we tried it, mike, the photographer, who hates everything, he l

the drexel university student and her mom were among three americans in all to die when the german airways plane slammed into a mountain side. parishioners at the catholic church in northern virginia say they feel like they have lost two members of their family. emily's mom was active with the children's program for many years. emily sang in the choir. their pastor says he's having a hard time with this and offers words of comfort to emily's father. >> we are told to embrace the light. stay in the light, don't give into the darkness so that's what i will tell him. >> they have been active members of their church for 20 years volunteering much of their free time. count on nbc 10 to stay on top of the investigation into that crash. coming up in our next half hour we'll take a closer look at the top security and what went wrong. plus, more memories of the former drexel student killed in the crash. >>> well, this morning firefighters are still on the scene of that apparent gas explosion that leveled a new york city apartment building. this is a live look here that you can see of the rubble tha

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