drexel is deeply saddened to hear about the loss of alumni emily selke and her mother yvonne. university says in a statement our thoughts and prayers with her family and friend. selke and her mother died when their germanwings airlines flight, crashed in the french alps on tuesday. during her time in drexel selke was active as vice-president of the service sorority gamma sigma sigma and remember as someone who always put others before herself and cared deeply for all those in her life. our entire family is deeply saddened, the selke family writes about the loss of yvonne and emily selke two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. >> reporter: again, emily is being remember for her service oriented spirit today. this campus community continues to mourn the loss of that young woman and they continue to oner about how exactly that plane went down. reporting live at drexel university jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as we continue to cover latest developments in the germanwings plane crash. if you cannot watch us on ai

our entire family is deeply saddened the selke family writes about the loss of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. selke is noted for her service oriented spirit, and in the meantime this whole campus community is mourning the the loss of the young woman, again, remembering her as a person that put everyone else first, as this community, and they are still wondering how that plane went down. jan carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> you can get the latest information anytime on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> and happening today, it is septemberensing day for the the philadelphia woman quick of kidnapping and molesting a five-year old girl. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live outside criminal justice center with that story, justin? >> reporter: good morning, regusters is due in court in just a few hours. she will watch attorneys and the judge hash out the specifics of her fate which could include a term of life behind bars in prison. cristina regusters returns to court this morning more than two years after she sai

and worked for the pentagon. >> in a statement the selke said we are deeply saddened by the loss of emily and yvonne selke, they meant so much to so much. they live in this home outside of washington, where today the neighbors learned that yvonne and emily were among the dead. >> i'm sure they had no idea something like this would happen. it's a real tragedy. >> tonight the selke family is asking for privacy and prayers. live in university city, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara, our coverage of this story continues on our website at 6abc.com you can read more about emily selke and see a slideshow of the pictures of plane crash as well as video from the scene find the story now at 6abc.com. >>> this is the way it looked early this morning as flames attacked the fabricators plant in bethlehem nearby reads were told to stay inside and the power company cut electricity to more than 1500 customers, lehigh valley correspondent was there. >> reporter: we give you a live look from bethlehem that the fire is out but firefighters remain on stand by in case hot spots f

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 involve. you never know anyone. chances are so slim. even yesterday morning i woke up, and on my phony had a text from my friend and breaking news alert about the plane crash. i remember thinking wow, that is sad. i opened my friend and went about my day. >> reporter: the university has now released a statement, drexel is deeply sat end to hear about the tragic loss of the alumni emily selke

you can read more about emily selke plus photos of the crash scene. >> one person is dead and many injured after the skies were interrupted with tornados. >> reporter: what's left this morning is the heartbreaking mess for the first victims of this year's tornado season. >> looks like her roof over there. and my roof. >> reporter: the dangerous storm exploding over oklahoma. that's more power flashes. punching winds and pounding hail. camera after camera capturing the threat the wrote taight clouds turning into full-scale tornados wiping out nearly this entire mobile home community in sandy springs. a close call for hundreds. >> my dad was in the kitchen the roof fell in on him. >> reporter: 60 people were inside this collapsed gym are okay. so is the grateful driver of this overturned pick up. >> i'm very fortunate i hung upside down until somebody got here. >> reporter: one person did not survive and many left injured in the tornado's first splash. there are thousand without power, but the severe weather threat in the heartland is over for now. abc news, washington. >>> stay with "action

i didn't personally know her i feel sad. >> drexel is deeply saddened to hear about the loss of emily selke 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 for the pentagon. >> i am still kind of shocked. we're just a small little community. >> the selke family lives in this moment in virginia outside of washington where today the neighbor's learned that emily and yvonne were among the dead. >> live every moment you can much that's the only thing i can say. i am sure they had no idea something like this would happen. it is a real tragedy. >> in a statement the selke family says they are deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily, two wonderful, caring and amazi

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 ". >>> students on campus wednesday afternoon were stunned to hear the news. >> definitely is a tragedy. losing someone from your own community and definitely prayers and thoughts go out to her family. >> reporter: now a third american on board that flight has not yet been identified. no word tonight on whether drexel university will hold a memorial or a vigil in emily selke's memory when students return here from spring break. lucy? >> thank you,

with a neighbor who has been a friend. >> just an upbeat person happy all the time. >> reporter: emily selke was killed in the crash while on a vacation trip with her mother yvonne. family members here at the selke home didn't want to speak on camera but e-mailed me this statement. our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful amazing people who meant so much to so many. at this difficult time, we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers. >> sad and shocking that it's just over. we'll never yvonne selke worked for booz allen. booz allen and our employees are mourning the sudden and shocking death of yvonne selke an employee of nearly 23 years and the death of her daughter. she was a wonderful co-worker and a dedicated employee who 13e7b9 her career with the firnl supporting the mission. yvonne selke's husband is still here along with family members at the home in nokesville, virginia. he has no plans at this point to travel to france. coming up on news4 at 6:00, i'll tell you why. that's the latest live in nokesville. >> now let's take a loo

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 never know anyone. the chances on have that are so slim. even yesterday morning i woke up, and on my phony had a text from a friend and i had breaking news alert about the plane crash and remember thinking wow that is really sad. i opened up my phone and went about my day. >> reporter: now the university has released a statement saying that drexel is deeply sadde

three americans were on board the plane that crashed in the french alps and one of the three was emily selke an 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,

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 week since we first report -- >>> it's been a week since we first reported friends are concerned about the health and safety of walter fauntroy. today

the urban center on the drexel campus there were tears and hugs among those who knew, and taught emily selke as they learned that the the 2013 graduate long with her mom yvonne were among 150 victims tied in the crash of the germanwings airline flight from barcelona spain to dusseldorf germany on tuesday. selke who graduated with honors from drexel as a music industry major had been employed at a place in alexandria, virginia. 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

. >>> emily selke was with her 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

emily selke graduated from the media arts and design program at drexel in 2013. in a statement drexel officials said "emily graduated with honors from drexel in 2013 and was a 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. >> definitely is a tragedy. losing someone from your own community. >> selke belonged to the gamma sigma sigma say the at a sorority on campus they put this message on facebook. say the at a chapter is mourning the loss of our beautiful emily selke and her mother. they were on board the plane from barcelona to duesseldorf that crashed yesterday. emily served as our membership vice-president while in zeta and she was an integral part in our greg chapter. she embodied the spirit of gamma sigma sigmas a person and friend emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for those in our life. >>> definitely our prayers and thoughts go out to her family. >>> no one word if drexel will hold a memorial service or a vigil for emily when students ret

among them, seblg emily selke. who was on board traveling with her mother. >> they were not two americans on the plane but two amazing loving people who left behind friends and family who love and miss them a lot. >> reporter: now, seblg -- emily selke just graduated in 2013. the university released a statement yesterday saying they were deeply saddened by the loss. >> heartbreaking for the whole community. >>> a poll shows more voters thing pennsylvania is heading in the right direction since anytime since 2010. 47% feel it is off track. >> the white house is backing new regulations to stop predatory payday loans. maribel aber is live in time square with our market watch report. >> reporter: good morning, matt, president obama will defend the consumer protection bureau in a speech today. the speech comes as the bureau propose os -- proposes new reduce for payday lenders. >>> if you shopped a radio shack recently, your customer information is up for auction. texas is one of the several states objecting to the aucti

this is a picture of emily selke.raveling with her mother yvonne when flight 9525 went down in the french alps. they lived in noekzville, and emily graduated from woodbridge. her mom worked for booz allen for 23 years. coming up at 5:00 chris gordon speak with friends of the family and we'll take a closer look into the investigation of that crash. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >> chris, thank you. >>> mgm officials have july 1st circled on their calendars tonight. that's when the new casino and resort is slated to open down at national harbor. today amid all the construction, they celebrated a major milestone. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins has a sneak peek at the progress. >> reporter: there have been a number of changes happening at the mgm site. they are building foundations here. they are plenty of folks who have already started working, in fact more than 1,000 workers some of whom from here in prince george's county. today they celebrated the 1,000th worker and also had a press confere

yvonne and emily selke. at this difficult time we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers. this is the confirmation that two americans were on board out of the 150 on board that flight. >>> to rome now and italy's highest court considering the extradition of emily knox. frances rivera is joining us on the details. amanda knox back in the news once again. >> there was so much intrigue in this case from day one. even more so now over the years with the tangled court rulings of convictions and acquittals and the appeals that followed. just earlier, italy's highest court wrapped up its session without deciding. some background here. knox and her one-time boyfriend are still fighting the case that's followed them since 2007. that's when they were arrested for the murder of amanda's house mate here meredith kercher. knox was acquitted four years ago and returned to the united states, but those acquittals were thrown out. amanda and rafael find themselves facing prison time once again. the court will make its

among them, 21-year-old emily selke on the flight traditionalling with her mother. yesterday drexel released a statement saying they were saddened by the tragic loss. >> it affects everybody here, even though i didn't personally know her, i don't know, i feel terrible for her family. >> it affects the drexel community and my thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. >> reporter: now emily selke graduated in 2013 as a music industry major. after she graduated she returned to her hometown in virginia outside of washington, d.c. we're live on drexel's campus, eva pilgrim channel 6 "action news." >> so sad eva thank you. >>> we're following breaking news in the midwest. the national weather service has confirmed the first deadly tornado of the season. someone was killed when the severe storm swept through oklahoma. high winds flipped trucks and knocked downer power lines. tens of thousands are still in the dark. schools in tulsa and moore oklahoma are closed. moore was the oklahoma city suburb where an ef5 killed 5 people two years ago. "g.m.a." will have m

the first one, yvonne selke and her daughter, emily selke. we also know a little bit more about these fikt victims as well. emily selke was a student at drexel university and the university has confirmed to cnn they are aware of the death. you are looking at a picture of emily selke on your screen right now. her sorority gamma sigma sigma, posting on their facebook page their regards and memory for her saying quote, they are mourning the loss of their beautiful alumni. we know the two are from nokesville virginia about 45 minutes outside of washington, d.c. they leave behind raymond selke who is the father of emily and the husband of yvonne. he spoke to cnn today and as you can imagine, wolf he says he is too distraught to talk. but the family will be issuing a statement later on today. wolf we also know that emily selke worked in the washington, d.c. area. and we have been in touch with her employer. they too, are mourning the loss of this young woman as well. >> what a tragedy. only two of those 150 souls on board that plane, all presumed l

we now know the identities of these two americans, a mother and a daughter, yvonne selke and emily selkecnn has been in contact with raymond selke, he is the father and the husband of the two victims here. he tells us that he will be issuing a family statement later on today but tells cnn he is just broken up and just too emotional to speak further, which is perfectly understandable, just such a tragedy. but we're starting to learn more information about these two victims. as we get more, we'll get that to you, pamela. >> so sad. a mother and a daughter killed in this plane crash. our hearts certainly go out to the father and the husband there. rene marsh, please keep us posted. we appreciate it. >>> now let's bring in nic robertson who's about as close to the crash site as you can get without a helicopter and a long rope. nic, you have been there. you've been there with the rescue crews. first off, the question, how is the weather? how is it complicating the search-and-recovery efforts today? >> reporter: well, the clouds are coming down off the mountains now. the temperature is really

emily selke graduated in 2013 as music industry major. 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

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cnn's suzanne malveaux joins me from virginia the hometown of yvonne and emily selke.learning so many stories now, so many of these victims. >> reporter: that's right. this is actually the home of where two of those victims lived. we have been talking, a lot of neighbors don't necessarily know each other that well because the houses are back in the woods. a real privacy that they want to maintain. but i was able to talk to a relative and they released a statement telling us our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. this remote crash site high in the french alps has now become an epicenter of international grief. today, we are learning more about the three americans, two from virginia who lost their lives here. emily selke and her mother yvonne who was a 22-year veteran of the government contracting company booze allen hamilton. emily was an alumni of a sorority. on its facebook page the chapter posted as a person and friend emily always put others before herself and ca

yvonne selke, a beloved wife and mother, and her daughter emily whose life held such great promise emily selke graduated from drexel university with honors in 2013. her sorority provided this picture. she was killed in yesterday's crash along with her mother yvonne, members of the selke family are gathered in nokesville virginia with no plans to travel to france at this point. i am told they are waiting for more information. they haven't been told anything that would allow them to begin planning a funeral. they sent me this e-mail today. our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke two wonderful, caring, amazing people who meant so much to so many. at this difficult time we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers. a neighbor who has lived across the street from the sellkes since 1988 reacted to the news. >> terrible. i mean she's a really nice lady. >> sad and shocking that it's just over. we'll never see them again. >> reporter: yvonne selke worked for booz allen who issued this statement. booz allen and our employees are mourning the sudden and sho

that crash killed drexel university graduate emily selke and 149 others. 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 and

"our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful, caring,zing people who meant so much to so many. at this difficult time we respectfully ask for your privacy and your prayers." yvonne selke was a 23 year employee at the government consultant booz allen and spent her career working at the national intelligence

ahead in our next half hour we will introduce you to emily and yvonne selke's pastor and what he's saying about their lives and their deaths. >>> a few umbrellas in the streets of philadelphia. nbc 10 at spring garden rain showers falling for much of the day now and the heavier rain is still to come and as you look behind us we were talking about this. see the ominous, heavy clouds in the background. >> how dark it is and you wonder what's to come later tonight. sheena parveen is watching the radar for us. >> that's right, jacqueline and keith. you notice those clouds and they've been coming and going through the day. we've seen the sunshine and that sun is low pressuring to warm things up and the warm air will give way to thunderstorms later this evening. on top of the wells fargo center. you see the clouds in this view not much in the way of rain through the area until you get into parts of atlanta county and burlington county and stafford township. as we go through this evening we are watching the development of thunderstorms and they're just off to our west and it's this large area th

diane: 23-year-old emily selke seen in this photo smiling is what her pastor remembers the most about her. >> always cheerful. always happy. diane: this is the family's pastor at sacred heart catholic church, the parish emily grew up in singing in the children's choir. >> we've lost -- that family is down by two. we're down by two. we've lost two people that were important to us. diane: he says emily's mother yvonne selke loved working with children. >> her mother was very involved in the religious education program. diane: yvonne was a government contractor who worked at booz allen hamilton for 23 years. her daughter worked in their old town alexandria office last year. >> as i walked through the halls today, every single person is literally silent. we look at each other and we feel the same. diane: shawn wilson is the regional manager. >> truly is a numbing experience. diane: wilson says emily was a go-getter who took on fellowship outside of work so she could better herself and always made a lasting impression on everyone she met. >> i mean, people naturally gravitated towards her

the door among the 150 people on board who were killed, two americans, mother and daughter yvonne emily selkevonne worked for seek at this time pentagon agency, a springfield graduate, her daughter emily again 2013 graduate of drexel's west fall college of media arts and design, she was a music industry major. in a statement emily's family says, quote, our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selk, two wonderful caring, amazing people, who meant so much to so many. at this time we respectfully ask for privacy and your prayers. we talked to student on campus yesterday. >> very sad very unfortunate. >> i'm a student, as well, in the art college. my heart goes out to her a lot of hard work. a shame that that happened. >> definately a tragedy. losing someone from your own community. >> innocent october that woman fay hems extend our deepest condolances to the family and loved ones of the 150 people on board. >> the moment we know what went wrong of course, there will be measurements, immediately, in place to have an incident like this never happen again. >> posted me

carol lamonday saw emily selke all over the news the 2013 drexel grad but carol figured out the selke family ties to our area were much deeper. >> i heard about the daughter and i thought this is our local connection to the crash victim and i thought somebody should stand up for yvonne because she grew up in delaware county here. >> carol was a classmate of emily's mom yvonne carl owe in springfield high school. yvonne's family still lives at this house just a few blocks from the school. her sister-in-law chose not to speak with us on camera saying it's obviously a very tough time for the family. >> i remember seeing it on the rsvp list for the 40th reunion. carol is working on the class of '75's reunion. yvonne had gotten her ticket and was going to be here in october and today we found a tribute to her on the website and condolences for her family. >> i'm sorry for your loss and it will take time to heal and due to the circumstances. and the word is slowly spreading through the community here around springfield high school. i spoke to a teacher who was here in '75. he didn't remembe

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

. >> yvonne selke and her daughter emily who lived in nokesville being remembered. surae chinn is there at sacred heart church in manassas. >> reporter: the faith community is mourning the loss of yvonne and emily selke. the family has been coming to sacred heart since the early '90s. father mike says they've left an incredible void in their parish. >> i couldn't believe that i was reading names that i recognized. i was almost unable to speak. >> reporter: parishioner and staff at sacred heart catholic church are overcome with sadness and loss to their faith community. yvonne selke, a long time government contractor, was employed by booz allen hamilton. in church she was a prayer listener helping children learn their prayers. she was described as a faithful volunteer. the music director remembers emily in her children's choir. >> i remember how much she loved music and how she wanted to be there and rarely missed a rehoarsal. >> you celebrate the sacraments together and events in families' lives together and you become family that way. >> reporter: but father mike p

emily selke and her mother both died in that crash. 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

sitcitizens yvonne selke and emily selke. >> reporter: emily selke of nokesville, virginia travelingh her mother yvonne. from the selke's heartbroken home, a family statement, remembering two wonderful, caring people who meant so much to so many. neighbors in disbelief. >> i'm still kind of shocked, we're just a small little community. and i'm very sad. >> reporter: another american was on board, the state department says but no name has been released yet. the world of opera has lost two star voices. maria radner who was flying with her husband and their baby and oleg bryjak. and then there is the pain of haltern. tears and flowers for those 16 tenth graders and two teachers lost in the crash. one of your student died. >> yes, linda, she's 15 and a half year old. i cannot realize it it's so so -- so sad and cannot believe this. what happened to them. >> reporter: tonight this school has released the names of the students and teachers and they've issued a statement, one that echos in so many places around the world, saying they will never be forgotten in our hearts. david? >> terry, t

yvonne and emily selke. have more from suzanne malveaxu. >> reporter: this is hitting close to home for the community. quietly, this family is grieving in the home behind me because of their family members lost. i want to read the family statement. a relative says our family is saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke. two caring people. they are asking for privacy at this time. we are learning about them from the community. we know yvonne was an employed at booz allen hamilton. her daughter emily, this was somebody who was smart and popular. a 4.0 grade point average from high school. she went to drexel university and graduated two years ago with high honors. somebody who was very much loved. her own sorority the gamma cy igma sigma put out a sometime. emily always put others before herself. she also worked for carr places in the hospitality field. they released a statement saying how tragic and how much of a loss this is for the community and for the family. this is something that these two were ex

bered her as "a wonderful co-worker and dedicated employee." 23-year-old emily selke seen in this photo attended woodbridge senior high school where she graduated suma cum laude in the class of 2010. 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 mistreat

this is emily selke. she recently graduated from drexel university in philly where she majored in music history. her mother, yvonne selke, worked at booz hamilton for more than two decades. joining us know is a friend of emily selke, sean wilson. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm so sorry to you and all those who knew them. it's worthwhile to hear about the victims more than the perpetrator. what would you like to tell us about her? >> emily was absolutely the type of person that everyone wanted to get to know. she was a shining light in our -- at our work place and she was truly the one responsible for creating the community and the family that we have in our alexandria office and it spread to our other d.c. offices and throughout the country. >> that was her job? >> yes. she was community manager by title, and she truly took that very literally, and so she was wonderful at creating relationships with both her fellow team members and our clients. >> what were she and her mom doing over there?

to hear about the tragic loss of emily selke and her mother. emily graduateed with honors from drexel in 2013. that was a music industry major in drexel's an tow it in west fall college of media arts and design. our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends. the sore report emily belonged to released this statement. said today chapter is mourning the loss of our beautiful emily s. lke emily and her mother were aboard the plane from barcelona to duesseldorf that crashed yesterday. emily served as our membership vp and while in say the at a and she was an integrate part of our growing chapter. she embodied the spirit of gamma cigna cigna. emily put other where is her sell and cared deeply for all of those in her life. emily will be great the missed by her fellow sisters of say the t please keep chemly, her mother and their familiar until your thoughts and prayers during this heartbreaking time. >>> students on campus wednesday afternoon were stunned to hear the news. >> definitely is a tragedy. losing someone from your own community an

149 people on board among them three americans, 37-year-old robert oliver as well as yvonne and emily selke a mother and daughter from virginia. >> they are trying to figure out the copilots motive, saying that he passed a psychological exam and had to links to terrorism. >> here is more on the three americans, emily selke has a local connection, she graduated from drexel university in 2013 as a music industry major. her mother yvonne was also on the flight and they both lived in virginia the third american robert oliver was a 37-year-old living in barcelona spain. david henry talked to a local aviation expert and will have a live report at 5:00, can you read the very latest on that investigation including more on the final minutes of the germanwings flitd as well as pictures and video from the crash scene it's all there on 6abc.com. >>> we want to go back to the breaking news story out of lower new york city where the apartment building fire we reported moments ago, we are getting the latest and we are told that part of the building has collapsed. this is the east village section of new yo

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 want her to know not to be scared to come home and we love and miss her and that her daughters miss her

the other two victims, a mother and daughter, yvonne and emily selke from nokesville, virginia. >>> today friends of emily remembered her as a woman with incredible potential. >> garrett hake spoke to some of selke's co-workers and oldest friends and joins us live from woodbridge high school where she was a standout singer. >> reporter: those friends said selke came into her own here when she became a member of the elite woodbridge singers, a choir group. some of the students in that group with her said they're still struggling to process the loss. >> she was like a sister really. >> reporter: kara hollis now at george mason university remembers selke as the girl everyone wanted to be around. selke wasn't just a great sing are. she was a -- singer. she was a leader, a mentor. >> she had a really great way of always being supportive towards everyone in the choir and being a friend to everyone. >> reporter: in the mental picture hollis will carry of her friend now among the 150 victims of tuesday's plane crash in france, emily will be smiling. >> i will always remember her smile and try to

there were 3 americans on board including emily selke and her mother and the third was not identified. and german wings will have a conference at 6 their time. we'll have it later on today. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, we'll talk to you later. the time is now 6:05, meantime, final funeral arrangements will be made for san jose, michael johnson killed in the line of duty this week. they're being praised for his dedication and bravery. ktvu jeanine tell vague a >> people are coming to the police department and paying respects, there's a memorial where people have left showers and cards. they want the department to know they appreciate what the police officers do and the sacrifice johnson made for the community. he was new and a newly assigned officer, he was a 14-year veteran of the department. others joined police officers as they lined up in front of the medical coroner's office yesterday day. they followed the hearse that carried the body to the fisher home in los gatos. people watched as the flagged draped casket was brought inside. >> i told michael's mother she did an

her daughter 23-year-old emily selke seen in this photo attended woodbridge senior high school where she graduated suma cum laude in 2010. 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,

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 privacy and your prayers. we talk to student on campus yesterday. >> very sad, very unfortunate. she obviously was a student at west fall, i am actually a student at west fall as well which is an art college. my heart definitely goes out to her. >> definately is a tragedy. >> emily member of the gahmgamma sigma sigma sorority, mourning the loss of emily and her mother, emily growing part of the chapter and she embodied the spirit of gahm -- gamma sigma sigma. emily always put other before herself and cared deeply for all of those in her life.

this is emily selke from nokesville. she ander her mother yvonne died. keir simmons is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. just as i speak to you, i'm watching a grucht families in vehicles heading up the road here. we think they're going towards near the crash site down to the bottom of the mountain to pay their respects. meanwhile, i know the selke family will be shocked to be waking up to this news, people are stunned here i have to tell you by these reports in various news organizations including the "new york times" that says that one of the pilots it seems from analysis of the black box appears to have left the cockpit and then according to the sounds this black box seems to be showing was knocking on the cockpit door trying to get back in as this a-320 descended down on to the al ppsalps. people are misty misty tied. could this news give us a clue as to why this handled during this last past week. >> keir simmons live for us in trance. we'll look forward to your report on the "today" show. >>> a developing story from the live desk. a