so this is about as tight as we can zoom in. >> that was mitch blacher live in sky force 10 over that scene. we can you again 8 people are dead, 15 others injured after this attack that happened. we heard that mayor de blasio is saying that they do not believe this was an attack that was any further or widespread. the threat does not continue. it was an attack and they do not want new yorkers to be in fear. >> peers to be a lone wolf attack, but they have a lot of investigating to do. we'll keep following this story here on air and on the nbc 10 app. and "nbc nightly news" is tracking this story as well. that's at 6:30. >>> want to get you caught up on other headlines we're following now at 6:00. because tonight there's a call for help to find the driver of this mini van and its passenger. this video shows the driver running down a man in west philadelphia. that man was left with a broken pelvis and a broke b leg and after the incident, the van speeds off. there it is right there taking off. if you recognize that van, or the man in the tan shirt that you may have seen there, you're as

more with mitch blacher inside. i will join you in a short time to tell you on more who passed away. there's the truck there in tribeca knot of one world trade center. also the governor and the mayor are both on that scene. much more when i return. >> as we monitor reports from our sister station, reporters there are also reporting that sources tell them that a man was shot by police expected to survive. so we continue to watch those developments coming out of mabt. close to the ground zero silent there. >> we'll keep you updated. >>> halloween scare. an unscripted moment catches everyone off guard. what the costume's host was to blame for this. that's straight ahead. >>> plus teal is the ticket. the curiously colored pumpkins popping up on porch this is halloween. what they mean. >>> and swept away on a swollen river. the video ahead, when nbc 10 news at 4:00. >>> first here's a look at the closing bell on wall street. stocks rose slightly. posted another solid monthly gain. he's a husband, father, veteran... but m

mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >>> new at 6:00, a top aid to bob brady is now facing charges. it's part of a federal investigation into whether brady paid a cam rival $90,000 to drop out of a 2012 race. the political strategist was indicted by a grand jury. least accused of funneling the money to brady's challenger. his lawyer said he hopes he will be exonerated and brady maint n maintains he himself has done nothing wrong. >>> one of the most openly critical voices against president trump delivered a speech this afternoon in congress blasting the administration and the entire gop. jeff flake of arizona gave that e emotional speech on the senate floor today after announcing he won't run for reelection. flake has been critical of the entire republican party and the direction it's taken after president trump took office. today he warned republicans about a grim future for the party. >> we were not made great as a country indulging in or our impulses turning against ourselves. glorifying in the things that divide us and calling fake things true and true things fake. >> the white

mitch blacher, nbc news. >>> eric paddock arrived on saturday in las vegas to speak with investigators and a psychologist and a profiler. he's there to help find a motive behind the killing spree and to retrieve his brother's body. exactly a week after those shots rang out, the city dimmed its famous skyline at 10:05 to honor the victims of that tragic night. 58 people lost their lives when stephen paddock opened fire on that country music concert right there on the strip. the lights stayed low for 11 minutes before flashing back to life. country singer jason aldean returned to vegas over the weekend as well. the shooting began as he was performing on stage. he visited survivors at the local hospital. his wife posted a picture of them looking at the mandalay resort. >>> a delaware state prison is on lockdown after two inmates tried to escape last night. the department of corrections tell nbc 10 that the inmates were able to get onto the roof of the correction center in wilmington. one inmate was spotted by patrol officers. the other was caught trying to go back. both inmates were hurt

. >> mitch blacher talks about our laws. >> the deadliest shooting in u.s.y has no law banning assault weapons in our area. only new jersey has an assault weapons law. there is a firearm registry in new jersey, magazine restriction and assault weapons ban. that ban also included any parts to make an assault weapon. pennsylvania does require a permit to carry a firearm but only in a city with more than 1 million people. the only city that that applies is philadelphia. delaware has the most lax laws. no magazine restriction and no firearm registry and openly carrying a firearm is a fundamental right. while you can legally own an automatic weapon in u.s. states, it's tightly regulated. congress passed an amendment to the gun control act and bans buying and selling automatic weapons made after 1986 i'm mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >>> president trump will visit devastated puerto rico tomorrow as its administration defends its actions trying to get that island back on its feet. about 95% of residents still without power and running water. the white house is defend

. >> mitch blacher is live at the scene of the head-on crash. to be very hard for people who live in this community. >> reporter: a tough time, jim. just 24 hours ago, this road was completely shut down. two cars met in the median with a head-on clugs. kol li collision. we know the two drivers were neighbors. it happened in an instant. clinton thompson lives nearby. >> it's terrifying. i've got a kid getting ready to go on the streets to drive. >> four people died and two are in the hospital in stable condition. police are not satisfied. why did this happen? >> it could be the condition of the drivers or the vehicles or roadway hazards, and we don't know any of those yet. >> reporter: to get answers, the investigation team is assigned the case. the one thing we know for sure is four of the six people in these cars, including both drivers, lived here on wilson drive. it's about one mile away. the chief says the drivers were tested for drugs and alcohol but the results are not back yet. there's no evidence that they were texting. >> whether there'

mitch blacher has the story all new at 6:00.it's so interesting. >> the trend is a simple one and could save your family's lives in a fire. we saw firsthand how something as simple as closing the bedroom door can give you the time you need to escape. >> philadelphia fire commissioner is at the delaware county emergency services training centering to demonstrate a life-saving technique. >> will be a realistic scenario. >> he watches with us as the flames flicker behind the window. >> you hear the smoke alarm going off. >> reporter: everyday furniture smolders in the living room. the smoke elsewhere and takes seconds for those to be overrun. in minutes flame and smoke pour from the building before firefighters stop this very real experiment. >> e we want to start remembering to close before they doze. >> it can help save lives in a fire. >> closing the bedroom door at night can give you more time to potentially escape or be rescued by our philadelphia fire department. >> december, january and february are the most fire-prone month

we're live in oak city, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >> he had to listen to that admonishment from the judge. did he show any emotion during the hearing? >> reporter: i don't think any of this was a big surprise. that five-year sentence was pretty much expected. keep this in mind he's been in 23-hour a day confinement for four months all for his own protection. depending on where he goes, those conditions may let up. >> a will the of time for him to think about what he's facing. the candidates looking to reform the district attorney's office will face-off tonight. larry and republican nominee beth grossman will debate at 7:00 tonight. the event is free and open to the public. election day is two weeks from today. >> a war of words between president trump and bob corker. the two have been strading insults on twitter, but today it got more heated. this afternoon president trump did something he's never done before. e hen went to capitol hill to meet with senate republicans in person to talk about overhauling america's tax code. before the meeting, trump took to twitter. he said, senator

mitch blacher is joining us and he takes us through the risk of not having a working smoke alarm. >>having one cuts your risk of being killed in a fire in half. that's according to fire safety experts. but if you know where to put them, your odds get even better. >> reporter: shawn haynes is persistent. he's going door to door. he's hanging smoke alarms. >> you're all set. >> diane didn't have any working smoke alarms. >> you have a lot of people in this house you care about. >> yes, very much. very, very much. >> reporter: haynes hangs the alarms as close to the center of a home as he can. >> it covers the whole thing. >> his favorite spot is right above the steps. it's the highest point in a house. >> it's early detection when it's above the steps like that. >> how often do you go in a home and it doesn't have an alarm? >> they recommend having one in every room. they also recommend hanging them just past the lip in the doorway. >> that's going to be your earliest detection of smoke coming through. >> that's the first place the smoke hits. >> it's going to come through that doorway

>> mitch blacher is here with the answer. >> this is simple stuff. besides having the smoke alarms, you need an evacuation plan to keep your family safe. >> the red cross is out to give her the missing piece of her fire safety puzzle. an escape plan. >> a lot of folks always think that when a fire happens, i'm going to have to go out the window. that may not be the case. >> reporter: she notices that a fire in the kitchen would likely leave the front door clear if she left in time. he says that's something every homeowner should think about. >> if the passage is clear to the front door, use the front door. >> come up with a planned meeting place outside. it's the corner in if front of robinson's house. this way she can see who makes it out and who is still inside. upstairs she locates all the fire alarms before noticing a problem in robinson's bedroom. the window is blocked. >> i didn't think about it. it would be in the way. >> seconds can count. >> in her son's room, the drop makes leaving through it the last resort. >> when e we recommended in tho

. >> want to go now to mitch blacher who is in sky force 10 live above the scene in new york city. you have a a different vantage point. what are you seeing? >> we have over lower manhattan. you're getting a look at that massive police response. the joint terrorism task force on scene. if we can zoom out, we can give you a vantage point of where the bike path of where the pickup truck drove down colliding only with the school bus. that's the bike path and pedestrian path along the hudson river. people who fbi and new york police department, joint terrorism task force, all on scene here. pretty much locking down this section of lower manhattan. >> some technical issues with his shot. >> how far this 29-year-old was able to drive from there along the hudson. >> the pickup truck went down. we're trying to figure out how long this spans. >> that particular bike path stretches ten miles from lower manhattan all the way up to the george washington bridge. which was the neighborhood that i lived in for four years. it's a very long path. you mentioned just how long he was able to drive on