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 air, follow us on line at cbs philly.com. >>> we're following a developing story this morning the first batch of the severe weather in the tornado sees than has proven deadly. at least one person is dead and several others injured after tornadoes touched down in oklahoma and in arkansas. correspondent don champion has the latest. >> there it is, tornado on the ground. >> reporter: tornadoes hit during evening rush hour wednesday ripping apart buildings. >> devastated. totally devastated. >> repor

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

selke was traveling with her mother this third victim has in the been identified. searchers located the cockpit recorders and investigators want to know why a pilot was lock out of the cockpit before the plane went down. >>> accused child rapist cristina regusters identified herself as five-year old girls mother and walk her out of the west philadelphia elementary school in 2013. the girl was found a day later. >>> 4:50 right now. the facebook is expanding again. >> they always seem to do this every few months. >> money watch's jill wagner joins us. so jill what are they up to now at facebook. >> reporter: facebook is moving messenger service beyond text messages by allowing other social network and business toss add app toss messenger. so more than 40 new apps will be available to start. users will be able to book reservations, shop on line and message with customer service people. one of them is called diddy that sings personal in messages to the friend in the tune of famous songs. this sound like part fun/part business here. >> i love the sound of that. job inte

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 look at the flight. the plane took off from barcelona for doosusseldorf. for unexplained reasons, it began a descent that lasted about eight minutes. during that time, no distress signal and the plane eventually dropped off of radar altogether before slamming into the mountainside in the french alps. at this point, here's what we know about those on board, there were 144 passengers and 6 crew moebs, none of whom survived, 67 were german including 16 school children. the au

and emily selke graduated with honors from 2013. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at the university's campus where she's remembered tonight walt. >> reporter: selke attended classes at usual absenter on the drexel university campus and it was late this morning that word began spread ago this she, in fact, was a victim of that plane crash, a crash so very far away that suddenly caused a great deal of hurt and pain here on the campus where selke was known and well liked. inside 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

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 remember to smile as much as i can as she did. >> reporter: we heard a lot about that smile today from other long time friends. >> very easy to talk to. you can tell just by the way she smiled she had a very warm welcoming smile. >> reporter: and from colleagues in alexandria, virginia. >> she literally was a shining star. she always had a smile, made us laugh every day. >> reporter: selke started working there last january as a community manager and threw herself into the work. >> her first day i remember how scared she was but yet so eager. >> reporter: to her old friends that probably sounds just about right. >> she knew that life wasn't abou

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 fire up. the call came in at 5:00 a.m. and it was

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

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 saddened to hear about the tragic loss of alumni emily selke and her mother yvonne. other thoughts and prayers with her friend

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 shocking death of yvonne selke an employee of nearly 23 years a

. >>> 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

and learning more about emily selke and her mother who died when the plane crashed.xel 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 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 we

yvonne selke worked at booz allen hamilton for the last 23 years. she was a government contractor assigned to the national geospatial intelligence agency. 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

we learned today that three americans are among the dead, including emily selke of nokesville virginiae rest from the plane were mostly germans and spaniards on a flight from barcelona to dusseldorf. in clear skies, with no hint of trouble, the germanwings airbus a-320 descended into a mountain at nearly 450 miles an hour. we have a team of correspondents on the story. first we'll go to mark phillips in france. >> reporter: from the break of dawn and all day long they flew ferrying medics and investigators to the crash site. their mission-- find the dead and try to find out why they had died. it's as difficult a crash scene as is possible to imagine a remote mountainside, the wreckage and the victims striewb down a 60-degree slope and over a 10-acre site. among the discoveries though the cockpit voice recorder damaged in the high-impact crash, but according to french air accident investigator remi jouty, still readable. the pilots' voices are heard but a lot more analysis is needed. >> reporter: until the voice recorder is fully decoded and until it's matched up with the plane's other

. >> reporter: a man is -- at the selke residence asked news crews to stay off the property. a family spokesperson sent out this statement. "our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful, caring, maggie people who meant so much to so -- amazing 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 space agency. she was called a wonderful co- worker and dedicated employee. emily was a 2010 sue ma laude graduate of woodbridge senior high school. 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

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,

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 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

the french alps, the state department announced there were three americans on board, one was emily selke a 2013 graduate of drexel university. she was flying with her mom yvonne on the germanwings flight. the family is from virginia. marcy gonzales has more on the selke family and the crash investigation. >> reporter: search teams scouring the steep remote crash scene in the alps for the victims, the 150 people that were on the flight are all presumed dead including three americans, two of them a mother and daughter from virginia yvonne and emily selke's family released their statement expressing their grief calling them two wonderful caring amazing people that meant so much to so many. >> we extend our deepest condolences. >> investigators are making progress in what caused the plane to drop 32,000 feet before slamming into a mountain yesterday, this black box was found at the scene and the cockpit voice recorder intact and now being analyzed. >> we succeeded in getting an audio file that contains useable tonights and voices. >> the french president says the casing for the second black

citizens yvonne selke and emily selke.lences to the families and loved ones of the 150 people on board. we can also confirm that a third u.s. citizen was on board the flight. we are in touch with the family but are not releasing the name at this time out of respect for the family. if i may, given we often provide -- >> so jen psaki confirming a third american was killed in this crash. 150 people on board this flight that was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf, germany. germany the country that suffered the most losses. the selke family from pennsylvania lost yvonne and emily. emily is a drexel graduate. her mom yvonne was a government contractor. we're back after this. it's a significant improvement over the infiniti we had... i've had a lot of hondas... we went around the country talking to people who made the switch to ford. the brand more people buy. and buy again. all-wheel drive is amazing... i felt so secure. i really enjoy the pep in its step... that's the ecoboost... the new image of ford now looks really refin

we know that it is yvonne selke and her daughter, emily selke, both of virginia.mily selke was a student at drexel university. the university has confirmed to cnn they are aware of her death. we also know that the sorority she was a member of, gamma sigma sigma, they have posted on their facebook page paying their respects, calling her, she beautifies what their alumni stands for and they give a long, long posting to her memory. we also know that emily selke worked as a car workplace here the washington, d.c. a spokesperson there confirming that she did work there. but this is the headline. we now know the identities of these two americans, a mother and a daughter, yvonne selke and emily selke. cnn 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

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 selke worked at booz allen hamilton for the last 23 years. she was a government contractor assigned to the national geospatial intelligence agency. 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

. >> 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 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 re

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

yvonne selke graduated in 1975 and planned to be at the 40th class reunion this fall. the current principal showed us yearbook photos of yvonne with family members living a few blocks from the school. they didn't want to talk on camera. >> i heard about the daughter and was like this is our local connection to the crash victims. and i thought, somebody should stand up for yvonne because she grew up in delaware county. >> the website for the class of '75 reyouunion has a tribute to yvonne selke. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of the deadly plane crash. check nbc 10's app and our website for the latest on the investigation. >>> and it is 5:36. right now in new york city firefighters are spraying water on lingering flames at the site of an apparent gas explosion. here's a live look of what used to be a five-story apartment building. and we are learning more on what led up to the explosion. plumbing and gas work was happening inside the building and con edison says the work failed in this expansion an hour before the explosion. this is a close look at second avenu

france like so many others sad for the young drexel grad who was killed but when she heard emily selke's mom yvonne mentioned she made the delaware connection. >> remember seeing it on the rsvp list for the 40th reunion. she was a classmate of yvonne ciarlo. we went through the old class of '75 yearbook and found photos of a very accomplished young lady. she went on to a great career before the crash took her life. yvonne's family still lives in this home. her sister-in-law greeted me at the door and told me the family was not up to speaking on camera. she'd be at the class reunion of '75, they posted on the website. >> it was a tight-knit group. everybody knew everybody. she was always very kind to everybody, very outgoing and just very personal. >> reporter: and everybody that walks past springfield high keeps coming up to us saying what are you guys doing here in the word is slowly spreading to the community and i spoke to a teacher who was teaching in 1975. he didn't remember yvonne but there are surely lots of people that as they see this on the news on channel 10 they'll be saying

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

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

and emily selke graduated with honors from 2013.eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at the university's campus where she's remembered tonight walt. >> reporter: selke attended classes at usual absenter on the drexel university campus and it was late this morning that word began spread ago this she, in fact, was a victim of that plane crash, a crash so very far away that suddenly caused a great deal of hurt and pain here on the campus where selke was known and well liked. inside 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

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

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

we spent some time with the selkes' pastor today. he is even having a difficult time with all of this. he hopes to speak with mr. selke soon and here are the words of comfort he plans to give him. >> we as catholics, we're told to embrace the light, stay in the light, don't give in to the darkness so that's what i tell everybody and that's kwha eelwhat i'll tell him. >> reporter: kristin wright news4. >>> breaking news now. d.c. police say they are investigating a stabbing inside a school. this is video that we're going to show you just in from the scene. in it you can see a girl being taken into custody. this is at options charter school near 14th and e streets in northeast. we're told the teenage girl stabbed another teen a boy, inside the school. news4's jackie bensen is working this story and will have more on the victim's condition later in this newscast. >>> a new interview with virginia state police this afternoon for the uva student in the middle of a controversial arrest by abc agents. martese johnson appeared in court this

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

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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

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

diane cho spoke with some of the people who knew yvonne and emily selke. 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 alw

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

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

>> 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

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?

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hur dear we're learning more about emily selke, just an incredibly talented intelligent and popular young woman. this young woman we understand graduated with a 4.0 from woodbridge high school. she went on to drexel university, graduated in 2013 with honors. there was a sorority that she was a member of. they put out a statement on their facebook page earlier today the sorority gamma sigma sigma zeta chapter. as a person and friend emily always put others before herself and cared deeply for all of those in her life. we know that emily also worked for a company called carr workplaces hospitality in alexandria. they too, put out a statement saying that it was such a tough, tough time. and we should let you know that cnn reached out and spoke with raymond selke, he's the father the husband of the deceased and the father of emily. and he said to cnn, he said to us, very upset, very distraught as you can imagine. he is asking for privacy for his family, but event wally they will have another family member who will represent them to talk more about who they are and why they were out there. but

kimberly: yvonne selke became a government contractor with booz allen hamilton 23 years ago. the same year her daughter emily was born. this emily's profile picture. 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 car