we are hearing that that man was found unresponsive with no trauma to the body.d 1:00 this morning. you're looking at what appears to be the intersection of whitfield chapel road and route 450 where that investigation was going on. this is in lanham. one man found unresponsive in that area and that's where you've got that police activity. >> thank you. >>> it is now 4:29. now to this developing story near alexandria, virginia. fairfax county police are working to find out how a woman was hit and killed by a intersection last night. they've not released her identity but say she was hit at little river turnpike and braddock road. police are questioning the driver of that truck. >>> some of the biggest names in business get their first chance to speak to trth today. leaders from testa, pepsi and walmart will take part in his first economic advisory group meeting. uber's ceo quit the group yesterday after facing criticism from customers and employees. >>> taking a much tougher stance with both israel and iran. the white house is warning israel that new settlement con

employee identified as sergeant steven floyd, he was unresponsive and pronounced dead at 5:29 this morning. they say they are saddened by all of this but this investigation will continue and they will leave no stone unturned. >> while today we mourn and tomorrow and for a long time going forward we also have to investigate what happened here. determine the facts. to make sure that it never happens again. >> all right so back out live this investigation already underway. you see the flags are being flown at half staff across the state of delaware. we can tell that you sergeant floyd leaves behind a wife and three children and also a grandfather. as we mentioned this investigation continues as we learn more information we'll bring it to you. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> right now state police and homeland security officials are combing through every inch of the c building. >> right now what we are going through is progressing the crime scene, which is that entire building. that is d.o.c. and delaware state detectives going cell by cell collecting evidence. >> the c b

by the time emergency crews arrived he was unresponse suv and died later at the hospital. -- unresponsive and died later at the hospital. the initial charge against destefano was aggravated assault, but they say that charge they'll work with university officials to gather more details on the victim and his alleged attacker. >> what we absolutely can say is our hearts are broken when something like this happens. it's just tragic and horrible for all involved. we're continuing to provide support, of course, to the family and to all of the greek community that was involved as well as friends and the entire university community. >> and again that destefano was charged with aggravated assault and they're going to work with university officials to gather more details on the victim and his alleged attacker. >>> d.c. public schools say students at savoy elementary will return to class at temporary location wednesday. hope elementary school on eighth street in southeast will host students while savoy elementary is treated for bedbugs. school is closed for savoy students tomorrow and tuesday. meals

the fourth hostage, sergeant steven floyd, was found unresponsive at 0529. sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years. was pronounced dead. and at 0532, we secured c building. >> difficult information to pass along from the deputy commissioner there. there are two vigils planned for tomorrow here in smyrna to remember the fallen officer. joining me now is the mayor of smyrna, joanne masten. mayor masten, thanks for joining us here and our condolences to the community this evening. tell us the impact on the community when something like this happened. >> smyrna, even though it's a very small town. this has took the community by surprise. certainly the prison's been here for a long time and we hear relatively nothing about it. i'm amazed -- i guess not amazed -- of the out pouring of support for sergeant floyd and his family. a number of people have reached out to me about getting a vigil planned, about what we can do for the family. and just as a correction, there's one vigil here in smyrna tomorrow night at 6:00, the other is in dover at 6:30

once they got in, that is when they saw officer floyd laying on the floor unresponsive.are not saying whether they believed he was injured at this point much earlier or if he had died right there. let's hear now from governor john carney. >> well, today, we mourn and tomorrow and for a long time going forward we also have to investigate what happened here. >> a whole lot of investigating going on. they don't want this to happen, again. how the inmates were able to overtake the guards and the counselor that were in there. the other three counselors were okay and staggered out and a lot of the inmates had gotten out, too. at this point correction officials were not saying the inmates were prisoners of the hostage takers themselves. it could be that some wanted to sneak out to make it look like they weren't involved. at this point considering all 120 inmates at the start of this and suin this. it does not appear any reportable injuries among any of the inmates. they're also not saying at this point if it was a planned event. that one thing we want them to know. have they be

to get in and when officers forced their way in this morning, they found sergeant steven floyd unresponsive a short time later he was pronounced dead. >> we have team coverage right now. our jeff cole has been looking into staffing concerns at the prison. but we begin tonight with our dawn timmeney live in smyrna. dawn? >> reporter: well, lucy and iain, governor vowing today to leave no stone unturned to find out who was responsible and how this happened to make sure it never ever happens again. officials telling us that the inmates used sharp instruments to take over the prison and then managed to phil huge foot lockers with water building walls blocking the entrances so officials could not gain entry. finally all came to an end this morning. >> my prayers all day yesterday was that this event would end with a different result. but it didn't. >> reporter: delaware governor john carney calling today a sad day for the state. a hostage crisis at the james t. vaughn correct alfa center that began yesterday morning in building c ending early this morning with the death of 47-year-old sergeant s

weather a dramatic scene playing out, a man found lying facedown in the surf. 45-year-old was unresponsivend started to give him cpr. they rushed him to sf general, he suffered critical injuries. >> officers tried to pull over a driver who refused to stop happening after 3:30 this morning. he led them on 30 mile chase, and he finally stopped him in gill erroror. one in custody he continued to put p up a fight but no one was injured. >> we are watching for improvement coming on orville evacuation this morning. we continue to watch the waters downstream. we continue to follow developin >>> it's 4:45 right now. this is a live picture from the command center this morning. what we know right now is that the evacuation order is still in place for nearly 200,000 people in orville and surrounding communities. emergency spillway did overflow causing erosion. it is no longer spilling over that secondary spillway. the erosion is slowing this morning. they releasing water and rivers are going to continue to rice. pete is there and will bring update in a moment. >> that came 4:00 yesterday. the problem

. >> he was found unresponsive, sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years and was pronounced dead. >> at 5:06 a.m. entered with a backhoe after inmates blocked access points with metal lockers filled with water. >> it created very heavy building blocked and used the blocks to build a wall. >> the facility is sewer but the investigation into why this happened is just beginning and. >> stone will be left unturned. the detectives are going cell by cell collecting evidence. >> a motive is not clear and not clear is the type of weapons the inmated used. we were only told they were sharp. and three maintenance workers were able to be rescued. >> already gray thank you. this afternoon sergeant floyd's body was removed from the prison in smyrna and a full procession escorted it to the medical examiners office in wilmington. this afternoon the union representing corrections officer in delaware used sergeant floyd's death as a dire warning for other prison employees. chad pradelli continues the team coverage in dover with that part of the story. >> reporter: rick sergeant floyd was rel

when they got inside they found an unresponsive guard steven floyd. he was later declared dead. a vigil will be held for floyd in smyrna this evening,. >>> the overnight manager of an upper darby laundromat shot would be rapest and thief with his own gun. he trapped helper in the restroom and demanded taking off her clothes. that's when she she said she had nothing to lose and fought back. >> i had to take the gun from him. i got it and shot him. >> the gunman staggered out and managed to runaway. police caught up with him a few blocks away and took him into custody. he is in serious condition and facing multiple charges. >>> now is the time when gardeners start to look past the bear branches of winter and start dreaming of spring bloom. that's great noose for those looking for a -- great news for those looking for a job. maribel aber has more. >> lowe's will add 45,000 season workers as the spring season start. there's a chance some of the workers may become full time. 50% last year landed full time jobs with the retailer. >>> january jobs report is due out later this morning.

. >> sergeant floyd was found unresponsive. sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years. was pronounced dead. >> 5:06 thursday a tactical team gained entry in building c where this erupted. they used a backhoe to get through barricades filled with water. >> they filled the foot lockers with water and that created very heavy building blocks. the facility is now secured and the investigation into why it happened and which of the 120 inmates all called suspects is just the beginning. >> we will leave no stone unturned and detectives are going cell by cell collecting evidence. at this time i am not able to give you a motive for the attack. >> and so back out live, we can tell you when it comes to the weapon taz these inmates use that is not clear, we were told they were sharp instruments. when it comes to sergeant floyd he leaves behind a wife and three children and described as a friendly and jovial man. that is the light of from here in smyrna, delaware, channel 6 "action news.." >> gray, thank you. >>> a full proc

the victim was found unresponsive in a second floor bedroom.d a gunshot wound to the abdomen. she was taken to the hospital and found dead a short time later. >> officers were called to 120th street this morning where a man was trying to burglarize rittenhouse pet spry. >supply.>> a woman walking in cr city was hospitalized after being struck by a pole during a car crash on chestnut street. the driver struck the pole which crashed down on to the victim. he was taken to jefferson hospital where she's listed in critical condition. >> a man stole money from a girl scout selling cookies. nine-year-old anastasia and her mom think the thief got between 50 to $100. people nearby tried to chase the suspect but he got away. >> he took the money and broke out from my pocket, my apron pocket and he ran around the corner into the alley. >> i say think about your choices and what you are doing with your life and if this is the kind of person you want to be. >> anastasia's mom jennifer reported the crime to police. there is a surveillance camera in the area

they found steven floyd unresponsive. he was declared dead a short time later. "action news" was there as the body was transported from the prison to the m.e.'s office. authorities must determine the cause of death. for the latest, we go to "action news" reporter, dann cuellar. >> investigators cornered off building c looking for evidence in the uprising and the death of steven floyd. he is being held a hero by compancoworkers and officials. >> governor john carney set the mood at the james vaughan facility, violence that claimed the life of 47-year-old sgt. steven floyd. >> this is the hardest day of my life. >> officials say it began 10:30 wednesday morning when sergeant floyd radioed a fight between inmates. he later realized it was more serious and did something extraordinary. >> as the inmates attempted to take over the building, sergeant floyd told a couple of lieutenants to get out of the building that it was a trap. floyd and two others and a female counselor were taken hostage. >> steven floyd was with the department 16 years was pronounced dead. >> for

--hink the solution to that to the unresponsive pure chrissy is to have -- to the unresponsive bureaucracyto have a non-monolithic model, which the unions oppose. i think the level is -- the solution is to have some level of competition and alternative. jon: do you think public opinion is moving in your direction with any speed? eva: i do. jon: there's public opinion and there's legislative policy. eva: there is a gap there. i think parents -- and i say this as a mother of three. i have found in not only my 11 years of doing this work, but when i was a city councilmember, where i did hundreds of parent meetings, i have found parents just want a good school. they really don't care what it's called. it doesn't matter whether it's district or charter or parochial >>. they want -- parochial. they want a great school for their kid. all of this venom in the debate and parsing things, it's not really relevant. and so, i think that there is a level of impatience with the system -- a highly segregated system where affluent people or send theirs kids to parochial school or moved to the suburbs -- th

inmates were getting taken to a prison yard and they found sergeant found unresponsive. >> we lost one of our family member and it pains my heart to make these statements. >> you saw inmates coming out in groups. at this point i'm told it's not clear if any of them were involved in the execution of this plan. they snuck out or if they were trying to get out to get away from the whole mess. all 120 inmates who were in that building when this started are considered suspects. it's not clear at this point if this was a well-organized plan. officials trying to figure out if this was spontaneous or a well-planned event. we're live in newark, delaware, nbc 10 news. >> many questions to be answered. all right. sky force 10 was overhead this afternoon as a procession brought the body of sergeant floyd from the vaughan correctional center to the medical examiner's office where the autopsy will be conducted. officers on motorcycles, they led the way. >>> along the route, we spotted one officer who wasn't even part of the procession stopped on an overpass. he got out of his vehicle and he saluted

they discovered steven floyd unresponsive. authorities are working on determining the cause of death. >>> a corrections union official said floyd saved his colleague's lives by warn that go the inmates set a trap. union president said after inmates forced sergeant floyd into the closet, he warned other officers coming to his aid. he spoke highly of the 16-year-old veteran of the prison. >> i would like steven floyd to be remembered as the happy smiling man that he was, wonderful father, husband an great correctional officer. >> two others were taken hostage. they are expect the to be fine. all 120 inmates in building c are considered suspects. >>> the trump administration is set to impose new sanctions on iran as early as today. president trump and the national security advicers said they put -- advisers put the country on notice. >> from talking tough to taking action. president trump ready to impose new sanctions against iran. >> iran continues to threaten u.s. friends and allies in the region. >> reporter: the white house p

navy helicopter reached chen he was found in the water and unresponse i. we will -- unresponseive. we will bring you the latest as the details come in. at the live desk, amy aubert, abc7 news. alison: terrifying. thank you. larry: our roller coaster here we are down and headed back up again. doug: then we come down again and then go up again. alison: no snow doug: no. maybe flurries north of here. new england and southern canada will get a wallop tonight. let's start with our weather. we had sunshine earlier. give you a time lapse from the weather bug camera in damascus. in upper montgomery county. 31 degrees. it's cold there. through the morning, the skies cleared out. beautiful and it remained chilly. the clouds rolled back in. the cloudiness increasing just ahead of a one-two system coming through. a warm front, cold front deal over the weekend. the net results for us is warmer temperatures. 31 now in damascus. the other temperatures this hour are holding steady. in the low to mid-30's. 32 in winchester and cumberland. 34 in gaithersburg. 36 in college park. 37 in fredericksburg

top of the floating truck roof, by the time the navy helicopter was ain't to rescue him, he was unresponsive in the frigid water. officials say high winds caused all this. >> a girl scout and her mom was victims of armed robbery in northern california as they sold cookies. mom and her 12-year-old daughter were selling cookies, a youngman pointed a gun at the mother and ran off. >> they are very concerned about the safety of other girls doing this. >> a police officer bought all of the girl scouts remaining stock of sweets and collected $600 which was donated to the local girl scouts chapter. >>> a fast foods chain warns customers about a data breach. >>> a california student saves a friend from a freak accident on the playground, we'll be right back. honey nut cheerios gets their delicious taste from honest ingredients. like real delicious honey and real oats. okay that's still honey. huh, there we go. we're back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy. figures. try new very berry cheerios. the taste of real fruit in every bite. so berry good. everybody, we're looking live in atlantic

unresponsive? hey, come here, cuff up. come over here and cuff up. >> officers initially responded to an inmate who was kicking his door. when they looked inside, they saw a bed sheet tied loosely around his neck and the inmate began threatening suicide. >> what's up, dude? come on. >> the inmate is one known for brazenly exposing himself to female staff, anthony bell. >> call mental health, call medical, call o.s.c. >> coming up. >> if you really want to commit suicide, you're not going to cry for attention before. >> staff question anthony bell's true intent. and danny turns to the heavens to erase the past. >> and everyone will be blessed because this is a spiritual bag. the bag was given to me by god. safe drivers who switch to esurance could save money on car insurance. you know, the kind of driver who always buckles up... comes to a complete stop... and looks both ways, no matter what. because esurance believes that's the kind of driver who deserves to save money on car insurance. in fact, safe drivers who switch fro

investigators are not released his cause of death but he was found unresponsive after being held hostage for nearly 20 hours before the inmates took over building c and three other employees survived the standoff and union leaders are call on correction officials to resolve overcrowding issues and staffing at all prisons in the diamond state. this continues on line all the latest online at 6abc.com. >>> in other news, police announced an arrest in the murder of a 22-year-old woman shot in front of her daughter. james jones is charged with criminal homicide, burglary and robbery ain list of related offenses. police say he shot her in july of 2015. and her child was in the room with her. police say a combination of tips and surveillance video led to jones arrest. and he was already jailed on an unrelated offense when detectives made the link. >>> the search is on for a man that stole an suv with a little girl in the backseat. the child is back with her mother now it happened at only and mckeen. the girl's mom was leaving a laundry mat but went back inside to kbrab something she forgot and

-- penn state fraternity is under temporary suspension after the discovery of a student found unresponsivet the bottom of a stairs at a fraternity house. he was rushed to the hospital and died a day later. members say he fell around 11 p.m., aos was found. they have rolled the death accidental -- ruled the death accidental and do not know if there was alcohol in his system. >> fraternity members are cooperating and we are obtaining video from inside the fraternity and working closely with the pennsylvania office of student affairs. jummy: the latest death is eerily similar to another back in 2009, when a member of another fraternity was found dead at the bottom of a campus stairwell after a night of drinking. now we go to the legal win for melania trump, who scored a victory against a blogger who claims she once worked as an escort. now she is filing a $1.5 million lawsuit for similar allegations. tom has all the details. reporter: this morning, the forced lady -- first lady fighting to protect her reputation and her brand. against a daily mail online, seeking damages worth $150 million. s

. >> the fourth hostage sergeant steve floyd was found unresponse ive and sergeant steven floyd was with the department for 16 years. was pronounced dead. >> the disturbance started 10:30 wednesday morning when a corrections officer inside of building c that housed more than 100 inmates radioed for assistance and the employees were taken hostage. >> at this time i cannot give you a motive for at tack. >> plans were put in place to free the hostages and it appears to be political with them mentioning the oppression of the inmates. 100 are believed to be involved. a hostage was released yesterday afternoon and one last night. they breached the building using a backhoe early thursday morning to bring the violence to an end. >> we used the backhoe after the door was open and they knocked it down and the tactical teams entered and nodes teams quickly located the female staff member and had her removed safely from the building in less than two minutes. >> hearts are heavy here in delaware, we got a picture of sergeant steven floyd. the picture coming into "action news." as we show the picture

they found sergeant floyd one of four hostages initially taken unresponsive. linda gregory, floyd's next-door neighbor, was gutted to hear of his death. >> i was hoping that it wasn't him. i was looking every day to see if, well, this morning, just to see if his truck was there. so i gnt see his truck there so i'm like -- >> says floyd's death was preventable, and pointed the finger at long standing issues of tensions, shortages, over time. >> we saw these issues come to light. and we had absolutely no systems from previous governor >> in one of his final acts, floyd, who inmates had put into a closet, reportedly warned officers they were being led into a trap. colleagues were not surprised he died a hero. >> he was a champion. he would fight for what was right no matter what the cause >> there will be a candlelight vigil tonight for sergeant floyd, it start at 6:00 at the smyrna municipal park. in the meantime naacp of delaware offered to help the department of corrections address number of issues that led to the prisoner revolt, including over-crowding, and

just after 4:00 today police say a relative discovered the 41-year-old unresponsive in the living roomrcer. detectives say there are obvious injuries to the victim's head. she was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics and right now it's unclear if there were any signs of forced entry. so far no arrests but again, police remain on scene. they are talking to neighbors and we even saw them pointing at what we believe are some home surveillance cameras on the exterior of one of the homes across the street o

he was pulled out and minutes later, firefighters found a woman around the same age also unresponsive. >> there appears to be a working smoke alarm. >> the deputy performed cpr before firefighters took over and both were rushed to the hospital. ry continually gave her at which point gave her the opportunity to breathe. >> russell seemingly knowing exactly what to do. that's because he's also a volunteer firefighter here in the county. >> been in public safety my whole life. automatically, it's to help. it's the willing to help. >> these sheriff's deputies were on busy route five early this morning next who-ha is normally a quiet dead end street. >> right place at the right time. >> the victims are in stable condition. firefighters trying to dwhearm caused the house to go up in flame. jummy: if you plan to use metro this weekend, be aware that six metro stations will be closed on the blue, orange and silver lines. the macpherson square, federal triangle, smithsonian, and capital south stations will also be close both saturday and sunday. lower level platforms at metro center will also

floyd was initially one of four workers taken hostage by prisoners on wednesday, he was found unresponsivenside the facility the following day. hours after his body transported from the medical examiner's office. hundreds gathered to honor a man who officials say shouted to warn responders of a trap inside the prison. choosing their lives over his own. >> ♪ . >> reporter: one counselor and two fellow correctional officers made it out alive. this is one of them. >> i new to the department. >> this is what being held prisoner by prisoners looks like. with wounds both body and spirit. to that lieutenant of floyd extended her arms. >> it's ok. it's ok. >> reporter: an autopsy now determined the cause of death to be homeless by trauma. the flagged behind me remains half staff. reporting live. alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thanks so much. >>> there was a special honor earlier for family of lieutenant floyd. the doc commissioner presented a medal of valor to hits son. the 16 year veteran was remembered for his bravery. officials say floyd warned other guards about the ambush. >>> we'

four-year-old died, days after she was found unresponsive in her mother's gaithersburg apartment.er mother could be facing additional charges when the all caps reveals the exact cause of death. neighbors have been waiting for answers ever since last thursday, when emergency responders took a call from this apartment complex on sunnybrook terrace in gaithersburg. >> i came home and my wife said there was a little girl that was taken out on a stretcher. anna-lysa: the child on the stretcher was four-year-old nohely alexandra martinez hernandez. she was rushed to shady grove medical center and airlifted to children's national medical center, where she died wednesday. her mother, iris hernandez rivas, is now charged with child abuse and assault. >> the story was the child would into the bathroom comes you not minutes, so she went in to check on her. she then changed her story. anna-lysa: detective say she admitted to kicking her four-year-old in the stomach, causing her to hit her head on the wall. >> she said she was upset at the child for not brushing her teeth. anna-lysa: rivas wai

woman unresponsive. >> i continually gave her five-second compressions, at which point gave her the opportunity to breathe. michelle: both people are in critical condition tonight but are showing signs ofstigators ao figure out what caused the fire. jonathan: that is amazing. a d.c. school plagued with bed bugs is going to close temporarily starting on monday for a thorough scrub-down and cleaning. the cleaning at savoy elementary school starts tonight. soft materials such as rugs, cots, blankets, pillow, all of it will be replaced. the school will undergo a safety around a health inspection. students will attend classes in a different d.c. building while savoy is being cleaned. michelle: a mother accused of child abuse could face additional charges now that the child has died. the 4-year-old girl was taken to the hospitalmont after she told police -- taken to the hospital after she told police her daughter passed out in the mother kicked the girl before the shower and the girl later died. still ahead for us at 6:00. he is back. obama in the district. how the neighbors are welcoming him home. j

floyd was found unresponsive and found pro -- pronounced dead. officers paid tribute as his body was taken to the million examiner's office in wilmington. buildings c now a crime scene, each prisoner needed to be searched. >> sergeant floyd's death leads directly to staffing issues that's been going on department of administration through the jack markell administration through the last 8 years. >>> inmates had been holding dry runs to test the weak points of the prison. so far investigators have not said if staffing played a role in the takeover, and former govenor markell has not commented. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, katherine. >>> you can find complete coverage of the prison takeover investigation on our website 6abc.com, we have a photo gallery from the hostage drama, police radio negotiations he and the story on the corrections officer who was killed. >>> happening today, a jury could decide how much the safl safl -- sal vacation army and other -- salvation army and other defendants have to pay for the tragedy tha

firefighters assisted by a sheriff's deputy pulled somebody from the home who was unresponsive on milliganane. then another rescuer performed cpr. others trying to get a second person out of their home. they're both young adults. and both have critical injuries. investigators have not determined what caused that fire. >>> there was another massive fire at an incinerator in lorton. and it is causing many concerns tonight. >> that's right. the flames broke out last night in the trash pile at the cavanta plant, which converts waste to energy. the fire is still smoldering and sending plumes of smoke into the air tonight. the plan takes garbage from fairfax county landfills. concerned neighbors and local leaders say they hope they use the opportunity to rebuild with new technology. >> we can afford -- can't afford to have fires in a facility like this. not only because of the pollution. but also the people in this community deserve better. >> firefighters broke holes into the side of the building, to get water inside. to reach every hot spot. fire chief said they had to use front loaders to bri

when they got through the doors, they found floyd unresponsive, he was declared dead a short time later. authorities are working on exactly what was the cause of death. union president blasted former governor jack markell, who implemented wider freedom for inmates, without adding staff. >> shortages, overtime we've been talking about these issues for quite sometime. >> the two other correctional officers and female counselor were taken hostage. they are expected to be okay. investigators say all 120 inmates who were in the buildings c when all this was going on, they are all currently considered suspects. >> 536 now, the trump administration is set to impose fresh sanctions on iran as early as today. the president and the national security advisor put iran on notice for test firing a ballistic missile. the u.s. has repeatedly warned iran's government that the test is viewed as a violation of us/iran nuclear deal. >>> happening today, a philadelphia tradition celebrates the silver anniversary, it is time for wing bowl 25. the action cam was at t.j. wheeling in haddon township, camden cou

by the time a navy helicopter reached him he was found in the water unresponsive and died on the way to the hospital. >>> crews will allow a pipeline fire in louisiana to burn out on its own. two workers were injured when an explosion ignited a flammable liquid at the phillips 66 plant yesterday. 60 homes were evacuated the cause of the fire is unknown. >>> 35:47 an elementary student is called a hero for what he did for saving his friends life on a texas playgrounds. >> we want to be your wing man to get you ready for valentine's day. karen rogers will feature a local company offering fast floral delveries. [laughter] you see that? >> i'll tu, these two cannot get enough of each others. that is matt o'donnell and karen rogers during our snow coverage trying to make the best of the storm with a friendly snowball fight, the handshake at the end, it was said it was a tie, they each think they won. >> she plays dirty, she kicked me. >> reporter: i feel bad they showed the kick. >> but you did it in front of the camera. it's on our facebook page if you want to see that. let's take you to

was seen alive standing on the roof but by the time crews reached him he was in the water and unresponsive were high winds in the area at the time of the accident. >> federal investigators are now examining a plane that burst into flames after takeoff in new york. that was the moment an argentina airlines engine caught fire at jfk airport. a passenger happened to be recording cell phone video out of the window when the fire started. someone aboard another plane caught pictures of the sparks flying around the runway and nobody was injured and all passengers were moved to a different flight. >> an "action news" investigation finds a convicted felon working at a main line car dealership with access to customers private financial information. here is wendy saltzman with a special report. >> the fields say they bilked senior citizens outs of millions from a telemarketing screen. >> there was lying and stealing. >> why is he working at a local car dealership, after he was convicted in the scam. >>ive saw that going on i didn't want to be a part of it. we track down the man facing a sentence up t

floyd was initially one of four workers taken hostage by prisoners on wednesday, he was found unresponsivenside the facility the following day. hours after his body transported from the medical examiner's office. hundreds gathered to honor a man who officials say shouted to warn responders of a trap inside the prison. choosing their lives over his own. >> ♪ . >> reporter: one counselor and two fellow correctional officers made it out alive. this is one of them. >> i new to the department. >> this is what being held prisoner by prisoners looks like. with wounds both body and spirit. to that lieutenant of floyd extended her arms. >> it's ok. it's ok. >> reporter: an autopsy now determined the cause of death to be homeless by trauma. the flagged behind me remains half staff. reporting live. alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thanks so much. >>> there was a special honor earlier for family of lieutenant floyd. the doc commissioner presented a medal of valor to hits son. the 16 year veteran was remembered for his bravery. officials say floyd warned other guards about the ambush. >>> we'

an of after a struggle there, the man became unresponsive and soon after was pronounced dead. exact cause of his death so far has not been released. the security officer was injured in that incident. >>> a parrishing in san francisco is rallying to save an elementary school that taught kids for 126 years. st. charles catholic school being forced to close in four months. enrollment down dramatically over the past few years located at 18th street. it also needs expensive repairs to make it earthquake safe. about $7 million worth. staff members set up a go fund me page to pay for the costs. the parrish is asking families to please come to the school tomorrow top enroll their children to save that school. >>> traffic jams certainly pretty common in southern california. but not like there. take a look at i5, completely flooded here this morning during this weekend's deadly and pauschful storm. you see a big rig, two trucks pulling people by. in victorville rescuers found a man dead on a flooded road. two passengers were killed in separate accidents near san diego and a man electroc

the other employee, he was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at 5:30 this morning.tunate end, and what i can tell you is that we were out here all morning and my crew and i got here at 3:30 and around 4:30 or 5:00, around that time when they were talking about how they breached that building c, we did see some activity from the aerial camera on top of the truck, we were able to see and zoom in. we saw the vans moving around in what looked like an ambulance. and again, we are pretty far away, and so it is hard to tell for certain what vehicles were looking at, but it was a convoy of six or seven vehicles moving around that area around a roadway. so there was activity. we did see a helicopter that was landing and taking off in this area as well. again this all happening at 5:00 to 6:00 time frame. this is all going on and now the update, that is at the point when the state police went into that building to the i try re to rescue the two hostages. >> that makes sense that 5:00 to 6:00 hour that we were on the air with matt and katy and we saw i sky force 10 pictures an

they found her unresponsive early this morning at the corner of ardwick road. police are trying to put together a motive and suspect information in that case. >>> lightning may have started a fire near a mall in annapolis today. look at these pictures we've got for you. these images are from jennifer street off u.s. 50, right near the westfield annapolis mall. this fire started about 3:00 this afternoon. trying to figure out if the fire caused any damage. but pretty scary sight there for shoppers. >>> let's go back to one of our top stories tonight. he served as labor secretary for president obama. now tom perez will chair the dnc. as nbc's chris pollone reports, his election was anything but a smooth one. >> mr. tom perez. >> reporter: after two ballots in atlanta, members of the democratic national committee chose a former obama cabinet member as their new party chair. he's former labor secretary, tom perez, a favorite of the party establishment. he at minnesota congressman, keith ellison, backed by the party's more liberal faction by 35 votes. immediately pe

but they found floyd unresponsive on the floor. >> these brave men and women go to work every day knowing that they may not come home. we owe them an incredible debt of gratitude. >> nbc 10 is bringing you live team coverage tonight. we'll begin with nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal who is getting reaction to sergeant floyd's death. randy? >> reporter: and this is not the outcome that this community was hoping for. as the prison siege unfolded for nearly 24 hours, locals at the smyrna diner followed every update. >> it's just bad that it a death had to come out of it. >> reporter: front page news, this tiny community is heart broken for the prison guard who lost his life. >> everybody wants to know what they can do and how they can help the sergeant's family. in the time of need like they have. >> reporter: strangers lined the street as sergeant floyd's body was transported by motorcade. in smyrna most people have friends or family that work at the prison. >> we have frinends that work here too. >> reporter: questions about why this happened some clues came from the inmates themselves. during th

yasmin smith says her baby started choking sunday morning 1-year-old jason become unresponsive and lostolice arrived in just minutes and the key to saving his life performing rescue breathing for ten minutes until baby jason regained consciousness. when card yk arrest strikes swift action is crucial here to save life saving tips we can all use is resuscitation science. >> good thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> seconds matter most when something like this happens. >> that's right it's very important that when someone collapses and is unresponsive that we consider doing cpr right away. and cpr for adults orchids is comprise the of chest con pretion. pushing on chest and then rescue breathing. and if we provide this sort of care for someone whose heart stopped or someone who stopped breathing we can make a big difference in survival from cardiac arrest. >> i know it changed a lot. i remember taking a class ten years ago there was a certain number of pumps and breathing walk us through so people at home can know in case of emergency what do we do. >> sure, sure i have a demonstrat

just after 4:00 today police say a relative discovered the 41-year-old unresponsive in the living room of a home on the 3200 block of mercer. detectives say there are obvious injuries to the victim's head. she was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics and right now it's unclear if there were any signs of forced entry. so far no arrests but again, police remain on scene. they are talking to neighbors and we even saw them pointing at what we believe are some home surveillance cameras on the exterior of one of the homes across the street so again we will be following this very closely. reporting live here in that port richmond, christie ileto channel6 "action news." jim. >> christie, thank you. >>> this was a record tying day in philadelphia. we hit a high of 74 degrees on this 24th day of february and if that doesn't sound terrific, well, we saw a lot of smiles on the faces of people taking advantage of this extraordinary spell of weather. in fact in parts of our area, it was the warmest february day ever, ever but not everybody is jumping for joy as we'll hear from bob brooks in a

. >> his eyes started to roll in the back of his head and became unresponsive, yelling through the whole house calling 911. >> we were there minutes of getting call. >> he looked bad. >> i began rescue breathing in an attempt to resuscitate the child. >> reporter: officer jeremy elliott continued for more than 10 minutes as his fellow 39th district brothers, dan williams and gerald woolford, monitored the pulse. >> i was hysterical. my husband consoled me. ambulance came. >> reporter: jason rushed to st. christopher's hospital for children and finally regains consciousness. >> i first grabbed him and hugged him and said thank you so much. >> reporter: whole rescue though not only connecting yas behind with the three cops. >> it kind of stayed with me. >> reporter: but connecting them with her family as well. >> i decided i would go see him today when i came to work. i wanted to take something nice for him. i stopped and got him a teddy bear and my sergeant, sergeant dayton got him a little toy police car. >> reporter: and now, unlikely friendship and a new found respect. >> they are grea

get n took a backhoe to do it w officers did force their way in this morning, they found floyd unresponsive. >> sergeant floyd was a great man. i knew steve very well. he was very passionate man. he was a champion and he would fight for wha what was right no matter what the cost. >> floyd warned others about what was going down saving life after life. so does something need to change at that facility? this never happens again. fox 29's chris o'connell is at the medical examiner' office in wilmington with much more. chris? >> reporter: lucy, a solemn night here in wilmington as the flag here at the delaware medical examiner' office flies at half staff tonight in honor of sergeant steven floyd. his body remains here penning an autopsy. but in the meantime, questions tonight over his death and claims it could have been prevented. >> these young men been crying out like this for years and it just came to this point. >> tony dunn says the prison takeover of the vaughn correctional facility was bound to happen. he should know. he spent nearly two years locked up at vaughn on charges of hindering

it breached the wall, teams then returned into the prison discovering that sergeant floyd was unresponsive. again, just minute after 5:00 this morning. the third hostage, a woman, was okay, and was taken to the hospital for observation. officials say they couldn't comment yet on how sergeant floyd may have died, but said as far as weapons, the inmates did have sharp instruments. >> our prayers all day yesterday was that this event would end with a different result. but it didn't. so today all of us mourn the family of sergeant floyd. >> this is live look at chopper three, over james t vaughn correctional center in smyrna, delaware, in addition to the four hostages, we learned three maintenance workers hid in a basement section of the cell, and were able to avoid inmates detection. they made it to the roof and then rescued. at the time state officials would not speculate on motive, but pointed to calls made to delaware newspaper where inmates apparently complains about issues inside james t vaughn. now, looking live here, at state police barracks, flags have been ordered to fly at half staf

the driver of the semi is unresponse ich right now so we have an ambulance and other emergency crews on the way to the scene and yes, that is starting to back up at least one lane blocked. we're working to confirm more information. lot of other incidents to get to as well. we'll talk about that just before 5:00. >>> and new this morning, i want to show you this power substation. it exploded in washington state overnight. we have this new video that just came into our live desk. multiple huge fires also sparked up with this, and in the video, you do see those really tall flames. no one was hurt. the fire was actually the only light in the area, though, because immediately after this thing, power went out for thousands in the area. the good news is that it's back now. natasha and reggie, back to you. >>> hundreds of aaa workers in the bay area joining forces for kids in need. why they're going to be playing with crayons today. >>> and dozens of people marched through san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood. they're not protesting. they're celebrating. >>> the bay area playing host to s

they found sergeant steven floyd unresponsive an short time later he died. >> my prayers all day yesterday was that this event would end with a different result. >> so many questions still remain. >> we have team coverage for you tonight. our jeff cole has been looking into staffing concerns at the prison, but let's begin with our dawn timmeney who is live in smyrna tonight. dawn? >> reporter: well, iain, we've learned from officials that the inmates used sharp instruments to take over the prison and once they had control, they filled large foot lockers with water to build big walls, big heavy walls to block the entrances. union officials tell us they even they think the inmates even held dry runs to see how workers would respond. it all came to very tragic end early this morning. >> absolutely been probably the hardest day of my life. >> reporter: the president of the coalition officers association of delaware calling for a moment of silence in honor of sergeant steven floyd. killed in hostage crisis at the james t. vaughn correction center. the 47-year-old being hailed a hero for warning

at this time, sergeant steven floyd is found unresponsive, and at 5:29 sergeant floyd with the department of corrections with 16 years is pronounced dead. 120 inmates were removed and relocated to another part of the james t vaughn correctional center, all considered to be suspects. and delaware's governor promised, no stone will be left unturn in the pursuit of what happened here. the jail considered a crime scene tonight, and they are also evaluating criminally what role each of those 120 inmates played in this, of course, a criminal prosecution , will soon be underway. reporting live from smyrna, delaware i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, joe. >>> now lets go to cleve bryan in the state capitol of dover. cleve, some union workers at the a prison say they had complained about violence among the inmates before, yesterday's standoff, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, this afternoon, fellow correctional officers, gathered together to grief, sergeant floyd and also make it known that they think that poor staffing is to blame for his death. delaware correctional o

the man then became unresponsive.man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. honolulu police detectives are investigating the incident. when it comes to getting stuck in traffic on the way to and from work. one southern california city is the worst spot in the world. but the city by the bay is not far behind. san francisco.. is now ranked the 4th most traffic-congested city in the world. according to a new study drivers in san francisco spend more than 82 hours each year sitting in traffic during peak commute times. los angeles had the worst congestion in the world... drivers there sat in traffic more than 104 hours each year. new york and moscow were was also in the top four. in sports... we will take another look at the durant- westbrook all-star game drama... and reaction from both players...... and also break down the kings curious trade of their superstar in a deal their general manger said wasn't even the best offer they received... mark has that story... and all the sports... coming up rem

. >> the fourth hostage sergeant steven floyd, was found unresponsive. >> authorities called sergeant floyd a hero. one who warned other employees to get out safely before prisoners took complete contro control. >> my prayers all day yesterday was that this event would end in a different resul result. >> reporter: the 18 1/2 hour standoff gripped members of law enforcement and others on the outside eager to learn what was unfolding behind the walls and now we're getting a better ide idea. three male correctional officers and one female counselor were taken hostage wednesday morning around 10:0 and two officers were released and one at 2:25 in the afternoon and other before:00 at night and other employees not held hostage were rescued on a building roof late at night. thursday members of the correctional officer's union called for better security measures and complained about a staffing shortage inside the prison. department of justice statistics put delaware as number five when it comes to over crowded prisons. >> there's been recent dry runs at the facility where the inmates are test

when they arrived, the driver was unresponsive and pinned into n. his car. he died at the scene. the witnesses say the car left the roadway for no apparent reason at all. the driver was a 25-year-old man from the city of winters in yolo county. >>> the woman at the center of the roe versus wade case has died. she was 22 back in 1969 when she tried to have an abortion in texas. it was illegal there except the save a woman's life. she then became the plaintiff in the 1973 u.s. supreme court case that legalized abortion. she was an outspoken opponent of abortion throughout her lifetime. she was 69 years old. >>> coming up, the police clashes in paris. what is behind the protest today that turned violent? >>> and a launch scrubbed. why space x canceled its latest rocket mission at the very last minute. >>> paris police officers fired tear gas after protestors were throwing bottles. all of this after allegations that a young black man was raped with a police baton. one officer has been charged with rape and three others withage valeted assault. all of them deny those charges. >>> the