FRATERNITY MEMBERS JUST APPEARED
IN COURT.
>> GOOD EVENING.
ALL 18 OF THOSE DEFENDANTS
FORMER FRAT MEMBERS AT PENN
STATE'S BETA THETA PI.
I APPROACH THEM TO ASK HOW THEY
ARE FEELING.
PENN STATE BETA THETA PI
FRATERNITY PRESIDENT BRENDAN
YOUNG SILENT AS HE LEFT COURT
THIS AFTERNOON.
HIS ATTORNEY SAYING ONLY THIS --
>> IT WAS VERY TRAGIC.
>> YOUNG AND 17 OTHER FRATERNITY
BROTHERS ARE CHARGED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF A
19-YEAR-OLD ON FEBRUARY 4 AFTER
A PARTY AT THE FRATERNITY WITH
$1000 WORTH OF BEER AND VODKA
THAT PROSECUTORS SAY WAS NOT
PERMITTED.
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY FORCED ON
PLEDGES.
THE VICTIM HAD A .36
BLOOD-ALCOHOL LIMIT WHEN HE FELL
DOWN THE STAIRS, FRACTURING HIS
SKULL, SHREDDING HIS SPLEEN.
FRATERNITY BROTHERS DOWN HM
PALE, STIFF, AND UNCONSCIOUS THE
WEIGHTED 40 TWO MINUTES BEFORE
CALLING 911.
>> IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING ALL
AROUND.
THERE'S NO WINNERS.
WE DON'T WIN BY EVEN CHARGING
THESE YOUNG MEN.
THE ONLY WIN IS FOR HIM TO BE
ALIVE.
>> TWO FRATERNITY BROTHERS ALSO
QUITE COMING OUT OF COURT.
DO YOU FEEL OVER MORSEL ABOUT
ANY OF THIS?
>> NO COMMENT.
>> ONE ATTORNEY, ALSO A
DEFENDANT'S GODFATHER, HAD THIS
TO SAY --
>> DOES HE FEEL OVER MORSEL?
>> OF COURSE, BUT THAT DOES NOT
MEAN THERE IS ANY INTENT
INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS.
>> SOME GETTING $50,000 BOND
WITH CONDITIONS SUCH AS NEW
DRINKING, NO DRUGS, NO TRAVEL
OUTSIDE THE STATE.
THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO SURRENDER
THEIR PASSPORTS.
THEIR NEXT COURT DATE COMING UP
IN MAY 17.
COMING UP AT 6:00, WE WILL HEAR
FROM THE VICTIM'S FATHER.
>> UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
MAKING SURE YOU ARE GOOD BEFORE
YOU COME BACK.
>> THERE'S HOPE TONIGHT THAT THE
PENGUINS CAPTAIN MAY BE BACK ON
THE ICE AFTER SKATING THE DAY
WITH HIS TEAM AND WITHOUT NO
CONTACT.
>> THIS IS CERTAINLY A POSITIVE
STEP, RIGHT?
>> WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS
WHAT IT TAKES TO RECOVER FROM
HER PERCUSSION.
WHILE SIDNEY CROSBY REMAINS
UNCERTAIN, HIS PRESENCE ON THE
ICE AT TODAY'S PRACTICE FOR DAYS
AFTER BEING CONCUSSED WAS
UNDOUBTEDLY ENCOURAGING.
>> GOOD TO GET OUT THERE.
FELT GOOD.
>> SIDNEY CROSBY SKATED TODAY
WITH THE GUYS FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE SUFFERING A CONCUSSION ON
MONDAY NIGHT.
A NO RESTRICTIONS FULL CONTACT
WORKOUT FOR CROSBY, WHO SAID HE
FELT FINE THE DAY AFTER THE
CONCUSSION.
AS FOR PRACTICING FOR DAYS
FOLLOWING THE HITS, HE IS
TRUSTING HIS BODY AND THE TEAM
MEDICAL STAFF.
>> I THINK HAVING GONE THROUGH
THIS, I LIKE TO THINK I'M PRETTY
AWARE OF MY BODY AT THIS POINT.
I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
MAKING SURE YOU'RE HEALED BEFORE
YOU COME BACK.
I HAVE A LOT OF BELIEVE IN OUR
STAFF HERE.
>> WE WILL SEE HOW HE RESPONDS
AND GO FROM THERE.
RIGHT NOW, HIS STATUS HAS NOT
CHANGED AT ALL.
HE IS DAY-TO-DAY.
>> WITH THAT DAY-TO-DAY STATUS,
CROSBY SAYS PLAYING IN
SATURDAY'S GAME FIVE IS AT LEAST
A POSSIBILITY AT THIS POINT.
>> WE WILL SEE.
IT'S NOT REALLY UP TO ME, I
THINK.
YOU JUST KIND OF RELAY HOW YOU
FEEL AND THEY KIND OF DIRECT YOU
FROM THERE.
>> MIKE SULLIVAN WAS ADAMANT
THAT CROSBY'S SITUATION ISN'T
BEING HANDLED DIFFERENTLY IN
TERMS OF RUSHING HIM BACK,
JUST BECAUSE THE PENGUINS ARE
THE MIDST OF A PLAYOFF RUN.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 6:00,
CROSBY FOR THE FIRST TIME TALKS
ABOUT THAT HIT THAT KNOCKED HIM
OUT OF GAME 3.
>> OK, RYAN, YOU ARE HITTING THE
ROAD, AS THE SERIES MOVES BACK
TO THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
>> FORMER PITTSBURGH PENGUIN
KEVIN STEVENS AVOIDS JAIL TIME
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO DRUG
CHARGES.
STEVENS WAS SENTENCED TO
PROBATION AFTER ADMITTING TO
CONSPIRING WITH ANOTHER MAN TO
SELL OXYCODONE IN MASSACHUSETTS,
.
STEVENS WAS ON THE PENS' 1991
AND 1992 STANLEY CUP WINNING
TEAMS.
TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
PITTSBURGH'S MAYOR IS WEIGHING
IN, AS POLICE CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT INSIDE PPG PAINTS
ARENA.
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
REPORTER JACKIE CAIN JOINS US
LIVE, WITH SOME STRONG WORDS
FROM MAYOR BILL PEDUTO.
>> STILL NO WORD FROM POLICE
WHETHER THEY'VE IDENTIFIED A
SUSPECT IN THIS CASE.
WE DO KNOW THE PITTSBURGH
PENGUINS ARE COOPERATING FULLY
WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH MAYOR BILL
PEDUTO THIS AFTERNOON HERE'S
FOR HIS REACTION TO THE CASE.
LISTEN.
>> HEARING THE NEWS, I WAS
SICKENED.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE AT ANY TIME IS
SOMETHING THAT WE TRY AS A
SOCIETY TO PREVENT, BUT HAVING
IT HAPPEN IN A PLACE THAT THERE
WOULD BE SO MANY PEOPLE GATHERED
AND NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IT IF IT
DID IN FACT HAPPEN JUST ADDS ON
TO THE TRAGEDY.
>> PITTSBURGH POLICE TELL US THE
WOMAN WALKED INTO THE ZONE TWO
HEADQUARTERS JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY TO REPORT SHE HAD BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN THE
BATHROOM DURING GAME AS FAR AS
FOUR.
WHAT PART OF THE ARENA THIS MAY
HAVE HAPPENED AND WHEN, POLICE
ARE NOT COMMENTING.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT
IF ANYTHING WILL CHANGE.
AS FAR AS SECURITY GOES INSIDE
THE ARENA IF THE SERIES MOVES ON
, TO A GAME 6, THAT WOULD BRING
THE PENS BACK HOME ON MONDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE
A CROWD OF PEOPLE WERE GUNNED
DOWN DURING A BACKYARD BARBECUE.
FIVE PEOPLE AND AN UNBORN CHILD,
KILLED THAT DAY IN WILKINSBURG.
>> TODAY, THE TWO SUSPECTS
APPEARED IN COURT, AND AS
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI TELLS
US, THE ATTORNEYS FOR CHERON
SHELTON AND ROBERT THOMAS WANT
TO HAVE THE CHARGES IN THE CASE
THROWN OUT.
>> MARCIE IS LIVE DOWNTOWN, WITH
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE
COURTROOM.
>> ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH CHERON
SHELTON AND ROBERT THOMAS ARGUED
THAT THERE IS NO CASE AGAINST
THEIR CLIENTS.
THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IS BEING
CALLED THE WILKINSBURG MASSACRE
INSIDE THE COURTROOM.
ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS,
THOUGH, THEY SAY THAT IS
ACTUALLY NOT THE CASE, AND THEY
CLEANED -- THEY BELIEVE SHELTON
AND THOMAS' CASE IS SO STRONG
THEY ARE SEEKING DEATH PENALTY.
POLICE SAY THE MEN OPENED FIRE
ON A FAMILY BACKYARD BARBEQUE IN
WILKINSBURG IN MARCH OF LAST
YEAR.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED THAT DAY
ALONG WITH AN UNBORN BABY.
PROSECUTORS BELIEVE THOMAS FIRED
A HANDGUN IN TO THE BACKYARD
FORCING THE CROWD TO RUN AWAY
FIRST, FROM THE GUNFIRE AND
TOWARD SHELTON WHO POLICE SAY
THEN BEGAN FIRING AN ASSAULT
RIFLE AT CLOSE RANGE.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE MURDERS WERE
REVENGE FOR ANOTHER KILLING.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY TOLD THE JUDGE
TODAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT
LINKS THEIR CLIENTS TO THE
CRIMES.
>> THERE'S NOT AN EYEWITNESS
THAT IDENTIFIES THOMAS.
THERE'S NOT DNA.
THERE'S NOT BALLISTICS.
NO ONE CAN POINT TO THOMAS AT
THE SCENE OF THE CRIME THAN I
DID HAPPEN.
HE HAS KNOWN -- NO ASSOCIATION
WITH ANYBODY.
HE DID NOT DO THIS, AND OUR
PHYSICIAN AT THE COMMONWEALTH
CANNOT PROVE ANYTHING.
>> THE JUDGE DENIED THE MOTION
TO DISMISS THE CASE, AND BOTH
SHELTON AND THOMAS ARE EXPECTED
BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH.
>> ALL NEW ON 4, 2 WOMEN
ARRESTED IN A PROSTITUTION BUST
IN SHALER,
41-YEAR-OLD MALINDA CHALMERS AND
27-YEAR-OLD BRITTANY VAREHA FACE
A NUMBERS OF CHARGES, INCLUDING
ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF
CHILDREN.
POLICE IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY SAY
THE TWO WERE ARRESTED AT A HOME
ON PARK STREET.
>> A HEADS-UP TODAY FOR THOSE OF
YOU IN ASPINWALL.
YOUR WATER SERVICE WILL BE
INTERRUPTED TOMORROW.
PWSA IS CONDUCTING A SHUTDOWN OF
THE PUMP STATION TO CONNECT A
BACKUP GENERATOR.
IT SHOULD BEGIN AT 2:00 A.M. AND
BE FINISHED ABOUT THREE HOURS
LATER.
YOU'RE ASKED NOT TO TRY TO USE
YOUR WATER DURING THE OUTAGE.
THAT CONTROVERSIAL HEALTH CARE
MEASURE, NOW ON TO THE SENATE,
WHERE IT FACES AN UNCERTAIN
FUTURE.
>> PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
REPORTER AIXA DIAZ IS IN
WASHINGTON TONIGHT, WHERE
SENATORS FROM BOTH SIDES ARE
PROMISING CHANGES.
ISAACSON IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS,
: -- I.E. EXCEPT -- AIXA:: IN
HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS, PRESIDENT
TRUMP CALLS ON THE SENATE TO
TAKE ACTION ON HEALTHCARE.
BUT MANY SENATORS ARE
CRITICIZING THE BILL.
>> THIS BILL IS A DISASTER.
>> AND THE WAY REPUBLICANS WENT
ABOUT PASSING IT, WITH NO
ESTIMATE FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET OFFICE.
>> I KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE
ACCEPTABLE HERE IN THE SENATE.
>> REACTING TO THE BILL, ONE
REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAYS, THERE
SEEM TO BE MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS ABOUT ITS CONSEQUENCES.
ANOTHER SAYS, CHANGES MUST BE
MADE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT
LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND.
>> THEY MAY START THROWING SOME
MORE MONEY INTO SUBSIDIES, THEY
MAY TRY TO GET RID OF THIS
MASSIVE CUT IN MEDICAID THAT
TRUMP IS PROPOSING.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN
TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, IF THEY
LOSE SERVICES, WHY IS IT THEY
VOTED IN FAVOR OF THAT.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS, WHILE
IT EXPECTS CHANGES IN THE
SENATE, THE PRINCIPLES OF THE+
BILL WILL STAY THE SAME.
>> LOWERING COSTS, CREATING A
COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT,
FLEXIBILITY, GIVING STATES THE
ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS WITHIN
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- WE DO
NOT EXPECT THOSE THINGS TO
CHANGE.
>> ANALYSTS SAY SENATORS COULD
TAKE MONTHS ON THEIR VERSION OF
THE BILL.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THERE IS NO
TIMELINE AND THEY ARE WILLING TO
WAIT TO GET IT RIGHT.
>> A STUDENT, ALLEGEDLY BEATEN
BY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER,
THE VIDEO FROM INSIDE WOODLAND
HILLS HIGH SCHOOL GAINING
NATIONAL ATTENTION.
NOW, A LETTER FROM THE
PRINCIPAL.
WHAT HE'S SAYING TO THE
COMMUNITY NOW IN THE CENTER OF
CONTROVERSY.
>> PRICELESS ITEMS FROM PIRATES
LEGEND ROBERTO CLEMENTE.
GOING ON THE AUCTION BLOCK.
HOW YOU CAN START BIDDING.
>> IT'S BETTER THAN HOT.
I'LL TAKE IT.
I'LL TAKE IT.
>> RUNNERS WE CAUGHT UP WITH,
NOT TOO WORRIED, THEIR GAME
PLAN, FOR THE COLDEST MARATHON
TO DATE HERE IN PITTSBURGH.
>> AND CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE
HARVEY LIVE IN MARS,
PENNSYLVANIA.
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT WE HAVE
>> NOW YOU CAN OWN A ROBERTO
CLEMENTE WORLD SERIES RING.
OLDER MAYBE EVEN A GOLD GLOVE.
OR EVEN HIS CAR.
THAT'S RIGHT.
A VERY SPECIAL EVENT HAPPENING
DURING ALL-STAR WEEK IN MIAMI A
THIS SUMMER, TO AUCTION OFF
HUNDREDS OF THE PIRATES STAR'S
MEMORABILIA.
THE BASEBALL LEGEND WAS KILLED
IN A PLANE CRASH IN 1972
DELIVERING FOOD AND MEDICINE TO
VENEZUELA.
THE AUCTION INLCLUDES ITEMS WITH
BIDDING STARTING AT A COUPLE
HUNDRED BUCKS.
AND ITEMS LIKE HIS 1960 WORLD
SERIES UNIFORM THAT ARE NEARLY
PRICELESS.
THERE'S A CONTRACT HE SIGNED IN
1970.
AND A FLASHY SUIT HE LIKED TO
WEAR.
TODAY AT PNC PARK A SNEAK PEEK
AT SOME OF THE THINGS CLEMENTE'S
FAMILY IS PARTING WAYS WITH.
>> WE WANTED TO SHARE.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING IF
THERE IS A BALL OR ANYTHING OUT
THERE.
PEOPLE CANNOT FIND ANYTHING
BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP IT.
THEY DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF
IT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE RIGHT TIME
CAME, AND THIS IS IT.
I THINK MIAMI IS THE RIGHT PLACE
TO DO IT.
>> THAT IS THIS SUMMER.
HOW ABOUT CLEMENTE'S
TWO-THOUSANDTH-HIT BASEBALL.
IT HAPPENED TO BE A HOMERUN INTO
THE UPPER DECK OF COURSE
>> OF COURSE.
WELL, IT IS MARATHON WEEKEND
HERE IN PITTSBURGH.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS
READY TO HIT THE STREETS OF OUR
GREAT CITY, BUT THIS YEAR, IT'S
GOING TO BE COLD -- AND WE'RE
TALKING VERY COLD COMPARED TO
PAST RACES.
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SPOKE TO
RUNNERS, BUT THEY DO NOT SEEM TO
BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT.
>> THE HEALTH AND FITNESS EXPO
WAS A VERY BUSY PLACE AT THIS
HOUR IS MORE THAN 40,000 RUNNERS
WILL BE CHECKING IN TO GET THEIR
GEAR.
THEY GET THIS GREEN BAG AS WELL
AS THEIR BID NUMBERS SUNDAY
MORNING, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT WILL
BE PRETTY COLD, AND THE PEOPLE
WE TALKED TO ARE NOT TOO
CONCERNED.
THEY WILL EMBRACE THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES IN THE HISTORY OF
THE EVENT.
THESE FOLKS ARE NOT EVEN
CONCERNED.
>> IT'S BETTER THAN HOT.
I'LL TAKE IT.
I'LL TAKE IT.
IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
>> ONCE YOU ARE A MILE OR TWO
INTO IT, YOU ACTUALLY ARE NOT
COLD ANYMORE.
>> THE CHALLENGE IS STANDING AND
WAITING FOR THE RACE TO START IN
COLD TEMPERATURES FOR TWO HOURS.
>> JUST TAKE IT OFF, AN WE HAVE
VOLUNTEERS AT GOODWILL WHICH
WILL BE ON-SITE COLLECTING ALL
THOSE DONATED CLOTHING PIECES.
>> AND REALLY EXCITED.
I LOVE HIGH-FIVING PEOPLE THE
WHOLE TIME.
>> THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE IS SO
MUCH FUN.
IRAN LAST YEAR FOR MY VERY FIRST
HALF MARATHON.
IT IS ELECTRIC.
>> SO MANY MEETS STORIES COMING
OUT OF THE DICK'S SPORTING GOODS
, INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO USED THE
EVENT TO LOSE 120 POUNDS.
WE GET TO MEET HIM AT 5:30.
>> IT'S A BIG WEEKEND.
WE ARE CELEBRATING NEW YEAR'S ON
MARS IN MARS.
>> WHERE ELSE?
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY
IS LIFE IN BUTLER COUNTY.
>> WE ARE HERE IN MARS.
BUTLER COUNTY, WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THE FESTIVAL GOING
ON, BUT LET'S GET TO SOME SEVERE
WEATHER.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5:30.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AND SHOW YOU
WHAT IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE
TEMPERATURE-WISE, YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE
COOLING DOWN A BIT.
WE DO HAVE TEMPERATURES DROPPING
DOWN THAT WILL BE IN THE 60'S AS
WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT AND AS
WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, WE WILL
DEFINITELY BE SEEING
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE
DROPPING OFF.
WE HAVE A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
BE MOVING THROUGH, AND THAT IS
GOING TO BE TAKING CERTAINLY OUR
TEMPERATURES DOWN FOR THE
WEEKEND.
68 DEGREES OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WEST/NORTHWEST AT 14 MILES
AN HOUR.
ALREADY HAD 2/3 OF AN INCH OF
RA.
TOMORROW AS WE LOOK AT THE
TEMPERATURES -- LOOK AT THAT.
WE'RE DROPPING DOWN INTO THE
MID-40'S AND GOING TO STAY
PRETTY COLD TOMORROW.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH THE
CLOUDS THAT WILL BE AROUND AND A
FEW RAIN SHOWERS, SCATTERED
SHOWERS AS WELL.
AS WE GOFORWARD, YOU CAN T
THE PROBLEM AREAS THAT ARE DOWN
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURGH.
A COUPLE OF CELLS THAT HAVE
POPPED UP, VERY HEAVY RAIN,
OBVIOUSLY WITH A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING AND SEVERE STORM WARNING
FOR THOSE AREAS.
EAST OF PITTSBURGH, YOU WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING
SOME RAIN.
AS WE GO FORWARD, YOU SEE WE
WILL HAVE MORE RAIN ON THE WAY
TO TOWN.
BE PUSHING AND OUT TO THE WEST
OUT TOWARD INDIANA.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A COLD FRONT
THAT NEEDS TO MOVE THROUGH
BEFORE WE PUT AN END TO THE
SHOWERS, AND THAT WILL NOT
HAPPEN UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE
WEEKEND, SO WE WILL HAVE SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS ON SATURDAY
AND A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED
SHOWERS SUNDAY AS WELL.
HERE'S LOW PRESSURE.
THAT IS MOVING UP INTO THE AREA,
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COOL AIR,
AND YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW
THAT WILL BE WORKING IN AS WE
GET INTO SUNDAY.
TONIGHT, THIS IS WHERE WE WILL
HAVE OUR BEST CHANCE OF SEEING
SOME SHOWERS, INTO 8:00 AND WE
GO INTO FRIDAY OR SATURDAY
MORNING AND WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AROUND TOWN.
BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE IN
THE MORNING.
4:00, SCATTERED SHOWERS PRETTY
MUCH THROUGH THE DAY ON
SATURDAY.
FORWARD INTO SUNDAY MORNING,
LOOK AT THAT -- WE DO HAVE A
CHANCE OF NO FLAKES FLYING
AROUND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
MOST OF THAT IN HIGHER
ELEVATIONS, BUT CANNOT RULE OUT
A SNOWFLAKE MIXING I.
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THIS
WEEKEND.
SUNSHINE WILL RETURN TO FINISH
OUT THE WEEKEND.
AS WE GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU WHAT
IS HAPPENING, YOUR LOVE
TEMPERATURE TOMORROW DROPPING
DOWN INTO THE ORDERS.
CLOUDY AND COOL BUT SOME SHOWERS
OFF AND ON DURING THE DAY AND
HIGH TEMPERATURE TOMORROW ONLY
GOING TO MKE IT UP TO -- WELL,
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE
WARM FOR TOMORROW.
I CAN WE MAKE IT TO 52 DEGREES
TOMORROW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGH
TOMORROW.
52 DEGREES.
55 ON SUNDAY.
EARLY SHOWERS, COULD BE SOME
SNOW.
FROST IS A POSSIBILITY MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.
AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THE REST
OF THE WEEK, YOU WILL SEE
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL
EVENTUALLY BE WARMING UP.
YOUR GUARANTEE FOR TODAY -- WE
ARE CALLING FOR A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 52 DEGREES.
I'M HERE IN MARS, PENNSYLVANIA,
AND THIS IS THE MARS NEW YEAR
FESTIVAL WHERE THEY CELEBRATE
THE NEW YEAR OF THE PLANET MARS.
HAPPENS EVERY 22 MONTHS, AS IT
HAS A LONGER ORBIT AROUND THE
SUN THAN PITTSBURGH, AND WE HAVE
PEOPLE FROM NASA THAT COME IN
FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY FROM
THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY AS
WELL AS HEADQUARTERS, AND RIGHT
NOW ON THE BIG SCREEN, THEY ARE
DOING A TALKBACK WITH ASTRONAUTS
AND SCIENTISTS AT THE JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
MISSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
GOING TO THE PLANE MARS, AND
WHAT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THAT
TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
HERE IN MARS, WE ARE SEEING
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES DOWN TO THE
SOUTHEAST, DEFINITELY ROUGHER
WEATHER.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE WEEKEND
WEATHER COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
>> COOL STUFF.
THANK YOU.
WE'RE BUSY COUNTING DOWN THE
HOURS, MINUTES, AND SECONDS
UNTIL KENWOOD OPENS UP FOR THE
NEW SEASON.
>> IF YOU DON'T FEEL PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU WILL
HAVE A HARD TIME OPENING UP.
>> GETTING TEENS TO TALK ABOUT
SUICIDE.
ONLY ON FOUR, HOW THE AUTHOR OF
13 REASONS WHY SAYS PARENTS
SHOULD HANDLE THE HEAVY TOPIC.
>> HOW DARLEEN HARRIS CLAIMS
HOMELESS PITTSBURGHERS ARE BEING
REGISTERED
>> IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT
YET, YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD ABOUT
IT.
13 REASONS WHY IS A HUGE HIT ON
NETFLIX.
>> BUT THE SERIES IS TRIGGERING
WARNINGS FOR PARENTS, AND
STIRRING UP CONTROVERSY IN
SCHOOLS.
SOME SAY A GLAMORIZES SUICIDE.
>> TODAY, THE AUTHOR WHOSE BOOK
INSPIRED THE SERIES, SPOKE ON
THE CAMPUS OF PITT GREENSBURG.
AND ONLY PITTSBURGH'S ACTION
NEWS 4 REPORTER DAVID KAPLAN WAS
THERE.
DAVID JAY ASHER WAS THE KEYNOTE
: SPEAKER AT THE CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE CONFERENCE THIS
MORNING.
IT'S ONE OF DOZENS OF SPEECHES
HE GIVES YEARLY BOTH ABOUT
WRITING, AND HIS MOST POPULAR
PIECE OF WORK.
>> EVER SINCE IT CAME OUT, I'VE
BEEN SPEAKING AT SCHOOLS, MOSTLY
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THE
BOOK.
IT DEALS WITH SUICIDE OBVIOUSLY,
BUT BULLYING AND HOW WE TREAT
EACH OTHER.
>> 13 REASONS WHY IS A FICTIONAL
STORY ABOUT A TEENAGE GIRL WHO
COMMITTED SUICIDE BEFORE SENDING
-- AFTER SENDING RECORDINGS TO
PEOPLE DETAILING 13 REASONS WHY
SHE KILLED HERSELF.
A HEAVY TOPIC, FOR SURE, AND ONE
ASHER WANTS TO BE DISCUSSED.
>> WHEN I WROTE THE BOOK, I KNEW
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH SENSITIVE
ISSUES, PEOPLE WILL HAVE VARYING
OPINIONS AND THEY'RE GOING TO
DISCUSS IT, WHICH, DISCUSSION IS
WHAT THE BOOK'S ABOUT, SO THAT'
GREAT.
>> BUT SOME EXPERTS ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THE POPULARITY OF THE
SHOW.
THIS WEEK, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC
SCHOOLS SENT A LETTER HOME TO
PARENTS SAYING THE PENNSYLVANIA
YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION
INITIATIVE DOES NOT RECOMMEND
KIDS WATCH THE SERIE
CITING A GLAMORIZATION OF
SUICIDE, A LACK OF ADDRESSING
BEHAVIORAL AND TREATMENT OPTIO
AND A FOCUS ON UNNECCARY DRAMA
, AROUND THE GIRL'S SUICIDE.
THE SHOW IS RATED FOR MATURE
AUDIENCE
JAY ASHER SAYS HE KNOWS WITH
SUCH A SENSITIVE TOPIC, CONCER
WILL POP UP, BUT HE STANDS BY
THE STORY AND SAYS THE BETTER
INFORMED PARENTS ARE, THE MORE
LIKELY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS
WILL BE HAD.
>> IF YOU DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO OPEN UP.
SO I THINK CONVERSATION IS GOOD,
AND THE DISCUSSION IS GOOD, BUT
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE AS
ADULTS WE'RE LETTING THE TEENS
KNOW, YES, THIS MAKES ME
UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THAT'S NO
REASON NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> IN GREENSBURG, WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, DAVID KAPLAN,
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS
>> I DID IT AS A GOAL TO HELP ME
LOSE WEIGHT.
BUT NEVER DID I THINK THAT IT
WOULD CHANGE MY LIFE.
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT OUTLOOK.
>> FROM 336 POUNDS TO RUNNING IN
THE PITTSBURGH MARATHON.
ALL NEW AT 5:30, HO
>> PITTSBURGH'S ACTION WEATHER
AT 5:30.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING,
AND A FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN
EFFECT.
>> CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE
HARVEY JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM
MARS, BUTLER COUNTY, WHERE A
CELEBRATION IS UNDER WAY BUT
, MIKE, WILL THE PARTY IN MARS
GET WASHED OUT??
QUICKTIME LIVE IN MARS,
PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE DOES DRY
NOW.
CERTAINLY NOT THE CASE.
SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURGH, WE'RE
GETTING HIT THE HARDEST.
WE DO HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE AREA IN EFFECT FOR
FAYETTE COUNTY.
THAT'S DROPPING A LOT OF RAIN.
IN FACT, WE HAVE A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IN EFFECT.
BASICALLY, THE SAME AREA THAT IS
THE GREEN BLINKING BOX.
AT THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN
EFFECT.
YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN IS NOT
OVER.
AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WE
WILL HAVE MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS
THAT WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE
REGION.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE
DROPPING OVER THE WEEKEND.
THAT'S COMING U IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
>> WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOCAL
SPOTLIGHT.
A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
ACCUSED OF KNOCKING OUT A
STUDENT'S TOOTH.
AND TONIGHT, THE ATTORNEY FOR
THAT STUDENT, QUE-SHAWN WADE, IS
TAKING TO GOOD MORNING AMERICA,
SAYING THIS EXPOSES A CULTURE OF
ABUSE AT THE SCHOOL.
>> WHAT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS
THAT TRAINING BE IMPLEMENTED AT
THIS SCHOOL SO THAT THE CULTURE
OF VIOLENCE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE
AT WOODLAND HILLS COMES TO AN
END.
>> BUT THE SCHOOL IS FIRING
BACK.
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
ANCHOR MIKE CLARK, WITH WH
THEY HAVE TO SAY, FOLLOWING ALL
THIS NATIONAL ATTENTION.
THE LAWYER FOR BOTH THAT
OFFICER, AND PRINCIPAL KEVIN
MURRAY, DEFENDED THE ACTIONS ON
GMA, SAYING THE VIDEO SHOWS THE
STUDENT WAS DISORDERLY AND
RESISTING.
AND IN A LETTER THE PRINCIPAL IS
URGING THE DISTRICT TO UNITE,
TO COME TOGETHER EXPLAINING HE
, GREW UP IN ONE OF THE 12
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAKE UP
WOODLAND HILLS, WRITING THIS --
WE CAN ONLY POINT FINGERS AND
MAKE ACCUSATIONS FOR SO LONG
BEFORE WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK IN
THE MIRROR AND ASK OURSELVES,
'WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?
WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER?
AND HOW CAN WE BE THE BEST
VERSIONS OF OURSELVES FOR OUR
CHILDREN?'
HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT WE HAVE
TO WORK TOGETHER THROUGH OUR
DIFFERENCES, OUR STEREOTYPES,
AND OUR PREJUDICES TO
CONTINUOUSLY BUILD UP THIS
COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS ITSELF TO
BE TORN DOWN ALL TOO OFTEN.
THE LETTER IS SIGNED BY MORE
THAN 80 TEACHERS AND STAFF
MEMBERS AT THE JUNIOR-SENIOR
HIGH SCHOOL, THANKING PARENTS,
GUARDIANS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
WITH A LIST OF SOME OF THE
POSITIVE SCHOOL PROGRAM EVENTS
IN THE COMING WEEKS.
ANDREW, SHANNON, BACK TO YOU.
SHANNON: THANK YOU.
THEY WAITED 40 MINUTES TO CALL
POLICE.
AND GAVE HIM A LETHAL AMOUNT OF
ALCOHOL.
THAT IS WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY
HAPPENED INSIDE THE BETA THETA
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