FILTERS TO ALL RESIDENTS?
REPORTER: WELL, THE CITY SAYS
THAT ALL CITY RESIDENTS WILL BE
ELIGIBLE WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO
A COUPLE OF GROUPS.
FOR PITTSBURGHERS CONCERNED
ABOUT LEAD LEVELS IN THEIR
DRINKING WATER, THERE'S NO WORD
ON HOW TO GET FREE WATER FILTERS
AND WHO IS ON TOP OF THE LIST
FOR THEM.
>> WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR PLAN
TO PROVIDE FREE FILTERS TO
PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST STAGE OF
DELIVERING ON THAT PROMISE.
REPORTER: INITIAL TOP PRIORITY
GOES TO RESIDENTS WHOSE LEAD
SERVICE LINES ARE BEING
PARTIALLY REPLACED, TO
HOUSEHOLDS WITH EXPECTANT
MOTHERS AND KIDS UNDER SIX.
ALL OTHER CITY AND MILLVALE
RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST A FILTER
THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE OR
CALLING 311.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE
BOARD OF HEALTH WILL VOTE IN MAY
ON UNIVERSAL SCREENING OF SMALL
CHILDREN FOR LEAD EX-POCKER AND
THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WILL SET UP
A LEADED TASK FORCE.
BUT DR. HACKER SAW THE FEARS.
>> THE CONCLUSIONS WE'VE TAKEN
IS THAT WE HAVE NEVER FOUND
WATER THE TO BE THE PRIMARY
SOURCE OF LEAD POISONING IN WHOM
WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS.
REPORTER: SHE SAYS SHE WILL DO
AN EXPEDITED OUTED IT OF HOW THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORS
ELEVATED BLOOD LEVELS IN
CHILDREN.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN REPEATED
CLAIMS, MOST NOTABLY BY MAYOR
PEDUTO AND BY DR. HACKER,
REFERRING TO WHAT I'M GOING TO
SAY IS SUPPOSED DATA.
REPORTER: PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING
WORK DONE ON THEIR LEAD SERVICE
LINES WILL GET THOSE FILTERS
FROM CONTRACTORS.
THE EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND
FAMILIES WITH KIDS UNDER THE AGE
THRESHOLD WILL BE GETTING THEM
THROUGH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AGAIN, EVERYONE ELSE CAN CONTACT
THE CITY THROUGH THE 311 LINE,
OR THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE.
LIVE DOWNTOWN, BOB MAYO,
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4.
ANDREW: AN EARLY LOOK AT
WEATHER, TRACKING RAIN MOVING
THROUGH.
SHANNON: WE SEE SOME GREEN
THERE.
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY
IS HERE WITH A FIRST LOOK AT THE
FORECAST.
THE RAIN COMING FROM A WE'RE
DIRECTION.
AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT?
MIKE H.: I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
WEIRD, BUT IT IS COMING FROM THE
SOUTH.
WE DO HAVE LOW PRESSURE OFF THE
COAST AND WE E HAVE RAIN FROM
THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AND PUSHING
UP INTO THE AREA.
AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, VERY
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MOVING
THROUGH NOW, TOWARDS PITTSBURGH.
AS WE GET IN CLOSER YOU CAN SEE
IT SCATTERED AND LIGHT AND
REALLY TALKING ABOUT SOME
SPRINKLES OR VERY LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS THAT ARE MOVING IN.
THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU ARE, THE
BETTER CHANCE YOU'LL HAVE FOR
RAIN.
IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE GAME
TONIGHT, 7:05 FIRST PITCH,
TEMPERATURE AROUND 58.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LIGHT
JACKET JUST IN CASE, BUT JUST A
FEW RAIN DROPS DOWN THERE.
I DON'T EXPECT A DELAY IN THE
GAME.
THE NEXT 24 HOURS, TEMPERATURES
UP INTO THE 60'S AS WE HEAD
THROUGH THE DAY.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON WHEN
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO HIT
THE 80'S, AND HOW LONG WE'RE
GOING TO STAY THERE, THAT'S
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
>> DID THE ACTOR DISCHARGE THE
WEAPON?
ANDREW: POLICE DISPATCH AUDIO
BREAKING DOWN THE MOMENTS OF AN
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING.
IT LED TO A CHAOTIC CHASE
STRETCHING DOWN PENN AFTER FEW
FROM WILKINSBURG INTO POINT
BREEZE NORTH.
SHANNON: MARCIE CIPRIANI JOINS
US LIVE NOW.
REPORTER: YES, WE'VE LEARNED A
GOOD BIT ABOUT THAT MAN.
POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED HIM AS
TODD ROBINSON, THEY SAY HE'S A
CONVICT KILLER SENTENCED TO 15
TO 40 YEARS FOR A KILLING BACK
IN 1959 WHERE HE WAS CONDITION
CONVICTED OF KILLING A MAN NAMED
MARK PIERCE AT A BAR IN
HOMEWOOD.
POLICE WERE HERE AT THE
MCDONALD'S, INVESTIGATORS TELL
US, TO PICK HIM UP ON A PAROLE
VIOLATION WHEN THEY SAY HE
RAMMED THE POLICE CAR AND TWO
OFFICERS OPENED FIR
>> WE GOT SHOTS FIRED AT
MCDONALD'S, SUBJECT RAMMED THE
CAR AND TOOK OFF.
REPORTER: THE RADIO TRANSMISSION
CAME FROM THIS WILKINSBURG
MCDONALD'S SECOND AFTER
INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO POLICE
OFFICERS FIRED AT LEAST THREE
TIMES AT 39-YEAR-OLD TODD
ROBINSON.
ALSO KNOWN AS TODD GLOVER.
POLICE SAY DESPITE THE GUNFIRE,
ROBINSON NEVER STOPPED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICERS
CONSIDERED ROBINSON DANGEROUS.
THEY SAY THEY WERE AT THE
MCDONALD'S ATTEMPTING TO BRING
HIM IN ON A PAROLE VIOLATON IN
A HOMICIDE CASE WHEN DETECTIVES
SAY ROBINSON RAMMED A POLICE
CAR, THEY FIRED AND HE FLED.
WITHIN SECONDS, JUST INTO NORTH
POINT BREEZE, OFFICERS FOUND THE
CAR WRECKED.
DETECTIVES SAY ROBINSON WAS
OUTSIDE THE CAR, HIDING AND
BLEEDING.
THEY SAY ROBINSON HAD BEEN HIT
BY A BULLET, ONE OF THE
WILKINSBURG OFFICER FIRED.
POLICE TELL US ROBINSON WAS
TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD
SURGERY FOR THAT GUNSHOT WOUND,
HE'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT
INVESTIGATORS TELL US HE IS
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING.
MARCIE CIPRIANI, PITTSBURGH'S
ACTION NEWS 4.
SHANNON: THREE PEOPLE AND MORE
THAN A DOZEN ANIMALS KILLED AS
FIRE MOVES THROUGH A HOME IN
SOMERSET COUNTY.
ANDREW: ASHLIE HARDWAY TAKES US
TO THAT SEEN IN MEYERSDALE WHERE
STATE POLICE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED
THE VICTIMS.
REPORTER: YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE
DAMAGE FROM THIS SIDE OF THE
HOUSE.
IT APPEARS THERE USED TO BE A
PORCH HERE OFF TO THE SIDE, THAT
IS DESTROYED.
STATE POLICE HAVE CALLED THEIR
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS HERE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS STARTED.
THREE PEOPLE GONE IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.
LUGENE ALBRIGHT, HER SON JIMMY
JO CHRISTNER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
SARAH BOTTORFF.
THE HOME CAUGHT FIRE AROUND 2:30
THIS MORNING.
>> IT APPEARS THE VICTIMS WERE
MOST LEAKILY SLEEPING WHEN THIS
FIRE TOOK PLACE.
REPORTER: THE HOUSE IS JUST FEET
AWAY FROM THE MEYERSDALE-SUMMIT
TOWNSHIP HOME, IT BURNED
QUICKLY.
>> THERE WERE ALMOST A DOZEN
DOGS IN THE RESIDENCE THAT
DIDN'T SURVIVE, AND ONE CAT AS
WELL.
REPORTER: FAMILY MEMBERS SAY ALL
THESE DOGS DIED, SO DID SOME
PUPPIES BORN A COUPLE MONTHS
AGO.
ALBRIGHT'S HUSBAND SAYS HE
BELIEVES THE FIRE WAS
INTENTIONALLY SET, BUT POLICE
CANNOT SAY THAT FOR SURE AT THIS
POINT.
THEIR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS ARE
LOOKING INTO IT, UNTIL THE CAUSE
IS FIGURED OUT.
>> EARLY ON IN AN INVESTIGATION
WHERE PEOPLE DIED, BECAUSE OF A
FIRE, WE'LL USE ALL OUR
RESOURCES UNTIL WE CAN HONE IN
ON EXACTLY WHAT THE CAUSE IS,
WHETHER IT'S ACCIDENTAL OR
INTENTIONAL.
REPORTER: EVEN THOUGH THIS FIRE
BROKE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT, STATE POLICE ARE ASKING
IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING THAT
MIGHT ASSIST IN THEIR
INVESTIGATION THAT YOU CALL THE
SOMERSET BARRACKS RIGHT AWAY.
IN MEYERSDALE, ASHLIE HARDWAY.
ANDREW: A CACHE OF CANNON BALMS
UNCOVERED IN LAWRENCE --
CANNON BALLS UNCOVERED IN
LAWRENCEVILLE.
POLICE WILL CLOSE A PORTION OF
THE 39TH STREET AREA WHILE THE
CANNON BALMS ARE REMOVED.
LAST WEEK CREWS PLACED WOOD AND
SAND BAG OFFICER THE DISCOVERY.
THAT WAS A PRECAUTION TO PROTECT
AGAINST POTENTIAL EXPLOSIONS.
OFFICERS AND BOMB SQUAD MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN GUARDING THE AREA TO
KEEP THE CURIOUS AWAY.
THE REMOVAL PROCESS IS EXPECTED
TO TAKE ABOUT FIVE DAYS.
SHANNON: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 100TH
DAY IN OFFICE IS THIS SATURDAY,
AND HE WILL BE SPENDING THAT DAY
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
ANDREW: THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
IS MAKING A RETURN TRIP TO THE
FARM SHOW COMPLEX IN HARRISBURG,
HE WAS THERE BACK I APRIL.
SHANNON: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
OPTING TO HOST A ROUND SATURDAY
INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDS DINNER.
THE D.C. TRADITION WHERE A
COMEDIAN CRACKS JOKES AT THE
SITTING PRESIDENT'S EXPENSE, AND
THE PRESIDENT GIVES HIS OWN
STANDUP ROUTINE.
BUT MR. TRUMP DECIDED TO BOYCOTT
THAT EVENT THIS YEAR, PRESUMABLY
HE WILL TELL THE CROWD AT THE
FARM SHOW WHAT HE'S DONE IN HIS
FIRST 100 DAYS OF OFFICE.
YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR TICKETS
THROUGH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S
WEBSIT
ANDREW: THE BLACK AND GOLD
PREPARING FOR THE DRAFT, WHY
THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR A
QUARTERBACK.
PLUS BEN ROETHLISBERGER'S
APOLOGY, WHO NUMBER 7 IS NOW
SAYING SORRY TO.
SHANNON: AND THE PENS BACK ON
THE ICE, WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING
TONIGHT ABOUT THEIR MEETING
THEIR LONG-TIME RIVAL IN ROUND
TWO OF THE PLAYOFFS.
MIKE H.: A FEW SHOWERS MAKEING
THEIR WAY INTO PENNSYLVANIA.
>> THE PICTURES I HAVE HERE SHOW
IN PLACES THERE'S ONLY AN INCH
AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF
INCHES OF CONCRETE.
ANDREW: UNFINISHED WORK OR NO
WORK AT ALL.
ACTION NEWS INVESTIGATES, THE
LOCAL PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY WERE
RIPPED OFF.
THE ANSWER THE OWNER JUST GAVE
>> NOW PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS
4 WITH SHANNON PERRINE, ANDREW
STOCKEY, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
MIKE HARVEY WITH THE FOUR-DEGREE
GUARANTE
AND SKY 4 EVERYWHERE WITH ACTION
CAM, ALWAYS LIVE, THIS IS
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4.
SHANNON: ALL NEW ON 4, AN
APOLOGY FROM BEN ROETHLISBERGER
TO HIS HOME TOWN.
THE THE STEELERS QUARTERBACK NOW
SAYING HE'S SORRY THAT HE LET A
FEW NEGATIVE WORDS CAUSE A RIFT
BETWEEN HIM AND FINLEY, OHIO.
ROETHLISBERGER WAS BACK IN HIS
HOME TOWN OVER THE WEEKEND AS HE
AND HIS SISTER WERE INDUCTED
INTO HANCOCK COUNTY'S SPORTS
HALL OF FAME.
HE SAYS HE WAS HURT BY CRITICISM
SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY SOME PEOPLE
IN TOWN FOLLOWING ACCUSATIONS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
YOU MAY REMEMBER HE WAS NOT
CHARGED THEN BUT WAS SUSPENDED
BY THE NFL IN 2010.
THAT SAME YEAR HE STOPPED
LISTING FINLEY AS HIS HOME TOWN.
ANDREW: AND ROETHLISBERGER HAS
COMMITTED TO PLAYING THIS SEASON
AND THAT'S IT W. THE DRAFT ON
THURSDAY, THERE IS SOME TALK
THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE TIME FOR
THE BLACK AND GOLD TO SELECT A
QUARTERBAC
>> WE HAVE A GREAT QUARTERBACK,
WE THINK THAT HE'S GOING TO BE
HERE FOR A WHILE, AT LEAST WE
HOPE THAT.
AND BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED
AND AGAIN IF SOMEBODY SHOWS THAT
WE DIDN'T THINK WOULD BE THERE
TO GIVE HIM POINT, THEN YOU HAVE
TO SECURE THAT POSITION FOR THE
LONG TERM.
ANDREW: THE STEELERS ALSO
ENTERED THIS DRAFT NOT KNOWING
THE STATUS OF MARTAVIS BRYANT.
HE HASN'T HEARD ABOUT BRYANT'S
POSSIBLE REINSTATEMENT.
HERE IT IS ONLY THE SECOND
ROUND, BUT IT MAY BE THE BEST
MATCHUP OF T ENTIRE STANLEY
CUP PLAYOFFS.
THE PENGUINS AND CAPITALS, THE
RIVALS WITH, WERE THE TWO BEST
TEAMS IN THE REGULAR SEASON.
AND THE WINNER OF THIS SERIES
WILL BE THE FAVORITE TO WIN IT
ALL.
THEY SPLIT THE REGULAR SEASON
SERIES.
>> I THINK REGULAR SEASON IS
REGULAR SEASON, THE PLAYOFF IS
PLAYOFF.
THERE WAS A FEW CRAZY GAMES
THERE, AND IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO
PLAY AGAINST WASHINGTON.
THEY COME OUT HARD AND IT'S
ALWAYS A GOOD MATCHUP FOR US.
SO I THINK WE'RE ALL LOOKING
FORWARD FOR THIS SERIES T
START.
>> THIS WILL BE THE 10TH TIME
THEY'VE MET IN THE PLAYOFFS,
PITTSBURGH WINNING --
>> IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE BILLION A
GAME PLAN FOR THE ROAD AND A
DIFFERENT PLAN FOR AT HOME.
WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY THE SAME
GAME.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST MESSAGE.
ANDREW: THERE IS AL ENLT O BOTH
SIDE OZ TALENT ON BOTH SIDE.
A COMBINED SIX MVP AWARDS AND
FIVE SCORING TITLE
>> THEY'RE TWO TEAMS THAT ARE
EXCITING TO WATCH, THEY LIKE TO
CREATE OFFENSE, DON'T
NECESSARILY SIT BACK, BOTH OF US
TAKE PRIDE.
ANDREW: THE SERIES OPENS IN
WASHINGTON THURSDAY NIGHT.
GAME TWO SATURDAY, ALSO IN D.C.
THEN THE TEAMS COME TO
PITTSBURGH FOR GAME THREE NEXT
MONDAY, AND WEDNESDAY.
IF NECESSARY, GAME FIVE WILL BE
SATURDAY, GAME SIX IN
WASHINGTON. SO TWO DAYS OFF
BETWEEN GAMES FOUR AND FIVE.
GAME SEVEN, IF NEEDED IN
WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY M 10.
SHANNON: HE SAYS THEY'RE
EXCITING TO WATCH.
I HAVE MY BLOOD PRESSURE
MEDICINE.
ANDREW: IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT
HOCKEY, SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
THESE TWO TEAMS OBVIOUSLY DON'T
GET ALONG, SO THAT WILL MAKE IT
MORE INTERESTING.
MIKE H.: WOULD HAVE BEEN NICER
IF THEY MET LATER DOWN THE ROAD.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT
NOW.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE, WE MADE IT
UP TO THE, AROUND 63 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE RAIN
CAME THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE
RAIN DROPS ON THE SCREEN RIGHT
NOW, WE'VE DROPPED DOWN A LITTLE
BIT TO 59.
WIN OUT OF THE EAST AT 16 MILES
PER HOUR.
TEMPERATURE WISE, THE FURTHER
YOU GO AWAY FROM THE RAIN, THE
WARMER IT GETS, 68 IN
YOUNGSTOWN, 66 IN FRANKLIN,
AKRON AT 70.
DEEP CREEK 46.
MORGANTOWN 57.
RIGHT NOW 52 IN WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE THIS BIG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE JUST OFF THE COAST, AND
IT'S PUMPING UP ALL THIS
MOISTURE INTO PENNSYLVANIA, NOT
MUCH IS MAKING IT INTO WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.
WE'VE HAD A TRACE OF RAIN SO
FAR, OFFICIALLY AT THE AIRPORT.
NOT EXPECTING TOO MUCH MORE TO
SOME LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
SPRINKLES IN THE AREA.
BUT IT HAS REALLY BROUGHT THE
CLOUDS IN LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS MORNING WE HAD SOME NICE
SUNSHINE, ESPECIALLY FROM
PITTSBURGH UP TO THE NORTH AND
YOU CAN SEE JUST VERY LIGHT RAIN
THAT IS MOVING INTO THE REGION.
AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, THAT
LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH UP TO
THE NORTH, SO WE'LL HAVE THE
CHANCE OF A FEW SPRINKLES OR
LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AS WE GO
THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY, BUT
WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN BETWEEN
SYSTEMS, WE'LL SLIP IN A LITTLE
HIGH PRESSURE. SO THE SECOND
HALF OF WEDNESDAY WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT SUNSHINE RETURNING.
SO ON FUTURE CAST, YOU CAN SEE
CLOSER HERE, 7:00 A.M. IN THE
MORNING, COULD HAVE A FEW
SPRINKLES SOUTHEAST OF
PITTSBURGH.
THIS IS 1:00 ON TUESDAY, HERE IT
IS AT 6:00, BUT MOST LOCATIONS
WILL BE STAYING DRY AND THEN WE
GO INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
THE MORNING WILL HAVE THE CLOUDS
AROUND, BUT WE GO THROUGH THE
DAY YOU'LL SEE HOW IT GETS VER
NICE.
THURSDAY ALSO LOOKING IN PRETTY
GOOD SHAPE AND BOTH OF THOSE
DAYS IT'S GOING TO BE VERY WARM
OUT THERE.
TOMORROW WE'RE LOOKING AT
50 DEGREES TO START THE DAY, SO
ON THE MILD SIDE IN THE MORNING.
BY NOONTIME WE'RE UP TO 60 WITH
MAYBE A COUPLE OF SPOTTY SHOWERS
AROUND.
THEN WE TAKE IT INTO THE
EVENING, A HIGH OF 68, WIN EAST
AT 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.
TOMORROW, 68 DEGREES.
BUT LOOK ON WEDNESDAY A
THURSDAY, CLOUDS ON WEDNESDAY,
SUNSHINE WILL COME OUT,
80 DEGREES.
THEN WE TAKE IT INTO THURSDAY,
84 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH
TEMPERATURE.
COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH LATE,
SO THAT COULD BRING SHOWERS LATE
ON THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE DAY
ON FRIDAY, WE DROP THE
TEMPERATURE DOWN TO 74.
AND EVEN COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO
THE WEEKEND ON SATURDAY, A
CHANCE OF RAIN SATURDAY AS WELL
AS SUNDAY.
YOUR FOUR-DEGREE GUARANTEE FOR
TOMORROW, A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
68 DEGREES.
SHANNON: THANKS, MIKE.
SHE WAS JUST READING A BOOK WHEN
SHE SAYS HER FIT BIT EXPLODED.
ONE WOMANS WARNING TO ALL USE
TONIGHT.
ANDREW: AND YOUR FAVORITE
CHOCOLATE BAR MAY BE CHANGING.
SHANNON: THE NUMBERS TELL THE
STORY, GAS PRICES IN PITTSBURGH
ARE ON THE WAY UP.
MAN, HAVE WE NOTICED.
AND THEY ARE RISING QUICKLY AS
THE SUMMER DRIVING SEASON
APPROACHES.
NATIONALLY PRICES ARE UP ABOUT A
PENNY, BUT HERE IN PITTSBURGH
PRICES ARE UP BY MORE THAN A
NICKEL A GALLON.
DRIVERS ARE QUICK TO NOTICE THE
CHANGE TESS PUMP AND IN THEIR
POCKETBOOK.
>> INSTEAD OF PUTTING LIKE FILL
IT, I ALWAYS JUST GET ENOUGH
BECAUSE I HAVE TO RUN ALL THE
TIME.
>> IT'S A ROLLER COASTER, GOES
UP AND DOWN.
I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ALMOST
4.50 A GALLON F REGULAR.
>> I CAN'T AFFORD ALL THIS GAS,
I COULD FILL MY CAR UP WITH $20,
NOW I GOTTA GO 50.
SHANNON: I KNOW, RIGHT.
STILL WE ARE PAYING LESS THAN
LAST YEAR AT THI TIME WHEN GAS
PRICES ROSE BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY.
ANDREW: A WARNING FORFEIT BIT
USERS, AFTER A USER SAYS HERE'S
EXPLODED WHILE SHE WAS WEARING
IT.
SHE SAID SHE HAD IT FOR ONLY TWO
WEEKS, WHEN IT EXPLODED, BURNING
HER ARM WITH MELTING PLASTIC,
SHE SAYS THERE WAS NO INDICATION
ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE
DEVICE.->> IF THEY ARE EXPLODING OR IF
THERE'S SOME TYPE OF MALFUNCTION
WITH THEM, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO
HAVE A SCAR FROM THIS PROBABLY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD DO
TO A CHILD?
ANDREW: SCARY.
THE DEVICE DOES COME WITH A
WARNING SAYING IT CONTAINS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THAT COULD
CAUSE INJURY, IF NOT PROPERLY
HANDLED.
FIT BIT IS INVESTIGATING
TONIGHT.
THE COMPANY SAYS THE DEVICE
SHOULD NOT EXPLODE UNDER NORMAL
USE.
>> HE TOOK MY CHECK, CASHED AND
IT NEVER DID ANYTHING.
ANDREW: UNFINISHED WORK OR NO
WORK AT ALL.
THE COMPLAINTS POURING IN
AGAINST A LOCAL COMPANY.
BUT TONIGHT ACTION NEWS
INVESTIGATES, WHY THE OWNER'S
FAMILY SAYS HE IS THE REAL
VICTIM.
SHANNON: A 4-YEAR-OLD CALLS 911,
HER MOTHER LYING PASSED OUT ON
THE FLOOR, WHAT POLICE ALSO
FOUND NEARBY WHEN THEY GOT
INSIDE.
DRAWRP DRESSING THE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST HIM.
DURING A BOARD MEETING.
THIS PENN HILLS SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBER IS UNDER FIRE, AND NOW
RESIGNING FROM H JOB.
REPORTER: ALL OF THE CHARGES ARE
LISTED IN A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU IN A FEW
SECOND.
IN THE MEANTIME, PEP HILLS
RESIDENTS REACT WITH A LOT
DISAPPOINTMENT.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES ARRESTED AND CHARGED
PENN HILLS SCHOOL BOA MEMBER
DONALD COO WITH THREE COUNTS OF
HEROIN POSSESSION.
THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT SAYS
DEPUTIES CONFISCATED THREE STAMP
BAGS, THEY ALSO FOUND AN OPIOID
CONCEALEDDED IN A BREATH MINT
CASE AND A CUT STRAW, ALLEY
CONTAINING COCAINE RESIDUE.
PENN HILLS RESIDENTS REACT
STRONGLY TO THE CHARGES.
>> YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF
PENN HILLS HAVE TO HOLD YOURSELF
A LITTLE HIGHER.
REPORTER: BAD EXAMPLE FOR
STUDENTS?
>> VERY BAD EXAMPLE.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS DON'T KEEP
HAPPENING.
>> HOW MUCH MORE CAN PENN HILLS
TAKE?
THE SCHOOL, THE MONEY FOR THE
SCHOOL BEING TAKEN, NOW DRUGS.
>> IT IS ANOTHER LAYER OF
DISAPPOINTING NEWS, PLUS TO HAVE
THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH THIS
MONEY THING, THE MONEY ISSUE,
AND IT IS JUST MORE AND MORE
STUFF KEEPS COMING UP.
REPORTER: HE ADDRESSED THE
INCIDENT LAST MONTH AT A SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING.
>> UNFORTUNATELY IT IS ELECTION
TIME AND ALL TOO OFTEN THOSE WHO
HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR PLANS AND
HAVE NO RECORD OF THEIR OWN TO
RUN ON, THEY HAVE KEPT TO CREATE
A POLITICAL SMOKE SCREEN.
REPORTER: AGAIN THAT WAS COON AT
LAST MONTH'S SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING, HE IS NOT IN POLICE
CUSTODY.
AND IN THE MEANTIME THERE'S
ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
THIS EVENING.
>> HE WAS CONVICTED IN THE
AMBUSH OF TWO STATE TROOPERS,
NOW HE'S REFUSING TO
COMMUNICATE.
LAWYERS FOR ERIC FREIN ARE
REQUESTING AN EMERGENCY
COMPETENCY HEARING AFTER JAIL
OFFICERS TOLD THEM FREIN WOULD
NOT WALK OR TALK, WAS STARING OH
OFF INTO SPACE AND HAD TO BE
BROUGHT OVER IN A WHEELCHAIR.
BUT THE JUDGE DENIED THAT
REQUEST.
RIGHT NOW JURORS ARE HEARING
TESTIMONY IN THE SENTENCING
PHASE AS PROSECUTORS ARE SEEKING
THE DEATH PENALTY HERE.
THE SAME JURY FOUND FREIN GUILTY
ON ALL CHARGES LAST WEEK IN THE
DEATH OF CORPORAL BRIAN DICKSON
AND OFFICER DOUGLAS.
ANDREW: A 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD
CALLING 911 AFTER A CAR GIVER
OVERDOSES RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.
SHE WAS REVIVED WITH NARCAN
AFTER SHE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS,
POLICE SAY.
THEY SAY THEY ALSO FOUND DRUGS
AND A NEEDLE NEARBY.
SHANNON: THE UNITED STATES NOW
ISSUING SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ISSUED
THE $271 SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE
TO PRESIDENT ASSAD'S USE OF
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
80 PEOPLE WERE KILLED EARLIER
THIS MONTH AFTER THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS WERE DROPPED IN NORTHERN
SYRIA, WHERE REBELS CURRENTLY
HAVE CONTROL.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THE U.S. ALSO
FIRED AIR STRIKES FOLLOWING THE
ATTACK.
THE SANCTIONS ARE AMONG ONE OF
THE LARGEST IN U.S. HISTORY.
MONEY WAS THE MOTIVE AT LEAST
THAT'S WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY
ABOUT 18-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL RON
KADAR, ACCUSED OF MAKING
THOUSANDS OF THREATS TO JEWISH
CENTERS WORLDWIDE INCLUDING IN
PHILADELPHIA.
PROSECUTORS SAY THE SUSPECT RAN
A SOPHISTICATED ONLINE THREAT
NETWORK, EARNING $240,000 TO
MAKE THOSE THREATS.
HIS PARENTS WERE ALSO INSIDE THE
COURTROOM IN ISRAEL AND THEY
BLAME THEIR SON'S BEHAVIOR ON
SEVERE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
INCLUDING A BRAIN TUMOR.
ANDREW: BACK AT HOME, A --
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND
IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
SHANNON: A TRACTOR TRAILER GOES
UP IN FLAMES, MAIL SPILLING ALL
OVER THE ROAD, ALL OF THIS
CAUSING A ROUGH COMMUTE ON THE
TURNPIKE.
LET'S GO TO SCIEF 4 WITH ACTION
CAM, OVER THAT TRACTOR TRAILER
THAT OVERTURNED AROUND MILE
MARKER 36.
THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO BUTLER
VALLEY.
SO THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE AND
DRIVERS STUCK IN THIS, THE THE
LANES FINALLY REOPENED ON THE
TURNPIKE, RIGHT AROUND 9:00 THIS
MORNING, WE DO KNOW THE GOOD
NEWS HERE, NO ONE HURT.
ANDREW: ANOTHER CRASH, THIS ONE
IN THE ELLIOTT NEIGHBORHOOD,
SENDING TWO PEOPLE TO THE
HOSPITAL.
TONIGHT THEY ARE BOTH IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
ALL THIS HAPPENING JUST BEFORE
6:00 THIS MORNING IN THE 100
BLOCK OF CHARTIE AVENUE.
SHANNON: POLICE IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY STEPPING UP EFFORTS TO
FIND A MISSING MAN.
63-YEAR-OL MILOBRIGGS JR., HIS
VAN IS ALSO MISSING, SO IT'S A
2002 GREEN STHEF I --
CHEVY VAN.
IF YOU SEE MILO OR YOU SEE THAT
GREEN VAN, CALL POLICE RIGHT
AWAY.
ANDREW: NEARLY $29 BILLION,
THAT'S WHAT PITTSBURGH BASED PPG
IS OFFERING TO PAY IN ITS THIRD
ATTEMPT TO TAKE OVER A COMPANY.
THE PREVIOUS OFFERS WERE
REJECTED, NOW THE DEAL IS UP TO
28.8 BILLION.
THEY MAKE INDUSTRIAL PAINTS AND
CHEMICALS.
PPG SAYS IT WILL NOT RELOCATE
ANY OF THE COMPANY'S EUROPEAN
PRODUCTION PLANTS TO THE UNITED
STATES, THAT'S IF THE DEAL GOES
THROUGH.
SHANNON: SIX YEARS, THAT'S HOW
LONG SOME CUSTOMERS IN BUTLER
COUNTY HAVE BEEN LIVING WITHOUT
CLEAN DRINKING WATER.
TODAY A PITTSBURGH GROUP DONATED
$5,000 TO HELP BRING CLEAN WATER
TO SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES.
THE MONEY WILL BE ENOUGH TO
SUPPLY 50 FAMILIES WITH CLEAN
WATER.
SOME MEMBERS OF THE GROUP DO
LIVE IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH
AND ARE NO STRANGERS TO WATER
PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE FACT THAT DOZENS OF
FAMILIES CAN GO SIX AND MORE
YEARS WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLEAN
DRINKING WATER AND THAT THEY
HAVE TO GO TO A CHURCH BASEMENT
TO GET WATER TO COOK THEIR FOOD,
IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE, AND
IT FRANKLY OUGHT TO BE A
HEADLINE IN EVERY NEWSPAPER AND
THE FRONT STORY IN EVERY NIGHTLY
NEWS.
SHANNON: MS. KRAMER AND SEVERAL
OTHERS IN PITTSBURGH AND BUTLER
ARE ORGANIZING A CLIMATE MARCH
TO BRING MORE LIGHT TO THE
GROWING ISSUE OF UNCLEAN WATER
LEFT BY FRACKING AND OTH
PROBLEMS.
>> EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO STEAL
FROM SOMEBODY ELSE AND BASICALLY
GET AWAY WITH IT.
ANDREW: LOCAL COMPANY UNDER
FIRE, CUSTOMERS CLAIMING HE
DIDN'T DO THE WORK OR DIDN'T
FINISH IT.
WHAT THE OWNER TELLS US ABOUT
THE DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS.
SHANNON: THEY ARE SYMBOLS OF THE
INDUSTRY, BUT TONIGHT THEY'VE
BEEN REMOVED.
WHY THE CITY SAYS MORE WILL BE
TAKEN DOWN, WE'LL TELL WHERE YOU
THIS HAPPENED.
MIKE H.: WE'RE TRACKING RAIN
SHOWERS MOVING INTO THE AREA,
HOW LONG THE WET WEATHER WILL BE
WITH US AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO
BE SEEING TEMPERATURES SKY
ROCKETING INTO THE 80'S.
ANDREW: HE'S ACCUSED OF
KIDNAPPING HIS FORMER STUDENT,
SPARKING A ANYTHINGS WIDE
SEARCH.
NOW TAD CUMMINS IS FACING A (HE
WAS ARRESTED AFTER BEING FOUND
IN A REMOTE CABIN IN CALIFORNIA
WITH 15-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH
THOMAS.
CUMMINS FACES BOTH FEDERAL AND
STATE FELONY CHARGINGS OF
KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL CONTACT,
AND IF CONVICTED IS FACING AT
LEAST 10 YEARS IN PRISON.
SHANNON: PROMINENT SYMBOLS OF
THE CONFEDERACY HERE IN THE U.S.
ARE NOW GONE.
WORKERS IN NEW ORLEANS REMOVED
THE LIBERTY PLACE MONUMENT WHILE%
A LARGE CROWD WATCHED
ANDREW: WHY THE CITY SAYS MORMON
U.S WILL COME DOWN --
MORE MONUMENTS WILL COME DOWN.
REPORTER: CREWS IN NEW ORLEANS
WORKED TO REMOVE THIS MONTH
MUMENT.
MONUMENT.
IT WAS A TRIBUTE TO WHITES WHO
REVOLUMED AGAINST THE RACIAL
INTETION RATION OF THE CITY'S
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT TO OTHERS IT A SYMBOL O
HATE.(SHOUTING).
>> THEY MADE THEIR DECISION,
WELCOME TO DEMOCRACY, IT'S
COMI DOWN.
REPORTER: SUPPORTERS AND
OPPONENTS SPARRING.
>> WE WILL NO LONGER ALLOW THE
CONFEDERACY TO LITERALLY BE PUT
ON A PEDESTAL IN THE HEART OF
OUR CITY.
REPORTER: SOME SUPPORTERS STILL
NOT HAPPY WITH HOW IT'S PLAYING
OUT.
>> WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS
HATED STATUE BE TAKEN DOWN, BUT
WE'RE DISAPPOINTED IN THE MAYOR
THAT IT'S BEING DONE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHERE PEOPLE
CAN'T COME OUT AND CELEBRATE.
REPORTER: THE MAYOR BLAMES THE
TIMING ON DEATH THREATS FROM
PROTESTERS, SAYING THE CREWS
WILL CONTINUE THEIR WORK TO
REMOVE OTHER MONUMENTS AT NIGHT
TO KEEP THE PROCESS AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF FOUR
MONUMENTS SLATED FOR REMOVAL.
THE MAYOR WON'T GIVE ANY
TIMETABLE ON THOSE, CITING
SECURITY CONCERNS.
SHANNON: YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO
CHECK YOUR SNACK SUPPLY.
THE NEW RECALL ON POTATO CHIPS,
HOW THEY COULD MAKE YOU SICK.
ANDREW: AND COMPLAINT AFTER
COMPLAINT, YARDS TORN UP, SOME
SAYING THE WORK WAS NEVER
COMPLETED, OTHERS CLAIMING THE
COMPANY NEVER DID ANYTHING BUT
TAKE THEIR MONEY.
NOW WHAT THE OWNER MASS TO SAY
ABOUT IT.
SHANNON: AND FINDING A FOREVER
HOME, THE FOUND AL STOP ON THE
ROAD TO RECOVER FOR AN ABANDONED
DOG.
ANDREW: CONCRETE COMPLAINTS.
CUSTOMERS SAYING THEY AREN'T
HAPPY WITH THE WORK, OTHERS
SAYING THE WORK THEY PAID FOR
WAS NEVER EVEN DONE.
SHANNON: ALYSSA RAYMOND WENT
THERE AND TALKED TO THE OWNER
HIMSELF.
REPORTER: I DID, AND HE SAID HE
WANTED TO SHARE HIS SIDE OF THE
STORY.
THESE PROBLEMS POURED IN ABOUT
THIS LOCAL MASONRY BUSINESS, THE
COMPLAINTS RANGING FROM SLOPPY
WORK TO NO WORK AT ALL, EVEN
THOUGH SOME OF THAT WORK WAS
ALREADY PAID FOR.
PEOPLE ARE SHARING THEIR
EXPERIENCES WITH PITTSBURGH'S
ACTION NEWS 4 BECAUSE THEY DON'T
WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE
ELSE
>> I WAS SO STUPID.
>> I DIDN'T THINK.
>> THE MORE I WENT, THE MORE I
FOUND OUT WRONG WITH THE
CONCRETE AND THE WALL.
>> IT'S MICHAEL SNEER AND
RICHARD BARONE THAT DID THIS.
>> I DO OWE PEOPLE MONEY, BUT I
ACTUALLY DID THEIR JOBS.
REPORTER: JAMES HIRED THE
COMPANY IN 2015, RICK VARONE AND
HIS EMPLOYEES COMPLETED THE
WORK, BUT HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH
IT.
>> I PAID FOR FIVE AND A HALF
INCHES OF CONCRETE, THE PICTURES
I HAVE SHOW IN PLACES THERE'S
ONLY AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO
INCHES OF CONCRETE.
REPORTER: BEFORE HE DISCOVERED
THE NOW DOCUMENTED DEFECTS, HIS
NEIGHBORS, DAVID BOWER AND
DOROTHY COMB, MADE DOWNPAYMENTS
FOR WORK ON THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
BOWER AND COMB WROTE CHECKS OUT
TO MICHAEL SNEER WHO WAS
EMPLOYED BY VARONE MASONRY AT
THE TIME.
>> HE TOOK MY CHECK AND NEVER
DID ANYTHING.
>> NO, HE DID NOT FINISH THE
WORK.
NOT AT ALL.
IT WAS TORN UP ALL SUMMER.
>> I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE SO
EASY FOR SOMEBODY TO STEAL FROM
SOMEBODY ELSE AND BASICALLY GET
AWAY WITH IT.
>> JUST DO SOMETHING TO HIM, SO
THAT HE DOESN'T DO THIS TO
ANYONE ELSE.
REPORTER: WE ATTEMPTED TO TALK
TO SNEER, HE DECLINED AN ON
CAMERA INTERVIEW.
BARONE HE TOLD US HE FIRED
SNEER, BUT OVER THE PHONE SNEER
SAID HE QUIT WORKING FOR HIS
EX-BROTHER-IN-LAW'S BUSINESS,
AND SAYS HE STARTED HIS BUSINESS
IN DECEMBER.
>> I NEVER HAD ONE COMPLAINTS
SINCE IT'S JUST ME AND MY
FATHER.
REPORTER: OVER THE PAST THREE
YEARS THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
RECEIVED 14 COMPLAINTS ABOUT
THEM.
>> CONSUMERS ALLEG THEY
ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT AND DID NOT
RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK OR THEIR
DEPOSIT BACK EITHER.
REPORTER: THE BUSINESS HAD AN F
RATING WHEN WE STARTED
INVESTIGATING.
SINCE WE SPOKE TO BARONE, HE
RESPONDED TO ALL THOSE
COMPLAINTS AND IS CURRENTLY NOT
RATED.
MICHAEL WRIGHT SAYS HE JUST
WANTS HIS $2,000 DEPOSIT BACK.
>> I'LL NEVER COLLECT THAT
MONEY.
REPORTER: HE SAYS BARONE HAS
THROWN HIM EVERY EXCUSE IN THE
BOOK.
THE FAMILY BELIEVES HE'S THE
REAL VICTIM HERE.
>> HE'S A GOOD HONEST KID.
>> HE'S TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF
HIS FAMILY, BUT THERE'S PEOPLE
STIFFING HIM.
REPORTER: COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL
JUDGES TOTALS MORE THAN $10,000,
AND SIEBERT SUED HIM FOR
THOUSANDS MORE.
SEIBERT SAYS HE DIDN'T LIVE UP
TO HIS END OF THE BARGAIN, AND
FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY.
BARONE SAYS HE OWES ABOUT
$10,000.
>> IT MIGHT TAKE ME A COUPLE OF
MONTHS, BUT I PLAN ON PAYING
EVERYBODY BACK I OWE.
REPORTER: IN THE EN, SEIBERT
BELIEVES IT'S BARONE'S BUSINESS
SO IT'S ALSO HIS RESPONSIBILITY.
>> MY AGREEMENT WAS NOT WITH ME
AND HIS FOREMAN MIKE.
HI AGREEMENT WAS WITH RICHARD
BARON EXPE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF
THAT STUFF.
IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO STAY
AROUND AND WATCH WHAT HIS
BUSINESS IS DOING, THEN HE'S GOT
TO PAY THE PIPER AT THE END.
REPORTER: AND HE TOLD US HE
PLANNED ON DOING JUST. THAT.
>> I APOLOGIZE AND I KNOW MY
REPUTATION IS RUINED, BUT I'M
GOING TO FIX IT, SO I'M SORRY.
REPORTER: AT LAST CHECK, BARONE
STILL OWED SEIBERT ABOUT $6,000
AND AS FOR SNEER HE'S CHARGED
WITH WITH HOME IMPROVEMENT
FRAUD, DECEPTIVE BUSINESS
PRACTICES AND THEFT.
SNEER IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN
COURT ON THOSE CHARGES NEXT
MONTH.
SHANNON: TIME FOR WEATHER NOW,
WE HAVE CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE
HARVEY JOINING US NOW.
I KNOW YOU LIKE SPRING AND IT
WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND, BUT
IT'S TURNING INTO SUMMER.
MIKE H.: REALLY QUICK, WE'VE
SEEN TEMPERATURES IN THE 80'S
THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE RIGHT OFF.
NOT NEAR 80 TODAY, WE'RE SEEING
SHOWERS WHICH ARE MOVING
THROUGH, AND THE FURTHER SOUTH
YOU GO TODAY, THE COOLER THE
TEMPERATURES GET, THAT'S A BIT
UNUSUAL.
RIGHT NOW 57 DEGREES IN
MORGANTOWN.
57 IN WEST MIFFLIN, NEW CASTLE
AT 61.
YOUNGSTOWN 68.
FRANKLIN AT 66 DEGREES.
RAIN DROPS ON THE CAMERA LOOKING
INTO DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, WHERE
WE HAVE A TEMPERATURE OF
59 DEGREES.
WINDS EAST AT 6 MILES PER HOU
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLOUDS,
FROM CRANBERRY, LOOKING OUT
TOWARDS THE WEST, YOU CAN SEE IT
BECAME OVERCAST IN THE
AFTERNOON.
PLENTY OF SUNSHINE UP IN
CRANBERRY, BUT THAT WENT AWAY
AND IT WILL BE OVERCAST AS WE
HEAD THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO
TOMORROW MORNING.
HERE IS WHY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY LOW PRESSURE
WHICH IS SOUTH OF NORFOLK, ALL
OF THAT IS PUSHING UP INTO
PENNSYLVANIA.
NOT SEEING A LOT IN THE WAY OF
RAIN, JUST SPRINKLES OR LIGHT
RAIN SHOWERS THAT ARE MOVING
INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AT
THIS TIME.
BUT IT IS EXTENDING UP TOWARDS
BUTLER COUNTY THROUGH BEAVER
COUNTY, UP TOWARDS LAWRENCE
COUNTY.
SO YOU COULD SEE A FEW RAIN
DROPS UP AS FAR AS THOSE
LOCATIONS, AND IT'S VERY
SPORADIC AND VERY LIGHT.
THAT IS MOVING INTO THE REGION.
AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW THAT LOW
WILL MOVE RIGHT UP THE COAST AND
THAT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE OF
SEEING A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS,
ESPECIALLY FROM PITTSBURGH TO
THE SOUTHEAST.
BUT AGAIN NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
RAIN ACCUMULATION.
THAT LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OFF, AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON
THURSDAY WE'LL START WITH
CLOUDS, BUT YOU SEE HIGH
PRESSURE FILLS IN AND THAT
SHOULD CLEAR US OUT.
SO WE SHOULD FINISH WEDNESDAY
WITH SOME SUNSHINE AND VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES, AND THOSE WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL STICK AROUND
THROUGH THURSDAY.
SO HERE WE GO INTO TOMORROW,
THIS IS TUESDAY AT 7:00 A.M.,
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AS WE HEAD
THROUGH THE DAY, 1:00 SOME
SHOWERS, VERY LIGHT, EAST OF
PITTSBURGH AND SOUTH OF
PITTSBURGH, THAT'S ALSO THE CASE
AT 6:00 P.M.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK IT INTO
WEDNESDAY, YOU SEE THE CLOUDS
THAT WILL BE WITH US, THOSE WILL
MOVE AWAY AS THAT LOW PRESSURE
MOVES UP TO THE NORTH AND HIGH
PRESSURE FILLS IN.
SO WEDNESDAY WE WILL FINISH WITH
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, AND WARM
TEMPERATURES.
ON THURSDAY WE'LL START THE DAY
AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF WITH
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES BEFORE CLOUDS
COME IN AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
LATE ON THURSDAY.
OVERNIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
COUPLE OF SHOWERS, 50 DEGREES
TOMORROW MORNING.
A HIGH TEMPERATURE ON TUESDAY,
68 DEGREES.
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WE'LL ONLY
HAVE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS AROUND
TOWN.
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY, SHOW, A LOOK AT
THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES, 80 ON
WEDNESDAY, THAT'S THE DAY WE'LL
HAVE CLOUDS IN THE MORNING, IT
WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY, 84 ON
THURSDAY, THAT WILL BE THE
OPPOSITE, WE'LL HAVE SUNSHINE
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE
DAY UNTIL NOON, THEN IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON CLOUDS WILL ARRIVE AND
THURSDAY NIGHT WE'LL HAVE
SHOWERS WHICH WILL MOVE IN,
THOSE RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE WITH
US INTO FRIDAY WITH A COLD
FRONT, THAT WILL DROP OUR HIGH
DOWN TO 74 ON FRIDAY.
BACK UP TO 78 ON SATURDAY, AND
82 ON SUNDAY.
BOTH DAYS A CHANCE OF RAIN.
YOUR FOUR-DEGREE GUARANTEE FOR
TOMORROW, 68 DEGREES.
SHANNON: FOR YOUR MONEY NOW,
HERSHEY IS CUTTING CALORIES.
TODAY THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED THAT
BY THE END OF 2022, HALF OF ITS
INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED STANDARD
AND KING SIZED SWEETS WILL HAVE
200 CALORIES OR FEWER.
THEY PLAN TO REFORM ULTIMATE
TREATS, INTRODUCE NEW ONES AND
KING SIZED BARS WILL BE DESIGNED
TO BE MORE EASILY SHARED OR
SAVED FOR LATER.
RIGHT NOW A STANDARD HERSHEY BAR
IS 210 CALORIES.
HERSHEY ALSO PLANS TO PUT IN
EASY TO READ LABELS OPT FRONT OF
ALL STANDARD AND KING SIZED BARS
BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
ANDREW: ANOTHER RECALL TONIGHT,
FRITO LAY IS RECALLING TWO
POTATO CHIP PRODUCTS OVER FEARS
OF SALMONELLA.
IT'S A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR HALL
PEEN WHY --
JALAPENO FLAVORED CHIPS AND THEY
SAY IT HAS POTENTIALLY TAINTED
JALAPENO PEPPER.
SHANNON: SOME ARE NOT LOVING IT,
THE NEW MCDONALD'S UNIFORM.
SOME EMPLOYEES TURNED TO SOCIAL
MEDIA, SLAMMING THEM FOR THEIR
LACK OF COLOR, SOME SAYING THEY
LOOK LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE
HUNGER GAMES.
MCDONALD'S SAYS THE GOAL IS
COMFORT AND CONTEMPORARY
PROFESSIONALISM.
MORE THAN 7 OF RESTAURANT
EMPLOYEES SAY THEY LIKE THE NEW
UNIFORMS.
ANDREW: THEY'RE MEANT TO PROTECT
STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS, BUT
TONIGHT ATTORNEYS GENERAL FROM
20 STATES ARE FOUGHTING
EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS.
THE LETTER CALLED ON DEVOS TO
RESTORE THE MEMOS WHICH WERE
STARTED BY THE FEDERAL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR UNDER
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
THE MEMOS HELP BORROWERS GET
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR LOANS
AND REPAYMENT OPTIONS.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LONG
DISTANCE CALL.
SHANNON: THIS IS REALLY
INTERESTING, THE OUT OF THIS
WORLD RECORD THAT DESERVED A
CONGRATULATORY CALL FROM THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF.
MIKE C.: NOW AT 6:00, BIKERS
BEHAVING BADLY, AND ONLY WE ARE
THERE AS TWO MEMBERS A
MOTORCYCLE CLUB ARE RELEASED
FR JAIL.
>> CAN WE ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> NO.
MIKE C.: THE ATTACK OUTSIDE A
SOUTH SIDE BAR AND HOW A T-SHIRT
ALLEGEDLY SPARKED THE VIOLENT
MOMENTS.
ANDREW: TONIGHT IN PRIME TIME:
SHANNON: IT IS IS A STUNNING NEW
GLIMPSE OF EARTH THROUGH THE
RINGS OF SATURN.
THESE PICTURES JUST RELEASED
FROM NASA SHOWING EARTH AS A
POINT OF LIGHT THROUGH THE ICY
RING.
IN THIS PHOTOEST IS
170 MILLION MILES AWAY.
JUST LET THAT WASH OVER YOU.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THIS IS THE
EARTH'S SOUTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN
FACING THE CAMERA, RIGHT HERE.
ANDREW: OF COURSE.
HOW ABOUT AN OUT OF THIS WORLD
RECORD TO TELL YOU ABOUT, A
WORLD RECORD.
AN ASTRONAUT HAS BROKE TEN U.S.
RECORD FOR THE MOST TIME SPENT
IN SPACE.
SHANNON: SALLY KIDD WITH THE
LONG DISTANCE CONGRATULATORY
CALL.
REPORTER: COMMANDER WHEN WHEN WHIT DON
HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST
TIME IN SPACE BY AN AMERICAN,
SHE'S SPENT 534 DAYS IN SPACE SO
FAR AND WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO
EARTH FOR MONTHS.
SHE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO
CONGRATULATED HER ON THE
MILESTONE.
HE SAYS THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME
FOR NASA, AS THE SPACE AGENCY
PREPARES FOR HUMAN EXPEDITIONS
TO MARS.
>> GETTING THERE WILL REQUIRE
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO GET
THE, TO IT BE A PLANET WIDE
APPROACH.
IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
>> WE WANT TO DO IT DURING MY
FIRST TERM OR SECOND TERM, SO
WE'LL HAVE TO SPEED THAT UP A
LITTLE.
REPORTER: NASA IS BUILDING A
MEGAROCKET TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS
INTO DEEP SPACE IN T 2020s
TO EXPLORE AN ASTEROID WITH THE
GOAL OF REACHING LOW MARS ORBIT
IN THE 2030'S.
SHE IS ALSO THE FIRST WOMAN TO
COMMAND THE SPACE STATION.
AND SHE IS THE OLDEST WOMAN IN
SPAC
>> PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4
STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> GET OUT OF HERE.
>> CAN WE ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> NO.
MIKE C.: BIKERS BEHAVING BADLY,
AN ATTACK OUTSIDE A POPULAR
SOUTH SIDE BAR LANDING FOUR MEN
BEHIND BARS.
HERE THEY ARE, MEMBERS OF THE
WAR DOGS, A LOCAL MOTORCYCLE
CLUB.
ONLY ON 4, TWO OF THEM HAVING
STRONG WORDS FOR PITTSBURGH'S
ACTION NEWS 4' BOB HAZEN AS THEY
LEFT JAIL.
JANELLE: THIS ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED
OVER A T-SHIRT WITH A NUMBER ON
IT
REPORTER: YES, POLICE SAY THAT
NUMBER, 16, CAN BE A SYMBOL FOR
A DIFFERENT MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
APPARENTLY THESE MEN DIDN'T LIKE
THAT MOTORCYCLE CLUB, BUT THE
VICTIM TELLS ME HE HAS NO
ASSOCIATIONS WHATSOEVER WITH ANY
BIKER CLUBS.
THESE MEN WERE STILL PUTTING
THEMSELVES BACK TOGETHER AFTER
GETTING OUT OF JAIL WHEN I TRIED
TO ASK ABOUT WHAT POLICE SAY
THEY AND THEIR FELLOW BIKER CLUB
MEMBERS DID LAST NIGHT.
NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT?
>> WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
GET THE --
OUT OF HERE.
REPORTER: THEY ARE TWO OF THE
FOUR MEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEY
STEALING A MAN'S SHIRT AND GUN
IN SOUTH SIDE.
IN A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT,
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MEN
APPEARED TO BE PART OF THE WAR
DOGS BIKER CLUB AND THEY WERE
WEARING WAR DOGS COLORS, COVERED
UP BY BLACK PULLOVER SWEATSHIRTS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL THEIR
AFFILIATION.
WHEN A GROUP OF 10 TO 20 OF THE
BIKERS SAW A MAN OUTSIDE A BAR,
WEARING A SHIRT WITH THE NUMBER
16 ON IT, WHICH POLICE SAY CAN
BE AFFILIATED WITH ANOTHER
BUYINGER GROUP, THE PAGANS.
THE VICTIM DID NOT WANT TO BE
IDENTIFIED BUT SAYS HE HAS NO
CONNECTION TO ANY MOTORCYCLE
GANG OR CLUB AND EVE ZONE POLICE
SAY THEY RIPPED THE VICTIM'S
SHIRT OFF AND STOLE A GUN HE HAD
IN A HOLSTER.
THEY WERE PULLED OVER BY
OFFICERS A FEW BLOCKS DOWN
CARSON.
DETECTIVES SAY THE BIKERS WOULD
NOT ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS
EITHER, BUT DID OTHERWISE
COOPERATE, INCLUDING SEVERAL OF
THEM LETTING OFFICERS KNOW THEY
HAD GUNS A KNIVES.
THE SUSPECTS ARE ALL FACING
CHARGES FOR ROBBERY AND SIMPLE
ASSAULT.
THE VICTIM WAS NOT HURT.
BOB HAZEN, PITTSBURGH'S ACTION
NEWS 4.
JANELLE: THANK YOU.
HAPPENING NOW, LEAD BACKLASH,
MAYOR PEDUTO MAKING YOUR
FAMILY'S SAFETY A TOP PRIORITY
FOLLOWING REPEATED CONCERNS OVER
THE QUALITY OF WATER IN CITY
HOMES.
MIKE C.: BOB MAYO WITH THE
FILTERS AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE
AT THE TOP OF OF THE LIST.
REPORTER: ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS,
THE LEAD AND WATER ISSUE,
TOPPING THOSE STORIES IS THE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WILL BE
GETTING THE WATER FILTERS AND
HOW SOON IN THE CITY OF
PITTSBURGH.
INITIAL TOP PRIORITY FOR THE
CITY'S FREE FILTERS GOES TO
RESIDENTS WHOSE LEAD SERVICE
LINES ARE BEING PARTIALLY
REPLIESED.
HOUSEHOLDS WITH EXPECTANT
MOTHERS AND KIDS UNDER 6.
ALL OTHER RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST
THE FILTER THROUGH THE CITY
WEBSITE OR CALLING 311.
>> WE'LL BE PROVIDING THE
FILTERS DIRECTLY TO HOMEOWNERS
WHEN THE WORK IS BEING DONE, THE
CONTRACTORS WILL LEAVE THEM ON
THE DOORSTEP.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE FAMILIES,
WE'RE WORKING WITH HEALTH
SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS.
REPORTER: MEANWHILE, COUNTY
CONTROLLER WAGNER SAYS SHE'LL DO
AN EXPEDITED AUDIT OF HOW THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORS LEAD
LEVELS IN KIDS.
SHE CRITICIZED THE MAYOR AND
HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT SHE
CALLED A CONCERTED EFFORT TO
TELL THE PUBLIC NOT TO WORRY.
>> OUR LEAD WATER CRISIS IS JUST
THAT, A CRISIS.
WE CAN'T DELAY ANOTHER DAY FOR
THE SAKE OF ALL PITTSBURGHERS,
BUT ESPECIALLY FOR PITTSBURGH
CHILDREN.
REPORTER: THE BOARD OF HEALTH
WILL VOTE IN MAY ON UNIVERSAL
SCREENING OF SMALL CHILDREN FOR
LEAD EXPOSURE AND THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE WILL SET UP A LEAD
TASK FORCE.
THE HEALTH DIRECTOR DR. KAREN
HACKER SOUGHT TO EASE FEARS.
>> WE'VE BEEN SEEING A DOWNWARD
TREND IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN
WHO HAVE ACTUALLY WHAT WE
CONSIDER TO BE LEAD TOXICITY.
>> BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN AND HAVE
LOOKED FOR WATER AS THE SOURCE.
BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN THERE, AT
LEAST IN THE REPORTS THAT I'VE
READ, ON THE CHILDREN WITH
ELEVATED LEVELS.
REPORTER: THE ACTUAL
DISTRIBUTION OF THE WATER
FILTERS IS A COUPLE OF WEEKS
OUT.
BOB MAYO, ACTION NEWS 4.
MIKE C.: TO WEATHER NOW AND
SHOWERS STILL OUTSIDE YOUR
WINDOWS RIGHT NOW.
JANELLE: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
MIKE HARVEY JOINS US WITH A
FIRST LOOK AT THE RADAR.
MIKE H.: SOME LIGHT RAIN IS
MOVING FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH
AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH UP
INTO THE REGION, BUT REALLY
GOING TO BE SOME LIGHT RAIN IF
NOT JUST SPRINKLES THAT WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE REGION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
JUST SOME LIGHT RAIN THAT'S
MOVING THROUGH PITTSBURGH AND AS
WE GET CLOSER, YOU CAN SEE IT
MOVING ALL THE WAY UP TOWARDS
BUTLER, KITTANNING, CRANBERRY
EVERYBODY SEEING SUCH SPRINKLES
MOVING INTO THE AREA.
THE NEXT 24 HOUS WE'LL HAVE A
CHANCE OF A COUPLE SPOTTY
SHOWERS TOMORROW, BUT FOR THE
MOST PART WE'RE LOOKING AT
CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES
THAT WILL BE REACHING INTO THE
UPPER 60'S.
AND OUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOING
TO JUMP UP INTO THE 80'S.
I'LL TELL YOU FOR HOW LONG,
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES.
JANELLE: A MAN FOUND HIDING,
BLEEDING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND,
THE BULLET COMING FROM A POLICE
OFFICER'S GUN.
MARCIE CIPRIANI IS LIVE WITH THE
CONFRONTATION THAT QUICKLY
TURNED VIOLENT HERE.
AND YOU'VE LEARNED THAT THIS WAS
ALL OVER A PAROLE VIOLATION?
REPORTER: IT WAS, JANELLE.
THIS WAS A PAROLE VIOLATION FROM
A HOMICIDE INDICATION.
POLICE SAY TWO WILKINSBURG
POLICE OFFICERS PULLED UP HERE
TO THIS MCDONALD'S A SPOTTED
TODD ROBINSON THIS MORNING, THEY
KNEW HE WAS WANTED SO
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY TRIED TO
TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY, WHEN
POLICE S ROBINSON BECAME
VIOLENT.
THE OFFICERS APPROACHED ROBINSON
BY WALKING TO HIS CAR OUTSIDE
THE MCDONALD'S, THAT'S WHEN
POLICE SAY ROBINSON TRIED TO GET
AWAY, BACKING INTO ONE WITH OF
THE POLICE CARS TWICE, AND BOTH
OFFICERS FIRED THEIR GUNS.
DETECTIVES SAY ROBINSON WAS HIT
BUT CONTINUED TO FLEE BEFORE
WRECKING INTO A POLE IN NORTH
POINT BREEZE WHERE HE WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
LISTEN AS IT ALL PLAYS OUT
REPORTER: POLICE SAY TODD
ROBINSON WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL, HE SUFFERED A GUNSHOT
EXPWEUB WAS IN SURGERY.
INVESTIGATORS TELL US HE WAS
LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION BUT
ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING, THEY
IN IN AREA AROUND 5:30 THIS
MORNING, LIVE IN WILKINSBURG,
MARCIE CIPRIANI.
MIKE C.: THANK YOU.
THREE PEOPLE IN MORE THAN A
DOZEN ANIMALS KILLED IN AN EARLY
MORNING FIRE.
REPORTER ASHLIE HARDWAY IN
MEYERSDALE, WHERE THE FLAMES
LEFT A SMALL COMMUNITY GRIEVING
THEIR LOVE ONES' DEATHS AND
LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
REPORTER: INVESTIGATORS TELL US
NOT ONLY ABOUT THREE PEOPLE DIE
INSIDE THIS HOME WHEN IT CAUGHT
FIRE OVERNIGHT, BUT AROUND A
DOZEN ANIMALS DIED AS WELL.
STATE POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS STARTED.
THE HOUSE GUTTED BY FIRE. WHEN
THE SMOKE CLEARED, INVESTIGATORS
WOULD LEARN THAT LUGENE
ALBRIGHT, HER SON JIMMY JO
CHRISTNER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
SARAH BOTTORFF HAD DIED.
DOGS AND ONE ONE ALSO DIED.
FLAMES BROKE OUT AROUND
1:00 A.M., CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS STARTED.
>> WHEN EVER SOMEBODY DIES AND
IT'S EARLY ON WHEN WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION, WE'LL THROW
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