I’M MICHAEL YOSHIDA REPORTING. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITS THE SITE OF THE DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. I’M AMY LU WITH WHAT PLANS HE’S EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE TO HELP THE NATION’S ECONOMY RECOVER. LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUN DURING AN ECLIPSE CAN PERMANENTLY DAMAGE YOUR EYES. CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT’S COMING MONDAY. HOW TO KNOW IF THE ECLIPSE GLASSES YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE WILL ACTUALLY PROTECT YOUR EYES? IT’S OPENING DAY FOR THE HARRISBURG SENATORS. I’LL TELL YOU IF THE RAIN WE’VE HAD FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS WILL AFFECT OPENING DAY, LOOKS LIKE THEY’VE TAKEN SOME PRECAUTION THERE. RIGHT? COVER THE PRECIOUS FIELD. IT’S IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M CAITLIN SMITH. I’M MATT BARCARO PROTECTING IT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS COMING IN AND OUT AGAIN TODAY. SO I’M READY TO DRY OUT. I KNOW MATT’S BEEN WAITING FOR THE SUN FOR DAYS NOW. YEAH, IT’S IT’S COMING. IT’S IT’S GOTTA COME PLANT YOUR PLANTS ARE WAITING. YES, YES, WE SAW SOME OF IT YESTERDAY. A LITTLE BIT OF SUN YESTERDAY AND YOU MIGHT SEE A FEW PEEKS OR BREAKS TODAY. BUT OVERALL WE STILL HAVE SOME SHOWERS ON OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK RIGHT NOW ROLLING INTO MAINLY FRANKLIN COUNTY. A FEW MOVE THROUGH MIFFLIN, JUNIATA, PERRY COUNTIES EARLIER, BUT NOW FRANKLIN COUNTY IS OUR FOCUS. TEMPERATURE WISE. IT’S 42 IN HARRISBURG, 40 IN LEBANON, 40 IN LANCASTER, 38 DEGREES IN YORK. AND YES, THE WIND HAS PICKED UP. YOU’LL HEAR IT HOWLING TODAY AT ABOUT 15 TO 25MPH OUT OF THE NORTH WEST. SO WE HAVE TO ADD THAT WIND TO THESE CHILLY TEMPERATURES. IT’S GOING TO BE A CHILLY DAY, I THINK WITH A HIGH OF 48 DEGREES AND THE STIFF BREEZE. NOW TOMORROW WE STILL HAVE THE WIND. WE STILL HAVE CLOUDS, MAYBE AN ISOLATED SHOWER, BUT IT WILL BE TRENDING DRIER AND WARMER. SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. I STILL DO SEE THOUGH, THOSE HIGH WATER ICONS ON YOUR TRAFFIC MAP. YES, THERE’S A COUPLE OF THEM RIGHT NOW STILL, BUT A LOT BETTER THAN YESTERDAY. OF COURSE, SINCE WE SAW LESS OF THAT RAIN. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO STAY SAFE FROM THE RAIN AND ALSO SOME HAIL I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THAT, GOOD FOR YOU. HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYBODY. WE DO HAVE SOME CLOSED ROADS AT THIS HOUR. THIS ONE HERE IN PERRY COUNTY ON BASELINE BRIDGE ROAD BETWEEN COUCH TOWN ROAD AND RED ROCK ROAD. WANT TO GET TO YORK COUNTY AS WELL? A COUPLE ROADS ARE CLOSED THERE. CONEWAGO CREEK ROAD BOTH WAYS BETWEEN BOWERS BRIDGE ROAD AND ROUTE ONE. 81 GEORGE STREET. EXIT AND THEN HERE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, NAGEL ROAD, BOTH WAYS BETWEEN GRAVEL HILL ROAD AND ROUTE SEVEN. 43 LOUDERMILK ROAD. SO WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU COMING UP HERE IN JUST A BIT. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SCHEDULED TO VISIT BALTIMORE TODAY TO SEE THE WRECKAGE OF THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE THAT COLLAPSED LAST WEEK. HE’LL BE MEETING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED IN THE COLLAPSE. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LOOS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU THIS MORNING WITH WHAT ELSE THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO DO DURING HIS TRIP TO BALTIMORE. MATT AND CAITLIN. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL SURVEY THE WRECK AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE WAKE OF THIS TRAGEDY. HE’LL START WITH AN AERIAL TOUR OF THE BRIDGE AND LATER MEET WITH STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO WE CAPTURED WHILE ON A BOAT WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD THIS WEEK. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE IS EXCESSIVE. ENGINEERS CLEARING AWAY THAT WRECKS SAY THERE ARE ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM OPENING A LIMITED ACCESS CHANNEL TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE, AND REMARKS TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT IMPORTANT WORK AND SPEAK ON WHAT HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE, INCLUDING $60 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RELIEF AND ACCESS TO LOW INTEREST LOANS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. HE’LL ALSO TOUCH ON WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE, INCLUDING SUPPORT FROM CONGRESS TO FULLY COVER THE COST OF REBUILDING THE BRIDGE AND PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT FOR IMPACTED WORKERS. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY CLEAR. HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE MAKE THE COMMUNITY OF BALTIMORE WHOLE AGAIN. AND HE IS SAID THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL COVER WILL CERTAINLY COVER THE BRIDGE BEING BUILT. BIDEN WILL ANNOUNCE A TENTATIVE TIMELINE ON RESTORING NORMAL CAPACITY TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE BY THE END OF MAY. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY AMY LU WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, AMY. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING AFTER A TRAIN STRUCK A CAR IN LEBANON. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS WAS A TRAIN THAT HIT THE CAR SHORTLY BEFORE 10:00 LAST NIGHT AT A RAILROAD CROSSING ON NORTH 12TH STREET NEAR SKULL STREET IN LEBANON. DISPATCHERS SAID. NORFOLK SOUTHERN IS INVESTIGATING. THE CITY OF HARRISBURG SAYS ALL THOSE TENTS AND BELONGINGS FROM HOMELESS CAMPS IN RIVERFRONT PARK MUST BE GONE BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE CITY SAYS IT DID PUT UP SIGNS WARNING THE PEOPLE THERE THAT THEY HAVE UNTIL 3:00 TODAY TO REMOVE THEIR ITEMS. THOSE STAYING AT THE PARK SAY THEY ARE NOW SCRAMBLING TO FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO. A CITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT THOSE PEOPLE WERE WARNED NOT TO STAY THERE LAST YEAR, BUT WERE ALLOWED TO DO SO THROUGH THE WINTER. AT THIS POINT, I’M JUST A LITTLE BIT UPSET BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE GO SOMEWHERE, WE HAVE TO LEAVE. NOW THAT WE’RE IN SPRINGTIME, THOUGH, THAT PARK IS GOING TO BE USED ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS BY BOTH NON-PERMITTED AND PERMITTED EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE PAYING TO USE THE PARK. WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT. WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. THE CITY IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE IN THE PARK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY SHELTERS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE HERE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. THE COMMUNITY RESPONDING TO THREE DEATHS IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AT THE COUNTY PRISON, A TOWN HALL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE PRISON WARDEN AND THE DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THE MEETING COMES ON THE HEELS OF A STATE SENATE HEARING EARLIER THIS WEEK AT THE STATE CAPITOL, CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING IN POLICE CUSTODY AND IN PRISONS. IN THE MEETING, THE PRISON BOARD STATED IT COSTS ROUGHLY $35,000 A YEAR PER INMATE. ONE PERSON WHO HAD RELATIVES IN THE PRISON SAID THAT MONEY ALONE SHOULD PROMISE DECENT LIVING CONDITIONS THERE. IF YOU GOT THAT MUCH MONEY PER PERSON, THAT SHOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL PRISON. IN RUNNING WATER, FOOD, HEALTH, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN THERE. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY ON THE BOOKS TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR LOVED ONES ARE SAFE, THAT THEY HAVE SOAP, TOOTHBRUSH, TOOTHPASTE. DAUPHIN COUNTY DA FRAN CHARDO SAYS HE CANNOT COMMENT ON THE DEATHS BECAUSE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS, BUT HE SAYS HE’S TAKING THEM SERIOUSLY AND IS WORKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS MORNING, POLICE IN NORTH YORK ARE LOOKING FOR THREE PEOPLE WHO THEY SAY STOLE A WOMAN’S CAR. IN NORTHERN YORK, REGIONAL POLICE WANT TO FIND THE THREE PEOPLE YOU SEE HERE IN THIS RING DOORBELL VIDEO. THEY SAY THAT GROUP DEMANDED THE WOMAN’S CAR KEYS AFTER SHE HAD PARKED ON NORTH GEORGE STREET. THE VICTIM SAYS SHE HEARD ONE OF THOSE MEN SAY TO PULL OUT A GUN AND SHOOT HER. IF SHE DOESN’T GIVE UP THE KEYS. THE WOMAN SAYS SHE BEGGED FOR HER LIFE. I JUST KEPT TELLING THEM, PLEASE DON’T HURT ME. PLEASE DON’T HURT ME. I HAVE A I HAVE A CHILD, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CHILD I HAVE TO GET HOME TO AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO THAT THE PEOPLE WERE WEARING HOODIES. POLICE SAY TWO OF THEM HAD MASKS. THE VICTIM SAYS ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY REACHED INTO HER POCKET AND GRABBED THE KEYS. AND THEN ALL THREE OF THEM TOOK OFF IN HER CAR. A LANCASTER MAN CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE WHILE DUI IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY CRASH THAT HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS DAY. POLICE SAY STEVEN MALDONADO HAD MARIJUANA AND FENTANYL IN HIS SYSTEM AT THE TIME. A PASSENGER IN THE CAR, 27 YEAR OLD KARINA CRUZ KUMEH OF LANCASTER, WAS KILLED. INVESTIGATORS SAY MALDONADO WAS GOING AT LEAST 15MPH OVER THE SPEED LIMIT ON WABASH ROAD IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP WHEN HE WENT IN THE ONCOMING LANE TO PASS A VEHICLE, THEN HIT A CAR HEAD ON. COMING THE OTHER WAY. IT IS 607 AND THE SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY, IT’S HAPPENING ON MONDAY, AND SO WE HOPE YOU’RE GETTING READY FOR THIS. YEAH. HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR GLASSES YET? I’M GOING TO PICK THEM UP SOON. SO YOU NEED BUT I KNOW WE HAVE THEM. YES. YOU NEED THESE SPECIAL GLASSES TO BE ABLE TO WATCH IT. AND I HADN’T ACTUALLY SEEN THEM YET, BUT REGINA IS BACK NOW. SHE’S GOT A PAIR OF THOSE GLASSES TO TELL US ALL ABOUT THEM, HOW THEY WORK, AND WHAT WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO LOOK FOR WHEN WE’RE GETTING THOSE REGINA CAITLIN AND MATT. I HAVEN’T SEEN ONE EITHER, AND I JUST GOT MY HANDS ON THIS ONE, AND THAT’S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, IS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES. A PAIR OF GLASSES LIKE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T, YOU COULD DO SOME PRETTY SERIOUS DAMAGE TO YOUR EYES. IT MAY BE TEMPTING, THOUGH, TO LOOK UP TO THE SKIES ON SUN, ON THE SUN, ON MONDAY WHEN THE ECLIPSE IS HAPPENING, BUT DOCTORS SAY DON’T DO IT UNLESS YOU’RE WEARING THE PROPER GLASSES. LOOKING AT THE SUN WITHOUT THE RIGHT EYE PROTECTION FOR EVEN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME CAN DAMAGE YOUR RETINA PERMANENTLY, AND IT CAN EVEN CAUSE BLINDNESS. DOCTORS SAY REGULAR SUNGLASSES ARE NOT ENOUGH. I THINK THAT SUNGLASSES WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF FALSE SECURITY, AND YOU’RE GOING TO THINK, OH, I CAN LOOK BECAUSE I HAVE REGULAR SUNGLASSES. DON’T DON’T USE REGULAR SUNGLASSES. FIND A FRIEND WHO WILL SHARE THEIR SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES WITH YOU. NOW THERE ARE MANY OF OPTIONS OF ECLIPSE GLASSES AVAILABLE, AND IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHICH ONES ARE SAFE AND LEGITIMATE WHEN CHOOSING YOUR GLASSES, EXPERTS SAY LOOK FOR ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED WITH THE SOLAR FILTER. ISO 123122, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR ECLIPSE VIEWING GLASSES HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, WE WON’T SEE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, BUT IT WILL BE VERY CLOSE. IT SHOULD ALL START AROUND 205 MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND MOST OF THE AREA COULD SEE 90 TO 95% OF THE SUN COVERED AT AROUND 321, AND THE ECLIPSE WILL BE OVER AROUND 433. AND DOCTORS SAY CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO EYE DAMAGE IF THEY DON’T HAVE THE PROPER EYEWEAR. AND NASA SAYS THESE ECLIPSE GLASSES ARE THOUSANDS OF TIMES DARKER THAN REGULAR SUNGLASSES. AND I CAN TELL YOU JUST FROM LOOKING AT THESE, I CAN BARELY SEE ANYTHING. I CAN’T EVEN SEE THE STUDIO LIGHTS HERE, EVEN MY HAND. SO DEFINITELY VERY STRONG FOR SURE. ALL RIGHT, CAITLIN, BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. REGINA AND IF YOU MISSED THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR ON THE SIDE OF THOSE GLASSES, DON’T WORRY. WE’VE GOT MUCH MORE INFORMATION ON THE ECLIPSE AND HOW YOU CAN SAFELY WATCH IT ON OUR WEBSITE. JUST SCAN THAT QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. THERE TO GO DIRECTLY TO WJHL.COM. AND REMEMBER, WE A, L AND NBC WILL HAVE LIVE ECLIPSE COVERAGE STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00. YOU MIGHT NOT NEED YOUR REGULAR SUNGLASSES, BUT YOU WILL NEED A JACKET AND MAYBE SOMETHING HEAVIER. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO OPENING DAY FOR THE HARRISBURG SENATORS, THEY’LL BE TAKING ON THE ERIE SEAWOLVES TONIGHT ON CITY ISLAND. HOPEFULLY THOSE SEATS ARE DRY THIS MORNING. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS IS LIVE AT THE PARK WITH THE DETAILS FOR OPENING DAY. GOOD MORNING GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING MATT AND CAITLIN. WELL, AS YOU SAID, IT’S OPENING DAY FOR THE HARRISBURG SENATORS AND THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING ALL OFFSEASON. I THINK THEY’RE READY FOR TONIGHT’S GAME. TAKE A LOOK. THESE SEATS HERE WILL BE FILLED WITH PEOPLE TONIGHT AT 7 P.M., AS THEY DO THAT PITCH. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE’S SOME TARP HERE ON THE FIELD AS WELL. THEY’RE READY TO CATCH THAT WATER FROM ANY FLOODING THAT MAY COME IN. BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. I’VE BEEN HEARING FROM GENERAL MANAGER AND UM, OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL THIS MORNING THAT THINGS WILL PROBABLY GO SMOOTH, BUT HERE I AM WITH FRANK IVANOVSKI. HE’S WITH THE SENATORS. FRANK, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT OPENING DAY? ARE YOU GUYS READY TONIGHT? OH MY GOSH, WE’RE READY. WE’VE BEEN WORKING THE LAST SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN MONTHS TO TO BE READY FOR A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, WE’RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE WE HAVE A HOLIDAY LIKE THIS TO KICK OFF OUR SEASON EVERY YEAR. IT’S A SPECIAL DAY. YOU GET BUTTERFLIES IN THE STOMACH AND I CAN’T WAIT FOR TONIGHT. NOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE TEAM, THOUGH? THEY’VE BEEN PRACTICING ALL OFFSEASON, YOU THINK THEY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE TO JUST HAVE A GREAT SEASON? YEAH, I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, THEY HAVE 20 PLAYERS COMING BACK THIS YEAR WHO HAVE PLAYED HERE ON THE ISLAND BEFORE. THAT’S A PRETTY HIGH FIGURE AND NOT USUAL. THE MANAGER, DELINO DESHIELDS, IS BACK FOR HIS SECOND YEAR. LOTS OF EXCITING PROSPECTS. DYLAN CRUZ, HE WAS THE NUMBER TWO PICK IN THE DRAFT LAST YEAR. HE’S THE NUMBER SEVEN PROSPECT IN ALL OF BASEBALL. HE’S READY TO KICK OFF THE SEASON WITH US THIS YEAR. SO THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITING PLAYERS ON THE FIELD THAT WE’LL GET THE FORTUNATE SITUATION TO WATCH THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT, WELL GRAB YOUR GEAR YOUR BEST HAT YOUR BEST SHIRT TO SUPPORT THE SENATORS TONIGHT. THE GAME WILL START AT 7 P.M. LIVE IN CITY ISLAND.