ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. THIS TIME IT’S STILL AFFECTING THE VALLEY, BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN AND EVENTUALLY SOME STRONG WIND. MAKING OUR SATURDAY AN IMPACT DAY. WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP. PROGRESS BEING MADE. CLEARING THE COLLAPSED FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE, THE NEW CHALLENGES FOR CREWS IN BALTIMORE. THE VILLAGE IN LANCASTER IS SET TO REOPEN. THE CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE FORMER BAR AND MUSIC VENUE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT, AT LEAST FOR NOW. AND NOW THE WINDS ARE MOVING IN. THAT MAKES TOMORROW AN IMPACT DAY. METEOROLOGIST TJ SPRINGER JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE ON THE FORECAST. BLUSTERY. SUSAN I THINK IT IS OUT THERE NOW. I WENT OUTSIDE AND MY HAIR WAS BLOWING AROUND. YEAH, I FELT IT. MY STUDIO WAS BLEW OFF THE HANGER WHEN I WAS COMING IN TODAY WALKING INTO THE STUDIO. SO THAT’S THE BIG STORY AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW. STILL SEEING A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE AND LIVE LOCAL EIGHT AND THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, BUT NOTHING HEAVY. THE HEAVIEST NOW OFF TO OUR EAST. BUT AS THE UPPER LOW STARTS TO MOVE IN, WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS, PICK BACK UP. I THINK AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT, THERE’S THAT LIVE LOOK THAT’S ACTUALLY LEBANON, NOT HARRISBURG. BUT EITHER WAY HARRISBURG, LEBANON ACROSS THE VALLEY, IT IS GRAY. IT IS COOLER AND DREARY. 55 THE CURRENT TEMP IN LEWISTOWN, 58 IN THE CITY OF LEBANON, WE HAVE 57 IN CHAMBERSBURG AS WELL AS IN YORK. OVER THE NEXT 12, WE’RE FALLING BACK INTO THE LOWER 50S THROUGH THE EVENING, AND TODAY WE’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SEASONABLY COOL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WITH THE HIT OR MISS SHOWERS. BUT THE WIND AS I MENTIONED THE STORY TOMORROW COULD BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 30, WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 45, MAYBE EVEN 50 ON THE RIDGE TOPS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT. HOW LONG THAT WIND STAY STRONG AND WHEN MORE RAIN COULD ARRIVE HERE. SUSAN COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE WGAL NEWS APP TO GET THE LATEST FORECAST FROM OUR NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM. AND YOU CAN FIND LIVE INTERACTIVE RADAR AND MORE. COMMITMENT 2024 VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS HEADING TO ARIZONA TODAY TO CAMPAIGN ON ABORTION RIGHTS. THE STATE SUPREME COURT THERE RULED THAT THE STATE COULD ENFORCE A LAW FROM. 1864 THAT IS A NEAR-TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU HAS MORE FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS LOOKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE ISSUE AFTER THE RULING THIS WEEK, DRAWING CONTRAST BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP. MILLIONS OF WOMEN LOST A FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM TO CONTROL THEIR OWN BODIES IN A NEW AD CLAPPING BACK ON ARIZONA’S SUPREME COURT RULING, YOUR DECISIONS BELONG TO YOU, NOT THE GOVERNMENT, NOT DONALD TRUMP. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN GOING ALL IN, ATTACKING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THOSE AGAINST THE FEDERAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION. HARRIS’S SECOND VISIT TO THE BATTLEGROUND STATE THIS YEAR COMES ON THE HEELS OF ITS SUPREME COURT DECISION UPHOLDING ARIZONA’S CENTURIES OLD LAW, EFFECTIVELY BANNING ABORTION, EXCEPT WHEN THE MOTHER’S LIFE IS ON THE LINE. I THINK IT ACTUALLY COULD BE A BIGGER PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS, I REALLY DO. HEY, JOE BIDEN, HOW MANY WEEKS IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU? AND NOW BIDEN, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AN ANSWER FOR THAT. REPUBLICANS NOW REFRAMING IN LINE WITH TRUMP’S STANCE ON THE ISSUE, LEAVING THE CHOICE UP TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THESE STATES TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY I’M ENCOURAGING THEM. PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. A NEW POLL TODAY FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOOKS AT THE VOTERS VIEW OF BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP WHEN IT COMES TO ABORTION, 47% OF ADULTS POLLED SAY THAT TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY HURT REPRODUCTIVE LAWS, WHILE 32% SAY THE SAME ABOUT BIDEN’S IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU, FEAR SAYS MORE THAN 4500 STUDENTS HAVE NOW APPLIED FOR THE NEW STUDENT TEACHER STIPEND PROGRAM. THE STATE HAS APPROVED $10 MILLION FOR THE PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 650 STUDENT TEACHERS. THE STATE SAID APPLICANTS WOULD BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS ACCEPTED A TEACHING POSITION AT GROVE CITY COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE COLLEGE SAYS PENCE WILL BE A VISITING FELLOW AT ITS NEW CENTER FOR FAITH AND PUBLIC LIFE. WHILE IN PUBLIC OFFICE, PENCE WAS VERY OPEN ABOUT HIS FAITH, CALLING HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN, A CONSERVATIVE AND A REPUBLICAN IN THAT ORDER. HE GAVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS YESTERDAY AT THE COLLEGE’S INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND FREEDOM CONFERENCE. THE OWNERS OF MARTIN’S COUNTRY MARKET IN EPHRATA, LANCASTER COUNTY, SAY THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REBUILD AFTER A FIRE IN FEBRUARY DESTROYED THE GROCERY STORE. IN A STATEMENT, THE MARTIN FAMILY SAID IT HAS COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT REBUILDING THE STORE, THE WAY PEOPLE REMEMBER IT IS NO LONGER FEASIBLE. THE FAMILY PLANS TO EXPLORE, REDEVELOP OR A SALE OF THE PROPERTY. THE VILLAGE IN LANCASTER, AN ICONIC BAR AND MUSIC VENUE, WILL BE REOPEN. RICH RUOFF, THE OWNER OF THE FORMER CHAMELEON CLUB, TELLS NEWS EIGHT, THE INVESTMENT GROUP THAT BOUGHT THE BUILDING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO ENLISTED HIM TO RUN IT AS A NIGHTCLUB, RENOVATE FANS ARE EXPECTED TO START IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, WITH A POSSIBLE REOPENING IN THE SUMMER, ALTHOUGH A DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET. THE VILLAGE CLOSED IN DECEMBER 2022. WORKERS CONTINUE TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE. CREWS ARE LIFTING PIECES OF STEEL, SURVEYING THE WRECKAGE UNDERWATER AND CALCULATING REMOVAL OF BRIDGE DEBRIS. BURIED 30FT IN THE MUD. THE US COAST GUARD SAYS THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS. TEMPORARY CHANNELS ARE OPEN FOR SMALL VESSELS. THE GOAL IS TO OPEN A LARGER CHANNEL TO THE PORT OF BALTIMORE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE US IS RESTRICTING TRAVEL FOR ITS EMPLOYEES IN ISRAEL FOR FEAR OF AN ATTACK BY IRAN. THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT’S PREPARED TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY IF IRAN RETURNS DATES FOR A DEADLY AIRSTRIKE ON THE IRANIAN CONSULATE IN SYRIA. NBC’S HALA GORANI REPORTS FROM TEL AVIV. THERE ARE NEW WARNINGS TO EMBASSY EMPLOYEES INSIDE OF ISRAEL, AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO BRACE FOR A POSSIBLE COUNTERATTACK BY IRAN. AN ATTACK ON IRAN’S EMBASSY COMPOUND, WIDELY ATTRIBUTED TO ISRAEL, LED TEHRAN TO PROMISE THAT IT WOULD RETALIATE US GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE RESTRICTED FROM PERSONAL TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE GREATER TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM AND BEERSHEBA AREAS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, READS THE ALERT. NOW, IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER HAS SAID THAT ANY ATTACK ON HIS COUNTRY’S DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ARE AKIN TO AN ATTACK OR A STRIKE ON THE COUNTRY ITSELF. IT’S AS IF THEY ATTACKED OUR LAND, HE SAID. A FEW DAYS AGO, THE WICKED REGIME MADE A MISTAKE. IN THIS CASE, IT MUST BE PUNISHED AND IT WILL BE PUNISHED. NOW THIS COMES, OF COURSE, AFTER THERE ARE FEARS THAT SPILL OVER FROM ISRAEL’S WAR IN GAZA WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE REGION AND IN FACT, THE FBI DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER WRAY, IS ALSO CONCERNED THAT PERHAPS THIS COULD LEAD TO VIOLENT ATTACKS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES ITSELF. MEANWHILE, IN ISRAEL, THE DEFENSE MINISTER HAS SAID THAT AN ATTACK ON ISRAELI TERRITORY WOULD LEAD TO A RESPOND BY ISRAEL IN KIND. HALA GORANI, NBC NEWS, TEL AVIV. THE PRINCIPAL OF TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, IS WALKING IN SCHOOL TODAY A LOT. NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES EXPLAINS WHY HE PLANS TO LOG 100 MILES OVER THREE DAYS AS PRINCIPAL JOHN KAMINSKI HAS BEEN WALKING SINCE MIDNIGHT, AND HE’S HOPING TO REACH 100 MILES BY SUNDAY. I’M JOINED HERE WITH THE PRINCIPAL RIGHT NOW, AND PRINCIPAL, JUST TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THIS PROCESS THAT YOU STARTED LAST YEAR. WELL, I HAD SOME HEALTH ISSUES ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND I NEEDED TO TAKE SOME BETTER CARE OF MYSELF AND I REALIZED I, I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. AND WALKING IS SO SIMPLE, SO EASY. IT’S AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY BETTERING YOURSELF. AND YOU’RE ALSO DOING ALL OF THIS TO NOT ONLY RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITY, BUT THE SCHOOL AS WELL. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT AND HOW THIS MONEY BE USED? SO THIS MONEY WILL BE USED TO HELP US BUILD A MUSIC ROOM FOR OUR BAND STUDENTS. UM, IT WON’T COVER THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE’LL TAKE A BITE OUT OF IT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE SAVE EVERY PENNY WE CAN GET AROUND HERE, AND WE SCRAP FOR EVERYTHING, AND AND THE ARTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY TELL ME, HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN YOURSELF THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS? IT MUST BE TIRING. IT IS TIRING. YOU, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WALK WITH YOU. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE TRAINERS WRAP YOUR FEET. YOU’RE GOING TO GET BLISTERS. THAT’S A BIG PROBLEM. YOU CAN’T AVOID IT. UM, AND YOU GOT TO. YOU GOT TO TAKE AN ICE BATH EVERY NIGHT FOR 15 MINUTES, AND YOU GOT TO GET IN COMPRESSION BOOTS FOR 30 MINUTES. THAT’S THE RECIPE. DO THAT. YOU’LL BE ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, THANK YOU. AND HE’S RIGHT HERE. HE RAISED $120,000 WHEN HE STARTED THIS JOURNEY. TOMORROW THERE’S GOING TO BE A BIG CELEBRATION WHERE THERE’S GOING TO BE GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT WITH FOOD TRUCKS. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO COME OUT TO THAT AS WELL. AT TRINITY HIG