THAT STARTS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WGA. NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW. OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN TODAY IN THE HISTORIC CRIMINAL TRIAL AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. I’M AMY LU WITH WHAT THOSE STATEMENTS COULD REVEAL, AND A BILL SENDING MONEY TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE MAKING PROGRESS ON CAPITOL HILL. HEAR WHAT ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S U.S. SENATORS HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AS HE PREPARES TO VOTE ON IT. A SECOND CHANCE IN LIFE. I’LL TELL YOU HOW FORMER INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS ARE GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED TO REENTER THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. AS WE ARE JUST ONE DAY AWAY UNTIL PENNSYLVANIA HAS PRIMARY ELECTIONS, THE ADVOCACY GROUPS, AS THEY’RE WORKING TO GET MORE VOTERS TO THE POLLS. AND WE START THIS HOUR WITH A LIVE LOOK OVER OUR GETTYSBURG SKY CAM. LOOK AT ALL THAT SUNSHINE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, I’M CAITLIN SMITH. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. YES. AND HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU. I’M REGINA REGINA AHN. IT’S GOING TO BE A A SUNNY DAY TODAY, RIGHT, CHRISTINE? YOU GOT IT. YEAH. YESTERDAY WAS CHILLY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS BREEZY AND ONLY GOT TO THE LOW 50S. KIND OF FORGET ABOUT IT. TODAY WE’RE REALLY GOING TO MAKE UP FOR IT. IT’S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL EARTH DAY. WE’RE STARTING OUT WITH CLEAR SKIES AS YOU SAW THERE IN GETTYSBURG. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN GETTYSBURG IS 39. WE HAVE 38 IN HARRISBURG, 36 IN LANCASTER AND 31 IN YORK. EVEN 32 IN LEWISTOWN. SO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THOSE TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING. NEXT FEW HOURS ARE GOING TO BE THE COLDEST, AND WE DO HAVE A FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES IN PURPLE FREEZE WARNING FOR THOSE COUNTIES IN BLUE FAR NORTH AND WEST. THAT MEANS YOU’RE GOING TO SEE EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES AT FREEZING OR BELOW. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE SENSITIVE PLANTS OUTSIDE, YOU WANT TO COVER THEM OR BRING THEM IN PRETTY QUICKLY. 12 HOUR FORECAST TODAY WE HAVE JUST IMPACTS FOR THE MORNING UNTIL 8 A.M. UNTIL THAT ADVISORY EXPIRES, THE REST OF THE DAY LOOKS QUITE NICE WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 60S. THIS AFTERNOON AND A GENTLE BREEZE OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST. SO OVERALL BEAUTIFUL DAY. SUNSHINE IS BACK AND TOMORROW WE’LL CONTINUE THAT SUNSHINE. IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE THAT WASN’T REALLY A LIVE PICTURE. LIKE IT’S REALLY THAT BRIGHT OUT AT 6:00 IN GETTYSBURG. YEAH, I’M NOT USED TO THAT YET. YEAH. LOVE THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT RIGHT NOW, GOOD MORNING TO YOU AT 601 ON THE DOT HERE. UH, NO CRASHES, NO ISSUES THAT I’M SEEING AT THIS HOUR. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS. IF YOU ARE HEADED THROUGH THE, UH, THE BELTWAY INTERSTATE 81, NORTHBOUND, 66MPH FOR YOU, INTERSTATE 83 SOUTHBOUND, YOU’RE LOOKING AT AT 71MPH. WANTED TO SEE A QUICK GOOD MORNING TO LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS IS NEW HOLLAND ROUTE 23. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SUN THERE. SEE, CAITLIN, THE SUN IS OUT IN LANCASTER COUNTY AS WELL. LOTS OF CARS ARE DRIVING THROUGH THERE MOST OF THE MORNING THOUGH, IT’S BEEN QUIET. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE BELTWAY AS WELL. INTERSTATE 83 AT THE 13TH STREET EXIT AND SOME DRIVE TIMES ON 83 SOUTHBOUND. IF YOU’RE HEADED TO YORK FROM THE YORK SPLIT, THAT IS A 20 MINUTE DRIVE. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK FOR YOU COMING UP IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TODAY. AND THAT HISTORIC CRIMINAL TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AFTER A JURY WAS FINALLY CLOSED LAST WEEK AND NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU IS IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING WITH WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR TODAY. REGINA AND CAITLIN. THE STATEMENTS WILL GIVE JURORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC A BETTER PICTURE OF THE ALLEGATIONS. AT THE HEART OF THIS CASE AND INSIGHT INTO TRUMP’S DEFENSE. TRUMP IS ACCUSED OF A HUSH MONEY SCHEME AIMED AT PREVENTING DAMAGING STORIES OF ALLEGED EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS. PROSECUTORS WILL INTRODUCE WITNESSES, LIKELY INCLUDING AN ADULT FILM STAR INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME, A FORMER TABLOID PUBLISHER AND A FORMER TRUMP LAWYER CONVICTED OF ISSUING THE PAYMENTS. TRUMP DENIES THE AFFAIRS, AND HIS LAWYERS ARGUED THE PAYMENTS WERE LEGITIMATE LEGAL EXPENSES. TRUMP CALLING THE TRIAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE OVERNIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DESPITE FACING POSSIBLE JAIL TIME, A CONVICTION WILL NOT PREVENT TRUMP FROM SERVING ONCE AGAIN AS PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. OFFICIALS SAY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES KILLED MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE IN RAFAH THIS WEEKEND, INCLUDING 18 CHILDREN. THIS COMES AS ISRAEL HAS CARRIED OUT NEAR-DAILY AIR RAIDS ON GAZA, AND HAS VOWED TO ALSO EXPAND ITS GROUND OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH, DESPITE INTERNATIONAL CALLS NOT TO DO SO. AND THIS DOES COME AS THE US SENATE IS SET TO VOTE ON A SERIES OF BILLS THAT WOULD SEND MONEY TO ISRAEL AND ALSO UKRAINE. LAWMAKERS WERE SEEN WAVING UKRAINIAN FLAGS AFTER THE BILLS PASSED THE HOUSE ON SATURDAY. THE BILLS INCLUDE $95 BILLION TO HELP UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR WEEKS TO GET THAT FUNDING PASSED AFTER REFUSING A SIMILAR BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE. WE DID SPEAK WITH PENNSYLVANIA’S U.S. SENATOR BOB CASEY ABOUT IT WHILE HE WAS IN LANCASTER OVER THE WEEKEND. IT IS A GOOD MOMENT FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR THE WORLD THAT THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TOOK A VOTE JUST YESTERDAY THAT WILL ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE ANNE TO DEFEAT VLADIMIR PUTIN. THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. CASEY SAYS HE PLANS TO VOTE FOR THAT FOREIGN AID FUNDING BILL. NEW THIS MORNING. WE NOW KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE MAN KILLED IN A FARMING ACCIDENT IN YORK COUNTY, THE YORK COUNTY CORONER SAYS 92 YEAR OLD DAVID EVANS WAS KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CORONER SAYS HE WAS OPERATING A SKID LOADER ON HIS FAMILY FARM ON EAST PROSPECT ROAD IN LOWER WINDSOR TOWNSHIP WHEN IT SOMEHOW FLIPPED BACKWARDS, TRAPPING HIM INSIDE. EVANS WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN EMS ARRIVED AND LATER DECLARED DEAD BY THE CORONER. RIGHT NOW, POLICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR A PERSON OF INTEREST CONNECTED TO A WEEKEND SHOOTING. EAST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A MOBILE HOME PARK ON THE 100 BLOCK OF MADGE DRIVE SATURDAY MORNING FOR A REPORTED WEAPONS OFFENSE. WHEN THEY GOT THERE, OFFICERS SAY THEY DID FIND EVIDENCE THAT A SHOOTING HAD JUST OCCURRED. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE POLICE COME RACING BY AND THEN I SAW HIM TURN IN. I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT’S I LIVE IN THERE. POLICE WERE ON THAT SCENE FOR SEVERAL HOURS INVESTIGATING. NOW SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THIS MAN, 43 YEAR OLD DAMON. DANIEL IS WANTED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST. HAPPENING TODAY IN THE HARRISBURG DAUPHIN COUNTY IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL REENTRY WALK TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED FOR SECOND CHANCES. AND NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES IS JOINING US ONCE AGAIN FROM CITY ISLAND IN HARRISBURG. WITH WHAT WE CAN ALL EXPECT FROM THIS WALK TODAY AND WHO’S GOING TO BE THERE, JAKE. HEY, KATELYN AND REGINA, GOOD MORNING. WELL, FOR MANY OF THESE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, THIS WALK IS A FRESH NEW START TO LIFE AS THEY GET A SECOND CHANCE TO REENTER THEIR COMMUNITIES NOW. DAUPHIN COUNTY PROBATION SERVICES TELL ME THAT AROUND 50 REENTRANCE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS WALK TODAY, AND THE REAR ENTRANCE WILL ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY TO GET THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET. THERE WILL BE TABLES SET UP AT THE EVENTS, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE REAR ENTRANCE, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING AND JOB SERVICES. NOW, DAUPHIN COUNTY PROBATION SERVICES ALSO TELL ME THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS WALK IS SO IMPORTANT IS THAT IT DISCOURAGES RE ENTRANCE FROM MAKING POOR CHOICES IN THE FUTURE BY HAVING COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT REALLY REQUIRES, AGAIN, A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTS. AND WHEN THEY HEAR AND FEEL THAT THAT SENSE OF APPRECIATION AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND WE KEEP THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK AGAIN, WITH THE RIGHT ADDITIONAL SERVICES. NOW, ALONG THIS WALK, THE REENTRY WILL BE GREETED BY SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER GEORGE HARTWICK, THE THIRD JUSTIN DOUGLAS. PROSECUTORS AND EVEN FORMER REENTRANCE AS WELL, AND THIS WALK WILL BEGIN AT 1:45 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON HERE ON CITY ISLAND. AND ANYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND IT. REPORTING LIVE IN HARRISBURG JAKE REYES, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT, JAKE, THANK YOU. COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. NOW. TOMORROW IS THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY. AND WHETHER YOU’RE HEADING TO THE POLLS OR MAILING IN YOUR BALLOT, REMEMBER NO MORE TIME TO MAIL IN. YOU NEED TO DROP THAT OFF IN PERSON. IF YOU’RE STILL PLANNING TO DO A MAIL IN BALLOT. WE DO HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THERE. IT’S GOING TO TAKE YOU RIGHT TO OUR VOTER GUIDE ON WJHL DOT COM. AND IN HARRISBURG, ONE ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO EMPOWER MORE PEOPLE TO VOTE. IT’S CALLED BLACK VOTERS MATTER. AND IT’S A NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT’S TRAVELING THE STATE, WORKING TO ORGANIZE AND EDUCATE BLACK VOTERS. RIGHT NOW, YOU’RE LOOKING AT AN EVENT THAT WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE MIDTOWN CINEMA IN HARRISBURG YESTERDAY. VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN HARRISBURG KNOW THAT THEIR VOTE MATTERS WAS VOTER TURNOUT IS NOT GREAT. PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS. THEY DON’T BELIEVE IN THE OFFICIALS THAT THEY THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED. SO I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW YOUR VOTE COUNTS. IT MATTERS IF IT WASN’T, UM, IF IT DIDN’T MATTER, PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE TRYING TO STOP YOU FROM DOING IT. THE GROUP IS PLANNING TO CONTINUE ITS TOUR IN PITTSBURGH TODAY. AND AGAIN, HERE’S THAT QR CODE. IF YOU WANT TO SCAN IT RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO HAVE IT UP THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IN OUR VOTER GUIDE ON WGAL, THERE’S ALSO A LIST OF THOSE DROP BOXES, WHICH AGAIN, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT IN PERSON TO DROP OFF. WE ALSO HAVE TIPS FOR ANY FIRST TIME VOTERS OUT THERE, AND A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE MOST CONTESTED RACES ACROSS THE STATE. AND A REMINDER, BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO WJZ NEWS EIGHT TODAY, EVERY DAY, BUT ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY, AS WE WILL HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION RESULTS. WELL, TODAY IN YORK, VOLUNTEER TIERS ARE GOING TO BE PLANNING A DOZEN NEW TREES. TODAY IS EARTH DAY AND FRIDAY IS ARBOR DAY. SO YORK IS CELEBRATING AND PLANNING THOSE TREES IN PENN PARK. CITY LEADERS SAY IT’S THANKS TO DONATIONS FROM THE GARDEN CLUB OF YORK AND WELLSPAN HEALTH. VOLUNTEERS FROM BOTH GROUPS WILL ALSO BE HELPING TODAY WITH THE TREE PLANTING AND GENERAL CLEANUP AROUND THE AREA AND THE PARK. ONLY NINE TREES WILL BE PLANTED TODAY. ON FRIDAY, THE CITY IS PLANNING AN ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION WHERE THE FINAL TREE THREE WILL BE PLANTED. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER THE WEEKEND IT FELT LIKE A TALE OF TWO SEASONS, LIKE SATURDAY WAS SO NICE AND SUNDAY WAS COLD, SO WE’RE WONDERING WHAT WE WILL BE IN STORE FOR FOR TODAY, FOR EARTH DAY. WELL, TODAY WE’RE BACK TO THE SUNSHINE, BACK TO THE WARMER WEATHER. IT’S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE DAY. SO LET’S SHOW YOU THE EARTH DAY FORECAST. WE ARE LOOKING AT A BRIGHT AND BLUE MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S AT EIGHT 9:00 FOR THE AFTERNOON. PLEASANT 64 AND THEN THIS EVENING LOOKS MOSTLY SUNNY WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 60. SO A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE OUT AND ABOUT DOING THINGS OUTDOORS, PLANTING TREES. YOU HAVE GREAT WEATHER T