NEWS. THIS IS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS 8 TODAY STARTS NOW. IT IS PRIMARY DAY IN PENNSYLVANIA. VOTERS WILL BE HEADING TO THE POLLS IN A ONE HOUR FROM NOW. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE THIS MORNING, COVERING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VOTE AND SOME OF THE MOST CONTESTED RACES THAT WE’RE TRACKING TODAY AND NEW THIS MORNING. BALTIMORE IS FILING SUIT. WE’LL TELL YOU WHY. THE CITY IS NOW SUING THAT CARGO SHIP COMPANY, THAT IT SAYS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH THAT CAUSED THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE TO COLLAPSE. ALSO AHEAD, A VITAL VOTE ON FOREIGN AID REACHES THE SENATE. I’M AMY LU IN WASHINGTON WITH WHAT COULD DELAY PASSAGE OF THE BILL. AND WE START RIGHT NOW WITH A LIVE LOOK OVER LANCASTER AS THE SUN IS COMING UP ON TUESDAY MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. GOOD MORNING. I’M KATELYN SMITH I’M MATT MATT BARCARO. REGINA IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUTE FOR OUR TUESDAY. LOOKING GOOD SO FAR IT’S KIND OF BUSY A COUPLE CRASHES, A COUPLE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TALK TO CHRISTINE ABOUT OUR FORECAST TODAY. NICE SUNNY, ONE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK. IT’S LOOKING NICE TO HEAD OUT TO THE POLLS TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE. WE HAVE THE BRIGHT SUNNY SKIES. IT IS CLEAR. IT’S COLD. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE COMING IN. THESE ARE THE NEW UPDATED 6:00 READINGS. 39 IN HARRISBURG, 35 LEBANON, 33 FOR YORK, 32 IN SELINSGROVE. YOU GET THE IDEA. IT’S FROSTY OUT THERE, SO WATCH OUT FOR SOME FROST. COVER SENSITIVE PLANTS. BRING THEM IN NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT REALLY, AS SOON AS WE HIT EIGHT 9:00, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO SKYROCKET. LOOK AT HOW WARM IT GETS. ALL OF A SUDDEN. 49 AT NINE, 59 AT 11. AND THEN WE’RE INTO THE 70S THIS AFTERNOON. SO BEAUTIFUL DAY. INCREASING CLOUDS THIS EVENING AND A FEW SHOWERS TONIGHT. THAT FORECAST GETS MY VOTE, I’LL TELL YOU THAT. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT THE ROADS? THE ROADS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT NOW FOR THE MOST PART. A COUPLE OF AREAS TO JUST WATCH OUT FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY. THIS CRASH HAS CLOSED DOWN ROUTE 17, SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT. THIS IS RACCOON VALLEY ROAD BOTH WAYS AT THIS HOUR BETWEEN CREEK ROAD AND SUGAR RUN ROAD. SO IF YOU’RE HEADED DOWN THERE, JUST WATCH OUT FOR THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THIS ONE HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY ON HACKMAN ROAD AT LINCOLN GARDENS ROAD. THIS IS CLAY TOWNSHIP AND WE ALSO HAVE THIS CRASH IN LANCASTER COUNTY THAT JUST POPPED UP ON TO 22 NORTHBOUND AT BUTLER ROAD, CAUSING ALREADY A SLOW DOWN IN THE AREA. AND AN INCIDENT IN HARRISBURG STALLED VEHICLE THAT HAS, UH, JUST TEMPORARILY BLOCKED INTERSTATE 81 SOUTHBOUND AFTER EXIT 69 PROGRESS AVENUE. SO IF YOU’RE IN THE HARRISBURG AREA, JUST WATCH OUT FOR THAT. WANTED TO QUICKLY GIVE YOU A LOOK OVER CUMBERLAND COUNTY. LOOK AT THE SKY THERE. LOOKING GORGEOUS ON 81 AT 52. SO WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK FOR YOU COMING UP IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT COMING IN AT 2024 COVERAGE. NOW AS WE ARE JUST ABOUT AN HOUR UNTIL THOSE POLLS OPEN FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY ELECTION, 7:00 THEY OPEN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE READY TO CAST YOUR BALLOT TODAY. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING WITH NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES PROVIDING SOME ADVICE FOR VOTERS ON HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOTE WILL BE COUNTED. ALSO, GABRIELLE THOMAS IS TRACKING ONE OF THE KEY RACES THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING TODAY. LET’S START WITH JAKE, WHO IS REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE THAT POLLING LOCATION IN DILLSBURG IN YORK COUNTY. JAKE. YEAH. MATT AND CAITLIN, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY LINING UP HERE, AND TODAY’S A BIG DAY TO SOLIDIFY THOSE FINAL CANDIDATES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. BUT IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE IS BEING COUNTED NOW, EVEN THOUGH THE DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR A MAIL IN BALLOT HAS PASSED, IT’S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD. NOW, FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT YOU COMPLETELY FILL IN ALL THE CANDIDATES. IF YOU DECIDE TO VOTE FOR ON THE BALLOT. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE MAIL IN BALLOTS WITH YOU, THEN SEAL YOUR BALLOT IN THE INNER PRIVACY ENVELOPE. NEXT, YOU PUT THE INNER PRIVACY ENVELOPE INSIDE THE OUTER ENVELOPE AND THEN ONCE YOU SEAL THAT SIGN, YOUR NAME AND WRITE THE CURRENT DATE, NOT YOUR BIRTHDAY. ON THE OUTER ENVELOPE, THE STATE SAYS WRITING YOUR BIRTHDAY IS A MAJOR REASON WHY MANY BALLOTS GET REJECTED. SOME COUNTIES MAY HAVE DROP BOXES, BUT IF NOT, THEY HAVE COUNTY ELECTION OFFICES THAT YOU CAN GIVE YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT TO. BUT YOU MUST MAKE SURE TO DO THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY. REMEMBER, IN ORDER FOR YOUR MAIL BALLOT TO COUNT, IT MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY 8 P.M. ON ELECTION DAY. SO PLEASE DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. NOW, IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, REPUBLICANS LEAD DEMOCRATS IN REGISTRATION IN MOST COUNTIES HERE IN THE AREA. HERE IN YORK COUNTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A NEARLY 66,000 MORE REGISTERED VOTERS THAN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND OF ALL TEN COUNTIES HERE, DAUPHIN COUNTY IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE DEMOCRATS HOLD A MAJORITY WITH OVER 11,000 MORE REGISTERED VOTERS THAN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS WHY PENNSYLVANIANS ARE OUT TODAY. AND IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR, I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE TOP ISSUES THAT ARE DRIVING VOTERS TO THE POLLS. REPORTING LIVE IN YORK COUNTY, JAKE REYES, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL LOOK FOR YOU THEN. ALSO, A HEADS UP FOR VOTERS IN LEBANON COUNTY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THERE SAYS A BATCH OF 350 MAIL IN BALLOTS WAS ACCIDENTALLY PRINTED AND MAILED TWICE. SO IF YOU HAVE ALREADY FILLED OUT YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT AND TURNED IT IN, YOU DON’T NEED TO WORRY IF A SECOND BALLOT COMES IN THE MAIL. THE FIRST BALLOTS WERE MAILED APRIL 13TH. THE SECOND BATCH ON APRIL 17TH. NOW, THE COUNTY SAYS THE DUPLICATES ARE IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL BALLOTS IN BOTH SERIAL NUMBER AND BARCODE, SO THEY CANNOT BE COUNTED MORE THAN ONCE TODAY IN YORK COUNTY, RABBIT TRANSIT IS OFFERING VOTERS FREE RIDES TO THE POLLS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL DROP OFF VOTERS AT ANY OF THE POLLING LOCATIONS. THAT IS ALREADY ON ITS FIXED ROUTE. THE PROMOTION IS THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS PICKING UP THE COST FOR THAT AND ONE OF THE MOST CONTESTED RACES THAT WE ARE WATCHING TODAY IS THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN THE STATE’S 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT CARRIES DAUPHIN AND PARTS OF CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES. AND FOR MORE ON THOSE CANDIDATES AND THE IMPACT THIS RACE COULD HAVE, LET’S GO TO NEWS EIGHTS. GABRIELLE THOMAS, SHE IS LIVE OUTSIDE A POLLING LOCATION AS WELL IN HARRISBURG, BEHIND JAKE. WE SAW SOME PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT. ARE THEY STARTING TO SET UP THERE YET? GABRIELLE? NOT AS OF YET. MATT AND CAITLIN. WELL, THE 10TH DISTRICT COVERS DAUPHIN COUNTY AS WELL AS PARTS OF YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. AND THIS RACE ISN’T ONLY GETTING ATTENTION HERE, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW, THERE ARE SIX DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR THEIR PARTY’S NOMINATION. THEY ARE BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND ENTREPRENEUR JOHN BROADHURST, CARLISLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND COMBAT VETERAN RICK COPELAND AND HARRISBURG COUNCILWOMAN SHAMAINE DANIELS, WHO WAS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE 2022 ELECTION. IN THIS DISTRICT. FORMER WITF EXECUTIVE BLAKE LYNCH, RETIRED MARINE AND TOP GUN FIGHTER PILOT MIKE O’BRIEN, AND FORMER WGAL NEWS ANCHOR JANELLE STELSON, NOW THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, WILL FACE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SCOTT PERRY IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. HE DOES NOT FACE A CHALLENGER IN TODAY’S PRIMARY. PERRY WAS FIRST ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 2012 AFTER SERVING IN THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE. NOW, EARLIER THIS MONTH, WGAL HOSTED A DEBATE FOR THE SIX CANDIDATES, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A ONE ON ONE WITH EACH OF THEM. IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT COVERAGE, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE 2024 COMMITMENT SECTION, LIVE IN HARRISBURG, GABRIEL THOMAS. WGAL NEWS EIGHT. GABRIELLE, THANK YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT QR CODE HAS BEEN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN THROUGHOUT THE NEWSCAST. WE’RE MAKING IT BIG FOR YOU HERE, SO YOU CAN JUST GO UP AND SCAN IT. THAT’S GOING TO TAKE YOU RIGHT TO OUR VOTER GUIDE ON WJHL.COM. THERE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE BOY DID WE GO OVER A LOT. YOU CAN ALSO FIND A LIST OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT ARE BRINGING VOTERS OUT TO THE POLLS TODAY, AND HOW ARE TODAY’S RACES WILL IMPACT THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. DON’T WORRY. WE’RE GOING TO SHOW THIS QR CODE AGAIN IN ABOUT FOUR MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. IT’S 607. LET’S GET TO SOME OTHER NEWS THIS MORNING. THE ARREST WARRANT FOR A STATE LAWMAKER FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AREA HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. THE WARRANT FOR REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN BOYLE WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON ALLEGATIONS HE VIOLATED A PROTECTIVE ORDER. BUT YESTERDAY, THE PHILADELPHIA DA ANNOUNCED THE WARRANT WAS CANCELED AFTER DETERMINING NO PROTECTIVE ORDER HAD BEEN IN PLACE AGAINST BOYLE. HE FACES A CONTESTED PRIMARY TODAY AS HE SEEKS AN EIGHTH TERMS. NEW THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IS NOW SUING THE OWNER AND THE MANAGER OF THAT SHIP THAT CRASHED INTO THE FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE LAST MONTH, CAUSING THAT BRIDGE TO COLLAPSE. LET’S GO BACK TO REGINA. SHE HAS THE DETAILS ON THIS. YEAH. CAITLIN, IN A LEGAL CLAIM FILED YESTERDAY, ATTORNEYS FOR BALTIMORE’S MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ACCUSED THE OWNERS OF TWO COMPANIES OF PROVIDING THE VESSEL WITH AN INCOMPETENT CREW THAT LACKED PROPER SKILL AND TRAINING. THE DOLLY, A 213 MILLION POUND SHIP CARRYING CARGO CONTAINERS, IS OWNED BY GRACE OCEAN PRIVATE LIMITED AND MANAGED BY SYNERGY MARINE PTE, AND THE CLAIM SAYS THE DOLLY LEFT THE PORT DESPITE INDICATIONS THAT THE SHIP HAD AN INCONSISTENT POWER SUPPLY. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MARCH 26TH, THE SHIP LOST POWER AND HIT THE BRIDGE, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE, WHICH LED TO THE DEATH OF SIX PEOPLE AND THE CLOSING OF THE PORT. NOW THE CITY IS SEEKING UNSPECIFIED DAMAGES FROM BOTH COMPANIES. CAITLIN REGINA, THANK YOU. THIS MORNING IN NEW YORK, WE ARE HEARING MORE FROM CITY LEADERS AFTER A YORK POLICE OFFICER WAS CHARGED WITH RAPING A ONE YEAR OLD NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAYS STEVEN CUGINI RESIGN FROM THE FORCE ON FRIDAY AFTER BEING SUSPENDED EARLIER IN THE WEEK. STATE POLICE CHARGED HIM WITH THE RAPE AFTER A DAYCARE EMPLOYEE IN DAUPHIN COUNTY SPOTTED THAT ALLEGED ABUSE. YORK CITY’S MAYOR NOW SAYS CUGINI WAS ONE OF A DOZEN CANDIDATES THAT WAS HIRED IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. THIS IS A NEW OFFICER THAT CAME IN, SOMEBODY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, WE’VE BEEN HIRING A LOT OF NEW OFFICERS. SO WHEN YOU’RE WHEN YOU’RE HIRING NEW PEOPLE, YOU DON’T ALWAYS KNOW 100% ABOUT THAT PERSON. THE MAYOR ALSO SAID HE DID NOT HEAR ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT CUGINI DURING HIS TIME ON THE FORCE. YORK’S POLICE COMMISSIONER ACKNOWLEDGED THERE CAN BE CHANGES MADE TO THE WAY THAT THEY SCREEN NEW OFFICERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. A TEACHER IS RECOVERING THIS MORNING AFTER A STUDENT BIT OFF THAT TEACHER’S THUMB. THIS HAPPENED. POLICE SAY AT LAST THURSDAY AT THE IU 13 SCHOOL IN MANHEIM CALLED THE CENTRAL EDUCATION CENTER. THE SCHOOL SAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT, LETTERS WERE SENT HOME WITH STUDENTS AND PHONE CALLS WERE MADE TO SELECT PARENTS. THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE IU 13 RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THEIR FOCUS IS TO SUPPORT THE STAFF AND STUDENTS WHILE ENSURING SAFETY FOR ALL. 609 NOW TO WASHINGTON, WHERE THE DEBATE TO SEND TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO U.S. ALLIES IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF SENATE LAWMAKERS. THAT FINAL VOTE APPROVING THAT FOREIGN AID BILL THAT THE HOUSE DID ALREADY PASS, THAT COULD COME AS SOON AS TODAY. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU REPORTS FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. MATT AND CAITLIN, SENATE LEADERSHIP FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AGREE THAT PASSING THE FOREIGN AID BILL IS A MATTER OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES $95 BILLION OF AID FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND THE INDO-PACIFIC, WITH NEARLY HALF OF THAT MONEY MEANT TO REPLENISH U.S. WEAPONS STOCKS. THE MEASURE SPLIT INTO FOUR SEPARATE BILLS FACING UPHILL BUT EVENTUALLY SUCCESSFUL VOTE IN THE HOUSE ON SATURDAY. TODAY, IT’S THE SENATE’S TURN TO ACT AS LAWMAKERS WILL CONSIDER POSSIBLE ROADBLOCKS IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS AS REPUBLICANS AND EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS QUESTIONED THE U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN FOREIGN WARS AND A LACK OF FOCUS ON THE U.S., MEXICO BORDER. BUT THERE IS GENERAL BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS ON APPROVING THE BILL, LEADERS CALLING IT AN INVESTMENT, ADDING CREDIBILITY TO THE US’S COMMITMENTS AND ABILITY TO DEFEND AMERICA AND DETER AGGRESSION. THE BILL COULD REACH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DESK AS SOON AS TODAY, AND IF SO, HE SAYS, HE WILL SIG