I’M DAVID DANIEL, THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW CLAIMING PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. I’M AMY LU WITH THE ARGUMENTS TODAY THAT COULD IMPACT THE CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. SOME OF THE FIRST ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES IN THE STATES WILL BE ROLLED OUT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. WE’LL CHAT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR TRANSPORTATION. LET’S PLAY BALL. IT’S OPENING DAY FOR YORK REVOLUTION HERE AT WELLSPAN PARK. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT NEW THIS SEASON AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE FORECAST IS GOING TO SHAPE UP TO BE. FOR THAT, WE’RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW. KICKING OFF YOUR THURSDAY MORNING WITH A PEEK OVER OUR LEBANON SKY CAM. GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M CAITLIN SMITH AND I’M REGINA REGINA AHN. WE ARE SEEING THE SUN I FEEL A LITTLE EARLIER AND EARLIER EVERY DAY. IT’S BEEN SO NICE. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA IS HERE NOW. SO HOW IS IT LOOKING TODAY AND INTO THIS THURSDAY? IT’S LOOKING CHILLIER BUT NOT AS WINDY. SO THAT’S THE TRADE OFF THAT WE HAVE FOR TODAY. TODAY’S HIGHS WILL BE ABOUT TEN DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. YOU CAN THANK SOME OF THE CLOUDS FOR THAT. AND WE WILL SEE WIND SPEEDS ABOUT 5 TO 10 5 TO 15MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH CALMER THAN YESTERDAY. CURRENTLY IN LANCASTER. YOU SEE THOSE CLOUDS? OTHER SPOTS ARE CLEAR, LIKE WE SAW IN LEBANON. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE TEMPERATURE NOW, SPOTS WITH MORE CLOUDS AND A GENTLE BREEZE. YOU’RE IN THE 40S NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE. WE HAVE 30S AND THERE IS A FROST ADVISORY POSTED UNTIL 8:00. SO I THINK THIS MORNING AND TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FROST OR FREEZE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. HOPEFULLY AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK, IT LOOKS A LOT WARMER. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING FOR THE UPPER 50S THIS AFTERNOON. NOT AS WET, NOT AS WINDY AS YESTERDAY, BUT DEFINITELY COOLER. YOU’LL NOTICE THAT THESE FROST THOUGH, ARE A REMINDER IT’S NOT TIME TO PLANT YET. NOT YET COMING UP. WAIT FOR IT. IT’S COMING. WE’LL WAIT. YES, AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLANT, JUST WATCH. YES. JUST WATCH FROM AFAR. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. IF YOU’RE HEADED OUT, THIS MORNING AT 601 ON THIS THURSDAY, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING GOOD. WE ARE TRACKING ONE CRASH RIGHT NOW. LANCASTER COUNTY. THIS IS IN LANCASTER TOWNSHIP. ACTUALLY ON GROVETOWN ROAD AT RANK MILL ROAD. SPEAKING OF LANCASTER COUNTY, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK LOOK OVER ROUTE 340. UH, THIS IS A LOOK ALONG THAT ROUTE. THERE. IT WAS A VERY SLOW THIS MORNING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S PICKING UP AT THIS HOUR. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP AS THERE IS A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAPPENING IN LEBANON COUNTY. THIS IS ROUTE 72, EBENEZER ROAD IN UNION AND SWATARA TOWNSHIPS. SO IF YOU DO NEED TO TAKE THAT, A DETOUR FOR YOU IS 22 AND 343. SO YOU CAN TAKE THOSE ROUTES A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF COURSE, BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT SHOULD WRAP UP NOVEMBER 20TH OF THIS YEAR. SOME LANE CLOSURES HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AS WELL. A HEADS UP IF YOU’RE PLANNING OUT INTERSTATE 83, DAUPHIN AND 81 FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL HAVE SOME ROLLING LANE CLOSURES. THAT’S GOING TO BE STARTING ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 9 P.M., GOING THROUGH 6 A.M., AND THAT SHOULD WRAP UP JULY 10TH OF 2020 FOR DAUPHIN COUNTY. LOOKING NICE AS WELL. TRAFFIC FLOWING NICELY THERE 30 WESTBOUND LANCASTER TO COLUMBIA THIS MORNING, TEN MINUTES JUST UNDER A 15 MINUTE DRIVE TO E-TOWN. AND IF YOU’RE HEADED TO THE TURNPIKE, SAME STORY GOES FOR YOU. WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER CHECK COMING UP IN TEN MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. IT IS 603. AND TODAY FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN THE FOCUS OF THE SUPREME COURT AS IT GETS READY TO WEIGH HIS CLAIM OF PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY. AND NEWS 8 AMY LU IS OUTSIDE THE SUPREME COURT THIS MORNING WITH MORE ON THE IMPACT THIS CASE COULD HAVE. REGINA AND CAITLIN, THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT FOR THE SUPREME COURT. A DECISION COULD UPEND THE FEDERAL CASES AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REDEFINE THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY IN AN EFFORT TO THROW OUT CHARGES FOR FEDERAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE. TRUMP’S LAWYERS ARE BACK AT THE SUPREME COURT, ARGUING PRESIDENT IMMUNITY, TRUMP CLAIMING WITHOUT IT, THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY. BASICALLY, ANYTHING A PRESIDENT DOES IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY CANNOT BE THE BASIS OF A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. THE JUSTICES MUST ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER TRUMP’S CONDUCT CONSTITUTED OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. THERE ARE ALSO FAR MANY MORE ACTS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLEGED THAT ARE NOT ARGUABLY OFFICIAL, AND WHETHER THOSE ACTIONS ARE CONSIDERED CRIMINAL, ESSENTIALLY SAYING A I’M ENTITLED TO IMMUNITY. BUT EVEN IF I WEREN’T ENTITLED TO IMMUNITY, I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING THAT WAS CRIMINAL. ANYWAY. A HISTORIC DECISION IMPACTING TRUMP AND THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENCY WOULD, IN EFFECT, TELL PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU LOSE AN ELECTION, YOU CAN GO AND TRY TO UNDERMINE THE ELECTION THE WAY DONALD TRUMP ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO DO IT. AND TRUMP CLAIMS THE SAME IMMUNITY DEFENSE IN THE DOCUMENTS CASE AGAINST HIM IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANKS, AMY. AND TRUMP WILL BE IN COURT TODAY, BUT NOT IN WASHINGTON. HE’LL INSTEAD BE IN NEW YORK, WHERE HIS CRIMINAL. HUSH HUSH MONEY TRIAL PICKS BACK UP TODAY. AFTER BEING OFF YESTERDAY, THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD IS REVERSING ITS DECISION TO CANCEL AN ANTI-BULLYING PRESENTATION BY AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR AND AUTHOR. THE INITIAL DECISION TO CANCEL MALIK PANCHOLI’S VISIT WAS MADE AFTER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS EXPRESSED CONCERNS FOR WHAT THEY CALLED HIS, QUOTE, LIFESTYLE AND ACTIVISM, SAYING THEY WORRIED IT WOULD BECOME A POLITICAL EVENT. BUT LAST NIGHT, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE YOU SEE HIM HERE SHOWED UP TO THAT SPECIAL MEETING THAT WAS CALLED AFTER DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. SOME PARENTS AND STUDENTS RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE BOARD’S DECISION. A LOT OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE THERE. SOME BOARD MEMBERS ADMITTED THAT THEY RUSHED INTO THAT VOTE BEFORE REALLY DOING THEIR RESEARCH. SO THEY VOTED AGAIN LAST NIGHT. THIS TIME IT WAS A 5 TO 4 DECISION TO REINSTATE PANCHOLI’S VISIT, WITH THOSE IN FAVOR SAYING THEY WANTED TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE. I’M SORRY OUR ACTIONS ON APRIL 15TH MADE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY FEEL DIFFERENT AND NOT ACCEPTED. I HOPE THAT TONIGHT’S MEETING WILL HELP RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES AND BRING OUR DISTRICT, OUR COMMUNITY, STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND COME TOGETHER AS ONE. NOW, THE BULK OF THAT CROWD DID VOICE OPPOSITION TO THE ASSEMBLIES CANCELLATION, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF CALLING IT OFF, SAYING ACTIVISM SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS. HE IS A SELF-PROCLAIMED ACTIVIST, ACTIVE LISTS TEND TO HAVE A POLITICAL BIAS, SO IN NO WAY SHOULD POLITICS OR ACTIVISM BE INVITED INTO OUR SCHOOLS DURING INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS. THAT’S NOT WHAT OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD FUND. THE ANTI-BULLYING ASSEMBLY IS NOW SET FOR MAY 22ND AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND STUDENTS WHO DO NOT WISH TO ATTEND WILL BE GIVEN ANOTHER OPTION. HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL IS GETTING READY TO IMPLEMENT A NEW PROGRAM AIMED AT PREVENTING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS. HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT’S RECEIVER VOTED TO APPROVE THE SAFE PASSAGES PROGRAM LAST NIGHT, AND THAT INVOLVES BRINGING IN NINE ADULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MONITOR STUDENTS WHILE THEY’RE IN THE CAFETERIA, TRANSITIONING BETWEEN CLASSES AND AT DISMISSAL. THE ADULTS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING AND MUST PASS THREE REQUIRED BACKGROUND CLEARANCES. THEY WOULD BE PAID $2 AN HOUR AND WORK ABOUT THREE HOURS A DAY, AND HAPPENING TODAY. SOME OF THE FIRST ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES IN PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE ROLLED OUT RIGHT HERE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SO IT’S THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM THAT IS FUNDING THESE NEW BUSSES AND EXCITING TIMES FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, AS WE ARE THE FIRST IN THE STATE. AS YOU JUST SAID. SO WE’RE GOING TO GO TO NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES WITH HOW THESE BUSSES ARE MEANT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND YOU’VE GOT THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH YOU, JAKE. HEY, REGINA AND CAITLIN. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THESE BUSSES, WITH THE HELP OF THE EPA, WERE PROVIDED BY FIRST STUDENT, THE TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER HERE AT STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY’RE RIGHT BEHIND ME. THEY’RE CHARGING. THEY’RE ALMOST READY TO GO FOR THE BIG AFTERNOON REVEAL THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY. AND I HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT, DOCTOR MICK ISGRIG, WITH ME. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING, BUT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THESE BUSSES COULD DO FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS COMING IN AND OUT OF THESE SCHOOLS. GOOD MORNING JAKE. YEAH, THIS IS AMAZING. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT STEEL-HIGH IS WE’RE VERY STRONG ON ROLLER PRIDE. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO EXPAND ON THAT IS OUTSTANDING. SO THESE BUSSES BRING A SENSE OF PRIDE, A SENSE OF, UH, UM, JUST EXCITEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR OUR STUDENTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS GOING FORWARD. AND, UH, LOOKING BIG PICTURE. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH PENN STATE AND, UH, THE RESEARCHERS ARE TESTING AIR QUALITY ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, DIESEL BUSSES VERSUS ELECTRIC BUSSES. SO WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO MAKE A MORE CLEANER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS TO BE TRANSPORTED TO SCHOOL IN. YEAH, YEAH, AND DEFINITELY A LOT FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, A LOT CLEANER AIR GOING AROUND. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE ALSO ELIMINATING LIKE COSTS SPENT ON GAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT COULD THESE BUSSES DO FOR THE DISTRICT HERE? CORRECT. AS WE YOU KNOW, WE DO THINGS. WE LOOK FOR LITTLE WINS HERE IN THE DISTRICT. WE’RE UNDERFUNDED BY $11.7 MILLION A YEAR. SO WE LOOK AT THINGS THAT WE CAN GET BACK INTO THE STUDENTS OR BACK TO THE STUDENTS. SO REDUCING ANY SORT OF EXPENDITURE IS, IS GOING TO DEFINITELY PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE STUDENTS, WHETHER IT’S AN ADDITIONAL TEACHER, MORE PROGRAMING, ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT NICK THANK YOU. SO MUCH. AND THE BIG REVEAL FOR THESE BUSSES ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE AT STEELTON HIGHSPIRE HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:00. AND LOCAL, STATE AND EVEN NATIONAL LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HERE AS WELL REPORTING LIVE IN STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE. JAKE REYES WGAL NEWS EIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JAKE, FOR THAT REPORT. WELL, A MAN WHO POLICE SAY SHOT THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING A FOUR YEAR OLD, IN HARRISBURG LAST SEPTEMBER, WAS JUST ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA. THE U.S. MARSHALS RELEASED THIS VIDEO HERE SHOWING THE MOMENT THEY ARRESTED 47 YEAR-OLD. SEAN JASON AT A HOTEL. HE NOW FACES THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING. SEPTEMBER NINTH ON NORTH STREET. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT HAPPENED AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH NEIGHBORS. UPMC IS CUTTING ABOUT 1000 JOBS. THAT EQUALS ABOUT 1% OF ITS WORKFORCE. A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE LAYOFFS ARE SYSTEMWIDE, MAINLY AMONG NON-CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MEMBERS, AND SOME OF THOSE CUTS WILL ALSO INCLUDE JUST NOT FILLING POSITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY OPEN. IN A STATEMENT, A UPMC SPOKESPERSON SAID THE ENTIRE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IS STILL FACING THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. STARTING TODAY, BASEBALL OFFICIALLY RETURNING TO THE WHITE ROSE CITY YORK REVOLUTION’S HOME OPENER IS TONIGHT, AND NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIEL THOMAS IS LIVE FROM WELLSPAN PARK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S NEW THERE THIS YEAR. GOOD MORNING GABRIELLE. GOOD MORNING CAITLIN AND REGINA. IT’S A LITTLE COLD OUT HERE, BUT HOPEFULLY LATER ON IT’S WARM ENOUGH FOR YOU TO COME OUT TO OPENING DAY FOR YORK REVOLUTION HERE AT WELLSPAN PARK TONIGHT. THEY’LL BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE HAGERSTOWN FLYING BOXCAR. AND BOY, I KNOW THAT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME. NOW HAVE ERIC MENZA HERE. HE’S THE PRESIDENT. ERIC, ARE THERE ANY PLAYERS ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR THAT HAVE MAJOR LEAGUE EXPERIENCE? YEAH, WE’VE GOT A COUPLE NAMES OUR LOCAL FANS MAY RECOGNIZE. GUYS AARON FLETCHER PITCHED THREE YEARS WITH THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES, MOST RECENTLY IN 2022. AND THEN CHRIS VALLIMONT, WHO OUR ORIOLES FANS WILL REMEMBER MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT WITH THE O’S LAST YEAR. SO GREAT TALENT OUT ON THE FIELD. AND ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THIS SEASON WILL BE A SEASON OF WINS? OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE’RE GOING TO START IT OFF RIGHT TONIGHT. AND THEN OF COURSE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE CAME THIS CLOSE TO THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR. SO THIS YEAR WE’RE GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE EVIL EMPIRE ACROSS THE RIVER. ALL RIGHT. WELL THE FIRST PITCH WILL BE TONIGHT AT 630. YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE OR AT THE BOX OFFICE IN PERSON LIVE IN YORK. GABRIELLE THOMAS WGAL NEWS EIGHT. HE’S GIVEN ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS THERE, RIGHT? YES. WE’RE GOING TO WIN. YES, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SEASON I HOPE SO. ALL RIGHT, GABRIELLE, THANK YOU. AND NEWS EIGHT SPORTS ANCHOR JACOB HALL WILL BE THE REVS WILL BE THE REVS AT WELLSPAN PARK TONIGHT WHEN THE FIRST PITCH AGAIN THROWN OUT AT 630. YOU CAN LOOK FOR HIS REPORTS ON NEWS EIGHT AND ALSO TONIGHT WE WILL MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON. THE TWO TIME DEFENDING ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPS. THEY ARE STARTING THEIR SEASON, BUT ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AGAINST THE LONG ISLAND DUCKS, THE STORMERS HOME OPENER IS TUESDAY NIGHT AT CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM. BUT OF COURSE CHRISTINE GABRIELLE JUST SAID IT’S COLD OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT BASEBALL WEATHER. HOW ABOUT FOR THE GAME TONIGHT? IT IS GOING TO BE A COOL DAY. OUR COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK, THAT’S FOR SURE. BUT THERE WON’T BE ANY RAIN FOR THE GAME. AND THAT’S THE GOOD NEWS FOR THE YORK REDS HOME OPENER, 6:30 P.M. FIRST PITCH TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 56 DEGREES AND THEN GOING HOME ABOUT LOWER 50. SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A LIGHT JACKET TO THE GAME. IT WON’T BE AS WINDY AS YESTERDAY. THAT’S A MAIN SELLING POINT, BUT IT WILL BE CO