ON WGA. NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. AN EARLY MORNING FIRE FORCES GUESS FROM A HOTEL IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. A CAR CRASHES INTO A PAPA JOHN’S RESTAURANT OVERNIGHT IN LANCASTER COUNTY. POLICE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. THE VOTES HAVE BEEN COUNTED. COMMITMENT 2020 FOR COVERAGE OF THE WINNERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO CUMBERLAND VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD IS RECONSIDERING ITS DECISION TO CANCEL A GAY ACTOR’S VISIT TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR AN ANTI-BULLYING EVENT. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN JOINS US LIVE. YEAH. SUSAN, THE SCHOOL BOARD SET TO RECONSIDER THAT DECISION TO CANCEL THE VISIT BY ACTOR MAULIK PANCHOLY, CITING THE FACT THAT HE HAD BEEN AN ACTIVIST ON ISSUES LIKE DIVERSITY. BUT ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE BOOKS HE HAD WRITTEN WAS A CONCERN FOR SOME BOARD MEMBERS, WHO ALSO DISCUSSED HIS LIFESTYLE DURING THIS MEETING. LAST WEEK, WHEN THEY DECIDED TO CANCEL HIS VISIT TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT AS WE MENTIONED, THAT VOTE IS BEING RECONSIDERED TONIGHT AND THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO RESCIND THE CANCELLATION OF PANCHOLI’S VISIT, IT WILL HAPPEN AT 5 P.M. IN THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. THE MOVE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS MET WITH SIGNIFICANT BACKLASH LAST WEEK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SAID THAT CANCELING PANCHOLI’S VISIT WAS DISCRIMINATORY. ONE PARENT, WHO COULDN’T ATTEND THE MEETING LIVE STREAMED A MESSAGE EARLIER TODAY URGING THE DISTRICT TO REVERSE ITS DECISION. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED AND ASKED TO HIDE BECAUSE OF YOUR IGNORANCE AND FEAR. YOUR BULLYING HAS NO PLACE HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. NOW PANCHOLY SAID THAT HIS ACTIVISM REALLY IS TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT KIDS WHO FEEL DIFFERENT ARE SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD. WE’LL HAVE MORE COVERAGE ON THE MEETING COMING UP LATER TONIGHT, BUT FOR NOW, TOM LEHMAN WGAL NEWS EIGHT. A FIRE THIS MORNING AT A HOTEL IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY FORCED MORE THAN 100 GUESTS FROM THEIR ROOMS. NEWS EIGHT’S JAY SCOTT SMITH HAS MORE. IT WAS AN EARLY MORNING FIRE HERE AT THIS HAMPTON INN IN LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, JUST OUTSIDE OF MECHANICSBURG. THAT HAPPENED IN THAT HOTEL ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THAT LED TO MORE THAN 100 GUESTS BEING EVACUATED. THE CALL FIRST CAME IN AROUND 2:45 A.M. ON THE REPORT OF A FIRE, AND THERE WAS ONE GUEST IN THAT PARTICULAR ROOM AT THE TIME, ACCORDING TO CUMBERLAND COUNTY OFFICIALS. NOW, IT WAS NOT JUST THE FLAMES, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE SUBSEQUENT SMOKE THAT FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THE HOTEL’S 133 GUESTS. FIREFIGHTERS WERE SEEN ASSISTING THE GUESTS WITH BY GETTING THEIR THINGS OUT OF THEIR THEIR HOTEL ROOMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THEY ALL CONGREGATED OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND WERE EVENTUALLY SET UP IN OTHER HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NOW, CREWS FROM LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP WERE OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL FOR JUST ABOUT THREE HOURS. THEY MADE THEIR WAY OUT OF HERE AROUND 5:45 A.M. NOW, WE DON’T YET HAVE A DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE GUESTS THAT WERE IN THE ROOM, NOR WERE THERE ANY INJURIES TO THE GUESTS THAT WERE INSIDE OF THE HOTEL. AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE IS CONTINUING IN LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP. I’M JAY SCOTT SMITH FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. A CAR CRASHED INTO A PAPA JOHN’S RESTAURANT LATE LAST NIGHT IN LANCASTER COUNTY, MANOR TOWNSHIP POLICE RESPONDED TO THE CRASH JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AT THE RESTAURANT ON COLUMBIA AVENUE. SO FAR, NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES. METEOROLOGIST TJ SPRINGER JOINS ME NOW WITH A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST. AND IT IS RAINING AS WE’RE SEEING ON OUR SKYCAM. YEAH IT’S COMING DOWN IN SOME PARTS OF THE AREA SUSAN NOT A WASHOUT. AND WE’VE HAD SOME SUN. BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DODGE I THINK SOME RAINDROPS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE LUNCH HOUR. SO IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT YOU MAY WANT TO GRAB THE UMBRELLA. WE CAN SEE LIVE LOCAL EIGHT PINPOINTING SOME OF THOSE DOWNPOURS NOW ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY, ONE MOVING INTO LANCASTER CITY. SO IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT HERE SHORTLY, YOU’LL WANT COUNTER SOME OF THAT HEAVIER RAIN. AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING SOME MORE MODERATE RAIN COMING DOWN AROUND THE CAPITOL HILL. IT’S ALL THANKS TO THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK EASTBOUND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WE CAN SEE THE DARKER LOOKING SKY NOW AS WE’RE GLANCING EASTBOUND IN THE RED ROSE CITY. I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU MAY DRIVE A FEW MILES, SEE SOME RAINDROPS, AND DRIVE BACK THE OTHER WAY AND SEE SOME SUN PEEKING BACK OUT. WE’LL CALL IT A MIXTURE OF CLOUDS AND SUN. 66 THE CURRENT TEMP IN GETTYSBURG 67. IN LEBANON WE HAVE 54. IN LEWISTOWN. AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES AWAY, WE’LL START TO SEE SOME CLEARING INTO THE OVERNIGHT THAT WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER TEMPERATURE TUMBLE ON OUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. AND WE ARE EXPECTING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME FROST THAT HAS MADE IT AN IMPACT NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN. SO WE’LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. AND HOW CHILLY IT WILL GET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HERE. SUSAN, COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A SECOND SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN A DEADLY SHOOTING LAST WEEK IN HARRISBURG. ERIC BOONE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AND IS CHARGED WITH MURDER. POLICE SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING THAT LEFT A MAN DEAD LAST WEDNESDAY IN THE AREA OF EVERGREEN AND THOMPSON STREETS. MARCUS STOLTZ WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME CRIME. STILL COUNTS AT SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY IN LANCASTER TOOK PART IN ACTIVITIES THIS MORNING TO LEARN WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LIVE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING. GET OUT OF HERE. DON’T TOUCH ANYTHING. THAT’S A SIMULATION OF WHAT PLAYS IN THE MIND OF A PERSON WITH A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY. HEALTH STUDENTS LISTEN TO THE AUDIO LIKE THIS WHILE DOING OTHER THINGS LIKE A MOCK JOB INTERVIEW, A CROSSWORD PUZZLE, AND DANCING. THE GOAL IS FOR STUDENTS TO GAIN AN APPRECIATION FOR THOSE WHO STRUGGLE WITH A PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITY AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY’RE TREATED IN HEALTH CARE. I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE NEVER REALIZED THAT THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH ON A DAY TO DAY LIVING, LIKE TRYING TO GET THIS STUFF DONE WHILE NOT GETTING IT DONE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. I DON’T KNOW HOW PEOPLE DO IT. HOW WOULD YOU EVEN GET UP OUT OF THE BED AND TRY TO AT LEAST RESUME A NORMAL DAY TO DAY? THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS SAYS 1 IN 5 U.S. ADULTS EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES EACH YEAR. SOME HEALTH STUDENTS SAID THIS EXPERIENCE WILL HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN HELP THOSE WHO FACE THOSE CHALLENGES. AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST ERS HAVE AGREED TO TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THEIR ENCAMPMENT ON THE CAMPUS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK. THE PROTESTERS ALSO SAY THEY WOULD ENSURE ONLY THOSE ENROLLED AT THE SCHOOL WOULD TAKE PART IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS. NYPD REPORTEDLY TOOK ONE PERSON INTO CUSTODY OVERNIGHT AFTER TENSION ESCALATED AT A PROTEST AT THE GATES OF THE CAMPUS. CROWDS GATHERED IN TEL AVIV TO MARK 200 DAYS OF HOSTAGES BEING HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA. VIDEO SHOW THE LARGE CROWD MARCHING THROUGH CENTRAL TEL AVIV, VISITING THE U.S. EMBASSY ALONG THE COASTLINE. FAMILY MEMBERS OF HOSTAGES ADDRESSED A LARGE CROWD GATHERED IN HOSTAGES SQUARE, WHERE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN HELD SINCE THE OCTOBER 7TH. ATTACKS BY HAMAS. THE US SUPREME COURT IS TAKING UP ANOTHER ABORTION CASE. THE JUSTICES WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS OVER WHO HAS FINAL SAY IN EMERGENCY CARE FOR PREGNANT PATIENTS. NEWS EIGHT’S AMY LU REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. THE CASE TODAY EXAMINES WHETHER IT’S THE FEDERAL OR THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT HOLDS POWER OVER ABORTION LAWS. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ARGUES IDAHO’S STATE LAW, A NEAR TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION, VIOLATES A FEDERAL LAW REQUIRING HOSPITALS THAT RECEIVE MEDICARE FUNDING, PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE, INCLUDING AN EMERGENCY ABORTION. THE QUESTION IS WHO WINS? I MEAN, DOES FEDERAL LAW PREVAIL OVER THE STATE LAW? BUT IDAHO’S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS FEDERAL LAW SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ABORTION, ARGUING IF A PROVIDER CARRIES OUT ONE, THEY COULD FACE CONSEQUENCES AS DOCTORS FACE THE PROSPECT OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION IF THEY PERFORM AN ABORTION. THAT THAT STATE OFFICIALS DEEM WASN’T APPROPRIATE OR WASN’T NECESSARY. A DECISION NOW UP TO THE SUPREME COURT AFFECTING MORE THAN JUST ABORTION IN IDAHO. WHAT DOES THE COURT SAY ABOUT THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN STATE LAW AND FEDERAL LAW MORE GENERALLY? WE BECAUSE THAT MIGHT GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO FUTURE SIMILAR CLASHES. WHILE THE CASE IS BEING DECIDED, THE SUPREME COURT HAS TEMPORARILY ALLOWED IDAHO TO ENFORCE ITS NEAR-TOTAL ABORTION BAN IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. THE RESULTS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY ARE IN. FORMER NEWS EIGHT ANCHOR JANELLE STELSON WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT COVERS DAUPHIN COUNTY AND PARTS OF YORK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES IN A CLOSELY WATCHED CONTEST, SHE BEAT OUT FIVE OTHER CANDIDATES. SHE WILL GO UP AGAINST REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SCOTT PERRY IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. IN THE RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, FORMER AUDITOR GENERAL EUGENE DEPASQUALE WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION, OVERCOMING FIVE OPPONENTS. HE WILL RUN AGAINST YORK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVE SUNDAY, WHO WON THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. ON MY RECORD OF CHILD PROTECTION ACROSS THE STATE, UH, MAKING OUR SCHOOLS SAFER. BUT BEING TOUGH AND FAIR ON BOTH A REPUBLICAN AND A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR. I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY CUT THROUGH. I’M SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ALL ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA EMBRACE AND BELIEVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND REDEMPTION IS WHAT WE NEED. WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT ON THE OTHER END OF IT, WE HAVE TO EMBRACE REDEMPTION IN AS A SOCIETY. IN THE RACE FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, STATE REPRESENTATIVE MALCOLM KENYATTA OF PHILADELPHIA SECURED 64% OF THE VOTE, BEATING MARK PINSLEY. HE WILL FACE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT TIM DUFOUR, WHO RAN UNOPPOSED. INCUMBENT STACY GARRITY RAN UNOPPOSED IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. IN THE RACE FOR STATE TREASURER, TWO DEMOCRATS WERE VYING FOR HER JOB. IN THE END, IT WAS ERIN MCCLELLAN OVER RYAN BIZZARRO, WHO BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IN THE RACE FOR THE U.S. SENATE. DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT BOB CASEY, TROOPER JACQUES, AND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER DAVE MCCORMICK BOTH RAN UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY. THEY WILL FACE OFF IN NOVEMBER IN A HIGH STAKES SENATE RACE. CASEY IS A THREE TIME INCUMBENT, WHILE MCCORMICK IS A HEDGE FUND EXECUTIVE WHO SERVED IN PRESIDENT BUSH’S TREASURY DEPARTMENT. HE LOST THE 2022 PRIMARY TO MEHMET OZ. OUR COMMITMENT COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE GENERAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER A