GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO. A DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER ADMITTED TO INVESTIGATORS THAT HE DRANK HALF A BOTTLE OF VODKA BEFORE HE DROVE TO A PUBLIC MEETING THIS WEEK. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE SEARCH WARRANT OBTAINED BY WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO THAT CRASH BY DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER GEORGE HARTWICK IN THE COUNTY’S GOVERNMENT PARKING GARAGE. EIGHT ON YOUR SIDE, POLITICAL REPORTER TOM LEHMAN JOINS US LIVE FROM THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING. TOM. WELL, SUSAN, A LOT OF NEW DETAILS. WE ARE LEARNING FROM THIS SEARCH WARRANT THAT WAS FILED BY AN AGENT WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA. LOOKING INTO WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY, WHEN HARTWICK REPORTEDLY, ACCORDING TO COUNTY OFFICIALS, CRASHED HIS VEHICLE INSIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS TRUCK THAT IS PASSING BY RIGHT NOW. AND THE SEARCH WARRANT EXECUTED FOR THAT VEHICLE INSIDE OF THAT PARKING GARAGE YESTERDAY. HARTWICK ALSO EARLIER IN THE WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, SHOWED UP LATE TO THAT MEETING. MISSED A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AND HAD PROBLEMS SPEAKING DURING THE COMMISSIONER’S MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK, WHICH DREW THE ATTENTION OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES THAT GOT THIS INVESTIGATION GOING. HARTWICK REPORTEDLY TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WERE INVESTIGATING HIS WELL-BEING AND POSSIBLE IMPAIRMENT ON WEDNESDAY ABOUT THE DRINKING THAT OCCURRED. HE ALSO WITHDREW CONSENT FOR A BLOOD DRAW AT UPMC HARRISBURG HOSPITAL AFTER INITIALLY AGREEING TO DO ONE. THIS ALL ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY WGAL. HARTWICK REPORTEDLY TOLD OFFICERS HE HADN’T HAD A DRINK IN FOUR YEARS AND HADN’T CONSUMED ANY FOOD OR DRINK OTHERWISE, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. THAT ALSO SAID THAT HE TOLD COUNTY WORKERS HE WAS HAVING SPEECH ISSUES INITIALLY BECAUSE OF THE MEDICATION HE WAS TAKING. HARTWICK WAS ALSO INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO BE TESTED FOR DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, BUT WAS NOT AND HAD NOT BEEN CHECKED IN TO THE PLACE WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SCREENED FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL. A COUNTY EMPLOYEE WAS ASSIGNED TO BRING HIM TO CONCENTRA URGENT CARE, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY HARTWICK WAS NOT CHECKED IN AT THAT LOCATION. NOW, AGAIN, THE COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THAT HARTWICK HAD TOLD COUNTY INVESTIGATORS THEY MAY FIND THAT BOTTLE OF VODKA IN THE VEHICLE IF THEY WERE TO LOOK INSIDE OF IT. HOWEVER, THE SEARCH WARRANT SAYS THAT NO ALCOHOL WAS RECOVERED FROM THAT VEHICLE. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO HARTWICK’S ATTORNEY FOR MORE COMMENT ABOUT THE SITUATION. AND AGAIN, THIS ALL STEMMING FROM A CRASH THAT OCCURRED IN THE PARKING GARAGE THAT SORT OF KICKED OFF A LOT OF THE FOCUS ON THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT. AND AGAIN, HARTWICK’S BEHAVIOR AND APPEARANCE DURING THAT MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE’RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THE DETAILS OF THIS DEVELOPING STORY AS THEY CONTINUE TO EMERGE. BUT FOR NOW, IN HARRISBURG, TOM LEHMAN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. THANK YOU, TOM. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS. A HAZMAT CREW IS AT A MANUFACTURING BUSINESS IN LEBANON COUNTY. NEWS EIGHT’S GABRIELLE THOMAS JOINS US LIVE FROM SOUTH LEBANON TOWNSHIP. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUSAN. WE’RE HERE AT LEBANON SEAFOOD. SEE SEABOARD CORPORATION WHERE THEY SAY THERE’S A SPILL OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. LET ME GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT THE SCENE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. AS YOU CAN SEE, FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE ON SCENE, AS WELL AS THE HAZMAT DEPARTMENT AT THIS MOMENT. NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THIS COMPANY MAKES FERTILIZERS AND RAIL CARS, OFTEN COMES INTO THE BUILDING. BUT THIS PARTICULAR CAR CARRYING LIQUID HAD A HOLE IN IT WHICH CAUSED THAT LEAK. RIGHT NOW, THE LEBANON COUNTY HAZMAT TEAM IS ON SCENE HANDLING THE CONTAINMENT OF THIS SPILL. AND I’M TOLD LEBANON SEABOARD CORPORATION WILL EVENTUALLY CALL AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COMPANY TO COME IN AND TAKE OVER. THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. SOMEHOW A HOLE GOT PUNCTURED INTO IT. IT’S IT’S REALLY THE THE PRODUCT THAT’S BEING USED WAS DETERMINED THAT IT ISN’T ANY DANGER TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT THE THE SPILL HAS TO BE CONTAINED CALLED THE LEBANON COUNTY HAZMAT TEAM IN. THEY’RE THE ONES HANDLING THE CONTAINMENT OF THE SPILL. AND THEN THE LEBANON SEABOARD WILL HAVE A ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COMPANY COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF IT. FROM THERE. NOW, THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED, AND WE STILL DON’T HAVE ANY WORD AS OF YET HOW THIS GOT STARTED. BUT AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE REPORTING LIVE HERE IN SOUTH LEBANON TOWNSHIP. I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, WGAL, NEWS EIGHT. ANOTHER LOOK AT THE LIVE BIG BOARD ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. ANOTHER DAY AND ANOTHER BIG DROP. THIS DROP FOLLOWS CHINA MATCHING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BIG RAISE IN TARIFFS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HIS NEW TARIFFS WILL HELP THE U.S. ECONOMY, DESPITE THE ANXIETY RIPPLING THROUGH WALL STREET TO MAIN STREET. NBC’S ALICE BARR REPORTS. AMID A MAJOR MARKET SELL OFF THURSDAY, MARKING WALL STREET’S WORST DAY SINCE THE DEPTHS OF THE PANDEMIC, PRESIDENT TRUMP, DOWNPLAYING THE REACTION TO HIS SWEEPING NEW TARIFFS, ARGUING THE ECONOMY IS LIKE A SICK PATIENT IN RECOVERY. THE OPERATIONS OVER AND NOW WE LET IT SETTLE IN. THE GLOBAL TRADE WAR, THOUGH ONLY RAMPING UP, WITH CHINA ANNOUNCING A MATCHING 34% TARIFF ON ALL U.S. IMPORTS AS TRADING PARTNERS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE U.K. AND CANADA PREPARE TO RETALIATE. IT’S INTENDED AND WILL CAUSE MAXIMUM IMPACT IN THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTING THE TARIFFS COULD CHANGE, FRAMING THEM AS A NEGOTIATING TOOL WITH OTHER NATIONS. WE’RE TAKING IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL BECAUSE IT’S A WORLDWIDE SITUATION. THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF THE ADMINISTRATION’S TARIFFS OVERALL, ROCKING MANY SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE AUTO REPAIR, THAT DOESN’T CONTROL WHERE PARTS COME FROM IN A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN. IT’S A STEEL AND ALUMINUM THAT GOES INTO THOSE PARTS. IT’S WHERE THOSE PARTS COME FROM AND ARE SOURCED. ALL OF THAT EXPECTED TO DRIVE UP PRICES. AND DEMOCRATS ARE HAMMERING THE IMPACT ON AMERICAN CONSUMERS. THE YALE BUDGET OFFICE PROJECTS THAT IT WILL COST THE AVERAGE FAMILY $3,800 MORE THIS YEAR. A NEW JOBS REPORT SHOWS, STRONGER THAN EXPECTED HIRING IN MARCH AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE FULL TARIFF PICTURE HIT. AS FORECASTERS LIKE J.P. MORGAN UPPED THE CHANCES OF A GLOBAL RECESSION. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ARE MAKING A FULL COURT PRESS TO REASSURE. WE’RE REINVESTING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ADAMANT THE TARIFF STRATEGY WILL BRING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING AND JOBS BACK TO THE U.S., A PROCESS ECONOMISTS WARN MAY TAKE YEARS. IN WASHINGTON, ALICE BARR, NBC NEWS. CONVICTED KILLERS SAY PAOLA ABDUL SALAM SPOKE THIS MORNING AT HIS RESENTENCING FOR SHOOTING AND KILLING NEW CUMBERLAND POLICE OFFICER WILLIS COLE IN 1994. A NEWS EIGHT CREW WAS IN THE COURTROOM WHEN ABDUL SALAM THANKED THE JURY FOR SHOWING COMPASSION. HE ALSO ADDRESSED OFFICER COLE’S FAMILY, SAYING HE IS SORRY FOR THE STRUGGLE THEY HAVE HAD ALL THESE YEARS BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS. THE NEW CUMBERLAND POLICE CHIEF READ A STATEMENT FROM OFFICER COLE’S FAMILY SAYING WHEN YOU KILLED OFFICER COLE, YOU KILLED A GOOD POLICE OFFICER. ABDUL SALAM WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE AFTER LAST WEEK’S RESENTENCING TRIAL. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY JUST SPOKE AFTER THE SENTENCING. IT MAY BE 30 YEARS LATER, BUT IT’S STILL VERY FRESH IN PEOPLE’S MINDS. SOME OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE BEHIND ME, I DON’T KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN BORN AT THE TIME THAT WILL WAS KILLED, BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. IT’S NOT SOMETHING WE FORGET. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FULL NEWS CONFERENCE FROM D.A. MCCORMICK AT WGAL.COM. THE MURDER TRIAL FOR JERRY BAGGENSTOSS IN LANCASTER COUNTY COURT CONTINUES TODAY. THIS IS A LIVE PICTURE OUTSIDE OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE. BAGGENSTOSS IS CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, MARIANNE, IN 1984. A RETIRED STATE TROOPER WAS ON THE STAND YESTERDAY. RAY GUTH TESTIFIED ABOUT A CONFRONTATION HE HAD WITH JERRY BAGGENSTOSS 30 YEARS AGO, WHERE HE SAID TO JERRY, THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND HE KILLED MARIANNE. A LIGHT AND SOUND SHOW OVERNIGHT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. OUR LANCASTER, SKYCAM CAPTURED THIS SIGHT OF LIGHTNING. WHAT A SHOW. AND STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON THE FORECAST. I MUST SAY, MIKE, THAT WOKE ME UP EARLY THIS MORNING. YEAH, WOKE ME UP TO SUSAN. I WAS HEARD THE LIGHTNING OR SAW THE LIGHTNING. HEARD THE THUNDER COME THROUGH. AND IT WAS PRETTY LOUD OUT THERE FOR NOT JUST IN LANCASTER, BUT FOR ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. WE’RE QUIET RIGHT NOW, BUT AS THIS GETS THE RADAR TO RESET, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE RAIN THAT CAME THROUGH LAST NIGHT. SO WE START OFF LIGHT AND THEN WE HAVE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 2 A.M. AND 8 A.M. HERE THAT CAME THROUGH THE AREA, BUT THAT IS ALL MOVED OUT AS WE LOOK NOW ACROSS THE AREA. SOME RAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST, BUT I THINK WE’LL STAY QUIET AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. TODAY YOU’RE LOOKING OUTSIDE LANCASTER AND WE HAVE THE CLOUDS IN PLACE. CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN THE CITY IS 63 DEGREES, SO IT IS STILL VERY MILD OUT THERE. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THE RAIN COME THROUGH 64 IN THE CAPITAL RIGHT NOW OF HARRISBURG, AS WELL AS GETTYSBURG, 63 IN YORK, 59 IN LEWISTOWN. AND THAT IS THE COLD SPOT. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE NEXT 12 HOURS. WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS LATER ON THIS EVENING. AND THEN ALSO AGAIN AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SOME MORE RAIN. WE’LL TIME IT OUT WITH THE FUTURE RADAR IN A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, MIKE. ROUTE 30 IN PARADISE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY IS CLOSED AS CREWS CONTINUE TO CLEAR THIS CRASH. LOOK AT THIS. A TRACTOR TRAILER ALMOST WENT THROUGH A BILLBOARD AROUND 1245 THIS MORNING. THE TRACTOR TRAILER HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED. NO WORD ON A CAUSE OF THE CRASH AND THE CONDITION OF THE DRIVER. CREWS WERE AMONG THOSE CLEARING THE SCENE. ABOUT 30 PEOPLE LOST POWER BECAUSE OF THE CRASH, AND A CRASH CLOSED PART OF ROUTE 272 OR THE OREGON PIKE EARLY THIS MORNING IN LANCASTER COUNTY, TWO TRUCKS CRASHED AND THE WESTERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO FREE THE DRIVER OF THIS WHITE TRUCK. BOTH DRIVERS DID GO TO THE HOSPITAL. NEW. AT NOON, THE DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG SAYS IT WILL CLOSE. RESURRECTION CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN LANCASTER. THE DIOCESE SAYS A PRECARIOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR THE BUILDING, HAS CREATED AN UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION. THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES USED TO SUPPORT RESURRECTION SCHOOL WILL NOW SUPPORT OTHER LOCAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. RESURRECTION IS A PRE-K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE CATHOLIC SCHOOL WITH 102 STUDENTS AND 22 STAFF MEMBERS. FIRE DAMAGED A HOME IN CODORUS TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 730 LAST NIGHT ON BRANDON LANE. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE LANCASTER CHAMBER HOSTED ITS 2025 STATE OF THE COUNTY THIS MORNING. LEADERS TALKED ABOUT ISSUES INCLUDING EDUCATION, THE WORKFORCE AND HOUSING AND WHAT MAKES LANCASTER COUNTY STAND OUT. WE HOPE THAT THEY TAKE AWAY INFORMATION THAT DISTINGUISHES LANCASTER COUNTY COMPARED TO OUR STATE AND NATIONAL TRENDS. AND THEN WE ALSO HOPE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO I TAKE WHAT I’VE HEARD TODAY AND PUT IT INTO ACTION FOR MYSELF? WHERE CAN I GET INVOLVED? HOW CAN I BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THIS COMMUNITY? AND THE CHAMBER ALSO HOSTED A PANEL DISCUSSION TO TRY T