Transcripts For WPVI Action News 11pm 20170920

Its our best whitening technology. Plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. Now i get a whiter smile and healthy teeth, all in one. The 3d white collection from crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jim gardner. We continue to follow two storms. They are both out in the atlantic. But thats where the similarities end. Jose is stirring up our coastline and causing some street flooding at the shore. Maria is potentially catastrophic and has the entire island of puerto rico bracing for a direct hit. But as you may know, there is another Natural Disaster thats already happened and is already killing a lot of people. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is a major earthquake in central mexico. The death toll has reached 139. It will almost certainly go higher. The 7. 1 magnitude quake was centered in the pueblo town of riboso ands close enough 76 miles to cause havoc in mexico city. At least 40 buildings have collapsed. Rescue operations are under way. At least 60 people have been rescued alive in this city of 9 million people. Cameras were rolling in a Television Studio where you could see lights swaying on the ceiling. Cruel irony here, just this morning mexico city held earthquake drills on this, the anniversary of the earthquake in 1985 that killed almost 10,000 people. Now the latest on jose and the storms impact at the jersey shore. Weve got action News Reporter chad pradelli in North Wildwood, Annie Mccormack and cecily tynan tracking the storms path. Start with you, chad. Whats the situation there . Reporter right now, jim, conditions are improving. As you can see, its still very windy. For most of the evening the waves were crashing over the seawall. Over the past hour we havent seen that happen. We have taken joses biggest punch and come out okay. The seawall at Second Avenue and North Wildwood couldnt contain the churning atlantic. People watched, and at times had to grab the little ones and take cover. Spectators seemed astonished by the massive waves. Insane. Insane. Its amazing. Oh, my goodness we missed it, bill. Ive never seen it come over here. Never. Never. And we have been coming down here for years and years. Reporter high tide created minor to moderate street flooding along the bay here in North Wildwood. This was the scene around 8 45. Shutting down ocean drive between avalon and sea hall this evening. And caused extensive beach erosion up and down the shore. In ocean city, people gathered to get a firsthand glimpse of mother natures magnificent power. Its a magnificent thing to watch. But its sad to see the beaches go. We cant really protect these beaches. They werent meant to be protected. Reporter and at high tide we drove around the bay, from what we could tell, it seems the flooding was contained to street nodding. No homes taking on water. Chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you, chad. Action News Reporter Annie Mccormack is staked out in margate tonight. They have been in the news all summer and today has not helped. Reporter thats right. All because of the controversial dune project. Take a look behind me. Contractors with the army corp. Of engineers are working through the night. The tidal flooding caused issues with the already controversial dune project. Started at 7 00 this morning. You know, lots of phone calls. Reporter today the mayor of margate city fielded phone calls from angry residents. Then called the army corp. Of engineers himself. They knew this storm was coming. Should have had a lot more pumps. Reporter at issue, the temporary outflow pipes put in place by the army corp. Of engineers during a controversial dune project on margate beaches. Previously residents say the construction created ponds filled with bacterialaden water. But this morning, because of the effects from the storm, tidal water came in through the pipes meant to drain water. That created ponding and flowed into the street. You can see here where backhoes tried to stop the water. In a regular northeastern before the dunes came, well have water which will ebb and flow. Now we have water pond on this side of the dune. Its a concern every day, you know . So we hope they know what theyre doing. Reporter today residents came to see for themselves. The project is meant to build dunes to protect the city. Now the waters coming back from the pipe and thats where all this water came from. Its crazy. Reporter the mayor is concerned about the impact future storms will have. Giving me a very sick feeling in my stomach. This could be disastrous. Reporter back out here live tonight, we did speak to the army corp. Of engineers. A spokesperson telling us tonight they are working, as you can see, to fix the problem. In addition ahead of the storm they stopped dredging several days ago. Moving that dredge to a safer location. Now reporting live, Annie Mccormack, channel 6 action news. Back to you. Thank you, annie. Now, not far from annie in atlantic city, streets flooding in the back base. Like here at albany and west end avenues. Buss and pickups made their own wakes. But drivers in ocean city chose to turn around instead of chancing it. Very high water blocked off west avenue at third street . Ocean city. Lets get the latest on jose from cecily tynan and accuweather. The morning tide could be an issue. It definitely could be. The next two tide cycles looking at the potential for minor coastal flooding. But after 12 days as a hurricane, the longest for an atlantic storm since 1980, jose has now weakened to a Tropical Storm. Maximum sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. And its made that turn to the northeast. So it is moving into cooler waters. It will continue to weaken. Although this storm will meander off the mid atlantic for several days. And wave heights are a factor. Close to the center of the storm, 25foot waves. Closer to land, about 10foot waves. That continues to pile up the water. Thats why we have a coastal Flood Warning until 1 00. But i really think the coastal flooding peaked at this evenings high tide with more moderate tidal flooding. It will be diminishing through the the day tomorrow. While jose is weakening, maria is doing the opposite. To the what you want to see with a hurricane as it gets closer to land. Maximum sustained winds now 175 miles an hour. That ties as the eighthstrongest hurricane on record for the atlantic based on wind speed. And if you look at the eye, you can see that is st. Croix and the u. S. Virgin islands and getting very close. Its only about 30 miles away and look like it will be brushing st. Croix tonight. And tomorrow a direct hit on puerto rico. Likely a category 5. And trending closer to the east coast next week. Talk about that next. This is what Hurricane Maria looked like on the island of guadalupe today. She is a category 5 hurricane. The winds are merciless. One is reported killed. And they are preparing for a direct hit on puerto rico. The governor of puerto rico said that maria could hit with a force and violence that the island hasnt seen in generations. He said we are going to lose a lot of our infrastructure. We are going to have to rebuild. Action News Reporter Christie Ileto was live in the satellite center. Christie, members of the Puerto Rican Community here are worried about falls back home, about loss of property, but much more so about loss of life. Thats right, jim. And a Philadelphia Company went down to puerto rico not just to see their family, but to celebrate their wedding anniversary that was today. Not knowing that it was going to strengthen to a category 5, leaving them stranded on the island directly in the storms path. Visiting from the may fair section of the city, rebecca ruiz captured the first signs of Hurricane Maria heading towards puerto rico. Putting water aside. Making sure we have potable water. We put the storm shutters up and were just waiting. Its the calm before the storm. Reporter speaking by phone from a southwestern opportunity island, ruiz has never endured a hurricane, let alone been directly in the path. Im hoping we will be okay because i have two daughters in philadelphia. Reporter with winds of 175 miles per hour, the category 50 storm has ripped through guadalupe and on pace to be the most catastrophic in the islands history. The lights going on and off. Reporter visiting her friend, she calls her family in puerto rico. Now that im here, i think about it and i would rather be home with my family. As the city gears up for the annual puerto ricoenday parade, they are ramping up efforts to help loved ones back home. Originally we thought the support regarding the damage that irma left behind. But now its going to be irma and maria. Reporter meaning those ruiz are left bracing for the worst. Its getting worse for me and were just anticipating the evening and Early Morning and just to be inside for quite a while. Reporter now ruiz has been texting with me and said within the last hour the power has been going on and off. A clear sign that maria is heading their way. The biggest concern is will she be able to make it back to philadelphia once the storm passes. Live in the sat center, Christie Ileto. Channel 6. Thank you. Our complete weather coverage continues online at 6abc. Com. You can find the latest on both hurricanes both storms, jose now a Tropical Storm. Hurricane maria as it continues to lash out at the caribbean. And still to come on action news tonight, an unexpected approach helping to end the teachers strike. Plus federal investigators released the findings on the septa train crash that injured more than 40. And during an emotional meeting tonight, a Bucks County School district decides to start battling the epidemic. And Tropical Storm jose making it into the western suburbs. But a drying trend and a dramatic warming trend ahead. All the details in the accuweather forecast. And are they saying break up the phillies . Youre going to love the highlights. Action news continues in just a moment. From fields and factories they came looking for opportunity. They worked hard. We helped them work harder. They are the students of strayer university. For 125 years, weve supported as theyve rewritten the future. And to all who seek their true potential, we say, lets get it, america. President donald trump forsook the typical diplomatic language of the past president s at the u. N. Instead, introduced the world to texbook trump dividing the world into good and evil. At the top of the list of evil, north Koreas Kim Jongun and his relentless drive to establish his country as a nuclear power. The United States has great strength and patience. But if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself. And for his regime. But trump said there was still hope that the United Nations could solve many of the worlds quote, vicious and complex problems. Cabrini university is now investigating a second incident of racist graffiti written on a dorm room door. Racial slur written in marker was found on the door of another africanamerican student. Over the weekend sania van found similar racist graffiti on her door. Today School Officials held a town hall meeting to address the issue. It really makes us all sick to have Students Experience Something Like that. And who we are, thats how we respond. Were an institution who values social justice and inclusivity. And weve always been that. The provost says hes proud of how students rallied around each other and responded to hate with love. The radner Police Department is investigating the incidents along with the schools Public Safety division. New developments tonight in the maf eaton teachers strike. Offering binding arbitration to get students and teachers back into the classrooms. The deal, rare for a school board to offer, would have the Teachers Union and the district submit to a panel. The public would be allowed to weigh in before the panel makes a ruling on one or the other. There is no word from the union or whether or not it will agree. No charges in the death of a 19yearold student from lafayette college. North Hampton District attorney said that Mccray Williams had been drinking and fell. Nobody saw it happened. Teammates said he seemed drunk and groggy but not unconscious. The d. A. Said this was not like penn state. There was no evidence of hazing, a coverup or any crime. The pensbury School District has established an antiaddiction program ahead of the curve. But tonight it wasnt just about policy, it was also about personal tragedy. Walter perez with the story. Reporter tonights School Board Meeting turned emotional with the passage of a program thats believed to be a first of its kind program. The initiative is a schoolbased Drug Intervention Program to increase training and add fulltime staffers from a drug Treatment Facility for the Elementary Schools all the way through to the high schools. And the people who first proposed this idea were members of the johnson family. Their son, luke, a high school graduate, lost his life this past june after spending time at a rehab in florida came home for his birthday on may 12th and went back to florida and relapsed and died. He overdosed. Reporter luke johnson was only 22 years old. And theres a reason why School Board President Jacqueline Redner became emotional when the proposal was passed unanimously. All in favor . Aye . Any against . Thank you. Reporter you see, her son, josh, overdosed overdosed and dt wednesday. He was 28 years old. Its got to start with the normal every day joe. If you see something, say something. Reporter and john johnson says the best part is now lukes death was not entirely in vain. He was a great kid with an awesome sense of humor. We loved him very much. Reporter program does have a hefty price tag. 149,000 a year. The district is looking for outside funding and partners to hopefully help defray the costs. But supporters say that cost pales in comparison to the cost of losing so many lives to opioid addiction. Program begins in earnest next week. Reporting from lev it town, walter perez. The preliminary crash report is out on the septa accident at 69th street terminal last month that sent more than 40 people to the hospital. The train operator told ntsb investigators that earlier in the night his norristown high speed line train slid through the stop at the gulf mills station because of slippery rails from a light rain. And then just after midnight, as he was pulled into 69th street, he tried again to stop the train, but could not. It hit an unoccupied train car that was parked at the station. Tonight camden joined the ranks of cities making a bid for the amazon second headquarters. The Camden County board of freeholders worked with the state to craft the proposal that may include significant tax incentives. Toys r us is bankrupt. The new Jersey Company plans to keep the 1600 stores open while it reorganized in chapter 11 protection. Gift cards, returns and rewards programs will work as normal. The retailer blames 5 billion in debt rather than struggling sales. But Industry Analysts say its impossible not to add competition from amazon and walmart to the equation. They did not say yet how many of its 65,000 jobs could be at stake. Lets get the latest now from accuweather and cecily tynan. Jose is weakening, maria is strengthening, unfortunately. And the action cam in center city tonight where its a warm, damp and somewhat breezy night as well. Sky of taking a look over the ben franklin bridge. And sky 6 shaking a little bit with the wind gusts all thanks to now Tropical Storm jose. And we are still getting a few showers, compliments of jose. And they findly made it into the western suburbs. As you look at the double scan live, you can see that we have a thin band of showers right now stretching right to the west of route 100 near pottstown. Its crossing the turnpike towards downingtown and coatesville. Just west of chads ford. This is the last gasp of the outer advance of jose as jose continues to weaken and continues to pull away from us. And that will mean that our weather will be improving somewhat, but jose is not quite out of the picture quite yet. Its going to meander there. Its warm and humid. Philadelphia, 72 down from the high of 80. Allentown and reading, 70, wilmington, the same. And the board walk in atlantic city, 69 degrees. So tomorrow, definitely brighter than today. Mixture of clouds and sunshine. Stay on the muggy side. 84 degree degrees in philadelphia. Cape may, 84. Be careful along the beaches. A high risk of rip currents through the weekend. Along the coast the next few days, gorgeous on the beaches. Be careful. Rough surf, rip currents and tomorrow afternoon, more minor coastal flooding. Tropical storm jose continues to push to the northeast very slowly. In the meantime weve got Hurricane Maria. And this is a very powerful storm. Its closing in on st. Croix right now. Only about 30 miles away from st. Croix. The sustained winds, even the brush with the British Virgin islands will be seeing hurricaneforce winds. And then as we head into tomorrow morning, those hurricaneforce winds moving over san juan. And much of the day puerto rico will be getting hit with hurricaneforce winds, very heavy rain. A tremendous storm surge as likely category 5 Hurricane Maria makes a direct hit. Now, look at the spaghetti plots, take them with a grain of salt. But going a week away, they are beginning to trend a little bit closer to the coast. So the problem is jose, whats left of it, isnt Strong Enough to pull it out to sea. We could have a ridge building g and the ridge could get it close to the east coast of the u. S. The exclusive accuweather seven day forecast. Its warm, like summer. 83 degrees. Friday, for fall, still feels like summer. 84 degrees. Saturday, 86. Sunday, down right hot for the eagles game. 90. Monday, 88, and tuesday, partly sunny with a high of 85 degrees. And we continue to track maria. David murphy has the latest at 4 30. Got cool, its fall and hot again. Going to complain . No. Me neither. I like summer. Thank you. It was draft night for some of philadelphias best and brightest high schoolers. They were named fellows of the germination project at the union league in center city. Program tonight bestows a lifetime of training to the promising young men and women in the exchange that they pay is forward to benefit the city. Our general manager was among the Business Leaders lending their time and expertise. Well, the deal is the phillys look like an entirely different team. The last week or so. Rhys hoskins. All these young guys. They have been exciting to watch. Six wins in the last nine coming in. The phillys giving us reasons to be hopeful. Phillys and dodgers. We were supposed to blur that out. Apologize for the mascot nudity. Hes naked. Pick up the action in the fourth. Dodgers up 10 and adding to it. Granderson brings in bellingger, and the phillies get one back in the sixth. Drives in the run. 21. Now tied at two in fact seventh. Bases loaded for hoskins, clear them. A threerun double. He drives in four run on the night. The phillies win 62. The eagles run game figures to be a hot topic leading up to game against the new york giants. The run game, or the lack thereof, was a problem in the loss to kansas city. Calling 66 pass plays and just 13 run place. The offensive coordinator says sometimes theres an imbalance. Keep calling runs even when they dont always work . Yes. But that has an asterisk next to it. The overriding factor as the play caller is youre going what you think is best for the team to win the game. Still ahead, the flyers might be mixing things up. Flyers Training Camp continues. Tomorrow playing the islanders in split squad action. One game in allentown, the other on long island. The Season Opener in san jose is 15 days away. During the practice, Center Claude Giroux was at left wing. Im open minded. I think it could work. Theyre two smart players. So get the chemistry going quickly. Its going to be good. If the left wing thing doesnt work out, giroux could try baseball. He threw out the first pitch before the phillies game. A perfect strike. Thats sports. All right, thank you, ducis. Jimmy kimmel live. Tonight, kirsten dunst. Action news continues at 4 30. Dont look at me that way, theyre really good. All right. 4 30, tamela edwards, karen rogers. For the entire action news team, im jim gardner. Good night