Good morning. Its chilly out there again. Hopefully people were watching yesterday and not surprised. I want to see your eyes on the traffic. See that . Its on me, and the traffic and that looked like a truck but anyway. So we got lots of sunshine on the way again. Cloud cover off the coast. This is going to be a repeat of yesterday except that we are going to get milder this afternoon. Starting out chilly though. 49 degrees currently in philadelphia under clear skies. Just 39 in allentown so similar numbers to what we had yesterday. Pretty cool out there and cool enough for a coat or a jacket. 42 degrees in reading. 43 in wilmington, 42 in trenton. 55 degrees a little milder early on in cape may. And as we go through the day theres the good news for most of you, 46 by 7 oclock. Well get up to 72 for a high around 3 oclock and then back to 68 by 5 oclock and 62 by 7 oclock. If youre getting the kids ready for the bus stop, get them ready to deal with a little bit of a chill out there.
And we do say good morning, everybody, on this wednesday. We start with the growing controversy overnight. The president s words to a pregnant widow facing harsh criticism. He reportedly told her the widow rather of a fallen Army Sergeant that her husband, quote, knew what he signed up for. Now, the question now is was that remark taken out of context. Abcs Serena Marshall has more on it from washington. Serena. Reporter kendis, diane, good morning. President trump reached out to all four families of the Fallen Soldiers from that deadly attack two weeks ago, but that one phone call raising questions. A grieving widow six months pregnant and a flagdraped coffin. The remains of her husband u. S. Army Sergeant Ladavid Johnson returned home. The soldier with thes let u. S. Army special force, one of four who died nearly two weeks ago in niger. Only an hour before President Trump calling her offering condolences but according to democratic representative fredricka wilson, in that call the p
It. Lets get to dave murphy and karen rogers. Nothing lasts forever. Today enjoy. You can see how satellite shows you that cloud cover really pushing off the coast. Weve got clear skies across the region this morning and it looks like well maintain lots of sunshine today. As we take a look at temperatures, 63 degrees currently in philadelphia. And still in the 50s in wilmington and allentown and reading. 60 degrees in trenton. 53 in millville reason 67 down the shore in cape may at this early hour. As we go through the day, it does the get warm. 76 degrees by noon and by 3 oclock, 80 degrees. Looks like well get a high of 81 around 4 oclock today. And then by 7 oclock, 78 degrees. And no chance of rain today or tomorrow, so looking ahead, maybe todays a good day to get the car washed. You can see, however, that we are looking at an increase in the chance of rain on friday, saturday and sunday. Could that some thunderstorms around and saturday night is looking like a volatile period. Mo
Not much wind out there. Humidity low. And heres whats going to happen today. By 7 oclock, 63. Looks like we get up to 76 degrees by noon. Great for lunch outside and then 80 degrees at 3 oclock. And i expect a high of 81 today. Well probably hit that around 3 30 or 4 oclock before sliding back into the upper 70s pie about dinnertime or so. And the car wash situation is not bad. Were looking at no chance of rain the next couple of days, so if your car hasnt been through the washer for awhile and you want to do that this afternoon, not bad. There is a 20 percent chance of perhaps a spotty thunderstorm on friday and then saturday and sunday were looking at an increased chance of precipitation. In fact there could be some showers and thunderstorms mixed in. Maybe some strong ones on saturday night. Ill have the latest on that from accuweather coming up. What you got on roads. We have one problem in New Castle County its an overturned tractortrailer. Were hearing there are injuries on the
61 degrees in reading. 60 in trenton, 64 in wilmington. Were at 70 down the shore in cape may. Dewpoints still low. Most of us in the 50s. A couple of spots down south in the mid 60s. So, its moderately humid there but overall it looks like another nice day. 67 degrees by 7 oclock for those of you out for a run and then as you plan the next 12 hours, it gets warm. 76 degrees by 10 00, 82 degrees by noon. And 86 by 3 oclock with a high of 87 at about 4 oclock. By dinnertime probably back down into the mid 80s in philadelphia. Matt pelman weve got an uptick in humid and temperatures over the next couple of days. Well have that story, starter talking about the weekend and the tropics. Thats all ahead. We can always talk about the weekend. Good morning, david. Were waiting on an uptick in the speeds along 422. What a mess its been since before midnight. Thats when a vehicle ran off the eastbound lanes approaching oaks. That caused a closure of 422 eastbound here at 29. The phoenixvillecoll