It is only getting worse every year. Today the federal government announced that it will send 94 million to help centers in 45 states including pennsylvania and new jersey. Action News Reporter john rawlins is live at the addiction and Treatment Center in Spring Garden in philadelphia. Reporter hi, jim of some 90 some Million Dollars earmarked today only 325,000 will actually make it to philadelphia so its not clear exactly what the impact is going to be but if you talk to people who run treatment proceeding grams like gaudenzia or you talk to police in any district the up swing is real and troubling. A few weeks ago Upper Darby Police released this video. Later he collapses from an overdose. Heroin use up 63 percent between 2002 and 2013. Its become a cheap substitute for other drugs. Frank of gaudenzio explains people can get looked on pain pills following a medical procedure. Sometimes you get a prescription for a month. Then its off to the races because all of a sudden youre addict
What shes saying this morning. You just want to move when you hear Janet Jackson and she hasnt confirmed it but all indications are a baby is on the way. No official word but a lot of clues out there. Yeah, there are a lot of clues. The pop superstar tweeting out her new music video called damn baby. You dont say. I think thats a big indication. Also this morning well have a lot more. The incredible images of those wildfires. This is new dash cam video thats coming in. Look at this. Well have all the latest in a moment and well begin with the race for the white house. Donald trumps going to be the gop nominee. Everyone else has dropped out now thinking about a running mate and how to unify his party. Jon karl in washington with the latest. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, george. Now that donald trump has the republican nomination locked up he has to find a way to unite a party that is deeply divided over his victory. And then there was one. Donald trump now stands alone, the
To alcohol and marijuana. That neighbor said riffey had worked as a manager at a local restaurant. She now faces drug and corruption of minors charges. Riffeys livein boyfriend jamison burn is facing similar charges. As to why a mother would do whats alleged hogan says he doesnt know. In Law Enforcement we get to see a lot of bad things. But this, this level of depravity really makes you lose faith in humankind. A smother supposed to take care of their child. Reporter as for the 14yearold the neighbor says shes with her father. The 14yearold is still going to have a rough road. She obviously will have to go through detox. She is with a Family Member and we are hopeful that she can turn her life around. Reporter well, the 16yearold does not have a good Family Support system were told so county services have stepped in. The d. A. Says the hope is here they can have a soft as landing as possible for both these kids but its not going to be easy. Live in west chester, john rawlins channel6
Rosanna more than 50000 runners took to the streets yesterday. The new York City Marathon. More than 1 Million People lined the routes cheering them on. I saw the female runner go by on first avenue. Really cool. Greg all right. What else . The president of the United States back in our area. Rosanna he is going to see hamilton. Greg no kidding. Rosanna again. Apparently he has a fundraiser there again. He will not see the greg kelly version. Version. Version. Format of the deep faith. I think this is kind of universal. Whether you are a democrat or republican, they thought the questions were unfair. Meanwhile, nice to have you with us on this monday. We had so much fun at the stadium on friday night. Greg we did. Rosanna we thought we are going inning. Greg this is more competitive than it looked the entire series rosanna we got to meet that harveys dad. Greg should not have pitched that last inning probably. Arod. Rosanna arod was fantastic. Everyone is talking about how good he is a
Park. Cal fire brought out the big guns today. The d. C. 10 that swooped low over the fire zone to make several passes, dropping retardant. They are also using other air tankers, pouring water on the flames. As you have probably seen that fire is filling bay area skies with a lot of smoke. Its not fog youre looking at. This view from chopper 5 shows the smoke whopping for miles. Kpix5 on the changes that people are making in their daily routines because of all that bad air. Linda. Ken, yeah, a lot of that smoke is drifting southeast of mount diablo. Thats where i am where the base camp is. Not too bad because you can see the wind has picked up. Not bad for the Fire Fighting efforts, but it does dispate some of that smoke. But yes, people have to change their plans. Schools have had to cancel outdoor activities. A smoky brown haze settled over parts of contra costa and alameda counties. Some said it was enough to drive them indoors. You could notice it in black hawk, the smoke coming ov