36 in philadelphia. Feels like 39 in allentown. 35 in wilmington. Close to 40 degrees in millville. Satellite and radar we have a little bit of cloud cover this morning all this beginning to thin out now, with High Pressure sliding in, from west to east across the keystone state this afternoon, that she that shoulde us with a lot of the this, a lot of bright blue later on. Dismissening sun for the mummers sun for the mummers parade. High of 47, very comfortable high for january. Were not talking about blue skies, when i come back, but rain in the sevenday forecast. Philadelphia police are trying to determine if the driver who struck and killed a 71yearold man early this morning was driving under the influence. The action cam was at the scene in olney section of the city. A Mercury Sable dlirch driven by a 25yearold man hit the veteran dragging him for a block killing him. The scene out here is rather grizzly. In addition to the front grill and headlights from the striking vehicle, we h
2017. Its the annual mummers parade and were taking live look at Atlantic City, where dozens of people just ran into the water for the 26th annual polar bear plunge. Ahead, how others are celebrating the first day of the new year. First the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, with meteorologist chris sowers it is mild outside, but not mild enough for a dip in the atlantic ocean. Reporter no, but ill tell you what, looks like they are getting off easy today considering how bad it could be on january 1. 54 degrees in Atlantic City. The ocean temperature, 42. Weve seen way worse than that, so, its not perfect conditions for jumping in, but it could have been worse. 52 in millville. Philadelphia, 50 degrees, the normal high 41. 47 in reading. Allentown, 46. Poconos, 34, a little chilly up there. Trenton, 48. Dover checking in at 51 degrees. Satellite and radar, as advertised all the cloud cover has cleared out. Still seeing the cloud cover across the delaware bay region and a couple o
Tradition, here in the city of philadelphia. The mummers stepped off from city hall and made their way down broad street as they have every year, since 1901. Action News Reporter bob brooks was there. Reporter the spec to see nothing less then a great time at the mummers parade. That is exactly had happened to take. Just all of the happiness. Yes. The costumes. Definitely. Reporter band. Band, it is all great. Reporter had do you think of the costumes. Pretty zachary. Reporter mixed with the good times and laughter is the new years brigade was strutting down broad on a mission, joey gorman suffers there a rare condition. A brain neurological disorder, brain structural abnormality and it is help your brain, just going into your spinal cavity. I have had two brain surgeries reporter he is honored to have a brigade take up his battle in his cause today. I have been just trying to take it all in, that is just a family, is for, the mummers are family. Reporter great, and, comic s. Im first
A local man is among the Dozens Injured in a new years eve attack in turkey. 39 people were killed. Amazingly jakes family says his cellphone stopped the bullet from doing more damage. Sunday night, walter is off and the big story is a local connection to the attack in anise stan bull nightclub. A gunman opened fire on those celebrating the new year. One of those grew up in chads ford. Jeanette has more. The latest reports has the number of injured up to 70. Tonight, we found out that one of those injured is jacob raak. Hes lucky to be alive. Action news spoke with his mother and brother. They tell me they are anxiously waiting for him to return home and are relieved hes okay. This is jacob being loaded on to an a ambulance not long after aattack on those celebrating the new year. Around 1 15 this Surveillance Video shows the moment the gunman fires approaching the popular upscale nightclub. Witnesses say he targeted police and security and then bystanders. At first many mistook the sh
Looking forward to next year already. Jerry i can hear in your voice how much it means to yo. E coach, congratulations, go hug your players and celebrate. Thank you very much. Mike you could hear it in his voice too. Dont forget. The rose bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual at 5 00 eastern on espn. For our entire crew who works so hard all year long, thank you so much guys and girls. For Ed Cunningham and dr. Jerry punch this is mike patrick saying so long from tampa, florida. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. We feel for everybody here. I would love to come back when its a little safer. Its a good country. Showing compassion and resilience. A delaware man is headed home after surviving a terror attack aboard. Jacob raak was injured on new years eve. It is monday afternoon, im Sharrie Williams. And im brian taff. The big story is a deadly nightclub attack and the local man whose cell phone likely helped save his life. Action News Reporter bob brooks live today at Ph