I do want to show you whats going on behind me. Police are still conferring. There is a perimeter wrapped around the area as they continue to gather evidence from this townhouse. Now at this time we dont know what unit where this all took place but again police are still reviewing evidence at this time in the early stages of the investigation. As far as what happened here tonight were told a 33 year old man was watching an 11 year old boy at the time per his parents request and it was when he was putting a gun away inside his townhouse that that gun went off and struck the 11 year old boy in the upper body. Where exactly we do not know at this time. But again that gun struck the boy. That man immediately wrapped the boy up, rushed downstairs and raised him to joint base andrews where the police was then transported to Childrens Hospital and were told he is now fighting for his life tonight. The 33 y man is distraught. We are speaking with him now so we are very much in the early stages
Following this all day. Do they have any idea how it started . I dont know how it started but thats what the folks here, the investigators are trying to figure out. They are focusing on that spot right there. We have seen them come over and take pictures and do digging and try to i guess determine a preliminary cause of what happened. The heart of a community went up in flames. It was devastating. Fire swept through the rec center. It is tragic. Neighbors watched, feeling helpless and heartbroken. Everyone lost a piece of history there. And then he realized what was burning and with a word summed up what is lost. No matter what age were you they were expecting you to come in. And from nearby claire mill elementary and the middle school and the principal was emotional. It was a ray of hope for the community. And now thats been taken away and it is just temporarily. The rec center was in the middle of a fates lift in the spring the owner and the boys and girls club half Million Dollars t
Including charles. Tuesday the family learned their home was gone but somehow charles escaped the fire. They say he burrowed his way into the mud near their house. He was a Christmas Gift for their daughter three years ago. The family is overjoyed beyond words. President elect donald trump announced he will nominate retired general james mattis as secretary of defense. David petraeus is gaining support to be the next secretary of state. Marlie hall is outside of trump tower in new dont let it outside of this room. Do you promise . Reporter president elect donald trump leaked a secret during a victory tour rally in cincinnati thursday night. We are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. Reporter james mattis, the 66yearold retired marine corps general served 41 years Expeditionary Forces in iraq and afghanistan. Mattis, who retired in 2013, will need a waiver from congress to take up the roll. Federal law says the pentagon chief must be out of uniform for seven yea
Overnight, after Police Involved shooting. Latest developments. The dangerous heat turned deadly in philadelphia and region remains under a excessive heat warning we have latest on when it will start to feel cooler. Today is sunday august 14th good morning im rahel solomon. After a scene like that lets get over to Justin Drabick. When will it feel cooler. Slight decrease and still feeling like over hundred degrees. We will take it. Each day yes, through the workweek we have something to look forward to. At least it is, second half, bodies are used to this heat. Dont get me wrong it is still hot though. True, hate enough in the summer that fall is the horizon. Yes. So just choose your poison. Before you know we will be complaining about the snow. I will be. I wont be. Im just going to enjoy summer. Still another excessive heat warning, continues throughout the entire delaware valley, again, feeling over 100 degrees later this afternoon. Not as bad as yesterday we were feeling 111 in the
At the airport. Lower 70s through most of the outlying suburbs, tad cooler up toward Lehigh Valley for example but our area headlines we are off to a cooler beginning, to the month of september here and when i say cooler we are just typical for standards of this first day. 84 degrees is where we top off in the city as skies gradually clear and it looks like a nice end to the week. Problem is hermine is starting to have a little bit more of a mind of her own here now that we have a Tropical Storm in the gulf of mexico. Track is starting to change and it means our tore cast may get downhill much more later in the show. Katie, thank you. What i want to show you is what we were talking about what justin will be talking about in a moment as well. I want to give you a bird eye shot. We are talking about an accident involving a tractor trailer and fire truck. The injuries are involve. I95 south between vine and columbus boulevard all lanes block. Once you take i95 and move up there whence you