Activated 3,000 national and state guard members to help with the countless rescues. Abcs lana zach joins us live from houston with the details. Reporter good evening, the situation here in houston, continues to be very serious. By abcs latest confirmation, three people are dead and there are still thousands more waiting to be rescued. White house confirms that the president will be here, to visit the affected region on tuesday, and by all estimates it will still be raining then. Houston is trying to stay afloat, amid nearly 500 billion gallons of water. Sinkholes opening up, tornadoes touching down, this lake was once a runway at houstons airport. Already there have been thousands of requests for rescue. On your roof, to be taken from the air, wave sheets, towels, or anything to get our attention. Reporter National Weather service tweeting, this event is unprecedented and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced. Follow order from officials to ensure safety. Overnight,
58 in wilmington. 55 in trenton. And 56 degrees atlantic city. 50s and low 60s now. Some of us in the low 80s this afternoon. Heres the temperature trend for philadelphia. Upper 70s 1 00, low 80s 3 kplk 3 00 to 5 00 p. M. A pretty good day. More clouds and getting ready for the rain. Well talk about the timing of the showers, how long they extend into the forecast coming up. Now to traffic and Jessica Boyington. Were watching 95 to start. Cameras around gerard avenue definitely seeing people heading out, but not creating the huge delay yet. 14 minutes on the southbound drive time, woodhaven moving to the vine. Speeds into the 60s there, as well. And in montgomeriville, watch for a vehicle fire on bethlehem pike at stump around. Thats brand new into the system. And standing by for an opening at tacony palmyra at 6 10. Take the betsy ross as an alternate. Were clear on the burlington bristol bridge following an earlier opening. Bens clear, too. Back to you. To breaking news in wilmington
Attorney. They keep that record as a running record of who their patrons were. And what this showed was that mr. Baker there was. Yes. But that mr. Ryan was not. Thats correct. Reporter the presumption said in court it was prepared to show that ryan had been blocks away from any earlier encounter working on his own familys pub making bakers claim. Totally fabricated. Reporter your son was. Bartending at ryans pub. Reporter not at barnabys. No. Reporter with his open guilty plea, baker will be sentenced in the next 30 to 60 days says his attorney tom pearl. Two years consecutive which means he could be placed facing two to four years total. Reporter well, the defendant barry baker told the judge today in open court he wanted to apologize to michael ryan. The judge said this was not the time for that. There would be a time and that would be during the sentencing process which as we say will be weeks down the road. Live in west chester, john rawlins channel6 action news. Monica. Thank you
A wealthy real estate owner who liked guns and video poker. Agents searched his hotel room for clues. Investigators say he brought 23 firearms, a sledge hammer and hundreds of rounds of ammunition with him to mandalay bay. A gun shop owner remembers paddock as a e repeat visitor. Found something on our shelf that he like d. It took him a couple different trips before we end up purchasing. Behind the home, a massive arsenal. Police found another 19 weapons exploexives and thousands more rounds of ammunition. Neighbors in his quiet nevada town stunned. My wife and i bothc were in tears. The shock. We couldnt believe this. Nbc news learned paddock wired 100,000 to the philippines the week before the shooting. His girlfriend traveled to that country and is scheduled to return to the United States tomorrow. President trump is expected to visit here in las vegas tomorrow and meet with the victims, families as well as first responders. He called a sick and demented man. People are beginning
Thats going to be moving north, as well. The two will join forces and produce a lot of rain for us during the day on sunday. Its a 50 50 weekend, today being the better of the two weekend days. Nice and mild, especially for october standards. The normal high is 62, 63. Today will be the 21st time this month we hit 70 degrees or higher. Expect high, thin clouds in the around. National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the Lehigh Valley and the poconos for sunday and sunday night. In particular its the smaller creeks and streams that you have to watch. If you live in a floodprone area, be mindful of your surrounding. There could be anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of rain when all is said and done monday morning. When i come back ill have all the details coming up in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Alicia. One person was treated for smoke inhalation and four people are displaced following a massive fire in the powton section of philadelphia this morning. Crews were called