Where so many showed up organizers had to change the route. Saturday night im walter perez. The big story is the womens march across the nation. Small towns and major cities, crowds exceeded estimates as millions made their voice heard. Team coverage of the protests, action news is live at the ben franklin parkway but we begin in washington, dc. And guys it has been quite 24 hours. Reporter to say least, walter, we we dont have to agree with that, weve been here to witness whats happened. Were standing on independence avenue. This was the main stay for todays monument tall womens march on washington. Were able to stands here now, we could not have done that earlier. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets in washington, dc. Some thought and debate about the number but we do know this, the marchers had a permit to end at the white house if they had 200,000 people but they obviously had well over that number. Because they were not allowed to end the march at the white house.
We want you to slow it down on a lot of roads here, you get into the outlying suburbs, all of a sudden the visibility drops completely here, were down to. In wilmington. 3 in allentown and trenton. Half mile in reading. 1 mile in lancaster. 2. 5 in philadelphia. Somewhat better numbers off to the southeast because its raining down there, its almost like pick character poison this morning. Youre either getting the fog or the moderate rain. Storm tracker 6 live weve set it in motion for you, the moderate rain extends from Atlantic City southward through cape may county. Thats the last of it for now, it should exit the coast in the next halfhour or so, oncer it pushes off the coast, most of the afternoon remains dry with a little bit of drizzle and mist, mainly a cloudy day with areas of fog, similar to yesterday. High temperatures on the mild side. 52 degrees is the forecasted high. But whats going to happen over the next 24 to 36 hours, a full blown noreaster is on the way, it will char
Conditions are clear right now. So whats going to happen is, with these clear conditions, easy for us to start warming up very nicely as we go through today. Yesterday in the afternoon, we only got to a temperature of 49 degrees in philly. Today were talking about 10 degrees warmer than that. So heres the rundown of this weekend. Today, we are sunny. Still a bit windy through the afternoon, but warmer than yesterday. Tonight, well be clear and cool and a nice evening. And by tomorrow, warming up even more with sunny conditions. Overall, making for a gorgeous weekend. Well talk saturday, sunday temperatures and look at when we make it to the 80s, coming up. Looking the forward to that. Thanks for that, crystal. Now to that breaking news. One person is in the hospital this morning. A bridge in camden is closed because of a brush fire. Flames broke out underneath the flanders avenue bridge on admiral wilson boulevard near 6 15 this morning. Crews quickly arrived to put out the fire. A cou
Verage. Silversneakers fitness benefit, and person to person Customer Service. Call now and get help choosing your plan. Network health. Were local, we care, were person to person. Just about to turn over steady rain in place across southern wisconsin and heavy rain in the north counties, especially fond du lac early this morning. As we get a live look, 45 degrees in milwaukee. The third ward, southeast winds at 14 miles per hour. The temperatures falling back a little bit. 40s across the board. The heavy rain across Sheboygan County and fond du lac. Lighter near the illinois border. You can plan on temperatures upper 40s to near 50 degrees with wind and rain in the forecast. Mostly one to two inches of rainfall by tonight. Reporter the chopper is staying parked because of the weather. This is lincoln and the bypass it is just at lincoln that we are seeing with the delays. If you are headed out, take it slower on the wet pavement. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Matt,
Speaking of people coming to cheer on their fellow runners or loved ones, jenna knox and her family came from calgary, canada, to cheer on your mom who is taking part in this. Yes, thats right. And this is this isnt her first marathon . No, she started running in the Half Marathon when she turned 50. We are here to celebrate the 10th marathon and 60th birthday. Why did she pick this one. I think she was looking for a challenge. The hills and a Historic Town and we came to cheer her on and a vacation. You are here with your husband and 1yearold son. I like the sign. What does it say. Good grandma, you are golden. Thanks, jenna. A reference to the name of this Half Marathon and the famous course that brings a lot of people to this event, back to you guys. If you run a Half Marathon, why not San Francisco. Maybe the fog will clear so they can get beautiful views. Thank you. In other news, recreational crab season is underway. That is good news for local fishermen and all of us crab lovers