Right now at 6 00, two days and counting. In less than 48 hours the Democratic National Convention Opens in south philadelphia. And today presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton made her first appearance with her newly announced running mate. But thats not the only thing heating up right now. Oppressive heat and humidity are gripping our region once again and its not letting go. Today felt like triple digits in some spots. Good evening. It may have felt like 100 today, but we could actually hit triple digits next week and this dangerous weather isnt going anywhere any time soon. Within the past hour, strong storms moved through parts of our area. Check out this downpour in old city. Some as you see here had umbrellas, but others were caught off guard by the rain. Heres a live look over center city right now. You can see the rain and the raindrops still coming down. Peco is reporting more than 11,000 power outages. Ac electric has more than 1400 and pse g has 1300 outages. Meteorologist kar
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Breaking news out of the gate. Delaware toddler found wandering alone is back with his mom tonight. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. Iain is off tonight. Wilmington police found the little boy walking alone in a local park earlier tonight. Fox 29s brad sattin live in wilmington. So brad, do police know what happened here . Reporter well thats the big question. Theyre still obviously trying to get to the bottom of. I can tell you this little boy and family as you mentioned reunited actually right in front of us just a few moments ago, but they jumped in the car and all they would say at the time is that everybody is okay and they took off. Now, weve opted not to show at this point the boys face any more because, again, he is fine. Hes doing well. But lets backtrack little bit about 6 00 oclock tonight the discover receive this little boy sparking a massive search at speak man park. Police called to the s
Metro gets a 911 call. A mans body is found in a backyard on covey lane. I heard this pop, pop, pop, pop, 8 shots, very rapid succession. For hours the mans body laid here. Neighbors thought that pop pop was fireworks. I have really failed in my civic duty. I should have called the cops when i heard those noises immediately. It wasnt small caliber. Police say the victim, described as a hispanic male in his 30s, died from an apparent gunshot wound. And just an hour later over at parkway villas on greene lane. Police were called to a fight that broke out between two men. Once they arrived, they noticed he had an injury to his head. He was transported to Desert Springs and less than an hour, about 45 minutes later, he was declared deceased. Police tell 8 news now. The 44 year old man suffered a head injury. Of difficulty breathing. We have a couple of people, the witness and the other person in the fight detained. Two homicides in one day. Someone lost their life today and regardless of w
My civic duty. I should have called the cops when i heard those noises immediately. It wasnt small caliber. You could tell by the sound. nia wong and an hour later over at parkway villas on greene lane. Police say a fight broke out between two men. Once metro arrived. A 44 year old man had an head injury and died in the hospital. A witness and one other person involved with the fight were detained. nia wong as the blue cut fire is gets under control. Our way this afternoon. Heres katie boer with this mornings forecast. nia wong our 8news now back to School Countdown begins today will make a Campaign Stop in the nia wong clintons vp pick, virginia senator tim kaine, will make a Campaign Stop in the valley this week. Tomorrow hell speak at the local 525 plumbers and Pipefitters Training Center on leg plan for jobs and the economy. Doors open to the public at 9 am. The event starts at 11 30. nia wong and remember. 8 news now is your local election headquarters for all the local races and
And now police are taking actio, action. ,lets go live to cbs 58s Lindsey Branwall on the Northwest Side with an update. Lindsey . You can see the burnt rubber that sits on the groundarea businesses tell us this is definitely evidence of street racing. Many of companies in this Industrial Area have second shift workers. Who say theyve been caught in the middle of a race trying to leave work. To call police. On, youre urged the racing going 3 while this isnt a 3 20 secondscrack down. Definitely need to out of heand. We its really gotten out of heand. We definitely 3 need to crack down. 20 seconds crack down. Definitely need to out of heand. We its really gotten out of heand. We definitely need to crack down. 20 Seconds Police just started the crack down last week and say theyve to drag racers. And since, the area has quieted down, but racers may move to a different area. If you see or hear the racing going on, youre urged to call police. Theyre accused of taking advantage of the unrest