Orchestra. Reporter jessica, its been an interesting night. 90 was supposed to be celebration, there was a fundraiser to actually raise money for the orchestra. The razor went on but the orchestra went silent. Only Eyewitness News was there the exact moment orchestra walked out either you believe in the future of Classical Music and the future or you wont. Reporter he says negotiations went to the last possible minute on opening night. We were very close and its just getting the association to take that last step to say yes, we do believe theres a future here. Reporter karen simon and her husband came from Columbus Ohio i heard its probably best orchestra in the United States and i was sitting there and then to hear the announcement, it was just sad. Reporter its been a difficult year for the orchestra. The academy ball that george was cancelled due to a blizzard threat. Now, this an orchestra executive told Eyewitness News hes ready to negotiate with the musicians. The ball is in thei
Pattern, what we can expect really starting later tonight, to the upcoming work week, thats good news there. But not the best way to finish off the weekends. Check it out outside. Low clouds, cant see some of the tops of the building here in center city. Still sitting at 61 degrees. The problem is the winds directions out of the northeast at 9 miles per hour, need it to switch around to get rid of the moisture, that wont happen. Easterly flow coming in off the water. Thick clouds are gone, basically just low cloud cover and fog dealing with, some of this could thin out, yes we are could get little sunshine into the afternoon. So you dont see any rain over the Delaware Valley, just some of the mist thats not showing up on radar. 3mile visibility in philadelphia, less than 2 miles at the Atlantic City airport. We run into areas of locally dense fog, through the morning, and there is the winds direction out of the northeast, less than 10 miles per hour. And it will be remaining on the lig
Yes. Mother nature not being very kind to us over the last couple every days, we do need the rainfall, running about four and a half inches deficit in philadelphia. We didnt need it like all at one time, 24, 36 hour period, but thats how it is coming, checking in live, temperatures, generally in the 60s right now, and our reporting sites, which typically is above normal for us, but combine that with steady rainfall, the low clouds, and these windy conditions, it feels down right chilly. Winds right in you in rohoboth beach at 34 miles per hour, gusting close to 50 miles per hour. And yes, it has been a rainy go over the last 48 hours, check out Doppler Radar estimated rainfall totals. The highest amounts, just incredible, across portions of delaware, where weve seen over a foot of rainfall, in this time frame, across parts of Sussex County, where we do have numerous road closures, and still, a concern for flashflooding, flashflood watch in effect for large portion of the area, includin
Burned plastic. Reporter all that come from the back pocket of darren lovety where he typically keeps his cell phone while in class at mount laurel campus of Rowan College at Burlington County. It is a hole. Reporter that is where he used to keep it. I smelled smoke, i stood up, and i went upward because it was burning my leg, so as i switched up i noticed i was smoking. I threw through the phone on the ground and lit up into flames. I kicked it down, made the fire go out. Reporter by all account his cell phone had simply ignited. Super embarrassing, the whole class got evacuated. Reporter darren has had his iphone six plus for about six months and that it has been working normally. Earlier this month samsung suspended their galaxy note seven phones after reports that battery issues were causing the phones to catch fire. Darren says he didnt expect this from an iphone. I have always heard about samsung, blowing up and actually harming people. I guess i got lucky. Reporter we did reach
He he said its 11 00. Concert cancelled. Opening night hits a sour note as musicians go on strike. Fans filled heard music. Good evening everyone, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live outside the Kimmel Center with more on the dispute between the musicians and the orchestra. Reporter jessica, its been an interesting night. 90 was supposed to be celebration, there was a fundraiser to actually raise money for the orchestra. The razor went on but the orchestra went silent. Only Eyewitness News was there the exact moment orchestra walked out either you believe in the future of Classical Music and the future or you wont. Reporter he says negotiations went to the last possible minute on opening night. We were very close and its just getting the association to take that last step to say yes, we do believe theres a future here. Reporter karen simon and her husband came from Columbus Ohio i heard its probably best orchestra in the United States and i