A term we have heard talking about essential frontline federal employees. Give us an idea of who some of those employees are. What are their jobs . Guest some of those employees would be tsa. Some of our Veterans Administration workers. Would be some of our prison workers. Some of those would be essential personnel. Guest what are you hearing from those frontline workers during the crisis . Guest more than anything is , protection. They feel that they are inadequately protected. While they have to and they want to do their job, just want to be protected. Our main concern is making sure that those employees that we represent are protected. Host do you have any idea of how many of your members have contracted covid19 . Guest i dont really have an accurate number. I do know that within the tsa is about 170 so far and in the Veterans Administration, i think the last count i had was about 189. Can i give you a little background of why we feel so strongly about the fact we need the protectio
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Were emerging from strong storms that swept through the region last night to give you an idea of how powerful the storm in philadelphia was, look at these time lapse videos from last night. We put together several angles from our center city cameras. As the driving rain rushed in, washed over our cameras, and then rushed out. Lets find out whats to come with your first alert neighborhood forecast with erika martin and the most accurate forecast in town. You know, yesterday, the storms came in. They were really strong. They packed a punch. Thats for sure. We saw several downed trees, downs wires. Hail reports and strong wind gusts. 59mileperhour wind gusts reported in camden. Right now, things are dry, and a lot more comfortable. Kurbt temperature in philadelphia, 78 degrees. And Atlantic City currently at 77 degrees. We like these westerly winds, but we prefer an onshore breeze, so as far as those dew points go, talking about conditions feeling a lot more comfortable right now, were se
Smile. Reporter investigators and family members are hoping someone will come forward with answers. The future of students in the Deferred Action Program is uncertain. Donald trump has said in the past he would get rid of the program created by president obama to executive action. According to the republic close to 1200 faculty universities as well as Community Colleges have signed a letter hoping arizonas universities will do everything they can to protect the undocumented students. After the president ial election some had predicted a market collapse so far that hasnt happened. We are live in the newsroom to take a closer look. So far its a mixed bag for our money. The stock markets are breaking rising. Can trump take the credit or the plane . Since Donald Trumps election as president the stock market smashed one record after another. Once we got the Election Results that changed everything. On election day the Dow Jones Industrial average closed at 18,332 and two weeks later the tao
And interior new jersey as well. But this is a nice day. I still dressed in layers. You tend to want to do that in early spring but sun will shine all day. As every day pass that he is sun angle gets higher and higher and it feels warmer to you. When you are out identify in that full sunshine. Nice day. This is just beginning, folks of the stretch of sunshine, with temperatures that warm up. It is just fantastic. I havent had a nice forecast like this in a a while. I know, it is so great because it just starts off on the right foot, there is no word to wake up and saying rain, wet roadways and all that. Good morning everyone. Happy hump day. It will be nice, warm and road are looking good. Heres i95 at girard, first look at the roadway in the 4 00 oclock pushing in the 5 00 oclock. They are holding steady. Ben franklin bridge just a beautiful will shot moving in the the westbound direction from new jersey looking nice and quiet. Look at this, you can literally count how many vehicles a