Man. David spunt has the latest on the investigation tonight. David . Reporter ukee and jessica, some good news first to report. Were told that sheriffs deputy is improving expected to make full recovery. Ive learned new details about the suspect in the last hour or so. The main thing though that detectives want to find out is why he came to this courthouse and why he attacked this specific deputy. A normal day inside the Chester County courthouse turned violent in matter of minutes. After police say 35yearold curtis smith pulled out a knife and stabbed a chef riffs deputy. This guy runs through the runs through the door, im going to get you, im going to get y you. Went receipt past security and i hear pop pop. That popping sound was the return fire by other sheriffs deputy who shot smith. Smith later died at a local hospital. Smith made National Headlines in march when he jumped the white house fence. Something is wrong with him, hes mental but for gods sake who would let him out. Acc
It, kyla. Im bearer of good news. Every time i show up here weather has been nice. That is what we will see today. A as far as traffic is concern the weather will not be an issue. Were talking about loge humidity, were talking temperatures in the the low to mid 80s today. Already pretty nice looking at the region here, mount pocono 63. Seventy in philadelphia. Twentysix at atlantic city. That wind is nice and calm. The radar is gorgeous, today. Nice and clear. Usually we will keep an eye off a to the north and west for something to catch us off guard . It will not happen today. In fact next three days are looking absolutely gorgeous. Look at this, lower 80s, sunshine, and even at the shore you pick the the week for it. We are looking at highs of 79 to 80 degrees over next three days. Simply divine is what we are looking at. We will see some heat coming in the forecast, it is coming this weekend. We will talk about that in a few moment in the seven day forecast but now lets head over to
This system is continuing to move eastward so we do have a severe thunderstorm watch posted for philadelphia and areas all north and west until 9 oclock. They should be weakening as they press into south jersey and delaware. Strengthening Hurricane Irma it bombed out over the past 24 hours. You can see a very distinct eye and this is one of the strongest storms in the history of the atlantic ocean. Its moving west at about 15 Miles Per Hour. So the northern Leeward Islands are going to get hit very hard. Ill have the latest on this storm and the path coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Jim. All right, cecily, of course were also tracking the path of Hurricane Irma on the 6abc app. We will alert you to any updates as the storm moves. You can also get the latest from our team of meteorologists on any possible impact here. The 6abc app a Free Download for your mobile device. President donald trump has decided to phase out the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca. The mov
Right around 295, some spots look a little damp but were not dealing with big traffic problems there. Updates when i come back in about ten. Listen to that wind. That is the fury of Hurricane Irma pounding st. Maarten. Heres a look at irma on radar. The most powerful atlantic hurricane on record shows little sign of weakening from its category 5 strength. Its advancing through the yibian and setting its sights on florida. The crew of the International Space station provided this view of the hurricane. The death toll is rising. French officials report this morning at least eight dead and 23 people hurt on french caribbean island territories. Thats in addition to the death of a child reported on barbuda. Hurricane irma is about 140 miles west of san juan. Its moving toward more caribbean islands today. It is expected to pass the north of the Dominican Republic and the turks and caicos tonight. It made its first landfall on barbuda where officials report every building was damaged and 1,4
Hurricane maria a category 5 is aiming at island nations still reeling after hurricane irma. We start here at home, people here along the jersey and Delaware Coast are starting to feel the effects from hurricane jose. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. We have live team 3 coverage, our alexandria hoff is in Atlantic City pu we start with kate bilo who has the latest on joses track. You can see the rain from jose is staying out to sea for now. The storm moving very, very slowly. Its also taking on notsotropical characteristics. It doesnt look like a hurricane even though winds are still sustained at 75 Miles Per Hour in the center of that storm. Its starting to lose the tropical characteristics as it moves off to the north and its moving away from the new jersey coast line. Another little tick to the east in the track tonight which is great news because it will keep the impacts even further offshore. We are still looking at coastal impacts, but the effects inland will be minimal from