Eyewitness News Reporter alexandria hoff is at the Conference Center in olde city, the conference where organizers tell us the potential for profits really is sky high. Reporter even from up close, this appears like any other tech conference because, well, it is. This is an industry like any other industry that wants to operate in the open, that wants to operate with transparency. Reporter Medicinal Marijuana professionals melt in olde city for philadelphias first ever cannabis business conference with the focus on innovation. We provide equipment and solutions lighting. Werlighting. We allow patients to look at existing studies done on cannabis so they can understand how they can engage in that conversation with their doctor. Reporter this is two of more than a Dozen Companies represented today. All have been banking on expanding into pennsylvania and as of april 17th have now pulled the trigger. Marijuana is a tricky industry. Take what happened in new york for example. What happened
That by a good solid 10 degrees. Storm scan as it is empty thed, without that blanket the or cloud cover it will be off to a cool start. Once sun comes up it will do its pennsylvania part to warm things backup. Throwing satellite coverage on top we will see included bilo in here. We are talking overall mostly sunny day a few more cloud then what we saw yesterday nothing but blue sky yesterday, that will begin to change because there is a warm front lifting in. You can see in mount pocono that win direction out of the south. Off to a chilly start, 33 in atlantic city. That warrant a winter coat. Moving forward throughout the day a nice afternoon, 62, sunny in philly, you cant beat it. Down the shore sun and included mild for standard as well. Up in the poconos more sunshine on tap here. As we jump to the upcoming weekend we will skip over black friday we will start to see our next frontal boundary making it approach and passage. That will set us back in the dose of reality but the warmt
Now 15 women in West Philadelphia really mean that when they say that. Good point. Plus uber drivers who want to avoid that thing all together, they were on strike this weekend across the country. Their demand and why it could make the Popular Services more expensive. What is lauren dawn johnson going to do your uber ride will go up. I have a a funny story. A guy in my building said i see your tweets about the struggles you have with uber. So, you should try this service and i will try to give your a ride and make your experience better do you ever take a regular taxi. Sometimes. I just dont like taxis are sometimes in the friendly. Uber, i like to talk. How is your day. How are you doing taxis are like where, where are you going. Yes. You like to talk. Anyway. This just in. I also love music. We have a challenge for you this morning. Were gearing up for the big game monday night football at the link. We want to know what gets you pumped up. Heres the the deal, record yourself singing
Conciliatory zone in the e. U. Meeting this week. Got good news in travel as well. Oils in the red. United airlines raising its fuel cost projections this morning. Well talk more about that. And the tenyear yield, a twoyear handle since january 8th. Oil lower as the iea offers a mixed outlook on the future. Shares of cocacola higher in the market after the company has expectations but is calling 2015 a transition year. Well tell what you that means. Cvs Health Higher than trade. And ceo said it was the right decision to stop selling tobacco products. First up futures rising in hopes for a greek debt agreement. A proposal for a sixmonth debt extension for greece as euro leaders get ready for the meeting tomorrow. Crudes down after the iae said there may be pressure. The greek meeting very interesting, jim. Remember i think were going to get a resolution which is a big stretchout. That is what weve seen period click with like the railroad that got in trouble in 1800. Weve seen stretchout
And rain showers north and west of the philadelphia area and some of those showers look to swing through the poconos maybe Lehigh Valley over the next couple hours. As far as back home in the city. Blue skies await. Gorgeous evening. Nice and mild, winds out of the west 11 miles an hour. Temperatures elsewhere upper 40s. 43 allentown and 49 pottstown and 49 reading northwestern suburbs and 54 dover and 53 atlantic city. Much of northeast thawing out. Its chilly the further north and east you go where they had snow all morning long, parts of new england and barely above freezing in boss stone and maine. Into the 50s southwest of us, 58 baltimore and 60 charlottesville. That looks nice. A stray shower or sprinkle to the north. This say front 3506g through and when it does it will bring gusty wind. Colders temperatures and sunshine for thursday. It will be chillier. 25 suburbs overnight. 32 city. Partly cloudy and chilly. 43 is it for High Temperature tomorrow. 10 off what we saw. And not