Leggett you whether and traffic. Matt pelman in for karen and dave murphy. Youll get more high humidity at a. Could be more drenching thunderstorms around later too. We had some of those late yesterday and last night. As you take a look the closest precipitation is off to our west, just a little bit of a sprinkle here or there locally. As you head out the door it is warm. 77 degrees in philadelphia. Even up in allentown 75 at this hour. 75degree readings on the boardwalk and about the same everywhere else. And the dewpoints are still above 70 almost everywhere and that means the humidity is oppressive. Youll feel it as you start Walking Around and working outside. 73 by 6 oclock, 78 by 8 oclock. Warm and humid as we start out, partly cloudy skies. If you want to do some exercising i would recommend getting out there early and getting that done. By noon were up to 86 and then 3 oclock that is your high today 89 degrees and some urban centers Like Center City youll hit 90 and theres the
Subways jarod under investigation for child pornography. His home raid bid federal and state agents. Its in indiana. You can see there agents taking away computers and other electronics from the house. Subway spokesman jarod is detained right now, not arrested. The executive director of his foundation was arrested a few months ago in april. He is charged with making and having child pornography. The indiana internet crimes against Childrens Task force is leading this investigation. Well keep watching. Thank you, christen. Right now one person is in the hospital with serious burn injuries after a house fire in bethesda. Chopper four was over the scene on howell road a short time ago. They say the fire started in the basement and the home was under construction. We are working to learn more about the fire and well have an update later this hour. Weve learned new details about the 18yearold accused of strapping a man to death on a train. Police arrested jasper spires. They say he killed K
It broke out around 3 45. The 12,000 block of white drive. You can see extensive damage here. The flames are now automatic, but the house was pretty much fully engulfed when nair fighters arrived here. We still have smoke rising from the chimney and the Center Portion of that house. Too early to say exactly what caused this blaze. But certainly, theyre doing their job trying to get a better look inside the home. Weve seen firefighters use ladders to go up into the second floor. And their big priority here is determining whether anyone was home at the time that this fire broke out in the studio. Megan, were going to keep checking in out there the morning. And were also going to check in with storm four meteorologist tom kierein. Tom. What we dont need is more rain and here it comes. More rain moving into western maryland. Eastern West Virginia, its very light rain, may hold together from hagerstown, winchester, down to luray. Low 70s to the west. And weve got some breaks in the clouds.
Heights Reaction Center park where it all happened. Mola lenghi has more. Reporter yes. Witnesses described several men ran through here, exchanging gunfire as children were playing on this popular playground. This is a place where you should have a happy face, not be shielding children from bullets. Reporter the Columbia Rec Center playground was happy until children and parents heard what they first othought were fireworks. Then this mother, who didnt want to be identified, came to a terrifying realization. I think two or three young men, and i saw a gun, which is when i realized it was not fireworks. Reporter she heard half a dozen gunshots and everyone started scattering. There were babies all over the park. We didnt even know where to run. Reporter she said when the shots rang out, parents grabbed any child they could reach, running behind cover, behind trees, bushing and sheds. You dont expect to run and collect children on a day at a park because you are running from gun shots.
Is reaching followers here in this country. Selfie stick rescue. A teenage girl and her father sucked into the ocean by a powerful rip current fighting to swim back to shore. Their entire frightening ordeal caught on a gopro camera. The girl refuses to let go of the selfie stick. They say it saved their lives. And good morning, america. A lot going on this thursday morning. We want to get right to that historic vote in South Carolina. Youre looking live at the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. That Confederate Flag right there will not be flying much longer. It could come down as early as today. And we want to take a look at the scene on the floor of the house after that vote to remove it. As you can see so many people so emotional, some people see the flag as a symbol of hate. Others argued it was part of their southern heritage. It was a bitter battle to the very end and Abcs Steve Osunsami starts us off at columbia, South Carolina. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning