Have stood up to the challenges in the past and we work very hard to stand up to them again. You had two officers shot and killed, targeted, sitting in their police car. I wonder, what did you change after that . What did you learn from that . We changed quite a bit. We had two of our Police Officers in uniform sitting in a marked car were assassinated. An individual traveled up by train from baltimore. It was during the time of all the turmoil in ferguson and the chokehold here in new york. They were murdered because they were Police Officers. That was the motivation. Since that time, we have done a lot in new york. We have thoroughly changed our training technology, for example. The smart phones. They have 35,000 of these now out in the field. The tragedy of that event, we received notice that this individual was coming to new york. We got the information just about the same time those two officers were being murdered. Today we put out continual notifications to our officers updating
It was sudden heatwave, but still humid this weekend. Well take what we can get. Well run the risk for showers, some storm, rain in any of the showers that do develop. Severe storms on the lower side today. But still i will get pounded by some downpours, especially later this afternoon, because you can just feel the moisture in the air. This morning for the most part quiet. We take a look outside, center city, little fog developing right now, so it may reduce visibility little later this morning, 74 degrees country east breeze coming in 3 miles per hour, and again, you can feel the mugginess in the air. Couple of light showers across northern Lehigh Valley, into the southern poconos, at this hour, will continue to move off to the north and east. Scattered showers and some under this earl storms developing to the wells. With the daytime heating today, some will fire up especially during the afternoon hours into the evening. Seventyfour at the airport, 64 up in the poconos, low 70s in pa
Following the story of clarissa. Wait until you see her now. We begin tonight with a unusual rescue beneath the street of philadelphia. Good evening, everyone, im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Police still trying to figure out how a man still into a sewer. It happened near ninth and pike streets, in hunting park. The man was rushed to Temple University hospital, and thats where our Natasha Brown was live tonight. Natasha . Reporter well, this is certainly not your ordinary search and rescue operation today. There is no doubt about that. But after a very dangerous mission, a mans life was saved in the end. At about 6 00 p. M. , the Fire Department ghana search and rescue mission at ninth and pike in hunting park. After a man was found trapped in a 18inch sewer pipe. That somehow he wounds up in the sewer hole, whether or not he someone removed it or he was, you know, we dont know exactly how he wounds up there. The investigation into how the man ended up in the sewer, seconds, in de
Cruzs speech last night. It nearly overshadowed the speech by Vice President ial nominee mike pence. Today, pence will have another chance to sell himself, if you will, to the pennsylvania delegation. Well explain all of that coming up. Katy. Thanks for joining us. Im katy zachry, we will check back with tracy in just a few minutes but first lets get right to the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. Good morning, katy. Its cooling down. Weve got a cooler start. 72 degrees in philadelphia. Very low 60s for the suburbs, new jersey and Lehigh Valley and not seeing the showers we started with yesterday morning. A little hotter today, low 90s for delaware and Lehigh Valley. New jersey 91 degrees. Also up to 91 degrees for philadelphia. Upper 80s for the suburbs. Sunshine today, steamy heat as we go through the week. Its really going to be heating up this weekend. Ill go through today hour by hour when i come back in a few minutes. Jessica boyington has an update with first alert traffic
Social media in this region from southeastern pennsylvania, new jersey and on down into delaware and maryland. We have the convention coming up and we have to be aware of these things, the bottom line is we dont do this alone either. Reporter monica, what the commissioner is saying is police want the public to stay alert. If you see something they want to you call them right away. Contact them right away if you see something that doesnt look right to you. Live at police headquarters, im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Today president obama called for unity and peace during a trip out to the five Police Officers killed in the line of duty in dallas. Friends and family and Law Enforcement and dignitaries were all on hand for todays inter faith service, they were remembered for their brave sacrifice and speakers tried to help the community and our country continue to heal. We are here to honor the memory and mourn the loss of five fellow americans. Le to grieve with their l