Satellite theres a lot of dry air just out to the west of us and that is breaking up that cloud cover. Were going to transition to sunshine pretty quickly. Obviously the rain from yesterday now well off the coast. Were warm to start out, 71 degrees in philadelphia. 67 in millville. 65 in allentown. 70 in trenton, wilmington heading out the door this morning and 65 in cape may. Your dewpoints are still kind of high. Remember anything over 60 on this map indicates humid air and in philadelphia 67. Down the shore 65. You can see how those numbers are little lower out in reading allentown and thats an indication of that drier air coming in our direction. And as we move through the day, it does look like the humidity is going to drop as the temperatures rise. By 11 oclock well be up to 82, Early Morning cloud cover giving way to lots of sunshine by 10 or 11 oclock and by 1 oclock 85 degrees under the sun. Your high today is going to be a toasty 87 in philadelphia at 3 oclock, mostly sunny s
Beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with cspans the contenders series. Thats followed by archival video of his 1968 president ial campaign and push to get on the california ballot. Also, a tour of the George Wallace collection at the Alabama Department of archives and history, and the discussion of segregation and politics in the 1960s in alabama. Thats friday, beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan3. And now the contenders, our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but who nevertheless changed political history. Over the next two hours, we feature former Vice President and minnesota senator Hubert Humphrey, who was the democratic candidate for president in 1968. This program was recorded at the Minnesota History center in st. Paul. This is American History tv on cspan3. Stay right there. [shouting] mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, mr. Chairman, my fellow americans. My fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. This
Ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ cheers and applause ] and now my friends that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and my soul. [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. [ cheers and applause ] help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. Help me to do the job in these years of darkness of doubt and of crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonights happy visions. And we will justify our glorious past and the loyalty of silent millions who look to us for compassion, for understanding, and for honest purpose. Thus, we will serve our great tradition greatly. I ask of you all you have. I will give you all i have and that was our contender this week, Adlai Stevenson, accepting the democratic nomination for president in 1952. We are joined by historian Richard Norton smith here in Adlai Stevensons old study in liberty
On the way to the scene. We hope to have live pictures for you coming up. Five people under a tree in a park when lightning struck. Three of the people in critical condition. As we get more information, we will bring it to you. Thank you, joe. We turn to the heat. A large part of the area is under excessive heat warning that will go through sunday. It feels like temperatures are approaching 110 degrees today. The heat is expected to continue through the weekend. Con ed is fixing equipment and residents in the communities are being urged to conserve electricity. This was a tough day to be outside if you were construction worker like these guys in the bronx. Vendors selling cold treats were dos brisk business. It was even hot at the beach. Asbury park. We begin with meteorologist amy freeze who is in for lee who is in the Weather Center with more for us. It is so hot outside. Not just sizzling temperatures but it feels like a steam bath because of the incredibly humid air mass that is ju
Find his family. They went to neighbors. They just couldnt find out who he was. The boy was fine but as a precaution was taken to nearby hospital and finally just little while ago police saying that the boy was reunited with his mother and the rest of his family. The mother saying that the boys stepfather took him to the park. The not exactly clear and thats the big question how could they have possibly separated . Police simply saying foul play is not suspected. So, again, the family reunited with the boy. They left here about 9 30 and certainly while there are a lot of questions, lucy, certainly a happy ending here. Thank goodness for that. , brad. Skyfox over a crash that has killed a little girl. Police tell us one car was heading west on york when another car slammed into it at second. The first car lost control, hit a fire hydrant then a building. The impact ejected a threeyearold. She died at the hospital. Two other people are hurt. But were told their injuries are not serious.