Thursday, hazy, hot and humid. Its a good day for a tee time. Oppressive humidity returns in the seven day forecast. Now its the first heat wave is on the way. The first of the year. These two combined with the heat and humidity, we have strong thunderstorms. Two Convenience Stores were targeted by Armed Robbers in philadelphia. This wawa in the citys University City section was held up at gunpoint at 5 00 a. M. Police say the suspect was dressed in all black anticipate armed with an handgun. He demanded cash and ran off. Nobody was hurt during the robbery. A 7eleven in the philadelphia roxborough section was the target of robbers. Two armed men entered the store on the 7100 block of ridge avenue at 15 00. They demanded money and ran off. Nobody was hurt during this robbery either. The third robbery of the 7eleven in philadelphia in the last week. A Montgomery County Dunkin Donuts may not be serving coffee and donuts after a car slammed into the store. It happened at 1 45 on bethlehem
We are on the ground in North Carolina, one of the hardest hit areas. Good morning. Breaking overnight some good news, children who were thought missing during this tornado that touched down in poverty the trailer park behind me have been found, that makes two adult who died. The clean up in North Carolina is going to take a while especially in this trailer park where the tornadoes pulverized so many of the homes that are there. A number of houses caught fire is flooding and gas mains combined for a very combustible situation. All the harder for firetrucks to move around in 8 foot storm surge and 80 mile an hour winds. One thing made the storm so unusual is how quickly it moved south to north bringing flash flooding in philadelphia where one person was killed, a woman was swept away in her car in rising waters. All told, 3. 7 Million People from South Carolina all the way to Northern New York state are out of power. You could hear everything splintering, glass breaking. May be two or t
In georgia, do you remember this picture from last week, students packed in the hallways of a high school. The school is now shut down for at least two days, after several positive cases there. Well have more on that in a moment. Remember the girl who took that picture, she was suspended. Also overnight, President Trump sparking new confusion when it comes to relief money for tens of millions of jobless americans, as well as countless businesses. Hes now backtracking just one day after taking executive action on those now expired enhanced Unemployment Benefits. Saturday he said he would reduce the amount from 600 to 400 and make states pitch in. Now he says states may not have to pay anything at all. Whats the truth . What action can he take . A lot of open questions there. Were live at the white house and on capitol hill. First lets get to cnns joe johns at the white house. Joe, tell us what these executive actions, theyre not orders, theyre actions, actually accomplished, given that
Morning in the race for a vaccine. Russias president , Vladimir Putin, claims his country now has one without providing any evidence. Russia approving its version without completing a phase three trial as well. Well get some perspective on that headline from our doctor on duty in just a moment. Here at home, College Football is in flux because of the pandemic. Multiple conferences are meeting to decide whether they will go ahead with the fall season. President trump now jumping into the fray, calling a cancellation a tragic mistake. We start, though, in florida. That state shattering its record for weekly hospitalizations. The state recorded more than 3,000 hospital admissions from sunday, august 2nd, through monday. That makes florida one of the biggest coronavirus hot spots in our country. Right now it is also making decisions about schooling even tougher for some parents. As states remain open schools remain open in the state, many parents feel they have to choose between the qualit
Coronavirus. The selftitled war time president surrendered waved the white flag and legitimate the battlefield. Quote unquote. Today the former vantd hice pre and his running mate Kamala Harris hoped they would take a different approach taking 2345r9 a covid19 briefing with a group of Public Health experts. Start with Arlette Sainz in wilmington, delaware. The second official day for the biden harris team. Theyre kicking off really from where they left off from day one. Hammering the president on his response to the pandemic. Though listening to joe biden saying really its just about wearing a mask, being responsible. Its about being a patriot. Reporter yeah, joe biden and Kamala Harris choosing their attack for today, the coronavirus pandemic. Once again criticizing the president for his response. They actually sat for a virtual briefing with some Public Health experts before their remarks and then spoke briefly about the need to wear masks. Talking also about vaccines. Take a listen