Philadelphia Police Officer died in a crash here. Tonight, new calls for safety improvements. Good evening. Im denise nakano. Rafael should have been celebrating his daughters 10th birthday today. Instead, his family and fellow officers are in mourning. The accident happened before midnight at henry avenue and dupont street. Randy gyllenhaal is live on henry avenue. Some compared this area to a racetrack. Reporter denise, part of the problem is, especially at night, this road, henry avenue, can feel almost like a highway. The lanes are extremely wide. However, when you approach some of the curves, the speed limit is only about 30 miles per hour. Residents have been reporting a lot of accidents, including the tragic one that happened last night. The offduty officers truck crumbled when it slammed into a tree. He missed the curve. Police say he was speeding. Rafael, a 10year veteran of the police force, died shortly after impact. A beautiful guy. Thats all i can say. Reporter his friends
Storms are most likely and where they will not be hitting. Right now, lets get a check of the first alert traffic on this monday morning. Jessica . Bill, what were watching right now is skyforce 10 over top of a scene on the blue route on the northbound side where you can see theyre allowing one lane of traffic to move through the area as they have it allc blocked off with an overturned dump truck in the area. That one lane scooting by, really pushed over into the shoulder. We have a huge backup behind that scene as well. As we head on over to my maps, i can show you how to get around. Reports from skyforce 10 is that its about a mile backup behind that scene. Were at 47 minutes, which is normally about a 10minute trip from 95 to the schuylkill expressway. Average speeds 20 miles an hour. In broomall, your best bet so far for the morning is to take 252. That runs parallel to that scene. That will be your best bet. Youll be stuck in a half hour delay, at least so far for this morning.
And surprise wedding. 14 months after nearly dying in a tragic crash, tracy morgan marries his longtime fiancee, walking down the aisle without a cane. We have photos from the emotional ceremony today, august 24, 2015. Announcer this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Youre thinking, wow, it looks different. We are doing work in studio 1a down stairs, taking advantage of the twoweek timeshare in kathie lee and hodas studio. We had a weeklong series on Plastic Surgery so the studio decided to have work done. A facelift. To our top story. The men who overpowered an attacker on a plane honrd with a b big award. Reporter from stormy paris, what a weekend for three americans on vacation in europe, never imagining they would be invited to the president ial palace in paris. They are going home with frances highest honor. Arriving at the president s palace in paris, spencer stone, Alex Ska
Unsolved double murder in maple shade. The reason authorities are returning to the crime. And what bob menendez said today as he walked into federal court well begin today at noon with an accuweather alert. We are dealing with spotty but heavy downpours around the region today. Plus, we are tracking the powerful Hurricane Irma, bearing down on the caribbean with south florida in its path. Hurricane irma showing an impressive eye as it presses away from the lesser antilles. And going to the Virgin Islands and puerto rico. Turks and caicos look out. It looks to be a category 5. The winds are 180 Miles Per Hour. That sets a record for Atlantic Basin hurricane. The maximum wind gusts 225 Miles Per Hour. Not surprised that we lost communication with smaller islands that are affected by this. A historic strengthed storm. The winds only go out 50 miles to the center. It possible that puerto rico avoids the hurricane strength winds not so for at bahamas and turks and the wind damage could be w
Border wall . According to to democrat ig leaders both sides agree to protect the so called dreamers. And add more border security. But no funding for the wall. The white house followed that anonsment saying they didnt agree to exclude the border wall for good. And they will continue pushing it with congress. More breaking news now from north philadelphia. Where police say four men were shot during a drive by shooting tonight. Happened near the corner of second and lippen cot. The victims were all sitting outside. Three of them in stable condition. The fourth is in surgery right now at temple hospital. Police are reviewing Surveillance Footage from nearby businesses. Right now. A daughter, a pharmacy owner and now an attempted murder suspect. Police say this woman tried to kill her own mother. By injects her with insulin. Brandon hudson joining us live outside the hospital with new details on how this alleged crime was uncovered. A doctor at this hospital discovered someone injected in