Right there, burning up to the edge of the building. Chopper 5 spotted a helicopter water drop on to a home. Hoping to prevent further damage. At one point, we even spotted an animal running through the blackened hillside, trying to escape the flames. The fire burned for more than an hour and a half. White smoke filling the sky. Red retar dant can be seen on the hillside there. No word on how it all got started. A live look now, this is chopper 5 overhead. The fire was contained in the last half hour. The flames completely knocked down. But a lot of scarred territory down there. Still some hot spots. A little bit of smoke pouring from some of the charred grass. Firefighters were able to save a whole community, just right over the hillside there, by working very quickly, this morning, and putting those flames out. And another brush fire, lit the night sky early today. Three acres burned along highway 4, and at Contra Costa County fire department, saying that it is the third fire in the
Tensions over recent months. Bill cosby under oath. Details from a deposition are ten years old, but now everyone outside cosby and a few lawyers are seeing them for the first time. Heres don dahler. Reporter 10 ago, bill cosby was accused of drugging a molesting a young woman. The New York Times obtained the transcripts of those four days of interviews. In them cosby admits to having numerous sexual encounters with at least five women and using numerous methods including drugs, to make those possible. He boasted of his seduction skills. I think im a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, he told the lawyer, whatever you want to call them. Cosby admitted he was able to do it for years by trading exinclusive interviews for tabloid silence. The deposition revealed his method when he met the plaintiff andrea constand, he invited her to my house talking to her about personal situations dealing with her life, growth, education. Cosby, now 78, test
There is little hint in moisture showing up on storm scan3, i dont want you to worry too much about any wet weather at least initially but later today some of will you likely see quick shower or pop up thunderstorm, actually, might welcome that, it helps you at least cool you down briefly. It is another scorcher though, excessive heat warnings in the red, heat advisories are in the orange, and everyone is included here, no one gets a break. Look at these dew point. Youre at a 80 degrees dew point. I cant even remember the last time ive seen. That will so basically talking completely saturated air mass, dew points in the mid 70s in philadelphia, thats down right insufferable if you ask me, 81 the actual air temperature meanwhile in the city and expect to go only go up from here. Now that the suns officially up we dont have too much of it breaking through the clouds. But we are going to call it partly sunny regardless, as we hit the noon hour, already at 09 degrees, and then by the time
On the schuylkill river, it is dangerously hot outside, and it is getting worse, it is a day unlike any other this summer the heat is on. Good afternoon im pat ciarrocchi. Im erika von tiehl. Now, heat advisories are in effect excessive heat warning has been issued for philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs. We want to check in with katie out on the skydeck, and we have to get you inside the ac soon. How does it feel right snow. It is a very hot afternoon as you can imagine here, temperatures are already cracking the 09 degrees mark, quite few locations, feels even worse when you factor in the humidity, so you want to just have common sense smart ways to get around that. Weve all got to go about our day, we end stand that, but seek out the cool air seek out hydration whenever you need to, listen to your body, guys. Lets look where those excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are posted, and it is really where un, you know everyone has either advisory or warning in effect here, s
Burning tires coming up in business. We will explain why french farmers are taking to the streets in protest. And a terrifying close call in south africa as a World Champion surfer fights off a shark attack and survives. That and more on the way but first our top story. First Hissene Habre the former dictator of chad goes on trial accused of war crimes and crimes against humidity. That is in senegal is history making. It is the First Time Ever the courts of one country prosecutes the former ruler of another for alleged human rights abuses. Reporter after years of struggle victims get their day in court. I wish he had the courage to come to the bar and tell me why i was arrested and detained four years. Reporter these chaddians have come to senegal it testify in the trial of their former president apz prosecutor who ruled from 1982 to 1990 and they are determined to get justice. The time has come for the victims to regain their dignity by way of these explanations, this hearing in the c