Words of comfort and condolences that have come in. Not just for the journalists and the woman injured but the resilience we have seen with the wdbj team, they are out here with mikes in hand working through the tears. They are doing this not just because its their job but they are trying to honor the legacy of their colleagues. Please join us now in a moment of silence. Wdbjs newscast marked 24 hours since the shooting of their journalists, the memorial has piled up outside for Allison Parker and adam ward. They were described as good natured. Whether it was playing or pursuing his career, he had the goals and achieved them with relentless effort and effusive joy. The woman beingrviewed vicky was shot. And her husband was watching it. There is no making sense of it, my wife had to be there at the wrong time. Vester flannigan was fired from wdbj two years ago and posted a video of the shooting on social media and sent a rambling letter to abc news. My soul has been crushed. Allison par
President elect was front and center and he toasted his cabinet picks, including his pick for secretary of state, rex tillerson. He goes into a country and takes the oil and goes into another country not dealing with the politicians right he will be so incredible. More than 50 Congressional Democrats are planning to skip the inauguration and trumps Senior Adviser is calling on them to rethink their decision. She has seen trumps inaugural address that calls it a beautiful speech that makes good on the promises he made on election night. And stay with action news for continuing coverage of trumps inauguration on friday. Brian taff and Sharrie Williams are reporting live from the Nations Capital starting this afternoon at 4 00. And action news has up to the moment updates on social media too. We are at facebook. Com 6abcactionnews on twitter. We are at 6 abc. And if you are in the d. C. Area friday or saturday, share your experiences with us using 6abcaction or email us at jointheaction 6
The job and on the street this afternoon. The land line and cable workers are on strike after working without a contract since august. John rawlins is live outside of the offices at nine and race. Reporter obviously the strike continues here, the talks did not produce a resolution here, its a rocky relationship for years. This is the second strike since 2011. The strikers work for the land Line Division of verizon, they currently have a wage and benefit package averaging 130,000 a year and offering a 6. 5 pay hike and a 401 k with a company match. The unions are not impressed. You can give us all the raises you want in the world but if you dont have a job its nothing. The main thing is job security, they want guarantees that the jobs will stay local and are concerned that the job call jobs will move out of the region or overseas. What the Company Wants to do is subcontract the work so they are in a Call Center Environment sometimes out of the state and out of the country. Well, the cha
Good afternoon in the news this noon, new information about a Police Standoff at a buck county neighborhood. Also, a grand jury is looking into bribery allegations. And the big story is the heat advisory that took affect across the region. Its hazy and humid as we look across the region on sky 6 hd. Lets go to meteorologist, karen rogers in for david murphy. She has the latest from accuweather. The heat advisory is from noon until 7 00 tonight because of the hot and humid conditions, its right along the i95 corridor, where we expect the heat and humidity to create issues making it feel like the mid to upper 90s. 85 in pottstown and 87 in Kennett Square and 90 in chester as well. In new jersey, its already 91 in vineland and bridgeton and 92 in smyrna, delaware, and 87 even on the boardwalk right now in a. C. Lets look at what to expect today. Sunshine mixing with clouds and hot conditions, its a bit breezy and 96 degrees for your high. That was set in 1967, as we pull in stormtracker 6