A tense situation unfolding in north philadelphia as a gunman opens fire on police. One of the cops was running past me. He had blood all on his head. I think he might have got hit. Reporter wednesday afternoon, philadelphia officers were serving a narcotics warrant searching the house when shots began. There are reports of more than 100 rounds fired. Many of the responding officers escaping through windows and doors to escape the hail of bullets. But two became trapped inside for about five hours during the standoff. Swat was able to successfully extract the two Police Officers that were trapped upstairs as well as three prisoners. They were all taken out safely. Reporter the situation shifting from hostage to barricade with the armed suspect remaining inside the house. Both federal and local authorities on the scene pleading with the gunman to surrender eventually making contact. Six officers were injured by gunfire and by wednesday night, all of the wounded were released from the ho
Building homes in the neighborhood devastated by the fire two years ago. One Construction Company from las ve homes the crew says it enjoys working in the weather. Weve been in vegas for the last four or five years. And its been 120 degrees during the day and here we have the little offshore breeze and the days are just beautiful. Everything is relative, right . The heat took its toll. Santa rosa School Started yesterday and airconditioning units in some classrooms were broken. A weekly market seemed to draw fewer people because of the hot weather. Yothe have no place else to go. Today the same deal. A carbon copy, records to report. Temperatures get ready. Plan on a hot forecast for the afternoon. Just to relive yesterdays numbers. Look at the numbers. Oakland airport 94. And salinas, 84 degrees, tying a record. And we do have this. With the heat advisory in place, another spare the air alert. The spare the air alerts are easy to forecast. When you have a hot forecast theyll issue the
Might be surprised. So warm. It was in the 70s. I didnt like it. Driving in i look to see if theres fog or if the flag is moving. I saw a gentleman skateboarding with no shirt on. Why not . 3 00 in the morning doing that. And another day of record heat. And were going back to take a look at the highs from yesterday to give you an idea of how hot it was. Tripledigits towards santa rosa, concord, livermore. San francisco, 84 degrees. And the coastline in the lower 80s. Today another hot day. The heat advisory is in place for the north bay, the inland, east bay, and the santa clara valley. And another spare the air alert. Oakland, 66. And San Francisco checking in at 61. Heres a live camera above San Francisco. In this picture, fog free conditions. What could happen today, a little bit more of a sea breeze could trim back from the 84 that we had yesterday. Still always a challenge. Forecasting near the coast and the bay with the changing wind pattern. San francisco, 81. Still tripledigits
Accusing the courts of not keeping the public safe. And several Police Officers shot in philadelphia duria terrifying eight hour standoff. Well have the very latest, includ lawyer is saying about the reason behind the shootout. From ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. Good morning and welcome to you. Welcome to mornings on 2 on thursday, august 15th. Im Claudine Wong. Im dave clark. Its already hot this morning. When i left the house it was 72 degrees this morning. And a heat advisory is in effect for the north bay, east bay, and the santa clara valley. Temperatures topped 100 degrees yesterday. It will do it again today. Further inland, express heat warning from redding to modesto to fairfield. Lets talk about how hot its going to get and if people are waking up thinking it will be cooleow. Its warm outside. And we have a warm start and a big launching pad for temperatures to soar into the afternoon hours. Take a look at all the records. Santa rosa, kentfield, napa tying a record.
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