Flash flood warnings continuing through the arealy we got over an inch of rain in a 20 to 30 minute period when these storms first started to hit and theyre continuing through the area. The Flash Flood Warning until 9 30 for parts of delaware Chester Berks montgomery camden salem counties, burlington and also philadelphia counties included in this area right now. So, this is a wide area where we have Flash Flood Warnings because that rain is still coming down and Storm Tracker6 live double scan showing its exactly where the hardest hit areas are right now. First off you can see wow weve updated now 100 Lightning Strikes in our area. So, this is not dying down its just reigniting through the region. We have almost a training effect because theyre coming out of this direction. So, theyre moving up to the northeast so you can kind of see it just keeps redeveloping. Now youve got it in newark, south of wilmington but the areas that have been hit all morning continue to get hit in parts of
The National Weather service has flash flood warnings in effect until 12 45, for another 15 minces for laebtic and ocean and burlington counties and watch for the heavy rain, causing high tide to get the runoff there. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing us we have rain in the region, lets go closer and see who is hardest hit fortescue Sea Isle City and right along route 49 and route 40 in hammon hammonton and the heaviest is in Atlantic City. And media and woodbury, and steady light rain and Medford Lakes and trenton is starting to dry out and droir in coatesville. And predominantly the rain is on i95 and areas east. Here is what to expect the heaviest on i95 and areas east, locally 2 inches of rain and more flooding is possible especially along the coastline we have had had so much rain and we are getting stronger storms there stormtracker 6 live double scan showing its unusual to have an area of low pressure that is strong and organized coming through the area. We have showers pi
Which he blames for leading to over charging and over prosecuting of especially nonviolent drug offenses. The end result he said, too many people locked up, too many people of color locked up, all at a price tag for the us of 80 million a year. Our nation is being robbed of men and women who cock workers and tack pairs. Could be more actively involved in their childrens lives could be role models, could be community leaders. applause . Right now theyre locked up for non violent offense. So our criminal Justice System isnt as smart as it should be. Its not keeping us as safe as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off. applause . And we need to do something about it. Reporter later this week mr. Obama will become the first sitting president ever to visit a federal prison in oklahoma. Where he will repeat some of these themes like more opportunities for children to keep them on the straight and narrow more opportunities behind bars f
The expense of the very people they serve. This is not deflategate. All right . This is a normal issue of which there are allegations after a very long run eight year investigation. Federal investigators say the 11 term congressman and four others allegedly engaged in a series of five schemes misappropriateing hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal charitable and Campaign Funds. Then they tried to hide it. Fattah and his associates engaged in a coverup lasting years in an effort to avoid detect. The investigation started with a tip to the fbi in march of 2013 and led down a path straight to fattah and others. 20 year veteran of Congress Also used funds illegally to pay off his 2007 Mayoral Campaign debt. He paid personal expenses for he and his wife, paid for a Vacation Home and helped reduce his sons Student Loans by 23,000. Corruption like what is charged today really shakes public confidence. Fbi says the 58yearold fattah also took 18,000 bribe payment from former depth pew tha
Jersey upper 80s low 90ss right now in camden, trenton its hot 92 degrees. 92 in Medford Lakes as well. But how your body reacts it feels like 99 degrees right now in wrightstown. It feels like 93 in wilmington. So the heat, the humidity its going to continue tomorrow we also have some scattered showers and thunderstorms. When i come indoors ill have the timing of that rain as well as when to catch a little bit of a break from the oppressive humidity when i come indoors. Back to you. All right, scott. Thanks. You can stay prepared for the heat with the fox 29 news app. You can get weather alerts sent to your phone check the temperature for the next seven days and download it for free. Developing right now philadelphia congressman wrapped up in scandal. A long running federal investigation yielded an indictment against chaka fattah. U. S. Attorneys Office Coming down hard against the congressman this morning. Fattah and four others on his staff mace charges of corruption corruption, bri