Did a lot of damage to that home. Two people were hurt. And an orange cat na missing. Meismao ng look at this video taken by firefighters. You can see that from the outside, firefighters could see a huge raging fire coming out of a seventh floor Apartment Unit around 5 30 this morning. But inside, residents of the 13story building were battling the smoke. Because when we got down one stairwell, it was so filled with smoke we couldnt get the rest of the way down. We just couldnt make it. It was we were choking, so we had to find the other stairwell which was on the other side of the building. Reporter getting out of this building and fighting the fire truly was a community effort. And then i heard people banging on the doors. Theres a fire, theres a fire, get out. There were a few people who had were kind of hysterical. I was like, you know what, his tash hysterics later, lets go. People comie ining out of th building giving our units intel of what was going on on the seventh floor na.
We are getting you to breaking news right now. Shopof the scene of a shooting at 16th and arch streets. Police tell action news that a man in his 20s was shot twice in the shoulder and the man was taken to Hahnemann Hospital. No word on his condition at this time. A motive for the shooting is not known and no arrests were made. Well update the story as information becomes available. And to the weather and summer like end to the start of fall. Autumn officials arrives later today but you cant tell if you head outside. Sky 6 hd looking at the Commodore Barry bridge for you temperatures for the start of fall will be imagine this, in the 80s and not cooling down any time soon. Meteorologist, melissa magee, is in the Weather Center with a first check of your accuweather forecast. Mother nature is not ready to let up summer just yet. Sky 6 hd looking at Philadelphia International airport you should be okay if you catch a flight. The weather looks to be calm across the region. A look at the w
I can go to the hospital and see what happened. Police say it appears that no the three stabbing victims at the hospital are expected to survive. Abc seven news. Thank you. New veryments on the controversial free speech week at uc berkeley. One of the biggest names says she will not be attending. Today ann coulter said she wont be speaking. Yiannopoulos said there will be a News Conference tomorrow to discuss the event. An attorney who represents the student organizers reputed the event was being canceled. They said theyre planning for this event to happen and theyre making security arrangements. Well have more on the astronomical price berkeley says it is paying for security. As lawmaker battle over herring, a big turnout for universal Health Care Advocate and form er abc News Reporter Melanie Woodrow live where he Bernie Sanders is speaking. Reporter senator sanders was met with a warm and enthusiastic welcome earlier this afternoon. Where we were for the arts. He thanked the nurses
Pacific. And breaking now, the hostage situation unfolding at this hour inside a bank. Several reportedly trapped inside. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the urgent headline from puerto rico at this hour. A dam at imminent risk of failure, a life flaet threatening situation. A Mass Evacuation under way. Some 70,000 people across the island. Catastrophic flooding and mudlieds already. The cover saying its time to get people out. We begin with abcs rob marciano on the scene to get tens of thousands to Higher Ground. Reporter a large dam is beginning to fail. Two towns and tens of thousands of people in danger downstream. A flash flood emergency in effect right now. Officials urging people to get to high ground. This is a lifethreatening situation happening now. Tonight the new emergency in this unfolding disaster. The battering of Hurricane Maria and her 40 inches of rain causing this major dams failure. Flash flooding fersing 70,000 people to
Im jamie colby, in ocean city, maryland, an irresistible atlantic resort town known for its golden beaches and this historic boardwalk. Now, the population may read 7,000, but more than 8 million visit every single year. And im here to meet a family that has a strange inheritance thats been an icon on this boardwalk for more than a century. Hi, doug. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. So nice to see you, too. Your family really is so well known here. Yeah, im afraid we are. Yeah, weve been here a long time. A long time, indeed since 1890, to be exact. Doug trimpers greatgrandparents daniel and Margaret Trimper purchase two city blocks of oceanfront land. They start with a pair of small hotels but in 1902 decide to risk everything on a new attraction. Daniel wants to bring in a ride unlike any seen before in maryland. He orders a massive carousel from the herschellspillman company. With a diameter of 51 feet, the merrygoround is one of the largest built up to that point. How special is the