Times to talk about the lives and the identities and the legacies of the people who have lost their lives to gun violence and the families that are there to remember them, and, you know, i remember so profoundly the massacre at newtown. Senator murphy brought photographs of all of the victims, their families, told their stories at length on this senate floor. As weeks and months persisted here in the United States senate, and no action was taken to do commonsense things to make access to these weapons more difficult, the senator from connecticut started coming to the floor and talking about some of the people that we dont read about because the media doesnt rush to the scene when somebody dies in a driveby shooting or in a place that doesnt garner the attention, the spotlight like the massacre and tragedy in orlando has garnered by the national media. So i i thank the gentleman from connecticut for his perseverance, and i am just so proud to join him this afternoon in this insistence f
To cloud, fog in some spots but that will dissipate and we will see sunshine today. Sixtyfive is the current temperature at the airport. Northeast wind at 5 miles an hour. That wind direction will be huge in our forecast this weekend. It stays out of the east. Temperatures wont get too hot, still warm with the sun but pleasant with lower humidity. Sixtyfive again at the airport in wilmington and philadelphia, 50s still in the coolest suburbs to the north, 57 degrees in quakertown. Storm scan three is quiet rather than cloudiness this morning giving way to mostly sunny skies, in threat of rain, still muggy right now but as we head in the afternoon notice a big drop in humidity that will stay with us throughout the entire weekend. Temperatures where they should be for philadelphia this time of the year. 86 degrees. Nice breeze off the ocean at the shore, sunshine in the upper 70s, poconos in good shape also in the upper 70s. The dont get used to it because it is late june. We will bring
We talk lower dew point the dryer the air mass. Very comfortable air mass that we sit in the middle of with dew points well in the mid to lower 50s. The even some 40s. Very calm wind that continues, yet again, off to a good hair day start, to our day here. So a nice, beginning, certainly to the day ahead but it is also on the cool side depending where you are. The currently only 59 in atlantic city. Only 43 in mount pocono. That is where you may want to think about grabbing a fleece, sweat shirt on the way out the door even though that wind is calm and will not feel much different when it comes to feels like verse air temperature. It is still cool. We will start warming things up, lower 80s expectation late in the day but by that point we will see more cloud building in too. Thanks, katie. Good morning, everyone. Happy wednesday to you. Take a look at ben franklin bridge, gorgeous shot here, look the at this moving in the westbound direction into center city. Looking great. Looking ver
But they feel more relieved now that he is stable. Reporter dorman a one year veteran of the department. Outstanding officer. I cannot say enough about him. Outstanding. Reporter was responding to a narcotic call in the 1500 block of elmwood street in folcroft. He was first to live and then apparently ambushed by the shooter. Im shot. Reporter twentyfive yearold plead for help as gun battle unfolds. Unaudible. Reporter dorman was shot in the face, leg groin and lower back and fellow officer originally responded to the narcotic call now rushing to get the injured officer help. Unaudible. They transported them to fitzgerald Mercy Hospital who in turn flew him here. Reporter now dorman is in surgery and it is incredible he survived. I was told by doctors that thank god he had his vest on so apparently there may have been several shots, into his vest. Reporter chief says dormans passion is serving his community. Beside being a Police Officer for past year and some months he was also a volu
520 minutes. Reporter he said he never saw akyra alive again. Akyra was a star athlete here at west catholic prep, she just celebrated a full scholarship to Mercyhurst College two weeks ago. Akyra was the thousand point scorer, she just recently just last week at graduation she was given our top scholar athlete for both girls and girls. So she was the best that we had to offer in the classroom and on the playing field. She was a true ambassador of the school. Reporter west catholic vicepresident paul says the tight west Catholic Community is grieving the loss, one of their best, true leader on the Basketball Court and in the classroom, and the students are shocked and devastated. There are First Priority is to make sure that our students are able to grasp this and help them mourn through this. Reporter for the family, they too are grieving. I have cried so much i cant cry no more. I was told that students began arriving at west catholic this morning after they got word that akyra was m