do cell phones promote violence in schools. one study says they do and local district is considering a cell phone ban, what some parents are assaying about that idea. and, sammy sleeves is back in town. that is what i call him. he leaves his undefeated vikings to a link to face our eagles, former bird quarterback just the latest athlete experiencing success, after leaving the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection. number eight is in town, who used to be number seven. if everything goes to plan in philadelphia, he will win super bowl. that is in the our land. good day, everybody it the is friday, october 21st, 2016. maybe something will happen. like a granny smith apple. granny smith apples, i love apples. do you know what today is. what. national apple day. then this works. it does. what apple, well, you can the not be a apple. but anyway, i used to date the apple sisters in high school. really. corry and seed. was their last name mac
there s rain falling across our area and a lot more ahead. this is just the beginning of what will be a stormy wet week. first alert chief meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz is tracking the rain in our area now. the fact that we still have showers in the area, even at this hour of the night, gives you an idea this is not just an ordinary summer kind of pattern. because everything would be dying out. it is weakening, we don t have any real heavy showers in the area anymore. the amount of rain detected by the radar, these areas in yellow, well over 1.5 to 2 inches. we had one right along the pennsylvania turnpike from chester county through montgomery county and into parts of the philadelphia area. the bull s-eye, just south of a.m. where, right along the pennsylvania turnpike, out toward blue bell and norristown, 2 to 3 inches of rain estimated by radar. a lot of that fell in just a couple of hours. watch what happens the rest of the night. not a lot for the next coup
phil mikelson was battling justin roads and martin climber the clear cut front runner to win it all. he has his worst day. he still has a five shot lead open the competition. he s on pace to win his first ever u.s. open. how about the shot of the day? comes on fourteen, kenny perry in the rough. take a wild guess where it s going. getting in the hole. come on, come on, come on, come on. you know where it s going. perry perfect. he s tied for 42 now best shot of the day, 7 shots over par. world cup action 2006 italy taking on england who has not won a cup since 1966. tied at one. italy mario bal te li scores. italy wins 2-1. usa goes again ghana monday. spurs can close it out with a win. coverage tomorrow at 7:30. [ cheers and applause ]. there s sixers star michael carter williams hosting sendoff pep rally for 200 special olympia ans. carter wanes on happened for today s opening ceremonys in new jersey. good luck to everyone involved in the special olympics. thank y
center and people credited with saving lives. it has a happy ending. ordinary people thrown together in crisis during coordinate fairy things. in this case a group of fisher bhoen landed catch of their lives. it was just reaction. louis ortiz and buddies were near the jetty when he spotted woman and baby in the water. these rocks are dangerous and water is extremely dangerous. witnesses say the woman took the baby girl from the stoleer and walked out on to the jetty and jumped into the water apparent suicide attempt. tom went in after the baby. the lady handed me the baby turned her over and patted her in the back she spit up a lot of water. i ran down to the jetty and gave it to the ems people. louis spotted the woman 100 feet from the rocks. i said i m going to go in for you. but you can not panic and don t try to grab me. i sedan i went in after her. that was it. louis was also in danger and seth perkins jumped in to help him get the woman on the rocks.
keeping her in isolation. a community show of support for a family that lost their son to entrovirus. and the big story on action news a vote bicep ta to authorize a strike. 5,000 drivers, mechanics and cashiers the okay to walk off the job and that may not happen any time soochbility why the vote? action news reporter david henery is live in south philadelphia with the full story. david? sarah, over 1,000 septa workers met here this afternoon and voted to authorize ruinon leadership to call a strike if they feel it s necessary that doesn t necessarily mean there will be a strike any time soon. it is what it is. it s the nature of my job. i have a union job and i ll support the president. his president, willie brown had nothing to say after the authorization vote. what s the holdup here and the issues. :00, tomorrow 4:00, tomorrow at 4:00. tomorrow at 4:00. there will be a press conference. tomorrow at 4. why all the sickcy today. there is none we r