Passes directly from the sun and the earth tomorrow it will happen again and people all across the country including here this our region will be watching. Sunday night im Sarah Bloomquist along with walter perez and the big story on action news is the eve of the Great American eclipse. The last time the moon cast the shadow was february of 1979 and 14 hours the big celestial show continues. And Trish Hartman is in center city with the excitement and prep ra preparations and Melissa Magee tracking the forecast during the critical hours. And adam joseph is live from st. Joseph missouri a prime spot watching the eclipse on the so called path of totality. Hi adam. People here are pumped including myself and we made that 1400 mile trek here to missouri to see totality here tomorrow and we are at rose kranz airport a place where 20,000 people will congregate something this spot has not seen in 214 years. And do you know what a lot of people are already in position for that big show tomorrow
Murphy he has accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. Reporter one of the nice viewers out there, judy jones gave me a pair of glasses. Reporter now you dont have to bring the family to my house and share one pair. Too bad the eclipse is not right, the sun is coming up. We have nice clear conditions. Theres cloud cover working in from the west though, there will be sun and clouds mix, high clouds coming in some neighborhoods this afternoon hopefully not enough to obscure your view. 62 in allentown. 64 in reading, 65 in trenton. 67 in wilmington, 74 at this early hour in cape may. It will be a warm one today, 6 degrees by noon or 7 00 a. M. , 83 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 88. Thats the high today, im posting a sun and clouds mix all the way today. Theres a chance of a popup shower in Western Areas particularly in Lancaster County and places like that maybe berks county and maybe chester picks up some of that. Remember to keep the glasses handy for the reclips. This eclipse, you umb
Forth between clouds and sun. Its possible you will see sun for a good portion of the eclipse and every now and then it might cloud up a bit. 69 in philadelphia. 26 in allentown and reading. 63 in trenton. Upper 60s in wilmington and low 70s in cape may. Dewpoints in the mid 60s. Up in allentown, 59degree reading. As you get to cape may its humid, anything in the low to mid 60s is moderately humid. Not too bad this morning. 68 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 83. 3 00 p. M. , a little stickier, 88. It will be warm enough for cool drinks were looking at a clouds and sun mix, hopefully bright enough to see the eclipse. Theres a chance of a an afternoon shower out in Lancaster County. Future tracker well look at the clouds and showers coming up, karen. Reporter we have a disabled vehicle on the schuylkill expressway and now i95. People having a tough time getting to work today. This is i95 northbound past academy road. A disabled vehicle right there stuck on the side. Nobody is helping him out
Evan perry was killed last night 24 hours later those who knew him are trying to figure out how to say goodbye. Good evening, im yann pa page. Im lucy noland. Perrys community is struggling to find a way forward. Lets get straight to fox 29s Dave Schratwieser in willingbo willingboro. Dave. Reporter lucy, emotional night at a rally here in willingboro tonight. It was a candlelight vigil for family and friends who wanted to remember 16yearold perry tonight they want some answers in the name of his killer. I cried for god. Please, please, help us help us the pain was deep as more than 100 family members and friends came to Mill Creek Park tuesday night to remember 16yearold ibon perry 24 hours after he was gunned down on his own front porch in willingboro. They werent thinking about his mother, his father. They werent thinking about any of the actions that they caused for his mother still to remain in that house when your child died on the porch. Im sick and tired of being tired of seein
He was all around. He was just greatest joy that you can ever know. Reporter thats the way family members and remembered 16 year old ibin perry as more than 100 gathers in Mill Creek Park tuesday night just 24 hours after he was gunned down on his own front porch in willingboro. Its just not fair. My sister never is going to be the same and what can we say to comfort her . I dont know how this can happen like that, like that. Family members say the Willingboro High School student loved clothes, sneakers and baseball. Family and friends came to his plum tree lane home all day offering their condolences. I am sick and tired of being tired every seeing our young people dying for no reason. Reporter police say perry and two other teens were on the front porch here around 8 00 monday night when shots rang out from a across the street. Peraea row was fatally wounded. A second teen was also shot. The third teenager was unharm. Police do not have a motive. It was over a snap chat argument and