Site throughout the city were raided by the fbi including ibew local 98 headquarters at 17th and Spring Garden where federal agents worked all day bringing out boxes of evidence. They raided this south philadelphia pub on second belonging to dougherty. The fbi wouldnt comment on the nature of the investigation. A source tells action news it involves a broad scope of alleged activity. A Union Representative spoke outside doughertys home. The allegations of financial impropriety is somewhat puzzling because ibew local 98 is subject to multiple audits throughout the year and multiple levels of scrutiny. Reporter again, its fbi has not addressed the nature of these allegations whether they are financial or otherwise. Dougherty and local 98 say they are cooperating fully with the investigation. Reporting live in south philadelphia, Trish Hartman channel6 action news. You heard her mention the 2006 raid on doughertys home but he he is also currently under investigation for an incident back i
Were used to feeling like triple digits. Thats normal, find so i have all of the trips and tricks. I have some, too, that i found last year when it was hot. Bus stop buddy, along with muggy the dog, stay hydrated all day, off to start of temperatures mostly in the 70s, and there is your excessive heat warning today through friday, so not just for today tore for every day for the rest of the work week, there is the lady sunburning through the morning clouds, here in the city, 77 degrees. Put the heat index on there, and it will be a lot hotter, before the end of the day, so, 65 degrees, mount pocono. It is 75 in Atlantic City, 74 degrees, in wilmington. Plan on high of around 93 degrees but will heat hotter than that every hazy sunshine, when will we get relief. Well let you know coming up. Bob kelly . Oh, what a relief it is, clock 02, good morning, on a wednesday. Alert from septa already the willing machine ton train going press owe, marcus hook into center city so example here, marc
Sive, you might need a light jacket. I will admit im on the wimpier side. I grabbed a jacket before i came in. Some temperatures in the 40s this morning. That will turn into a comfortable day. Things are looking better as you go into the afternoon. Were talking about upper 70s for the forecast high temperatures. As we move into the weekend, the number will warm up even more. Some people excited for the cooldown. In todays forecast, not as much by your saturday, sunday. 80s return to the forecast highs. We are looking at a chance of showers and thunderstorms in that forecast by your weekend, not necessarily your saturday. Sunday a different story. Look at your temperatures here. This is what im talking about. Allentown, 49 degrees. I was checking mt. Pocono in the low 40s this morning. Some areas are feeling the crisp falllike weather. 56 in wilmington and 57 Atlantic City. Check this out. Thats your temperature as it is right now. This is the 24hour change. In the last 24 hours, we hav
Tarmac when rumors spread about an active shooter. It started when some travelers heard loud noises and thought it was gunfire. They are investigating the source of the noise. Flight operations were delayed. They were resumed after about 30 minutes as passengers had to be rescreened. A similar scene at jfk in new york, Police Rushed to the terminals after there were reports of shots fired. Loved ones and neighbors are grieving for a toddler that was hit and killed by a car in west philadelphia. The little boy was visiting his grandmother on merion avenue last night. The child was on the sidewalk when he darted in between two parked cars andc out into open traffic. A woman driving her white chevy trailblazer apparently was unable to see the boy and to stop in time. The cousin told us the neighborhood has had problems with heavy traffic and kids playing close to the street. Theres a sign right there. It says drive careful, philly speed limit. Theres a lot of children on the block. That
Those clouds not going to bring us rainfall. Like yesterday, well see plenty of sunshine. 85 degrees at noontime today. For the delaware customers, look at that, just a few scattered clouds in wilmington. Thats a live view from frawley stadium. 74 agre 74 degrees at 8 00. We will see sunshine in philadelphia. Just a few scattered clouds at this hour. Its going to be mainly sunny, 75 degrees at 8 00 and into the middle 80s, heading into the low 90s again today. A heat wave, yes. Not an extreme one. The humidity will be coming down this afternoon as the temperatures go up. Very low 90s for philadelphia and the suburbs. Looking for relief at the shore. 86 degrees this afternoon, 88 degrees in the Lehigh Valley. Delaware reaches into the low 90s this afternoon. There is some cooler weather ahead. Take a look at that with the extended forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. Lets see whats happening on the roads. Hasnt been an easy monday morning. Jessica boyington with an update. T