Knowing. So far 50 people have been rescued since the quake and the mexico president is calling for three days of mourning. Meanwhile, Hurricane Maria is eyeing turks and caicos after leaving a path of destruction in puerto rico. The storm destroyed puerto ricos electrical grid and officials saying it could take months to repair. Neighborhood after neighborhood is flooded with debris. And roofs ripped off the homes there. And President Trump says the island is absolutely obliterated. He says he will visit there and the United States is sending aid to help with recovery there. And the earthquake and hurricane is inspiring philadelphians to help out. Action newss great hall is live at hunting park with details on the number of initiatives going on around town. Reporter hey brian, we can tell you at 5 30 mayor jim kenney along with other city leaders are hold a press conference to show their support for the Puerto Rican Community and let people though how they can give back. Whether its p
Anything and tonight as the Camden County man is sentenced his family is still maintaining hes innocent. Sporting a new short haircut instead of his long ponytail david d. J. Creato entered a Camden County courtroom for sentencing in the 2015 death of his son threeyearold Brendan Creato of haddon township. Creato made a plea deal with prosecutors weeks before his second trial where was to start in december admitting to aggravated manslaughter. He said he deprived brendan of oxygen but didnt say how. He lied to the police. He lied to his parents. Worst of all he he lied to brendans mother who certainly had a right to know exactly what had happened to her son. Reporter a 14 minute video was played showing dozens of photos from brendans short life. It was silent. Court rules dont permit music. Creato declined to say anything before the judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison. After the sentencing his family maintains hes innocent. He took the plea bargain and my life and i and a lot of
Gunshot wound to the head. Reporter over months after the murder of 64yearold Michael Mcnew bucks County District attorney announced an arrest in this case. Investigators charged 33yearold Jennifer Lynn morrissey with criminal homicide burglary and other charges. Not always mediate when you can catch a killer and in this instance it took a lot of cooperation, collaboration and just good Old Fashioned detective work. Reporter mcnew was found shot to death inside of his home along the Delaware River in Washington Crossing august 8th. The District Attorney confirms mcnew and morrissey lived together since the beginning of january of 2015. According to court documents, he wanted her out of the house and that likely fueled her anger and led to the shooting. News of the murder rattled this close knit community. Many describe mcnew as a nice man that never bothered anyone. I was stunned shocked to say the least. I know mike, you know, from being a neighbor and everything. Reporter police say
The winds picking up. I have a heavy coat on, maybe i would be telling you i was overdressed over the next 60 minutes. Im happy to have the heavy coat on. 47 reading is misleading. Sustained windy 17 in reading. 23 in allentown. 15 in philadelphia. All that drawing in the colder air it is gradually getting more uncomfortable this morning. As we head up to 8 00 a. M. , we expect the temperatures to dip to 39 and then probably stay on or about the upper 30s throughout the afternoon before dipping down to below freezing by 7 00 p. M. Or 8 00 p. M. Tonight. The cooler air is on the way indeed. Future tracker 6 windchill factor is showing you that will drop us down into what will feel like the teens in the northern and westerns suburbs and the low to mid 20s in the i95 corridor. Its getting colder and happening now, even if youre stepping outside and not feeling it, you will shortly. Reporter what are the roads feeling like . Reporter we have a couple of Early Morning accident. One involvin
Visibility fog is a bit of an issue as youre traveling. A half mile visibility in mount pocono, 3mile visibility in lancaster, six in reading, so you may be traveling through a little bit of patchy fog. How about these numbers . After a high of only 64 yesterday its currently 57 in philadelphia and only 55 in millville and ocean city and this is how the numbers are going to go through the day. You can see theyre well below the average high of 68 , 78 degrees. You can see through the day well see lots of clouds, chance for a shower, not terribly wet, 67 for your high cloudy and cool a little bit of a drizzle or a shower and a chance for a shower later on this afternoon. We have an even better chance for showers tomorrow. Details on that in the accuweather forecast coming up in just a minute, matt. All right karen. Were still smiling on the traffic front this morning. Well see how long that lasts but for now things are dry and traffic is moving well in center city along the vine street e