Right, about getting here. Yeah. I think transportation and the walking routes are going to be the two biggest things that were going to continually add to. Reporter organizers goal is to make the site as comprehensive as possible but the site will keep updating as the count down continues. Well be putting out a list of things you can bring and cant bring to the parkway. Thats something that the secret service will be issuing. There will be important updates and really good reasons for people to keep visiting the papal visit play book. Reporter and also programs headed by bus you need to keep your eye on this web site to figure out where you can go and how far you will have to walk and those walking routes what exactly they will be. If you do not have Internet Access this play book will be printed in local newspapers as we get closer to the big event. For now reporting outside of the offices of the basilica, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. We have the link to that papal visit pla
What was happening, myself at that time. Reporter Police Identified the shooter as vester lee flannigan, who was a former reporter. He was known as Bryce Williams on air. But officials from the cbs affiliate wdbj7 says he was difficult to work with and caused an incident when he was fired two years ago. After many, instances of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed him. He did not take that well. We had to call the the police to escort him from the building. Reporter after the shooting a manhunt ensued involving several Law Enforcement agencies. While on the run, flannigan tweeted out grievances he had claiming parker made racist remarks, and ward complained about him to human resources. If this story was not gut wrenching enough, flannigan then put video of his shooting on to twitter and facebook. He was apparently recording as he pulled the trigger. Both social networking sites quickly suspended the accounts. After several hours of running from the the authorities, flannigan tur
We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Meteorologist Melissa Magee will have much more on where harvey is headed next but first to abcs Elizabeth Hur. Shes live in new york with the national outpouring of support for the victims of this flooding catastrophe. Elizabeth. Reporter well, rick and sharrie, the heartbreaking images and the stories coming out of texas have so many people asking how can we help and many of them are turning to social media to mobilize. From missouri to florida, new york and california, volunteers from coast to coast. Be safe out there. Reporter answering the call for help. We need citizens to be involved. This is a landmark event. Reporter fema officials stressing that help isnt just welcomed but necessary. They are veterans of the world trade center, katrina, rita. Reporter and these trained First Responders rescuers and nurses not the only ones signing up. The order that you called in earlier decided to donate the entire. Are you serious. Yes. Reporter businesse
Into delaware and south jersey. Now, lets talk about irma. This storm bombed out over the past 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds 185 miles per hour. This is a strong category five hurricane. If you look at it you can see the eye of the storm clearly well defined wraparound convection thunderstorms and its very close to antigua. Its only about 135 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands continuing to move to the west. To put this in perspective weve only had one storm in recorded history stronger than irma. That was allen back in 1980. Ill talk about the latest path of irma and what it means for the u. S. Coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Monica and rick. Thank you, cecily. With irma bearing down on the united states, preparations are well under way in the miami area tonight. Folks are stocking up onas, water, food and the cash in the event that south florida does take a direct hit. And in texas, the recovery continues more than a week after Hurricane Harvey hits gulf coast
This system is continuing to move eastward so we do have a severe thunderstorm watch posted for philadelphia and areas all north and west until 9 oclock. They should be weakening as they press into south jersey and delaware. Strengthening Hurricane Irma it bombed out over the past 24 hours. You can see a very distinct eye and this is one of the strongest storms in the history of the atlantic ocean. Its moving west at about 15 Miles Per Hour. So the northern Leeward Islands are going to get hit very hard. Ill have the latest on this storm and the path coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Jim. All right, cecily, of course were also tracking the path of Hurricane Irma on the 6abc app. We will alert you to any updates as the storm moves. You can also get the latest from our team of meteorologists on any possible impact here. The 6abc app a Free Download for your mobile device. President donald trump has decided to phase out the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca. The mov