Thats ahead of the cold front. To the west of the cold front its 30 degrees cooler in omaha. It is 64 degrees. So this cold front will really usher in a dramatic change for the second half of the weekend. Whats ahead is going to be a steamy saturday. A stormy saturday night, and then on sunday its going to feel a lot more like fall right in time for the eagles home opener and then tracking chances of showers next week. The details coming up in the sevenday forecast. Thank you. And stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc. Com. Visit 6abc. Com weather for stormtracker 6 radar. The hourly and sevenday forecast and the video from our meteorologists. And find our collection of weatherrelated photos and videos. So much made of the shutdown of three Atlantic City casinos, the fourth coming in the middle of the month. Tonight there is word a fifth casino hotel is in big trouble as well. Action news reporter, david henry, has the story. They are literally falling like do
Hotter than a mac and cheese stuffed burger on a grill. Its so hot. Reporter it wasnt all fun and games with temperatures around 100 degrees, medics running ragged, rescuing 30 people from heat exhaustion, rushing them to the emergency room. Not drinking enough water or they havent eaten enough. So we have had a number of people who have been transported today. Reporter somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 people young and old braved the blacktop and stomachstirring rides putting fun before fear but by midafternoon, the cooling station was one of the hottest tickets around. You want to make sure you stay hydrated. So were taking advantage of these misters. Reporter there were other ways to keep cool. Kids getting beaned with water balloons, adults grabbing some shade and a cold drink. And when all else failed to keep you cool at the county fair, theres always spaghetti ice cream. Brian webb, kpix 5. The Alameda County fair is closed today. Then it will finish this years run tomorrow
Diagnose current and former College Athletes to determine if they suffered brain trauma playing football or other Contact Sports. The ncaa will also implement a universal return to play policy for the players. A beautiful morning out there. Crisp, cool, chilly even. You may need a jacket or sweat shirt for the next couple of hours. Clear skies here. A shower down in North Carolina and well to the northwest in pennsylvania and western new york. But locally just cold. Its in the mid40s in the mountains. We even have 40s locally. Theres westminster at 48. La plata 52. Low 60s for easton and cambridge. Locally germantown 49. We have 56 in baltimore. That ties the record fifth time this month. Dulles has dipped into the 40s. Well, they were 51 last hour. Thats setting the record further at 49. Highs in the low 80s. A pretty bad accident. A heavily damaged vehicle right in the middle of the intersection of Georgia Avenue and connecticut avenue in aspen hill. Connecticut avenue is blocked in
The new video from the Islamic Militant group, isis, is called a second message to america. It shows the beheading of steven sotloff. The u. S. Intelligence community is working to see if it is true. Sotloff went missing in august, 2013. His life was threatened in the video isis released last month showing the execution of american journalist, james foley. Sotloffs mother responded with her own video, pleading for her sons release. I want to live to see her childrens children. U. S. Air strikes on isis fighters in iraq. President obama heads to a nato summit where he will work. And possibly targeting the groups stronghold in syria. The president has been working closely with his team to review military options for taking the fight to isil in syria. Masked man warns other countries against joining u. S. Air strikes. Back off and leave our people alone. He speaks with a british accent and threatens the life of another hostage. The sotloff family is out with a statement. They are grieving
First person to give all of us your cell phone number so i hope this is not a situation where it is be careful what you ask for. I mean it. We appreciate it. Senator brown brought up the question of the significant events of that occurred to our enlisted people, our soldiers that never get into the records as i have heard of veterans as they are trying to make their claims, they are not able to get the information to back up those claims. It leads me to ask you when general gates and secretary shinseki were leading the dod and the v. A. Respectively, they talked about seamless records so that the records follow the person, the individual. Here we are. We still do not have the compatible systems. Is this something you would pursue so that when our people leave active service and become veterans as their records are with them, it follows them. Apparently this require some kind of a huge computer change now we have not been able to achieve even if a lot of money has been spent. Would you