We have issued a first alert to keep you informed of dangerous conditions. Lets get you updated on that. Its already warm outside. First alert meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Look at these numbers. 80 degrees in philadelphia. That is warmer than yesterday. 4 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. 74 in the suburbs. Its cooler in the Lehigh Valley for now but it will be a quick warmup towards 90 this afternoon. 79 degrees in delaware and in new jersey. A steamy start, a hot, humid afternoon. We topped the 95 degree mark. We made it up to 96 in philadelphia yesterday. We get close to that level again today. Low 90s for new jersey at the Lehigh Valley and delaware and for philadelphia, 94 degrees. There is a chance of a brief shower possibly even a thunderstorm during the late morning and afternoon hours. But its not going to be widespread for our area the weekend, though, different story. We could see wet weather in parts of the area over the weekend. c ill go over that with the
Be made. The announcement came in a memo to metro employees. 500 positions deemed redundant or noncritical will be cut from the agency. Theyre expected over the next several months. D. C. City Council Member jack evans is on the metro board and says its sad when jobs are cut but that the decision is necessary. Its important to down size. We have 13,000 employees and i think pauls actions are are very important to send a message that we are very serious about getting our house in order. Its in the midst of the most ambitious and for some most disruptive changes. Its stations on the silver and blue lines while repairs, upgrades and safety enhancements are performed. Leaving thousands of computers to take shuttle buses around the closure. What do those effected by surge think of the purge . On the back end a lot of work done there too. So camper things Going Forward with the maintenance too. Thats a lot of people being fired. I dont know if thats a good thing. They have a lot of redundanc
Right now on news 4 this week, a big week on metro. Hundreds of positions eliminated at the transit agency. Why the general manager says the cuts are necessary. Plus metros safe track program rolls on. Why your plane trip could be effected by the next safety surge. Also a news 4 exclusive. A pregnant woman denied access to the bathroom at a metro station. So she calls transportation reporter adam tuss. Welcome to news 4 this week. Hello, everyone. We are focussing on metro this week and we begin with the general managers big announcement to eliminate hundreds of jobs. This comes in the midst of metros big safe track safet be made. The announcement came in a memo to metro employees. 500 positions deemed redundant or noncritical will be cut from the agency. Theyre expected over the next several months. D. C. City Council Member jack evans is on the metro board and says its sad when jobs are cut but that the decision is necessary. Its important to down size. We have 13,000 employees and i
Bringing you nice weather. Nothing bad happening this weekend. Fantastic weather in store. Another good part of the broncos win. Just giving you extra good stuff now. 56 in boulder and 62 in burlington and 39 in leadville and 40 as we head towards aspen and 55 in grand junction. A nice weekend ahead and cooler temperatures today so well talk about that in a moment. Joel is watching the drive now. Yeah, we had the closures for a taste of colorado that went into the the closures still remaining in place. Theyre switching the banner to be the 9 11 remembrance concert. That affects bannic and 14th avenue and looks like for now its affecting colfax. Doctors are treated a girl and her father at a house fire in lakewood. This happened near south kipling and west morrison. Shawn chitnis is live this morning and i understand you reporter yeah, were told from firefighters that that five Year Old Girl was in a closet hiding in the back side of the house on the second level. Thats where the fire w
Professional standards division. Tisha in fayetteville, deed. A threeyearold found wandering morning. Calling police. It has an amazing ending. Division. Here at the melvin Place Apartments on rose hill road. A young boys big adventure, his mothers nightmare and fayetteville police, a couple of officers really stepping up and threeyearold son from wandering away again. Fayetteville police inaction, hand tools, their weapon of choice, putting up chain locks, not only to give something out, but to keep patricia mcleans son in. When i heard them coming up the stairs, i thought, what are you doing in my house . That was with you . I said where is my son . They, and me what was going on. They called me down they calmed me down and told me what was going on. Greg he was headed to grandmas house. There is a kid outside, nothing. No more than probably three or four. Greg Police Search the complex and found the back door open. That is when they purchased and installed to chain locks out of reac