Flattened how they are preparing for this monster hurricane. The president set to hold a News Conference this hour with the amir of kuwait, a day after the president shocked republican dealers. And new reports are out about a possible trump schumer deal. Plus the News Conference live. All of that is on tap. The dow is the biggest loser, and disney is one of bob iger warned about apple is taking a hypothetical wall street journal set reporting that the new iphone is plagued by production glitches we will more on this developing story ahead. Now to the biggest atlantaic hurricane ever that is irma shes battering the crib ban, leave a terrible path of destruction on the islands already hit, now taking aismt at florida here one of the we have wmaq meteorologist kalee dione this is whats moving toward turks and caicos and south florida in the coming dayses this has weakened just a tad in the last update at 175 Miles Per Hour update for those of you in south florida, you have been added to t
Contain it while wading in anklehigh water. Its rarely seen in this city that never sleeps. Sandy set a 13foot high wall of water rushing through new york harbor and that water pouring into the subway tunnels. The head of the mta calling it the worst damage seen in the 100year history of Public Transit here in the city. In a most dramatic fashion, sandys winds caused a twisted crane to dangle perilously more than 70 floors up over midtown manhattan. Look at that. Emergency crews worried that it would slice through like a hot knife through butter. When i saw is the reports of the firefighters in queens or Downtown Manhattan i could see in my minds eye not only the buildings and the planes, but the people. Its a lot to get you up to speed on and we are waiting for mayor Michael Boomberg to speak, and we do want to get the latest from the jersey shore which as we told you took the direct hit from sandy as that storm came ashore near Atlantic City in the southern part of new jersey. Nbcs r
Entire island of puerto rico is still without power. So puerto rico is in very, very tough shape. Their electrical grid is destroyed and it wasnt in good shape to start off with. President trump is promising puerto rico federal funding to help with recovery as the Prime Minister of dominica the caribbean island made an emotional plea for help. If anybody is listening to me Helicopter Services is critical to get the supplies to people. The Damage Assessment is continuing but the Prime Minister says the situation there is dire. There is no electricity and some villages are only accessible by boat or helicopter. And as you can imagine authorities across the caribbean say that rebuilding first from Hurricane Irma and now maria will take months if not longer. And President Trump says that in addition to government aid he will personally visit puerto rico. Im Elizabeth Herr channel 6 action news. Now cecily tynan is live at the big board with the latest on the track of maria. Hi rick, maria
To the murder of these two south philadelphia teens. Sure im worried. Im concerned. These are children up the street. These are all people young, babies, toddlers. Reporter it happened around 1 30 this morning. Shortly after we caught up with Police Commissioner richard ross who has asked for the suspect to turn himself in. Hes 16yearold Brandon Olivieri. Come down and have a talk with us before this gets out of hand. Reporter also today a possible threat via social media caused a lockdown at Roman Catholic high school. It, too, was in connection to the suspect olivieri. We spoke with many parents who were upset and pulled their kids out early today because of that. They did the right thing. They let the parents know. They locked the school down in a timely manner. Everybody is aware of it. Nobody got hurt and thats all that counts. Reporter four days ago tuesday evening when 16yearold Salvatore Dinubile and Caleer Miller were shot and killed at the intersection of 12th and ritner. Com
And well continue to follow this story as it unfolds on 6abc. Com. Again, the very latest on this. Police have now named a 16yearold as a person of interest. Brandon olivieri is who police are now looking for. We of course continuing to follow this and as Police Continue to search for that 16yearold, of course you can find the very latest on our web site 6abc. Com. Well hear more from bob later on in the newscast. Lets get a check of the accuweather forecast. Picture perfect day. Sunny blue skies and a little bit of a chill in the air but its nice. I have to say the next line here. Big changes on the way though come sunday. Meteorologist adam joseph at the big board with the latest. Got the short end of the stick. You go to the say the rest. Yes, unfortunately sunday is going to be an accuweather alert day because gearing to have very heavy rain, strong winds, a nasty end to the weekend but well begin the weekend much like today. You can see all the sunshine, High Pressure down to the