Nation and more than 1200 in 2017. On north 4th street where the bust took place we found fear and mess mix that this would have an effect on trafficking. A lot of people died whatever people do on this block, its their business i keep to myself and ill be all right the attorney general opposes plans to set up Safe Injection Sites and illegal under existing state and federal law. The best thing we can do it give a person a pathway to treatment. There is no way to safely ingest yourself with this kind of a poison. The attorney general says he will continue to fight the drawing war his way. Guzman and rosario will have their court date february 27th. Thank you. Get more of our continuing coverage of the Opioid Epidemic at 6abc. Com. And there youll find stories of those that battled their addictions and hear the inspiring words of folks in recovery and now helping others. Find it all right now at 6abc. Com opioid crisis. And the car slammed into the north wood section this morning and it
Involved in a car accident that killed a woman. Could she be charged with manslaughter. And pool party. Six, count them, six black bears take over a backyard swimming pool. And were going to need some more chlorine today, friday, august 21st, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savanah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Savannah is off. Tamron is here. That would be the end of my swimming season there. Those bears are very, very cute. Thats the result of the heat wave here in the northeast this week, bears swimming in back yards. That will put a smile on your face. Also Carly Rae Jepsen warming up on the plaza. A nice crowd out there to see her. A lot of fun and bears. You dont get that everywhere. Well be outside in a little while. Lets start with two major stories tied to the weather. High temperatures make for another difficult day for crews battling wild fires. In the Atlantic Danny is churning. F
For his life. He loves to work and serve his community. He has been a great wonderful child. Reporter late thursday a procession to honor the men they call heroes as firefighters push on while taking time to remember the fallen. The government is spending 150 million a week on fire suppression. They say some 46 million homes or 40 of the population has a home at risk for a potential wildfire. Tamron and matt back to you. Thank you very much. Now to the other major weather story, danny, the first hurricane of the atlantic season. This is a small compact storm. Hurricane force winds only extend about ten miles out. It is moving over very warm water. Winds are at 85 Miles Per Hour making it a category 1 and should remain as category 1 for moves into an environment to rip it apart. By the time it makes its way through the Leeward Islands should be a Tropical Storm and then makes its way to Dominican Republic by wednesday morning. These are the upper level winds that will rip the storm apar
Delaware, new jersey, and philadelphia. Warming up with less wind during the day today. Into the low 70s. This is typical for this time of year. 73 is the normal high for philadelphia. 72 this afternoon. Low 70s for the suburbs and 73 in new jersey. Less wind than yesterday. Its still breezy at the shore. Winds will be dying down during the day. The surf and rip currents, thats a risk today. Tomorrow and over the weekend well see much less wave activity. Improving conditions there. Lehigh valley and delaware, sunny skies, less wind. And 70s. With the low humidity, it will stay comfortable all day long. Take you through the day hour by hour to show how quickly the temperatures climb when im back in just a few minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thank you. To start on the schuylkill expressway, our cameras around 30th, a second ago i saw some of the construction vehicles leave the scene. They may be clearing early. The schuylkills westbound side is completely
Sound of music silenced by gunshots a man found dead at a Recording Studio popular with some of the biggest names in hiphop. Police making the shocking discovery this morning. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im joyce evans. Now the hunt is on to find the killer and the reason behind the brutal attack. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose joining us live now from Spring Garden with the very latest. Sabina. Reporter joyce, late tonight we got new information from police they now say that the victim was shot in the head and back and detectives found a bloody screwdriver near the bo body. Superior sound studio in the basement of 4,443rd street usually known for turning out music from claimed philly hiphop stars. Saturday this sight of a mysterious murder according to philadelphia police. It was kind of a surprise to come here to meet in the parking lot and find it all roped off and police everywhere. Reporter eric jeffrey worked for nonprofit also housed in the building. Suddenly finding themselves st