Right now at 11 00, the Democratic Party dealing with a bombshell hours before the start of the Democratic National convention. The chair of the dnc ousted over an email scandal that exposed the seemingly rigged system to help Hillary Clinton and hurt Bernie Sanders. Controversy is tearing at the image of unity that the democrats were trying to portray tonight on the eve of the dnc. And Bernie Sanders supporters from around the nation are in philadelphia tonight, furious about the apparent bias. Good evening. Im keith jones live from the Wells Fargo Center, home of the Democratic National convention. We are just 17 hours away. As i was saying, my name is keith jones. Were 17 hours away from the start of the convention. Dnc chief Debbie Wasserman schultz was supposed to gavel in the start of the convention tomorrow afternoon, but there are reports tonight that she might not have that honor. Wasserman schultz was also supposed to speak at a p. A. Breakfast tomorrow, but we have now learn
Begin with the Weather Threat bearing down on area right now. Were tracking storms on top of this searing heat. Lets go right to meteorologist sheena par convenient. Yeah, jim, the heat is fueling the storms. Looking mostly north of philadelphia right now. Weve been dealing with severe thunderstorms this afternoon. Mostly through the Lehigh Valley and now heading towards Mercer County. There is a back edge to some of this, and theres also another line setting up to move n. Allentown finally getting more of a break and we still have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of Northampton County until 5 30. Expect winds near 60 miles an hour and with this lightning very heavy rain, rainfall around about 2 1 2 inches per hour and were looking at hail. Upper richland township seeing very heavy rain and Severe Thunderstorm Warning moving into Mercer County and trenton seeing that heavy rain across 15 to 95 and 195. All the major interstates in Mercer County dealing with very heavy rain and t
We know that temperatures are going to climb and people need to be careful. Lets get more on our first alert neighborhood forecast with meteorologist krystal klei. Nice start to your morning out there to get outside for Early Morning activities. Right now youre okay. 76 degrees in philadelphia. Live look shows scattered clouds but sunshine out there. 67 in the suburbs. New jersey sitting at 70 degrees and sunny. Also sitting at 70 in Lehigh Valley and delaware now at 69 degrees. Winds not a major issue. Calm to kick off your morning. Here is the bright side of things. Later today it will be very hot temperaturewise. We wont have to worry about the heat index quite as much because were not looking at humidity as high as yesterday. That will return quickly into tomorrow. Today heres a peek. Temperatures in the 90s as we move forward across the map. Upper to mid 90s out there. Well talk more about the extended forecast and when thunderstorms make a return in just a bit. Tomorrow the Wells
He scaled one of the citys best known skyscrapers using suction cups. The dramatic capture 20 stories up. I reached out, took hold of his hand. And a message for mr. Trump. I guarantee it is in your interest to honor this request. From the man behind the something i havent seen yet in new york. Im maurice dubois. 21 story, three hours, and midtown shut down as we all watched this dramatic scene unfold. We have Team Coverage of the trump tower climb, and it begins with Valerie Castro live on 5th avenue. Reporter tonight that young man is at Bellevue Hospital after being taken into police custody. She 20 years old. Steve. Reporter after several tensz hours, the trump tower suction cup climber was finally caught, hauled in through an open window pie waiting officers 21 story above the street. I reached out i took hold of his hand, and i said sir, you need to come with me reporter the spectacle started around 3 30 wednesday afternoon when people began to postpictures and video. He began hi
Early . Morning, late last night we arrested or oakland p. D. Arrested a third suspect who is a person of interest in this case. Currently detectives are over interviewing him, interviewing the suspect to figure out if he is actually the third suspect, but we have reason to believe he is. Reporter on tuesday the Police Arrested two suspecting and first on saturday, a teen coming out of a restaurant at the mall, was approached by three men and then reportedly kicked and punched by the suspects as they stole her purse. And one of the girls who was there, so it was really scary, especially knowing someone who was involved in it. Reporter in the other case, a woman in her 60s was violently attacked at gun point, again, the suspects going after her highend purse. The police say that the two teens they arrested tuesday have confessed. And during the interviews, they actually admitted their involvement in the crime they were actually apologetic and our detectives actually had them write apolo