Member of the government . There seems to be a disconnect from what we hear from washington and what we are seeing on the ground in puerto rico. The situation in san juan and the puerto rican country side. There are thousands of containers at the port, food, water, medical and building supplies, but they are not doing anyone here and the operation to get them where they are needed has been disorganized and slow. The military has started to supply security. The pentagon appointed general buchannan to direct response. Then there i are hundreds of Puerto Ricans hitching a ride back to the United States including devin safer of philadelphia. I have never experienced anything like this. Its surreal. I dont think reading about it would illustrate how bizarre it is, coming from a fairly stable background, i never imagined there could be so little security in america. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is in puerto rico. Dan explains it is a dire situation. It is an eerie sightseeing limited li
A neighborhood remembers a life lost way too soon. Wondering when will the violence stop . Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Emotional evening in East Germantown. Unable still reeling from a quadruple shooting. Thanks for joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Family, friends and neighbors came together to call for an end to the violence just 48 hours after a 16yearold died in a shooting. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us live from Philadelphia Police headquarters. Chris . Reporter well, lucy, first of all, Philadelphia Police are still trying to find the person who gunned down that 16yearold East Germantown boy in a quadruple shooting that happened on tuesday night. At the same time deep sadness in that neighborhood as family and friends say the world lost a future leader. This innocent boy, this family aint got no more graduations. Reporter the sound of anger booms through the 100 block of east pastor ya street two nights ago it was the sound of gunfire. We lost a young, good broth brother.
Fox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us live from Police Headquarte headquarters. Absolutely senseless and utterly heartbreaking, chris. Reporter thats right, lucy. Philadelphia police have made no arrests. They have no motive in the shooting death of a wellliked East Germantown teenager, but tonight there is immense sadness over the loss of a kid who was going places. We lost a young, good broth brother. A good warrior. A good soldier, mischief and chaos. The death of 16yearold jy chris to us is a wake up call. Twenty eight tuesday night when he was shot and killed three other teenagers also wounded in the barrage of gunfire. She got shot in her arm in the left arm what were believing is the same bullet that came past her her arm wept into his back. Among those mourning his death, friends, classmates at mathematics civics and Science Charter School an startling number of mother whos lost sons to gun violence. Wake up and understand that the whole no snitching mentality has got to go. Its got
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
Problem. The rip current risk, though, is still high for the shore. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you whats ahead for your day when i come back in a couple of minutes. First Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thank you. Were starting on the vine street expressway moving through center city to start. Around 24th street, both directions look good. You see here moving to the schuylkill, no problem. Eastbound toward 95 doing the same. And speaking of 95 southbound from woodhaven moving to the vine street expressway, speeds into the mid 60s there. A 13minute trip. Were not seeing any of those problems. Were still watching for the closure. Its supposed to last until 5 00 b. This time, maybe a little behind schedule. West potts grove for the construction project. The westbound side of 422, theyre diverting all traffic off around route 100. Back to you. Breaking this morning, gunfire downtown. One person was shot in a Chester County community. Investigators are trying to