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Transcripts For WPVI Action News 5PM 20160819

In some of these hotels for engaging in illegal activity and his name seemed to keep coming up plus he was also involved in bailing bailing women out of the Montgomery County correctional facility. Reporter prosecutors say steele advertised his illicit business on the web site back page drawing thousands of dollars per week. His victims apparently accountable to him for every penny they earned. The real difficult part about this was tracking down the victims. Many of whom are in really difficult terrible life circumstances addicted to drugs, on the streets. Reporter rick, the Montgomery County d. A. s office believes there are many more women out there who have been used abused and victimized bicarb steele. He would like them to come forward. He wants to put steele away for many decades. Live in roxborough, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. Vernon, thank you. In delaware, police were investigating a Home Invasion in north wilmington which targeted elderly an elderly man and his disabled son. It happened around 12 30 this afternoon on the 700 block of hertford road. Police say the suspect forced his way in after knocking on the door injuring the 81yearold homeowner in the process. Chad pradelli is fathering details at the scene and hell have the late nest a live report tonight at 6 00. Olympic swimmer ryan lochte has apologized for his behavior surrounding a robbery investigation at the summer games in rio de janeiro. Lochte took to instagram today to say he should have been more careful and candid when describing what happened earlier this week after a night of partying with his teammates. Lochte and three other swimmers could face sanctions from u. S. A. Swimming and the u. S. Oc. Two of those swimmers are back in the United States after being held for questioning in brazil. A third has agreed to pay nearly 11,000 in exchange for the ability to leave the country. Turning to politics tonight republican nominee ton trump spent at any in flood ravaged louisiana. In the public eye he made another shakeup inside his campaign. Now another one of trumps top aides is out of a job. Abcs Kenneth Moton is live in washington with all the details tonight. Kenneth. Reporter rick, now that Donald Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort is out trump officially doesnt have one Senior Leader who has ever run a campaign, any campaign. Humbled trump has appeared on the campaign trail. On the ground in louisiana. Donald trump was lending a hand meeting the people impacted by historic floods and touring the devastation. The gop nominee is working to pivot to look more president ial admitting he hasnt always chosen the right words. I have done that and believe it or not, i regret it. Reporter but trump took time to criticize president obama who is taking heat for not cutting his vacation short to visit louisiana. I heard he was trying to stay under par. Hell never be under par. Reporter gone bell edwards said a visit from the president and even the nominees would use up vital police resources. He said he welcomed trump to louisiana but not for a photo op. The visit comes after another shakeup in Trump Campaign management. Chairman Paul Manafort is out resigning under allegations he received payments while representing a proukrainian leader. One of trumps sons said his father didnt wander to be distracted by manafort. Hillary Clintons Campaign released this is video saying you can get rid of manafort but that doesnt end the odd bromance that trump has with russian president vladimir putin. To counter those images of trump in louisiana the white house Just Announced that president obama will travel to the state tuesday. Clinton center out an email on how to donate to flood relief. Reporting live here in washington, Kenneth Moton channel6 action news. Okay, kenneth thank you. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas was in center city today campaigning for hillary clinton. He joined leaders with the pennsylvania avenue americans for hillary. The group they helped launch a grassroots Voter Registration effort at small businesses. Thomas stars in the recently released movie barbershop and at a he fittingly talked with voter at maximillians gentlemans quarters barber parlor on chestnut street. Turning to accuweather. Were tracking a hot and humid weekend around the delaware valley. What else is new, right . As we look live from Atlantic City tonight we saw some clouds in the skies today and while those clouds are expected to move out the muggy conditions will stick around through sunday. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is live outside with more on the forecast and a sneak peek at the weekend. Melissa, happy friday. Hi, rick, happy friday to you. And as you mentioned still pretty hot, pretty sticky across the region. Well show you the numbers right now. In philadelphia officially coming in at 90 so far at a. 88 in trenton. 89 in wilmington. 85 in cape may. 77 degrees there in the poconos. We do have some issues, though, that we are tracking here. You can see storm tracker6 live double scan radar street level. Weve got a couple of showers. The only place where we are find something activity is down in south jersey there in Atlantic County to the south of egg harbor pressing into mays landing moving to the south and east so if youre traveling between route 30 and also route 50, we are dealing with those showers but these will continue to exit as we go throughout the rest of tonight and weve got a mostly clear sky on the way. So, well talk about what we can expect as we look at our day planner. If youre out on the town 7 00 p. M. That temperature 86 degrees, 8 00 p. M. 83. Weve got a partly cloudy sky at 9 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. That number 80 and 79 degrees at 11 oclock tonight. Weve got a bit of a 5050 split over the weekend. One day is better than the other. It will turn horribly humid on sunday, then an amazing feeling returns as we get into monday. But in between that time well be tracking some showers and storms for the second half of our weekend. Well take a closer look and let you know how that relief comes our way, sharrie, with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. All right, melissa, thank you. At the action news big board now with a bridge opening that runners and bikers around valley forge have been waiting more than 20 years for. It restores a vital link between the National Historic park and the Schuylkill River trail. Action newss gray hall is near the bridge in West Norriton with the full stormy hi, gray. Reporter hi, sharrie. Walkers runsers and cyclist showed up a few hours ago for the official opening bridge right behind me. They showed up here by the dozens and its safe to say no one left disapp pointed. Finally opened. Reporter bike lifts runnerlifts bicyclists and wa. The Pennsylvania Department transportation began construction in 2014. Way ceremonial cut of a ribbon the pedestrian bicycle bridge opened to the public. We knew that this bridge was going to be a phenomenon addition to our trail system here. Not just in montgomery and chester counties but for the entire region, for the entire circuit. Hundreds of miles of trails. Reporter if youve bravely trekked across the old narrow boardwalk pass on the west side of north 22 which is 4 feet 6inches wide you can understand the excitement about this new and improved trail bridge. It is a Prestressed Concrete structure 14 feet wide and 604 feet long a direct link between chester and montgomery counties and will allow visitors to travel between the Schuylkill River trails and the trail system in the national park. Ive been biking around here for probably 30 years and crossing in one wooden bridge for the last dozen of those, this is a real pleasure to have this bridge opened. It was scary. Yeah, youd have to ride fast to not be the one that fell through the cracks. Reporter the hope is that the new four span bridge enhances bicycle and pedestrian travel and provides a safer regional connection to the circuit trails which is a vast regional Trail Network composed of hundreds of miles of interconnected trails. Weve been waiting all summer. Every time we were riding the valley forge trail we would take our bikes over, not done yet and turn around and we were thrilled to find out today it was open so on the inaugural day here we are. Reporter all right, so back out live, the bridge now opened for everyone to enjoy. The price tag a little over 9 million. If you were wondering about the name of the bridge, well that was voted on in 2013 and its actually named after Major General john sullivan. He was actually charged by George Washington general George Washington to build a wooden bridge over the Schuylkill River back in the late 1700s for the continental army. That is the latest from outside the new sullivans bridge, gray hall channel6 action news. Sharrie, rick. Gray, thank you very much. It is friday. So lets get a check of our action news traffic report for you. Lets do it and lets go live to matt pelman in the action news traffic center. Hi, matt. Hi. Lets go to the beach. Yes. Each. Lets go get a wave. Were watching a wave of traffic here on 42. Southbound side it starts on the other side of the walt whitman bridge traffic crawling across the bridge onto 42 southbound on down through 55. Nothing were not used to during a friday afternoon in the summer time. But a couple abnormalities along 130 this afternoon. Weve got a pair of accidents. One is in delran near creek road, the other in burlington at beverly road involves a vehicle into a pole there by the stuarts drive in. Watch out for the emergency crews there. Were watching slow speeds on 95 southbound from woodhaven on down to this point as you enter the work zone at cottman. The crash just up ahead in the work zone has cleared as has a broken down vehicle on the roosevelt boulevard extension northbound just beyond the ridge avenue onramp but its still extra heavy coming off the schuylkill expressway. And heading toward the schuylkill on the blue route 476 northbound our crash here approaching 76 has cleared but still some extra delays coming north of broomall up damp well check it again rick and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. Matt thank you. Less than two hours ago, the cdc announced a new warning for anyone concerned about zika virus in the United States. Coming up tonight in health check, the second hot spot federal officials are now telling pregnant women to avoid in the u. S. Also, a major sporting event moved. Well tell you why the nba has decided where next years allstar game will be less than a year out from the event when action news comes right back tonight. A second person has died in a crash involving two commuter buses in new jersey. Officials say one new Jersey Transit bus carrying only the driver slammed into another bus around 6 00 a. M. In newark. The driver of the bus with no passengers died at the scene. A female passenger on the other bus died later this afternoon. 17 others were hurt. Investigators are trying to determine if the driver who died ran a red light. All right. Turning to health check tonight the cdc is now advising pregnant women to avoid another area in florida. This comes after officials have confirmed five cases of locally spread zika all connected to an area in miami beach. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman at the action news big board with the details. Hi, ali. Hi, guys. This is something who work in hospitality and tourism in florida had been dreading. The governor says just as they did in wynnewood theyre working to control mosquitos and the zika virus in miami beach. The cdc announces pregnant women should avoid a second spot in south florida. This time its inside the touristy hot spot miami beach. Officials in florida say five people have been infected with zika virus spread by local mosquitos there. A one and a half mile area has been identified as the infection zone the governor says officials are testing people and working to control mosquitos. The first area known to have local transmission called wynnewood is now shrinking. Several more blocks have been cleared. Congress has still not passed a budget to fight zika. Governor rick scott has again asked for those federal funds. Hes requesting 5,000 more testing supplies, more Lab Personnel and 10,000 prevention kits for pregnant women. We want to do all we can to assure florida remains safe for our visitors on your families. Reporter free zika assessment and testing will now be offered to all pregnant women within the entire state of florida. Mosquito spraying will have to stick to the ground by miami beach. Theres too many highrises for aerial spraying. Education will also continue reminding residents to protect themselves. We have to do our part to wear bug spray and dump standing water. Penn medicine is part of a test. Theyve enrolled 15 volunteers. As for whether zika will spread here, it could. We have the mosquitos that can carry the virus but most experts agree its unlikely well see widespread transmission. Still, people should do their best to avoid mosquito bites. And officials are also advising pregnant women and their partners to consider avoiding nonessential travel to the entire miami dade county. They say they would rather err on the side of caution. Now, also, if you are pregnant and you visitd that wynnewood area any time after june 15th or the miami beach area any time after july 14th, you should let your doctor know. And we have more information on 6abc. Com. Rick and sharrie. All right, thank you, ali. New orleans will play host to next years nba allstar game. The league made the announcement today. Charlotte North Carolina was originally chosen to host the mid season game but the event was pulled out of North Carolina because of a state law that limits protection for lgbt individuals. The nba says the move shows their commitment to communities that value fairness and inclusion. Well, still to come on action news at 5 00, a very special visit to sesame place. Also, the big award received by this woman that came with her very own meet and greet with her favorite sesame street character, there he is, when action news comes right back. He. David was proud to be an american soldier. And i know im prejudiced because he was my son, but i dont think he had a mean bone in his body. There is not a day that i dont think about david. When i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. She was standing there, she had nothing to say. If donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. Votevets is responsible for the content of this advertising. Four, three, two, one and liftoff. There it is. A pair of military spacecraft headed up up and away early this morning. The delta four rocket carried a set of satellites designed to detect threats to other american satellites also known as space mind. Theyll orbit about 22,000 miles above ground. Nasas Hubble Telescope taking a close look at the aftermath of a celestial event thousands of years ago. Take a look for yourself. The space agency shared this photo taken by the hubble. It is whats left after a white dwarf exploded about 160,000 light years away from earth. Scientists are calling it stellar shrapnel. Wow. A woman who spent a lifetime collecting sesame street memorabilia took the trip of a lifetime today to where else but sesame place. It was the first time Sheila Sestak had ever visited the theme park in langhorne. Hard to imagine shes the current Guinness World record holder for sesame street memorabilia. She has close to thousand items in her home. Today a special surprise. She met her favorite character big bear. Quite an exciting day for a woman who first fell in love with sesame street almost 45 years ago and says she has no plans of turning the corner now it time for accuweather at the action news big for lets check with meteorologist Melissa Magee with the hot and humid forecast and the weekend. Not much different. Yeah, certainly not going to be much different as we head into our weekend. We got some 90s on the way at least for the first half of the weekend. Then well be tracking a flies change as early as next week. So far in philadelphia, coming in at 90 degrees. 89 in wilmington, 87 in allentown, the Lehigh Valley. At the coast in cape may 85. 87 degrees in dover and 80s as well in lancaster. Look at the dewpoints its the level of moisture in the atmosphere. Dewpoint numbers arent terribly bad, just moderately humid from the i95 corridor and points to the north and west but were still stuck in the 70s the up ar upper 60s ag the coastline and pressing into dover because youre tapping into a south or serial wind at this hour its bringing in more moisture off of the atlantic. Heres satellite6 along with action radar. Its dry and quiet from new england across the midatlantic region as well. If you look off to the west were finding a lot of activity. You look across the Northern Plains weve got some moisture thats starting to develop. This will be our cold front. It will be working its way eastward as we get into the second half of our weekend and with that comes the threat of some strong showers and storms but in the wake of that a nice change and a nice recovery head our way. The call from accuweather for the rest of tonight its still pretty humid underneath a mostly clear sky dropping down to 72 in philadelphia, 65 in allentown, 71 in cape may, 66 in toms river and 64 degrees the overnight low in lancaster. Well track the dewpoints over the

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