Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 600 AM 20160712 : compar

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 600 AM 20160712

That and karen rogers has the latest on your commute. Good morning. All right everybody its a little muggier this morning than it was yesterday but not all that much of a change right now. Satellite shows you that we do have a few cloud covers few bits of pieces of cloud cover streaking through from the north but its high and thin enough where we are getting sun building through those clouds and i think overall its still going to be fairly bright at a. Today. 67 degrees, 62 in allentown, 69 in wilmington and 71 in cape may. Now here is the change. Yesterday we had dewpoints in the 50s. Today most of the region is in the 60s. Philadelphia 65. And anything over 60 indicates humid air. So a little stickier today than yesterday. That is your call from accuweather for today. A bit more humid a high of 88. You can see by 7 oclock you can still get your work out in pretty good shape. 70 degrees there. 76 degrees by 10 00 and then 82 by noon. 87 by 3 oclock and the high of 88 probably not hitting until about 4 00 and youll feel higher humidity levels today. Its going to be even soupier tomorrow and oppressive heat and humidity return for thursday. Ill have those details in the accuweather 7day forecast. Karen youve got septa Regional Rail lines. Lets talk headaches with Regional Rail and we know thats what its been for a lot of people out there dealing with this. We expect major delays again to form usually after 7 oclock this morning so you got about another hour that you expect those big delays to hit in. Now, yesterday they introduced new schedules after leasing some more trains out there. But were still about a 11,000 seats short so thats why we expect overcrowded in some cases you play see trains passing your station by once theyve already become full so its been a big problem for people and we expect that to continue today. If youre able to take trolleys or subways if that works for you they have added extra service so try to deal with the situation thats going to be a long haul for a lot of us. Lets take a look outside right now and check the roads. We had this problem on the schuylkill westbound an overturned truck near university. It was blocking both lanes for awhile. That part is clear but look at all the sand thats still left on the ramp at this point. The ramp was shut down but they had a fluid spill. They opened the ramp up. Were watching as you see people driving through that. Watch for that on the schuylkill westbound near university. Another accident involving an overturned truck and this happening in plymouth township right on conshohocken road near old elm street. If youre in this area stick to colwell road. An accident in Montgomery County bustard road at hollis. Police and hazmat crews were called tout a home on the 7000 block of wheeler street a resident says they got a suspicious package way white substance in it in the mail and as a formality Philadelphia Police brought in officers from their Counter Terrorism unit to investigate it. So far though there have been no injuries and no evacuations. And were also following a suspicious incident in center city. Police were called to the rooftop of the bellevue last night. There they found people with what appeared to be smoke bombs, a suspicious liquid and camera equipment. Trying to sort out exactly whats going on here is our Annie Mccormick live at central detectives with the latest details. Good morning, annie. Reporter good morning, tamala. And we have learned more within the past half hour. And our sources say that those two people are detained here at central detectives where theyre being interviewed by homeland security. It now appears that they may have gained access to that roof in order to take photographs. Well, take a look at this video. This is video from chopper6 hd late last night. Were told that this all happened around 7 oclock. That is when police did respond to the hyatt at the bellevue in center city. Police did begin their investigation there again around 7 00. Now, police were called to the building for reports of people running on the rooftop. According to police, at the scene last night, when they arrived, they found at least two people, a man and a woman with smoke bombs, a suspicious liquid and camera equipment. Now, a man and woman were taken into custody for unauthorized access to the roof. Sources say the two are in their 20s and they wanted to take pictures on the roof of the bellevue using the smoke bombs as a smoke effect for the photographs. Now, back outer here live like we said they still remain here at central detectives where they are being interviewed by homeland security. Theyre still trying to figure out if they will be charged. They could receive a summons or they could receive a charge of burglary. Again, like we said, theyre still trying to sort all this out but it looks like at this time that the couple wanted to take photographs on top of the roof. We hope to learn more as the morning progresses. For now reporting live outside central detectives, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Back to you. Thank you annie. Breaking details on a triple shooting in southwest philadelphia. Police say a 15yearold boy died overnight he was one of three teens shot after they left a basketball tournament last night. Police say the teens were ambushed on the 6800 block of baltimore avenue and coming up in our next half hour action News Reporter Katherine Scott will have a live report with more on what may have sparked the deadly shooting. Happening today, president obama is expected to attend a Memorial Service in dallas for the five officers who were killed by a sniper last thursday. The ambush came on the heels of recent policeinvolved shootings that have now become a Tipping Point in the National Debate about race and justice. Protestors marched through wilmington last night to rally against the killing of black men by Police Officers. Miss mcdole walked for her brotherrer . Plea. In may the criminal Justice System ruled no charges will be filed against the four officers involved in his killing. Outside the Collingdale Community Center in delaware last night a rally in reaction to all the antipolice hate and violence against officers. A land full of preachers and reverends also prayed for the divided nations healing and for an end to all the turmoil. Homeland Security Officials and the fbi are investigating a threat against Philadelphia Police on facebook. The threat says someone would blow up the second, sixth and 35th districts way bomb disguised as a baby. Philadelphia police say they are taking the threat seriously. Police have been on alert since the deadly dallas shootings. It is 6 07. And a volunteer firefighter was can killed in southern delaware when he fell a helicopter. This happened during a Training Exercise put on by the delaware heiress cue in georgetown yesterday evening. Officials say the firefighter stepped off the ledge of the chopper and fell. The 46yearold was rushed to beebe healthcare where he was pronounced dead. Amazon is holding its seconds annual prime day today. Maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square with more and maribel a good day for at least some bargain hunters, right. Reporter thats right. Good morning, nydia. If you Like Electronics its a big day. Amazons prime day has kicked off. The 24 hour sales blitz created by amazon as a black friday style event for the summer. Online retailer promises to slash prices on thousands of items everything from electronics to advertisements you have to be an amazon prime member to get in on the sale. If youre not you can sign up for a free 30 day trial membership. Okay. Stocks closed higher yesterday with the s p phi hundred finishing at a new all time record. Futures pointing to a higher open. Reports on job openings and whole sale inventories are due out later today. Starbucks is giving employees a 5 percent raise. The higher wage kicks in october 3rd for the coffee chains 157,000 u. S. Workers. Starbucks will also double stock awards for employees who have been there two or more years. The pay hike comes as starbucks deals with complaints from workers ovary ducks in their hours. Nydia and tam starbucks joins Big Name Companies including walmart target and tj max all raising their raises. Good to know. Thank you maribel. Time to talk about the weather around here. Going to feel like a sweltering summer week. Eventually it will. Today a little more humid than yesterday but youre right by thursday oppressive heat and humidity are back, baby. Storm tracker6 live double scan right now, there is no precipitation out there. Taking a look outside we have sky6. There is the Commodore Barry bridge with sunshine coming up beyond and little bit of cloud cover out there but high and thin enough where the sun is breaking through in most cases. 62 in allentown and 63 in reading. So these are fairly cool and comfortable conditions early on. 71 degrees in cape may. However, the humidity is up a little bit so if youre going out for a morning exercise run or Something Like that, you will feel that its gathering more humidity than yesterday. Satellite shows you those clouds filtering through. Kind of looks worse than it is, though. I would still keep my shades handy on highways and by ways this morning as the sun will be breaking through those clouds a good deal of the time. Lehigh valley 88 degrees today. A little bit warmer than yesterday. More humid certainly as well with sun mixing with clouds. Now this morning its actually not all that humid in the Lehigh Valley but as the day goes on youll start to see those dewpoints go up a little bit. Down the shore 78 in surf city, 79 in beach haven. On or about 80 in oc down to oc, sea breeze this afternoon 70s in the water upper 70s in sea isle and cape may. Low 80s in rehoboth and Bethany Beach in delaware. Sunscreen today. 88 degrees is the lie in philadelphia, sun mixing whip occasional clouds. A bit more humid than yesterday with winds out of the south not all that strong five to 10 miles per hour. But drawing that humidity up out of the south. And then overnight tonight partly cloudy and still a bit humid, 70 is the overnight low. Winds continuing out of the south and continuing on the light side. Then tomorrow weve got High Pressure off the coast. That clockwise flow around the lie is going to continue to bring in a southerly flow which increases the humidity. Tomorrow were going for a very sticky muggy forecast a high of 87. Theres the chance of thunderstorms later in the afternoon but as you take a look at future tracker6 with the next weather forcing mechanism, the next trough coming in pretty far to the west it looks like the best chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon are to the west of philadelphia. So, if youre in allentown, the poconos, reading, lancaster, maybe Chester County and even occasionally a little bit of New Castle County delaware, thats your best chance of seeing some rain tomorrow and there should knock off later in the night. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, 88 a bit more humid today but dry. Tomorrow very warm and sticky, 87 with those thunderstorms out to the west. The union are at home with an exhibition match fence crystal t Crystal Palace. Thursday it feels like 100 degrees. Thursdays going to be the oppressive heat and humidity similar to what we had last week, 92 is your high. Could be strong thunderstorms around on thursday afternoon and then friday mainly dry but still very hot and humid, a high of 95 on friday and it still looks like we could feel like its up around 100. For the coming weekend we ease back down to 91 for saturday. It will still be hot and theres the chance of spotty showers and thunderstorms through the day. Most of the latest model runs are suggesting that sunday could start out with some early showers but possibly dry out, maybe even return some sun in the afternoon. And that would be nice cause im taking some friends to the phillies game. Okay. So were hoping for sun in the afternoon and a high of 89 on sunday. For your sake we hope so, too. Yeah, right. Up next more brexit backlash. Prime minister David Cameron is passing the torch a bit earlier than expected. A thrill seeker is hoping to soar into the record books in a hot air balloon. Just how he plans to do it. Karen. Looking live rider here in new jersey, this is route 38 at nixon drive here in moorestown, a quiet scene. Sun looking good out there. People driving around all right. Were going to take you to downingtown see what it looks like there and ill take to you that accident with an overturned truck coming up. Good news about pokemon go. Its playing matchmaker. How the latest gaming craze is helping people fall in love. Thats next in tech bites. Dear fellow citizen, i know what its like to live a full life. But living for today doesnt mean forgetting about tomorrow. Most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do for retirement. But i like to think of retirement like its a 30year vacation. So how are you going to get there . Dont worry. It just takes some planning. And i can help. So if you have a question about retirement, ask me. Sincerely, Bernard Tynes fellow vacationer and fellow citizen. I never said that. They all smell bad too. No you all smell wonderful i smell bad if youre a parrot, you repeat things. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Squuuuack, its what you do. Welcome back on this tuesday, sky6 hd taking a live look at cape may. Going to be a nice day, 67 degrees, right now 6 15. Lets head over to karen rogers. What does the commute look like . You know, the commute is not bad so far at least if youre here in downingtown. Looking live in Chester County. This is the 30 bypass at this point approaching 113 and traffic moving nicely so no issues right now but we do expect some sun glare out there so youre going to watch for that one as were looking here in Chester County. I want to take you to the maps right here. Weve got an update on this accident involving an overturned truck that happened here in plymouth township. Conshohocken road is blocked at this point north of old elm street so if youre in that area, colwell road is your alternate because of an accident involving an overturned truck right here in plymouth township. Over in Montgomery County we have a problem here with bustard road. Accident cleared at hollis road. We had an accident causing restrictions and its looking better now. Lets go to your commuter traffic report. We found always be for real up early here on the waze app on 295 northbound in mount laurel saying theres an object on the roads so thanks for sharing that with us on the waze app. 67 degrees right now in philadelphia. Weve got a little sunshine out there causing some sun glare but no other weather problems today. 62 in allentown, 63 in millville. Today is going to be warm and a bit more humid too with a high of 88, tam. Thank you karen. Great britain is about to get its second female prime minister. Margaret thatcher was famously the first. Home secretary theresa may will take over by tomorrow evening. Speaking outside of Parliament May says there will be no redom on the brexit referendum and even though she was against it she said theyre going the make a success of it. May will take over for David Cameron who announced hell leave 10 downing street by tomorrow. A controversial billboard in frederick, maryland, is scheduled to be taken down today. The sign reads addiction is preventable. Parenting is prevention. Critics say it is sending the wrong message and doling out unfair blame. They started a petition over the weekend to get the billboard taken down getting more than 2500 signatures in less than a day. Local Health Officials say they never meant any harm. Just to highlight the power of observant active parenting. A russian balloonist is trying to set record for flying around the world nonstop. He launched his 170foot tall balloon from a town in the australian outback. The 65yearold hopes to complete the journey which hell spend in a cramped gondola in less than 13 days. His team has been getting ready for this challenge for nearly a year. Thats a very small space to spend two weeks. It will be a news view though. Yes. I didnt know that was called a gondola. Ive always called it the basket. Still ahead going overboard. Voters without safety vests are faced with a life or death decision. Inn. In todays tech bytes pokemon passion. Pokemon go staying at the top of the app chart less than a week after its release. The game sends players out into the real world looking for virtual creatures. Tips for players out there. Wear comfortable shoes, charge your phone and dont forget to look up. Oh, yeah, thats kind of a cleat. Some players are finding more than just the pokemon creatures, theyre finding love. Thats rightly they meet while out looking for the characters and some have even decide did to date. Pokemon goes are outpacing those for tinder. Today is the sector annual amazon prime day. Online retailer offering lower prices on thousands of products for prime members. 500 off an hp notebook now 300, 30 percent off the amazon fire hd tablet. Big savings off this helmet. I know what im doing later. Those are your tech bytes. Look, the wolf was huffing and puffing. Like you do sometimes, grandpa . Well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. 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