Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 9AM 20170219 : comp

Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 9AM 20170219

60 in philadelphia. 61 in wilmington, millville, 57. Al up uptown, you can see how te numbers have jumped, 45 degrees, remember friday, it was chilly we had a windchill we were dealing with, it felt like the 30s. The day before the windchills were in the 20s. Saturday we got up to 68. Todays high anticipated at 71 or 72 that would shatter the record high of 69 set back in 1948. Theres our normal of 45. When i come back well talk about how much longer these temperatures will last and see if theres any rain in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Guys. Thank you so much. With the springlike weather you can rely on 6abc. Com for the latest forecast information head to 6abc. Com weather for a look at Storm Tracker 6 live and the radar and use our expert meteorologists to keep you informed. Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed in center city overnight. It happened in front of an Apartment Building on the 300 block of south street in center city this morning. A 25yearold man was stabbed in the chest and the arm rushed to Jefferson University hospital in critical, but stable condition. So far the victim has not been able to provide police with much information on his attacker. Now to the citysbrewerytoe were called to cecil b. More avenue at midnight. He was found with gunshot wounds to the abdomin. Police have no suspects or motives for the shooting. Time 9 02, a cab driver is rushed to the hospital after another cab driver shot him. It happened yesterday around 2 00 p. M. Outside the Frankford Transportation Center in the 5500 block of frankford avenue. Police tell action news two drivers got into an argument over a fare. Thats when one driver pulled out a knife the other a gun. The driver with the gunshot the other driver in the stomach and once in the head. It is getting more scary, more shooting, you know, more crimes, you know, because a couple of years ago, it wasnt like that at all. The victim a 52yearold man is being treated at the hospital. His condition not known at this point. The other driver is in police custody. President donald trump is wrapping his first month in office, today hell be busy meeting with several candidates to fill an important post in his administration, again were talking about the National Security advisor position. Plump you President Trump was back on the President Trump was back on the campaign trail in florida with a rally. Mary bruce has the details. Reporter this is a state we had all great victories together. Reporter back on the trail and back in his element. Donald trump debuting his 2020 campaign in florida. It looked like 2016, the same Campaign Play list, the familiar signs and supportive crowd. Its about 4 00 a. M. , and my goal was completed. Im the first one online. That trump enthusiast gene huber that waiting paid off. Thats my guy right there. Reporter pushing through secret service to grab the the president of the United States in a vigor outlines hug. I knew vigorous hug. I knew he was going to do this for us. Reporter one big difference from past reallies, the entrance on air force one, the candidate president. Trump insists his administration is off to a strong start. The white house is running so smoothly. So smoothly. Reporter and many of his supporters agree. Thank you donald trump. Though, some did share a complaint. Stop arguing with people and do your job. Reporter stop arguing with people and do your job. But his administration is facing challenges and republican lawmakers feeling the backlash voters voicing their concerns from town halls at new york. This russian thing this is america. Reporter South Carolina [inaudible]. Reporter im mary bruce, abc news, washington. During his time in germany Vice President mike pence met with the president of ukraine underscoring support for ukraine sovereignty and Territory Article integrity. He made territorial integrity. Trumps goal to improve relations with russia has raised concerns in ukraine. Russia said a ceasefire is set to begin in Eastern Ukraine tomorrow. While mike pence was in germany, Angela Merkel spoke about free speech saying freedom of the press is a pillar of democracy. Her comments came days after the president lashed out at the media calling several news outlet the enemy of american people. Switching to thon, 7 hours left in 2017 thon. The 46 dance marathon is still going strong in happy valley. That you thousands are g around for pediatric cancer. Reporter thousands of penn state students working together to fight childhood cancer. Not everyone can dance, ashton cannot stand. They had to amputate my leg, i had stage four, the chemo was not working. Reporter garcia is 19 despite what happened to her she is not bitter, rather hopeful. I would say keep positive and not let cancer take over you, balls if you do, then its hard for you to get through it. Reporter she said whats happening here at thon is what needs to happen for her and others battling cancer. It helps out to know youre not alone in a battle with cancer, because its hard to deal with. Reporter its a message thats been heard loud and clear, the dancers have been on their feet for a day now. You wont hear anyone complaining. If they need help, nursing students are running a medical station. They come into thon, if they are going to be here for 36 hours, a lot of them are on scheduled medicines already we take control of their medicines throughout the weekend. Here dancer dancers can get, massage and tape. Reporter Austin Somers said its being executed perfectly. Its smoother than ever, im very excited to see how they carry out the rest of the weekend. Reporter bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Friday night there was a surprise performance for the thousands attending thon, the red hot group dnc crashed the party, joe jonas runs the group. He thought it was helpful to perform and get thon started there. Streaming the entire event e event live on 6abc. Com and the 6abc app, follow us on facebook and twitter for live updates for the conclusion at 4 00 p. M. This afternoon. We have good news and bad news in the powerball drawing, the bad news no one hit the jackpot, the good news there were match five winners in pennsylvania and new jersey. Last nights powerball drawing was 361 million. The power jackpot was creeping up since descrem. December. The new jackpot 403 million. 3, 7, 9, 31, 33 and the powerball was 20. I still could be rich. Check your tickets. If you want to beat osteoarthritis you want to build leg muscles. Its the most recognizable song ever. Mud slows down california highways, residents get a reprieve before Mother Nature socks them with more rain. Live look through sky6 live hd in our area, were dealing with record warmth, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast how lie will we go . Well tell you when we come right back. In our suvs, you feel every mountain weve ever conquered. In our sports cars, you feel every podium weve ever climbed. And now, theyve come together to create something youve never felt before. Introducing the glc coupe. Part suv. Part sports car. All mercedesbenz. That has more ski mountains to choose from than any other in the country. And thats not the only thing you can only find in new york state. You can find it all, only in new york. New york. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your winter getaway at iloveny. Com california highway where mud covered it. The mud has left vehicles including big rigs stuck. California will great a break from the rain today, but more wet weather is moving in this week. In california were dealing with beautiful weather. Reporter that rain is why were warm on the east coast. Its a pacific flow from west to east across the lower 48. Pacific air is mild for us, this time of the year. We shot up to 68 yesterday, today well see the 70s. Beautiful shot in cape may. Good day to take a stroll on the boards, the jersey shore temperatures will be in the upper 60s for a high. Double scan live is clear, we have spritzes and sprinkle this morning, those are gone, we have the clouds, but norm precipitation, 60 degrees in the city of philadelphia. Dewpoint, 38. Normal high for this time of the year which usually occurs around 3 perform, 4 00 p. M. , the normal is 45. Northwesterly wind thats the only reason why the high will not be 74 or 75. Had the wind been out of the southwest we would be in the mid 70s, west northwesterly breezes keep us from getting outrageously warm. 60 showing up across the i95 corridor. Everybody else in the mid to upper 50s, wind speeds west northwest 5 to 15 miles per hour. Just like yesterday the complaint today will be the breezes picking up from time to time. Its at warm wind on the backside of the departing area of low pressure. Cloud cover over top of the delmarva as i speak, it will pull away rapidly. It will set up a gorgeous day, walltowall blue skies. Around lunchtime well see full sun in philadelphia. Cloudy across south jersey and delaware, give it another halfhour or so down there, everything clears out. 3 30 p. M. , blue skies everywhere. Clear skies overnight tonight. Tomorrow looks great, it will be cooler than what we are expecting today, look at this were not expecting a cloud in the sky. Speaking of nice, 72 degrees, sunny and warm, winds out of the northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. 64 by 11 00 a. M. , 1 00 p. M. , 68. 3 00 p. M. , 70 and then by 5 00 p. M. , back down to 6 degrees. Overnight tonight it will turn sharply colder, the back door cold front will slide through. The numbers compared to where we are right now this is 25 to 30 degrees cooler. 34 in the outlying suburbs. 40 in center city. Theres the west northwesterly breeze. Monday we have a high of 51 to 53, thats 20 degrees cooler than what were expecting today. Tuesday, 32 in philadelphia, below freezing north and west, poconos, 27, trenton, 31. This is tuesday morning. By afternoon the numbers rebound, well see highs this is a little overdone here, well see highs in the 50s, the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, record recordbreakinh today, 72 degrees in philadelphia. Some other locations could hit 70 degrees, if you dont hit 70 youll be awfully close, 68 or 69. President s day, monday, 52, 53, tuesday sun to clouds, 50, tuesday into wednesday there could be a few showers, here comes the next round of unseasonable weather, 65 wednesday, 70 driews thrust, 65 friday, 62 saturday. Theres colder changes after saturday, its still above average. Im excited about this, im trying to not to get too excited, because i know we have snow lovers out there. My fear is reporter thats what happens in march, Mother Nature tends to remind us its still winter. Im going to focus on whats happening right now. Diners at the wedding Terminal Market were treated to a little music. This was in celebration for black history month. Among the entertainers was the jazz trio, we the people. Well well be right back. Healthcheck this morning a new Study Suggests woman may avoid osteoarthritis by strengthening their thigh muscles. They looked at 186 adults without osteoarthritis. They found women with less strength in theuadraceps are less likely to develop osteoarthritis. Doctors are testing a new gene therapy, ali gorman caught up with two young men who are enrolled in the trial. Can you see any on that one. Reporter gary was the picture of health, 17 years old a baseball player living in florida. He started to drive when a few months later, his vision started to fade first in his right eye and weeks later in his left. In my central vision it was blurry, i could barely see anything. Reporter i had to stop driving and quit baseball. It was a similar story for kevin also 17. I met them at wills eye hospital. One day i was perfectly fine and driving through the streets of town the next day, i couldnt see i couldnt drive anywhere. Reporter both gary and kevin have a rare genetic disease lhon. Its causes legal blindness, it can affect men and women of all ages. It typically hits young men. Theres no approved treatment in the u. S. , so both gary and kevin have enrolled in a clinical trial. Its a phase three trial testing gene therapy. Patients get an injection in both eyes one is a placebo one is normal material made in a lab replacing the abnormal gene causing the problem. The goal is to prevent vision loss and recover sight. Doctors are optimistic, but dont know if it will work. Results are expected in about a year. In the meantime, kevin continues to play the trumpet marching with the help. Bandmates. Gary uses his peripheral vision to hit golf balls. Both are positive. My hope is for my son to gain his vision back. As a parent you want the best for your kid. Reporter if this works for this disease, it could lead to cures or other genetic diseases, as well. The trials are at 7 different sites and wills eye is the one of them. If you want to enroll, the details are at 6abc. Com. Ali gorman channel 6 action news. Reporter welcome back everyone, 9 24 sunday morning, what a gorgeous day weve got coming up. Even the jersey shore, clouds and sunshine, 69 degrees. 72 in philadelphia. Thats a new record high. If we hit that the record is 69 set back in 1948. Even the poconos if youre looking to go north to do skiing there will be a lot of melting with temperatures that warm. Back door cold front will be in the process of pushing through overnight tonight. Its sitting right like this here. The air behind this front is cooler, i dont want to use the word cold because were talking about highs in the 50s. The normal is 45. Thats still above average. The front will drop down like le this and stall over the carolinas, all of a sudden it returns to the region in the form of a warm front, wednesday, thursday, friday, next thing you know we get into the 60s and 70s. 50s monday and tuesday, 60s and 70s, wednesday, thursday, friday. Nydia. It is tax season while youre busy first thing figuring out your credits and filling out the forms. Resident in alabama are paying confederate tax. If youre an unwe had man in alabama an unwed man you will pay a dollar it was use to encourage people to get married. Its time to search for little known credits you might be eligible for. Topping our people scene another big accomplishment for the late michael jackson. Got to love that song, right, jacksons 1982 album, thriller has extended its reign as the best selling album of all times. Its been 33 times platinum thats actual album and song sales on demand video streams the mega successful album had a record seven top ten singles, including billy screen and beat it. Singer song writer who wrote the music for broadway show waitress will begin her role as gina on march 31 at Brooks Atkinson theater. She has received tony nomination for her work on the musical. Much more to come on action news, lessons from the masterminds from movies like inside out. How to create movie magic right from home. The selfie stick, the invention that means you wont have to worry about a shaky picture while holding the stick. Meteorologist chris sowers has the very warm the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when action news continues. A police chase with dirt bikers ends with a Philadelphia Police officer injured this morning. There are still more questions than answers. A moment of relief after devastating storms. People in california get a brief break before more rain comes. Here at homes were relishing in springlike temperatures that could topple record highs. Outside we go meteorologist chris sowers joins us with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. We love it chris. Reporter not bad, right . Temperatures are already in the 60s, we have a mostly cloudy sky imagine what happens when we break out in full sunshine. 60 in wilmington, 61. Both locations will top out in the 70s. Allentown, 58. Trenton, 58. Lakehurst 58. Heres satellite and radar morning clouds even a few sprinkles early on, a lot of this is charging east and pushing out to sea, that will give way to lots of sunshine here, heres the closeup look of the immediate philadelphia area, theres the back edge of the cloud cover pushing through lower bucks and Montgomery County and chester county, as i look over my shoulder i can hardly see blue skies, another hour or two of mostly cloudy conditions, unless youre down the shore it could hang on for 3 or 4 hours. After that, we see full sunshine. 72 degrees, mostly sunny. 11 00 a. M. , 64. 1 00 p. M. , 68. By 3 00 p. M. , 70. Recordbreaking warmth is on the the way. Its shorts weather out there, but its turns colder, a lot colder as we head into tomorrow, ill have the details in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast when i see you in just a few minutes. 9 31 a. M. Folks in california getting a short break from devastating and killer storms. The powerful system has resulted in widespread flooding turning roads into mud and creating huge sinkholes. Marcy gonzalez has more. Reporter crews in hardhit california scramble to clean up and get prepared as another storm gets ready to strike. The sacramento area inundated. Interstates turning into river. Sheriffs department issuing new voluntary evacuation orders. A messy malibu this highway forced to close. The storm that hit friday dumped up to 5 inches of rain causing damaging mudslides. The downpours causing this freeway to crumble taking this fire truck with it. Crews worked saturday afternoon using heavy machinery to remove it from the riverbed below. In los angeles, 30,000 customers are without power. The death toll from the storm rising to 5. In fresno crews scrambling to plug a dozen leaks in city levees before they are hit with second round today. In philadelphia, a Highway Patrol officer is recovering after a chase involving several dirt bikers. It started at diamond and 23rd in north philadelphia at 7 00 p. M. Police thought they heard gunshots before chasing the dirt bikers. Officers caught up with one biker at allegheny and third street when a Highway Patrol officer was injured. She broke her leg. Police arrested a second biker. No weapons recovered. The session continues. Four people were shot near the intersection of 56th and market in west philadelphia. Police were called to the scene around 10 00 p. M. All four people were taken to area hospitals with nonlife threatening injuries. So far police have no suspects for motives for the shooting. 9 33 a. M. , the search continues for a hitandrun driver who hit a

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