Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20160718 : compa

Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20160718

54 degrees in mount pocono. Little more comfortable there. Seventytwo in trenton. Seventyseven in philadelphia. 77 degrees in wildwood. So, headed to a high of about 96 degrees, for an actual temperature today, and it will feel warmer than that with humidity and thunderstorms popping up anytime after 3 00 in the afternoon, start looking for those today. Here we go again another dog day, coming up, we will tell but a break in humidity just ahead in the seven day forecast, now we will look at traffic, bob kelly is off this week. So first of all we will start out with a look at i95, this is right here near the airport. You can see a little will haze over the city with that humidity. Now we will check the vine street expressway where traffic is building a little bit there tonight in south Philadelphia Phillies are still at home, different opponent though. Those stinking mets levittown. So we have marlins moving in and they will get started at 7 05. So expect a little bit more volume in south philadelphia around the stadium checks this evening. Chris and lauren. Sue, thank you. Calls for unity and peace as the nation, comes to grips with another shooting targeting police. The attention has turned back to baton rouge. Vigil was held last night to honor three officers killed, yesterday morning. And three others wounded, outside a gas station yesterday. Baton rouge police, identified two of the slain officers, and three twoyear old Montrell Jackson and 41 yearold matthew gerald. Baton Rouge Deputy Brad Garafola was third victim. Hatred just has to stop. These men, risking their lives to protect and serve this community were taken out the way that they were. They are real life every day heroes. Were learning more about the suspect gunman 29 yearold gavin eugene long. Investigators say he is a former marine who served in iraq. They are looking into whether long had ties to extremist groups. At this time it remains unclear if he act add loan. This shooting comes on the heels of another Police Shooting this dallas last week where five officers were killed. Our nations leaders are calling for unity and tolerance. Steve keeley is looking for that part of the story, steve. Reporter leader of this department is calling for all officers to be partnered up once again as question is being asked what is next . Who is next . What will happen next week. Common questions being asked by the police and public around here too. Philly officers are in cleveland right now observing getting an in person look at how residents, republicans, and protesters even are being kept safe so they can learn even mow then they already necessity to keep the democrats sight seers in the city smoothly operating in this hard to believe hating guns time with these both being aimed at police all over this country. So, now we will have just like we did after dallas all philadelphia officers having a partner next to them at all time. Just back from five funerals in dallas, philadelphia officers will be heading for baton rouge and hoping not to go to another fallen officer funeral again. This is probably most tension i have seen in my police career. It is very concerns when you have social media post is a begins the police, you know, police are out here to protect people. You cannot hold a very, very small percent of bad people accountable for the rest of the people that is out here doing the right thing. It saddens me that people have to result to the measure that they are taken new to think that they will get an answer or solution to something that is going on nationwide. It is a collective thing with the community, with the policing, with clergy, with the schools, it should be, a collective thing of everyone that is involved in it to educate the people out here as to what is going on. Reporter officers here at headquarters say who knows what to expect next . All police do know is that at a time when police should only be dealing with the hardship of having to wear a kevharvest in 95 degrees heat, they have more heat being brought on them then the kind from the summer sun. Chris and lauren. Yes, thank you. Were following breaking news, in new castle delaware, two people dead following incident in georgetown manor apartments. Police were called out to an apartment there last night. They heard gunshots. They spent a few hours negotiating with the man barricaded himself inside, once they heard more gunshots, officers entered the apartment and discovered a male, female both dead inside. Thirty he lease tell us they expect more information to be released as soon ace it becomes available. More breaking news this Morning Police are investigating a double shooting in kingsessing this happened at 11 30 on 58th and chester avenue. Would than man was shot in the chest or another was shot in the arms. No word if any arrest were made. Police in philadelphia are looking for a kill they are morning. That killer, murdered two women inside of a hotel room at the roosevelt motor inn. Investigators could only describe the discovery of the bodies as gruesome. Dave kinchen is near that hotel with more on this. Gruesome and grizzly another way to describe this discovery made by a person, here at the roosevelt in just off of the boulevard, police say someone found bodies of the two women inside the motel, inside a room with plastic bags over their heads or their hand tied behind their backs but the discovery was made just before 12 30 p. M. , on sunday, police have not revealed much about the incident. Autopsies will be performed on the bodies to determine the exact cause of death. They dont know when they are scheduled for and criminal activity a has taken place here. A couple years ago there was a shootout here between two people that led to their arrests and that case was connect to one of the prostitution and then just before that another prostitution bust. So problems here were, in this particular case, how these two with men died and who killed them police are trying to put all that together but it is not the just yet. Back to you. Dave kinchen, thanks very much. 5 07. 20,000 reward is offered for any information leading to rest of the person who killed a woman in kensington late saturday night. Police called to the 1900 block of east cumberland street for reports of a person screaming. And when offices arrived they found the bloody body of the 35 yearold woman. She had been stabbed and assaulted in a nearby alley. The crime scene is being called one of the worst investigators have seen in years. Disgusting, people are treating women like this. Psychopath. It is gruesome. Nobody should end their life like that or their life being taken like that. Just three hours earlier a man was found shot to death in mayfair, so far no arrests have been made. Black lives matters demonstrators are promising to continue marches through the Democratic National convention in philadelphia next week. About 40 people marched last night, down broad street to city hall, they demand that had officers be held accountable for their use of deadly force. There was also strong showing of support for police in lower bucks county. Group of 60 jeep owners made stops the at seven local department, passing out the stacks of gift card as a way to say thank to you those officers. Both groups were sure to make their voices heard. Police, as much as our lives matter. They are supposed to protect us. It is becoming more in america, a between the black community and police which it should never than. Were a big family. We send our support for them and let them know that were there for them. Reporter groups or members of the groups called 215 jeep crew also arrived in support in northeast philadelphia and then in south jersey as well. Starting to day septas adjusting Regional Rail scheduled to accommodate riders, even further, five more train cars from maryland will be, on the track this morning. Another five cars, should arrive by mid week. Septa took 120 Regional Rail tracks off earlier this month for structural defects and silver liner five cars. There is no timetable when these cars will be returning to the track. 5 09. The republican National Convention, you know it kicks off in cleveland today. There are so many debates. At one point we had 17 candidates. If you said a year ago that donald trump would be the guy to officially receive his parties nomination today. A lot of people would have been shock no one would have believed him but here it is. Then over the week we had, he pick his vicepresident ial running mate, mike pence from indiana. Security concerns are on everyones mind. Foxs caroline joins us live from cleveland with more details, hi. Good morning. Reporter protester planning for another busy day outside convention while inside party is hoping to unite around its candidate. Time is always everyones big concern. We started this project here about a year ago. Reporter venues at the Republican Convention are now ready. The recent Police Shootings are causing security concerns this armed gun rights activist has clevelanders worried as he took advantage of the ohios open carry laws. The whole person of this venue is not just open carry of ohio but it is also very, very important about Constitutional Rights which is what we are trying to do. Reporter Donald Trumps Campaign Manager is doing damage control after rumors he wanted to back out of his vicepresident ial pick. Paul mana fort said they delayed announcing mike pence due to the attack in nice, france. We spent a couple hours on the phone in between things that he was doing before he got on a airplane rearranging it from friday to saturday. That is what we were doing. There was no second thoughts. Reporter one of the other contenders for vp spot Newt Gingrich is praising pence record of governor as indiana. Mike is probably stronger then i am. A lot of traditionallist they dont want a bomb thrower, they dont want somebody out there making noise every morning. Mike will be steady, solid. Trump will formally accept nomination on thursday. Lauren and chris, back to you. Of course, stay with fox 29 for complete coverage of the republican and Democratic National convention, bruce gordon is live in cleveland all week, he will be live at eight and 9 00 and do not forget we will bring extended political coverage at 11 00. We will see if we will see bruce because caroline, will go seek cover right new because of lightening in cleveland right now, so. Sue has been talking about the rain all morning. The rnc in cleveland comes with a hefty price tag what this city reportedly spent on security alone. It is mind boggling. Dozens of people gathered in new jersey to honor life of eric garner whose choke hold death became a rallying cry for protests over Police Killings of africanamerican men. vo we went to hollywood to ask if americas favorites burgers, tacos and chili could taste just as great made with turkey. Thousands stepped into the jennieo tasting booth to find out. With just one bite, they knew. Now its your turn to make the switch. 5 14 on your monday morning, checking radar, no precipitation to show you just yet but you see the main cold front heading toward cleveland right now which is why were talking about problems with live broadcast from his cleveland because lightening, you cannot put up those masts on live truck otherwise it would be a lightening rod. That will be a problem at least through the morning n advance of that there is another weaker system or disturbance coming first and then the actual code front. We have both heading to cleveland first before they get here. Mid 80s with scattered thunderstorms in cleveland today. Decent weather for tuesday and wednesday. By thursday, no rain in the forecast but it will be in the 90s. For us, we are heading in the 90s once again but we dont think that the the dew points will be higher then the actual temperatures which are warm enough to start off with 77 degrees, at 5 00 in the morning. Pretty warm but dew point is 71. It is close to the actual temperature. Dew point is our measure of moisture in the air, closer it is to the actual temperature more humid, it is, we have inched it in the uncomfortable, oppressive range as we measure humidity. We will be humid, but not, the heat index wont be much higher then actual high of 96. But most of us think 96 is hot. We dont see a lot showing up on ultimate Doppler Radar but we have expectation of some thunderstorms popping in the area maybe three or 4 00 oclock. First with the disturbance in advance of the cold front and then with the cold front itself. We could see scattered storms as late as 11 00 oclock or midnight before that cleared out. So definitely eye on the sky later today. Thursday, but tuesday, wednesday, thursday should be the most decent weather days we will see for a while. So were four days into our latest heat wave which started on thursday with that high of 96, day five is today with sun, to start and pop up then are storms later on. At the pool, if you are outside on the boat, you have to just keep current on conditions, ape 88 degrees, less humid tomorrow and then in the 80s on wednesday. Then it is back to the 90s on thursday, friday, saturday, look at saturday, we will put the worst there because not only will we have a high of 99 n the humidity and feel well in the triple digits on saturday. As we look at our shore temperatures as far as today is concern we have that land breeze. 91 degrees. Get a break on tuesday and wednesday, might be your best day at the beach, thursday better at the beach then it will be inland. It is always better at the beach. That is your seven take forecast. New time to check traffic on your monday morning. No big problems, so far, hate to say that that because sometimes i jinks its but look at how clear on 202 right there the at the schuylkill expressway. So far so good. Checking i95 in the first state of of delaware things are haiti but were looking okay and then Delaware County as well. Construction on the the schuylkill between conshohocken and gulph mills has been pick up for the day so it is smooth sailing there as well, chris and lauer than. Search and rescue crews have found a body of the 17 yearold diver who disappeared on saturday off the coast of bellmawr beach. He has been identified as jeffery of westfield, new jersey. It includes coastguard and state police. They recovered his body in the shark river inlet, jeffery was a rising hockey star ate a high school in new jersey. The fail eag also announced former eagles and Falcons Head Coach Marion Campbell has died. He first join the eagles as a mayor in 1956, he spent six seasons with the franchise reaching pro bowl in 1969 and 1960, the most event year that the philadelphia won league title. Campbell helped the Philadelphia Eagles win 1960 nfl championship as a twoway lineman and later served as bird head coach. He was 87 years old. Back in the day they played offense and defensive line. New questions this morning surrounding the Jerry Sandusky scandal . That includes what his assistant coaches might have seen alone before his arrest in november of 2011. In the has week there have been claims that coaches may have witnessed sandusky abusing kids as far back as the 1980s. Three of the four coaches named in newly released depositions given by men, who settled with penn state, deny those claims. We will keep an eye on that of course. How about this 50 milliondollar, that is the huge price cleveland has paid for security involved the with the city to get ready for the republican National Convention which kicks off later today. The concern comes after an ambush on police comes in baton rouge just yet. The police union requested governor john castock suspend the states open carry laws but kasich says that he is not allowed to do that. Cleveland police say open carry is suspended, the security zone, in the surrounding quicken loans arena where the event will be held all week. Since the laws cannot be temporarily changed Police Officials say they will move forward with the expectation that guns will be present in the emotional crowds and demonstrators. Trying to get across to people if you carry that weapon you have that right to do it but you also have responsibilities to the general public and people around to you make sure everybody else is safe. The city of cleveland has spent 50 milliondollar on security for the even. Much of the money went to equipment. 1500 Police Officers will have riot gear on, they will have armored trucks, body cameras, you named it to keep the peace. Hearts are heavy following yesterdays deadly ambush shooting, mondayers gathering at a vigil outside lake Regional Hospital after three Police Officers were killed, three officers remain hospitalized, one of them in critical condition. Well, dozen of people gathered in northern new jersey yesterday to mark two years since the death of eric garner. Garner was choke by police in new york on july 17th, in 204. Officers accused him of illegally selling cigarettes on the street. His death sparked National Outcry as he repeatedly called out i cant breathe, at officers pinning him down. New york grand injury difficult in the indict the officer seen in the video choking garner. A federal investigation is still ongoing. Another american has been confirmed on the dead among the last thursdays attack in france. He is a tuned at cal, 20 yearold Nicholas Leslie was a student at uc berkley. Originally from delimar, san diego county. Overseas he was studying entrepreneur ship. A vigil will take place this afternoon at uc berkleys campus 36789 other students from the school were injured, all suffering broken bones. Leslies third american identified in that bastille day attack which killed 84 people. 1800 special forces, Police Officers, are now in istanbul, to pennsylvania parole the city according to local news outlets after a part of the military tried to over throw the turkish government friday night. Over 200 people were killed, turkeys president has vowed to tra

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