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Transcripts For WPVI Action News 5PM 20240622

Information on completing the transaction Jerry Williams says that this new approach is designed in part from stopping a mad rush of customers the moment they become available. No matter what time you enter your lottery submission, no matter what time you make your enry. Septa will release more information next week, if you dont win the Regional Rail lottery, hope is not lost, you can still use their tokens and trans passes on city transit vehicles, its not as demand or as anxious for them to get their passes. Well have 750 transit passes to sell. So once again to be clear we are only talking about the regional papal passes, youll have all of monday to submit your requests and the cost reporting live from center city. Walter perez channel 6 action news. You can keep up with all the latest on the popes visit with our special twitter account. Just follow at 6 abc pope. Turning to the forecast we are back in the 90s feeling hotter than that in places, kids are trying to cope with the heat and humidity here in wilmington. Madison street was the Perfect Place to keep cool. Cecily tynan xroins us with the latest from accuweather, this could be the start of another heat wave, this heat wave has the potential to last a week depending on if we hit 90 on friday, it will be close we hit 90 today and philadelphia its the current temperature and last hour 91 and allentown and reading and millville 88 and trenton 92 and closest to the Ocean Temperatures in the upper 80s and wildwood he 88 degrees and more humid there and dew points in the 70s along the coast. Feels like 94 in wildwood and the same in trenton. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have one isolated thunderstorm cell right now in Atlantic County, over route 30 east of egg harbor 11 lightning strikes with this and wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour, its moving slowly and with all the humidity, north of route 30 the rain falling in the rate of 2 inches per hour. We could see a few more popup showers tomorrow afternoon, the big story is the big heat, the heat index tomorrow is along the i95 corridor it will be up near 100 and not much better to the northwest and the southeast and the heat index the way it feels 95 to 100 tomorrow this is a good time to go over the common sense with the heat and humidity, and wear light colored clothing and it doesnt absorb the sunlight like dark clothing. Go to 6abc. Com to seep you on top of what is happening and our sky 6 cameras give you a first look before you head out. A Chester County nurse is charged with stealing morphine and other drugs from the nursing home where she works the District Attorney in chester says that 36yearold carolyn howlit took the drugs and that she worked there for 15 years she was interviewed by police and then abruptly quit and later they found the stolen drugs in her home. A firefighter is recovering from injuries suffered while fighting a house fire in southern philadelphia. It quickly moved from the first floor to the second and neighboring houses were also damaged. The firefighter hurt his ankle while battling the blaze no word on what sparked the blaze. Health check tonight, local doctors achieve aid huge medical milestone to help a young boy live a good life. They performed the first bilateral hand tran plant. Ali gorman is joining us with the full story. This is amazing ali. Reporter its truly an amazing accomplishment for the team here and life changing for a little boy, 8yearold zion harvey was all smiles as he walked out for a News Conference at the Childrens Hospital announcing his successful operation, he is the first child to receive a double hand transplant, simply put he feels happy. He had to have his hands and feet amputated years ago because of a serious infection and walkeded with prosthetic legs and learned to live without hands and he had a kidney transplant in the past and is already on antirejection medication and that made him a good decision for a transplant. I was willing to take the risk for him if he wanteded it to be able to play monkey bars and football. We rehearsed and we know our steps and we know each other and we know what we have to do. The surgery was a team effort by 40 doctors and nurses and special staff from chop and pen medicine and shriners. To attach all the bones and muscles and blood vessels to put the parts back together so they look like hands and eventually function like hans. I want to thank you guys thank you for helping me do this. Everyone today also thanked the donor family that has chosen to remain anonymous. He is he doing intensive hand therapy and then go home to baltimore also the hands will grow with him but they cannot pro didnt how much you they will grow. That is some stories thank you. The final patient being treateded after the train track derailment in philadelphia is released. The derailment happened on june 12th. Time for the action news traffic report tuesday night. Matt pellman is inform traffic senger with the low down on the slow down, 95 is slow, and a crash to boot rick and monica here in tinicum township, blocking the ramp to 420 wanamaker avenue, it ran off the ramp into the shrubbery, they are trying to pull the vehicle out, you can exit at ridley park even slower here is the roosevelt boulevard extension coming off the schuylkill, parked to wissahickon, where a broken down bus is taking out the center lane. Things are extra slow this afternoon. Farther past cotman they are working on the water main break this morning and the outer lane it blocked, stick with caster avenue in that neck of the woods, and a crash at horsham road and upper motherland and a crash in North Coventry at hanover streak by sals pizza box 2 and look for a crash on the south side of route 1. Well check it again coming up in the fext half hour. Bikers and runners can now you use a new section of the Schuylkill River trail in phoenixville, they have completed a nearly 2 mile section of the toe path the project cost 1. 8 million it connects phoenixville to philadelphia. Enjoy it. More to come on action news at 5 00 tonight, the prison worker accused of helping two inmates in new york escape goes before a judge and we have details on her hearing today coming up. 1,000 new jersey state troopers are equipped with body cameras, Nora Muchanic tells us about the training involved in that ahead. And cecily is back with the full accuweather forecast. A midair scare for some 200 passengers on board this american airliners jet from beijing to dallas ft. Worth hail hammered the jet so hard that the passengers were sure they were going to crash they say it felt like the plane was going sideways they were able to turn around and land safely with major dents in the nose of the aircraft. A new york prison worker plead guilty to her role in helping two inmates escape. Joyce mitchell worked as a tailer shop instructor, she admitted to smuggling hack saw blades and other tools to two min mates to help them break out. They were on the run for two weeks before Police Caught up with them, matt was shot and killed and two days later spet was captured. And now new jersey state troopers will get body cams, to record their interests action Nora Muchanic explains. Reporter we cant always know exactly what happens when police are doing their jobs unless there is a camera there to record it. At a cost of 1. 5 million, new Jersey State Police plan to equip 1,000 troopers that work on the road with body cameras. They will act as an objectivewity and for use of force and other indents so truth rules the day not emotions, not agendas and not personal bias. Officials say that body cameras reduce complains against officers and improve their relationship with the community. The body camera gives us an additional angle on our activities. A number of south Jersey Police departments use the cameras already and saying that having interactions on video is an important tool for training and cases. Its a game changer for us we have the ability, even if we are wrong we can make corrective action and show what happened on video. It keeps everyone online with the needs of the communes and how people want to be treated and keeps your mind set focused on doing your job. The state is also offering 2. 5 million in grant money for local Police Departments for body cameras for their officers. They hope to have the 1,000 troopers wearing them by the middle of next year. Im Nora Muchanic channel 6 action news. More health check news, south korea has declared the outbreak of the deadly mers virus over, they say there has not been a new case in more than two weeks mers killed three people and sickened nearby two dozen others 16000 people were put in isolate to stop the spread. Well, three young women who were once premature babies are back in the same neyo natal unit they are now comforting patients of current preemys. Alicia was just 1 pound 7 ounces and now she volunteers at the nick u. To give back, the nurses did such a great job so to help out here it helps to say this is scary but look how far the staff got everybody else. It has come full circle but the staffers themselves are also touched to seeing this women come back and being by their side and they were once their patient. Thank you sharrie. Quick break. Oh my gosh, its the guy from last night. What . can i jump on your wifi . Yeah, you can try it. Hey i had a really good time last night. Yeah, me too. The only thing is that. The only thing is what . Whats the only thing . Oh my gosh hes married. Hes a kleptomaniac. Hes a pyromaniac. Hes a total maniac. Hey hey go back to your wife you sociopath leave slow internet behind. Get the wifi you need for better streaming. The 100 fiber optic network, is here. Tea . Get out of the past. Get fios. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v state officials in delaware are trying to make it easier for reads to buy new homes, jack markell has programs that make Home Ownership more affordable. Another new Program Sponsored by the Delaware State Housing Authority will help potential home buyers by offering mortgage insurance at a lower cost. Apple is expanding the sale of the apple watch beginning august 7th best buy will be the retailer to offer the apple watch online for its stores they will be able to pick from different models they will be available at 100 stores. The first dr. Seuss book is available called with what pet should i get. Random house printed 1 Million Company copy, its from a batch of newly discovered manuscripts that dr. Seusss widow found in 1991, so random house says that they expect to establish more new books in the future. Cute babies were stealing hearts at a contest in wildwood. Age birth to 15 months competed to see who could walk and waddle as their families cheered for them at the edges, it was held on the lawn, very cute, the winners get four packs of tickets for moreys pier. Up next on action news at 5 00, well check the hot and steamy forecast for you. Looking outside at sky 6 hd at the shore in cape may where its looking great. Meteorologist, cecily tynan says its a hot one when you come back. Meteorologist cecily tynan is here taking a steam bath as predicted. We are stepping out live looking at sky 6, at the skyline seeing sun and billowing clouds and we have had some popup downpours primary across south jersey this afternoon stormtracker 6 live double scan showing north and west of philadelphia its very quiet and all the humidity these are dropping a pretty heavy amount of rain, and you have this one line of heavy downpours, through Camden County and cherry hill and crescent highway and across haddonfield this is a heavy downpour sitting there, and we have three lightning strikes in the past 15 Minutes Associated with this cell and across the Atlantic City expressway. This has received two inches of rain and they have posted flood advisories from the National Weather service, if you are traveling you need to avoid the flooded roads because they can be very dangerous. This is why the dew points show you its tropical really south of philadelphia this is where we have dew points in the low to mid70s, north of philadelphia not quite as oppressive with the humidity. Allentown the dew point 62 and philadelphia the dew point is 68 degrees that is very humid you add the temperatures in the 90s and it feels like 94 in philadelphia and the actually air temperature is 94 and Atlantic City airport 94 degrees and beach haven along the coast though with a heat index of 87. Most of thunderstorm activity is down to the south and West Virginia look at this cloud pattern, this is the ridge of High Pressure that will keep us in the heat and humidity in the only through the middle of the week. And also through the weekend, youll have to get used to this, clear and warm and feeling tropical 74 in cape may, 6 in allentown and wilmington 72 degrees, tomorrow its hotter and more humid than today. 94 in philadelphia and heat index, and close to 100 and 92 in wilmington and trenton, and cape may, winds and a sea breeze of 84 degrees those that have asthma asthma and respiratory problems, 94 degrees and thursday 92 and a heat index of gusty thunderstorms. Hot and humid 92 on friday and relief is on the way early next week and adam will have the answer in the accuweather forecast. We hope so. Thanks cecily more to come in our next half our of action news at 5 00. A philadelphia man is recovering after being bombarded at his front door by three men in a mask. But this is no coincidence and patriots quarterbacks tom bradys decision in deflategate deflategate. Those stories and more when action news comes right back. Hello again the search for two teenage fishermen continues off the coast of florida, hear why they are not giving up hope yet. And two thieves caught on video and Sharrie Williams has that story and residents in one delaware neighborhood are fed up with a smelly problem and they say it just keeps getting worse. Its still very possible that 14yearold perry cohen and austin stephenos are alive and awaiting rescue. They disappeared during a fishing trip and their boat was discovered capsized in the deep waters but two life jackets and a color were missing. These boys could still be alive their families believe they are out there somewhere in the atlantic hanging on the coast guard is expanding their aggressive search. An intense search up and down the coast of florida you but the search for the boy moves towards georgia, a good so you mar tan flying in the area spot aid cooler but it turned up nothing. They have experience on the water and hopefully some other personal floatation devices. They were seen at a florida marina reportedly filling up for a trip to the bahamas. This shows the 19 foot boat discovered sunday in the water about 67 miles east of Ponce De Leon inlet. They passed out flyers saying they believe the boys made floatation devices. When they told me they found the boat capsized it was a relief in a way and horribly scary. We know that the concentration will be so much stronger now. Last night hundreds gathered in soup ter inlet and lit lanterns hoping that the young but experienced boaters will find their way home. The criticism is growing after the teens were allowed to set off on their own and their parents say they grew up in the boating community and both are very capable. Back here High Temperatures are making it difficult for crews trying to make progress fighting wild fires in california the biggest one is effecting 400 homes west of fresno right now its only 5 contained and entire communities are getting prepared in case they have to evacuate and some firefighters are working through steep terrain, with helicopters and air tankers. Meanwhile crews contain wild fires burning in the state. President obama wrapped up his visit to kenya and ethiopia for the African Union is he on his way back to the u. S. , and before he left he told African Leaders that creating jobs should be there priority. And african countries to clean up corruption and supporting human rights, we must uphold the dignity of every human being. Dignity. That basic idea that by virtue of our common humanity month matter where we come from, or no matter with what we look like we are all born equal. President obama added the importance of treating men and women equally. And world news tonight with david muir has more on the president s africa trip and more on the citizenship for the two young fishermen. Watch that after action news at 6 00. Breaking news now from the West Kensington section of philadelphia chopper 6 hd over the scene of a shooting of what was a shooting here it happened just after 5 00 tonight along the 2800 block of orms street. The victim was shot multiple times in the head and we are told now he was shot and killed this is a deadly scene now and as far as a Motive Police are investigating it a deadly shooting here in the West Kensington section of the stow a man shot and killed here and well follow the story for you. A man is in the hospital tonight after leading Philadelphia Police on a chase through Port Richmond chopper 6 hd was over where the chase ended on tulip street and not clear what started the case and the driver slammed into a fence and no officers were taken into custody. A mantua man was taken into custody and pistol whipped. It happened on ogden street this morning, and what he heard his exshouting outside, seconds later three masks men appeared as well and pushed him back inside. He they demanded drugs and money

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