Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM 20240622 : comp

Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM 20240622

Consecutive days of 90plus heat in philadelphia. Today makes it five and sunday 6. 66 in allentown reading 68. Poconos 55. That looks good. Trenton, 71. Good morning. 75 beach haven. Atlantic city, 74 and millville 72. Satellite and radar we have a cold front splicing through the state of pennsylvania this morning, it will swing through dry. Theres the slightest chance of a shower in the poconos thats about it. Maybe puffy clouds increasing this afternoon. The call from accuweather for today, sunny passing clouds, it will be breezy, not humid high of 91 degrees. Of if youre heading to Citizens Bank park the suddenly red hot phillies hope they continue their winning streak. 86 degrees by the first pitch. 9th pitch 79 degrees, no humidity and no shower activity. Nice start to the weekend tomorrow looks as nice, pretty much a repeat performance. The numbers starting point spiking later next week, the humidity increases as well. Showers and thunderstorms rumble back through, well talk about that and a pattern change in the sevenday forecast when i see you in just a few minutes. As the hot temperatures continue through the weekend stick with 6abc. Com slash weather. There youll get the latest outlook at the hourly forecast. Police made an arrest in a sexual sawld assault walnut street. His accuser is speaking to detectives at the special victims unit. No other details have been released at this time. Federal government is poneying up grant money for the philadelphia Fire Department. Sharrie williams has the details. Its great news to help higher firefighters. Reporter philadelphia firefighters responded to 50,000 fire calls. Due to attrition the department loses 8 to ten firefighters a year. They spend millions of dollars in overtime. Last year they paid 37. 6 million to have firefighters work overtime. Being awarded the 22. 9 million grant it helps us to higher the firefighters for the people retiring. Reporter the federal Emergency Management agency awarded the money as part of a federal adequate fire and Emergency Response program. When they applied for the grant there was no certainty they were going to get the money. Not everybody who applies gets awarded. So its great news for us. Reporter with the money, the department expects it will be able to higher 160 additional firefighters. Great day for the Fire Department and the city of philadelphia. So even though we get to higher the members, they will serve the community so its a great day for the city of philadelphia as a whole. Reporter the process to higher additional firefighters has bee would gun. Under a provision of the grant all 16 a firefighters must be hired in a two year period. Dann cuellar channel 6 action news. The search resumes for a missing swimmer in berks county. The man dover drove into a quarry, but never reassure faced. Reassure faced. A girl trapped in a sweltering car was rescued by Police Officers. This happened in hackensack. It was caught on camera. Witnesses flagged down a Police Officer who broke the window and pulled the little girl out. She was drenched in sweat all along. The Mother Holding another child showed up. The mother was charged with child endangerment and released. The child was taken to a local hospital and released in the custody of her father. We have details about the texas trooper who arrested sandra bland. Troppers released his personal file showing he was disciplined for unprofessional conduct at a school. He arrested bland last month after a confrontation in a traffic stop. Officials say she committed suicide, but her family questioned the finding. Tom brady and nfl commissioner, Roger Goodell are scheduled to appear in court for the deflate gate scandal. Brady and the Players Union are suing to overturned his four game suspension over the deflated footballs in the afc championship game. Goodell upheld the suspension after brady appealed. Brady maintained his innocence. Police in georgia clocked an nba player going 107 Miles Per Hour. Jordon hill indiana pacer was arrested. Police say this is a notorious stretch of road for speeding. Another driver reached 134 Miles Per Hour earlier in the week. A teenager is behind bars charged with killing a man in wilmington. 18yearold Taushia Mitchell was arrested in new york city. He has been charged in the murder of james rogers shot and killed back in a home on the 500 block of west fourth street. Mitchell is accused of taking the victims car. He faces extradition back to delaware. Several people have been indicted in a Jewelry Theft ring. Authorities say they stole 100,000 of loose diamonds in robinsville. The Mercer County business was hit twice. They are accused in heists across several states. Theyauthorities are still searching for two others. The head of the fbi office is out after years of a story career. He said else most proud of his he said he is most proud of his work argue child porn graphers. Well plan and prepare to make sure all the areas that the holy father may go to are covered if you will, well keep our fingers crossed. He said its not the access or daily intelligence hell miss, but the men and women of the fbi hes worked with for so long. Still to come on action news, how family mealtime can help seniors as much as children. A massive sinkhole opens up on the street for one man. It was his unlucky day. Reporter well feel it in the weather department, but we lost the humidity. Well have the heat for the few more days, how long does the hot weather last . Ill have the answer in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. School starts tomorrow and theyre not ready. With staples theyll be 110 ready. Notebook, folders, glue sticks. 25¢, 15¢, 50¢. Aw, now im not sure if im ready for them to go back. Im so ready. Make low prices happen. Make 110 ready happen. Staples. Make more happen. Get this. I was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. I had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. When i got out it was almost closing time. Traffic was bad. I knew i was cutting it close. But it was ok. I use td bank. Its got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. Im sid. And i bank human at td bank. Did ya know . Fresh step extreme lightweight litter isnt just light. Its also the best lightweight for eliminating odors. Amazing, right . For superior odor elimination try fresh step extreme. Lighweight. Coast guard officially called off its search for two missing teenage boaters they scoursed scoured miles of sea from florida to georgia. They believe the teens got caught in strong summer storms out on the water. The families vow to continue searching this weekend with volunteers. Faa made a close call between a delta plane and a drone. The pilot called in the near miss while trying to land at jfk yesterday. The flight from or orlando was 14,000 feet in the air. The Unmanned Aircraft was 100 feet below it. Drones could have serious or fatal sequences during a collision with the plane. Fortunately this pilot did not have to make any risky moves and no one was hurt. A 15foot sinkhole is fenced off in kansas. For one man it was a little too late. The ground gave way while he was walking in a wichita park earlier in the week. Hehe has a swollen ankle and it is hard to walk. Wichita city Officials Say a burst storm water pipe caused the earth to open up, they are making repairs. Thats best of luck bad luk for it to open up while youre walking on top of it. Reporter cape may jersey shore is going to be beautiful. High temperatures in the upper 80s. Lots of sunshine, the breeze will be a lands breeze. Nothing to cool you folks down later this afternoon. Storm tracker 6 live doubling scan, chris clear well keep it that way throughout the afternoon. The lone exception poconos maybe a popup shower, it will be brief and light as the pass it is on through. Monday, 87 degrees humidity was high it felt like the 90, from that point we were stuck in the 90s, tuesday, 93. Wednesday, 93. Thursday, 91 and yesterday we topped out at 90 degrees. 76 right now, 64 is the dewpoint that will drop off during the day, winds out of the southwest at 8 Miles Per Hour. The pressure reading is falling. Dover, 72. Wilmington, 73. 60s north and west look at the poconos a pair of 5s, very cool stuff for this time of the year. Trenton, 71. Allentown, 66. Cape may 75. Temperatures on the hotter side once again today. Well continue the heat wave as the highs are expected to top out around 90, 91, but we lost the humidity. 50s thats in the pleasant category. Look at tomorrow, it drops into the 40s. Tomorrow high of 90 degrees, but no humidity. Monday humidity increases a little bit but low 60s is not too bad. And wednesday we drop back down and wednesday is the first signs of a pattern change, a significant pattern change. Youll see that reflected in the sevenday forecast. Well lose the heat big time. High temperatures struggle to get into the 80s by the time we get into thursday, sat light and radar, were Crystal Clear we have a front in the process of pulling through. Theres no upper level Energy Supporting the front. It should pass through dry. Sunday same deal the front is off the coast, High Pressure in control. Winds out of the west southwest. Hot afternoon but no humidity. Future tracker 6 clouds and sun showers or thunderstorms developing west of the poconos mountains. As we advance this, the model is hinting at that idea. Dover, jersey shore look good sunny, passes clouds. Overnight tonight, clear theres the sunday afternoon. Smooth sailing sunny conditions, temperatures near 90. The poconos today, sun and clouds 80 degrees, very comfortable up there the slightest chance of a popup shower or thunderstorm. Another day of High Temperatures near 80. Ocean temperature 67. Its going to be bright and sunny on the beach today. Breezy, lands breeze, 87 degrees very warm. Sunday, 87 more of a land breeze. Western suburbs mid to upper 80s. Lancaster, 87. Reading, 88. Allentown, 87. Wilmington, 89. Millville, 90. Dover, 90. Philadelphia youll lead the pack, 91. Not humid breezy and comfortable 91. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, im so used to saying hazy, hot and humid we wont have that today. Just comfortable. Hot even humid monday. 93. It will feel like 95, 96. Tuesday, thunderstorms around 89 degrees. Tuesday a fairly muggy day. Once the front pulls through well see the humidity levels drop off. The return of sunshine and numbers drop. Tuesday, 89, wednesday, 87. Thursday, 82 friday, partly sunny, 85 degrees, once we get into that pattern change that may be it. I dont want to say we wont hit 90 the rest of the summer. The way the model is looking we may not hit 90 again after were done with this heat wave. I would like that. Reporter football is a month away. Chicken wings. Studies have shown that children who take part in family dinners are less likely to smoke, and do drugs and do better in school. The family meals figure into the needs of seniors, as well. Tamala edwards has more in the art of aging. Reporter the mcgoverns of havertown have a longstanding tradition with their children and grandchildren. It used to be thursday night now its sunday night. The folks at home at senior care say its a practice that delivers enormous benefits to older adults. They get more socialization and more nutrition which keeps their body healthier. Thats why they launched the sunday night dinner pledge. For each pledge they receive the company will donate a dollar to meals on wheestles. Wheestles meals on wheels. One thing seniors say they are not hungry any more and they dont want to eat. The site includes simple recipes and fun family activities. For Betty Mcdevitt it brings back fond memories from her own mother. I think its very important it gets the three generations together everybody tries to find out what everybody else is doing, my parents find out what the children are up to at any given time. They are from a different generation, its nice to have a different prospective at the table. Its not weather youre eating, its the fact that you are together. Tamala edwards channel 6 action news. Music etta james at last plays throughout sometimes, at last doesnt happen at first. Your dad just kissed my mom. Turning two worlds into one takes love. Helping protect that world takes state farm. 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. The 100 Fiber Optics Network is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now 79. 99 a month. Go online or call now. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v heres a look at whats happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys this weekend. The 5th annual memorial bike run gets underway at noon at the clayton elks lodge at noon. It ends on east margaret street at the vfw. It includes food and an auction. 7th annual knights boats parade in ventnor this career, the floatilla of floating craft will be green energy only. Public is invited to a free event at kingsessing field noon to 6. If you go mone davis will be among the local celebrities attending the event. Thats whats happening in and around our region. Sports is next. Come to sesame place before little kids become big kids. And celebrate our 35th birthday with our new Neighborhood Birthday Party parade. Buy your 2016 pass now and get the rest of 2015 free. Sesame place. Go before they grow. Reporter welcome back everyone, 7 24 saturday morning, time for the travel forecast. Well start you out with satellite 6 and action ray radar. Clouds hugging the u. S. canadian border. Thunderstorms in orlando or atlanta thats about it. There could thunderstorms in the high plains. Well flip it over to the storm prediction center. This is includes a smaller area from minneapolis to st. Louis i say. The western suburbs of chicago are included. With the exception of that, the weather is nice and quiet. Philadelphia, 76. Logan, 74 everything okay. Midway ohare, 64. Atlanta, nice and quiet 76 degrees. Eva . Thanks, chris. Well, turning to sports, eagles players arrive in town and cole hamels will take the mound for another team today. Heres ducis rogers with all your saturday morning sports. Reporter good morning cole hamels has spent nearly his entire adult life in philadelphia. He is a part of the city and the city is part of him, no matter where he pitches. Hamles was at the park to gather hisngs and saying goodbye. He was a philly through and through. I was here to fight the motto was the fightin phils i tried to live that, you never count us out i never wanted to be counted out. I understand this is the nature of what happens. I would put him up against any competitor weve had or any athletes we had in philadelphia. Hamles was in the rangers dugout last night he will pitch against the giants later on this week. Ben are a veer has are a rev. He he has been trade before. I know a couple of guys up there. The its going to be fine, go up to canada and help in the training and make a playoff run. The phillies who were left behind do battle with the braves last night. This seems to be a rejuvenated baseball team. They put up a few crooked numbers, three off the bat off ryan howard. A bases clear double. He drove in 3 runs. Check out the catch in the bullpen. He caught the homer in his ball cap. The phillies have won 11 of their last 13 games. Before the game, pat burrell was conducted into the wall of fame. He helped lead the phillies to the 2008 world series title. He said he is humbled by the honor. I was here for a long time, every year they are putting somebody in that wall of fame. Steve carlton, mike schmidt you never think youre in the same group with some of these guys, like ifsd to be mentioned like i said earlier to be mentioned in that group its a big honor. Eagles Training Camp against tomorrow well have live reports throughout the day. Im ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. Harvestland®. Two trusted perdue brands of chicken raised with no antibiotics ever. Whoa, this is a lunchbox not a halloween bag. Rrrrr. A natural beauty. Youre making me melt. Shall we . Mini babybel is 100 natural cheese and a whole lot of fun. Mini babybel. Snack a little bigger crime scene tape marks off a philadelphia street after the man was killed overnights. The victim was chased do you know by the gunman. Wildfires burning out of control in california has turned deadly. A firefighter has died battling one of the blazes. The beach a great place to seek relief from the heat as the heat wave continues to hold its grip on the delaware and lehigh valleys. Chris sowers is outside in the heat this morning. How you doing out there chris . Reporter its not too bad its warm, but not humid. The heat wave continues its only been for a few hours by Definition National Weather Service says a heat wave is when you get three days or more of 90degreeplus heat. Theres only a handful of locations that have seen that. Others had 80s over the last couple of days. What was impressive was the feelslike temperatures. Tuesday, 97. Wednesday, 99. Thursday 100 look what happened by friday with the cold front it still stayed hot out here, but the feelslike temperatures dropped off. Friday the hot was 90 degrees, you had a heat index of 90 degrees. Today were talking about a High Temperature of 91. Feels like temperature of 90. It may feel like a degree or two cooler than the air temperature. Thats a good sign. No humidity makes it feel very comfortable. People should be happy about the nice break. Fleetwood, 68. Saint davids, 68. Cinnaminson, 70. Glassboro, 73. 74 in Atlantic City. Speaking of Atlantic City theres the view on the boards. Folks out and about going for an

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