Weekend. Thats going to be all people talk about this morning. Good day everyone. Its sunday, august 27th, 2017. What the people in texas are dealing with, life look out of houston. Looks like some flooding there on their highway. Its been more than 24 hours since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the Lone Star State. Even though its been downgrade to do Tropical Storm, the heavy rains are expected to fall for several days now as people try to keep damage minimum. We have Team Coverage this morning. Sabina kuriakose track our people in the area helping out those in texas lets begin with meteorologist monica cryan who continues to track the Tropical Storm. Hi, monica. Hi. When we talk about when were saying a downgrade to Tropical Storm, it doesnt mean this storm is going to have less of an impact it means the winds died down bringing it to Tropical Storm category. Those winds at 45 miles an hour. But what that really does mean, though, is that the flooding is still going to be a threat no matter what. This is Tropical Storm, a remnant or even if its a hurricane its still going to be bringing a lot of rain. And so were keeping track of it here in the forecast whats going to happen this is going to head further south, this is the official forecast from the National Hurricane center. Through monday into the afternoon its going to start to track little further south its going to become a remnant low pressure meaning its not going to be as strong when it comes to those winds its still going to pack a punch when it comes to the rain starts to take that more northerly turn heading back towards east texas and you can see thats through monday, tuesday and even into wednesday, thursday. So well be talking about this rain all the way into wednesday and thursday. Some areas were thinking just north of Corpus Christi still the same area that was hit yesterday from that rain and the day before from Corpus Christi to houston expecting ten to maybe even 20inches of additional rainfall. Back here again another dry day. Another gorgeous sunny start. Temperatures at about 62 degrees dew points into the mid 50s lets track the next few hours were expecting temperatures to get into the 70s around 11 00 oclock, 75 degrees. Plenty of sunshine. 78. Well talk about your highs in the upper 70s continuing as we head into the new work week coming up in just a bit. Lauren. Mon dark thank you so much. 70 00 theme first category four hurricane to make landfall in the us since 2004 has claimed two lives now. One of those people drowned to death trying to drive in houston flood waters. Cell phone video and a pierce to show a tornado forming in cyprus and aerials showing destruction from another tornado. Harvey likely to become a tropical depression by later tonight but officials are warning people not to become too relaxed just what monica told us. The storm expected to loom over the region for several days with some areas projected to get up to 50inches of rain. Please do not come back into these affected areas until youve got an all clear from your county, your city eocs. Thats very important. Theres so much dangeros things going on out there. We want to make sure everyone stays safe. The slowmoving storm made landfall late friday but forecasters say its going to last for four to five days now. Home and businesses along the coast between Corpus Christi and houston felt the worse of the storm. Damaged ranged from downed trees to collapsed buildings. Emergency crews are beginning rescue efforts as the storm calms down and flood waters rise including men and women from our area. Is a bean in life with more on their efforts. Hi is that correct, sir bean in a. Good morning, lauren. Tears the crews that are running to the dangers, first responderring from our own city and region including philadelphia firefighters fresh off their last shift. Thats right witness task force that left hours ago this morning. Our crews were there as the team pack up their gear into several trucks getting ready for the journey down to texas where again we know harvey again has turned deadly. The task force had just four hours to organize, pack and hit the road. 12 vehicles are headed to the naval base in fort worth. It will take them 22 hours to get there. So theyll arrive around midnight tonight. In all our area is sending about 45 people, about half of them are philly firefighters. The rest come as far as harrisburg. Selfsustainable for at least a week. I mean everything were taking gators, a lot of water equipment, obviously because of all the rain thats there. They take mres showers anyplace anything that you can think of theyre going to have on these trucks. Water, food, anything at all. We even have 2k9s going. Doctors going. We have rescue specialists, tech special it wills. Like i said, theyre going to be self sufficient for up to a week on their own. 88 of these members tonight were actually working and we pulled them out of the firehouse and then we backfilled their positions and they were sent here. They have go bags at all times. So they bake hal enough timing to home, talk to their wives. And this morning they are on the road. Incredible sacrifice called to duty as part of femas second largest type of deployment and Officials Say more crews could be on their way as they continue to monitor the situation down in texas. Now once the team gets there, theyll be searching for trapped people and attempting to rescue them coming up in this hour well have more on just how that task force plans to reach some of those people and lauren it is remarkable. And really speaks to their training. Back to you. Absolutely. Sabina, thank you so much. While you were sleeping overnight fire in West Philadelphia sparked a major investigation. Right now the flames are out but police tell us they do have man in custody and they believe he is responsible for setting the fire. The fire started in a multi family home in the 800 block of north 64th street just after 3 00 oclock this morning. Were told the mans girlfriend recorded him setting the fire. Luckily no one was hurt but fire crews tell us two people have been displaced. Now to a developing story and teacher in the Philadelphia School district in trouble with the law this morning. It all stemmed from an incident during a protest at the controversial frank rizzo stat statue. Police say the teacher got into a fight with the police and then threatened them. Our own Joanne Pileggi has the story. Tear it down tear it down reporter this is amateur video on facebook of a take down the rizzo statue rally in center city ten days ago. I dont walk around lying about cops. Reporter this is philly Public Schoolteacher john sheerin joining the activists at the rally calling for dismantling of the 2000pound statue of former mayor and Police Commissioner frank rizzo. Racist bleep lying bleep cop. Reporter sheerin standing at the barricades lined by uniform police continued his complaints about some white polce officers. The rizzo statue has recently been a target of protests with calls for its removal and a mural of rizzo was defaced in south philly. Some activists say rizzo oppressed the black community while others say he was a champion for the common man. All of this comes on the heels of the violent demonstrations and clashes between White Nationalists and count protesters in charlottesville over plans to take down a statue of robert e. Lee. We want that racist bleep statue down. Reporter last night, sheerin was arrested for his part in the mid august rally. And people on social media called him out because hes a schoolteacher in the city. Reaction this evening, mixed. They think that is the case, that Public School teachers are they would little bit higher standard when theyre outside but at the same time they should be in some ways because theyre immediate role models for children. Reporter sheerin teaches at this Elementary School in north philly. In his neighborhood those who know him called him a standup guy. I just hope a couple minutes on facebook doesnt define the mans life. Ive known john for about 25 years. Hes always ban gentleman. Hes always conducted himself in a gentlemanly like manner. Report. That was Joanne Pileggi reporting. Now to our top stories. New details this morning in the case dubbed bridge gate. Two ex allies of new Jersey Governor Chris Christie have appealed their verdicts. This comes after their convictions in the George Washington bridge lane closing trial last fall. Bridget kell, bill baroni convict evidence a created a traffic jam back in 2013 for political revenge. Their appeals claim their actions did not amount to criminal conduct under the law. Many questions still linger about what pennsylvania lawmakers will do about a 2. 2 billion hole in the state budget. House gop leaders have been quiet since the Senate Passed a 32 billion budget package back on july 1st. One republican congressman says theyre waiting to see if rang and file members produce a solution. Meanwhile, Governor Tom Wolf may need to start freezing cash for state programs in september. A psychic and her son facing charges this morning accused of scamming an elderly man in south jersey out of close to 150,000. Police say the victim had already handed over thousands of dollars visiting sally at village psychic in al away. This a mug shot of wanda and her son frank. Shes accused of exploiting information gathered from the victim about his unpleasant childhood and charging him big bucks for her advice and then ridding him of eight evil spirits. The elderly man ultimately agreed to transfer more than 147,000 from his Checking Account to a car business run by the psychics 24yearold son. Now both are facing a long list of charges. Well it was the fight of the year. It finished with a dramatic end. Did you see it . What did you think . It. Us know on social media. Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has his 50th undie feeted win under his belt. We have highlights from las vegas coming up much plus, back to School Season is here. How a local mother is making sure students in the community are ready to hit the books. Good sunday morning, everyone. Weekend wendy is ready to go to the Japanese House and garden. Beautiful over there. The festival japanese ninety three market shaking place from each ll to 4 00 p. M. And free its theyll that music, crafts, japanese arts and lots of food. Guess what, you can tour the Japanese House. Whats up guys . Were dude perfect. Make sure you check out Bass Pro Shops fall hunting classic, the biggest hunting show and sale of the year. male announcer hey, its time for great deals on great gear plus, weekends during the classic, you can get up to a 100 instant rebate on select gear when you purchase with your Bass Pro Shops mastercard. 7 14 this morning. Look at this live shot. Runners competing in the philly 10k packing the streets of south philadelphia today. The philly 10k starts at eighth and south streets it will end the at fifth and pine and due to the number participants involved in many race officials are warning a number of streets in the area will be closed until at least 4 00 p. M. And monica, man do they have some great weather to wake up to this morning. Actually, a little chilly. So much so you and i both decided on the black leather. I know. We took out the black more fall look leather trim. But i actually think this is going to be a great race day because of those temperatures. A little bit cooler than average so kind of refreshing start. They will heat up too quickly. Still going to be a tough one much its a 10k here we are look at ultimate Doppler Radar. You can see this is Tropical Storm harvey still got that well defined rotation in the Northeast Quadrant of this storm system is where weve got the heaviest rain right now pounding houston which is where we had some of the heaviest rain yesterday and even some tornado warnings. No tornado warnings at this point but we still have flash flood warnings that extends all the way into louisiana luce back into houston and down into parts just north of Corpus Christi and san antonio area and closer to the coastline still has Tropical Storm warning in effect. Winds have died down but theyre still a threat of 39 Miles Per Hour winds or higher. And then we also have that flooding threat thats always going to be the biggest threat and biggest concern over the next few days. 20inches of rain and were talking additional rainfall from what theyve already seen. A surge much lower than what we had yesterday. Yesterday remember there was possibilities of surges up to 1. Their still is a few isolated tornadoes possible through the day and again that look like it will be near the houston area. Your sea surface temperatures back here not much of an impact from the hurricane and the Tropical Storm. Temperatures still in the mid to low 70s. That risk for the rip currents its low to moderate all along the coastline. Atlantic city to cape may and even those delaware beaches have a moderate risk for rip currents just be careful if you are swimming out there today. Otherwise, were looking at temperatures about 62 degrees in sea isle and then the boardwalk in Atlantic City at about 65 degrees at well. So temperatures today were going to be out in the upper 70s thats how we stay into monday. By tuesday were getting some rain chances so we keep it dry until then. Tuesday and wednesday some rain chances. Lauren. Thanks so much monica. 7 16. The department of Homeland Security looking at new technology to improve safety and security for all of thus. Small drones like the one well show you here expected to play an increasing role. Camp shelby in mississippi will serve as testing ground to evaluate different types of drones. Operators at that military post are using a simulated village to search for people and vehicles posing as targets. Officials expect the technology to dramatically improve operations. Border security is a big part of what the drones are going to play the role they plasm search and rescue also another big area where they play a role and also disaster recovery. The idea of government drones raises privacy concerns for some americans. Officials say the dhs is working closely with lawyers on privacy and civil liberty issues. And we have a warning this morning from delaware state officials about web sites offering help with missing financial assets. Officials say consumers have been told theyre unclaimed property can be returned to them by paying a fee. Delaware Authorities Say not true. The state does not charge a fee and web sites such as never claimed. Com are not affiliated with the state. New jersey state lottery growing again. Theyre bringing back a familiar game of chance its a keen know style game called quick draw dropped by state lottery officials two years ago as part of an agreement to lower the required amount of revenue to be brought in by the lottery. Quick draw coming back and its expected to bring in up to 20 million over the next year. That lot will he game is featured mostly at bars and restaurants. Okay. So you and i had to work this morning. You had to work last night. Work last night and then this morning. We didnt get to see the fight. We didnt get to see the fight. I woke up and opened up my social media. I know. I opened twitter and it was all over the place. Of course, mayweather on the biggest show of his incredible career no doubt still celebrating this morning, right, out in vegas. Yeah. After a amazing defeat over ufc champ Connor Mcgregor. Mayweather has mcgregor on the ropes literally and figuratively. I dont know how hes still standing. Thats it. The ref stopped the fight. Thats all she wrote mayweather took his 50th straight win after tko in the tenth round and it was an incredible fight some fans say the victory took longer than they thought. Mayweather father said his son would win by round four. Mayweather promised fans that was his last fight for sure. Im glad it went long. I mean people paid a lot of non see it. A loft you feel cheated when it goes too quickly. Exactly much its good to see a good night fight you knew it was hyped up for a reason. I like they went that long and it was a good fight. Everybody thought mayweather was going to win. And they said mcgregor was going to put up a good fight and thats exactly what happened. Exactly. Its funny because you hear all the like bets out of vegas and all those things. I dont know anything about it. We bet on mcgregor but we know mayweather is going to win. I get confused by all of that. Because its like im guessing its like football where look at us talking. I guess heres how it works. But you bet on mc gregory to not lose awful. You know what i mean. A lot of people were surprised it went ten rounds. Yes. I can see that. All those like side bets watch color would this belt be. Did you see when lloyd mayweathr came out he had a mask on his face. He had a weird bubble on his head. It was hadi but a mask or something. He was like in a zone. It was blue. Or black and gold or something. I really havent watched any of i ive just scene pictures and i cant remember. Me too. Let us know what you thought about the fight using the fox29goodday. Coming up weather and your wallet. Do the two go hand in hand . Silly science for you. How this