Ventral pennsylvania this, is all heading to the east. Most energy should pass to the west but it has potential to pass through the area with strong gusty thunderstorms. The National Weather service issued a thunderstorm watch until 11 00 tonight for most of our viewing area except for delaware and along the coast. Anything that moves through has the potential for damaging winds and hail. It will be a broken line of storms, not everyone will get them. The best chance to get the strongest storms is north and west of philadelphia and heavy rain and gusty winds with them. It should be weakening as it pushes to the south, behind the system there is not much relief from the heat and humidity. Im talk about that coming up. Be sure to follow our meteorologists on meteorologist and twitter for updates on potential storms. Use the same platforms to share your weather pictures and videos as well. Dont forget the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, available at 6abc. Com is it weather
Lets take look at some pictures ill tell was castor had to say today. The former Montgomery County District Attorney says the job of acting attorney general brings a big learning curve and as of wednesday night when Kathleen Kane leaves office, he will take it on. Castor in a rambling press conference said he took a call from the embattled now convicted attorney general attorney Kathleen Kane this afternoon. Until this afternoon when she did ask my opinion and i told her that i thought it would be very difficult for her to remain in light of the developments in Montgomery County. Well i dont know that anybody is prepared to assume a job of this nature. I certainly have spent my entire professional live learning how to run a large government operation and i have been doing it more or less for last five months. Reporter bruce castor has been the solicitor general here. He came in to sort of run this office. The legal aspect of this office when Kathleen Kane actually had her law license s
The 3d satellite were dry and quiet but take look to the south. Weve been watching this area of disturbed weather around the bahamas. That could turn into something tropical hermine moving toward the florida straits then eventually perhaps even in the gulf of mexico. But well stay dry, well stay sunny for the up coming weekend but the humidity wont be as bad for tomorrow. But it is still going to be hot just less humid as woe work your way toward your saturday. So, of course, well be keeping tabs on the temperatures. But also down the shore there will be an increased risk for some dangerous rip currents and that is because of another tropical system well out to sea. Its name is gaston well be watching that. Otherwise, High Pressure will be in control for the weekend and once again we have gaston well out into the open waters and the potential is there around the bahamas for hermine. Well be monitoring that situation. It was looking pretty ragged but starting to get little better organi
Live from center city in philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Federal probe into a powerful local Electricians Union has now reached the Mayors Office. Philadelphia mayor jim kenney confirmed for fox 29 that the fbi has sent a subpoena to his campaign office. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. This is all tied to the widening investigation of union chief john dougherty. Days after the fbi raided the home and offices of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union boss john dougherty, those same agents were sending a subpoena to the Campaign Offices of philadelphia mayor jim kenney. Im not im not surprised by the request and we move quick toll comply with what they need. Reporter speaking to us by phone mayor kenny says federal agents made a request for documents from his 2015 Mayoral Campaign office two weeks ago. His Campaign Adviser said it has complied. Kenny tells us most of what was requested was general Campaign Material and documents that have alr
In him. Jim moylen is john doughertys chiropractor and a dear personal friend for more than zero years end quote. Doctor jim moylen is chair of the zoning board in philadelphia, he was appointed by philadelphias democratic mayor, jim kenney, and we have just in the last two minutes got a statement from mayor kenney react to go this news. He said he ace wear of the documents being requested and he asked, quote when you run a Good Campaign you provide what they are asking for and move on. End quote. Reporting live from city hall tonight, david spun t for cbs3 Eyewitness News. In other news a man collapse as board a septa train and his rescue is recorded on camera. That rescue happened on a market frankford line train at 30th street station. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos has more. Reporter at the height of the rush hour thursday afternoon, train 1134 on the market frankford line pulls up to the 30th street station tracks. Seconds later a passenger collapsed. We had a radio call for