And really fractured. Now that were in the context of the pandemic, it is really breaking. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Fidelity investments. Consumer cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the coronavirus pandemic is
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Rain thats already fallen. We will have the timing on the next round of rain with the sevenday and of course you can track those storms through the rest of the night with our nbc 10 app. Download it for free to get interactive radar and Severe Weather updates sent to your smartphone. President obama is here in philadelphia tonight. Lets take a look outside Rittenhouse Hotel where hes speaking at a Democratic National convention roundtable. Earlier, he addressed the Naacp National conference in center city. Any system that allows us to turn a blind eye to hopelessness and despair, thats not a Justice System. It is an inJustice System. The president s speech wrapped up minutes ago. His focus, criminal justice reform. President obama called it the three cs, the community, the courtroom, and the cell block. In each of those areas the president outlined reforms that he said could make the Justice System fair. Nbc 10s Rosemary Connors listened to the address. She joins us live from the Penns
Have winds of 40 to 45 miles per hour. And we did hit 90 briefly making this heat wave number three today the number was lower than the last couple of days but the big story is dew points are in the mid70s, it feels uncomfortable but by tomorrow morning they dropped into the 60s, a breath of relief here, well talk about the turn around here in the accuweather forecast, well have it for you in the full accuweather forecast. If you find yourself in the middle of Severe Weather and breaking news join the action email your pictures and videos to jointheaction 6abc. Com or use the hashtag 6abcaction on social media. Three young people are dead and two are hurt after a high speed crash they believe they may have been racing at the time. Chad pradelli has more on the investigation. This is what is left of 2007 accura that smash nood a tree last night. The twisted metal and torn leather and broken glass show a crash that killed three and hurt two others. I cant believe it it doesnt feel real t
This noon, a bouncer at a local bar has now been charged in the murder of the bars manager. And Officials Say that smoke detectors saved an entire family from a house fire in Delaware County. But the big story on action news is the final countdown to donald trump taking over the white house. In two days president obama will hand over the reigns, crews are hard at work ahead of fridays main event and the bleachers are going up and barricades are in place to protect trump and the crowd at the inauguration. Stephanie ramos is joining us live now. Reporter sara, president elect trump was in washington last night but plans ongoing back and forth from d. C. To new york until the eve of the nomination. Donald trump at the first of many inauguration festivities at our Nations Capital with running mate mike pence. The black tie gala passed with nearly 200 foreign diplomats. Across the way protest evers gathered outside of trump hotel including a man that tried to light himself on fire. And the