Two men were shot near the intersection of kensington and sudsley just after midnight. They found a gun at the scene that was registered to one of the victims. So far, no arrests. Happening today, convicted philadelphia cop killer abu jamal will give a College Graduation speech. During the address, Philadelphia Police plan to hold a silent protest at the site where officer Daniel Faulkner was gunned down. A recorded speech will be played today for 20 students at Goddard College in vermont. He received a bachelors degree from the school in 1996 while behind bars. Hes serving life in prison for killing officer faulkner in center city in 1981. Coming up this morning at 6 00, youll hear from the officers widow Maureen Faulkner and her own message to those college students. In mercer county, the first death related to entero virus has Health Officials taking safety precautions. He died september 25th. Another child from that school is also sick, but is not believed to have the same type of
Of start. We are, and we are more than three hours away from sunrise this morning, so the temperatures are certainly falling right now. As you mentioned, some 30s and the possibility of frost in some of the suburbs, but not in center city. Thats a live view from the city, which is nice and clear this morning, which has allowed philadelphia to drop into the 40s. 49 degrees in philadelphia, but look at pottstown and allentown and the pocono mountains, all in the upper 30s. And we could see some 30s in new jersey, interior new jersey, millville, Atlantic City both at 40 degrees right now. Skies nice and clear. Sunshine will be bright, but it will still be chilly at 7 00. 54 degrees at 9 00 and the wind will be kicking in. 65 degrees at lunchtime. Well go through it hour by hour, neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back with the future weather, but first, katy zachry has traffic. Good morning, katy. Good morning, bill. As you can see behind me, we have flashing lights on 76 eastbound.
In a particular part of the spinal cord that is abnormal. When we see a patient with this presentation, we look for whether or not they have an acute eninfection and one of the infects of interest is the enterovirus d68 infection which more commonly presents with respiratory problems and breathing issues. Reporter some young patients across the country are experiencing complications, exposure to this particular enterovirus strain and then sudden muscle weakness. Doctors at c. H. O. P. Dont know if the three patients theyre treating had enterovirus d68 first, only the cdc will be able to test and tell us for sure. This is all Childrens Hospital will tell us about them. One of the patients has had a cough and a cold. That might be a milder version of the respiratory symptoms. The other two had a little fever and felt unwill but didnt have severe respiratory symptoms at all. Reporter Childrens Hospital gave the three patients an initial nose swap test and one of the patients they say did
Obviously people are very, very worried, brad. They are, joyce. We have been driving around for last couple hours, they are very concerned about this, and, they found that, lets show so video. They found out on friday night, officially that this four yearold died of enterovirus d68, attending Yardville Elementary School just a couple miles from where we are, where this meeting is tonight. The four yearold eli waller went to sleep december 25th, and didnt wake up. Second four year old is sick but hearing he is recovering. We necessity there was a meeting last monday. Parents left unsatisfied, and that was before the cdc confirmed, again were hearing friday that the little boy did have have enterovirus. Parents understandably worried about their kids who went into school and providing Accurate Information fast enough. They claim they cleaned the school and they did everything they cold could and i did see the equipment. They are doing something about it. That is what we need to know. Sho
At the airport there visibility dropped to zero there near the west branch of the brandywine. Moisture and cooler conditions there. Clear skies over philadelphia. Clear of fog. Coatesville, lancaster, mt. Pocono seeing fog though it improved in the last few minutes. Wrightstown seeing big improvement after light fog formed first thing this morning. 62 degrees at Philadelphia International. There are some cooler readings out there. Blue bell now 58. 50s for eagleville and collegeville is 57 and 57 at the airport in pottstown. Its now 56 in gilbertsville. Light breeze at times. Fog will clear out. 9 00, 63 degrees. Heading into the 70s this afternoon. Ill go through it neighborhood by neighborhood to show you which areas will get warmer than others when i come back. Jillian has a traffic update. One accident this morning on the boulevard northbound side right at fifth street outer drive. Were told a vehicle hit a pole so use caution in that area if you are making your way out. Traffic ca