Only place to see it. Coverage begins at 7 30 tonight. About 4,800 performers and volunteers will help put on tonights show. Behind me is the olympic park. You see the beautiful tennis stadium that contains 15 hard courts in front of that. I just saw them cleaning those Tennis Courts getting them ready. Much of tonights Opening Ceremony is being kept tightlipped, and under wraps, but we do know that theres some special appearances by Dame Judy Dench and also someone you may be familiar with, keith, brazilian supermodel su zell gunchen, who is apparently portraying the girl from ipanema. I dont know why i would be familiar with her, jackie. I sure hope you have a frontrow seat to the Opening Ceremony. Reporter i dont know. Right. Jackie, well check in with you in just a bit. Pretty good tease, though, ill give you that. Today, fbi agents descending on at least a half dozen locations in philadelphia. All of these raids were connected to two figures in particular. John dougherty who runs
Turnersville. There are heavier cells working out to sea. Atlantic city is getting wet. Everybody else in cumberland and cape may counties are starting to dry out. This was a surprise this morning, most of the activity will hold off once this pulls through, most of the activity will hold off until 3 00 p. M. As we look at satellite and radar, as you look toward the center part of the screen thats the cold front stretching from binghamton in new york through harrisburg and State College and southwestern through charleston, thats the cold front that will come through between the hours of 2 00 p. M. And 5 00 p. M. That will trigger showers anticipates thunderstorms. For now, clouds and sun, soupy and warm, high of 91 feeling like 97 or after 2 00 p. M. Or 3, expect gusting thunderstorms small hail stones and drenching downpours. When i come back ill have future, 6 and cooler weather in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. It was a frightening scene, 42 people injured some still in
Gave way, the convert venue as what lawn section separate from the seats and gave way and happened during the snoop dog and wizkalifa and several fans being taken away in ambulances and dont know the extent of injuries and will update you as we learn more and on 6abc. Com. And the feds not saying why but have a sweeping series of raids today targeting philadelphias most powerful boss John Dougherty of the ibew and action News Reporter live outside the fbi offices tonight in center city with more on that, dan . Reporter quietly behind the scenes federal agents swarmed in on powerful union boss John Dougherty and some associates at a dozen locations all along johnny doc maintains he has not done anything. Ive been under scrutiny my whole life and dont understand maybe its because i win too much. Reporter Johnny Dougherty stood outside the fbi and irs agents raided his home and sisterer next door in south philadelphia and an army of philadelphia carried box after box of box of potential e
We had three days where temperatures were in the mid 80s lots of sunshine. Today is the complete opposite. With temperatures in the low 90s it will feel closer to 98 or 99. This will add to the misery. These downpours will increase the humidity later this afternoon. This is northern portions of Cape May County, dennisville, woodbine tuckahoe reporting a brief, but heavy downpour racing off to the east 10 to 20 miles per hour. Over the last few fraiments we frames we have a couple of more cells developing near the i95 corridor and around the delaware bay region. It is extremely sticky and hot. Temperatures around 91. With the humidity it will feel like 96 or 97. Outlying areas maybe 98. Be on the look out for a scattered, heavy thunderstorm later on. By 2 00 p. M. , it will feel like 96. Other forecast models have this number as high as 98. When i come back well talk about the heavy thunderstorm potential later this afternoon. Time 6 02. 42 people were injured, some of them still in the
Do and let them do their job. Im very comfortable with where we are at right now, once we get this ugly scenario by everything will be fine, im comfortable that is it. Reporter the probe also reached Philadelphia City hall. There they raided the offices of city councilman bobby henon and head of local 98 since 1993 and last year he took over the philadelphia trade council and mad money to jim kearney and he says he knows nothing about the raids. As it plays out we will know and i dont have information and you can ask the question many different ways and no comment because i dont have information. Reporter the dougherty probe reached across the river and action news there was there as they removed weapons from the warehouse of mjk electrical in berlin new jersey ex cloe civ experts were called in to investigate what was thought to be explosive materials and not clear the any were found and does work with Government Agencies among others. Just last week local 98 dropped up words of 80,00