nice and clear, perfect really, picture perfect, barely anything to speak of. and if we take a look at the next few hours, you can see, we will work our way up to the 85 degrees mark, in philadelphia. sunshine will be with us throughout the day, but expect few clouds, to increase, as we get little bit later into the day. now, things will change, a we start to get into our monday and tuesday, but sunday, mostly sunny skies, highs in the mid 80s, comfortable humidity, more clouds late. i will talk more about the rain coming in monday night into tuesday, when i come back in just a few, todd, back to you. kyla, thanks so much. happening today, the town of ferguson missouri marks the one year anniversary of the michael brown shooting. yesterday hundreds marched through the town led by brown s father michael. the shooting of the unarmed black 18 year old, by white police officer darren wilson, sparked violent demonstrations and the black lives matter movement. later on today, a m
i m lucy noland. quite a scare for local law enforcement with heavy hearts from the death earlier in the day of a new jersey state trooper. dave schratwieser live at temple university hospital. dave, police rushed to the hospital today praying they wouldn t be mourning another brother in blue. reporter: lucy, police tell me tonight while they were racing here to the hospital they didn t know what to expect. in fact, several told me they were preparing for the worst but fortunately tonight the corporal michael pitcher is in good condition recovering from first and second degree burns to his back. thank god he s okay. reporter: it was close call for veteran police corporal michael pitcher after a drug investigation he was working on ended with the 38-year-old officer being medivacked to temple university hospital with severe burns on his back. got a bad burn on the back. but he s conscious much he s talking. um, he s actually joking with us but he s very lucky to be a
officer being medivacked to temple university hospital with severe burns on his back. got a bad burn on the back. but he s conscious much he s talking. um, he s actually joking with us but he s very lucky to be alive. reporter: chief mcclay said the corporal was working in plain clothes in doylestown as part of a county narcotics operation when a suspect tried to deliver drugs near the doylestown train station. and recognized the nine year police veteran. he ran through the narcotics on tom of the train. officer chased him for pretty good distance. apprehended him. reporter: police say when corporal pitcher return to the doylestown train station, to retrieve the drugs the suspect had tossed on top of the train, he climbed on top apparently he thought the electric was off. apparently the electric wasn t off. the transformer pulled him in which severely burned his back. we re all relieved. we actually thought the worse when the the reports came in, and rushed down
thanks so much for joining us, i m nicole brewer, it is 5:00 on the dot. we send it over to kate bilo. good to have you in the studio, kate. good to be here on a saturday news with good weather news for the weekend. good news, tropical storm erika does not look like it will impact our forecast headed into next week, will stay off to the south, we ll continue to track it as we go through the next 15 minute or so, the latest on the track. as far as back at home, real great summer saturday, starting off right now storm scan3, looking fine, we ve got high pressure overhead, could be little patchy fog out there this morning, maybe up in the poconos specially. do watch out for that. otherwise system in the great lakes there is one will be lifting to the north, really, weakening, can t make it around the big area of high pressure that s dominating our pattern for the next several days. so, temperatures right now, 49 gross in mount pocono, 54 allentown, but you can see in philadelp
a tip leads authorities to a grim discovery inside a philadelphia funeral home. that business is now shut down but the funeral director insists it s all a misunderstanding. good evening, i m ukee washington. i m jessica dean. investigators found decomposing bodies and other deplorable conditions. according to authorities the funeral home located at 53rd and vine street in west philadelphia was not licensed. eyewitness news reporter david spunt has details. reporter: philadelphia police are still on scene. many have asked if this is related to the case from last week when authorities found three bodies inside a garage connected to an apparent funeral home. that case is separate. but tonight we are learning more about what allegedly happened in this building behind me. detectives waisted no time getting to the bottom of a complaint lodged against hawkins funeral services in west philadelphia. within minutes, detectives discovered three bodies one was in a coffin. the to