Against the suspect include criminal homicide. Action News Reporter jeff chirico joins us live from the scene in bensalem with the story, jeff . Reporter walter, Police Say Surveillance video shows the suspect purchasing gasoline from this wawa, and then returning to his room here at the Lincoln Motel, where he allegedly set his girl friend on fire because he was angry with her. What happened . Tell us what happened. Tell me what happened in that room. Step back folks. Step back. What happened . What did you do . Unaudible. What did you do . Reporter fortysix yearold kevin small of philadelphia admitted to reporters he set the fire that killed his girl friend at the Lincoln Motel on the two to hundred block of lincoln highway in bensalem. Flames broke out just after 2 00 this morning. Heavy smoke poured from 21st floor rooms. Fire crews had to rescue at least three people from the second floor. People were running down the hall way screaming, everybody was like get out, get out, there
Delaware and southern new jersey this morning thanks to that pesky off shore low pressure system that bothered us all weekend long. It the is still here. For us it is included cover, 57 degrees at the moment and we will get to a high later on of 73 with sun and included and yes, pop up showers and thunderstorms later on in the day after 3 00 p. M. Then 56 degrees tonight, we will talk about the weekend, it is a local Holiday Weekend coming up. Oh, boy bob kelly. Get true a couple workdays first, right, sue. 7 01. An accident north bound lanes of 202, right at route 401 in, Chester County. So were bumper to bumper here from pretty much approaching boot road up in the Construction Zone emergency crews and Fire Fighters just pulled on to the scene there. If you are leaving say west chester, backup on the bypass, 202, northbound in toward 401. Live look at i95, fog is lifted and we can see delays there. Emergency track work on patco lets role video news van on the scene went overnight a pi
Summer is here. We will transition today. We will see some sunshine especially around philadelphia if you are in southern delaware, southern new jersey, you still are pretty cloud think morning. We have a seven out of ten. Bus stop buddy is already wearing shade because heres what we have, cloud sun and some fog. That about covering everything. And the umbrella, well, that is for later this afternoon. We have some pop up showers and thunderstorms or for right now if you are in the aforementioned, southern delaware, and parts of the southern new jersey, Cumberland County seeing light showers this morning. The visibility has been a issue in some places, we have seen fog coming and going, still here in reading, right now, so as we looked at the clouds, over philadelphia, it is 56 degrees, you can see the sunnies trying to burn through, 90 percent relative humidity right now and temperatures mostly in the 50s and 49 in pottstown but 55 in wilmington and atlantic city. Just to start your da
Ridiculous season we had this past week. Humidity levels are dropping. We will get gorgeous weather. Perfect. Lets get to it. What can you expect as we head toward saturday. A gorgeous day, everybody. It is not just saturday but also sunday. Lets look at a few things we can count on today. Mostly sunny skies. Cooler temperatures. Isnt that nice . Lower humidity. That will make a difference. Looking live, at the temperatures this morning, a little bit of 73. Seventyone millville. Bensalem 68. Cinnaminson at 70 degrees. Looking at center city, 72 degrees. We have a little wind, and humidity still up there 76 percent but that will drop off in the morning and sun breaks out. It is going to be a pleasant temperature. Less humid, 84 degrees in philadelphia. Seventyseven at the shore. Talk about a nice beach day. Seventyfive in the poconos. So, fantastic, right. That is exactly what you want. Not just today but also tomorrow. Thing is, monday, we will start warming up and then we will get hum
These areas obviously get crowded later on but it is an opportunity to cross the bum bart dumbarton, lets go back to the desk. We begin with a long standoff in pacifica. A man shot and stabbed an officer. This was the dramatic scene the s. W. A. T. Team used a flash grenade to try to get the man to leave the home but the mentally unstable man refused to leave. He stabbed one officer when the s. W. A. T. Team made its way inside. The injured officer is expected to survive. They are gathering reaction and we will have more in our next half hour. We have new developments in the push for raising the minimum wage in the bay area. They are one step closer to have having the high having the highest minimum wage and some peoples pay will go up, good morning, alex. Last night the council moved ahead with the proposal to increase the minimum wage by more than 3 over the next three years. The current minimum wage stands over 3 an hour and its to increment men incrementally should be moved to the