Which he blames for leading to over charging and over prosecuting of especially nonviolent drug offenses. The end result he said, too many people locked up, too many people of color locked up, all at a price tag for the us of 80 million a year. Our nation is being robbed of men and women who cock workers and tack pairs. Could be more actively involved in their childrens lives could be role models, could be community leaders. applause . Right now theyre locked up for non violent offense. So our criminal Justice System isnt as smart as it should be. Its not keeping us as safe as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off. applause . And we need to do something about it. Reporter later this week mr. Obama will become the first sitting president ever to visit a federal prison in oklahoma. Where he will repeat some of these themes like more opportunities for children to keep them on the straight and narrow more opportunities behind bars f
Rebounding a bit. The winds are picking up 15 Miles Per Hour and 16 in wilmington with gusts in the 20s. We roll through the day, its cooler than yesterday, save that little bit of precipitation northwest were looking at dry conditions. Noon, 47. The high today is 52. Its going to be a day for coats because its going to be windy with wind gusts in the 20s and 30s later on. Were looking at a dry stretch of weather and less wind ill have the details in the seven day. We like dry and crystal clear, unlike the past couple of days you couldnt see anything with the fog. Blue route, northbound approaching the schuylkill expressway. Up head welfare a disabled vehicle watch for that as you head northbound toward plymouth meeting. I95 approaching cottman thats southbound traffic heading toward center city. We can see theres more volume. Building volume southbound approaching cottman and girard. No accidents a big problem on i95. The ben franklin bridge westbound traffic coming into the city look
Here, well have clouds that are welling up to the north and west of us. Were keeping our eyes on rain out west with of the great lakes, a spoke of it might come through later in the afternoon. Just couple of spotty showers around. My twitter follower mike in richboro reports 58 degrees. 60 in trenton. 61 in allentown, philadelphia, 67 and 57 in millville, new jersey. 71 degrees by 9 00 a. M. , 79 by noon, 83 by 3 00 p. M. , hitting our high of 84 a little beyond that maybe 3 00, or 4 00 were in the low 80s by 6 00 p. M. The humidity should be okay today, manageable, warm this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds, kind of back and forth between the two. When i step back inside well have an uptick in humidity tomorrow and well have a better chance of thunderstorms and rain heading into the weekend thats coming up. Reporter were trying to ease you into the end of the workweek and weve got a good commute for your thursday morning. Looking live at the schuylkill expressway eastbound of co
Relieving that they beat the storm. Definitely. A little tension. Dozens of Flights Canceled or delayed in honolulu forced the search for a lastminute flight. People trying to scramble for their life. And weather alerts across the hawaiian islands, closures of schools and officials not taking chances. Everybody knows that a rough time is coming. We hope that it is minute maam minimal as it can be. Some are not concerned. We are excited to go to maui. We are just going tore it. The forecasters say that hurricane julio now a category three hurricane winds around 115 miles per hour. It could arrive sometime between sunday or even monday. Live in los angeles, kirk hawkins, channel 6 action news. Rick, back to you. Thank you for that record. World news has more on that coming up. The police in West Philadelphia investigating a deadly onecar crash involving a taxi cab. It slammed into a wall, unclear what caused it. A 67 year old driver dead at the scene. The man accused of opening fire in a
Was found dead tuesday. Someone strangled the 46yearold near the recreation center. An additional 15,000 has now been added to the reward for the information leading to her killer. The total now stands at 51,000. Action News Reporter chad pradelli will have the latest in a report here at 5 00. At the big board, the latest on the situation in iraq. The u. S. Military carried out air strikes in the northern part of the country. The target, an Extremist Group taking control of several major cities there. The pentagon confirmed this morning the u. S. Fighter jets dropped 500pound laserguided bombs. And this those shows the impact on the ground. And also lunched from the ship in the gulf and if american or americans interests were threatened by the extremists, and at the same time the u. S. Launched a challenging aide mission for those stranded on a mountain. Dropping critical supplies for houses of families fleeing the violence. President obama also ordered all u. S. Airlines from flying o