Septa reveals its new plan for selling rail passes for the upcoming papal visit, and its all about entering a lottery. Good evening im ukee washington. Jessica has the night off. Septa announced this new way of purchasing passes after its first attempt last week crashed the authorities website. Eyewitness News Reporter todd quinn nope joins us outside septa headquarters with more how this lottery will work. Todd. Reporter ukee, after somewhat embarrassing and also dramatic reboot septa has decided to go with a lottery. Not everyone will be a board with demand out weighing supply getting papal passes for septa Regional Rail was never a sure bet. Now, septa has set one day game of chance. Instead of it being first come first serve. Its a lottery that people who are just looking to get to work when pope francis is here will have to play. I dont know. I just think it will be kind of a mess. If you dont within the lottery whats plan b for you. I think my work will have to figure out somethi
Somewhat embarrassing and also dramatic reboot septa has decided to go with a lottery. Not everyone will be a board with demand out weighing supply getting papal passes for septa Regional Rail was never a sure bet. Now, septa has set one day game of chance. Instead of it being first come first serve. Its a lottery that people who are just looking to get to work when pope francis is here will have to play. I dont know. I just think it will be kind of a mess. If you dont within the lottery whats plan b for you. I think my work will have to figure out something out for. After crashing demand crashed the e commerce site last week the Transportation Authority came up with the Online Lottery idea to cree and create a fair system. So on monday, august 3rd at 12 01am, to 11 59 p. M. Riders can roll the dice and log on to the side site. No matter what time you enter your lottery submission, everyone has the same chance of being selected. Reporter customers will get one shot. Randomly selected w
Sound like another hot one. Absolutely air conditioning will be cranking looking ahead to the afternoon with the steaminess that is out there and really more than anything it is humidity that will make it oppressive. It will be hot. We will see days lake this every single summer. We have to be smart. It will be fun. We have to get through this. Take it easy stay hydrated take brakes and you will be fine. So often we say if you can stay inside with you when you have to work Landscaping Construction you are outside. Storm scan three is quiet. We have High Pressure on our side. Still, clear skies but because of that that sun will be scorching us as we go in the afternoon. The excessive heat warning has been issued along i95 from wilmington up to trenton and all those surrounding count that is starts at noon time today for heat index that will be topping off around triple digit territory. Thinks beginning of what we think will be worst of the two day stretch of heat. 79 degrees your actual
98 degrees. Record was last set and then actually tied in 1892 on this day as well as 2002 but we should just flirt with that here today. Problem is it feels so much hotter when you factor in the humidity. High this afternoon expect a few puff i clouds along the way. We are expecting the high to hit 95 degrees but by 5 00 p. M. We are at 93. We will end up feeling that heat basically all afternoon. Looking a head to the area headlines, we are tracking a new frontal boundary by tomorrow to bring in some thunderstorms but it doesnt too much to cool us down. We will stay hot right in the weekend. So we will have all of the details of how hot it will remain in your full seven day forecast as the show progresses. Meisha, over to you. Silver lining waking up so early, not as hot yet and opened roadways. Happy wednesday. If you are just joining us good morning. The always so great to have you with us. Road are looking pretty good right now. This is what we have going on in northeast philadelp
Politicians in our area. Pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah indicted op charges of corruption but tonight he vows to stay in office. Good evening im ukee washington. Jessica is off tonight. Federal Authorities Say fattah mishandled hundreds of thousands of dollars of charitable and campaign funds. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is in our Satellite Center right now with a closer look at the charges against the influential democrat. David. Reporter ukee the congressman mentioned numerous times in this 85 page indictment indictment. He denies any wrongdoing but federal officials they believe and they are confident that he will be behind bars at some point. The conduct that congressman fattah engaged in undermines public safe and government. Blunt words from us attorney zane david hem injury who laid out this case against congressman chaka fattah. Fattah and his associates engaged in a coverup lasting years in an effort to avoid detection. Reporter the 29 count indictment tells th