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Worries, smashing records after records in its domestic debut, the biggest july opening in history. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, july 22nd. A lot of people were indoors, in theaters. Hakuna matata. I aint going out into those temperatures is that what they were singing . It means no worries there it is. A Big Box Office weekend for the lion king. A lot of people saw it. It was a good weekend for it. Like you said, the air conditioning. Nobody wanted to be outside. Good for the Parent Company. It was a hot one. Very good for the Parent Company. Hot. Hello. Go ahead. It was so hot how hot was it, lana . The cows were giving evaporated milk. Oh, okay, thats a good one. It was so no, go ahead, one more. It was so hot this weekend. How hot was it, lana . The pens were giving okay. Thats a good job. All right. More on the heat in just a moment. We do begin this half hour with the growing unrest and frustration in puerto rico. Today the island is bracing for what man
Here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Iran says it has captured 17 spies of the u. S. Central intelligence agency. Tensions escalate in the middle east. Iran releasing new video of the moment it seized a british flagged tanker it says violated maritime law. Across the nation a dangerous heat wave gripping the country has turned deadly. So hot. Got to carry this dog now. Shes panting and cant handle the heat anymore. The president is launching another salvo on four democratic congresswomen of color. He says he doesnt believe they are capable of loving our country. Do you believe the president is a racist . Yes. No doubt about it. Protesters back out in puerto rico hours after the governor refuses to resign. He apologized saying he will not seek reelection. In hong kong another day and night of protests ended with police launching tear gas at protesters. Swedens Prime Minister says asap rocky will not receive special treatment despite efforts from the president to get him
Week actually, cold week before the start of winter where we had our little chance of snow every day pretty much it week. We are dealing with just some real comfortable conditions, this week. Outsideat it looks like, in philly, this is coming from our roof cam on top of Eyewitness News here and it is 39 degrees, with calm winds out there so we also dont have any casino every windchill factor for us this morning. Around the rest of the region, we continue to see those gulf freezing temperatures, even mount pocono, 29 couple of hours ago, now the freezing mark at 326789 so definitely not really cool start to the day. You still probably need a jacket as you step outside but maybe you dont need the heavy heavy winter coat, hat scarfs, gloves, not so much a factor for us here this morning, storm scan3 little light precipitation trying to work it way through the philadelphia area, at this point, dollars good news with our temperatures still warm, it is all just falling we do see any as rain,
Knowing. So far 50 people have been rescued since the quake and the mexico president is calling for three days of mourning. Meanwhile, Hurricane Maria is eyeing turks and caicos after leaving a path of destruction in puerto rico. The storm destroyed puerto ricos electrical grid and officials saying it could take months to repair. Neighborhood after neighborhood is flooded with debris. And roofs ripped off the homes there. And President Trump says the island is absolutely obliterated. He says he will visit there and the United States is sending aid to help with recovery there. And the earthquake and hurricane is inspiring philadelphians to help out. Action newss great hall is live at hunting park with details on the number of initiatives going on around town. Reporter hey brian, we can tell you at 5 30 mayor jim kenney along with other city leaders are hold a press conference to show their support for the Puerto Rican Community and let people though how they can give back. Whether its p