Im alex holly and we are here at the battleship new jersey on the beautiful camden waterfront honoring the men and women who serve in the military. By the way the freshly painted new jersey. Looks great. We start off tonight with some of the challenges our servicemen and women face when they come back home. Sometimes its hard to find that job. Fox 29s steve keeley found a business and a person who is working just to make it a little bit easier. Reporter phil highman was a black hawk helicopter pilot flying missions ail i was ryan the world. Now out of the military but still flying high again providing cover for fellow soldiers. Those all coming home who quickly learned that searching for a job in a civilian career can be as long and hard as finding bin laden. I think those that have been searching for while realize how difficult it is. Reporter with wars ending and veterans all returning home by the tens of thousands at the same time there are more vets needing more jobs. Once you have
Bit easier. Reporter phil highman was a black hawk helicopter pilot flying missions ail i was ryan the world. Now out of the military but still flying high again providing cover for fellow soldiers. Those all coming home who quickly learned that searching for a job in a civilian career can be as long and hard as finding bin laden. I think those that have been searching for while realize how difficult it is. Reporter with wars ending and veterans all returning home by the tens of thousands at the same time there are more vets needing more jobs. Once you have that flood of people you only higher so many veterans for one position. So it does get a little difficult when everyone is coming home at once. Reporter over the next five years theres going to be a couple hundred thousand members of the military each year transitioning out. All Michael Martinez could find out of uniform was a cashier job at baha fresh taking fast food orders and not taking home much money. Until a turn around after
Next 45 minutes or so. Big improvements north and west, 10 miles allentown and reading. Millville, 70 miles. The dense fog advisory has been dropped by the National Weather service. 3 in atlantic city. Wildwood, miles thats not too bad. 11 00, 11 30 most areas climb above 5 or 6 miles when the skies brighten up and the blue skies. Morning fog and slight increase in humidity. This is the latest on sub Tropical Storm ana is Tropical Storm ana. Latest traffic information coming in, ill have it for you in about ten minutes. Today is the biggest day in collegiate rowing. This is the 77th annual dad vail regatta. Drexels mens team was in the first heat. There are 120 colleges and universities in the u. S. And canada competing. Kelly drive will be closed until 6 00 p. M. Due to the races. Join us for recoverrage of the dad vail regatta coverage of the dad vail regatta at 1 00 p. M. On 6abc. Police are searching for the man who held up a 7eleven at gunpoint. It happened in lower merion at 1 30
And wet conditions outside with meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Good morning, tracy. Were already tracking some heavier downpours, especially in delaware and south jersey. Stormy conditions in much of new jersey as thunderstorms have rolled through. You can see the clouds over center city and the rain is not far away. Right now the radar shows a stretch of rain that goes through new jersey into delaware. By far the heaviest rainfall, most active thunderstorms right along ocean county. Stafford seeing quite a bit of lightning right now, and that extends offshore. The rain extends inland with some heavy downpours in southern New Castle County, just to the south of middletown weve seen some thunder and lightning there. And the rainfall is just about to get started in philadelphia. Its just crossing through camden and burlington counties and about to cross the delaware. Seeing a few light rain drops in southern chester county, but the rest of pennsylvania for now is mainly dry. 57 degree
Accused the South African judge sentenced the olympic runner to a maximum of five years in prison for the 2013 shooting death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. The reaction in the courtroom was muted, pistorius was stoic. A huge win for Oscar Pistorius, and i think its frustrating to a lot of other people. Outside of the courthouse people weighed in. Do you think it was fair . Yes. Pistoriuss uncle says there is no plans to appeal the sentence. We accept the judgment, oscan a will embrace this opportunity to pay back to society. Pistorius may be housed in medical wing of this prison. The judge made it clear that she felt the system was equipped to handle his rare medical needs but he may not be there long. Under the law after a sixth of the sentence are you allowed to question a different type of sentence. Like house arrest. The prosecution can now appeal the sentence but they have to do so within the next two weeks. Reporting from washington, karen travers, channel 6 action news. An