Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 530 AM 20170919

Storm tracker6 live double scan still showing that you most of this rain is still off the coast and the way things are looking now, the rain is probably going to stay largely off the coast with just an inland shower popping through at times. But generally speaking light rain down at the beach. Tropical storm jose excuse me hurricane jose which will be coming a Tropical Storm is a little farther off the coast this morning which is good for us. Tropical storm watch in effect on the water but not on the beach. 69 degrees in allentown, 67 in reading. 70 in trenton, 70 in wilmington, 71 in cape may. As we go through the day mostly cloudy skies, some sunny breaks possible. 74 by noon. And 77 is your high by 3 oclock. By 7 oclock, were Still Holding onto the 70s. Might be a little bit humid at times out there for you. On the bus stop this morning not too bad. 67 in the suburbs, 71 in center city. So the kids can probably get away with just a light jacket and that will do em fine. As we take a look at the effects the the shore right now the gusts are in the 20s in places like Atlantic City, cape may, beach haven, probably not getting as strong a gust down there at the shore as was originally appearing but i think the 30s are pretty easy and maybe up into the 40s occasionally. We also have a coastal Flood Warning with high tides between 7 15 and 8 15. Thats going to be minor flooding in most cases there. But by the time you get to the evening high tide between 7 30 and 8 30 were looking at moderate coastal flooding in the back bays, the ocean fronts and theres an advisory in in the upper bay. Breaker about eight to 10 feet will give you rip currents, real high risk of that today and probably beach erosion and real heavy surf. Even without a lot of rain we could see some coastal coastl flooding. Were keeping a close eye on the coast right now. Live on the garden state parkway at the cape may toll plaza its quiet. Were still dry with no issues on the parkway with light volume right now. The vine street expressway was closed overnight for construction and now we can see westbound, eastbound reopened. Moving just fine. All your ramps have reopened so looking a lot better right now on the vine but the crews will return again tonight at 11 oclock and theyll be shutting the vine down in both directions so well watch for that closure later on tonight. Live on the schuylkill expressway at the blue route, all the construction we had on the schuylkill and it was a lot of it, has all cleared so traffic now moving a lot better on the schuylkill expressway with no problems currently right here and on the big picture seeing speeds mostly in the 50s at this point on the blue route, schuylkill, i95 and you see traffic is moving pretty good. The phils play tonight at 7 05. Extra congestion in south philadelphia but not just yet, tam. Okay, thank you, karen. And of course were keeping our eye on whats going on with the effects of hurricane jose making life a little bit feisty down the shore in new jersey and delaware. Lets go to Jeanette Reyes shes live in ocean city with what conditions look like there. Good morning, jeanette. Reporter good morning, tam. As of right now, its more of a nuisance. Once you get in the water its pretty dangerous. The gusts have been picking up steadily throughout the morning here. Take a live look behind me. I want to show you those flags again because of course you cant feel it but you can see the effects its having out here. Theyre kind of coming and going but again they steadily picked up throughout the day. The surf is pretty rough and we can expect some rip currents as well throughout the day. I want to get to some video really quickly though. We saw a man shoring up the dunes this morning. Thats of course another concern, beach erosion is something weve talked about all morning. And something well certainly look out for and i want to show you the waters just one more time. I know its pretty dark but from what we can see, its pretty rough surf. Weve been advising people to stay out of the waters and you might be asking for a lot of people this is common sense but believe it or not weve seen people, it usually happens, they still try and get in these waters. It is going to be really dangerous today, something you certainly want to avoid at all costs but we do expect people understandably to come out onto the boardwalk and take a look at some of the weather activity that were expecting to see this morning. Of course well keep you posted as soon as we see some weather changes out here. Reporting live in ocean city, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Thank you jeanette. Rough surf is building in Rehoboth Beach delaware. Waivers came crashing around high tide last night. A few brave swimmers did take a dip but didnt venture far. The next high tide in rehoboth is at 8 00 a. M. Look at it dont get in. First signs of damage from Hurricane Irma Hurricane Maria. It came ashore in dominica late last night as the category five. The Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit fears most of these homes you see in this tape theyre destroyed. Skerrit had to be rescued when winds tour the roof from him home. He and other officials are waiting until day break to assess all the damage and to start the search for survivors. The storm is now moving towards the Virgin Islands and puerto rico where it could be a direct hit. Aside from Power Outages the u. S. Territory was largely spared the worst from irma. But now the 450 shelters that were opened for irma theyre staying opened and in place for maria. When it comes, whats going to happen later . How we going be . You know, thats the worst is the aftermath. Rationing of basic food and supplies is now in effect and fema officials plan to stay and do whatever they can to help with that recovery. So along the shore a lot of high tides occurring in about two or three hours or so could see some flooding from that. Youre going to start seeing minor flooding in some spots this morning. I think the bigger issue will be the evening high tide where if you have property or cars in those normally flooded areas, moderate flooding is possible so even some of the places that dont usually flood in the minor situation might flood later tonight. Theres storm tracker6. You can see some rain that is trying to push in off the ocean. These are the outer rain bands of hurricane jose which is still pretty far away down to the south and west and at times were getting a light sprinkle pushing in off the ocean but most of this stuff is stopping a little short of the shore and probably will for a good portion of the day. As we take a look outside, we have cloudy skies across the region and there is Atlantic City and were looking at some blustery winds blowing in off the ocean down out of the northeast. These flags almost looking like theyre pushing back out towards the ocean a little bit there if thats the boardwalk im looking at correctly and old glory waving in the wind down the shore. Fortunately the Tropical Storm watch has been dropped at the shore over land. Its still in effect in the water for mariners because the storm is tracking a little bit farther weigh from us. 71 degrees in philadelphia, 70 in wilmington, upper 60s right now in allentown reading and lancaster and 71 in cape may. Hurricane jose still a category one hurricane took a little jog toward the shore but it is still on that expected track going past us as a Tropical Storm later today and tonight and spinning around and dying down as an extra tropical low well off the coast over the weekend but today is really the impact day, maybe into wednesday morning we get a little wind down there but the rain should be gone and things get better tomorrow. Future tracker6 showing you that most of the rain is going to stay off the coast today. There might occasionally be a little zip of it down the shore. There could even be a band that opens up farther inland briefly but generally speaking rain is not much of an issue with this storm. And the latest projections are for less than half of an inch and even the worst in even the worst hit spots but we still have impacts along the coast. We have breaking waivers right on the beach between eight and 10 feet. Now, thats going to cause some damaging beach erosion as usual from these coastal storms. Minor tidal flooding for the morning high tide and moderate for the evening high tide and we also have heavy surf and dangerous rip currents on the water and youre being advised not to swim today. Not only by me but by the authorities down at the water as well. At the shore mostly cloudy rip currents today, 74 degrees is the high. Up in allentown mainly dry conditions. There could be that little passing shower at times but mainly dry, mainly cloudy, some sun breaks at times and a high of 80 degrees, a little warmer away from all of this. In philadelphia a high of 77, mostly cloudy, damp at times but mainly dry. And winds could gust up to about 30 miles per hour, maybe a little higher than that down the shore but again, the impact overall inland from this storm is very minimal. Clearing then with an early shower, 67 degrees in philadelphia. Down into the tropics Hurricane Maria is still a major hurricane pulling away from its landfall in dominica moving away from guadalupe and now making a beeline toward san juan puerto rico and it does look like this could get very close to puerto rico as a category five storm which is where we are now and then a four as it goes over land and probably a three as it pulls away from the bahamas and heads more or less up toward the east coast of the United States where it goes from there a lot of uncertainty but well keep our eyes on maria. Your seven day, todays high 77, a lot of clouds around, breezy, and damp at times. Tomorrow some sun. Looks like the rain is gone. The storm is moving away. Will be a little bit humid maybe a will it breezy but a high of 85 and nice for the arrival of rosh hashanah. 86 on thursday warm and humid. Autumn arrives on friday but its not going to feel like autumn as we get a high of 84 degrees and then for the weekend, i dont know if this is the last time but its sure going to feel like summer. 86 degrees is your high on sunday, 85 on saturday. Fairly sunny and warm both days. By monday we could see a late thunderstorm. So, careful down in the water at the shore but hopefully things easing back a little bit and we dont see any major damage other than beach erosion. Thank you david. A teen is shot and killed while walking home from school and police find two of his friends also in agony with gunshot wounds. We have a live report coming up. Septa police save a pregnant woman from an opioid overdose twice in the same day. Karen. Weve got a disabled vehicle. You can see the flashing lights here on i95 past academy. Watch for this southbound as you head towards cottman. Disabled vehicle on the left, police are on the scene trying to help with that. Well take you to 422, check out things there coming up next. Start the interview with a firm handshake. Ay,no dont do that try head shoulders instant relief. It cools on contact, and also keeps you 100 flake free. Try head shoulders instant relief. For cooling relief in a snap. Good morning. 5 43, tuesday, live picture center city philadelphia. Little cloud cover there. Lets go over to karen rogers taking a look at the roads. The early start to the day was pretty good if you had somewhere to go. What does it look like as we head towards 6 00 a. M. Things are looking okay for you so far. Weve got a shot here. This is the ramp from route 23. Were looking at route 23. The ramp from route 23 to 422 eastbound had been closed for construction for several months. Scheduled to reopen for todays morning commute so some better news if youre taking that ramp from route 23 to 422 eastbound. You should be really good to go. The turnpike left lane pennsylvania turnpike westbound near downingtown weve got the lanes still blocked with construction crews out there and on the northeast extension northbound so watch for that one thats near lansdale with construction crews there blocking the right lane. Lets go outside live here in cherry hill, new jersey. This is route 70 right at kings highway. Were still seeing cones set up right there. Construction blocks the left lane but that should be cleared by 6 oclock so not too much longer a few more minutes theyre out there dealing with that left lane being blocked. On the waze app we found someone talking about an accident on south pennell road in middletown township. Watch for restrictions near highland avenue. Stormstorm tracker6 double scan showing all eyes on the coast. A little bit of light rain on the coast related to jose. Were getting stronger winds as well through the rest of the region well see just damp conditions so a spotty shower around. 71 trees right now. Even though were talking about a stretch of weather where well be in the 80s not today with the effects of jose being felt well see lots of clouds, damp conditions in the city and a high of 77, matt and tam. Thank you, karen. A teens family in chester says they cant believe that he was the intended target of a driveby shooter. They say the world has now lost a young man with a Bright Future gunned down in broad daylight after school. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is outside live at chester high where that victim was a student. Reporter good morning tam. Police have no clear motive in this case. They do believe it was a driveby shooting. Two teens are in stable condition but a third succumbed to his injuries. Ronald lundy was only 16 years old. A sophomore, a member of the jv basketball team. Family members say he was on his way home from Chester High School yesterday afternoon when he was shot twice in broad daylight. Even if somebody was to go after the person that he was with, you aint got no right to shoot somebody if they had nothing to do with nothing. Reporter police were called out to the 1300 block of west seventh street shortly after 3 00 p. M. Officers found three teens with gunshot wounds. A 16yearold was shot in his thigh, an 18yearold in his rear. Lundy was hit twice in his torso and was rushed to Crozer Medical Center where family members waited in droves to see if he would pull through. Hes a good kid. You know, went to school, you know, he had good grades. He played basketball. Reporter his cousin reggie evans along with ronalds father coached him and his older brother on their aau team. Lundy was the cousin of nba star tyreke evans. Those who knew him say there was no way he was the intended target. Hes not a street guy. I mean, he dont hang out. He always with his dad, ronald sr. You always see them together. Reporter this is chesters 23rd homicide of the year. There were 26 in all of last year. Live in chester Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Matt. Thanks, katherine. Classes are canceled again in the Methacton School district today. Teachers are entering their second day of a strike. The educators in the Montgomery County district are disputing salary, healthcare premiums and class sizes. Theyve been working without a contract since january. Many World Leaders will have their first chance to meet President Trump face to face as the Un General Assembly opens today. Trump is expected to issue harsh warnings to north korea and iran during his address this morning. The president has offered a wide range of views on the United Nations in the past. Hes called it under performing and inefficient. Just yesterday he did make some similar critical remarks though he did offer some praise on efforts towards reform. The un has recently sided with the trump administrations call for greater sanctions on north korea. Well be back. Its here. The first night your teenage daughter stays out way too late. But after three years of specialist cancer care, to guide her into remission, you couldnt be happier about it. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Tamala edwards helped hand out honors in Montgomery County. She presided over the awards breakfast at the valley forge hotel. Gvf Transportation Management Association Recognizes businesses that promote alternatives for their employees and the communities. Like riding bikes. Putting in showers so people who ride to work van pools charging stations. A lot of people are picking up the charge. Its good to see. Wonderful. Good for you tam for being there for the award process. Lets take a look outside right now. Were winning awards here not really. This is i95 at the pennsylvaniadelaware state line. Were clear and dry at least. Weve got light volume starting you off. So far its a pretty good commute. We have construction in new castle county. We had a lot of crews out there. The only ones still there is southbound between 202 and Delaware Avenue blocking the left lane and that should wrap up pretty shortly now. Lets check mass transit. We do have septa route 101 trolley inbound, were seeing some delays because of switching problems there, dave. The hurricane jose a little bit farther off the coast as it tracks closer to us and so the Tropical Storm watch has now been canceled along the ocean front in new jersey and delaware but we still have some sprinkles and light showers coming in. That will be the order of the day occasionally. The center of the storm still well out to the west of us of course. And it is expected to take that hook away from us and then over the weekend kind of fall apart as an extra tropical low. Today, though, at the beach and in the water off the coast we are looking at heavy surf and Strong Enough winds to make it difficult for mariners and to make it not a good idea to be in the water today. Away from the beach not much impact from this other than cloud cover. 71 degrees by 7 oclock. 74 by noon. Were going for a high of 77 degrees today at about 3 oclock and then Still Holding 73 by 7 oclock. There could be some sunny breaks. Maybe a spotty popup shower but overall its just kind of a mostly cloudy breezy day across the region today. Matt and tam. Thanks, david. 5 52 is the time and new this morning, you will see an Atlantic City Police Officer rescue a man who tried to jump from a parking garage. And a woman is able to avoid being mugged. See how her quick thinking kept her and her belongings safe. Welcome back. Youre taking a live look here, the Commodore Barry bridge. And you can see the lights. It looks as though theres a little water there on the fog or something on the camera. Interesting effect. It almost looks like a multicolored necklace out there on the Commodore Barry. Thats what i see but then i always see jewelry. Its 5 55 and 71 degrees. You know, seeing jewelry in things is very common. [laughter] two septa Police Officers likely saved a pregnant womans life not once but twice. This happened near the allegheny station in the citys kensington section late yesterday afternoon. Two septa Police Officers were patrolling the area when they came across an unconscious pregnant woman. They administered narcan to the woman twice. And she regained consciousness. The officers say she refused medical treatment. Now, 45 minutes later the two officers saw the same pregnant woman again unconscious and laying on the sidewalk. This time paramedics took her to the hospital. We do not know the condition of the woman or her unborn child. A Northern California woman says she decided to make a scene instead of becoming a robbery victim. It happened on a train in San Francisco on saturday afternoon. She says the stranger dropped a threatening note on her lap demanding her wallet and phone. She says she faked having a seizure, slumping over and causing a distraction. The stranger got off the train at the next stop. New this morning, an Atlantic City Police Officer rescued a plan who was threatening to jump from a parking garage. Police found the 46yearold man sitting on the ledge of the Caesars Hotel and casino parking garage yesterday morning. Sergeant Joseph Falcone spoke with the man for almost two hours before he was able to quickly and safely pull him from the ledge. The man was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. 5 57 is the time. And we are updating several developing stories for you. Clashes intensify between protesters and police in saint louis bringing the cities downtown to a stand still. Hurricane jose makes its presence known at the jersey shore. Weve got live coverage for you up next. Our veterans have given us the rights and freedoms that we have and we enjoy today. Ready. Aim. Fire. And its important for us to let them know that we will never forget their service. Fire. It was steves idea to have this cemetery. This was supplied to the veterans, giving us a final resting place. We owe everything to steve for what he gave us here. I wanted to make sure that we just didnt say thank you to veterans, we had tangible things to show, and i think weve accomplished that. [ taps playing ] reports are coming in from the caribbean where Hurricane Maria left a instructive path across one island and puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands prepare for a possible direct hit. Lets head out to dave murphy outside taking a look at your accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. A fine mist on the terrace. Some of the clouds overhead are low enough to be producing that. The wide view on satellite shows most of the rain from jose is kind of dying away as it heads towards the coast. Some of it making the coast in just a couple spots like Atlantic City. Generally speaking were not expecting a lot of rain out of this but you can see the active showers now pushing past a. C. And surf city and getting somewhat inland into parts of south jersey. Your wind gusts have been a bit of an issue down the shore this morning. Up into the 20s and