Mostly sunny skies. 40 degrees in philadelphia. 33 in allentown and reading. 38 in wilmington, 35 in trenton. Winds are not that strong, but Strong Enough to give you a windchill making it feel like the low to mid 30s, bundle up a bit, but like the last couple of days well winds up well above average, 49 degrees, at 2 00 p. M. , 3 00 p. M. , high of 51. Above average for this time of the year. We have rain on the way tomorrow, and looks like the next several days could be partly wet. Ill have the details on that coming up with future tracker 6. Karen. Reporter all right, dave, were live on the schuylkill expressway, this is westbound on the conshohocken curve, look for that guy stuck off to the side. Overall the schuylkill expressway is not looking too bad just yet. Live on the vine street expressway, westbound traffic moving towards the schuylkill expressway, moving just fine, no overnight construction on the vine. Good to go there. No weather real estate lated issues weatherrelated i
Che guevara made 1961 the year of education. They had an illiteracy rate of 27 , which is ours, as well. And within a year, they dropped it to 4 . Howd they do it . They had the political will to attack Adult Literacy. And they closed the schools. Brigades of teachers and students went out into peasant fields, taught reading, taught writing. And within a year, it was turned around. And not only that, but today, cuba has the greatest literacy statistics in the world. And i talked to Michael Nutters the director of the Mayoral Commission on literacy, and she said, we could do that here. We have the plans to do that here. We dont have the political will to do that here. It would cost 56 million to really make a dent in Adult Literacy. 550,000 adults in philadelphia lack basic literacy skills. We cant get to job creation if we dont deal with this issue. And how would that begin . Explain once you do that part, what does it move within education for our kids to change how we see that system
Dwight evans isnt afraid of the gun lobby. Hell stand up to the special interests and join me in fighting to improve our city block by block. Harold, surprised to see kenney take sides here . Only the timing, because of when had happened with congressman fattah with his son being sentenced. I was surprised that the timing came as it did. But certainly, kenney had supported evans, evans has been a supporter of kenney, so its no surprise. Chaka fattah is very vulnerable. Hes gonna have a tough road being reelected, so only the timing surprised me. What do you think, guys . And obviously, we know the history with fattah supporting anthony williams, who ran for mayor and didnt do so well. This is hardly news. Right. I think it was expected that mayor kenney would endorse dwight evans. And it came and i agree with harold that the timing, perhaps, is probably the only asterisk on the endorsement. But otherwise, hardly news. And people dont think about the timing. Theyre gonna do what they wa
Biggest thing about being mayor is you can never lose sight of the fact that you are a regular, normal person coming from a rowhouse neighborhood. And if you ever lose sight of that fact and get too big for your head your head gets too big for your body, your friends my friends in south philly would let me know that real quick. And its important that people understand that you understand what they go through every day. Thats why i was a big proponent and took Public Transit a lot took the subway to work for a number of years just so people can see that you go through the same thing they go through. Your security detail doesnt let you take taxis anymore. No, they dont. They frown on the subway, too. Sure. But im still gonna use it from time to time. The Club Valiants, the black fire union, is upset with you because you are replacing Derrick Sawyer. You made him acting commissioner back in december. You want to wait for the announcement as to whos replacing him, but what do you have to s
Degree of likelihood that hell be the nominee of his party, but and you wont be surprised to hear me say this i think Hillary Clintons gonna be elected president. I dont think it will be easy. I think its gonna be a long, tough campaign, whether its against mr. Trump or someone else, but i think shell be elected, principally because shes got the kind of experience i think people expect and his approach to some of the domestic challenges, like the lack of wage growth and having a strategy to raise wages, her foreignpolicy and security credentials. So, i think its a good matchup for our side and for hillary, but i think it will be a tough race. Do you sympathize with the core supporters of trump who say, listen, for a variety of reasons, whether its taxes or anything else, i am fed up with government. It doesnt speak for me anymore. And you, of course, are, they would say, part of the problem, being in congress. Theres no question that the kind of dysfunction weve seen in the last couple