Ventral pennsylvania this, is all heading to the east. Most energy should pass to the west but it has potential to pass through the area with strong gusty thunderstorms. The National Weather service issued a thunderstorm watch until 11 00 tonight for most of our viewing area except for delaware and along the coast. Anything that moves through has the potential for damaging winds and hail. It will be a broken line of storms, not everyone will get them. The best chance to get the strongest storms is north and west of philadelphia and heavy rain and gusty winds with them. It should be weakening as it pushes to the south, behind the system there is not much relief from the heat and humidity. Im talk about that coming up. Be sure to follow our meteorologists on meteorologist and twitter for updates on potential storms. Use the same platforms to share your weather pictures and videos as well. Dont forget the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, available at 6abc. Com is it weather
Tonight, Melanie Barden talk to a person trapped inside. We were there about 30 minutes, but in that situation, it feels like forever. Reporter matt jones is remembering the 30 minutes he was barricaded in the back of his store on saturday night. He works at gnc and had never been involved in anything like it. We heard some really loud noises and were not sure where it was coming from. Reporter jones said he and his coworkers knew their best bet was to hide. We saw people running and then we heard more loud banging. Tables were being knocked over. We just jumped into action. Reporter that is one the employees barricaded the door and got as many people inside as possible. We just made sure that nobody could come in and we did not allow anybody to go out. Reporter according to the according to jones, they did he is happy with how the mall has handled the situation and hopes new plans will be put in place in case Something Like this ever happens again. That is Melanie Barden reporting. He
Morning, here comes a line of heavy thunderstorms a will march across the area. They could be severe, depending on how fast we actually erode this wedge on top of us, the cooler air, because these two friends mean we could see severe thunderstorms across the area, especially south of i85. Nigel donald trump was the clear winner in saturdays gop primary. However, some would say governor nikki haley was, as well. Her late endorsement of marco rubio, as you are about to hear, may have played a big influence in the senators secondplace finish. On saturday night, while marco rubio was celebrating a secondplace win in South Carolina, standing beside him was governor nikki haley. She, just two days before, gave rubio a big endorsement. Politics, much like comedy, is all about timing, and certainly, right before the election, its in all the news cycles. That was a stroke of campaign genius. Groover, the head of the Greenville County gop, is talking about. He was not a rubio supporter. I did en
It happened at bragg and Robert Street in robert cabinet shop. It spread to a third freestanding structure. The damage was so extensive investigators say they may never not they may never know the exact start of the fire. It seemed like the more water they put on it the fire would not go out. A small church was also affected but fortunately no one was hurt. One person is in the raig a witness called firefighters to the scene on carver street after 8 00 last night. It is unclear if the person injuries. No word on the cause. Police chief moves ahead. So far the recruitment process is right on schedule. A list of 42 candidates is now down to six. The next steps come today and part in a twoday assessment. That will provide more insight into their management, decision skills. And then the top two or three finalists will meet with the Durham Police Department Staff and the public. That will happen in late march. City leaders would like to have a new person in place in may. Today is the day s
Outside the Wake County Justice Center with a look at what jurors must consider. Reporter the defense announced it would not put up any witnesses leaving jurors to decide based on witness testimony and eight new dna evidence. Jurors heard from friends of Lacoy Mcqueen who now even 20 years later break down when testifying. They testified that she was pregnant and her boyfriend, chris lawing, and nc state student at the time wanted her to have an abortion. Mrs. Told jurors the couples had argued and when Lacoy Mcqueen went to meet him at the belltower, she disappeared. Her remains were later found in vance county. Police arrested lawing in 1997 by lack of evidence forced them to dismiss the charges. Jurors last week heard about new dna tests not available insist now link him to the murder. But the defense suggested the lead investigator was an overzealous cop who neglected looking at any other suspects. Again, we expect closing arguments to start sometime this morning and the jury could