Railroad the tree crashed in to an suv parked in its path shattering the back window. No one was injured, but now more than 1,000 homes are left in the dark. Peco tells us that since the tree crashed on to the power lines over there, that they will come and they will have to remove those branchs so they can remove the power lines. First they have to complete a job just a few blocks away. But we still dont have a time line on when that will happen. Reporting live in East Oak Lane section of philadelphia, an tree andrea klein thomas. And coverage continues now with Mitch Blacher in sky force 10. What are you seeing from up there . Reporter we were all over pennsylvania showing some downed trees and wires. What i want to take you through now is the cherry hill mall. This is the site of what was an auto show. The tents clearly blew over in that strong storm. You can still see some of the cars that were lined up beneath those tents. Some serious damage. Door ripped off the van. Wind shield
Including water. Dr. Pepper may want you to drink so he today, but dr. Bishop wants you to give a nudge away. Reporter we saw the antitax protests outside city hall. Chairman of the philadelphia republican authority addressed the crowd. The mayor and everybody in that room, they want all these things. But they didnont know how to p for it, so they want to come after your wallet. When is enough enough . Reporter and inside, children lined up to support the tax that would fund prek and it would also pay for community school, something important to this mom. Are you is you are priu surprist has fight has gotten so big . I am. Everybody says our kids are the future. Reporter this debate is being watched by cities around the country. Waiting to see what happens. And in philly, its getting loud. Council is set to come back here at 6 30, but they have already pushed that back once today. And tonight is the deadline to get some sort of deal if they want to keep their schedule for a summer rece
This is Chester County over downingtown crossing 322, one Lightning Strike this is not severe but has heavy downpours near exton and malvern but double scan live radar showing this is what was happening this afternoon. At 3 40 this is when the National Weather service issued the Tornado Warninging we were indicating a bit of a hook echo and we were picking up the rotating winds higher in the atmosphere when you see those cylinders showing red that is when you have the rotating winds from higher in the atmosphere to the surface that say low level lock and that pushed to the east and we had a lot of wind damage. That was really the main concern with the storms. Barnegat township reporting dollar size hail and a tree fell on a house in whitesboro. And a vicious line of storms. This was sent to me from phyllis in North Wildwood. This large tree, and the whole tree root was toppled over by the wins and unfortunately im tracking the threat of more Severe Weather later this week. Ill talk abo
Sweet. Its been an unbelievable 24 hours for me and i am not used to what is going on and just living in the moment. Im on cloud nine. He was tried and convicted for the rape and murder of his nape 77yearold louise tally, he claims he was railroaded by the police and the d. A. But the Innocence Project fought for dna evidence three years ago that freed write but the District Attorney chose to keep in in prison and try him again. The evidence was so compelling, for tony that there really could have been no other verdict. There was avess travesty of justice. His father makes no effort to hide his bitterness from the Law Enforcement community. I would be lying if i said he was not angry. I thank a merciful god. If he forgives people who am i to hold a grudge. Mr. Wright and his family have not yet decided to pursue a civil lawsuit against the city of philadelphia. Im vernon odom, channel 6 action news. Lindsay davis sat down with Anthony Wright today and she will have more on world news t
In king of prussia where today republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence will be campaigning. Matt, tell us more. Tracy and cvai, governor pee will be here in king of prussia at tech tube, this company here. That speech will be happening this morning. He will then head to pipersville in bucks county. The details of this speech here have not been revealed, though. This company does specialize in manufacturing. The company tech tube touts more than 70 years of experience in custom tubing for a number of industries. Pennsylvania has been viewed as a mustwin state for both parties. Weve seen both campaigns here quite a bit recently. Weve also seen the republican campaign, namely donald trump himself reaching out over the past few days. Hes been making a push for more support among africanamerican voters. Never. Never. If there was no one else to vote for, i would vote for myself. Its like were doing the same thing over and over. We are doing it. Its insanity, to continue to vote