Part of the their home collapsed. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Now they are out of their home and lucky to be alive after the house started crumbling around them. Our Shawnette Wilson live at the scene along rockland street. Shawnette, whats the latest . Reporter well, neighbors describe a frantic mother desperate to get her children to safety before herself, and that was all possible with the help of neighbors. Those children are okay. Part of rockland street near the boulevard in feltonville remained blocked off well into the night. Crews trying to clear and secure the scene where part of an Apartment Building collapsed. A woman and her children forced to jump top safety. I was laying on the couch and i heard something crash. Kevin badgley says he had just gotten off work and was visiting his girlfriend who lives in the same building as the unit that had the collapse when he heard screaming. I ran to the back and i seen her neighbor out the door just out the win
Things are getting dangerous out there. Its cold and it will only get colder and the wind will give this weekend an even sharper bite on top of that were tracking a chance for snow. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. It feels like winter is already here. Lets get straight to meteorologist Scott Williams. Hey, scott. Hi l chris and dawn. Yes, bundle up, crank the heat, take look. Temperatures literally freezing. Right now in philadelphia 32 degrees but thats the air temperature. You really have to factor in the wind. How your body reacts, how you should dress it feels like 24 degrees right now and we only made it up to 38 degrees the afternoon High Temperature. Coldest high in 10 months. Ultimate doppler pretty quiet. Lake effect snow far north and west there had been a couple of pockets of some flurries well zoom in to berks county just south of the reading area moving into parts of Chester County right now. Maybe a flake or two but that wont amount to much. The bigger
Bribes and stole money to pay off Massive Campaign debts and to fund lavish lifestyle. The scandal led to his defeat in the 2017 Democratic Congressional primary he would quit his Second District seat shortly after his june conviction on 18 corruption counts. The government had requested a sentence of 17 to 22 years but u. S. Attorney hem minimum injury assisted he was not disappointed by the judges ruling. He used his position in congress to benefit himself rather than his constituents and engaged in kimly activity for his own financial benefit. Hes also an individual whos done significant thing on behalf of the city of philadelphia for a number of years. The courtroom was packed with fattah supporters some of whom testified his character witnesses describing a career of helping his constituents and others in areas like education and scientific research. You believe he was goodman . I know he was a goodman. And i think a goodman who made some grievous mistakes. We lose a guy whos got
Now at 8 00 bitterly cold temperatures this morning and the wind is only making that colder. How local shelters are helping keep those in need warm this winter. Plus president elect donald trump thanking wisconsin voters for helping him win the election. What he said about House Speaker paul ryan last night at his rally in west allis. Good morning and welcome back to wakeup. Time now x xx adlib Weather Forecast partly sunny and cold today with a strong west and northwest wind making it feel even colder but feel double digits below zero at times. High pressure keeps sun in the forecast for thursday but even colder air arrives with highs in the Single Digits and subzero lows. A low pressure system arrives friday with accumulating snow. Snow will continue overnight friday and into saturday mo temperatures will go up a bit ahead of that low but then fall again into the Single Digits by the end of the weekend. Today partly sunny, windy and bitter cold. High 12 wind nw 1025 mph tonight clear
Skyfox over the 2400 block of South Franklin street within the hour. That is where firefighters are battling this row home fire. You can see smoke, you can see flames shooting out of the upper floors of this building. The good news here, we have no reports of injuries. We are working with officials to see how this all started. Of course, when we get updates, we will bring them right to you. Were also following developing news out of the center city philadelphia. Attack at a septa station caught on camera. A live report is coming up. But first we take live look at the radar. That mess you see right there is head our way. What does it mean for you . A messy weekend. Im chris oconnell. Im dawn timmeney. Spring may be a few days away, but we are in store for some rain, ice, maybe even some more snow. Lets get the details from meteorologist mike masco. Say it aint so, mike. Winter is going out kicking and streaming right now. Take look. Winter weather advisories being posted to the north an