For 17yearold taylor white of jackson, mississippi people have it on their houses. Its everywhere. Reporter and rose kenney i dont know of any other, you know any other place when you have a war and the loser gets to fly their flag. Reporter witnessing this historic fall of the Confederate Flag over South Carolinas capitol is a moment they will forever embrace. Even watching it on a tv screen from the Pennsylvania Convention center. I had a great great uncle who was lynched under the flag and my great grandmother had to take care of him. Reporter kenny and his sister are united having felt the divide and hatred they say associated with the symbolic battle flag in their native north carolina. Even running into the woods from the ku klux klan. People used to throw things at us and use the n word go home and we were only third and fourth graders at the time. Reporter as young girls they crossed the Railroad Tracks among the first black students to attend a white school. So for those of us
To traffic from pelham avenue down to universe and grays ferry, anyone that has a vehicle within the boxes can drive out but you wont be able to get back in until monday morning. However, you will be able to drive anywhere within the box, septa trolleys and buss will not operate in the boxes and highway traffic is restricted. The schuylkill will be close eastbound from the blue route to i95, and westbound 76 will be closed from i95 to route 1. The vine expressway, 676 will be closed in both directions river to river. And the ben franklin bridge will be closed until noon monday. In addition route 1, city avenue will be closed from lancaster avenue and belmont avenue because the pope is saying at saints charles seminary in that area. Mayor nutter says it may be inconvenient for a lot of people but urges everyone to keep the big picture in mind. I would like to encourage and ask all of us to take a collective moment of reflection and pride. We as a city, we the people, were chosen for thi
The cessna 206 had just left Essex County Airport pound for teterboro when the pilot experienced mechanical difficulties. The plane went down near the airport in West Caldwell. Thats where renee stoll is right now. Renee . Reporter good evening, sandra. The faa and the ntsb are currently investigating what caused this plane to nosedive, according to witnesses, a half mile from the airportment you can see just how close it came to this day care that we are standing in front of. Just past that 100 yards is the blue tent covering where the plane crashed. I seen it coming this way really, really low. Like it would hit these trees almost. The sound of a low flying plane that caught the attention of several people near the kit di academy in West Caldwell saturday morning. As soon as i started walking down this path here, i heard click, click, click, click and i started running like it was hitting trees or something. As soon as i came around the corner, huge explosion, gigantic explosion. Rep
Get your [ bleep ], or you join a gang to protect you. The police say the smoegs ke condition was caused by a smoke grenade. The suspect fired at least four shots from inside that apartment, and then more than five officers returned fire as he apparently emerged from the building, shooting at officers. As for the fire lieutenant, hes expected to be released from the hospital sometime tomorrow. Back to you. Listening to that video, it sounded like a war. Thanks so much. Tonight, mayor de blasio under fire for what he was doing during that standoff. Apparently, getting a workout in at the gym, as all this drama unfolded. Michael george is live at city hall. Reporter clearly, the mayor wasnt happy about getting that question. He says he was on top of the situation by phone all morning. Some say this is an example of a mayor whose priorities are in the right place. Others feel this is a big fuss about nothing. Was the mayor out of line . Reports came out that after de blasio was briefed ab
Heaviest rain over grant avenue and rhawn street and this area has received about an inch of rain already. So, a flood advisory has been posted for northeast philadelphia, also parts of montgomery and bucks county until 9 15. So, if you do encounter any flooded roads definitely go another day. Now storm tracker6 a wider view double scan live showing that theres a lot of activity to our south and west and that will be moving our way by the middle of the week. That will bring an end to the heat wave and bring us some showers and thunderstorms. Ill have more details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Rick. All right, cecily, thank you. Now lets check in with reporter chad pradelli who is live at eakins oval with the hot weather story from people who had to be outside today and were certainly doing their best to sweat less. Chad. Reporter yeah, they were doing their best and there may be some relief on the way right now. If you look behind me there are some dark clouds, ma