Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 5 20170621 : vimarsan

KYW Eyewitness News At 5 June 21, 2017

Thunderstorm rolling itself right through Center City Philadelphia. This is a look at 95 and cottman that heavy rain just passing through, you can see wet, soaked roadways, camera still shaking around, a cell rolling in just in time for the evening commute. So if you where to head out to the star, wait it out 20 minutes until the cell passes on through. We will switch over to the weather suiter and and center city, philadelphia, and, has moved through but you can still see rain drops flying through, sideways, right now we will see that rain cooled air, west wind at 20 miles an hour. Here is the storm in question, Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect until 5 15 for greater fail area cell moving off to thee southe at 35 miles an hour, so included with this warning burlington, camden, gloucester and philadelphia counties. We can see camden, cherry hill , upper darby until 5 15. Cell rolled through Montgomery County. Numerous reports of down trees and power lines, we could potentially see 60 to even 70 miles an hour wind embed wind this cell. Heavy rain coming down from abington, down into port richmond, philadelphia, thinks all moving to thee southe so head up in these area, under this warning, so mount laurel, new jersey back into cherry hill, runnemede, deptford will be moving in for you. It looks like this cell is still free, Holding Together potent, main concern is going to be 60 to 70 miles an hour wind that could bring down trees and power lines. We have this storm, and then we have another storm out toward Lancaster County but this is only activity we have ongoing at this point but we still need to keep a close eye on the severe thunderstorm. Future weather showing as we head in the next couple hours dealing with that cell moving its way down the shore, otherwise quiet conditions but in that Severe Thunderstorm Warning seek safe shelter, getaway from the windows and dont embark on that commute right now. Thanks, lauren. Police in maple shade Burlington County are investigating a deadly shooting. Police found victim behind Iron Hill Brewery on kings highway. Eyewitness news new jersey reporter cleve bryan is there with more from police. Reporter police say when they got the call 8 25 this morning they believed it was an active shooter scene but they were quickly able to secure the area around the Iron Hill Brewery, meaning that nobody else was in danger , however, it is still had a big impact. Never expected to run here. Reporter all activities on hold for most of the day several maple shade businesses as authorities investigated a Fatal Shooting behind the Iron Hill Brewery, Police Believe male victim found on the loading dock ran from the brew ery was targeted by unknown shooter, meaning this was not a random act of violence. Iron hill through their Public Relations firm says shooting has nothing to do with the business. Releasing a statement that says quote there were no iron hill employees or customers involved or injured in this incident. Everybody has been telling me that nobody was hurting anybody. Reporter green tech which neighbors iron hill called her to stay home on wednesday morning. Hours later she arrived to find police blocking the parking lot. Detective came in and told me it was okay to keep our doors opened. There is a provide i presence but i feel comfortable that everything will be okay. Reporter nearby employees, await more details, some told us how upset they are that shots were fired and a person died, right next to where they work. Person was innocent, then yes, it is tragic. It can happen anywhere, not just here but happen every where you just have to be aware of everything, all of your surroundings. Reporter police cleared this scene around 4 00 p. M. And Iron Hill Brewery said they will reopen up at 5 30 for dinner service. This is an active investigation and no arrests. Cleve bryan, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Police in philadelphia are searching for suspects in the shooting of a taxi driver, in brewerytown. This happened around noon time in the 2900 block of ogden street. The six twoyear old male cabdriver was shot two times in the leg during a robbery attempt. The suspect made off with a cell phone and some cash, the cabdriver was taken to Hahnemann University hospital and is now in stable condition a deadly discovery lead to a Murder Investigation in woolwich township gloucester county. Chopper three over forest court where police say a woman was found dead of Blunt Force Trauma in the Swimming Pool in her home saturday. Authorities identified victim today as 47 yearold michelle wong. Police have not released a motive or if they have any suspects. Day two of the testimony in the corruption trial against District Attorney Seth Williams. The prosecution is painting a picture of williams as a man with high taste but without the fund to pay for his lifestyle. Our greg argos has been in the courtroom all day and has very latest information from center city. Reporter today prosecution continued their case calling in total six witnesses, to the stand against Seth Williams, District Attorney here in Philadelphia County and they painted him as a man with expensive taste but it was also dodging, expensive bills. District attorney Seth Williams once again not speaking as he left federal courthouse wednesday afternoon inside though, evidence presented by the prosecution speaks for a man with expensive tastes, but his finances were in shambles. The government led by a team of three assistant u. S. Attorneys alleged williams wind, kind friend and his girlfriend at the union league including spending more than 600 on a new years eve dinner in 2013, all the while prosecutors say williams was dodging nursing home bills for his mother. The government has charged williams with 29 federal bribe ry, corruption charges, he accepted bribes in the form of cash, trips, even a couch and convertible, in exchange for favors tied directly to his position as philadelphias District Attorney. Government has broken the case down into what they called five different schemes, so far all of the trial has focused on one of those schemes allegations williams spent more than 10,000 of his mothers money on clothing and his own mortgage instead of her house and medical bills. Witness these afternoon which included union league assistant manager and employee at nursing home, 80 yearold mother, painted two different pictures. Nursing home witness testified williams consistently avoided calls asking for payment and bills for his mothers care, all of the while the assistant manager of the union league said he spent thousands on fine dining. Williams defense team admits he made poor decisions and had trouble managing his finances but think say, nothing he did was illegal, the case continues, tomorrow, here at federal court, 9 30 in the morning. Reporting here from center city im greg argos for cbs3 Eyewitness News. In hearings on capitol hill house and Senate Committee investigating russian meddling in the president ial election were warned that moscow will do it again. Lawmakers heard more details about this cyber hacking and pressed current and former government officials about how to prevent future attacks. That is certainly. Reporter former home land security secretary jay johnson told House Intelligence Committee to expect more sign s tax. Thinks not an academic exercise. Reporter johnson says figuring out how to tell American Voters what russian hashingers were doing before election day was tricky. We were very concerned that we not be perceived as taken side in the election and injecting ourselves into a very heated campaign. Reporter his department did try to help states after evidence revealed russians were infiltrating Voter Registration databases. The states lex officials, and, very worried about what they perceived to be federal intrusion into their process. Reporter thirtysix states did accept help and dhs has designated election infrastructure as critical. Johnson suggested that congress provide grants for states to tighten their Cyber Security protections and raise ago wearness about hackers techniques could go a wrong way. On the other side of the capitol senators pressed dhs officials to identify the states hit in 2016. Do i not believe our country has been made safer by holding this information back from the american public. I prefer not to go into those details in, this forum. We are track to go second one states. Reporter dhs says there was no evidence that the 2016 voter ballots were altered. Meanwhile Russias Deputy foreign minister has cancelled a meeting with his u. S. Counterpart. He is than happy that the u. S. Expanded sanction as begins russian entities in response to the crisis in ukraine. Steve scalise conditions continues to improve one week after being shot and wounded in alexandria, virginia. Scalise is now in fair conditions. Hospital add that the Louisiana Republican and House Majority whip is now starting rehabilitation, and scalise was shot in the hip, when a gunman opened fire on a republican baseball practice. Today the fbi confirmed that the gunman acted alone and shooting was not connected to terrorism. It is believed to have exited his vehicle with the two weapons, one being a sks 7. 62millimeter caliber rifle and a 9millimeter handgun for which he had a holster on his body. Police shot and killed the gun man. Mayor jim kenney announced new initiative to combat Climate Change in philadelphia to make good on our commitment to meet internationally agreed on Carbon Pollution reductions to day were joining 99 other mayors across the country in pledging the transition from philadelphia toward 100 percent clean energy. The efforts follow the white houses decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement, many u. S. Governors, mayor, wall street leaders defended the accord as an employment effort in reducing planet warming Greenhouse Gas emissions just one of the ways philadelphia will fight back, city will provide Climate Change information on its web site. Well, coming up on Eyewitness News at 5 00 it looks like a scene from the movie. Out of control bus barrels down a busy street, backward what the driver said immediately after the bus came to a crashing stop. Headaches, back pain, calves were tender. Also ahead, what these patients come from and why this man felt moved to offer them help toward healing. It thinks weeks story of brotherly love. And why james corden is sending 300 copies of the movie fail to President Trump, it is in todays hot minute with bex. Live look at our Parkway Central Library camera, lauren will update those pop up storms that rolled through when we come manaits a series of is nsmart choices. And when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. Glucerna. Everyday progress. Well, in philadelphia an acupuncture is studied around the world and speaks several languages but as a american, and wants to help others, becoming american as well. That is why once a week he brings his skills to people who are new to this country. It thinks weeks story of brotherly love. Reporter stephen, and his partner dont speak the same language. We will use google translate, and i had four word , and they were painful. Reporter it only takes a few word for ahmed to show stephen where it hurts and for steve tone start fixing it. Every wednesday stephen offers his acupuncture services. To immigrants and refugees, who are coming through the Nationality Services center and going through stressful transitions. They have headaches, back pain, their calves were tender and they are just dealing with the overall stress of coming in the country and learning what it is like to be an american. Reporter down the hall gwenn, lead a free yoga class. Both yoga and acupuncture are part of the Centers Wellness dates, where even when she cant speak their language she can see positive change. You can feel just that, that tension has melt add way. Reporter staffers are welcomed to stop by. They are doing great things , so i wanted to help, and help them, because they are just as stressed out as everybody else. Reporter after 10 minutes with the needles ahmed is on his way, relaxed and appreciative. You know, doing very good. One more right here, okay. Very good. Reporter steve will be back next week, to do it all again. It is so great to have him come in and essentially offer services that may be our clients wouldnt have access to or even though it is a little. Do it all again. You can find more of our brotherly love stories at cbs philly. Com brotherly. Today is longest day of the year, known as summer solstice and coincide with International Yoga day. Eyewitness news, at the police touch museum today. Museum marked summer solstice with a family yoga obsession the kid doing all kind of posts there, museum also offered an interactive story time and a Toddler Program about the four seasons. Wonderful. Were now officially in summer. Indeed. Summer is bringing some storms. It is, well, one storm but it is a pesty storm. Severe thunderstorm producing damage across the area in line for this storm you will deal with intense wind speed, down trees and power lines but right now storm has, cleared Center City Philadelphia but it was intense when it rolled through and supposedly there is a rainbow in this scene. Where, i dont see it dawn see it. Okay. Okay. I believe it, it is there, rainbow breaking out and sun will likely come out as we head in the next hour or so in Center City Philadelphia after that severe thunderstorm rolled on through but numerous damage reports, coming down especially in Montgomery County, right now, peco reporting 12,000 customers without power, a large majority of those in Montgomery County. Radnor Delaware County we had numerous trees, large trees down at that but rest of the reports right now from Montgomery County, pottstown, trees, wires down, some damage to homes, norristown large branches down, and green lane franconia large wires down as well. Tough go for our commute dealing with the rain soak road, dealing with the severe thunderstorm continuing to barrel its way across south jersey and deal with these down trees, down wires, and down branches. Severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 5 45 for parts of the southern new jersey as cell moves off to the east southe so warning extend 5 45 atlantic, burlington, camden and ocean counties. You can see cities included evesham, gloucester, manchester and mount laurel. Here is heaviest portion. Note that is boeing shape there on our radar reflection ivity. That is indicative of strong wind, embedded within this isolated cell. So heavy rain coming down from lumberton, medford, evesham, mount laurel and runnemede as well moving at 35 miles an hour. Head up medicine for the lakes , 5 19, tabernacle 5 28. That cell is moving in for you , and, south park 5 37 and wood land 5 45. If the cell can keep its strength over the last two hours moving through berks county, montco, Delaware County and continuing to move off to the east south east it is not changing and its shape, structure or those bright red they are still maintained right now so it is maintaining strength. Head autopsy long the coast as well especially in ocean county. You could contend with this cell by the next 45 minutes. Overnight tonight chance of hit or miss thunderstorm early evening hours, partly cloudy and getting quiet, 68 degrees tonight. For our day tomorrow mostly sunny and hot. Few late day cloud, High Temperature up to 90. Humidity stays in check tomorrow but that changes as we head into friday. Future weather showing our picture in the evening hours we will not see widespread storm activity even though we are seeing this one isolate varied strong cell as we head into tomorrow morning, nice and quiet for your thursday morning commute, looking good for your lunch hour and as we head in the Late Afternoon and evening hours we will start to see cloud deck increasing from moisture in association with sinned bye to make land fall along the gulf coast, not really wind that will have an impact, in this region, technically, louisiana coastline system will dissipate in the mid south. It will be all of the rainfall , check out forecast rainfall amounts, could see 10 to 20 inches of rainfall along the gulf coast, flash flooding and you can see that moisture starting to work its way up in our neck of the wood. We will see that saturday morning, with morning rain, thunderstorms but then we will clear out, late day saturday setting us up for a beautiful, end to the weekend, sunday is going to be my jam

© 2025 Vimarsana