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WPVI Action News At 4PM July 11, 2016

Impromptu protests like the one this morning make it difficult to do either. Ross adds while most of the protestors over the past few days have been respectful, they do not appreciate the ones screaming epithets at the officers working on the scene to keep them safe. The lines here of our protestors and demonstrators are peaceful. We thank them for right. They have every right to protest what they believe are injustice and thats okay but to have someone in your face an inch from your nose calling you everything under the sun, you dont go through training and magically become a robot. Reporter and commissioner ross says hes fully aware of social media posts threatening massive protests when the democratic thank falcon vince comes to town later this mom he says all this really serving as a prelude of things to come. Reporting live from police headquarters, walter perez channel6 action news. Alicia. Thank you. In dallas today the Police Department is planning to hold a vigil later tonight for those five Police Officers who were killed in last weeks ambush. And as the investigation into the attacks continues the police chief today is opening up about how he believes that we as a nation need to move forward. Were asking cops to do too much in this country. We are. Were just asking us to do too much. A raw and honest press conference from Dallas Police chief david brown. He says they are all simply emotionally drained in the aftermath of the shooting that claimed the lives of five officers he says while police in our country work hard to keep everyone safe, lawmakers also need to do their jobs. Greater knol role in policy makers. Theres too many things we all agree on on both sides of the aisle that we havent gotten done and we just need to get it done and quit asking cops to chime in and do it for you. We got a full plate. Today investigators are learning more about the gunman sniper micah johnson. Investigators say he had bomb making materials in his home. Person obviously had some delusions. This person also was very committed to killing officers. For the first time were also hearing from johnsons parents speaking out with an interview with the blaze. I loved my son with all my heart. I hate what he did. Today stories of heroes and hope. Taylor telling abc news how the actions of several officers saved her and her son. And the officer asked again a little more aggressively and he says is anybody hit and i said yes, sir, i am and they went into action. They surrounded us. And again, tonight in dallas a candlelight vigil for the five victims, the Police Officers and the display of love unity and hope amongst that community it is being called dallas strong. Now be sure to stay with action news and 6abc. Com for the very latest from today lambs you can join the ongoing conversation about this tragedy on our facebook and twitter pages where you can of course find continuous updates. Brian. Alicia thank you. Meanwhile the protests and recent violence both by and against police have today of the a long shadow on the upcoming political conventions but marches and rallies wont be the only thing happening outside the Wells Fargo Center. Vernon odom live outside the union league in center city hosting political fest. Vernon. Reporter brian, democrats claim these events will be of a nonpartisan nature just to engage folks who have no credentials to get into the main event. If you are not a delegate to the upcoming Democratic Convention later this month in philadelphia, or dont have a vip ticket to get into the Wells Fargo Center where the elite will meet and core ron 98 their nominee the party is setting up multiple attractions at venues to make you feel a part. The Constitution Center is the hub. Beginning friday july 22nd. We are encouraging every one to start here. Headed to the white house exhibit followed by our main stage theater where were going to be having live interviews political speeches and our games, political trivia and political feud so it should be a lot of excitement. Get started here and then move out to the other venues. Reporter it will be called political fest nonpartisan exhibits and displays designed to engage resident and Convention Attendees alike at seven unique locations around town from the Liberty Museum on lower Chestnut Street to the library of philadelphia at 13th and locust. Tickets will be free for veterans and Convention Attendees. Convention week is going to be really fun for philadelphians even if youre not a credentialed guest and you you cant go to the Wells Fargo Center. Theres a ton really fun open to the public activity and events that the Host Committee has planned. Reporter brian, sharrie, im standing outside the union league here in center city. Its a landmark here on south broad. Of course it will be another venue used in the festival in a couple weeks. There will be others around town including a food feast in olde city and a massive happy hour down in center city, too. Ticket prices will be 15 for adults. The tickets will be purchased or must be purchased on line. Live in sim vernon odom, channel6 action news. A lot on plan on deck vern thank you. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. A lot of happy hours out there today. Meteorologist cecily tynan in for adam joseph. Picture perfect day out there cecily. It is gorgeous brian and sharrie. We got rid of the oppressive heat and humidity from last week. Kind of a breath of fresh air. Temperatures running slightly below normal for a change. 83 degrees in philadelphia right now. Normal high is 87. It is warmer down to the south, washington, d. C. 86 but new york city even cooler than we are, currently 79 degrees and satellite6 along with action radar showing good amount of sunshine. We are seeing some fair weather cumulus clouds popping up right now. They to in the contain any rain and tonight should be a pretty comfortable night. Taking a look at the next 12 hours, temperatures will be dropping down into the 60s overnight and the humidity levels will stay relatively low. So, all in all, pretty comfortable. Dont get used to it, though. Changes are on the way. Im tracking the return of humidity as well as heat. Looks like late in the week temperatures will soar into the 90s. Could have heat wave number three. And its also going to get unsettled with some afternoon thunderstorms. Ill talk more about the timing on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Sharrie. All right, cecily, thank you. Septa is trying to ease the Regional Rail troubles. Today the Transit Agency began an interim weekday schedule with the addition of cars and locomotives on loan from Companies Like amtrak and new jersey transit. That means 1700 more seats are available compared to last week when a third of the Regional Rail fleet was taken out of service to fix serious cracks. But even with todays changes riders say theres still a big shortage. I dont know that its going to be significant. I think it will help, of course. More trains, less crowded. It was very crowded. Its going to be a long haul. Weve dealt with this before with strikes but its always been a week, maybe two weeks at the most but this is going to be a couple months. And you can find a list of septas interim schedules on our web site 6abc. Com. Of course the ongoing issues with septa continue to make for a rather messy commute. As we turn our attention to the action news traffic report today. Lets see if matt pelman can help clean it up for us in the action news traffic center. Ill at left tell you about the mess how about that. Good afternoon shar Regional Rail welcome back brian. Yes, we are keeping our eyes on those septa rearms once regis once again. The problem is last week we started way shortage of this evening thousand seats. That means were still down over 11,000 seats and thats why throughout the day today we have been seeing big delays once again on the septa Regional Rails. This afternoon at this point our worst delay is about 25 minutes on the Paoli Thorndale line but youre seeing a lot of delays between 10 and 15 minutes once again a lot of crowded trains and well keep you posted as the afternoon progresses. Its crowded right here on the schuylkill expressway. Westbound side from girard through this point at city avenue this truck broke down. It was blocking a lane for awhile. Now its off to the side but that delay of course continues on out to near gladwyne. Have a broken down vehicle as well on the pennsylvania turnpike in bucks county. Its westbound past the Delaware Valley interchange taking out the right lane so thats the reason for those speeds in the teens as you can come in from new jersey. And there was a trash truck fire earlier this afternoon right on the bucks countymontgomery county line here along county line road westbound at the 202 parkway. You can see the right lane and the turn lane are out of commission. And on the new jersey turnpike southbound near hyattstown watch out for an overturned vehicle in the outer drive. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. Hope you enjoyed your week. In the Lehigh Valley watch out for a crash along 22 westbound in fullerton. Eastbound you see just 9 Miles Per Hour so well keep tabs on all of these fun situations, brian and sharrie, in the next half hour. Fun if you say so. I know, right. Still ahead on action news at 4 00 forbes releases its list of the worlds highest paid celebrities and a local star took home the top spot. Plus, turns out the United Kingdom is getting new leadership sooner than expected. What we know about David Camerons plans to stepdown who will replace him. Its a game thats sweeping the nation but its doing more than just getting people talking. How pokemon go may be saving the company that made it. She can use fios to download the movie up in the air to watch while shes. Up in the air. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Takbbq trophies hese best cracked pepper sauce. Most ribs eaten while calf roping. Yep, greatness deserves recognition. You got any trophies, cowboy . Whoomp there it is uh, yeah. Well, uh, well theres this one. Best insurance mobile app . Yeah, two years in a row. Well ill be. Does that thing just follow you around . Like a little puppy the awardwinning geico app. Download it today. The United Kingdom is getting a new Prime Minister a lot sooner than expected. David cameron says he will resign wednesday. Cameron will meet with the queen to formally offer his resignation. The move comes seven weeks earlier than expected. That clears the way for new Prime Minister theresa may. May is the only candidate left in the party. The change in leadership comes in the wake of the uks vote to leave the european union. The United States military is sending hundreds more threw troops to iraq. Defense secretary ash carter was in iraq today to announce 560 troops are on the way to help establish a newly recaptured air base thats a staging hub for the battle to retake the city of mosul. Defense Department Officials say its not clear when u. S. Personnel will start accompanying iraqi forces closer to the battle front. At midnight pennsylvania will have a state budget even though lawmakers say they have no agreement on how to pay for it. Govern 12 i tom wolf is allowint to become law without his signature. Lawmakers say they wont protest despite having no deal to fund the 30 billion plan. Letting the budget become law means the money keeps flowing to state programs. Leaders in both parties say theyre committed to working on an agreement to fund the budget in full. Starbucks is giving all its store employees a big raise this fall. Starting in october all store workers and managers will get at light Traffic Volume a 5 percent bump in pay. Employees with at least two years of service also be eligible for double the a. M. Of stock rewards those are distributed every november. Ceo Howard Schultz explained the changes in an open letter to employees. The company says it pays above minimum wage now in every market. Look at the closing numbers on wall street today. Green arrows to start the work week, the dow up 80 points to close at 18,227. The nasdaq up 32 points the s p 500 also rising just about seven and a quarter points on the day. The hot new game pokemon go is turning into a huge money maker for 910 dover. The companys stock soared 25 percent in tokyo today. That came after a 9 percent jump on friday. The new smartphone game has people exploring their real neighborhoods trying to catch pokemon and it could be the start of a turn around for nintendo. That company has been struggling since its last game console wii u flopped. They are the Bank Accounts most of us could only dream of. Money of the start. Heres a look at the 2016 forbes celebrity 100 list and while Kim Kardashian got the cover photo she did not take home the top spot. Turns out when it came to paychecks this past year a local starlet is reigning queen on this one, wyomissings own taylor swift earning the number one spot. Home grown superstar brought home 170 million in 2015 alone. No blank spaces there. Her massive 1989 world tour helping her fill in the blanks. It was so successful as a matter of fact that she smashed the Rolling Stones north american touring record. Couple that with her endorsements and she is breaking her own financial records. Hey, another philadelphia star also made it into the top 10, actor Comedian Kevin Hart came in at number six with 87 and a half million. The 37yearold north philly native also having a very big year. Hes as you know also a writer, a producer, a whole lot of everything and a whole lot of success. Now, back to kardashian. The cover model here. If you were wondering where she came in on the list shes number 42 with 51 million. Not a bad year for her either. The full list comes out tonight. If youre just wondering just how much these celebrities make. Sharrie. Pretty mind blowing. Any way you slice it thats a lot of loot. Sure is. Some young hospital patients and their families had a chance to spend some time with superheros today. Window washers from Jenkintown Building Services dressed as spiderman and captain america outside of chop Specialty Care center in king of prussia. The company has been surprising the patients at chops main location in philadelphia for years but this was their first time at one of the hospitals care network sites. That has to be fun to see. That is pretty awesome. Good stuffily. Outside the window today lots of blue skies. And thats good news for monday. Lets head over to meteorologist cecily tynan in for adam today. Hi, cecily. Hi, sharrie and brian. I went to the park today and it was packed with people wanting to exercise in very comfortable conditions. We are live on sky6 taking a look at the center city skyline. Blue skies. Some of those fair weather cumulus popping up in the heating of the day but as far as the heat, its not that bad but some areas really could use the rain. Since may first, its really a story of the haves and the havenots as far as rainfall. Areas south of philadelphia have been doing pretty well with rain. Atlantic city running 7inches above normal the. Wilmington more than 3inches above. Philadelphia were pretty close to normal. But trenton running close to 2inches below normal and allentown close to 3inches below normal. So, the Drought Monitor which is issued every week on thursday will show that you we really do have areas north and northeast of philadelphia abnormally dry, kind of in a shortterm drought and there is a moderate drought in parts of new england, a severe drought up to the north and the east. So we could use more rain. Not going happen today, though. Today its warm, dry, comfortable, 83 degrees in philadelphia. Wilmington 85. Allentown 82. Trenton 80. You can see you get that sea breeze along the beaches. Temperatures only in the 70s. Cape may. 79 and beach haven 78 degrees. We have dewpoints in the 60s with that marine influence right along the coast but inland its feeling pretty good. Dewpoints generally in the mid to upper 50s so thats pretty comfortable. Dewpoints, though, will be trending higher as we head through the week. Satellite6 along with action radar showing again just some of those cumulus clouds popping up this afternoon. Theyll be clearing out once the sun sets and tonight is going to be a very comfortable night. Mostly clear, low humidity, dewpoints kind of inching up into the low 60s. Temperatures 68 degrees in philadelphia. Allentown 62. Cape may 67 and trenton 65 degrees. So, the day planner tomorrow showing you youll see a mix of clouds and sunshine. Its going to get warmer. Its going to get a little bit more muggy tomorrow. At 8 oclock, 72. By 2 oclock, 85. By 5 oclock reaching that high of 88 and by 8 oclock still 80 degrees and the four day at 4 00 showing that trend to warmer more humid air will continue right through the week. 88 degrees tomorrow. On wednesday, we bump it up to 89 degrees. Could have some thunderstorms developing and here we go. Back in the soup on thursday. Behind a warm front, the high 92 degrees. You add that humidity, it will feel closer to 100, some thunderstorms. Friday 95 degrees, perhaps more thunderstorms and it looks like this could be heat wave number three. Ill talk about what to expect as we head into the weekend coming up in the full accuweather 7day forecast. We should be used to it b

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