Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 6AM 20160709 : vima

Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 6AM 20160709

Micah johnson was wearing protective vest and used military style semiautomatic weapon. Lets get to abcs Kenneth Moton live there from dallas texas with the very latest. Reporter good morning. Investigators say it appears snipper took lives of five Dallas Police officers and injured others here had a deep racial hatred against white officers. Police continued to look into his motives this morning. I can tell you that the protest against alleged Police Brutality are only getting bigger. This morning more scenes of protests, black lives, coming facetoface with blue lives. Demonstrations across the country moved into the night, thousands took to the streets to protest the Police Killings of alton sterling in louisiana and philanon castille in minute so the a in atlanta they shut down major roadways. In Phoenix Police used pepper spray to control the crowd. In rochester, new york, 07 arrests. Justin carr are being arrested. Reporter offices cross the country are on alert. After the the Shooting Rock dallas five officers killed while they watched the black lives matter protest. Police say gunman Micah Johnson targeted the men because of their uniform and their race. He says he was upset about the recent Police Shootings, the suspect stated that he wanted to kill white people especially white officers. Reporter suspected lone gunman was kill, in his home federal and local police found bomb making materials and guns, investigators and a nation looking for answers after one of the most deadly Mass Shootings of police in u. S. History this guy lived around the corner from me and willing to take peoples lives that he didnt even know, you know, it is just scary. Reporter president obama called the shootings a vicious calculated and despicable attack, i can also report this morning that the white house says the president will end his overseas trip a day early to visit this city next week. The reporting live from dallas, Kenneth Moton for abc news, back to you. Thank you so much for the update. 6 03. We will have more on the shootings of dallas texas in the aftermath but first lets turn to our weather. Intense heat may have loosened its grip on the Delaware Valley but we are now dealing with some stormy weather. Sky 6hd is taking you live this morning, to cape may, and it is no day at the beach as you can tell from this picture. Temperatures are down but not the exactly feeling all that great outside at the moment. Meteorologist chris sowers, fresh off his honeymoon back were not so good news, chris. It is like i never left the bohamas. As we take you outside, the only difference we are seeing out there right now, heat, intense heat is gone but humidity is really high and because the humidity has increased overnight with the downpours that we saw across the region yesterday evening, humidity increased and therefore we are seeing patchy fog and overcast conditions right now. Is there the view overlooking ben franklin bridge. Very warm, soupy morning out there. Temperatures for the most part are in the mid 70s but your dew points are in the mid 70s. If you have ever been to places like miami, new orleans, that is what it feels like out there right now. Seventythree in philadelphia wilmington 74. Dover 76. Allentown 71. Trenton 69. On top of that we are seeing patchy fog across south jersey, interior sections, places like hammington, millville, visibility down to 2 miles away. Atlantic city at the airport one and a half miles, toms river 1. 7. All areas north and west are in the clear at this point mainly just cloudy skies. Satellite six with action radar is showing that the cloud cover over the delaware and lehigh valleys this morning, a cold front quickly approaching from the northwest, and thinks the heat, and this will put an end to the heat later this afternoon but it will trigger heavier showers and thunderstorms. Heres your day planner. There accu weather. Eightyfive by 1 00. Throughout the morning expect cloud, maybe misting taking place and patchy fog. Then by afternoon clouds and limited sun and pop up shower or thunderstorm. When i come back in a few minutes we will time this this out on future tracker six and have a cooler seven day forecast. Looking forward to it, chris, thanks very much. It is 6 05. Dozens of protesters surrounded city hall last night to make their voices heard. We dont get no justice. No peace. Members of the philly coalition for will justice chanted black lives matter and disarm, disban, disempower the police. Both Philadelphia Police and septa officers were on hand, earlier in the evening that same group rallied and marched down the street, some called police pigs and even soluted the dallas snipper. Pretty strong word. Can you tell me where these words are coming from. They are coming from a place of hurt, anger, pain, frustration and also i would probably saying mean spirited as well. None of the officers at that rally, were allowed to speak on camera but many told action news they were disappointed by rhetoric. Pennsylvania lawmakers are calling for change to fight rising tide of racial violence around the country. Members of the legislatures black caucus plan an event in the wake of the killings in louisiana and minute so the where Police Killed two black men. Action News Reporter vernon odom are there. We are standing firmly against violent actions occurring at the this time. Reporter black caucus from the Pennsylvania State house planned this News Conference before it was an attack on the Dallas Police force this he were planning ton concentrate on the killings of black men in louisiana and minnesota. To be clear the recent issues involving the unfortunate death of mr. Sterling and castille are not a new phenomenon. It is interesting in the context where peace is trying to occur, violence can erupt. All who spoke out said they want tougher gun laws in pennsylvania. Also stepping forward to discuss those 72 hours of violence, a 27 year Philadelphia Police veteran was also representing the local naacp. Im sick and tired of talking. Im sick and tired of going to meetings. There needs to be some action our Justice System is just not working for people that look like me. Reporter attorney act wrist michael cord has been a long time crusades begins Police Brutality. White men kill cops more than black men kill cops. As a matter of fact prior to yesterday 17 Police Officer have been killed, 17. 71 percent of the murders were white men. Reporter lots of hard facts, feelings, reflection is today, as america is once again, in shock. In north philadelphia, im vernon odom for channel six a action news. Stay with action news and six abc. Com, during the weekend for very latest developments coming from dallas texas. Join ongoing conversation about all this weeks tragic shootings on our facebook and twitter pages where we will bring you continuous updates. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee Hillary Clinton delivered remarks in philadelphia about the recent violence. She spoke at ame convention that the mass Police Shooting of the two black men shows that something is wrong with america. She urge the crowds not to vilify police, and consider what it is like to live as a black person. Clinton said if healing begin with hearing. Listening to each other. For script tour tells us to incline our ears to wisdom and apply our hearts to under standing. Clinton pledged to fund Police Sensitivity training and to push for National Guidelines for use of deadly force, by Police Officers. Meanwhile Presumptive Republican nominee donald trump issued a recorded message about the violence this week. He met with Dallas Police officers several weeks ago and they are on his mind following thursdays ambush shooting. A brutal attack on our police force is an attack on our country and an attack on our families. We must stand in solidarity, with Law Enforcement which we must remember is the force between civilization and total chaos. Every american. In an earlier statement statement called the Police Involved shootings in louisiana and minnesota senseless and tragic. It is 6 10. There is much more to come on action news for this saturday morning an offer of support following an unbelievable tragedy. We will tell you how a young girl in texas, lifted spirits of the First Responders with a simple act of kindness. Plus cleaning uptaking place in parts of the plain states after a tornado swept through that region, chris . We could have heavier thunderstorms for us as well later this afternoon. Were not anticipating a ton have of Severe Weather but rain is possible. Refreshing for sunday and monday. Then another heat wave in that seven day forecast. Details when we come right back. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. It will be a week even of cleaning up for people in the kansas after tornadoes touched down in that area twister hit the town of 2600, thursday night, to see some of the damage left behind. Fifty homes and business where is damaged including a nursing home there. Good news in this one no injuries have been reported. Weather service alerted people about 15 minutes before that storm hit. Back here at home meteorologist chris sowers back to help you plan your weekend. Yes. Yes, i have to wear this every day now. Yes you will get in trouble. Dont get in trouble, it has only been three weeks. Thank you. A month. A week and a half now, Something Like that. I am on Vacation Time for three weeks. There is the view, down, wow, that is the view all right. Down in Atlantic City. You cannot see much of anything. We have low level clouds and patchy fog and it is not looking as inviting as it has over the last couple of days but fog will lift here over next few hours and we will see some sun breaks before an afternoon thunderstorm develops. Double scan live is clear we will keep that it way over next few hours but is there a few hours and storms expected later on. Heat wave, number two, developed on wednesday, actually started wednesday at 95, thursday 95 and then yesterdays high 94. Each and everyone of these days felt close tore 100 with the humidity. Seventythree in philadelphia. Wilmington 74. Millville, 73. Allentown at 71. Satellite six with action radar, right now it is nothing going on. Just a couple showers out here to the west. This is a cold front. Once we get daytime heating from the sun and this front interacts with that warm soupy air we will get those showers and storms developing. Not everyone will see them but those that do pick up a thunderstorm expect heavier downpours and brief, gusts of wind exceeding 40, 45 miles an hour. With the cold front approaching things turn unsettled here later on. Then we will get into sunday behind the front, this is a canadian air mass. It is not a august or excuse me it is not november or anything like. That we will in the see a huge drop off in temperatures but one thing youll notice here is behind this front the humidity falls off a cliff. It will feel refreshing tomorrow afternoon, still warm, high temperatures in the mid 80s but with the loss of the humidity it will feel better on out there. Heres future tracker 6 00, 1 30, cloudy condition. One or two areas picking up that drenching downpour. At 4 00 it is mainly north and west of philadelphia look at these red, purple here, heavy rain, gusty wind in the city later this afternoon between hours of five and seven. Then most of interior sections of south injuries friday that point afterward, and overnight tonight we will clear out. For tomorrow we have a combination of sun and included with the nice refreshing breeze. Later this afternoon the scattered thunderstorms expect. Not everyone sees them. Heavy rain will be accompanied by lightening and gusty whipped within these storms. Flash flooding is also a possibility as well. Forecasted high for philadelphia, we will go 87 degrees today which will officially put an end to the heat wave. Very sticky. Very oppressive. Look for that heavier thunderstorm later on. For most knows, same drill, heavy then are storms, lots of clouds, limited sun, 76. Refreshing, nice breeze for tomorrow. Seventythree. It is same set up for new jersey shore. Fog this morning, lots of cloud today, limited sun, very sticky with a high of 83 on the sand. Also some pop up thunderstorms. And then for sunday a land breeze but it will feel better out there 84 degrees. Ocean temperature up to 71. That is not too bad. Exclusive seven day forecast, heat wave number three, develops wednesday, this upcoming week, this could actually be hotter then what we just experienced, even though we are keeping temperatures lower then what we just experienced but it is only because we are so far out right now. Eightyseven. Gusty thunderstorms. Sunday, sunny, breezy, less humid with a high of 86. Tuesday looks good wednesday, turning hotter. 90 degrees. The thursday and friday. Ninetyfour both days with the humidity it will feel like 100. Some of the latest forecast information has temperatures higher then those 94 but i didnt want to be crazy being a week out but that could be a hotter heat wave then what we just got done. It is summer. It is july in the philadelphia. Welcome back, by wait. Thanks, chris. 6 17 is your time. Philadelphia new has a new place for laughs, comedy club punch line opened last night in the cities fishtown section. In addition to National Touring acts punch line will showcase local talent. 300 seat venue features vip seating and outdoor patio, lobby bar and full service eclectic menu, we will be right back after this. Do you often consume fruit, fruit juices, coffee or soda . Acids in everyday foods and drinks may weaken and erode your tooth enamel over time. Damaged or lost enamel can lead to yellow, dull and thinning teeth. Thats why theres pronamel and pronamel for kids. Designed to strengthen enamel and help protect against acids in your diet. Start protecting your enamel, with pronamel. The 1 dentistrecommended brand for strengthening and protecting enamel. The Philadelphia Police department is working to chip away the at mistrust between officers and people of colors. It sponsors an 18th district block party, organizers sigh, it is up more significant. In the days following the shooting, in dallas and police involve shoot initial louisiana and minute so the a the annual event is light hearted but has a serious reason behind it, that allows children to be officers and in a stress free zone. We are probably there first time coming in contact with the police and it is a pleasant experience. So from that then we will try to build further with the young people. The Philadelphia Police Department Says that these types have of outreach programs also help to foster trust and positivity within the community. Less than 24 hours after the tragedy in dallas texas a little girl reached out to First Responders in texas, seven yearold chloe diaz normally sells her lemonade to friend, family and neighbors but yesterday she offered her cool drinks for free to those First Responders, and she also offered a hug. Six deputies showed up to accept the offer. I mean it shows that everybody is here for us and i appreciate it, were here for them . Sweet little girl there. Chloe is raising money for Jared Allen Holmes of Wounded Warriors but after the events on thursday night in dallas she has decided to help all First Responders. Welcome back. 6 23. Heres future tracker six. We are waking up to cloud, patchy fog and some mist this morning. Later this afternoon we will keep those clouds in place, limited sunnies expect, were also expecting a couple of heavier showers and storms to develop. By lunchtime model has a couple of cells just south of the city and then heavier stuff expected west of the city by three or 4 00 oclock. You can see red, purple starting to show up and that pushes into the city by five or six. Rainfall totals, this is the big story with these storms, not everybody will see them. Pay attention the to the hit or miss idea. Philadelphia has 3. 53 inches. That is the city gets underneath one of the heavier downpours. Look at trenton barely more than a quarter of an inch. It will be very heavy hit or miss. If you do get underneath one of those storms if you are unlucky ones that sees that heavier thunderstorm expect lieutenant of rain in a short period of time. Forecast for today in the city, 87, gusty thunderstorm. Otherwise cloudy and humid. For new jersey shore, heavier thunderstorm this have afternoon. Eightythree with limited sun, gray . Chris, thanks very much for the update. It is 6 25. In sports phillies come through in a pinch, heres jeff skversky. It is up, down, up and down, but lets face it, phillies season has been a rocky road and it is not even the allstar break. Last night in colorado phillies trying to make sure they do not hit another bad bump in the road. Hottest hitting team in baseball last few weeks, last night only two hits until the seventh against the rocky. Finally they get in the swing of things, Caesar Hernandez the rbi single. Phillies on the board. Down twoone. Very next batter tommy joseph who was in a major slump is out of it, a mile high three run pinch hit home run, phillies go on to win fivethree thanks t

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