Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM 20160827 : vima

Transcripts For WPVI Action News Weekend 7AM 20160827

Rip currents. Reporter not a good combination because temperatures will climb into the 90s. A lot of folks will want to jump into the water, you can, but Pay Attention to the lifeguards on duty. We have a rip current thats on the moderate side. Because of Tropical Storm gaston which is 1,000 miles out to sea, because of the swells, we run the risk for dangerous rip currents. Choppy seas, 3 to 4 feet. Winds shift in a more northerly direction, ten to 15 Miles Per Hour thats the seabed. It will feel good on the sand. Ocean temperature, range between 72 and 75. Air temperatures, ocean city, margate, 70. Avalon, 77. Philadelphia, 75. Allentown, 64 arena reading 67 degrees. Satellite and radar, its a great day to layout by the pool, barely a cloud in the sky. Well say mostly sunny today, just puffy cumulus clouds thats about it. Forecast for today, 84 degrees for the jersey shore with a sea breeze. 92 for the city. It will not be humid, so its a fairly comfortable 92 degrees. The poconos bright and warm, 83. I hope you like the 90s because we have a lot of them in the sevenday forecast. Ill tell you about it when i see you again. Robbers shot a man on a bike in germantown overnight on cheltenham avenue near knox street. The two criminals had on masks during the crime. They cornered the 19yearold man and shot him in the leg and stole 200. The robbers got away, the victim is recovering in the hospital. A man was attacked in the parking lot of a beer distributer in the crescentville section. The victim is in Critical Condition at einstein medical center. The three people approached him and brutally beat him. No arrests have been made. New video this morning that you have to see. This captures a robbery at a septa station, a man pulls a gun, you see him there, he pulls the gun from his backpack and demands the women gives up her purse. This happened 6 15 web platform. Market frankford line, take a good look if you know the person or have any information call septa police. Action news helps a man get some results after he is shocked by composed wires on a city street. The south philadelphia man is recovering after getting quite the jolt. Dann cuellar talked to the man and to the city to learn who is responsible. Reporter this is 27yearold mike smith of south philadelphia. He said on wednesday night he was jogging around the neighborhood working out when he arrived at the traffic light pole at 20th and oregon. I had my ankle weights on and i leaned up against the pole. I felt like somebody punched me in the back of the head. I lost my sight. Reporter paramedics transported him to penn Presbyterian Hospital where he was treated for electric shock. He would learn that he came in contact with exposed wires at the bottom of the pole. His father called to report the problem. Who did you call . My father called peco. Reporter when he noticed the problem had not been fixed he contacted us. We contacted the Streets Department who sent a crew within minutes. We had no idea this happened until 6abc contacted us. Reporter for the record, peco is knot responsible for traffic is not responsible for traffic lights, the city is. He with take this very seriously, especially electric constitutions electrocutions or anything that harms the public. Reporter the proper way to report this and other cityrelated problems is to call 311. In south philadelphia, dann cuellar channel 6 action news. 7 05. Philadelphia police have succeeded in a mission to help a charity get its stolen bike back. Officers have recovered a stolen uhaul that stored bikes and bike parts belong to the Wounded Warrior project. The group was going to donate the bikes to veterans last weekend, but the uhaul was stolen before the event. One suspect is in custody. Well get the rest of the bikes back by the weekend. Glad to hear the bikes will be returned. Nine bikes were stolen four recovered in a bust earlier this week. Last night officers located the uhaul with the other five in north philadelphia. Theres good news for a cat that endured abuse at the hands of a 28yearold philadelphia woman. Lumpy the cat had chemical burns and was weak. Look at this, now the cat is healthy and playful at the spca. Employees say he is ready for a good home. Theres a financial boost for amtrak thanks to Vice President joe biden, yesterday he announced at the wilmington train station that the federal government is giving a 2 billiondollar loan to amtrak to modernize the rail service along the northeast corridor. That money will go toward buying trains and upgrading tracks and making platform improvement. The technology is aimed at preventing derailment. He spoke fondly of the many workers he met riding on amtrak for the 36 years he was in congress. They were my friends, they were with me, they are the guys and women on the phone when thinks went bad. Even though i hadnt been on the road everyday they were the guys who showed up at beaus funeral. The loan will allow amtrak to boost seating 40 on a acela trains between washington and boston. Towns in new jersey that were devastated by Superstorm Sandy can apply for more grant money. Chris christie announced in toms river 42 million in aid is available. Towns can apply for the money from the Recovery Fund on monday, the cut off is october 18. 7 08. Exciting news, its movein day at the university of delaware just like these young men and women did last year, new students will settle into their home away from home. Classes start tuesday morning. Tragedy has struck an nba star, the cousin of dwyane wade is dead after falling victim to gun violence in chicago. He was pushing a baby stroller at the time. Plus, more after shocks rattle italy as day of mourning against for the victims of the earthquake. Reporter its comfortable out there right now, today will be the 37th time this year we hit 90 degrees or higher. Theres a lot of 90s in the seven sevenday forecast. Details when we come right back. Was always on my mind. So i asked a dermatologist about aczone dapsone gel 7. 5 . I apply it once a day, any time. Aczone gel 7. 5 is fda approved for the topical treatment of acne for people 12 years and older. Aczone gel is a onceaday acne treatment with clinically proven results. In clinical trials, acne got better for people using aczone gel in just 12 weeks. Aczone gel may cause the serious side effect of methemoglobinemia, which decreases oxygen in your blood. Stop taking aczone gel and get medical help right away if your lips, mouth, or nails turn grey or blue. Talk to your doctor if you have g6pd deficiency. Using benzoyl peroxide with aczone gel may cause skin or facial hair to temporarily turn yellow or orange where applied. Common side effects of aczone gel include dryness and itching of treated skin. Now, i have less acne to think about because i use aczone gel. You could pay as little as 15 for aczone gel. Learn more at aczone. Com aczone. Prescription treatment. Proven results. Dwyane wade is denouncing the shooting death of his cousin. The 32yearold was an innocent victim shot in the head while she was push ago stroller in chicago. She was on her way to register her kid for school. Police say the shooters were aiming for a man, but hit her in the head instead. On twitter overnight, wade who is from chicago and plays for the bulls called the death senseless, he said four kids lost their mom for no reason, , enough is enough. His mom is a pastor. Well try to help these people to transform their minds and give them a different direction so this scene wont keep happening. Heartbreaking news to hear for the family. His mother lost another child to gun violence. The baby shoves pushing is okay. Hours before wade spoke at an event on gun violence in chicago. A Samurai Sword was cruised to ward off an intruder in michigan. The dog heard the intruder and started to bark. The 11yearold asked who was there. Not before the intruder kicked in the door and pepper sprayed them. The older son took the sword and ran the crook away. The family purchased a gun by the way in case the criminal returns. Lets get caught up on the forecast. You said it would be hot but not horrible. You called it . Reporter a comfy heat wave. Lets get you outside, 90 degrees is 90 degrees, were so used to it by now, its like, who cares, 90 degrees. Down in cape may we have clear conditions, humidity levels have dropped off, temperatures are on the comfortable side. Double scan live is clear, no issues this morning. 83 degrees monday and tuesday, remember that how refreshing the air mass was, especially monday with the breeze, it felt fantastic. Wednesday, 86. By the way, northwestern suburbs never got out of the 70s. Yesterdays high, 93 degrees. It was more humid with temperatures close to 100. Fortunately the dewpoints have come down, now were sitting at 63. Its slightly humid, but this is not too bad at all. Pressure 30. 16 inches its rising. By the way the number will fall during the day. Winds out of the north at 5 Miles Per Hour. The ocean temperature, 71. What a summer this has been so far. On average, philadelphia sees 27 days, the prediction from accuweather was 32. So far weve had 36 days, today will be 37 and well keep that string going through wednesday. Were looking at 40 days of 90 degrees or high. Dewpoint, 65 is considered humid, 7 oppressive. Most areas are in the 60s they will drop off. A pair of 5s for philadelphia. Allentown, 59. Trenton, 59. And wilmington, 58. It will be in the low 90s, it will be hot out there, but not nearly as humid as some of the heat waves weve seen earlier this year. Satellite and radar, crystal clear, well not show you future tracker because theres nothing to show. Mostly sunny conditions today an tomorrow. Just a few clouds both days, less humid and hot. 92 degrees is the forecasted high. Winds out of the southeast at 5 to 15 Miles Per Hour. Overnight tonight, mainly clear and warm, slightly humid, not bad. 64 degrees outlying suburbs, 70 for center city. Winds out of the east at 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. The poconos mostly sunny, low humidity, 83. Warm, humid, bright, 82 degrees for tomorrow. Jersey shore, gaston spinning its wheels in the atlantic. Its generating huge swells. Beach patrol is issuing moderate risk for rip currents. Some of the swells reach the mainland today. Especially tomorrow and monday Pay Attention to the lifeguards on duty. Sunny and breezy, 84. Slightly more humid tomorrow, 82678 the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, here we go, another heat wave, we hit 93 yesterday, 92 today. If we hit 90 tomorrow, that will be another heat wave this year. Monday, 90, tuesday, 92, wednesday, 93. A cold front sweeps in thursday, 85, 80. It will feel like it did earlier this week. That breath of fresh air, hold on we have better changes coming. But there is another heat pump high coming after that. Ill talk about that later. 7 16 research from the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows orderly drivers are among the safest, but eventually we have to retire from the road. In this art of aging report, Tamala Edwards shows us a program that helps seniors know when its time to hang up the keys. Its called lets talk about driving. Were finding many seniors are not having conversation about how to give up their keys and it creates an unsafe situation for them. Reporter the driving website filled with videos teaching Family Members to start the conversation in a nonthreatening way. Articles to ease the transition and warning signs to look for if you think an older driver is no longer safe on the road. Maybe the mysterious dent that shows up in the Family Members car and they dont know how it got there. Driving less at night or avoid bad weather driving. Reporter home instead partners with the Genesis Rehab Services that uses simulators that vaults everything from vision to motor skills and cognitive functioning. How is the coordination and strength and range of motion. Are you feeling nauseous, sweating, queazy. Reporter the simulator can help rebuild muscles and reaction time after surgery such as the hip and shoulder. Its a machine not a Family Member telling a senior they are no longer fit to drive. Its challenging for families to be involved especially if we are talking about mom or dad. They feel like they are a burden on their family and its a blow to their ego. Reporter seniors can learn about lots of options to get around. The more we talk about driving with older adults the better chance we have for positive outcomes. Tamala edwards channel 6 action news. So glad you stayed with us, 7 20 heres a look at whats happening in and around the delaware and lehigh valleys this weekend. A take a free guided bird walk at the John James Audubon center at mill grove at 8 00 a. M. In time main parking lot in the center of audubon, montgomery county. Children and beginners are welcome and extra binoculars will be available if you show up. Today isrd festival at linvilla, pick up tomatoes and pears and fresh fruits and vegetables. Tomorrow is philadelphia Jerk Festival in fairmont park. Its a family oriented festival to show off caribbean foods. From noon to 6 00 p. M. Thats a look at whats happening this weekend, sports is next. Reporter welcome back everyone, 7 24 saturday morning, if youre vacationing in florida or the bahamas this weekend or next week. You will run into rough weather down there. We have an area of unorganized low pressure system that could Tropical Storm hermine fit gets its act together. If it enters the gulf of mexico, this is where things get interesting. Those are gulf water temperatures in the low 90s. If it gets into the gulf, things could get interesting anywhere from tampa to new orleans. Heres the water vapor image. Believe it or not, the center of circulation is right there. Yet all the thunderstorms are out through here because the winds are blowing west to east. Every time this tries to get better organized west to east winds sheer it a part. The winds need to wrap around the center of circulation to get better organized. It looks like it may happen once it gets into the gulf of mexico. All the forecast models take it into the guff. Once it gets into the gulf its a question mark where it will go. The general consenses is from mobile alabama to west of new orleans. Thanks for the update. 7 25. Eagles and colts square off tonight and carlos ruiz debuts in dodgers blue, he said goodbye to phillies fans first. Action news was right there, heres ducis rogers. Reporter good morning, it is been more than 36 hours and it is still sinking in. Carlos ruiz is no longer a philly. He left town for los angeles yesterday morning. Chooch always a fan favorite got plenty of love at phl. His trade to the dodgers was not an easy decision. How much do you love the phillies fans, i imagine its hard to leave today. They were the best fans in the world. I have to say thank you, it was hard to walk away, the whole city is in my heart. I want to say thank you. This was ruiz in his new dodgers uniform. In his first at bat he was hit by a pitch. He was reunited with chase will you utley who he called his first teammate. First inning first batter for the mets gone, 10 new york. Morgans next pitch, gone again. The mets go backtoback and take an early 20 lead. They go 4 for 8 and score an rbi. Bases loaded forget it. 2out grand slam. Phillies lose 94. Eagles and colts tonight from indy with this being the third preseason game, despite the birds winning their preseason contests thus far, we expect them to show us something. Despite what we think, the birds think the offense is ready to do big things. Were moving in the right direction being the right place. Well get a better feel obviously this week and see where our guys are at. You get to the regular season, things turn up a notch. Soul and arizona, jaws team underdog. Arizona at the goal line, the soul defense comes up big, fumble. Touchdown. Ensuing kickoff the ball bounces your way. Soul go up 21 nothing in the first quarter. 6 touchdown passes, the soul win 5642. Its their second arena bowl title in franchise history. Thats a look at sports, im ducis rogers you have yourself a terrific weekend. For senate, Katie Mcginty or pat toomey . Mcginty supports clean energy jobs. Pat toomey voted to protect tax breaks for oil companies. Mcginty is prochoice. Toomey wants to overturn roe v. Wade and criminalize abortion. Mcginty will consistently stand up to the gun lobby. Toomeys against an assault weapons ban and gets an a rating from the nra. This year, pennsylvanians have a clear choice. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. I dont understand. Where do they all go . Well, we have plenty at staples and all at low prices. All right. Get another. Back to school or back for more . Staples has the lowest prices. Period. Staples. Make more happen. For one possibly two drivers after a pedestrian is struck and killed in south jersey overnight. A Chester County home is in ruins, this after it is devoured by fire and smoke. And eagles are hoping for a little luck as they face the Indianapolis Colts for their third preseason game tonight. Tonight outside we go, meteorologist chris sowers has the latest on your look ahead. Chris, how are we looking . Reporter we could use luck in the weather department. Im sure all of you are signature and tired of the 90s. Right now its comfortable, but more 90s in the sevenday forecast. Today in the 90s and sunday in the 90s as well. 64 for quakertown. Warrington, 69. Center city, 75. Oxford, 64. Kennett square, 65 degrees, hockessin 70. Woodbine 70. Hammonton is checking in at 67 degrees. Heres satellite and radar, if you look closely you can kind of see how all the cloud cover is wrapping around in a circle. Theres an area of High Pressure sitting over raleigh, north carolina, the winds go clockwise around the high. That will help to keep us dry throughout the duration of the weekend and hot. Speaking of the heat, august has been brutal so far. On average we see seven days of 90 degrees or higher during the month of august. So far weve seen 12, today is 13, tomorrow, 14. Were 3. 8 degrees above normal so far this month. If we were to end today, it would be the warmest august in our history. Today, 92 degrees, sunshine and clouds, dewpo

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