Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6a 20150316 :

WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6a March 16, 2015

Im a temple owl by marriage. Our house was not happy yesterday. They are still kind of a alive. Yes, they are in the nit. Yes. We will have all of the coaches on today, they are having a benefit at palestra. Coaches verse cancer coming up later on but right now we will give you a good number for the day a nine, out of the ten because even with the cloud around, youll see throughout the day, it is still a nice temperature. The bus stop buddy though, make sure your kids are bundled at the bus stop. Wind chills in the 20s this morning. 34 degrees it feels like 26, thanks to the 10mile an hour wind. It is not as windy as yesterday though. Sunrise time is convenience time 7 11. Heres more temperatures most of those in the 30s, in the region but feels like 209s. But look at this, a High Temperature of 58 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds throughout the afternoon and light breezes instead of the the gusty wind from yesterday. That is improvement. There is chilly changes in the seven day forecast. Stick around for that. High bob kelly. Hi, sue good morning. 6 02 on this monday morning, we are looking live downtown philadelphia, the the schuylkill expressway as you come in the next half an hour for the sunrisees you will see lights atop towers lit up in green for st. Patricks day for tomorrow. No problems on the schuylkill coming in or out of the city. We are off to a good start. The nice and quiet on 202 rolling up through Chester County but just off of route 202 along route 29 near pickering dam road watch for an accident. It sound like an overturn vehicle there. Also overturn at 15th and baltimore. As we go for a ride northbound i95 from delco toward the airport the the ramps to 291 are still block that month Long Construction project to repair 291. Use the next exit which is island avenue, route 11 trolley, where they were using buses overnight they will do that for the rest of the week but trolleys are back on track and norristown high speed line began a new schedule over weekend so grab a new timetable. There are adjustments for morning trains for the morning rush hour, mike and alex, back to you. Okay. New this morning two people including a fire fighter are recovering from smoke inhalation following a house fire. Flames broke out along 3500 block of brookview road in northeast philadelphia a family of four all got out alive thanks to neighbors knocking on the door. Coming up at 6 30 we will have a live report and hear from neighbors who witnessed it all. Overnight crash send one driver to the hospital thinks a scene just after 4 00 this morning at 57th and baltimore. It appears a vehicle hit a park air sending it in the pole. Philadelphia police are investigating but unidentified victim is listed in stable condition this morning. Senator bob casey heads to philadelphia, to city hall this morning to pitch some new legislation. Heres what he is doing. The demies concern about train derailments like this one in altoona last september. Bob casey says that the response act is what it is called would require convening a special task force to investigate how to make the the rails safer for riders and surrounding communities. It will provide training and resources for First Responders so they are ready in the event of a rail accident like that one. Today a bankruptcy judge will only hear one motion connect to that building revel casino in atlantic city. The it will focus on professional fees. Partyers, involved in selling or parties involved in selling the property have agreed to postpone hearing discussing other contentious issues, last week, it was on friday a bankruptcy judge blocked a deal from a florida develop ever who wanted to purchase this gigantic casino for 82 milliondollar. People say it is worth 2. 4 billion. Appeals are still pending on a higher offer and there are issues concerning unpaid utility bills at the building. They have not paid their water and light bill in the while. Coming up, it is time of the year when everyone is talking college basketball. I was looking through my bracket here. I cannot find your alma matter, university of missouri. Where are they. Yes, where are they . They are in the nit. They didnt even make that. Interesting all right. My kansas jay hawks the number two seed. Wait until football season and then ill be doing some talking. Heres the national papers, two wildcats there at the top, your first four number one seed right. Villanova is number one in the east for the second time in their history. I think last time jenny joyce was 2006, and in that year when they were number one they made it to the elite eight and they lost to the eventual champion florida that year. So, thinks the funny thing we thought we would do today. We sent a temple grad to cover this villanova story. Is this punishment. Yes. Reporter not only just one temple grad, you sent two temple grad. Is jared on camera. Yes. Temple tough. Even with the the temple sweat shirt on. While villanova is dancing, we have a copy of the metro here road map to madness,ville nova in, Temple University is out. Lots of owls heart broke then morning. While the campus of villanova is jumping. Second overall number one seed is villanova and wildcats are going to the east reej on. There you can hear it the excitement villanova is number one seed in the east conference. They are 32two. They won last 15 games in the row. First time villanova ranked number one and big east conference for the first time, since 1995. Riding high, the unfortunate news temple, on various sports sites are saying temple has a reason to be angry, getting the the snub one of the biggest snubs jay wright and temple coach fran dunphy expressed their emotions both on opposite end of the spectrum. There are advantages to coming like you play close to home, you play 16th seed but there is pressure too. It is something that last year we might not have handled the pressure as well this team all year handled pressure every where we have gone on the road every place that has been sold out it is everybody biggest game of the year and they have handled that well. They are in more comfortable in that position this year. They are in the situation you can only control, what you can control. For fuss we could have had one more win we would be dancing but we didnt get it. And, it is an ago a nicing situation, to oner what will happen all throughout this day. You work so hard all year but put together some runs during the year and just not hearing your name called it is disappointment. You think you have good enough resume better than some teams in the tournament but just disappointment and lack of of respect. Reporter there you heard the sadness in the the voices of both a player and a coach for temple. Temple had a big come back season with a 23ten record. Selection Committee Says temple fell short with a few big losses and not enough big wins. Owls are heart broken whileville know of ace excited. You heard jay wright say they are prepared to handle the pressure of the tournament this year and they will begin that tournament on thursday night against lafayette. The coach of the lafayette fran owe hand land a 1907 graduate of villanova university. Coaches going back and forth we wish we didnt to have play begins one another but it will be a big game thursday night. That is for sure, lafayette verse villanova the the top two seeds, both wildcats right. Umhmm. Kentucky wildcats have have not lost a game all year. Can they be upset . Is there always room for upsets. I know, i know. That is why we love sports. Wichita state went in undefeated and they lost to kentucky. We will see what happens go nova. That is right. Dozens of people come out to protest bans against guns. Look at these people why they feel township is over stepping state law, they were at the rally packing. Tomorrow may be st. Patricks day but across the the country thousands celebrated this past weekend how boston parade made history this year. We have a better parade then then do. Im so ready. You sound so excited about it. It is always a rough week ebb for you. It is activist in Montgomery Kent are fighting township officials, over opened carry law. Debate is happening in lower merion township. Dozens of gun rights activist protested this weekend. Protesters which included the Group Citizens for liberty say township is violating a state law which allows the state to regulate firearms. Township ordinance designated the parkas a gun free zone. Now activist want charges filed begins township officials but leaders say ordinance makes good sense. In the same fashion you cannot have guns in school there is no utility we see for having them in parks where our children are located. Several local government in pennsylvania have scrapped thaw gun laws after lawmakers boosted state regulations but many cities, including philadelphia passed gun laws on the books and have been sued by the the nra. 6 13. It has been linked to two murders and his wife disappears and now robert durst is under arrest what he muttered off cam were during an interview with hbo had that 14 irresistible flavors. One for the mood. One for the moment. Each one can make every day more delicious than the last. The taste could only be baileys. The experience could only be yours. Baileys coffee creamers. This is the one. 108. 6 inches of snow has fallen beating the previous record by over by a lot of inches, setback in 187 two. The mayor tweeted that although they have a new title there will be no celebration and parade. Precipitation is measured from july 1st through june 30th. Maybe they can have a celebration parade but they could have a Welcome Spring parade soon because it is coming. Thankfully it doesnt look like that. They have had a lot of melting in the boston area. Were standing 2 inches shy for quite a while. If you have that much snow and be that miserable you might as well set a new record. Lets look at what weather is today. High and dry with High Pressure in control but were watching this frontal system coming through, sometime tomorrow, during the st. Patricks day. That will cool things off for the rest of the week. Looking at the future cast it is an increase in cloud tonight, maybe a stray shower or two tomorrow. It looks like by noon those showers are trying to make it here but probably wont. It should be a decent st. Patricks day again ultimate doppler showing nothing, in the entire eastern part of the country for precipitation. You have to look far north to find some rain. Here are your temperatures out there it is mostly in the the 30s. 34 degrees in philadelphia upper 30s down to the south of us but we will factor in the wind and it feels like it is in the 20s. So this is still, technically wintertime. And you still need to dress like it. So winter coat is a good idea. So tomorrow is the the day, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We have great graphics. We might as well use them. For the morning we will be in the mid 40s. We could see a stray shower. There will be quite a few clouds in the afternoon but we should manage to get to 60 degrees. Wind will be picking up again during the day, not unlike yesterday by the the evening cooling down quickly and were back down in the the 40s that breaks down tomorrow, st. Patricks day then after that, a chilly, chilly change, highs only in the the 40s, on wednesday and thursday, just when we are used to those 50s and then on friday morning with that temperature of 33 degrees, we have a chance of a wintry in mix in the morning, changing over, to rain, so i know im in trouble for that because it is first day of spring, you better work on that forecast. Better fine tune that, exactly. 6 18. That is your homework for next couple of days. Good morning. Live look at i95, some guy changing a flat tire in the Construction Zone, on i95. Not a smart move here. Northbound i95 right here near girard. We are trying to get a penndot truck or Police Officer out there to get behind him so he does not get hit. Live look at route one hundred in the the exton area Construction Zone here just watch it as that stretch too there is no overhead street lamps. Things are tough. Southbound on the northeast extension, copping back from say poconos after the weekend heading in toward mid county there is a crash right before you get to the mid county toll plaza. An accident in charleston, along route 29 right here around pickering dam road. Coming up 202, pennsy turnpike looking good, overturn vehicle here at 57th and baltimore avenue, and then coming north on i95 up from delco they have that 291 stretch closed for the rest of this week. We have ramp from i95 to 291 blocked as well. Willing to the airport get not that park and ride area use island as an alternate. Norristown high speed line they have shuffled the scheduled around on us so make sure you grab a new timetable because things are different for morning rush hour. Mike and alex, back over to you. It has happened again. Two los angeles Police Officers were shot sunday evening last night triggering an intense search for two suspects in south los angeles. Officers were driving and wearing plainclothes around 6 00 p. M. When someone opened fire. Investigators say the officers also began shooting. Police are questioning several people and have shut down several blocks to look for the two gunman. The officers suffered minor injuries and said to be okay. 6 20. A man is in custody after being accused of shooting two Police Officers in ferguson. The guys name is jeffery williams. He is 20 years old. He is charged with one count of fire a weapon and other chargees from a reek will and counts of armed criminal action. Thinks after two Police Officers were wounded during a demonstration last week. Well police say the suspect has acknowledged his participation, in firing the shots. He did fire shots, but this guy says that he was not aiming at the police. He wasnt trying to create disruption in the community. It was in the his aim. That was not his purpose or his focus. He was protest for was trying to rob him. St. Louis county investigators are not hure of that story they say tips from the public helped lead to the a arrest and as the investigation continues, they want to hear from anyone who may have more information about this. 6 21. Hearing scheduled for wealthy real estate heir accused in the death of the friend. Robert durst was arrested in new orleans for the warrant of the murder of the susan burr man 15 years ago. Police think he may have been trying to flee the country. The durst has been long suspect in the disappearance of his first wife in 1982 and 2003 he was acquitted of murdering a neighbor in texas. He admitted to dismemberrering the the body. Durst has been the the subject of the six part documentary airing on hbo. Im in the surprised because i always felt like he was responsible for these three deaths. But, to hear him actually say it, out loud was a shock. And documentary finally last night durst can be heard off camera saying quote what did i do . I kill them all of course. You dont want to be around this guy that is key. 6 22. A company assessing drone life guard complete with the float, camera and even a microphone so people on shore can hear you. Where they are testing out and these beach that he is can see these safety drones. I love the idea. And a shoe ban it, they is caught police in florida say they have caught the the man who has been stealing shoes from people off the front porches of their homes for years. What a heel. Nicole we all have different needs for our children and basing all of the childrens needs on one test is not the right road to go down. And somethings got to change. Okaikor and the ones who are taking the brunt of it are our children. All the other things that make you a great human being is not important anymore. Whats more important is can you answer abcd . Gina what am i going to learn for my child from this test that my teacher cant tell me right now . Good morning aim howard eskin. Selection sunday and one team was in town that made it to the ncaa tournament, villanova in but not so much for temple. The second overall number one seed is villanova and the wildcats are going to the east regional. They will take on leopard of lafayette. The out of the patriot league. And jay wright knows the opening opponent and the lafayette coach, former alumni fran o thehanlan. As soon as they won, fran and i texted each other, i congratulated him. He said good luck in the big east tournament. I said i hope we dont play each other. He said me too. Now not a good night for flyers last night to ottawa. Went to the the shootout. The only goal in the shootout bobby ryan against ray emery. Flyers lose twoone. Temple will play in the nit wednesday night at home begins bucknell. That is sports in a minute. Im howard eskin. Okay. 6 26. Lets talk about the phillies. They take on Baltimore Orioles today in clearwater. Cole hamels will get his third start of the spring. The the phils played two games yesterday. They beat the the red sox 11four. Phillies Alfredo Gonzales loud two runs and three hits in three innings. Phelps hit a three run home run. Ryan hour also connect with a rbi double in the second game of the day, new york yankees beat our phillies threetwo. Opening day is against the the boston red sox. It will be good. Close call a father and his eight monthold son were at home when a truck barreled through the wall and into their kitchen. Where they were standing just moments before this happened what police say may have played a role in this car crash. A sabina is in northeast fail at the scene of the overnight fire that sent two people to the hospital. Heres the update. Guys, taking a look at this house you can see what a close call this was for a family of four including two toddlers, coming up how neighbors, sprung into action when they saw flames new this morning a fire breaks out at a northeast philadelphia home sending two people to the hospital but the dramatic way that the family got to safety. Unaudible. Car park in your kitchen. Yes, that is exactly what happened good a car comes through a Delaware County home where a dad had just finished feeding his eight monthold son. What police say played a role in this crash. He was caught, shoe handed yeah, a a man in florida is under a arrest for allegedly stealing peoples shoes from their homes. What he left in their place. What a heel. How many times can do i that joke. Thirtytwo times. Man has no soul. I like that one. I dont mean to string awe long. Good day everybody, it is monday, tomorrow is st. Patricks day. That is true. I almost forgot. We have been doing kellys count down. It was a joke. Okay. But happy monday to you. Yes. So now sue, getting a good kick out of that one. Hopefully no rain today. Right, no

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