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WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6a May 12, 2015

Have you ever been stuck in rush hour traffic . Have of course, you have. If you commuted at all, you certainly have. So can a man out run, the morning commute, on the schuylkill expressway. What man shall we choose. How about quincy harris, he is training for a marathon. He said he can run from lets say manayunk to olde city faster than a card. I would put my money on him. It depend on the morning of course. And the the timing of the morning. We will try that at 7 00. We have all thought it. I betty could get out of the car and just run. We will see what happens. It is 6 01. Our number of the day is an eight out of ten once again. Bus stop buddy with his polo shirt on, today. Warm and humid. Not expect ago lot of thunderstorm activity this morning or this afternoon but we will get cooler temperatures by this time tomorrow. Cloud around this morning and widely scattered showers, you can see sunshine burning through these cloud 68 degrees right now. And it is a humid morning. So maybe not the best hair day for you. Feeling like summertime this afternoon with that high of 88 degrees, before the the breezes pick up, later on in the day and we will get much cooler tonight and tomorrow. So, i guess the the question is bob kelly, if you have held out this long do you turn air conditioning on today because you know tomorrow you wont need it. I already broke down mainly because of the allergies. You open up the window and all that pollen comes back in the house. If you have allergies like i do and the kid you have already put the the air on over last week or so but 95, southbound starting to see jams from the academy in toward bridge street, beginning of the morning rush hour underway here. Ben franklin looking good here. Heres one of the spots you can get out and run a across faster than traffic during the height of our rush hour, no problems or delays here at the moment coming over bennie. We had an earlier opening at that coney palmyra now 6 15 were set for an opening at burlington bristol bridge. So watch the clock, 6 15 is the time to beat. Live look here at the schuylkill expressway. We had a mattress of some sort laying in the left lane, penndot truck pulled up and kick it up to the side. We are good to go leaving town on the the schuylkill expressway. Take a a look at the fog were dealing work down in delaware. This is along route one delawares route one near route 52. We have patches, south of wilmington. Live look at route 202 not far from the king of prussia mall, chesterbrook boulevard interchange nice and quiet from kop through west chester. Nice look here at the city sky line as sun begins to rise. Pack your stuff and get out. Have you ever heard that before. My mother said it repeatedly. It is move out day on the campus of the university of pennsylvania, so grab the mini fridge and lets go they are shutting down spruce street all day between 34th and 40th so the students and uhaul vans can roll in there. That will block the schuylkill exiting at both south street and at university. Otherwise mass transit is looking good, with no delays mike and alex. A schuylkill congestion today. Yes. It will clog the schuylkill. Perfect for quincy. 6 04 on this tuesday. Doughnuts and dollars new this Morning Police say a man broke in the Dunkin Donuts in southWest Philadelphia and stole the whole cash register. You can see broken glass at 63rd and girard. Unidentified suspect was taken into custody at a home not very far from the Dunkin Donuts. No school today for special needs student who got glass in her eye when someone threw a rock through school bus. Philadelphia police are revealing Surveillance Video from businesses in the area in hopes of identifying people who threw brick or rock and there is steve on the scene. Reporter a combination of concrete bricks, rocks, right next to the street here. Why that pile of rocks is there, who knows but, some kids thought let break big rock into smaller roxanne as we pan left here comes a september bus down the the street. Aspen street is a street that buses take. Pick up the sticks and come down here and give people a view of the street here. Buses are coming down street we have fields on both side. As we spin around we are right across the street from what is called middle years alternative Philadelphia Public School which has grade five through eight. Ten yearold through 14 years old and that is likely age range of the boy seen throwing rocks at passing Yellow School bus here right after cool at 3 30 yesterday coming from another school with nine special needs students, two bus aids and a School Bus Driver who quickly stopped the bus as one big chunk of concrete came crashing through a bus window, close to the kid in the back, the shattering glass and a piece of the rock then broke off, hit the the the eye of Courtney Clancy. It must be did you but they told me a boy threw a brick through the window and hurt my daughter. She had glass all in her eye. I was sitting in my seat. A boy put a brick in the window and it went in my eye. Were working on cameras. We think we have footage from a city camera here. We are hopeful we can get that video out to identify these individual. Right now we have very minimal descriptions. It appears to be for no reason at all. Reporter minimal description maybe positive identification shortly after schools opened since middle years alternative right across the the street from the mill creek playground and you can see right in front of the playground, it is a sad but there is a reason that real crime time camera is there. That is because this has been a crime spot before. They put those cameras in high crime area. That is sad you have to have that next to the playground and a school. Obviously detectives figure the boys fifth through eighth graders here since it was at 3 30 yesterday. A although they could be from another school but this is first they will take that video and good freeze frames to the teachers and administrators here and see if they can somehow identify the kid. Maybe even wearing uniforms from the school here on fortyseventh street, right at that playground. Maybe the kids saw all of the coverage, feel so terrible about this little girl having her eye cut and having it blackened by the rocking go through and say we didnt mean to throw it at somebody we were just trying to hit the bus and we apologize and we will come forward and tell mom and dad and maybe tell the principal too. I dont know, dont count on it right. Dont count on it. 6 07. Shooting near College Campus in california leaves two people the shot and a third person hurt, why police are questioning one of the supposed victims. But first philadelphias primary election is one week away, we will tell you you can still make sure your vote counts. It is important. We are one week away from the primary election. Candidates are beginning their final push for the vote but when you have this town the the mayor of fill will be chosen a week from today even though it is just a primary you know what im saying. A a few gathered in center city for forum hosted by global philadelphia association. Latest forum focused on philadelphias role are as an international city. We sure are. Questions included how globalization has an effect, on our region. Primary election as alex has said three times now is a week from today. Want to make sure people remember. How many forums and things have they done since this started. At least 25. I would say. Sometimes 3a day. If you are going to be out of town you need to vote absentee if you vote with absentee ballot today is your last day to register. Not sure how . Head over to my fox philly. Com. We will show you how to register before today. Here we go again. Someone taking shots at George Zimmerman but bullet just missing him, missing his face and it turns out the gun man noise stranger. We will take you live to florida to tell you how they met before. George zimmerman again bob. Good morning. 6 12. Live look at 422. We are seeing volume pop heading toward king of prussia can you run faster than driving on the schuylkill expressway . All that and more in sues forecast when we come right back. Just cant seem to escape. Another sneeze attack. You may be muddling through allergies. Dont get caught off guard. Try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. Powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. Zyrtec® dissolve tabs. Muddle no more™. American red cross say dozens of people spending a night in the shelter set up in a east texas town of van where a deadly tornado hit. Rescue teams helped 40 teams last night but that number is down from the 50 people that stayed sunday night after the tornado hit this town. Crew is a say two people were killed and nearly 120 homes were destroyed. Not much left of the town of ran just outside of dallas texas night before last. Major hurricane. Well like a hurricane a tornado. Look at the tarps on the roof. They are all cyclones, the le pressure system, counter clock wise circulation just different forms that they take. Hurricane season has not started yet and we have used our first name the list, tropical depression ana just out there off the coast of Wallops Island virginia. 30mile an hour wind moving toward the north east. This is path it will take over the the next 24 hours as it head up toward northern new jersey and, really isnt having a big effect on our weather at all. Were seeing some sunshine here in olde city. We have some cloud around. As we look at our future temperatures we will get in the upper 80s by three or 4 00 this afternoon. Eightyseven will 88 degrees should be the the High Temperature. This is may 12th. High temperature is supposed to be about 72. Were well above average. This is an early taste of summertime of course, 86 in wilmington. Mid 80s every where else. Tonight we will see temperatures drop down after a cold front comes through tomorrow morning for good day philadelphia, we are in the mid 50s and it is our spring fling morning. We will need sweater meeting us out in media in the morning or in the evening because by the time it is evening it is only in the upper 60s, instead of the upper 80s. We will lose 20 degrees between today and tomorrow and early in the morning on thursday, many of us will be in the 40s, so that will be a shock to the system after todays temperatures, that will be in the upper 80s. Right now walking out the door 68 degrees in philadelphia 64 mount pocono. Lancaster had 63. It is 66 degrees in wildwood. We have been checking visibility and they are reduced in a couple places. A a lot of moisture in the air. Very humid. 3 miles trenton half mile visibility in wilmington and quarter mile in millville. That fog comes and goes. It is nothing that is solid and dense this months guy it is out there 80s return yesterday, high of 84. Here is your average high where we are supposed to be about 72. We will get there. We will get below average actually tomorrow and Beautiful Day on thursday but remember were going to start out chilly with temperature around 50 in the city and 40s in the suburbs. Fridays high 75 degrees. Saturday a warm front brings the possibility of some scattered thunderstorms. Less than perfect over the weekend but temperatures so at least it will be feeling like spring again bob kelly after today. Sound good. 6 17. Sueby, good morning everybody. Tuesday. Sun beginning to rise. Live look at i95. We have sun glare rolling northbound, up from delaware up toward philly International Airport. And starting to see some volume here as well, curb side along the 42 freeway coming in toward philadelphia. All of the construction here in bellmawr, 295 pick up and they are gone out of here already for a morning rush. Already a jam on the schuylkill expressway, a westbound, you know tuesday mornings are one of the busiest morning rush hours of the whole week. Monday a lot of folks like to work from home make those appointment but tuesday everyone seems to head in the office and we are seeing that already here westbound on the schuylkill jammed from city out toward belmont avenue. Downtown philadelphia the i95, coming in through penns landing heading in toward the tunnels there in the vine street expressway. Light volume. We have the old marriott there in the background. But no problems between the the airport and center city this morning. We have a move in day or move out day on the campus of the the university of pennsylvania, and spruce street closed between 34th and 40th all day long and septa also detouring bus routes 40 and 42, with the students packing it up and moving out mike and alex, back over to you. Another major earthquake hits nepal near the chinese border. Officials are reportedly that at least four people were killed and a number of buildings collapsed in an isolated little town after nepals latest disaster a rescue, and search team has already begun searching through wreckage following this magnitude, listen to this for another quake, 7. 4. Norwegian red cross posted to its twitter account saying it is already treating victims who need help. As you know, three weeks agony paul suffered a huge earthquake almost and eight magnitude that killed over 8,000 people. They got hit again just yesterday. Police are investigating a violent incident near the university of california, Santa Barbara campus. Two men were shot and a third was a all thed in a home. One of the injured men is believed to be, a suspect. And a police are looking for a second suspect, as well. It is unclear if the men are students at uc Santa Barbara, their injuries reportedly were just moderate. Incident happened in the same area where elliott roger, killed six students and wounded 14 others, before killing himself, that was, back a year ago. In may as a matter of fact exactly a year ago. Well George Zimmerman has another mug shot or could be on his way to another mug shovel involved in another shooting yesterday. As it turns out mike, zimmerman has had a run in with a gunman before jackie is live in st. Mary lake florida where this gunman has had trouble handling his road rage jackie. Reporter that is right guys, good morning to you. Im outside Lake Mary Police department where we are learning more about what sparked this road rage incident yesterday. We should get the 911 call as well. Lets lot the at extent of that damage a. Lake mary police say George Zimmerman flagged an officer down after a bullet just missed his head as he was driving his truck yesterday afternoon. Now the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer wasnt seriously hurt. He only suffered minor injuries after being cut by the shattered glass when the bullet went through passenger side window of his pickup truck. Zimmermans name became known after shooting and killing after Trayvon Martin in 2013 and zimmerman was acquitted. As you guys mentioned zimmerman had several run ins with the past with the apparent shooter matthew averson. Back in september he called police that zimmerman there the toned kill him while they were both driving on lake marry boulevard. And then a couple days after that, incident, averson told police that zimmerman was following him. He to not press charges. We have spoke with aversons attorney and said hade do these guys have an ongoing feud between them . The the Attorney Says i can only speak on behalf of my client i cannot know what is going on in George Zimmermans mind but aversons attorney did say he acted in selfdefense. Thinks still an Ongoing Investigation and we are trying to learn much more and once we get the the hand on that 911 tape later on today. We are reporting live from lake mary jackie back to you in philadelphia. Talk about a troubled magnet, that is George Zimmerman. 6 22. Bolt bus catches fire forcing a highway in connecticut to shut down why one passenger said the bus stopped moments before this happened. My goodness. We will show you the whole tape. He is suspended nfl comes down on quarterback tom brady, there is tom but he is not alone. The what the team will to have give up. When is he go to go appeal. Good morning, im howard eskin. After last nights loss to pittsburgh phillies send third base man codey asche to triple a Lehigh Valley to learn to play left feel. He will be there to ten days. New to the game. Phillies up one to nothing. Third inning starring martwell. Two on, Jerome Williams not a good breaking ball. Pirates go up threeone the. Nfl made their decision on the patriots and tom brady. Choir boy quarterback gets a four game suspension. Patriots lose their first round pick next year, fourth round pick in 2017 and they are fine one milliondollar. It goes right to the integrity of the game and nfl said it was unlikely that the footballs in the afc championship game were deflated without bradys knowledge. To equipment guys are suspended indefinitely. Nba playoffs. Washington was leading two games to one. But atlanta in the dark uniforms jeff with the drive, the score atlanta wins it 106101, the series is now tied at two games appease. That is sports in a minute. Im howard eskin. Back to a disturbing story in philadelphia bricks and rocks hurled at a school bus yeah, kids were on board the bus. One of those students slashed by flying glass. She will be in surgery again this morning. Lets get to jenny joyce with an update on the kensington fire we were bringing to you yesterday. We have more details on what might have happened jenny. Reporter alex and mike the investigation continues. This building is all boarded up now. We will hear from the witnesses coming up in a live report. We could see temperatures close to 90 degrees today but it will come to a big change tomorrow. Big cool down, you know what that means. Thunderstorms. Listen up empire fans next season will be longer than season one and some big names have already signed on to be part of the show. Well who we will see on the small screen this fall. Big time names will be on empire next year and i mean the biggest. We miss empire. Me too. On wednesday night, for sure. Good day, it is tuesday may 12th 2015. Sue says, on a scale of one to ten as far as weather is concern it will be an eight. So hot. Most people i shouldnt say most some people are not complaining and some people will be happy to get spring temperatures ba

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