Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6A 20160420 :

Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6A 20160420

What a stretch of weather we have been having. The deal today, it will be cooler than the past two days. But seasonal. Right. For this time of year, april the 20th, thats why were going with a ten out of ten today. Wow. Buddy wearing the logo of two teams that arent doing very well right now, still saying hoping for a better times tonight when we have both games at the same time. Phillies and the flyers games right across the street from each other. So, for us no rain to show you, not even cloud in the sky. 49 degrees right now, relative humidity, very low, at 38 . And were 15 minute away or so from our official sunrise time, so you see to the north of us, it is very chilly in reading, mount pocono, in the 30s, and it is 39 degrees in millville specking high of 68 degrees. Just like golds i locks, just right, just right. 02 00, 95 southbound, traffic jammed up cottman into girard. Then we flashback to about 12 hours ago, when they had to set up emergency construction, on the delaware memorial bridge. You know the metal coils, the cables that basically suspend the bridge, across the river. They had to set up emergency repairs on the bridge. Right now, there is only one lane into delaware, on the delaware memorial bridge. Crews say that hopefully before the rush hour is over, theyll get a second lane open. But that is it. So we go from four lanes, down to the best plan would be two lanes, on the delaware memorial, leaving new jersey,. Jump off the Commodore Barry, 95 into wilmington. Later the evening rush hour, look out. A bun of of events all along this i95 corridor. As sue just mentioned, flyers, phillies, both at 7 00 in the stadium complex. And then a little further up, 95, just north, Hillary Clinton campaign event, which is going to take place at the philmore, in the neighborhood right off 95 girard avenue exit, will affect septa route 13 trolley. So the evening rush hour, affecting the 95 corridor, mike, back to you. Frontrunners getting much needed winners in yesterdays primaries there. Now that new york is out of play, the candidates are shifting their focus right here to pennsylvania. Where more than 280 delegates are up for grabs on next tuesday. Dave kinchen, live in fishtown, hey, dave . Report Hillary Clinton has the new york groove. You might be able to say it, and of course coming to philadelphia today to campaign, and she will be here at the philmore, not a concert tonight, but an organizing rally the Campaign Says to rail the troops, so to speak, clinton will also attend a discussion on gun violence, today, in philly, joined by former attorney general, eric holder, the first, actually, former secretary every state, and first lady, riding high on her solid victory in new yorks primary last night. She soundly defeated vermont senator Bernie Sanders while going after donald trump, who won the republican contest in the empire state. Heres what Hillary Clinton said to supporters. Too many people who are still hurting. I see it everywhere i go. The Great Recession wiped out. Jobs, homes, and savings, and a lot of americans havent yet recovered. But i still believe with all my heart that as another great democratic president once said there is nothing wrong with america that cant be cured by whats right with america. Reporter quoting her husband former president bill clinton, democratic rivals will be Campaign Across pennsylvania today look to go bounce back after major loss in new york, so far no bits for his campaign, but has saturated local media in recent weeks, also gop candidate ted cruz has added another stop, in the keystone state, after holding a event at the National Constitution center last night. Cruz continues to say he is the only candidate who can beat trump and Hillary Clinton, but trump is ahead in the polls here, in pennsylvania. Back to you. All right, thank you. Well keep an eye on it, whole week worth of that. Breaking news out of garnet valley. One person escaped an Early Morning house fire. The fire started just before 4 00 this morning. Two hours ago on the 3700 block of folk road. One person was inside the home at the time of the fire. But was able to get out safely. Right now firefighters are still putting out the hot spots. 6 06. Hundreds turn out in robinsville, new jersey to say goodbye to a beloved school superintendent. Prayers, canned, many tears shed, for 52 year old doctor steven mayor, hit by a car while jogging yesterday morning, near the high school. A student was behind the wheel on her way to a class trip. Mayor is being remembered as great school administrator, but more than that, he was a coach, a mentor, and a family man, who was always quick with kind and encouraging word. Always like walking down the hallways, i was watt waiting for my class, woe high five us, tell us hi, or ask us how our day was going. He was always at our sporting event, loved to be therefore everyone. Mayor leaves behind a wife and three children. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. Just shocking. 6 07. A mother is pleading for a driver to come forward after her son was hit on his bicycle left for dead in the streetment someone found 27 year old jamal morris lying in the road at 45 and market early saturday. Morris died on monday. Rescuers originally thought he was a victim of an assault because every his injuries. But then police found morris damaged bike, and determined that he was hit. His parents are asking anyone with information on who hit jamal to please come forward. As a mom, i am pleading with the person who hit my son. I forgive you. So you need to know that i forgive you. Jamals mom also want to find the person who called 911 so she can thank that person. Jamals organs are being donated and will help save seven lives. So far police have found no evidence of the car that hit jamal. No Surveillance Video of the crash which is why they are asking for anyone to please come forward. 6 08 now on this wednesday. Governor tom wolf address being concerns over medical marijuana. Hear what he says about the program potentially, leading to Recreational Marijuana being legalized, in pennsylvania. Plus new twist in the financial crisis in Atlantic City. What action the city now taking, as it tries to get aid money from the state. You can save over 500 bucks when you switch to progressive. Thats a fact. But this whole blondes have more fun thing. Standing by for fun. Governor wolf stopped basilica of saints peter and paul the state representative nicaraguareally to thank for all of his hard work. Spent time restoring pennsylvania and the legalization of medical marijuana in pennsylvania does not mean Recreational Marijuana is any closer to being legalized. In terms of it being a gateway to the legalization of regular re rational march juan, a the pattern is just not there. This is really about addressing the needs of patients, families, people, fellow citizens, who are just asking to be treated by their doctors, the way their doctors think they should be treated. Visited yesterday, as women. 6 12. There is no place like home for the president ial campaign frontrunners. What wins for trump and clinton mean as the focus shifts to pennsylvania. Bernie was born in brick lynn, didnt work out for him, bob. See how happy everybody will be later this afternoon when all of the visits turn into traffic jams. Right now a big traffic jam south on the new jersey turnpike ramps to the delaware memorial bridge. Only one lane open. Ill give you the detour, as we go out, take live look at the sunrise up and over that girard point double decker. We will grab a cup of coffee, meet you back here in two and a half minutes. President obama landed in audi air yeah ya the president is expected to push saudi arabia for military and military backing against the Islamic State group. Saudi abaya, the biggest buyer of American Made arms. The visit comes during pig public risk between the two countries and their 83 year old alliance. Donald trump, capitalizing on their home field advantage. So to speak. The frontrunners each securing easy victories in new yorks primaries yesterday. For clinton, between a much needed win after Bernie Sanders had won several voting contests in a row. Seven. For donald trump, he said his big win in new york state means his biggest challenger, is all but finished in the republican race. We dont have much after race any more, based on what i am seeing on television, senator cruz, just about mathematically eliminated so doug luzader in washington, d. C. , is the donald accurate there . Tough tone vision, where cruz could win the nomination outright a lot has to do with the margin of victory, the fact donald trump crossed not just the ooh threshold, but the 606 flesh hold. It means elwyn just about every delegate in new york bick win for him, tough tone vision the way cruz comes back, but cruz was already pretty much out of the running to do that anyway. He is banked on contested this summer. Look at john kasich there, 25. Distant thirds just before where else, but new york was strong state for him. And he knew that kind acting as spoiler, only get three delegates or something. Something for guy who doesnt have much in terms of delegates. Really was battle for the home state. Because of course Bernie Sanders is from brooklyn, Hillary Clinton was saying hey, basically this is my home. Im the senator here. Yes, Hillary Clinton won big. She nearly hit the threshold, 57. 9. , seeded some expectations sand ers needed to win new york it, would have been massive upset t would have given him all kind of momentum, and it might have helped him convince a lot of these democratic super delegates, to kind of change horses mid stream, turn their backs on Hillary Clinton and support him. It is not going to happen at least not at this point. Just not clear where sanders goes from here, although, he says, hell stay in the race because we have that coming up april 26 including of course pennsylvania, and he says hes going to be in for those contests, well see. Doug, what you should do, come to pennsylvania, because everybody else is. Thats true, we love to have you here. That would be awesome. We talk about all of the states in play, but thats going to be the crown jewel. We are the crown jewel, doug, thank you for putting that way. See you next hour. 6 18. Here sue. Yes, not too full of ourselves i guess. Over the last half hour, about another earthquake in ecuador. Put it in perspective with this map. Shear philadelphia, we go down to south america and there is ecuador, than is where the earthquake happened. It was 6. 1, magnitude, still waiting for damage estimate from that. We went from jet stream getting closer, cool us down little bit from where weve been so far this work week. We had any rain, it means, pollen levels are hi, even when we get the rain friday, not expecting the levels to go down very much. So keep those tesh use handy. Youll need them. No rain yet, none expected until friday. We could even get couple of thunderstorms mixed in. A ten out every ten with 68 degrees, warm up little bit thursday, friday. After the cold front comes through, friday, back to seasonable temperatures saturday and sunday looking like an excellent weather weekend bob kelly . Here comes the sun, 6 19. Sun popping up again. You know the deal, have the sun glare for the morning, no complaint, take that convertible to work day, live look, how is your curve, al next. Looking good. Yes, it is. Starting to see some volume as soon as the sun pops above the tree line, that is when we instantly strive to see the traffic jam at about 6 35. Now, here is the deal, only one lane right now available into delaware, on the delaware memorial bridge. You know the metal cable that holds the span up. They in the dollars some problems last night, to set up emergency construction, on the bridge, last night. Only one lane leaving new jersey into delaware, here is a example of the back up already and right at the bottom, stowe will impact both 295 and the new jersey turnpike, both of those major roadways, funnel into the delaware memorial bridge. So getting ready to leave the house right now, state police say once they set up the construction only two lanes open. Basically go from four lanes to two is the best scenario, so you want to use the Commodore Barry bridge and then south on 95, down into wilmington. Thats going to throw extra volume here on 95 for all of us today, that Hillary Clinton ventilator on today, going to cause big delays for the rush hour. Doesnt start until 6 30. But it is right there off the girard avenue ramp. Right there in the neighborhood, also expect detours and delays on the route 15 trolley, and of course, we then have the two big sports events, little further down on 95, in south philadelphia. 6 21, Atlantic City taking new approach to try to solve its financial issues, now suing the state of new jersey for more than 33 million in aid. City Officials Say they were promised the money before the glove nor blocked it earlier this year, the city also request ago special master, person to oversee a state monitor now in place at city hall. The monitor is overseeing the citys finances, Atlantic City set to run out of monday any just a matter of weeks. All right, win or go home, alex. The flyers facing elimination in game four tonight. Hear what wayne simms ons says his team, well, they are look to go avoid another embarrassing lost at home. Yes, come on, at least be competitive tonight. Plus his last time on the mound. This guy struck out 16 batters. Wow. Vince following up his impressive start. He went to the mounds last night, how did he do . Howard will tell in you sports in a minute coming up. How about these lottery numbers . Phillies have issues scoring runs, but now starting out pitching not very good. Vince has not allowed a run this season until last night. Lets go to Citizens Bank park. Hes already down twonothing, and after an error by ryan howard hits a three run homer, the mets had six homeruns, beat the phillies 11 to one. Flyers are in you can there. Down three games to one, the flyers are getting destroyed on the power play. Washington, five for nine in the last game, flyers zero for 13 in the series, will steve mason be pulled in just one of the questions for the flyers. Obviously not in a favorable position here, but, you know, definitely been around to see its been dong, you know, the come back. Like i say, you know, got to be, got to make it even smaller than it is at a single game. Go shift by shift. You got to go period by period. Thats how you make it up. You cant look, you know, beyond cant look back. Thats sports in a minute im howard eskin. Still watch the game tonight. Of course. Lets get one. We have to support. Well, the eagles are back in town, for their voluntary mini camp, all but two players showed up yesterday, Darren Sproles has an excuse injury issue, but fletcher cox says im not showing to up this mini camp until i get a new contract. As for the flares who are there, well, sam bradford dealing with all of the talk about next weeks draft and reports that the eagles are trying to move up to the second pick to get quarterback, quarterback that could eventually replace him. Has to bother you. Does it bother you . I learned a long time ago to stay away from all of that stuff. Not the first time ive gone through a situation like this. I think i learned a long time ago, dont worry about anything you cant control. Real now reason wasting any time or any wore my that. Will we move up the six spots . Apparently they talked to each other yesterday. Yes . Yes, eagles and the browns. Because the browns now pick up rgiii. True. Out of dc. So they have their quarterback. A woman again attacked from behind on local trail. The man wearing a mask leaves her unconscious, where police want you on alert when youre running. Narrator looking out for wall street ceos thats what congressman sestak did. Sestak was one of only eight democrats to join republicans to allow ceos of bailed out banks to pay themselves unlimited bonuses using bailout money. An outrage, according to newspapers. Katie mcginty tough on wall street ceos, a fighter for pay equity for women. Praised by former gov. Ed rendell, shell stand strong for working families. Katie im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message. Hit and left to die, half soar somebody hit and killed in west philadelphia. A lost dog returned, new jersey family elated after their missing dog is found, why this pup means more to one member of the family than just your average pet. Mere is bus stop budd toy help you, because, it is a little bit cool they are morning, than it was yesterday, so weve got a sweatshirt on, fleece on with the phillies and the flyers, still rooting. Both games at the same time, temps 40s, 50s, couple of 30s out there this morning, so definitely chillier than it was yesterday, nothing on radar, but officially, now, the sun has risen. It is 49 degrees. Look at relative humidity, 38 . Very dry day today. 39 degrees, millville, new jersey, so definitely chillier than yerkes and yesterday we were well into the 70s, today, upper 60s, but still another beautiful day, plenty of sunshine, what is going to happen for the weekend . Well let you know in the seven day forecast, bob kelly here right now. Good morning, 6 31, jammo and already on 95 and the 42 freeway, 42 coming in toward philly, stack up from the expressway into 295. Also, delays on 95, here, again, we got to have some wick sun glare for the cars and bus drivers here today. On the delaware memorial bridge, only one lane headed into determine war, we go for ride, skyfox over the scene. Look at this mess already parking lot leaving new jersey, heading into delaware, on the delaware memorial bridge. Here is the deal, about 5 00 last night, noticed some problems on the metal coils, the ropes that holds up the span. One lane overnight, once the emergency Construction Zone is set up, they were going to open up a second lane. Bottom line, we we will go normally from four lanes, down to two and again, it is southbound, so, leaving new jersey, headed i

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