Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 7A 20160801 :

WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 7A August 1, 2016

Fares will be collected, what you need to necessity before you start your commute. First big week of camp is in the books but where are all of the fans . Have we lost interest in the eagles . We will go live to the novacare complex. I have been schooled already about that comment that by dave spadaro of the eagles. He is saying last year there was only 16,000 fans, so this year, there was 18,000, it is pretty good. More than last year. Maybe im confusing it with military day where they had 40,000 people, that was the following week even. Military Appreciation Day. A pol guys to eagles fans from coast to coast. But still, it is a good question, as we get into this season are we as excited. Last year we were talking super bowl this year in the so much. Some pundits had us in the super bowl. Difference because they are not in lehigh anymore, because we take them for granted, maybe they are just around. Maybe so. Lets get to the number of the day because it is sticky out there. Six out of ten today. We had humidity, pop up thunderstorms around. Is there muggy the dog and bus stop buddy. You will get your pool time in today but watch out, of course, listen for that thunder and exit the beach and the pool, if you hear any. We still then every storms in ocean county this morning where we have been watching all morning long and the only area of rain we have in our viewing area at the moment but another one could pop up at anytime. Cloudy skies, socked in with clouds, with 74 degrees and 91. 64 degrees mount pocono. Seventyseven in wildwood. Our high 86 degrees with isolated storms otherwise warm and muggy. We call it soupy, bob kelly, very soupy. You got it. Soup you i hear in the studios. We will call it 7 03. Live lot a the blue route 476 right here near broomall upper darby route three, in problems at all working your way in or out of delco, heading down toward the airport looking good here on the vine coming off of the schuylkill but we are all lined up single file here trying to get in the 30th street station. No problems at moment but with these pop up then are boomers throughout the day you want to be prepared and check the airline because flights could be delayed by thunderstorm act in other parts of the country impacting the arrivals. An accident in trooper, pawlings and audubon off of route 422. If you are coming back from the shore, folks like to say that extra night and come back to the office with sand in your shoe n problems on the ac expressway. We had that thunderstorm action. Sue just showed us on doppler there that is all north of the Atlantic City expressway along the parkway but coming back from say wildwood, avalon, stone harbor good to go working your way back towards philadelphia. Mike and alex, back to you. 7 04. Gunfire erupts in the middle have the night leaving two people shot in Montgomery County. Now office are in ambler are trying to figure out what went down here. Jenny joyce is on the scene, jenny. Reporter mike and alex a coroner arrived and as news spread we are watching more and more people showing up saying their friend, family members of the shooting victims. One woman said shes sister of the woman who was shot and killed last night at Forest Gardens apartment complex on forest avenue in ambler. Police say it was a double shooting that happened before midnight last night, Ambler Police and Montgomery County District Attorneys Office has been out here all morning long walking in and out of the building looking at evidence at this point the d. A. s office is not releasing any information. The sister says she does president know much either. Im not hearing of anything that i dont know yet. I just know that she was killed last night. She was a single mom, went to work abe if anybody knows anything let the police know. Reporter she was hanging out, who lived with her and he was in the home at the time of the shooting. Were hearing that the sonnies at the Police Station talking with investigators. We are awaiting official information from the d. A. s office, mike and alex. 7 05. Search is on for a driver accused of shooting at another car, on i95 in northeast Philadelphia Police say shots rang out last night around 7 15 in torresdale as two cars went on to that southbound ramp on i95 right at academy road. Investigators say a person behind the wheel of the cadillac fired shots at a honda. The bullets became lodged in the honda. No one was hurt, this is the third road rage incident in three months. Point breeze many questions after a man is found stabbed to death in the streets. He was discovered with multiple wounds to the chest and arms lying on derek street around 9 30. Police have very Little Information including victims name or what killed him. Detectives believe he is in his 50s. 7 06. It happened on the 300 block of rittenhouse street, Police Say Boy was accidentally shot in the hand and then taken to the hospital. He was listed in stable condition, and a gun was recovered at the scene. Two men are under arrest in connection with the germantown murder, both are former Temple Police officers. The deadly assault happened friday morning on the 4600 block of green street. Police found a 24 yearold would hand dead inside of a home there. Prosecutors charged 47 yearold aaron wright with the murder. Former cop. They also charged marquis robinson, with aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit murder and other related charges. Temple university did release a statement yesterday saying quote unquote aaron wright resigned from temples Police Department in 2012. Marquis robinson has been terminated from the department and temple is cooperating with Philadelphia Police in their investigation. Police have not yet publicly identified the victim. Funeral services, begin today for a philadelphia fire fighter, gabriel lee who died touring his shift on july 23rd. Lee was a 17 year veteran and was assigned to Ladder Company number 12 in north philadelphia, first viewing will be held it in, at 6 00 oclock at deliverancee langleys church on westerly high avenue. Second viewing will take place at the same location tomorrow at 9 00 oclock in the morning. Funeral services will be following that, fire fighter lees cause of death is still not yet known. Coming up at 7 08 there will be new rules for septa Regional Rail passengers starting this afternoon. Yep, passengers will to have buy a ticket before they go down to the platform and bunch of different sent i locations including 30th street station where davis. Does this mean more waiting for people. Reporter well, that is the fear, that is what people are saying and after these new rules came down and they go in effect this have a noon when people are leaving center city this afternoon. Change in rules means all passengers have to be ticketed before getting on to any Regional Rail train, departing center city. This only applies to the five stations in center city and only during afternoon rush between 3 00 p. M. And 6 30 on weekdays. Conductors dont have time or space to check all passengers for ticket while on the train because they are so packed. Since a third of the Regional Rail fleet was pulled for detects. Some worry a ticket check before boarding can cause even more delays. It could create timetable issues with people being late and trains being blocked up and delays greater because trains will not leave without people waiting for it. If you dont have a ticket or pass go to the sales office at the stations and do your purchase there and then you have a ticket and validated at top of the stairwell before you go down to the station. Reporter some say it is not fair but fare collection staff will be stationed by the stairway to take fares before riders get on the platform. Cash will not be accepted for preboarding payment. Septa ace expect to release a report on the state of the Regional Rail system sometime this week. Back to you. 7 09. Let us know how it goes this afternoon. We will see. Smokers in pennsylvania now have to dish out an extra dollar for a pack of cigarettes. In philadelphia a it is even higher. Tax on a pack of cigarettes, smokes in pennsylvania goes for 1. 60 to to. 60. But in the city of fill awe will be paying 4. 60 in taxes, loan on every pack. This increase all part of the plan to address the states budget deficit. And get this, department of revenue estimates that the tax on these cigarettes will generate more than 400 milliondollar a year to the state treasury. We shall see. 7 10. Now that the conventions are all candidate are getting a tension from clinton and trump campaigns. Also, Donald Trumps response to one attack during the Democratic Convention and its problem with this years president ial debate. The scheduling he has issues with. Kristin fischer, i have never seen you before, welcome to philadelphia. Thanks for having me mike and alex. Well, sure. Reporter believe it or not, go ahead. No, go, go, go. Reporter all right. Ill go. Believe it or not we are less than 100 days away from election day and that means that from here on out, it is all about those big Battle Ground states and right now latest polls show trump and clinton dead lock in states like ohio and pennsylvania. Donald trump is kicking up bipartisan backlash from the first full week in the general election campaign. His comments about kahn and his wife and army captain muslim son killed in iraqis are criticized from the Republican Leaders in the house and senate to Hillary Clinton asked about this controversy, repeatedly yesterday on the campaign trail. And then to launch an attack as he did on captain kahns mother, a gold star mother, i dont know where the bottom is. As clinton wraps up her two day bus tour for two key Battle Ground states ohio and pennsylvania, trump is preparing to hit those same states today. The his campaign is planning to meet with the commission on president ial debates after trump complained two debates are at the same time as nfl games. Hillary clinton wants to go begins the nfl. Maybe what she did with Bernie Sanders where they were saturday night when nobody is home. Report report they are pushing back. They claim schedule has been set since september and was nfl who trum said sent him a letter. Spokesmen tweeted out while we obviously wish the Debate Commission decided another night we did not send a letter to mr. Trump. Reporter first debate is two months away on september 26th, but, mike and alex, Something Else to watch out for is a possible october surprise, from wikileaks. Its founder said they are still planning honorary leasing more documents about clinton, sometime, between now and november. Every campaign, october. Kristin, thank you. Where did you go to school, where are you from what is your story, woman. Reporter im a lot older then i look. I went to Boston University but i have been doing this for like ten years. You have. Great to have you. Great to see you guys over the tv. I know. Now her first name is kristin. It is a little odd she kind of looks like Kristin Davis from sex and the city. Have you seen that before. I have not heard that but ill take it. You kind of do. Yes. Kristin. Wow. Really unfair because you can see me and i cannot see you, and, you know, id love to find out, see who yall look like. I resemble George Clooney. Of course, you do. My name is alex holley but people say i look like halle berry. Exactly, yes. Get it all the time. Kristin, nice job. I will take Kristin Davis, thank you very much. Next time we talk to you George Clooney and, you know, halle berry. Yes. George and halle back to you. Thank you. Thank you. Charlotte on sex and the city. Yes, but in real life shes kristin. Real life. She does look just like her. Weird. Nice. If you watch our news, and i know do you not if, but when you do, when you watch our news at 10 00 oclock especially, this is the set we have used for ten years. Yes, kind of warn out. Tired of it. We made changes. We decorated this thing. Redecorated basically. Long construction process. Do you want to see, this is transformation from that set that we used for ten years to the new one, here we go. Our new studio revealed tonight at 10 00 oclock and then, we also have something new an 11 00 oclock newscast here on fox. Brand new look, 10 00 p. M. Like you have never seen it before. Do that again. Do you like that voice. Yes. 10 00 p. M. Like you have never seen it before. Yes. You mean that, jazz hands. How do you spell before. Before. It is befwaurauyh. Heres sue serio. What a way to do the forecast. A look at ultimate doppler radar, why i i have not been doing that all these years. Sometimes we do when there is drama because there is, we have soaking thunderstorms in ocean county, new jersey around long beach, Seaside Heights, take away lightening bolt and laci township right there along this portion of the garden state parkway, it is, soaking, undoubted, flash flooding going on. That is a serious situation there we could get flash flooding if you get isolated storm in any of these counties where we have a Flash Flood Watch continuing until 10 00 oclock tonight the because possibility of the pop up thunderstorms. Now we have in the seen anything going on since the middle of june when we had Tropical Storm danielle. Now we are watching this area of the caribbean just south of the puerto rico for possible develop. It is not a depression or any kind of Tropical Storm but it looks like it has a good chance of forming into something. If we get one it would be the name earl. My name is earl. That is next one on the list and watching for Tropical Storm earl, in what has been a quiet couple months with Tropical Storm system. The visibility only half mile in mount pocono, 5 miles in millville, reduced visibility in pottstown and then very muggy, every where. 74 degrees in the the city. Seventyseven in dover. Dew points in the 07s just about every where as well, sticky sunday, with a high of 90 degrees. And no heat wave 86 today. Eightythree tomorrow. Eightythree on wednesday. Wednesday is the take you want to make those outdoor plans because wednesday is the day humidity goes away and thursday bob kelly is when you get your afternoon game for the phillies and the giants, it looks like a 1 05 game on thursday afternoon. Ideal weather as well. I smell business meeting thursday afternoon, we have to bring our profit and loss statements, boss will want to meet with us at ballpark. Live look at schuylkill expressway, westbound, heading out from the boulevard out toward belmont avenue, jammed up, as folks leaving the town and then coming in on the 42 freeway. Extra volume as we see on a monday morning folks like to stay down the shore an extra night and go back in the office on monday. Eastbound 422 accident at sanatoga interchange by the outlets, and then the deal for this afternoons rush hour this starts this afternoon getting septa a trans to collect fairs without having conductor walk up and down crowded trains. A lot of free rides here over last couple weeks. That will all change today in the five center city stations only for the evening rush hour. Youll have to have your ticket before you get to the top of the stairway, and collector stamp before you go down to the platform. Those guys at the top of the stairs will not be taking cash, you have to go to the ticket window at the station, get your ticket and then present that to the conductor. There will be confusing this afternoon no doubt about it. For gang coming back to the shore, sue showed us areas north of the expressway are seeing heavy rain, but right the new no problems on the ac x or parkway working back from say cape may back to the city. Mike and alex, back to you. First week of Training Camp close was an opened practice at the link who stood out in front of the fans. We are talking about the fans attendance who was actually there are we seeing more fans interested in this season. We will look. We will discuss. Good question. Mtv is having a birthday, 35 years old, do you remember that show . That was back in the hey day, man. Well, they are bringing back some have the on shows for good. We will tell you which ones. How about this can you fly too fast. Pilots union says that American Airlines is pushing its pilots to fly planes faster then they should. What, this doesnt sound safe at all. I know, it is all legal but pilots union is saying American Airlines is trying to lessen cancellations and one way to do that toys redraw the flight routes and have pilots fly as fast as they can legally really pushing limits of the planes. Also figure out route in such a way where they dont roll over, turn over the crew. They can work, the maximum that is legally allowed by law. What does american say about this . Reporter they say that is not the case, everything they are doggies legal but you have to, compete and fly as much passenger planes as fast as possible while keeping overhead down. We will keep an eye on this story. Lets talk about this. Im a so oldy remember 35 years ago being sent to do a story in tea teaneck, new jersey on something called mtv and i started my stand to the story, come back to me for a second. I go like this, i take one hand and so you got tv, and you have got music, and now they have come together. That is pretty good. Mtv. Emmy award winning. I interviewed first five djs and im trying to come up with their name. Martha quinn was one of them. Yes. Jj jackson. Nina, nine blackwood. Right. The curly haired guy, white guy. Mark goodman. Anal an hun

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