Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 500 AM 20180224 : vimars

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 500 AM 20180224

Caused by a pick up truck that plowed into a dozen parked vehicles. Doug peterson our coach of the super bowl champs, received a new honor today. Lets talk about the rain with meteorologist chris sowers, rain all weekend. Reporter does anyone remember what the sun looks like . More rain is heading this way, if youre not picking up the rain this afternoon youll be dealing with the lowlevel clouds and areas of fog. Not the way we wanted to start the weekend, but its all gray and gloomy. We have a dense fog advisory in effect for chester county. One to 3 miles. 3 in millville. 6 in philadelphia. 6 miles in Atlantic City. The good news temperatures are fairly mild. The normal high is somewhere around 45 or 46 were already at 44. Its not going to be a cold afternoon, just kind of damp and gloomy. Cape may, 44. And Atlantic City checking in at 47. Heres the satellite and radar locked in pretty good, winds shifting off the ocean, that fills the atmosphere with a lot of the moisture you get the lowlevel clouds, rounds of rain out to the west, all this is heading this way, well see a period of rain this afternoon followed by another one tonight followed by third round as we head into sunday morning. Forecast for today, lots of lowlevel clouds, periods of rain and drizzle, 54 degrees is the forecasted high. Ill be back along in just a few minutes, well have the return of sunshine in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, ill let you know when it arrives in just a few minutes. Folks get the latest on the forecast throughout the weekend, plus check Storm Tracker 6 live anytime on the phone or tablet, the 6abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. Dozens of people waking up to the sounds of an outofcontrol driver smash into cars in a south philadelphia neighborhood. [crashing noise] boy, a frightening scene and sound there. An action news viewer sent us the video at third and porter street. Before 11 00 p. M. , the street was turned into Demolition Derby , the driver smashed a truck into 16 cars. We are told that the driver was held at the scene by a group of people. Still waiting to hear from the police about charges. Firefighters pulled a person from a burning home in west philadelphia. Crews put out the fire on the 4300 block of ludlow streets. The injured person was taken to penn Presbyterian Hospital we are working to learn more about the persons condition. Its been a week since a big fire gutted a building and damaged another one in the old city neighborhood. The aftermath is feeling the economic punch to the once bustling Chestnut Street. While one business is shut down, it is getting a helping hand from a neighboring business. Jeff chirico looks at people rallying together. Theres a lot of people walking around. Reporter this friday night, third and chestnut is considered a collapse zone at least one nearby business had plenty of empty tables others like the best Western Hotel and the water damaged little lion restaurant are closed leaving dozens out of work. Now were five days later were not allowed in the building, reality starts to set in, we dont have any information. Reporter owner chris young estimates the little lion wont open for two months, he put out a call on facebook to find positions for his staff members. City tavern reached out. We asked them if some of their employees wanted to come here we would be happy to take their employees off their hands and get them back to work. Im overwhelmed how many people responded, it is very, very cool. Reporter the city plans to demolish the remains on Chestnut Street. Preservation advocates say revealed, 170yearold facade is too deteriorated to save. The 200 block of Chestnut Street is one of the most intact rows or blocks of 19th century fabric we have in the city. Reporter meanwhile, young is talking to Insurance Companies and planning a fundraiser for his out of work staff. Not everyone has found a job yet, but i think there should be enough offers out there to land everybody. Reporter theres an old iron facade that will be salvaged we are told. Demolition will Begin Next Week and last at least a week. If you come down here, be aware of road closures. Jeff chirico channel 6 action news. This morning were following the aftermath of the Florida School shooting massacre new revelations are coming to light about the accused shooter. Were learning about calls made to Law Enforcement about the alleged shooter in the weeks and months in parkland florida. A person with the tip called in january, told the operator i know he is going to explode he and she feared the shooter getting into a school and shoot the place up. The fbi said it was never passed along to the miami field office. The Broward County Sheriffs Office said they were called to the cruz home 23 times for concerns he might shoot up a school. Released was 911 audio someone believed to be cruz 3 months before the shooting. The thing is i lost my mother a couple of weeks ago, im dealing with a bunch of stuff right now. Reporter teachers returned to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School they are preparing for next weeks planned transitional reopening of florida students. Rick scott broke with President Trump rejecting calls to arm teachers with guns. Instead he wants to spend 450 million to put a Law Enforcement officer in every school and he called for raising the age of buying a rifle from 18 to 21. He did not call for a ban on the assault weapon that cruz used. He called for bonuses for teachers willing to be armed in schools. Theres a small, but growing corporate backlash to the nra. Several companies are cutting ties no longer offering perks to nra members. Some of this appears to be the result of direct customer pressure and boycott nra social media campaign. Robert muellers investigation is heating up. 45yearold rick gates pleading guilty to conspiracy and false statement charges. He is cooperating with the Robert Mueller investigation, he was the Business Partner of Paul Manafort who was indicted on additional charges yesterday. Robert muellers strategy seems to put so much pressure on Paul Manafort to give up what he knows about President Trump and the russians. Secret Service Agents arrested a woman who intentionally drove into a barrier of the white house. The security forced the white house to go on temporary lockdown. The driver is known to secret service and believed to have Mental Health issues. Happening today, eagles coach Doug Peterson gets a new honor, this hits home for the coach of the super town champs. Town council in morris town, new jersey will present the coach with aclamation from the town where the coach lives. Eating organic, it doesnt have to cost you a whole lot of green. Alicia vitarelli shows us way to save on your groceries and tells you whats worth spending more on. Girl scout cookies is hosting a tummy tempting fundraiser this weekend. Reporter we have more rain out to the west ill let you know when it gets here when we come right back. So glad youre waking up with us, chefs in the Lehigh Valley are using Girl Scout Cookies to create culinary masterpieces at the steel stacks in bethlehem. Karen rogers has a preview. Reporter lucy is 11 years old an avid girl scout and two time winner of childrens chop. 15 different restaurants make amazing dishes both sweet and savory. Reporter rich is making french toast stuffed with carmel delight. Youre going up against the girl scouts. Reporter lucy created cheese change. Reporter the Girl Scout Cookie Program is the largest girl led business in the world. The scouts will direct their portion of the proceeds to underserved communities where girls couldnt otherwise afford to participate. These girls are changing the world. Reporter one delicious box of cookies at a time. Im karen rogers for fyi philly. I would like to remind you, you can see fyi philly tonight on 6abc. Did you see chris sowers in there, where is our food. We want some. Reporter it was very, very good, they came into the Weather Office we were doing our work, they were like due guys want Girl Scout Cookies, we were like girl scout cookie . You didnt share them . Reporter you werent here. They were very, very good, though. Looking outside we have a familiar scene. Penns landing, were locked in pretty good, more clouds, low level fog patchy mist and drizzle taking place for the weekend. Cloudy skies, periods of rain, if youre not picking up the rain youll see the drizzle. Rain during the Morning Hours perhaps a little bit of clearing late in the day, warmer high of 60. I wouldnt hold my breath as i would expect the clouds to hang tough all weekend long. 44 degrees, temperaturewise its not too cold. Dewpoint, 43. The windchill 44, we dont have much of a breeze, technically out of the west northwest 3 miles per hour. Pretty much mid 40s for everybody. 39 in the poconos. 44 inmonthold. 44 in philadelphia. More clouds throughout the area here. Well continuously see rounds of rain move across the Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley over the last few days. We have another round out across the west south of chicago, that area of High Pressure that brought us the beautiful weather tuesday and wednesday, highs in the 70s that high has dropped to the south, its in the weathert, well see this consurvey belt of moisture consurvey Conveyor Belt stretching across the mid atlantic. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Overnight tonight, well see more rain, if youre heading out, evening plans bring the umbrella. 46 in millville. 47 in philadelphia. More clouds and drizzle, patchy rain, thing tomorrow morning well catch a break during the afternoon, though, still damp with drizzle, a warm front will lift through, look what happens with the temperatures, were in the 60s, not too bad. 48 in the Lehigh Valley. Doesnt look like the front gets that far north, 61 for philadelphia. More rain and drizzle, lots of clouds, the heaviest occurring tonight and through tomorrow morning. Additional rainfall looks like a half inch to an inch. Temperatures warm in the 50s and 60s. Today, 54 degrees in philadelphia. Afternoon rain and drizzle. 57 in millville and dover. Cape may, 54. Allentown, 351. Overnight tonight, more rain and drizzle, lots of clouds, 39 degrees in allentown. 44 in millville. Cape may, had 45. Trenton, 43. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, shows a couple of real nice days to start the new workweek. More rain by next weekend. 54 degrees rain and drizzle today. More rain tomorrow, mild high of 60. Monday, tuesday, wednesday, all three look very nice with the return of sunshine, 56, 58, 60. Thursday and friday, cloudy and damp, you guessed it, more rain. What timing, thank you. People in las vegas enjoyed a surprise a rare snow. Temperatures dropped to the mid 30s on friday which made it possible for the snowflakes to fly, but it was still to warm for the snowflakes to stick around. Well be right back. We buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com we buy any car dot com any any any any did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money . A recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of 990 dollars more. So dont trade in. Sell it. To we buy any car. Learn more and get your free online valuation now at we buy any car dot com find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com few days on the run, emu has been captured in wayne county, pennsylvania. The flightless bird got loots early this week and was loose earlier this week, it was wandering around the township for a week. It was shot with a tranquilizer and relocated to an animal park. Many of us are offering to feed our families organic food, it can cost more than conventionally produced food. You dont have to break the bank. Havealicia vitarelli has easy ws to save. Reporter for nearly ten years, reand in a rihanna has cooked with exclusively organic food. Buying organic puts a bite in her budget so she clips coupons whenever possible. Look for store brand organic. This organic apple sauce from whole foods is half the price of this brand. Reporter check prices organic can be cheaper. Two pounds of organic hummus at costco is half of organic brand. One example, avacados, Consumer Reports found nonorganic avacados from mexico chile and peru have a low pesticide risk. Other produce like strawberries, have a pesticide risk, so buying the organic ones are worth considering. Bell peppers and green beans are worth the extra money. Check out frozen organic veggies compare their prices to fresh you could be surprised. Can washing your produce help with pesticide risk . It doesnt guarantee you get rid of it, but it will get rid of some, keep in mind some fruits and veggies absorb them and cant be washed away. There are unsafe levelstoxn half the samples. Chronic exposure to the metals has been linked to lung, brain and heart damage. Students at a school in bucks county danced for 8 hours straight, amp bishop wood in afternoon arch bishop wood in warminster danced and donated locks of hair. Penn state on this last weekend raised millions for the same fund. Welcome back and good saturday morning 5 25 a. M. , sky6 live hd taking a live look at Philadelphia International airport. Keep your umbrellas handy well see rounds of rain today. Meteorologist chris sowers will be back in a few minutes with the accuweather forecast for the weekend ahead. Students from south Philadelphia High School took a field trip to see the blockbuster film back panther. A member of the fault raised 1,000 to take 150 students for free to see the amc pearl in philadelphia. Red hot flyers and sixers are back in action. The flyers face off in ottawa at 2 00 p. M. The sixers tip off at home against orlando. The phillies lost to the blue jays yesterday 21. Eagles safety Malcom Jenkins is a respected leader on the field and in the locker room, the impact he is making off the football is very personal to him. He sat down with Sharrie Williams for an interview on a variety of topics, in this report he talks about his commitment to social activism. How our police force is the front line of the justice system. So much along the way you were forcing a path off the field, criminal justice, fairness for under served communities. How were you doing that parallel. Why is that important to you . Its important to me, because a lot of my family are represented in the groups that you just listed. A lot of philadelphia is underserved poverty ridden. You look around the country, you look at the relationship between Law Enforcement and our communities the distrust, discord all that, i feel im an american as a citizen someone who comes from those communities it is my responsibility to play a role in advance that. You look at the locker room in the nfl you got guys from all back growldz and economic situations, they are rs toed to work toward one goal and everybody winning. Its hard to see the impact i was having, for me, being in that environment what i go out in the world, its the same kind of thing, how do we all, regardless of where we come from, how do we move toward the same solution thats everybody winning. Sharrie williams channel 6 action news. Jenkins is a leader on an off the field. He is pushing for the clean slate bill that would automatically seal old nonviolent misdemeanor offenses for people who have have not had misdemeanor convictions in ten years that would make it easier for them to get employment. Well be right back. Thig from scott peterson, the Police Deputy who did not go inside a Florida School to stop a gunman charged with 17 murders. Youll hear from peterson with prior encounters with suspects on the job. Changes in the game plan when responding to an active shooter situation. Going home, reverend Billy Grahams casket arrives in his hometown of charlotte. Good morning, nydia han joins us this morning. We have more on the top stories, but first we want to get you over to meteorologist chris sowers, chris is it going to be raining this weekend . Reporter more rain heading this way, not a nice day, i believe this will be the 5th weekend in a row we see measurable rain. Enjoy, more of the same. Dense fog continues for lancaster

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