Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 7A 20171024 :

Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 7A 20171024

Then the rain right new with wind gusting as high as 45 miles an hour, wind advice rid in effect. Bus stop buddy unable to keep his footing with his umbrella blowing in i side out. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s. It is a mild morning. Dont forget that rain gear because it will be that kind of a morning, we have got a five out of 10 in your weather number. Southeasterly winds coming in at 20 miles an hour in philadelphia right now, and, rain is out there as well. It is scattered but we have had a few thunderstorms already in delaware and you could hear thunder in your neighborhood as well. We will see wind blowing trees around here in olde city, 27 degrees. 20 miles an hour wind. A 36mile an hour wind gusts. Temperatures staying in the 70 s but after this front comes through we will talk coolness and sunshine will return eventually, bob kelly just not today. Eventually. We will call it 7 02 on this tuesday morning. We are all in a good mood after an eagles win, sixers win but what ayuky russia head a live look at the gang from coatsville, downingtown, bumper to bumper already on the 30 bypass because of the rain. Accident 495, this is northbound, for the gang coming up through wilmington. Bumper to bumper heading in toward 12th street where the crash is located. Schuylkill expressway running slow, a down tree on the kelly drive outbound blocked at sedgley drive. Anyone who uses kelly coming off art museum coming over to the schuylkill and use that out of town. Southbound i95 half an hour, same deal on the blue route from broomall down there center city. Downtown across town on the vine street expressway extra heavy from broad to the schuylkill. Travel times for your schuylkill expressway looking live at belmont avenue, so factor in extra time, this morning. Leaves coming down, causing slippery rails on all of the septa Regional Rail lines this morning. Back to youy bet you have been to ponzios diner in cherry hill. You know it. Oh, yeah. Lets go there for eagles reaction. Im sure people are still very excited after last night. We shall see. Hey, jenny. Reporter i think they over slept. They all stayed up late watching game. We are waiting for people to get here to the big p in cherry hill, to talk about the eagles. It is a rainy tuesday morning. How can anyone not be dragging after last nights win after looking at the highlights. At first it may have been nervous. Eagles were down 10three in the First Quarter but we needed to trust the team and they calmed our nerves. In the Second Quarter when carson wentz threw a 64yard touchdown pass to like matt ho llins, from there the stadium was electric. Other touchdown pass toes zach ertz and Corry Clement helped the bird secure a 3424 win over redskins. Eagles fans say there is something different, Something Special about this team. Great win. Carson wentz was phenomenal. My understanding only Second Quarterback in eagles history touchdowns in three games in a row. There is bond between this team this year that i have not seen in years many years. Like the years of ron jaworski reporter years of ron jaworski. Eagles sixone. Best record in the nfl. Bird lost two very good players to injuries last night , not sure how long they will be out. But that is something that we will continue to talk about this week waiting to hear how those injuries played out off the field last night. We will watch bird taking on the 49ers next weekend, mike and alex. We have been having people weigh in and i just left the most confident tweet i have seen so far this morning. I know it is only 7 00 a. M. Listen to this from ryan from mayfair. He said eagles will, without a doubt be playing in minneapolis in february. Wow. Ryan. That is saying something. Did you see his handle. Trust the process. Yes, he is all about trusting. He has faith, man. He has faith and he likes that process idea. Speaking of that lets talk about the sixthers from last night because they won as well , their first victory they faced the pistons in detroit, ben simmons was on fire. He got a triple double. How about that. That is something. Joel embiid dominated, back on the Court Last Night because he was out against toronto. He had 30 points. Yes. That is dominant. Yes. The final score 9786. The sixers, they will come back home wednesday, to take on the houston rockets. Last time i check that is tomorrow night. That is tomorrow night. Okay. Were following breaking news out of north philadelphia , a womans body has been found in the 1800 block of west west more land street. Woman was found, partially stuffed into a trash bag. We will get more information on that. Definitely a body, with blunt force trauma. A fight between teenagers after school, end was a 16 yearold girl being stabbed. Umhmm. Shes recovering, with fairly severe wounds. Lauren, where did this go down in olney. Reporter yes, 5,000 block of rising sun avenue where we are standing right here near this intersection. That is where people in this area say the problem lies. Check out this cell phone video, shot yesterday, kid brawling, beating on each other and does not stop there one of the girls caught up in the chaos was stabbed in the side, that 16 yearold was taken to the hospital, and is in Critical Condition. It is about the anytime in the front here, the only time was in the back here, and when it was in the kid playing in the best, and then it is all back there. Reporter neighbors say students pour out of here by Olney Charter high school, they flood the streets, they crowd the street corners, they are all waiting for septa buses and nonsense starts at that point. Police are hoping that any students who may have witnessed the fight yesterday may have come forward and tell them who is responsible for the stabbing but that man that we heard from says the solution in his mind is easy. You either be police, crossing guards on the corner here or school should consider staggering those times to keep the streets from being flooded all the time good idea. 7 07. Man accused of shooting five of his coworker at a Maryland Granite Company and an an an acquaintance in delaware will be tried in our area first. That is right, he was taken in too custody last week, as you know, after a 10 hour manhunt, he is charged with shooting five coworkers in maryland, killing three of them. Police say he then drove to wilmington, delaware and then shot a man in the head. After his trial in delaware, he will face murder and other charges, in the state of maryland. He knew all of the people that he shot. On some level, some level. Search continues for hit and run driver who struck a mom and her teenage daughter. That teenager remains in serious condition this morning , thomas what do you have. We have details here how can you simply take off. Mom and daughter were walking their dog in West Pikeland township when it all happen. Police say they were struck by this White Construction truck along art school road. I know image is kind of very difficult to see here, very blurry. The driver we know fled the scene. Police are hoping the surveillance picture lead them to the suspect, and they say the truck may have a ladder rack on the roof and then writing on the drivers door. Certainly some damage as well. The incident is obviously has people in the area shook up. It is just terrible. I have a 15 yearold son about to be 16 so i cannot even imagine what they are going through. My heart goes out to her and i hope that she gets better real soon. Reporter these photos right here posted by the Fire Department shows the scene, the teenager was air lifted to Childrens Hospital where she remains in serious condition. We have a surveillance photo on fox 29. Com, probably easier to look at when it it is smaller and not blown up on screen. Thank you for that. Former Philadelphia District attorney Seth Williams will learn his punish for federal corruption and bribery. He faces a maximum of five years in prison when he is sentenced this afternoon. Williams resigned as d. A. In june after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe from the businessman in exchange for legal favors. The state Supreme Court dis barred williams last week. President trump head to capitol ill today, hoping to Keep Congress on track for a tax reform. Meanwhile lawmakers are looking at an end of year deadline from the white house. Yeah, we have talk about that yesterday, this deadline, i dont know. It is still going. I dont know how optimistic we have about that, doug luzader, hi. Reporter well, now that the president is pushing that deadline today, everyone loves the idea of tax cuts, paying for them will be the crux of the debate as president arrives here on capitol hill today to really begin twisting some arms. A meeting of the minds between the white house and republicans in congress, President Trump plans to join g. O. P. Senators for the first time today at regular tuesday lunch. On the table, tax reform. Thank you for hosting us. Reporter president s daughter ivanka trump traveled to pennsylvania yesterday and pushed the white house message and moved forward on the first major rewrite of the tax code in 30 years. Tax reform will impact everyone simplification will impact everyone to the positive. It simpler is better. Making it simple means getting rid of things and to some degree shifting the cost of proposed lower tax rates. Democrats are not on the American People should know and the money you pay, tax cut for the rich is coming from somewhere, and it is likely to becoming from their pocket books. Reporter members of the congress from high tax states for example will balk at reducing deductions of state and local taxes, any suggestion to cut size of popular tax referred 401k retirement plans ran into a deadened from the president who said on twitter there will be no change to your 401k. This has always been a great, and popular middle class tax break that works and it stays. Dont miss with people 401k was lesson there. This is instructive in it shows how difficult it is to go after any of these Tax Deductions because every deductions in the tax code has constituents that will lobby and fight to preserve it. It is really difficult to make these changes and that is why we have not seen comprehensive tax reform in three decade. Well, you know, now that im at this age who need medicare, medicare, i got money under my mattress, im fine. Thanks, doug. What is your address again. Hold on, doug. Thanks for eagles green tie, really sweet, even they you live in washington d. C. Reporter im doing what i can. Dont tell Anyone Around here. , no i wont. He will run off and change his tie. Heres sueby. We have got doyletown, this morning, well, it is light out but we will not be seeing sunshine and you can tell right there with the flag how windy, it is inn a that ups the case every where, 24 miles an hour sustained wind, here in philadelphia, to 22 miles an hour. Wilmington has just as windy in allentown and then we will add in the wind gusts that are even higher. 38 miles an hour wind gusts here in the city, and Tropical Storm force win gusts reported in mount pocono this morning. The next couple of hours will be the war of it. Wind advisory until 11 00 oclock for every county in the viewing area you will see heavier rain to the south and in the carolinas and then we had some thunderstorm activity moving through, delaware, just a little bit, ago, we have had some rain that has returned to be here in philadelphia we have had some rain in Egg Harbor City and other parts of the Atlantic City expressway and then some heavier downpours just entering Cumberland County right around delaware bay. Whether you are getting that heavy downpour or not. When all is said and done most of us should have just shy of an inch or so of rain as far as the total for today. 70 degrees in philadelphia right now. Temperatures will couple down a couple of degrees. Were in the 60s in pottstown and wilmington but still well above average for this time of the year, at lee for today, now, tomorrow were back to seasonal temperatures once the sun comes back out, and then wednesdays high of 65 degrees even cooler on thursday. Nice autumn days on friday and saturday for our light the night walk for the leukemia and Lymphoma Society at eakins oval saturday evening, but the sun sunday is when the next cold front will come through with some showers, and, that is your seven day forecast, remember, about our radio partner 101. 1 more fm, and you can get your refresher course, bob kelly, if you forgot the forecast i just gave you moments ago. I have my cliff notes, do you remember them, the yellow booklet. They were gold, gold. 7 14. Good morning eastbound 422, jammo from collegeville all the way in toward king of prussia, pennsylvania turnpike , interchange, down wires, shutting it down in mount laurel, new jersey along fellowship road, just off of route seven three, watch for slower than normal speed every where today because of the rain. An accident on the pennsylvania turnpike it is westbound coming to a halt as you jam into Fort Washington, two of the lanes are blocked. For the gang in wilmington north on 495, an accident right here, right here near 12th street causing delays, schuylkill expressway running slow in and out of town, down tree, blocking the kelly drive , and thinks out bound, right behind the art museum so anybody who typically uses the kelly drive leaving the city this morning, you will want to hook up with the Martin Luther king drive and role the dic ce and try the schuylkill expressway. This is southbound 42 right here near 55 coming to a halt. It is impacting the camera lens here with the heavy rain and same deal on your windshield this morning. Mike and alex, back to you. If you were watching espn over last two or three days you know family. Wilmington, delaware, yes, they are one of us. So, last nights eagles game were all watching carson wentz had a special gift for a special family from wilmington , the c u. S. Ters. Espn, as you said, so many people, those stories will just touch you, and we shared it from yesterday, custers who their nine yearold son in june to cancer but not before meeting and spending his day with his hero carson wentz. Hi, this is carson wentz here. We know you are a big fan. We want to you necessity we are all thinking about you. We are praying for you. Wishing you the best. God bless,. He gets excited. Well, little lucas was big time on his, football team, in wilmington, right. He had a nickname. What was that nickname. Dutch destroyer. His mom said it stuck and that kept going while fighting cancer. So he gave wentz a dutch destroyer bracelet, which, carson wentz said he never takes off, and you can see it in the game. They have pictures of it in the game, you can see that. Saw it last night. So, carson wentz you can see goes over to the sidelines this is before the game. After the game he gives i am the game ball that was his brother, lucas brother, 11 yearold travis and from his touchdown pass to tightened zach ertz. He also spent 15 minutes with this family before the game started when he had his pink shirt on. And still warming up. Fifteen minutes with this family. The mom says now people heard about this story and they are more bracelets. They just cant keep up. So many people calling saying i want a bracelet too. We will play more of that because carson gets quite emotional what a great story by tom renaldi and espn. Back to the poll here . Are we going to the super bowl or should we slow down, people and lets see the results. And, only because we went ungraciously when we lose. Im not jumping the gun but just living with a smile. Living the dream. But we also have a comment from a cowboys fan giving us a warning, it is a cowboy fan. Slow down, one game at a time. Im saying this because im a Dallas Cowboys fan. I was hype, we had dak, ezekiel, they looked like all stars. We got kick out second round to the packers. Slow down, take it one game at a time. That is lining kissing your sister. What . We are sixone. I will celebrate. Left. Im going 100 miles an hour. Shut up and drive. Full force. Zero to 60 in 3. 5. Keep weighing in then and we will show you more. Heres the poll. 59 percent, slow down is really winning here. Of course, it is, slow down , it is a philadelphia fan s mantra. Difficult see on facebook we are get something good won. I hear we have sometime here. Deaf says slow down i have been a eagles fan for 40 years and out of those 40 years i have been let down all 40 years. That is zero out of 40. Dont get me wrong they are looking great. This year lets get to the playoffs without burning out and then we will talk about the super bowl. That is perfect comment. Chuck says is there a radio station. Yeah. In town that is all eagles all the time they have been playing parade for three weeks now. I didnt know about that. I think that is 97. 5, arent they all on board missanellis talking about super bowl, Anthony Gargano talking super bowl. They are all in. It makes me nervous. With Everything Else going bad in my life at least i have my bird. I can guarantee you this is why eagles will be in the super bowl because it is in the northern sit in the middle of, at the beginning of the february. If were going to be in it, it cant be miami, it cannot be l. A. , oh, no, it will be in the middle of an ice storm in minneapolis. Because that is just our luck, isnt it. Just griping already being in the super bowl im will be griping. They are right. Lets get to the playoffs. All right. Put up lottery numbers and take a break and slap myself, across the face. This is my song, wait for it. It is pretty good. It is aerial, shes working it. Yeah. Shes a princess. Im not even kidding, when it is raining, i play this song. Do i a rain dance. You dance, you dont get on the couch and curl up. I dance, yeah, get that emotion out. Yeahy dont want to hold my pillow late at night. No. Im tossing and turning. Yes. Yes. When is the last time. All right. I dont know what that means. Is she an arsonist is what going on. I think we can all agree, i

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