Speaking with witnesses but right now they are waiting to get inside, 239 Chestnut Street when they will be able to figure out, exactly how this fire started. It has been one week and one day since a four alarm fire, tore through this olde city block. The philadelphia fire marshall s office and agents with the bureau of the alcohol firearms and explosives still has not been able to get inside 239 chestnut where the fire is believed to have started. Were a little delayed on the scene work just because of safety issues involved, as you know, it is a five Story Building and unfortunately during the fire all five floors collapsed. Reporter in an exclusive interview with cbs3 atf special agent in charge Donald Robinson says his department is looking into all possibilities of what may have started the fire, including arson. Nothing have been ruled out reporter but priority is right now stabilizing adjacent buildings and insuring investigators are safe when they are finally able to enter by t
Of the video officer identified as three twoyear old matthew sirgersky is heard using a homophobic slur, while talking to the men in the car. Breast cancer, my mom. Not only is his language on one of the tapes, homophobic which obviously is a violation of our policy and not what we expect from our officers but in the second video which deals with the tickets for the hero thrill show, it is equally, bad. Reporter police are still trying to track down the driver and passenger who recorded these changes. Meantime internal affairs has taken over the investigation. The the hero thrill show is something that we should all be behind, it is a event that raises money for families of Police Officers and Fire Fighters kill in the line of duty and this officer has managed to taint that. Reporter officer has been placed on paid leave, pending the outcome of the internal affairs investigation. Also the the Police Commissioner tells us that they will be looking to see if he should be criminally charg
Thee coast. New jersey is now within the National Hurricane certaintys forecast cone, and jose could send win, storm surge by next tuesday. So war, dangerous part of the storm is the northeast quadrant. Reporter Cape May County emergency manager marty says it ties soon to make any real decision bus latest movement have officials closely monitoring track and thinking about how to respond to potential impacts. We are looking at minor to moderate coastal flooding right now. If the storm tracks in or makes land fall we could be looking at major coastal flooding. Reporter most immediate danger is rip currents, all week Hurricane Irma and jose have been sending larger than usual waves to the new jersey shore that make it hard to stand in one place, and easier to get swept away in deadly rip currents. I would not swim right now. I want to show you how we know these are tropical waves. These are long, period swells coming from a storm far away. We know because they are really long waves. Regul
For parts of the region. Yes. It can be icy. Snow is better than freezing rain and ice you cannot walk. Nuisance for everybody. Yes, that is mainly later tonight for areas in the city but it is cold. Last year december was mild. No the this year. Cold pattern for next week or two heading toward middle of the month, weather fans love this forecast coming up. It gets colder by next week. We will talk about it. Chilly temperatures still below freezing, and it stays pretty quiet, with the cloudy conditions and 0 degrees at the airport. Calm wind, that is good. We dont have harsh wind chills. Reading, allentown, 17 this mount pocono and cranking out snow at ski resorts and ideal snow making conditions. They will get snarl know in here later tonight. The winter wet ther advisory for this afternoon and monday morning for areas north of the city to the poconos. Areas in the advisory, best chance to see some light, snow and freezing rain. There could even be light snow and Ice Accumulations in
, and katie is out. Good morning to you as well, happy hump day to all of us, lots of construction again this morning crews are loving this because weather supports it and the good thing is that the red ways are nice and dry. Nice, dry, humidity low, great to be outside anytime today for early august you cannot beat it. Best day of the week as far as heat and humidity goes and quiet outside right now. We are looking at clear skies, no low cloud or fog to deal with around the city a at this hour and temperatures still comfortable at 67 degrees, at the airport in philadelphia, light pleas north east at the five, humidity low, actual feels like temperature is same as air. Sixtyfour in a allentown. Fiftynine in mount pocono. Seventy in the capitol city of delaware, and 59 degrees, 62 in doylestown. Storm scan three nice and dry, well to the south a cross virginia, they a stayed there today we will see decent sunshine, clouds from time to time but that sun will go to work this morning as th