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the damage is extensive. >> and opening statements get underway in the federal corruption trial district attorney seth williams and we're going into day two of the trial jury selection took up pretty much all of day one. >> >> after working foyer years without a contract philadelphia teachers approve a new deal with the school district. >> amazon athouns no one us it is buying up scale grocery chain whole foods.
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>> you know it will happen. >> i just hope this means prices are lower. hopefully this means whole foods becomes more competitiv competitive. >> a little more. they call it will whole paycheck. >> i can't imagine. >> i never heard of that. >> the fruit there you need to take out a second mortgage on the house. >> if you pay $7 for bottle of water with asparagus. >> i have a amazon subscribe and save. i feel bad for the poor ups guy that drops off ridiculou ridiculously huge box. >> diapering two kids. >> oh, my gosh. yeah, we use a lot of diapers. so they want me to get to the weather. let's do that. i'll tell you this much. it feels steamy outside even still. this is day of transition i like to call these in the wake of frontal boundary. humidity drops off.
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and quieting down nicely even in the last couple hours there was a few stray showers. those have long since quieted down. you have cloud cover granted out of the shore and even here over the city of philadelphia as i look behind me overlooking center city sky line with that the dew point drop and breeze picks up. this is classic behind the frontal passage. one thing that changes is the warmth. stays steamy in terms of temperature and humidity. temperatures in the low 70s. upper 60s plan kalter to reading and 63 mount pocono and on the shore a southwesterly wind flow. you will see more sun than anything despite the fact it's steamy outside with that humidity. that again is one thing that will change. you will notice breeze sunshine and turns nicer and daytime highs should eek out mid to upper 80s and in a lot
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of spots. yeah this was a potent cold front not really living up to its name in terms cold air. >> that is the story. >> wicked storms yesterday katie in my area it was not as bad as i thought. across the delaware valley that does not mean you didn't get hit by major storms. that said, good morning. let's get to traffic. this is vine and any time you can count number of cars opt vine that means it's a good thing. it's pretty clear here through the city of philadelphia this morning and as you come into philadelphia on the schuylkill towards roosevelt boulevard route one no delays here and it's a pristine morning mostly on the roadways near swing mill offer to the side and precaution. they may be work on that now. mays landing in south juries
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jury cape may avenue. southbound. couple lanes blocked there. so major construction to talk about. we'll get to the schuylkill one 234 a second. i 95 northbound between flat and broad street left lane starting 9 a.m. and of course that schuylkill compress way later today will gets ugly and that is between the blue route and route 1. >> we have breaking news now a deadly shooting in knowledge philadelphia. police are looking for evidence 20 0 block of east indiana avenue. eyewitness news learned it is a 25-year-old man. shot in the head 4 a.m. no word on motive or suspect. >> a judge will hear opening statements this morning in corruption trial of philadelphia district attorney seth williams. jury was chosen yesterday that includes ten women, two men and four alternates all of whom are women. prosecutors say williams misused campaign funds and used influence as city top law official in exchange for favors.
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he denied any wrong doing. >> accused mob boss jerry marlino is trying to have his trial moved from new york city to philadelphia. the criminal complaint against him caused boss of the "philly mob" and that's why the trial should happen here. he is charactered with racketeering accused of being in part of crime group working in new jersey, new york, pennsylvania. >> police say she was hit by one car and drabld by another. take a look at precipitation video near pi car dealer thx. you see a car pooling and driver and passenger switched seats before driving off. >> we were able to speak to some people and gather some information police say the
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driver is not called a suspect. just a person of interest. the victim suffered multiple broken bones and is in stable condition. >> off-duty police officer dead after a car crash in hamilton happened on the 2700 block of nottingham way 4:00 yesterday afternoon and officials tell us another car was involved in the crash and no one else was hurt. we're told the officer will be identified at some point later today. >> i'm 5:37 and testing a new way to get off the plane. >> which led the way to text stocks. live from the new york stock exchange. good morning, jill. >> good morning, playing to a slooingtly higher open. record highs, dow jumped 144 point yesterday and nasdaq rose 87. comes as text sector is coming back and apple shares rose 3% and google parental if a bet jumps 2%. investors are shaking off concern that text sector is
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over valued which led to last week's sell-off. >> binge worthy show could be on snap chat. time warner reached 1 0 0 million dollar deal. the shows will be shot in sna snap's vertical format and run 3 to five minutes. scripted, and documentaries. >> a and a new way to exit the plane after a flight use doors property and back of plane. paerms in the back would take a stare care to the tarmac. southwest is trying to figure out if this saves time and is easier for travelers. >> we used to do that people express in the 0s. >> i'm all about that. doesn't matter how long it is by the end uriching to get off get me out of here. >> then you have some people wanting to go front and some people back and people don't want to use the stairs. complicated stuff, jill. >> all right. >> and if you're in the middle which do you use.
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>> they all get stuck in middle and don't know which way to go. >> i would pick the wrong one for sure. >> i do too. >> thank you, jill. >> happening today the school reform commission is expected to vote on contract agreement with the philadelphia federation of teachers. public school teachers approved the tentative deal last night and it was worked out last week after more than four years of negotiate yitions and the three-year deal is worth 395 million and could mean raises for the first time in five years. >> and the family of a man shot and killed by philadelphia police during a traffic stop is pleading pour justice. they carried plaque lives matter signs and protest yesterday in front of 15 district police headquarters and they called for officer ryan powellmill. that officer is on administrative duty. >> i want justice for my son. my son didn't deserve this. he was a good kid and worked and was not a street person. >> officer claims jones was drivering a dirt bike reckles
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recklessly and he pulled out a gun during the traffic stop. philadelphia commissioner richard walk surveillance shows him shooting him in the back before leaving. >> and it appears the cause of warehouse fire in oak land that killed 36 people will remain a mistily. the damage is so extensive he cannot pinpoint how the december fire started. warehouse known as ghost ship had been illegally converted to a living compound. and it was site of a large concert that night. prosecute ishz charged two people with manslaughter. >> right now police in north jersey are looking for burglars that broke into a museum and stole 30,000 in precious stopz and gemz. >> those burglars are purse nursing wounds after the high hight. they happened in sussex count question. free holder bill craft had these pictures of the crime on facebook. you can see blood staples opt glass.
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one of the criminals has a severe cut. you're asking doctors or hospitals to be on the lookou lookout. >> rhode island teacher of the year strikes appose. and authorities make a rescue and arrest and find out why a suspect jumped into a river trying to get away from polic police. >> close call on camera. rangler gets bit by gate
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by visiting our website >> taker woods is getting professional help. it will help him manage the way he deals with back pain and sleep disorder. last month police found him behind the wheel in jupiter florida arrested after suspicion of driving under the influence. the incident was result of unexpected reaction medications. inincluding vicodin and xanax. >> and woods posted a statement to twitter page saying in part i want to thank everyone for the amazing out pouring of support and understanding especially fans an players on tour. >> actress alyssa milano is suing her manager. she claims he ruined her credit and left her millions in debt. kenneth haley forged her signature on debt and failed
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to pay taxes and bills and he says her lavish lifestyle caused her problems. >> rhode island teacher of the year becomes an internet sensation after posting a picture with president trump. this is nico giano polis he says his style is viz visually year. the gay teacher said he wore a rainbow pen and brought a black lace band from husband to bring attention to lgbt issues. >> who else has a fan. carl lawinger feld he was the fashion guy with the fan designer. >> that's trivia i cannot answer. >> lockerfeld. >> twitter verse help us. >> someone tell us. >> we'll find out. >> your hair looks great today fancy says. >> katie we love our viewers. >> we appreciate the compliments very much.
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when you caulk wawing out you door you wonder what is going on. why is it humid. the front is not actually completely gone. that's where that is coming from. we have a nicer look to this forecast the rest of the day looks nice. i don't think any wet weather to worry about. at this point. look at this shot. >> what is this. >> bird. >> that's a hawk and if i'm not mistaken -- it's a hawk from our photographer kyle hall eagle eye kyle. look at this awesome shot kyle. she is staring you down do you see that? oh, wow that's really cool. say it again? >> the voices are talking in her head. >> the voices are talking into me. that looks like e-zpass lane doesn't. it regardless taken from the parkway this is shot of a hawk perching on a street lamp. i love this, love these shots,
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so, so cool the hawk is clearly just enjoying the quiettude out there now in the wake ever the frontal boundar boundary. the fact it's not complete hi gone. you'll notice breeze if i ca canning up with time here today. i want to tell you about the eyewitness watcher in picture format. awesome pictures that came in yesterday. we'll start things off with this one that clearly shows the rain is in here. that is from yesterday. alan sent this in in delran obviously soaking storms for him. jenny sent this in. storm clouds rolling in yesterday. she's out in cherry hill area and then we can advance here. then you get to this morning it's steamy even those storms and cells cleared on out. so there's still due on the windshield. you might flick whipped shields a couple times if you didn't have the car in garage overnight at the moment skies clear and this came in from john hagman in olney. he took this picture 5:20 or so. within the last 20, 25 minute
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minutes. it's looking like nicer start to the day. when you walk out the door if you come out from the air conditioning you will notice that yeah it does feel humid. but with that said the frontal boundary itself is beginning to clear. skies doing the same. wet weather stormy weather is removed to the south or north or out to sea at this point. you're going to see a lot more sunshine than you did. looking at future dew points however this is not initializing the way i would like it to. it's lower than i expect to see it now. but regardless this is good guide for what will happen. future dew points. at the moment it's stuck in 70s. you notice what happens past lunch hour they drop off. so i'm not saying it's the most comfortable day in the world. but by comparison sake there one day to the next this sure will feel more comfortable to you. later tonight down to 50s or low 60s do you point and that will feel like nice change of pace. refreshing. other than stray shower or thunderstorm second half of tomorrow, tomorrow and
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thursday looking really nice. friday though into saturday there's a front crossing through especially that night into saturday. showers or storms we need to dodge and warmth is stick around owe through the weeken weekend. >> we have a friday night wedding will it affect that. >> we have to keep an eye on timing. >> keep an eye on that. love that katie. this is disabled vehicle off to the side on schuylkill expressway right near con hocken kivsh my man sitting out there wonder what he did to deserve this at 5:49 in the morning and not causing a slow down. that's good for other drivers on the roadway. let's look at 95. slow down here. minor delays. a5 southbound girard headed to center city. and then this one right here blue route at baltimore pike. no delays right here. so good news on the blue rout route. but not such good news with construction around the area. route 70 eastbound and westbound in cherry hill pep avenue and crop well. alternate lanes open and it's causing a bit of headache for drivers on both sides of the roadway. also, right here.
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delaware. south of wilmington. i-495 southbound and northbound there's construction in both lanes. that's on both sides of roadway and happening until 4 or 5:00 and just take precaulks going through there. jim over to you. >> thank you, pat. >> this is hard to believe driving on the schuylkill will get a little more difficult. that's because again project expected to last several months and crews will do road resurfacing blue route to city avenue and repairing expansion joint and overhead signs. actual repaving begins next week as pat mentioned and crews will start blocking lanes this morning to prepare for that project. work lasts through october. tens of thousands of drivers use this stretch of schuylkill expressway every day. well, northern new jersey took brunt of line of severe thunderstorms that rolled through the region. residents in hawthorne say with little to no warping strong wind and heavy downpours and hail battered the area yesterday. multiple down trees reported
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including this one that came crashing thousand a teens's bedroom. >> i hard a loud bang and crash and my room is next to where the tree fell in and impailed into my bedroom. i see branches poking through. >> residents say the powerful storm lasted all of five minutes before the sun came back out and rain subsided. >> us inspected bank rober is in custody this morning after failing to escape police. he led officers on a chase that lasted hours and ended with him jumping into the missouri river. this happened outside st. louis. he walked into the bank wearing glasses and fake period.. later led them copy chase that lasted into the evening. eventually stopped at a bridge. >> unusual part was he jumped into the river and he survived the fall. and with a gun in his hand. >> seeing the guy in the river we didn't know what was going on and i just started crying because i never seen that before. >> it was scary site. crews deployed three boats.
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they were able to pluck the man out of water. >> well this is not average rodeo a video captures men in texas using lasso to catch an alligator. video posted to youtube yesterday a farm worker noticed ten foot reptile had broken into a pen fuvl cows. then called alligator hunt to capture. it at one point the gator bit the worker's hand. there's no lasting damage. the men safely brought the animal to nearby alligator farm. >> alligator hunters. >> well remember that determined rodent known as new york pizza rat well there's a new video that is making rounds this morning. >> also ahead showing you more efforts to rescue a sea turtle that found himself in someone else's swimming pool. we'll
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disor ynts ed and swam in the pool. >> well, from florida to new york they're bold. when they find something something they want they take it and don't care who is watching. >> one of those bold rats in action. >> this rat was spotted dragging a trash bag across the brooklyn street this happened last thursday. the bag is several times bigger than the rat itself. they're used to seeing rats running around the area. >> even when standing in frot of my house you see them running past your feet playing tag >> eventually the rat decide it can't take the bag further and pulls a pizza out of. it he pulls it into the groun ground. >> those rats are like philly pigeons because they rule the land and streets and we sort of hope we can deal with it. >> i don't like bird but i am
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shook and the living room went white. >> lightning strikeed several homes in chester country and one catches fire. more storm damage and katie let's us know what to expect today. >> opening arguments set today in corruption trial of philadelphia da selling williams. live outside the federal courthouse plus this. >> voters in georgia head to polls today for the most expensive house race in history. >> i'm on capital hill with that story coming up. >> today is tuesday, gym june 20. >> i'm jim donovan. >> and i'm rahel solomon. >> good morning, guys, contribution a lot of it around our area. i heard the weather doesn't stick. katie good news. >> you're funny. not like my trash con on the side of the road the weather is not stinky
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