in the arc of his career from radio to television the fact that he always connected to the city of philadelphia, never forgot about his city and about to celebrate what he has done. >> cbs corporation is happy to join with the ed bradley family foundation of funding of the mural which will be revealed november 9th. big shout out to the philadelphia association of black journalist and bradley's alma matter, cheyney university, both playing big rolls in the creation of that beautiful mural thaw saw there in the piece. >> patricia says it is a celebration. >> it is indeed. >> i can't wait to see finished product. >> it would be great. >> thanks, don. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" a slip and fall with the devastating result. >> impact is incredible. you basically had in life left >> but now a potential break through in pain relief could give this northeast philadelphia man his life back our stephanie stahl explains the treatment, that is being called, a game >>> there is a new kind of way to get rid of back pain being called a game changer for people not getting relief and don't want to de

city. >> first he said the keys, keys, keys to your car give me the keys to your car. >> philadelphia cityouncilman recounts the moment he was stabbed as a manhunt for the attacker continues. douse illman david oh is back home recovering from the terrifying ordeal. >> eyewitness news reporter hof hof is live outside southwest detectives where this investigation stands, alex. >> ukee, jessica, not only are police continuing to search for the stabbing suspect but looking to speak with two men that may have witnessed this violent crime and took videos of it on their phone. >> there was a vehicle where two guys came out and i thought they were asking me if i needed help do you need help. and then it occurred they were not talking to me but him. >> him councilman david oh is referring to is the man that stabbed him in the leg as he was unloading his car. >> he said, give me the car keys. give me your car keys, give me your car. >> after the initial stap, oh says the man attempted more jabs as medical assistance arrived. that suspect ran off. police are coming through footage captured through fo

city. >> first he said the keys, keys, keys to your car give me the keys to your car. >> philadelphia city councilman recounts the moment he was stabbed as a manhunt for the attacker continues. douse illman david oh is back home recovering from the terrifying ordeal. >> eyewitness news reporter hof hof is live outside southwest detectives where this investigation stands, alex. >> ukee, jessica, not only are police continuing to search for the stabbing suspect but looking to speak with two men that may have witnessed this violent crime and took videos of it on their phone. >> there was a vehicle where two guys came out and i thought they were asking me if i needed help do you need help. and then it occurred they were not talking to me but him. >> him councilman david oh is referring to is the man that stabbed him in the leg as he was unloading his car. >> he said, give me the car keys. give me your car keys, give me your car. >> after the initial stap, oh says the man attempted more jabs as medical assistance arrived. that suspect ran off. police are coming through footage captured through

right now scorching sunshine as we look live at center city philadelphia. not a cloud in the sky. asterly wind at 8 miles an hour and temperatures sitting close to our high, for the day. ninety-three in allentown. ninety-five in philadelphia 90 in ac. ninety-four in dover. we are catching a little bit of the sea breeze and some shore towns, so nice, 78 degrees in ocean city. we are down to 76 at barnegat light house and up at 92 in rehoboth beach. heading in the evening hours temperature still very warm as we would expect upper 80's to near 90. just a few passing cloud for most of us and that will make for great viewing conditions of the rocket launch later this evening. nasa, lifting off as we head in the 9:00 o'clock hour to 9:19. we could see some colorful cloud over the delaware valley , orange shaded area that visibility zone, due to vapor release by that rocket that will interact with the atmosphere and releasing this to help set air in motion in the atmosphere that will create an aurora like looking scene. look for that a few minutes after lift off. look to the southern sky.

a lot of damage in center city philadelphia, bordentown new jersey atree down on a tractor-trailer. pottstown trees and wires down, numerous large trees down in radnor and delaware county. south philly, a large tree down in point pleasant. definitely very fortunate that we didn't see injuries from all of this. the damage was a handful of numerous damage reports that came out from the severe thunderstorm but we do have a secondary chance of storms into friday and saturday with tropical moisture. at this point, the models consistent showing us we'll see scattered showers and thunder shower activity. that's when we could see isolated severe storms once again and potentially heavy rainfall, we'll talk more about this and clearing for the second half of the weekend. making up for a beautiful sunday and all that coming up in your forecast in a few, ukee. >> thank you. >> tropical storm cindy weaned a bit. but the storm is still powerful and very dangerous. as it nears land fall it whipped up waves and cautioned flash flooding, four inches fell nest in new orleans and many areas from texas

a lot of damage in center city philadelphia, bordentown new jersey atree down on a tractor-trailer. pottstown trees and wires down, numerous large trees down in radnor and delaware county. south philly, a large tree down in point pleasant. definitely very fortunate that we didn't see injuries from all of this. the damage was a handful of numerous damage reports that came out from the severe thunderstorm but we do have a secondary chance of storms into friday and saturday with tropical moisture. at this point, the models consistent showing us we'll see scattered showers and thunder shower activity. that's when we could see isolated severe storms once again and potentially heavy rainfall, we'll talk more about this and clearing for the second half of the weekend. making up for a beautiful sunday and all that coming up in your forecast in a few, ukee. >> thank you. >> tropical storm cindy weaned a bit. but the storm is still powerful and very dangerous. as it nears land fall it whipped up waves and cautioned flash flooding, four inches fell nest in new orleans and many areas from texas

we will switch over to the weather suiter and and center city, philadelphia, and, has moved through but you can still see rain drops flying through, sideways, right now we will see that rain cooled air, west wind at 20 miles an hour. here is the storm in question, severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:15 for greater fail area cell moving off to thee southe at 35 miles an hour, so included with this warning burlington, camden, gloucester and philadelphia counties. we can see camden, cherry hill , upper darby until 5:15. cell rolled through montgomery county. numerous reports of down trees and power lines, we could potentially see 60 to even 70 miles an hour wind embed wind this cell. heavy rain coming down from abington, down into port richmond, philadelphia, thinks all moving to thee/southe so head up in these area, under this warning, so mount laurel, new jersey back into cherry hill, runnemede, deptford will be moving in for you. it looks like this cell is still free, holding together potent, main concern is going to be 60 to 70 miles an hour wind that could bring down trees a

. >> reporter: fox 29 found he build himself santa actor at the macy's store in center city philadelphia. noticed red shirt he's wearing in this mug shot. >> you're sending your children to see santa claus and here, you know, he's a predator.

. >>> moth of june marks pride month and today the city of philadelphia marked its annual celebration, organizers told us pride business visibility and awareness. today was marked with thousands who strolled through the city to support lbgtq community. >> ♪ >> reporter: thousands packed and paraded through center city philadelphia. >> ♪ >> how and proud to celebrate. >> happy pride day, everyone philadelphia. >> reporter: cities pride day. >> it is 29th annual gay pride parade and festival. pride is about visibility and awareness. so it is a parade to be seen, and parade for people to see everybody. >> reporter: pride parade and festival kicked off at 13th and locust streets in the heart of the gayborhood. proud parade goers marched through center city and philadelphia's historic district and ending at penns landing. >> hi everyone, happy pride day for all of us here at cbs-3. >> reporter: mayor kenney was also in attendance. >> i'm happy, so many people, and 100 percent of the time in cities like philadelphia. >> to keep the fun and beyond glitter, people hearsay this parade gets mor

of greek life on campus. >>> officers with the philadelphia parking authority are under going counter terrorism training. "eyewitness news" in center city today, philadelphia police department's counter terrorism operations unit is conducting training session was parking enforcement officers, the goal for them to be able to spot suspicious activity. >> walking the street every day, during numerous walking beats, those couple hundred people offer a an additional set of eyes and ears. >> program is in the beginning stages but by the time it is complete more than 200 parking enforcement officers will have been train. >>> new jersey governor chris christie signs an executive order focusing on strengthening cyber security in the cyber state. >> any of new this room have gone through nightmare of identity theft and i have, it is ugly. so we need to do everything we can to make sure that we don't contribute to that possibility for anyone of our citizens. >> the order directs the state 's chief technology officer to deliver more secure , efficient, and reliable it services across the executive branch, the governor says actual make new jersey di

serious headaches and what you can do to prevent the pain. >> live look now at logan square center city philadelphia and a very hot night across the region. meteorologist lauren casey will tell us when the intense heat breaks. that's when eyewitness news >> pan handling is an issue in all cities. now the city has a new plan to cut done on you practice. city officials are asking public to pick up cell phones. and text share to 80077 and that makes a $5 donation to out reach organizations city leaders say many time money handed on the street is not being used for good. >> evident that we see is that money is quite likely going to be used for drugs. >> we won't criminalize behavior and won't arrest yourselves out of panp handling problem and it benefits existing social service agencies in place to help the homeless. >>> mcdonald's is using social immediate what to get the word out it's hiring. it will put 250,000 jobs on snap chat this summer. mcdonald's will use series of 10 second snap chat ads. people ready interested will be directed to a hub to download and fill out an job application. >> "forbes"

also, 95 southbound cottman as you head on s curve inside city of philadelphia. no delays here either. it's a beautiful morning major roadways. there's a couple of smaller incidents throughout the city in in south philly between fit water and katherine seats. all lanes blocked. you have to move your way around 18 or broad and if you head in towards city to center city and accident mays landing at route 40 atlantic city expressway right lane blocked right here. also some construction we're going to have to keep an eye on. happening today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 76 between the blue rite and city avenue and it will be intermittent lane closures. that's something to keep an eye on if you take the schuylkill expressway, jim. >> thank you, pat. >> in other news this morning investigators are trying to figure out what caused a hasive fire that destroyed london apartment building. this is what it left of gree greenfield tower. detectives released this yesterday. some officials believe the materials to build the highrise were flammable but the condition th

pride month is underway in philadelphia and today was a kick off ceremony at city hall celebration featured unveiling of the a new lb gtq rainbow pride flag that includes colors brown and black. that movies aimed at fueling talk about diversity, within the gay community. >> too often peoples color in the lb gtq community have been marginalized, ignored and intentionally left out of the conversation. we must change that and we must start here. >> actress megan mall which will head line the pride festival. pride parade is set for sunday june 18th. >>> we're now in the home stretch of our 11th annual alex scott a stand for hope tell-a-thon and we are raising money and wear necessary for childhood cancer. ukee's live in the great hall with our favorite heroes and his family, ukee. >> that is right, he is my hero, cole give me that hero smile, there it is, i love it. we go way back. ten years, if i may remember. i will start with you. how are you feeling, how are you doing man i'm feeling really good. >> okay, okay. >> what are you doing what are your favorite things to do now >> i love watching

. >>> back to our breaking news now from center city philadelphia. vehicle has gone up on the curb and crashed into a news stand at 16th and jfk. right near suburb station and love park. three people were struck on the sidewalk but nobody transported to the hospital by any ambulance because at the moment the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. it happened before the noon hour and no word what caused the vehicle to come up the curb and come up the sidewalk striking three people you see the crime scene tape is up. and there is another vehicle thereof to the side and unclear if that played a role in this, a lunch time, busy time in center city. officials are there on the scene right now investigating and roads are closed. it looks like maybe some lanes there on the edge authorities are on the scene investigating as to why the vehicle jumped the curb striking three people and coming to rest against the news stand and a bank there at 16th and jfk. again, we keep an eye on this, we'll bring you updated on air and online at 6abc.com. >>> turning

also tonight at 11 philadelphia plan to curb pan handling. why cityders want to you stop handing out money and accepted a text message instead. plus, sweltering heat gripping our region and could be wreaking havoc on your wealth and well-being why it can trigger serious headaches and what you can do to prevent the pain. >> live look now at logan square center city philadelphia and a very hot night across the region. meteorologist lauren casey will tell us when the intense heat breaks. that's when eyewitness news heat breaks. that's when eyewitness news continues >> pan handling is an issue in all cities. now the city has a new plan to cut done on you practice. city officials are asking public to pick up cell phones. and text share to 80077 and that makes a $5 donation to out reach organizations city leaders say many time money handed on the street is not being used for good. >> evident that we see is that money is quite likely going to be used for drugs. >> we won't criminalize behavior and won't arrest yourselves out of panp handling problem and it b

are gearing up for second annual, unity cup soccer tournament in philadelphia lincoln financial field played hoe to the mayor and other city official as they drew the team match ups for upcoming round of this years tournament. the players in the unity cup are from 48 different countries and they will new call philadelphia, home. >>> this month they will represent their native land in philadelphia neighborhood as they battle it out on the soccer field. >> our neighborhood, we appreciate them, we respect them and we want to make them part of the fabric of our community. soccer is best way to do that. it is an international sport. >> reporter: championship game will take place november 11th at lincoln financial field. >>> lauren casey's joining us now with a look at your forecast and man, you got to start off the monday with rain >> i know, right. >> just a case of the mondays, mother nature has with the drizzle coming down, rainfall has lingered, especially across parts of the south jersey and the coast, as well and we are seeing drizzle coming down right now, low cloud here as we look live at center city philadelphia temper

news and world report naming philadelphia the number two city to visit in the country. the museums and the liberty bell and independence mall and beyond. >> we are trying to find the liberty bell and seeing the sights here in philadelphia. >> seeing sites here in philadelphia and then buffalo new york to catch the lego convention and up to niagara falls. >> and a snap hot with the rocky statue are popular stops. they tried to make their trip authentic. >> i was going to wear it's head band but conmake that happy. >> no class for kids means finding other activities. >> a couple of camps for the kids, theater camp and sports camps and knitting camp. >> finding stuff for them to do. instead of being home. >> and people and pooches were enjoying the shade but none more than romeo, his water dish not far away. >> he prefers to come to rittenhouse in the winter when there is snow here but he'll come in the summer and lay under the bench and take it easy. >> a favorite activity is swimming and city pools open tomorrow. channel 6 "action news." >>> in delaware fishermen are read

forty-two freeway, heading toward 295 in city of philadelphia, in delays here, either.95 south between allegheny and bridge street, left lane will be closed between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. that is going to cause some headaches in what is already a tough area to get through. on the schuylkill expressway, we have been telling but this now, on monday and tuesday with eastbound, wednesday and thursday is westbound between city avenue and blue route, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. part of the larger scale, construction project on the schuylkill. beware, jim. >> thanks, pat. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" why musician john legend postpone parts of his tour including his show in camden tomorrow. >>> also this morning we will tell you why we may never know an official cause of death for otto warmbier, student detained more than a year in north korea. >>> bracing for tropical storm cindy see how residents are getting ready for the storm we are back at the top of the hour. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get am

court is here in south philadelphia, fans have their own opinions. >> in order to win you have to suffer some defeat, unfortunately but that is sports, everyone rebuilds and this city of philadelphia is going through a building processy feel it is a good thing for them getting better players but other than that, no, because it will in the help out that much. >> and guys has all of the tools, and, with age we really have a nice long career now with these guys, building a nice little empire. >> what an exciting time. >> empirey love talking to the guys in the basketball court because that kid, he is 13 years old. it will not help them, they will not win. i just love it. i love talking to the people. >> yes. >> i'm loving it. >> good thoughts, don. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" we have new information about the death of actor carrie fisher concerning what she had in her system when she died. >>> cbs-3 mobile weather watcher is live on lancaster avenue in ardmore, the rain has slowed there but watch out if you are closer, to or in new jersey, and delaware, that is where severe storms are pushing through, lauren will update her ♪ >

short time ago police identified man who died in yesterday's crash at 16th and jfk in center city, philadelphia two vehicles collided causing one of them to leave the road, investigators say that vehicle slammed into a news stand, it moved, and then struck two pedestrians. police say peter, died from his injuries, today. the 76 year-old was an advocate for better transportation solutions, a worker inside the news stan was also injured. >>> preliminary hearing will continue next month for 15 members of the penn state fraternity charged in connection with the death of a pledge who died after a drunken fall. eighteen beta theta pi members and fraternity itself are all charged, because of the death of 19 year-old timothy piazza of lebanon, new jersey. two fraternity brothers waved hearing that began monday with the 11 hours of testimony. >>> pennsylvania court upheld philadelphia's tax on sweetened beverages, the court agreed with the court of common pleas, city council has full legal authority to inact one and a half cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks. in the meantime, it has lowered its revenue

city. >> thousands packed and paraded through downtown philadelphia. and loud and proud to celebrate and city pride day. >> this is 29th annual pride festival. >> and pride and visibility and awareness. and it's important to be seen and pim to see where everybody -- >> pride parade and festival kicked off 13 and locust in the heart ever the gayborhood. and it ended at pep s landing where our own eyewitness news anchor jim donovan supported as grandstand emcee. >> mayor kenny also in attendance. >> so many people can be 100% themselves 100% of the time in cities like philadelphia. >> beyond the fun and glitter people hearsay this parade gets more popular every year symbolizeing progress made for those in the lgbtq community. >> there's help for the future. these are our youth and paths and future together. it's so much love at one time i can't believe it. i'm so happy. >> i can come out and be free and be whoever you want to be today. >> in a tad bit of history on pride parade the first one blossomed as a way to commorate the anniversary of the stonewall

"eyewitness news," first rare close up look at the clean up job overlooking center city philadelphia.ry ten years the city hires contractors to clean the hollow bronze statue, lazer cleans the crevices then the crews heat and wax the copper surface, penn state ooh has been watching over the city he founded since 1892. >> corrosion gets inside of the tiny pits, gets in there, accelerated cycle. >> important for us to care for these. >> and inside william penn's hat signature of the men and women who have work on the statue over the years, one of them dating back to 1899. you can see the finish product in just a few weeks. >> here we go, after three consecutive ties solo competitor came out on top of this year's national spelling bee. >> marocain. >> that is correct. >> congratulations. >> but do we know what it means? twelve year old anna from fresno california is the new champion. she spelled a total of 35 words correctly, including the winning word, apparently a type of fabric. >> how does it feel to be lift that trophy? >> it is look good things, so happy right now. >> the sixth gra

finally and temperatures rebounding and getting a live look at center city philadelphia, all is quiet, a very pleasant evening, temperatures still up near 70 degrees, our high temperature yesterday was only 62. we lost that east wind, east wind bad, west wind better, winds around eight miles per hour, due points elevate around 63. so doing a big of a muggy factor, because of the shift we no longer have the winds driving in from off the chilly atlantic. temperatures were able to hit 80 for the first time in do you two weeks in philly. 78 normal high temperature we were actually above average today. a nice change. live neighborhood network, temperatures feeling pretty mild, r 65 in atlantic city up near 70 in philly. 68 in new castle with winds out of the southwest and you can see temperatures right now still at 72 in allentown, near 70 in trenton, and current 65 in millville. stormscan 3 showing us fairly quiet conditions more storm activity rolling off to our north just north of the big apple, couple thunderstorms through the delaware valley earlier. this little cell moving through mo

philadelphia. and 56 in reading and 58 in atlantic city airport and we have zoomed up from there. as you look at the current numbers you are sitting at 80 right now in philadelphia. 76 in reading and 78 in millville. it's already 81 degrees right now in brigantine. as you look at satellite and radar, you can see that we have a batch of clouds that moved on out. and we see cumulous clouds moving up to the north. nothing brewing and nothing but high pressure and sunshine and good conditions out there. 4:00, 80 degrees coming down from the high of 81, 6:00, 79 and 8:00 p.m. 72. your afternoon and evening forecast showing get outside and enjoy it. it's a good one and we have had some dreary days. 81 is the high in philadelphia and even in the lehigh valley and 80 in allentown and 79 for your high in atlantic city and 81 in dover, delaware. and tomorrow an equally nice day. a few more clouds and this cold front approaching our weekend could trigger a shower or isolated thunderstorm late in the day but looking good, 80 degrees for your high. the above average temperatures way out there t

city. when you are talking about living here in philadelphia you got to go back to the beginning and if you do that you have to go to elfreth's alley, located off of second street in olde city, it is known as our nation's oldest residential street. thirty-two homes long cobblestone and brick street were named a historical landmark in 1966. some of the still privately owned residences do open up their doors, on special occasions throughout the year, and they have been there, really beautiful homes and we have talked about the history of philadelphia, it has a lot of that but david spunt is joining me now and we're also a growing city. we are a city people are coming to and city that is expanding. >> one time there was a gentlemen's agreement you could not build taller then billy penn's hat. since then that city has changed over the last few hundred years and it has only better place toss go in the future. lets take a look. >> ♪ >> reporter: on a beautiful june day in philadelphia, dozens wait in line to see the famous rocky statue. >> i wanted to see rookie stairs to run up there and do the

details in accuweather. >>> sheer joy for these students at greenfield elementary school in center city philadelphia. now that summer vacation has arrived. today was the last day of classes for philadelphia public schools, most were excited for the free time and the summer fun ahead but others said they will miss seeing their friends every day. >>> there was jet another high school graduation today this one just a little more historic than most. "action news" reporter walter perez has the story from camden high school. ♪ ♪ you're looking at the final class to graduate from the 101 year building known as castle on the hill. it's nothing short of iconic in the city but after more than a century it's crumbling. to superintendant says it's plan is to replace it with a $133 million state of the art facility in the same location. >> the current facility is in disrepair for far too long so we are excited about it. >> not everyone shared in the excitement. monique leads a group called stop the demolition of camden high. working to get the castle on the hill added to the new jersey or national register of hi

city. he died in 2014. he was 88 years old. >>> it was an incident that remains a controversial part of philadelphia's modernistory. the move bombing is getting a place in the city's history. a historical marker was unveiled during a ceremony at osage avenue and cobbs creek parkway, where the move lived until they were bombed by police in 1985. that marker is the result of two years of work of students at the jubilee school. >>> 6:47 a.m., during to the crime fighters cold case, a brutal crime happened in front of dozens of people. here's rick williams. >> reporter: just before 2:00 a.m. on sunday august 7, a couple of dozen people were gathered along the 6600 block of essington avenue in southwest philadelphia. >> they had drag races from time to time right near the airport. >> reporter: 39-year-old robert ostig up -- ostigin was nearby. >> reporter: he was hit with multiple gunshots. the 20 shots that were fired only strike the individual, no other people in the area are hurt. >> reporter: the city of philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person respons

they were about to head philadelphia city councilman stabbed in the back. it is david oh. appened on the 5800 block of thomas avenue in southwest philadelphia. now apparently it happened when he got out of his car at his home which is the same block where he grew up. he is stable from what we understand at penn presbyterian. councilman oh at large council member the only veteran on city council right now first elected by the way in 2011. sworn in 2012 as it happens. now it's all breaking. we have our dave schratwieser at the scene get gathering all the information right now. we will try and get to him if we can. >>> tonight, we are witnessing through the body cameras of first responders what they saw during the mass shooting inside orlando's pulse nightclub last june. a gunman killed 49 people and injured dozens more. it is the worst mass shooting in our nation's history with fir responders runnin running straio harm's way. >> come out with your hands up or you will die! >> put your hands down. [ gunfire ] >> as people ran from that club the video shows officers running in

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 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 goo

philadelphia splis a suspect in the stabbing of city councilman, david oh.was attacked wednesday night when he came home from work. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live for us outside of southwest detectives with more on the investigation. pam? >> reporter: rosemary, the man that police are looking for is a fugitive. they say he should be considered armed and dangerous. we know it will district attorney has charged him with the assault, the robbery and the attempted murder of the councilman. take a look. yesterday, councilman david oh was able to positively identify the suspect. 24-year-old sean yarbury out of a photo lineup. last night detectives searched his last known addresses but they were unable to find yarbury. the councilman was stabbed once in the side. here's what else police are saying a about that attack. >> it could have been much worse. and the way this guy attacked, went in attack mode right away, continuing to try to injure the councilman, if it hadn't been for him fighting as hard as he did, it could have been worse. >> and the fight continued. h

the exhibit recognizes philadelphia's designation, as the nation's first world heritage city.ayor jim kenney and other leaders were on hand for the ceremony this morning as part of the cities welcome america festivities. >>> that time of the year. >> yes, it is. >>> western low land gorilla born earlier this month at philadelphia zoo now has a name and his own mom, or momma , was the one to pick it out. >> john mcdevitt with our sister station kyw news radio was at the zoo today and shows you how the name was selected. >> it was standing room only as visitors packed a primate preserve, three boxes, each with the name on it, filled with all sorts of gorilla goodies including peanut butter were set up in the outdoor even close another. name on the first box, will be the name of the baby. mom kira carrying new born was first to dig n she checked, miracle in sway heelly. the name christie farly rambo says delivery a few weeks ago was a life threatening situation. >> about to use, modern medicine, and human intervention we probably would have who her baby. it is a miracle that she'

finally and temperatures rebounding and getting a live look at center city philadelphia, all is quiet, a very pleasant evening, temperatures still up near 70 degrees, our high temperature yesterday was only 62. we lost that east wind, east wind bad, west wind better, winds around eight miles per hour, due points elevate around 63. so doing a big of a muggy factor, because of the shift we no longer have the winds driving in from off the chilly atlantic. temperatures were able to hit 80 for the first time in do you two weeks in philly. 78 normal high temperature we were actually above average today. a nice change. live neighborhood network, temperatures feeling pretty mild, r 65 in atlantic city up near 70 in philly. 68 in new castle with winds out of the southwest and you can see temperatures right now still at 72 in allentown, near 70 in trenton, and current 65 in millville. stormscan 3 showing us fairly quiet conditions more storm activity rolling off to our north just north of the big apple, couple thunderstorms through the delaware valley earlier. this little cell moving through mo

thank you. >>> attacked, stabbed and today philadelphia city councilman david oh went back to work. e councilman an army veteran was established wednesday night after coming home from work on the 5800 block of thomas street. that's in southwest philadelph philadelphia. oh says the man demanded his belongings then stabbed him in the back with a tshiffley. the councilman had to have surgery and was released from the hospital and was home yesterday. police so far have not made any arrests. >>> three more penn state former penn state employees are going to prison all stemming from the jerry sandusky sex abuse scand scandal. today a judge sentenced the university's former president, vice-president and athletic director for failing to report allegations against the former assistant football coach. graham spanier, tim curley and gary schultz will each spend at least two months in prison. the judge saying their failure to report allegations against sandusky unable him to connell molesting boys. all three apologized to sandusky's victims before their sentences were handed down. and pennsylvan

city council. he is the first asian-american to be elected to political office in philadelphia. 's also a veteran. the only veteran. >> only one. >> on city council. luce glee first elected back in 2011 as well. now, dave, i know that you've got your ear to the ground and you've got incredibly good police sources. do you know at all and you probably don't i know it's breaking right now but i wanted to ask, do you know whether he was by himself at the time or whether he was with somebody else that could have witnessed all of this? >> reporter: do not know that at this point. all we were told he was exiting his vehicle near his home on thomas avenue when he was stabbed from behind. one time in the back. he was rushed here to penn presbyterian to the -- to the, um, emergency room here. again, penn presbyterian is where they bring police officer the trauma unit here when they get shot in the line of duty. this is very good traumatic unit here. very good at saving lives. we do not know his condition beyond stable condition and at least one stab wound to the back that's all we know at

. >>> philadelphia city councilman david oh, continues to recover from being stabbed. we're learning his attack was recorded. we'll hear from him, coming up in a live report. >> patrons, employees, our true family. >> and developing this morning, the death toll is rising in a deadly attack at a hotel and casino if the philippines. we'll show you the image after gunman, just released. >>> today is friday, june 2nd, good morning, everyone, i'm jan carabeo. jim is off. >> nice to have you, jan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things, i feel like it was a long week. but happy to be here. >> yes, no, not that we wait all week to have a friday, but let's just say we waited all week for this, and happen at this cents here. lot of con vukovich south out there, a lot to get to in the worlds of mass transit. we'll have those update coming up. >> i think a lot of people will be sinking on the way to cape may, where ever you might be going for the weekends, it will be one of those half and half type weekends, as women. so we will get to that in a second. we s

boston is a great city with a lot of history but philadelphia, i got to tell you has more history. scholars say this city is only modern day city that george washington and ben franklin would recognize if they walked the city to day. >> they do say that yes, lot of original things in this sit proud to have philadelphia here. >> they don't call it cradle of liberty for nothing. >> exactly. >> thanks very much for taking us back a bit. we also look forward and a lot of people are looking to the weather forecast, it is a big holiday weekend. we will go to lauren casey at belmont plateau at fairmount park and lauren, everyone wants to know how weekend is shaping up. >> reporter: thanks, we had a nice break from the heat and humidity, earlier this week but yeah, it is back, i see nothing out here on the plateau but it is just a nice sunshine. quiet conditions. breeze has kicked up. right now mobile weather watcher is picking up on hot temperatures right now. currently where i am positioned 88 degrees. heat index up to the 90's. we certainly do have that humidity factor. high temperatures

philadelphia. right now is almost being swallowed up by the storms from the north to the south and to the southwest so it is approaching the city0 to 15 minutes. you see the towns and the times here, south philadelphia f the same time and gloucester city just to the south and east there at 4:59 p.m. and you can see about 29 lightning strikes in this area of red major roadways like the schuylkill expressway, the blue route p-the northeast extension, 202 the turnpike being inundated by blinding rain right now at the rush hour and to the south here you can see that line extends to swedesboro and woodstown. there woodbury at 4:57, deptford at 5 o'clock is when you'll see the worst part of that storm as it continues to track to the east at about 45 miles an hour and again, heavy rain a problem, really piling up on the roadways quickly as the rainfall rates have been close to three to 4-inches per hour. in addition to the rain and the wind, we have seen some storm reports in reading as the storms have passed through at 55 miles an hour wind gusts, two houses have been struck by lightning in chester county. northampton county wires an

so, in the case of philadelphia, they would not only get the county share, they would get the, you know, the city share as well. erin: so, you oppose this. why? maria donatucci: i oppose it because i don't think it's a good bet for philadelphia. we're going to have one-third of the machines here. we already have 17,000 establishments that they can go into. i don't know if it's going to hurt the middle-class and the poorer neighborhoods with this kind of gambling available. and i'm worried that it's going to cut into the money that the gaming casinos make and also our lottery. erin: so, you're saying it'll undercut already the things that we already have, and the lottery, which benefits older pennsylvanians. talk about how, in your opinion, that would be detrimental to the area. maria: well, it'd be detrimental because all the money that comes from the lottery goes to senior citizens. there's rebates, there's pacenet. it helps them so much, and we're already finding a little bit of a deficit. and then when we look at illinois, we see that they had a 12% decrease once they put vgts, but chicago and

looks like it's arriving or already arrived in the city of philadelphia. is over but it's really muggy right now. 78 degrees but our high temperature only going to be in the low 80's today. >> a wandering bear captured in bucks county will be relocated this morning. the animal named yogi was caught in a trap in new britain township yesterday. the pennsylvania game commission says the bear has been checked and it is okay to go back to the wild. there have been several bear sightings in central bucks in the past few weeks including in doylestown and chalfont. >> classmates in delaware made sure a senior with a medical condition did not miss out on his graduation. >> we can now officially say isaiah anthony lewis, you are a graduate of middletown high school. [cheers and applause] >>> this was the second ceremony for isaiah lewis. he had a seizure and was taken to the hospital during middletown's high school commencement back on sunday. the principal offered to visit isaiah so he could have the full graduation experience. >> the t.s.a. is testing a high check

signed a sister city agreement with frankford, germany marking it as -- make it philadelphia's 11t 11thister city. the sister cities are way to foster relationships around the globe including bolster economic development. when you see news happening be sure to take out your phone and shoot it and use fresco app to zen it to to our newsroom. lucy. >> hangs toe tosses take on centenarians it's not unusual though special to see someone done 100-year-olds. when 30, 100-year-olds are together to have lunch that's whole lot of living. hank went out to chester county to check it all out. ♪ the things you used to say make the world go away. >> reporter: that was remarkable. [ applause ] >> it's hang that was 101 joe dugan one of 30 centenarians here in this room at penn oak country club. you want to get old my take is you're probably better off being a woman, if not you better be able to sing. >> that's joe's trick singing he'll do it sol sole. >> ♪ >> reporter: or with his girlfriend of 17 years. when you're the only guy at a party for people over a hundred you got to sing with someone. >> eve

. >>> at 11:00 philadelphia in the national spotlight. why our city was just named one of the best places to visit in the entire country. tornados touch done the national weather service confirms two separate twisters. >>> a dangerous discovery. police on the scene of a bucks county home for hours after they find weapons and chemicals explosives. i'm jessica dean. ukee washington has the night off. the bomb squad was called to the home. police are still at the home. >> reporter: jessica, it is quite a story. the building looks look barn, that is a home in question. it's an active investigation, neighbors say at bizarre investigation, one that continues to turn you have dangerous prices. when they arrived, they discovered multiple high powered firearms, ammunitions and chemical explosives. >> at little scary when you hear something like that >> the neighbor said people who live at the crime scene are quiet and usually keep to themselves. he says there's a propane company yards from the crime scene. >> you might as well kiss everything good bye >> bomb

>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> all right. so the guy back here he's no santa claus but investigators say he call himself dirty old santa as he tried to lure a 14-year-old girl. at least that's who he thought he was talking to. i'm lucy noland. >>> turns out it was a police officer posing a as teen. cops were ready when he showed up. our dave kinchen breaks it all down. my daughter is a manager here at receipts to's that's kind of disheartening to think someone would do something like that. >> reporter: it's hard for melissa clark to believe this man, 56 year old william mckinley, of northeast philadelphia was picked up by cops at this rita's water ice in ridley township for trying to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl named stephanie. police say it was actually an undercover officer posing as the girl and that mckinley sent her graphic pictures while calling himself dirty old santa. >> that's gross and disgusting. i can't believe it many. >> reporter: fox 29 found he build himself as santa actor at the macy's store i

. >> protesters took to the streets in center city philadelphia today. more than a hundred members of the black and brown coalition marched to city hall to call for police scrutiny in philadelphia. traffic was detoured for a short time. a millville police officer was under review for an arrest made last night. the officer is shown repeatedly striking another man in the head as other officers try to handcuff him. they say the video doesn't tell the whole story. >> westchester police say a man is in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury he suffered in an attack. cellphone video shows several witnesses. detectives are asking for anyone with information to report the tip. >> the trur the trump administrd all national airports to beef up security. monica malpass has the story. >> 2,000 flights a day fly into the u.s. experts want to raise the bar on security. the current ban affects carriers from ten cities. the new ban will affect 30 times that. >> the new rules enhance passenger vetting, swabbing, canine units and 3d scanning machines. it follows

>> currently being held in the cumberland jail. >>> center city philadelphia, a border agent testified that seth williams seemed to get special treatment at philadelphia international airport. left court after more testimony about bucks county muhammad ally. the prosecution said he paid for williams and his girlfriending to to domain consistent republic. denies wrongdoing. joe sullivan will testify on monday. >>> officials from obama administration say theying anize over what to do as russia attacked the 2016 election. a former u.s. official tells cbs. officials say they struggled with they didn't dilemma, how to publish russia while not having it appear while they were trying to help hillary clinton. president obama decided not to speak out and some democrats criticized the decision. >>> nevada dean heller has now become the fifth republican senator. he says he opposes the bill in its current form. he is running for reelection next year, republicans can afford to lose two more senators to pass the legislation. >>> johnny depp is apologizing that he made for comments. he jokes about th

city. as he ignored us. philadelphia officials announced on monday among other things a request, stop giving into and handling. >> i'm the type of person that has empathy for people and if i have an extra couple bucks i tend to want to give it to them. it doesn't help them in the even. >> reporter: it ace approaching problem more pan handling with dignity. >> the evidence that we see is that the money is quite likely going to be used for drugs. >> reporter: to take a crack at end ago this cycle the city launched a campaign where people can text a five dollars donation, amount is charged to the person's cell phone, and pan handling has long been a complaint, philadelphia is not alone, we just acknowledged the so-called problem, won't likely be solved anytime soon. >> if you want to give somebody money, i cannot stop you. >> reporter: officials say one thing that won't happies a law enforcement crackdown. >> we won't criminalized, this behavior and we won't arrest ourselves out of the pan handling problem. >> city's testim

a live look at center city philadelphia.nd mostly clear skies after pesky clouds rolled in this afternoon and winds east wind speeds light and feels like temperature. we'll change the wind flow through the overnight period.. you see the streamline that indicates the wind direction. out of north and as we change that wind direction we'll change temperatures as well. but we're a little chilly now. 48 in mount pocono and 60 reading and 68 philly and chilly millville down to 51. we had a grading as far high today off north and west and 75 high temperature in reading and down the shore cool, high temperature. 63 wildwood. changing up the forecast no more 60s. beautiful conditions over the next several days. per inspection 78, sunshine, beautiful tomorrow, warm and awesome on saturday. floorious on surprised, sunshine, up to 80. clearing trend over the last several hours. we had a storm system pass offshore but good news for us most of the energy and moisture taid off sure. we saw that dense high level cloud deck moving in through

philadelphia d.a. seth williams, the city's top prosecutor returned to court this morning. at this hour the jury is hearing from a businessman many bucks county and gave williams gifts in exchange for williams' help if avoiding screening at philadelphia international airport. >> it is a big night for philadelphia basketball fans. the 76ers have the first pick in the nba draft. they are widely expected to take markelle foltz and ben simmons has yet to play because of an injury. fans have high hope for the season and the sixers set a season record for ticket sales. >>> a female police officer wounded in last year's shooting at a congressional baseball practice has returned to the field to throw out a first pitch. >> and if you got the flu vaccine and still got sick, a new study will emplain why. we have the details in health check. >>> and karen rogers has your seven-day forecast from accuweather. when "action news" continues in a moment. >>> today family and friends of 22-year-old otto warmbier. the university of virginia student died after being detained for more than a year