for sick months, jeremiah sanders work the intersection of fifth and roosevelt boulevard panhandlingotorists for cash. >> you're doing this so that you can just eat? >> eat, drink, do whatever i can to survive. >> reporter: he claims he's not using drug but does need medical care despite his sad situation city leaders say, don't give him cash. >> i'm the type of person that empathy for people and if i got an extra couple bucks i tend to want to give it to them. it really doesn't help them in the end. >> cash won't assist this man we found near the sickth street ramp of the vine street expressway or this man in the northeast seeking cash for weed. >> city doesn't want anybody giving money directly to someone like you. what do you think of that? >> i think that's wrong. >> reporter: the city says it now has a way to help panhandlers and the homeless without residents giving them money which often is used to buy drugs and fuel the raging drug crisis. text to 80077 type in share and you'll make a five dollars contribution to groups helping the homeless in the city will match the five buc

. >>> taking a stand against panhandling. the city doesn't want you giving out your loose change. what officials say they've come up with new way to help people asking for money at intersections. >>> and little orange ribbons have a local school tied up in controversy. graduating seniors want to wear them in memory of a classmate. apparently, not so fast. ♪ ♪ >>> philadelphia leaders are hoping to help panhandlers and homeless and their solution is quiet 21st century. you can now type 80077 actually text that. time in share and you'll make five dollars contribution to groups helping the homeless and seat will match the five bucks it says. it's a pilot program running through the seventy three. the root of the panhandle crisis according to city leader social security opioids. >> long tentacles of the opioid crisis affecting live on the street among the most vulnerable people. >> city hall says it's work wig tourism industry to implement its new plan. >>> delaware county where an orange ribbon has entire school buzzing. students want to wear these ribbons to honor student had passed

people out panhandling asking you for loose change or a couple of bucks. >> they're getting a aggressiveop it. it's not just a problem for pedestrians any more it's also concerning for the city's tourism. our jeff cole explains how the city is planning to lay down the law, jeff. >> reporter: iain mayor kenney says the city can't take on panhandling and homelessness all alone pulled in the tourism industry to help witness hundreds of people on the streets, some families, left to beg to survive. for six months jeremiah sanders has work the intersection of the fifth and roosevelt boulevard panhandling motorists for cash. >> you're doing this so you can just eat? >> eat, drink, do whatever i can to survive. >> reporter: he claims he's not using drugs but does need medical care despite his sad situation city leaders say don't give them cash. >> you know i'm the type of person has empathy for people and if i got an extra couple bucks i tend to want to give it to them it really doesn't help them in the end. >> the cash won't assist this man we found near the sixth street ramp off the vine stree

it showed assigned reading, please do not give anything to this panhandler.red him a full-time job at $10 per hour, he said he makes more money than any of you and he did not want a job. please donate to a more worthy cause. reportedly, he has not been back to the dealership, but it was because he was arrested for being junk and disorderly. >> i was given a report on wednesday that senator ray lesniak tried to stop governor christie's renovation. the case was dismissed but they're fighting the good fight and want to keep going. so they do plan to appeal. >> we are going to start looking at what we need to do to get that done today. >> i notice they have done a lot of stories lately about things hanging out of windows. well, today were digging into something a little bit more traditional. a window box planter. >> there that latest must-have accessory for new york's housewives. a common site in the city, but now the craze has officially reached brooklyn where homeowners are spending hundreds and thousands of dollars like his extravagant planters. each homeowner

again, in the panhandle, west virginia and then up into parts of washington county. but for most of us, we're dry this evening. d.c. metro area completely dry tonight. tomorrow is 60% chance that you're dealing with rain or few thunderstorms later in the day. if you're outdoors tomorrow, have a plan and be able to quickly move in doors. it's staying hot for holiday weekend. it's isolated storm chance for fourth of july, very small chance there. i want to show you future weather for tomorrow. starting off 7:00 a.m. mostly cloudy skies to start the day. by the midday, we'll see the clouds break up, the mix of clouds and sun, take a look, i'm going to stop here at 2:00. we're seeing thunderstorms back starting to see heavy rain fall, potentially strong to severe thunderstorms, prince williams, even parts of montgomery county as we move towards 5:00 p.m. with we see thunderstorms starting to impact the district. by 6:00, they're in southern maryland, after that they start to move out towards the eastern shore. the greatest concern that i i'm seeing tomorrow would be heav

. >>> philadelphia wants you to open panhandlers by giving by texting share to yo80can make a $5 to thee of homeland services. the city says when you give cash to panhandleerts, you're helping to feel -- panhandlers, you're helping to fuel givedr campaign to establish homeless service programs. >>> people across the country and around the world are honoring the victims of the pulse nightclub shooting. >> up next, we'll show you how a local communit youngest victim of the attacks who went to school in philadelphia. >>> and at 5:09, nobody beats the wiz. the phillies' aaa making a one-day change and tipping their cap to the city of philadelphia. right now, our grill masters are introducing fire to steak. a beautiful char coats the outside, locking all the flavors and juices inside. a miracle happening right before your eyes. now, come eat the miracle. you can't fake steak. longhorn steakhouse. tonight's special, grill master favorites. try our new hickory salt-crusted filet, our grilled hawaiian salmon, or our outlaw ribeye. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger, or any steakhouse lunch co

. >>> philadelphia wants you to help panhandlers, but don't give them money as you walk by.ere's the story -- by texting "share" to 80077, you can make a contribution of $5 to the office of homeless services. here's the story -- the city says when you give to panhandlers, you're helping to fuel the opioid drug epidemic because most of them have an opioid addiction. this way the text-to-give campaign puts money in programs to help them. >>> tonight drexel university's class of 2017 will have its skmensment. this is video from -- commencement. this is video from last year's ceremony. the students will receive their diplomas at citizens bank park. >>> and what you call your veggies may make you more likely to eat them. >> right. stanford university researchers say creative labeling entices people to buy and eat more vegetables. they tracked veggie purchases at a cafeteria, and people were 25% more likely to buy and eat vegetables with labels like how good does that sound? or "sweet sizzling green beans," than the same items with basic descriptions -- green beans, okay. >> that

we certainly won't arrest ourselves out after panhandling problem. >> the city says the money raisedhrough the text to give program will benefit social service agencies, that are already in place to help the homeless. >>> well, more than 3,000 dragons will take over citizens bank park today for the second consecutive year, drexel holding its university wide commencement at the ballpark. you are looking at video from previous ceremony, in the past, drexel has held smaller individual ceremonies for different colleges. like this one, because no venue is big enough to bring the entire university together. well, tonight, all of the students will graduate together underneath the stadium lights. congratulations, to all of the graduates. >> agreed. >> coming up: non-profit offering free skin care screenings today just as things are heating up outside. >> where you can go to get your skin check and tips on how to take care of your skin all for free. >> taco bell is giving away free, i say, free tacos to celebrate golden state's win. the hours to stop in for the deal. we'll tell you all about

i'm guessing the panhandle, too. >> no, great places in the panhandle. i promise myself it would be better and i just talk without thinking. a lot of phillies fans go down to that part of florida. >> clear water? >> clearwater. >> well, speaking of the phillies. >> easier to see snakes in clear-water. >> maybe the mother, that's where she was then, i don't know. phillies legend under fire, what herrera cannot do. because of how he speaks. >> plus: anticipation building ahead of former fbi director, james comey's testimony, starting tomorrow. what is expected in his first public comments since he was fired. ♪ sorry about the holdup, folks. we have some congestion on the runway and i'm being told it'll be another 15, maybe 20 minutes, and we will have you on your way. ♪ runway models on the runway? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money evan saved by switching to geico. i would not wear that lace. hmm, i don't know? fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> 616. see the sunshine, see the ocean. wildwood, new jersey, of course. a

jeff. >> reporter: mayor kenney says the city can't take on panhandling and homelessness all along it pulled in the tourism industry to help with hundreds of people on the streets, some panhandling just to survive. the city of philadelphia actually putting up new tech you text to a certain number and then you knock in share put in the word share and five dollars will come to people and the city will match it. 6:00 o'clock, coming up at 6:00 o'clock, we'll lay this whole thing out for you. now, mayor kenney argues philadelphia can't arrest its way out of the the problem. they are hoping some cash and compassion will help here. coming up at 6:00 o'clock we'll lay this whole thing out for you. i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> lucy. >> thank you very much, jeff. >>> president trump is facing more than one legal problem tonight. >> comes one day before his attorney general will face questioning about that russia investigation. fox news correspondent joel waldman has more from the nation's capital. >> reporter: president trump has been in office nearly five months, but today for the very firs

. >> it is from houston through the florida panhandle. severe conditions putting a damper on summer vacation for thousands across the region. >> i thought i would go home with a tan but i don't think i'm going to. >> cindy continues to push inland. >>> plenty of sunshine. cindy will effect our area tomorrow. erika martin breaks down what we need to know. >> we are tracking remnants of cindy. the concern here is how much moisture we are going to get into our area notice how we start to see clouds build. we get a nice southerly flow here. we'll see heavy downpours and threat of strong storms moving across from the southwest to the north east. we do have an immediate threat of coastal flood advisory has been issued from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. high tide at 7:09 p.m. wave heights well over 50. localized flooding is expected there. wave heights over 5.5 feet. i expect roadway flooding. we have the threat of showers later on tonight. it is what we call popcorn thunderstorms. a very active area the past few days. we'll be watching this for you ve

take four example the unnamed constituent from florida's wrot panhandle. i have chronic and persistent ad illnesses that would be debilitated without affordable and comprehensive care. i have chronic back pain fromy t degenerative diseases in every part of my spine and procedures to help manage the pain t including nerve block injections in multiple levels and this individual a constituent of mine continues i am now planning to get radio frequency vibration on the nerves. using the rules i would have hit my lifetime limit at least a year ago and have been able toig continue getting pain managemenw treatment. the house passed bill passes ana the insurance and total healthcare costs go up significantly. the burden will become a i reality. i deserve more than to suffer for uncontrollable pain. hav and my wife deserves more than to have to care of me for that condition.s so, the existing law is note, perfect but it's given millions of people including those with pre-existing conditions like juvenile diabetes, access to health care they otherwise would not rece

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. >> plus, the plan to cut down on panhandling while helping the homeless. >> and the world is losinge heatwave will peak tomorrow. after that, i'm tracking falling temperatures. i'll explain in the forecast. >> the phillies pick their first draft pick. ducis rogers will tell you about the young man. plus, when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ >> in orlando, florida, church bells rang 49 times today, once for each person killed in the pulse nightclub massacre. >> one year ago today, omar matin opened fire at the packed club and took hostages leading to a nearly three hour standoff with police. the names were read at 2:20 a.m. the time the first shots were fired. a remembrance ceremony outside the club. a local basketb

. >>> from the florida panhandle to eastern texas, millions lo sg the gulf coast are keeping an eye on tropical storm cindy and preparing people for the possibility of flash flooding. cindy expected to make landfall sometimes tomorrow. >>> it's the first day of summer, so we decided to send our chief the sun in prince george's county. >> i hope you don't get any rain out there. >> reporter: guys, i'll tell you what, look at the clouds right now. i mean it looks like brain. everybody saying doug, are we getting rained on? no. cloud cover a little too high. but there is a little bit of rain up there and because of that, we're feeling a very nice little wind here, winds about 10 to 15 miles per hour giving us a nice breeze. 86, that has come down about two degrees. so take a look at what we have. we have a block party set up again here in prince george's county. we'll have a beautiful day. a lot of people here throughout the afternoon. and of course all dependent on the weather. temperatures in the mid-80s across our region. that's where we'll be around 7:00. its dipping into the 70s by 9

to parts of the panhandle yesterday. this is what tourists saw tr their hotel rooms. there's a similar scene near pensacola. >> a trooper captured this video. a tornado in covington county. near prepared for the first alert. >> let's go to a closer look at what we can expect and when. >> this is for saturday morning when the worst of this weather is going to occur. that's when we have the first alert out for the tropical downpours. the main area is hit. philadelphia, the suburbs, counties just north and west of philly. much of new jersey except for the shore and much of delaware except for the beaches. all of those other areas are going to be seeing some rain, but not as much as the other regions. 3:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on saturday. so most of your weekend is going to be okay. these are downpours with some localized flood iing. this is tropical rainfall. so it can come down really hard. you can see the center of this. and it's a good thing that it's going to be moving pretty quickly. because there are just huge amounts

city leaders say giving pasch to panhandlers may only -- cash to panhandlers may only fuel the problemrugs instead of food. instead they've created a text system that puts the money into a fund to help the homeless and find housing and jobs. to make a donation, text the word "share" to 80077. >>> it will be hot to be on the streets today. >> yeah. >> 6:49. already in the 70s. here's a beautiful place to cool down. many of us can't just leave and go to the beach. meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate forecast whether you're at the beach or inland, bill. >>>> the beach is a great choice. inland areas headed for the 90s. and we've started to climb. this is a live view. there are clouds around. i don't expect to see showers during the day. that's a possibility tonight. the clouds clear out. the sunshine takes over, back into the 90s this afternoon. spring city, pennsylvania, plenty of sunshine to start with. and that ocean city camera, the live view, temperatures climbing from the 70s into the 80s. it will be warmer at the shore today than it was today. it's going to feel hotter

you can see rain stretching into the florida panhandle through parts of alabama and georgia, mississippi as well. you see rain bands headed to new orleans now. this is heavy rain. this is tropical moisture which comes in downpours. this is future weather, tropical storm cindy moves on shore, then will fizzle out and remnants of it, leftover rain, we expect it to move in friday. could see showers and thunderstorms. we will be tracking it closely. first day of summer forecast and the closeroo coming up. >>> aaron has the morning off. want to say welcome back to eun after a long trip and flight. >> it was a long flight, long trip r what an experience, though. i am from korea, but spent no significant time there in my life. it was a learning experience for me as well. 20 years since i last visited and it is a different country now. here are olympic venues, the city is ready to host. lansing in the middle there, did a bang up job. that's me in the gorgeous architecture. had a chance to see the city, look forward to sharing my stories and progress being made now to get ready for winter olympic

take a look back around and the panhandle west virginia, areas of rain starting to fizzle out that way, moving towards the northeast at about 15 miles per hour. another area of rain, this also moving towards the northeast, so could move into the county, i think, as it tried to continue to push further towards the north and it will fizzle out tomorrow. we'll be dealing with more widespread showers and thunderstorms. i'll walk you through the forecast, hour by hour coming up at about 6:25. >> teen claims she was being bullied and dricven to murder. claimed the daughter's killer got away with it. >> w to leave a big easy space and local mall. >> paycheck, slow, driving and stronger alcohol is working for you with new laws that goes with >>> new at 6:00, a family thought they would be spending the summer celebrating their daughter's high school graduation. instead, they're watching their are forever connected by a deadly stabbing. it hpappened during a fight ove a cell phone. they're reacting to news 4 megan fitzgerald. >> and i'm very very sorry that someone had to die for this. >> report

. >> reporter: a funnel cloud touching down in the florida panhandle. >> thank god nobody was h terr. >> reporter: and the risk of tornadoes continue throughout today and tomorrow as the storm moves inland. live in lake charles, louisiana, marcy gonzales. >>> nba draft is tonight, sixers get first pick for the second year in a row. it is widely understood they will take markell fultz who ranked 6th in the ncaa. >>> president trump was talking about the gop healthcare plan set to be unveiled today. >>> authorities are saying the stabbing attack of a michigan police officer was a terror incident. >>> karen. >> reporter: we've got nothing more than a couple of sprinkles in one or two shots, with sunshine and clouds coming your way, we're heating things up, though, details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next. >>> well heating up just in time for the philadelphia public pools. the first swimming spots in the city open this afternoon. the community is invited to take a dip in over 70 indoor and outdoor pools this summer season. eventually you're going to need it. it's going

by noontime, ma ina few showers and thunder in the panhandle of the west virginia. those are the areas in yellow and orange. then getting into the middle part of the afternoon, might get a few of them flariand eth metr around 3:00 to 4:00 as well as our northern and western suburbs. you can see the pattern widely scattered thundershowers. likely, not severe storms but someef thunder and lightning all the way ilrrmid-80s during the afternoon. nitthr 90 tomorrow. still humid. and again, some widely scattered thundershowers are possible sunday afternoon. it's monday, though, that is the big concern. monday afternoon into monday evening there could be some storms with up damaging winds and heavy downpours to cause ponding of water. monday, mid-afternoon, into early evening. we have highs near 90. lower humidity on tuesday and partly cloudy. maybe a few showers midweek. a week from today, might get some showers that saturday afternoon. >>> tom, thank you very much. by n buying whole foods, but what a future where out of pocket expenses are capped.he8 mn americans who rel

what the guy from car, throws the panhandler in front of a moving truck that stopped just in time.he video was up loaded by christie hammond. >> check out this video taken by police in florida. >> haze. >> you see a bear, taking a stroll across road, approaches a deputy. sniffing him out a little bit, i think that the bear wanted a rierdride. then goes about his merry way. >> they're here. reported that queen bee and jay-z brought their two beautiful twins into the world. we could not be more excited here, i threw them a party. >> that is what this is for? >> that is what this is for. >> monday. >> we don't know a lot about the babies. but i wanted to run down, one fact that i know, they were born in california, i went with a tropical, california, beachy-vibe. for more we have here for more information about queen bee. >> first, appropriate reaction to asrta joining us. what is a -- they are here. she had her twins, a boy and a girl. names? we don't know. what they look like? we don't know. i am sure went due time it will come out. she likes to always divulge her stuff in a very se

hours later and tourists in another situation had a close encounter with some sharks on the florida panhandle this week. several of them spent ten minutes in the ankle deepwater. no one was hurt. bill karins is tracking severe weather. we're talking 37 million people at risk for the start of this holiday weekend. we have barbecues, fireworks. >> people hitting the roads, airports. we'll have some problems. not all those pe those storms. first, this morning early, we're targeting kansas city area, st. louis i-70 and severe storms around tulsa. as we go throughout the afternoon, detroit, buffalo, pittsburgh, albany, back to oklahoma city. not everyone will get severe weather but this is where you have the potential for significant delays. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. so for today temperatures have warmed up in the i-95 corridor. 93 today in washington, d.c. in the southeast you'll actually be cooler than your friends to the north but you'll have afternoon storms to deal with in alabama, georgia and through the carolinas. now pee opinion we football players. this was the se

hours later and tourists in another situation had a close encounter with some sharks on the florida panhandle this week. several of them spent ten minutes in the ankle deepwater. no one was hurt. bill karins is tracking severe weather. we're talking 37 million people at risk for the start of this holiday weekend. we have barbecues, fireworks. >> people hitting the roads, airports. we'll have some problems. not all those people will see those storms. first, this morning early, we're targeting kansas city area, st. louis i-70 and severe storms around tulsa. as we go throughout the afternoon, detroit, buffalo, pittsburgh, albany, back to oklahoma city. not everyone will get severe weather but this is where you have the potential for llegal immigration from kate's law to strip funds from so-called sanctuary cities. geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico®. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. ♪ ♪ want more

of panhandle to eastern texas, many are bracing for impact as tropical storm cindy nears. the governors of alabama and louisiana have declared a state of emergency. millions in the storms have prepare for what could be life-threatening flash floods. kendis gibson's with the preparations. >> overnight, bracing for cindy. powerful wind and rain already pounding the area of new orleans as the tropical storm beryl's towards the gulf coast -- barrel stores the gulf coast. residents are warned to brace for the worst. >> we've been through this many times before. no reason to panic, but this is going to be a serious event. >> the biggest concerns, even being called life-threatening. >> could see a foot or more in new orleans, gulfport, mobile. that is high risk for flash flooding over the next two days. >> off the coast, oil companies getting workers off their rigs. his angels parish, a race to protect homes. these workers building a levee for .5 feet tall and more than a mile long to try to keep the water out of their neighborhood. at the grocery store, a familiar scene before t

in high winds, heavy waves as you see, flooding rains from east texas all the way to the florida panhandle. forecasters say that storm is going to continue to cause problems as now it is pushing inland. nbc's jay gray is in new orleans with a closer look for us. >> reporter: as tropical storm cindy made land fall early this morning, it continued to batter the gulf coast, high winds and waves spawning water spouts in florida and mississippi along with tornados across the strike zone. but it's the rain that defines this system. flooding is already a problem in dozens of communities and before it's over, some areas could see a foot of water or more. >> we cannot trust enough the importance of aborting high water. >> reporter: the storm turned deadly in alabama. >> approximately ten-year-old male in the water, approximately 40 minutes. >> reporter: a ten-year-old boy on vacation with his family was hit by debris, thrown from a huge wave as it crashed against the shoreline. >> pray for this family. this is a tragic event. a tragic day. >> reporter: right now, damage from cindy stretches from ho

soggy from a different line of storms are now experiencing flooding and heavy rains from the florida panhandle and eastern texas as the storm reaches the coast later today. the fbi released new die tails about a shooting at a virginia baseball park that injured several people including a congressman. that james hodgkinson acted alone and did no the have ties to terrorism. he is accused of shooting several people including representative steve scalise, he remains hospitalized and hodgkinson was shot and killed by police at the scene. >> the shooter was not known to have history of diagnosed mental illness, he was known to have an anger management problem. >> the shooting happened during the republican team's practice during the annual baseball game. and organizers say it raised a record $1.5 million for charity. >> president trump is headed back to iowa for the first time since lerelected. now president trump is returning to rally his republican base there and plans to tour a community college in cedar rapids followed by a campaign style rally. >>> pennsylvania driver s licenses are getting a n

. >>> taking a stand against panhandling. the city doesn't want you giving out your loose change. what officials say they've come up with new way to help people asking for money at intersections. >>> and little orange ribbons have >> testing. >> ment. >> testing. >> testing. >> testing. >>> philadelphia leaders are hoping their solution is type time in sharegroups helping the. >> long affecting live on the people. >> city h work wig tourism industry to. >>> delaware county where an buzzing. students want to passed a way who should be graduating with with this? accordingo the dress code. fox ridley high s ss it's againr dress code like the issue openss it is open to memorial classmaty but at this point students say they want the simple ribbon. ridley high school angel hall says this peace of fabric is a way to honor the life of late classmate and best friend kayla barnes at his school graduation. barnes died from leukemia in eighth grade. the color orange raises awareness but school official say, no ribbons, no exceptions. it goes against the graduation dress code. >> it's ridiculo

south of the florida panhandle. and even more pushing north through alabama. happen here with the storm of the top winds at 50 miles per hour. probably making landfall along the line between louisiana and texas t then it will track, accelerate northeast. wind speed around it will diminish. not the winds. it's the shield of the rain that proceeds it to combine with a rain from the cold front later friday and friday night to give our area rain. make a little bit of a breeze. but most of the moisture is pushed ahead of it. so the cold front moves through, we think late friday afternoon and friday night, overnight through saturday morning. we get most of the rain. most of the downpours. if it works out right that should push out of here mid-to-late morning saturday. clearing saturday afternoon and sunday. so, we will salvage a decent weekend. the story is the showers and the storms developing, ending saturday morning. sunshine, less humid on sunday. showers on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday looks good for the end of june beginning of july.

and tourists had a close encounter with sharks on the panhandle this week. fortunately no one was hurt. bill karins is tracking severe weather. 37 million people are at risk at the start of this holiday weekend. we're talking about travel, fireworks, barbecues. >> the map shows the major areas at risk, buffalo through albany, possibly little rock and memphis. not everybody is going to get nailed by horrible storms but that will cause airplane delays. and into saturday, there are areas in the interior northeast that are going to have to deal with those storms, too. pretty beautiful, 80s in california but only in the toasty. look at reading today, 105 and fresno right around 100. there are some hot spots. we'll tack a look at the rest of the fourth of july forecast a little later. >> all right, bill. how about those pee wee football players. >> you saw that. did you look that? >> yes. >> it was all about entertainment and sportsmanship, except for that tackle, that's not nice. i think that's a jacksonville jaguar there. it did raise a lot of money for charity.

a depression just a weaker low but still pulling up a lot of moisture and severe weather in the panhandle of florida. with all the moisture and spin that continues to work into the tennessee valley and eventually work into the ohio valley is picked up and pulled into a cold front north of chicago. the two of those meet and push through our area friday into saturday. here is the cluster of storms 10:00 working into philadelphia, wilmington and camden, shouldn't be severe but we'll watch these work in with lightning and thunder and gusty winds and heavy rain and the first round of tropical rains arrive tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. and heavy at time, that lifts out and brings in a steam bath here for friday afternoon. tremendously tropical out there and with scattered downpours and thunderstorms sparring up if the afternoon it wouldn't be an all day rain event and in the morning and scattered in the afternoon and the actual front along with the remnants themselves, at least the heart of it is passing through saturday morning with flooding rains here to start the weekend and all of that pushes

. >> waterspouts in mississippi and in the panhandle in florida, a tornado left this damage. >> thank god nobody was hurt. >> states of emergency declared in louisiana and alabama where the storm is blamed for one death at least, a 10-year-old on the beach with his family hit by a 200 pound log brought on shore by a giant wave. headchild sustained injuries and had to be pulled from under the timber. >> and galveston, texas, tourist rescued after the stuck in the threat from the storm is not over with ongoing concerns about flash flooding. the threat of tornadoes continues as the storms moves further inland and weekends. -- weakens. adrianna: we won't feel some affect from tropical storm cindy , clear skies now but tomorrow night it may feel different. doug has a look at the forecast. doug: a tropical depression right now and the circulation center is detected, visible over east texas and all that will accelerate to the northeast and come close to our area. on saturday morning. our own tropical moisture in these areas with some tornadoes across parts of alabama, the leading edge of rai

hagerstown, extending to the eastern panhandle. watching us in berkeley county. there are showers in your neighborhood. we have an area monitoring south and west from charlottesville. headed north east to the southern blue ridge. if they hold together, they should diminish. it could make it to the portions of culpeper county. they will dissipate later tonight. the hole area tomorrow has better chance of the storms in the afternoon. late in afternoon a line of storms will come through. the winds are out of the south before the front arrives but we could get rain and heavy downpours. after it blows through the skies will clear out and that will set the stage for sunny and hot weather sunday and monday and less humidity. as far as the storms go. there is a chance that some could be severe. marginal risk in the area. north and west, better chance that it could happen as well. talk about the fourth of july weekend across the area with the temperatures around 90 each day. high humidity tomorrow. 60% chance of storms. no real storm expectations sunday and monday. but tu

means showers are able to form so watch out again west virginia, extreme western virginia and the panhandleand nice but again heat wave get ready for this friday 83, saturday 89. these days still rather pleasant with low humidity but then we kick it up a notch. tuesday 96. we head into monday, tuesday and wednesday, that heat index going to be high. 83 tomorrow. nice couple of days. no rain here on the seven day until next wednesday with a temperature of 95. some hit and miss thunderstorms around the region. that's a check of your forecast. erin is back with traffic. >> i would say we got some good weather tomorrow for the zip trip in georgetown. >> perfect. >> but it's going to be really hot out at pride this weekend. if you're headed out into d.c. just be careful. make sure you have plenty of water to drink. let'sho traffic cameras. hov lanes main lanes pretty slow. we have a little bit of a slow down from dale city into newington and courthouse road in stafford. good news is 66 right now out by fairfax county parkway wide opened. westbound side through gainsville quiet and eastbound side

we're looking at anywhere from three to five inches of rain from houston all the way to the panhandle of florida. but lester, this area has already picked up 10 to 20 inches of rain in the last two weeks. this could be another seven to 12 inches on top of that. and that will mean life-threatening flooding. >> al, good to have you here tonight. thank you. >>> that's not the only extreme weather we're monitoring tonight. there's also the crippling heat gripping the western half of the country where sidewalks are buckling and power grids are strained. temperatures have already turned deadly and cities are opening cooling centers to keep people safe. we get it from miguel almaguer in phoenix. >> reporter: paramedics work to save lives as the testimony rises. almost 120 degrees in the shade. at sky harbor airport, 43 flights cancelled, the scorching temperature affecting the performance of smaller planes. >> hope it doesn't affect me but if it affects others, it's a bummer. >> reporter: in these conditions, cars are like ovens, up to 50 degrees hotter inside, dangerous to the touch. >> tou

developing down to the south stretching from the out ever banks of north carolina and low pressure in the panhandlef florida, this spins up into a sizable storm off our coast. missing us here tomorrow and friday. and whacking part of eastern parts of new england for friday. partly cloudy and cool again 40 for center city and you'll see the stars reappear overteet night tonight and that spills into thursday and much brighter here and north-northeastly wind for the shore and temperatures in the 60s and better inland with temperatures close to 10 degrees above today in the middle 70s. the pressure that brought the cool air and above is pulling away tomorrow into friday and high pressure begins to build here over the second half of the weekend and by sunday that hot air starts to not only blossom in the deep south but all the way into the mid-atlantic and new england. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 74 tomorrow and sun and clouds and great on friday with morning clouds and a good amount of sun and 80 degrees, feeling like june and 84 on saturday and the heat is on sunday it is breezy and a

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from the florida panhandle to texas, there's widespread damage this evening. alabama and louisiana already declaring states of emergency. the potential flooding could be life-threatening. >> already looks bad. >>> let's get a closer look at our forecast now w 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> doug, this will impact us at some point. >> it is, friday and maybe into saturday two. two pieces of energy will make their way our way. the timing of it is the toughest part of the focused. you can see what's happening with cindy coming onshore tonight and tomorrow morning, close to the border of texas and louisiana. a lot of rain to the east. you've seen the tornadoes, we showed you numerous tornadoes and water spouts in that area. for us, what we're dealing with first is the heat. look at highs today, 90 degrees in d.c., 88 in dulles. i think we get hotter tomorrow before a good chance of rain moves in friday and saturday. i'll break it down for you and take you hour by hour on friday. how does that sound? >> sounds good, see you in a bit, doug, thank you. >>> pr

the concentrated area going to be from new orleans to the florida panhandle.. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning. temperatures are still first day of summer. 74 in the district. 73 leesburg, 73 in clinton. we are also watching tropical storm cindy right around the gulf of mexico approaching louisiana and parts of texas. the moisture from it will eventually be here by the end of the week. not be a tropical storm but we could see the remnants. 89 for a high today, mix of sun and clouds. humidity skill at a comfortable level. humid showers friday. some saturday. >>> and that is your latest weather. hoda? >> al, thank you so much. all right, we reached the midway point of our sizzling summer steals and deals. started off the week with things that were under $100. yesterday we went lower, to $75. you know what we're doing this morning? we are dropping it down to $50 or less. i love it. we are sitting on the beautiful towels. >> we thought this was the perfect segment for you because your fa

. >> reporter: right now, damage from cindy stretches from hughes to be through the florida panhandle. >> it was pretty rough. we had quite a bit of lightning and thunder. >> reporter: put iting a damperb summer vacations. >> i thought i would go home with a tan. >> reporter: the sun hid b behind the clouds as cindy continues to push inland. and the possibility of tornadoes and flooding will continue to follow this storm as it now moves to the northeast. that's the latest live in new orleans. francis, back to you. >> jay gray for us, thank you. >>> now to meteorologist bill karins with how much flooding the storm is going to produce. >> it's going to be isolated but it can be severe. already seeing one of the strong bands near panama city. another band or two through louisiana as the storm begins to move on shore. as far as flash flooding, 10 million people are at risk. we just added the memphis area, so that area is going up. these are the only warnings so far. the storm hasn't been that severe as far as the flooding. we haven't seen mass evacuations, but we'll see tornadoes with the

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. >> reporter: from the florida panhandle west to texas, pockets of damage. up to a foot of rain expected in parts of the gulf coast, and tonight in alabama and louisiana, states of emergency. >> so we cannot stress enough the importance of avoiding high water. >> reporter: with winds in excess of 50 miles per hour, lake pontchartrain hammered today. we're not used to seeing this. >> not that high. >> reporter: since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans in 2005, the federal government has spent more than $14 billion on an intricate system to prevent flooding again, including new levees, miles of steel concrete flood walls up to 28 feet tall. and pumping stations that can remove up to 12 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. >> but there's no pumping system that can catch huge amounts of water all at one time. >> reporter: so you're watching this -- >> we're watching this really, really carefully. >> reporter: heavy rain and flash flood watches across the country continue into thursday as tropical storm cindy makes landfall tomorrow morning. for many a race

. >> to cut down on aggressive panhandling. asked to pick up your cell phones instead of your wallets when pan handlers ask for money. new none i where you can text share to 80077 to make 5-dollar donation to outreach organizations. state leaders say many times the money handed out on the street is not being used for good. >>> the evidence that we see is that the money is quite likely going to be used for drugs. >> we won't criminalize this behavior. we certainly won't arrest ourselves out after pan handling problem. >> the city says the money raised through the text to give program will benefit existing social service agencies already in place to help the homeless. >>> well, the golden state warriors are celebrating their second nba championship in three years. >> last year's champs, the cleveland cavaliers, gave it a run, but they came up short. city officials have already announced the warriors victory parade will begin at 10:00 pacific time thursday morning. last night the party started inside the or call arena and spilled

that is exactly what these people witnessed in the florida panhandle this week. can see the fins and tails from three sharks. witnesses say a total of about seven sharks were in the ankle deal deep water. luckily nobody was hurt. >> why aren't they running in the other direction? >> exactly? >> what's up with that, amy? >> they're literally running towards them. you would not seen me at all. there would be no video footage at all. i would have just told you about it later. >> all right, thank you so much, jim and jacqueline, no sharks to talk about, but we'll talk about the fliers and their loss in the search for help. this close to seeing markelle fultz playing. we'll hear from fultz on his first full day as a pro on the court next. it's time that we bring addiction out of the darkness and into the light. to everyone struggling in silence - addicts, family, friends - you are not alone. it's time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. addiction is a disease. don't suffer. don't wait. help is within reach. call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj.gov the road

concern, up to a foot is possible in parts of the texas , lou san,al bam, mississippi and florida panhandlecindy will be first tropical system to hit u.s. this hurricane season, correspondent hen adan qualifications shows us how people are being prepared. >> reporter: tropical storm cindy is making her presence known packing sustained wind of 60 miles per hour as she moves toward the gulf coast. heavy rainfall pounded mississippi overnight and that rain is what forecasters say is the biggest threat. residents are being warned that there could be life threatening flash flooding. many in new orleans spent tuesday getting ready. >> we will barricade, the front door so water doesn't get up to that level. we have 25 sandbags so we will put between front and back door. >> reporter: louisiana national guard dispatched high water vehicles and helicopters to flood prone areas and state officials are telling residents to head to the mainland to do it as soon as possible. >> this will be a serious event, we could get lucky and it could turnout to be nothing but we don't expect that will happen. it cou

. >>> and he's not panhandling, not protesting either. we'll show you the unusual punishment for a teen accused of stealing from his boss. >>> we do say good morning to everyone on this monday. we are leading off yet again with breaking news from london. this time a group of muslim worshippers targeted. >> a crowd was leaving when a van drove up on the sidewalk hitting several people. at least one person died at the scene. several others injured. witnesses say the driver did it on purpose. and police just moments ago said it's being treated as a terrorist attack. >> several hours after the attack you can see the live images here. several investigators who are still there on the scene. the van that was part of that incident you see it right there, the center of the screen with the back door open gives you a sense of how large that vehicle was as it plowed into those worshippers. abc's molly hunter has just been back from that scene and joins us now from the bureau. molly, good morning to you. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning. that'

we do have showers through cumberland and parts of the maryland panhandle.ay count on a good mix of sun and clouds. we're only topping out near 80 degrees, below average. the humidity's nice and low as well. a couple of stray showers that are not going to impact your day too much. we will see just kind of a brief shower or two around the region, ellen. >>> welcome back, allyson. >> thanks. ellen and i have been separated for two weeks. >> i know, so sad. if you are out on the roads we have an accident on silver hill road. they've shut town the 5400 block. it's a fatal accident. it's closed in both directions. happened about 1:30. i do think it will be back open before our big morning rush hour kicks in. you want to avoid. if you're on bw parkway southbound we have construction that continues at this point between nursery road and 195. i'm not seeing delays as you head southbound on bw parkway and 29 looks good as well. thank you. a dramatic rescue saved the life of a man after this all unfolded saturday in california. the man was swimming in a natural pool w

edge of the storm filled with funnel clouds and one already possibly touching down in the florida panhandle. >> thank god nobody was hurt. this is terrible. >> and that risk of tornadoes continues throughout today and into tomorrow. as the storm moves inland. live in lake charles, louisiana, marcie gonzalez, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you, marcie. >> three men are recovering after a scary afternoon in the san francisco bay. their sailboat capsized in the bay yesterday afternoon just east of the golden gate bridge. this is video you'll see only on abc 7 news. a commuter ferry tried to rescue all of the boaters but only one was able to make it aboard. eventually, the coast guard got on the scene and rescued the other two. the coast guard said the three men did not take proper safety precautions. >> a message we can send across is please wear your life jackets and wear proper clothing becau lderbay water is usually much co than the air temperature. >>> the men were wearing wet suits and suffered mild hypothermia. they're expected to be okay. >> b.a.r.t. service was suspended for about t

city officials are now asking the found pick up their cell phones, instead of the wallets when panhandlers asking for money as a new way to tackle a long time problem. for 10 minutes we watched this man, weaving in and out of traffic, pan handling, most drivers, exiting the vine street expressway, ignored him >> how are you doing sir. >> reporter: we tried talking to him. are you aware of new initiative by 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

edge of this storm filled with funnel clouds and one already possibly touching down in the florida panhandle. >> thank god nobody was hurt. yeah, this is terrible. >> reporter: and the risk of tornadoes continues throughout today and into tomorrow as the storm moves inland. kendis and diane. >> all right, marci, we know just because it looks calm means it will stay that way. you're expecting 5 to 8 inches there. take all the precautions you need. marci gonzalez from lake charles, louisiana. thanks, marci. >>> to the president who is back in washington this morning after taking a victory lap in iowa overnight. >> the president addressed supporters at a campaign-style rally in cedar rapids vesseling in a string of conditional wins by republicans and slammed democrats and offered up new abc's janai norman has the latest. >> reporter: president trump still under siege in washington went back to his base wednesday rallying al baghdadi a crowd in the heartland. >> we have made amazing progress. >> reporter: at his fifth rally since taking office trump talked about plans for new immigration rules a