PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — For many, Wednesday’s weather was a welcome change. Weather days like this in February are hard to come by! The melt is on! How are you spending this sunny Wednesday ☀️ pic.twitter.com/kt59GLabxb READ MORE: Police Searching For Two Suspects Wanted In Northeast Philadelphia Homicide — Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) February 24, 2021 It’s not quite beach weather yet, but take heart, we’re just about three months from Memorial Day and that unofficial start of summer! This winter has seen so much snow. It’s so warm that some people stopped at Weckerly’s Ice Cream in Fishtown. Today is the day to get outside and take a breath of fresh air. With temperatures skirting past 50, the snow, ice and just downright awful conditions we’ve experienced the past few weeks seemed a thing of the past. “It’s absolutely phenomenal out,” one man said. Drone Watch 3 captured bright blue skies Wednesday afternoon from across the Ben Franklin Bridge overlooking the City of Brotherly Love. The warmer weather has plenty of people taking to Kelly Drive for exercise. “It’s so nice to finally be in a t-shirt again and just running around outside,” Kiley Horton said. Davey Bo, wearing a long sleeve shirt, thinks he overdressed. “I probably didn’t even need this. I probably could have just came out in a t-shirt,” Bo said. READ MORE: Pennsylvania GOP Will Meet Again To Discuss Toomey, Vote The spring-like temps also have some starting to buy what they need for their backyard gardens here at Plants Etc. in Fairmount. “It’s funny when people come up and ask for basil plants and geraniums and I’m like, a little too early, a little too early for that,” Dana Kalins said. A few doors down, the manager of Cantina Feliz spent part of the afternoon getting the restaurant ready for what she expects to be a rush of outside diners. “I think warm weather, people are going to come sit outside, they’re gonna enjoy it for as long as it lasts,” ...
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Pennsylvania GOP Will Meet Again To Discuss Toomey, Vote
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A state Republican Party meeting in Pennsylvania to discuss whether to censure U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey recessed late Wednesday night without resolution after roughly five hours because of technical difficulties in counting votes, committee members on the call said. Party officials are taking Toomey to task for his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial. Toomey’s vote – and his earlier assessment that Trump had committed “impeachable offenses” in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol – set off a wave in Pennsylvania of pro-Trump county and local party condemnations of Toomey. READ MORE: Police Searching For Two Suspects Wanted In Northeast Philadelphia Homicide The video meeting involved the question of whether to censure Toomey, along with top Democratic officials in Pennsylvania, including Gov. Tom Wolf, or to express disappointment and disagreement with Toomey’s vote to convict Trump, members on the call said. Toomey appeared on the meeting to defend himself, as did U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, a Trump supporter, they said. READ MORE: Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Center Opens Thursday In Philadelphia's Juniata Park The state party brass have remained silent publicly about the meeting, and did not release a date to continue it, members said. A censure vote is a symbolic gesture that may have no real effect on Toomey, who announced in October that he will not run again for office. MORE NEWS: WATCH: Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley 'Optimistic' Some Fans Will Be Able To Attend Phillies Opening Day In April Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. ...
Rosamund Pike speaks out about being photoshopped in movie posters: ‘We’re all losing our grip’
close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for February 25 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Rosamund Pike is speaking out about being photoshopped on movie posters and how difficult it can sometimes be to realize someone has changed your look. The actress, who currently stars in the film " I Care A Lot ," opened up about two past experiences she had with her image being photoshopped on a movie poster during an appearance on " The Kelly Clarkson Show " earlier this week. Clarkson asks her guest about being altered, noting the same thing has happened to her in the past on magazine and album covers without her permission. "I have no part of it. Like, I’m totally fine with what I look like," Clarkson said . "I don’t know how to photoshop." ROSAMUND PIKE SAYS SEX SCENES WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS WERE 'INAPPROPRIATE' Pike explained that she first spoke out about being photoshopped in the poster for the 2011 movie "Johnny English Reborn," where she played the love interest to Rowan Atkinson’s comedic spy character. Rosamund Pike spoke out about being photoshopped in movie posters in the past. (Cr. Seacia Pavao / Netflix) "For the poster for Johnny English [Reborn], my breasts were augmented," she explained. "In the poster for the character shot, I've got a very impressive chest. Which I don't have." The star previously told The Sunday Times that she lobbied for the studio to take the photoshopped movie poster down because it made her so uncomfortable. However, that wasn’t the only time this happened to her. "For ‘Radioactive,’ strangely, they made my eyes brown, which I still don’t quite know why. A sort of brownie, hazel color," she told the host. ROSAMUND PIKE SAYS SHE WAS ASKED TO 'DROP' HER DRESS DURING 'DIE ANOTHER DAY' AUDITION While the eye color change ...
Michigan AG Dana Nessel Investigating County Commissioner Who Showed Gun During Zoom Meeting
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) is investigating a Republican Grand Traverse County commissioner after he showed a gun during a board meeting via Zoom. Breitbart News reported in January Commissioner Ron Clous left his seat during a virtual meeting as a liberal activist demanded the board denounce the Proud Boys, which has no discernible presence in the area. “Welcoming such a group and having that message go out has changed the environment of northern Michigan from a hunting culture to a gun culture,” Kelli MacIntosh claimed during the meeting, according to ABC 7 . As MacIntosh spoke, commission vice chairman Clous left his seat and, moments later, returned with a rifle. He sat down with it across his lap, showing it on screen for about four seconds, before setting it near his feet. He never pointed it at the camera. MacIntosh, who did not respond to the incident during her remarks, told the news station, “I am asking for a statement and his response was shoving an assault rifle in my face.” The activist then contacted the local prosecutor’s office to demand an investigation into Clous, according to the Traverse City Record-Eagle : The case came to the attention of the AG’s office after Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg filed a request for a special prosecutor, following an investigation by the Michigan State Police into a complaint filed by a county resident. When contacted, State Police Lt. Derrick Carroll confirmed an investigation is ongoing, but would not release any details. “The AG’s office is reviewing the case to determine what, if any, charges should be filed,” Nessel spokesman Ryan Jarvi told the paper. “There is no typical time frame for these types of reviews but we will thoroughly examine the case material to determine whether additional action is warranted by our office,” he added. MacIntosh spoke at the meeting because she disagreed with the board’s decision months prior to declare the ...
Georgia State Senate Passes Bill Requiring Photo ID for Absentee Voting
The Georgia State Senate passed a bill Tuesday requiring voters in the state to present a photo ID prior to receiving an absentee ballot. The vote was 35 to 18, with Democrats united in opposition, as GPB (Georgia Public Broadcasting) News reported : Majority Caucus Vice Chair Sen. Larry Walker (R-Perry) sponsored the bill and said it would improve security and efficiency of the absentee process. “It’s not about disenfranchising voters, it’s not about overly burdening the electorate,” he said. “It is about efficiency and security and election integrity and allowing the Georgia public to have confidence in the vote.” But Sen. David Lucas (D-Macon) gave an emotional speech in opposition to the proposal, calling it “malarkey” and warning that the measure would be costly because of inevitable court challenges. “You’re going to spend taxpayer money trying to defend it,” he said. “I will not go back home and tell those who vote that I took away the right for you to vote.” The bill now goes to the Georgia House of Representatives, where the Special Committee on Election Integrity voted Wednesday to approve HB 531 , which contains a number of election reform measures, including the requirement of photo ID for absentee ballot applications. The Gwinnett Daily Post reported : The roughly 60-page bill, sponsored by Rep. Barry Fleming, R-Harlem, contains more than two dozen proposals including a controversial change requiring voters seeking mail-in ballots to provide the number on their driver’s license or state identification card, or photocopies of other valid ID forms. Fleming’s bill would also restrict ballot-casting on weekends during the three-week early-voting period, scrapping rules for polls to be open on Sundays and instead requiring counties to pick either one Saturday or one Sunday ahead of Election Day for the precincts to be open. The bill passed the state House Special Committee on Election Integrity, which Fleming chairs, on a ...
