new mayor down to two men. hearing from both as voters prepare to go to the polls home. and now the details. a new long-term initiative to help improve the camden schools, called "the new jersey promise" initiative offering programs to students and families to go here to take children from the cradle to college even to a career. "action news" reporter vernon odom live outside of camden high school with details. good evening. >> governor christie taking over complete control of the camden public schools. and over the weekend making lots of lofty promise. >> going to be governor for eight consecutive years, and after that we have to find jobs. >> and he chats with first graders from one of camden's schools. and the mission to cure the entire district of its ills. and he toured his camden promise

program, services to give them success from reading and tutoring to fatherhood support skills. >> the efforts we are making both on the public safety front, on the job front, and on the education front is going to make history in this city. >> i asked the governor how things could improve when the district laid off 200 teachers and more than 130 support staffers. >> you have to right-size the district of camden and we simply have too many personal for students we have. >> even others the governor spoken side a small group of dissident parents were outside blasting the governor anticipates reforms. and random reactons from those who heard the speech. >> it sounds like what he will do sounds good. i hope to see improvements. >> he has good intentions but the way he is going about it i think it is too hasty.

>> and the governor's ambitions do not appear to be dampened. and they spent money for a krup -- crew to enhance lighting in the giym. >> it wouldn't be until 2015 when i make that judgment. when i do i will let everybody know. >> and promising camden's youth a better chance for productive lives if they stay in school and study hard. live in camden, new jersey. and the authorities hot on the tail of a serial burglar targeting businesses in center city. releasing this surveillance video of the thief in action. the man broke into three places since last month. it happened in the area of the 100 block of south 13th street and the 300 block of south 16th

street. stealing computers, cameras and money. and a police officer involved in a crash with another car today happening along new castle avenue just afternoon time. the officer traveling south when he hit a car making a left turn. the driver of the car was taken to the christie -- christiana company for treatment. and a truck clipped the wing of a southwest airlines airplane at terminal e this morning. still not clear how it happened, but no one on the plane at the time and the truck driver wasn't hurt. this is a revolution. that's what the authorities say the armed couple declared minutes after murdering two las vegas police officers yesterday. husband and wife, jerad miller and amanda miller walked into a pizza restaurant and pulled out guns shooting the officers in a booth eating lunch. alyn beck and soldo died at the

scenes. and the millers were on a mission to kill police. >> they pulled the officers out of the booth on to the ground and they placed a flag, which is a don't dread on me yellow flag on the body of officer beck and also threw a swastika on his body. >> and then they ran to a wal-mart and they shot and kills a customer, joseph joseph wilco confronted them. and mrs. miller killed her husband and threaten committed suicide. and more on this deadly ambush in las vegas and a look he at the suspects following "action news at 6:00." and the two men going tore trenton mayor in a run-off election. they vow to restore dignity after mack was removed on federal corruption charges.

and nora muchanic live outside of trenton city hall with a preview. hi, nora. >> hi there, rick. there's a lot on the line with this election. not just for this city, but for these two candidates as well. a match-up between one man who has been in government nor decades and another who describes himself as an outsider. >> i am ready to go with a plan that will move our city day one. >> with 30% of the vote, 55 year mold eric jackson the top vote-getter in the run-off elections. and he held a job in trenton along with other jobs in government staying his experience will help the city. >> i am from trenton. i have been here. the last 30 years i have been in the city, the districtor, affirmative action, charge in welfare and planning. and in charge much every major operation in municipal government. >> experience in this system is

not experience. it is not experience that we want. >> 52 year old paul perez. a security management consultant growing up in trenton spending the last 30 years living away until recently moving back and buying a home here. and perez says that he represents the future, and jackson the past. >> the high crime rates, joblessness and it goes on and on and on. if he wants to claim victory on that as his experience, then good luck to him. >> both candidates focusing on crime, troubled school and moving beyond the corruption that paralyzed city government. last month tony mack citizened to almost -- sentenced to almost five years behind bars on his way to prison. >> honesty, credibility, all of the above. we represent responsible government and something new, change. not connected to the part. >> urging voters to look at our resumes and track records. and i have been in trenton in difficult times in the city and

i will continue to lead our city. >> again the nonpartisan election is tuesday here in trenton. whether you vote for jackson or perez, the polls open at 6:00 and close at 8:00. live in city hall i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, nora. penndot crews inspecting bridges in the city having every two years. today they started on the platt bridge. they had to close lanes on the bridge and there are inspections all week meaning give lane closures at different times. >> and a story from the delaware news room. we are following this very closely. deldot officials holding a news conference on the closure of the bridge over the kristina river. and a dirt problem that caused problems was removed. and rebounding slightly to the original positions. and the authorities have not said when it will reopen. and autumn is our bridge

over troubled traffic tonight. in for matt pellman, she has the very latest. >> we are looking over swing bridges and an accident in left bound lanes. and there is a little wait on the westbound lanes of the schuylkill right now. in norristown, dekalb street, reopening it because of the flooding and the 202 main street intersection reopened as well. that's good news. the big pictures, major delays on the westbound lavens -- lanes of the schuylkill. and you can see speeds are 9 miles an hour right now. and also slow going, 95 northbound from the vine street expressway to wood haven, 45 minutes to do that. back to you, rick and monica. >> thank you. and much more to come on "action news" monday night. he called the winner of the

belmont stakes ma coward and the winner of california californ californcalifornia chrome. and talking about the state of the team. after a beautiful weekend the humidity is back meaning pop-ups and thunderstorms are leaving a lot of water in a short amount of time. where they are coming up. and the celebration of one ever america's lasting symbols created here in philadelphia. that and more when "acti

>> the f.a.a. investigating a jet fender-bender at boston's logan international airport. the wing of a southwest airlines plane hit an empty jet blue plane while backing out of the gate this morning. passengers reported feeling a bump and vibration, no one hurt. the passengers on the southwest flight were put on other planes. people in new jersey are cleaning up today after tornadoes, heavy rain and hail all hit there this weekend. the storm tore down houses in only areas, also an accumulation of golf ball-size hail here. storm surveys conducted today to

see what level tornados actually hit. no injuries reported from the storms. california chrome's owner has tearfully apologized for some bitter comments he made after the underdog loss saturday at the belmont station. and steve coburn said he was ashamed of his post-race interview. saying totalist took the "coward's way out" because he did not compete in thes first two legs of the triple crown. >> first of all i need to apologize to the winners. they run a beautiful race. their horse won thes race, they deserved that. i did not mean to take anything away from them. >> coburn also said he needs to apologize to his own wife. she tried to intervene when his interview got out of control. and california chrome is being treated for an injury but will race again. and off tonight, the padres

in tomorrow. the worst record in the league, the best pitcher, cliff lee hurt. and it looks bleak. and catching up with them this afternoon, knowing his team underperformed. wrapping up a 1-5 road trip. he knows if the offense can play like it is capable of the season can turn around. >> it is about getting three or four guys hot, birdie hot again. it is about getting ryan to get hot and drive in runs and such. so everybody has to kind of, you know, add to the puzzle here. and that's what we are kind of waiting on. >> at what point, you know, do you start to say up know what guys, we are going to run out of time. >> we are thinking about it right now. we have to be realistic. it is early to mid june and the season starts to move forward.

every single day we are assessing things that we need to do to try to improve. we haven't canned this season as of yet, but there may be a point at some point where if we do not begin to play consistent baseball that we are going to have to do things to turn it around. and that may be, you know, an act of looking towards more of the future than the present. >> we have much of our conversation at 6:00. and i asked him about the criticism concerning his own performance. the phillies are making eagle season seem further away. and the birds signed the first-round pitch four-year deal. another rounds of o.t.a.s. and his checkbook may be making headlines. and signing a deal worth $114

million. foles making less this season but if he has a good year he will get paid. >> you get a contract like that because you played well and you have shown you can be that guy for the franchise. whereas i have to continue to prove that at each and every day. and i have a lot of guys that look to me to play hard. when i am playing there no dollar sign on me. and i have to throw the ball to the best might have ability. we will see what happens. an eagles player with fight the bit on the hat. at which timing out from a steakhouse and hearing from him coming up. the nba finals, if you are waiting for lebron james to fall on his face in game two, keep waiting proving he moved on from the cramps in game one. and in the heat's win over san

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using #6abc on gma. >> and monica and i are filling in on the mcdonald's. >> flipping the burgers. >> she was saying this morning a lot of unsettled weather along the eastern seaboard and how it will stay for the rest of the week. looking around the region, mainly along the pennsylvania turnpike on either side where some of the heavy downpours have been popping up. one in western lancaster county with a flood advisory. the biggest concentration southern parts of montgomery county and the western section of philadelphia county. as you go closer on double scan live the brightest areas jenkinson down. it is a wet afternoon. and street level on double scan, willow grove near valley road and south and east of horsham, south of the turnpike.

and they issued a flash flood until 8:15 for that seconds of montgomery county. west of there many roadways flooded as the downpour passed through the region with some thunder and lightning associated with it. no thunder or lightning at this point, it is really a torrential area of rain because of the higher humidity and dewpoints we have that the atmosphere is wringing itself out. right now 72 in allentown. 78 in philadelphia, 80 degrees in fill vil millville. and rieft along the shore the temperatures 70 degrees. it doesn't feel cooler, everywhere it is extremely humid with the dewpoints back into the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. where over the weekend it was very comfortable when you were

outside dewpoints in the 40s and 50s. when the dewpoints get to 70 or above is when it starts to feel oppressive out. satellite and radar, again very scattered where the downpours and thunderstorms are popping along the each seaboard. we are littered with cloud cover and the pattern will be stuck in place for the next not only two days, but right through friday. but the next couple of days it will be warm. humid with scattered thunderstorms and southerly wind. it is jet stream cut off in the mid section in the united states with the upper-level low stalled over that region. the next two days it is not a washout, like today, hit or miss. and showing a half inch to a quarter inch for the european depending on your location. and the seven-day forecast, humid with some scattered downpours and thunderstorms. tuesday 85 degrees. humid with some sun wednesday,

81. if there is one day there could be less activity it looks to be wednesday. before thursday a warm front arrivals. numerous downpours and thunderstorms, but the most active day with the cold front on friday of 85 degrees. but the timing couldn't be more perfect. everything pushes out for saturday, sunday and monday. so father's day weekend, rick looking pretty good. sunshine and low humidity at 84 degrees. >> very nice. thank you. >> thank you. and keep track of the changing weather 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by using stormtracker 6 app. it is free to download to your smart phone. you have access to live radar, the hourly forecast, as well as watches and warnings posted for the region. and philadelphia's rich history celebrated in center city. raising a flag at the betsy ross house in honor of flag week. and philadelphia the birth place of the stars and stripes. and simple events for families

and visitors to go back in time.

>> the first senior class at new foundation charter school graduated today. all 101 students in the class of 2014 got diplomas. and the school opened in 2000 and grades k-8 and later expanded. and the "action news" team with these stories and more. rain delays for a construction project. and swat teams at a chester county home, the family that got a frightening wake-up call. those stories and more next. for adam joseph, cecily tynan, jamie apody, ducis rodgers, rick williams, the entire news team ♪

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with humid conditions out there. "action news" meteorologist adam joseph in for cecily at the big board with the latest from accuweather. adam? >> and rick, the summer super soup back on the menu, the higher humidity causing the storms to turn extreme at times with the rain falling from them. double scan showing most of the area dry, but right along the pennsylvania turnpike we are seeing some downpours. and one or two thunderstorms pop up. and you look at the pennsylvania turnpike, which is basically this white line here, it is on either side north and south of there that we are seeing some of the flare-ups near route 100, malvern, norristown, up towards lance dale. and that is the last part of the down pour coming through and what prompted the flash flood warning that still remains in effect continuing until 8:15 tonight.