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tv   Action News  ABC  June 13, 2014 5:30am-6:01am EDT

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>> breaking now on "action news," back on american soil, bergdahl completes the long road home from captivity. >> armed and dangerous, two people hit up one gun range and maybe more than that. >> storm tracker 6 live will be working overtime with more spotty storms moving in this morning and later today. >> it is friday, june 13. let's find out about what's going on with storm tracker 6 live double scan with david murphy and then matt pellman is in for karen taking a look at the roads good morning. >> reporter: years ago i remember matt walking under ladders and breaking mirrors all that sort of stuff and he is still here. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're looking at spotty showers some of these pushing through northern montgomery. all of this is flowing through
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allentown. if you're up in the lehigh valley you have heavy hitters coming at least in terms of rain. we have this coming into atlantic city and surf city before too much longer. the wired view shows we'll get a lull in the action there will be more forming out to the west with a cold front later this afternoon. temperatures, 70 degrees in philadelphia. 69 in allentown, 68 in sea isle city. it's on the mild side, muggy and damp. 69 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m., 70 with showers and perhaps drizzle around. it's going to be a warm one this afternoon we'll climb through the # 0s to the upper 70s by lunchtime. 83 is the high by 3:00 p.m. before we slide back to 77 by 6:00 p.m. showers this morning a lull through midday and more showers and thunderstorms possible later today. i'll show you that on future tracker 6 coming up, matt, the
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weekend story looks better. >> reporter: hopefully light at the end of the tunnel we could use it mr. murphy, we'll focus on that. on this friday 13th morning. we have a crash 202 in the work zone. the vehicle spun out and ran into the median barrier. they are in the process of reopening southbound 202 at this point if you're heading out you should be able to get by. crash with injuries in south white hall, southbound side of 476. expect slowing. in the upper moreland area there's a crash at huntington pike and byberry road. we have tree branch at susquehanna road.
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the tree branch is off to the side. watch out for a wreck on the southbound side of 206. two left lanes out of commission there. bills start to friday morning. >> we have new details on a breaking story, detectives have arrived on the scene of a fire that killed one person and injured a firefighter in atlantic county new jersey. the action cam sent back these pictures from the scene the 400 block of doughty road in pleasantville. a firefighter was rushed to the hospital to be treated for an injury. >> we're following breaking news concerning bowe bergdahl. the army sergeant arrived on u.s. soil hours ago. he'll reunite with his family in texas. he is expected to spend months recooper operating in is an san antonio. a taliban prisoner swap secured his release. he had been at an army hospital
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in germany since then. officials decided not to release information on his condition due to the public turmoil over his capture and release. >> a man and woman stole a cache of weapons outside a gun range and shot a man during the holdup. >> reporter: matt, the 67-year-old victim is in critical condition he was in surgery last night the search continues for the duo behind this. this happened on the 100 block of geiger around 8:30, two men ages 67 and 68 were leaving after an evening of shooting inside the delaware valley sports center when they were approached by one man and one woman they were armed and demanded cash, cell phones and guns. the pair stole 7 weapons. before they took off they shot
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the 67-year-old man in the groin. the pair is driving a new model dark vehicle with tinted windows. >> these individuals are not only armed and dangerous, now they are heavily armed because they stole an additional 7 guns. this is a heinous crime and we have heavily armed individuals out there that are willing to shoot. >> reporter: this may not be the first robbery outside a gunshot for this pair. police are investigating a pair behind a robbery wednesday evening on north percy street in spring garden. a man and woman robbed a customer outside as he walked to his car, the vehicle in that robbery had tinted windows, detectives are looking to see if these are connected you meant to call detectives if you have any tips. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> new details just in on a bucks county arson fire. the red cross said 27 people and
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7 pets have been displaced. the action cam was there as the volunteers helped the victims at bensalem court on cedar avenue. police say someone started the fire in the boiler room. the flames damaged the entire buildings in the complex. no injuries were reported. septa's regionals rail system could come to a halt in 24 hours if the mediators cannot come to an agreement. the strike would shut down the regional rail system affecting 126,000 riders each weekday. >> i come from delaware. i would have to drive in town and park which would mean more money. >> if the rail strike does happen, city and suburban services including buses trolleys and subways would still operate. from our delaware newsroom
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the u.s. transportation secretary plans to visit the i495 bridge. it received federal funding to fix the support towers. the bridge is not depicted to open until labor day at the earliest. hail fell in the state of texas where there was a report of a tornado. chunks of ice fell fast and furious in abilene yesterday. people reported busted car windows and police cars took a beating. new nearby conrow lightning light up the sky and struck a telephone pole. make sure you are prepared when storms are about to hit.
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the storm tracker 6 live app features live audio alerts and look at radar on apple and android devices. >> we get a live look at david murphy. >> reporter: right back at you. storm tracker 6 live busy morning we have a live look at the various showers popping through the region. all the stuff moving south to north, in fact you can see the movement there as we looking at the two dimensional view. we have a band of steadier showers. there's more coming out of woodbury pushing toward cherry hill. you can see scattered stuff back through chester county and southern montgomery county other stuff coming south of glassboro. i'll give you the wider view. i want to point out if you're up in allentown you've got a batch of stuff that's ready to push in the next ten or 15 minutes, there it is. quakertown east of this, but it
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is pushing up toward 309 and 78 and then the wide view again and in south jersey we're on the look out for more stuff off the coast pushing past atlantic city and up toward surf city. as we look outside we have cloudy skies, of course and damp conditions, sky6 live hd in hd taking a look at center city, boy it is cloudy and obviously on the damp side. temperature, 70 degrees, and it is muggy with a high dewpoint. future tracker 6 handling the rain for you. looks like we'll get into a lull midday and later this afternoon after 3:00, 4:00, a cold front comes in from the west and we get another round of showers and showers and gusty thunderstorms mixed in. we're looking at gusty winds at 40 miles per hour would be enough to give you trouble.
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spotty stuff coming in from the west. through the evening spotty drenching downpours, perhaps a gusty thunderstorm or two, and by 10:00, or 10:30 looks like it's dieing down a bit. 70 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 75 by 11:00 a.m. the high today is 83 around 3:00 p.m. when we'll have those scattered drenching showers. for the phillies looks like it will be cloudy and damp with a possible shower or storm at times. 75 for the first pitch and 71 in the 9th inning. weekend call for the poconos. today will be bumpy with gusty thunderstorms. as a result less humid, sun returning 76 on sunday, a nice weekend in the mountains and the same story down the shore where we're looking at 67 degrees or so in the water for most of the weekend. bumpy today a shower or thunderstorm. a nice afternoon on the beach on saturday, father's day also great. in philadelphia today, 83 showers and thunderstorms. but breezy and nicer on saturday
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with a high of 80 and 84 beautiful on sunday and of course if you're getting up early for the gary pappa 65 degrees at 8:00 a.m. we're getting ready to kick off that run. by noon as you're clearing the parkway 78 degrees. as we get into next week it's humid on monday, 86 anticipate back into unsettle -- and back into unsettled weather tuesday. >> if you're traveling this weekend and wondering about the weather nationally stick around, our good friend adam joseph will be filling in on "g.m.a." for ginger zee. tweet adam using the hash tag 6abc on "g.m.a." >> islamic militants are marching through iraq. >> a man goes on profanity-laced tirade and the
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judge issues the maximum sentence. >> reporter: we have a crash out of the way on 202, now we have issues on 422. if you don't want a flat tire we'll have that when we come right back. >>
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>> 58:44 pretty foggy on the
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beach. that's a look at cape may, new jersey. it's going to be a good beach weekend, but we have to get through another day where we have stormy weather in the delaware and lehigh valleys. let's look at the roads. >> reporter: i'm going to visit them down there this weekend. check out that shot tomorrow morning, i'll give you a wave. we're checking the burbs this friday morning. route 1 by 213 maple avenue it's a soggy highway. the traffic is moving well in each direction. one of the few benefits of a wet morning the construction crews clear out early. no overnight construction here. but starting tonight at 9:00 p.m. until later tomorrow afternoon they will be blocking this ramp 213 maple avenue to the southbound side of 1. they have been doing that during the overnight maybe an extended
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period into tomorrow afternoon. for right now now we're okay. not so good on the northeast extension in south white hall southbound direction approaching the lehigh valley interchange. we have a bad crash the shoulder is getting by the accident scene. we have a pothole we're getting world of along 422. eastbound direction by arrest -- armond hammer boulevard. watch out for that this morning. in parksburg construction. closing fairmont street and western avenue. borough line road a possible alternate. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. we've been talking about the crash in mercer county southbound side of 260 couple of lanes are blocked there. >> the fighting in arock is
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getting more -- iraq is getting more intense as islamic militant approach baghdad. it shows extreme i extremist. the white house is saying putting american troops back on the ground is not an option. >> hillary clinton will appear at the central branch of the free library. the event is sold out. she is visiting philadelphia as part of a tour promoting her book hard choices. >> new jersey governor chris christie is hosting a live facebook chat from california partly as national fundraising and promotional tour. chris christie. ♪ philadelphia's own roots played the bridge is over, as the
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governor made his tonight show entrance. this was christy's first talk show appearance since the george washington bridge broke 6 months ago. he poked fun at the recent father of the year award by poking fun at the evolution of dad's dancing. >> super marketer overseas wants customers to try it before you buy it. in order to boost toilet paper sales. >> we have rain across the region and probably staying that way when the kids get out of school. so if you're dressing the kids,
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>> a supermarket in the
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netherlands is trying to boost toilet paper sale in a new way. a reddit user posted this picture. each roll represents a different brand for sale. they seek to revolutionize the mundane process of shopping for toilet paper. >> novel. >> reporter: it's kind of exciting. >> reporter: kind of excitement i need. kind of rolling in spots. >> i got it. >> reporter: the crash exreetly gone both lanes reopened approaching the lehigh valley change. in lower more handle crash gone at huntington pike at byberry road.wer more handle crash gone a little housekeeping there the accidents out of the way you're in better business. if you're heading to the ben franklin bridge weave eastbound construction heading toward camden in the right lane. the bridge is wet expect delays in a little while.
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>> reporter: i was going to say on the pictures you can see how wet it i ave swers poppi through er city and a couple of exndg through cells in her u ufr the positive that. >> he inco when colne
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>> there's a thousand dollar reward offered for an arrest and conviction of two sex predators in new jersey. millville police have released a sketch of one of the suspects. a 21-year-old woman said a man pulled her into a car on pine street.
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a second suspect drove them to hance bridge road where the assault took place. the bear sightings continue in camden county. waterford township police shot this video of a bear in atco. this comes one day after two other bear sightings in winslow township. police believe these are different bears. a family of puppies are in need of a home someone spotted the pups and their mother watching close to hooper avenue in toms river. animal control officers found 7 more puppies resting in a makeshift den in the woods. the mother's owner whoever that is has three weeks to claim the dogs otherwise they will be put up for adoption and they will go fast. neighbors come to the rescue of four kids trapped
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inside a crashed car. >> we're following breaking news in south jersey where a deadly blaze left a firefighter injured.
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>> good morning, 6:00 a.m. on this friday, june 13. yes, friday the 13. here's what's happening. >> accuweather is tracking rain across the area. >> there's a manhunt for two suspects who committed a violent robbery outside a gun range. >> federal mediators will try
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to prevent septa workers from walking off the job. >> let's get more from david
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