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tv   Action News  ABC  June 27, 2014 5:00am-5:31am EDT

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>> good morning, 5:00 a.m. on this friday, june 27. matt o'donnell is off, eva pilgrim is joining us, we have a lot of news you did not see last night a home is in ruin after a driver loses control and rips an entire side off the house. firefighters in chester county fell victims to vandals who leave a number of cars marred. another atlantic city casino falling victim to the economy. employees will learn today they may soon be out of a job. >> breaking right now a upstairs truck is overturned in
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a truck on i-95 in delaware. the driver is trapped in the vehicle, this is near basin road in newport. all southbound lanes are shut down as crews work to free the trapped driver. matt pellman is taking a look at that in traffic, karen rogers has accuweather good morning to above the -- both of you. >> reporter: the upstairs truck flipped on its side the driver is trapped inside all southbound lanes of i-95 remain blocked approaching basin road. this is extra problematic because of the closure of 495 that's keeping i-95 very busy during the rush hour. not only do you have the extra volume that's going to be detouring but you have the blockage of all southbound lanes. the southbound lanes could be
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blocked for a while stay with sn kirkwood highway or take 13 to churchman's road and 13 to highway 1 to i-95. there's a number of ways to do it. this is i-95 in fishtown, southbound come the headlights in center city overnight construction is out of the way. we're looking much better on i-95 with dry conditions and same thing on the schuylkill expressway. on city between the schuylkill expressway and bryn mawr we have overnight construction restrictioning attractive. we have -- restricting traffic. there's construction on 295 northbound to the northbound side of 42. karen, kind of a busy start on this friday morning. >> reporter: a bills start on my end, i've got good news, it's friday i'm giving you a good
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weekend and pretty good looking friday, as well. no precipitation out there, we have showers from yesterday falling apart. we have cloud cover south and east of the city of philadelphia you're stuck in that at the moment. no worries, that sunshine will be coming at you today. 71 degrees in philadelphia. feeling more comfortable than yesterday not as humid as yesterday morning. 65 in allentown, just in the 60s in a a lot of suburbs like trenton, millville, and dover looking good, along the coastline. as you head out early you'll see partly cloudy skies and nice conditions, 6:00 a.m., 71. 8:00 a.m., about 74 degrees, overall today we'll see partly sunny skies we're going to have a nice average high of 84. the one thing you've got to watch is the possibility of a stray shower or thunderstorm popping up in one or two spots i'm going to show you future tracker 6 and help you plan the day coming up in just a few minutes, tam. >> more new video from the overnight a man was shot and
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killed inside a car in the tioga nicetown section of philadelphia. the action cam was on the scene of the 3700 block of germantown avenue around 2 ram. two other people were around the car at the time of the shooting, but they were not hurt. no arrests have been made. brand new at 5:00 a.m. a driver slammed into a house sheering off a huge chunk of the wall in stanton, delaware. the inspectors ruled that the house is not safe to live in. the action cam was on the scene moments of a the crash on the 1800 block of lime stone road late last night. police are trying to to figure out why exactly that driver lost control. this is new on "action news," police are on the hunt for the man who sexually assaulted a woman in south jersey. camden county police released these pictures of the suspect's vehicle to action. it's an older model white toyota avalon with new jersey plates. the man pulled up to the woman
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as she was walking along spruce street in contaminate den. he forced the woman into the car and attacked her. if you have seen this car call police. thousands of workers in atlantic city are expected to be notified that the showboat casino hotel may close. annie mccormick joins us live with reaction. >> reporter: eva so far the announcement is coming from the hotel and employees union they say they had a conversation with caesars yesterday notifying them that showboat will close its doors. caesars is expected to make an announcement today. will also just took another hit, according to local 54, 2500 employees will receive notices today showboat will close its doors in 60 days. the news comes weeks after the showboat's next-door neighbor revel casino sent notices to 3200 of their employees. revel's owners say if the casino
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doesn't get a new buyer they will close their doors by august 18. >> they were great with the buffet and coupons and free comps, the best place, showboat. >> the place is beautiful inside. i'm shocked. it's beautiful, you go to trump, this has got class more than i thought. >> reporter: showboat's parent company caesars who operates four ac casinos, reported that atlantic city has too many can a a -- casinos and more need to close. showboat posted a profit of 2 million, but it's down from last year's first quarter. in response to that, local 54 union had this to say caesars closing the casino with positive
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earnings is a criminal act on the people of will also. if the revel and -- people of atlantic city. if the revel and showboat close it will be the third casino to close this year, the atlanta club closed in january. evaannie mccormick channel 6 "action news." eva. >> police are searching for it is vandal who damaged several cars that belonged to firefighters. the vandalism happened in the north cover -- coventry fire company lot. another vehicle was broken into and itemses were stolen from inside. >> that hurt that we were out volunteering our service and our stuff gets vandalized. to save somebody's property and life and this is what we get. >> damage estimates are in the thousands, no arrests have been made. >> police believe the woman who
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beat another woman in salem new jersey may be hiding in philadelphia where she has relatives. the attack was captured while people stood around and watched the beating. the video clearly shows only the victim's 2-year-old son look at him trying to get the woman to move away from the his mom. >> i could have been dead right now if she hit me in the right spot it would have been over, over knowing. mcdonald's, a guy isn't worth it, a guy isn't worth it. >> a bail bondsman has acted police on -- contacted police on behalf of harris and told her to turn herself in.
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the video breaks your heart. >> reporter: awful to see the little kid involved, poor thing. let's start that for you right now. storm tracker 6 live double scan radar around the region we're dry and looking good right now, let's take you outside and see when it looks like out there, it's a pretty start to the day as we look live on sky6 hd just a few clouds up above, especially if you're south and east of the city of philadelphia. 71 degrees the current temperature in philadelphia, the dewpoint nice and low, 63 degrees not as humid as it has the past couple of days. just slightly humid that's about it. winds out of the east/northeast a little bit of a breeze. the pressure 30.03 inches. storm tracker 6 live showing we have clouds if you're waking up in south jersey and delaware, looking for the sun it will be out there before you know it.
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the future tracker 6 showing at 1:30, we're watching for a couple of showers maybe a thunderstorm briefly popping up. i don't think this is a big deal, i wouldn't cancel any plans this afternoon, but something to keep an eye on. let's advance this to 5:00 p.m., a few spotty showers something to watch later this afternoon, and in the evening. temperatures won't be as warm as yesterday, 8:00 a.m., 74 degrees, nice, partly sunny skies, 11:00 a.m., we're dry and 79. 2:00 p.m., 83 degrees at that point we're watching for the chance of the shower. 5:00 p.m., 80 degrees, shower in one or two spots coming down from a high of 84 degrees. if you're heading to the poconos it's a good weekend for it, a spotty shower around today, 78. saturday, clouds and sun, 80. sunday, partly sunny skies, 81. how about the weekend at the shore, looking good there, as well. today it features nice conditions you'll have a high of
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78 degrees it will be breezy there and nice, saturday, sunshine and clouds, 79 sitting on the beach warmer inland, sunday, sunny, pleasant, 80 degrees, got to love this weekend call. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, partly sunny and nice today, 84 for your high. just a chance for a spotty shower later on this afternoon. tomorrow, lower humidity, we're talking dewpoints in the 50s, that's unusual for this time of year, feeling good, 84 degrees, sunday another beauty, looking dry at this point. starts to get more humid sunday into mend, maybe you feel it, 86 degrees, tuesday, clouds and sun, 88 degrees, wednesday we're turning up the heat, it's hot and humid, channels of late day storms. thursday, the humidity drops down and 86. >> a robber and store clerk cawfght on camera -- camera, --
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caught on camera. a woman is in hot water taking a five finger discount while leaving her charge alone in a hot charge. >> reporter: on the boulevard it's a quiet and dry scene, but it's anything but quiet in delaware along i-95 we'll talk about the big problems there coming up. >> and later the pregnant olympic runner who is the inspiration with her late term run, you've got to see this.
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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here out across philadelphia international airport. 5:15, a nice, enjoyable 72 degrees out there right now, as we look at the lights on at the airport. >> let's get a check of our traffic now, as people start to head in on this last day of the workweek, and matt, it's not looking good so far. >> reporter: nice and enjoyable would be nice on the roadways, but it's anything but on this friday morning to start out on friday morning. we have an overturned truck in the somebody lanes, the driver is trapped in the wreckage, all southbound lanes are blocked approaching 141 approaching basin road. all traffic is forced off there. the emergency crews are trying to pull the driver from the wreckage. no telling how long this will be. let's get to the big board, i-95
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southbound shut down at 141, stay on route 2, kirkwood highway coming out of the wilmington. use route 4 or go south on 1 to 273. run that to churchman's road or highway 1 northbound or i-95 those are ways to get around it. let's pull in the waze app and the commuter report and see how the alternate roots are looking. -- routes are looking. we have the closure along i-95 southbound. no problems on any the nailts that i just -- alternates that i just gave you. so stick with one of them. patco lindenwald train station the closure of the white horse road bridge over the patco tracks shut down indefinitely between the white horse pike and burnt mill road, somerdale or gibbs borough road the alternates. southbound on 73 construction
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slowing things down there until 7:00 a.m. a robber attacking a liquor store clerk in san jose, california. thief asked for price on some of the items he started pelting his back with bottles, the clerk fought back with a hoe. investigators say a babysitter locked the baby in a minivan for 31 minutes. the nanny faces several charges this morning. the hockey world turns its eyes to the wells fargo center where the nhl draft will takes place. the flyers have the 17th pick the first draft for the new flyers general manager. >> chase utley hit a walk off
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homer to give the phils a 5-3 win. it earned them a split of the four game series with miami. they begin a weekend series at home with the braves tonight. >> here's why luis swarez could lose more than a few world cup games after suspension for biting a player. >> a woman is inspiring a woman with her feet in this race, we'll tell you how she did coming up. >> reporter: we'll we have a good looking day ahead with partly sunny skies. let's look at the current temperatures through the region, 71 in the city. 69 in millville. details in the travel weather coming up next.
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rvelings our delaware heys are in the -- highways are in the news, 495 is closed. i-95 is shut down approaching 141 because of the overturned truck accident. this is i-95 at the state line, traffic here is moving okay. we'll show you the pictures of, the overturned upstairs truck coming up again in just a bit. we have a word of a bad crash in avendale chester county at 41. sunny dell road reportedly involving two trucks. getting more details on that
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that we'll pass along. the train first ones out of the gate are on time so far this morning, karen. >> reporter: it's friday and the weather has improved just in time for the weekend. not too bad. let's look at the day, 8:00 a.m., 75. newnoon, 81 degrees. can't beat it. 3:00 p.m., 83 degrees, the high is 84 coming down to 78. you want to watch from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. you may see a spotty shower or brief thunderstorm, i think this is in one or two places. i wouldn't let that spoil after afternoon plans. if you're heading out of town, no weather related problems in philadelphia. in chicago not currently see delays, but you're anticipating showers and thunderstorms you might want to check for that if you're flying out later on, eva and tam. >> today is national hiv testing day. one group in delaware is making sure people know their status.
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they began testing on monday that will go through sunday. testing is at the office of 110th street. routine testing for ages 1 to 65. -- 13 to 65. >> maybe you're one of the millions of americans taking a brief break from work to watch the world cup. you were not alone. >> reporter: topping america's money neglecting business for the world cup. trading was off 20 to 25% for the u.s./germany match. u.s. employers lost nearly $40 million in productivity. luis swarez bearing his teeth giving his suspension for biting his opponent issuing a warning to swarez. 0 million are expected to travel
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>> the world knows as elliot rogers as the evil shooter who killed 6 people and wounded others. elliot rogers went on a shooting spree in santa barbara. he never thought his son was capable of doing what he did. >> there's no way i thought this boy could do this. this is the most unbelievable thing, barbara, what i don't get we didn't see this coming at all. >> did you know he was sick? >> you can watch peter rogers' full interview tonight at 10:00 p.m. on 6abc. check this out, this is a heck of a story. that's her, almost 8 months
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>> developing this morning, the hunt is on for a gunman who shot and killed a man and wounded several other people in delaware county. >> a struggling atlantic city casino could close for good leaving thousands out of work. >> a pipe wielding suspect attacks two deputies in their cruisers.e wielding suspect a upstairs truck has controversy turned on i-95 in delaware, the driver is trapped inside the wreckage. you're taking a look at the new video in from the scene. this is the southbound lanes of i-95 near basin road in newport. all southbound lanes are shut

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