>> 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 down as crews work to free the

trapped driver. it's 5:30 we're bringing in karen and matt pellman. karen will have the traffic in just a moment. matt pellman is also a busy roadway in the morning, this will not be good for a lot of commuters. >> reporter: you've got that right, an hour we've been without the southbound lanes of i-95 and we are getting toward the morning rush hour. as it continues to be closed we'll see more problems as everybody is forced off the southbound side of i-95 on to 141 northbound. the over turned truck is blocking all lanes at basin road. some alternates coming out of the wilmington if you normally head south on i-95 stay up on route 2, kirkwood highway. use route 4 or take 1 south to 273 from there use churchman's road or highway one knob to get back to -- northbound to get back to i-95 southbound. a number of options if you use i-95 southbound in the morning. a bad accident in avendale,

chester county reporting two tractor-trailer along 41 newport gap pike and sunny road. in perkisie there's a crash 313 dublin pike at 5th street. the overnight construction along city avenue is out of the way. they are wrapping up on it is northbound side they paved the lanes overnight. a little bit of a smoother ride in one or two lanes. police activity in nicetown, tie tie -- tioga northbound at broad street. >> reporter: satellite and action radar showing no precipitation through the region. we have extra cloud cover south and east of the city of the philadelphia. you can probably make that out on the satellite. that he erode and we'll see sunshine building in. we have a good looking day ahead. not as humid as yesterday. 71 degrees in philadelphia. pretty comfortable mid 60s in the lehigh valley. 65 in allentown. 69 in millville.

67 right now in dover, delaware. as you head out early we'll see partly cloudy skies and 6:00 a.m., 71. 8:00 a.m., about 74. pretty nice for you, the day ahead will feature partly sunny skies a mixture of clouds and sun. a comfortable humidity, not too bad. just a stray thunderstorm or shower possible. we'll talk about, and, of course, the all-important weekend call in just a few minutes, tam. >> thank you, karen. developing this morning, chester police are looking for the gunman who unleashed a hail of bullets at a city intersection killing one and wounding other people. the action cam was at the scene at west 7th and lloyd street. so far investigators have not said if they found a motive or suspects. also new from the overnight a man plunged 50 feet through a roof, but managed to survive. this happened in an abandoned buildings in spring garden

section. there's no word on why the man was in the abandoned building. he was taken to the hospital with a head injury. the showboat hotel and casino could shut down in the next couple of months that could leave two thousand workerses without a job. -- work he recalls without a job -- workers without a job. annie mccormick has more. >> reporter: that information is coming from local 54, the union that represents hotel and restaurant workers. they say caesars officials have notified of them that they will close down the showboat in 60 days and nose will come out today -- notices will come out today. atlantic city took another hit, according to local 542500 employees will receive -- local 54, 2500 employees will receive notices that it will shut in 60

days. this comes after revel notified their employees that the doors could close if they don't get a buyer by august 13. >> 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 some class, more than i thought. >> reporter: showboat's parent company caesars who operates four ac casinos, reported this year during an earnings call that will also has too many casinos and need to close. they posted a profit of 2 million, but it's down from last year's first quarter. in response to that, the president of the local 54 had this to say, caesars closing this casino which remains

profitable with positive earns is a criminal act committed on the people of atlantic city. the atlanta club did close in january. caesars is expected to make an announcement today, they did not return phone calls for comment. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." eva. >> thanks annie. 6 people including two people were hurt in a nasty crash in new castle delaware. the accident happened around 9:00 p.m. a ford explorer hit a motorcycle and a toyota. the children ages 5 and ten were critically hurt. the others are being treated for non-life threatening injuries. police are looking for an armed gunman that held a philadelphia sneaker store on welsh road before 6:00 p.m. police say he stole one thousand

dollars and got away with the store security system. no shots were fired and none of the employees were hurt. >> it's 5:37 now happening today, former sports caster don tollefson will be formally arraigned in a bucks county courtroom. he is charged with stealing $250,000 that was supposed to to go to charitable organizations. he solicited the money from 150 people for what turned out to be fake travel packages to sporting events. his lawyer said he suffers from addiction and working on a recovery. the in a neshaminy school d voted in favor of a policy to prevent the word "redskins." the student editors of the paper have been in a struggle with the board and administration since voting to ban the word last fall. the policy gives the editor controlling over the news

section where the word can be removed. the sixers are welcoming their 2014 draft choices. he missed time with a back problem last season. most nba insiders say he could be a star if he stays healthy. the sixers got the dario sarik. he is playing overseas. that move causing lots of opinions to fly around. >> i bet a lot of people want to see him healthy and see him on the court. all right let's take a look at the accuweather. >> reporter: we've got a good looking forecast and it's the weekend. storm tracker 6 live double scan looking around the region we're dry and looking pretty good. let's go on outside and see what it looks like, skies are starting to brighten as we look live in penns landing right now, just a few clouds up above.

we'll see a good amount of sunshine filling the skies. let's check the numbers, 71 degrees. the dewpoint measures the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, 63 degrees it's not terribly humid. better than yesterday. the winds out of the east/northeast a little bit of a breeze at 10 miles per hour. the pressure 30.03 inches. satellite and radar showing the showers to the west are fading. we have cloud cover south and east of philadelphia, a little batch to the west. it will be the kind of day sunshine mixing with clouds. a pretty day, though. future tracker 6 we're watching what happens a2:00 p.m. this afternoon, maybe a thunderstorm or shower in one or two spots. you get the idea presidents it's not a -- from this, it's not a big deal. thisone or two place will be geg a shower, especially down the

shore, i wouldn't worry about that too much. 8:00 a.m., 74. partly sunny. 11:00 a.m., a good amount of sunshine, 79. 2:00 p.m., 83, chance for a shower. 5:00 p.m., channels for a shower especially in the city north an west, if you're in the poconos, 78 degrees a better chance to see it in the poconos. as a result, clouds and sun, 80. sunday, partly sunny skies, 81 and looking good. down the shore, the ocean temperature dips a little bit to 69 degrees. look he the forecast it's breezy and nice today, 78. tomorrow, sunshine and clouds, really low humidity, 79. sunday, sunny and pleasant, 80 degrees, can't beat that weekend call. here's a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast partly sunny, 844 degrees, maybe slightly humid today, but comfortable. just a chance for a shower. tomorrow, low humidity, the dewpoints go down to the low 50s at times, it's a nice day, bright, too, 84. sunday, another beauty, can't

beat it, 85. maybe start to feel the humidity creeping back on monday, 86. chance for a shower or thunderstorm early next week. tuesday, clouds and sun, 88. wednesday this is when the heat comes in as well as the humidity, high of 90. we'll have a front coming through, maybe showers or thunderstorms around, wednesday looks wetter. thursday, mostly sunnyile 6 degrees, the heat is back -- mostly sunny, 86 degrees. the heat is backing down just as we get to the 4th of july. >> caught on camera this suspect is quickly nabbed after a run-in with police. >> president obama said help is on the way for those with the flooding in the midwest. >> matt. >> reporter: eva, tam, all is fine on the vine, vine street expressway i-95 those are the eastbound headlights heading toward i-95. all is not fine on i-95 in delaware. an update on the crash after the

break. >> the gym is a place where you go to blow off steam, but people are getting worked up over a tax on

so say hello to ocean spray 100% juice. and goodbye to added sugar. i thought we weren't adding any sugar. oh. okay, nobody use these cranberries over here. >> welcome back you're taking a live look here on sky 6 out across center city.u're taking a some of the humidity has lifted. it's feeling really nice out there right now, 72 degrees,

5:44. it will get up to 80 today. >> let's get a look at the traffic. not a good start to the this friday morning. >> reporter: we have positive progress we've been hearing from the crews down on the scene in newport delaware, they have removed the driver of the overturned upstairs truck from the wreckage, that's the good news, driver has been pulled out. the bad news is all the somebody lanes of i-95 do remain blocked at 141. all southbound traffic is being forced on to northbound 141 at exit 5b. let's talk about the ways to get around this using the waze app. people are trarving -- traveling at 3 miles per hour. coming out the wilmington, use route 2 kirkwood highway. route 4. south on 13 to 273 and use churchman's road to get back to

i-95. or keep going to get to highway 1 northbound. as you're seeing with the waze app no problems on the alternates. it's going to take you extra time getting around this morning. let's get suburban with the suburban traffic report. in avendale chester county there's two tracker trailers blocking newport gap road. it's camera time in exton along 100. traffic is moving fine right now. starting at 6:00 p.m. until early tomorrow morning they will block one of these northbound lanes, so, you could see delays starting this evening. >> flooding is a concern in parts of our country and there's more rain making the situation worse. abc has more on help for those in the path of all that water. >> reporter: relentless rain and rising rivers, water overtaking

roads, cutting off entire towns. even triggering mudslides. the whole state of minnesota already in a days' long fight to contain rising water bracing this morning for more record flooding. partly of this home completelily completelily -- completely wiped away by mud. president obama on the ground to see the scope of the damage thursday near the banks of the swollen creek. >> as we get some clarity about the damage and what needs to be done you should feel confident you'll have a strong partner in the fema and the federal government in the process of cleaning up. >> reporter: so many families trying to protect their homes are turning away from small sandbags which could take hours and a small army to fill to this the mega sandbag. >> these get filled by a shovel and these by a concrete mixer. >> reporter: the water crisis

spread far beyond minnesota. >> south dakota at that, standing water is creating a health risk. in new hampshire they say they have not seen this much rain since hurricane irene. it's a wet summer for the midwest and the upper mississippi valley. and there's more rain predicted across the region. >> police dash cam captured a wild encounter between a break-in suspect and two deputies in western michigan. a homeowner called 911 to report a mantua pipe breaking into her home. the suspect ran into the cruiser and jumped on the hood and shattered the windshield. he rolled off the car and dropped the 5 if the long steel pipe he was carrying. the deputies took him into custody. >> a new gig for a lancaster

county pooch how he will help at court. >> working up a sweat will soon mean attack when you hit the gym in the nation's capital. >> reporter: the humidity dropped a little bit, but it's comfortable out there, we have cloud cover satellite and radar showing the clouds south and east of philadelphia. no worries that sunshine is coming through. we'll have the travel forecast if you're heading out for the weekend coming up.

>> hamlet is a two-year-old yellow lab who landed his first job at the lancaster county courthouse. it is hope he will release anxiety in the courtroom and he will meet one friendly face and wagging tail. >> we could use his help this

morning because we have a lot of traffic problems including the closure of i-95 in delaware. in new jersey, along 42 we're looking good. if you want to head to the shore for the day, no southbound traffic just a little buildings northbound volume. not far away by the lindenwald station white horse road is closed by burnt mill road. somerdale road possible alternates. the trains are on time on this friday morning. karen rogers. . >> reporter: i wanted to do the weather this morning today so i could give you nothing but good news, matt could give you all that messy stuff. storm tracker 6 live showing we have clear conditions, we have cloud cover south and east of the city that's going to erode in the next few hours more sunshine building in. 67 in martins creek in pottstown town. the dewpoint has dropped a

little bit. 69 in hammonton, 67 in dover. so, as you're heading out today here's what to expect. 9:00 a.m., 755. noon, 81. bright sunshine. 3:00 p.m., 84 degrees. that's the high today. between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., we have channels of spotty showers north and west. >> america is moving on in the knockout stage despite losing to germany. the marriages advanced because portugal defeated ghana in another match. the u.s. takes on belgium on tuesday, you can see the game on watch abc and watch espn app. a lot of washington, d.c. residents are exercised over the gym tax. the 5% tax hike is a partly of an overall tax package proposal

to help the city balance its budget. the tax increase will be placed on the gyms themselves, but it's likely it will get passed on to members. some say it will discourage people on tight budgets from getting into better shape. >> she may have won the delaware crown, but she will not be competing in atlantic city for miss america. >> we have a upstairs truck crash that has a stretch of i-95 shut down right now stay with us with us. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores.

>> the stepmother of a 12-year-old boy in detroit who had been miss missing for 11 days was taken into custody.ho his father reported his son's missing. the police searched the home three times, but stumbled upon the boy who was hiding behind boxes. the boy is staying with his birth mother and other relatives. the newly crowned miss delaware was stripped of her 9,000 scholarship and title for an odd reason saying she is too old according to miss america

organization's rules of the road she'll turn 25 in october. pageant rules require contestants to be 17 to 24. the miss delaware organization said she did nothing wrong, and accurately reported her age on appear -- applications. first runner-up was crowned miss delaware last night.

>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this friday,