tv Action News ABC August 8, 2014 5:00am-5:31am EDT
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>> good morning, everyone, 5:00 a.m. on this friday, august 8. developing right now. >> one person is recovering after a massive fire scorched an apartment building in montgomery county. we have a live report coming up. >> police are upping the ante in the hopes of finding the killer of a mother of two. she was last seen in the park in philadelphia. >> fly eagles fly, we have a preview of the eagles and bears contest tonight in philadelphia. >> let's go over to david murphy. >> reporter: we have cloud cover out to the west of us, temperatures are comfortable, 54
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in allen unto. 66 in philadelphia. 60 in trenton. the upper 60s in sea isle city and elsewhere along the coast. 78 degrees by 9:00. 78 by noon, 84 at 3:00 p.m., 81 at 6:00 p.m. just a light breeze 6 to 1 miles per hour overnight. tonight will be comfortable up at musikfest we'll wind up with a 72-degree temperature at 8:30 as allen jackson takes the stage. opening acts before that, i could see the end of the concert slipping into the 60s, cool and comfortable, of course during the day at musikfest lots of sun. we have the weekend call including the shore and the poconos outlook coming up. >> reporter: we're starting with a problem in washington township, gloucester new jersey, we have delsea drive shut down between cross skis and barns borough road. there's debris still there and
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accident investigation on going. another morning accident clump road and whites mill road. outside we go in delaware county, this is what it looks like on i-95 by the airport, construction blocks the right lanes, northbound, but traffic can get by in the left lanes, but not too bad. they are in the process of clearing out, cones out there right now. on the big picture for the most part, speeds are okay, we have a problem in fairmont park, the ramp from montgomery drive to the schuylkill expressway westbound downed traffic light, treat it as a four-way stop. >> starting with this this morning, a massive fire forced residents out of the a montgomery county apartment building in the dead of night. the fire injured one person and it occurred while people were snug in bed before 2:00 a.m. katherine scott has the latest in upper dublin. >> reporter: good morning, tam, the red cross has been called to the scene here.
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8 units were in the buildings that was on fire. the red cross is trying to determine how many people need assistance, one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, we don't know her condition at this time. firefighters are on the scene you can see them in the back of the buildings, you can see the damage that remains after the fire this morning. firefighters were called before 2:00 a.m. to the woods apartment complex on the # hundred block of west lincoln drive in ambler upper dublin township. when firefighters arrived they could see the flames from the outside of building. the resident was on the balcony, people could hear her screaming. eventually she went back inside and rescued by firefighters. one man across hall woke up to banging on the door. >> we were sleeping police told us to get out, the building were on fire, we were the opposing unit to where the fire was. from what i could see they are pretty much destroyed in my unit
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now, i don't know, we were just moving tomorrow, i don't know how much stuff we're losing. >> and back here live, if you can take a look at the damage here, the fire was concentrated in the end unit, firefighters were able to minimize the fire from spreading they say, there is smoke damage in the other apartments, though, in all, 8 units are affected, again, up to 25 people, but the red cross is trying to determine how many of those people need their help. we're live in upper dublin township. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, katherine. new this morning, a nasty crash in south jersey sent two people to the hospital overnight. the action cam was on the 200 block of delsea drive in washington township, gloucester county this morning. two cars collided after 1:00 a.m. two people were left trapped and had to be rescued from one of the vehicles. one was flown to the hospital, the other taken by ambulance. no word ton what caused the crash. the reward for information
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on the murder of a 36-year-old mother, connie murray was strangled between monday night and tuesday morning. her body was found in pennypack park. the fraternal order of police and philadelphia credit union are offering the new money to catch the killer. >> a west philadelphia man will learn his fate for a hit-and-run crash in upper darby. ernest marks pleaded last month to the crash. up he shall darby police say marks confessed to hitting and killing richard patterson and patterson's' pet poodle, he took off and was captured later. mayor michael nutter, and ed rendell and congressman bob bread are trying to convince the party to choose philadelphia for
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the dnc to consider what the city has to offer. >> they will see one of the most incredible cities in the united states of america, one of the most incredible facilities in the united states of america. they will see sites you can't see anywheres in the united states, but in philadelphia. >> philadelphia is one of five cities bidding for the event. dnc is considering birmingham, alabama, new york city and phoenix arizona. a devil of tropical weather is taking aim at hawaii this morning. people in hawaii have not seen of this bad weather -- this much bad weather in decades. there's julio getting stronger in the pacific.
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julio is a category three storm with maximum winds at 115 miles per hour. >> people vacationing along the east coast are mainliful of hurricanes -- are mindful of hurricanes this time of year, but not hawaii. >> reporter: this is the stoppingest storm since 1922. batten don the hatches. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry around here, as we look outside, we have the ben franklin bridge and penns landing, and everything looking good out there this morning. getting ready for lots of sun to come up over the horizon. it feels comfortable the temperatures across the region right now are in the 60s in a lot of spots, 66 in philadelphia. 60 on the nose in wilmington and trenton. this other places allentown, reading, millville are in the 50s, a cool and comfortable starting point, maybe a little bit of a breeze not as much overall, today is what we saw yesterday.
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there are clouds streaking past them in the south, that's what we expect today, but we are expecting fairly sunny conditions. there are forest fires in canada that will put a haze overahead. in allentown, we'll have fair weather clouds popping up. 84 degrees is the high in philadelphia, lots of sun, pleasant conditions, winds out of the northwest like yesterday drawing the dry air in down from canada, a little bit less windy than yesterday. 67 degrees by 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 76 degrees, 82 by 2:00 p.m., 84 around 3:00. 80 degrees for the phillies for the first pitch and 75 degrees in the 9th inning. hopefully we can get a w. in the poconos, 77 degrees sunny and pleasant. saturday, partly sunny, 7 #r.
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sunday, sun and clouds, 77 degrees. no chance of rain. at the shore, partly sunny, 78 on saturday, pretty much the same story on sunday, the farther south you go the better chance you have of cloudy conditions, there could a shower south along the coast particularly in delaware, can't guarantee that, though. we're going for a high of 84 today, it will be beautiful and comfortable again. for the weekend, sun and clouds on saturday, 85. up to 86 on sunday, again, mix of sun and clouds, great for the phillies the union and close of musikfest up in bethlehem. on monday, 82. that's not bad, tuesday afternoon, a little more humid, pop pop-up shower or thunderstorm possible. we may see periods of rain spilling into wednesday the way things look now. but thursday we're back under the sun. overall good conditions
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especially for august in philadelphia. love it. 5:09. we have a lot more coming up you didn't see last night. including how the world's top health experts are doing to deal with the ebola outbreak and how they are stopping it. >> a woman has been arrested after sneaking on to plane after her latest court appearance. blue route northbound approaching ridge pike an accident here. details coming up. >> the white house went on lockdown because of a sneaky toddler. we'll explain.
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a live look out across penns landing.lcome back you're taking i can't believe i'm telling you this in august, it's 66 degrees out there riebt, enscroit -- right now, enjoy it. >> so, karen, what do you think about getting people to work on time today, like you always do. >> reporter: that's what i am here today, let's do it. this is the conshohocken the blue route approaching ridge pike we can see an accident blocking the two left lanes. looks like they have a number of emergency workers out here right now. i'm watching to see if we're seeing any traffic getting by. it's involving a truck that smashed into the guardrail. you can see traffic squeezing by on the right lane. a lot of emergency workers blocking the way. you want to watch for this early morning congestion, blue route northbound approaching ridge pike this accident a problem with the truck smashing into the guardrail there. it's not our only problem.
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we have an accident in salford township, clumple -- church -- clump road and whites mill road. the action cam was on the scene of an accident in washington township on delsea drive washington township gloucester county, delsea drive is closed, that's 47. there the emergency workers are out there. they are doing an accident investigation of an accident that happened at 1:00 a.m., still debris, investigators on the scene blocking it between hurfville cross keels road. you want to -- keys road. you want to use route 55. 66 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in allentown. 56 in millville. a beautiful day today 84 for your high and mostly sunny skies, can't beat that. >> you got that right, thanks, karen.
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the world health organization declared the spread of ebola in west africa is an international health emergency. the u.s. has ordered relatives of embassy employees in liberia to lift the country. they have lefted the hold on the bee bola drug two american patients have received the drug in an atlanta hospital. the viral disease has killed 932 people in africa. new this morning, a woman who police call a serial stow away was arrested again, a day after being released from jail, 62-year-old marlin gene hartman was arrested at lax. she was sentenced to two years probation and three years in jail. she has tried to sneak aboard flights at least half dozen times in the past.
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the white house was put on on lockdown after a toddler, managed to squeeze through the bars of the north gate. it happened before the president gave his statement on iraq. the u.s. spokesman said the little boy got a time out and left with his parents. he escaped you without any charges. >> the countdown clock is getting closer to zero. we're about it to get our first look at the philadelphia eagles of they play their first preseason game tonight. coach chip kelly in the players arrived in chicago yesterday. they are looking forward tore playing real football. >> we're coming off a great year, it's great to know who we are as a team. getting the team together and just ready to go against a different opponent than just the teammates. i think everybody is ready to play. >> kelly said the starters will play a series or two at soldiers
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field. >> reporter: the "action news" sports team will get you ready with the eagles special, great expectations at 7:30, the game at 8:00 p.m. general motors with safety recalls surfaced with another case. people eating at this midwestern restaurant are seeing a new fee attached to the bill and they are in the happy. >> take 6abc.com with you. the new smart design fits any device how can i avoid maintenance fees?
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>> let's take a look at 309 and show you what it looks like at the pennsylvania turnpike on 309 no problems, the turnpike eastbound from approaching to past willow grove construction blocking two lanes. the burlington bristol bridge was scheduled for 4:40, it's up right now. stick to the turnpike connector. >> in hawaii we have iselle that's been downgraded to a tropical storm and julio will be a category one when it pasts to the north. none the lez it's a bumpy
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weekend. 71 and sun around here. 78 by noon, 84 by 3:00 p.m. 81 by 6:00 p.m. the high is 84. as we head to the airport, looks like all green planes on the big board with no anticipated major travel delay problems occupant there. keep in mind you can follow me on facebook and twitter for updates. right now i have a preview of saturday night's matchup between the philadelphia union. the breast screening program provided screening for 4 million women in its first 20 years. 90% of the cancer cases women received proper follow-up care. the estimated screening was $145 per women. >> the rash of gm recalls
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continues. >> reporter: good morning, topping america's money, gm recalling suvs that can catch fire. 300,000 older gms are affected. they were told to park outside until a problem with a power window switch can be fixed. that won't be for months. fico shows how it tallies credit scores no longer including medical debt. minimum wage fee went up 5 cents. instead of boosting food prices, he added the fee to the bill. heros on the half she will could push guardian also of the galaxy into another universe. >> 5:22. up next, in the morning buzz,
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you can kind of see a truck swerving to avoid a car and rams into another car causing it to fall to the lower level of the bridge in cincinnati. it happened last weekend. police say the truck driver wasn't paying attention. about ten cars were involved in the crash, everyone made it out alive. >> in the morning buzz we're talking about an app for everything, including it turns out your leftovers. >> i love leftovers. >> if you want to give away your leftovers swap.com you can upload them to ain' a app, you can drop them off, exchange or give it away, whatever you meant to do, however, this gets my attention there's no set rules on how fish or protein should be handled and no maximum time
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hurricane iselle takes aim at hawaii overnight, and iselle is a tropical storm, but julio is behind it. >> david murphy you have details on what's going on with that and what's going on with our accuweather here and karen rogers is taking a look at traffic, already flashing lights behind you. >> reporter: i know someone who is flying out hawaii, and claims that the airplane left philadelphia on time this morning. we'll see what happens. we have cloud cover to the south, and we have sunshine building into the delaware and lehigh valleys. 66 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in allentown, 66 in sea isle city. 64 by 6:00 a.m. 68 by 8:00 a.m. mainly clear skies and clouds popping up here and there. as we roll through the day, 71 degrees by 9:00. 78 by noon, the whole morning we
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