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>> good morning, everyone, it is 6 am on this monday, september 8. we have news you didn't see last night. >> a shooting victim's situation goes from bad to worse when he is involved in a crash on the way to the hospital. >> a philadelphia family is experiencing a very public start to the school year. "action news" is giving them a rise and shine. >> we have big news from across the pond the royal family is getting bigger. >> david murphy has axey is accuweather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we have sunshine in philadelphia, satellite shows you the split in the clear skies from the north to the south. some of the clouds from pittsburgh may roll in later on.
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68 if philadelphia currently. a lights breeze blowing. 66 in wilmington. just 57 in allentown. the temperatures had been fluctuating back and forth up there in the last half-hour, and we have the low 70s down the shore. as we head out the door to catch the bus between 7:00 and 8:00 we'll be in the upper 60s. partly cloudy skies more clouds to the south than up north. as we roll through the day, not as warm as yesterday, 70 by 9, 73 by noon, 77 by 3:00 p.m. we'll have an uptick in rain, i'll have that in the seven day. >> reporter: we have more school buses on the roads, we have more slowing and volume near 23 on 422. upper providence a vehicle ran off the roadway here,
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collegeville road near black rock. bustleton avenue at this point shut down, this is a big one between longshore avenue and harbison avenue. it happened in the overnight hours, but impacting traffic. look at the number of emergency workers there. you see that car it smashed into a chinese restaurant and brought you on that pole right there. they need to fix the road. there's debris on the rooted. stick to leonard avenue use the boulevard instead, also, but boulevard southbound near tyson we have issues. stick to the outer drive if you're using the boulevard as the alternate. >> new this morning, a man was shot and involved in a crash on the way to the hospital. the shooting happened before 1:00 a.m. on the 5600 block of catherine street in west philadelphia. the victim was shot in the back as he sat on the porch. someone managed to get the man into a car to go to the
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hospital, but then a half block away, that car collided with another car. the victim is in the hospital in critical condition. a woman in the other car was hurt. police are looking for the trigger man and there's no word on the motive for the shooting. police are trying to track down the driver of a pick up truck who struck and killed a pedestrian in south jersey. this happened on the 1000 block of mantua pike around 8:00 p.m. a 52-year-old man from man at -a was walking in the -- mantua was walking in the northbound lanes when he was struck and left to die. >> a brother of of an accused child molester fears that more children could be victims of his brother. he abused two children in upper mount bethel township in north hampton county.
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gerhardt denies the allegation, the children have been receiving medical treatment shins coming forward with the claims. many students have been in school for a week, the final group of children happen to attend class in the region's largest district. katherine scott is making this first day more special for one family, what's going on in mount airy, katherine? >> we're at the tart family i'm here with nadia's mom is she a morning person. >> she can be. >> reporter: how will she take it? she'll be okay. >> good morning, "action news"
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is here. happy first day of school. thank you. >> are you excited? >> very excited. >> are you excited for your first day of school? >> i'm excited. i'm looking forward to going to the school, i heard it's a great school. >> first day jitters? >> i have some friends. >> reporter: nadia is bright eyed and bushy tailed, is she usually like this on the first day of school? >> i can't remember. >> you'll be eating breakfast,
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and we'll meet you downs. downs -- downstairs. the president announced they will carry out airstrikes against isis in support of ground troops, troops that will not include american forces. terror experts say isis represents the most significant threat this country has seen since 9/11. >> 6:06. ever wish someone else could do the driving. a car maker said that could be true in the next several years. >> reporter: good morning, tam, general motors wants to offer hands-free driving in two years. they plan to introduce a cadillac with super crews technology. gm said the technology is designed to make driving safer. millennials are saying no
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to credit cards. 63% don't have a single credit card. that compares to a mere 35% of americans over the age of 30. bank rate said tanking economy and mounting student loans scared many off from opening credit cards. >> the s&p 500 set a closing record high on friday. futures are pointing to a lower open. how would you like 7 weeks of unlimited pasta for 100 bucks. olive garden is planning to do just that. him it's the first never ending pasta pass. they can eat all the pasta, salad, and soft drinks for 49 days, 1,000 will be sold online starting today at 3:00 p.m. the promotion is designed to bring attention to the restaurant whose sales have slumped in recent years. matt and tam, that's a lot of
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carbs. >> pasta everyday? maybe have some fruit. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we are precipitation free this morning. as we take a look outside, we have the airport, and no weather related ishts at the airport. -- weather-related issues at the airport. we are catching rain in the connection cities like charlotte, north carolina maybe a little delay. if you're waiting for a plane coming up from the carolinas, same thing. pretty comfortable numbers process across the region. 68 in philadelphia, 57 in allen be town, 58 in reading. 67 in millville, 73 on the boardwalks down the jersey shore. satellite showing up on future tracker 6 we're looking at clouds basically from the city south this morning as we go into the afternoon there's a chance some of this weeps up toward the lehigh valley. i do think it's going to be one of those days where it's cloudier down showt and brighter
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up -- cloudier down south and brighter up north. there's a chance that the clouds erode a bit. up in allentown we'll call it a mix of sun and clouds, pleasant conditions high of 75. the humidity will not be all that high. looks like it will be a comfortable 75. down the shore, lots of clouds, 74 by no one, 78 by 3:00 p.m. on the beach not as warm as the weekend. if philadelphia, high of 77. a bit cooler than over the weekend. clouds and sun, winds east/northeast 8 to 16 miles per hour there's a light to moderate breeze at times. 68 by 8:00, 72 by 11:00 a.m., a nice day to get the outdoor chores done. a good day to walk the dog. 72 degrees by 11:00 p.m., the
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high hit around 7:00 p.m. start of the phillies, 70 degrees they open a big set with the pirates and 68 in the 9th inning. tomorrow we have clouds building back in and at times we'll have showers crewing -- crewing -- cruising in over the ocean. it will be damp in philadelphia at times tomorrow. clouds and sun in philadelphia, 77. cloudier to the south and clear up to the north. clouds and rain tomorrow tuesday, more in south jersey. clouds and sun on wednesday, 80. warm and humid ahead of the next cold front. 86 is the high. a shower or thunderstorm can't be ruled out. we get clouds mixed with sun and
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lowering humidity and breezy highs in the 70s. looks like rain is possible on saturday, and dry on sunday, low 70s coming up then. up next, more stories you didn't see last night. the passing of conservative and sometimes other than of a fast food giant. >> the eagles we'll look at the exciting season opener. >> reporter: this is westbound traffic on the vine with roads clear and dry. we have a bunch of issues out there, the latest details and a accident on i-95. >> we heard rumors and now we have officials information from buckingham palace abo
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boulevard. meanwhile, speeds on the schuylkill expressway not too bad, mostly in the 50s. we have a concert in south philadelphia at 7:30. 7:05, the phils, you might want to take the sports express trains they start at 6:08. they run every ten minutes. slower speeds on i-95 southbound we've got a live camera look, this is i-95 near girard southbound traffic here generally jammed from allegheny to girard, we expect more volume on the roads, school buses more and more starting today we expect extra volume. starting to see slower speeds on i-95, as well. let's look at the temperature, 68 degrees in philadelphia. 57 in allentown, 67 in millville. 71 right now in dover, but comfortable out there, the high today of only 77 degrees with clouds and sunshine, no weather-related prbs impacting you -- problems impacting you today. >> we have happy breaking news, the duke and dutchess of
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cambridge are expecting their second child. they announced that dutchess kate is pregnant and sick with morning sickness. doctors at kensington palace are treating kate. a new royal boy arrest girl will be 4th in line to the thrown after prince charles and prince williams and prince george. the head of chick-fil-a has died. the family still runs the company, they say he passed away early this morning, surrounded by loved ones, he was 93 years old. >> netflix is catering to people who watch it on small screens. we have tech bytes.
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neck flicks goes for the short game. the streaming video service think that most will not watch 90 minute shows on their iphones so they will shorten it to increase their users. now anyone can get google glass, the internet connected eye glass frames are on sale any google play store. the price is $1,500. ikea is poking fun at apple. it says it's wireless and its battery never runs out and comes with content already installed. a dark cloud hung over the
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eagles for the first half of the game. the birds dug themselves a 17-point hole against the jacksonville jaguars. nick foles could you have had up the ball -- coughed up the ball three times in the first half. new addition darren sproles ran 49 yards and the eagles scored 27 points and then didn't allow any any more. >> there wasn't a huge change from the play call in the first half than in the second half and we weren't throwing chairs in the locker room. >> a bracelet finds it's way back to it's other than 11 years after it was lost.
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>> reporter: it's 62 degrees, it's cool out there this morning, we'll go well into the 70s, shorts and ts work in case it's the first day of school for your public school students or second week for the rest. we'll be back with the day-park forecast. >> starting today we're stengdz "action news" at noon to a full hour, watch the chew at 1:00 p.m., who wants to be a millionaire at 2:00 p.m. get your trivia fix
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time. >> reporter: we are in the 60s in most neighborhoods. we're up to 70 boy 9:00 a.m. 73 by noon, 3:00 p.m. high temperature is 77 degrees. notice how there is that mix of clouds and sun and you're going to see more sun to the north an more clouds to the south the way things are looking on satellite today. as we take a look at the airport, no big delays expected at anyone of our major travel destinations. we're expecting rain in char lot and there could delays there. >> doctors are wondering if obesity is causing child cancer rates. there's been a slight increase among african-american children. there's a slight increase in kidney and thyroid cancer. increases in thyroid and kidney cancers in adults is connected to obesity.
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>> officials in chile are looking into the murder of a 22-year-old teacher from kentucky. erica hagueen was found dead inside her apartment in chile. she was teaching english after graduate lg college from kentucky. she had been to the country before and scheduled to come back home in december. >> today marks 6 months since the disappearance of malaysia 370. it dropped off the radar march 8
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on it's way to beijing. searchers have not recovered any debris. they believe the plane flew south into the indian ocean, but have not pinpointed the exact location. >> the royal family is getting bigger. details on the announcement that came overnight that's ahead
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amid a budget crisis that could impact students for the rest of the year. >> let's find out what the weather will be like for the kids heading to the backup. >> reporter: it's cool on the terrace, we have clouds down to the east and we'll have sun breaking through the clouds. satellite shows you where you are in the region, the thicker the clouds will be the stuff by pittsburgh will shoot into the northern and western suburbs later today. jodi in middletown delaware reports a mild 71 degrees, swu look at the -- as you look at regional temperatures we have areas in the 70s this morning. in the i-95 it's the mid to upper 60s. 68 in philadelphia. 62 in trenton. and we're still in the 50s in lancaster, reading and allentown. as we roll through the day, it will be warm this afternoon, but not as warm as yesterday. 70 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 73 by noon.
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77 is the high at 3:00 p.m. again, clouds mixing with sun, but the farther north you are through the region the more sun you see. the farther south you go, the more cloud cover you see today. when i step inside we have a couple of chances of rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast details coming up. >> reporter: all right, dave we've been talking about a handsful of accidents this morning. it's busy, but i want to show you the big picture, on the blue route, schuylkill expressway and i-95 we're accident-free. schuylkill expressway eastbound slow from the blue route to the curve. the vine westbound slow as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. i-95 cottman to girard traveling in the 20s. we may have a bridge opening of the tacony-palmyra in another 15 minutes watch for that. i want to talk built accident on the boulevard. it's involving the tractor-trailer. this is the northeast philadelphia accident. busle ton avenue is closed between harbison and longshore.
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southbound we have a an accident involving the tractor-trailer, it's blocking two lanes on the boulevard, the left and center lane of the inner drive. stick to the outer drive on the boulevard southbound near tyson avenue. hearing world of an accident in new jersey we've been checking into. this is 42, southbound traffic, near deptford near route 41 we're hearing an accident involving state police, local police are telling us they had fire trucks out there, that have cleared. chopper 6 heading to the scene. northbound we're seeing slowing a 14 minute ride from the ac express to the walt whitman bridge. >> a driver crashed into a northeast philadelphia restaurant and fled the scene. it happened on bustleton avenue at 2:30.
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the car knocked over a pole and hit a gas line causing a small leak. video posted online showed several people beating a mentally challenge man in delaware. the 26-year-old victim is diagnosed with william syndrome and has the mental capacity of a second grader. his mother spoke to "action news" about the attacks. >> reporter: when you saw the video what went through your mind? >> rage, anger because of the situation of him being mentally disabled, he doesn't do anything to anyone but be kind. >> state police received 911 calls and facebook tips about the video. they show the man being punched and body slammed possibly in several attacks. the video was re-posted hash tag the bully project. two teens face misdemeanors and have been released from custody.
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the victim has been checked out at the hospital. philadelphia schools open this morning and the financial problems are looming for the first day of class. the district is pinched by an 81 million-dollar deficit. william height is asking for the cigarette tax. now it's time to check in with "action news" reporter, katherine scott live right there with the family in mount airy, getting ready for the all-important first day of school, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, this is nadia patterson, and her mom val retart. you're going to a new school. >> reporter: yes. >> you play lacrosse, soccer,
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you swim, you sing. anything you'll be doing for activities any plans? >> i want to join the drama class if they have one, and i was going to do sports such as lacrosse or soccer, whatever they have. >> and val when you were watching your daughter go off to 6th grade are you excited for her? >> i am excited for her and the school year starting i'm looking forward to having her having a good time at school. i think the academics are on point and she will enjoy it. >> how do you make sure you're involved in her curriculum and activity also. >> reporter: this is my first year dealing with this school, making sure i'm on the website, parent association, definitely
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keep in touch with her teachers and the principals, and ventricle -- and having that parent relationship with the school. >> thank you for having us for the first day of school, have fun and, of course, we'll be here as she heads off, back to you guys in the studio. >> thank you so much. a rare respiratory virus has sickened hundreds of childrens across the united states, researchers think it is entrovirus 68. doctors are not sure how the virus spread. most of the cases are in colorado and other states in the mid section of the county. no cases in our area report the. dr. richard besser abc news medical editor predicts the virus will spread to other states. "good morning america" will continue the spread of the mystery virus after "action
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news." >> a philadelphia school kidnapping and abuse trial could wrap up in the coming days, that is topping our week ahead. christine ruguster abducted a girl and sexually mo let used her. she is expected to testify in her own defense. thursday marks 8913th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. a ceremony will be held at the garden of reflex honoring the first responders killed in the blast. susan g.koman walk begins monday the proceeds will benefit survive heers. nick foles looked
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indecisive and turned the ball over in the first half of the game against the jtion -- jacksonville jaguars. the eagles turned it around in the second half scoring 34 straight points. foles shook off the rust and connected with engineer -- jeremy mack lin for the game winner. >> you can't get frustrated, you know you have to keep your cool. >> eagles win 34-17. evan mathis left the game with a knee injury. he'll have an mri today. eagles play the colts in i understand -- inannapolis one week from tonight. >> we have happy news and breaking news, the duke and dutchess are expecting their second child. she also suffering from morning
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sickness it is the same problem that caused her to be hospitalize with her first pregnancy with prince george. drlings at kensington palace are treect kate. there's no word on a due date. the new boy or girl will be 4th in line to the thrown. prince george is such a cute baby. >> not waste a anytime. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan we have no precipitation out there, as we take a look outside, there's sunshine trying to break through clouds at the shore and elsewhere. generally speaking we have a fair amount of cloud cover the farther south you go through the region, aiblghts of a clear -- a little bit of a clear sky cover for the of the region. dewpoint is waffling around 60 degrees, it's at 61, so borderline humid not too bad. winds out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour.
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future tracker 6 we're tracking clouds not rain. you can see how the cloud cover to the south will get thicker and possibly push toward the lehigh valley by lunchtime. later in the day, it kind of breaks up and push to the south. in general what you can tell from the picture, from philadelphia south you've got a much better chance of seeing a lot more clouds and philadelphia north you have a better chance of seeing sun. the city itself caught in the middle of that. as we roll through the day, 68 degrees by 6:00 a.m., 72 by 11:00 a.m. 76 degrees by 2:00 p.m. your high today a little warm, 77 degrees, but not as bad as yesterday when we got into the low 80s. high temperatures across the region, looks like everybody is in the 90s. mid 70s in allentown and 77 to 78 down the shore, as well. a bit breezy today and nice overall.
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at the ballpark, the phillies against the pirates, look for partly cloudy skies, cool, 70 in the first pitch and 68 in the 9th inning. tomorrow we have rain in the picture, mainly south jersey and delaware, every now and then the light stuff might clip the i-95 corridor. we're going for a high of 77 today. clouds and sun, more clouds to the south, more sun up north. clouds and light rain at times on tuesday, 74. if we see any steadier cells they are in south jersey and delaware. clouds give way to sun and high of 80 wednesday. thursday, warm and humid, 86. friday, 77. looks like low 70s are to weekend, looks like saturday could feature a period of rain
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and sunday looks dry. >> more brand new stories up next, including the freak accident that claimed the life of of an accident. a tom wolf. he'd be a different kind of governor. he served in the peace corps in india. and then got a phd from mit. and as a businessman he gives between 20 and 30 percent of his profits back to his employees.
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when he served as pennsylvania's secretary of revenue. he turned down the perks. and donated his government salary to charity he refused take a state car, he drove his old jeep instead. can't argue with that. tom wolf. he'd bring a fresh start to pennsylvania.
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>> luggage carts, buses planes, all sorts of things going on at philadelphia international airport. 67 degrees on city avenue. >> let's go on over to karen rogers we've got a bridge opening. >> reporter: yes we have a bridge opening, i warned you about it, about 15 minutes ago. we're looking live at the tacony-palmyra it's up, traffic is stopped on either side.
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head to the betsy ross bridge instead the best alternate you'll have to deal with. this accident on out trooper road. watch for that. 422 eastbound looking at a jamup from oaks to 23. it's not our only jam. chester county, 30 bypass is jammed from 340 to 113. a slow go on the 30 bypass, as well. let's take look at the temperatures as you head out the door. no weather related problems even though we've seen a handful of accidents. 68 degrees, heading up to 77 clouds and sunshine not as warm always over the weekend. no weather-related issues for the morning commute tore evening community. >> a stranding accident claimed the life of actress molly glynn.
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she had a recurring role as a doctor on chicago fire. she was 46 and survived by her husband and two teenage sons. there could be a break in the high profile case of holly bobo. two people discovered the human skull ten miles away from the home of a suspect charged with her kidnapping and murder. right now police in tennessee are not linking the remains to the case, they have to conduct dna tests to i had the skull and these results could take days or weeks. >> governor chris christie called a meeting in atlantic city. 8,000 workers are out of a job. some new jersey lawmakers want voters to consider the fate of a 40-year-old law which gives ac a
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monopoly in new jersey. they say having gambling outside of ac would recoup the revenue going out of state. >> people are rescued in yosemite after a fair comes dangerously close to visitors. >> reporter: across the region you're on the mild side. some areas in the north up in the 50s. we'll be back with the day-park forecast and help you dress the .
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>> get some more royal news coming from britain on "good morning america." >> i bet we will that and more, let's go over to amy robach what's coming up on "g.m.a." >> reporter: are you telling me there's breaking news from london? i didn't know. just kidding. good morning to you, we'll be talking about the breaking news out of london. we'll have all the details from london as we hear the official royal announcement. everyone excited about the welcoming news. happening right now, a growing wildfire in yosemite national park forcing evacuations and closing off parts of the world-famous tourist attraction. we have a rare health emergency that is sending children across the country to the hospital. it starts off like a cold, but
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it could be deadly. dr. bellser is here with moreen this mystery -- more on the mystery illness. we have u.s. open champ serena williams here to talk about her big win. we have ashly judd live all coming up next on "good morning america." >> sounds good. we'll see you in a little bit. >> reporter: busy on the roads, we have an accident on 42 southbound near route 41. we have an accident we're hearing a minivan spun out and hit the back of a state trooper vehicle. it's off to the side and it's something to watch for on 42 southbound. northbound you have an 18 minute ride from the ac expressway to the walt whitman bridge. kind of heavy on the ben franklin bridge we have construction blocking that right lane, you have a slow go coming into the city.
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dave. >> reporter: most of us in the 60s if you're dressing the kids it's mild enough to go with the shorts and ts. if case you're running errands, 73 by 9:00 a.m. 77 is the high, not as warm as yesterday. there's a fair amount of cloud cover, but the thicker clouds will be south of philadelphia, the farther north you are the better chance you have of seeing more sun, tam. >> thank you, david. we want to tell you about exciting changes to "action news," "action news" is one hour exciting changes to "action news," "action news" is one hour it makes me happy to go on the computer. i like feeling smart. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access
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>> this is the first day of school for public schools students in philadelphia. of >> let's check in with katherine scott she is live with a family in mount airy. >> reporter: we're live in mount airy with nadia patterson. she is starting 6th grade. mom has been whizzing around and making breakfast and packing lunch. baloney sandwich on the men crew. >> crew -- menu.
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are you excited? >> i want to have a good year and get good grades and he exce. >> looking at all the certificates on your fridge, i know you'll excel. thanks for having us. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> reporter: tacony-palmyra the bridge is coming back down. this is northbound ship it will be affecting the burlington bristol bridge. we have a handful of accidents, one closing bustleton avenue between longshore and harbison. we have an accident on on the boulevard southbound at tyson on the inner drive stick to the outer drive. >> reporter: a nice day, if you're foistled -- first day of
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school or second week at school. 70 degrees by 9:00 a.m., floon, 73 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 77 degrees. the farther north of the region, the better chance you you have f seeing sun and south you'll see clouds. >> for david murphy, karen rogers, tamala edwards, i'm matt o'donnell. if it is your first day of school, teachers, students, administrators, be good. >> ♪
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good morning, america. breaking rite now. the second royal baby on the way. the sudden announcement from william and kate just hours ago. the new baby set to be fourth in line to the throne. kate suffering from extreme morning sickness again. we're live from london. a sudden wildfire traps hundreds inside yosemite national park. as monsoon rains from tropical storm norbert kre ate a flash flood emergency in the southwest. the mystery virus striking fast. sending more than 1,000 children to hospitals across the country. the illness putting kids under 5 at risk. what you need to know what night. ♪ the eye of the tiger and serena williams roarin