on woodhaven road, route 13 behind me bristol pike, in bensalem, you can see there is much heavier traffic than normal and they are traveling back up to street road and getting on northbound. lets go to video one person was killed in this multivehicle crash and five vehicles involved. three passenger vehicles and two tractor trailer, one of them hauling scrap metal. this happened at 3:15 on north street road, a witness said that traffic was backed up because of construction traffic and one tractor trailer hit a parked car and hit the scrap metal truck and sent it off the roadway on i-95, that account is not confirmed by police that is from an eyewitness traffic northbound is at a stand still

traffic is forced off at woodhaven road and there is still some vehicles trapped north of street road and north of woodhaven south of the accident and north of woodhaven. >> what is the traffic out there northbound? >> horrendous, a dead stop people were getting out and walking around. >> on the highway. >> from street road to woodhaven road. >> long time? >> yes absolutely. cleaning that mess up. >> police are telling us that it could be 6:00 before i-95 northbound reopens, they have to call accident investigators to the scene and clean up all the wreckage including the scrap metal out on the road, we know that one person died in this collision and it's unclear who that person was and which vehicle they were riding in and we are working to collect more information, again i-95 northbound is diverted at

woodhaven and creating a mess on the streets of bensalem. i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> sara, thank you. because of that mess we'll check in with matt pellman shortly for more of the traffic impact on 95 but before that we are following another deadly crash. from our delaware newsroom this crash in hockessin happened on lancaster pike, it involved a tractor trailer and another vehicle and left debris scattered all over the road and police have not yet told us the victim's name or what yet caused this crash. people are being warned about a string of burglaries over the last month and in each case the thieves are getting into the homes the same way. eva pilgram has more. >> reporter: shirleen neighbors

in the south philadelphia neighborhood are on the lookout after several home break-ins in less than a month's time. a warning call that has neighbors talking. >> my dog will watch my house. i mean he lets me know when someone is around. >> it's usually safe. >> the 100 block of siegel street has been hit threes times in less than a month. someone is going through alley doors to get inside. this woman that didn't want to be identified was home when the robbers broke into her house. >> when i came down stairs the stuff from the windowsill was all over the floor and they broke in and went out the back. >> her alley door was broken and has since been repaired but she is still worried. >> it seems they are getting more braise and with it. >> neighbors have went to facebook to warn about the break-ins and the pictures of

the two suspects. they are blurry but gives them on idea of who to look out for. >> it's scary and we haven't anything personally happen to us. >> i keep telling them lock the door lock the door. >> have everybody watch for one another. >> reporter: now if you have any information about who is behind these break-ins are you asked to call philadelphia police in penns port, eva pilgram channel 6 "action news." the trial for don totalllson went to the hospital to get his blood checked and he is accused of taking more than $300,000 from people by selling what prosecutors say were bogus

travel packages. it is time now for a chip kelly of the accuweather forecast more sun out there and it feels more bearable. we like it cecily tynan is in for adam joseph today. nice to see the sunshine. >> it's amazing how a little bit of sunshine brightens up your mood. we started with clouds though satellite 6 shows the cloud cover was thick at 7:30 in the morning and as we head through the day the drier air mixed in and the clouds really breaking up and even the left over clouds are very thin and allowing filtered sunshine to beam through. temperatures wow, it's amazing how 35 degrees feels pretty good. the last few afternoons we never climbed above 32, wilmington 37 and reading 33 degrees, so certainly a little bit warmer than the last couple of days. tonight evening planner showing that temperatures are slow to drop off by 8:00, and 9:00, 31

and by 10:00 down to 30 degrees it's seasonably cool tonight and we are tracking a windy friday as a cold front moves in behind the system saturday is looking sunny and then cold and on sunday a threat of rain and a better chance of rain in parts of our viewing area, we'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> cecily thank you. a delaware charter school just won approval to stay open after two of its administrators were accused of spending tens of thousands of school dollars on personal items. for family foundation academy under new leadership. the school was fighting to stay hope after the founder and chief operating officer was found to use $195,000 worth of purchased with school credit cards. chad pradelli has more on the accusations and decision coming up at 5:00. another candidate has

officially entered the race to be the next mayor of philadelphia. nelson diaz announced his candidacy in huntington park. he has worked as attorney general, and he joins a crowded field. diaz is the fifth candidate to throw his hat in the ring, joining lynn abraham and anthony williams. still ahead here at 4:00 we'll get back to breaking news, the deadly crash that has part of i-95 shut down, we'll go to matt pellman to find out how to get around the wreck. and what the fbi is saying about the man planning to carry out an attack against the capital.

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dead after a crash involving a tractor trailer there chopper 6 hd live over the scene in the northbound lanes of i-95, this at street road and as a result i-95 is partially shut down. because of that lets get to matt pellman in the traffic center. people want to know how to avoid this mess. >> we have options for them brian and shirleen this is a mess all afternoon the truck involved with the scrap metal and other tractor trailer and cars since then the northbound lanes of i-95 are shut down approaching the street road exit that is it right there in ben salem bucks county the cleanup crews remain on the scene and no northbound traffic continues to get by. we are backed up to that closure point at woodhaven road and traffic is detoured off there to get back to i-95, as sara bloomquist said you don't want to sit through that mess.

use other alternates like the roosevelt boulevard depending on where you are going i would even head to new jersey over the ben franklin bridge and then head back using the pennsylvania turnpike into pennsylvania, when are you detouring we say use frankfurt avenue but there is still a crash from this morning, so that is not your best bet. and a crash northbound in the work zone by cotman avenue taking out the right lane, so people are barking up heading northbound to the closure point at woodhaven when this accident happened, huge delays travel times are three times what they should be coming out of the city. we continue to follow the closure in hockessin delaware. >> lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday, almost friday people are talking about the big

accident on i-95, can you download the waze app for free. it's the kind of terror plot homeland security is watching out for. a home grown plot inspired by isis. that is what they say they have with christopher cornell. he was arrested in ohio after buying two m 15 assault rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition, the fbi had been watching him since last fall they say an informant tipped him off that he was posted messages and videos on twitter showing support for al qaeda and isis, his father was emotional while talking to his son and accused federal investigators for setting him

up. >> there is no way he came up with that on his own somebody put that in his head. >> he is charged with attempting to kill officers and employees of the government, and the fbi says the public was not in any danger but they have had their eye on this guy brian and we find out all of the plan he had. >> thank you. while the attack in france played out last week another plot played out in nigeria, and we got a look at the utter devastation it caused. they seized a military base and killed civilians and burned and tire villages here is satellite images everywhere you see red that is burned remains of a building or something else set ablaze. they say that 150 people are dead but amnesty says that real number is likely as high as 2,000. jury selection in the boston

marathon bombing trial moved into the second phase accused terrorist dzhokhar tsarnaev in is court as the prosecutors try to set a jury. they have a pool of about 1300 people left. they will question them 20 at a time until they have enough to start the case. >> to business now, stocks took another beating today. the dow lost 204 points and the nasdaq was down 68.5 and the s&p dropped 18. target is admitting defeat north of the border and the retailers closing all 133 stores that opened in canada over a year since it first expanded there new ceo, brian cornell says there was no realistic way to make the stores profitable in the next decade. it will cost target $650 million in fees to close the stores and

6500 people will lose their jobs. caesars filed for bankruptcy today and they operate caesars and bally's in atlantic city and runs harrahs in chester and harrahs atlantic is not affected by the bankruptcy and they say that their casinos and hotels will stay open and reorganize and deal with their $10 billion in debt. when you stop to get an oil change you may have given back to military heroes in delaware. jiffy lube collected donations from customers in the month of november and december and the owner matched the total and today presented nearly $20,000 to the uso of delaware supporting military members and their families. authorities in montgomery county have a warning about bogus utility workers, "action news" anchor rick williams is in the newsroom now with the details on this. >> this scam is apparently

taking place in east norton county. they are tricking homeowner into thinking they are utilities or other businesses. and we are in the middle of flu season of course and some doctors have a unique approach to offer patients a certain kind of relief. we'll show you tonight on health check at 5:00. some stories we are following before we see you in a little bit. >> thank you rick. up next cecily is back with an early look at the weekend call from accuweather. >> and crews finally shut off the water main that was shooting water into the sky over northeast philadelphia but it left behind an icy mess, we get an update on the repairs.

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important speech experienced through dance today's beautiful performance was part of the kimmel center's martin luther king tribute. more than 50 talented singers dancers and musicians took to the stage to celebrate the memory of dr. king. >> beautiful. speaking of beautiful, the accuweather forecast. >> finally not too bad. >> thank you so much. oh you meant the weather? okay. thought you were talking about my sweater. sky 6 behind me showing a beautiful view of the ben franklin bridge the skies are finally brightening today. now we are halfway through the month and taking a check of how january is going we started off on the warm side, the days in red are the above average days and the first five days we were above average. then since the 5th temperatures

are below average, january so far 3.5 degrees below normal and i'm not tracking any big warm-up on the way and i'm not tracking any big cool down, temperatures feel better than yesterday we were stuck at 32 degrees and philadelphia 35 degrees and allentown and trenton 34 and millville 36 degrees, we have a little bit of a breeze creating a small windchill factor feeling like 28 degrees, but compared to the deep freeze last week and earlier this week it feels pretty nice. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the morning clouds and now sunshine filtering through. if you look across the great lakes, you see the snow showers associated with a cold front that is pressing in tomorrow the temperatures are up a notch but the winds are a huge factor. 7:30 tomorrow morning we have

winds from 24 to 35 miles per hour and the winds stay with us all day long. temperatures may be in the 40s and it will feel like 32 degrees when you factor in the winds. the call from accuweather, partly cloudy and winds are light tonight and no big windchill factor tonight. 27 in philadelphia and 23 in millville and 23 in allentown and reading 22. the four day at 4:00, tomorrow 42 degrees, a couple of degrees above average but then again the wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. the windchills i should say around 32. on saturday the high pressure builds in behind the cold front and that brings us a clear sky and cold and calm conditions and 32 degrees, on sunday it's mild, 44 degrees and rain is developing especially east of the i-95 corridor and behind sunday's system for mlk day of service we dry out and cool down 39 degrees but bring back the

wind gusts. i'll talk more about the chance of rain on sunday not everyone will get soaked coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> your sweater is lovely. >> and so are you. cecily thank you. philadelphia is getting ready to celebrate a founding father ben franklin's birthday is saturday and there will be three days of festivities in his honor, ben himself stopped by the historic philadelphia center to cut an early birthday cake the real party starts tomorrow with a special procession at independence national park. happy birthday ben. >> ben never looked so good. >> he likes chocolate. >> and we are buzzing next? >> big buzz today because the oscar nominations are out and who is on the list and who got snubbed according to the critics.

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it is time now for the buzz, big buzz in hollywood and beyond because the oscar nominations came out this morning and two extraffic gant comedies bird man and the grand budapest hotel is tied for the most nominations, nine each. tying them is boyhood, the widely acknowledged frontrunner and whiplash and the theory of everything and american sniper and selma. despite the best picture nod for selma, people are surprised that the director was not nominated nor was the lead actor who portrayed dr. martin luther king jr. just some of the snubs we are talking about today. but the best actor nods

jenkintown's bradley cooper is nominated for his role and eddie redmane and steve corel, who stars in fox catcher, the real life story of the wrestlers steve shultz. a local connection to that film, but it did not earn a best picture nod. best actress, felicity jones and reece witherspoon a favorite and julian moore nominated for her role as a doctor struggling with alzheimer's in "still alice" this snub the most notable coming in the best animation category the lego movie left off the list, the 87th academy award is presented on february 22nd right here on 6

abc hosted by neil patrick harris the lego movie and the actor for selma and bradley cooper going for his third academy award. we would like to see him take one home at some point. and ahead saving 6 abc showing you the best deals for a gym membership. plus, he might be known as one of pennsylvania's to senators around here but in washington pat toomey is known as the candy man how the lehigh valley republican became responsible for a rather unusual job. we'll tell you about it when we come back.

"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph alicia vitarelli shirleen allicot, and brian taff. >> hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with the reason a robbery suspect changed his mind when he saw who was the store he was about to hold up. >> and ever wonder about what your inner voice sounds like? >> i have watched your kind stuff your chubby faces for far too long. >> from yelling at you when you open the fridge and falling off the weight wagon we introduce

you to the new app designed by a local guy to shame you into eating better. >> that is gentle? and crews are trying to assess how much damage a main break did last night. and now breaking news out of buck county. an accident has parts of i-95 shut down right now this is the northbound lanes of street road, the multivehicle accident involving a tractor trailer there, at least one person is dead you can see traffic is backed up for miles matt pellman will have details on the delays the deadly accident is causing coming up in the "action news" traffic report. turning now to the latest on the massive water main break that made parts of northeast philadelphia look like yellowstone national park this is green grass road as a

ruptured valve sent water high into the sky and after gushing like old faithful this is the scene today a winter wonderland that is nice to look out but poses a problem way past the cleanup. and now david henry is on the scene of that massive main break. >> reporter: the leak is capped and the only evidence of what happened out here for almost 12 hours is a thick coating of ice on just about everything in sight, the situation is resolved but not before creating a very dangerous state of affairs here. the rupture was reported around 7:30 last night the geyser of water shot into the air and it's on private property but it became the city's job to stop it because that was city water going down the train.

they had to battle freezing water and falling limbs from ice covered trees. one worker had to be rescued and after a while it became too dangerous to continue. >> throughout the night and in the immediate area over there it was dark and icy and difficult location to get access to, we are trying to get close to the location it was extremely challenging for us. >> the leak was caused by a blowout of a valve they had to shut off a network of valves some as far as a mile away. but that left fire hydrants running dry. some shopping complexes were unprotected for hours firefighters would have to truck in water if there had been a fire. and by noon the blown out valve was replaced and they replaced the lines leading to the hydrants, this is the most spectacular of them. but one of seven in the city

overnight. there were eight the night before. >> and we have several breaks per day overnight, and all day long we are out here working as quickly as we can and efficiently as we can. most breaks take 10 to 12 hours. you'll see them more as the cold snap continues and the water department placed their work crews on 12-hour shifts during the winter months as they race from one break to the next. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> pretty to look at but it's a mess thank you. we are working to learn the name of the woman that died in the fiery crash on i-95 in new jersey this morning. the action cam was in hopewell township, just before 3:00 a.m. police say a woman driving a kia slammed into the back of a tractor trailer parked on the shoulder and the kia caught fire and the driver pulled a woman

out of the burning car but she died there at the scene. >> philadelphia police say that two thieves not only took their time burglarizing an old city bar but took the atm this video is from patty's bar at 3:30 on monday morning, the burglars spent an hour inside of the business assessing what they could take, they walked out the door with the atm and two flat screen televisions they believe that they loaded the stolen goods into a car parked outside. and police are looking for a man that held up a juniata park restaurant the suspect pulled a gun on the employee of the pizza shop. the worker handed over the money in the register and the gunman ran out investigators say the man holding the door was the suspect's come plisz police --

a chemical spill in the middle of the night brought emergency crews to strathaven middle school. the hazardous material crews responded after they detected the chemical. it's still not clear at this hour what caused the substance to spill. and cecily tynan is joining us with the accuweather forecast. >> not bad out there. >> yesterday you said the sun would come out tomorrow. >> you sang it. >> i was singing here comes the sun today too. it took a while but it did come out. lets go to sky 6 in northwestern chester county the sun is out there, and you'll notice if you look on the ground that the snow has not completely melted. it's 33 degrees currently so some snow is melting and the windchill is 25 degrees, taking a look at philadelphia international airport a little bit of sun glare there and 35

degrees the current windchill is 28 degrees. if you are traveling not a lot of delays they are getting ocean affect snow in boston and there are delays there up to 49 minutes elsewhere clear sailing and you'll notice in atlanta, 37 degrees there. >> thank you cecily. harkemcollege is marking 100 years in philadelphia with a celebration that began today. ♪♪ ♪♪ a special song and flag raising ceremony kicked off the centennial ceremony in bryn mawr it continued later with a charity drive for soldiers overseas. pennsylvania junior senators earned an important distinction

in congress senator pat toomey assumed the role of senate candy man he took on the responsibility of satisfying his colleague's sweet tooth by constantly attending to the chamber's candy desk, and it does exist it's been there since 1965, and is he charged with keeping it stocked and it's challenging. >> some senators are known to have big appetites but we'll be watching to see who spends a lot of time at the candy desk. >> there it is it exists toomey says it's makes sense because pennsylvania is the candy capital of america and toomey does have a sweet tooth but he favors threemuskateers.

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condemned the act the violence in god's name. and he says freedom of speech goes to far when it comes to religion. and the president is ordering federal agencies to advance six weeks of paid leave to new parents that would be provided up front even if the employee has not accrued the days and president obama is asking congress for $2 billion asking states to pay families for medical leave it would give workers a chance to earn seven days per year for themselves or a family member. and a man promising to rob a convenience store had a change of heart when he walked inside. he walked into the colorado ready to commit a crime but stopped in his tracks when he recognized the clerk behind the counter there he told the

employee, i was going to rob this place but i know you and flashed his thumb on the way out and they believe he picked a different store and robbed a 7-eleven down the street. how does someone live in a wal-mart to two days without anybody noticing? that is what police in michigan are trying to figure out. a woman refused to leave the store this week and she told officers she was living there for 48 hours and was put under arrest and taken to the police station, the son told police he kicked her out because of a drinking problem two days ago. the woman had set up camp inside of a bathroom and customers were never in danger. >> there is a new beverage making the rounds birch tree sap is making waves. it's the same way you get zapped

from maple syrup from tapping into the tree and it promises to be low in calories and micro nutrients you better read the fine print on that bottle. >> it says birch tree water and cane sugar something we don't need to add into our diet. >> scientists say there are no benefits other than keeping you hydrated. regular water will do the same and for a whole lot cheaper. here at the big board the big talker followup we introduced you to the local app designer named brian muler his first app carrot fit aimed to keep you in shape with tough love and tough talk and now he is back getting you to watch what you eat in the same sadistic way. >> greetings humans i have watched you stuff your chubby

faces for far too long. >> it's insults aimed at what you eat he first designed carrot fit designed to help people work out with powerful motivation, and now carrot hunger where stuffing your pie hole is calculated and critiqued. >> where did all the food go? oh yeah you ate it. they call it fat shaming and flat out mean. it's more the sense of humor than the feeling of negativeity, it's not always negative but when are you bad. >> the warning is there when you are about to go over. >> the more you eat the bigger your after targets but carrot is also your best cheerleader when you meet your goals. >> it might say you could be a part-time model. >> and you can put a sensor in

your fridge. and some people have lost up to 100 pounds with carrot as their coach. >> as for the insults, mueller says that the sarcastic humor is inspired by the women in his life like his mom and sister. but some people question the insults and whether they are inspired by them or just -- >> whatever it takes to get you moving. >> if it works for them, if they like it i love it. >> it is someone lost 100 pounds. matt pellman is monitoring the accident on i-95, it looks pretty bad out there. >> speaking of getting moving we would like to but we are not. on 95 northbound side they are forced off the northbound lanes of wood haven road, chopper 6 hd

remains live, traffic is diverted off woodhaven up to 13 to get back on northbound 95 can you imagine the huge backlog this is create can and can you see it from chopper 6 hd and the next camera shot on the ground this is why the overturned tractor trailer, with scrap metal all over the place and the scene is approaching street road, the exit right there, the accident happened at 1:15 but we are still without the northbound lanes of i-95. and the southbound gaper as well. you can stay on the roosevelt boulevard and sit through the traffic lights over there and depending on where you are going, make your way to new jersey by ben franklin bridge or 130 or 195, it's a clear shot this afternoon. in hockessin they are closing route 41 near york road because

of a bad crash old wilmington road gets you around that and watch for a crash at burlington cross keys road near the black horse pike. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up next.

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all right meteorologist, cecily tynan is along with the weekend forecast because friday is in sight and that means saturday is too. >> it will start on the windy side on friday. lets go to sky 6 hd this is a gorgeous sight in atlantic city the sun is beginning to drop behind the clouds on the horizon we did see sunshine today and the days are getting

longer and the sunset now for philadelphia officially at 5:00 in the evening. and the sunrise at 7:21. the temperatures climbed above freezing for the first time in the afternoon. the high is 36 degrees and feeling better than yesterday the morning low was 29 degrees, currently in philadelphia 35 degrees and trenton and millville 34 and reading 33 and wilmington 37 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing clouds breaking here if you look down across the south it looks ominous and all of this rain is pushing to the east so that will not be affecting us i am tracking a cold front moving across the great lakes that is moving through tomorrow ahead of it temperatures spike up to 42 degrees it won't feel anything like that because the wind gusts are up to 30 miles per hour. that feels like 32 when you factor in the windchill. behind it high pressure builds

in on saturday and that brings loads of sunshine and calm winds with a high of only 32 degrees and the high pressure moves off quickly and the front moves through on sunday and that brings us the next chance of precipitation it depends on where you are. the low pressure the track is still up in the air so to speak. how close to the coast it depends on how far west the rain gets looks like the rain is west of the i-95 corridor and if it moves off the coast the northwest suburbs stay dry and i'll have an update on "action news" at 11:00 the call from accuweather is partly cloudy and winds on the light side and seasonably cool and 21 degrees in the cooler suburbs and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, partly sunny skies and 42 degrees, wind gusts of up to 32 miles per hour and the windchill is around 32 on

saturday the winds diminish and lots of sunshine and it will be cold with a high of 32 degrees, milder ahead of the cold front and it clouds up to 44 degrees and rain at the coast behind sunday's system mlk day of service a dry day for the volunteers and windy and chilly and tuesday we drop to 36 and wednesday a clipper brings us rain or snow showers. behind that system we dry out with a high near 42 degrees, a 50/50 weekend and the best chance of rain on friday is at the coast. saturday is looking good, just chilly. >> something to enjoy. thank you.

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it is thursday night and we begin with a developing story along i-95, chopper 6 hd live in buck county where one person is killed in a crash involving two tractor trailers and three other vehicles, the cleanup and investigation is underway here at street road. >> here is the scene here, the crash happening at 1:15 this afternoon one the tractor trailers was hauling scrap metal the the time and we'll hear from witnesses and more on the investigation coming up on "action news" at 6:00. homeowners in montgomery county are learning about a scam going around in one community. criminals are pulling off distraction burglaries by posing as utility workers. john rawlins is live with more.

>> reporter: it's a familiar scam it's around for a long time and often times it targets elderly people but for the crime to work it requires distraction. >> police are alerting residents what to do if a worker should turn up at their door uninvited. >> ask for i.d. and call 911. >> a man in a simple blue uniform a man told a homeowner he was putting up a fence at a neighbors and could he come out and help find a power line. he broadcast that he and the homeowner was out of the house. >> the victim was obviously distracted which allowed for a second suspect to enter the residence from a side door. >> the second suspect met by the wife wa