meteorologist, david murphy. >> hey everyone, it's 5 o'clock on this tuesday april 21st. here's what's happening. >> philadelphia police are warning residents there may be a pair of police impersonators out there on the loose. >> convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev returns to court today one day after a successful running of the race. >> and kraft is changing the recipe for that classic mac and cheese. find out what's in and what will now be out. >> great for leftovers right? also leftover rain. here we have david and karen. good morning. >> we have that to your on storm tracker six live double scan. this is the same system that dropped a lot of rain on us yesterday morning, popped some thunderstorms around the region last evening. now we're looking at the laugh of it pushing off to the northeast. there had been a couple of thunderstorms popping down on the south and east of philadelphia close to the shore, also some off the coast and that's where most of the active lightning is right now in the last 15 minutes just seven strikes. behind that rain we're also looking at some clearing, so

we expect to see a fair amount of sunshine returning. notice how we did have a tornado watch box up for awhile last night but no tornadoes, only a couple of drops of hail from some of those storms, that's about all we saw. 59 degrees in philadelphia, 58 in wilmington, 58 in millville, 54 in allentown. and 60 degrees in sea isle city with winds coming in from the west fairly light right now but getting a bit breezier after the sun comes up later on. and as we catch that bus between six and 8 o'clock, 56 by 6:00, 60 by 8:00. there's a chance of rain early in that period. we see some improvement. by noon lots of sun returning into play, 63. 66 is going to be your high and we'll hit that right at 3 o'clock and then by 6 o'clock, 63 degrees, sun and maybe some clouds. we'll have the rest of the accuweather 7-day forecast and be on the lookout for another round of rain coming up, karen. that's just ahead. >> all right. something to look forward to. meanwhile as you're traveling early this morning we've got

ponding, puddling on the roads. this is i-95 at cottman. that's northbound traffic headed towards academy. the overnight construction is clear. we've got all our lanes opened and although it's a wet commute we're not seeing any delays on i-95. here's the boulevard. that's your southbound traffic here headed towards the schuylkill. no delays here either but just north of here on the boulevard at mascher street we're hearing about a traffic light malfunctioning in area. use caution if you're headed there. with all this rain flooding is a problem here an common flooding spot, brooklawn camden county new jersey, 130 is blocked right at route 5551 that's the brooklawn circle that you know causes problems with the heavy rain that we've had so 295 is a good alternate to avoid any problem there. one more issue related to the storm. we have a glass main break in glassboro county. they shut down 322 which is a main artery in gloucester county shut at 47, delsea drive. stick to main street to avoid any problems there matt and tam. >> thanks karen. philadelphia police are working to track down two police impersonator whose by

all accounts are up to no good. "action news" reporter annie mccormick is live outside east detectives in the hunting park section. annie. >> reporter: good morning, matt. this all happened about two week ago but now east detectives say that they really need the public's help. they also have really good surveillance video to show people so they can get that help. this all happened in the 1200 block of east erie avenue at a grocery store in juniata park. police obtained this surveillance video captured wednesday april 8th around noon at this fresh market grocery store. watch closely as these two men enter, the first wearing a gray sweatshirt and sunglasses does not draw attention but the man entering after him does. look closely. that man appears to be wearing a ballistics vest with yellow writing the back, the type of vest many law enforcement officers wear on the job. this video shows the two men walking quickly through the store's aisles. they caught the attention of a security guard and according to east detectives the guard confronted them when they appeared agitated.

then both men allegedly claimed they were police officers and threatened to arrest the guard. notice the two female shoppers that joined the argument. police want to talk to them, too. they believe the woman may be linked to this alleged fake cop duo. detectives say the two men left only to return a short time later and will they announced they were arresting the guard, he saw a gun in the waste band of the suspect in the gray sweatshirt. as he reached for a pair of handcuffs. police consider them armed and dangerous. now, luckily a witness intervened during that fake arrest that witness also describes seeing the duo leave in a minivan burgundy in color, possibly a dodge or a plymouth. now, if you were in that store, if you recognize anything that unfolded that day, you are urged to contact east detectives. for now reporting live in hunting park annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> okay, annie thank you for that. the sentencing phase in the trial of boston marathon

bomber is set to begin this morning and the same jury that found dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty must now decide does he spend his life in jail or get the death penalty. erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning tam. on april 8th dzhokhar tsarnaev was convicted of all 30 charges against him. today prosecutors will begin their effort to convince jurors to sentence him to death. but a death sentence is something a grow number of his victims oppose. in fact, patrick downs and his wife jessica who each lost a leg told the boston globe "we must overcome the impulse for vengeance." the richard family saying it could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful dave our lives and rebecca gregory learned to run again after losing a leg in the bombing and fell to her knees after finishing marathon join the course of victims who wander the death penalty off the table. >> it's just bringing up all of this stuff and having to

relive it every single day and there's no good that can come out of that. >> reporter: a few days ago the parents of an eight-year-old boy killed urged the u.s. justice department to in fact take the death penalty off the table in exchange for a life sentence without the possibility of par roll. nine penalty phase is expected to last about four weeks. matt again we should congratulate rebecca gregory. what an amazing feat after losing a leg and learning to walk again she finished that marathon. >> you're right erin. no one knows the name of the woman whose body was discovered in the schuylkill river nor how old she was or how she died. investigators scoured the banks in last night as chopper six was overhead. an autopsy will be conducted to learn more. >> it is 5:06 and the revel's new owner glen straub has a new ace in the hole in his legal battle to reopen the resort. a federal bankruptcy court judge ruled straub can

terminate the leases of the old tenants. straub could also renegotiate new leases as philadelphia based garces group says it would like to be doing right now. jose garces' food empire operated four restaurants in the old revel. new jersey transit wants to hike fares the first time in five years and cut service all because of a $100 million budget shortfall. new jersey transit said it found $40 million to cut internally but still needs to make up another 60 million. the average fare would increase between seven and 9 percent. several buses would be eliminated on several new jersey routes. public hearings will be held next month. >> storms left severe damage in other parts of the country but generally left our region unscathed save for a downed tree or two. lines of thunderstorms moved across the south toppling trees onto homes and cars in georgia and south carolina. heavy winds ripped the roofs off some homes and if you hear from the capitol in washington -- a view from the

capitol in washington shows lightning sparking across the sky. >> definitely woke me up. >> did it? i snoozed. we actually had the potential for some rough weather a tornado watch was declared over parts of the region for awhile last night but we dodged the bullet. as we take a look at storm tracker six live double scan we're still not dodging the raindrops, the last of them still trying to pop through from the southwest pushing off towards the northeast. if we take a look tighter in philadelphia you can see how things are beginning to dry out in the city. some steadier rain over by the coast. that's also pushing away now from medford and medford lakes, marlton also starting to dry out and if i go ahead and give you that wide view, there is another batch of rain still pushing up through lehigh county, northampton county and berks county and another batch pack in harrisburg, so the northern suburbs may still be teaming with this for another hour hour and a half but philadelphia in the process of probably seeing the last of the main drops as we speak. as we take a look outside, we have cloudy skies overhead and of course even where the rain has tapered off we still have

wet roads and that could slow you down a little bit this morning, what with the spray on the highways. 59 degrees in philadelphia, 58 in wilmington, 54 in allentown, 56 in trenton, 60 in sea isle city. behind the rain some spray and perhaps a little lingering drizzle for awhile this morning. as we take a look at the storms from last night we did have that tornado watch i just mentioned but no tornadoes developed in our area. in philadelphia county and new castle county we did have some reports of some hail and there may have been a branch down here or there but generally speaking we dodged the bullet largely out of that potential for severe weather last night. so there's the lingering rain getting out of here fairly quick. by 8 o'clock looks like it should be clearing even the lehigh valley and we should return some sunshine into play and a lot of it by lunchtime today, okay. so, we are looking at brightening conditions coming back. up in allentown clouds giving way to a lot of sun later on, breezy 65 degrees is your forecast high. up in allentown. down the shore very similar numbers as we're looking at clouds in the morning quickly giving way to sun breezy and a high around 66 degrees.

and in philadelphia we'll also go 66, not much of a difference between the north and the south and the central portions of the region today. clouds giving way to a decent amount of sunshine, breezy conditions. those winds will be noticeable running out of the northwest at 12 to 25 miles per hour at times today. and as we roll through the day here's how we go. 59 degrees by 8 o'clock up to 62 under the sun by 11 o'clock and then 65 by 2:00 with that high of 66 coming in probably at about 2 o'clock this afternoon. if you're headed to the phillies and marlins tonight opening up a three game series at citizens bank park, 62 degrees for the start of the ball game, 54 in the ninth inning. it will be breezy, dry but cool so i would recommend some layers at the ball game tonight. showers off and on as we roll through the day. at times you'll want an umbrella. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, today's high, 66 degrees, breezy and pleasant out there. some showers around tomorrow, 65. then breezy and cooler on thursday, a high of only 57. and on friday windy and 56. so cooler air definitely

marching back. for the start of the weekend upper 50's on saturday, breezy, 60 on sunday partly sunny there and finally inching our way back up into the low 60's on monday. >> okay, thank you david. it's now 5:11. next and new this morning washed away. floods home from foundation as a monster storm slams as you trail gentleman. >> residents are baffled by the sudden app importance of toilet paper and trash. karen. >> i bet some teenagers could explain it. this is 309 approaching the pennsylvania turnpike. roads are wet right here but no major problems. we'll see what it looks like in delaware county coming up. >> historians uncover a manuscript featuring a figure who looks a lot like a green guy who uses his subjects and his verbs backwards when he speaks in star wars films. that's in the morning buzz later.

>> ♪♪ >> welcome back. taking a live look here out across philadelphia international airport. you can see the roads are still shiny. we had a lot of rain overnight. still a little bit out there for your morning commute. it is 5:14 and 60 degrees. >> how are things shaping up out there, karen. >> well, it's wet and you know that means it's going to be a slow morning commute but because it's early we've got light volume. it's not too bad out there. let's look live right now in delaware county and this is the blue route at baltimore pike. you're seeing that southbound traffic headed towards i-95 and as the cars go by you can kind of see the spray that is shooting up so certainly is wet. we've got ponding and puddling on the roads as well but no major flooding on the roads so it's not a big issue just yet here in delaware county. switching over to king of prussia garrity boulevard at

valley forge road. avoid the area and watch for crews that are coming to the scene. i want to take you into new jersey right now and see what's going on in gloucester county a downed tree so a problem related to the storms that we've had all through the night and now a downed tree blocking high street in this area between chestnut and country lane. if you're in this area is it particular woodland avenue. that's a good alternate to deal with any problems and not if that far off a gas main break in glassboro 322 is reopened at route 47 so things are moving a little better now that they're in the process of clearing out that gas main break. we'll so how the weather is affecting the roads right now. we're still seeing the heavier cell on storm tracker six live double scan. you see that area of red and yellow, you're getting the very heavy rain along the garden state parkway along the coastline and route 22 headed towards allentown so it's a wet morning commute their, too, matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. new this morning a fierce storm lashing australia's southeast has destroyed homes and flooded communities. video slows a house boat being

swept away. three people were found dead in one of the worst hit areas and police are trying to determine exactly how they died. the storm has been pounding sydney and other parts of new south wales. it has ditched more than a foot of rain in some areas with wind gusts of more than 60 miles an hour. officials received 4500 calls for help and found themselves rescuing 50 people. in texas two police officers didn't hesitate yesterday when they pulled up to a vehicle fire with the driver trapped inside. the officers broke the windows, grabbing the man and dragging him away from the flames. they and a good samaritan were able to get that man to safety. the driver was seriously hurt but the officers are credited with saving his life. >> the phillies begin a home series with the marlins tonight. they just returned from a one and six road trip that left them with a four and nine record on the season. tim tebow officially inked a one year deal with the eagles yesterday. it is reportedly worth the league minimum, four hadn't -- $420,000.

he had a good run in denver leading the broncos to the playoffs. tebow will wear number 11 with the eagles. the team has five quarterbacks on the roster. >> it's 5:17. coming up the newest cruise ship where you can enjoy a drink made by robot bartenders. >> toilet paper covers a town in northeastern pennsylvania and it does not appear to be part of a prank. david. >> all right, guys, we've got some showers around the region this morning, so we're dressing the kids with an umbrella. some of you may not need it but check out the great outdoors and especially radar before you head out just in case you're still being bothered by that. this afternoon i think jackets are a good idea because it's still going to be a bit on the cool side. we are going to return plenty of sunshine into play, though. i'll have your day planner fork, we'll check out severe weather potential across the country and get you travelers to the airport.

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15 years will really sneak up on you. jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge of your retirement. talk to a state farm agent today. >> at first glance it looked like a prank. now federal officials suspect all of this toilet paper that landed in a neighborhood in northeastern pennsylvania fell from an aircraft. the debris is scattered across

several properties in west pit son. the family says they saw it fall from the sky yesterday morning. the federal aviation administration is on the case. >> ooh. >> i wonder if it's fresh. >> now there's a thought. >> take a look outside on the schuylkill expressway and check it out approaching spring garden. that's your eastbound traffic on your right head towards center city. the rain has stopped here and traffic is moving okay. on the left you can see mlk drive. it's going to close tonight from 7:00 to 9:30 for a 5k. also with mass transit patco will have an adjusted midday schedule it only affects eastbound. >> lingering showers. looks like the northern and western suburbs will be dealing with these a little longer than areas to the south. philadelphia in the process of drying, perhaps a little drizzle or light shower coming in from the west. here's how temperatures are going to go today. 60 by 9 o'clock, 60 by noon.

, see how we return sunshine into the picture pretty quickly today and 66 degrees is your high. there will be a bit of a breeze today adding to that chilly somewhat chilly feel anyway, 66 isn't a bad high though. looking across the country we have a little bit of precipitation in the central portion of the country. watch boxes and severe weather issues are over in the east. there is just a slight chance of a gusty wind producing thunderstorm in places like the texas pan handle and southern kansas, parts of missouri large hail out there no tornado threat across the country today. in our most commonly traveled destinations we got a little rain here, boston and up toward new york but no major delays on the board this morning. tam. >> okay, thank you david. in health check a government study says there's not much benefit for routine mammograms for women in their 40's but women in their 50's should be getting one every two years. the study found forever thousand screened you might save one life if women started screening in their 40's but you would also get 576 more false alarms. you can expect some debate on

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the inspiration for some of the star wars characters. they seem to be people or things you've never seen before. >> yoda is not real? >> yoda is not real. but was yoda inspire by something that has been around for a long time. take a look at this manuscript found by librarians in the british library. they turned up a 14th century document that showed that illustration that looks a lot like yoda. this is the story of samson and it's not really clear who this character is. it is called the smithville decretal. that was illustrated in there. you remember, hm, maybe yoda has been in our consciousness a lot longer. >> the likeness he has. the force he seeks. 5:27. an underground explosion rocks a popular main line district and sends employees running for cover. >> the mysterious death in police custody that continues to cause outrage in baltimore. many are demanding to know how

exactly a man in custody ended up way severed spine. details on what's going on here when "action news" comes right back.

>> ♪♪ >> hang now on "action news" a-stormy night finally makes way for clearing skies. >> baltimore police suspend several officers over the death of a man in their custody. protesters demand more answers. >> underground explosion on the main line sends people running and knocks out power to dozens of businesses. >> still some rain out there. let's go to david and karen. >> a lot of rain yesterday and storms last night. what we've got left over now is really just the tail end. it's starting to fall apart in those northern and western suburbs. you'll get little light to moderate rain up there over the next hour or so. philadelphia appears to be close to drying out just a sprinkle or light shower still ahead over the next half hour to hour and south jersey also seeing the brunt of this move away. the closest thunderstorms a