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>> hey everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, april 30th. breaking this morning. police make a break in the case of a hit-and-run involving a temple university student. >> protesters plan to take to the streets in philadelphia in solidarity with baltimore. >> federal regulators good the green light for an injection designed to melt away double which i know fat. >> we'll go over to karen karen murphy and david rogers.
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>> reporter: we'll have clouds come in later and clouds may drift through the region. 52 degrees in philadelphia. similar to the last couple of mornings, 49 in allentown. 47 in reading. 52 in wilmington, 56 at the shore in sea isle city. as we head out the door to catch the bus a jacket will do by 6:00 a.m., 50, 8:00 a.m. 55. not all that much wind, partly cloudy and cool. this afternoon will be cool, but not bad high around 70 degrees, this will occur around 2:00 p.m. you can see how the numbers slide into the low 60s by 6:00 p.m. the pollen count on the medium high range and staying that way tomorrow, it will drop a little bit as we go into the weekend because of an easterly flow that will try to cleanse the air a little bit unfortunately we're not much rain that will be the best for the allergy sufferers.
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when i come back we'll take a look at the weekend call. >> reporter: the eastbound on the vine, construction blocking the left lane on the vine eastbound should be cleared soon. watch for that with the left lane being blocked. however, the construction is lesson i-95 northbound near cottman, you have a smooth easy ride. speeds at 55 miles per hour for the most part on i-95. we have a problem wees -- wissinoming this is tacawanna street near comly stick to charles and harbison that's the best alternate to deal with that. east norton, montgomery county this is water bubbling up from the roadway. look for it at colonial drive at dekalb pike 202. >> this is breaking this morning, investigators say they have a car involved in a
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hit-and-run that left a temple university student injured but they need the driver. katherine scott is live outside the temple university hospital, good morning katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam this temple university student remains here at the hospital in critical condition. she is 22 years old. she's from mullica hill. police have located that striking vehicle however they continue to search for the driver this morning. they are hoping the driver will turn himself in. we do have images captured on surveillance cameras nearby the seen of the accident last night here in north philadelphia that surveillance camera captured the moments before the crash around 7:00 p.m. police say the 22-year-old temple student was riding her mountain bike on park avenue when a silver mitts -- mitsubishi hit her. witnesses say the vehicle briefly stopped before speeding
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west west on diamond and north on broad. >> the vehicle was occupied by three males appear to be three young males teenagers or early 20s. we're getting initial information after the vehicle stopped possibly the passenger in the rear seat encouraged the driver to leave the scene. >> reporter: an investigators telling me this morning they have a person of interest that they are looking for but nobody has been taken into custody. the 22-year-old temple university student is in the hospital in critical condition with family by her side. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. new this morning fire crews responded to a small fire at philadelphia international airport overnight. the fire was in an air-conditioning unit on the tarmac near terminal b gate. firefighters got it out in 15 minutes, airport operations were not interrupted. a second night of curfew
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kept baltimore peaceful as protests spread to other cities. police cleared an intersection last night that was the scene of rioting on monday. city officials vowed they would make details of freddie gray's arrest and death public tomorrow. the black man suffered a fatal spinal injuries. protests over his death have spread to other cities. organizers are planning a philly is baltimore protest this afternoon. >> it will be a peaceful demonstration, but we're going to be honest about what's going wrong in this country. >> reporter: we're hoping anyone who comes out expressing their voice have a right to do so and they do it in a peaceful manner. >> the protest begins apt 4:30 at dilworth park outside city hall. police are working on leads, but so far no arrests in
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deadly shooting. the mother was at the scene mourning her loss, a growing memorial homage to a mother of two young boys. she was hit by stray bullets. >> inaudible. dollar was treated and released for a gunshot wound to her leg. police are offering a ten thousand dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the shooter. a montgomery father is standing by his decision to pull his children out of school to watch him run the boston marathon. the abington school district slapped his twins with three unexcused absences. he notified the school about the plan district officials sent him a letter notifying him that
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further unexcused absences could lead to administrative action. you get a letter that was accusatory and the language was hostile made me a little angry. >> he sat down with the school principal. he said the meeting didn't change the punishment, but both sides were able to speak their peace. >> time to turn to the accuweather forecast yesterday gorgeous. what about today? >> reporter: today a little cooler, but not a bad day overall. storm tracker 6 live double scan gets us off to a dry start this morning. as we take a look out the window. the what have we got on sky 6. everybody is dry we're rock-steady with the cameras because we don't have a lot of wind out there. you can see cloud cover in the distance the early morning dawn light is coming up over the horizon. 52 currently in philadelphia. 52 in wilmington. cool enough again for a jacket. these are similar numbers for what we had the last couple of
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mornings. 47 in reading. 47 in trenton. the mid 50s in sea isle and up the coast in atlantic city on the boardwalk there. today we transition to sun and clouds mix in the afternoon hour. during the afternoon we'll be on the look out for spotty sprinkles and showers. those that see it, it will be fairly quick and light. maybe a sudden heavy pop up west in philadelphia. in the evening hours. 10:00 we're dry with clouds gathering. allentown, cooler than yesterday, high of 65 degrees. clouds and sun, not a bad looking day. down the shore cool next to that cool ocean water, in fact you're starting to get a flow off the water. that's going to hold the temperature right at the oceanfront to 61 degrees in most coastal communities. in philadelphia, a little farther away from the cool ocean, cooler than yesterday. better high of 69 degrees.
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winds running northeast 8 to 16 miles per hour. as we roll through the day it will be a day where the high strikes on the early side. by 2:00 p.m. we'll be there at 69. by 5:00 p.m. we're at 65 degrees again a spotty sprinkle or shower, but most of you stay dry. tomorrow, an area of low pressure will be there off the coast, it will push away from us, i don't expect a lot of precipitation, but with the cool air coming in on top of the low you'll see a cooler day, high of 62. clouds for the most part and sunny breaks and we can't rule out a shower. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, clouds and sun, cooler than yesterday 69, but overall a nice one. tomorrow cool, spotty shower not out of the question. on saturday, milder, nice, maybe breezy, 70 degrees is the high. great weather for the union game at 4:00 p.m. which is on of abc if you can't make it down to ppl
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park. sunday, good weather 50s and 60s for the morning blue cross broad street run. if the afternoon, you can celebrate your post race ten mile story i was huffing and puffing. maybe find an outdoor cafe after the race. 82 monday, 84 on tuesday. feeling like summer. a shark attack has several beaches in hawaii on high alert. >> prisoners say not the food served to them not was not just bad it was deadly. >> reporter: baltimore pike, very light traffic moving through the area. we'll take you to bucks county coming up. >> the morning device a little help with selfies making you look less lonely.
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>> welcome back you're taker ago live look at the platt bridge things looking clear and easy at this early hour, 5:13, 53 degrees, a little cooler, but a nice thursday. >> always great to get in your car and have a full day of work ahead of you. >> reporter: actually i find that peaceful getting in the car and heading to work. maybe you do, too. this is bucks county, chadds ford i-95 at 413. we have no problems, it's early yet, the roads are clear and dry, so if you're coming in from yardley or morrisville you have
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no problems right there. here's an issue in east norristown, we have water bubbling up on the road at colonial drive and dekalb pike. they have not shut it off but crews coming to the scene. you may see that become a problem. a building fire north coventry township, 7:24 knew schuylkill road at franklin avenue. stick to old schuylkill road because of the building fire going on in chester county. this is the commuter traffic report, the one you get to be a part of when you download the free waze app. looking in gloucester county, new jersey, 322 looking good, if you're traveling up the new jersey turnpike or 295 or heading toward 42 this is a good time to go, because we have light volume. you'll not find too many people crowding you. and not many accidents. 48 degrees in martins creek. 51 in pottstown and 51 in center
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city. we're dry and clear it's not as warm as yesterday, not a bad start, 48 degrees in hammonton 52 in dover delaware, tam. this is new this morning a snorkeler was killed by a shark in hawaii prompting beach closures. the attack happened in maui. a woman was found unresponsive and lying face down. fatalities from shark attacks are rare, this is the first one reported in hawaii this year. prison food is awful but lawyers say a meat loaf was deadly and found to be laced with rat poison. correction officials have launched an investigation back on march 3. the attorney filed a lawsuit saying inmates suffered nausea
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and bleeding and vomiting after eating the meat loaf. the nfl draft is today the eagles have 28 picks in the first round. ryan howard is heating up is at the plate. he homered in saint louis. the cardinal's beat the phillies 5-2. they play this afternoon david buchanan none reports. >> a resupply rocket won't make it to the space station and could threaten an astronauts' record mission. >> reporter: i have the kids in jackets this morning, they could get around with t-shirts this afternoon, we'll check out the airport for those of you traveling.
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route. we have a work zone that's left on the northeast extension northbound past quakertown and crews are blockerring the right lane -- blocking the right lane, watch for that. mass transit is on time, dave. >> reporter: that's good news, we're looking at temperatures close to 50, 57 by 9:00 a.m. it will be cooler than yesterday. we'll see a high of 69 degrees around 2:00 p.m. a similar number by 3:00 p.m. and back down to 63 by 6:00 p.m. breezy, but not overall any big problems, as we take a look at the east coast we're looking at scattered showers activity. as you look for severe weather in the central portion of the country where we often see it we're not seeing it today. on the big board at the airport no major delays. >> in "healthcheck" could a simple shot get rid of your
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creator 52 feet wide. scott's kelly's mission in space could be in pearl because of a russian spacecraft spinning out of control. it launched on tuesday and went into a death spiral when the russians lost contact with the space shift. it is critical for a june supply launch to go smoothly. selfies many find them annoying and silly that includes artist who came up with the selfie arm. you by this thing it can make look like you're holding someone's hand so you looking like you're with somebody. companies reached out and say this is a great idea we would like to mass produce it. for now it's a limited edition item. they are offering them for 6,200
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breaking now on "action news," new video just in showing the vehicle police believe struck a temple student. the driver sped off. we have learned the victim's identity. >> buried alive a teenager survives five days under the rubble of the earthquake in nepal. this morning we have learned there was a second prisoner inside the baltimore police van where freddie gray might have been hurt. he said he knows what happened. it's nfl draft day and rumors are swirling about who will be the first pick.
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>> good morning everybody 5:30 on this thursday, dave ascertain ascertain -- and karen have weather and traffic. >> reporter: we have a decent amount of sunshine getting ready to pop up over the horizon. we have showers out to the west, as we go through the day we'll transition to a clouds and sun mix. 52 degrees, similar to the last couple of mornings, 49 degrees by allentown, 47 in trenton. 54 in sea isle city. as we held out the door to catch the bus between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., a jacket a good idea. 50 degrees by 6:00. 55 by 8:00 a.m. partly cloudy and cool. as we roll through the day it's cooler. 69 degrees is the high. i think it will be early in the day, say 2:00. similar number by 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 63 degrees, as we look at the pollen count this afternoon it's not
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