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pick. >> 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 as high as
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the last couple of days, medium high today and tomorrow, keep the medications going saturday given a couple of days of easterly flow we're looking better, even though the sun comes back, it's a good looking day. i'll look at the rest of the workweek and the all-parent forecast coming up. >> reporter: you new the construction on the vine street expressway was bound to cause problems. the cruise were supposed to be out of there earlier this morning, but they are still there. with more volume buildings you ever the slow go on the vine. watch for that. looking live in the city right now. we have a new accident causing restrictions in the mayfair section, frankford avenue at robins street. stick to hawthorne or charles. the problem in wissinoming on tacawanna and wissinoming. the problem they have blocked this off because of a large
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sinkhole. they have it blocked near comly. stick to charles and harbison to avoid the problem there. there you see the size of the sinkhole. there's another issue, we have water bubbling up out of the road colonial drive and dekalb pike. meanwhile, a building fire is causing an issue in north covington township. 7:24 at franklin avenue. stick to old schuylkill expressway road. traffic is a bit of an issue matt. breaking right now police say they have recovered the vehicle that struck a temple student last night they have video of it, plus new information on who the student is. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live outside temple hospital with these developments. katherine. matt that's right investigators have located the striking vehicle it's in police custody right now, but the search is on for the driver. i did just speak to the father of 22-year-old rachel hall, a goalkeeper for temple lacrosse
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team, a criminal justice labor and set to graduate next week. she was on her way from dinner to study for finals when this happened. this is new video in this morning of the car involved in last night's hit-and-run in north philadelphia. it had been abandoned and now is in police custody. surveillance cameras captured the silver mitts mitsubishi moments before it hit the temple university student on a mountain bike around 77:00 p.m., at park and diamond. >> witnesses say the vehicle stopped and sped off west on diamond and north on broad street. >> reporter: the student suffered severe head trauma and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. accident investigators gathered evidence at the scene and spoke to witnesses who told police that three young men were in the car. >> we're getting initial information after the vehicle stopped possibly the passenger
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in the rear, in the rear seat, encouraged the driver to leave the scene. >> reporter: hall is from mullica hill. her family is at the hospital. she remains in critical condition. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for the details katherine. >> reporter: breaking here, fire gutted a leather repair business in tioga nicetown this morning. the action cam was on germantown at 3:30 a.m. fire damaged the vacant home above the business, nobody was hurt. >> city leaders are glad that the second night of unrest was calm. a prisoner in the police van said gray was banging against the walls in the police van trying to intentionally hurt
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himself. the report on gray was supposed to to go public and now it will stay private. >> i hope we remember trying to change culture and habits does not happen overnight it's not going to be solved overnight we have a lot of more work that we needed to. >> reporter: pennsylvania governor tom would feel is sending three hundred state police in to keep the peace in baltimore. they will head to maryland to be part of the emergency assistance. protests will takes place in cities across the country. police arrested 60 protesters in new york city yesterday they stepped in when crowds started blocking traffic a crooning-
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union square. our coverage of the unrest in baltimore and elsewhere continues at 6abc.com. you can see videos and picture of the still evolving story. william lynn is back in court after his conviction was reinstated. the first priest in the county ever prosecuted over how child sex complaints were handed. the state supreme court ruled on monday that the conviction should stand. today a judge will hear arguments about whether monsignor lynn should go back to prison. draft day in the nfl. eagles have the 20th overpick. here's a handful of plays the birds could choose from starting with are perryman ranked as
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the best prospect in the draft. wains and collins was recruited when he worked with the crimson tide. byron jones who set a record for the broad jump at the combine. a local guy is in the mix jaelen strong who played high school at west catholic prep. eagles coaches have said he thinks mariotta is the best quarterback in the draft. watch the eagles breakdown the
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two part draft special starts tonight and continues tomorrow on "action news" after 11:00. >> i love draft day in every sport. it's fun to watch. the 6ers were fun to watch. it's going to be fun to watch the eagles. storm tracker 6 live double scan we have a fair amount of sunshine no precipitation. as we look outside conditions are getting fairly bright out there. we have cloud cover especially by the coast. there's sky 6 at the shore. the proof is in the picture there. overall we're looking at a fairly bright start and transition to clouds and sun mix. dewpoint 43. we have popped into the double digits, but we're looking at a fairly light breeze. you can see on future tracker 6
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clouds filter in as the day goes on partly because of the onshore flow you have coming in off the ocean. we have the always on day planner so you can look ahead. 5:00 p.m. there's sprinkles and showers, overall today is going to be dry. i'm a not urging you to give the kids umbrellas because it will be light and spotty and most of you won't see anything. 10:00 p.m., clouds and dry. 55 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 63 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 69 is the high that will strike early in the afternoon. 5:00 p.m., 65. definitely cooler than yesterday, but seasonable and not bad at all. allentown, 65 is the high, 64 in reading. 68-degree in wilmington. right at the shore, a couple of spots cooler, atlantic city, 61 or so. cooler than yesterday but a mixture of clouds and sun and
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dry. tomorrow we have an area of low pressure deepening and moving out to sea but the wrap around flow off the ocean will cool us down, we'll see a high of 62 degrees tomorrow, clouds for the most part and another chance of a sprinkle or shower. overnight not that wet. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. 69 degrees, clouds and sun today, cooler conditions than yesterday, but not a bad day. tomorrow cooler and spotty shower possible, 62 is the high. the nice thing about this, one that storm exits the coast we have a quick rebound on saturday. we'll see the high of 70 when the union take the field, the game is on 6abc. great weather for soccer. in the 50s and 60s for blue cross broad street run in the morning and in the afternoon 78 degrees a great afternoon on sunday to get outside and do something.
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how about monday, 82. and 84 on tuesday with a chance of a mostly shower or thunderstorm at nighttime. >> sounds like may weather and it is. >> 5:41 they are not giving up in nepal. recovery operations continue five days after the devastating earthquake as they call for aid grows more desperate. a districts down south comes under fire after serving meat to students, the meat they served students was 6 years old. >> reporter: my mom has done that before, i'm just saying. we're clear and dry right here on the schuylkill expressway, problems with late morning construction that's coming up. >> a 4-year-old boy was left on the bus as his classmates went to school. he was left there all day
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"action news" comes right back.
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>> hey everyone, 5:44, live picture on this thursday, ben franklin bridge and the sun about to rise over south jersey. >> let's head over to karen rogers and see what it looks like for the commute that doesn't look so bad.
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>> reporter: the sun is shining and the construction has cleared, what can i do for you today? the guys are working hard they finished the job at this point and all lanes back he on the vine. no problems right there. as we check your suburban traffic report. here's an issue we have water bubbling up out of the roadway at colonial drive at dekalb pike. watch for that this morning. traffic is get by, traffic is not getting by with the buildings fire. they have shut down 7:24 north coventry township at chester county. if you're in the area, stick to old schuylkill road, the fire is under control but nonetheless affecting traffic early this morning in chester county. let's look at the commuter traffic report. this is the one you get to be a part of when you download the free waze app. route 70 in new jersey, if you're taking 70 up and over the ben franklin bridge you'll not
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have any problems heading through cherry hill. things are looking good in cherry hill. 52 degrees in philadelphia. we're dry we have no weather-related problems this morning, now later on today you may get a sprinkle or shower, but it should not be enough to cause you any issues. 69 degrees clouds, cooler than yesterday, but not a bad day tam. this is breaking overnight rescuers pulled a teenage boy alive out of a rubble of the building that collapsed 5 days ago during nepal's massive earthquake. crowds cheered as they pulled the boy out on a stretcher. the death toll has reached 5500 people and still growing with more than 11,000 people injured. >> new this morning a fraternity of the university of kansas kicked out four members who made an antimuslim video. the clip surfaced on social
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media. it showed a traditional jewish fraternity who uses a blanket as head covering utters an arabic term god is great. the members owned up their to environment. the fraternity has a zero tolerance involving racism. police in trenton are investigating why a 4-year-old boy was left on the school bus for the entire school day. the boy who has developmental delays spent 6 hours trapped inside the bus. the preschooler was left with the driver and aid with the delaware bus line. >> i couldn't get out of the back door or the front door. >> he was on the bus for 6
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hours. he went to the bathroom on himself, he had nothing to eat or drink. he is asthmatic. >> a teacher at pickup time spotted the child and ran to get the principal. the bus capri had no comment. >> surveillance cameras catch a thief trying to escape a center city parking garage. we're looking at a story where 6-year-old meat was served to school children down south. >> reporter: i have jackets on the kids this morning it's not as mild always yesterday. i'll have the day planner coming up next.
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there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them. trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪
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engine problems caused a plane carrying former president bill clinton to make an unscheduled landing in tanzania. nobody was injured. an hour later the plane was back in the air. the president is traveling with chelsea clinton in africa on behalf of the family foundation. president obama is expected to announce a new presidential initiative partnering with public libraries. students across the country will be in washington for a live q and a with the president. >> time to check the traffic as you're about to head out the door. not too bad but a couple of issues. let's go outside and show you what it looks like on the boulevard. traffic is moving fine. we have report afternoon accident northbound on the boulevard at front and the inner drive, stick to the outer drive. in new jersey, 42 freeway we're
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dry and clear no problems in turnersville blackwood or deptford. >> reporter: we have cooler numbers with american of the northern and western suburbs in the 40s. of 45 in pottstown, 46 in warrington. 49 in chester. across the river in south jersey, 48 in cinnaminson. 50 in woodbine. 52 in avalon up and down the state of delaware from hockessin to dover it's the low 50s. as we head through the day not as warm as yesterday. 66 degrees by noon, 68 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 69 today that's going to slide in early in the day around 2:00 p.m. around 6:00 p.m. we're cooler, 63. errand running noon to 3:00 p.m. would be good hours to do that. >> thank you david. this one turns the stomach a case of mystery meat solved in the tennessee cafeteria. the meet was 2009.
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it's 2015. it sat in the freezer before students ate it last week. the school cook told the supervisor this meat is bad the supervisor said cover it with gravy to give it a better taste. no reports of anyone getting sick. natalee pearson's mother talked about her desert on friday. the child came home with a note scalding her for having cookies in the meal. it did provide the girl with a replacement snack and the district is look into the incident. >> we're following breaking news. >> police have found the car that hit and critically wounded a temple university lacrosse player a week before graduation. >> we have a live report to update what we know.
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vehicles. investigators say at least two people opened fire at east johnson and rugby streets last night. the bullet instruction three young men aging 18, 19 and 20. they are in stable condition. police took a potential suspect with a gun into custody a few blocks away, so far he has not been charged. the jury deliberating in the murder trial in new york said it is deadlocked. the judge said keep deliberating. padro hernandez is being tried for the killing of the 6-year-old in manhattan in 1979. his body has never been found. he confessed to police and his attorney said he is mentally ill and his confession was coerced. >> 5:57, standing with baltimore, protesters plan to crowd city hall as the evening rush begins. a fire scare at philadelphia international
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airport. what it meant for flights find out next.
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>> good morning everyone, 6 arteriovenous malformation on this thursday, april 30th. breaking this morning. police make a break of a case in the hit run involving a temple university student. >> protesters plan to take to the streets today in philadelphia in solidarity with baltimore. >> researchers have designed melting away double chin fat. >> david and karen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we have a little cloud cover around generally

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