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>> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this friday, may 1. here's what's happening. >> police and marchers briefly clash as a demonstration for baltimore takes over the streets of philadelphia. >> accuweather expects clouds and a cool breeze today but you're going to love your weekend. >> the nfl draft has the eagles just picking the guy. they didn't very much other than that. you will meet the new guy we hope will be catching lots of touchdown passes. >> that would be good, but first let's head over to david and karen for a look at weather and traffic. >> reporter: let's look at satellite and radar, we have cloud cover around this morning down to the south of us there's light rain clipping the southern one-third of delaware exhibits of that sprinkle catching the southern tip of cape may county. generally speaking looks like the rain will hang to the south
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occasionally there will be a break away shower that pops up to the north. mainly dry but cloudier than the last several days. 50 degrees when you step outside. we're down to 45 in allentown and 47 in trenton and close to 350 down to the coast. as we head out the door to catch the bus this morning we're looking at cool conditions, certainly with a fair amount of clouds, some of you might see early sunshine, 47 at 6:00, 51 at at 8:00 a.m. cool enough for a jacket this morning. as we roll through the day it's cooler than we've seen recently. 60 degrees by noon, 62 by 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 61 degrees again. again, the pollen count is running medium high. looks like it might pop up saturday something to keep in mind if you have outdoor plans and back down to the medium high
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range sunday and monday. i have interesting numbers coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> reporter: all right, dave we're starting in egg harbor township we have a serious overnight accident a single vehicle accident, but the vehicle ran to the tree, a coroner was called to the scene. this is ocean highlights between pine and alder avenue. the police on the scene causing the restrictions in this area still at this point with a single-vehicle accident even though it happened at 1:30 a.m. you might want to avoid ocean heights avenue in atlantic county. here construction blocking the right lane, blocking the shoulder it's going to be out here another hour atlantic city expressway eastbound between 42 and winslow. as we look live in center city. all the restrictions that we had and closures from last night's rally has been lifted. we've got construction that's blocking the left lane,
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scheduled to clear right about now, crews out there picking up at this point. watch for the left lane being blocked vine street expressway westbound near broad. at this point we're seeing light volume and not too many issues with that. live in king of prussia we're dry and clear, this is 202 no problems between the turnpike and conshohocken matt and tam. >> thanks, karen. >> protesters in philadelphia did what others could not incur phew enforced baltimore stand out on the streets and demonstrate against police brutality. katherine scott is outside city hall where the rally took place. >> reporter: hundreds took to the streets it was largely peaceful. there were three arrests all released overnight. >> no justice no peace. >> reporter: they chanted they marched. hundreds gathered in center city to show solidarity with baltimore in the wake of the
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fatalities injury sustained by freddie gray while in police custody. while much of the rally was peaceful there were tense moments. some protesters attempted to get on the vine street expressway. police horses got spooked as demonstrators tried to march through them, soon protesters began throwing bottles and objects the a police. others began running to get out of harm's way. there were few arrests. >> it got dicey around broad and vine. there were people who wanted to get on the highway. that's not safe for them or the motorists. >> reporter: police say nothing was broken and there were no reports of any serious injuries. we're live at city hall, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thank you for that. turning to baltimore, it was quiet overnight police were out in force for a curfew extended for the weekend. the city is bracing for a bigger protest this weekend.
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baltimore has been on edge since the death of freddie gray who sustained a fatal spine injury in police custody. that police investigation is in the hands of prosecutors whole need to decide whether or not to charge the officer involved in the case. >> a judge sentenced a south jersey man 32 years in prison in connection with a deadly crash. william leapy of mays landing was intoxicated when he caused the crash that killed 9-year-old and severely injured two others. investigators say lepe's blood alcohol level was 2 1/2 times the legal limit. >> montgomery county job fair takes place from 9:30 until 2:00 p.m. it will be held owe valley forge hotel in king of prussia. job seeksers must be enrolled and posted a resume on job
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gateway,.pa.gov. philadelphia park will get a makeover, boasting more greenery and grass lawns and flowers. the fountain pool will be moved and the love statue will be moved away from the fountain. a restaurant is going to be built. >> turning to accuweather. you wouldn't give today an a-plus you're not going to give it a d or f either. >> reporter: you know why we're getting such good weather over next week, i don't care what it's like. light showers in cape may county, most of what you see south of milford delaware, is light, this has shifted to the south. you can see how it's kind of pushing down. that next time band coming in off the coast of cape may may actually k4reu7 parts -- clip
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parts of sea isle city, as well. we look outside there's the airport looking tranquil. it's possible that we get a spotty shower through the day and maybe a little bit of sunshine poking through at times, too. it's a little bit of everything, but generally speaking the order of the day is cooler an cloudier weather. 45 in allentown. 47 in trenton. and temperatures close to 50 from wilmington all the way down to atlantic city and sea isle city. future tracker 6 handling the precipitation to you, you can see it's a scattered showers here or there. looks like there could stuff popping you mean up in the northern and western suburbs in the lehigh valley and berks county. by noon, later this afternoon just light sprinkles here and there. clouds and sunny breaks possible, more cloud cover than what we've seen in the last couple of days in jen. by 10:00. adam joseph may have something to show you in the suburbs
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clouds thin out and obviously we dry out. allentown the high is only 62. there could sunny breaks the farther north you are through the region, the better chance you have of that. we'll be cloudy at the shore. the closer to the ocean front the cooler you'll be. today 63 degrees, we have a pronounced northeast wind that will keep the temperatures down today. 51 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 58 degrees by 11 a.m. we have to wait until lunchtime to break into the 60s. 2:00 p.m., 61 degrees, and 5 psm 63 degrees. and then we get into saturday, we'll see a high around 70 with
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partly sunny skies. 69 degrees at ppl park to start pleasant conditions for soccer. the game is on 6abc if you can't make it to the stadium. 63 is the high, cloudy, cool, occasionally damp not a washout. tomorrow nice, we transition to partly sunny skies. in the after we get up to 70. a pleasant day. sunday, 78 degrees is the high, in the morning for the broad street run very nice conditions lots of sunshine, winds on the light side and temperatures transitioning from the 50s to the upper 60s during that run down broad street. only monday, 82 degrees, very warm as we get high pressure setting up off the coast. it will feel like summer, the early partly of next week. tuesday all the way up to 86 at night there could be a shower or thunderstorm around and after that passes through we eats back and get -- we ease back and get into the upper 70s.
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very nice pattern ahead. >> just about 5:10. people in nepal are starting to do things that they did before the earthquake struck. sleep indoors. that story is next. >> the eagles add a wide receiver to the nest night one of the draft. we look at what night two could be all about. >> reporter: on the boulevard traffic is moving nicely. we have problems with manholes, it's friday, that's coming up. a 6th grader put president obama through the paces at a town hall. we'll have more of that when "action news" comes right back.
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>> 5:12 good morning everyone, a little bit of rain down the jersey shore coastline rainier atlantic city. >> reporter: let's get the morning commute. >> reporter: we're nice and clear, this is the blue route we are kind of quiet. no big issues at saints david or upper darby. looking good on the blue route southbound traffic moving nicely toward chester. we have a problem in warminster bucks county a new issue on street road davisville road reports of a missing manhole cover in that area. we have water leaking out and ponding on the road at township line at walker heavy in cheltenham. checking the commuter traffic report this is the one you get to be a part of, you can join our 6abc team. happy harry is a member of the
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team. he is up early. a pothole on the road. 50 degrees in philadelphia. we've been talking showers clipping cape may arena southwestern delaware. good to watch this morning. the rest of us are dry. >> the latest from nepal. most of the people in cat katmandu have moved indoors. they were sleeping in tents after the massive earthquake. almost all the gas stations have reopened and shops open up, people are snapping up fresh food. the number of confirmed dead from the quake is past 6200. chopper 6hd was over the prominent shopping center in marlton, new jersey. a fire broke out at the redstone american grill on route 73 after
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9:00 a.m. it took 30 minutes to put it out, nobody was injured. philadelphia police released surveillance video one of the suspects in a home invasion. the detectives believe a man in the gray sweatshirt broke into the home 1500 block of north 13th street. the suspects stole $5,000 in cash and quartser pound of marijuana and took off. students were not hurt. >> the eagles didn't choose mariota guy. they chose nelson agular in the draft. it is 6'1", says he had a feeling he would end up an eagle. >> i told them how i wanted to end up in a situation with special people. that's what they have over there. >> we know him fairly well. we tried to recruit him when i
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was in college. we knew him from berkeley prep back in tampa. >> he said the price was too high to trade up mariota he went to the titans, number two. phillies pitcher dave buchanan none has gone 14 straight starts without a win as they lose to the cardinals in saint louis. they have to lost three straight and begin a new round in miami. >> gas prices are on the rise. >> a 12-year-old steps up to president obama and says you know what, that answer is a little too long for me. david. >> reporter: okay, so we have cool conditions this morning and cooler than it's been recently in the afternoon so i'm advising coats there's a slight chance of sprinkle or shower. i'll be back with the day
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>> a select number of earthlings are willing to make history while at the same time giving up their lives. >> reporter: a bold life changing mission that has garnered interest from people around the world. >> it's the next frontier. >> i've wanted to go there since i was 14. this whole other planet untouched by human handles. >> reporter: would you leave earth to make lift. it's a special report that could blast these women out of this world that's tonight only on channel 6 "action news" at 11:00. of. >> reporter: there are some days i want to move to mars. >> beam me up. >> reporter: to the moon, alice.
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>> reporter: i hope my kids are watching, this is the vine street expressway near broad street. the left lane was blocked they are picking it up, things are moving better on the vine street expressway. construction on the turnpike eastbound near downingtown. a slow go there. mass transit is on time this morning, dave. >> reporter: matt with the "star trek" reference and me with the honeymooners, that tells you something about where we are coming from here. 60 by noon, 62 by 3:00 p.m. 63 around 4:00 p.m. and 61 at 6:00 p.m. mostly cloudy skies and slight chance of a spotty sprinkle or shower around. speaking of precipitation, most of it is down to the south today in parts of virginia and northern north carolina there's a front coming through the upper midwest. no severe weather expected anywhere across the country
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which is rare for early may. but that's the way we got today. no major delays at most traveled destinations, no rain in chicago, orlando new york, any place where we usually fly. >> going on to "healthcheck." federal regulators are looking at an an septic used in healthcare setting. they are asking for more information on the hormonal effects an back -- bacteria resistance. a number of insurance plans offered in states are being accused of not giving women what's required under the law. some insurance plans failed to cover pregnancy care for dependents. they do not cover all the federally approved birth control
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methods. federal regulators needed to a better job of making sure there's compliance. gas prices are up 30 cents over -- in a months ago. >> reporter: soaring gasoline prices. >> reporter: it's up 57 cents since january. >> gas in california is up 3.63 because of problems at local refineries. avengers age of ultron. >> it's from our parent company it's setting records everywhere. >> reporter: star wars is months away you can dress the part. uniformity ggs is coming out
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that's beautiful, taking a live look sky6 hd out over center city, the last moments of the evening before we head into dawn. 5:25 51 degrees. >> wrap it up mr. president obama that's what a 6th grader said to president obama. it happened when the president was asked with dealing with writer's block. >> you write it the first time, listener even the best writers it's not that good the first time you write it. >> i think you've covered it. >> you think i've been talking too long. >> no. >> no, that's okay. >> the president launched a program giving kids digital
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access to books. >> i wish other politicians were forceful like that to politicians in general. we bought a drone we took it for a ride. longwood gardens we're using this drone responsibly. go to 6abc.com, they have a bunch of of them. they are not that expensive. you get a helicopter thing and attach a go pro camera and you fly it. make sure you don't fly it more than 400 feet. there's beautiful shots here from the 6abc drone. >> i love it. it is now, 5:27 there were tense moments at an oklahoma zoo when a big cat escaped it's enclosure. the moment is over for the avengers fans. hear what people in our area are
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>> happening now on "action news," philadelphia stands with baltimore, there's a bombshell about one of the officers who arrested freddie gray. >> police believe a domestic dispute led to a shooting death in montgomery county. >> brand new this morning the eye of the tiger will focus on a great escape from a oklahoma zoo. >> good morning, it is 5:30, it's friday. david anticipate karen are here with weather and traffic. >> reporter: all right, guys we're off to a cloudy start across the region. well down to southern south jersey and cape may county we have an additional shower. i could see this snaking in, but it's light. clouds and sunny breaks and cooler than the last several days. your start up temperature similar to the last couple of days. millville, sea isle boardwalk dover, mid 40s in allentown, 47 in trenton. heading out the door to catch
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