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>> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this monday, may 4. >> developing this morning two men who opened fire at a texas contest to draw the prophet mohammed are shot dead. >> a new jersey boy buys a stun gun online to a state where it's not allowed to be shipped. >> we have temperatures topping # -- 80 degrees. >> let's go over to david murphy for this forecast. >> reporter: we have one issue it's a red-flag warning it's because of the breezy conditions in the afternoon. between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. there's an enhanced chance of
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brushfires beginning and spreading. be careful about flicking cigarettes out the window and doing any off road driving. not much cloud cover this morning, as we go through the afternoon we might transition to puffy cumulus, generally speaking it's a nice bright, warm day. as we head through the day things improve even between 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. we're going from 55 to 61 degrees. the pollen count is running high. those of you who are suffering from allergies it's the tree pollen in play. tomorrow afternoon that will drop a little bit because we'll get showers and thunderstorms riding in. for today no such problem 66 degrees and sun by 9:00 a.m. all the way up to 79 by noon, 85 by # p.m. that's going to be the high today, we'll still be in the low 80s by 6:00. let's see if we can keep the
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warm numbers in place all week long karen. i'll have the details in the seven day. >> reporter: you better, david. looking live on i-95 approaching cottman heading toward center city no issues on i-95. we had a problem in bucks county on i-95 an accident involving an overturned vehicle blocking two lanes, southbound approaching street road. everything is moving better in bucks county. looking at the big picture, you can see the speeds on the schuylkill expressway, i-95 looking good, mostly in the 50s it's early to we've got in a light volume you might expect. a new issue coming into us right now, a fully engulfed car in lawncrest. crews are out there, you want to watch out for crews on the scene stick to tabor road or the boulevard instead of montour
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street near mayfair. >> a gunman opened fire at a free speech event in texas. the included a prophet mohammed cartoon contest. katherine scott is live in the satellite center following the latest. >> reporter: good morning, tam so far authorities have not determined if the shooting was connected to the event going on inside. right now they are interviewing witnesses and they are trying to clear the scene of any potential threat. >> reporter: we evacuated businesses that were close by. >> reporter: a bomb squad in texas is searching a car for explosive devices as a precaution after a two men drove up to a controversial free speech event last night and opened fire. >> go in the build. >> reporter: it happened before 7:00 p.m. in a dallas suburb. police say the two men got out of the vehicle an started shooting hitting an unarmed security officer in the ankle. >> garland officers who were close by saw what was going on
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and engaged the two men shot and engaged them at the scene. >> reporter: this happened a outside the new york-based american freedom initiative. physical depictions of the prophet is considered blast blasafemy. organizers hired extra security based on on the controversy. a man was shot to death in the port richmond section of philadelphia. it happened at atlantic street at 10:45. police arrived to find the man 25 to 35 years old outside a
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vacant house he was shot in the arm and the bullet passed into his chest. doctors pronounced him at the hospital. no word on suspects or motives. police say a teen mother tossed her 1-year-old son off the bridge and jumped in herself. the mother made it to shore and collapsed. two officers are credited with rescuing the baby boy and bringing him back to life with cpr. we'll have more on the attempted murder suicide ahead in our next half-hour. now an "action news" exclusive, a 12-year-old boy from south jersey managed to use an amazon gift card to buy an illegal stun gun online. the boy's mother and brother intercepted the package when it arrived in williams town over the weekend. stun gun can deliver 22 million volts of electricity. >> he would have open it and god knows what he would have done with it. i know he thinks it's a joke.
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>> it's a crime to even possess such a weapon in the state of new jersey, adult or child. 12-year-old ordered the 11-dollar stun gun from dynamic deals hq amazon vendor. the tech company has a notice online that states sellers must comply with applicable state federal and local laws when selling any gun product. the philadelphia mayoral primary is days away. the candidates take part in a forum. it will be tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. e-mail your questions at join the action at 6abc.com or use twitter and #6abc action or submit your questions at 6abc.com. hiring our heros job fair takes place on wednesday for veterans and their spouses. dozens of employers will be on
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hand at the susquehanna bng -- bank center in camden. a record number of teams will take part in the dad vail regatta. join matt o'donnell and karen rogers on saturday as 6abc broadcasts it's live from 1 in the afternoon until 5:00. >> it includes erin o'hern we'll have fun along the riverside. >> reporter: there were so many years where we think there might be a thunderstorm, but it's a gorgeous day for rowers and expect tail lights. storm tracker 6 live showing we're basically dry. you can see green popping up here and there but that's ground clutter at this point. as we look outside we have the airport, we're looking dry and tranquil. winds are light across the region. a cool, comfortable start with
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not a lot of issue with winds. 57 in philadelphia. 53 in wilmington. 52 in trenton. we have spots like allentown and millville in the 40s everybody will be turning around big time just like over the weekend. later in the day partly cloudy skies may try to roll in, generally speaking i'm thinking today is fairly bright. in allentown we're warm there, 8 # is the high in the lehigh valley. mostly sunny and absolutely gorgeous. down the shore not too bad 76 degrees, lots of sun delightful conditions, farther down toward the coast in cape may, you may stop in the low 70s, a nice day down the shore. in philadelphia, sunny and breeze, warmer than yesterday. 85 degrees this afternoon's high. with the breezes picking up we have red flag red-flag warning in effect.
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61 degrees by 8:00 a.m. a quick jump to 74 by 11:00. we spend the afternoon in the 80s, the high of 85 hits around # p.m. if you're at the playground, there will be enough warmth and sunshine in play where sunscreen is important. noon you're up to 7 # -- 79 and 83 by 2:00 p.m. bring cool water fowl and the kids if you're out there. tomorrow, we have a cold front coming in from the west, after 1:30 or 2:00 p.m. that will trigger a chance of a thunderstorm. this is the 5:00 p.m. view most of it could be close to the i-95 corridor and pushing into south jersey and 10:00 p.m. it's getting down the shore and away from us. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today's high, 85. very warm sun overall. tomorrow a spotty afternoon thunderstorm or shower, another high of 85. behind the front not as warm on wednesday high of 74. there could be a scattered
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lingering shower or thunderstorm around on wednesday. on thursday we're back up in the 80 with a high of 83. 83 friday, 85 saturday, a gorgeous start to the weekend. of course, sunday if i'm not mistaken is mother's day. clouds and sun 858 maybe a thunderstorm around later in the day. >> 5:10 now five people are shot, four are dead in what police are calling a random shooting in wisconsin. >> we're done with winter, but a newly released survey released shows how much it cost us. >> reporter: i don't want to see that winter, i'm really done with winter. looking at the ben franklin bridge no big issues this is westbound traffic coming in toward center city. we'll look at the boulevard coming up. >> in the morning buzz we'll talk about a sign on a woman's bathroom door, they say she is not wearing a dress we'll show
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>> that's pretty, blinking lights down the shore a live look on sky 6. 5:13 62 degrees, it's going to be a gorgeous monday feeling like summer. >> word of a closure with karen rogers at the big board. >> reporter: we have a closure on route 23 between front and 320, look for that to be a bit of a problem beginning today it's going to last through thursday out there. so use conshohocken road or yerkies road. now let's bring in the roosevelt
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boulevard here, this is the boulevard at ridge southbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway no problems between objection formed circle and the schuylkill. you're looking good on the boulevard. we're clear and dry out there. this is the commuter traffic report which you get to be a part of when you download the free waze app. be participant of our 6abc team you get notices of extra heavy traffic. not far from cherry hill, illegal hands reporting that. of i like those little handles. you don't know what they are doing. 57 degrees in philadelphia. the nice and mild. 49 in allentown, 46 in millville. we've got a great day today 85 degrees a little summer preview. warm and breezy and lots of sunshine, matt. >> we'll take it, thank you karen. developing this morning a shooting on a bridge in eastern wisconsin left four people dead
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and another person critically injured. officers responded to the bridge after reports of shots fired came in last night. five were shot, four died, including the suspected shooter. a woman is in critical condition. no responding officers fired their weapons. police say the shootings appear to be random attacks. a new york city police officer still in a medically induced coma after being shot in the face. brian moore is listed in critical condition but stable condition. moore changed words with the suspect on saturday night. he blackwell turned and hit officer moo in -- moore and hit him in the face. he was arraigned on attempted murder. a # 1-year-old was in the -- a 31-year-old was in the
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parking lot and he heard a woman scream. he went to help. the good samaritan had a permit to carry. police i say he is unlikely to be charged something the phillies opened the serials with the braves. -- series with the braves. the phillies beat the marlins breaking their five-game losing streak. rookie pitcher gonzalez earned his first career win. floyd mayweather is undefeated winning a unanimous decision over manny pacquiao. pacquiao claimed a shoulder injury he suffered in march kept him from fighting at his best. strong pay perview demand
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delayed the start of the fight. >> a report on how much penndot spent plowing and treating the roads. >> reporter: maybe a light jacket is appropriate for some of the kids. this afternoon it's storpts -- shorts and ts weather again. i'll get you to the airport and any delays if there are some this morning.
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>> reporter: i don't like looking at it, right i'm glad that's in the rear view mirror. let's look outside it's very dark this morning. >> reporter: really? >> reporter: i-95 northbound traffic on the right. heading toward the commodor barry bridge. we have no problems this morning, we have an accident just coming into us 202 southbound at 252 that's valley forge road. it's off to the shoulder, something to look for as you're heading out. meanwhile, mass transit is on time dave. >> reporter: on the big board we have numbers for you that are all looking good, right now we're in the upper 50s in philadelphia. we're up to 66 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon shooting all the way to 79. your high today is 3:00 p.m. 85 degrees, it will be breezy this afternoon and again there's that enhanced chance of a brushfire today. so be careful of that. across the country we have instability in through the center states from chicago to saint louis back toward the
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rockies, high wind gusts and hail and back in wichita maybe an isolated tornado that would be the only chance of a twitter today. in that ribbon there's a chance of delays later on because of heavy weather. at the big board nothing but green aircraft no major delays at our most frequently traveled destinations and no rain in these spots. >> names and addresses are easily accessible, but what about medical info. here's nydia han. >> reporter: if you have diabetes or asthma or cancer you probably think it's private. it turns out the information could be up for sale and it appears anyone could buy it. we did we bought this list of 1,000 people for $500. your name is right here. >> i see it. >> what do you make of it. >> reporter: who is selling this list and how they can get your
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5:26 good morning everyone, our temple university camera is focused southbound on center city philadelphia. of -- 62 degrees getting up to 85 degrees. the italian coast guard rescued thousands of refugees from the water of the mediterranean sea. 16 ships rescued 4,000 people yesterday alone. smugglers packed boats with people fleeing war and povertity in africa. this is a little different. when you go to the bathroom you see the triangle and the legs for the man. a san francisco company says that's not a dress she is wearing. it's a cape and pants. they call the campaign it was never a dress this will shift
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perceptions about women in the workplace, this is taking over on twitter people like the idea. >> i hate when they have some foreign language you don't which one is boy and girl. >> when you walk through the door, it's pretty clear. >> this will make it more clear for me. gunfire erupts outside a texas community center leaving two men dead and security wound and a cartoon contest played a part in the shooting. >> in the lehigh valley policecy a woman tossed her baby in the water and jumped in herself.
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>> developing now on "action news," gunmen take aim at a security guard outside a controversial event at a texas community center. >> rescuers respond quickly when they say a teenage mother throws her own baby off the bridge. >> prepare for summer-like heat. look, there's the moon. accuweather is calling for the
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highest temperatures of the year so far. >> good morning monday, may 4th. >> good morning moon. >> may the force be with you. >> there you go. let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers to look a accuweather and traffic. >> reporter: all right guys we're off to a pretty okay start. we'll check numbers and tell you where we'll finish in a moment. a red-flag warning kicks in this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. tonight because of the enhanced chance of brushfires. be careful out there. we'll start out sunny and eventually fair weather cumulus clouds pup up this afternoon. 57 in philadelphia. 52 in trenton. allentown and millville in the 40s, depending on how it feels to your kids they may want a light jacket going out the door. in
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