tv Action News 530 AM ABC May 4, 2015 5:30am-6:01am EDT
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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 philadelphia.
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8:00 a.m., we could be up to 61 degrees mainly clear and comfortable as they get off the bus from school. pollen count is running high, there's a chance it eases back tomorrow because we have the chance of showers or thunderstorms popping through. welcome back to school, kids, 57 degrees on your storm tracker 6 live app. 71 by noon, there's the high of 85 degrees we hit that at 3:00 p.m. when the kids are coming home from school. getting another warm one tomorrow we have transitional thunderstorms are as the front arrives. i'll have details on future tracker 6 coming up. >> reporter: my kids saw the forecast and wondered if they had to go to school. yes you do. this is the schuylkill traffic looking nice the roads are clear and dry on the vine. widow a car fire going on on montour street at mayfair. all the lanes are back open
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looking better in the lawncrest. lang horn bucks county a fire at barns and noble, commerce boulevard watch for this oxford valley road in langhorne. an accident 252 southbound it's off on the shoulder not causing too much of a delay, watch for it. lancaster pike an accident involving a deer, one more in delaware on 272 at i-95. so several accidents this morning, a couple of fires alreadity early hour, matt. >> developing right now two men suspected of opening fire outside a free speech event in texas have been killed. fbi is working with local police to determine who the gunmen were and why they carried out the attack. katherine scott is live in the satellite center with more details. >> reporter: matt this is a controversial event, but police say they didn't have any credible threats leading up to it, now authorities are trying to determine if the shooting was connected to that event going
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oned inside. shots fired outside a freemp -- free speech event in garland texas. before 7:00 p.m. authorities in the dallas suburbs say two gunmen were killed after opening fire on a security officer. >> a vehicle pulled up, two men got out and opened fire on a independent school district security officer. he is dressed like a police officer, buts unarmed. >> reporter: garland police officers saw what happened and fired back killing the men at the scene. this is happened an event hosted by the new york city-based american freedom initiative awarding ten thousand dollars for the best cartoon of the prophet mohammed. a bomb squad was called in to search the men's vehicle as a precaution. we evacuated businesses that were close by. we evacuated the event center by
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putting people in garland school buses and taking them away from the area. >> reporter: bomb squads are working on the car. it's a tedious process once they clear the scene of any threat they can get a closer look at the bodies and work on the ideas of the bodies. as for the security guard he was taken to the hospital and since rereleased. we're live from the satellite center, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thanks for the update, katherine. >> developing in delaware a driver struck and killed a woman crossing a new castle county street. this happened on the 1900 block of pulaski highway at 1 a.m. the driver is cooperating with the police. the scene has been cleared. a 1-year-old baby boy and his mother are recovering, police say the woman tossed the boy into the river and then jumped in. it happened in allentown at the
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hamilton street bridge. annie mccormick has more. >> reporter: officers lined the banks of the lehigh river responding to the 911 calls. horrified onlookers watched as 19-year-old woman pushed the stroller with her 1-year-old son on the bridge and according to police did the unthinkable in an apparent murder suicide. >> i saw a stroller halfway down the sidewalk, and when i got over her, they remember telling me a lady threw the bobby over the bridge and she jumped off. the 19-year-old made it to the imrangment -- embankment and collapsed. the officer pulled the baby from the water and began cpr. police say from the bridge to the water is a 52-foot drop it's a miracle mom and baby are
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alive. >> i hope they make it that's what i hope. >> reporter: the police officer has 13 years on the officers. the other officer 3 years on the force. police say the mother and child were taken to the lee high valley hospital in serious condition. they have not released the name of the mother. they tell us this is an on going investigation and no charges have been filed. reporting in allentown, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> and police are investigating the discovery of a body in the delaware river in camden. county police tell "action news" that children walking along the river near 29th street and adams avenue found the remains yesterday afternoon. so far there's no word on the identity of the body or the cause of death. and happening today two former aids to new jersey governor chris christie are expected to make their first court appearances since the bridgegate indictment. bridgette kelly and bill bironi
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face 9 criminal counts to the lane closures on the george washington bridge. governor christie maintains he had no knowledge of the plot. >> the mayor of baltimore listed the citywide curfew put in place a week ago. the city is trying to recover from the violent riots that broke out last week. residents were able to remain outdoors past 10:00 p.m. faith leaders are calling for continued activeism in response to death of freddie gray. vice president joe biden addressed the outrage over the treatment of black men by police. he was the naacp speaker in detroit. he pointed to the success of federally funded programs requiring officers to meet with residents and business owners in
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their patrol area. biden noted that funding has been cutback over the years. >> what a day yesterday. >> reporter: a beautiful weekend, i enjoyed myself outside, i hope you were able to get out there too. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're continuing the nice pattern with dry conditions. as we look outside sunshine will be up over the horizon nice and bright today. down the shore and elsewhere a good looking afternoon ahead. a few clouds digging in at times as we roll into the afternoon. 57 degrees, cool and comfortable. winds out of the southwest pretty light although getting breezier later on. satellite and radar showing we have sunshine on the way and fair weather cumulus popping up. a good looking day from start to finish. 61 by 8 can mean. 74 and the high of 85 degrees at 3:00 p.m. basically the whole afternoon we spend in the 80. in allentown 82. 83 in reading.
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84 in trenton. 80 in millville. and down the shore cooler as is usually the case during the springtime period. 7 ons not bad feeling comfortable on the boards in sea isle all the way up to atlantic city. a reminder we have fire concerns with enhanced chance of brushfire starting or spreading. don't flick the cigarettes out the car window. the limit offroad driving. low humidity and breezy conditions and dry fuels an issue. we have an air quality alert, we have moderate air pollution sensitive groups those with asthma or respiratory i illness may want to limit your outside excursion in the afternoon. while we're still warm we'll be
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on the look out for showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon. after 1:00 p.m., they could be in the northern suburbs. 5:00 p.m., the model has them through the center of the region. by 10:00 p.m., adam may have something to show i down i the shore, but things are getting better. we're going for a high of 85 degrees, very warm conditions out there. tomorrow, 85 all over again salt as you just saw a spotty shower or thunderstorm is possible from north to south during the afternoon or evening. wednesday not as warm, 74. pleasant and still above average for this time of year. a spotty shower or thunderstorm. likely. 83 degrees on thursday, right back up there the dadville regatta is in town friday and saturday and it looks gorgeous this year. highs in the low to mid 80s on friday and saturday. mother's day sunday, clouds and sun, 85. there's a chance of a pop-up shower in the afternoon. most of mother's mother's day looks dry.
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>> next you up, nearly two dozen officers were injured over seas when protests over alleged police abuse turns violent. >> parents of a state trooper have a message for the man who killed him. >> reporter: we have another accident coming up. >> what is the baby's name, the girl who was born yesterday, the princess, "action news" continues!
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>> 5:44, which can it out man -- check it out man we've got the moon sky 6 atlantic city camera looking south very nice, it's it is pretty and bright and then the sun comes up it gets brighter. that's the way things work. >> it works about this time in the morning you get more traffic. >> reporter: thank you for explaining how things work, another episode by matt o'donnell. let's check the suburban traffic report, it's early, we have light volume, approaching cottman, that's southbound traffic heading toward center city. no big issues on i-95 looking good this morning, in the suburbs we have a few problems that have been popping up.
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the blue route southbound near lima we have an accident reported. watch out for an accident on the blue route southbound causing an issue in delaware county. i want to take you to another problem we've got. mount laurel burlington county, mount laurel road is shut down, union mill and hainsport an accident that brought down a pole. they have to fix that. use elbow lane or walton avenue to get around mount laurel road. another accident in wilmington involving a deer. looking at 676 eastbound we're seeing traffic moving nicely through center city no big problems out there. a car fire we had on montour street cleared. things be looking better there. 57 degrees in philadelphia. 49 in allentown. 46 in millville. feeling comfortable and this afternoon a summer preview 85 degrees, lots of sunshine, warm and breezy, i'm sitting by the pool this afternoon tam. >> that's a great idea.
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thank you, karen. rallies gains racism and police brutality have erupted in israel. protesters in tel aviv through rocks and bottles in riot gear. they returned fire with stun gear. disruptions have happened between ethiopian jews and others in israel. the parents of a murdered pennsylvania state trooper say they have forgive the manned charged in the killing. brian and darla dixon spoke to the a church in the poconos. their son was ambushed last september. eric frein spent 48 days on the run before he was captured and charged with murder. frein still needs to face justice, but the only way to more on with their own lives was to forgive him.
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>> another conservative has confirmed his plans for president in 2016. ben carson announcedded he -- announced his candidacy in cincinnati ohio. he is a retired neuro surgeon. else the expected be to the only high profile african-american to enter the gop primary. carson has never run for public office. >> the royal couple is expected to announce the name of the newest princess today. the favorite is alice followed by elizabeth an charlotte. the baby's grandparents got to see her yesterday. kate's mother and sister visited buckingham palace followed by prince charles and camilla. of. >> a cruise ship had to change it's course out west. >> earthquakes hit midwest
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there. nice day out there. as we look live at the boulevard at ridge, traffic is moving nicely, light volume on the boulevard southbound heading toward the schuylkill expressway. a handful of issues have been popping up here's the latest. northeast philadelphia, i-95 northbound past academy road a vehicle blocking the left lane. chadsford, delaware county, 202 baltimore pike the traffic lights are on flash. >> reporter: we're in the middle of a warm, unseasonable pattern it's still may we'll let the numbers slip a little bit. pottstown, 50. 51 in center city. not much wind, so fairly comfortable, maybe cool enough for a jacket for the kids. 46 in buena. the 53 in cinnaminson. if you're running errands this afternoon you might want to get them done early.
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79 degrees noon, we climb from the 60s up to close to 80 during the morning. 3:00 p.m. that's the high, 85 degrees comfortable but warm today tam. >> former flight student is facing felony charges after stealing a plane and taking it out for a joyride. 27-year-old evan grant took off in a twin engine plane and cruised afternoon for an hour until an air traffic controller convinced him to come down. michigan experienced a rare earthquake over the weekend. scientists believe this happened naturally. they are racing concerns for man made quakes in parts of the country that drills for gas. fracking forces the release of gas out of rocks. it's been linked to triggering tremblers, states are urged to be more careful when operating near false. >> a tragic update on the swing
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urging foreign rescuers to return home and go to rural parts of the country. they made a call during an emergency relief meeting last night. most of the work in katmandu is done. the earthquake on april 25th, killed 7200 people. the tourist police reported 109 foreigners are missing including nine americans. a freak backyard accident in arizona killed a 7-year-old girl and hurt her friend. a wooden swing set that was rotten at the base fell apart when a 14-year-old girl was praying on it. it cut into a nearby pool deck the crash knocked the 7-year-old girl and the 14-year-old into the water. adults heard the crash and called 911. >> this is a tragic accident. you know, accidents happen. like they were doing everything right. everyone knew how to swim. it's a very tragic accident.
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>> neither of the girls lived at the home, they were a party with their families after a 5k charity run earlier in the day. >> dozens of bystanders watched in panic as a tour bus in san francisco caught fire before their eyes. organ lookers captured the scene on the smart phones. the packed double decker bus was traveling down haite street when the smoke poured out. a homeless man chased the bus to alert the driver. he stopped and everyone got out safely. >> we have more on the attack on a convention in texas. the gunmen were killed.
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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., monday, may 4. developing this morning. two men who police say opened fire at a texas contest to draw the prophet mohammed are shot dead. >> a new jersey boy buys a stun gun in a state where they are not allowed to be shipped. we have temperatures topping 80 degrees. >> let's go outside to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we have a red-flag warning in effect this kicks in at 1:00 p.m. and expires at 8:00 a.m. during the afternoon and early evening hours we check the breezes to kick up, you
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