>> developing now on "action news," gunmen take aim at a security guard at a controversial event at a texas convention center. >> a mother throws her baby off bridge. >> chopper 6 is live over a brushfire that broke out in browns mills burlington county new jersey putting up smoke in the air but firefighters say they have the fire contained it is not threatening any homes. but because of the dry conditions, plus low humidity, a red-flag warning has been i should for south jersey and southeastern pennsylvania. >> let's find out more about the weather conditions and go over to david murphy and karen rogers, of course is keeping an eye on your commute.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, we'll start with the red-flag warning despite the fact that we have a brushfire this morning we just showed you. this kicks in at 1:00 p.m. the reason there's a bigger concern after 1:00 p.m. is that the breezes pick up. low humidity and dry fuel on it is forest floor enhance the chance of brushfires starting an spreading. satellite showing we'll have a nice, sunny start and fair weather cumulus developing as the day goes on. 56 degrees in philadelphia. very comfortable very 4r50eu89 winds so far. -- light winds so far. one issue the pollen count is high easing back tomorrow. hein terms of of the temperatures, welcome back to school kids, 56 degrees on the storm tracker 6 live app.

79 noon temperature 3:00 p.m. 85 and dinnertime the low 80s when i step inside we'll look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we'll have more on the thunderstorm possible for tomorrow and karen we'll see how long we can keep the heat around. >> all right dave we've a lot of problems on the road so far. an accident i-95 southbound blocked the left lane for a short time. it has cleared but the delay has grown at this point. southbound traffic looking live at allegheny, check out this travel time. 47 minutes that's a huge delay between woodhaven and the vine. you're jammed from academy to cottman and the betsy ross bridge to girard where the accident cleared, but a big delay for this early hour. we have a problem in bucks county fire at barns and noble oxford valley road. a vehicle ran off the road at trooper near oakland drive. this problem with a traffic light they were on flash in

chadds ford. they fixed them, so traffic is moving better at 202 and baltimore pike. this problem in burlington county could be here for a while. an accident brought down a pole. stick to he elbow lane or walnut avenue to get around there. >> 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 a.i. tack. katherine scott has the details live at the satellite center. >> reporter: matt there was a lot of controversy surrounding the event. they are working to his if the shooting was connected to the events. >> reporter: shots fired outside a free speech event in garland texas. just before 7:00 p.m., authorities in the dallas suburb say two gunmen were killed after

opening fire on a security officer. >> we heard boom boom and all of a sudden we see the cops everywhere. >> a vehicle pulled up, two men got out and opened fire on a garland independent school district security officer. else dressed like a police officer. however he is unarmed. >> reporter: garland officers saw what was happening and fired back, hitting enkilling the men at the scene. this happened outside a contest hosted by the new york-based american freedom defense initiative that would award ten thousand dollars for the best cartoon depicting the prophet muhammed. while the men's motive was not known, a bomb squad was called in to search the men's vehicle as a precaution. >> we evacuated businesses close by and the event center by putting people in school buses and taking them away from the area. >> reporter: once they have cleared the scene, authorities

will go in and take a closer look at the bodies and work on identifying the men and work on seeing what the motive is here. as for the that security officer he was treated and released from the hospital. matt. >> a driver struck and killed a woman crossing the new castle county street. it happened on the pulaski highway in bear at 1:00 a.m. the woman was in the westbound lanes when she was hit. the driver is cooperating with police the scene has been cleared. >> a 1-year-old baby boy and his teen mother are recovering. the woman tossed the child into the lehigh river and jumped in herself. on lookers say the woman attempted a murder suicide. >> when i got over here, they were telling me that some lady through the baby over the bridge

and then she jumped off. >> the mother made it out of the water and collapsed. the baby was 700 yards downstream and in the water for four minutes. an officer pulled the baby from the water and began cpr with another officer. allentown police say the mother and child are in serious condition. police have not released the mother's name. the investigation is on going. no charges have been filed yet. and happening today two former aids to new jersey governor chris christie are expected to make their first court appearances since the bridgegate indictment. they maintain their innocence facing nine criminal counts in connection with to the lane closures on the george washington bridge. david wildstein pleaded guilty on friday. governor christie maintains he had no knowledge of the plot. the city is trying to recover from the violent riots that broke out in several

neighborhoods last week. residents remained outdoors past 10:00 p.m. faith leaders are calling for continued activism in response to want death of freddie gray. the state's attorney announced friday criminal charges against 6 officers involved in the arrest. >> let's turn to david murphy we love the temperatures abbey the weather today but there are some concerns. >> reporter: there are, storm tracker 6 live double scan doesn't have any of them for you, we have green on radar that's ground clutter. there's no precipitation. as we look outside the sunshine coming up nice and bright down the shore there's a little bit of an air quality issue today not an ozone-action day but moderate air quality. those with asthma may want to limit their time outdoors, at the shore, i don't think there's much of an issue with air quality. 56 degrees dewpoint, 48. winds light southwest at 3. with light winds i'm out on the

terrace with a suit jacket i'm feeling fine. satellite showing you any significant lack of cloud cover. later in the day as is the case on many spring days, we'll develop fair weather cumulus but i think it will be bright as we roll through the afternoon. day planner shows a temperature of 61 at 8:00 a.m. we assume up to 74 at 11:00 p.m., 85 is the warmer number on the boards this year, that will hit by 3:00 p.m. spending the entire afternoon in the 80s. high temperatures up north 82 degrees, 83 in reading. 84 in trenton. 84 in wilmington. you get down the shore you're cooler, 76 in ac, 72 in cape may. those are pleasant seasonable numbers, in fact a little bit above average. we have fire concerns today because of the combination of low humidity, breezes kicking up

this afternoon and the dry fuel at the forest floor between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. there's a red-flag warning that means an enhanced chance of brushfires, do not flick the cigarettes out the car window and no off roading. if you see smoke or anything that looks like it's smoldering be call 911 right away and get the firefighters to it before it becomes an issue. air quality issue moderate today for those suffering asthma. tomorrow, we'll get in the 80s, we have a line of showers and spotty thunderstorms coming down from 1:30 and 5:00 p.m. you can see it moving from allentown and at 10:00 p.m. it's down to the south. not everybody sees this, but we're looking at the potential for thunderstorms. 85, sunny today, 85 tomorrow, a spotty afternoon shower or thunderstorm. not as warm on wednesday only

74 degrees, still unstable another spotty shower or thunderstorm around. and then we get back in the 80s and dry out. 83 thursday, friday, 85. the dad vail regatta is here friday and saturday, above the those days looks absolutely gorgeous. saturday 85. mother's day sunday, 85 degrees, sun and clouds, a spotty afternoon shower or thunderstorm. but not a washout for mom. >> thank you david. 6:40 more brand new stories up next. including the scathing report on sex assaults in the military and what's being done to prevent it. >> tragedy strikes when a swing set collapses in the west. >> reporter: yet another new accidents this on the vine street expressway, you can see the flashing lights eastbound approaching broad. blocking the left lane creating a jam here, at this point early morning delays. we have another accidents where a vehicle brought down a pole. railroad gates shut down it's a mess out there. >> celebrity couple is calling

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>> 6:43, a red-flag warning will begin this afternoon, but already in south jersey we're seeing brushfires. chopper 6 is live over one here, this is in browns mills pemberton township, burlington county. fire officials say they have it contained. it's not burning near any residences, so it's not putting anyone at risk. realize there are dry

conditions, low humidity, throwing cigarettes the car among the many bad ideas on a day like this. >> let's head over to karen rogers she is taking a look at a lot of the stuff this morning. >> reporter: we're looking live on the scion street expressway, some days we're like why all the accidents. the roads are clear and dry no weather-related problems. an accident only blue route 295, vine street expressway eastbound. it had been blocking the left lane approaching broad street. they pushed it off to the side. but expect delays eastbound on the broad the accident off to the side. we have a new report of an accident i-95 northbound mere bridge street. northbound on i-95 that's now southbound at girard we had an accident blocking the left lane, it's cleared but you're seeing speeds of 10, 11 miles per hour now you have a northbound jammed to, schuylkill

no reports of accidents look at this, 15 miles per hour, that's slow for this hour. that's heading eastbound near girard. and sweb -- westbound we can see 12 miles per hour approaching the boulevard to past boulevard. york road davisville road arms of a railroad gate is stuck in the down position. stick to edge hill road to avoid that area. we have an accident where a vehicle reportedly ran off the road on trooper road near oakland drive. again with the dry roads you're thinking what's the problem. accidents in burlington county, a guy slams into a pole, mount laurel road is closed between union mill stick to he will -- elbow lane as the alternate. 56 degrees right now in philadelphia, 45 in millville. 48 in allentown. nice and comfortable, a warm high of 85 with sunshine, matt.

>> okay, thanks, karen. new this morning a report claims the pentagon is greatly under reporting the number of sex related crimes in military communities. new york senator released the report overnights. the democrat is leading the push to tighten policy on military sex assaults. spouses of service members and civilians who live and work near military facilities are not being counted in defense department sexual assault surveys. >> new this morning a freak backyard accidents in arizona killed a 7-year-old girl and injured her son. a wooden swing set that was rotten at the base fell apart while a girl was playing on it. the crash knocked a teenage and 7-year-old girl from the patio into the waller. adults in the home heard the crash and called 911. >> this is a tragic accidents. accidents happen.

sounds like they are doing everything right. everyone knew how to swim. it's a very tragic accidents. >> the girls did not live at the home. they were attending the party with the family after a 5k charity run earlier in the day. >> another conservative has confirmed his plans to run for president in 2016. ben carson announced his candidacy in cincinnati ohio. he is going to make a form recall announcement in detroit later today. he is a retired renown newer row surgeon. he is the only high profile african-american to enter the gop primary. carson has never run for office. >> "g.m.a." will have the latest on the deadly shootout in texas outside an event featuring cartoons of the prophet muhammad. a live "g.m.a." preview is next. >> reporter: all right, guys it's cool we have temperatures in the 50s a jacket might be

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contest to draw muhammad, a very provocative event. we'll learn about the of a attackers. we have an abc exclusive carly fiarino has big news she is preparing to run for president. a lotto winner scratched off a ticket and walked away $75, the problem is it was worth 75,000. star wars in time square, we'll go behindment scenes as we get ready for that big event. >> of course we say may the forest be with you george stephanopoulos. >> very impressive. >> reporter: i'll tell you the problems out on the road. look at the jam up on the schuylkill expressway. eastbound traffic heavy from industry avenue to the vine.

extra heavy because of vine street expressway eastbound. we have an accident there that was blocking a lane for a while. extra heavy delays on the schuylkill expressway. new issue in the pottstown area 422 eastbound at keim street a disabled vehicle is causing a problem, watch for that. mass transit is on time. >> reporter: on the big board we have cool numbers in the 40s in the suburbs. someplaces like coatsville and new holland up in the 50s warrington 55. 51 in center city. cinnaminson, 53. 54 in avalon, 58 in gandys beach. and low 50s from hockessin to dover, delaware. if you're running errands might want to get them done in the morning. comfortable, 66. noon, close to 80. high this afternoon toasty 85. breezy this afternoon mix of sun and clouds. >> tiger woods and lindsey vaughn no longer a couple.

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>> welcome back, chopper 6 is over a breaking story coming to

us from new jersey. fire officials warning people across area about the potential for this brushfire. this is browns mill, burlington county, new jersey. firefighters say they have the fire contained. it's not threatening any homes but because of dry conditions and low humidity, there's a red-flag warning issued for south jersey and southeastern pennsylvania. >> let's take a look at the problems that we have on the roads. we're looking live on i-95. here we are at cottman. we've had all kinds of accidents this morning. a new one reported northbound approaching bridge street. we had an earlier one southbound, that's why we have huge delays, 47 minute ride on the vine. a slow go. we've seen crews around 70 westbound and lakehurst road. warm for that in pemberton burlington county. >> reporter: sunshine and clouds as the day goes on. 60 at 9:00 a.m. close to 80 by noon, there's the high of 85 degrees at 3:00 p.m. we have that red-flag warning

that doesn't kick in until 1:00 p.m. and ends at 8:00 a.m. not only because we have the dry low humidity air in place but the breeze his pick up. >> head to 6abc.com facebook and twitter when we are not on the air. for karen david tam i'm matt. have a great day and great week!

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