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path of destruction on a philadelphia street and we have the video. yet another breaking story this is in southwest philadelphia where a does an slammed into a police suv. the officer was hurt. >> good morning everyone 5:30, let's goat to dave and karen weather and traffic. >> reporter: good morning, everybody we're off to a cooler start, want to wind up warmer this afternoon, you can see there's plenty of sunshine in play, there are some clouds overhead, but we expect sunny conditions and fairly bright conditions this afternoon. 60 in wilmington, 55 in a lotten town the numbers run -- allentown, the numbers running cooler than yesterday. the wind are light very comfortable. between 6 and 8:00 a.m. moving from the mid 50s to # -- 60s. yesterday we were in the 70s 60 by 8:00 a.m. noon, 7 # and 3:00 p.m., we'll be up to
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80 degrees and that will be your high, i could see yous sitting on that this afternoon very warm conditions ahead. we have pollen counts running high, we talked about this yesterday, look at where we go over the next several days. we not only stay high we climb between now and mother's day sunday. if you suffer from allergies keep the medications go. we have ozone-action days, those of you with asthma may want to limit your time outdoors during the afternoon heating. karen, what about i-95. >> reporter: it's clear approaching allegheny no problems southbound heading toward center city moving nicely. the roads are dry this morning looking good on the vine street expressway, the construction overnight and early morning has cleared already. no delays just yet. all the lanes are back open, that was live looking at the
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vine at broad. southwest philadelphia an accident involving a police cruiser happened at 2:30, still investigation going on. it brought down a light pole, so they have to fix that. instead of 58th and woodland, stick to 54 and he he elmwood avenue. the trolley is running again. this is salem county, 295 north of the turnpike, we have construction blocking the left lanal 6:00 a.m. traffic is slowing on the delaware memorial bridge because of that. >> this out-of-control driver crashes into several parked cars. katherine scott is on the scene with dramatic video. >> reporter: good morning, tam this was caught on camera, the driver was in stable condition
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22 years old taken to the hospital for injuries. no one else was injured in the neighborhood but his car is a wreck and three parked cars were hit, as well. when this collision happened early this morning in tacony on the 4300 block of unrue. a tow traumatic is on the way to clean up the mess. the car lost control and slammed into the impala, flipped over and into the a pick up truck. a passenger collects something and takes off. 22-year-old driver stayed at the scene. the driver was taken to the hospital in stable condition, he had injuries to his neck, held and back. two of the cars that were hit belonged to the same family. they heard the crash and and they realized it was captured on surveillance video. >> he hit that car and pushed
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it over to the sidewalk and flipped. >> and back here live, you can see the honda accord is in the middle of the street. flipped over there's broken glass, pieces of the car strewn across the street. the drivers of the parked cars are trying to take stock of the damage, but some of them tell me they are going to stay home from work today to make the repairs and call their insurance companies. live in tacony, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> now on to a breaking story in southwest philadelphia. a police officer was injured when a does sedan reportedly slammed into an suv. it happened at 56th and woodland. the officer was taken to the hospital with a hand injury and possible concussion. people in the striking car were taken to the hospital to be
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checked out. we're live at the big board with breaking news, tornado alley endured the largest hit this year. no deaths reported, but 12 people were injured. a roof was reported flying through the air in kansas. another twister tore the oklahoma fire department to shreds. >> it came over this hill, we got down in the basement, i flung the basement doors open and threw tree debris stuff in the basement. i'm glad we were able to stop and find a safe place. >> reporter: a flash flood emergency is in place in the oklahoma city metro area. that's a first according to national weather service. "g.m.a." will have more on the storms after "action news." a dog that was shot in delaware county is alive and well all thanks to a team of
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heros. the rescue officer rescued the stray they call frank. someone in chester shot the dog five times at close range along johnson street. frank is on his way to recovery. but he is going to need one more surgery. and his vet bills total $20,000. no arrests have been made. >> 5:36. the biggest fight in the philadelphia's mayor's race involves the current mayor himself. anthony williams, and milton street promised to fire charles ramsey. >> anyone who is not smart enough to at least ask him to stay is probably not smart enough to run the city. >> mayor nutter did not names but his comments were aimed the williams and streets. williams said his support of the police department symptom and frisk policy shows the commissioner cannot be an
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effective leader. >> mayor nutter ran on "stop and frisk" i'm running to end it. in terms of of the police department there needs to be complaining. that starts now. >> milton street i should a similar statement. for the candidates for mayor gathered at a forum in mount airy. tamala edwards monitored the event. it's important to residents and businesses in northwest philadelphia. >> an nfl report concludes that star player tom brady is among the new england patriots who had knowledge of the deflate gate scandal. jim mcnally referred to himself as the deflater. he was spotted we afc championship game walking into the bathroom with the because
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and walking on the field later. the nfl is considering discipline. >> i shouldn't bring up the fact that the patriots beat the eagles in the super bowl, ten years ago. i'm sure that doesn't make any difference. >> reporter: stuff goes on with that guy. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we have no rain out there as we take a look outside, we have the airport you see how the camera is rock sold there isn't a lot wind out there. the temperature are cooler than this time yesterday, they will wind up warmer later today. 59 degrees is the current temperature. dewpoint 50. humidity is not going to be that bad today. it might feel stickier later tomorrow, but today fairly comfortable wind out of the east at 5 miles per hour. there go the spotty showers we have cloud cover out there but thin enough for the sun to get through. overall we'll have a partly sunny feel at times, with the
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understanding full sun might break out. 60 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 68. 2:00 p.m., 79. high of 80 around 4:00. 80 is the high in allentown. reading could get to 81. you notice how you get closer to the ocean the temperatures cool down out on the peninsula in cape may, 6 # -- 9 is all you'll see. warmer than yesterday but cooler down the shore. tomorrow, high pressure is flowing off the coast drawing warmer air in from the west and southwest. 70 at the shore. we're keeping an eye on the low pressure system along the coast. it may be the first tropical storm, it could be a sub tropical it could throw rain and
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wind an surgeon the southern coast. looks like it will wind up off our coast and doesn't have any effect. there's a 60% chance of it becoming a named storm. if it gets a name it will be an ana, ana is first tropical storm of the season. we'll see if that low becomes that over the next couple of days. 80 is the high, a nice day today. tomorrow 85, warm and humid late in the day a nice day overall for the dad vail regatta. that begins on saturday when the live coverage hits the airways in the afternoon partly sunny skies for that day. 82 an east winds maybe cooler. could be a pop-up shower. we're taking out the shower possibility for sunday, very warm, 87. you want the ac in the car when you're driving mom around, generally speaking a nice day maybe a little on the humid side.
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monday, clouds and sun 86 degrees a frontal boundary in the area could trigger a shower or thunderstorm. tuesday, a cold front comes in 85. there could showers and thunderstorms. >> thanks david. 5:41 an explosive train derailment out west forces a town to evacuate. >> new video shows robert durst doing something bizarre and disgusting in a drugstore. >> reporter: no problems in bucks county but we have a problem elsewhere on route 1. >> growing questions about bill clinton's foundation and where it's getting some of it's donations from. "action news" will be right back.
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>> 5:44, hey look it's center city, and i have to say it looks a little muggy out there. just an observation. >> that's pretty, but are the roads looking good. >> reporter: we felt the humidity yesterday. look he the suburban traffic report. looking outside, chadds ford, delaware county. roads are dry light volume, 202, traffic is moving nicely. no problems coming up from talleyville or conqueredville. we have issues in the northeast
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extension, the crews have cleared southbound side near quakertown. but we have crews northbound near quakertown. south brunswick we have a fuel spill route 1 at new road traffic is slowing blocking the left lane an accident own fuel spill. that's going to be an issue. on the commuter traffic report we're not seeing too many problems out there right now. i've got the ipad with the waze app. if you download the free waze app. you can be part of the 6abc team. which is great because your part of the time. we'll give you notice of heavy traffic coming your way. 535 to 42 heading over the ben franklin bridge you'll not final any issues this morning it's looking pretty clear. weather wise it's 59 degrees, 55 in in allentown and 55 in
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millville partly sunny skies and high of 80. >> clinton foundation run by former president bill clinton continues to pose problems for hillary clinton's presidential campaign. the mining company is hosting global initiative at a luxury hotel in moor morocco this week. company officials insisted to abc news there motives have nothing to do with any interest in access to either clinton. >> new video has emerge implicating real estate heir robert durst from a odd incident last summer. he was accused of exposing himself and urinating on a candy display. he is awaiting on a hearing of a federal gun charge and faces a
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murder charge in california in connection with the of his good friend. an armed robber followed a woman into an elevator in florida he doesn't get too far with the purse because the door closes. he taps the buttons to reopen the door. eventually it's gets away, he is still on the run. gabrielle giffords will lobby for stricter gun laws. the former congresswoman has been a gun control advocate since she was shot in arizona in 2011. a family walks boo the kitchen -- into the kitchen and finds a coyote on the counter. >> a freight train erupts into a wall of thick black smoke. >> reporter: it will get toasty
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>> tonight on "action news" at 11:00 p.m. a warning for animal owners wendy saltzman wednesday looks into a trend that's making pets sick. >> from the time i fed her that treat until the time she died. >> reporter: now we're investigating allegations these and other healthy snacks may have toxic consequences. >> we'll tell you about the fine print you need to look for. >> no dog should have to be put
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through any of that suffering. >> reporter: we go under cover and find the treats are on store shelves, only on "action news" at 11:00 p.m. look what the cat dragged in. a family found a coyote in the kitchen. sheriff deptys trapped the coyote and nobody else in the house was hurt. he has that look, now what are you going to do. >> reporter: the boulevard southbound traffic on the left heading toward the schuylkill expressway. we have problems coming into right now. here we have northeast philadelphia front street, we've got a fire location, stick to shellmire instead. use frankford and mcgee because of an overturned
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vehicle. >> reporter: 55 in pleat wood. 57 in -- fleet windowed and 55 in pottstown and 55 in buena 53 in woodbine. as you go out to do errands get them done in the morning. it will be dry, 62 by 9:00 a.m. a comfortable 73 by noon. 80 around 3:00 p.m. winds are light humidity not all that bad. by the way sundown officially occurred at 8:00 a.m. that begins a long stretch where the sun doesn't go down until after 8:00 p.m. >> a fiery train derailment in north dakota forced an entire town to evacuate. some of the cars carrying crude oil went up in flames. the blaze has burned itself out. these were newer model trains
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something government officials say can help reduce the risk of catastrophe. companies are to phase out old rail cars over the next five years. teachers in mississippi had good reason to report a co-worker who was acting strangely. he was not a teacher he was a teacher. he passed himself off as coach brown. he gained access to the elementary school bus and drove one around for a bit. he supposedly stole an high school teacher's i.d. and pretended to be a bus monitor. a pennsylvania officer faces charges in a deadly chase. the story is coming up at 6:00 a.m.. >> more video a speeding car flips over and damages several cars in its path. we're live on the scene at our 6:00 a.m. half-hour.
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about the shooting of an 8-year-old girl who may be the victim of road rage. the family double parked the car on the 5400 block of haverford avenue. someone in a black sedan behind their car fired a gun and hit the little girl in the head. today's mayor and commissioner superintendent will gather for a town hall discussion part of president obama's my keeper's initiative. it's critical with what happened in baltimore. it takes place at the school of the future in parkside at 11:00 a.m. we continue to follow the breaking news, the largest tornado outbreak so far year. >> there's whole foods for the frugal gourmet next in business.
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>> hey everyone, it is 6:00 a.m., thursday, may 7. breaking this morning. dramatic new video shows an out-of-control car flipping over and slamming into several parked cars we're live on the scene. >> breaking video of the tornados that ripped through the nation's heartland and the destruction they left behind. >> there's a manhunt underway right now for a prison inmate. we'll tell you how he made his escape. >> it's muggy out there let's go to david and karen for weather and traffic. >> reporter: it's a little cool, we'll have sun and clouds mix today. 59 degrees in philadelphia. 355 in allentown. 60 in
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