a police suv in southwest philadelphia. the officer is hurt. >> and there's more breaking news from the nation's heartland where a tornado outbreak has destroyed buildings and injured a dozen people. >> a soldier refuses to quit a grueling 12-mile test at fort dix. see her dramatickic push to the finish line with her comrads right by her side. >> let's go over to dave and karen with weather and traffic. good morning, we're off to a nice starting point we have sun and early cloud cover take a look at satellite, you can see the clouds are there but they are thin enough where sunshine is breaking through. overall we expect sun to be in play most of the day. 59 degrees in philadelphia. a little cooler this time of the morning than yesterday but wind are light and overall it's comfortable. it will be warmer he this afternoon. 59 degrees on the storm tracker 6 live app right now, by the time you get off the bus, 60 and 73 by noon, 3:00 p.m. there's

our high, 80 degrees we'll probably be on or about 80 through the majority of the afternoon. between now and sunday we get worse with pollen as we head into the weekend. allergy sufferers want to keep the m. meds handy. wean air quality alert today those of you at risk might want to limit your outdoor activity. karen, what are the roads looking like? >> reporter: no weather-related problems, we've got sunshine and dry conditions and good looking dry on 422. eastbound traffic heading toward king of prussia. heavy from the saint gabe's curve to 23. no extra displays. mayfair you want to talk about

the accident scene unrueh is shut down. southbound traffic is heavy on i-95 27 minute ride on i-95 that's not horrible. if you're heading to middlesex county an accident and fuel spill blocked the left lane route 1 northbound at new road staying in new jersey, 42 northbound traffic starting to see building volume if you're coming up from turnersville or blackwood. >> this is breaking right now an out-of-control driver is injured after crashing into three park cars. katherine scott is live on the scene and she has more. that's dramatic video katherine. >> reporter: it is, tam this was caught on camera, the driver is in stable condition three

parked cars were damaged. let me give you a look at what's happening. they just towed the damaged car the impala, the honda is on its roof. you want to avoid this area until this mess is cleaned up here. let's go to the surveillance foot annual you can see the honda accord coming down the street. police believe the driver lost control and slammed into the impala and filmed over hitting the white pick up truck. the impact threw the impala forward into a parked trail blazer. the passenger collected something and take off the driver stayed on the scene. the driver was injuries to his neck, head and back and is 22 years old. two 689 cars hit belonged to the same family. they heard the crash and realized it was captured on the surveillance cameras. >> they were saved by the air bags he was complete -- he had to get stitches all over his eye.

he was refuse going to, ink that something is going on. >> reporter: and back here live on can see broken glass and pieces of the car. the tow truck towed away the chevy impala it hit. at this time there's no word on what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. we're live in tacony, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> what a picture behind you katherine, thank you. now to a breaking story in southwest philadelphia, a police officer was injured when a sedan reportedly slammed into the side of his suv. the crash happened at 2:30 at 58th and woodland avenue taking out a light pole and a sign. 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 checked

out. tornado alley had the worst outbreak this year. no deaths reported, but 16 people were injured. a twister tore an oklahoma city fire department to shreds. the same system hit towns in nebraska and texas. hear from a man who was caught in the storm as it moved through oklahoma. >> you got to run for it. i got to back out of here, i got trees coming down on me. back it out mike, back it out. >> some areas saw record hail and rainfall. a flash flood emergency is in place in the oklahoma city area that's a first according to national weather service. "good morning america" will have

more on the storms after "action news." a dog got caught in delaware county that is alive and well after a team of heros showed up to get the dog back on its paws. the humane officer rescued the dog who neighbors called frank. someone shot the dog five times last month. he is going to need a surgery. his vet bills total $20,000. no arrests have been made. >> the biggest fight yet in the philadelphia mayor's race involves the current mayor himself during our debate at 6abc anthony williams and milton street said they would fire commissioner ramsey. >> anyone who is not smart enough to ask him to stay, is not smart enough to run this city. >> williams said ramsey

supported the police department's controversial "stop and frisk" policy shows the commissioner cannot be an effective leader. williams responded to nutter's criticism. >> mayor nutter ran to implement stop and frisk i'm running to end it. in order to transform the culture of the police department there needs to be change and that change starts now. >> milton street issued a similar statement. all six candidates oppose "stop and frisk." >> nfl report reports that tom brady is among the patriots that had knowledge of the deflate gate scandal. jim mcnally referred to himself as the deflator. he was spotted at the afc championship game walking into the batting -- bathroom with the

balls and walked on to the field for later. >> it clouds the reputation of the patriots quarterback. >> reporter: the patriots, that's like the third controversy. we have sunshine and clouds, you'll notice that the camera is rock-steady as winds are light adding to the comfortable feel out there. it's cooler this morning 59 degrees, yesterday we were up in the 60s in most neighborhoods at this time. winds are light east/northeast at 3. we're bringing in the always on day planner so you can look ahead and see how things will go today. clue cover wise looks like it's partial cloud cover most of the day today and break out into full sunshine at times. 60 by 8:00 a.m. 6 by 11:00 a.m. we basically spend the majority of the afternoon or near the

high of 80. the high officially strikes at about 3:00 p.m. warm partly sunny today humidity on the moderate side. 80 degrees in allentown. 80 in trenton. 81 in reading. you'll notice how you get closer to the shore the temperatures cool down a little bit we're getting a draw out of the south on the cool ocean water. 69 in cape may. 71 along the boardwalk in atlantic city. tomorrow, high pressure sets up in such a way where we get warmer air coursing in and we wind up with a high of 85. next to the shore that cool ocean water knocking you down to 70. warm overall across the region. tomorrow we're keeping our eyes on the area of low pressure which is forming off the coast of the carolinas this does have about a 60% chance of becoming the first named tropical storm of the season over the next couple of days. if it gets the name, it will be ana, that's the correct spelling. looks like this will bother the

southeastern coast with rain and wind and storm surge but move off to the northeast and have a minimal imangt on us. -- impact on us. partly sunny, 80 today a nice afternoon. tomorrow, sunny and warm, 85 with the dad vail regatta in full spring. saturday we'll get an easterly flow off the ocean, 82 saturday, spotty shower, most of you stay dry, i do think saturday feels stickier. sunday, very warm we're taking the mention of a shower out on sunday. looks like a partly sunny day mother's day. 87ac essential in the car if you're driving mom out to lunch. monday and tuesday back in the mid 80s things could be unsettled with showers and thunderstorms. >> a lot of folks looking forward to a good dose of rain.

6:40 we have more brand new stories coming up next. including a school bus driver who made a daring move on a busy street with students on board. >> see this captain's inspiring determination. >> reporter: building volume eastbound no major delays just yet. i told you i was worried that the traffic might get boring, i have a new accident on vine street all the details coming up when "action news" comes right back.

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>> good morning everyone, it is 6:44 thursday, taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge from the temple university camera. >> not too long ago, karen rogers was complaining, the traffic was boring. we've changed that for her. >> reporter: we were looking at a vine street expressway, we have an accident blocking the left lane, i was watching live as the police arrived on the scene. they have pushed it out of the way. vine street expressway westbound approaching the schuylkill expressway. a new accident you can see you're jammed from broad broad street to approaching the schuylkill expressway. a slow go on the vine with the accident scene. meanwhile, we've got other issues we've been talking about this one mayfair with katherine scott live on the scene. an accident involving an

overturned vehicle charles street closed use mcgee. slow speeds i-95 southbound at cottman. schuylkill expressway seeing slow speeds 17 miles per hour past the boulevard to belmont. slowing on the boulevard southbound, as well. issues going on around the area. don't forget we're talking about the dad vail regatta. i'll be out there saturday with matt. kelly drive closed between fountain green drive. take mlk or the schuylkill expressway instead. a disabled vehicle at plymouth township at plymouth road at germantown pike. i'm tweeting out traffic with the #6abc traffic. >> no weather-related problems, tam. >> some say it was a bold move

by a school bus driver, but officials say it was defensive driving. a new camera recorded a vehicle crossing three lanes of traffic. the bus has to squeeze behind a truck when it comes to a stop. officials decided that the driver did nothing wrong. >> the clinton foundation run by former president bill clinton poses problems for hillary clinton president's campaign. the mining company ocp is hosting the clinton global initiative at a luxury hotel in ma -- ma rock -- morocco. they insist their motives have nothing to do with any interest in access to the clintons. >> an inspiring video from fort dix new jersey is showing army captain sara cloud dropping to

the ground as part of training. fellow soldiers cheered her on as she gathered her strengthen. she earned the extra field medical badge 80% of the sold yesterday who take it fail, but not captain sara cloudy. >> what an accomplishment. that's something else. >> 6:47 following breaking news and so is "good morning america." tornado alley endured the biggest twister outbreak so far this year. >> i love that video of that soldier. i walked four miles yesterday in a t-shirt and i was winded. she has all that stuff on unbelievable. t-shirts this afternoon, we'll be back with the day planner forecast.

>> it's almost time to hand off to "g.m.a." let's see what they've got coming up. >> amy robach joins us live from the "g.m.a." studios. >> reporter: breaking overnight a tornado outbreak in the plains, 9 million americans at risk with half a dozen twisters touching down in texas and oklahoma. our extreme weather team is tracking it all. bawment shell on de-- bomb shell on deflate gate, tom brady likely knew of the inappropriate activity of the deflated balls during the nfc championship

great game. in an abc exclusive sophia vegara speaks out about the frozen em brie -- embryos. tough mother challenge the strongest moms in america take on the big race. you don't want to miss it. all coming up next on "g.m.a." >> we've got a couple of tough moms right here. >> we're not getting in the dirt. >> reporter: we don't need to get in the dirt to approve it. this is schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive eastbound heavy, and the westbound jammed slow go in both directions. we have dry conditions we've got a new accident in pennwyn.

route 1 southbound. . it's cooler than this time yesterday, 57 degrees in pottstown. 56 in saint davids. 55 in chester. a lot of aerials were in the upper -- a lot of areas when the in the light 60s, 52 in woodbine. holding 60 in hockessin and mid 50s up and down the state of delaware. if you're running errands, 62 by 9:00 a.m. 72 by noon. the high will be 80 degrees we'll be sict on that throughout the -- we'll be sitting on that throughout the afternoon. humidity levels on the low side. sunset was at 8:00 p.m. august august 13 will be when we get on the sunset as early as 8:00 a.m. shah shack o'neill took a

tumble on the clippers rockets game. he got his foot caught in the wires and crashes on to the floor of the set. 7'32"5 nba superstar joked on twitter he almost broke his leg he offered $500 for the best mean.

top stories at 6:56 and breaking 6abc obtained surveillance crash of a dramatic rollover. the a passenger is collecting something after the crash and taking off. here's another one, a car slammed into a police vehicle in southwest philadelphia. the officer was taken to the hospital with a hand injury and possible concussion. >> reporter: let's look outside live and check on the vine street expressway at the schuylkill expressway. we have an accident off to the right shoulder. westbound jammed from broad to the schuylkill expressway. don't forget kelly drive closes at 11:00 a.m. >> reporter: all right karen we are off to a decent start temperatures in time 50s and 62 by 9:00 a.m. the high is 80, light winds and

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good morning, america. breaking overnight -- tornado emergency. dozens of twisters ripping through the heartland. >> oh my gosh! >> we have a roof that just flew there the air here. >> winds reaching 150 miles an hour, igniting power lines, flattening homes and buildings. including this fire department. a zoo is hit, with fears of tigers and bears on the roof. flash flooding. the new fear right now of more dangerous twisters. super cheat? the calls this morning for the nfl to suspend superbowl hero tom brady. the quarterback takes a big hit after the new report that says he likely new all about the plot to take air out of the footballs. shoc