"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon sara is off

and we begin with breaking flus in bucks coins a man has died after he was hit by a dump truck in southern northampton yesterday. the man had his flashers on apparently and was examining his disabled vehicle and was struck by a passing dump truck the victim was pronounced dead at the scene the intersection will be closed here for hours as they continue to investigation. also breaking this hour a small plane crashed on to a busy highway in atlantic, all four people on board were killed and the aircraft took off from the peach tree airport and smashed on to i-205 and burst into flames it nearly struck a vehicle driven by a former firefighter, he said quote it was a miracle no cars were struck. officials begin their investigation into the crash here in atlanta, georgia.

>> happening now the justice department is launching an investigation into the baltimore police department, attorney general, loretta lynch announced the probe this morning tlerks looking for unconstitutional law enforcement practices including deadly force and improper searches. this follows the riots and arrests following the death of freddie gray. six police officers are facing charges in his death and earlier this week the mayor requested the justice department investigation. abc news will have more in a live report at 12:30. to accuweather now we are enjoying a beautiful friday on the way to a beautiful weekend. sky 6 hd is looking outside as a picture perfect afternoon the skies are cooperating as the dad vail regatta takes over the schuylkill river. spectators are packed along

kelly drive to see the largest collegiate rowing race. for more on your friday lets head outside to melissa magee, who is in for david murphy. >> happy friday we are enjoying the sunshine, in fact basking in it on our patio a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds, temperatures are at 76 in the city, average is 70 78 in trenton and along the coast though you notice it's much cooler with the south facing wind and beach haven to see soil city temperatures in the upper 60s. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have got high pressure in control and it's really over new england, it's providing us with a nice mixture of sunshine and clouds and you notice moisture down along the south and east and that stays well below our region for the weekend. we have you covered perhaps are you watching or attending the

dad vail regatta kicking off today. the temperatures are heating up with temperatures of 79 and a temperature of 84 here in philadelphia we'll talk about what is ahead when the summer like preview continues as we get into your friday and this weekend. it's warm for mom on mothers day, we'll have an update on what mom can expect and tropical storm ana and details where she will stay for the weekend. in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. meanwhile it is graduation day for thousands of temple university students, the 128th commencement ceremony is underway and john rawlins is there now with an update. >> things are wrapping up not quite over yet a lot of happy people packed inside of the center that is for sure the

happy graduates are on the ground level and their loved ones are up in the stands cheering them on. a sea of caps and gowns 72 nations and loved ones trying to find the certain grad. and her sister marcia she is getting her degree in -- >> human resources. >> what does she plan to do? >> work in the hospital. >> are you proud? >> yes, she came a long way. >> the clasz of 2015 thelma reyes looked up and said i condition believe i'm here. >> because i'm 56 years old i started college at 19 and i was young and i didn't know how to treasure what i have been at this very moment i treasure all the this experience and everyone that has been so kind to me.

>> the commencement speaker, espn speaker kevin nagondy. later today the mother of hit and run victim rachel hall is expected to receive her daughter's graduation certificate. hall a 2015 grad was struck driving her bicycle a few blocks from here on april 28th. >> an arrest in the case was made a few days ago miss hall suffered serious head injury the most recent update by her mother says that the 22-year-old remains unconscious and on a ventilator. >> scary moments from some 60 delaware county students after their bus broke down returning from a field trip stranding them for hours on the side of i-95,

the group returned to drexel middle school and coming back from a trip to washington, d.c. when they broke down in maryland and the kids were waiting for a replacement bus also delayed getting to the scenep they arrived with water for the stranded students. >> it was so tiring because we spent a whole day walking at washington, d.c. and then had to go on the bus and do nothing and it was really long. >> the bus was operated by warner coach and there was a mechanical issue with the original bus and why the replacement bus took some long to arrive. the police department is looking closely at body cameras dennis williams signed an order to study the implementation of cameras. the department does intend to use them. this comes after president obama and the justice department

anouchbsed a $20 million grant for the cameras. a burlington county wild fire is more than 70% contained after torch, 75 acres in wharton state forest. they used helicopters to drop water on the flames and are monitoring for any hot spots that creep up. there are no injuries reported. meanwhile, america's heart lan has endured two days of severe storms there and there is the possibility of more severe weather there this weekend, we are live in bridge creek oklahoma, with the latest. >> reporter: here in oklahoma it's cleanup day number two after what folks say after a bid of a breather yesterday, there were nine more tornadoes reported across the region yesterday and the hardest hit this time was texas.

>> this morning a birds eye view of devastation in texas after powerful tornadoes hit overnitd. watch as this giant twister tears through northern parts of the the lone star state yesterday. tornado after tornado. >> oh my gosh lightning sparking fires. and bringing torrential rainfall and after that a 4.0 earthquake striking west of dallas. as residents try to salvage whatever they can this texas couple sought shelter after the tornado warning only to come back and see this, their house gone. >> where do we start? where do you start cleaning up at? we'll figure it out tomorrow though figure something out. >> further north in nebraska, 7 inches of rain falling in one

night forcing some resident to seek higher ground. >> what a mess s it's the worst natural disaster in the state's history and to the west in colorado a funnel cloud forming followed by hard hitting hail. >> and right now for so many homeowners and business owners including the ones here behind me at this welding shop they are slowly picking up the pieces but their work is on hold for the time being, they are warned to braced for more severe weather we are live in oklahoma, channel 6 "action news" rick back to you. >> thank you. back here police were investigating a bucks county home invasion it happened just after midnight on new jersey avenue, two armed men broke into a house and robbed four people of cash and cell phones and

electronics. a teenager that escaped custody while in handcuffs turned himself into police after midnight. he was on the run since thursday evening, after escaping from a renal car. construction began today on a new state of the art hotel appropriately called the study. city officials and hotel executives along with the president of the universities john fry took part in the ceremony loerkted at chestnut and 33rd streets, it will have 122 rooms and the very first one was called the study at yale in new haven connecticut. still to come on "action news" at noon, video from inside of a commercial jet that filled with smoke, how delta is expected to

explain the scary flight for passengers and the scam involving girl scout cookies and the accusations against a father coming up. and melissa magee is back with a closer look at the seven-day forecast including mothers day when "action news" at noon continues in just a moment.

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warning about isis, it says that the terror group launched a massive social media campaign like no other aimed at other followers in the u.s., one follower, elton simpson accused of orchestrating an attack on a cartoon contest on sunday. they say they rare are bombarded with messages every day. thousands are in new york this afternoon paying respects to fallen police officer, moore. moore died monday two days after being shot in the head while in duty, the suspect is behind bars facing a long list of charges including murder. during moore's short time on the force he build up a record of 150 arrests and earned numerous medals. this is a flight from

florida to new york city, the thick haze took over the delta jet after taking off yesterday, the alarms were blaring and people were coughing and crying and flight attendants told people to put their heads down next to the floor where the air was clear. they made a safe landing and the passengers were given pizza while they waited for a new plane. delta -- a western pennsylvania man is accused of using his girl scout membership to run a scam, police say that noah wiley bought his 6-year-old to people's homes and sold phoney ordered for girl scout cookies, some of his neighbors were among the victims. >> he knew what he was doing and he did it to too many people.

wiley is facing several counts of theft the girl scouts of mercury leased a statement saying that no money should be collected from girl scouts until the cookies are delivered. christine mao got behind the controls of the f-16 this week, it can reach up to 1200 miles per hour and go as high as 15,000 feet, he trains pilots and support croups for the f-35, her past experience includes combat missions in afghanistan. still ahead on "action news" at noon, we are tracking a great white shark cruising off the coast of the jersey shore, that story at 12:30. and a biology teacher loses 37 pounds during a high school science experiment.

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well, the unemployment report is out for april and shows solid gains and the economy is getting back on track, employers added 223,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate dropped to a5.4% and stagnant wages -- >> health check this noon, an iowa biology teacher proves that

you can eat mcdonald's every day and still lose weight. >> for two months he stuck to a 2,000 calorie diet but followed the nutritional guidelines set by the fda, he started with two egg white delights and oatmeal and for lunch salad and fruit and finished the day with a value meal and in the end he lost 37 pounds experts aren't surprised because he made smart choices. >> you can get salad and egg whites and that sort of things but the chicken they put on the salads it will have a lot of sodium in there and that could make your blood pressure go up. >> he says his cholesterol went up dramatically but added a 45 minute walk to his daily

routine, there are news story beginning at 4:00 and here is alicia vitarelli with apreview. >> from free ice-cream to fee work outs for the family this weekend, all the things you can get for nothing in freebie friday and the big question. can you really potty train your child in just three days, one mom says absolutely and her ebook is getting a lot of buzz, we put her method to the test and trust tuesday parents do not want to miss the results today at 4:00. and a missouri personal trainer took to the internet to shame a stranger at a sporting event. for over eating and being overweight. and what she has to say about being shamed.

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imagine loving your numbers. there's only one invokana®. ask your doctor about it by name. meteorologist, melissa magee is here with the mothers day forecast and mothers everywhere should love the next few days. take mom out and dining alfresco, lovely. >> this is my forecast for mom. >> you're welcome mom. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you that it's dry and no issues with precipitation and in fact it's been dry for sometime for much of the delaware and lehigh valleys, we'll talk about that in a moment. it's about the sun and rising temperatures, outside we go, sky 6 hd showing you the center city

skyline from the temple university camera we have a pretty comfortable afternoon on the way. philadelphia coming in at 76 and dew points 58 and it's pressure is 30.15 holding steady. check out what the southerly wind is doing on the 95 corridor and points north and westd. 73 in reading and 76 in philadelphia 60 in beach haven and 74 in atlantic city at the airport there about nine miles inland but along the coast temperatures are only in the 50s. satellite 6 along with action radar shows you we have dry and comfortable conditions, thanks to a mostly clear sky and high pressure will dominate our region for the rest of today for that matter as we head into the weekend as you go off to the south and east, we are tracking what is tropical storm ana and more on her in a moment. a lot going on if you are in

philadelphia today the aberdeen regatta, and later on this evening, the phils are at home taking on the first pitch at 12:05 and 77 and the ninth inning 68 and clear and comfortable, here is the upper level pattern into the rest of our weekend, this ridge of high pressure lifts to the northern and temperatures are a good 10 to 15 degrees above average, and we continue to tap into the westerly winds our neighbors across the southern plain states still will be impacted by the threat of tornadoes as early as tomorrow. tropical storm ana stays trapped to the north and east this is stationary over the past few hours, as we get into the rest of tonight and the weekend this starts to move to the north and west and stay south of our region for the weekend it doesn't look like we are impact impacted until tuesday get out

and enjoy sunny and warm and 85 and fog is an issue tomorrow morning once again and sun and high of 82 and fog on sunday and warm for mom for mothers day a high of 87 87 on monday and then the threat of the showers and storms rick as we get into tuesday, a great weekend summer-like warmth continues. >> thank you melissa. don't go away.

"action news" continues at 12:30. >> hello again here are the stories we are following for you. we are following the latest developments out of baltimore and an investigation is underway to see if police engaged in violations of the constitution. and a new jersey teacher removed from the classroom after a 7-year-old is cut by a fellow students, the child's mother tells us what happened. now the details on the federal investigation announced this morning into baltimore police the probe looks into whether the police department has a pattern of violating both constitutional and civil rights, it grows a group of law enforcement agencies undergoing similar investigations across the country. k