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62 on the boardwalk in ac a little muggy as you head out. at the bus stop, muggy partly cloudy skies and the clouds burning off a little bit. as we roll through the day welcome back to school kids, on that storm tracker 6 live app noon 80. the high will be 85-degree reading at 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 78 which is a little better, but humid. slight chance of a spotty shower, most of you stay dry though. karen, what are roads looking like early on. >> reporter: we have a serious accident an overturned truck blockerring -- blocking two right lanes, 295 northbound and 168. expect that coming through the area. meanwhile, katherine scott has been out on the scene talking about the fire location of the apartment complex in east windsor township mercer county. avoid devon shire drive near
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door chester. in northeast philadelphia we've got a problem here, peco is on the scene from a downed pole from an earlier accident. the accident happened in the overnight hours still causing a problem this morning because of that downed pole. woodhaven use academy or calmly to avoid the problem there. montgomery county we have a downed tree blocking bruce and ulmer avenue. the schuylkill expressway eastbound past university eastbound traffic heading toward passyunk we had an accident, it has cleared all the lanes are open. a touch of fog in the area. not causing too much of a problem in the city it's more of an issue along the coastline. >> well, another round of wild weather out there has cast a wide net. you can see behind us the destruction left behind in
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texas. >> another possible twister hit texas injuring a dozen people there. this is dramatic video looks like a tornado in iowa ripping the roof off a school. people were inside the buildings, but nobody was hurt. the national guard was busy with water rescues. two men waited for helicopters to pluck them from a top of pick up truck. a pregnant woman nearby watching a woman's baby became stranded when the creek overflowed. a helicopter hoisted her and the child to safety. >> we couldn't get to a side boat. so scary. ground crew for the colorado rockies clearing 4 inches of notice from the baseball field in denver. school district's in higher elevations have cans canceled classes for today.
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shots were fired during a huge public fight it happened at third and green way street. it was a large fight involving a group of men and women some armed with baseball bats one man pulled out a gun and started shooting, nobody was hit. this is the 4th shooting in five days in darby borough. >> broad daylight with probably 50 to 75 orchids out here, adults who want to come out and get into a fight with bats and guns and want to starting point shooting it's ridiculous this kind of conduct. >> darby police chief said more patrols will begin in the area. he is calling on community leaders to hold a town meeting torched a solution to the violence. and in philadelphia, police want to know who shot a man who was found on the ground dieing on somebody else's front lawn. officers made the discovery in the 600 block of colgate street.
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the man was transported to einstein where he was pronounced dead. the victim lived three blocks away. the sacrifices that law enforcement officials make everyday will be in the national spotlight. it is police week in america. there will be a memorial run at the philadelphia navy yard tomorrow and friday marks the 34th national peace officer's service in washington, d.c. wednesday marks 30 years since philadelphia police dropped a bomb on the move compound along osage avenue. it was the result of a long standoff between police and the liberation group. the blast set off a fire that burned and destroyed 61 homes and left 11 move members dead including five children. president obama meets with leaders from the middle east at camp david on thursday, the white house invited 6 kings and
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and as you only two kings will be there. of the. >> a 30-year-old man caught a ball at the phillies mets game. he made the bare handled camp with his left. >> he crushed that ball. but you have a natural recreation it worked out great. >> no mother's day will ever top the first mother's day that we've had. >> was colton's first game. the phillies lost to the melts 7-4. the. >> let's give you the latest information on our breaking news story, this is video from a fire that broke out in the apartment buildings in east wind -- winds
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winds -- windsor township new jersey, this is cell phone video of the flames that broke out. a number of people were injured including a person who had to jump from a second-story window to escape the flames. a firefighters suffered a foot injury, our katherine scott is there on the scene she'll have a live report later on "action news." >> let's turn to david murphy. it's very muggy. i feel for the firefighters who were working that scene overnight, because it's very humid out there. as we look outside, we have no precipitation, if you do run into patchy fog you might winds up with drizzle on your windshield. we check outside center city, the clouds are obscuring the tops of the skyscrapers. you can get around center city fine visibility, though. 70 degrees dewpoint, 66 that's humidity you can feel, 66 is far
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above 06. winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. bringing in the always on day planner in case you want to take a look ahead into the afternoon. future tracker 6 shows clouds giving way to sunny breaks, during the afternoon hours there's a chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm popping through most of us this is spotty precipitation and the large majority of the region will not see any of this. 9:00 p.m. possibly more sprinkles lingering into adam joseph's noose cat on channel 17. 68 decreases by 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 76 degrees, and high temperature at 3:00 p.m. 85 degrees, in the lehigh valley, 80 is a shower possible. closer you go to to coast the less
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intense the heat. pirates ascertain phillies, 76 degrees for the first pitch and 71 in the 9th inning. any precipitation will be light and scattered and probably missing the ballpark. that's what's left of ana now a tropical depression spinning over land in north carolina. it will go out to sea and have an impact on points north except it is circulating the humidity into our neck of the woods. by tomorrow that moisture coming up from the south might combine with the front coming through and perhaps force a couple of showers or thunderstorms, the model has been keeping this south of philadelphia tomorrow but it's something we'll be watching. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 85 today warm and humid mainly dry warm, still sticky a thunderstorm here or there especially down south on
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tuesday, high of 87. the front gets out of here and thing are comfortable on wednesday, cooler on wednesday high of 70. low 70s on thursday, still a good looking day and friday, partly sunny 76. for the weekend, mid to upper 70s, more clouds and spotty shower or two possible. >> 5:39 investigators make several arrests in the shooting deaths of two mississippi police officers. >> also coming up a high school principal's comments during a graduation ceremony sent the audience into chaos. >> reporter: backing up on 43 northbound because of the accident approaching 295 details coming up. and prince takes his message of preals to baltimore.
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i'm lynne abraham. when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children.
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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here, sky6 live hd looking out over philadelphia international airport. depending on where you are this morning you may have a little fog as you step out, it is really muggy 5:42, 70 degrees, what are you seeing karen? >> reporter: we're got a couple of problems creating backups. here's the accident scene 295 northbound between 42 and 168. an accident involving an overturned truck blocking two right lanes. we're seeing delays on 295. because of delays look at the backup on 42.
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42 jammed approaching 295. you can see it spilling over, already causing problems this morning. it's just an accident. as soon as it happened i said it's in a bad stop. that's where you would see a backup. 295 is backing up and 42 is backing up. new jersey turnpike southbound molly pitcher service area we have an accident here, as well. east windsor we have a fire location, katherine scott is saying avoid the area between devon shire drive between dorchester and wilkshire. we have construction northeast extension near lansdale. miss flower pot telling us walton road in blue well e bell watch for that. we're seeing 6 miles have i bet at philadelphia international no problems there.
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four miles in wilmington, down to half a mile in millville, new jersey one point 5 atlantic city and i want which is a improvement. half a mile in wildwood, the fog is an issue the farther south and east you go along the coastline. >> developing in north jersey gunfire erupted during the animal mother's day motorcycle event in newark leaving one person dead. it's called the blessings of the bikes marking the start of the riding season. four people were shot one died at the hospital. three others are being treated for life threatening injuries. four people are due in court today to face charges connected to the killings of two police officers in mississippi. this is new video of a vigil held in memory of officers benjamin deen and liquori tate. they are the first officers to die in the line of duty in hattiesburg in three decades. they were killed in a traffic
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stop on saturday. two others fails lessor -- fails lessor charges for being an accessory and obstructing jlings. -- justice. a principal apologized in georgia for what she said during a graduation ceremony. >> she said she was frustrated because nobody was listening to her. students say that's no excuse for her remarks. >> it's unnecessary and uncalled for. they were more than just black people that were leaving, it was not a statement of racism, it was my trustation, and i said it, i felt like the devil was in the house because it didn't sound like me. >> well, now she is having a devil of a time dealing with this many are calling for the private school to lose it's
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acredittation. prince takes to the stage in baltimore. >> gun violence on the streets leaves three teenagers injured. >> reporter: today, shorts and ts, warm and muggy this afternoon warmer and humid i'll be back with the day planner forecast to let you know how the numbers progress today.
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and now we're updating our breaking story a fast moving apartment fire has left 20 people without a home in east windsor township new jersey. this is cell phone video capturing the flames tearing
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through the windsor castle apartment. three people including a firefighter were hurt. one person had to jump out a second-story window to escape the smoke and flames. a firefighter hurt an ankle. we are working to update the conditions on the two injured civilians. katherine scott a lot of a live update 6:00 a.m. ford will have surgery for a stomach tumor. he gained fame when he confessed to smoking crack in a drunken stooper and refused to resign. jimmy carter returned from guiana because of health reasons. he was in the south american
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country to observe an international election for what would have been the 39th time. >> i like jimmy he has done so much after his presidency, i hope he is all right. >> reporter: wishing him well, let's see what the roads are looking like this morning. looking live at the platt bridge on i-95 you know what? not seeing any issues out there. looking good this morning. low clouds around, fog along the coastline. the ben franklin bridge no problems coming in and out of the city. no delays. >> reporter: it's muggy temperatures 70 degrees in pottstown, 67 in saint davids, 67 in kennett square and across the river in south jersey, upper 60s close to the delaware. 68 in ewing, 62 in avalon. mid to upper 60s up and down the state of delaware. if you're running errands it might be a day where you want to
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get stuff done early. 70 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon 80. of course it will be muggy. this afternoon 85 degrees, there's a chance of a spotty shower around, most of you stay dry today. maybe you want to wet your whistle with cool water if you're out walking matt, because it will be muggy. >> thousands of people attended a rally are to peace in baltimore last night prince headlined the free concert and debuted the song that he wrote about the unrest. he called on baltimore's youth to fix a broken system and invited state attorney maryland mosby on stage to cheers. she was the one who brought charges against 6 police officers in connection with gray's death. going on to the people scene, "dancing with the stars" partner posted this picture of himself with the grad showing
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the 18-year-old in her cap and gown. she said said to be working on a second music album. and tonight "dancing with the stars" will mix up the format by having the final four couples with coaching from one of the judges, they will be joining the competition for the first time in the show's history. each judge's work will be scalder buyer the other three tonight on 6abc at 8:00. in the end one couple will be sent packing tomorrow night. an update on the weekend violence that broke out along south street in south philadelphia. an allentown mother could face more serious charges after tossing her baby off a bridge coming up at 6:00 a.m.
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good morning everyone, triple 5s on the clock we're looking live at wilmington, delaware. >> testimony begins in the trial of afternoon exterminator who killed a doctor. she was found strangled and burned in her row home 2013. when the trial garn, the defense asked the judge to throw out smith's police confession, the
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judge denied that request. the party atmosphere on south street came to an abrupt end with two shootings near each other on south street. as police were investigating they heard more gunshots, this time a 19-year-old was shot at 8th and bainbridge. south it was packed when the bullets started flying, some avoid the area on saturday night and most feel generally safer. >> kind of a tragedy, i hope it's a one time thing it's not anything i'm horribly worried about. >> police believe the shootings may be related to bad blood carried out e over from a previous incident in a different neighborhood. >> happening today little leaguer, mo'ne davis is signing her sneakers to benefit
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earthquake victims in nepal. she designed a sneaker for m deferment 3d collection that is about making a difference everyday. >> a multi-alarm fire forces a person to leap out of an apartment complex in mercer county new jersey. a delaware county cemetary is in disrepair. now people are demanding that someone take action.
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>> good morning 6:00 a.m. now monday may 11. we're following breaking news. several people are hurt including a firefighter when a
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new jersey apartment complex goes up in flames. >> accuweather is tracking the potential for patchy morning fog when you take a look on sky 6 you can see the building shrouded and you could have pop-up thunderstorms later today. and travel over memorial day weekend is expected to reach a ten year high. >> let's find about accuweather with david murphy and karen rogers has the commute. >> reporter: here on the terrace there's low-lying cloud cover and mist from the bottom of that cloud cover that could showing up on your windshield around channel 6. as i look toward center city there's not a lot of thick cloud cover. satellite and radar showing there's cloud cover across washington up to new york it will burn off with some degree and window and we'll wind up with a clouds and sun mix later. 70 degrees, warm and muggy as you step outside. 67 in wilmington, 635 in millville. check out the dewpoints this

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