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>> thousands of commuters who depend on northeast corridor service will once again be able to board a train before getting to their destination. >> president obama will visit camden and discuss how police are working together to build trust in the community. >> let's talk about that with david murphy and traffic with karen rogers. >> it's still warm and humid. that humidity you felt build in during the weekend was still. there sprinkles and showers in chester county. minor. overall mix of clouds and sun today and during the afternoon and evening. some showers and thunderstorms possible. visibility is a possible issue out there. in fact we were thinking it might get foggy down the shore this morning. so far everybody is looking at fairly decent visibility. out in lancaster county and out towards area close to berks county you have some fog out there.
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but, nothing thick enough to really cause you a major program. 64 allentown and 65 reading and 68 sea isle city. everybody feeling muggy xing that is the feel on the bus stop this morning too. temperatures get mild during your wait open the bus or maybe step off the bus. 74 as soon as 8:00 this morning. it's going to be a warm one this afternoon. 84 degrees by noon 83 by 5:00 with high of 8 5 hitting fairly early in the day say around 1:30 2:00, at 6:00, 79 chance of spotty popup shower or thunderstorm. again the pollen count treating us better the next several days we're in the medium range today. lower on tuesday and wednesday before another spike on thursday. we have big changes coming in the accuweather 7-day forecast karen including comfortable weather. details ahead. >> billing changes in traffic as well. amtrak service will be restored between philadelphia and new york city with a first train leaving philadelphia at 5:53
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a.m. and of course the trenton line shares the tracks. this impacts septa trenton line and that resumes again today as well. trains will not stop at the north philadelphia station and also affecting outbound trains. outbound trains will not stop at bridesburg and tacony that will impact chestnut hill line. delays expected with the chestnut hill east line as well. looking outside live in sent city vine expressway approaching schuylkill clear and dry right here. you seat roads, light volume. upper merion we had an accident that cleared bideler at jasper road and accident involving a vehicle that slammed into a pole with a problem in newhanburg township swamp pike middle creek road. >> thank you karen. amtrak announcement to resume service weapon this hour comes less than a week after that derailment disaster that killed eight people and injured more than 200. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at 30th street station for thus morning
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katherine. >> matt, amtrak says they had hundreds of people working this weekend to get service resumed between new york and philadelphia. they were able to do that and the first train is set to depart here at 30th street station at 5:53 a.m. headed to new york city. you can see quiet here now and activity picks up shortly. late yesterday afternoon a service was held at the site to remember the 8 people lost their lives and more than 00 injured. the investigation is underway to what caused train to ak sell try more than twice the speed limit as it approached the curve then derailed. investigators are also looking into reports that something may have struck the windshield before the crash. on saturday, federal regulators ordered amtrak to expand use of automatic speed control system to northbound trains near the crash site. that's now fully operational on the northbound tracks. it long as been in effect on the southbound stretch. u.s. secretary anthony fox says change are a way to honor victims. >> it's always hard in any
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situation where you lose lives and particularly the situation like this where folks were trying to go about their normal business and get home. and back here live at 30th street station looking at amtrak train information board you can see train 110 leaves 30th station 5:53 a.m. right now it's expected to leave on schedule. we are live at 30th street station. katherine scott, "channel 6 action news." >> katherine, thank you. a5:04 i 295 in mount laurel is back open this morning after deadly box truck crash. new jersey state police said a single vehicle crash 8:45 last night in northbound lanes caused truck to catch fire. one person was killed. the crash had highway closed for hours overnight. >> investigators are serving for a cause of a massive fire in mrij ouj township. flames tore through philadelphia flooring and suntech blinds.
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the chemicals inside the facility made fighting the fire difficult. residents were told to shelter in place. one firefighter suffered a hand injury and is expected to be okay. >> happening today, jury selection scheduled to begin in trial of bucks county man charged with killing a pregnant woman and her-year-old daughter. investigators say dna evidence links marcelle johnson to killings of ebony talley and her daughter ramony range ins. they were stabbed to death in november of 201 and tally's unborn child did not survive the attack. johnson set the apart on fire to try to cover up the murders. >> president obama pays a visit to camden, new jersey today. that tops the look at the week ahead. president will meet with cam citizen county police officials to discuss how police are forging better relationships with the community. camden was designated one of eight federal promise zones and grant program meant to reduce crime and improve public health and boost
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economy. >> pennsylvania's primary is tomorrow on the ballot the democratic primary for philadelphia mayor. democratic and republican primaries for state supreme court justice and democratic primaries for superior court and commonwealth court justices. stay with 6abc.com for complete coverage. >> 30th annual wildwood international kite festival begins friday. kite makers around the world will fly colorful creations above the wildwood beaches. festival starts 9 p.m. friday with illuminated night kite fly on the beach rio grande avenue. always fun to see. >> accidents day to be doing that on the beach there david. >> really nice. in fact over most of the week ahead the next couple days a little unsettled. this morning mainly dry. stormtracker 6 double scan is picking up the couple of little showers that appear to be eroding a bit as they dive down through chester county and in towards new castle county,
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delaware. if you get hit like this. it's nuisance lights stuff. slowing down a little bit. water on the roadways can mix with oil and cause slippery conditions. as we look outside, clouds mixing with breaks over the airport. the camera looking really rock steady as we don't have any real strong winds across the region currently. 69 degrees the temperature dipped into the 60s now. it's still on warm and muggy side as you step outside. 70 wilmington and mid 6 0s. allentown, reading and boardwalks in sea isle city and atlantic city. future tracker 6 showing the rest of the day. morning hours look fairly dry. after he we get past 12:00 there's chance of popup showers and thunderstorms. this is 3:00 afternoon view and this is why i'm telling you to give the kids a poncho or some sort of rain gear. because it's possible they get caught in some of this of course if they hear a rumble of thunder they want to take cover. further to 6:00 again not raining everywhere but where it
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is could be talking about a drenching downpour and we get later into the evening hours and by 11:00 tonight cecily may be tracking some thunderstorms coming in for you and it could be one of those nights. this is 1:30 in the morning you get woken up by a rumble of thunder in the overnight hours. tomorrow morning 4:30, there might be action here or. there allentown today, humidity that you felt build over the weekend will be there today. otherwise clouds and sun. spotty storm as you saw and high around 80. down the shore cooler, temperatures stopping in 7 0s. atlantic city 73. not as warm as elsewhere. but again a chance of popup shower or thunderstorm. in philadelphia, we're going for a high of 85 this afternoon. humid, with thunderstorms possible here and there through the afternoon and evening. winds out of the east at 6 to 12 miles an hour. here's how numbers go we hit the 85 high fairly early in the day and then fall back to 81 degrees by 5:00. tomorrow pretty much a repeat
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of today. another warm and humid one. your exclusiveive accuweather 7-day warm and humid spotty thunderstorm throughout the afternoon and evening. tomorrow warm and humid 86 and another chance of spotty popup shower or thunderstorm. a front gets off the coast in evening and thinned a big change in the 7 day. 7. much cooler and comfortable on wednesday with low humidity. 71. then on thursday and friday, a bit warmer, 78 not shabby if you're em bank barking on a trip down the shore. saturday and sunday look great. monday early world a little more humid and maybe a thunderstorm. we'll see. >> thanks, david. >> 5:09 now new video showing fiery aftermath of deadly military aircraft crash in hawaii. >> a team gored by wild live in yellowstone national park, karen. >> we're live in south philadelphia here looking good at 26 street at penrose avenue. that's westbound traffic headed to the platt bridge and moving nicely right now. we'll take you live to
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washington coming up. >> a little later in the "morning buzz" where tourists can enjoy the experience of relaxing and having fun in underwater bar. "action news" continues
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>> 5:12. good morning everyone, all lit up around the boardwalk there in atlantic city, new jersey. 71 on city avenue. >> good monday morning karen. >> good monday morning what do you say we start the week off. >> let's do it. >> why not. >> we may have no other choice. let's check suburban traffic report for you right now. we're looking outside live here. this is 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike. no problems in fort washington.
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you can see traffic moving nicely through the area. if you come down from quakertown on montgomeryville you won't have an issue on 309 either. on the turnpike all the overnight construction clear. traffic there moving just fine as well. we have this accident involving a vehicle that smashed into a pole. it's happening now in newhanover township in montgomery county and watch for crews on the scene at swat pike here at middle creek road and tow truck on route there. hopefully they clear that out soon. they cleared an accident mount laurel burlington county, 295 northbound route 73 accident and truck fire a fatal accident they had to conduct a accident investigation. the roadway was closed and it is reopench the accident is clear and investigation clear and all lanes reopened right there mount laurel burlington county. on chuteer traffic report 295 for that area and seeing no reports of problems right now. things looking very good in that area currently.
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69 degrees. mild already. 64 in allentown. 62348 sea isle city. reduced visibilities in some spots. something we're watching with moisture in the air. clouds and sunshine. warm high of 85. nydia. >> karen. thank you. one marine is dead and 1 others injured after their military aircraft crashed in hawaii. this is new video of heavy flames and black smoke billowing in the sky on owahu yesterday. the extent of injuries is not known. a bison gored a teenager at yellowstone national park while the 16-year-old exchange student was posing for a picture by the bison. national park service says the group was standing 3 to 6 feet from the bison when the teen was attacked. her injuries are serious and not life-threatening. visitors should stay 25 yards away from bison and other large
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animals at the park. >> begining a ten game road trip cope hamels takes the mound against the rockys in colorado. phillies won five straight and swept siris with diamondbacks over the weekend. shawn o'sullivan helped shut out arizona 6-0 yesterday. first win if four years ending worst winning streak for pitcher in the majors. >> e union's second victory in twelve games this season. >> 5: 15 forecast for this summer's travel season is acrowded one. >> "abc news" has exclusive interview with gonzalez who speaks to the media 15 years after international custody battle, david. >> we talked about victories for phillies and union. we can route with tee shirts. this afternoon the kids might
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want to keep umbrella aor rain gear handy.
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>> intense storms in central iowa served up winds strong enough to blow the train offer the tracks. several dozen cars were derailedch the same system spound a tornado which knocked down trees and power lines and damaged several buildings. rescues in texas after powerful storms caused flash flooding. they had to drop lines to several families to get them out of homes quickly submerged. more than 10,000 people left without power and there could be more storms in texas today. >> national guard dropping in like that. you know what heroes to help them. let's look at mass transit and talk about effects we're seeing. amtrak today resuming service between philadelphia and new york city. first train will leave at 5:53 this morning.
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momentarily. new information coming in. septa trenton line resuming service the first train 1701 running 35 minutes late we expect delays as it continue to resume service. chestnut hill we think the delays will spill out on chestnut hill east. expect that as things get back and going. route 1, pennsylvania avenue, traffic moving nicely here. and in this area dave, we're dry. >> mild across the region with temperatures mid to upper 60s in most neighborhoods it's muggy out there and sentence 9:00 up to 78. then 84 by noon. high today will be 8 high today will be 85 i think that's high for the day. winds churn in off the ocean and temperatures suppress a bit. we're looking a chances of showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon and straight in through the evening in that humid air mass. nationally we're looking at precipitation in the southern states. nothing severe here. in fact as we look at the chance
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of severe weather best chance away from most come only traveled destinations like dallas, houston and texas if you head to amarillo or san antonio that's where severe weather lies with gusty storms and tornadoes. >> no major delays this morning in most frequently traveled destinations and no rain in these spots i'mer. >> thank you david, new research finds physical activity levels in youth dance classes is low. reer is etchers examined activity levels in classes for 64 girls in california and only 8% of children and 6% of adolescents met the cdc recommendations for 30 points of after school ak toughty. hip-hop provided most activity for children and ballet provided highest levels of activities for adolescents. dance has many health benefits like muscle and bone strengthening and improved balance and flexibility. >> health experts are worried
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about elder orphans. childless and unmarried adults with no close family contacts. census data shows the group is growing and higher risk for functional decline. mental and health issues and earlier deaths. these singers don't have a medical decision maker typically spouse or child in the event they can't make decisions themselves. researchers say it's importantto for older americans to keep connected with loved once feign they're not friendly. >> de nails american's money for "abc news". >> good morning, everybody topping "america's money" a busy summer expected for air travel. >> 222 million of us are expected to take a flight somewhere up 4 1/2 from last year. >> shoppers may in the a subtle shift on the shelf at target. >> according to retailer they are not promoting general mills and kellogs like they used to. >> instead processed foods lower
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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.
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jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. pass >> welcome back monday morning 5:25 71 degrees. sky6 hd looking live at center city. it's soup jury still out there today. but should be getting better and this weekend looks really nice. >> 50 years after gaining international attention elian gonzalez has a message for the american people. in april 2000 u.s. seized him from the home of relatives in miami and returned him to father in cuba. the 21-year-old is opening up about his present situation and future. >> i want the time to give my
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love to american people. >> see the interview on "good morning america" following this newscast. you can catch it on world news tonight with david muir and "nightline". >> "morning buzz" time. nydia, it really is a dive bar in every way, shape and form. it's called the clear lounge it's in cozumel mexico. what you do is put on this hel note keep you dry and go in there and you hang around the bar. the only thing you don't do is what you do at any other bar which is drink beer or alcoholic drinks. you don't do that you can't. you're underwater. >> you can play jenga or have fake drinks there and you can shoot people with a bubble gun and also write messages to people on outside as they take pictures. the clear loun energy cozumel
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mexico now open. >> what's the purpose of a bar if you cannot drink. >> pretty much. >> in 20 minutes an amtrak train leaves philadelphia for new york for the first time in nearly a week. >> a fight erupts into gunfire at texas shopping center leaving nine people dead and more than a dozen hurt. more what sparked the violence when "action news" comes back tasas tina! sorry! i was day dreaming. about becoming a pastry chef? uh... yeah. specializing in custom cakes? right! and opening your own bakery? how'd you know? you've got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. yeah! king of cash with top prizes of $100,000.
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not just for an assessment but for life. >> help happening now on "action news." all systems go for amtrak and septa lines disrupted by last yeek's deadly derailment. >> dispute among motorcycle gangs turns deadly outside a busy texas restaurant and police are worried about further violence. >> a school bus drags a little girl down the street leaving frantic neighbors baffled where the driver did not stop. good morning everyone, 5:30, monday, tam is off. nydia han joins us. we have david and karen. >> started feeling humid over the weekend and still feels that way as you step outside this morning. we have sprinkles in chest erin new castle county and popping
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into say em. nuisance stuff over quick. going for mix of clouds and sun today and later in the afternoon popup showers and thunderstorms are in the humid air mass. fog or at least potential of it this morning we're not seeing a whole lot yet. there's that potential particularly down the shore. so far, so good on that score though. temperatures this morning. 69 in philadelphia, 70 wilmington and 64 allentown and these don't look bad. it's muggy out there. temperatures climb quickly this morning, 68 by 6:00. 74 degrees by 8 a.m. partly cloudy and humid. welcome back to school after a nice weekend off, 69 de grows on stormtracker 6 app now. 74 by 8:00 and by noon up to 84 with high today of 85 that will probably hit early in the day. maybe 1:30 or 2 and 3:00, 85 and 6:00 79. notice in afternoon spotty thunderstorm and shower chance

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