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the man charged in her murder today. and a window washer gets stuck eight stories above the ground in wilmington. and the last cloudy humid day before change takes over this week, sky 6 hd taking a live look outside. a floomy scene and there are chances for downpours this afternoon, david murphy is tracking it all at the big board. >> all right sara, you saw the fog lingering down the shore and trying to make its way out. we had showers and they are all off to the east now, a little fog may be created drizzle on your windshield and close to the coast, but things are getting better even though it's cloudy. some areas of south jersey is seeing clouds thin and sunshine returning to pennsylvania and we'll see a return of at least some sunshine. the big story is the change in

temperature and now it feels out there, we are up to 72 degrees at the noon hour in philadelphia 73 in millville and 71 close to the coast and still in the 60s from trenton to allentown and look at the winds turning to the south and that will reintroduce humidity into play and now check out dew points, anything over 60 degrees is humid we have bumped from 61 to 63 in philadelphia over the last half hour, and upper 60s that is an indication of humid conditions building up from the south, i know it doesn't feel that bad in the lehigh and delaware valley but things will change. today's high is 84 degrees depepding on breaks of sunshine 75 is the average high no matter where we enup it's above average and 58 is the overnight low and things begin to capitol hill down a bit. if you look at the temperature

plot on stormtracker 6 live double scan we have a cold front to the west, and on the other side of it much cooler air and tomorrow morning we are back in the 50s and tomorrow afternoon only about 70 for a high and when i come back we'll let you know how long that comfortable pattern lasts and if we can push it into the holiday weekend. >> thank you. stay ahead of changes in the weather by checking 6abc.com/weather and find storm tracker 6 weather and get the latest from our team of meteorologist. and voting is underway in the pennsylvania primary, the polls opened at 8:00 this morning and in philadelphia all eyes are on the race for mayor. vernon odom is tracking the turnout today and joins us live from a polling place in parkside. >> reporter: hello rick, i'm outside the historic first

african presbyterian church, a well known traditional voting place in the sixth ward and turnout is reported low here and not only here but across the sixth ward and they expect it to pick up as it does latest today that city wide turnout is expects to wind up in the low 30s. anthony hardy williams was the first out of the block casting his vote at the anderson elementary school. >> there is an urgency to get out enough votes and support a candidate that believes in the perspective and has a plan about doing it right now. >> nelson diaz was out early as well at their polling place in chestnut hill. >> i saw a lot of need and poverty and i'm committed to continuing to work as hard as i

can to be helpful to everyone in that community. >> milton street voted this morning at 8:30 at the rec center. >> first thing at mayor we'll be hiring people to patrol the community where they live. >> by 8:00 this morning doug oliver voted at his east oak lane polling place hoping for the upset of the decade in his quest for the democratic nomination. >> we have done the work necessary to do it. in addition to the thousands met just through the work of my team. >> lynn abraham the early front runner voted in her regular rar polling place in society hill, she could win it be go on to victory in the general election. >> you know me i'm a tough

competitor and i love the process. >> jim kenny was the last to vote at his polling place in old city. >> win or lose i'm going to enjoy the fact that i have done it. >> whoever does win the democratic nomination tonight the experts say is expected to be the front runner to win the election in the fall, because of the massive democratic voter registration over the gop here in the city of philadelphia live in park side vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. also if philadelphia voters in each party will nominate five city council at large candidates and a special election will choose who will replace mike stack for the third senate district. and three open seats on the state supreme court and that has never happened before.

if you have questions or problems casting your ballots, the league of women voters can help you are looking live at volunteers here at 6 abc, they are taking calls from concerned voters the number is on your screen 1-877-940-6222. the phones are open until the polls close at 8:00. we will stream the results live at 6abc.com and updated the races and we'll go to twitter as well. a buck county man is charged in the murder of a woman found dead at a bensalem motel police arrested joseph mcfadden from warminster, saying he killed kristin mcnally her body was found at the knights inn. a week ago.

mcfadden was arraigned this morning. a driver accused of injuring four police officers is charged with attempted homicide 47-year-old rudolph kite drove away from the accident scene last week and three officers were struck and another injured down the street. his girlfriend told "action news" that he suffered from a medical condition that contributed to his violence encounter with police. a window washer is safe when he got stuck on the side of a high rise in downtown wilmington, eight stories off the ground on the bank of america on king street. the scaffolding failed leaving him hanging sideways in his harness. he was okay and did not require treatment. amtrak is facing another lawsuit after last week's deadly train derailment, this time from

the conductor on board attorneys spoke to the media this morning saying he suffered multiple severe injuries including several broken bones and head trauma and he is still hospitalized in philadelphia and not expected to be released for sometime. he is seeking unspecified damages and four other passengers are also suing amtrak. in gloucester county a crash shut down the pennsylvania turnpike, a car was pinned up against the guardrail as a result of the crash and one semi caught fire shortly after wards and state police says the injuries were all minor. we are getting a look at the 170 bikers taking into custody after a shootout in texas they were reportedly members of three

biker gangs. now snipers are on the scene protecting investigators over fears of retaliation it killed nine people and left 18 others injured. new details on a murder mystery in washington d.c., police have a new clue about a wealthy family be their housekeeper found dead in their burning mansion last week. karen travers is live in washington with more. >> reporter: there is a $25,000 reward for any information that would lead to an arrest. they have grainy images of a person of interest no suspects. >> washington, d.c. police are desperately seeking for clues in the deadly fire by vice president biden's house. a man and his wife amy and what they believe is their 10-year-old son and their housekeeper were found dead when

firefighters arrived on the scene, this video show a person of interest and close to where their blue porsche was found set on fire. long time housekeeper is shedding new lied on the quadruple homicide. she was with them the night before, this contradicts a message left. >> i hope you get this message, amy is in bed sick tonight. >> according to figueroa he came to the home looking for his wife allegedly hearing shuffling noises from inside and then moments later he heard a call saying his wife was staying the night. >> i would not be surprised if there was not already someone in the house obviously the bad guys would not want anybody in

the house. >> there is a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction. as the police continue to search for suspects the two surviving daughters are living with their grandparents. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> karen thank you. more to come on "action news" at noon, a man admits to crashing his truck straight through his house, his excuse for his destructive ride coming up. and meteorologist, david murphy, has the seven-day forecast from accuweather.

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part of a local medical team that when to nepal to help earthquake victims came home this morning. team b out of wilmington arrived at philadelphia international airport the group treated patients and set up clinics, while in nepal they felt normal oinl and just missed getting caught in an earthquake. katherine scott will have more of their story at 12:30. the death of cruise ship passenger remains under investigation, the girl died in a swimming pool on wednesday on

the norwegian sun. crews officials said a medical team performed cpr but could not revive the child. federal investigators revealed new information about the deadly crash on an atlanta highway the pilot told air traffic control that he was trying to gain altitude after landing on i-85, he said we are having problems and we are going down at the intersection. all four p.m. were killed but no drivers were hurt. a man who drove his own truck through a home on purpose is blaming a frustrating conversation with his wife. john jones admits to hitting the gas and crashing into his georgia living room, he just got off the phone with his spouse he was so angry one thing left

to the other. after all the damage jones does not regret his actions, he is a contractor by trade and is happy to pick up his own repair job. >> i have been out of work for a year and a half but it will keep me busy. >> jones will not be charged with a crime because there is no law in georgia about driving your truck through your own house. >> still to come on "action news" at noon -- >> a new low for distracted driving, how people admit to facebooking behind the wheel.

a new survey reveals that distracted driving is getting worse many people have expanded their behind the wheel activities to expand social media and taking selfies, at&t polled 2,000 people and found that 1700 people admitted to using facebook and 14% said they use twitter and one in ten says they actually video chat and 17% admitted to taking selfies on the road but texting remains the worst offense, it was reported by 60% of the survey participants. health check preschoolers are on the list of americans that don't get enough exercise, children are getting 48 minutes

and physical activity each day and that is short of the one hour recommended by the federal government they followed ten kids in preschools in seattle, most of the days were spent napping, eating or sleeping. >> now "action news" is working on news stories tonight beginning at 4:00, alicia vitarelli is live now with a look ahead. >> coming up in big talkers it's a courtroom battle over a little boy's body we'll tell you why one mom is behind bars right now in florida for refuseing to circum size her son. and an alert about sunscreens, consumer reports tested them and what they found was startling. and siblings reunited. after years of deployment a south jersey soldier surprised his little sister in the best

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better view of the ben franklin bridge than we did four or five hours ago. things are warming up a bit and it's been kind of cool in the morning hours but it's inching up and we have reached 72 degrees and as the clouds thin and sun breaks through you'll feel the humidity the dew point is up over the threshold of 60 and climbing and winds out of the south-southwest at 59 and we is expect high temperatures over 80 over a great deal of the evening, as we take a look at future tracker 6, there are clouds across the region and by 3:00 3:30 we get breaks in the cloud and sun in the air and humid air and turn the atmosphere over a bit and there is a chance of a pop-up shower or a chance of thunderstorms. this will not happen everywhere,

there is someone that tweeted me and asked if it was a good day to go out and do prep work on the pool i said probably not something is going to get showers and in some cases this he could be heavy downpours most of the evening commute is dry and then past 9:00 or 10:00 most of the lingering shower activity is to the east and the stars come back and drier more comfortable air shoots on in the big issue is downpours today and lightning and moderate chance of scattered storms and not much on the winds and hail, as you move up to the lehigh valley and poconos, should something pop there is a better chap of strong winds. in allentown be the rest of the lehigh valley partly cloudy and a spotty storm cannot be ruled out and 83 is your high, and 75

in atlantic city on the beach the farther south you go mid-70s to cape may and spotty shower or spotty thunderstorm. we are on our way there up into the 70s mostly cloudy skies and sunny breaks and a fair amount of sunshine late in the day with humidity and a thunderstorm is a possibility. partly cloudy and breezy. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today 84 and humidity is building and then that is all gone and 72 wednesday and 71 on thursday a pair of cool, pleasant days and 71 friday and saturday 74 in philadelphia and 60s to start the weekend at the shore and warmer at the shore on sunday more humid and monday is the iffy day, a high of 81 with a spotty thunderstorm is possible. >> thanks david still to come on our next half our of "action news" at noon, our 5-year-old's

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we begin this half our with breaking news, a former philadelphia state trooper is

pleading guilty to steply shooting and killing a fellow sate trooper, in the dem of david kedra while he was instructing a group of troopers he failed to properly secure his weapon. the gun fired as he was demonstrating how to pull the hammer back and the bullet struck keddra and schroeder could face five years in prison. and now to a news stand in northeast philadelphia here at 10:00 a.m. on oxford street, the news stand was closed at the time and no one was inside fortunately, and there are no reports of injuries but it's unclear what let up to the accident. members of a delaware team are back home after helping out in nepal they are still dealing with aftershocks and earthquakes that hit the