harrisburg and gettysburg and baltimore. it's not heavy rain, but after it pushes in it will maintain failure light rainfall down to the south. steadier stuff possible. it's going to be a cloudy day you can see that on satellite. no break there. the system to the south passing off the coast to the carolinas enough to produce a cloudy day and damp. 49 in allen torn. most of us in the 50s. 51 in trenton, 53 in millville. 54 in sea isle city. as we head out the door to catch the school bus we'll do it beneath the clouds. 52 by 6:00 p.m. 55 by 8:00 a.m. cloudy skies and light winds. kids it will be a day of light showers, 55 degrees by 8:00. dry by then. noon, 61. 60 by 3:00 p.m. the high will get up to 63 that will be early in the day around

1:30 6:00 p.m. we're back to the mid 50s so cool and light sprinkles and showers, i'll have that on future tracker 6 and much-improved conditions over the weekend. >> reporter: that's one more alarm clock. let's get you started on this thursday, schuylkill expressway, roads are clear ramp from the schuylkill expressway westbound to the vine is reopened closed overnight for construction. in lower merion a downed pole from an earlier accident. traffic is getting by, we have one lane getting by between remington an morris. to avoid the cruise, stick to wynnewood. we have a fatal accident in pits grove township, landis avenue at big oak road a driver was ejected. a single-vehicle accident. they have a tow truck on the scene, but they are conducting the accident investigation, they have landis avenue blocked.

stick to almond and lebanon road. coles road little gloucester road an accident. we're starting with breaking news, a violent series of event left a man dead and moving car damaged and driverrest thed for dui. let's go over to katherine scott live on the scene in the parkside section of philadelphia. "good morning america," katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam this was a strange string of events, a shooting victim was hit by an alleged drunk driver it was a close call for two people who happened to be in the car nearby they were nearly hit by bullets. officers remain on the scene in parkside hours after this happened at 42nd and girard. this happened before midnight, when officers heard gun shots they rushed to 42nd and girard where they found a 29-year-old man lying in the street. he was shot multiple cars.

a black pontiac unrelated to the shooting hit him. police stopped the pontiac the driver appeared to be drunk so he was taken into custody. a nearby nissan was hit by stray gunfire. the 52-year-old driver and passenger were not injured. police say another few inches in a different direction that could have been a different story. >> we did find a nearby business in the area that does have exterior surveillance cameras, hopefully they recorded something that will help us would your -- with our investigation. >> reporter: police are talking to witnesses. the 29-year-old who was shot and hit by the car he was pronounced at the hospital. he had a handgun and crack cocaine in his possession.

katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a shooting victim in montgomery county managed to run an entire block before collapsing. this is scene in pearl street. the victim is in the hospital, police have not released his condition or any information on potential suspects. police in ocean county, new jersey, say a dog was trying to help an infant but ended up injurying the child. it happened in west turkle -- tuckerton. the mother went inside the home, the pitbull thought the 2-month-old girl was left unattended outside. he punctured the baby's chest. the dog's to be well behaved. animal control is investigating. a the governor california has declared a state of emergency to clean up the oil spill that happened on tuesday.

105,000 gallons of oil leaked out of a ruptured pipeline. workers busy shoveling black goo off the beaches. cleanup crew crews have collected 6,000 gallons of oil so far. other troubles in california the farmers offered to give up their water rights agreeing to reduce their usage of river water by 25% or leave a quarter of the fields unplanted. it's the most severe for the state's agricultural industry since 1970s. "action news" stepped in to help a neighborhood to rid itself of a crumbling home. neighbors were complaining about the partially collapsed home in west mount airy for years. final notice strickers date back to july of last -- strickers

daylight back to july of last year. >> we're home alone sleeping my daughter in her room and the house falling on us an taking our house out. "action news" call for action brought the city inspector to the house last night. the crumble you -- home will be demolished. memorial day is this weekend. people were out walking and biking and stores are ready for a busy holiday weekend. down at the shore, adam joseph and melissa magee will be in wildwood for the 30th annual kite festival. love that. check out the live report at 4:00 p.m. you know what i can't wait for, david murphy walking down the beach in his muscle man

shirt. >> reporter: we'll be waiting for a while matt. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have precipitation out to the west, it's often light side. it's filtering into dover delaware, but the air in place locally is dry the initial onslaught will have a hard time doing anything to us, later in the morning philadelphia, trenton will start to see at least some light sprinkles. as we look outside, we have cloudy skies, down the shore in cape may there's early sunshine beginning to filter in near the horizon from the coastal clouds there. 56 degrees currently in philadelphia. the dewpoint still low indicating failure dry air in place for now. winds out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour. it is combining to keep us cooler today, it will be a cloudy cooler day. as you see on future tracker 6 eventually a little wet. the model has the rain to the south. i'm going allow sprinkles and

light stuff to push into the i-95 corridor by midday, maybe before then. 3:00 p.m., you can see how the late model runs show the rain coming up farther north there's a chance that philadelphia is picking up slight sprinkles and showers. the steadier rain is to the south because of an area of low pressure yesterday down south exiting the coast below virginia and the carolinas the farther south you go in the region, the better chance you have of steadier rain. 6:00 it's getting better, but 9 and 10:00 p.m. it's getting off the coast. lehigh valley less than .1-inch. i-95 corridor, quarter inch. farther south through the region a quarter inch to 3/4 of

an inch. lucky because we're really rain starved. cool, 55 by 8:00. 60 by 11:00 a.m. 63 is the high at 2:00 p.m.. back in the 50s by 5:00 p.m. we're going for a high of 63 today cloudy and damp as you just saw. most of the steady rain down south, the farther north uglies rain you'll see. friday, sun returning 74. the holiday weekend, sunny and nice 69 degrees, sunday, 80 degrees monday, clouds and sun, 85. humid, spotty thunderstorm possible doesn't look like memorial day is a washout. unstable on tuesday, we may see a hot and humid high on wednesday, that would be the year's first 90 if it happens. next, police in delaware step up patrols in a popular

park where a woman said she was attacked on the trail. >> we get a sneak peek of the larger than life attraction at the philadelphia zoo. >> reporter: chester county, route 100 at the pennsylvania turnpike, traffic moving nicely here. we have a truck fire details coming up. >> we'll be talking about how pizza crust led police to the suspect in the murder of the wealthy family and their housekeeper in washington, d.c. we'll have the latest when "action news" continues.

good morning everyone, 5:43 guess what? we just about hit the sunrise time on the spot, it officially came up two minutes ago there it is off on the horizon. >> karen this may be the last day of the workweek for people whole get tomorrow off for holiday. how does the commute look? >> reporter: we'll take you outside live and show you what it looks like in malvern chester county. cones set up, traffic is moving nicely on 202. we have a traffic stop on the shoulder not causing problems. the road is dry, we are anticipating showers move

through but not just yet. we have a problem on the pennsylvania turnpike, a truck fire blocking the right lane westbound approaching downingtown watch for the truck fire on the pennsylvania turnpike. a new accident in red hill, montgomery county. an accident involving a motorcycle on main street between 5th and 6th street. we're talking about a problem in lower merion, the action cam was on the scene an earlier accident that brought down the pole and wires. utility crews on the scene lancaster avenue between remington road and morris road. watch for crews on the scene. traffic is getting by, one lane is getting by as they deal with the downside pole. if you want to avoid the crews stick to wynnewood. 56 degrees in philadelphia. it's cool, cooler than yesterday. 49 in allentown. 45 in poconos. 53 in millville. 54 degrees on the boardwalk in ac. feeling good today.

we have a cooler day today with showers around at times especially down south at the shore, tam. something developing overnight a barrage of bullets wounded a 22-year-old man and struck two houses in feltonville. philadelphia police found 30 spent shell casings on master street. police found the man wanted for the murder of occupants in a home in washington d.c. darin dylan wint is suspect. savvos savopoulos his wife amy and their son was killed along with their housekeeper. an employee said he $40,000 to the home. the money is missing.

the man who landed a gyrocopter on the lawn of the u.s. capitol he was indicted on 6 charges yesterday. hughes says his stunt was meant to bring attention to the big money in politics. it exposed a security gap in the washington d.c. no-fly zone. police are looking for a man who grabbed a female jocker it happened tuesday morning in newark. the jogger was alone when she went past the man. >> she instantly gets a creepy vibe. she passes. , she is not comfortable with her surroundings at this point. wants to get out of there. the only m only way back was to go back past the guy. he grabbed her by the waist but she broke free. he is around 30 years old with a bushy beard. there have been reports of men

living in the woods in tenths. a giant celebration of the year of the gorilla. that's all new t philadelphia zoo. rick williams has second nature junk rethunk. >> i'm trying to make him ma guest tick. >> reporter: -- me -- majestic. >> i've been hanging out there for almost two weeks. >> reporter: she is one of the dozen artists the zoo commissioned through october. >> every single one of them. >> reporter: everyone has their favorite from the polar bears made from 5,000 recycled spark plugs to the overhead sculpture

of plastic bottles. this being the year of the gorilla, the giants blue gorilla is the star of the show. >> it's amazing and so captures the essence of what it is that the zoo is about. >> join rick williams and cesily tynan for 6abc's alive experience saturday at 7:00 p.m. and sunday at midnight. a legends ends his 33 year career as the television host with a star-studded farewell. >> a is attacked on a may me am beach. >> reporter: i have the kids in sweatshirts and rain gear this afternoon. i'll be back with the day planner forecast.

tamala edwards was the guest speaker at the philadelphiaprotestant home. tam's grandfather was in the awed youance. he has danced all over the world. he did that in retirement. you can do it. >> so nice you were filled with stories from that visit yesterday. >> reporter: we have huge problems coming in on the pennsylvania turnpike. new details on the truck fire, we know the truck fire is fully engulfed at this point. westbound pennsylvania turnpike, blocked approaching downingtown. stick to 202 southbound to the 30 bypass westbound to route 100

northbound to get around the closure. this will cause huge problems all lane blocked westbound on the pennsylvania turnpike. exton, 30 bypass, clear. >> reporter: we're dry right now, with rain to the west. 48 in saint davids. 48 in woodbine. 50 in browns mills. low to mid 50s from hockessin to dover, delaware. as you go into the morning and afternoon there's chance of light rain. 57 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon, 61 there's a chance of a sprinkle. the steadier rain farther south you go toward the shore. 60 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 63 failure early in the day. by -- fairly early in the day. cool and damp today tam. >> charges have been upgraded for the suspect in the

disappearance and death of a nursing stiewrnt. student. dylan adams faces charge of murder. his brother and friend have been indicted on the same charges that adams faces. investigators found bobo's remains in tennessee after she went missing. a teenager was wrapping up a surfing session in miami when the sea predator got ahold of his ankle. the tide pulls bait fish into the area luring sharks. >> we have video of a julyer getting pepper sprayed but it didn't stop him from fighting back be we'll be back.

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welcome back you're taking a live look here, on sky6 live hd down the shore into atlantic city that early morning blue, it's 5:56 a little bit chilly out there 56 degrees. and the search is on for the person who ransacked a shelter in glassboro new jersey on ellis street. it takes in homeless families and their children. people at the shelter found the

vandals break into the place yesterday morning. model janice dickenson is suing bill cosby for defamation. she accused the comedian of raping her. he called them a lie. she said it caused her embarrassment and humiliation and led to her being revictimmized. >> david letterman ended his 3 decades with a star-studded bang. he leaves with 6,000 broadcasts of late night shows under his belt. jimmy kimmel led a rererun on 6abc in deference to the late

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new jersey's pension system is a mess but don't blame teachers and other school employees. over 20 years, teachers have paid more than 10 billion dollars into their pensions, but new jersey politicians have paid just three underfunding teacher pensions by billions. unless the state makes its pension payments the entire fund could disappear in twelve years- threatening over 200 thousand teachers with poverty in retirement. school employees have done their part. now, politicians need to do theirs. it's only fair.

>> good morning 6:00 a.m., on this thursday, may 21, breaking no this morning. >> gunfire erupts new neighborhood setting off a deadly chain of events. >> new documents from bin laden compound offer a look into the mind of a terrorist. >> we have rain heading our way right now. >> let's go out to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we're looking at mainly cloudy skies