just arrived over the scene of a trash truck fire on the pennsylvania turnpike you see it there. >> firefighters have put it out, they used some type of foam so extinguish the flames this is happening in charlestown township, chester county. a line of cars stretch down the westbound lanes for miles. >> a busy thoroughfare. >> reporter: here's what we can see that's changed right now. allowing traffic to get by in that left lane right there. you can see the trash truck fire, the foam all over the road. the crews are out there. we've got a two mile backup, it was blocked approaching downingtown. that was a big problem this morning. right now they are allowing the traffic that's been stuck here to get through at this point. i would avoid the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. they may need to block it again as they deal with the situation

and pull the trash truck out of there, it was fully engulfed. it was a mess of a scene on the turnpike westbound. i want to take you to the maps and show you how to get around it. 202 southbound to 30 westbound to route 100 northbound to avoid the delay, a good two mile delay even though traffic is squeezing by on the turnpike westbound just one lane approaching downingtown. other problems out there an accident involving a deer warrington, county line road near 611. i-95 southbound jammed traffic from academy to cottman and the betsy ross bridge to girard. we have a salem accident fatal a single single-vehicle accident, the accident brought down wires in pits grove township, salem county. i talked to the police they said they have to deal with the down

wires. salem county is not heavily populated. landis avenue is the major thoroughfare. stick to almond or lebanon. two lanes blocked on garden state parkway southbound because of an accident near pomona. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're overcast, we have rain on the way, most of what we've got is light and not affecting anything at the surface. back in delaware, northern kent county and southern kent county lighter shades of green. we're looking at mainly cloudy skies and looks like we'll be overcast with the rain popping through during the day even the lehigh valley picking up some of that. 55 degrees an cool. the winds are driving out of the northeast not strong but from a

cooler source region than yesterday. 54 degrees in sea isle city. we're looking at light showers at times through the day. best chance of a steadier shower to the south. noon 61. and staling cool high of 63 around -- staying cool high of 63 around 1:30. tam things get better tomorrow in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll have that in a couple of minutes. >> we've got other breaking news this morning. a violent and strange series of events that left a man dead a moving car damaged and driver tested for dui. let's go over to katherine scott live on on the scene in the parkside section of philadelphia to sort it all out. >> reporter: good morning, tam it was one thing after another overnight. police are on scene right now.

they are working to clear the scene. they are towing a vehicle involved in the investigation. officers heard gunshots they rushed to 42nd and girard in parkside where they found a 29-year-old man lying in the street. he had been shot multiple times collapsing in the road. a pontiac unrelated to the shooting hit him. the police stopped the pontiac and said the 79-year-old driver was drunk and taken into custody. a nearby nissan was hit by stray gunfire. the 52-year-old driver and the passenger were not injured. police say two inches in another direction it could have been a different story. police hope surveillance cameras give them more information on the case and gunman. >> we did find a nearby business in the area that has exterior surveillance cameras. hopefully they recorded something that could help us with our investigation.

nchts and back here live you can see police are working to clear the scene and tow away the vehicle involved in the investigation. police are talking to witnesses. as for the 29-year-old shot and hit by the car he was pronounced at the hospital. and police say a gun was found in his possession, as well as what appears to be crack cocaine. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> police in ocean county new jersey say a dog was trying to help an infant but ended up seriously injuring the child. it happened in west tuckerton. the mother went inside the home and the pitbull thought the 2-month-old girl was left unattended outside. so the dog carried hear into the house. the baby suffered a puncture wound to the chest and was flown to the hospital in serious condition. authorities say the dog is well behaved. animal control is investigating. california governor is

declaring a state of emergency to clean up an oil spill. workers busy shoveling black goo off the beaches. booms are in place that stretch nine miles long. "action news" steps in to help a philadelphia neighborhood rid itself of a crumbling home. neighbors were complaining built home in west mount airy for years. neighbors say the elderly homeowner left sometime ago leaving them concerned about the property. >> we're home alone sleeping, my daughter in her room and me in my room and the house falling down on top of us and taking our

house out. >> l&i said the crumbling home will be demolished beginning as early as today. time for accuweather people people looking forward tore forehead talking about the holiday weekend. >> reporter: you've been saying we need the rain, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're getting a little bit of this. the early advance is in south jersey and delaware. we're seeing slightly darker shades of green show up. light showers pushing in cumberland county and cape may will be getting it before too much longer and southern new castle county and points south will see it. it is light, it will take a while to get into wilmington and philadelphia. the early advance will be light and sprinkley. in general the model are pushing for rain down south. i will point out there's a decent cell pushing into harass purring. it's possible that points north

pick up rain in the morning hours, as well. we'll probably stick with this on and off through the afternoon and evening. as we look outside we have sky6 live hd down the shore failure cloudy skies overhead. ahead of the rain we're seeing thinning of the clouds here and there, a brighter spot here and there, we're seeing that off the coast of south jersey right now. as we look at the current profile. 5 degrees it's cool as you step outside. jack or sweatshirt a good idea. it will take a while for the rain to take over the dry air and produce rain at the surface. winds out of the northeast at 6 miles per hour not that strong but coming down out of the cool northeast. as we look at future tracker model wants to suppress the rain to the south until noon, i think it will make it into philadelphia by then and the northern suburbs could get something in the morning hours. the general idea as we go through the afternoon the farther south you go the

steadier the rain. the farther north the lighter rain. allentown could get something but the trend is to the south. it's being forced in the area by a system that is well to the south moving off the coast of the carolinas. steadier stuff down south and less and less as you go north. the whole thing is off the coast by 9:00 p.m. we're not looking out of for a whole lot of rain unfortunately. we do need the rain. some of us might get a quarter inch. delaware and new jersey will get a quarter inch or more. temperatures are cool under the clouds. 55 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 60 by 11:00 a.m. 63 around 1:30, 2:00 p.m. by 5:00 p.m. back in the 50s.

high temperatures north to south. 62 in allentown, 62 in cape may pretty much the same story under the clouds in the i-95 corridor. 63 cloudy and damp. tomorrow, sun, clouds, breezy and milder, 74. 69 saturday, sunny and nice, cooler, 60 or so down the shore. 80 the middle of the holiday weekend. inlandslide, 80 in philadelphia. -- inland. 80 in philadelphia. 70 sownt shore. monday, 85 the high. sun and clouds. keep an eye to the sky in case something pops in your direction. we're following a developing story. we have new information on isis and why there are worries about ancient treasures. a car ornament causes other drivers to call 911. >> reporter: you see the fire

crews dealing with the trash truck fire. some getting by on the turnpike westbound. we have details coming up. >> tourists might want thinking twice about taking a picture in the national park some summer, we'll complain why -- explain why when "action news" continues.

>> 6:43, thursday morning chopper of remains over breaking news, this is the pennsylvania turnpike in chester county. right near the e-z pass only exit. that trash truck was fully

engulfed in flames not too long ago. firefighters rushed to the scene and put it out, looks like they have ladders on the truck to make sure the trash is not smoldering in the truck. >> we see a lane getting by, but i imagine it's bottle necked there. >> reporter: heavy duty tow truck on the scene, looks like they will have cleanup to do before they attack it and get it -- attach it and get you tell tell -- out of here. as chopper pans back you can see the backup. they are allowing the traffic to get by, but on in one lane. everybody is slowing down and checking it out. we have police on the scene, as well. a good two-mile backup. look at the traffic as we pan back, you can see they have

nowhere to go crawling along on the turnpike westbound. they may need to shut it down again, as they get the trash truck on the tow truck and pull it out of here. we see the line of traffic crawling along on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound to avoid it altogether, stick to 202, route 30 westbound and route 100 northbound. we've had chopper on the scene with that. i want to show you 422 just some heavy traffic eastbound from the saint gabe's curve from oaks to 23. roads are basically dry through the region. an overturned vehicle in up he shall -- upper darby springfield road. the action cam was on the scene we've been everywhere this morning. this downed pole in lower merion

montgomery county. you can see the wires draped in the tree. the crews are trying to fix it on lancaster avenue itself near remington road. you might want to stick to wynnewood road. garden state parkway southbound an accident blocking two lanes there, it's a mess today. >> developing overnight a barrage of bullets wounded a 22-year-old man and struck two homes this happened in feltonville before 2:00 a.m. philadelphia police found 30 spent shell casings. no arrests have been made. isis militants have seized land in syria that is home to ancient ruins. it was known as palmyra in ancient times. it is world heritage site. the government is afraid they will destroy temperatures and other struck you turs -- structures there. beware if you snap pictures

of old faithful, it's to prevent people from entering public or private land. people who take pictures with the innocent of intention of entering them into a photography contest could be a violation. a teenager tided a toy tiger to the top of his suv. other drivers thought it was a real tiger. police pulled the teen over, the officer let him go with a laugh. >> 6:47 we'll check in with "good morning america" next. more trouble for bill cosby, a well-known accuser is taking him to court.

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>> of 6:50 time to see what else coming up on "g.m.a." >> we turn to dan harris live in the studios. >> reporter: coming up on "g.m.a." breaking overnights a suspect named in the washington, d.c. murder mystery. police hung for this man in the

brutal murder of three members of a family and their housekeeper. california declaring a state of emergency. the oil spill covering miles of coastline. volunteers racing to clear the oil but hardly making a dent. we'll be live in santa barber, as well. a passenger blowing through a security checkpoint and making it to the gate. a tsa officer tazing him in front of families waiting to board planes. a late night legend saying goodbye, david letterman signing off in a star-studded event coming up next on "g.m.a." we'll see you soon. we have so many problems on the roads we want to start with the serious one a fatal accidents in pits grove township salem county. the action cam was on the scene. landis avenue is blocked at big oak road. it was a single-vehicle

accident, the driver was ejected. stick to almond road or lebanon road. i want to take you outside as we switch around the ramp from the benjamin franklin parkway to the vine street expressway was blocked until a second ago. septa trolley route 101 inbound media 69th street. 15 minute delays. >> reporter: i'm dressing the kids in a sweatshirt, karen. this afternoon in the low 60s. this afternoon there could sprinkles and showers around. 48 in saint davids, south jersey more of the same. 53 in buena. 49 in am ton. low 50 -- hammonton. 50s in delaware. if you have errands you may want to get them done early in the day. we may be seeing sprinkles and hours. the high is earlier in the

afternoon, 63 around 1:30. >> model janice dickenson is suing bill cosby for defamation. she accused bill could say -- cosby of raping her he called her a liar. she said the denial caused her to be revictimmized. we'll be back with the top stories.

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>> top stories 29-year-old man was shot at pointblank range in time parkside section of the city. he stumbled into the street where he was hit by a car. the police are testing the driver for dui. bullets hit a passing car. >> reporter: the delay on the pennsylvania turnpike has grown 3 1/2 miles. you're backed up all because of the trash truck fire. i think more and more people are taking it, because they are allowing traffic to squeeze by. don't take it, stick to 202 southbound. atlantic avenue, two lanes blocked on the parkway. >> reporter: rain to the west of philadelphia and lancaster county some of it has managed to push into south jersey and cape may county, cumberland county in particular. cool and damp, 63 degrees. through the day sprinkle as

showers, steadiest rain south jersey and delaware. >> we'll talk about the rain many more times this morning. i'm glad to see the rain. for karen matt, david i'm tam have a great day.

good morning america. and breaking overnight a huge break in the case of that mansion murder mystery. this man identified as the suspect in the brutal killing of that family near the vice president's residence. authorities searching the suspect's home overnight. how pizza crust helped police crack the case. the massive manhunt for the killer right now. new overnight, state of emergency declared. disturbing new images from that oil spill. beaches shut down. investigators still trying to figure out what caused it. security breach a frightening scene at l.a.x. a man tased after running through the security checkpoint. the suspect making it just feet from the. stunned passengers watching in shock.