saying this is liquid gold falling from the sky you can see the dividing line to the norm and nothing happening. some very light showers in southern delaware county and center city and just to the south of trenton if you live around the conshohocken curve or villanova or levittown and all points to the north and west barely anything fell and to the south and east, that is where the heaviest has been, you can see yellows popping in sea isle city and cape may and the state of delaware from dover south it has been a rain soaked afternoon as expected the southern area getting the brunt of this storm. the low pressure is down to the south of raleigh, north carolina, the powerful low, a line of severe storms that are moving to the outer banks we are getting clipped by the northern fringe of this low and

it will continue the journey to the north and east, temperatures are raw, 51 in philadelphia and 52 in millville and 50 in dover where the rain has not fallen today and it's in the upper 50s in reading as well as allentown. looking ahead to the overnight hours, it stays dry and rain exits south and east and pivots off the coast in the midnight hour and the sunshine is back for everybody even the shore by tomorrow morning. we'll talk about a big turn around in the forecast in the full accuweather forecast for the memorial day weekend in just a bit. be sure to stay ahead of the changes in the forecast by checking 6abc.com/weather, there you can fine live storm tracker 6 radar and get the latest from our team of meteorologist. police are looking for thiefs that broke into a delaware county gun shop and they got away with a dozen weapons sara bloomquist is live

in collinings dale. they have few clues to go on. >> reporter: you can see the boarded up windows where the thieves gained access to the gun store and they were spotted up and down mcdade boulevard they made off with nearly 20 weapons, police believe they may have been inside of the gun store before and they knew how to pop out the front window and the grate to get in. they stole from the suburban armory gun store in collingdale three to four men arrived in two different vehicles the men in the minivan acted as lookouts while the others went near the store, they seemed spooked and walked away and then were seen

on surveillance cameras, coming back and stealing rifles and automatic guns. >> and they tried to get the ar 15's on the wall but they had a big cable around them and they couldn'tnnecticutuldn't cut the cable. the atf was called in to assist. >> i don't like it obviously it's a lot of damage and i don't like what happened. >> multiple surveillance cameras along mcdade captured both vehicles fleeing the scene at darby bureau footage shows a light colored pontiac sedan these are the vehicles in full color. >> there are roughly 18 weapons

on the street that were not on the street 24 hours ago. >> now that they have done inventory they know it's 19 weapons that are missing, the collingdale police station is less than a mile away they were captured on their cameras at 4:11 a.m. collingdale police are working with state police and the atf following up on leads right now, they want these men and those guns off the street before someone gets hurt. live in collingdale i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." we are still working now you to learn the name of the man shot and then run over by a car in philadelphia's park side neighborhood. it happened just after midnight at 42nd and girard. they found a man shot several times and then he was run over by a passing car.

he died a short time later and they are talking to the driver that hit him but no word on the shooter. police are chip kellying the surveillance cameras in the area to see if they have video of what happened. a judge has dismissed the domestic violence charges against former running back ray rice, he was seen knocking out his girlfriend in a hotel elevator in laep city it led to charges and multiple suspensions in the nfl. today the judge threw out the case and that could pave the way for rice to return to football although he is not under contract with any team right now. two dozen preschoolers when to the hospital after a school bus crashed on the schuylkill expressway, it happened in the eastbound lanes at girard avenue 24 students from hope church school and six adults were on their way to the school when the bus hit a barrier and

all the kids when to the hospital to get checked out but they are all okay. one of new jersey's most famous rock stars brought his guitar to graduation in camden today. ♪♪ ♪♪ jon bon jovi serenaded rutgers university camden grads with his new song. he could not think of a graduation gift so he wrote them a song instead. he received an honorary degree before the performance which marked the first time he sang his new song in public. it may be dreary outside just $54s outside but that is not stopping people from getting ready for memorial day weekend. >> it's a dreary day on long

beach island complete cloud cover but it's memorial day weekend coming you may have to step over equipment to get to the water but it's too chilly to swim this weekend unless you are really brave. but everybody is looking forward to the summer season. >> i want to go on the beach and still chilly but i want to go. i am looking forward to it. >> you know how you know it's the start the traffic lights are turned on again after a winter of blinking lights you now have to stop when you see red. >> the signal says the summer is beginning and the traffic will become horrible. >> merchants aregerring up and shops are opening for the big weekend and hoping for a fwrat summer season. >> this is our third day. >> are you ready. i think i'm ready. >> this is the weekend that start the summer the girls come home from school and the staff comes home from college.

>> the weather is discouraging but don't worry we should have nice sunny weather over the weekend and hopefully a great start to the unofficial start of the summer season. on long beach island, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> going to get busy in the next couple of days, matt pellman is standing by and leaving today. >> hopefully that means things are not quite as bad tomorrow. this afternoon is busy for sure brian and sharrie, it's wet we look live along the vice president street expressway, busy already in the westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway, and eastbound not fairing as badly and 95 and the schuylkill not having the typical slow spots and westbound on 76 by city avenue and traffic light troubles by 47th street, if you head down to st. joes they are not quite working

right. same on cotman avenue near the roosevelt mall and a big pothole blocking off providence mall. mcdade boulevard would be a better bet. >> a couple of buck county accidents, one in bristol along 414, and one in falls township along route 14 and a crash along 73 the southbound side of 295 with plenty of slowing starting to form. hopefully it won't be quite as bad as it was yesterday afternoon. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday almost friday afternoon one person using the waze app talking about a my or crash. that spot we saw only 8 miles per hour. we'll check it again brian and sharrie coming up in the next half hour. >> still ahead today he is the pennsylvania state trooper injured in that deadly ambush in the poconos, we are talking

about trooper alex douglas we are talking to him for the first time since he was allegedly shot by eric frein and how it all happened and how he felt the night frein was captured. and the cleanup after a major oil spill off the coast of california and one group says there is more crude in the water than originally thought. monica malpass is down at the shore for the first time this year. live in wildwood. >> yes can you believe it memorial day weekend is vastly approaching and the weather is wet here in wildwood but once the weather warms up these kites will fly high in the sky. we are getting you ready for the international kite festival. a preview coming up after the break.

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eight months ago trooper alex douglas was shot outside of the barracks in pike county and those shots allegedly shot by eric frein. today is he talking exclusively with an emotional interview with our sister station in scranton he is recalling that horrifying night and sharing his road to recovery. >> i heard what sounded like fireworks going off. >> the nearly ten years veteran ran towards the barracks and as he ran towards the entrance he found corporal brian dixon on the ground. when i went over to him i got shot and i when to my knees i knew then that somebody was shooting at us and i crawled on my arms and i couldn't feelly

legs at the time. when they pulled him into the lobby someone started to secure the lobby of the barracks. >> i didn't know if there was one or two guys out there. dixon was flown to the medical center in scranton and he almost didn't make it either. >> i coded twice that i know of on the table. >> his heart stopped twice but incredibly he was revived twice almost a week after the ambush trooper douglas says he was in a medically induced coma and at the same time hundreds of officers from around the country had begun searching for eric frein in the poconos and became one of the ten most wanted in america. and he was captured in an old airport hangar in monroe county.

>> i wassest estsest estsest estsest ecstatic. he is fwratful for the outpouring of support and the fact that he is here to share his story. >> that i'm here and that i'm alive and healthy and i'm twoing to be healthier hopefully back 99% normal living a healthy life. >> his accused shooter, eric farina waits trial as for going back to work he set the goal to run and finish the new york marathon. continuing to inspire people in his recovery and a story to tell. >> an incredible guy. wonderful to hear from him. >> isis terrorists are in control of one of the most renowned historical sites in the

world. palmyra is home to 2,000 year old roman col a massive oil spill stretches for miles off the coast of california, thousands of crude oil leaked into the ocean from a broken pipeline on tuesday, and the company that owns the pipeline says that as much as 500,000 gallons could be in the water near santa barbara. they say they have seen dead fish and several oil covered birds. to business now here at the big board it's green arrows the dow jones picking up a slight amount there and the nasdaq up 19 points and the s&p 500 gaining close to 5.

cvs says it's buying the pharmacy services provider omni care it's worth 75 billion there's, the biggest provider in nursing homes this will help them expand their presence in the senior care market. the boards of both companies have approved the deal. men and women joined with new jersey state police to honor those that gave their lives serving america. dixes air force base had a long running tradition since 1982, the north hanover upper elementary school childrens choir performed as part of today's moving ceremony. >> a great celebration. >> time now for accuweather forecast. >> lets get to adam joseph with word on the rain.

>> half of our viewing area, a rare view of a lot of low lying clouds and rain falling right now and the rain is mainly to the south and east in southern new jersey and tell wear and some areas near philadelphia and areas to the north and west, including me missing out in the northern stones of this much needs rain. as we look at philadelphia we have light showers the same for media and chadds ford got rain that dampened the ground and wilmington and glassboro and middletown and all points to the shore in central and southern new jersey and here seeing a good shrug of steady light rain soaking into the ground and reducing the pollen levels and giving the grass and gardens the drink they need. 51 in philadelphia and 50 in wilmington without the rain

north and west temperatures in the upper 50s still very cool but adding at least a few degrees to the col numbers to the south. satellite and radar the low pressure is to the south and it's heading out to see and the rain continues to move in a southeasterly fashion and to the north and west the clouds extend to buffalo and break apart over this evening and high pressure takes over late tonight and tomorrow morning. the rain is over at 11:00 through much of delaware and i-95 and at the shore raining moderately at 11:00 tonight but by tomorrow morning at 7:30 the sunshine is back even at the shore communities it's quick drying overnight and that is good news for the friday get away for the forecast breezy and warmer and low humidity at 76 degrees and 76 for the shore and mostly sunny and could be a spotty afternoon shower in the poconos and cooler but better

than today at 64 degrees, if you are headed to the shore for the upcoming weekend and going on the open waters the bay is the place to be upper 60s to near 70 for the temperature and at the shore 59 that is still cold, the kids will be out in the water no matter what but that is arm for this time of your. it's breezy and warmer and brighter tomorrow 76 degrees, we step it down on saturday sunny and refreshing at 70 degrees and sun and clouds with a high temperature of 80 and low humidity and then the humidity spikes here along with the temperatures on memorial day itself at 85 degrees it looked like scattered storms tomorrow and this weekend is pretty perfect for memorial day, typically around here memorial day is one of the worst summer holidays weather wise, but not this go around.

>> looking good this weekend. >> a celebration hoppering the holdest people living in philadelphia. mayor michael nutter held the 16 and annual centenarian celebration, including fannie mae stewart, she turned 108 years old and 202-year-old dr. eli booker. the sheet metal workers union hall mosted this year's celebration. >> a lot of wisdom in that room and good stories. a trash truck catched fire and backs up a stretch of highway. and now where police are looking for the man that they say killed three members of a wealthy washington family. and the yearbook pictures that stunned an indiana high school, a mugshot that ended up next to class pictures angering

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>> police are looking for two women that robbed a beauty shop in south philadelphia, it happened on tuesday at cosmo professional beauty supply, and two women walked in and took things right off the shelf and tried to walk out and an employee confronted them and police say they used pepper spray on them. anybody with information is asked to please contact them. a truck caught fire on the pennsylvania turnpike and tied up traffic during the rush hour. these are pictures of the chars truck in bucks county the fire blocked the lane near route 29 and downingtown and that led to

long delays for drivers and took several hours for crews to clear the scene. still ahead we recognize it may not feel like summer today. we are celebrating the up official start of the season by heading to wildwood, melissa magee is live with the first down at the shore report of the season. plus, a special report anybody that spends time exercising outdoors needs to see. lots of us will be biking and jogging and you have to make sure drivers can see you at night. results are coming up in what's the deal.

why chris christie wants an apology from the media and three members of the same family were rushed to the same hospital over the course of 24 hours, one never made it home. what we know about this developing story out of delaware. plus an indiana mother says when her son brought home a permission slip for a school pool party she was stunned by what she saw. why the school was making them wearing t-shirts over their swimsuits and how that mom got the policy changed.

and now the murder mansion mystery now a murder mansion manhunt. there is a person of interest. all four bodies your found inside of that mansion last week and now they are zeroing on the alleged killer and arsonist all thanks to of all things a pizza. karen travers is here with more. >> reporter: hi brian this was a pretty remarkable development overnight and darren wint was named as the suspect in that horrible arson and murder in washington. after his dna was discovered on a pizza crust left at the crime scene, wint's motive is unknown but they don't believe it was random. >> the search for darren wint

stretches from washington d.c. to new york city. >> it's much easier if they interpthemselves in. >> the 27-year-old is the main suspect, that left dead a couple and their 10-year-old son and their house keeper. wint is on the run and they believe he is recently staying with a girlfriend in brooklyn new york, that woman told police that wint indicated he was considering surrounding and heading back to the d.c. area, wint's motive is unknown but the crime was not random. he worked at one time for his company, american iron works. >> we believe there is a connection between the suspect in this case through the business. >> a dominoes pizza may have broken open this mystery. sources tell abc news that wint was identified by dna from a

left over pizza crust ordered the night the mansion was set on fire. police reports obtained show that he made a flurry of phone calls, including ones to his bank and his accountant, a source familiar with the case, said that that same morning an assistant dropped off $40,000 in cash at the home while the victims were being held hostage inside. >> right now darren wint is the only named suspect but d.c. police have not ruled out that others may be involved. reporting live from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you so much. >> stay with abc news for the latest on this manhunt, the search for the murder suspect is leading world news tonight with david muir, and that begins after "action news" at 6:00. now to a developing story from our delaware newsroom police are investigating a series of medical moneys

involving the same family within 24 hours. paramedics responded three times to one home along the 300 block of morris drive. a 79-year-old woman died after going into cardiac arrest and yesterday her 79-year-old husband fell unconscious and was hospitalized in critical condition, and later the couple's 58-year-old son was take and to christiana hospital in critical condition the delaware health department is one of several agencies looking to investigate what happened. police are asking for the public's haep to find to find two men that robbed a bar this week, they rushed into the play maker bar on north 28th street just after midnight on tuesday one man points a chrome revolver at the customers and then moves on to the register after getting

all the cash they could both men ran away without hurting anyone. police are looking for a gunman that got his victim's attention and then shot him four times this morning, the 20-year-old said that someone yelled yo at him just before 2:00 a.m. when he turned around a suspect dressed in all black shot him three times in the thigh and once in the calf. two houses were also hit by gun fire but nobody else was injured here and the victim is listed in stable condition. new jersey governor chris christie, says he deserved an apology from the media the potential republican presidential contender took umbrage with the george washington scandal. he says he is held to a different standard than hillary

clinton for her emails when she was secretary of state. he has said he knew nothing of the plot but three of his top aides have already been charged. it certainly doesn't seem like we are approaching the unofficial start of summer today and it will not stop us from doing our first down at the shore report. meteorologist, melissa magee is kicking off our series live in wildwood. i see you how are you? >> reporter: yes guys we have to get excited. this is the unofficial kickoff to the summer season and this is a long standing tradition in wildwood since 1986 the international kite festival, they tout this has one of the largest in the world there is one in washington state but as far as we are concerned this is the granddaddy of them all. once the weather breaks these

ribbons of color will be dancing high up in the sky. check it out down at the shore. >> big, bright bold and blowing in the wind, kites with bouquet of color are flying high in the sky for the international kite festival in wildwood. roger is the director of the what is considered to be one one of the biggest kite festivals if the world. >> a beautiful family weekend, to enjoy flying a kite. >> and peter make a special trip every year from florida to participate. >> i enjoy entertaining. >> there is a sport to this, finding air in your kite tails is harder than itlooks.

>> always remember the wind is your friend. >> there it is. >> the beach your background, clouds your canvas ribbons of color create a beautiful picture in the sky, you can get a lesson and watch the pros fly their kites high this weekend down at the shore. >> so guys there is quite an art to this, i have to give you a couple of tips first of all, wear some gloves because sometimes the string on the kite is strong and you know how they do in the cartoons don't run with your kite. especially if you have one outdoors keep your back to the wind i lost it kite down, let the wind take the kite out and of course we'll have more fun this weekend with the international kite festival and starts tomorrow and lasts through memorial day and also these kites are everywhere and also inside of the wildwood

convention center. you guys have fun this weekend down the shore. . >> you can be forgiven because there is no wind inside. >> still ahead if you bike, walk or run at night stick around we break down the best reflective gear to keep you safe. and a sexist policy an indiana mother fights back when only the sixth grade girls were told to cover up at the pool. what this wedding guest had to say about the bouquet blocking bhoe. >> i like it at the end before he started bolting as we look at double scan radar. >> i'll give you the holiday forecast from the shore to the poconos and back to build wood and monica malpass.

the city of omaha nebraska is mourning the tragic death of a police officer killed in the line of duty this week, officer kerry orozco died on tuesday one day after her maternity leave was to start. she managed to kill the suspect before being fatally shot. her premature infant did survive. surveillance cameras in georgia captured a jewelry dealer fighting back against masked men who ambushed him outside of a hotel. they unleashed a plume of pepper spray to try to steel his precious gems. they managed to get one of the bandits shirts and mask off. they left without taking a

single jewel. it was a pretty big shock for indiana high school students to open up their yearbooks to only find some offensive design bluners, this mugshot of their swim coach arrested this year for child seduction they were horrified by his image. and then this, a picture of alumni peter kassig killed by the terror group isis. they wanted a tribute not just a quick blurb school officials have not commented. to indianapolis where sixth grade parents were asked to sign a permission slip for a pool party and one mom was furious to see a sexist dress code for the girls, to cover up wearing a

none white t-shirt over their swimsuit. the school defended it saying there was some inappropriate behavior at past parties but that mom won this fight and t-shirts were deemed optional and not one girl wore one. and she went to catch the bouquet and found out the hard way she most likely would not head down the aisle any time soon. this woman reaches to catch the bouquet and then whoa interception by her own boyfriend, he swats that thing away so face he nose dives into the aisle so getting married is a joke because she is five years older than him. the moment of truth at someone else's wedding.

>> you don't want to get married. she knows that now. >> lets get a check of the roads right now. lets head to matt pellman in the traffic center with an update. >>self things blocking our paths this afternoon giving us a slow go, on the roosevelt boulevard northbound side there is a crash off to the side and in the way plenty of other traffic north of schuylkill from this point to broad street you can see conditions here are damp and wet and that is not the case across the board but around the city it is wet right now. in yaden we are watching a pothole, and you need to go to mcdade to get around that and crash at edge mont, delco at sweedesford road near old eagle school road and hold on to your

lemon sticks the devon horse show is in town expect extra traffic there near dorsett road. and a crash in chester, franklin near 896. and in buck county yes something for everybody a wreck in falls township near lower morristown road and the college of new jersey is graduating and green lane is shut down today and stick with ewingville road to get around that blockage. stepping outside now we look at sky 6 hd looking live over atlantic city, a little bit dreary out there. adam joseph is standing by with the exclusive accuweather forecast.

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knew all right meteorologist, adam joseph nobody complaining about this rain out there today. only areas north and west my garden has not gotten a drop of rain and now i have to water tonight. most areas to the south and east this is most welcome, it's a wall of green philadelphia wilmington and trenton and all points to the south and east, that rain heavy at times as we close in closer on double scan live radar, the showers begin to break apart from wilmington to philadelphia that is the trend from the area to dry out from the west to the east and near cape may and wildwood and pops of yellow and long beach island where the rain is heaviest this afternoon in philadelphia a cool damp raw day, 58 for the

high temperature 17 degrees below normal. just a little more than a .10 inch of rain in the south 51 in millville and upper 50s where it is try this afternoon and cloudy for reading and allentown. down off the carolinas is the low pressure sliding off the coast, so we are getting clipped by the northern fringe of it. the clouds to the north and west fall apart overnight tonight. future tracker at midnight maybe sprinkles in the poconos and the last trops of rain approaching the shore at midnight and early tomorrow morning the sunshine is back and another cold front is coming in. that cold front not having moisture with it and 76 degrees and a big jump in temperature and the wins are strong in the north-northwesterly direction and as the high pulls in it's wall-to-wall sunshine and the temperatures dip with the fresh air from canada and a high

temperature of just 70 degrees for your saturday and with sunshine it feels pretty nice, in the poconos sunny and cool and 61 degrees and beautiful sunday and sun and clouds and 72 and could be a pop-up storm on monday and right now meteorologist, melissa magee is indoors because of the rain outside of the convention center, i give you mad props for threeing a kite indoors i have never before seen that done. pretty good good it requires no wind it requires very little wind and we are waiting for that wall-to-wall sunshine it's not here right now but it gets better into our holiday weekend, we have you covered with the forecast down the shore on saturday it's sunny and breezy and still on the chilly side with a temperature of 69 degrees, a west to northwesterly wind that moves on in and

temperatures in the upper 60s by then and on sunday it gets better with high pressure in control a mixture of sunshine and clouds and on monday for the actual holiday, nice and 72 and the ocean temperature 59 that is not bad for this time of year, but adam i'll keep on trying my kite flying skills, coming up in the next half our and hopefully the temperatures come up too zbh i hope it's not bad luck, you open an umbrella bad luck when you fly a kite inside i wonder if it's the same. >> never that. >> as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, friday breezy and warmer and 76 degrees and refreshing here saturday and 70 and we bump it up to 80 on sunday and sun and clouds and the unofficial start to summer is summer-like we are

taking out the chance of isolated storms on monday and hot and humid on tuesday, wednesday and thursday upper 80s near 90 and scooted storms tuesday and wednesday and again next thursday. overall the unofficial start to summer looks like the true start to summer. >> thank you. tips to keep you safe while exercising outdoors this summer.

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others. >> as night falls it's tough to see people along the side of the road and that could lead to serious accidents. greg cullin was hit while jogging at dusk and he learned that to be safe you have to be seen. >> wearing something high visible is the key to getting home that night or winding up in the er. >> some make it easier for drivers to notice you at night. reflective jackets and safety vests. some of the clothing stood out from the rest they are easy to see but some just blend into the night. take that beta brand shirt with reflective thread on the website it looks easy to spot but it's not visible from 300 feet according to consumer reports, that is how long it takes a car to stop going 50 miles per hour. >> you into ed to we seen from

the front and the back and the more reflective elements the better. >> this $150 bike jacket is easy to see coming and going but doesn't out do this with the big stripes and only $50 and a battery operated wrist band or reflective ankle band they are all highly visible from 300 feet and as they move up and down as you are biking and running they really stand out. and check out iron on reflective tape and it only costs 4 there's and can you put it on your backpack or anything you and your kids may wear at night. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams, adam joseph and alicia vitarelli join us tonight for a full hour of "action news" on

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>> reporter: upper merion police tell us that the thief recently broke into this lot. the yellow and black object is a generator, when the power goes off it takes several hours for the power to kick on and the containers surrounding it each cell phone carrier has one inside of the batteries and the cell phone bandit is stealing emup and down the east coast and making a pretty penny. >> these are just a few dozen of the roughly 4300 cell phone backup batteries stolen since september, police say the suspect stole them stretching across four states from new jersey to delaware. and the suspect was a technician sub-contracted out for carriers like sprint and verizon, his experience notice industry and his knowledge of the gate access codes and tamper switches an