orange no severe weather or flash flooding but a steady moderate rain over philadelphia right now the shades of green avenue now and then you get a pocket of yellow and that is the heavy downpours moving to the north and east and we'll see waves of showers continuing not only overnight but through the day tomorrow and likely on thursday. what a difference though, may the entire month philadelphia reporting less than an 1.25 inch of rain, so far the first two days of june we have received more than 2 inches of rain and some areas getting a lot more than that. i want to show you the rainfall totals 1 to 2 inches of rain, what is a good soaking, but south of philadelphia, we got hit here hard, parts of newcastle and kent county reporting 2 to 4 inches of rain and northwest atlantic county, 6

inches of rain, that is where we saw the bulk of the flash flooding. the good news is we are not dealing with flash flooding but we'll get showers over the next 48 hours these temperatures feel more like march. 57 in philadelphia, but i'm tracking a return of the 80s, i'll let you know when in the full accuweather forecast. >> cecily thank you. the funeral plans are now set for beau biden and they include several chances for the public to pay their respects. they include a special tribute from president obama chad pradelli is live now in wilmington wilmington at the church. >> we are outside of saint anthony, in wilmington where a viewing will take place and then on friday a mass for christian burial and the president will deliver the eulogy at that mass. >> i would like to ask for a

moment of silence for beau biden. >> all rise for a moment of silence for our friend beau biden. >> a moment of silence at the house of representatives. >> beau was a friend to almost every in this building. >> the former attorney general of delaware passed away from brain cancer this weekend he will lie at the hall in delaware and then a viewing on friday and the services are open to the public. >> we'll always be one family and this week we are all part of joe biden's family. >> a foundation is set up in biden's honor the boweau biden association for children. a long time friend will help run the foundation. >> they want to honor beau's commitment to abused children and to protect innocent

children. >> if you would like to donate to that foundation go to our website at website. i'm live in delaware chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." news.". >> chad, thank you. >> our coverage of the final farewell to beau biden continues at 6abc.com you can find all the details of the funeral plans and a photo gallery of his life and career. and a link to the foundation set up in his name to continue the fight against child abuse. >> a flight to philadelphia was evacuated after it touched down this morning after someone phoned in a threat it turns out that was one of several planes targeted around the country today. david henry is live now with more on this investigation. >> reporter: it was quite a scare and a major disruption of operations here at the airport. it turned out to be a hoax that affected flights here and

elsewhere. united airways 648 was diverted after it land this morning, it was surrounding by police and money vehicles. >> at the operation center in washington, d.c., received a phone threat stating there was an explosive device on the plane, the 93 passengers and crew were escorted off the plane, the carry-on bags and the rest of the luggage was removed from the plane and set on the tarmac. >> the police bomb squad examined the airplane as well as k-9 dogs from the airport police unit and there was nothing dangerous on the plane. >> it turned out to be a hoax but the passengers and police were not laughing emergency personnel were tied up for an hour and a half before the all clear passengers were loaded on buss to get them to the terminal and on their way. >> it's a safety precaution, i

understand that. it's an inconvenience but it has to be done. >> other planes were searched in chicago and atlanta, the fbi and other agencies are working to track down the caller. >> there will be an aggressive investigation to find out who did such an oncon unconscionable thing. >> david thank you. lawmakers questioned railroad and amtrak officials after last month's deadly train derailment it was the subject on capitol hill today. they focused on technology called positive train control that can prevent trains from derailing because of excessive

speed. amtrak had the technology but it was not in operation. >> a properly installed pct would have stopped this accident. >> i regret it deeply. >> today the ntsb released its preliminary report on the crash federal investigators say that it's unclear if the engineer was on his cell phone before the derailment and they are working on finding the source of the damage to the windshield. today there was a special kind of graduation ceremony where hundreds of students are deciding where to study in a unique way during a packed crowd of friends and family members. >> today the roughly 600 graduating seniors from mastery charter school proudly held up signs signifying their next step in life. >> i'm going to college majoring

in sociology with a prelaw track and. >> they call it college signing day like when students announce where they will play sports this is for where they will study. >> it's modeled after college signing day we think our students should be celebrated. >> it's an educational victory. >> i am going to temple university and studying biology. >> they have personal hurdles they have crossed. >> they have overcome personal obstacles. >> like steven smith he was homeless when he started high school, now he plans to go to nuremberg high school. >> i am going for four years in mathematics and science and hopefully doing engineering. >> he credits a dean that helped

him in countless ways. >> if i needed anything like a uniform, clothing. >> great mentors, 96% of these excited seniors are continuing their education whether it's a university, vocational school or going into military service. a very special day and proud parents there as well. good for them. >> love to see that kind of celebration and hard work and success. thank you alicia. >> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report let check in with matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center. >> getting home could be hard work it will take you time that is for sure. the roads are wet with and slippery and we have accidents and a whole lot of volume. as we look live at the schuylkill expressway, westbound you see the sea of headlights heading towards the vine street expressway and eastbound is a crawl as well nothing in your way but other vehicles just wet conditions on the schuylkill,

slow speeds and wet conditions as well on 95 some of them like 10 miles per hour, and like i said there are a number of accidents, one at city avenue at 69th street and overbrook and upper darby route 3, keystone pike and chester avenue. to bucks county a pair of accidents in bristol one along emily road and one near newport road. and a wreck in makefield near i-95. also starting to see downed wires and trees because of the rain, one set of wire is in conshohocken closing 11th avenue, stick with 10th to get around that. you see red cars moving along the schuylkill expressway it certainly is slow. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this tuesday afternoon. in atlantic county, not quite as bad, wet but not flooded. a minor crash along bellevue

avenue and hammonton. you are getting by doing so carefully. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. still ahead a new survey says there is one industry that americans dislike more than any other. we'll tell you what it is next. >> and an announcement that surprised people around the world the head of fifa resigned after being reelected amid scandal. >> and police in boston shoot and killed a man that they say was under surveillance as part of a terrorist investigation, what we are learn being the man.

we got stuping news from the world of sports as fifa president, blatter resigns after an investigation into the

global governor body of soccer. karen travers has more. >> reporter: it was quite a surprise over the weekend, sepp blatter was defiant while taking questions about the fifa scandal, he was not indicted but he is being investigated by the fbi and u.s. prosecutors and there may be more shoes to drop. a bombshell announcement has rocked international soccer. >> i put at disposal my function. >> in an arranged press conference beleaguered president blatter says today he is stepping down. >> the members of fifa have given me the new mand date and reelected me president this does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football.

>> blatter was reelected to a third term on friday, two days after a massive corruption scandal at the top of soccer's governing body, to a dramatic arrest in switzerland and 14 of the most power officials in soccer accused of taking 150 million there's in bribes. >> the winner is qatar. the investigation began as the u.s. lost the cup to qatar, despite allegations of bribely and holding the event in the desert heat. he says he is being investigated by the fbi and other officials. >> so many eyes now looking at fifa. >> he says that fifa needs a profound restructuring but he is not going away immediately the special election to row place

him will not happen until december at the earliest. >> all right karen thank you. divers have rescued at least three people in an overturned ship in china as the search for survivorers continue there was at least 450 on the ship that capsized on the river today after it was caught in a cyclone most of those on board were senior citizens a man tapping on the hull confirmed he heard cries for help inside. the captain and engineer are among the handful of survivors they are both now in police custody. the man in boston says -- was being radicalized by isis, members of the task force says they identified themselves and said he wants to talk to them and then he pulled a military style knife and refused to put it down and lunged at a city

police officer and an fbi agent, they shot him and he died at the hospital, investigator says that the man was under servers for two years. now google is taking heat for the lack of diversity one year after promising to address the issue they took the step of publically disclosing their gender and racial gap and now they are stepping up their efforts to be more diverse, sex out of ten employees are men and 60% are white and 31% are asian. the leadership roles are basically unchanged. they will spend more money to recruit a more diverse workforce. now the dow jones losing 28 points and the nasdaq losing 6 and the s&p down 2 points and stocks for the day all red arrows there but it was a big day for bonds the u.s. 10 year

had its biggest two day rise in ten years and the americans dislike cable companies more than any other district in the country, that found comcast and time warner in the bottom three and both companies scored even lower this year than they did last year. the american customer satisfaction index ran the survey including the internet we get through the cable companies, the biggest problems are customer service and higher bills. >> alicia thank you. >> time to get you caught up on the icky and cool accuweather forecast gray for days, lets head over to cecily tynan for the update from accuweather. brian and sara it's hard to believe that some of us are complained about the heat and lack of rain with what a difference now that we are in june. if you look at the center city skyline, you condition see the tops of the buildings, we have

clouds and fog and showers, double scan live showing right now the steadiest rain is north of philadelphia as we zoom in we are not seeing the red or severe weather, yellows and oranges generally seeing the shades of grown this means a steady, light rain out of philadelphia, if you are droifing on the blue route or any areas the roads are wet so take it easy. this shows the reason why the water vapor imagery shows this conveyer belt of moisture moving up from the gulf of mexico. the reason why is this, low pressure and a cutoff low, cut off from the jet stream nothing to steer it out. this low will meander east over the next few days and that keeps us in an unsettled weather pattern, the weather doesn't feel like june it feels like late march you need a jacket. mill trill 57 and sea while city

58 and temperatures are uniform. visibility showing we have some low clouds and fog developing and this could be a problem as we head through the overnight hours into the morning commute. satellite 6 along with action radar showing with this stalled front, you can see all the clouds and moisture and i'm keeping an eye on this area of heavy rain moving out of richard monday, this could clip the jersey shore over the next couple of hours. drizzle and showers and areas of fog and temperatures not dropping much 51 degrees, 55 for center city, future tracker showing tomorrow morning plenty of clouds for the morning commute and as we head to the afternoon, drier air will try to move down from the north that means the lehigh valley the poconos sunshine and south of philadelphia, the clouds really hang tough and the possibility of showers developing over kent county delaware, the four day at

4:00 tomorrow it's cool with a few showers, not quite as active as today with a high of 66 degrees, at least temperatures in the 60s instead of the 50s. showers on the cool side and 66 on thursday and then friday temperatures warm up to 77 degrees and a mixture of clouds and sunshine and a threat of an afternoon thunderstorm. a cold front is moving in and bringing us a round of thunderstorms and behind that we cool for for sunday. no heat and humidity and a very unsettled weather this week. >> it seems so long ago bring it back. >> cecily thank you. graduation caps doubled as umbrellas in doylestown, these were wet and happy seniors from catholic high school lined up outside of the national shrine this morning once inside they

took part in the graduation mass surrounds by proud family and friends, we send our heartfelt congratulations to the class of 2015. and new details on the shipment of anthrax sent to our region by mistake. >> and a woman accused of stealing a half million dollars worth of art. >> as the school year winds down, students are not the only ones pining for summer one mom gets raw and real if a blog that is going wildly viral. why she is also overschooled.

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danced their way to their diplomas everybody is talking about one class in hawaii. and how this chester county woman was able to steal a half million dollars in art from a local photographer. >> i'm nydia han how to make a trip to the dentist less pain. we'll save you money time and tooth ache.

it is 4:30 and "action news" continues with more on the controversy over a father, and a toddler in a truck. what is the only thing worse than getting stopped in a stop. what the teen said when the police officers showed up. how a little boy who was run over by an out of control car managed to escape with just a few scratches, but we'll begin at 4:30 in chester county where a woman abused her position to steal from a prominent photographer. this is the face made famous by steve mccurry it was seen across the globe in national geographic it was one print stole ep by a trusted employee of mccurry's studio.

we turn to vernon odom live now with the former sales manager was arrested today. >> reporter: brian the d.a. says that the crime was pure greed. that led an employee to rip off her employer to comment from brie distefano, she was an employee of renowned photographer, steve mccurry selling signed presents and books on the black market to line her pockets. mccurry a delaware native is known for the photo, afghan girl, first appearing on the cover of national geographic. >> he takes enormous risks when going to places like afghanistan

to take these photos he goes to difficult places and the defendant saw these great photographs, the wonderful photographs that mr. mccurry spent his life making and saw a way to make a quick buck. >> many were stolen and formed signatures many by distefano including afghan girl, vertical dust storm and bengaly woman and child and 250 books. >> these are often limited edition prints, and the value is not only in the image depicted in the photograph but in the fact that there are a limited number of them available in the world. >> the d.a. says that most of the stole ep items are tracked down and returned to mccurry. >> she confessed? >> we have been cooperating with them and i don't know if you want to call it a confession,

but i think it will alleviate a lot of their concerns. >> there are at least three felonies alleged here, three felonies that means prison time appears in this case. her partner if colorado is being prosecuted there. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a trail of blood and several shell casings led police to a man that was beaten and shot in northeast philadelphia this is surveillance video outside of the huka lounge on the 6800 block of caster avenue on may 23rd seconds into the brawl a group of men started to focus on the 25-year-old victim knocking him out and at some point the man was also shot and when police responded he was conscious and made it to his

car, and has no recollection of being attacked or shot. this west philadelphia street was the scene of a violence robbery at 11:00 this morning, the victim tells police that the suspect hit him in the back of the head with a gun walking down north 57th street the gunman stole a bag containing $32,000, and the suspect is described as a thin, black male with two arabic tattoos under each eye and a diamond shaped tattoo under his eyebrow. if you have information call philadelphia police. police are trying to figure out who torched three cars overnight and why they did it. the first car was set ablaze on the 3900 block of royal avenue at 1:15 and then six minutes later a mercedes benz was

torched and then a third in camden and highland street. no people were injured. officials say that lightning is to blame for a house fire last night in newark, delaware it happened at 7:00 p.m. on marlin drive officials say that the lightning strike lit the roof on fire the red cross is now helping the people that lived inside of that home and damage is estimated at $30,000. >> not surprising a lot of lightning in that area last night. >> we had literally thousands of lightning strikes in delaware and new jersey with the cold front moving through and it moved through and stalled so it's cool and very damp out there. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we have some light rain generally around philadelphia and to the north if you look at the low pressure off the coast of virginia that will be moving to the northeast and that brings a few more showers in the evening and overnight hours primarily along the coast and temperatures on the cool side, with that front

down to the south the warm air is pushed down to virginia where temperatures are in the 70s, we are at 57 degrees right now and i turned my heat on driving to work today. it's the june chill with our high in philadelphia so far 57 degrees that is 22 degrees below normal and that is the average high for late march our air conditioners are getting a break and our lawns are looking very grown i'll let you know when more seasonable weather returns in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you cecily. get this pennsylvania state police charged a man for allegedly posing as a state trooper and settling up a fake dui check point and he was drunk when he did it. he is charged with drunk driving and impersonating a public servant and unlawful restraint,

he set up road flares and parked his car all the way they say he was the one that was drunk. >> it's sort of ironic. >> how stupid can you be? >> police also say that shawless tried to hand a b.b. gun to a passenger in one car and when the police arrived, the 19-year-old said i can't get caught with this. >> hmm. all right the end of the school year is fast approaching and right now it's time to think about your child a summer reading, monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more on that. >> reporter: most kids want a break at the end of the school year, and the beginning of summer reading but a break is not what they need at this point. they say if you can challenge them, it's best to it pick up summer reading books and get your kids reading before they

get out of the school mode and find out which is the best time of day to have your child reading the books. and a men tore group at chester high school is turning around the lives of young men. >> see you then thank you. visitors to eastern state penitentiary can get a real taste of life in prison the historic prison in fairmount is bringing back their popular prison food weekend this saturday and sunday. today members of the media got to sample the official recipes served as punishment at prisons across the country. something on menu called nutri loaf some samples were down right disgusting. they recorded their thoughts and decided if serving that was a form of cruel and unusual punishment. >> more than 400 of the

brightest young chess players put their skills to the test today. the eagles hosted their chess tournament and some eagles players got into the action and the winners got a special award ceremony in the eagles locker room. >> i always wish i could play chess but i have been the slightest clue. >> we are not that smart i guess. >> if you are in the market for a dentist stick around nydia han has what you need to know before make that decision. >> and look at this, not only did a little boy survive getting hit by that car he did not have a scratch on him. thanks to small miracles and good neighbored. >> and cecily tynan has your full forecast from accuweather.

a 4-year-old boy is a live and well today thanks to a series of small miracles and incredibly good people, before we show you this video we should tell you the child is okay. the boy was walking through his brooklyn neighborhood when the out is of control car suddenly jumped the curb and ran right over him incredibly the car hit a small tree and landed on top of the child it shielded him and kept him from going under the tires. people came over and lifted the car off the child. >> i grabbed his head and moved the child out until the ambulance arrived. >> he only had a couple of cuts and bruises and was released the same day, no word if that driver is facing charges. here at the big board

outrage in kentucky after cell phone video was shared tens of thousands of time, this is video, a young boy alone in a truck with the engine running. >> you okay? >> the red pickup is idling, keys in the ignition no parent in sight. the man that shot the video was concerned first rolling on the car and then the confrontation with the dad. >> if i was a bad guy i could have drove off with him. >> that father has not been charged but investigators are following up after this video went wildly viral with hundreds of thousands of views you have seen the videos of parents ss publically shaming their kids. >> a mom posted this when her

daughter pretended to be older. and then this mother made her hold a sign after disrespecting a police officer and this da puts clippers to his son's head but rather than scold him, this dad scolds someone else. >> there is no way i would ever embarrass my son like that, it doesn't take all of that, good parenting starts before he even gets to the point of getting out of control. >> that is the point from wayne gresham, he says it's not that it doesn't punish the kids but punishment is private and not about the shaming moment but the teaching moment that parents have with their kids and not what people are looking at on the internet. as parents know the school year is winding down and that has them excited and parents are

excited too, jen, who writes a blog about parenting this time she is admitting it she is over it, it's raw and real. it's called worst end of school year mom ever. we are limping across the finish line i tapped out in april and it's a miracle at this point that my kids are even going to school, i haven't checked homework folders in three week but i cannot. cannot. cannot. >> and her son has to go to school dressed as ben franklin and here is the father's dress and her pashmina wrapped around him. >> thank you alicia. >> as we come up on the ac hour, lets get a check of the roads tonight. matt pellman is keeping an eye on things for us. hello there.

>> limping just limping creeping our way home on wet road surfaces, not a quick trip, this is the vine street expressway see the tail of headlights. they are scheduled to close the schuylkill here in both directions tonight. i have a feel that could be rained out but only time will tell. an accident in the process of clearing at dekalb pike and one the vehicles should be out of here shortly but restrictions in each direction a crash just cleared from city avenue at overbrook at 69th street and the one in upper darby is out of the way, but downed wires and downs trees, here in conshohocken, the left lane is blocked and stick with 10th avenue. and wilmington a downed tree blocking lancaster pike at the apartments, use 2 kirk wood

highway instead and don't forget about the construction closing hercules road. and by the christiana mall a wreck along highway 1 southbound past 95. >> thank you matt. it's no secret that graduation is an exciting time for high school seniors but a group of seniors in hawaii went the extra mile to celebrate during their ceremony. >> the class of 2015 atkahook noo high, had choreography and had a great performance and the entire student body learned the performance in just two days.

>> it's gloomy i wanted to take a nap all day. we have a pretty solid area of rain north of philadelphia south of philadelphia really is just a few spotty showers, double scan live showing that it's all green. we are looking at light rain in philadelphia and areas north, and waves developing along the front will bring us a few showers as we head through thursday. 72 hour rainfall showing that we are really making up a deficit, philadelphia more than 2 inches of rain and allentown 2.5 and the bulk of that arriving sunday

night and millville close to 4 inches and atlantic city 2.5 and folsom receiving 6 inches of rain in over 72 hours we have definitely been getting a gully washer. temperatures show that it is cool with winds out of the north-northeast. temperatures only in the 50s and more like late march than early june and it will stay cool for the next few days with temperatures in the 60s not the 50s, the reason why we have this stalled cold front and waves of cold -- keep the umbrella on hand, drizzle and showers and areas of fog and temperatures in the low to mid-50s, 51 to 55 and temperatures not dropping much tomorrow what you get depends on the location north of philadelphia high pressure is trying to nudge in that means brighter skies sunshine in the

lehigh valley and the poconos, arriving on that front we see a few spotty showers and fog. and it clouds up with a shower or two and temperatures holding in the mid-60s, the exclusive accuweather forecast, tomorrow it's cool with a few spotty showers mainly south of philadelphia north of philadelphia, you'll see some peeks of sunshine the high is 66 degrees so 10 degrees warmer than today. that is still on the cool side we cloud up and a cool day again with occasional showers and finally on friday we brighten up partly sunny skies and warmer 77 degrees with the possibility of a few late day thunderstorms on saturday the warmer of the two days this weekend. 82 degrees, a cold front will bring us a possible of a few more showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and behind that system on sunday we dry out and we cool off a little bit partly sunny and 56 degrees, on monday

back to 80 with showers and thunderstorms and tuesday it turns warmer with a high of 84 degrees, a bit of a roller coaster ride over the next seven days we only have two days of 70s next week. >> enjoy those days cecily. >> up next what is the deal with finding a dentist. we'll find out. ♪ there's nothing wrong with being flashy. ♪ so long as you've done the work to back it up. ♪♪

if you are looking for a new dentist, what's the deal is here with how you don't have to spend a fortune. >> check the magazines latest issue is everything you need to know to fine the right dentist at the right price if your smile needs help from the dentist, call and shop around our mystery shoppers checked on over a dozen different

procedures and examination fees aat local dentists and some charge three times as much. >> a comprehensive oral exam ranged from $85 to $275, for new patient, $75 to $275, a filling $200 to $412 and quality care does not have to cost more. >> they were just as likely to have as high of rating as those that charge low fees. >> the dirty secret of dennists they days, there are more and more dentists and fewer patients to treat. we hear about customers that the dentist recommended all of this work and i when to get a second opinion and he said fon of that was necessarily.

>> get a second opinion, your din test should transfer all of your records to another provider or give them to you to take to someone else. >> under the aaffordable care act, all individual and small health group plans provide coverage for children under 19, remember that it never hurts to negotiate, ask your dentist for a lower price before agreeing to have work done. our 6 abc viewers have free access for checkbooks and full reports of ratings. go to 6abc.com i'm nydia han channel 6 "action news." >> for alicia vitarelli, sara bloomquist and cecily tynan i'm brian taff. join me tonight along with ducis rogers for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl

17. coming up next on "action news" tonight at 5:00, president barack obama says it's never too late to make things right as he posthumously awards two veterans.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. the ceo of amtrak goes before congress and accepts responsibility for the deadly train derailment in philadelphia last month. it took eight lives and left hundreds injured and tonight amtrak is promising safety changes. it's tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is the amtrak hearing on what went wrong when train 188 went off the rails in port richmond. john rawlins is live now. >> congress wants answers or new facts at this point in time, it may not be realistic but they

wanted to know about the cell phone belonging to the engineer was it operating at the time of the operation at this point it can't tell. >> congress wanted an update from among others from safety investigator on what was learned since last month's crash. it learned little from the ntsb, they found no flaws in the locomotive, and tests from brandon bostian has not come back they have access to the phone but cannot tell if it was used. >> this involves looking at the times from different time zones, the outward facing video cameras and surveillance video. >> amtrak took post crash heat because they only had controls on southbound and not northbound rails