the latest from accuweather and melissa magee at the "action news" big board. >> sara and rick we are tracking moisture now and it's fairly light in nature, it won't be nearly as intense as it was tuesday, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you light showers moving across the western suburbs in berks county and lancaster county and that will be the case through the rest of the evening hours we'll show you satellite 6 along with action radar, 8:00 this morning we started out fairly dry and quiet underneath the mostly sunny skies and it approaches from a west-east direction and off the delaware valleys. we'll widen out the picture and show you stormtracker 6 live double scan this is the batch of moisture we are tracking out of western sections of pennsylvania this will ride to the east and the severe weather is down to the south and well south of philadelphia with the

strong watch box up in the virginias and north carolina and that will stay for the most part away from the region and the bulk of the moisture moves in late tonight and during the overnight hours and if you look at this you can see the heaviest down towards baltimore and to the south and dover we'll talk about what to expect with the moisture on the way showers and steady rain developing later tonight as we go through the overnight hours far south in delaware and southern sections of jersey a quarter to half inch on the way looking to be wet through the morning rush on friday. taking a closer look at future tracker 6 and looking at the precipitation with the full accuweather forecast. it's two days now since severe storms caused major damage across our region tonight the power is still out for many and the cleanup continues lets go live to vernon odom, in east greenwich

gloucester county. >> thank goodness it is open for two days now the power has been off for two days for a lot of people and store shelves are bare at this point, for folks the red cross and salvation army is the only salvation. >> people have received service at this operation center today and at least 250 were here yesterday and the need is still here folks in this neck of the woods are some of the many thousands of residents here in south jersey that are without power for 48 hours this center is vital providing food and water during the daylight hours and cell phone charging stations, we lost all power and computers and mobile devices and everything we come here to charge the phone. that is our only means of

communication to the outside world. >> our water works it's freezing cold so if you want to get a shower it's freezing water we have snacks but the refrigerator stuff is pretty much gone. >> cleanup continues from the storm that came through in 20 minutes but did damage to these communes, they are open for all over south jersey. >> the reception centers are not just for people in this immediate area, for anyone that is storm affected across south jersey region they are welcome to come to the centers to cool off and they can plug in equipment here, and beverages and the salami is providing food. >> the current plan is closing the center tonight at 6:00, because the weather forecast for tonight is moderate temperatures. vernon odom, channel 6 "action

news." >> thank you. south jersey continues to have the most power outages in our region atlantic city electric is reporting more than 18,000 outages and gloucester xoint has the most outages. >> the area hardest hit was tell wear county brookhaven is still under a state of emergency, peco crews are working around the clock but some people will not get power back until the weekend and some were able to go to emergency shelters like this one at ppl park, as always you can stay ahead of the storms and the ever changing weather by checking checking often at 6abc.com/weather, and get updates from the "action news" weather team by following at 6 abc on twitter. at least two people were seriously injured by a crash in

the feltonville section this afternoon, five vehicles were involved along the 4800 block of north front street, medics transported a man and woman to the hospital and no word on their conditions. newcastle county police were involved in a chase that ended in a crash this afternoon officers were called to a report of a suspicious vehicle on mill creek and mendenhall roads in hockessin, the driver of the vehicle took off and the chase ended when the fleeing car hit head-on into another vehicle. in other news tonight, the supreme court handed down a big victory for president obama's health care law today, in a 6-3 decision the court upheld the subsidies for states that do not have their own health exchange.

>> today is a victory for hard working americans across this country whose lives will continue to become more secure in a changing economy because of this law. >> president obama and his team celebrated with hugs in the oval office and republican leaders criticized the decision but didn't say if they would continue to fight it in congress. >> a catholic summer camp canceled their first week as a manhunt for two convicted murders continues. gene palmer was charged with helping them to giving them tools and in return one prisoner gave him paintings and information on illegal activity by other inmates. a south philadelphia hoagie shop raised thousands of dollars for a family of a police officer that dieded in the line of duty.

the ownsered s held a benefit for the family of robert wilson iii richie's handed of the proceeds to police commissioner charles ramsey. it was a great site as the tall ships came down the delaware river. 1,000 south jersey veterans boarded the battleship new jersey to watch the tall ship parade and they enjoy aid nice lunch as well and a ceremony honoring those that served our country, erin o'hearn joins us live along pens landing with all the excitement there. >> i need a collective fingers

crossed from you in the studio that the rain holds out a bill lit. because people are having a lot of fun down here including me and take a look behind me one of the tall ships can you guys wave, this is your big moment obviously everyone is anticipating to see the parade along the river for a long time, but there is more than just the tall ship, it's an amazing day to spend as one of the first weeks of summer. whether your indulgence was with this rocking cover band or trade in guitar for the violin for a taste of precolonial times today's tall ships event had it all. a taste of history and hoagies and the much anticipated arrival of the big duck. >> what are you looking forward to? >> the rubber ducky. >> olivia was more interested in her transformation into a

butterfly -- and this little guy was upset about his view from the stole stroller, it was a family event that had everyone smiling. >> my husband was talk about the ship that they recreated from way back when, and i saw them coming. >> it's a lot more than i expected. i have seen things on line but to see them in person it's much more spectacular. we didn't get the name of it but we made it under the ben franklin bridge who won? >> we did. >> okay as you heard everyone lined up on the dock and the ship's grand entrance made a huge splash, pun intended. i saw nydia han with her family and david murphy they were enjoying the festivities so rick and sara hurry up and finish up someone is holding a ice-cream for you. >> where are your kids?

with the babysitter right? >> they have a swim meet can you imagine. >> a likely story. >> thank you erin. >> they don't swim. time for a check of the "action news" traffic report. lets head to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> i don't want to rock the boat but if you are heading for the vine street expressway, you may want to jump ship a debris spril is taking out the right lane, not a lot of wind in your sails as you come down 95 to the vine street westbound. on the schuylkill heading towards the vine on the eastbound side, maybe some people headed to montgomery drive and the man music center for the concert tonight. and a rush concert in philadelphia, some people are headed down there. and that spill in felton and a fire to avoid in gloucester and

that area where vernon was reporting from, tons of downs trees be wires over in winslow township, traffic lights are out on 73 and monroe trees are blocking piney hollow road. we'll check it again in the next half hour. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 lululemon is recalling jackets recently sold in stores because of an injury hazard. >> a proud day for students and parents here in camden more than 500 seniors graduated here today plus meteorologist, melissa magee has word of rain moving in tonight.

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keeping pope francis safe when coming to philadelphia is a top priority of course today mayor michael nutter got expert advice on how to handle the challenge. the pope likes to move freely among the people and today mayor marino met p with mayor nutter

and the delegation to talk about the pope coming and keeping the city moving amid his presence frmg we remind you to stay with "action news" during the coverage of the world meeting of families, just follow our special handle at 6 abc pope. in tonight's health check antibiotics are miracle drugs that save millions and these super bugs pose a major medical crisis reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman has the word on slowing them down. >> zachary just finished a baseball when he started to cry. i said what is the matter and he said i have an ache and i'm dizzy. >> soon he was in the hospital an antibiotic did not work and the infection raced through his body almost killing him.

a year later zachary still walks with a limp. he was infects with mrsa, at least 2 million americans are in infecteddie. >> but super bugs undermine the drugs we rely on to fight infections. >> viral infections cannot be kaured by antibiotics and the misuse and overuse in people livestock and poultry have led to resistant bacteria. >> doctors and consumers are part of the problem we use antibiotics even when they won't work like for the cold or the flu, and we are the ones that insist on using them. zachary's mother who is a family doctor sees the problem

firsthand. >> if a person starts to fight i say you are fighting with the wrong doctor. and they are spearheading a movement to work with health care providers for when antibioticses are needed and when they are not. we have a report on 6abc.com. ali gorman, channel 6 "action news."

some zip up jackets told by lululemon are being walled because they can cause a person to be injured. they have a hard tip and if they get caught on something and are released they can snap back and hit someone in the face, if you have one of these jackets return it to the store or can't lululemon on the phone. a bank in wilmington delaware is taking atm cash services to the next level the action cam came to see the latest fast cash technology, it's a way that customers can use the mobile app to get cash from the atm, mobey a robot was there to demonstrate this is the fourth bank in the country

to offer the new service. more than 500 students from five camden high schools graduated today the dim diploma ceremony was held on the rutgers camden campus today. and the graduates from met east high school got their diplomas today and many graduates are headed to college this fall and celebrating the class of 2015 on their website and social media using the #~ college bound camden.

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>> first clouds and the rain rolling in melissa at the "action news" big board. >> we are tracking light rain showers across the region and they are still in philadelphia or out to our west. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you light sprinkles in philadelphia and some precipitation moving to the south of wilmington but going in tighter to street level can you see light moisture moving into philadelphia and same thing for media, route 30 and south of honey brook, light but steady moisture continues to make its way eastward thanks to a weaker system that makes its way into

the delaware valley tonight and early tomorrow. otherwise it's a comfortable afternoon, in philadelphia we are coming in at 81 and beach haven 85 and 77 in reading and allentown and the lehigh valley, look at this, this looked severe through the delaware and ohio valley and it makes its way eastward, we are track that for the rest of the tonight and the severe weather south of our region moving across virginia and north carolina at this hour. here is future tracker 6, and mostly cloudy and light rain around and points soung and west it could be a stronger burst of precipitation, otherwise it continues through the overnight hours and once again the heaviest looking to be south of the city down across extreme south jersey and showers strong enough to areas south of dover, at 8:00 in the morning

showers are around and tapering from a west-east direction, we are tracking not a whole lot we can find a quarter inch in wildwood and wilmington and overall that is what we are expecting as we go throughout the rest of tonight and into early friday morning, the get away forecast we have you covered at the city or shore or the poconos, after a damp start breaking out in the afternoon morning showers at the shore mostly cloudy in the poconos, here is your five-day at 5:00, showing you a damp start at 5:00 heavy rain developing saturday afternoon into saturday night, high of 74 and 78 on sunday and back to the upper 80s on tuesday. its with a great afternoon and in fact meteorologist, adam joseph, is up to something on the tall ships watching the parade go by. what are you up to?

>> they told me to go up here and actually fill the cannons with ammo, because all afternoon they are firing them off and they need extra juice i'll come back down to solid ground on the deck of the battleship new jersey, we held out the rain and there is cloud cover now, if we look to the philadelphia shore line the tall ships are docked and we have a festival, we have the ships and a lot going on on land and the camden side, we'll give you the exclusive accuweather forecast coming up in the next half hour. anything you want me to do? wash the decks. >> can you dive or do a cannon ball adam? >> cannon ball we can do that. >> up nism hundreds gather in south carolina to honor one of the nine victims of last week's charleston church shooting and

an armed thief sets his sites on a local wawa what he said to the cashier before he took all the money.

"action news" continues. >> hello again, monica will be along at 6:00 and sara bloomquist is joining us tonight, here is what is happening on "action news" this evening new jersey governor, chris christie is setting his sights on the white house and getting ready to run for president. we pulled out the stops to say thank you to philadelphia first responders who rushed into action after the amtrak derailment. now, the details after months of speculation and questions, it appears that new jersey governor chris christie will be joining the 2016 race for the white house next week, christie is expected to announce his candidacy on tuesday it would make him the 14th person seeking the republican nomination for president. "action news" reporter john rawlins live now in springfield

delaware county. hi john. >> reporter: well when the tuesday date began to emerge, "action news" was in trenton and we chose springfield because most of the voters here are registered republicans and we wanted to see if governor christie's name is generating much xipt. known for his blunt style is about to take a plunge into the pool of gop wannabes. excitement from a lobbyist and one time christie fundraiser. >> i haven't seen one person in the last 30 years of doing this that is more direct and candid with the people than chris christie he brings that to the national campaign delay he can do quite well. >> a one time democratic governor told him to focus on new jersey. christie running for president, shocking come back here to new jersey and fix our problems, that is what we need to get done

and now, we are in bad shape. >> in the wake of hurricane sandy he was seen as a potential gop front runner but after bridge gate and slow dispushsment of money for storm victims this triggered the outburst. >> i am happy to have the conversation later but until that time sit down and shut up. >> in springfield this was not a lot of excitement for the new jersey governor, it's concern is not for his policies but his style. >> i think is he full of himself he likes his own face in the public eye too much good he likes the limelight. >> kind of a blow hard and pompous and not a serious go i don't think he is sincere. >> that was a pretty typical sponwe had today in what was an

unscientific sampleing. the paa approval dropped from 50% in 2014 to just above 30%. it would seem that the governor wants to make a splash nationally he has to work on his image. john rawlins channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. in south carolina the first funerals were held today for the victims of the church massacre both ethel lance and total were laid to rest. >> we grew up in this church so we understood scripture we understood our purpose. for being here. >> tomorrow state senator

clementa pinckney will be laid to rest, president obama the first lady and vice president joe biden are expected to be in attendance. and tomorrow there will be more honoring of the victims, you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. the hunt it it on for two brazen thieves, this is video from crescent street in manayunk the two suspects drove up in the large van and got out one of them broke into the front door and the other one followed him pushing the handtruck and then the thieves were seen rolling the atm into the back of the work van, if you have information on this burglary call northeast detectives. police are looking for the man that held up a wawa in oxford circle. it happened on the 6900 block of caster avenue, the suspect went

in and lifted up his shirt to show he had a gun. he told the clerk we can do the easy way or the hard way the clerk opened three registers and handed over an unknown amount of money. you can see that again at 6abc.com. >> the state of delaware is reporting the first human case of west nile virus since 2013, a 6-year-old girl was briefly hospitalized with the virus and is now at home, this is the time that mosquitos are most active. symptoms include fever headaches body aches and body rash and swollen limp glands. it all came courtesy of several merchants at reading terminal market. >> hefty spoonfuls of eggs were

served up to host a breakfast and their honored guests were the first sponers for amtrak's doe railment. >> doughnuts and french toast all donated by dozens of mer chances, back in 2010 they host aid similar breakfast after the duck boat crash. this time it was hundreds of officers and firefighters. >> we can't all give our people raises or reward, but if someone honors you that goes a long way. >> it required a massive response and first stoppeders put their own lives on the line pulling victims from treacherous conditions. >> it was very dark and it was hazardous with downed wires going on and still people when to rescue as many people as they

could and they were literally risking their lives to do that. >> eight lives were lost but thanks to the first responders many more lives were saved. >> what we don't know is how many lives were saved ultimately there is no way to measure that, this is one small way to acknowledge the fine work they did. >> more than 200 police fire and emergency sponsors were served. folks walking down one center city neighborhood do not have to look up to see a rain bro, because the crosswalks scrosswalk ss are pained rainbow in support of the lbgt commune

lbgt community. >> i think they are pretty. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update tonight. hi there matt. locust road is anality fate and smith road or route 22 are alternates, downed wires and a bunch of traffic lights out at springfield road and new jersey transit a.c. rail lines still not running and the market

frankford lines has westbound delays. >> sharing the love. something for everyone. >> thank you matt, still to come on "action news" tonight, a very big night for the sixers, as they get ready to add tal ento the team, we are live in new york city ahead of the nba draft. and adam joseph is live aboard the uss new jersey in camden. adam be careful. >> i'm trying, they said i need to load this into one of guns but this baby is heavy and they are calling me a wimp because i can't lift a missile. we are on the uss new jersey. there are some tall ships on the philly side and some on the camden side. you think i can't lift it.

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. two stores in wilmington got a jump on national hiv testing day today the day recognizes around the country is saturday but two walgreens decided to start testing free today they will start in the locations on the 800 block of market street and 8500 on market street. newcastle county sheriff is going for a new title in next year's election trinidad and a half ar asays he will run for delaware insurance commission under. sheriff and a half ar a. students in newcastle county

spent the week learning about careers in construct technical high school held a construction camp entitled build your future the idea was to cultivate interest in careers in the construction industry. and the nba draft is less than two hours away. jaime apody is live in the sports center with more. jaime everybody wants to know what they are going to do? >> i want to know what they are going to do tonight is draft night, this could decide the sixer ez destiny. jeff skversky is live at the barclay center in brooklyn new york. who is the guy at number three i know you know? >> come on jaime with sam in control it's anyone's guess.

roughly from the sixers picking third overall for the second straight year, the minnesota timberwolves go number one and lakers go number two. expected to go one two is carl anthony towns and jahlil oglefor. and there are two others available. russell is a top scorer in college basketball last year as a freshman at ohio state he plays both guard spots and draws comparisons to nba mvp steph curry. >> at a young age i felt i could play for an nba team but i didn't know who i could play for. if i get selected by any team, i

am beyond blessed for it. >> if russell is off the board don't rule out the sixers taking a big guy like ogleford. and we caught up with sixer's big man nerlins noel would be a big issue for the sixers. >> you never know decisions are made and let the man work his magic. >> going into the second round developing guys like jeremy grant it will be an interesting night. >> hopefully it will be here is the sixers draft board six total picks five are in the second round. but don't be surprised if general manager, sam hinke dumps

some of those picks to get another first rounder. jefferson is expected to be on hand any minute here on this nba stage behind me here in brooklyn. >> exciting night thank you. the phillies are off tonight and they begin a serieses with washington tomorrow and cole hamels has his charity event tonight and you wonder if it will be his finale convenient here in philadelphia. and matt rule will be around for a while. and he signed a contract extension to keep him at the helm of the owls through the 2016 season, the owls opened the season at the linc, that is not as far away as we think. >> thank you. some budding artists are the newest graduates of a special scol in camden, new jersey here

on morgan boulevard got their diplomas after years of hard work, the school's goal is to challenge students academically and creatively, exposing them to the arts in and out of school. congratulations to all of these young men and women.

we are headed back to adam joseph live in camden. where the tall ships took place today.

you had a front row seat adam? >> it was call to watch it come by and the beauty and history that they hold. they are beautiful to look at but educational for high school and college students and it's on going every single year and spectacular to have them in philadelphia after 15 years of ab absence and we are on the battleship new jersey here all the time, a beautiful vessel if are you from camden looking to philadelphia here are some of the tall ships that docked. a beautiful ship, that was actually firing cannons as it was passing by if you go up furnish, you have saw grass that white ship there with the tall sails they had to come in last because they barely made it up the bridge of the ben franklin and the walt whitman and the last one was the eagle a tall ship that does training

for those that go out on the seas, once they go beyond the tall ships. most of that rain is to the west of lancaster county and berks county light moving along route 100 and 222 and this is spreading to the east and north in the overnight hours. millville 76 and philadelphia 81 down from the high of 84 and 73 sea isle city with the ocean 72. as we look at satellite and radar a big area of thunderstorms over chicago and blasting through the ohio valley, as you note they have weakened some and we don't see severe weather with this, but severe weather breaking out toward the virginias and the carolinas, at 11:00 tonight we see downpours develop can through wilmington and

philadelphia and south of dover and it intensifyies through the jove night hours and moves outs tomorrow and we have lingering showers at 8:00 and eventually peeks of sun as we get into the after noob hours. as we go through the next couple of days, we have low pressure that is to the south and east. moving off the coast tomorrow and improvement after a damp start. 80 degrees for a high and because the front is to the south, it's not all that humid tomorrow high pressure goes through new england here on saturday and that wraps the wind off the water with the low pressure to the west, we have a strong wind at the shore on saturday, and afternoon, soaking rains, 1 to 2 inches of rain here saturday afternoon and saturday night as the low drifts on through and should move through in time for the second half of the weekend, 72 is the ocean temperature heading down to the shore for the weekend and 75 for tomorrow and clouds lingering in the

afternoon, and saturday is an indoor kind of day and prosy and rainy and hit the arcades or one of the indoor glow in the dark mini golfs and sunday better with a little bit of sunshine and 78. as we look at the seven-day forecast tomorrow's 80 comes wet in the morning and saturday is the soaker in the afternoon and night. and improvement on sunday and another front tuesday, downpours and storms and 87 and we dry out wednesday and thursday and looking sunny and warm and low humidity with temperatures right around 86 degrees, can you see another tall ship coming in and they are drifting in time after time and they are docked but going out on the water every now and then through the upcoming weekend you can board them when they are docked on land and the largest rubber ducky is docked on the camden side along with the ferris wheel a lot going on

for the next few days ricky heard you don't like boats all that much, if you come and check it out they have plenty of life preservers for you. >> you know what i may be able to get it over my head. >> i was going to say that. >> glad you said it and not me.

right now monica malpass is standing by with these stories next at 6:00. what it will take to host the pope brian taff reports from rome. and a girl hit by gun fire immediates for information about the shooter. and people still without power after the storms on tuesday and they seek relief. now for cecily tynan adam joseph sara bloomquist and sharrie williams, have a nice evening.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. thursday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass in the news the new jersey senate votes on a budget that includes pension funning and the tall ships sail the tell wear for a weekend festival along the water front but the big story is another round of rain moving into our region sky 6 hd looking at the philadelphia international airport gray skies up above and heavy cloud cover and a chance for a thunderstorm in the late night hours but it

won't be anything like the devastating storms that hit us on tuesday fortunately. meteorologist, melissa magee tracking the storms. >> right now we are tracking light precipitation and light rainfall, mainly for the city and points to the north and west. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan, you can see the light rain for the city the 95 corridor and across our western suburbs in pennsylvania and we go tighter to street level and you can see rain along the i-95 corridor pressing into media and if you are traveling along route 3 south of malvern moving into pottstown and honey brock, we are dealing with light but steady moisture. we'll show you the temperatures however the moisture is moving on it it's pretty comfortable, most spots are in the 70s and the poconos 71 degrees and the poconos and lehigh valley, in sea isle city.