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military veteran wants answer after a new jersey transit bus wouldn't let him on because they wouldn't let his service dog on. >> get up it's 5:30, time for work. >> reporter: i guess the navy is here, don't call eva during the show. we have a lot of clouds, most of the rain has passed to the east. there's additional sprinkle as showers in south jersey, it's mainly cloudy with sunny breaks, slight chance of a pop-up sprinkle or shower. 63 in allentown. 6 # in philadelphia. 66 in millville. we have a bit of a flow coming off the ocean we're adding a bit of moisture to the atmosphere, so it feels more humid this morning and stays more humid through the day. 69 by 8:00 a.m. mainly cloudy and dry across the region. as we roll through the day does look like it will be another warm one with highs in the low
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80s. high of 83 right there at 3:00 p.m. 69 by 8:00. 80 by noon, 77 by 6:00. again, sunny breaks at times, a lot of clouds in place. karen tomorrow we have potentially heavy rain arriving during the afternoon and evening. i'll talk about that coming up. let's get this day started because it's leading to a weekend. we're looking outside live looking at the schuylkill expressway heading toward montgomery drive. we had a disabled eastbound but it's cleared no problems. the big issues around the region downed trees and wires from the storms that hit days ago. chester county the tree blocking street road 926 at caleb drive. wawaset road at unionville. baltimore pike southbound blocked. some of the trees down, problems you'll see in that area. we have an disernt abington --
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accident abington, hung ton road. vineland camden shut down landis avenue between spring and maine road. barclay mill road and centerville road lancaster pike gets you around that. >> this is breaking overnight. 8 people and a pilot are dead after a plane crash in a alaska, cruise ship passengers on a sightseeing tour up on the plane. authorities have not said why the plane crashed into a cliff. 8 passengers were from the westerdam cruise ship. the sightseeing plane crashed against a granite rock face. federal officials say the weather is hampering recovery efforts. president obama will mourn with the city of charleston, south carolina where a gunman
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killed nine people. the president will deliver the eulogy for clementa pinkney inside the ame emanuel church with the shootings took place. >> reverend pinkney was a serve haven't to all we say thank you to brother pg -- pinkney for the work well done. >> the family of suspected gunman dylann roof released a statement saying they know peopler asking questions about the 21-year-old but they don't want to say anything while the victims families are grieving. "good morning america" will have a live report from charleston at 7:00 a.m. video of a brutal beating of a teen went viral but then the power of social media kicked in tracking down the teens behind the violence. the video was taken june 4th in germantown. the victim was walking home from martin luther king high school he was set on by a group of
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teens and by the end he had a concussion and had his teeth knocked out. more on what a concerned viewer did and how it led to an arrest it coming up in a live report at 6:00 a.m. an investigation is underway after a veteran said he was denied a ride on the new jersey transit bus because of his service dog. daniel wright a purple heart recipient tried to board a bus in newark, the veteran said the driver wouldn't let them on even though the dog was marked with its vest and tag. wright suffers from ptsd and says he needs tank for many reasons. >> he wakes me up from my night terrors. >> another bus came through and allowed them to board. new jersey transit is investigating the complaint. frustration is cleaning up after tuesday's storms, camden
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county didn't get the brunt of the storm but it's some of the worse damage they have seen in recent years, they are awaiting a disaster proclamation to release extra funds. public add juster reuben perez make sure that his customers gets the most out of their insurance. >> take pictures of stuff before you throw it out. take pictures to show that the items actually existed. >> the power is out at lindenwald towers which houses a hundred senior citizens. a back up generator running on gas is providing limited electricity. >> most of the remaining power outages are in new jersey, atlantic city reports 82,000 customers are off line. in peco they are working on 17,000 remaining outages. >> if you're one of the people,
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you have the windows open, you're sitting outside what's it going to do today. >> reporter: it will be a little more humid no blazing sun in your face, that's good. we have overnight showers that have gotten through sooner than the models suggested. so a lot of roads in the immediate region are dry at this point. obviously parts of south jersey is dealing with light rain that will be shooting off the coast before too much longer. as we look outside, we have at this hour, cloudy skies over philadelphia. we'll see sunny breaks, bus stop the clouds will be part of the package from start to finish. a little bit on the humid side, 69 degrees the current temperature, the dewpoint, 64 over the threshhold for humid air. winds out of the northeast not all that strong. out to our west we have mainly cloudy skies every now and then there might be a sprinkle or light shower that potassium up. if you see that, you'll be the
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vast minority. vast minority is that a conundrum? 67 by 11:00. 83 by 3, it will feel mug as we go through the day. as we take a look at temperatures from north to south, 08 in trenton, down the shore, cooler, 74 in cape may 76 for the high in atlantic city, warm humid mostly cloudy skies overall with sunny breaks, up close and personal down the shore, milled 70s in south jersey ocean temperature off ac has bumped up to the low 70s that's good. # 5 on -- 75 on the beach in rehoboth beach. 73 from our buoy on the delaware bay. phillies nationals come to town. as we head into saturday we have a wave of low pressure riding in from the west.
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during the day we are expecting the arrival of rain during the afternoon and evening and at some point during this it's going to be heavy rain. some of the models suggest that this will be a little delayed and the heavier stuffer is later tomorrow night. others are bringing it in during the afternoon. the future tracker 6 model delays it to late in the day. i think the way you want to play this, you have to plan for anytime after lunchtime on, at least some light rain moving in and eventually a swath of heavy rain is going to come in, if you have plans to be out and about in the afternoon or evening tomorrow you want to keep the tracker app handy on your smart phone or check with "action news" just to see how things are progressing. it does look like fairly early sunday morning this gets out of here, down the shore this weekend, low 70s in the water. upper 60s at time. 74 is the saturday high, breezy and rainy the farther you go through the day and night. 78 with clouds and sun and slight chance of pop-up shower
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there. 83 in philadelphia today mostly cloudy. for the weekend in the city, cooler and rainy on saturday, high of 73 degrees, at some point during this system either in the afternoon or at night. we'll see downpours and flash flooding wouldn't be out of the question. by the way mixed in on saturday night can't rule outline a -- rule out a thunderstorm. sunday, a little instability shower or thunderstorm. monday we're back to nice and bright. tuesday, a thunderstorm and warm and humid next week work be week we're spending it in the 80s. >> okay, david. a driver learns the hard way you cannot outrun police especially if you're running low on gas. >> a carjacker jumps inside a woman's vehicle with her children inside, we'll tell you how the two little girls managed
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to escape. >> reporter: looking live on woodhaven road at thornon road. that's traffic heading toward i-95. what does it look like in chadds ford, delaware county. details coming up. >> the pope marks a massive shift in all the catholic church might be looking at matrmony.
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>> yea for friday. it so feels like a friday, 5:43, on this fabulous friday we're all celebrating we have survived the workweek. it is 68 degrees outside for us today. >> you know, karen the only thing that would make it better is an easy commute. >> reporter: that would be nice and chances are you will not get that. well, you know you've got to be real realistic. 202 at baltimore pike, don't forget we have baltimore pike southbound blocked you have this repeated in so many areas with downed trees and wires still dealing with tuesday's storms and dealing that baltimore pike southbound close the at schoolhouse lane downed trees and downed wires. here moving okay. let's take you to the maps, some of the areas you're dealing with
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closures and restrictions. pebble lane near orchard lane. pearl crossroad near wayside drive. lights out on 73 we have irs -- we have areas where rights are not working at major intersections. you have to take time here. harmony road closed near swedesboro road. 295 at 207 and 653 abbey 680. we have ramps connecting 295 gibbstown and paulsboro the trees are still down. the crews are working around the clock but there's so much to fix. one of the construction areas on 322, be careful of that. weather wise we have no big
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problems right now 69 degrees, that early rain is pushing through south jersey and off the coastline for the most part right now. we're left with the day mostly cloudy skies and warm high of 83. >> new this morning authorities in tennessee are working right now to determine the cause of the crash that killed 6 people on a highway. police say the crash outside of chattanooga involved 9 vehicles on i-75 northbound. more than 15 people in the cars and many injured. police don't have the exact numbers. that stretch of roadway is expected to remain closed until sometime this morning. new on "action news," it turns out a motorcyclist running from police was running on empty. california highway patrol said the biker reached 115 miles per hour during the dangerous pursuit before he suddenly stopped because he had run out of gas. the man simply stepped off his bike and waited on the shoulder until authorities arrived. it is unclear why police were trying to pull him over in the
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first place. pope francis is shocking some of the faithful with comments on divorce. he said sometimes a split is inevitable sighting safety of women and children. it accepts those of when they come out of the church. it is one of the many progressive stances that he holds on social and political issues that challenge the cornerstone of the catholic faith. delegates from philadelphia are on their way home from rome. philadelphia can expect up to 2 million people coming from some 150 different countries. >> this event is national security event it's a complex event the planning structure is equally so or more complexed. logistics of dealing with the
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large crowd are driving up the price tag of the event. $45 million must be raised privately. the trip to rome may be over, but you can get the latest on the plans for the pope visit to philadelphia in september by following our dedicated twitter act at 6abc pope. christiane chris christie is poised to take action on the budget. that's the same day he will announce his run for president. cnn poll finds christy back tide with 7th place with ben carson and jeb bush is in first and donald trump is gaining ground coming in at number 2. >> i wouldn't be surprised to see more people in the race, it's going to be interesting to see how it ends up. a controversial bill to increase the number of
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the two tumbled out. they are doing just fine. >> reporter: wow. .. it is hard to imagine kids so young to react to quickly and bravely. let's go to south philadelphia, the platt bridge, no problems between 26th and i-95. if you're heading to the airport no delays there. new jersey transit atlantic city rail line still suspended because of so many downed trees on the rails. new jersey transit buses are cross honoring tickets dave. >> reporter: all right karen on the big board we have warm temperatures buildings during the day, this morning we're in the 60s we'll be up to 71 by 9:00 a.m. 80 degrees at noon. 83 is the high. sunny breaks mainly cloudy, a little bit humid, and mostly dry, a slit chance of a pop-up sprinkle or shower. most of you won't see it. in the poconos saturday, 62 degrees, look out for rain arriving it could get heavy at
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times or during the night causing possible flooding. that's the story for all of us across the region. sunday, 66 mostly cloudy not as wet. >> prosecutors in california have opened a criminal investigation in the deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. it could lead to involuntary manslaughter charges if they can approve negligence. 6 students were killed when the balcony broke off. the wooden beams sported the balcony were badly rotted by water damage. california house approved a hotly contested bill requiring vaccinations for all children. dozens of people protested against mandatory vaccines, but inside there were cheers. the bill was sparked by measles outbreak at disney lands. they removed personal and religious exemptionses --
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exemptions for vaccinations. >> a school bus was hit by bullets. >> we'll be right back.
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>> police are patrolling a north carolina high school after two bullets hit a bus filled with students. the driver was transporting summer school students in the charlotteville area. nobody was hurt. there was a fight on a campus
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before the shooting. it's not known whether the event is related. diamond santiago has been in the hospital since may 29th after being shot. she was visiting her stepfather in port richmond when two people opened fire. she was hit in the stomach and that bullet ripped apart her internal organs. >> she is fighting infections, her liver was damaged very bad so that's the partly right now that they are kind of concerned. >> we know people out there know the identities of the people, unfortunately we live in a time where the no snitching rule is in wide effect. >> the fraternal order of police is opening -- hoping that a 5,000-dollar reward will motivate someone to come forward with information. a customer stood his ground in arkansas.
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he survived the scuffle when he refused to get down on the ground during a holdup. he willing turned over his wallet, but that was not enough. he came face-to-face with the barrel of a gun. >> he pulled the trigger in my face, i turned my head just in time, there was blood i want down on the ground, i acted like i was dead, i want limp. >> the only regret williams has he said he wished he had been more aggressive and able to wrestle the gun away from the thief. >> i think we're just glad he is okay. >> it is 5:57 when we come back an innocent target, five teens face charges for a student beating caught on camera. >> the president claims victory for a pivotal victory on healthcare. the details when "action news" continues.
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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., friday, june 26 matt is off, eva pilgrim is joining us. here's what's happening. >> accuweather tracking a damp start to the morning and more rain will move in over the weekend. of. >> social media turns the tables on those behind a beating of a teen. >> cdc said if your eyes are red from the pool, don't come from the chlorine. >> if you can smell the chlorine, don't get in. >> reporter: let's go over to david murphy with accuweather and karen rogers has traffic good morning. >> reporter: we have showers that came through mainly over to the east. roads are dry as the showers are long gone. take a look at the shower activity. south

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