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e a lot of pain spread around for the weekend that the pope is here, starting friday night with large closures of center city and west philadelphia, we have the city map here now that they showed us at the news conference it run as long spring garden street to bridge avenue to jared to south street across to the delaware river this entire area of center city will be closed to vehicular traffic as well as this area of university city and 38th university to grays ferry. huge sections of west philadelphia closed to vehicular traffic, that mean fz you live in this area you can leave but you can never get back in. and septa buss that run north and south and east of west and this entire area, have to stop at the area, and there will be no septa trolley or bus service,
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a huge invention for people that live in center city and people that live outside of the city have to be aware of major highway closures the schuylkill will be closed from the blue route to i-95 eastbound and westbound it will be closed from i-95 to u.s. route 1, the roosevelt extension and route 76 the vine street expressway, will be closed from the schuylkill to the delaware rivers. in addition to that, city avenue between lancaster avenue route 30 and belmont avenue will be closed in both directions to all traffic, that is because that is where the pope will be staying in that area. so that area will be shut down to traffic as well. major inconveniences coming and the ben franklin bridge will be closed and the one bright spot,
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i-95 will remain open. that is the only major highway that will not be affected by all of this, people that live in center city will be most impacted. and people trying to get around the city like the major highways like the schuylkill expressway they will not be able to travel normally. the city is telling people to get ready and prepare ahead for the weekend of september 26th and 27th while the pope is here and be aware of that you not be able to get around, once again this huge section of center city shut down to all vehicular traffic, you can get out but you cannot get back in. it's not determined if taxi cabs will be able to traverse that area. but the one good news is if you are in this area before the shut down starts can you travel within that area. but once again if you leave the area you cannot get back in.
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you can still drive throughout the area, but if you are away for the weekend or during the week and want to come back sunday before monday morning, you will not be able to get back to that section. we'll post all of these graphics on our website and you can get a closer look at how you will be affected. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> by the looks of it everybody will be affected. and as you mentioned we have all the details from the news conference posted at 6abc.com. along with the itinerary for the pope's visit next month and you'll find the ongoing coverage and count on us for the latest updates. also, breaking now police are on the scene of another movie attack but we learned that the suspect is dead. this one happened in nashville tennessee, the suspect is armed with a gun and hatchet at a showing of mad max at the carmine theater this afternoon,
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he was killed in a shootout by police and an s.w.a.t. team that moved in. it's unclear if anyone in the theater was hurt. police are checking two backpacks that he was carrying this after a gunman killed two people in a louisiana theater. we have new information on a boy missing, lakwan lat mer is missing since monday. chad pradelli is live now with an update from the command center in falcroft where the search is being coordinated. >> reporter: there is a major discovery in this case, about an hour and a half ago a body was found in darby creek in nearby prospect park, it was found at darby crescent road, at this point no positive identification is made some we don't know if it's 11-year-oldquan
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lattimore lattimore. he was last seen riding his bike and yesterday the police and fbi and county investigators began searching for him and for much of today authorities were stopping to check cars and trunks and posting flyer around town looking for the sharon hill fifth grader and then an hour and a half ago the body was found in prospect creek, and i want to stress that no positive identification is made, the body is taken to the morgue and the cornor and or family members will have to make an identification and it appears to be a sad development. we'll have to wait and see if it's 11-year-old laquan.
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chopper 6 hd was over this collision with two school buses, we should say that no children were on either bus this is bordentown, burlington county a crash involving two school buses, this happened at route 130 and crosswicks road. police are investigating trying to figure out what led up to this collision involving two school buses. fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked an early morning fire in camden new jersey chopper 6 hd was over the scene as smoke billowed out of row homes on sheridan street a total of five homes were damaged and four of them were vacant. firefighters were on the scene for hours dousing the hot spots. >> now to accuweather what appears to be the first day below 90 degrees for sometime.
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adam joseph is outside where it's less humid today. >> it feels good where we are in the shade you don't have the stickiness to the air and the high temperature in philadelphia is just 88 degrees the average is 87 and this is typical, for this time of year. so far we are below 90 degrees and the official number has not come in and we'll have to wait until 5:30, 5:45 to see if we hit 90 in philadelphia. the poconos at 71 degrees, we have that westerly wind that is really helping to dry us out and in fact those dew points are below 60 degrees across the entire viewing area and it's dry and comfortable after those 70 plus dew points especially in southern areas yesterday that sparked the thunderstorms at the shore last night. but if you are stepping out this evening 85 at 7:00, we'll have
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clear skies through 10:00 and temperatures falling into the 70s tonight and for this evening, as we have the very dry air in place. when we come back we'll talk about the return of humidity and the wet end ahead of us. >> of course remember when are you not near a television, 6abc.com/weather keeps you up to date with the hourly forecast and live street level forecast from chopper 6 before you head out. now the latest on the international backlash for big game hunting we are hearing from the hunting guide charged in connection with the controversial death of cecil the lion. >> one of the professional hunters accused with a minnesota dentist of illegally killing cecil the lion today scoffing at the charges.
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>> theo bronchhorst accused of illegally luring it's lion out of the forest. dentist, walter palmer still in hiding and his florida vacation home vandalized his potential extradition by zimbabwe signed by 240,000 people. he maintains his hunt was legal and so does pittsburgh doctor who says he complied with all regulations and got the correct permits, so far zimbabwe authorities have not filed charges against him. today animal rights groups are focusing on companies that facilitate big game killing by shipping their horns and skins
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back to the u.s. >> if they condition have the trophies they will not kill them in the first place. boycott ups is on social media today because they shipped big game trophies, they accept taxidermy items that are legally obtained but are strongly against the trafficking or trade of endangered species but a lot of people having a lot to say about ups and big game hunting. >> thank you alicia. time to get the "action news" traffic report, lets send things over matt pellman with a look at your wednesday afternoon commute. >> with the news comes out a couple of hours ago that we will lose our schuylkill expressway for a couple of hours in september lets look at i-76 and enjoy it now while we can, and the big delays. on the eastbound side the half hour travel time is double and no crashes on the schuylkill
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just a lot of volume and same is true on 95 through the work zones headed towards the new traffic pattern at girard. speeds like miles per hour and south at walt whitman bridge luckily that one is off to the side. we have that one along 130 at crosswick street and the left lane is blocked and two earlier accidents on the northbound side in mercer county, and one in the left lane, lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report and happy hump day everyone they are talking about a pothole in bear, newcastle county. celebrate the schuylkill some more in the next half our gl we'll be mourning the schuylkill. >> thank you matt. still ahead mazda recalls 200,000 suvs and our area takes top priority for the repairs and the president builds support for the iran deal, hear his support
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would need a secret source for every single aspect of its program. no nation in history has been able to pull off such sub ter funl when subject to such rigorous inspection sfwlz it's not a treaty so it doesn't require congressional approval but they can reject it and the house majority leader says there will be a vote in september. a wild fire burning in california destroyed even more houses today as firefighters struggled to gain the upper hand and 56 homes are total losses now and it has charged 106 square miles and is not expected to be contained until monday, and cooler temperatures and higher humidity is helping firefighters make some progress. a truly terrifying experience for a 12-year-old boy who was home alone in arizona
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when someone broke in. he called 911 and the whole exchange was captured on this traumatic call. >> well, they were inside for 15 minutes while he stayed on the phone with the operator who became his life line, before the police arrived the boy came face-to-face with criminals in this very chilling exchange. >> please don't hurt me. >> did you open the door? >> he opened the door and saw you. what do i do? >> the burglars bolted but by that time the police had surrounded the house the boy was shaken up but thankfully not hurst and the boy thankful to the operator and the police who responded so quickly. >> what an awful ordeal for that
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poor kid. mazda is recalling 30000 of its biggest suvs they are recalling cx 9's through 2011 to 2014 they say that front extension parts can come loose and rust, and dealers will replace the detective parts where salt is used to clear roads in winter time. pennsylvania and delaware of course are all on that list. now to a look at today's closing numbers, a mixed bag on wall street the dow is off 10 points and the nasdaq up 34 and the s&p up 6.5 points on the day. low price grocery store aldi is hiring in its stores they need shift workers and managers. as well as the philadelphia mills mall if want to apply you
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have two hours to do it representatives will be on hand until 6:00 tonight. time for a check of accuweather we are hoping to snap a heat behave that has gone on for days i think meteorologist, adam joseph is standing by. did we make it? >> i thought i miss heard her so far today 88 in philadelphia but the new number has not come out. sky 6 hd in atlantic city bouncing around with the westerly wind and the shore is packed this particular week one of the biggest vacation weeks at the shore and thankfully the weather is cooperating and the west northwesterly winds are taking over and no breeze at the shore today 1 miles per hour at the boardwalk and same for the lehigh valley and it's the westerly northwesterly winds that have dried out the atmosphere over the last 24 hours. 83 in allentown and 87 in wilmington and at the shore can
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you see similar numbers, 86 in beach haven and the same for cape may satellite and radar locally we have fair weather cumulous clouds bubbling up from the lehigh valley to the poconos as we widen out and look to the west in st. louis and memphis, can you see this spin with precipitation begins to expand in real estate a low pressure center working west to east and will scrape by some of us here for the end of the week. future tracker 6 showing at 9:00 tomorrow morn sunshine is around and clouds building to the south and west and by the afternoon and evening hours, at 6:00, the clouds really taking over, rain to the south and west. and as we get into thursday night and friday morning it looks like the system will be far enough south as far north as philadelphia and does get some rain here during the day on friday. if are you philadelphia to the
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north a mixture of sun and clouds and a split of who is dry and who is wet here. partly cloudy and comfortable, allentown 59 and lancaster, 67 in philadelphia and mid-60s at the shore. your four day at 4:00, tomorrow is a dry day but transition day from sun to clouds and 84 degrees, it's cloudy philadelphia to the north as it looks now and rain to the south unfortunately for the shore towns, 82 degrees and becoming sunny leer for the weekend, the system starts to pull away saturday morning at 84 and a lot of sun on sunday and low humidity with a temperature of 86 degrees, we could all use the rain you don't want rain at the shore i know this time of year but we need it to get the ground wet. >> not at the beach. >> that is where it will be. some philadelphia high school students are being
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recognized for the way they spent their summer vacation they learned careers in water management at the training center, on how to build environmentally friendly storm systems all the students were honored who completed the course in center city today. and coming up a man in trouble with the law in new jersey, he is accused of mailing candy laced with drugs. it spanned more than 1800 miles across the country. and they are husband and wife and business partners meet the former business woman and microbiologist serving up a european sweet treat they are making here in westchester. well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!?
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technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. well, i'm gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. red velvet. oh, thank you. i made this. take charge of your retirement. talk to a state farm agent today.
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a colorado man is accused of shipping drug laced candy to new jersey. they say they found traces of lsd in his home in boulder,
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colorado and accused of having ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms he is accused of shipping the drugs to egg harbor township and atlantic city he will be extradited to knowledge to face charges. philadelphia police are hope that service video will help identify a burglary suspect who broke into a home two weeks ago, police say he broke a rear window and stole $6000 worth of appliances. if you know anything about this crime and this man you are asked to call police. >> she was a business woman and he was a bio chemist but this couple gave did all up to bring a sweet staple to the delaware valley. what inspired them to follow their taste buds to waffle topia.
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we'll tell you about it in big talkers.
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it is 4:30 and "action news" continues and will likely continue for the next several weeks. we got a detailed look at how next month's papal visit will
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impact philadelphia and beyond. surrounded by several local and state authorities mayor michael nutter unveiled the plan dealing with 1.5 million people of the so-called traffic box, starting at 6:00 p.m. on friday september 25th only people on bikes can enter that bike. spring garden to bridge and bridge to girard and to the schuylkill river and south street river to river the east boundary is delaware avenue to spring garden street and the eastboundry goes to the schuylkill river stopping just be low the girard bridge and a traffic stop goes into effect from powellton avenue to 38th at the north end at university avenue to grays ferry at the south end the eastboundry
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includes the schuylkill river and the train tracks, running down from 3rd street. several major highways will shut down at 10:00 friday night 25th i-76 eastbound from 95 to 76 westbound to route 1, i-676 also shut down in both directions from 76 to 95 and route 1 is also closed in both directions from route 30 to belmont avenue. finally the ben franklin bridge will about closed to vehicles from 10:00 friday night until noon on sunday. but open to those that want to walk or come in on bicycle. and now they say that divorced catholics deserve better treatment from it's church, they say they are living in sin and not allowed to
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receive communion instead the pope said those people should be looked upon with mercy and welcomed by the church but did not indicate he would lift the ban on communion. you can check our twitter account, 6 abc pope, to get all the news from the vatican and we'll pope all the news from the visit including the road closures we just detailed. now the racketeering and conspiracy case against long time philadelphia senator chaka fattah this after the 69-year-old's bail was set at $400,000. meanwhile, as viederman was making his court appearance chaka fattah was talking to vernon odom. he joins us live with the interview in the wake of the indictment. vernon? >> reporter: good evening
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congressman fattah continues to declare his complete innocence and his intense to run for re-election next year. >> i am happy to be here for this night out, this is going all across my district. >> congressman fattah has not gone into seclusion after the long indictment against him he is as visible as ever while he awaits trial he calls these charges nothing but a political witch hunt, when have you a big profile you are a big target. >> prosecutors say he was the king pin for schemes using charity money and donations to channel money to family and members of his tight circle. two of his associated have pleaded guilty already and four more are charged in the case and others are cooperating with prosecutors.
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>> the law tells you that when people have something to gain have you to discount what it is they have to say. >> he claims to present a strong case when he goes on trial. >> i will not compromise or retreat one inch from the fact that i am innocent. >> sara congressman fattah's first appearance in court is set for august 18th live at the courthouse in center city, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the president of reading city council just admitted his role in a political bribery scheme francisco acosta plead guilty in a scheme to repeal the cap on campaign contributions during the campaign primary, he is the first public officials to
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be charged after the fbi raided city hall last month. we are told a child is in critical condition after being rescued from a pool this morning. they were called to capital trail in newark just after 9:00 a.m. they found the child without a pulse and not breathing and they began cpr and rushed the child to christiana hospital. philadelphia police say that a worker with a baseball bat scared away this would be robber last month, surveillance cameras captured the masked gunman walking into the grocery store on north 15th street on july 31st. seconds later he tried to pull over the door to the closed register area and the suspect took off running, if you have information on the attempted robbery or suspect call central detectives. >> if you look at your screen and see the square there on the
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corner, it says that temperatures are in the 80s. haven't seen that in a while. >> it's kind of nice. and you can feel the difference. have you to do weather, know how to do weather. take a look right now at the number in the mid-atlantic 80s in philadelphia and 6-in new york city, so far there was an eight day heat wave, the official number has not come in but if we were hit 90 on the off hour, but as of right now eight days and broken at this points and continues for washington and richmond. we head to camelback mountain people are enjoying blue sky and the water park, 73 degrees, dew point is nice and low and the wind out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour, and cape may a sea of blue there from the umbrellas to the oceans to the sky, and with the land breeze we are not kicking in the sea breeze with the ocean water cool
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now. we'll chat about rain coming in for a few of us and have the weekend call in just a bit. >> construction plans are complete about the upscale high-rise in old city. monica malpass simone legree live with more. >> the 17 story building is going up on the 200 block of ray street and the images are pretty impressive. look at what we saw today. the building will tower over ray street and the developer broke ground on the project today and coming up tonight at 5:00, we'll tell you everything included the construction plans and just how residents feel about this big change to their neighborhood. we'll have that story and more at 5:00. >> monica thank you. virtua health held a seminar for breast feeding. lactation consultants joined employees and mothers to promote
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support for breast feeding in workplaces they gathered in the cafeteria to raise awareness. this year's theme is make it work. they met years ago at penn state and worked in the corporate world and then one international taste inspired this couple to save up sweat equity and start a business from scratch. >> yummy. rolling the dough balls. >> they are partners and husband and wife and full-time bakers. she was a business woman and he was a microbiologist. but they quit the corporate rate world because of one sweet, special bite in belgium. >> this is a sweet treat for centsries, people buy it and walk down the street. >> we said these need to happen, they need to come to the states
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they are not just any waffles but belgium leage. >> that sounds fancy. >> they saved up and started tinkering with recipes and waffle topia was born today they hand make each and everyone from scratch at the artisan exchange in westchester. >> this is what make its all lovely and delicious that being imported belgium sugar. >> these white globs is where the magic happens. >> but they also make a waffle stuffed. >> you bite in it's bliss. >> and the orange pomegranate. we have two beer waffles, so you're welcome america. >> did i mention the bacon.
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>> just skip the syrup. we don't need no stinkin syrup. they are good just on their own in that sleeve. you can find that at local famers market and their website and find them at green aisle grocery in philadelphia and they were just on philadelphia food find. details are on 6abc.com. >> love that couple they look like so much fun. >> you're welcome america. >> beer waffles what else can we say. you know how sometimes sunscreen smells so good you want to drink it. >> no i don't know that. never heard of that. >> why this works and why you want it straight ahead. >> plus, it sounds like magic write down the things you want in a partner and wait for them to peer. the blogger her perfect match was missing one major thing. >> and he may look like a toddler but this british baby is
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practically a newborn. you will never believe what of a hair head start he has and who the parents blame that thick mane on. and adam joseph has your full forecast when "action news" comes right back. i have type 2 diabetes. i started with pills. and now i take a long-acting insulin at night. i take mine in the morning. i was trying to eat right, stay active. but i wasn't reaching my a1c goal anymore. man: my doctor says diabetes changes over time.
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>> here at the big board and big trouble for a massachusetts 911 dispatcher whose job is now on the line after she hung up on spanish speaking callers, the chief furious and disgusted by how it was all handled. well the chief says that that one caller in need was never heard from again and a translator was suppose to be called in to help every caller, this is the third offense for this operator and she has been placed on leave. now to an experiment called the perfect match this is lexie a relationship blogger looking for a relationship enter glamour magazine to help her find the man of her dreams. >> you want me to write down
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every quality i want in a man on a wall? lexie is looking for someone tall preferably jewish and kind and while she is making this list she is interviewing men and a guy by the name of brian meets her criteria by more than 90%, but the date doesn't go so well while it's perfect on paper the chemistry is not there. >> you can meet a guy that fits everything on your list, but perfection does not exist you need the spark, a feeling an energy thark is what really matters. and that is the take away, but there will not be a second date but they are remain friends. finally to a baby that is sparking serious hair envy, this is ferguson he was born with a lot of hair and now 6 months
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old, his locks are super long and luxurious he has had two hair curts and most kids don't get their first until they are 2. and that is his cousin chloe waiting for her's there. what kind of products do they use to style this kid. it looks like a wig in some pictures. great smile. a nice wave. thank you. lets get a check of the roads tonight. matt pellman is standing by in the "action news" traffic center with an update. things are hairy on these roadways. >> oh, aye. >> don't you know a broken down cement truck and it's leaking cement northbound lanes on
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cotman, the center lane and appears the right lane now is blocked by the broken down cement truck this does not bode well for the afternoon commute we are locked up northbound from cotman avenue, a crash to watch out for in phoenixville at pennsylvania avenue at the prema motel. and balligomingo road is detoured. a bad crash and medical chopper called to the scene a motorcycle ran into a pedestrian at apple wood drive and a wreck along allentown at thorndale drive and outside at route 1, the not so super highway in buck county, a crash close to route 13 now close to the side but giving us delays north of oxford
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road. >> very good thank you. meteorologist, adam joseph back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next.
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all right meteorologist, ableage, is standing by we are happy because it feels comfortable outside. >> temperatures are average for this time of year in the upper r. >> are you talking about rain too. >> some of us 60% of us will be dry and the rest of us not so much. lets enjoy it with the sunshine on penn's landing and looking nice with the flags flapping in the west northwesterly wind that brought in the drier air double scan live radar we are quiet at this point just a few fair weather cumulous clouds north of philadelphia temperatures are only in the low 80s, beautiful
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in quakertown and martins creek and the same for saint davids and to the south browns mills and hammonton 85 degrees and bridgeton we are coming in at 87, the dew points below 60 and higher in some of the shore towns because of the wind coming in off the bay and that jumps the number in cape may but overall dry comfortable air is back in play. satellite and radar showing fair weather clouds to the north but fairly dry in the mid-atlantic at the present time. as we look at the forecast partly cloudy and pleasant and 50s, in the suburbs 67 degrees for center city and tomorrow we watch low pressure coming in from the ohio and tennessee valley we start with clouds and end with clouds and temperatures 84 degrees and the low works from the west to the east rather than going up to the north and
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east as it seems right now, high pressure to the north is trying to bring a northerly wind in to keep things dry north of philadelphia, and the low is close enough to see rain at the end of the week, future tracker 6 for friday shows philadelphia getting some rain and a little falling to the south at the shores of new jersey as well as the beaches in delaware could be a wet end of the week on friday. get out and enjoy down at the shore. temperatures in the 80s and chilly at 64 and sea isle city, i'll be there tomorrow 81 degrees and 79 for the beaches rehoboth and bethany. sun with high clouds and 84 degrees tomorrow and clouds on friday and rain to the south and 82 it quickly moves out here and sunny and 84 and sun the second half of the weekend and we stay there at the beginning of nemt week before some wet
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weather comes in with temperatures in the low 80s, so it's a beautiful thing at least in my eyes in the seven-day forecast, we did not see 90s after eight straight days in a row. we are due for a break. >> thank you adam. what's the deal. up next. >> what is the deal?
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so many availables, there are no standards forfeiting room design and each bran has their own way of aproefrping the fitting room. >> i wear a fitted outfit and head to my local mall for a look at comparative selfies. dressing room one yikes. every bulge comes to the forefront. the overheadlighting is not working. >> and this one peach? the only thing you can look out for is dimly lit rooms you can't see if something is pinches or cinched. this one is brighter but a realization, i see how hideous dressing rooms make me feel but then -- >> okay now we are talking. this light is awesome. lights on both sides of the
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mirror mack mirror make a huge difference, i could shop here all day, bright light and it's light. i could move into this dressing room. remember the next time you feel bad trying on clothes, it's probably not you it's the dressing room. >> it's always the dressing room obviously. the take away, try on clothes in natural light and look for a high quality full sized mirror. >> you would think the retailers would figure that out already you would be more likely to buy it. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for sara bloomquist alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. here are monica malpass and brian taff. >> coming up n we are live at the philadelphia zoo. >> that is where we find meteorologist cecily tynan on an outdoor adventure. >> who do you have there? >> i have cooper here, a ring net dove and cooper is on the
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air before, but he is under lock and key now, but he has gotten more adventurous the most -- type of dove and domesticated for thousands of years and they are easy to take care of. i will introduce interesting animals including the biggest cat in the world live from the philadelphia zoo. back to you guys. >> thank you cecily that and much more.
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wednesday night and the big story on "action news" is the road closures for the papal visit including the ben franklin bridge annie mccormick has reaction but first david henry with details on all the closures. >> reporter: now is a good time to plan ahead, because these
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major closures are causing major headaches for a lot of people that live and work in center city. >> folks should start thinking ahead and making plans now because this event will impact the every day life of our city and our city government. >> reporter: all of centser city and west philadelphia will be closed off to vehicular traffic, spring garden up to girard and down the schuylkill river to south street and the delaware river, universe city is closed to powellton avenue to the north down university to grays ferry on the western and southern boundaries the closures begin 6:00 p.m. friday anyone that has a vehicle within the boxes can drive out but you won't be able to get back in until monday morning but you'll be able to drive anywhere within the box septa trolleys and buses wi

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