good afternoon, it is sunday, may 1. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news." thousands of runners take to the streets of philadelphia for a wet and cold broad street run we're live. tragedy in texas. four children are among the dead after a heavy rain triggered

flash flooding. plus, family and friends are coming together to remember a delaware teenager who died after a school assault. let's get the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers, wet today, wet all week. >> reporter: just about, who would have thought that christmas day would be warmer than the broad street run. that's crazy. >> reporter: mother nature is all confused. it's been a soggy morning around the delaware and lehigh lehigh . we have steady rain in the area, but the good news, look toward the west you can see the bechage pushing in the western suburbs. steady stuff in western chester and delaware counties, but it's not raining in pottstown and reading and lancaster, the rain has pulled east same thing with the lehigh valley. most of the heaviest stuff is

working out to sea. here's the new jersey turnpike from swedesboro into burlington county. steady rain in glad borough and -- glassboro and cherry hill. into the afternoon we go, south jersey and delaware we'll see moderate rains through 4:00 p.m. western suburbs starting to dry out. cloudy and damp maybe leftover drizzle, but the steadiest rains are pushing east. by 6:00. same thing it's cloudy west of philadelphia. and a a couple of leftover showers for south jersey and delaware. rain transitioning over to escorted showers, damp and chilly. 56 degrees, i'll have more rain in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast i'll did the details in just a few minutes. keep track of the forecast at 6abc.com/weather. between storm tracker 6 live radar and constant updates from our team of meteorologists, you'll be prepare for whatever

changes may happen. of course all that rain did not stop thousands of runners from taking part in a philadelphia tradition. runners braved the let's for the 37th annual broad street run. katherine scott has been on the race route all morning long and the wet weather did not dampen enthusiasm. >> reporter: it did not, nydia and gray. i'm starting to feel a little lonely. i'm feeling alone, the crews are out cleaning up the comes from the water stops and trying to get everything back open after a soggy, yet spectacular race. broad street was filled with runners and rain drops this morning. another year and another pumped up field of athletes making their way down broad street. i'm doing good, i'm still alive. thz -- this is amazes. >> reporter: 40,000 runners laced up to make the ten mile

trek down broad street to the navy yard our own cesily tynan among them. the race is rain or shine and organizers are prepared. all the volunteers are getting ponchos and we have extra heat blankets for the runners. >> reporter: you could hear the squishy sneakers pound the pavement always the runner came running by, you could see familiar faces at the 6abc water stop. nora muchanic among them. may be not ideal conditions for runners but nothing will stop them. tony was the first wheelchair racer to cross the finish line, bb mucuria took top prize, for the men. spectators lined broad street hoping to fuel the runners on. they are willing to be out here in the cold and wet and the

rain, i guess i can come out and cheer them on. this stretch of broad street is closed they are opening parts of broad street as they can, they are making progress. as for the runners i hope they are getting a hot lunch and hot bath. gray. i like how you put it, soggy, but spectacular. tow trucks towed away cars that were parked near north broad and hunting park avenue. the cars were taken to the parking authority parking lot. family and fends -- friends will gather today to express condolences for amy joyner-francis who died after being beaten inside her high school. trish hartman is in the satellite studio.

>> reporter: visitation will be held tonight, but no public requests for the family. join join was known to her friends as a peacemaker, a sophomore at howard high school school of technology. a fight broke out inside a girl's bathroom and amy was assaulted. she was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. the next day amy's friends returned to school where grief counselors were waiting. many are in shock that this happened to their friend. she was a lover not a fighter that's how she was. >> reporter: a family spokesperson said amy was a dedicated student not a troublemaker. this is not a young lady who was involved in street activity. this is an honor roll student manager of the wrestling team whose mother and father were

engaged in her life as well as the siblings. >> reporter: three female students were suspended and no interviewed by police, no charges have been filed. because there's a lot of work left to do in terms of reviewing evidence and relative facts we are not in a position at this time to file charges. on friday, police held a news conference to complain -- explain that the investigation will take time because of the amount of evidence in the case. the viewing will be held at st. paul me church in wilmington. now to texas where 6 people including four children have died in flash flooding. today dozens of people remain displaced. take a look at this, more than 67-inch of rain fell in less than an hour friday in the town of palestine.

64 linda asbury and her four great grandchildren ages 6 to 9 were swept away while trying to escape the fast-moving fire. she was trying to swim, it was hard to do it by herself. a 0-year-old man was killed when he was swept under the floodwaters. a spokeswoman said up to 30 people are displaced by the flood. we turn to the race for 2016, donald trump, ted cruz and hillary clinton and bernie sanders are campaigning in indiana today. cruz and john kasich spent part of yesterday speaking to voters there in california. they are courting delegates ahead of the june 7th primary. trump addressed the same convention in california friday. most of delaware's delegates

pledged support for trump. clinton and sanders spent much of the day in indiana rallying for votes. clinton will be at a fundraiser in michigan where sanders upset her in the state primary. sanders hopes his increasingly long shot candidacy slows country. two rail union rejected a tentative deal that averted a transit union strike. they voted not to ratify a new contract. union officials say they will return to the bargaining table with nj trans it. the union were part of the coalition that reached a deal with the agency in march, 24 hours before the strike deadline. there's much more to come on "action news" at noon including the pictures of britain's princess charlotte released just in time for her birthday. if you love the ballet,

you'll love this 6abc loves the arts. a freight train derailed in the nation's capitol spilling hazardous material. meteorologist chris sowers returns with the full accuweather forecast when "action news" continues.

a freight train derailed in washington, d.c. this morning spilling hazardous material. ten cars left the tracks near a metro stop. one of the derailed cars is leaking sodium hydroxide that is cruised to produce soap and

detergent. crews are working to contain the leak. officials say no injuries have been reported anticipate no evacuations ordered. at this point it is not cleared what caused the derailment. some of prince' family members will be in court to decide whole divide up the 300 million-dollar estate. a teenage you can't understand he owe grand niece may join his 6 syllabling -- siblings. prescription medication was found on prince at his home and where he died. chris sowers has a bit a good news. >> reporter: we're seal well-defined back edge -- we're seeing a well-defined back edge pushing through the western suburbs. live on sky 6, our temple university camera, folks, rain

continues, traffic is slow. we have ponding on roads here. it's a damp and real estate-type of afternoon, almost november like with the temperatures. steady rain for south jersey and delaware, look at the back edge now. western suburbs right here. it's through coatsville and honeybrook and approaching norristown and lansdale. reading is dry, lebanon dry, lancaster dry. green lane, pottstown all dry, moisture is east of you guys at that point. there's the delaware river right there. still raining in philadelphia. maybe another hour's worth of rain that will shift east and even the city itself will be clear here shortly. here's a look at our lightning counter. there's no lightning with this we're seeing downpours. there's a cluster south of washington, d.c. that's working east and not in our direction. we'll see leftover showers later this afternoon. it's a cloudy, damp and raw finish for the weekend. 47 in allentown.

the normal high is 69. allentown is probably only going up another degree or two. philadelphia, 56. millville, 351. dover, 52. cape may, 50 degrees, visibility is an issue down the shore. we're down to 4 miles in atlantic city. north of ocean city we are picking up visibility problems. everybody else is okay, 4 to 6 problems. west of philadelphia, reading and allentown and, 3 miles for the poconos. we'll start out tomorrow morning with clouds and maybe showers, we'll see clearing by afternoon. that will probably be, i don't think that will be all the sun we'll see this week, but there will not be much of it that's for sure. steady rains for south jersey and delaware, lighter stuff to the north, leftover stuff that will work east during the course of the afternoon.

here's 5:00 it's out to sea at that point. it it will be cloudy and damp, leftover drizzle or shower or two. monday morning, cloudy, leftover showers, patchy drizzle. by afternoon we'll see sunshine only to see the shower and heavy downpours return late in the day. this is 6:30 p.m. a couple of could be on the heavier side maybe thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. same thing for tuesday, same thing for wednesday and son sof. wednesday, thursday, friday, we're watching a coastal low which could bring steadier rains back to the area by the end of the week. leftover showers for today, damp and chilly. 56 degrees, overnights tonight leftover showers possible, patchy fog, 47 degrees outlying suburbs, 52 for center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're up to 73 degrees tomorrow.

again, a morning shower possible and then sunshine. as you saw on future tracker there's at another chance of showers during the afternoon. tuesday a shower threat, wednesday, thursday, friday, it's not raining every hour of everyday, but there's a threat of showers everyday of this week. okay. so go with it. thank you so much. hopefully this will make you smile, we're getting a glimpse of princess charlotte. the picture were taken by her mother ahead of her first birthday. the palace released a statement saying prince will quam l yam -- prince william and kate are happy to share the precious moments and hope you like them as much as they do. for more go to 6abc.com. philadelphia is known as a city of first, the pennsylvania

ballet is set to put on a program of firsts. karen rogers has more in 6abc loves the arts. this is a program made up of 3 ballets.... a world premiere... a north american premiere... and balanchine's first ballet in america...which marked a milestone in the history of dance. it is a very different program but at the same time its masterpieces from these three major choreographers that are together on stage. the show opens with george balanchine's serenade ....set to tchaikovsky's classic serenade in strings. it's one of the first ballets that he ever did for new york city ballet and its considered a master piece. he put are a standard on the dance in america. he used the dancers like they were part of the music. you visualize the music which is impressive. the program also includes the

world premiere of a work by the ballet's resident choreographer, matthew neenan. i think it will be appealing to an audience that is not used to classical ballet. some passages are very intense, but at the same time he makes something a little bit lighter. the program closes with the north american premiere of liam scarlett's asphodel meadows featuring music by french composer poulenc. the music is really strong and really powerful. there are three different movements that give you a different energy. it almost takes you by ply. a program of firsts runs may 12th through the 15th at the academy of music. for tickets animals show time go to arts in philly.org or 6abc loves the arts. for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. blinds to go's new cascade shades.

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this doesn't look very nice, a live look at the platt bridge, 12:22, 51 degrees, it's damp and chilly, get used to it that's what chris sowers says. new information to tell you about at noon, the phillie phanatic was at the philadelphia zoo this morning to greet the runners and walkers taking part in the lung love walk. theyic in order all the rain and gray and gloominess to attend the event. it raises money to fight lung cancer, the leading cancer killer in america. that's close to my heart. at noon the reopening of one of our favorite farmers market, many philadelphians have

farm-fresh fruits and vegetables within their reach. head house square farmers market will run sundays through september. on "healthcheck" more reasons to find mediterranean indict. the diet is linked to a lower risk of heart attack and stroke. the study examined 15,000 people in 39 countries participants were given a mediterranean diet score based on on eating healthy foods or western diet score based on on eating unhealthy food. people who ate the highest amounts of mediterranean foods there were three fewer heart attacks and strokes and deaths. sequels are in the work for popular disney movies.

jungle book and annie and one dalmations. sunday night is all new on 6abc. the america's funniest home videos, followed by once upon a time and the family, quantico is at 10:00 p.m., it's "action news" at 11:00 p.m. we'll be right back.

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the very hot phillies are hoping they don't get rained out this afternoon so they can

aim for a sweep of the cleveland indians, last night, the phils won a second straight game. freddie galvis hit a two run homer. and strong pitching backed by spectacular fielding sealed the deal. the phillies have won five straight of 8 of their last games. the eagles picked up 6 more players before the end of the nfl draft including west virginia running back wendell smallwood. he comes with baggage, though, he was arrested for intimidating a witness in a murder case. those charge were dropped. if you can find the sun call chris. we can't find it. >> reporter: or send a picture. if you're heading to citizens bank park this afternoon, the phillies taking on the cleveland indians be game number 3.

temperatures only top out in the mid 50s and there is a chance of showers in the forecast every single day this week. got it. nba countdown is next on channel 6. "action news" continues tonight at 6:00 p.m. for gray hall, chris sowers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. see you next weekend! p?p?o?gv

the following is a presentation of espn on abc. you know, if it weren't for dwyane wade in the last three minutes of game six, the heat would not be here. they might be in cancun already. 37 points for kemba walker. we have a game seven coming up next, on abc. >> michael at the foul line. >> what a play by bird! >> oh, man. ♪ rock rockin' with the best rockin' with the best ♪