temperatures spiked into the 80's and down to the south that is where they're expecting some severe weather. in fact severe thunderstorm watches for parts of western virginia and virginia. locally nothing happening at the present time on double scan live radar. we're not expecting much in the way of any rainfall until closer to that 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock hour tonight. look to the south and west, decent amount of lightning in this area. over a thousand lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes. all this is aiming in our direction and we could hear rumble of thunder as this passes through during the overnight hours but the severe risk which earlier the storm prediction center out of norman, oklahoma they issued these across the country, they had our southern areas in the slight risk. that has been pushed way to the south and east. we're not looking at severe weather as this progresses through the region overnight tonight but again will bring quite a bit of rainfall. by 11 o'clock the rain intensifying especially in delaware chester county southern parts of lancaster

county and as we go through the next 12 to 18 hours, the key time will be 11:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. for that steadiest of the rain, even some torrential downpours, even an embedded heavy thunderstorm could pass through but again not looking to the severe side and we're looking at a good soaking here about three-quarters to as much as an inch and a quarter after seeing quite a bit of rain during the day yesterday. and after this passes by we'll catch a little break here tomorrow afternoon and then more showers through much of the week. we'll talk about the unsettled weather patter tern we have been stuck in coming up sharrie in full accuweather forecast. >> adam see you in a bit. with the potential for severe thunderstorms in the forecast be sure to keep 6abc.com/weather close at hand. storm tracker6 live radar is the perfect way to know when and where the heaviest storms will hit next. >> a second person has now died after a crash in east falls over the weekend. that wreck also claimed the life of a child and sent several other people to the

hospital. "action news"'s sarah bloomquist live at the scene this afternoon and sarah investigators gave us an update today on what they think caused this. >> reporter: well, brian police think the car carrying seven people including four children spun out on the wet pavement crossing the center line on the curve behind me. nobody in that car was restrained in any way as you said one adult and a young boy were killed from that car. five others remain in critical condition. balloons mark the spot where yesterday's horrific crash happened on henry avenue in east falls. they were placed there by janice thomas who was with her adult granddaughter when they came upon the collision just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. she said people including two off duty police officers stopped to help. >> everybody chipped in. there were women who possibly were nurses who actually were assisting with the two little children and the gentleman on

the ground. you could see his leg was clearly broken but he had a huge laceration on the back of his head. >> reporter: that man 20-year-old sigh year ross wilson who had been in the back seat passed away last night. six-year-old eric barksdale perez had been ejected out the rear window. how pronounced dead a short time later. two women a driver an front seat passenger were also ejected from the car. ross wilson's seven week olds daughter was critically injured in the wreck along with two other boys ages four and five riding in the back seat. police said today their mazda six spun out across the center line colliding with a mazda three carrying two adult passengers. >> it didn't seem it was excessive speed. roadway was wet. you have to take the time when the road way is wet. >> reporter: also contributing to the severity of the injuries police say only the infant was restrained in a car seat. nobody else was wearing a seat belt or in a car seat as required bylaw. >> if everyone was restrained there clearly would be less

severe injuries for sure. maybe not anybody killed. >> for that many people to be in a car, the children weren't safe. and it's sad that it had to happen like this but for other people, please take a lesson from this. >> reporter: now t-the occupants of the other car are also in critical but stable condition. they were in fact wearing seat belts. police do not believe that either driver was impaired in any way. live in east falls, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news. sharrie. >> sarah, thank you. a pennsylvania judge is considering whether to grant an appeal hearing to jerry sandusky. the former penn state assistant football coach appeared in center county court today. he says he was unfairly convicted of molesting children and he wants a new trial. sandusky's team says he had

ineffective counsel. the judge concluded with outmaking a decision outside the courthouse reporters heard a letter written by sandusky himself. >> i am an innocent man serving what amounts to a life sentence. people have betrayed, attacked and vilified family, supporters and me. >> reporter: "action news" reporter chad pradelli will have more on sandusky's statement coming up tonight at 5 o'clock. >> jury selection began today in the corruption trial of long time pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah. the process begins less than a week after fattah lost his bid for reelection. "action news" reporter vernon odom now live in center city with more on the case today. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, brian. several hundred potential jurors spent this day inside the ceremonial courtroom here in the first floor at the federal courthouse building here in olde city and enduring and that is the right word,

the lengthy screening process as judge harvey bartle and the lawyers involved went over the questionnaires fill out this morning. several dozen have been dismissed late today. the rest will return here to the federal courthouse in the morning. the 11 term congressman lost his bid for a 12th term last week. the corruption charges cost him his seat. his federal trial could last eight weeks. well into summertime. fattah and four associates including former staff members are charged with racketeering, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, bribery and money laundering. fattah was a member of the powerful house appropriations committee bringing home millions of dollars from that washington for housing, scholarships, transportation and crime prevention. now the federal prosecutor accuses him of being a crook of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds and charitable grants to enrich family and friends. fattah calls the seven year fbi probe a political witch hunter. he says he's done nothing

wrong. his son chaka fattah is in federal prison the result avenue private sector fraud scheme. because of chaka fattah's enduring high profile 400 potential jurors are being screened today through question fairs and direct questioning by court officials. this jury selection process could go on for several more days. a two month trial like this generates plenty of hardship claims from the jury pool. the actual trial itself with testimony and opening statements is set now for may 16th. live at the federal courthouse in olde city, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon, thank you. now to a big story that we're following out of new jersey today. despite the fact that it's running on fumes, a financially strapped atlantic city did find a way to make its $1.8 million bond payment today. mayor don guardian held a press conference this morning saying that even though

they're what he calls teetering on the edge they did not want to be the first municipality to default on its debt since fort lee did in the 1930's. guardian says this will not affect payroll or school payments but they did as guard onput it have to rummage through the sofa cushions to scrape together this money. >> we're trying to get through day to day. we've stop making purchases weeks ago. we certainly haven't replaced any staff for any reason through attrition. there is no -- any additional payroll without undue circumstances and so, yeah, we're doing a type where we understand how important these payments are to make. >> reporter: things are pretty tight around there right now the state senate has passed a takeover plan supported by governor chris christie but guardian is standing his ground against it saying his city would be completely shut out and not have what he calls a seat at the table. now the state assembly has its own plan that would give

atlantic city two more years to get its financial situation in line. now, that could come up for a vote on thursday. meanwhile governor christie did not mince words today asking whether guardian "wants a medal for making a debt payment and saying that he's confident they're in such rough shape that this will not be the case next month. so, some fighting words today and certainly a situation for atlantic city to work out. sharrie and brian. >> yeah, ongoing saga one we'll continue to follow. it is time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, let's send it over to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center on monday afternoon. hey, matt. >> we could be in better shape as we start the new work week, starter the new motorails this afternoon brian and sharrie. already we're seeing 20 minute delays across-the-board on the septa regional rails because of some signal problems so your train good chance it might be late this afternoon and don't forget the a.c. rail line is not running all week until friday at least between 30th street station and pennsauken.

you're on the buses instead of the trains because of work on the delair bridge and then during the overnights that busing extends which cherry hill. that lasts all this work week on njt's ac rail line. dry along the roosevelt boulevard but wow is it couldn't jested in both directions here by roberts avenue. northbound backing up like it usually does headed up towards broad street. southbound busy headed down towards fox. farther north there are a couple accidents on the boulevard, one southbound at red line, another northbound at conwell avenue with typical speeds in the 20's as you sit through the traffic lights. we had a bus accident in north philadelphia that just cleared at second and ontario but in tacony watch out for a crash along levick at torresdale. there was one on 95 northbound, it's gone now near cottman but speeds are still slow and in glassboro a crash on 322 near lehigh road. let's do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. we just saw 2 miles per hour here on 422 eastbound as you come out of berks county near douglassville. major crash report there had

by lee boat man. thank you lee. keep tabs on that and we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> sounds good matt. thank you. still ahead here at 4 o'clock today the fight over prince's fortune begins as his family shows up to court. >> plus, it's a problem in communities all across the region. today governor chris christie announced what new jersey is doing to fight lead in schools. >> and it's end of a line for a popular sporting goods store. what it means for hundreds of jobs here at home. >> ♪

>> with the water crisis in flint, michigan fresh on the public's mind there's a new initiative in new jersey to test the water in every single public school. and to let parents know whether it's safe for their kids to drink. today governor chris christie says he will require every single one of the state's public schools to test for lead starting next school year. so he's asking the legislature for $10 million to pay for this mandatory testing.

this follows an announcement back in march that indicates testing did find levels of lead in half of the school buildings in newark. christie says this mandate takes the testing process one step further. >> they've been required already to deliver by regulation safe drinking water to everybody in the school. that's already a requirement. what we're saying now is we're going to require you to test and publish the results of throws tests to parents and to the public so that they know. >> so if lead is detected christie says it's up to the individual school district to decide how to handle it. the state does not have a say in that matter. in camden, for instance, lead was detector back in 2002. rather than update the pipes there which can get costly they he switched to bottled water. so just one example but that testing will be mandatory for the whole state now. sharrie. >> safety precautions. i'm sure parents are in favor for that one. alicia thank you. prince's family went to court today to begin sorting out what will happen with the

superstar's fortune. during the brief hearing in minnesota the judge confirmed brimmer trust will manage prince's multi-million dollars evident estate. they have not found a will but plan to continue searching. the cause of death's sudden death remains under investigation. >> the presidential candidates are stumping for last minute support today in indiana. that state's primary tomorrow could be make or break for ted cruz's campaign. he made a number of appearances today and even tried to sway donald trump supporters away from the frontrunner. but despite endorsement from indiana's governor cruz is trailing trump by double digits. >> the entire country is looking to indiana and really depending on indiana to pull us back from this cliff that we're staring over. >> now the indiana primary is also a must win for bernie sanders. he's slightly behind hillary clinton right now but even if he loses, he says he will not concede before the democratic convention in philadelphia and today he even predicted that

will be a contested conventio convention. >> sports authority has decided to close all of its stores nationwide. the company is more than a billion dollars in debt. it announced two months ago it plans to close 140 stores but now executives say they will sell off its remaining assets rather than filing for bankruptcy and trying to reorganize. sports authority had hold an auction on may 16th. a potential buyer could decide to reopen some locations saving some of the companies' 14,500 jobs. now here's a look at today's closing numbers and we start this work week with good news here. the dow up more than 117 points, the nasdaq is up more than 42 and the s & p 500 is up more than 16 points. gnc may be considering a say. the company says it has hired gold plan sacks to advise it as it looks for a way forward. that could include taking on financial partners or looking for a buyer. the company is worth about

3-pointer $1 billion but its earnings and projections last week disappointed investors and dropped the company stock 29 percent. >> it was very wet sunday. >> you know firsthand. >> that's right. everyone else who ran broad street, what troopers were out there yesterday but we're tracking a little bit more in the way of rain this afternoon. >> yeah. looks like we're in a bit avenue patent let's head to meteorologist adam joseph for the details. >> we're stuck in the muck so to speak and that's going to continue through much of the week. a rounder of heavy rain passing through and today pretty gloomy as we look live on sky6 at the commodore barry bridge and there's a little bit of blue trying to develop bust commodore barry bridge. there are some brightening spots developing in many locations especially south and west of philadelphia. storm tracker6 live double scan despite that it looks gleam mee ougloomy we're not sey rain full and that continues all the way down 95 to baltimore and washington and that is where the rain will be

approaching and moving in later on this evening. it's 59 in allentown, 71 in reading but where we're seeing some brighter spots lancaster is up to 65 degrees, same for dover, 71 i 61 in wilmington, bh haven temperatures only in the upper 50's. as we look at satellite and radar, again there's some of the brightening that's developing to the south and west trying to inch in but just took a little too long today and when we broke out into sunshine in western virginia and west virginia severe thunderstorm watch has been posted and you're starting to see some of those storms fire up down there and all of this will be pushing in our direction overnight tonight, not expecting severe weather but we could see the rumble of thunder or hear it, see some lightning flashes but everyone getting torrential rain overnight. so, temperature-wise we should stop between about 51 and 55 degrees as that heavy rain arrives, even some thunderstorms south of philadelphia especially in fact as we take a look at future tracker 10 o'clock

tonight some of that rain developing, heavy at times philadelphia wilmington points to the south and to the west. at 1 o'clock in the morning it overtakes the lehigh valley and the poconos and there you can see southern new jersey, delaware getting the heaviest round of rain or a quick thunderstorm. could wake you up right after the midnight hour. even tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. for the start of that rush hour, it is going to be a mess with some ponding other roadways, still heavy -- on the roadways still heavy rain around but 9 o'clock in the morning tail end of the rush hour rain lifts out lingering showers and that continues into tomorrow afternoon. clouds hanging on. heavy rain gone but there could be a spitting shower tomorrow afternoon. when you take a look at how much rain is expected with the four different models that we really kind of look at here, we're on either side of an inch so it is a good soaking pushing in. as we take a look at that four day at 4:00 forecast, not so bright. morning rain tomorrow giving way to afternoon clouds or a

leftover shower of 64 degrees and then wednesday, thursday into friday an upper level low slowly drifts through which means clouds take over every single day. there could try to be some brightening here or there but the clouds really win out and on and off showers wednesday, thursday and on friday. so, that nine-day dry stretch we had of sunshine we're really paying it back at this point. we'll let you know if the weekend brightens up a little bit in the next half hour. >> all right we're stuck in the mess for awhile. adam thanks. >> okay. >> coming up at 4:30 today a teacher accused of having sex with an under aged student. we have a live report with details on the case. >> and the teenaged girl is stabbed in the back. what police are telling us about their investigation. >> and too much ice, not enough coffee that that iced coffee? why one woman is filing a class action lawsuit to the tune of 5 million do. "action news is about interaction with you.

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>> many health experts have made a big change in thinking about fat in our diets. they think we should be eating more of it to lose weight. tonight at 11 o'clock we take a look at the new trend. here's health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman with a preview. >> reporter: it's the message in several new weight loss books. eat more fat. many experts say the old advice to stay away from fat did more harm than good and adding some smart fats back into your diet can make a big difference. >> when we do that we feel better, we have more energy, we have better hair and nails and skin. >> reporter: health reporter ali gorman and i'll have all the details tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >> tune in for that one. philadelphia is celebrating mexican culture this week. >> ♪ city officials kicked off the celebration with live music at city hall. mayor jim kenney was joined by the counsel of mexico to help

raise the mexican flag officially marking the fourth annual mexican week. events continue around city hall until friday. >> nice way to mentally head south of the border since our weather does not cooperate. >> gooded. >> a camden county teacher is accused of sexually assaulting one of his female students. hear from concerned parents ahead in a live report. >> later in what's the deal we take a look at the best sales coming up this month and the things you should not buy during the month of may. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> it's 4:30 and "action news" continues with new video of a coast guard crew braving bad weather to rescue a sick boater. >> plus a driver crashes into a house and lands in someone's living room. "action news" learns he's accused of going three times the legal speed limit. >> and then, an unhappy customer is suing starbucks for allegedly misleading all of us. his complaint centers around cold drinks and the a ice in them. we'll explain this one ahead in big talkers. >> but first at 4:30 a camden county teacher is facing charges that he sexually assaulted a female student. the 65-year-old is working at anne mullen middle school when the alleged crime took place. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic live this afternoon outside that schoolly in

sicklerville and nora, you've got reaction from parents today. >> reporter: i did indeed brian. this is the first day back at school after the announcement of the arrest on friday. this is the kind of case that upsets everyone because as one parent told me you want to believe your kids are safe at school. >> pretty stunned. scary to hear. >> reporter: megan crown of sicklerville has a daughter in seventh grade at anne mullen middle school in gloucester township. that's where 65-year-old sixth grade social studies teacher chester ingram is accused of sexually assaulting a female student under the age of 13. he's also been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. >> you trust these teachers with your children and you are always so afraid you tell them not to talk to strangers, you tell them to respect their elders and their teachers and then you hear something like this. >> reporter: police are releasing few details about the case. school district officials say they contacted authorities when they learned of the allegations and the teacher was immediately removed from the classroom suspended and ordered to remain off school

grounds. no one answered the door at ingram's home today but i did reach him by phone. engram told me he could not comment on the charges and referred me to his lawyer. bob egan confirmed he's on administrative leave and that the incident is al thirty seven have taken place at thely. >> from what i know he was nice but i never heard anything bad about him but i think also -- i don't know what the whole story was and i think the story needs to be put into context. >> it makes you wonder that it could be other kids definitely, i'm sure if there's one there's more. >> reporter: now the camden county prosecutor's office would only say that the investigation is continuing. ingram's wife is a long time teacher in the district who was named teacher of the year in degrees. live in sicklerville, i'm nora muchanic, channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> nora, thank you. a driver whose car slammed into a bucks county home has been arrested and charged with a long list of crimes.

matthew markel is accused of going 104 in a 35 miles an hour zone. he crashed into a bensalem living room on april 10th. remarkably the husband and wife who live there were not hurt. markel is being charged with criminal mischief reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of a crash. police say 32-year-old kashif bailey is the intruder who terrified residents in pine hill, new jersey, yesterday. he allegedly broke into four dirt apartments at the mansions apartment complex while screaming someone was trying to kill him. at one point he locked himself in a bedroom with three sleeping children but jumped out of a window when their mother called police. officers found bailey on a balcony and arrested him. >> a coast guard crew braved some pretty rough weather to rescue a fisherman off the coast of atlantic city this week. the 63-year-old man needed medical attention while aboard a scallop boat. a crew from the atlantic city

station lowered a basket and successfully hoisted that man up onto their helicopter. despite the deteriorating weather and low lying clouds, the crew was able to land safely and you are looking there at one very grateful fisherman. >> close call for him. >> yeah. >> wow. do you even want to talk about that. >> speaking of water there's a lot of it coming this week here locally. >> okay. >> as we take a look outside live at sky6 right now a little brightening as you can see trying to develop here just above center city skyline but it's still a lot of gray in that picture. 61 degrees, the wind is calm which can't break up some of that cloud cover but we are seeing the sun return in southern new jersey. you see the sun splashing there at our beach cam in ocean city. 66 degrees is the temperature, a little warmer with a little more sun and the ocean temperature sitting at 53. we look at double scan live radar not in its radar mode, more of the satellite mode and you can see some of those

clouds beginning to erode from the southwest to the north and east where that sun is trying to return very late this afternoon. then behind that even though if the sky clears briefly here in spots this evening, the clouds will thickly in-- quickly increase thickly if you want to say it there way and you see a whole lot of heavy rain south and west of here that is moving in our direction. we'll have the timing of it, how much to expect and even a few thunderstorms expected to pass through with it. all coming up in that accuweather 7-day forecast guys. >> adam thank you. and with the potential for severe thunderstorms in the forecast, be sure to keep it at 6abc.com/weather on your computers. storm tracker6 live radar is the perfect way to know when and where the storms will hit next. >> a driver is recovering from multiple injuries after a crash in philadelphia's mayfair section. it happened around 6:30 this morning on frankford near tyson avenue. first responders had to rescue the driver who was trapped inside the car. well, that person is now in stable condition. the cause of the crash is

still under investigation. >> a thief was caught on camera making off with cash from a germantown game stop store. philadelphia police released this video today showing how the crime played out friday morning inside the location on the 5300 block of chew avenue. with his hood up and face covered the thief demanded that two workers open the registers. well, they didn't he helped himself to all of the money inside. police say he acted as if he had a weapon but neither employee actually saw one. the man then left the scene and has not yet been caught. >> 1100 back packs proved to be an emotional exhibit at the university of delaware. all of them acted as a symbol of a college student who committed suicide within the past year. the exhibit is called send silence packing. its goal is to offer people help before it's too late and to end the stigma about mental health struggles good there are some new concerns about injuries among children. two dangers in particular being singled out by

researchers now. monica malpass live in the news room this afternoon with details on what we need to know. hi, monica. >> reporter: hi, brian that's right. traditional summertime activities playgrounds and fireworks that involve children of course. coming up in health check tonight what experts say is behind the spike in children's injuries and how adults can help protect their kids. also new at 5:00, back to work for this philadelphia police officer shot in the line of duty. we'll show you the twitter tribute to his recovery. we'll have those stories and much more coming up on "action news" tonight at 5:00 see you that again. >> we'll see you in about 25 minutes monica. new campaign will work to bring attention to montgomery of montgomery county's 54 golf courses destination montgomery county golf was announced today at the river crest golf club in phoenixville. the event celebrated the 40th year of the valley forge national park. the tourism board gave park representatives -- they gave the representatives a $50,000

check made possible by this year's valley forge revolutionary 5-mile run. >> good work there and some good work here, too. 14 student athletes from south jersey accepted scholarships today at lincoln financial field. they received community service awards for raising money for the adam taliaferro foundation. taliaferro was paralyzed 16 years ago while playing football for penn state. his foundation now provides support for people who suffer catastrophic injuries. >> and up next on "action news" this afternoon, a carnival cruise ship sales into history in cuba and a teacher protest forces detroit to close almost all of its schools for the day. we have the latest on this sickout next. >> plus disney is ready to make your wedding dreams come true cinderella style. we have the magical details ahead in big talkers. and meteorologist adam joseph returns with the full

forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next.

>> ♪ >> there is no word just yet this afternoon as teachers in detroit michigan will hold another sickout tomorrow. nearly all the public schools in that city were closed today because thousands of teachers called out sick. the teachers are protesting a school funding crisis. this week the district revealed it will not have enough money to continue paying those teachers this summer unless the state provides extra funding. the teachers union plans to meet tomorrow. >> a u.s. cruise ship made history today when it docked in havana cuba. carnival crews liner named adonia was the first cruise to dock there in nearly 40 years. spectators holding the cuban and american flags gathered to welcome the ship as it pulled in this morning. the ship's arrival is the first step towards possibly allowing thousands of ships a

year to cross the florida straits. investigators trying to figure out what sparked a fire that destroyed a historic church in new york city and they're calling the fire suspicious. flames could be seen coming from the 160-year-old serbian cathedral of saint sava around 7 o'clock last night. in just hours earlier parishioners had celebrated orthodox easter in that very same church. four firefighters and a church groundskeeper suffered minor injuries in that fire. >> there is an incredible story coming out of ecuador today. an elderly man is recovering at a hospital after being trapped in earthquake rubble for almost two weeks. a humanitarian team found 72-year-old manuel vasquez under pieces of the building he lived in. officials say he survived for 13 days before he was found on friday. no word on his condition. but he was suffering from chronic kidney failure dehydration and malnutrition. the april 16th, 7.8 magnitude

earthquake killed 654 people. >> at the big board with big talkers now and hey, there's too much ice and not enough coffee in my iced coffee. that's one woman's $5 million allegation against starbucks. chicago resident stacey pincus filed proposed class action lawsuit against the company claiming it is deceiving customers by loading up the cubes. for instance pincus says in a vente cup you should of you should get 24 ounces of whatever cold drink you ordered but too much ice cheats you into getting just 14 ounces. the lawsuit also takes issue with the fact that iced drinks cost more even though they have less total liquid. starbucks says the claims are without merit and that typically people understand that in order to create an iced beverage you need ice and, well, ice cubes take up space. but they'll redo your drink if you have a problem with it.

she is a trailblazer ballerina. misty copeland hopes to inspire the next generation not only with her story but her own barbie doll. 33-year-old copeland made history last year when she became the first african-american woman to be named principal dancer at the american ballet theater. she called her journey a dream and says it's one she's had since she was a little girl playing with barbie. she helps mattel create the doll which is wearing her firebird costume from her first principal role with the ballet and that is the red costume right there. that is a beautiful doll. finally if you've dreamed of your wedding day and it looks a lot like cinderella's royal nuptials to prince charming consider your wish granted. walt disney world announced you can get married there inside the magic kingdom with cinderella's castle as the background. see this here. brides can also be ushered in on cinderella's coach with

trumpeters heralding their arrival. wedding ceremonies in what's known as the east plaza there by the castle are available right now this very second. i ran some numbers playing wedding planner and i put together a package on their web site, 100 people saturday in september photographer videographer flowers ceremony music deejay at the reception disney characters, you have to do it right sit down dinner italy at epcot open bar and dessert. looking it's a about flynn $2,000. i did not splurge on the fireworks, though. but if you're interested it's a thing, it's happening. those princess weddings don't come sheep cheap. >> you'll spend 92 grand you might as well throw in the fireworks. >> alicia thank you. let's get another check on the roads right now. >> matt standing by with the update. >> i always vowed to give you the truth about the traffic and this afternoon it's not happily ever after here along

the vine street expressway. it's going to take you extra time as you try to get from this point on the schuylkill and broad street. that's where a vehicle broke down and it's occupying the left lane. extra slow going on the eastbound vine coming off the schuylkill. those delays of course spilling back onto the eastbound side of 76. on the westbound side of 76, it is backing up as well here in the normal spot by the roosevelt boulevard headed west out toward gladwyne and conshohocken this afternoon. got some flashers in olde city, some flashing traffic lights by the continental at second and market so watch out for those this afternoon. also still have that crash in tacony flee at levick and torresdale by scarlet o'hara and there's still the crash on the boulevard southbound side at red lion road. it's in the inner drive by the shell station the one on the northbound side has cleared out. watching a crash in towamencin township along bust erode near saddle wood court. word of a crash in evesham township involving a vehicle into a pole. emergency crews are responding along 73 at greentree road. elbo lane is closed through

late tonight that's because of a sewer break. stick with texas avenue as an alternate. have a crash in deptford township along clements bridge road by the 42 freeway and don't forget the septa regional rails are still running with 20 minute delays, that's thanks to some signal problems. we'll check it again brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> matt thank you. coming up in what's the deal we're looking at the best sales for the month of may. >> and stepping outside sky6 hd looking at the center city skyline. believe it or not, a little brightness there. meteorologist adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up next. >> ♪

>> meteorologist adam joseph joining us now if you like today's weather, good news, it's plenty more where that came from. >> couldn't even get that out

could you. >> basically hit the repeat button every single day to some degree here but we have some heavy rain coming in overnight tonight. as we look at double scan live radar presently not much in the way of any precipitation. it's been a little mist or drizzle in spots through the early morning hours into the early afternoon hours and now even some sunshine returning south and west of philadelphia. with the clouds still hanging on it's 57 quakertown, 62 levittown, center city 63 degrees but you're seeing some 67's, 64, parts of lancaster chester county where that sun is returning slowly from the southwest to the north and east. again, cooler in northern parts and central parts of new jersey, 60 in browns mills, ewing 60 degrees. far southern parts of new jersey in delaware where that sun is back, temperatures have responded went to 70 and 75 degrees from smyrna to dover, even vineland 67 and woodbine as well as sea isle city in the upper 60's to near 70. the sun is out in full force

in maryland as well as virginia. that is where we see a severe thunderstorm watch now blossoming with the wet weather approaching, kind of acting and reacting with that sunshine to give some severe weather to the south. thankfully we're not going get severe weather. we could see a thunderstorm overnight but really it's a general heavy rain that arrives between about 8:00 and 11 o'clock tonight. again, there could be some thunder especially new jersey and delaware where there is a little more instability during the overnight hours. 51 to 55 for that low temperature. future tracker at 9 o'clock tonight seeing some of that rain developing right on the verge of center city, wilmington, chester county, points into maryland, southern lancaster county but it really blossoms here around the midnight hour. could wake you up with some of this heavy rain. again the flash of lightning, the rumble of thunder but again, not expecting any widespread severe weather. that stays over virginia and then 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, it is heavy rain across much of the area if not some steady light rain for that morning rush so pack the

patience for tuesday morning but it lifts out mid to late morning. by lunchtime the clouds lag but the heavier steady rain pushes out. future tracker showing how much rain to expect. a good inch especially philadelphia, better than that maybe an inch and a half in spots southern new jersey and delaware and a little less the farther north you are but still a soaking rain of around a half inch to three-quarters of an inch and speaking of rain, the chances tomorrow are the best but wednesday, thursday into friday it's about a 50 to 60 percent chance of some on and off showers with the clouds lingering through the week and finally it drops off perfect timing as we get into the upcoming weekend. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 64 for the next couple of days, that morning steady rain giving way to afternoon clouds and then wednesday, thursday, friday upper level low gets stuck over the region which means a lot of clouds, very few peeks of sun here the next three days -- four days in fact with some on and off showers wednesday, thursday, friday.

it's warmer, partly sunny, 74 on saturday. mother's day some sun. could be a spotty shower around of 72. and looking pretty good monday 74 degrees so the brighter part of that seven-day forecast starts to arrive as we get into the weekend, guys. >> all right, looking forward to it. adam thank you. >> thank you. >> up next on "action news today, we take a look at what you should and should not go shopping for during the month of may. >> and be sure to catch "dancing with the stars" later tonight. the two-hour episode starts at 8 o'clock. the remaining couples will dance to songs by popular mike music icons. after that it's a brands new episode of castle when a movie star turns stage actor has been seriously killed castle goes backstage to investigate. of course like you always do, stake rounstick around for "act" at 11:00.

>> with the new month comes hot new deals and new ways to save and here they are in the month of may. first of all, as we look ahead to your spring and summer entertaining our friends at deal news say there are big bargains right now on outdoor furniture, home goods, party picnic and barbecue supplies so if you think ahead and you stock up, this is a great time to do it. think up to half off at department stores and also improvement stores like lowes and home depot. some pretty good information there. if you are in the market for new clothes for the spring or summer maybe something nice to add to mom's closet mother's day coming up the memorial day sales are starting super early this year like almost a month early and they could go as deep as 90 percent off. deal news says a right now mattress deals are amazing. they say do not settle for less than half off. if you're looking for a new mattress. wednesday may fourth is officially star wars day as in

may the fourth. if you're looking to stock up on your star wars swag it is on sale right now. here at abc a disney company we tend to get pretty excited about that. and one final note for shoppers, what not to buy this month. laptops and they say the deals start to roll in come july when all of those back to school sales start happening so just a little playbook of what to buy if you're looking to shop this month. >> good tips, yeah. >> alicia, final at 4:00 altoona pennsylvania student's prom. sammy lamar had 37 dates. the group of girls all escorted him to the prom together. he was crowned prom king. all of this was part of his royal sendoff. sammy has special needs and this is his last year in the penn cambria school district. sammy's next big event graduation and that's coming up on june 4th. >> all right.

sammy, you go man. that will do it for "action news at 4:00 today. for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at what's coming up at 5:00. >> coming up following breaking news out of berks county where a school bus crash sent more than a dozen children to the hospital. another disaster averted in atlantic city. the nearly $2 million payment that's keeping the cash strapped cit city a float for n. >> jerry sandusky back in court. the argument from his lawyers in an attempt to get his sexual abuse conviction thrown out.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> it is 5 o'clock. we are following breaking news out of berks county. more than a dozen students are in the hospital right now after a crash between their school bus and a car. >> the accident happened around 2:30 this afternoon in spring township and that's

where "action news" reporter walter perez is live with all the details. walter. >> reporter: hey, guys. the scene has since been cleared here at the intersection of shillington road and spone road in spring township berks county. the kids were all middle schoolers but we're happy to report that while several were taken to the hospital no serious injuries to report. it happened right around 2:30 this afternoon. the bus filled with 36 middle school students from the wilson school district were returning from a field trip. investigators say that's when this vehicle ran into the rear of the school bus as it crossed the intersection of shillington road and spone road in spring township berks county. 17 of the students were taken to nearby hospitals but we're told none of the students was seriously injured. the driver of the car was also taken to the hospital. no word tonight on that person's condition. emergency crews did set up a triage area several feet away from the accident scene so the st