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 students could be evaluated by

medical personnel. the school superintendent rudy ruth says most of those kids only suffered from a case of rattled nerves. >> when you have an accident, it's -- it's unnerving for anyone an adult let alone middle school kids. you get shaken up. we're communicating with the parents talking with the kids and we had them initially checked out by medical professionals here at the township building and then anyone that we were advised to have checked out further by either reading hospital or saint joe's we did that. >> reporter: now, the children on board that bus were not hospitalized have since been sent home with their parents. police are still interviewing witnesses so at this hour still no word who was at fault. reporting live from spring township, berks county, walter perez channel6 "action news." >> walter, thank you. developing right now police are looking for a car after an apparent hit and run in elsmere, new castle county. at least five people were hurt in the crash which happened at kirkwood highway and south dupont road about two hours ago. officials say three cars were involved in the crash.

two stayed at the scene. those hurt were taken to a nearby hospital and all are expected to be okay. right now the delaware valley's getting a reprieve from a wet stretch of weather but this afternoon's gloom is expected to give way to heavy rain overnight. >> a few thunderstorms could be on the way as well so you need find your umbrellas. meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board with the first look at the accuweather forecast. hi, cecily. >> hi, monica and rick. your umbrellas are going to be your best friend this week. we have a lot of unsettled weather on the way. double scan live showing right now we're dry, clouds even breaking for sunshine. if you look to the southwest you can see showers and thunderstorms moving up to the northeast and they do have have severe thunderstorm watches in effect in parts of virginia and west virginia. they're in the warm sector of the system. rich respond 82, washington, d.c. is 79. we're quite a bit cooler, 63 degrees and again we are finally seeing some sunshine but future tracker showing by 11 o'clock, we've got a batch

of some steady rain moving in and this will be rolling through in the overnight hours and will be affecting the morning commute. so, the key timing, we could have a few showers before 11:00 around 9:00 or 10:00 but really the heaviest will be between 11 o'clock tonight and 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. looking at a period of steady rain with the potential for embedded thunderstorm. south of philadelphia where it got warmer today and it's going to be a soaker. rainfall about three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a quarter and again it will slow down the morning commute and unfortunately i am tracking more unsettled weather on the way. more details on that and the timing coming up in the full accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you cecily. from our new jersey news room tonight atlantic city has avoided yet another financial disaster thanks to a $1.8 million check. city officials warn a catastrophe is looming unless state lawmakers come up with a compromise.

john is live with more on that dire situation. >> reporter: we're happy to report today that atlantic city did not make history, the historic possibility would have been if it defaulted on that bond payment, it the not. the mayor said the city is literally running on empty as far as its finances are concerned but there was apparently enough in the tank to make that debt payment. >> as of 10 o'clock this morning we had wired a transfer of $1.8 million which was our bond payment to by end of day today. >> reporter: mayor don guardian said a default would make a bad situation worse. >> we realize that not making the bond would be the first time since 1932 when fort lee declared bankruptcy and that it would have a very negative effect on atlantic city. >> reporter: one negative effect a message to those still providing credit for essentials the city needs. >> it would put everybody else on notice for the city of atlantic city there we play not be making payments so i don't want to have to worry that we have to have advance cash to pay for fuel and utilities. >> reporter: with some taxes

due now in early may, guardian said the city should have enough money to make this month's payroll for its employees due this friday and school taxes due the 15th. he and the council president marty small though again blasted a proposed state takeover championed by governor christie and others saying it would overnighter negotiated union contracts and violate the civil rights of locals. >> as i told you i'm not commenting any more on the mayor's statements. the mayor spends his time running his city. if he had he wouldn't have run it into that the ground and had it out of money by may tenth. >> reporter: doesn't sound as if the governor is softening his position on the situation here of a takeover or nothing at all. as for atlantic city's immediate financial situation the mayor said it should be able to meet all its

obligations in may if people and corporations pay their taxes that are due as for june he wasn't so certain as to how things would play out. we'll just have to wait and see. live in atlantic city, john rawlins channel6 "action news." monica. >> thank you, john. starting next school year new jersey governor christie will require all of the state's public schools to test for lead in the water. he says the results will be publicized and parents will be notified immediately if lead is detected. if there is lead it will be up to the school district to come up with a solution like in camden students have used bottled water since lead was detected there back in 2002. christie will ask state lawmakers for $10 million to pay for the testing. >> jury selection began today in the trial of pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah. fattah is facing racketeering corruption taking brakes and misusing campaign funds. testimony won't begin until may 16. fattah was seeking a 12th term

in congress but lost the primary last week to state lawmaker dwight evans. in central pennsylvania former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky was back in court four years after he was found guilty on dozens of sexual abuse counts he continues his effort to get those convictions drone out. "actiothrown out. >> reporter: a definite finder jerry sandusky walked into court and implored the media to listen to his defense attorneys. >> for now al lindsey is going to say it. >> reporter: what do you want to say. >> listen to him. >> reporter: he argued sandusky was denied effective trial. the defense presented more than two dozen arguments in writing before judge john cleland. >> there's overriding issues involving the stewardship of the case by defense counsel which we say was inadequate in many different ways. >> reporter: among the alleged missteps former defense attorneys should not

have waived sandusky's trite a preliminary hearing which would have provided them a chance to question witnesses prior to trial. the defense also criticized amendola for allowing sandusky's interview by bob costas. >> our position is our client was not prepared for that. >> reporter: the hearing only lasted an hour. no witnesses were called and sandusky did not speak but after the hearing, sandusky attorney read a statement from the imprisoned pedophile. >> i am an innocent man serving what amounts to a life sentence. people have betrayed, attacked and vilified family supporters and me. >> reporter: the attorney general's office argued that any potential missteps during the initial trial would not have changed the outcome. a judge has not indicated when he'll make a decision. attempts to reach jerry sandusky's former attorneys have been unsuccessful. in belfont, chad pradelli,

channel6 "action news." >> philadelphia police have identified two victims in yesterday's deadly car crash in the city's east falls section. it happened about 4:00 p.m. on henry avenue. according to officers there were seven people in the car. 20-year-old zaire ross wilson and six-year-old eric barksdale perez were killed. two other women and three other children survived. according to police, no one was wearing a seat belt aside from the infant strapped in a car seat. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >> ♪ >> new at 5:00 now a teacher in montgomery county has been arrested and charged after accusations she had sex with a male high school student. 39-year-old rose limuli of lansdale had her bail set at $50,000 and is not allowed to have any contact with the alleged victim or other students. police say limuli had been having inappropriate sexual relationship with the student since december 2015. the school district

superintendent released a statement saying limuli has been suspended while the charges are pending and that a background check when she was hired gave no indication of any previous criminal behavior. a recent drug takeback day in montgomery county brought in nearly 3 tons of unwanted medication. and that was a record. these photos show just some of the drugs collected back on april 30th. there were more than 5,000 pounds of prescriptions and over-the-counter medications collected. that's 54 percent more than the year before. and officials say getting these drugs out of medicine cabinets safely is an important step in the fight against drugs in the community. >> time right now for a check of that "action news" traffic report monday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hey matt how was the weekend. >> weekend was great but this this afternoon's commute is a little bit of a pill on some front. transit front seeing 20 minute delays across-the-board on the septa regional rails this afternoon because of signal problems. if you ride the ac rail line for new jersey transit it's

buses instead of trains pretty much all week this week between 30th street and pennsauken. that's because of some work going on on the delair bridge. outside live all is not fine on the vine. it's been a very slow afternoon on the vine street expressway but eastbound app disabled vehicle by broad street has cleared out. 422 is backing up as well westbound side coming out of king of prussia here on out to past oaks. if you're headed to pottstown bad news here. charlotte street still blocked because of that structural deficient church. we thought it might be opened by the end of last week. it's not opened yet. hanover street is your alternate. in towamencin township crash along bust erode by fishers park. we'll check it again rick and monica in the next half hour. >> thanks matt. >> much more ahead on "action news at 5:00 it was a media circus as prince's family begins dividing up his estate. what officials are still looking for. >> world record attempts back on track. the 16 hour flight under way right now.

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prince died without a will. today lawyers say they're searching for one. prince left behind assets worth an effort mated $300 million. he had no known spouse or children leaving his sister and several half siblings to sort everything out. >> individual heir will have hack owe an equal vote iequal v. >> confirmed which company will be handling princes are estate. the judge did not address how much the artist left behind exactly or how long it will take to settle any agreement. parts of the midwest and south cleaning up tonight after severe weather ripped through the region over the weekend. in atlanta georgia strong winds toppled a tree here onto the home of 72-year-old blind woman. the house was literally split in half. firefighters had to break a window to rescue her. she is expected to be okay fortunately. >> in health check tonight two new reports say some types of injuries are on the rise for

children and many may be avoidable. >> health reporter and register nurse ali gorman at the big board for us with details. hi ali. >> reporter: hi, guys. no one saying we need to start bubble wrapping kids to keep them if getting hurt because those every day bumps and bruises teach kids to watch out for their own safety. more serious injuries, one, playground concussions have more than doubled in the past 10 years. the biggest culprit is the monkey bars and swings. cdc researchers say the rise may be partially due to more awareness about the head injury among parents but they say more adult supervision, softer playgrounds surfaces and more frequent checks on equipment could reduce those numbers. researchers are also worried about a sharp rise in kids suffering fireworks injuries. they blame the increase on more lenient fireworks laws. also today, it's melanoma monday and although we haven't seen the sunlight, it is sun las

coming. sun protection is a must. >> going out fresh for the first time on a sunny day means your skin is totally unprotected. you need a sunscreen preferably at least a 30spf. >> reporter: the risk of melanoma the most dangerous form of skin cancer is based on your lifetime exposure to the sun so if you have been burned before, it's even more important to prevent future burns. and remember to check yourself often for any changes in skin moles. and coming up tonight at 11:00 the message in several new health books is telling people to eat more fat if you want to lose weight. of course there includes the heart healthy fats but some experts say it also opens the door fats that were perceived to be unhealthy in the past. i'll explain what that means and how eating more fat can help you lose weight and have more energy. it's tonight on "action news" at 11:00. rick and monica. >> sounds interesting.

>> sounds delicious. thank you ali. still to come on "action news tonight at 5:00 the royal celebration for british vogue and its 100th anniversary. >> delaware students about distracted driving. that's when "action news" comes right back.

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about how to make debt work for you, ask me. >> flew video shows the pilot back on track to set a world record. the solar impulse took off this morning from california en route to arizona. ly the plane's pilots are trying to fly around the world without using any fossil fuel. this mission started in abu dab about last year but the plane was that grounded for several months for a mechanical issue. students in wilmington got a firsthand lesson about distracted driving. they got behind the wheel of a virtual reality driving simulator set up at a.i. dupont high school. it drove home how taking your eyes off the road to text or make a phone call can be tragic. stragic. at&t and aaa organized the event. >> philadelphia company investing and in camden county tech school. "action news in pennsauken as students received a $1,500 grant today. the money will pay for a posting garden program at ccts that will provide food for students and reduce waste. the hygiene company sca is behind the grant. the uk edition of vogue is celebrating its centennial in

style. the duchess of cambridge will al appear on the magazine's cover. the cover photo and all other photos in the spread show kate in casual wear. the magazine said the images capture her love of the countryside. two portraits will be hung in the british national portrait gallery he. >> still ahead on "action news" at 5:00 a check of that accuweather forecast. >> looking live outside a cloudy center city skyline for your monday. meteorologist cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather five day forecast when we come right back. >> ♪ [ soft music ]

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>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. >> let's bring it over meteorologist cecily tynan with more on our wet and dreary forecast but the sun mike peaking out. >> exactly. we're finally seeing a bit of sunshine. i love this shot from sky6 atlantic city and it really shows how the sun breaking through the clouds can warm up the land and that reallier roads the clouds but it doesn't do there with the water. the sun cannot warm up water like the land so you can see that we still have the low clouds hanging right along the beach and right along the water but we're finally seeing some sunshine and that's having a big impact on temperatures. we're clearing things out from the south to the north. so, dover it's warm, it's 73. cape may point though, right along that water, the ocean influence, only 56. philadelphia 63 and allentown

where we still have pretty good cloud cover, only 61 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing finally we're seeing some breaks in the clouds. if you look to the south, though, they have been in the warm sector in northern virginia and west virginia and they do have severe thunderstorm watches posted as we get a complex of showers and thunderstorms pushing up to the northeast and this will be arriving later on tonight and it will have a big impact on your morning commute. fortunately since we've been holding onto the clouds much of the day, the severe storm prediction center has now pushed that risk of severe weather that actually included parts of delaware and south jersey earlier today. they pushed it well down to the south so that means although we could get a rumble of thunder overnight, a risk of severe weather is pretty low. tonight though temperatures not low at all. pretty warm. 55 trees in philadelphia. allentown 51, reading 52, cape may 54 but that heavy rain arriving later on tonight by about 11 o'clock and then overnight some showers and thunderstorms as well.

so future tracker showing around 10 o'clock could have a few showers breaking out, mainly south of philadelphia but the radar really fills in as we head around 1 o'clock and this is when you could hear a rumble of thunder kind of waking you up. 6 o'clock in the morning, some heavy rain affecting the early part of the morning commute and even around 9 o'clock, some showers hanging on but then the showers lift and the remainder of the day lots of clouds occasional drizzle but the heavy weather will be out of here. unfortunately for wednesday, thursday and friday we have an upper level low so that will keep us unsettled. five day forecast morning rain afternoon clouds, occasional showers not widespread rain all day long. temperatures only in the 60's but saturday it's about time, partly sunny and warmer, 74 degrees. will we hold that for mother's day? meteorologist adam joseph will have that answer coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> all right, got to have a nice day for mother's day. >> that would be nice.

>> quick break. more news when we come right back. stay with us.

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass.

>> ♪ >> hello again here's what's happening on "action news" monday night. could the indiana primary be the last stand for the presidential candidates trying to catch the republican and democratic frontrunners? we'll take a look at the standings tonight. also a thief uses an unusual technique to convince two victims the hand over their cash. we'll show you what he did. and a philadelphia police officer who survived a gunman's bullet returns to work more than two years after being shot. how his district welcomed him back. >> now the details. all eyes are fixed on indiana tonight as that state prepares to hold its primary tomorrow for republicans it is a winner take most contest meaning most of the 57 pledged delegates could go to one candidate. the contest is just as important for democrats. they will share 92 pledged delegates according to final vote a tallies. among republicans donald trump holds a doubted digit lead over ted cruz 49 percent to 34 percent.

john kasich a stand third with 13 pearls. the race is much tighter on the democratic side. hillary clinton leading bernie sanders 58 to 46 percent. the margin of error is within those numbers so it will be a close race. the cruz campaign is on an all-out blitz of indiana today. the texas senator is visiting five cities across the state. his running mate carly fiorina is stumping in six other cities. both will meet up in indianapolis tonight for a big rally in hopes of stopping trump's winning streak. democrat bernie sanders also spending the entire day in indiana. unlike hillary clinton who is focusing on upcoming primaries in can kentucky and west virginia. if sanders does not win indiana it will be impossible for him to clinch the nomination unbleached delegates alone. karen travers joins us live from washington, d.c. tonight with much more on the campaign trail. hi, karen. >> reporter: good evening, monica. tomorrow could be a defining day in this rollercoaster election season. donald trump said today

confidently that if he wins indiana and as you said the polls are looking very good for him, he wins tomorrow, he says this is over. ted cruz, he's still fighting for every vote. trailing badly in indiana ted cruz isn't just taking on donald trump, he's now squaring off against trump supporters, too. >> this man is lying to you. >> reporter: cruz debated the pro trump crowd for more than seven minutes but he didn't seem to convince anyone to switch their vote. indiana could be a make or break state for the texas senator and the latest polls show he's trailing trump by double digits. >> the republican frontrunner was also out campaigning in the hoosier state. trump declared the race all but over. >> indiana is important because if i win that's the end of it. >> reporter: on the democratic side a much tighter contest there. hillary clinton holds a small lead over bernie sanders. today she talked trade in kentucky. >> we still have the biggest market, the strongest economy. >> reporter: while over in

indiana things are a bit more feisty at a sanders rally. >> actually to tell the billionaire class (bleep) and the corporations well that is one way to phrase itism sanders says he'll keep up his fight all the way to the convention this summer. he's calling on super delegates in the states he's won to give them his support even though they overwhelmingly back clinton and another sign that hillary clinton is now turning her focus to the general election in november, this month her campaign says she'll start campaigning in key battleground states like ohio and virginia. reporting live from washington, karen travers channel6 "action news. rick. >> karen thank you and welcome back. by the way we'll be keeping a very close eye on the pivotal indiana primaries tomorrow. the polls close at 6 o'clock and 7 o'clock eastern time. abc news will bring you the results as soon as they're tallied and "action news at 11:00 will have a complete wrap of the results. , also see them on line at

6abc.com. in other news tonight we have an update to a story we first told you about on friday on "action news." philadelphia police say they've arrested the gunman suspected in a crash in point breeze. this is 26-year-old tysheed davis. philadelphia police say he's the person who shot and killed 26-year-old jessie williams insides of this jeep grand cherokee. chopper six was over the scene. investigators say davis shot williams and williams shot back hitting davis in the finger. two guns were recovered from the scene. davis is now charged with murder and aggravated assault. a driver remains in the hospital tonight with several injuries because of this crash in mayfair. happened along frankford avenue near tyson avenue just before 6:30 this morning. still not clear what led up to the crash but one car was damaged so severely that the driver had to be cut out of it. that person was that rushed to the hospital. no one else was hurt. traffic was diverted from the

area while crews cleared the scene. >> this is the scene in the 200 block of wilson street in pottstown. investigators say a 13-year-old man was behind the wheel when the car somehow went out of control and hit the house. the owners were inside of the home at the time. they tell "action news" they heard a loud boom and ran outside to see what happened. rescuers had to cut the driver and his female passenger out of the car. both are expected to be okay. no one in the home was hurt. bensalem police detectives say they have arrested the driver who slammed his car into a house and ran off last month. matthew markel is accused of driving his suv 104 miles an hour along knights road. authorities say he hit a grassy embankment bounced off a shed and then into a house on the 2200 block of monroe avenue. the car narrowly missed a woman sleeping downstairs. luckily slaw not hurt. markel is charged with felony criminal mischief reckless endangerment and careless

driving. >> the driver charged with causing a deadly head on crash on the roosevelt boulevard back in 2013 pled guilty today. robin knight admitted she was driving drunk and going the wrong way along the boulevard back on september 29th. knight's car collided with a minivan carrying a mother her husband and three-year-old child. althea taylor was killed. knight was not arrested until 17 months after the crash. she'll be sentenced in july. philadelphia police are asking for help tracking down the suspected robber. investigators say he will a weapon and threatened to kill two workers at the game stop on the 5300 block of chew avenue in germantown. they followed his demand and gave him cash from the registers. this all happened last friday around 11 o'clock in the morning. the suspect covered his face with a mask. if you recognize his outfit or have any clues, police would like to hear from you right away. from our new jersey news room tonight, the coast guard rescued a fisherman off the coast of atlantic city. ly this was the view yesterday as an a.c. based coast guard

crew arrived in their chopper. the man fell ill while on a boat from massachusetts apparently. the boat was sailing 60 miles southeast of atlantic city. a crew mate radioed for help. the coast guard got him to treatment at the hospital. they made their way through rain to get there. >> police say a robber pulled off two heists using his fingers in north philadelphia but left police a pretty good clue. a surveillance camera captured clear images of the alleged bandit's face. police say he stuck up behind two customers at the bp gas station on ridge avenue and put his fingers in their back pretending to hold a gun and that got them to hand over money. if you see this man police would like to hear from you. a philadelphia police officer who was shot in the line of duty more than two years ago returned to the job today. twenty-fifth police district captain michael cram posted his photo on twitter of officer edward davis davies and his son today. davies is holding a sign that

says 993 days first day back. he was shot in feltonville. the shooter is spending the next 60 years behind bars. the officer was in the hospital for more than a month and had to have one of his kidneys removed but looks like he's ready to get back to work and welcome back to him. >> good for him. >> all right. back we go to the trappe traffic situation tonight. matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center with an update. >> now he's ready to get back home this evening and for people like him trying to get back home this evening we've got some backups along 95 northbound side but it's just normal stuff coming out of center city about an eight minute delay on that travel time. southbound no delay this afternoon. helps us out that there are no events in south philadelphia. that keeps the traffic moving a little bit better than many of the days that we saw last week. couple accidents in suburban chest county. one in uwchlan township on devon drive. also one along quarry road between the 30 bypass and business 30. and there are a pair of crashes in towamencin township.

one along bust erode by fishers park. over in mount laurel working on that sewer main break blocking offer elbo lane. we're hearing for the rest of the evening. texas avenue a possible alternate for you. and in harrison township gloucester county a crash along high street atom lynn station road. that of course is 607. up to 20 minute delays on all of the septa regional rails this afternoon. they're having some signal issues causing those delays and if you ride njt's ac rail line keep in mind you're riding the buses pretty much all this week between 30th street and pennsauken because of work on the delair bridge. i'll see you tomorrow rick and monica back to you. >> thank you. much more still to come on "action news" monday neither it's been five years since navy seals killed osama bin laden. president obama is talking about what led up to the final decision to execute that raid. >> steering wheel comes off in his hands during a race. adam. >> some sun is returning in

spots but that clear sky is not going to last long. we're tracking some heavy rain a few thunderstorms passed through overnight. >> we'll have those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

>> investigators trying to figure out what sparked a massive fire that destroyed an historic church new yor new yor. flames could be seen can coming from the 160-year-old serbian cathedral of saint sava around 7 o'clock last evening. hours earlier parishioners celebrated orthodox easter in the church. four firefighters and a church groundskeeper suffered minor injuries. today marks five years since osama bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces in pakistan. in an interview airing tonight president obama said he entered the situation room just in time to see one of the blackhawk helicopters hit the ground at bin laden's compound. no one was seriously injured in the soft crash landing and the navy seals were able to find and kill the al-qaeda leader. the president said if the u.s. had not launched the raid then bin laden may have gotten away.

>> it was clear to me that this was going to be our best chance to get bin laden, that if, in fact we did not take the action that he might slip away. >> the cia marked the date yesterday by tweeting every step of the operation as if it were happening live. >> the first american cruz ship to go to cuba in 40 years has dock. the carnival crisis liner docked with 70 passengers on board. hundreds of cheering cuban spectators greeted the passengers. the slip's arrival is the first step towards possibly allowing thousands of ships a year to travel to cuba. >> phillies magic number is 557 or something like that. >> you know what, i mean -- >> they're winning. >> it's only may but playoffs. [laughter] >> let's play jeopardy. the answer they're the hottest team in baseball. the question who are the the phillies? you want to

question that question don't you? it's true. the phils begin a four game series in saint louis are on a six game winning streak. catch the phillies phever. darin ruf the game saving grab. this is a team that's now five games over .500 despite having been outscored by 16 runs. picking is key especially the bullpen says pete mackanin. >> they're pounding the strike zone attacking the hitters not trying to be too fine. that's what i see after the first -- i think they were embarrassed as a group in those first three games and i think after that they started just going after hitters rather than trying to make perfect pitches. >> they say silence is deafening couldn't be more true about sam bradford and his boycott of all things eagles which continues today. in the meantime out with the old, in with the new as we're getting to know the eagles new

quarterback carson wentz. he had quite the week after being selected second over all he made his way from the draft in chicago to philadelphia where he was introduced. i had a chance to catch up with wentz's coach at north dakota state on the red carpet last week. he gave us a little insight as to what we're going to get from this guy. >> the kid will be cool and calm under all that pressure as we call it. he won't be stressed by it. he's enjoying the process. he doesn't make it bigger than what it is. it's football and he's going enjoy it. >> the coach absolutely raved about his prized signal calling. pointing out that wentz has nothing but win end says he's just as good off the field as on it. >> you're going love him in your community. you're going to love him in the locker room. he's a guy that's going to continue to give back. we call him a serving leader because he's always making everybody around him better. >> finally let's talk about driving. i find it hard enough not to hit things while parking. >> that's true. >> just ask my husband. it's not pretty.

but at almost 200 miles an hour forget about it. how about driving a car atoms 200 miles an hour when your steering wheel comes off. that happened to dale earnhardt jr. in talladega. no biggy just put it right on. this is not his cup holder it's his steering wheel. that is some hand-eye coordination. >> look at those gloves. >> right, skeleton gloves adds a little something. >> maybe i should wear those. [laughter] >> next winter we know what to get you. this week is national travel and tourism week a time to remind folks how important tourism is in our community. today mayor jim can kenny was joined by dozens of hospitality workers in front of independence hall. some familiar faces you know, ben franklin, betsy ross and the philly phanatic were all there. mayor kenney reminded folks the city is a popular tourist spot during the summer and this year the city will host the democratic convention in july. >> ♪ i'm terrible at golf.

he is. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. new patented ensure enlive has hmb plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. for the strength and energy to do what you love. new ensure enlive. always be you. >> michael strayhan might be leaving a week from fry but the hosting team of kelly ripa and michael are going out on top. they walked out this morning with their emmy's for best entertainment talk show host. neither were at the nontelevised ceremony in los angeles tonight. again michael strayhan leaving live to join "good morning america" full time. get ready for another night of "dancing with the stars" and the competition gets more difficult this week with two dances and a double elimination. at the top of the leaderboard it's boys to men singer wanya

morris kim fields von miller and ginger zee tied for last place. watch the final eight couples dance tonight. adam has that outfit right there that yellow one. after two hours of dancing watch a new episode of castle aat 10:00 stay tuned for "action news" at 11:00 with jim gardner. >> that would be good rain gear. >> exactly. you will need it most of the week but a couple peaks of sunshine. >> yeah, there will be some glimmers of it during the week but overall clouds will win out and rain at time as well. as we take a look at double scan live radar right now we're not tracking any rain at the present time but it will be moving in from delaware first working up i-95 towards trenton later on tonight. really great shot right now live on sky6 from atlantic city. actually a minute ago you could see the casinos but look right there. just to the middle right part of the screen you see two little towers sticking up

there. that is invection fog that is moving in from the ocean as some sunshine is returning at the shore interacting with that cold ocean bringing in the fog layer and i promise you there's a little tower right in the middle right part of your screen trying to peak over some of that fog layer. as we take a look at the temperatures right now, 61 degrees in warrington, left town. this is where the clouds have been lingering a few breaks of sun developing but where the sun has returned temperatures a little warmer, 67 new holland 65 in coatesville and as we head to the south the boardwalk right now it is just 56 degrees, 58 in surf city but look at vineland woodbine as well as smyrna and dover in the 70's. again with that warmer more humid air beginning to return from the south and west. there is a little break but because of that break you see all these severe thunderstorm watches popping up north carolina virginia, west virginia. not going to see the severe weather but all this rain will be pulling in overnight lasting through the morning

commute tomorrow with a rumble of thunder likely. as we look at future tracker 10 o'clock tonight, some of that rain starting to push up into center city. it overspreads the region and quickly turns heavy at times right around that midnight hour and we're looking at about three-quarters to an inch and a quarter in many locations and again, this is the time we could get woken up by a flash of lightning or the crack of thunder. that continues for the morning rush tomorrow, at least the heaviest part of the morning rush we'll see the heaviest rain so that could really slow you down on tuesday morning and then the steadier rain lift out mid to late morning but the clouds are going to lag into the afternoon tomorrow at 5 o'clock and there could be a area of mist or drizzle in the afternoon but pretty dreary from start to finish on your tuesday. so morning rain giving way to afternoon clouds, a little bit of drizzle, a high temperature of 64 as low pressure passes by. another area of low pressure slowly drifts to our south on wednesday while a new low drops from canada and the

great lakes and the two will merge and slowly work away so it's mostly cloudy with another possible shower at any time here on wednesday. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 64 the next couple of days, the heavy rain tomorrow morning giving way to afternoon clouds, kind of a dreary tuesday. and the same for wednesday, thursday and friday. the clouds will really win out, maybe a peek of sun here or there, on and off showers all three days but not a washout. temperatures in the low 60's and then in time for the weekend the sun returns and those temperatures bounce back into the 70's and we will stay there at the beginning of next week, guys. >> all right. thank you so much. well, with heavy rain and 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 those heaviest storms will be hitting next. prima ballerina misty copeland can can add another achievement to her long list of accolading. her likeness has been made into a barbie doll.

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>> ♪ >> dancing tots music marks the kickoff of mexico week in philadelphia. mexican flag was raised here at city hall. mexican week features events celebrating mexico's culture. one of them is cinco de mayo block party on the 2000 block of ranstead street in philadelphia. mayor jim kenney says mexicans are an economic engine for philadelphia. >> right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00 doctors treating more than a dozen students after their bus was rear ended by a car in berks county. and a witness describes the crash in east falls that left two people dead. >> and former penn state

football coach jerry sandusky goes back to court seeking a new trial. we'll have the latest. that and much more coming up next. for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan monica malpass the entire news team, i'm rick williams. have a good night. >> good night.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night atlantic city avoids default and the speed limit is going up on more miles of pennsylvania highways. but the big story on "action news" tonight is a close call for three dozen students in

spring township that's in berks county. that's how many students were on a bus, a school bus that was rear-ended by a car. 17 students were transported to the hospital as was the driver of the car. "action news" reporter walter perez is live at the scene and walter, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, jim, the scene has since been cleared here at the intersection of shillington road and spohn road in spring township berks county. all the kids on board that bus were middle schoolers but we're happy to report that though several children were taken to the hospital no serious injuries have been reported. it was right around 2:30 this afternoon when it happened. the wilson school district bus filled with 34 students, two adults and a driver was returning from a field trip. investigators say that's when this vehicle ran into the rear of the bus as it crossed the intersection of shillington road and spohn road in spring township berks county. 17 of those students were taken to nearby hospitals and we're told the driver of the