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six double scan low pressure has pushed in many the heaviest of the rain has moved well to the south and west and we're getting a little bit of drier air. we'll still spin showers and patchy mist as we go through the overnight hours into the beginning of the weekend. as we look at storm tracker6 live double can't a little bit closer we have spinning showers around especially montgomery county, northern chester county, berks county, parts of the lehigh valley not steady rain but it's keeping the roadways damp for the evening rush hour especially along 422, also 202 and that northeast extension. in addition to the rainfall that we saw today, this is really just adding to the totals we've seen at the beginning of may so far. i was going to call it march because it's march-like. 1.02-inches in philadelphia so far today wilmington picking up over an inch of rain, same for atlantic city. just shy of an inch in reading and trenton. the lowest spot about a half
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inch of rain today. in addition to that water that has been falling from the sky we've got water piling up along the shore. so we still have that coastal flood warning in effect until 1 o'clock on saturday morning. moderate flooding expected between 7:30 and 9:30 tonight along the ocean side. about an hour or two later in the bay and then an advisory up through philadelphia where we're seeing some of that flooding due to the delaware river once it hit that is high tide. as we take a look at the headlines here as were he go into the upcoming weekend some gradual improvement. nice for mother's day and the 70's are going to return. we're all going to go what is that in the sky this weekend? we'll chat about it coming up, brian n-that full accuweather forecast. >> adam thanks. today's heavy rain caused flooding the the jersey shore. the action cam was on shore road in absecon where we saw cars driving right through that high water. and we found crews setting up cones to partially block off part of the black horse pike in egg harbor township because of all that flooding. high tide will be just after
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8 o'clock tonight. of course keep 6abc.com/weather handy on all your devices heading into this mother's day weekend. storm tracker6 live double scan radar will let you know when any changes are expected where you live. >> ♪ >> we are following developing news at this hour. maryland police have a suspect in custody following three shootings that left three dead and three injured. police say 62-year-old eulalio tordil shot and killed a man outside the westfield montgomery mall in bethesda this morning. two others were shot when they ran to help and one remains in critical condition. police say 30 minutes later tordil shot and killed a woman at a grocery store about 5 miles away. investigators say he is an employee of the federal protective service which provides security at federal properties. he was put on administrative duties in march after protective order was issued against him. >> he has since been taken to
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our headquarters for further questioning. >> investigators say the shooting spree began last night when tordil shot and killed his estranged wife outside of a high school in beltsville, maryland. another parent was also shot but is expected to survive. >> a woman is dead after a crash throwed a hit and run this morning in gloucester county. police say she crashed her own car but then was hit after she got out of the wreckage. "action news" reporter gray hall live in glassboro this afternoon. police are still looking for the driver of that second vehicle right now. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, brian. troopers right now are reviewing highway cameras. the victim lived in this apartment complex behind me. no one there wanted to talk on camera but off camera everyone tells me they are heartbroken. new jersey state police are investigating an early morning crash that killed 32-year-old annabel aponte of glassboro
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new jersey. >> upon arrival we observed an unresponsive female in the left lane of highway 55. that female has been identified and the investigation is ongoing as to how she ended up in the road. >> reporter: neighbors confirm aponte lived in this apartment complex in glassboro. they say she was well known and loved by everyone. officers say she hit a tree around 5:30 friday morning got out of her car to look for some help and was hit and killed by another car. >> we do know there was a second vehicle involved. that vehicle has been identified and everything outside of that is still under investigation. >> reporter: police have not released the make and model of the other vehicle involved in this deadly crash. it is also not clear what caused aponte to run off the road and crash. troopers say if you are ever involved in an accident on a busy highway you have to use extreme caution. >> definitely stay in your vehicle if at all possible get to the shoulders if you break down and are blocking a lane of traffic do the best you can to at least get to a shoulder and safest bet is to stay in your vehicle with your
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flashers on. anything outside on the road is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: and tonight troopers are urging anyone with information to come forward. friends of the 32-year-old victim tell me she leaves behind a 12-year-old child. live in glassboro, gray hall, channel6 "action news." brian. >> gray, thank you. meanwhile three people are dead after a car crashed into a group of parked cars and then burst into flames early this morning in bethlehem. it happened around 1:15 near willow park road and first street. police say the driver was speeding at the time and hit three parked cars. the vehicle then caught fire. one man was able to get out. he's being treated for severe burns this afternoon. police found three other victims inside the burning car. so far, though, they have not identified them. >> police are still trying to track down the man who shot at another driver in what investigators are calling a case of road rage on the blue route. chad pradelli is working the story live at the state police barracks in wynnefield heights
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with the latest on the search for the shooter. chad. >> reporter: sharrie, last check investigators were scouring the area in west conshohocken looking for surveillance video of the vehicle in question and following up on leads tying to find the man wanted for shooting at a fellow motorist. state police are looking for a man who looks like this. accused of pulling a gun on a busy blue route and firing a shot at a fellow motorist. it missed the intended victim but hit the mitsubishi lancer. the bullet lodged in a center console. >> we'd like people to take a closer look at this sketch 'cause the witness told our friends that he has some scarring on the right side of his face and also that his face is pocked on both sides. >> reporter: investigators say the suspect was driving a dark blue lincoln town car similar to this tinted windows and a decal. >> lincoln decal is fairly unique. it has a silver or chrome
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lincoln emblem with a red backdrop so that what i'm told is an after market emblem. >> reporter: the brazen incident happened on the blue route in west conshohocken around 3:00 p.m. after firing the shot, the suspect got up the highway. police say both drivers were driving aggressively but the intended victim is cooperating fully. >> we can't have people reacting in this manner to a vehicle code violation or any other time. it's just too dangerous. the highways are dangerous enough let alone introducing a gun to it. >> reporter: and police really want you to take a look or keep a look out for that lincoln town car and in particular that decal that unique decal with the red backdrop. anyone with information urged to call state police. live in wynnefield, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> all right, chad, thank you. it may be rainy and gray outside but inside temple university's liacouras center the smiles were all sunshine
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and the future is bright. it's graduation day for these owls and this was a record breaking commencement ceremony. the class of 2016 is the largest in university's history. more than 93,000 graduates in all. the students come from 76 countries and range in age from 20 to 63. they all now join an enormous network of temple alumni. >> over 300,000 alumni of this university who are leaders in philadelphia and in cities around the world. they will be your lifetime partners. >> i'm so excited. seven years since i went back to school. i'm a little bit older. i was the oldest one in the classroom but i did it. >> and congratulations to her and all of the new grads with all of the pomp and circumstance these newly minted graduates got their diplomas. some say they're still figuring out what to do. others had their plans lined
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up and are ready to take on the world. i just want to correct myselfly i said 93,000 graduates, it's 9300 but it is still a record breaking class and we're very happy for all of them and their success. brian and sharrie. >> awesome. what an exciting time for them. >> a lot to celebrate. >> alicia thanks very much. time for a first check of your evening commute. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> many congrats to all the new owl graduates. couple things you want to give a who the about as you head out this afternoon brian and sharrie, it's wet. you probably know that. that means things are a little bit slippery and they're definitely slow. here on 295 near cherry hill we've seen some southbound slowing here by 561. up ahead by the black horse pike there's a jackknifed tractor-trailer but it's off to the side and that's why you're seeing the southbound traffic move as well as it is. it's slow but would be worse if that jackknifed tractor-trailer was blocking a lane. in trenton there's a crash this afternoon definitely us down on the northbound side of 29 past 129. what a shock, the schuylkill
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is jammed on a wet friday afternoon. 54 minutes is your westbound travel time to enjoy right now headed out of town from the vine out to the blue route. should be about 15 minutes and not this afternoon. have a little police activity here in the trees just beyond belmont on-ramp not helping us out. it appears to be blocking right lane. we mentioned a bit ago that flooding on the roosevelt boulevard northbound lanes still blocked between grant and conwell. bustleton avenue a possible alternate. on the turnpike we've had accidents in both directions. still one eastbound by norristown moved to the shoulder but speeds in the 20's. let's grab the ipad to the commuter report on this friday afternoon. minor crash on the kelly drive. schuylkill has speeds like 10 miles per hour. maybe the mlk drive would be your best bet. it's going to be slippery and slow he there. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> thank you. still ahead president obama weighs in on donald trump and the race for the white house. >> plus, the fierce fight continues in canada where
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>> ♪ >> mass evacuations continues the canada today as firefighters continues to battle a large wildfire. 88,000 people have been ordered to evacuate alberta. the wildfire has destroyed more than 1600 homes and buildings there. more than 1100 firefighters are working around the clock to stop these flames but they say what they really need is rain. so far no deaths or injuries have been reported. >> the fbi is reportedly getting ready to interview democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton about her e-mails. sources tell abc news federal investigators will ask clinton for a sit-down in the next
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couple of days and the clinton campaign has indicated that she is willing to answer their questions. at issue here is whether any sensitive information was miss handled when clinton used a private e-mail server as secretary of state. >> meanwhile the republican party remains divided today, one day after house speaker paul ryan says he's not ready to support donald trump as the likely nominee. the two are getting ready for a face t face-to-face meeting nt week. the goal is to start unifying the gop. president obama also weighed in on the race today speaking from the white house. he said as long as voters are informed, he trusts they will make the right decision. but he felt the need to remind everyone this race is a competition for a serious job in serious times. he implored voters and the media to subject every nominee to genuine scrutiny. >> you got to make sure that their budgets add up. it means that if they say they got an answer to a problem,
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that it is actually plausible. and that they have details for how it would work. >> as for the democrats the president praised bernie sanders but says the senators prospects are slim. hillary clinton holds a sizable lead with both delegates and votersly she's more than 90 percent of the way to clinching the democratic nomination. sharrie. >> all right, alicia, a local family is fighting to get their child back. authorities suspect abuse but the parents say a rare medical condition is to blame. here's investigative reporter wendy saltzman. >> reporter: a three month old infant ripped from his parents' home. local doctors say he suffered near two dozen fractures while in their care. >> he had multiple fractures all throughout his body from the ribs, to the fingers. >> i was baffled because i didn't understand how he could have so many fractures. >> reporter: could a rare genetic disorder combined with a nutrient deficiency from
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nursing be to blame. >> i wanted to prove it's not child abuse. i wanted to prove there's an explanation. >> reporter: plus we've learned this isn't the first time one of the doctors has been accused of mistaking a medical condition for abuse. don't miss my exclusive investigation, the fight for caesar tonight at 11:00. >> new jersey's official tall ship took a trip up the delaware river and is docked at trenton's waterfront. the historic out of ther schooner will be on display this week. passengers will learn about new jersey maritime history and have a chance to take a cruise. the ship is normally docked at the south jersey shore and so this is a welcome change for those who want to see it here this weekend. >> yeah, we learned a lot about that ship during the tall ships special that we put on. >> yes. >> adam and i. all right, it is time now for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> all right, do you want to be about the side this weekend. >> especially the second half of the weekend but you don't want to be on a boat today on
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the water whatsoever, very choppy very wet. as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan around the region we have mist and drizzle especially west of the city and a bit of a batch towards dover as well as vineland. as we close in closer we're taking a look at the rainfall estimates with double scan live radar and our dual pole technology to get a clearer picture as to how much rain is falling where you live, in and around pottstown 1.8-inches, wilmington 1.3. near salem you see that little stripe of yellow over 2-inches of rain throughout the day today and some of southern new jersey near glassboro about an inch and half. so, it was a very decent soaking no matter where you are but now we're just dealing with those very light showers. and what a difference. we're in this omega block as we talked about which is really a stuck pattern in the atmosphere. we were in the good side of the omega black on april 17th to the 26th. that's when we had that 10-day stretch of very warm weather with temperatures 6 degrees above normal and a lack of
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precipitation. now we're in a 10-day stretch that started on april 27th where it's been very cold, 6 degrees below normal with a healthy amount of rain in philadelphia, over 2-inches in this 10-day period. we had to make up some ground but it goes to show you you can be on the good side of a stuck pattern or the bad side and we're kind of evened out at this point. as we look at temperatures, only in the low 50's across much of the area. 52, 53, 54 degrees. visibility is down in and around philadelphia and montgomery county, delaware county about a mile and a half visibility, low clouds with that mist but where we're stopping some of the rain along the shore communities you can see how those visibilities really jump up to nine to 10 miles. low pressure is now inland and it's really starting to fall apart. you don't see those bright colors on the radar anymore but it's going to take some time to kind of wind this low pressure down so the clouds are not going to immediately escape here as we go into the beginning of the weekend. for tonight mist, drizzle,
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breezy and raw with temperatures in the upper 40's pretty much everywhere from the lehigh valley to the shore. we look at future tracker6. 9 o'clock tomorrow morning with that low pressure still trying to break down, a lot of clouds, still some scattered showers or mist around. as we get into saturday afternoon, we start to follow the clouds. the clouds will start to fall apart. there may be some peeks of sun, still a scattered shower but the brighter of the two days definitely coming in on sunday for mother's day just in time. quickly turning sunny here, a breezy wind out of the northwest with temperatures by the afternoon at 70 degrees. look at that four day at 4:00 forecast. it's much better. as we look at a few scattered showers, a lot of clouds tomorrow, 66 but maybe a few peeks of sun but the sun returns on mother's day, again if you have outdoor plans if you're going to wear a hat you may want to rethink it because the winds will be gusting near 30 and then monday pleasant, mild, 72 and warmer, 78 degrees as we go into tuesday of next week so
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finally no more salt into this open wound. >> seems almost unbelievable. >> right. >> we would have earned it by then. >> adam thank you. >> still ahead, police need your help to find a man who robbed a bank in a normally quiet suburb. >> and coming up at 4:30 a dog attacks a woman on the street but it turns out that animal was meant to go after someone else. the neighborhood dispute that led to the mistaken attack. >> and whether or not anyone has ever told you that you look like your mom, you're going to love this story. a new technology finding all the similarities between moms and daughters when it comes to their facial features coming up.
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no one was hurt here but police want anyone who might recognize this man to please call them right away. >> the u.s. economy added 160,000 jobs in april but that's the fewest in seven months and below the already lowered expectations. the labor department released its monthly report today. it shows a steep drop from the average increase of about 200,000 jobs per month. but the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5 percent. and the average hourly pay rose two and a half percent from this time last year which is above the pace of the last few years. now here's a look at today's closing numbers and on this friday, the stocks able to hold on to their gains. the dow closing up nearly 80 points to close at 17,740 and the nasdaq is up 19 points, the s & p 500 is up six and half points. well, aaa honored the reasons top hotels and restaurants today at a luncheon in center city. the rittenhouse hotel was the
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only five diamond destination in our region. it also hosted today's events so not a bad place to be. 15 other hotels and restaurants received four out of five but most were in the city but two were in the suburbs. the inn at baumann's hill in bucks county and savona restaurant in montgomery county. >> a very deserving mom from delaware is get something national recognition. michelle wall was named mother of the year during a ceremony today at silver lake elementary in middletown. wall was joined by her two daughters and members from her girl scout troop. she was given the award by american mothers for being an active parent and a member of the school board. wall will now serve as ambassador for moms across the can country. congrats to you, michelle. special birthday celebration for this bucks county woman today. gladys banks turned 105. she was born back in 1911. at a she was honored by family and friends and even some
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lawmakers in bensalem. the mayor there presented her with a gift card and state rep was also on hand to tell her she had been recognized by the statehouse of representatives and what a great moment for her. >> happy birthday. 105. >> awesome. >> yeah. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 a woman is recovering from a violent dog attack. one that neighbors say was deliberate and meant for a different person. "action news" reporter vernon odom will explain the entire situation next. >> plus, a moving tribute to moms everywhere in big talkers we have the viral video shedding light on the emotional moment on the journey to motherhood.
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>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> hello again. 4:30 now and "action news" continues with another arrest connected to the brutal beating of two philadelphia police officers. >> and an illegal gambling ring gets busted up. the suspects accused of rigging machines to make themselves tens of thousands of dollars. >> plus, using mothers and their daughters to decode the science of aging. we'll show you the eye opening connection you'll want to see this coming up. >> but first, an innocent woman is recovering from an alleged deliberate dog attack in north philadelphia.
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she was getting out of the car when the animal tour into her. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the police station in hunting park to explain what happened here. vern. >> reporter: quite a bit sharrie. police are still trying to unravel it. the victim remains hospitalized tonight in stable condition suffering from pitbull bites to the foot and to the arm. she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. this is bricks the large pitbull shot and killed by police last night in kensington. police say the dog repeatedly attacked a 26-year-old woman who was an innocent passerby. police believe she got caught up in a neighborhood dispute involving the resident of this house in the 3200 block of north american street. neighbors heard bloodcurdling screams and called police. >> even when police arrived on the scene the dog continued to attack the female. the female actually jumped onto the hood of the police car. police saw that the dog continued to bite this female
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and they did what they had to do. they fired just two shots, striking the dog and that ended the attack. >> reporter: amber, a neighbor a few doors away says she gave bricks to her neighbor just a few days ago because she has enemies. >> i gave her the dog. she was having a lot of issues going on in the neighborhood safety-wise so she would be protected. >> reporter: she says she was an eyewitness to the violence here on north american last night after several adversaries allegedly couldn't gated outside that neighbor's house. >> she was like yelling sic them. he attacked the wrong person obviously because that girl had nothing to do with anything that was going on and the girl is in the middle of the street on the ground rolling around screaming like for her life. >> reporter: brian, the east detective division continues their investigation this evening. so far no arrests. live in hunting park, i'm vernon odom channel6 "action news. >> vernon thanks very much. police are still looking for one of the suspects wanted
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for a violent assault on two school officers in northeast philadelphia. they released this picture of edwin burgos. they say he's wanted in the attack that happened monday afternoon. cell phone video shows the fight at the corner of cottman and caster avenues. one of officer suffered a broken jaw because of this. the other had several bruises. police have arrested two suspects. police say roger millington turned himself in on wednesday. the other suspect is a juvenile and was arrested yesterday. >> a retired philadelphia police officer was sentenced today on charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl. a judge ruled that walter sassy would spend one to two years in prison. investigators say sassy met his victim while working at the courtesy stables in andorra. he was arrested back in march of 2014. sassy's attorneys immediately filed an appeal which will be heard at a later date. in the meantime he is free on house arrest.
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>> three people from the same family are accused of running an illegal gaming machine in chester county. several of them. heim sandoval his niece. the district attorney's office says it seized five machines from two businesses. they raided a mexican store in oxford. the trio allegedly rigged the machines so they never paid out any winnings. >> all right. a lot of rain today but the end at least is in sight. >> finally. >> the weekend is in sight and the rain is in sight and so is the sunshine. as we take a look right now at high temperatures so far one of the coolest spots in the eastern half of the country, only 56 degrees today in philadelphia. 70 in cincinnati, near 80 in chicago and take a look at minneapolis, they are baking today with a high temperature of 90 degrees.
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so, the warmth eventually is going to be pushing in. right now the clouds lock in. a few areas of showers, a little bit of mist around the city, 53 degrees with that northeasterly wind at 17, the pressure 29.62-inches and at the shore in atlantic city you still see some raindrops on the lens. it has dropped raining there at 54 degrees but in the distant horizon and over the open waters there looking south you see a little what looks like brightening spots and in fact with the southerly wind at 12, some drier air has can come in and it just updated. you can see the clouds are breaking apart and the sun is returning some points to the shore there. so, i'll show you a picture actually coming up. someone took a picture in ocean city and i said that can't be today. she goes that was an hour ago. >> wow. >> i'll show that you picture and we'll all be seeing the sun soon enough with that seven-day forecast. >> perfect. adam thank you. >> the memory of fallen police officers is being kept alive in honor of national law enforcement month. holy family university holds a
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blue mass every year to honor the sacrifices of police and emergency responders who died in the line of duty. the ceremony included members of campus public safety, many of whom are retired police officers. >> the tradesmen and women who shape our nation's buildings boats and bridges put their skills to the test today. the carpenters training center in northeast philadelphia hosted a competition in five categories including floor laying, cabinetry work. the contestants were top scorers from the school's current apprenticeship training class. starting in september students at rowan college of gloucester county will be able to major in process technology. the new program is thanks to a partnership with the paulsboro refining company which also announced a scholarship and internship opportunities today. process technology helps prepare students for careers in the petroleum and chemical industries. >> police in bucks county are trying to track down the person who they say put several truckers in danger on the pennsylvania turnpike.
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"action news" anchor rick williams live in the news room now with more on this story. hi, rick. >> hi, sharrie, that's right. according to officials that person or persons were throwing bricks off of an overpass and onto traffic below. new at 5:00 tonight, trish hartman speaks with one of the victims who was hospitalized after one of those bricks hit him in the face. also coming up tonight in health check at 5:00 it is fitness friday and ali gorman is helping you get beach body ready by memorial day with some small tweaks you can make to your fitness routine. it's that time of year. those stories and much more coming up when we see you on "action news" at 5:00 sharrie back to you. >> that time get beach body ready. there you go. there you go, mr. williams . >> [laughter] >> we'll see you out on the beach. we'll see. meantime residents at a gloucester county nursing home received special gifts today. the group mothers matter handed out more than 100 bags filled with donated toiletries. well, this is the tenth year
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that the group has done its mother's day drive for kennedy healthcare center in sewell. >> and in honor of mother's day weekend a new technology shows us just how much we are really like our moms. mothers and daughters share a lot of bonds including half of their genetics. a local doctor is using those connections to study how our faces change over time. >> that was me this summer. >> growing up robin heckler didn't think she looked like her mother arlene and neither did anyone else. >> i was told i looked like my father, acted like my father, played sports like my father. >> but in recent years, the similarities have grown. >> i can see this part of me in her. >> but they didn't know how much they had in common until they joined is study by dr. allen wolk. he's using mothers daughters and on granddaughters to study how women's faces change over time. >> it increases my understanding of what's actually going on. >> each woman is photographed with a special camera.
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then the pictures are assembled into 3-d images showing the facial contours including some not so obvious ones. dr. wolk scrolls through them documenting the changes between mother and today. half our genes come from each parent so some features are always passed along. in this duo he noticed subtle changes around the eyes. >> with time, the eyebrow and its outer corner comes up and the eyebrow and inner corner actually drops. >> he also noticed that sagging upper eyelids aren't loose skin but a loss of fat under the skin and he realized that it's not gravity but a loss in bone mass that causes some facial changes. >> you start to see a drooping in the cheek and in the jowl. you start to get bags. >> robin learned she has arlene's nose, not her dad's as they always thought. >> superimposed they were like almost identical. >> wow. >> isn't that crazy. >> cool. >> all this time you know, you think i think nothing like my
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mom. i'll post a picture so you guys can see but maybe dr. wolk has some ideas for us here. he worked with more than a dozen mother-daughter pairs so far he says the pictures show that sun damage and that inspires patients to improve their sun protection and skin care and it's also teaching him new tactics to keep patients looking younger for longer. >> good stuff. >> how much you look like your momma. >> i bet you'll find out you look a lot more like your mom than you think so. >> i know i do. >> i'll be waiting for that picture. >> okay, post it. >> still ahead on "action news" this afternoon serving alcohol at penn state sporting events. soon the beer may be flowing inside the stadium. we have details about the new proposal next. >> a concertgoer is caught reading while beyoncé took the state. the video is going viral and we talked to the bookworm ahead in big talkers. >> and sky6 going to take a live picture. are we going to do that? no, let's just look here. this is so much better to look at. there it is, sky6 the ben franklin bridge. you know what, come on back in
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>> ♪ >> some penn state sports fans may soon be able to buy alcohol while watching their favorite team in happy valley. university trustees are expected to approve the idea today. a committee is proposing that the university serve beer and wine at beaver stadium, the bryce jordan center and the other facilities but there would be a few catches. it would only be available in the controlled areas like suites and the club seats and there would be a limit to the number of drinks. >> ♪ >> big talkers now and you might think there's never a bad time to read a book, right? well, some might disagree after this man was caught with his face burr need a good read during a beyoncé concert. yeah. these images of george papa
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giorgio reading while beyoncé is on stage in raleigh north carolina. the images are going wildly viral. he was working concessions at the concert venue for his church and once they were done, he took a seat. he says watched a little of the show, it's not that he doesn't like her. >> i mean, ooh find beyoncé a great show woman and very attractive but her music, fine but not my style. >> not as good as the book. wait for this one. the book he was reading the new pilot by jewels vern he's read it already five or six times before. nothing like a good book. as we enter mother's day weekend for some the emotion that is come with it can get a little raw. so, for the current mommas, the hopeful mommas, the hurting mommas there's a viral video celebrating the little miracles that have earned some very special ladies that very special title. mom. now, this is a tearjerker. you have been warned but
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they're happy tears. lea campbell compiled the stories of more than 100 women. women who have suffered baby loss, heartbreaking infertility, they've cried thousands of tears and at one point they all lost hope. but then their miracles came to them through birth through adoption through surrogacy. lea adopted her little three-year-old beauty josie, there she is right there after a long and emotional struggle with her own fertility so that's what inspired her to put this have had yo' together. she posted it on her facebook page and people are sharing it like crazy. the alaska mom calls it motherhood doesn't always come easy and says it is for any mom fighting for the right for that title and for those who are still fighting. this one's very close to my heart. every time i watch it i'm just a puddle. i think you will be, too, but a happy puddle. >> yeah, absolutely. >> happy mother's day. >> hopeful. >> great weekend and great day to celebrate that most extraordinary person in our lives.
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alicia thanks very much. time for another check on the roads tonight. >> all right, matt pelman standing by with the update. hi, matt. >> i've got some puddles and we're not so happy about them this afternoon. they're all over the roadways really jamming things up. we wish we had a better ride home for the moms on this friday brian and sharrie but unfortunately we don't. problems here on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side right by the on-ramp from gulf mills. multi vehicle accident, looks like three vehicles involved. penndot and police are on the scene knocking out that left lane. coming east of the pennsylvania fact in valley forge you're hitting a wall of traffic because of this crash on the schuylkill eastbound. you think, well, maybe i'll stay on the turnpike eastbound instead. don't know that i'd do that because there's a crash near norristown off to the side now but speeds there just in the teens maybe i'll take 23 instead. don't think i would do that either. shut down in bridgeport because of a sinkhole between fourth street and b street so flint hill road is a possible alternate. bottom line is whichever way you go you want to allow some extra time. have a crash in edgemont
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township delco along 352 at heather knoll lane. a whole lot of slow speeds a crash in roxborough by chaumont school. and a crash on 676 southbound in camden at collings avenue. still have the high water on the roosevelt boulevard shutting it down northbound near grant. stick with bustleton instead. and a live look in mount laurel the ramp from 73 to 295 southbound reopened. crash here has cleared. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the 5 o'clock hour. >> see you then my friend. thank you. meteorologist adam joseph has got that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next. >> ♪
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>> that s word. >> sunshine. >> it's mother's day. >> yes, it will return over this upcoming weekend but what a wet way to end the week as we look at double scan live radar right now. still dealing with pockets of moderate rain right between southern new jersey and central and northern delaware right over the delaware bay and river. elsewhere we're just dealing with some very light scattered showers and some patchy mist especially north and west of philadelphia. but here right along route one in delaware, it is very wet. you can kind of see this area blossoming to the east of smyrna, north and west of fortescue kind of pinwheeling from the southeast to the north and west squeezing between salem and new castle county in delaware. but if we go closer to the shore and we flip from storm tracker6 live double scan radar mode to the sa satellite mode you can say breaks. we can confirm that the sun was out and is still out in parts of the shore.
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this is in avalon. colleen sent this to me on my facebook page with her daughter. she said we had to drive all the way to avalon to find any blue sky and this is happening right now. this is at 30th street pier. hopefully colleen you have a great mother's day weekend as well as the rest of you that it pertains to. as we take a look at the numbers 54 in allentown, 52 reading, 52 wilmington. lower 50's at the shore and again, that sunshine, that beautiful shot we just showed you, it will be mimicked across the entire viewing area especially here on sunday. there's the low winding up pulling inland. you have most of the steady rain is now south and west of philadelphia and we'll continue to see this low fall apart as we go through the overnight hours, but it did pile up a lot of water along the shore, so we have one more high tide of concern. that concerns between 7:30 and 9:30 tonight right along the immediate shore back bays a couple hours later. widespread street flooding is
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expected. wave heights five to 8 feet causing some beach erosion. overnight tonight mist and drizzle, breezy and raw not the best friday night forecast, 46 to 49 degrees. future tracker tomorrow morning still a lot of clouds around. upper 40's to near 50 with a couple areas of showers. as we get into tomorrow afternoon we do go back to at least 60 degrees for most of us. some peeks of sun developing but there still will be these instable showers a showers. cold front comes in sunday morning for mother's day. there will be a quick area of showers first thing in the morning and then the sun returns late morning into the afternoon 2 o'clock, sunshine in control with temperatures to near 70 degrees for many of us. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, back to the 60's tomorrow, a few scattered showers around. some peeks of sun. but that sun fully returns after a quick shower in the morning sunday breeze breezy at 70. mild pleasant monday 72. upper 70's tuesday and wednesday. a little bit of cloud cover coming in on tuesday.
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a few scattered downpours or thunderstorms wednesday. could eke out a dry day on thursday and dadville begins friday but right now it looks a little wet for the beginning of that with temperatures at 70 degrees. >> all right, we'll deal with that when it arrives. >> i know. >> don't want to think about it yet. >> adam thanks. >> freebie friday is up next. we have fun things you can do with mom this weekend without spending a dime. >> you don't have to tell her it was free. and and later tonight a brand new episode of 20/20. a woman who was abandoned as a baby discovered she wasn't the only infant her mom left behind. her emotional journey to reconnect with family tonight. here's a look at the rest of our prime time lineup tonight. >> ♪
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>> happy freebie friday as we head into mother's day weekend, we have some freebies for you. first, some beauty products. you know we love those. nyx cosmetics giving away free tube of mascara called double stack. they say it's so intense your lashes will look fake. fill out a form and they send it right to you. can't wait to get that one in the mail. tracy may is giving away free bottles of beautiful volume reverse wash system a new technique to add body and bounce. fill out a simple form and they will mail it to you. this is pretty fun. a sweet treat this weekend only saturday and sunday 7-eleven is giving away a free small diet coke frost cherry slurpee when you sign up for text alerts. if you do that you get other little freebies and offers along the way. here's something fun to do with mom tomorrow. it's the south street spring festival a 12 plus city block celebration featuring more than 30 restaurant vendors and food trucks, 40 different
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brands and brow house submits annual may pole dance. be there tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. adam turn the rain off for tomorrow. and finally moms are free this weekend at one liberty observation deck. this weekend only but do you have to buy your ticket. it's really fun if you guys haven't been up there amazing views of the city but do it on sunday it's going to be clear i think. yeah. >> sounds good for mom this week. finally now at 4:00 a montgomery county classroom took a step back in time today. miss mint's sixth grade class wrote and performed a fashion show with a flashback for previous deck wades. it was held for friends and family all part of grandparents day also known as special persons celebration which when students get to invite influential people to come to class with them. >> awesome and well dressed young men. that will do it for "action news at 4:00.
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for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join us tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5:00 hi guys. >> we're following developing news out of maryland. a suspected gunman is in custody now accused in a string of three deadly shootings. plus, the search is on for a hit and run suspect after this deadly crash this morning in south jersey. >> and we'll take you inside the pomp and circumstance this morning in north philadelphia at temple university's largest graduating class ever received their diplomas. those stories and another check of that dreary but improving accuweather forecast coming up next at 5:00. >> we're hopeful. [ soft music ]
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change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. ly. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> developing right now, a man is in custody suspected in three deadly shootings in the washington, d.c. suburbs. in all tonight three people are dead two others wounded and now police are trying to connect the dots between each of these incidents. friday night the big story on
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"action news" is that developing situation in maryland. >> the first shooting happened yesterday at a high school about 15 miles outside of washington. the second happened this morning in a mall parking lot. the third just happened an hour later outside of a grocery store. and tonight we're learning more about the plan who police say pulled the trigger in each of those locations. >> karen travers live in bethesda maryland for us with details. karenism good evening rick and monica. police here say they were searching for eulalio tordil for about three hours. during that time he was right near the second crime scene moving between stores. law enforcement officials say tordil had made threats to commit suicide by cops meaning he wanted the police to kill him. so the police were waiting for the right moment to move in what about thing to avoid a shootout. when they did they were able to take him into custody without incident. the first 911 calls came in a little after 11 o'clock this morning reports of gun shots from the parking lot o
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