assaulted a 13-year-old girl. >> my daughter actually called me last night and told me, yeah. >> reporter: word spread fast through this neighborhood. >> that's terrible. >> i only have one word. it's terrible. it's a lack of involvement i guess with parents and other ones. >> reporter: it happened around 5 o'clock yesterday evening on the 1300 block of west butler. police say a 13-year-old girl was walking down the street when three boys approached her. they grabbed her and took her into an abandoned property where she was sexually assaulted. >> she's 13. she don't really know much. now she's exposed to something. she probably didn't know about. >> reporter: neighbors complain that the vacant home and others in this area are hot spots for crime. they should be boarded up more securely. but they add, there's no excuse for the young suspects' behavior. >> i don't know what to say about kids these days. >> reporter: some wondered if at that hour someone might

have witnessed the abduction but did not call police. >> i can't help but wonder who was around and why they would allow it to happen because i personally think that there's always someone around that sees it and decides to turn the other cheek. >> reporter: and philadelphia police would like to hear from any witnesses. if you have any information, contact the special victims unit. live in hunting park, i'm sarah bloomquist, channel6 "action news." >> sarah thank you. investigators believe they arrested the two people responsible for a deadly shooting that killed a 13-year-old in tying nicetown. detectives say 19-year-old tymear johnson pulled the trigger killing khisser davis-papther. 18-year-old christopher sutherland is is also charged with murder and other offenses. the boy was shot inside a

takeout restaurant. surveillance video let them to johnson and sutherland. >> three teenagers on trial for their roles in a fight that led to a classmate's death at howard high school of technology in wilmington. 16-year-old amy joyner francis died after that incident that unfolded in a school bathroom last april. "action news" reporter bob brooks live this afternoon. he's been in court all day. he's in wilmington with what unfolded inside that courtroom today. bob. >> reporter: well, brian a very emotional day in court. so many lives, so many families, so many young lives impacted by everything that has happened. now, just a little while ago we heard from a witness who saw the actual fight. and she says that the victim joyner francis wanted absolutely no part of it. it's a tragic situation all the way around a 16-year-old girl dead, three more young girls are now facing serious charges. almost a year has passed but now the three teenaged girls

facing charges for the death of 16-year-old amy joyner francis are standing trial. prosecutors say joyner francis was attacked and killed at hands of her three classmates in a bang room at the howard high school of technology in wilmington. it's a nonjury trial taking place in family court. the girls are being tried as juveniles. a variety of witnesses were called to the stand mostly detailing the events that led up to the fight that includes a meeting documented on social media between the girls the day before the brought another witness of the actual fight says it started out as talking then an argument then she stated joyner francis was attacked without warning and that she never wanted to fight. just one of the three students is accused of physically fighting joyner francis. she faces the most serious charge of criminally negligent homicide. the other two face conspiracy helping to set the fight up. at the center of the evidence is a 30 cell phone video. the it shows one of the defendants dragging joyner francis by the fire in a stall.

today the defense argued their client didn't cause joyner francis' death but points the blame on the results of the medical examiner's office. it's determined joyner francis died from a preexisting heart condition triggered by the attack. the defense argues there's no way the girls could have known o about that or that this would result in joyner francis' death. right now court is still going on. later this evening we're expecting a statement from a family representative of amy joyner francis so be sure to look for that t reporting live in wilmington, bob brooks, channel6 "action news". >> okay, bob, thank you. we've got some breaking news now. we're being told a very active scene unfolding in north philadelphia. this is where police are investigating reports of multiple people shot. you see the large police presence there as they try to sort this out. the call came in just about a half hour ago. this is the 1100 block of west styles street in north philadelphia. still no confirmation on how many people have been shot or what led up to this shooting.

that is what philadelphia police are trying to sort out but again, the report is multiple people shot in north philadelphia on the 1100 block of west styles street. chopper6 giving us the view of this active scene. as we get more information about this as it unfolds we'll pass it along in this newscast. >> a judge has just delayed a ruling on some key questions concerning bill cosby's upcoming sexual assault trial. judge steven o'neill is weighing whether the jury can hear decades old testimony in which cosby admitted to giving a powerful sedative to women before sex. the defense argues that testimony is irrelevant because the drug he was talking about was banned years before the alleged assault at the center of this case. now, the judge is also deciding whether cosby's previous payments to other accusers are admissible. the trial is expected to start june 5th and should last about two weeks. >> in russia today at least 10 people are dead and 40 injured after a deadly bomb went off on a subway train. that blast tore through a train that was traveling

between two stations in saint petersburg. the impact of the bomb ripped the doors off the train car and filled it with thick smoke leaving much injury and death in its path. there's still no word whether this was a terror attack and so far no one has claimed responsibility. russian president vladimir putin who was in saint petersburg when the explosion went off offered his condolences to the families of those killed. he said investigators are actively looking into whether the attack is terror related. now within two hours of that blast, authorities found and safely deactivated another bomb at a separate busy saint petersburg subway station. all subways in saint petersburg have been shut down and security measures have been tightened in response to the explosion. president donald trump calling the deadly bomb blast a terrible thick. he spoke to today before a lunging work with egypt's president and says it's happening all over the world. this afternoon russian officials say as their

responses continues they do expect the death toll to rise. brian and sharrie. >> okay, alicia, thank you. it is time for a check of the accuweather forecast. >> another beautiful day out there. we managed to string together a couple of nice days. meteorologist adam joseph standing by now to tell us that the rain is not far behind. >> yeah, two days in a row of sunshine around here and that sun already fading behind a lot of clouds that have pushed in this afternoon but again, it was a pretty nice start to the work and school week. right now we're sitting at a warm 65 degrees in philadelphia. 66 in washington, near 70 in richmond and the warmth even spills to our north and west. buffalo and pittsburgh both in the upper 60's. but yes, changes will be moving in. storm tracker6 live double scan shows a healthy amount of rain in the deep south, even tornado watches from south carolina to the panhandle of florida. we thankfully are not going to deal with severe weather with this but you can seat leading edge of heavy rain now near roanoke west virginia and moving towards on the

panhandle of west virginia. this will be moving in overnight tonight. future tracker showing by midnight the rain is steady, turning heavier and the good news this go round, most of that steady heavy rain some breaks out from the southwest to the northeast occurs while most of us are asleep 12 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. and you could also get kind of jolted up with a rumble of thunder out of bed and ponding on the roads at that time. we'll talk about a little bit of unsettled tuesday and more ref rain, -- heavy rain coming up. still active pattern setting up. >> adam thank you. it is time to play ball. the phillies home opener isn't until friday but their season is kicking off in just a few minutes in cincinnati. "action news" sports director ducis rodgers is live for us in the sports center with a look at what's in store for the 2017 season. hey, ducis. >> reporter: will the phillies win it all? not likely but they're expected to field a more competitive season than last season. the team only 171 games.

as always health will be a factor a the season will begin shortly in cincinnati against the reds. there are no more members left from that 2008 championship team. this is a young ball club bit has potential. as for today's opener it doesn't matter if you're a veteran or wide eyed youngster the first game always means a little bit more. >> major league opening day is something special, something i've looked to are what toured since i was a kid. you get the opportunity enjoy it with everybody in this clubhouse is something i'm looking forward to enjoying. >> me as a player i expect to win. i think everybody in this clubhouse is expecting to win. we want to win. you know, and whatever that number is at the end of the year whether it's 10 games over .500, .500, a couple games under, it is what it is but we want to win be we're going to play like it. >> jeremy hellickson is today's opening starter. he led the team to victory last season with 12. brian and sharrie back to you. >> seeking to get off to the right foot today. ducis thank you.

>> speaking of getting off on the right foot we hope you're doing that on the roads. a first check of the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. hi, matt. >> hi, guys. we hope everyone is cooperating. seems a few people may not have been earlier this afternoon along the blue route 476. this is the northbound side approaching route this evening the broomall upper darby interchange where there was a crash awhile ago now but it's still out here on the shoulder attracting a little bit of attention as you head northbound away from lima springfield up through broomall. the slower speeds that's usually the case on the southbound side speeds like just 18 miles per hour as you travel south on the blue route through delaware county. we also have a crash earlier this afternoon on the schuylkill expressway. it was westbound right around the vine. that has cleared out completely but still just 10 miles per hour there as you travel westbound by south street and eastbound also had an issue. it was a broken down truck by girard. that's cleared but same situation still slow on the eastbound side as you head towards the vine street expressway. broken down truck as well on

95 southbound by bridge street but that too has cleared so we're improving. could use improvement here in the lehigh valley. there's a crash on 22 and eastbound and mcarthur road. in northern delaware a crash blocking the intersection of stony batter road and middleton drive. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this monday afternoon minor crash along the schuylkill eastbound in conshohocken. you can get by but it is slow there as it is most afternoons at this hour. we'll check this afternoon again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> okay, thank you my friend. >> still ahead on "action "actin news" at 4:00 a senator from our area has helped set the stage for what could be an unprecedented showdown over president trump's pick for the supreme court. >> two trailblazers making history in the ranks of emergency responders.

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>> ♪ >> senate democrats secured enough votes to block supreme court nominee neil gorsuch at least for the moment. the dems pulled off a filibuster today setting up a showdown with republicans who plan to confirm gorsuch anyway. the vote cast by delaware senator chris coons was the crucial vote that prevented the gop from reaching the needed 60 votes today. coons explained his opposition to gorsuch. >> after reviewing judge gorsuch's record after meeting with him twice, after participating in four days of very well run senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing submitting written questions and getting feedback from literally thousands of delawareans, i have decided that i will not support judge gorsuch's nomination in the judiciary committee today. >> republicans on the senate judiciary committee are vowing to invoke the nuclear option

which is changing the vote to a simple majority in order to push gorsuch's nomination through. >> there is still limited service on new jersey transit this afternoon due to a derailment at penn station in new york this morning. cell phone pictures show commuters slipping through the partly opened doors after the accident. it redialed after it was pulling into track nine at penn station. five people suffered minor injuries. now nj transit is cross honoring tickets this afternoon. it's the second derailment in two weeks at penn station. pennsylvania governor tom wolf is continuing his job tour with a stop in center city. he visited a local union training center which prepares people for jobs in healthcare. the governor talked about the importance of apprenticeship and job training. >> amazon launched a new service letting customers spend cash on merchandise. it eliminates the need to give the company your credit or debit card information. amazon has partnered with retailers like cvs speed way

and sheets. cashiers take your cash then scan a bar code on your to tone load the money on your amazon account. there is no fee to use amazon cash. >> today history was made in philadelphia and these women were honored with firsts and being hailed as trailblazers. captain linda long is officially the city's first female fire battalion chief. and paramedic captain crystal yates is now the city's very first african-american female paramedic services chief. they were sworn in at the philadelphia fire academy today along with more than 20 other personnel who received promotions. captain long is the first person male or female to go through the ranks as both a paramedic and a firefighter. she was a paramedic captain in 2003 when she decided to then also join the fire department at 39 years old.

>> the first volunteer fire department i tried to join wouldn't let me in 'cause i was a woman. i'm so excited and proud to be able to be a representative of all the women in the fire department because i may be the first female battalion chief but i doubt i'll be the last. >> i think that you always go forward. it's not always going to be easy. hold your own, stand your ground, know that you can do it, know that you have the strength to do it and go for it. >> those are the inspirational words from newly minted paramedic services chief crystal yates. she followed in the footsteps of her father. she says when he started his career in the early 1970's there were no women on the job at all so today she is honoring him and her entire family including her kids who have stood behind her and fire commissioner adam thiel told us no the only so proud but the department is actively and deliberately trying to recruit more women, women like these two ladies right here shattering glass ceilings one job at a time. >> two pretty awesome women

right there. congrats. >> absolutely. okay, alicia, time now to go back to accuweather but let's head outside first where drone6 is giving us a live view flying over fort washington montgomery county. this of course the beautiful scene as spring we see the signs of it still coming along here, grass green in some areas and getting agree end in others. our team of faa certified drone pilots of course behind the controls here on this cloudy but mild spring day. >> it is nice to see the green grass. that means all this rain lately has had one good effect. >> good effect, yeah. >> soon flowers will come. meteorologist adam joseph standing by with word, yes, more rain is coming. >> they call it april showers for a reason except it's not showers it's going to be many downpours this week as we look at sky6 live, we started the day bright beautiful, full sunshine. now you can see the clouds are raced back in and the rain will soon follow as well. as we take a look at the present temperatures it is warm because of that sun earlier, 65 philadelphia, 66 allentown. 62 in wilmington.

64 in millville. with the wind out of the southeast a bit cooler at our shore communities they're only in the lower 50's. many of us over that 60-degree threshold. tomorrow will be the first day that philadelphia's normal high finally hits that 60 degrees so signs of spring are moving back in. a month from now our normal high jumped up do 70. two months from now 80 and three months in the middle of the summer our normal high is 87 degrees. we'll be sweating soon enough, so take these really beautiful days when your highs are in the 60's and 70's. as we look at satellite and radar, there's that morning sun, now the clouds are coming in and you can see the rain not too far to the south and west of washington as well as richmond its racing in from the south and west. in fact, it will be here by 11 o'clock tonight, turning heavy in delaware, just some light showers at that point philadelphia up through the lehigh valley but you can see how everything brightens up here around 2 o'clock in the morning. there could even be a rumble of thunder or two, so this may

be one of those nights that the dogs come running in the bed as well as the kids in the wee hours of the morning with that heavy rain and some thunderstorms but that lifts off to the north so by 7 o'clock in the morning, as we heighten that rush hour, the heavy rain is gone, just some damp roadways, a few lingering showers, some breaks of sun tomorrow afternoon develop. it's warm and it could ignite a second round of some downpours and thunderstorms during the afternoon tomorrow. and as we take a look at the rainfall totals between about a half inch to an inch of rain. most of this falling during the overnight hours tonight. there could be flooding especially near mercer county off to the north in the poconos but mainly up towards new york state that's where they'll get the heaviest rain over the next 24 hours but the majority of our viewing area not within a flood watch overnight tonight. as we look at that four day at 4:00 forecast here showers to sun tomorrow and there could be again a scattered downpour or thunderstorm in the afternoon but we jump to 75 degrees with those breaks of sun. wednesday is breathtaking.

full sunshine, 70 for a high and then we pay for it, though, on thursday, heavy rain, strong to severe thunderstorms thursday is a nasty day of 63 degrees and then for the phillies home opener, i hope you're underneath, you know, like the second or third tier. brisk cool with showers and temperatures only in the 50's. >> all right, so wednesday it is. >> that's the were ick. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you adam. >> all right. >> still ahead here on "action news" this afternoon, a thief on a bike targets an unsuspecting victim. >> see the newly released surveillance video of that crime coming up. >> and if you need a little mini vacation but you don't have the time to do all the leg work and the booking, don't worry. there's a company that will help you pack up and go but there's one catch. the destination is a surprise. we'll till about it in big talkers. >> ♪

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cameras show he rode up to the 80-year-old victim and grabbed her purse. she received minor injuries. the suspect was last seen heading west on hunting park avenue. >> a new record was set in new jersey today when phil murphy filed his petition signatures with the new jersey division of elections. murphy filed an impressive 43,042 signatures in trenton today. that far surpasses the old record held by governor chris christie of 14,835. now this is just the first phase of this year's governor's race. lieutenant governor kim guadagno and state assemblymen jack are running for the republican nomination. work began on an extreme makeover on a north philadelphia high school. school superintendent dr. william hite picked up a sledgehammer and made one of the first holes in the walls at merrill dobson cte high school on lehigh avenue this afternoon. also on hand for today's groundbreaking mayor jim

kenney. once finished the $35 million project will help the school double in enrollment. it's expected to be completed in 2019. >> that always looks fun watching people destroy -- >> tear something up. >> there's much more ahead in the next half our of "action news" at 4:00 today including the reason a stranger is being blamed for causing a profession in ally golfer a major title without being anywhere near the course. >> remember nicolae as a south jersey school plays tribute to a teen who lost his life in an atv accident. we're learning more about the crash that killed him.

>> it is 4:30 now and "action news" continues with breaking news out of north philadelphia. chopper6 flying live right now over the 1100 block of west styles street. >> now, that's where several people were shot. this all unfolded about one hour ago. police are on the scene as you can see now but have not released many details. we're still waiting to hear how many victims there are and what led up to -- may have led up to the shooting. be sure to stay with "action news" on air and online for the very latest as we get it. >> at 4:30 new details on an atv accident that claimed the life of a burlington county teen on saturday 2atv's collided sending three 14-year-old boys in the air. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic talked to the woman who found the teen after the

crash. she is now at the school all three boys attended plus more about the young man who died in this horrible accident. nora. >> reporter: brian, one of the survivors is still in the hospital, another has been released and there is terrible grief here today at southampton middle school. now, the would. who discovered the boys says the kids didn't appear to be hot-dogging or taking chances. she says the survivors told her their friend hit a patch of water and that caused the fatal accident. >> we waved and they weren't racing, they were just driving by. >> reporter: gail corey was dropping off her grandchild on west patti broker road saturday afternoon. not five minutes later when she looked down the road as she was leaving she could see one of two all terrain vehicles overturned and three boys on the ground. she quickly called 911. the crash killed 14-year-old nikolay cunningham of southampton and injured two of his friends. today a small memorial marks the accident site. >> one of the young men told

me was that the young driver that was killed hydroplaned and when you hydroplaned he lost control and turned. >> reporter: corey says the two survivors were wearing helmets, cunningham was not. the eighth grader's death has sent shock waves through southampton middle school where today classmates decorated nick's locker with heart felt messages and in memory of their friend many wore red today, his favorite color. >> nick was a spirited energetic student, very -- always had a smile on his face, very -- very pop remarks well liked by his peers. >> reporter: school superintendent michael harris says the burlington county crisis response team was activated bringing 10 counselors to work with the three counselors already there. many of the classmates are taking advantage of the counselors. >> very sad day for the entire community. our staff is feeling the pain, our students are feeling the

pain. >> reporter: the cunningham family declined to comment today. funeral arrangements have not been announced. in southampton, i'm nora muchanic channel6 "action news." >> okay, nora, thank you. a worker was seriously hurt when a stack of steel beams fell on him in wilmington this morning. this happened at a job site on the 500 block of east broad just after 8:30. now, officials say workers were moving the beams when the stack shifted and one toppled on top of him. he was taken to christiana hospital with a number of lower body injuries. the accident is still under investigation. well, philadelphia police are looking for the gunman who robbed a juniata park sandwich shop one week ago. detectives released this surveillance video showing the robber running into the sandwich shop on whitaker avenue last monday night. the gunman immediately rushed behind the counter forcing a 21-year-old worker to give him cash. well, she emptied out the register doesn't the robber took off running. if you have any information on

this holdup, give philadelphia police a call. >> six months after it rolled out body cameras for its officers, septa police say they are a success. septa released an audit of the program today which it says has led to a significant improvement in police interactions with the public. from the data so far septa's police chief says the cameras have helped to improve officer behavior and to discourage people from making false complaints about officer misconduct. >> reduction in response to resistance, reduction in offender injuries and officer injuries. and a reduction in complaints. >> now, chief nestel says the audit revealed there is needed improvement in particular officers forgetting to turn the cameras on or to warn people that they are being recorded. >> all right, turning back to our forecast, hey, we're in the high mid 60's right now. >> not bad. >> very nice for a monday. >> two days in a row pretty nice. but changes move in tonight. as we take a look right now, you can see those changes in the form of clouds that have pushed in here this afternoon.

looking live center city here from our camera that is at temple university, 65 degrees, it is warm, southerly wind at 12 miles an hour. the pressure 29.96 and in princeton up near trenton and mercer county kind of a gloomy sky right now at 65 degrees, southerly wind at 12 miles an hour and if you're in mercer county, near princeton or trenton, you do have a flood watch tonight and tomorrow for some heavy rain moving back in there and in fact, everyone will get in on the heavy rain but really mercer county's the only county in our viewing area with a flood watch for tonight into tomorrow morning but you can see there's no stopping all this rain down to the south, even severe weather south of charlotte and columbia there in south carolina. we're not going get the severe weather but we could get a rumble of thunder or two overnight tonight. we'll talk about how much rain we see to and night and then a more potent system to come in here thursday that lingers into friday and that accuweather 7-day forecast, guys. >> looks nasty. >> yeah, on that radar it is down south. >> adam thank you.

well, students in west chester got a firsthand look at the dangers of drunk driving this morning. reston high school staged a safe deadly car accident in the school parking lot. the teenagers had to catch their classmates pretend to be seriously injured or killed in collision. the mock crash was staged with help from the westtown east goshen police department. the school does this every year before prom season to warn of the potential tragedy that can result from drinking and driving. >> philadelphia police are investigating what they call a horrible case of abuse and neglect that's left a paraplegic man fighting for his life. "action news" anchor monica malpass live in our news room this afternoon with the details on this story they're working on for 5 o'clock tonight. monica. >> that's right, brian, a sad story but it is an exclusive one you'll see only on "action news" at 5:00. police say a man was living in a home in west philadelphia. he was recently brought to a hospital in terrible condition. he was unresponsive and was covered in bedsores. tonight at 5:00 we're live on

the scene with the latest on the investigation and what neighbors are saying about that man. also flu season is coming to an end but there's new information for parents that you need to know about the importance of the flu vaccine. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman will tell us what researchers just found out about child flu deaths. we'll have those stories and much more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00 brian we'll see you then. >> monica see you shortly. thank you. bubbles blowing in the wind for a great cause in south jersey today. students faculty and staff at erial elementary went outside on this beautiful day and blue bubbles in unison for autism awareness month. they were wearing blue in support of autism awareness and support. >> looks like fun for them today. good cause. the tables were turned today as local students became the experts helping future scientists with their projects. dozens of elementary students were on penn's campus judging hands on experiments developed by science majors.

it's called the penn kids judge fair. students learned about brains and how they work, very hands-on today. the program is designed to make scientists better communicators and make young students better scientists. so good for them. >> i remember dissecting a doing. -- frog. that seems like nothing compared to that. >> they got a real look at brains. >> benefits of a weekend get away without any of the pesky planning if you're willing to let them surprise you with the destination. >> plus even though this car thief got away with a woman's suv it was not a win. he also got away with a face full of fuel. >> and from lol to ok. if you can't figure out what your crush's text means, don't worry. there's an app for that now. >> and meteorologist adam joseph will be back with the full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next. >> ♪

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didn't make it easy for him. surveillance video shows a man identified as william tige getting into the woman's suv as she was pumping gas. but the victim wasn't having it. she tried to stop the carjacking by spraying him with gas. she was dragged a few feet while trying to hold i don't and to her car but she was not hurt. the woman's mazda was found abandoned nearby. tighe is still on the loose. >> an eagle eyed television viewer cost a profession in ally golfer a big title this weekend. it was something to watch. lexi thompson had a two stroke lead entering the final round of the lg pga's first major yesterday that is until a viewer notified officials that thompson had moved her ball an inch too far on the 17th hole the day before. now after reviewing the play, she wound up getting a four stroke penalty two for that bad ball drop and two for signing an incorrect score card. that cost her the win. the ruling did not sit well with other golfers including

tiger woods who tweeted that viewers at home should not be rules officials. thompson says the incorrect ball drop was not intentional. >> big talkers now and we start with an emotional fertility battle playing out in a colorado courtroom. a family is fighting for the right to preserve the sperm of a dead man and they are working against the clock. kate chris well dated tom alexander for seven years. they were about to be engaged when he passed away suddenly from heart complications. now his family wants to preserve the family that he will never have. or not unless they can fight this kate says she can prove it's what he wanted. >> text messages i'm the love of his life when he came out of sedation it was constantly i love you so much. >> the family is fighting to extract and freeze his semen but the hospital says he didn't have a living will and they can't perform any medical procedures without his consent. the clock is ticking. this must be done within 30

hours of his death. he passed away yesterday. it's not a first of its kind case. there have been instances in the past where both eggs and sperm have been retrieved post mortem with certain exceptions this family is hoping that is the case. hey a-you need a mini vacation but don't have time to do the research, book the leg work? you just want to pack up and go? there's a company named just that, and it allows you to do just that but the catch is, your destination is a surprise. for all of the adventurers there's a team of world travelers who say they are at your researched -- your ready. they go by your budget but after that, they take care of everything from hotels to flights, they book it all, they set up your itinerary excursions activities and the whole nine. so you pack accordingly, pack up and go does give you a weather forecast for your mystery destination a fun three day weekend awaits you if you have trust and a sense of adventure.

and finally if you find yourself analyzing texts, dissecting each and every word sherlock holmes style to figure out whether or not your crush likes you back, sit back, relax, if you can, there's an app for that. it's called crush and it runs some sort of along rhythms on the text that the guy or gal of your dreams has sent to you. it analyzes your crush's words and texting patterns and calculates a score on a scale of one to five that will determine how much they like you and how long they've liked you. you can do the same with your best friends family members or your current partner including your husband or wife to find out how they really feel about you. >> uh-oh. >> download at your own risk. >> my gosh. [laughter] >> it's still 2017. >> it certainly is. >> or you can just ask them. >> you can just ask, that's right. >> how do you feel about me. >> actual conversation imagine that. alicia thank you. let's get another check on the roads right now. >> matt standing by with the

update for us. >> thankfully guys spirits are not being crushed this evening we're feeling pretty good about the traffic situation in fort washington montgomery county. drone6 looking a the -- at route 309 approaching second hasn't road the temple university campus. i 82 you had to take some classes there more than a couple years ago but if you have to do the same this evening heading northbound on 309 toward ambler toward montgomeryville a nice ride coming southbound towards the pennsylvania turnpike and flourtown also in the clear. let's check if the schuylkill expressway is also clear. no, no the quite as much -- not quite as much. eastbound slowing around the conshohocken curve. 26 incidents either direction right now. that's about a 12 minute delay either way with just some afternoon volume. no extra accidents or anything like that at this point on the schuylkill. on the blue route northbound near broomall still have that crash on the shoulder attracting some attention but the slower speeds remain on the southbound side. and there's a crash to watch out for in the mayfair section of the city at bustleton and robbins by bamboo restaurant and nightclub. police activity as well in

northbound along styles near 11th much avoid that information if you can. worcester township a crash to avoid along 73 skippack pike at wentz church road. we lost our accident in the lehigh valley. cleared out along 22 eastbound. 295 here in bellmawr camden county there's a crash southbound side near the black horse pike. it's right there on the shoulder but you are definitely getting some slowing almost a 10 minute delay as you come southbound from route 70 down to route 42. and in pike creek delaware, had a crash down here by the montessori school on stony batter road at middleton drive. that cleared out. normal volume along 95 and 202 the concorde pike. overall not bad in the first state this afternoon. we'll check it again though brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> sounds good my friend much thank you. meteorologist adam joseph standing by with that exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> two days in a row imagine that with sunshine. >> april treating us pretty nicely. >> so far. [laughter] >> it's like april 3rd, right. >> but a couple tricks up its sleeve in the first week here. we have to talk about wet weather moving in as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan. the clouds are here but the radar not much going on at the present time. we're going to get through the evening rush okay. we'll get through the early to latter part of the evening okay its later tonight when the heavy rain will be coming in from the south to the northwest and again you can even hear a rumble of thunder overnight as well. but it's pretty warm. 65 philadelphia, trenton 66 in the lehigh valley, some of the warmer numbers to our north and west and that's because the wind right now is out of the southeast so as you can see right along the shore it is only around 50 degrees or a couple of degrees above that. that wind coming in off the ocean of 48 so as you're removed away from the shore

line those temperatures do go up. satellite and radar we have large low pressure. you can see it's spinning here near saint louis. we have a pipeline of moisture coming out ahead of that primary, the main low coming in from the atlanta near jacksonville as well as south and north carolina severe weather with tornado watches down to the south. we're not going to see severe weather but again you could hear a thunderstorm roll through overnight with that heavy rain and there's the leading edge of the steady rainfall still south and west of washington as well as baltimore. so, as we look at some snaps here on future tracker, there you can see this shot here showing some light showers coming in north of philadelphia, lehigh valley, trenton at 11 o'clock tonight, a little band of some steadier rain in the state of delaware. everything kind of phils in here after the midnight hour. this is when the heaviest rain pulls through also again that rumble of thunder with about a half an inch to an inch of rain expected between about midnight tonight and 6 o'clock or so tomorrow morning. at 8 o'clock in the morning, some lingering showers still around philadelphia allentown

to trenton. but the heaviest rain will be out in time for that morning rush. and that then tomorrow afternoon we'll see some sun developing at times and that will also destabilize the atmosphere so any sun we see could cook up an additional downpour or thunderstorm. this is 4 o'clock. not everyone seeing them but the best concentration in the afternoon will be north and east of philadelphia closer to trenton, the poconos and the lehigh valley. but that temperature profile is going to skyrocket here tomorrow afternoon as some of that sun does return going into the middle 70's tomorrow afternoon and again, the steadiest rain is over by the time most of us get up and then some scattered stuff with those pops of sun in the afternoon. then wednesday is the day to get outdoors if you can. it is going to be a beautiful day. 70 for a high with high pressure in control and then another storm winding up down to the south and this one will be stronger than the one tonight and tomorrow with some heavy rain and even some strong to severe thunderstorms

on thursday afternoon. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 70's for the next two days. tomorrow unsettled at times but wednesday definitely the pick of the week. thursday we're highlighting red because it will be the day to watch for some of that heavy rain, could even be flooding rain and strong storms with a high of 63 and then for the phillies home opener not so bright. brisk, cool with some showers on and off, 51 for a high. and then over the weekend we do improve. saturday especially going into sunday as temperatures jump back into the 60's and then next monday sunny and warm 73 degrees so i think we're finally starting to turn that corner. >> yeah. >> when we get these sunny days they're really spectacular. >> he were like it. >> we do. >> adam thank you. okay, from cruises to running shoes there are a number of items that go on sale in april and others that actually get more expensive this month. we'll run down the dos and don'ts to get a good deal next. >> ♪

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>> with the brand new month comes brand new deals. if you waited to buy new clothes for the spring you did the right thing. deal news broke down the best buys in april and we start with warm weather apparel. they say the general rule is to wait about two months after a new season's items start to hit the store shelves and that's when you get the big discounts and so here we go. spring clothing and shoes start to go on sale right now, also i'll add this it's friends and family at bloomingdale's where you can get up to 25 percent off everything. okay, tax day is in just a few weeks. deal news says comes a surge of hotel and package deals with airlines and hotels hoping you will use your refund if you get one on a vacation. check sites like travelocity and expedia for deals only on april 18th and speaking of travel they say the deals are hot right now on last minute caribbean cruises with the

biggest discounts coming just before the june rush. now, if you love hunting for a good find now is the time to scour your local thrift store. deal news says spring cleaning means an uptick in donations which means more bargains for you to browse. dealings on running shoes start in may so wait for that. also you'll want to wait to buy things like mattresses tools and appliances when they go on big sale for memorial day weekend. you know when all those big discounts come and finally if you want a new laptop wait until june, that's when the back to school sales apparently a start yes just as school is letting out. wait for june if you want a laptop. >> good advice. thanks alicia. finally at 4:00 when you get caught doing something you're not supposed to there are a few options. you can apologize, run, play it off or if you're the animal instagram star arthur fox mccleod you just collapse in defeat much that seems exactly

what the hoodie wearing corgi puppy did when his dad told him he wasn't allowed to dig a hole in the leather seat there. after being scolded arthur tried again and this time trying to hide his naughty behavior but the outcome just the same, he gave up in dramatic fashion. maybe some of us can relate to that. >> very cute. >> cute, yeah. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. join me along with sharrie adam and ducis tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> ♪

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departments including temple university and housing police are on the scene at this hour following this very deadly exchange of gunfire. the nature of which could possiblely drug related. what we know is that four people were shot. three of them are now dead. another clinging to life at hahnemann university hospital. police responded to reports of shots fired here sometime after 3:30 this afternoon. twenty-second district officers arrived a short time later to find that the four people had been shot. two later died at hahnemann. another died at temple university hospital. this according to police. and again, a fourth person, a 26-year-old, is alive and being treated at hahnemann. what precipitated this violence we still don't know but police are telling us one of the victims was shot multiple times including twice in the head. no weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made but again, four people shot, three of them are now dead. one clinging to life following a very deadly exchange of