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>> nor breaking fuse at this hour. a bus driver is murdered at an nj transit gather if gloucester county. police say that the driver was killed in the parking lot of the 6,000 block of black horse pike. christie aleto joins us live from the scene now. >> reporter: at first glance it looks like business as usual at the new jersey bus garage but as you look closer you see that homicide detectives are on scene trying to comb the garage where the employee was shot to death and the cries for help came out at 1:30 this afternoon. and a gunman murdered a new jersey transit bus driver and then fled. the 6 thousand block of black horse pike quickly became a crime scene as police investigate the crime scene that they suspect in not random.
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no word on arrests, but what is on clear is what prompted this shooting and the relationship of the driver to his killer. reporting live in washington township, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. we are also following developing news out of montgomery county today. and day two of the bill cosby sexual assault trial. this afternoon the woman whose allegations are at the center of the allegations against cosby took the stand to tell her story in her own words. vernon odom is live now at the courthouse. what did andrea constand have to say today. >> quite a bit and gave a timeline of her relationship and how it developed with bill cosby a moment of high drama in the courtroom when the d.a. showed up and said the prosecution called andrea constand and her testimony is steady and confident so far. >> at 2:00 this afternoon andrea
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constand was called to the witnessstant for the first time in a public courtroom she told her story of her and become and described melt pel visits to her home for dinner and the first time he put his hand on her high and on the third time he tried to undo her pants. on the next visit to discuss a career change. he plied her with food and wine. i saw two of him and the next thing that she remembered was cosby globing my breast and i was unable to stop him. and she woke up later and left the mansion. cosby's lawyer will argue that it was entirely convention you'll. >> she will undergo bill cosby's
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lawy lawyers rigorous questioning. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> our coverage continues at 6abc.com/cosby trial. there can you find all the latest updates on the proceed g proceedings and a collection of photos and videos from the courthouse and updates from our "action news" team of reporters. new at 4:00 the verdict is in, the jury found a bucks county man guilty of sexually assaulting six girls. lee kaplan was charged with a number of crimes including raping a child and statutory assault. he is convicted on all counts against him. the parents allegedly gifted the girls to kaplan in exchange for financial help. they were found in his home after a tip from neighbors. a bucks county prisoner once
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on the run is back in custody. police captured daniel selby after someone reported seeing him this morning. the sighting cause aid massive police response and lockdown at several area schools. walter perez is outside of the warrington police department. you talked to neighbors who are understandably breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon. >> no doubt, after two dates and school cancellations yesterday and school lockdowns today and police swarming the area people have had enough. >> "action news" was there as prisoner. selby was being transported to the first court hearing after being captured this afternoon. police chief says that today started with a tip call from someone on the 2500 block saying they found selby on his property this morning. >> he was found sleeping in an
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old pickup truck on the property and when confronted he took off into the woods. and it took hours but police finally converged in warrington and people called 911 saying they too had seen selby during the morning hours. >> we brought in three k-9 and we waited him out and had the dogs go in and flush him out. >> authorities made the arrest at 12:45 this afternoon after finding selby hiding in bushes at county line road and drive. he was on the run after escaping from a transport vehicle after being arrested for failure to appear on a drug charge and his father daniel selby sr. was arrested for allegedly helping his son escape from authorities. the 65-year-old selby faces charges including eluding
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apprehension. neighbors are just glad it is over. >> we have wonderful neighbors and in fact we are here today to play games at the clubhouse and you don't expect things like this to happen but they happen anywhere. >> on top of the original drug charges, selby faces serious added charges, including felony assault for pushing a deputy chef as part of his escape on sunday. walter pers, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. police and firefighters responded to a possible chemical exposure this afternoon at pennsbury high school. five students were taken to area hospitals because they were having difficulty breathing and it happened in the pool house where class was underway. the school contacted parents of all students in the class that day. lets get a check of the forecast with meteorologist, adam joseph, who will tell us when the sunshine could come back. >> you have patience for another
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day or two? >> i can do that. >> we have no choice. low pressure on stormtracker 6 live double scan shows the citiyest of the rain at least is in northern parts of new england now but the low pressure continues to spin and drifting scattered showers and downpoured across the area. and a cluster in salem and gloucester and camden county and these will try to pivot here through the evening and overnight hours. but it has been extremely cool and really questioning whether we are in june or not. just 63 now in philadelphia. and 56 in new york city. 48 degrees in boston with some rain with that northeastly wind and down the pike in baltimore 74 degrees. as you go through the evening hours, a lot of clouds and drizzle and shower around and temperatures falling from the 60s to upper 50s by 10:00, 11:00 and the low dropping down to 53 degrees and this pattern will eventually break on thursday so another dreary day for
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wednesday. late week improvement and we can't complain about how cool and cloudy and rainy it is because a heat wave is on the way for next week. we'll talk about the big warm-up in the seven-day forecast in just a bit. >> thank you. >> water service is back up and running in abington neighborhood. flooding by a broken water main, we told you about the incident at breaks news at 4:00. aqua tells "action news" they were able to turn the water back on this morning. 85 customers in the area should boil water before drinking it. the water company will be testing samples today and tomorrow to determine when the water is safe again. the pipe that broke had been installed in 1911 and on the list of equipment that needed to be replaced . a new jersey state trooper killed in the line of duty was honored today in his home town.
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♪ ♪ trooper sean cullins fiance and two small children attended the ceremony in cinnaminson, a tree was planted and a plaque was placed next to it. they fought back tears to thank the organizers. >> our hearts are forever broken the outpouring of love and support is amading and i look forward to the years to come to show the children how special their father was. >> the outpouring of the people of cinnaminson has been fantastic. >> trooper cullins was responding to a car fire when another car hit him. he die bradenton his youngest son was born. matt pellman is in the traffic center with a first check. >> the first check showing delays for the afternoon ride home like here on the schuylkill
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expressway westbound side it's a sea of taillights, lighting up as you pass the roosevelt boulevard and head out toward gladwyne just normal afternoon volume kicking in here. 26 minutes on the westbound travel time should ideally be 14, the 12 minute delay will undoubtedly get worse. on 95 just 25 miles per hour. that is normal afternoon volume beginning to build and we are not seeing a lot of accidents on the big picture just afternoon volume as people leave work and start to head home. we are watching restrictions from the big water main break in abington township. edge hill road remains blocked season highland continues to be an alternate. and slowing on the eastbound turnpike approaching fort washington with speeds in the 30s. and eagleville look for crash. and over in burlington county a
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crash along 295 southbound at 541 that is off to the side and speeds there in the mid-60s. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report a crash along princeton pike, a lot of people are talking about it and the congestion resulting from it. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. up next here at 4:00 chaos at a well known landmark in paris and a man armed with a hammer tried to attack police. >> plus, amazon is offering a discount to its popular prime membership for a select group of customers. we'll explain coming up. and because together you roared so loud,
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in paris today police shot and injured a man that attacked officers with a hammer at the notre dame cathedral. it caused chaos and confusion at one of the most popular tourist destinations. as you can see the incident caused panic among visitors to the famed cathedral in the heart of the city's capital. in an image circulating on social media you see tourists obeying police ordered to put their hands up inside of the cathedral. it was taken by nancy soderberg. a former representative to the united nations. and some say that there were moments of panic with people simply running for cover. >> it was terrifying and we were just in london two days before and we are still a little bit scarred from that, and
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definitely different when you don't understand the language if the country, it was kind of run away, just instinct i guess. >> the paris prosecutors office opened a terror probe into the incident and france is at a state of emergency and the highest level of alert. and the suspect in this case is in custody and in a hospital at this hour. >> tense moments okay thank you. today at 73rd anniversary of the d-day invasion, on june 6th, 1944 more than 160,000 allied trooped about half of them americaned stormed the beaches of normandy france one of the largest sea born invasions in history. it was a turning port in world war ii after they overwhelmed their german counter parts and dwight eisenhower commanded that
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operation. >> it's primary day. polls opened at 6:00 for races around the state. the biggest the republican and democratic primaries to exceed chris christie. six nominees are vying for republican and five for democrat. and there are several local races underway and competitive primaries in the state assembly. the polls close at 7:00 and we'll have up to the minute results on 6abc.com and on "action news" tonight. amazon wants to make its prime service more accessible. that is why it's offering a discount to people that receive government aid. they can get a prime membership for $10.99 a month for unlimited shipping and shows. and now they have the option of paying $99 a year or $10.99 a
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monthly basis. and the city of chester is hoping that a plan to go green will create jobs. and they announced the launch of a $50 million initiative for your ban reviewal that added pollution issues. and it's from a public private initiative from the city of chester. and it uses small businesses to help carry out the work and in turn hopefully create economic growth. something cool here. "action news" is digging deep into secrets lying within the city of philadelphia. today on 6abc.com we launch our new digital series called hidden philadelphia. we are proud of this and looking high and low as well known landmarks and tucked away gems and found stories you never knew. did you know something is underneath william pen's hat up there. this series will surprise you
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check it out running now at 6abc.com/hidden philadelphia. >> the very smart meteorologist, adam joseph, believes he has an answer for the question. >> his head. >> that is one thing. >> a little bit more. >> brain? we'll find out. i'll go there next. as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan one thing we all know we are sick of the clouds, the cool temperatures and the on and off rain you can see here an area just to the south of philadelphia and a few sprinkles south and west of allentown some of these trying to pivot into the north western suburbs but the more concentrates is the atlantic city expressway near hammonton moderate rainfall there as well as 55 and just to the north of 49 getting heavy rain briefly. no lightning or thunder with this right now but all the sinking in southern parts of salem county heading towards
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cumberland county and also atlantic county. temperatures though it depends on where you are. we are only in the 50s in trenton and beach haven. 63 in philadelphia and 62 in millville. you see the northeastly wind and then it stops in southwestern chester and most of delaware and lancaster county. 76 degrees there. you see the westerly wind right there, marking a very fine dividing line of where that cool air is coming in with that front from the north and east. where temperatures today are a good 10 plus degrees below where they were this time. and 6 degrees warmer in lancaster. and with that spinning low you have the warmer westerly wind and the far southwestern suburbs and new york to philadelphia and carving into the cooler wind and the heavy rain is off to the north. tonight the temperatures are dipping everywhere. back into the 50s very cool for
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june, some on and off showers and drizzle. future tracker at 11:00 still showing showers north of the city. temperatures in the 50s to near 60s. we wake up tomorrow morning a dreary start to wednesday and we are locked foot 50s and only once again going into the mid to upper 60s tomorrow afternoon a scattered shower and trying to puncture maybe a peek of sun or two. and again the clouds dominating for one more day. the four day at 4:00 forecast cloudy with a passing shower and 67, sunshine breaking out here, more brighter, brighter here and less cloud cover on thursday at 72 degrees. we get near 80 partly sunny on friday and back above normal on saturday. temperatures at 84 degrees, a scattered storm in the afternoon as warmer and more humid air arrives we'll talk about that part of the forecast that will all be sweating at the end of the seven-day forecast in the next half hour.
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septa is ready to kick off its yearly food drive, the campaign called stop hunger at your station started monday and runs through june 23rd all the donations are given to philabundance after announcing the details, septa employees volunteered their time at the hunger relief center in south philadelphia. they helped to sort and pack donated items. get this students in port richmond showed off the apps they spent all year building. the action cam was at the expo at memphis street charter school as part of of the technology program they learned how to develop and code and build apps and had to sell their idea to potential investors, at the end of the day three winners will be
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chosen. organizers are putting the finishing touches on the sixth annual dinner in white. the annual pop-up flash event where people decked all in white throw a dinner in a public space. this is video from last year's event on the art museum steps. tonight is the preview party for this year's event heading in head house square this evening and 15 different table-scapes are competing and i was paired up with valley forge flowers in wayne. >> the dates that shaped our city and we invite people to get a taste of the caterers we are working within a sam bell with what to do at their tables and just have fun. >> i love how everything is about the feathers the star of the show. >> we are just going crazy with the feathers adding gold touches
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and fruits and herbs and i love the rules we can go with color with the flowers. >> we love the pop of orange. valley forge flowers artist gayle king used rosemary, kale and pears and artichokes and magnolia, it looks good. we loved our theme and we got a 6 abc "action news" exclusive. this year it takes place on thursday august 17 and, the first time you are hearing and the location is still a surprise. wish us luck our table is competi competing. >> it looks great. it's top secret. more ahead including details on the arrest made in the vicious and unprovoked attack against a mentally challenged man in german town. i'm nadia han if you think about renting out your home we
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♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, sharrie williams and brian taff. hello again 4:30 and "action news" continues with details on an alleged child abduction in the city's rhawnhurst section. >> and that someone tried to kill a woman shooting her three
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times from a school bus stop. they don't know why or where the trigger man went. people online called it a dangerous lesson and called police. why the woman allowed a small snake to bite her toddler. >> we begin at 4:30 with a vicious attack on one of society's most vulnerable that has gone viral. this has been seen across the globe over the last 24 hours it shows a teenager punching a mentally challenged man for no reason and now the teens in the clip have been identified. sara bloomquist is live with more on this disturbing crime. >> reporter: sharrie, police have three of those juveniles in custody ranging in age from 12 to 15, they are looking for a fourth a 15-year-old boy in
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connection with the assault on a mentally challenged man. >> the slow motion video posted to facebook begins with the victim looking into the camera one juvenile winding up and delivers the punch to the victim's face and the other boys look on laughing and the victim reels back in pain and attempts to flee and another boy chases him and purges him in the face again. >> it's disturbing this male who is 38 years old was targeted because he was mentally challenged. and the a senseless ac of violence. >> the video is viewed millions of times since it was posted. police were made aware of the content and determined the video was made last monday, memorial day in german town. they say that neighbors and others came forward with essential information that helped them identify the young suspects, three of them were picked up at school and police
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are working to arrest the 15-year-old that delivered the second blow. >> they may have thought it was clever but my message to them is do more constructive things with your time you shouldn't be out messing with people. >> they have solid leads on the identity of the fourth suspect. and they believe that two of the boys were also involved in a second incident last friday involving an attack on a school principal involving bricks in this case they now face charges including aggravated assault. >> live at northwest detectives in the logan section, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> sicken be behavior thank you. meanwhile philadelphia police say a man abducted a child walking to school in the rhawnhurst section on the 1900 block of front street at 10:30 a.m. that a man between the ables of
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30 and 40 forced her into a newer model of black car and dropped her off at cotman avenued. the school district of philadelphia have reached out to the parents at woodrow wilson middle school to inform them of the reported incident and are now cooperating with police. the family of a man killed by philadelphia police have filed a wrongful death lawsuit. he was shot by officer shannon last may. and police maintain that the schuylkill native drove his minivan at the officer and two other officers forcing them to open fire. but they say that the plain clothes officers stepped into the path of the vehicle while the unarmed chef was looking for a parking spot. they say they do not comment on pending lawsuits. police in upper darby says that someone tried to kill a
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woman at a bus stop at guilford road at 8:00 a.m. the woman was shot twice in the head and once in the chest. witnesses say that if the shooting happened moments earlier children would be at the bus stop. >> i am scared i will not let my babied out. >> it's scary the gun thing is too much this these days. they go around shooting people for nothing. >> the woman's condition and identity is not released yesterday but neighbors say she was relatively new to the area. at last check police have no suspects and no motive. pennsylvania prosecutors say they have broken up a fraud scheme that used instagram to carry out the fraud. they posted bank and credit union logos on their instagram and encouraged customers to like the post and then reached out to those that did like it promising a cut of fraudulent checks
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deposits and withdrawn perfect the people's accounts. it netted $50,000. three are arrested all of whom are being held now in montgomery county jail. turning to the forecast meteorologist, adam joseph, is back and you are asking us for two days do we have patience? and i said yes and we are asking again because we are still waiting. >> making sure you are okay today. it's wearing thin. wait until tomorrow it will be the same as we look outside clouds dominating here in northampton county in the lehigh valley and easton and the clouds have the heavy weighted nature to them. 64 degrees dew point 55 and winds from the east at 10 miles per hour. cool day off to the north and same in center city. a sea of gray upstairs, 63 degrees. winds from the east-northeast at 12 miles per hour. it's hard in the summer season or at least june, july and august to get a full cloudy day
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that is the case though. there was a little break of blue about 10 minutes ago above the commodore barry bridge but as quickly as they develop the clouds gobble it back up. 60 degrees there and winds from the east at 18 miles per hour. we'll talk about the return of sunshine and those that are complaining that it's cool and cloudy and kind of dreary, don't want to hear any complaints when next week you go it's too hot and too long and too humid. you'll say it in the seven-day forecast. >> thanks adam. ♪ ♪ >> are you looking at the class of 2017 from landed down catholic high school in doylestown. the students filed into the national shrine of our lady of chester. for today's commencement. we wish of course all the graduates good luck as they move on to the next adventures. there is new evidence that a
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common sleep treatment could cure another problem that drivers have behind the wheel. monica malpass is live now with more on this. >> this is a new study out of the cleveland clinic with interesting results, researches say they have collected information from 2,000 people that suffer from sleep apnea, a common problem among adults in the u.s. the secondary problem may be solve bid a common sleep apnea treatment. also, how a carpet cleaning man in arizona put his tools to good use and has local officials hailing him as a hero tonight. we'll have more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. we'll see you then. >> "action news" was honored to be invited to a special birthday party today. this is regina from lower merion township an "action news" viewer celebrating her 100th birthday. regina asked that we withhold her last name.
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she left her home to ep case the rise of the nazis and made it to america by herself. she credited her longestity to eating healthy organic foods. >> and now happy birthday from "action news" as well. a new exhibit hosted by drexel is about giving children an adventure in the wild but it doesn't take place outdoors but done through technology. backyard adventures are filled with play stations that kids can explore the outdoors and see a hidden world of science. it's on the ben franklin at the center for science. they can explore a food web and a pond and learn how to do the copying sound of critters in the wild and even dress up like their favorite animal. still ahead if you think about turning your house into a
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hotel with airbnb. stick around nydia han has more in what's the deal. and a mother let a snake to bite her toddler why she is defending the decision and calling it a teachable moment. and a driver in china learns a hard lesson about roadway manners, what he did to this tow truck seconds before being -- in gravel.
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augusta city hall in maine is back open after a disturbing incident forced the entire building to close for several days. a man unhappy with the pest control in public housing walked into city hall and dumped a plastic cup filled with bed bugs on to the counter. workers immediately started scooping them up but with more han 100 on the loose there it was impossible to get all of
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them. pest control spent days fumig e fumigating the building. assault by bed bug -- it only took a second in china for someone to learn its not a good idea to cut a dump truck off. >> the truck driver could not stop in time and clipped the back of the suv and the dump truck tipped over burying the audi under gravel and it happened in front of workers and they joined the truck drivers and pulled him out of the car here. we start in florida where a woman is facing heat for allowing a snake to bite her 1-year-old daughter and then posted the encounter on
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facebook. >> my intent was never to hurt her. >> police are already investigating the incident after her post went viral. mom is not charged with a crime but you see the baby reach into the plastic box and then the snake strikes, she was scared but not hurt. >> it has bitten me and my son and didn't leave a mark several times i thought it was a good opportunity to introduce her without getting hurt. she is not scared of of snakes but doesn't want to touch them either, that was my goal. >> mom says they live on 9 ache you ares of land and wants her kids to handle all kinds of wildlife. in georgia it was a unique kind of fire rescue and first responders helped several people down from the second floor of an apartment building because the stairs were removed. yes they kind of needed those. they removed the stairs as part of a renovation project and left a note telling them the stairs
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would be out of of commission for a few days but the problem is people were stuck up stairs with no way down. >> you can't lock a whole -- everybody up up here we are trapped. there could be a fire how are we suppose to get down? the reporters couldn't get up and they had to toss the microphone up to the people on the second floor. the complex could get cited for code violations and now everyone is downstairs with no way of getting back up. you kind of do need the stairs, you may call them conversation pieces but there san account on instagram rounding up wacky products and billing them as simply ugly designs. foyer instance the cheeseburger bed. imagine how warm and cozy you could be with the faux patty lettuce and tomato. and how about the sports car bathtub. picture the instagram posts and
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chatter among party guests and no idea why this exist buzz the pillows have faces or most of a face. nose and mouth and no eyes. take a seat on these chairs that think are you a-okay and when you post your pick on social media don't forever get the matching emoji, if you struggled with a place to put a slice of pizza. this handy dandy lanyard has a slot that fits an average slice. please don't call pizza ugly. >> they were all ridiculous until the last one you had me at that. >> pizza pizza thank you. lets get another check of the roads right now. >> matt pellman can follow this up. >> from ugly designs to ugly delaze we see them here on the vine street expressway we wish we could slice them in half and
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normal half noon volume and 676 jammed in both directions by the schuylkill expressway and this is where the vine is closed tonight and pretty much every night this week starting at 11:00 for overfight construction. heads up on that, right now just a whole lot of volume trying to head to 95 or over to the schuylkill. as we head over to the burbs here in chester county. slow going on the southbound side of 222 from 29 to the 30 bypass. one lane on the off ramp to westbound 30. that is the setup for a year. we are used to having the southbound delays on 202 in the afternoon. and shopping accepter at eaglesleville at park avenue. and the a crash at the northeast extension approaching quakertown where the left lane is blocked. expect delays to form as emergency crews arrive on the scene. abington township still have the water main break from yesterday and edge hill road is blocked and jenkintown road gets you
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around it. a crash on street road at bustleton pike. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. >> that pizza thing could be critical in a traffic situation. >> handy. >> that has your attention. >> thanks my friend. adam joseph standing by with the exclusive accuweather forecast coming up next.
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you had me at heat wave. >> i did. now you have to wait for it. >> we have something to look forward to. >> it's in sight. we'll warm your hearts here by the end of the weather cast. we have to talk about the chill first, the showers and downpours out there in part of the area, clouds for most of us in the chilly northeastly winds and rain north of reading and
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allentown and a batch of downpours and showers that are southern parts of burlington county. and atlantic county and now into northern cumberland county in bridgeton route 49 a pretty wet drive right now with a good downpour there. that passed through and heading towards millville. doesn't last all that long but heavy rain same thing for buena on route 40 a solid area of rain and no lightning or thunder but this continues to sink down to the south. south of glassboro right now and got this twitter picture into my twitter page from worm 2124, you can see from his drone. his name is t, just t. you see the dark clouds passing through with the rain in gloucester county. temperatures all depending on where you are. in the 50s in bucks county as well as parts of the lehigh valley. northern parts of the poconos and 54 in lake harmony and
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center city and malvern. and look at southwestern chester county and lancaster county in the 70s right now, because of a westerly wind areas that are cooler getting that northeastly wind and that is most of south jersey here at hammonton and brigantine and farther to the west it's warmer in the state of delaware upper 60s to 70 degrees, we have the low pressure spinning off to the north and this is the cold pool of air above our heads that self-destructs when any sunshine develops and clouds are around tonight and drizzle and cool for june and temperatures on either side of 50 degrees from the suburbs to the city and tomorrow the area of low pressure is now over our region and just to the south and west high pressure over the great lakes and another cloudy day and a few peeks of sun with early drizzle and 67 and a coastal low will develop as the upper level low sinks to
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the south and high pressure comes in from the west to keep this low pressure just off the coast. could scrape part of the coast here on thursday, we'll watch it and this point it looks dry for most of us at 72 degrees, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast a lot of clouds tomorrow and a shower at 67 and we break for more sunshine and east of philadelphia we watch the clouds, with that coastal storm of 72. and then partly sunny as that lift as way on friday at 80 degrees and back to normal and 83 and here is your string of r starting on sunday and turning more humid and muggy on monday and tuesday. and a heat waive the second one of the year. it's on its way with temperatures in the 90s. talk about going from one extreme to the next. >> thanks adam. >> what you need to know if you think of renting out your home this summer. it's next in what's the deal.
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well, you have heard of course of airbnb and it revolutionizes the way people travel and the way people rent their homes. >> it turn nood a billion dollar industry. >> billion with a b. but nydia han has advice. >> millions list their homes on airbnb to generate income. websites like airbnb and home away make it easier to rent out their homes. >> that allowed fred nelson so rent out his catskill abode. >> i bought it for vacation and
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to rent it out was a know brainer to list it on a site and let people enjoy it as well. >> and the market is strong. 75% of people that never used a home stay said they would consider trying it. how to start renting out your home. consumer reports says that the first thing to do is make sure it's legal. >> it's not legal everywhere have you to look into the local laws before you list your home. your city hall could tell what you is legal in your area, the legal in philadelphia but limits and considerations. consider a call to your insurance agent and accountant. >> have you to think about the type of insurance you need and whether or not you'll owe taxes on the income you earn. >> as far as fred nelson if the renters come he will continue renning it. >> i listed it a couple of weeks ago and it's rented all summer it's a way to pay the mortgage.
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>> and outfitting your home with a keyless lock and a reliable coffee machine and comfortable mattress make it's a more desirable rental and we put requirements on short time rentals in philadelphia at 6abc.com. >> that does it for "action news" at 4:00. i'm brian taff hope you'll join me and sharrie tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> "action news" continues at 5:00 with breaking news after a new jersey transit bus driver was shot and killed at a parking garage, we are live at the scene. next on "action news" at 5:00. it takes a lot of people to make a good school day.
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miss reeves makes us sound amazing. and miss santoro always takes time to see how we're doing. miss simpkins keeps our school looking great. recess wouldn't be recess without miss basile. and mrs. mccarthy always has tons of good books to read. which makes for a pretty good day at school. ♪ "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. tuesday night and we are following two breaking news stories at this hour. one a double shooting that sent a child to the hospital in delaware. another a deadly shooting in a parking lot in south jersey. first, to the shooting in wilmington. that happened in wilmington this afternoon on the 1700 block of
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east 6 and street. a child is in critical condition after being shot in the head. his mother a woman in her 30s was also grazed by a bullet in the home. >> a 6-year-old child was actually shot in the head. unintented target with people out with violence. >> witnesses tell "action news" that the mother and child were sitting in the car at the time and a reporter is on the way to the scene and updates here and online at 6abc.com. >> meantime we are learning new information about a deadly shooting in gloucester county, a knowledge transit bus driver was killed in what people believe was a murder-suicide. christie aleto is live with the details for us. >> reporter: that is right. we learned that the victim is identified address 45-year-old ryan c. reynolds apparently shot while on the
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