city, south jersey and also parts of extreme southern delaware and sussex county but as you can see a lot of it now over the open waters of the atlantic as low pressure is quickly working to the east-northeast. in fact as you take a look at storm tracker6 live locally a little closer to street level right along 55 that's the last of the steady rainfall heading towards millville elmer route 40 still heavy rain right now, the same thing from the tolls at the atlantic city expressway right down at the garden state parkway where it's a wet drive right now but we'll slowly see this heavy steady rain lift off to the north and east and it is all rain, no lightning strikes at the present time. the rain has been heavy at times especially in extreme south jersey here in cumberland county where a flash flood warning remains in effect for the next hour and 15 minutes where locally up to 5-inches of rain has fallen south of cedarville and near the maurice river. in fact, flooding in millville, some flooded roadways are reported, the same thing for kent county over in dover, carmel coming

in with about four and a half inches of rainfall hopewell township three and three-quarters and laurel bend with nearly 4-inches of rain this afternoon. technically a flash flood watch remains in effect for philadelphia to the south until midnight but with the rain moving out more than likely this watch will expire a little earlier than expected this evening t we'll chat more about that accuweather forecast with some brighter days ahead for the week coming up in just a little bit. sharrie. >> adam thank you. some of the strongest storms have been to our south. this is a picture of a car that are witnesses say flipped in a parking lat in maryland. experts are working to determine if a tornado touched down. there are a number of downed trees that have damaged property and also knocked out power lines. be sure to track today's rain and storms with the 6abc app. the images that we have there from across the region. the 6abc app is a free download for our mobile device.

>> the search is on this afternoon for the driver of an atv who rammed his vehicle into two police officers in camden county. the officers are expected to be okay but the situation could have been much worse. "action news" reporter bob brooks live outside the police station this afternoon and bob, what are the details here? >> reporter: brian, officials say that this was an attack on their police officers, that this was a flat-out attempt by a suspect to murder police officers this past saturday night and now they need help in trying to find him. >> this could have been much worse. like the -- the officer is lucky to be alive at this point imcamden county police deputy chief joseph wysocki. after 11:00 p.m. saturday night at the east coast gas station on newton avenue. he says detective kenneth egan and nicole barry were working a robbery case when they noticed a suspect tampering with equipment at the gas station. surveillance video captures the moment the two pulled up

in their unmarked car. next we're told the suspect got on his atv and attacked. >> there's no doubt in my mind that he knew that he was being engaged by two officers. >> reporter: when the police first arrived the suspect on the atv ran into the passenger side door. it was opened and as a result it smashed into officer berry injuring her. next investigators say detective egan ran over to help his partner but then the suspect ran him over. >> hit his head was knocked unconscious and the atv went over him. >> reporter: the detective suffered a severe concussion bruised ribs and for avenue barry. >> bruises on her face, several lacerations. >> reporter: they were rushed to cooper university hospital and are now on leave. he says there was another atf at the scene with man and woman on board their pictured here. they're wanted for questioning and hope to find this suspect before someone else gets hurt. >> we need your help to identify who this driver was. it looks like this was clearly an attempted murder of an officer. he intentionally ran this officer over. >> reporter: if you look at

your screen right now this is a description that of atv. it's a black racing style atv it has a headlight in the front and a rectangle retail. again, police here are calling this attempted murder of their police officers. if you know who is on this atv immediately call the camden county police. reporting live in camden, bob brooks channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, bob, thank you. a mount holly woman is facing murder charges today accused of killing her wife. the burlington county prosecutor's office says 28-year-old laura blue stein shot felicia korman inside their home. now police wrapped crime scene tape around the front of that house on the 100 block of mill street yesterday afternoon. in addition to murder, bluestein is accused of tampering with evidence. no word on the potential motive. "action news" reporter vernon odom will have a live report on this coming up tonight at 5:00. >> the philadelphia phillies and the sports world are remembering a great. looking back on the life and legacy of darren daulton. the 55-year-old lost his

battle with brain cancer over the weekend. sports director ducis rodgers joining us now in studio and teammates are reflecting on this all-star catcher known to many as dutch. >> reaction continues to come in. darren daulton was viewed as a leader, a beloved member of the phillies as beloved as their ever. what dalton spent 14 and half of this 16 seasons with the phillies. he was the heart and soul of the phillies for so many years especially the pent winning team. dalton kept that clubhouse in check. his former teammates coaches and friends remember him as an every day man that everyone can connect to and they knew he was special. >> he made the fans in philly feel like they were part of his extended family, his family. what he said the way he went about his business, on the field, he expected and he played hard and he worked hard. he was a man's man and he was

a lady's dream. >> you just remember the good times. i had a hard time last night but i remembered auld the good times we had and my buddy is not suffering any because he suffered for a long time and he battled and he's not suffering anymore and i'm going to miss him. >> funeral services will be private. in lieu of flowers donations can be made to the darren daulton foundation it's goal to provide financial assistance to those fighting brain cancer. >> that clubhouse showing their respects today. ducis thanks. we're hearing from a lot of fans today mourning the passing of the man who led his team to the 1993 world series. >> he was loving, giving, and shared what he had. it was in him. >> he was a charismatic dude. john kruk, lenny dykstra, him. charismatic guy.

>> fans have been paying tribute. we invite you to share your photos on our facebook page or twitter or instagram. share it by using the #6abcaction. >> philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that injured a 13-year-old. officers say the boy was walking with a friend in the kensington section of the city near kensington avenue and east ontario street when he was struck. he told police he ran home and then called for help. the boy is in stable condition right now at saint christopher's hospital. everyone was able to safely escape a house fire overnight in upper darby. the action cam was there as police worked to put out the flames on the unit block of millburn avenue. the fire started in the bedroom on the second floor just after midnight. the cause is still under investigation. >> now to the latest on the city of chicago's federal lawsuit challenging a trump administration immigration policy. chicago and its mayor rahm emanuel as you saw there taking on the u.s. department of justice's latest move to withhold certain public safety

grants from so-called sanctuary cities. chicago is one. so is philadelphia. the lawsuit centers on this stipulation. in order to receive those public safety funds going forward, sanctuary cities are expected to give immigrations and customs enforcement more access to detainees. ed siskal called those funds critical and says this violates their welcoming steel ordinance. last year chicago used about $2 million which they used to buy police vehicles. >> we are bringing this legal challenge because the rhetoric and the threats from this administration embodied in these new conditions imposed on unrelated public safety grant funds are breeding a culture and a climate of fear within the communities in our city. >> now, if a judge grants a preliminary injunction in this lawsuit it could put a freeze on the policy at least until

the civil case plays out. now, as for here in philadelphia, a city spokeswoman tells me today they're reviewing chicago's lawsuit and evaluating our options. philadelphia also received $1.67 million in public safety grants through the very same program money i'm told was spent on training and new equipment for police the district attorney's office and other local agencies. brian and sharrie. >> we'll see where this goes, alicia. time for the "action news" traffic report. >> all right, let's do it on a monday afternoon, a wet one. matt pelman standing by in the "action news" traffic center. wet typically means a slow go matt. >> that's how that usually goes and that's how it's going this afternoon quite slowly. good afternoon sharrie. welcome back brian. you're back on a really beautiful afternoon out there. look at the tree. isn't it nice? well, if you look through the tree, there we go, that's why we're looking at it there's a crash here on the schuylkill eastbound side between conshohocken and the curve taking out the left lane. with that left lane being blocked everybody's forced into the right lane and so you're moving in an extra slow

pace coming eastbound on the schuylkill away from 202 through that accident scene just beyond the conshohocken interchange. also we have issues on 95. there's a broken down vehicle on the southbound side near girard. so just 11 miles per hour as you come southbound weigh from the betsy ross bridge. and on 95 in new castle county there's a crash it's blocking lanes in both directions near christiana. happened on the northbound side but a southbound lane is blocked as well. ben franklin bridge our good buddy ben not only wet this afternoon but also construction taking out a lane in each direction but you can seem westbound headed towards center city it's extra slow being down lane and speeds are down on 42 southbound side off the walt whitman bridge on down lower landing road. that's where we have blockages in both directions because of accidents both ways. grab the ipad, do the commuter report check your ways home with the waze app on this monday afternoon. elsewhere in delaware high 11 southbound near saint georges

crash reported there so it's extra slow coming from christiana as well. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> matt thank you. >> a lovely welcome back. [laughter] >> thank you. >> giving you a preview there. next on "action news" at 4:00 a convicted rapist is on the run following an elaborate escape from police custody. find out how he managed to attack an officer and break free from the handcuffs. >> plus, more than a month after it swallowed two houses, a sinkhole is again causing problems in a florida neighborhood. >> ♪

>> north korea vowing revenge today against the united states pledging to take what it calls action of justice. the new round of tough talk comes if response to tough new sanctions imposed against north korea by the united nations. that country's foreign minister blames the u.s. for

those. north korea also said today that's nuclear arsenal is not up for negotiation. but that it had as no intention of using them "except against the united states". a look at the closing numbers on wall street. three green arrows dow up 25 and a half today, nasdaq 32 up the s & p 500 also up four points and change on the day. >> authorities in missouri are searching for a man who killed a police officer during a traffic stop. ian mccarthy is accused of first degree murder and is also wanted in new hampshire for a 2013 warrant. in that case he failed to appear in court for sentencing on a disorderly conduct charge. mccarthy allegedly shot officer gary michael late sunday when he pulled him over for a registration violation. michael had been on the force for less than a year. he leaves behind a wife and stepson. a northwestern university professor accused of murder in

chicago is heading to court today in california where he surrendered after a week long manhunt. wyndam latham's attorney says his client will plead not guilty in the man's stabbing death. the 26-year-old victim's body was that found last month in latham's chicago apartment. a suspected accomplice oxford university financial officer andrew warren is also facing charges in this killing. authorities have not given a possible motive. >> a new jury is now being chosen today for jeffrey sandusky's trial. the from un-year-old adopted sun of jerry sandusky is facing child sexual assault and child pornography charges in centre county. the jurors were dismissed after that trial was delayed the the judge has not yet announced a new date. >> now to the nationwide manhunt for a suspected rapist. an inmate in an ohio prison who escaped in a violent incident still remains on the loose at this hour. 32-year-old brandon powell is

considered extremely dangerous and he is armed with a deputy's gun. the suspected rapist broke free on friday while he was being transported from a psychiatric hospital. powell was being treated for injuries from a suicide attempt while he was in jail. hospital security images taken just before his escape show powell shackled the hands waste and feet but then while inside the police vehicle, powell jumped over the seat gets the deputy in a headlock causes the vehicle to crash. he then takes the officer's weapon and forces him to undo his shackles. before he takes off he handcuffs the deputy. to the steering wheel he disables the radio and the car and then steals the deputy's cell phone wallet and ammunition. >> he does have a .40 caliber pistol, two extra magazines, about 30 rounds of ammunition. >> you don't take a pistol from one of my deputies and

threaten him with it. you're going to be held accountable. >> residents in ohio and beyond have been toward stay on alert. those in the area locking their doors keeping their eyes peeled. the injured deputy suffered minor injuries. changes are now being implemented to that department to make sure this doesn't happen again but 32-year-old brandon powell still on the loose this afternoon. sharrie. >> all right, alicia. the massive sinkhole that opened up last month in florida is being blamed for even more damage. today officials condemned a seventh house. the hole first opened up in mid-july destroying two homes. four other houses were deemed unsafe when large chunks of the edge of the hole collapsed. the sinkhole now 260 feet wide. contracts have been working to carefully clean up the debris from the inside but that work has temporarily been stopped. >> back here at home this afternoon it has been a dreary dreadful monday afternoon but adam -- >> whoa, whoa, your grass or trees or garden --

>> or the people. >> for the people it is. >> yeah. >> but things are going the change. >> they are. we are going to turn it around here for almost the rest of the week. >> he has to give you a hard time. >> he did, yeah. >> first time all three of us are back in nearly almost two weeks. i missed you guys. >> take a look at the weather center. we are dealing with a little too much water in parts of the area. there's still a flash flood warning in effect for those red areas in cumberland county as well as southern parts of kent county and this green area near heartily as well as dover, that is an aerial flood warning so in this region they were the hardest hit with heavy rain that trained over the same locations creating some flooding and these will start to expire between the 5 o'clock and 6 o'clock hour. as we take a look at the radar right now and the radar estimates on storm tracker6 live you can see those hot colors from dover right over the bay to millville between five to as much as five and a half inches of rain in that bull's-eye area so that's why you have the flooding going on in those regions between

smyrna dover as well up towards millville but as we look at the current radar you can see not much happening. we're starting to break the radar apart here and in fact philadelphia just some -- couple of sprinkles here or there, maybe a little bit of drizzle but overall a big improvement as we see things starting to clear up from the west to the east. in fact as we head to the east we're dealing with some steady rain. all this will continue to head off to the north and east and we'll see big improvement here over the next hour or two. low pressure is quickly racing to our south here but still a lot of clouds lagging behind so the clouds will stick around this evening and if you're heading to musikfest up in bethlehem in the lehigh valley, live performing here at 7:00 p.m. at the main stage mostly cloudy, the showers will shut off so not bad going into the late evening hour with temperatures in the mid 60's. overnight lows don't drop all that much. 62 in allentown, 64 trenton, 67 in dover. that early rain south and east

moving away though it does stay cloudy overnight and clouds to begin our tuesday morning tomorrow but then it does break for sun as we go into the afternoon hours tomorrow on our august 8th. temperatures below average in the low 80's and low humidity so some good news here tomorrow. not good news down in the caribbean. tropical storm franklin as you can see these thunderstorms kind of spiraling here trying to get an eye to form there. but it will make landfall in mexico here south of yucatan peninsula here going into early tomorrow morning, then reemerges in the southern part of the gulf of mexico, makes a second landfall in central parts of mexico there early thursday morning as almost a hurricane but no threat to the u.s. coastline. as we take a look at the four day at 4:00 forecast here big improvement with returning sun going into tomorrow afternoon, 82 degrees. wednesday bright pleasant low humidity, perfect at 83. duplicate that on thursday, 84. and then a little more

unsettled weather, kind of a book end week starting wet, ending wet on friday of 81 degrees. brian we'll have that seven day coming up in the next half hour. sharrie. >> i'll take it. thank you adam. police officer went on call hadn't a run in with a different type of resident. a goat decided to jump onto the hood of the officer's cruiser. it happened in oklahoma and it was all caught on tape by the officer's body cam. the officer actually was out looking for the owner of a lost pony when he was greeted by this climbing fearless goat. a neighbor came out and helped get the goat down. but guess what? the feisty guy jumped right back up a second time. the officer joked that he had proof a goat had been on his car just in case it had suffered any damage. >> not just the goat that's fearless, that woman, the neighbor coming over. >> yeah, true, came right over to help. >> pick up that goat. >> up next here on "action news" today, new philadelphia teachers are ready to spend the week in classrooms before the students arrive. >> as the new school year quickly approaches the superintendent shares an

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>> philadelphia's newest teachers are already back in the classroom. 600 teachers and counselors taking part in a week long orientation program. the action cam was at the arts academy at benjamin rush in the torresdale section of the city as things got under way this morning. superintendent dr. william hite says this orientation is a great resource for educators. >> this week is going to be about three things. it's going to be about connecting with new individuals who are doing the same work, sharing in the success and challenges and the opportunities and growing and growing as teachers and growing as leaders and growing as individuals who have the responsibility of educating young people. >> well, speaking of those young people good news for you. you've got a few more weeks of

summer left to enjoy. most public school students go back to school on september 5th this year. kindergarten starts a week later on september 12th. >> meals on wheels of camden county is looking for more volunteers. the freeholder board is asking for more help to help serve home bound senior citizens. right now the county's department of health and human services provides hot nutritious meals to over 300 people. organizers are concerned that the next federal budget could cut funding for that program. >> there's still much more ahead in the next 30 minutes of "action news" at 4:00. that includes the latest on the soggy start to our week here. adam as an update on what's left of the rain coming up. >> plus, this british model thought she was showing up for a photo shoot. instead she says she was drugged kidnapped and nearly sold into slavery. we'll hear from her for the very first time coming up next.

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>> and cruelty crackdown. authorities in pennsylvania want pet owners to know there's a right and a wrong way to tether your dog and the wrong way could land you behind bars. >> but we're going to begin here at 4:30 with the very latest on our accuweather alert today. right now part of our area is still under a flash flood watch or warning thanks to live radar imagery matches you're looking at right now. heavy rain pounding southern delaware, new jersey today dropping as much as 5-inches so far. but the ground already saturated that amount of precipitation could lead to a dangerous situation tonight. >> meteorologist adam joseph has been keeping a close eye on the potential for any flooding and of course also tracking where this rain is now. >> yeah, the rain most of steady heavy rain is now pushing off the coast and we're going to see improvement here as were he he we go through the evening hours. excess water on or roads especially south of philadelphia and parts of south jersey. that's where we still have a flash flood warning in effect through the evening hours here where again up to 5-inches of rain has fallen in small

pockets especially in southern parts of kent county as well as parts of cumberland county but we're starting to clean up the act here as we look at storm tracker6 live double scan there you can see in the city points west it has ended. it is just a couple of showers. you can see some broken showers, wilmington, dover, lehigh valley. you can see brighter colors pushing off surf city and atlantic city. quick improvement as the radar near egg harry bar as well as mays landing notice it's kind of ripping apparent here which is good news and one little pocket of yellow near hammonton starting a shrink a little bit there heading into burlington county but some of the damage is done in southern areas near millville close to three and a half inches of rainfall, same for dover philadelphia under a half inch and right around a half inch up in the lehigh valley. now, as we head towards the rest of the week, it is going to feel really amazing for august. all because of the humidity and those dewpoints. on that scale, if you're below

60, you can say it is extremely comfortable when you head out and we're in the 50's tuesday, wednesday, thursday. we're going to jump back up into the mid 60's on friday and that will be the next time rain moves back into the forecast. we'll chat more on that seven-day coming up in that full accuweather forecast brian in just a little bit. >> all right my friend thank you. mobile6 driving along route 42 in blackwood, new jersey. that is one spot where the rain appears to be coming down or at least maybe some road spray spitting up back at the windshield there. the windshield wipers working overdrive this afternoon. matt pelman will have more on the wet weather and its impact on the roads coming up in the "action news" traffic report in just a matter of minutes. >> well, we turn now to an effort to inform enforce and protect in pennsylvania. today legislators and animal advocates joined forces to make sure people know what's now illegal in the state when it comes to tethering a dog.

>> reporter: well, act 10 will go into effect later this month. it beaches up pennsylvania's anticruelty act. most of the focus on something people may not think of inhumane it's called sometimes chronic chaining or chronic tenth they they -- tethering. >> a normally docile dog could become anxious and aggressive. >> reporter: today an effort to educate pennsylvania is putting new limits on teth erring dogs. maximum durations only nine hours out of 24 and only 30 minutes if the temperature is over 90 or under 32 degrees. as for the tether length. >> make sure the length is at least three times the size of your dog so you measure that from nose tip to base of tail and you do that three times

but the minimum length is 10 feet. >> reporter: there must be a well fitted collar, no chokers. all attachments must swivel and dogs must have access to water and shade. the message long term teth erring is not humane. >> if you have a situation where a dog is not having social encounters with their owners, that they develop further bad behaviors so that the time that the owner does come out and socialize with the dog they're like this dog is out of control. >> reporter: the regulation is part of a much larger animal cruelty law going into effect dubbed by some lieber's law. this puppy now nursed back to health. the new law will allow for felony charges in deliberate and severe cruelty cases says its prime sponsors todd stevens of montgomery county. >> we've seen the lynx between those who abuse animals and commit acts of domestic violence. we need to make sure the criminal justice system is

keeping a close eye of those severely abusing man's just for kicks because that's a scary group of folks. >> reporter: sponsors stevens is from horsham and montgomery county he's a former prosecutor with the montgomery county d.a.'s office. act 10 was signed into law in late june. it will go into effect late august. live in hunting park, john rawlins channel6 "action news." >> okay, thank you, john. philadelphia police have released another photo of a jeep wanted in connection to a deadly hit-and-run in center city over the weekend. investigators say the person driving this white four door rubicon hit 53-year-old anne broderick around 3:00 sunday morning. the driver then fled the scene which was near 13th and race street leaving broderick alone and severely injured. she died a short time later at the hospital. if you have any information on the driver who sped away, you're asked of course to call philadelphia police. >> a new castle county man is

accused of raping a woman in delaware city. 45-year-old anthony carter was arrested at the scene of the attack on hamilton street. police say he kicked opened a bedroom door and began raping a 22-year-old woman early saturday morning. investigators say carter also physically assaulted one of the victims' acquaintances who tried to intervene. carter is now behind bars facing of course a list of charges. bucks county prosecutors have arrest the this woman who they say defrauded her clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. police say helene senior ran mark five realty and was supposed to collect rent on her clients' behalf. instead, they say she kept the cash as well as tens of thousands in security deposits. investigators have identified 14 alleged victims so far. their losses totaling nearly $340,000. senior is free on bail today but facing felony theft. >> a truck got stuck on a guardrail in trenton this morning leading to a bit of a traffic headache. "action news" was out along

route 129 north nearly lalor street. well, that's where a driver lost control and hit the guardrail separating the highway from the river line light rail just after 9:00 a.m. a tow truck was able to free that vehicle. traffic was detoured, though, for some time so that crews could clean up the mess. police are still trying to figure out how and why the driver lost control. well, scientists at ohio state are thinking small to create that big advances in modern medicine. "action news" anchor rick williams live in our news room with more on this story today. hi, rick. >> hi, sharrie, thank you. it's an interesting story here. it's coming out of ohio state university where researchers are using nano chips to heal the human body. now, coming up tonight in health check at 5a:we'll show you how those tiny devices actually reprogram cells which doctors can then use to put patients on the road to recovery. ali gorman will have that story tonight at 5:00. we're tracking a developing situation out of san antonio texas where entire streets are under water after

heavy rain. we'll show you some of the amazing rescues that are under way coming up tonight at 5:00. until then let's go back to the studio. brian welcome back. we'll see you later. >> thank you my friend. two new officers will be joining the philadelphia police department. that fact alone might not normally make the news but these recruits are adorable. i said it. the police department tweeter out a photo of their new explosive detection dogs today saying no one likes mondays but everyone lovers puppies. ralph the lighter of the two and george are currently living with a police officer as they undergo training. the department has not said when the canines will be ready for their paw patrol but we can guarantee they'll be a hit when they dollar hit the streets. >> they are adorable i agree. >> a reason to smile. on a monday refusing to make a chicken smoothie to a popsicle being too cold parents reveal the reasons their toddlers had a total melt down. >> i think there are stories

in the studio as well. taken. a young model drugged kidnapped and nearly sold at auction is sharing her frightening survival story for the very first time. >> is he a hero husband or a fake feminist? that's the question being raised online after a california guy penned a post about loving his wife's curvy body. why his message is getting some backlash. >> and meteorologist adam joseph will be back with that full forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 4:00 continues next. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> massive landslide shut down a major highway in china. this cell phone video helps tell the story. tons of mud came crashing down sunday. people were running for safety and cars were at a complete stop. the road was closed for about three hours but has since reopened. >> we are learning new details this afternoon about the kidnapping of a british model in italy the 20-year-old told police she was abducted after she arrived at a milan

apartment for a photo shoot. two men posing as photographers allegedly drugged her and stuffed her into a suitcase then took her to a remote cabin. she says they handcuffed her to a piece of furniture for six days and threatened to sell her into sex slavery unless her agent paid them $300,000 in ransom. >> i've been through a terrifying experience. i feared for my life second by second minute by minute hour by hour. >> she said her kidnappers decided to set her free because she is the mother of a young child. police arrested one of the men after he drove her to the british consulate building in milan. authorities are still searching now for at least one more suspect. >> big talkers now. let's start with a facebook post that's dividing the court of public opinion. some are calling this man a hero husband. others are deeming him a fake feminist. in his post 26-year-old robby trip explains why he loves his

wife's curvy botched he writes "there is nothing sexier than this woman right here. thick thighs big booty cute little side roll, et cetera. this gorgeous girl i married fills out every inch of her jeans and is still the most beautiful one in the room. he goes on to say she's real. she has beautiful stretch marks on her hips and cute little dimples on her booty ." she goes on to tell women they don't have to fit a certain mold to be loved and appreciated. some people are applauding him saying love, love, love we need more men like you in the world but then enter the critics saying dating a curvy woman does not make you a hero >> wanted to celebrate a real woman, i wanted to celebrate a woman in my life who represented all the curvy women who had thick thighs and big booty. >> i am a curvy girl. i'm not ashamed of anything robby wrote. he celebrates all aspects of who i. as a woman. >> among the reaction pouring

in today plus size mollities holiday stop giving men trophies for doing the bear minimum so the conversation continues. please let us know what you think on my facebook page. toddlers and tantrums an ancient enigma yet to be cracked the melt downs that strike when least expected and last what seem to be a very loud, very dramatic lifetime and now in solidarity parents joining the conversation about all of it uniting on social media as survivors of toddler mania. there's a new instagram account called that period life when real tantrums play out in realtime. you see the guy right there with the cupcake. it was his birthday and they gave him a cupcake and he cried about it. the little one right there in the white shirt her parents made her wear one. oh, my gosh. this one holding a popsicle and yes, it's too cold. he's melting. this little girl wants her

mother's hot dog put back together after mom took a bite out of it. oh, yeah, i've been there. and this little one right here wants her mother to make a chicken smoothie. so i haven't heard of that one but i will tell you about my daily struggle right here. this little girl melting down because her mother puts toothpaste on the toothbrush. do not do it, people. they have to do everything at least in my house or it ends like this. >> yeah, yeah. i know it very well. [laughter] >> i choose not to relive it. >> he doesn't want to think about it. >> thank you my friend. >> all right. let's get -- i'm still stuck on the guy. i can't -- >> i know your mouth dropped so many times during the guy and his wife and the curviness. >> he said some things. all right, let's get another check on the roads right now. >> matt pelman here now with the update. >> i'm stuck on the chicken smoothie. >> yeah. >> that sounds -- traffic could be going a little more

smoothly around this curviness. this is the schuylkill expressway near the conshohocken curve, brian and sharrie and luckily our crash is now off to the side. there's the good news. the bad news is the delay definitely hasn't vanished. it's still a very slow go as you come eastbound on the schuylkill from 202 into that accident scene. what you don't want to do is bail for the southbound side of 476, the blue route instead because there's a multi vehicle accident there as well. southbound between villanova, route 30 and broomall route three just one lane just the right lane is getting by, two left lanes are blocked. so, you're not in good shape on either the eastbound schuylkill or the southbound blue route because of those accidents. on the westbound schuylkill had a broken down vehicle approaching montgomery. that's gone. as is our dv on 95 southbound by girard, all cleared out of the way although speeds are still slow as you head towards center city and in new castle county on 95 still have this northbound accident near christiana. they're getting it pushed off to the side but you're still seeing delays in both directions. you might want to stay on

kirkwood highway route two instead. too much water in a lot of spots like in wildwood 47 rio grande avenue shut down because of flooding. head into north wildwood by 147 or into the crest by ocean drive instead and in buena route 40 harding highway is blocked because of high water near malaga road. i would stay up on 322 to get around that blockage. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. >> meteorologist adam joseph standing by with the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. we think you'll like it. that's next.

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>> ♪ >> meteorologist adam joseph joining us for rain that's moving out of here. >> yeah, get it over with the first part of the week and then we have kind of a nice sandwich going on here tuesday, a sunny sandwich tuesday, wednesday and thursday. the action cam which was in

parts of center city along city hall and south broad street all kind of wet here. you can see the windshield wipers going, kind of the kickup with the spray with those tires but the heaviest rain is heading out. but we still have some flood warnings. the weather center shows them here in southern areas where you have the red south of dover as well as cumberland county including millville that's where we have a flood warning that will expire here within hopefully the next 15 to 20 minutes and even some of the green areas we're dealing with some aerial flooding and most of it's on the streets, the creeks and the streams out there and again just watch as you are heading out especially in those southern areas where between three and 6-inches of rain has fallen. storm tracker6 live double scan shows that steady heavy rain with all those bright colors are now off the coast moving away. we still have some scattered light showers here and there an they'll kind of drift through the region early this evening but here's those pops of color. this is estimated rainfall totals on double scan live radar and again between five and 6-inches of rain eastern

and central parts of kent county as well as southern and southwestern parts of cumberland county north of fortescue five and a half inches of rain, about three and a half or so between millville and on the edge of mays landing but overall that steady heavy rain moving away but it takes some time to get that flooding to subside a little bit. temperatures have been on the coolish side. very cool for this time of year only 60's in southeastern pennsylvania and in southern areas low 70's right now millville right to the boardwalk in atlantic city. there was a little spin of low pressure that worked to our south and in fact more than likely a tornado did hit the ground near salisbury maryland, some pretty significant damage down there to property and cars. all that now off the coast but a lot of clouds lingering all the way back to pittsburgh. so, the clouds they're locked in all night long. a few scattered showers early this evening, 62 to 66 with that northwesterly wind very light 48 miles an hour. high pressure is coming in from the west and this is

going to rip the clouds apart but it's going to take a little time here. a lot of clouds tomorrow morning but don't be too worried. by the afternoon some sun popping back out, 82 glorious degrees with low humidity and the high comes in and makes a home for itself on wednesday picture perfect, wall to wall sunshine, low humidity and temperatures in the low 80's. down the shore tomorrow we got a very westerly wind here so not much of a sea breeze upper 70's to 80 degrees. rerisk for rip currents. ocean temperature has come down but it's nice at 71 degrees and as we head down to the south any morning clouds give way to breaks of sun in the afternoon, upper 70's cape may county and the same for the beaches in delaware. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, really triple effect here as we break the clouds apart tomorrow going into wednesday, thursday, low humidity, sunshine, really nice for august as we are only between 82 and 84. and then kind of like we started the week a little stormy to end on friday with some showers and thunderstorms

and 81 degrees and it could remain a little unsettled at times over the weekend both saturday and sunday, partly cloudy, a little more humid with some pop-ups here and there in the mid 80's and some sun trying to return on monday of 84 degrees but definitely the beginning of that seven-day far better than the second half, guys. >> sounds good. >> yeah. >> adam, thank you. >> thanks adam. >> sneaky new scams that you need to watch out for next in what's the deal. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century.

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parts of our area have seen inches of rain and flash flooding a major concern here as well. it is monday night. monica malpass is off. sharrie williams is joining us and the big story on "action news" is that accuweather forecast. >> let's get right to meteorologist cecily tynan with the latest from storm tracker6. hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie, hi rick. really rough way to start the work week. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we had some real heavy rain earlier today. that has now pushed off the coast also that's severe weather just to the south where that potential tornado in salisbury maryland but as we zoom in this is good news. you can see that drier air is moving in. we is it ill have some pockets of some light rain around but that steady heavy rain has now moved off. but this shows just how much rain has fallen. parts of kent county delaware into cumberland county you can see from east of dover through millville towards mays landing generally three to 6 inches of rain just today on already saturated ground so because of that, we do