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>> good morning it is 4:00 a.m. on this friday, february 23, here's what we're following. a delaware high school basketball game ends i major fi. residents confront the local post office over issues that kee getting their mail, changes are made. d> grab the umbrella it's >> buts stilriy.t's go overo vy and karen rogers to te traffic.
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aniai yrter: i called myusband bett. reporter: we made it throh yee'll make it through today and things get milder over the weekend. we we the 70s 80 a couple of daysgo. after 10:00 p.m., precip moves in and rain could wind up as freezing rain be careful if you're heading to the mountains. as we take a look at cloud cover on satellite there's quite a it. we have rain mchgom . storm ac all pronounced. light to moderate rain making roads wet in berks county. a big batch coming maryland and pushing into delaware and south jersey.some . here temperatures.
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cooler than yesterda38 inlphia. 38 in trenton. 36 in allentown. 38 in reading, 39 in millville. 40 in cape may. as we roll through the day it will be cool, cloudy and damp again you'll see a rise in temperatures, but not by all that much. 40 degrees by 8:42 by noon. you'll get up to 46 for the high, dinnertime, maybe after that, cloudy cool and damp. cloudy and cool on saturday, temperatures will be better for the weekend, details coming up. >> reporter: let's hit the roads right now. as you can imagine, they are a little bit wet, but not foggy. we have construction crews, not wet enough to stop that from happening. the right lane is blocked. traffic is moving, when they pick it up in about an hour it causes a slow go, i'll let you know when that happens. overnight on the boulevard, an accident cleared, but it cleared
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so far so good on the boulevard. so many people in bed, slowly waking up, no big problems on the roads just yet. just construction crews blocking the right lane between lansdale and quakertown. ewing township on 29, the crews are out here, as well, blocking two lanes, that may cause slowing. route 42 blocking two lanes that's between 130 and 295. traffic gets by just a little damp out there, matt and tam. as the debate over school safety continues, calls for increased security in the hallways, there's revelations that an armed school resource officer was there during the attack in park lnld florida and did nothing. as niklas cruz killed 17 people, the officer stayed outside.
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officials will not release the information yet because it could lead to charges. peterson has resign, teacher and staff will return to marjory stoneman douglas high school high school today. students are expected to attend class again on monday. chaos broke out at a high school basketball court in delaware, you can see the rest, coaches and police officers pulling the players back from one another. the fight involves smyrna and cape hen school. police are investigating the incident. police are pleading for a family to come forward to forward for the shooting death of a woman in front of her children and twin sister. she was driving in the logan section when someone fired five
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bullets into the drivers side. the van crashed into the buildings on old york road. timens died from a shot to the head. a young father is charged first degree murder in the death of his infant daughter, he abused her by shaking throwing own dropping her. the child died earlier this month. she suffered from head trauma. he was the primary caretaker at the time of the death. investigators are trying to figure out what caused the deadly accident in the lehigh county tunnel. the tractor-trailer was going southbound on the northeast extension through the tunnel when an electrical conduit fell from the ceiling, it pierced his windshield killing him instantly. his tractor-trailer continued
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out of the tunnel for half a mile before coming to a stop. nobody noticed what happened for three hours. people voiced their concerns about missing or late mail to the newly appointed post master. jeanette reyes is live in northern liberties with these details. good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, tam, the post master did come out himself he wanted to hear the complaints from the residents it was a heated discussion to say the least. it was standing room only at the northern liberties community center last night with irate residents giving the newly pointed post master general an ear full about their mail not arriving. the complaints from mail getting delivered months later to long lines and this woman who gets everyone else's mail dumped at her front door. >> i have to take time off from
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work and go deliver the mail. i don't want to throw it away. >> my wife sent me a valentine's day card i'm waiting for it. >> the only going problem was highlighted last week in an "action news" special investigative report by chad perdelli, it was quickly discovered that the problem is widespread. similar complaints were made in south, west and southwest philadelphia also in overbrook, but changes have been made with the post master announcing a new manager for the post office serving northern liberties. >> i needed someone familiar with the area. he carries the mail in that area, he knows the neighborhood. >> post master arrived from san francisco in january, pretty recently it was to ecems be residents aree of changes thatil beade and
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l ll be divered regularly, now. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." matt and tam. >> thanks so much. david murphy joins us with accuweather friday and a little dreary. >> reporter: yeah, it is. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we have rain centered across the south of the region. as you look at the overhead view, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing thererain ig toward the east and northern montgo clipping the lehigh valley. and scattered light precipitation in parts of chester, delaware and philadelphia and the bulk of it pushing out of maryland and the northern half of delaware and crossing the delaware bay into parts of south jersey. it's light, but enough to get your roads wet and slow you down a little bit. as we lookutside, we have cloudy skies overall we're looking at clouds from start finish again today. it's going to stay cool like yesterday. 38 degrees in philadelphia.
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winds out of the east at 13, giving you a windchill of 30, bundle up, but keep the rain gear handy. temperatures across the region with the cool northeast flow coming down out of the cooler new york state, 36 in allentown, 38 in wilmington, that cooler air making for a chillier start this morning than what we had yesterday. as we look at rain chance today there's more and more of this between now and 9:00 across the region, anyway, some isolated steadier sho possible. we get up to noon looking at a whole lot of spotty rain and drizzle. we have blue showing up, a winter weatherdv for freezing rain from 7:00 to 1:00 p.m., we'll see if it is extended after that, by 1:00 p.m., the temperatures will be warming up up there, it won't make a difference any me. spottycitionhe evening is not that bad,y and cool.
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39 degrees by 8:00. 40 by 1:20. high of 46 will strike at 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., it will take a while to get there. while it's not raining all the time, you have to allow for something anytime. 42 in allentown. 48 in millville. 47 in cape may. everybody cloudy, cool and damp. for the weekend, saturday cloudy milder, high of 58. there will be showers around especially later in the day and at night. sunday, 62 rainy start and late drying. we'll show you future tracker 6 real quick. saturday, morning to noon, lighter showers, stuff will be coming in late in the day or evening. if you have plans to go out saturday night you'll want rain ge. hope this gets out of here on sunday, even as late as 1:00, 1:30 p.m. there shower. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, rain and drizzle at times, tomorrow, mo better high of
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58. there's rain at times, the bulk of it late in the day and at night. saturday night looks wet, sunday morning looks wet. we get drying at some point during the day, but mild high of 62. monday, breezy, sun returning, high of 56 degrees. looks like we stay in the 50s on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. clouds increase wednesday and on thursday, we have a collapse of more rain as we are pushing toward springtime it rains around here in the springtime. >> hanging on to the 50s. time 4:11. lawmakers call for the governor of missouri to arrest on felony charges. a support dog snaps at a child as they are boardin a flight. video catching a five-year-old boy dangling with from a balcony. i>>s getting heavy, not a big problem just a little damp headi about problemd
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4:14 a.m., 38 degrees. >> such a big change, karen, from just two days ago, right. >> reporter: it is very sad. i was so close to summer, i could taste it, and nowre back in february. looking at south and vine street. you can see the flashing lights up ahead, not a delay, they will pick it up at 5:00 a.m., when they do, the speeds will go way down. when you go to south street, it may be slow watch for that. we have an accident chris teen road at old forge road a vehicle went into a pole. now they have low-hanging wires of we have fire department and peco on the scene trying to fix it, look for this in west notingham township. we have a downed pole closing
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ford road near newport mill road. on the waze app people are talking about animals near the road in upper dublin near tennis avenue. be careful, i did see a deer on the side of the road as i was driving in, too. it's wetter out there, reading, pilots, we have showers, doylestown, much of that a ground clutter, but you may be getting a sprinkle. it's steadier in wilmington and salem county, new jersey as you see the showers near i-95, just a few sprinkles near medford lakes. it's not a big deal, but as david has been mixing, the winter weather advisory up in the poconos, through the morning and the afternoon, lake harmony, around the freezing mark. those areas, traveling to the north. you should be dealing with slick conditions. you will be in the mid 30s in quakertown and pottstown. another dreary day. heart stopping moments show
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three police officers in egypt saving a toddlers life. they are looking up up to the td floor balcony of the bank. they grab the carpet and manuver themselves underneath the boy. incredible they caught him, cradling the boy to his chest, the child was not hurt. >> this morning, more lawmakers are calling for the governor of missouri to resign now that's facing federal charges. he took a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair without her consent or knowledge. he sent the image so he could access it later by computer. he admitted to an affair with the woman who was his hairdresser. a support dog bit a child as she was boarding a southwest flight in phoenix.
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she caused a minor injury to her forehead. they remained in phoenix and departed 20 minutes behind schedule. phillies took on tampa in an exhibition game yesterday and beat them 6-0. sixers are back from a break taking on the chicago bulls. they held on to win a squeaker, 115-116. ben simmons and joel embiid confined for 62 points. flyers are on the winning streak they beat the blue jackets 4-1 for their 4th strayed victory, claude giroux got his first goal of the season. new research shows an item in your spice rack may relieve pain. snap chat takes a hit as a
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>> kelly monaco and billy miller from general hospital stopped by the 6abc studios to talk about their new show for charity. kelly grew up in the area. >> our father's father started taking them to the game and then it gets passed on and passed on. you can learn more about their charity event in new york city tomorrow night at 6abc.com. >> was that your nose pressed up upon the glass in the past to say hello kelly. >> i would have gone to meet them. >> reporter: she is lovely, i met her before, i'm a big fan. she is good on that show. this is southwest philadelphia the platt bridge i-95, traffic
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moving okay, as you head out this morning, pretty dry here on the plat and other areas, roads getting damp it's another miserable day, this is 42 at creek road where traffic here is moving just fine here. >> reporter: you like flowers, right? this is what's getting nor flowers. the flower show is coming up. we've got rain this morning, this is coming in from the west, most of it is to southern half of the region and pushing so south jersey in the western suburbs, light rain and drizzle, cloudy and cool and pretty damp. temperatures staying chilly. looks like we'll start in the upper 30s and struggle to get into the mid 40s late in the day and at night. i'm actually going for a high of 46. we'll not get there until 7:00, or 8:00 p.m. tonight the way things are looking. intermittent rain and drizzle
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dreary looking today. no major delays in our big travel destinations, obviously rain in philadelphia. dallas fort worth has thunderstorms, tam, maybe delays later on. in headlight e -- "healthcheck" if you're dealing with pain, you might want to look in the spice rack. cumin, which is found in turmer. snap chat lost $1.5 billion in one day. kiley jenner tweeted that she was unhappy about the redesign
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of the app. the stock dropped yesterday, 1.2 million signed a petition to change the design. >> 24 million followers. >> kiley jenner. you don't follow her. >> i don't know, 4:23 a.m., a south jersey high school kid with down syndrome takes on the harlem globe trotters that's up next. thieves target two places of worship, details coming up later at 4:30 a.m. sorry. i can't make it.
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with the avalon string band. he took from practice on the saxophone yesterday. ♪ >> kelsey performed several jazz numbers with high school students yesterday it is part of an exchange program between central high school in olney and leave land heights highway in ohio. he played in the band there when he was a teenager. the excitement continues for a senior at camden catholic high school, last week we showed kate who has down syndrome taking the shot of a lifetime during the basketball game. the harlem globe trotters saw the story and knew they had to meet her. >> deuce mcclerk visited kate and they gave her her own jersey
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