. >> strong delco connection. >> meanwhile in delco? >> lover of wawa, you snow you if you don't follow that facebook group, you should. >> indeed. region wise, just looking nicer, in general here today. >> delco. >> delco and everywhere else, yes, we do feel like delco may be the center of the universe, but, you know? >> what, what? >> news flash for you right there. so let's take you to different place where at the moment things are starting to clear out already even, up outside hotel bethlehem up in bethlehem where it looks like the weather will actually be spectacular for the next couple every days worth every event. looking at the main stage, looks like noah black, cyrus, hot ticket right there. looks again like things will be clearing out nicely. damp at the onset. see some light of day for a change, yesterday was so gray. we could barely make out any sun anywhere. couple of you did end up with a bit of it, but that's neither here nor there. now we come into today with skies clearing, day of transition underway. and currently at 6

i-95 southbound in delco approaching the blue route.ve watched the delay expand from back to ridley park to 420. i expect it to be back toward the airport before too long. i-95 southbound is a mess, luckily there's a flat bed tow truck hopefully they get it uprighted and out of the way. stay on 13 chester pike or mcdade boulevard. i-95 southbound is not where you want to be this morning. speeds dropping like a rock 7 miles per hour as you come southbound away from 420. on the northbound we're getting word of a medical emergency around the airport a ambulance is on the scene there. we have a broken down vehicle in lower merion along manayunk road at conshohocken state road. we have a crash upper dublin butler pike 309. as we said it's the susan g.komen walk this weekend. they will be reconfiguring the construction pattern on the ramp 202 southbound to the 30 by pass westbound. >>> a pennsylvania man is in custody for leading troopers on a ten mile chase in a stolen police car. it flipped over when the officer used a pit maneuver to end t

delco we're looking good along 95. overnight construction here has cleared.hts headed northbound toward the blue route or maybe the airport if you have to catch an early morning flight you're good to go. elsewhere in delco exciting times again tonight much it's a wednesday night in the summertime. that means dining under the stars in media. so state street will be closed throughout the evening as it is every wednesday throughout the summer. mass transit so far so good but of course that ac rail line still not running because of the damage from the crash last friday. david. >> and your 12-hour forecast today, matt, shows you another warmup. 74 degrees with clouds and sun by 7 o'clock, 85 by noon. still feeling rather humid out there today. and then 89 by 3 o'clock and your high today of 90 is going to hit right in there around 4 o'clock this afternoon. we will zip back down to 81 pretty quickly by 7:00 but notice how i am posting the possibility of a stray afternoon or evening thunderstorm in some neighborhoods and some of those could be drenchers what with th

roving crews during the midday starting about 9:00 along 95 in delco.your exclusive accuweather forecast. 83 for your high today. it's nice and bright with low humidity. tomorrow mostly sunny skies and 85. it turns unstable on friday. 82 degrees for your high. friday saturday sunday monday it's a bit more humid, a bit month are cloud cover. each day a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. no one day is a washout but the weekend stays a little unsettled tam. >> thank you, karen. that's it for us. now it's time for kelly and the ryan. i'm tamala edwards. have a great wednesday. >>today, academy award winner be larson. and from the series "greenleaf," rick fox. plus, "battle of the web stars" continues with challenge courtesy of the "vsauce" guys, kevin and jake. and, eva longoria is ryan's day. all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are ryan seacrest and eva! ♪

route, we are bumper to bumper leaving getting ready to leave say airport area heading down toward delcowilmington, live look at roosevelt boulevard some sun glare getting ready to pop out here this morning. heading to the shore keep in mind new traffic patterns down there on the 42 freeway at 295 , mike and alex, back over to you. >>> wait until you see this suv that is still out there in chester, it looks like it rolled over, a police chase, ended in a big crash. >> wondering if it is still out there because last time sabina there was a tow truck clearing things up. >> reporter: right on the money, alex just a few minutes ago they towed that vehicle alloway in the flatbed truck. much of the scene is still cleared, chester township police are still holding, utility has arrived as well as this clean up begins. just a few minutes ago we did speak with the chief and gave us updated information on exactly what happened but first lets get to video from the scene. let's show you how active it was. you'll see in that video incredibly damaged suv, as mike mentioned, actually earlier wondering i

delco blue givesed blood drive. more than 100 people from the community including police officers from every up forblood. jeerman grocery chain aldi is partnering with insta cart to shop at all instacart will pick up the items from the store and deliver them to their home in about of an hour. it will start in atlanta, l.a. and dallas. >>> much more to come on "action news" saturday morning. one man is a hit man, the other a body guard. we'll have a preview of the hilarioune the hit man body guard. >>> the rizzo mural in south philadelphia has become the target of a vandals. stay with us we're coming right back. >> a pleasant good morning to you, 6:00 a.m., here'stories wee following for you on "action news." breaking news, once again target a frank rizzo memorial. this time paint is tossed at the mural in the italian market. >>> half dozen police officers are shot in two states, at least one officer is dead.>>> d a fatl crash in bucks county overnight. but first in for chris tmorning. we're off to a good start, righ

i want to check out that crash along 95 in delco.nd lanes here by the commodore barry bridge. now a fire truck is on the scene. only the right lane is get buying so expect delays as you come north of the delaware state line. tam. >> okay, thank you. >>> a new jersey mother is back home but will soon be in court facing charges that she abandoned her special needs son. debra wisler didn't want to talk to us when we stopped by her home in millville. she's accused of leaving her son near joint base maguire dix lakehurst which is 70 miles away. detectives believe she left the boy there last thursday after learning he was not eligible for a youth program at the base. the 10-year-old who has special needs is now in protective custody. >>> and a 16-year-old led police on a wild chase in a stolen truck. this happened in albuquerque new mexico yesterday. officers just barely missed hitting a pedestrian during the pursuit. police eventually rammed into the truck with enough force that the teen stopped the vehicle then tried to run away. officer

alert tonight skyfox above the unit block of macdade boulevard just after 4:00 when deputies with the delcoheriff's office went to serve an arrest warrant on man for a violation of probation. they didn't expect what happen next. >> while officers were standing there he open the door and through what was believed to be a molotov cocktail at the front officer. >> the injured deputy was rushed to crozer hospital's burn unit as the man barricaded himself inside the home sparking tense hour long standoff with swat team negotiators. he eventually gave himself up and he was placed into custody. >> any time they knock at a door it could be dangerous. >> reporter: when investigators got inside, they found seven more jars believed to be molotov cocktails at the ready. handful of homes evacuated and macdade boulevard shut down for hours before the bomb squad bout out more evidence and gave the all clear. >> probably have about 30 officers there. probably about thousand years experience. and not one of them want to go near it. >> reporter: suspect hasn't been identified but police made sure he was arre

. >> reporter: glad to see we can see in delco, that's a nice thing, but in other spots we have fog oute. we're seeing flashing lights in montgomery county, the ramp trooper road southbound to go east on 422. here's the reason right here, that's a truck, tractor-trailer that's on its side. the truck overturned a half-hour ago, they have the ramp from trooper to go east on 422 blocked off. it's a popular ramp in the morning because a lot of you yews 422 eastbound. you can't use that ramp, you can use 422 eastbound. if you're trying to get there do so by route 23 valley forge interchange or oaks interchange. it's the one at trooper that's blocked off this morning because of the overturned truck. we're watching a crash in upper moreland fitzwater town road at moreland road. we have at crash in flourtown by the sherwin williams paint store, bethlehem pike at wissahickon avenue. a fire location at cheltenham township willow grove avenue. waverly road is a possible alternate around that. new construction in moorestown, creek road will close stay on hartford. down pole berlin, white horse pike

same thing here in delco. i95 southbound, slow from 420 down to 476.nd within the city limit here, sue got stuck in this this morning, paving callowhill, spring garden, girard, a lot of cross street, construction crews are out there. but mass transit off to a good start, karen, back over to you. >> bob, thank you. we begin with this break news from bucks county. crews finally are getting a handle on fire burning all night long at a scrap metal recycling yard. we have steve keeley there with the latest and what's happening. steve, good morning. >> well, karen, as you start a six hour anchor down at the desk i found crews are working longer than you straight without a break. this is seven hours plus and counting for the firefighters who got called out here in prime time. you know, you see all of these guys every day who drive around with these old beaten up pick-up trucks collecting scrap metal. this is one of those companies that buys it from them. and we are in lower bucks county here in falls township, and there is the name of the company. this is an

and we're kicking things off in delco. upper darby went to work. heading right into the end zone.pper darby kick things off with a 35-0 win. and east went up the gut and into the end zone. they win 40-3. and meanwhile academy park hosts pens bury. pens bury airs it out for the 45 yard pitch and catch. pens bury win as close one 27-20. and haverford hosting chester, and hooval haverford is the big. and forget about it, he's off to the races, a 74 yard rumble, unionville over the rams 26-17. and this game first half, the bucks defense gone bells them up. west takes it 21-13. and let's get a bird's eye view of some action. check out pen ridge breaking free and ain't nobody going to catch him, a 60 yard score, they get the win going away 41-7. and central buck south hosting, knocking on the door and they bust it down. jack johns calls his own number for the touchdown, 34-6. and council rock with the shutout 28-0. lower merion hosting chichester. and working to stay on his feet and statemeometimes it's all abe balance. but it wasn't enough, chichester wins 30-19. and link ccoln's sam c

but we also had that big crash on 95 in delco northbound by 452.hat, too, is cleared out but still some lingering delays coming north of marsh road and those delays spill back onto 495 northbound in delaware as well. meanwhile, out here in tredyffrin township still have this downed tree near the goddard school blocking old eagle school road. wayne avenue would be an alternate around that. there's emergency construction in maple shade this afternoon along 73 both ways at high street so big delays there headed northbound and coming southbound off of 90 away from the betsy ross bridge. and of course, it's musikfest. we're seeing all the local closures in and around bethlehem. some slow speeds there as well and expect extra traffic along 78 and 22 for the next 10 days. rick and monica, we'll check it again, in the next half hour. >> all right. see you then. >> thank you. >>> tonight is opening night of musikfest in bethlehem and of course crews are putting the final touches on the stage today. this year's festival is bigger than ever. more than 550 per

police say he through a molotov cocktail at a delco sheriff's sergeant when office knock op his door on the unit block of macdade boulevard around 4:30 this afternoon. that spark an hour long standoff with police. before they say jones gave himself up now the bomb squad was called in after they saw they found several more molotov cocktails. they were finally given the all clear. the deputy with seven years on the force said to be on the mend tonight. >> he is in good spirits for, um, what he went through and his birthday is tomorrow. this possibly some what he was expecting to do the night before his birthday. >> reporter: well, we have just learned the name of the that deputy. his name is nick marry annie he just posted this picture on facebook with the post one of those days where quick action and training by two brothers more than likely saved my life. dan scanlon from collingdale and sergeant scanlon from the sheriff's office words cannot express what today's actions meant to me. so we're told deputy marry annie just may be released from the hospital crozer medical center burn un

coming out of delaware on 95 northbound crash this afternoon here in delco.se are the northbound lanes near 452. this also looks like a serious one. couple of the vehicles off in the grassy median here and the two left lanes are blocked at this point. so you just have one lane coming into pennsylvania out of delaware which is giving us quite the delay. farther north we're seeing single digit speeds headed towards the girard point bridge. there was a crash there as well and that would be busy any way with people heading to the shore. we're also watching a crash on the trenton makes bridge as you come into pennsylvania and more construction this afternoon along 95 northbound in bucks county head toward the scudder falls bridge. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this finally friday afternoon. watch out, major crash reported along south second street there in maurice river township cumberland county. as you can see a lot of backlog associated with it. we'll check it again in the next half hourly. >> still on "action news" at 4:00 a jury hands down its

this zone started in darby delco, main street is blocked, that means the route 11 trolley is not running you're on the buses instead. >>> one of the most beloved sports stars in philadelphia has died. darren dalton passed away at the age of 55 after a four year battle with brain cancer. >>> dutch known for leaving the 1990s phillies team from worst to first. he struggled with two bad knees during his career, but remained a warrior behind the plate. he played 14 years with the phillies and traded to the marlins where he won a world series. current camper, cameron rup tweeted, deeply sadden about hearing about darren dalton. >> todd callous harry calli is said -- we'll continue to cover the death of darren dalton throughout the morning including a live report at 5:30 a.m. with a full look back at his life and career. look for more tributes of the sports legend at 6abc.com. >>> philadelphia police arrested three people in response to a flash flash mob. hundreds of people gathered in germantown and turned on police throwing bottles and vandalizing cruisers and suv. jeanette reyes has more wi

work along 95 southbound side in delco as you traveled into chester by the blue route.work has cleared out. everything is reopened there. and farther south on 95 in new castle county there was a crash around 141, newport, that's cleared but until 5:30 so for the next hour there's work on the northbound side near 273 taking out several of the lanes. one last live look. ben franklin bridge as you head towards center city, hey, there's the arrow board. it looks like they still have the westbound right lane blocked. if it stays blocked this morning we're going to have some a delays so i'll keep you posted on this tuesday morning, tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> we've got breaking news from philadelphia's kensington section. firefighters have made a grim discovery, a body in the shell of a home that caught fire overnight. a second person jumped out of the inferno. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live on the 1800 block at east clementine street with what we know at this point. good morning, katherineism good morning, tam. the fire broke out late last night and as firef

quality alert still posted it's a pretty small cross second of the area chester, montco, bucks company, delcophiladelphia county all included in it but that's it. so if you do live in this area, it's highly populated area obviously, you fall into the category of sensitive kids the elderly any kind of respiratory illness asthma sufferers take it easy today even thunderstorms comes through the air quality is less than ideal. pollution high. the high hits 90 in the meantime it's toasty afternoon. make no mistake another headline of the forecast here. later on tonight, things should dry out. albeit briefly in the wake of this afternoon and evening storms and then we flirt with 90 for both tomorrow and friday. again, watching for shower or thunderstorm either day primarily p.m. hours. by the time we hit saturday though transition time comes along turns less humid cools down sunday looking to be a gem and rain may return as early as monday. >> all right. katie, thank you. >> you got it. >> tale as old as time is playing out in north carolina moving the hearts of one family in particular. our meisha

coming off the blue route, 476, in delco more work scheduled along the route one media bypass.bound around 252, rose tree park. watch on the for the crew out there during the midday. farther south on route one the oxford bypass we saw delays last evening because of that new zone this week between newark road and route 41, avondale. expect them later today. baltimore pike might be a better bet and the work continues a bit to the south along newark road. that's been going on for a little while. coming into south jersey via the betsy ross bridge watch out for work on 90 eastbound. they should be out of there by 6 o'clock. looks like crews have cleared from that 70 in cherry hill but for the next 15 minutes in mount ephraim watch out for work on the black horse pike. tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> going on a new jersey mother is back home but will soon be in court facing charges that she abandoned her special needs son. 39-year-old debra wisler didn't want to talk to us when we stopped by her home in millville. she's accused of leaving her son near joint base maguire dix lakehurst. d

this after an incredible pre-dawn ride through philly and delco that ended with allegations of robbery and abduction. her father was on hand to escort her home. >> i tell was i lost a few years of my life this morning. you see a few more gray hairs in that head. [ laughter ] >> they weren't there this morning. >> reporter: upper darby police law and her younger sister admit they were drinking heavily while celebrating the sister's 21st birthday at a center city bar. around 3am law claims she used the lyft app to get the women safely home to haverford township. a black four door sedan arrived to pick them up. law told them the driver stopped on route at the sunoco a plus on west chester pike in upper darby gave the younger sister money to buy him a bottle water so he can take his medication. police superintendent michael chitwood. >> she's in the store about three or four minutes. she comes back out. the vehicle is gone. the driver is gone. her sister is gone. >> reporter: chitwood says law claimed the drive whom she described as a black man with some kind of accent, 25 to 30 years old,

in addition until they fire up , air quality alert posted throughout the day specific to chester, delco, montgomery bucks county and philadelphia county. more isolated centralized area that has higher levels of ozone but could mess with you suffering from respiratory illness. we are hot, steamy, unsettled. front crosses through, weekend clears out and looks beautiful by sunday. >> sunday looks amazing. thanks very much. very good morning. we were free all morning licensing until right new we have one, first one of the morning, and not a big one. it is pulled off to the median accident ramp from 202 southbound to route 30 westbound. head up on. that as you pass on by you can see congestion levels there isn't any. so, so far we are looking pretty g just a head up that is out there blue route baltimore pike headlights moving in the southbound direction where you'll be working with their, still traveling around at posted speeds. quick peak at 42 near 295 if you are working with obviously north bound side it looks like taillights in the north bound direction it looks like that is heating up

outside this morning in delco, blue route 476 things are looking good here by macdade boulevard.dy sipping along towards 95 with no issues. in media it's going to be a great night for dining under the stars and of course that means state street will close around 5 o'clock this evening. and up in the lehigh valley of course musikfest continues tonight with god smack taking the main stage. extra traffic on 22 and 78 and all those local street closures we see every year around bethlehem. karen. >> all right, matt where has august gone? a lot of people have been asking that. it hasn't felt like august, has it? saturday our high was 79, sunday only 78 degrees. on monday the high was 72 with rain. yesterday we made it up to 80. normally we would be way up here at 86 degrees so we've been below average. in fact all of august so far is trending 2 degrees below average. today our high will be 83, just a little bit below the average high of 86 degrees and today we see wall to wall sunshine and a little light breeze so it's a nice one, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> going on to health check,

meanwhile elsewhere in delco new closure in effect in concorde township at fellowship drive closed at road north. you could use 322 to get around it but there's a lot of work there with the widening project that's going on these days, the flaggers are always out there during the mid days so concorde road could be another alternate. in chester county new restrictions under way this week along the route one oxford bypass southbound as they work on the lanes over church road there. so watch out for those restrictions. began yesterday. going through mid-november. and of course work continues as well along newark road. matt. >> thanks, matt. camden county police are trying to track down the driver of an atv who used it as a battering ram against two officers on saturday night. police tried to stop the man when they witnessed him tampering with equipment at a gas station on newton avenue. the man drove his atv into the open door of their cruiser injuring a female officer. he then drove into a detective knocking him to the ground. both officers were treated and released from the hospital. >>

in delco, without for work on the route 1 media bypass, stick to baltimore pike avenue through media.. route 1 the oxford bypass the work continues, at that that's been giving us delays in the evening rush. we're getting ready fore an opening at the burlington bristol bridge in the next 15 or 20 minutes. if you're heading to the scutters falls bridge there's work i-95 southbound in ewing township, the right lane is out of mission there until 4:00 p.m. >> new this morning, the fire marshal was on the scene of a fast-moving house fire in camden on the 3100 block of constitution road at 1:00 a.m. crews have knocked down the blaze and investigating the cause. pse&g are repairing down power lines and restoring outages on the block. >>> the fate of a margate dunes project is in the hands of a federal judge. the army corps of jersey went to court to lift a restraining order on their work. heavy rains caused massive waters along the beach. le federal government said it was a temporary condition. no word on when the judge will rule on the army corps request. ♪ [brother] any last words? [boy] k

and springfield township delco a bad one at powell road.nt in bucks county blocking off the eastbound side of the newtown bypass in the process. stay on new town yardley road to get around the 332 blockage. traveling into bucks from burlington county. the burlington bristol bridge is going up at 5:55. and better news elsewhere, in burlington county the overturned truck blocking the ramp from 73 northbound to the tun pike that is cleared but delays spill back. over to you. >> always fun and games. much more to come not only did yesterday's solar eclipse bring excitement to scores across the country it helped the police in one town catch a wanted man. >> and stretch their legs in wilmington and we'll check in with meteorologist cecily tynan in for adam joseph tracking the latest in the weather center. >> yes, the heat and humidity really returns with avengeance, the high in poared 92 degrees and the heat index 100 and atice system is pulling in changing all that. >> and ducis rogers has sports including eagles phillies and union. every year s

good morning be everybody, got sun glare north on 95 as you coming up from delco heading in toward the airport. here's a live look at the bennie coming into downtown philly. no problems at all coming up over the walt whitman bridge or betsy ross bridge we're getting word of an accident on the parkway, northbound between ocean city and atlantic city, you can see the sensors picking up the delays here, this is the ocean city exit north of here's anyone coming back from the shore this morning, we see a lot of folks come right from the shore into the beach right into the office. just be careful with that. yesterday's accident on the new jersey turnpike a mess. that overturned tractor-trailer, good news, everything is open this morning, so north and southbound between exits 7 and 7a you're good to go as we slide down the work crews will be back later on this afternoon. they're loving the nice weather, penndot will be working both directions, bridge inspections here between bridge and cottman from 9:00 to 3:00. of right after the end of the rush hour. alex and thomas back over to you >>> 7:0

live look at the blue route, 476 rolling through delco.ing delays to rollback onto 476. sun glare on the schuylkill, and earlier accident, heavy from king of prussia on in to your conshy curve. ninety-five southbound, heavy out of northeast philly. we simon down no center city, 21st street closed today, between arch and race all part of construction project. see a lot of extra volume on the other street. and in south philly, yo, water main break, southbound, broad street, just south of the broad street off ramp of the schuylkill expressway. mike and alex back over to you. >> this happened about an hour ago, right? they found a body dead body in atlantic city. >> so the fact it was found right on the boardwalk, too. >> boardwalk hall. just put new starbucks in there. steve, are you ready to go? >> reporter: yes, i'm ready, mike, he got even new information on the mysterious drop death not a mystery any more. first the latest thing not far from the drop. see the medical examiner van has arrived. don't expect the two medical examiners to come

my pleasure, lesley >> you can read more if jack in the delaware county daily times and online as delco times.com. coming up next in the sports zone, the jordan spieth another young guns, and nascar is final you round of the pga tournament, great back nine for justin thomas on 13 from the fringe. gets it in for bird to go eight under. on 17, thomas looking for the birdy he will nail it. on 18, thomas will tap it in for the win. shoots a 68 to finish eight under for the tournament and wins first major. >> patience, i felt like, the u.s. open, although brooks had an unbelievable round i didn't feel like -- i didn't have my best stuff that day but i still learned that i needed to be more patient to have a better finish. obviously he played to win and i had a great opportunity to win but i just knew that no matter what my game was at, on the first t i needed to be patient and felt like i had the game to get it done. >> michigan 404 laps remaining, paul minute ard gets under michael mcdow. after the crash race went into over time. he takes the lead and would hold off to win third race of the

this week we kick things off in delco. upper darby went to work. heading right into the end zone. upper darby kick things off with a 35-0 win. downing touchb east. and east went up the gut and into the end zone. they win 40-3. and meanwhile academy park hosts pens bury. pens bury airs it out for the 45 yard pitch and catch. pens bury wins a close one 27-20. and haverford hosting chester, and haverford is the big winner. and joe, forget about it, he's off to the races, a 74 yard rumble, unionville over the rams 26-17. and this game first half, the bucks defense gone bells them up. west takes it 21-13. and let's get a bird's eye view of some action. check out pen ridge breaking free and ain't nobody going to catch him, a 60 yard score, they get the win going away 41-7. and central buck south hosting, knocking on the door and they bust it down. jack johns calls his own number for the touchdown, 34-6. and council rock with the shutout 28-0. lower merion hosting chichester. and working to stay on his feet and sometimes it's all about the balance. but it wasn't enough, chichester wins 3

check with the airline and here's a live look at the blue route for 76 as you roll through delco. >>> coming up on 6:19, police are searching for home invasion suspect this morning in south philadelphia. >> they say he targeted an 84-year-old woman, who was home at the time of the break in, what a creep. >> it happened shortly before 2:00 p.m. yesterday on the 700 block of south front street-officers say a man in his 30's broke into the 87-year-old woman's home and demanded money. she refused, so the man forced her into the basement where he tied her up. investigators say the suspect took off with money he stole from her purse. police say the woman was able t up >> runstreets. three blocks, out of breath, scared t, anything could have happened to her. >> we moved here schools. we didn't expect this kind of police say the woman was able to break free, like mentioned b 80's. >> 84 years p on 6:20. >>> north korea backing off its missile attack. dictator kim jong-un has decide visitingis military plan. this is according to reports. howevers communist leader warns he could cs. persists in

my pleasure, lesley >> you can read more if jack in the delaware county daily times and online as delco times.com. coming up next in the sports zone, the jordan spieth another young guns, and nascar is michigan. final you round of the pga tournament, great back nine for justin thomas on 13 from the fringe. gets it in for bird to go eight under. on 17, thomas looking for the birdy he will nail it. on 18, thomas will tap it in for the win. shoots a 68 to finish eight under for the tournament and wins first major. >> patience, i felt like, the u.s. open, although brooks had an unbelievable round i didn't feel like -- i didn't have my best stuff that day but i still learned that i needed to be more patient to have a better finish. obviously he played to win and i had a great opportunity to win but i just knew that no matter what my game was at, on the first t i needed to be patient and felt like i had the game to get it done. >> michigan 404 laps remaining, paul minute ard gets under michael mcdow. after the crash race went into over time. he takes the lead and would hold off to win third r

hello delco. a live look at the blue route 476 through delaware county. we're in the height of vacation season here. so if there ever was a light traffic week, this is probably going to be it. no problems at all on the schuylkill. 95, normal delay at the betsy ross bridge. hello ocean city coming back from the shore, probably not happy if you're coming back from the shore, on a monday morning, a lot of folks go right from the beach right into the office on a monday morning. yesterday's nasty accident on the new jersey turnpike good news, everything is open this morning. it occurred right here between exit 7 and 7 a on the northbound side. but all lanes are open for the morning rush hour on the turnpike >>> 6:21, combatting domestic abuse, how lawmakers are making it easier for victims of domestic abuse to testify in court. . >>> this is fox 29 sports in a minute. >>> the eagles officially upgrading the corner back situation, ronald darby had his first practice and he talked about why he needed to fit in with rest of the squad. >> it's not, little bit of p

if you're getting ready to leave delco or the airport area, use this stretch, i would use the girardnt double-decker bridge instead of the platt. work crews along 95 working both directions between bridge and cottman avenue all during the day. again, right there in that what used to be the construction zone here in northeast philadelphia. they're also going to be working on the blue root, 476, northbound lanes between the schuylkill and conshohocken, that will cause delays if you're trying to get up towards the mid county interchange. sea aisle, no problems or delays, the parkway toll plaza, a lot come right from the beach on a monday and we see it northbound lane of the freeway heading in towards the walt whitman bridge. i think we got a nice looking monday, maybe a hook key day. subie got the forecast coming up in 15 seconds. >>> we have a tropical storm churning off the east coast of the united states. normally that would make us a little bit nervous. it's about 470 miles away from bermuda. there's bermuda there. here's gert and looks like the path of gert, will take it away from

chester county, we will go down to new castle county delaware and that heavy rain has spilled into delco, here in philadelphia, it is raining lightly but heavier stuff on the way everything moving from southwest to north east this morning. expect road flooding when this happens, basement flooding, we have a flash flood watch in effect that starts at noon and goes through this evening. there could be isolated very heavy downpours so just be careful traveling around. 73 degrees is all we will get for a high temperature. normal high 86. closer to that tomorrow. wednesday and thursday may look like good weather days this week. by friday we have a chance of showers, maybe unsettled over weekend but we have certainly time to change that as well. that is your seven day forecast, don't forget about 101.1 more fm because you can hear your weather authority forecast on the radio. turn on the windshield wipers and we all know thaw will be very, very careful, bob kelly. >> when was last time you got a new set of wipers, we will need them today. good morning. sueby mentioned those storms through ches

a bunch of issues starting in delco, a truck fire near here north of 452 and all the activity associated with that is off to the side. as you see traffic in the northbound lanes is heavy up toward the commodore barry bridge and the blue route. farther north where we have the two separate accidents this morning, here at the work zone, there was a broken down vehicle this afternoon. the good news is it's gone now and the bad news is the heavy delays are not. just 5 miles per hour northbound from the walt whitman bridge. going the other way expect traffic a busy night in south philadelphia with the phils double header and the charlie puth concert. a hurricane katrina crash on the northeast extension past landed dale, that just cleared out. the way and two overturned trucks one in delaware along highway 1 southbound near 72 blocking to lanes. single digit speeds. and in burlington county an overturned truck is blocking the ramp to go north on the turnpike. that ramp is not an option at this hour. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 4:

. >> from the delco times, man shot and killed a woman in the parking lot after netter providence funeralbefore turning the gun on himself watch police are calling murder-suicide. the incident occurred just after 1:00 p.m. near the intersection every south chester road and providence road, identities of the victims have not yet been released the press of atlantic city atlantic city salute the armed forces parade will take place this year, for the past six years kick off the air show week but organizers say they could not come up with the $15,000 fun willingness to fund the parade. >> from the mercury, you can't go home again, but not only returned to her childhood home , she bought it, thanks in part to new initiative designed to encourage pottstown school employees to buy homes in the borough. the program provides eligible applicant up to $10,000 in the form of a forgivable loan. >> interesting idea. that's a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> little girls all across the country have grown up with these dolls. >> now american girl is introducing its newest me

picture still plenty of slowing on the schuylkill expressway and i-95 especially southbound heading into delcoto the commodore barry bridge. now there's a crash on the barry headed into new jersey on the upside. speeds like just 11 miles per hour coming off of 95. depending on where you're going you might want to try to get down to the delaware memorial bridge, take that into new jersey but going its other way i would take the woman carry, just 12 miles per hour on the delaware bound delaware memorial bridge but luckily our crash on route four by the tj max has cleared out as will i, rick and sharrie have good weekend. [laughter] >> you do the same. the eagles played last night. they're getting ready for their next game. jaime apody will break down last night's game with the bills. >> a group of youngsters learn how powerful the sun is especially when it comes top powering our world. >> meteorologist adam joseph tracking those storms in the weather center but the weekend is salvageable. >> we continue to monitor storm tracker6 live 3-d. you can see that nasty line of storms about to approach t

and we're watching a crash in concorde township delco along baltimore pike at concorde road. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report. delays extend from broomall down to 95. we'll check it again, rick and sharrie, in the next half hour. >> will do. see you matt. thank you. >>> much more still ahead on "action news" at 4:00. another act of vandalism on a center city statue. we have reaction to the message left on the frank rizzo monument. >> plus, this is only a drill. the fake emergency that caused some real concern in philadelphia today. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> today workers power washed the words black power off the statue of a former philadelphia mayor and police commissioner. the bronze statue of frank rizzo was vandalized once again late last night with those words and also this, the black community should be their own police. all of it in white spray paint. this is the second time in two days the statue outside the municipal services building on j.f.k. has been targeted. critics have been calling for this statue to come down. critics claim rizzo was racist and made police bruta

expressway, if you're headed down in toward bala cynwyd, watch for delays this morning, then down into delco we go, garnet valley, baltimore pike, right at cheney road, watch for some downed wires, and then there is also just on the other side of 202, some high water from the early storms, smith bridge road still blocked at brooke lane. now the rain is out of here, at least for now, scotty is going to come back at all today? >> we might have few spotty sprinkles, but, most of the region drying out and take a look at the forecast across the area, bob. 84 degrees for center sit, sunshine later this afternoon, gradual clearing down the shore, 83 degrees, the afternoon high temperature, and lowering humidity, lehigh valley about 81 degrees, so the front still off to the west. but we will see it push through. kind of knocking the cloud cover out to sea, and also, we will see the clearing skies, but look at the line of showers, and thunder boomers, waking up folks overnight, last night, some flashflooding, across the area as well. and take a look. gloucester city over two and a half inches every r

. >> the schuylkill, here, squeeze on through, leaving delco, headed northbound, trying to get up towardonly because of the accident, but also some wick sun glare in there today. and, the other problem, on the schuylkill expressway. we have an accident, right here, near conshohocken, and the work crews are still out here, from last night. here's a live look at the schuylkill expressway eastbound, only the left lane open before you get to 476. so, bumper to bumper from king of prussia to this point, and then you open it up, and then jammed again, with the accident right near conshohocken. so the schuylkill eastbound, again, the crews have been out, really running late here, my only guess is that either the concrete or the blacktop here is not dry enough to roll úthat's really the first time that's happened so far in this whole project. here is a live look at route 73, over in south jersey. mass transit looking good. sue has your double digit forecast on the meter coming up in 15 seconds. >> 45:00, and here is a look at the lifeguard stands, in wildwood, new jersey. there is plenty of room

live look at the blue route 476 hello to delco sun popping up at the trees there pennsylvania turnpikee kay now but see blinking signs and catches you by surprise because it says turnpike closing and then wait for sign to recycle. it is actually tomorrow night into early sunday morning when it is closing, stretch between philadelphia and bensalem delaware valley interchange. keep that in mind 95 in delaware okay but just off i-95 airport road south of new castle flooded out because of the rains, high tide and flying today check with the individual airlines on the cancellations that may impact your trip from last night's storm, alex and thomas back over to you. >>> we have breaking news out of quakertown a driver is dead after falling asleep at the wheel, and driving into a pool supply store. it happened 1:45 this morning on the 1600 block of northwest end boulevard. impact led to a fire and an eventual hazmat situation. fire's out now but hazmat is still on the scene. officials say there is no chemical damage to the area though. we have a crew on the way. steve keeley will be there soo

and then, down in delco, working along the blue route, 476 southbound, right near media swarthmore.homas and karen, back over to you. >> bob, thanks so much. there is a montgomery county teenager now critical condition, and it may be because of her phone. witnesses say, she was face-timing and walked right into the street and into the path after car. our dave kinchen from abington police department. >> reporter: police describe the injuries to the victim as very, very serious, they say, condition is critical. meantime, police were able to speak with the person on the other end of that face time call. >> i feel terrible for her. i feel awful. >> emily and mattie rushed over to highland avenue in abington where their 14 year old girlfriends was struck by a calf where 3:00 p.m. >> her bag just sitting down there, it is really bad. it is emotional. >> skyfox flew over the scene wednesday afternoon as investigators work, the girl walk to go abington high school for cheerleading practice when the crash happened. police say she was on her phone, face timing with a friends, while walking in

good morning, everybody, 4:12, working in delco, along the portion of 95 southbound, between the blue route and the commodore barry bridge. come on, let's go outside. say good morning to the ben franklin parkway. hey, a girl in philly by the name of kimberly said bobby, put me on some curtis mayfield. that's what gets me jamming in the morning. what's your favorite traffic jam on a wednesday? hashtag it and we'll get it on for you. sue has the forecast when we come right back. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ ♪ come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. before dress up, turns to make-up. and tag becomes hashtag. before furry hugs, become first loves. come to the only place, that makes little hearts race. buy your 2018 season pass now, and get the rest of 2017 free! >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back, as we take a live look right now. wildwood, new jersey, now, speaking of southern skies, if you look into the skies, we've got a fabulous meteor shower that will be therefore your viewing pleasure on this evening, right now. sue, are their clouds blocking our view? can w

again, it is not even at it heaviest yet, coming down pretty steadily across parts of chester county , delcoto philadelphia county as well. so the morning commute, absolutely being impacted by this, but this is not the worse it will be. afternoon, evening, ends up looking the worse, at the moment, though, we expect you'll see couple of showers, thunderstorms pretty much region wide. heaviest of the rain will fall in the southern zone, where we showed you the flashflood watch. that's where you get slammed the hardest with the heaviest rain. hence, you have to worry about flooding, because you've seen so much rain as of late that the grounds is just saturated t can't hold much more moisture. so this will runoff. meantime skies do begin to clear out thankfully by tomorrow. i'll let you know how long the break lasts this time, only to check in little later in the shore shall meisha >> all right, katie, thank you so much. yes, the rain, it is starting to cause some problems for us. it is starting to get busy now so schuylkill eastbound at conshohocken, we did have a man change ago tire pulled all

they're still trying to pull that pickup truck out of the woods on the ramp from 420 to 95 southbound in delcoremains partially blocked. and on the ben franklin bridge our good buddy ben still having some work done so we're down a lane in both directions. it's especially slow as you travel westbound into philadelphia this afternoon down to just two lanes because of that construction. have a house fire out in east whiteland chester county route 401 conestoga road is blocked as a result close to great valley high school. i would stay down on swedesford road to get around that. we also have fire department activity in west deptford blocking route 45 mantua pike. washington township close to auo mall a bad crash at tuckahoe road. high water in a few spots noon. one is buena where route 40 harding highway remains blocked off in both directions. i would stay on 322 the black horse pike to get around that. and into and out of wildwood trouble with flooding along 47 rio grande avenue so if you're trying to get in there this evening i would go in via 147 into that north wildwood or ocean drive into the

a couple work zones in delco.ys this week until 9:00 until 9:00l 3:00: fellowship drive now closed. we're getting used to this new closure in concorde township. you could use 322 instead but there's so much work going on there with the widening project. stick with concorde road instead of fellowship drive for the next little while. on the big picture slow speeds have developed now on the schuylkill and 95, southbound from cottman into girard. still have the traffic light troubles in tacony at torresdale and robin and that crash on the boulevard northbound at c street is off to the side but something to watch out for if you're out and about and in norristown that construction going on all week along creek road. stay on hartford road to get around that work zone. >> camden county police trying to track down the driver of an atf that used it as a battering ram against two officers on saturday night. police tried to stop the man when they witnessed him tampering with equipment at a gas station on newton avenue. the ma

north bound i-95 coming up from delco watch out for crews working between the kerlin street all the way up to 476. if you are heading to the airport early this morning. by the way, airport my sister in law's flight was cancelled yesterday because of the storms. philly international was report nothing delays yesterday, unfortunately they weren't reporting the cancellations, of flights, that originated in other cities. so with all these storms rolling through our area, make sure you check with the airline this morning, so that the flight that is supposed to be there, this morning, for you actually came in last night. that was the situation, my sister in law and kid had yesterday. north on i-95 disabled up near route 413 in the construction zone in new jersey, they are working on 42 freeway here. as you work your way in toward philadelphia between creek road and 295, your normal construction zone there in bellmawr w all that heavy rain we had be careful there could be some ponding, puddles, maybe clogged drains along the way and then vine expressway, standard here still closed both directi

chester, bucks, town through delco and philadelphia counties for higher layer of ozone.espiratory illness take extra easy to day in the meantime though daytime highs flirt or hit 90 for next three days and then front finally crosses our region into saturday. we will start to gradually clear out and by sunday absolutely beautiful weather to wrap up yet another weekend , meisha. >>> katie, thanks very much for. that very good morning, everybody. so we're looping outside, and we're looking at 42, again. we know what happened yesterday in new jersey, wow, that was such a mess. today, we're looking at another problem area. what it is, it is a manhole cover that came loose and as vehicles were going over it, their cars were disable. and no fun, whatsoever. so this is 42 northbound, past 295, it is where the manhole cover came loose, this is a shot of the backups leading up to that area, 42 near new jersey turnpike and you can see as a sea of brake lights. again just a head up, manhole cover came loose, multiple, disabled vehicles pulled off to the shoulder, this backup shot le

supports of the transgender community gathered in media, that was organized by delco indevisible. >>> berks county native taylor swift is heading to court tomorrow to testify against a deejay who groped her at the concert. he was fired following the alleged groping. the radio station said he graduated the morality part of his contact. he is suing swift saying he was falsely accused of sexual assault. >>> dow chemical will merge officially october 31. dow, dupont will trade on the nasdaq. dewpoint employees 6,000 workers. >>> commuters for the boulevard will make a tough commute while crews carry out repair and resurface work. repairs will takes place on the outer lanes of the boulevard tomorrow through thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. the work is part of an effort to repair and resurface 12 miles of the boulevard outer lanes. >>> much more to come on "action news" saturday -- sunday morning. items of elvis' hit the auction block. >> plus damage from severe thunderstorms that swept through the south this w

in your weather by the numbers, for the counties you see highlighted there including philadelphia, delco, chester, montgomery, chester counties, it will be very soupy out there. and not good air quality. 75 degrees with sunrise at 6:01. a southerly breeze, just 5 miles an hour, and many of our temperatures are in the 70s, so much milder day than yesterday. 69 degrees in allentown, pottstown, and cooler 59 in mount pocono. so august got off to a steamy start with the high of 91 degrees. today, probably upper 80s, because of the chance, which is a little greater than yesterday. i know we did have few rumble storms come through. sunset time, 8:13. so you'll need your sunglasses, your sunscreen, and potentially your umbrella as well. so just bring it all with you, bob kelly, and turn on the air-conditioning. >> grab it all, put all of the junk in the trunk, let's go, sue. 42:00 on wednesday hump day morning, kind of quiet here in center city philadelphia. but not quiet on the schuylkill expressway. they've been working all night long, doing the paving between 476 into belmont, in both direct