thirty-eight brings new to the ben franklin bridge and you would be good to go.uld i head for 38. that is your tip for the day. come on are you hungry? tomorrow ninth street italian festival kicks off. see detours and closures through the weekend both saturday and sunday. the radnor hunt race is 20,000 folks expected to show up tomorrow, first race is kicking off at 1:30 off providence road and 252 in malvern and we're rowing on the river again this weekend, the stotesbury regatta has taken over kelly drive. kelly drive closed to vehicle traffic, this morning, all the way through to tomorrow night. so those extra folks will be put on the martin luther king drive, weekend will be tough because all that traffic will use the schuylkill expressway a lieutenant of outdoor events what is forecast like? sueby has tonight 15. >>> award winning television that is what we get here. don't make the mistake of heading down the shore today. it has been so hot i will get for friday getaway and only packing shorts and flip-flops because saturday and sunday will be very, very coo

the ben franklin bridge looking good, no issues between the tolls and 8th and vine. no issues as you head out. the temperatures if you don't like the heat and humidity, day 3 in the 90s today. 74 degrees we had two straight days in the 90s. when we hit 09 today it will make a heat wave. hot and humid spotty storms, the weekend 20 degrees colder. >> a many pleaded guilty to attempted murder nearly one year after shooting a delaware county police officer, donte opened fire on christopher dorman 7 times in june 2016. he was responding to reports of someone smoking marijuana. doorman has undergone multiple surgeries but returned to work back in september. island faces a maximum sentence of 140 years in jail. >>> preparations are underway in new orleans to remove a confederate monument. some of the statues were dismantled in the middle of the night to cut down on the protest crowds. the statue of robert e. lee will be taken down today. the mayor will explain why. there have been protests as with the other removals, the contractors being threatened. >>> a passenger's smart

ben franklin bridge as you push from jersey, moving in the westbound direction, toward center city, lookingere as well, gorgeous shot of the ben franklin bridge, overall basically looking just as we should, although, we have been talking about this, big gas main break here in cherry hill. happened around 1:15 this morning, so what's still going on with it? route 70 eastbound closed at curtis avenue. you will still need to use these alternates. park boulevard, route 38, going to be your best bet. it was just shooting out of the grounds. they've now since capped t hopefully get moved out of the way quickly. more thon when we come back in the next ten minutes, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. now for look at newspaper headlines from across our region. the news journal reports wilmington city council pass the the city budget raising property taxes by seven and half%. and eliminating 16 fire fighting positions. the mayor's offers is trying to avoid $2 million budget deficit. the budget passed by a margin seven to six. >> and the delaware county daily times teachers in interboro school d

moving in the eastbound direction, this is past oaks, see how many headlights are out there, ben franklin bridgeose of you in jersey moving to center city moving in the westbound direction. ben franklin bridge, may be just now starting to get underway little bit. maybe good indicator you might want to leave your homes, if you leave before the 6:00 hour i would, if you can. earlier the better obviously. then talking about some accident out there. we've been kind of littered with that ever since early on this morning, when i entered the traffic department around 4:00 a.m. been some clearly some activity. just kind of keeps coming. what we are looking at rite here truck fire, past route 168. right lane come pros my dollars. one lane blocked there at 42. in malvern, phoenixville pike between connestoga road, yellow springs road. flag remembers directing traffic, until around 10:00 a.m. >> this accident happened a little earlier again, in malvern, and then another one hatch forward, old lancaster road near route 30 or lancaster avenue. we will still have the accident naught kingsessing as well. woodl

not fun but here's a beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge. moving from jersey, westbound, into center city, not many of you, but if you are traveling over bridges, bridge decks, under the bridges, i can tell you right now, that it is going to be very slippery. because that far pooling. so, a lot of hydroplane, hydroplaning can happen if we don't take it easy out there. so again the ben franklin bridge, looking very wet as you push in the westbound direction, but gorgeous shot there, sometimes that's all we need is a little bit of eye candy. blue route, ridge pike, not so much talking about congestion levels. today mainly welcome back if you are maybe out of town for memorial day or whatever. but we are going to be talking about how slippery this can be. even though not talking about bumper to bumper conditions, it is going to be a lot of take it easy when you come back from where ever you were. mass transit is running some holiday scheduled, how much, market frankford line they have just started new schedule. so septa sunday schedule, new jers

live on the ben franklin bridge westbound traffic up and into the city kind of a lonely ride. too many people out there just yet so you're doing all right if you're coming to the city on the ben. construction crews out here on northeast extension northbound the on-ramp from lehigh valley, the right lane is blocked there. and also northbound between lansdale and quakertown we've got the left lane blocked. construction crews out there doing their job an few sprinkles out there matt. >> karen thanks. >>> breaking news here. a man was shot in the back of the head early this morning in north philadelphia. shots rang out on the 2700 block of north dover street around midnight. when investigators arrived they found the victim laying on the sidewalk. he was rushed to temple university hospital in that very critical condition. police continue their search for the shooter. >>> two people were stabbed in wilmington, delaware, this morning. it happened on the 1000 block of robin road at 4:00 a.m. police found a woman with a.m. self inflicted stab wound to the neck. then a man showed up at

this is ben franklin bridge. we can barely see it, traveling in the westbound direction over the bridge into center city for those up early enough. i got to tell you this will absolutely slow you down a little bit. this fog will pose a problem for us in many areas, even this one, this is where we have construction blue route north bound between norristown and mid county, this is shot at norristown you can see flashing lights and cones in the roadway. left lane closed, e-z pass lanes just reopened so they are clearing this out of the way and we have construction on the vine that is lingering in overnight construction. vine between schuylkill and broad street is close today through thursday 11:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m., they are demolishing 18th street bridge , last of the seven bridges to be demolished and redone. just a head up we will have more in the next 10 minutes, jim, back over to you. >>> last month we had video of the horse name big momma gallup go through streets of philadelphia new is there video of the

this is actually the ben franklin bridge from the new jersey toll plaza, to gave you a idea.and let's roll some video from our news van. we were on the scene here this morning, as they've been demolishing the 18th street overpass of the vine street expressway. the next couple of night, the vine expressway will be closed from about 10:30 to 5:00 the following morning, again, this is the last and final overpass of that whole vine expressway project, hope to have it back in business, by about 5:00 this morning. let's go back to the maps. speed restriction on the new jersey turnpike, from the delaware memorial bridge all the way up through central new jersey, into the george washington bridge. again, because of the fog, we're knocked down to 45 miles an hour, north on 95, they're working between curl land and route 320, again, until about 5:00 or so to get the work crews out there, poor visibility, and probably going to lead to some flight delays, down at philadelphia international airport, the first train out of the gate for the warminster line headed to the airport running with

as we take a look at sky6 live hd you can see how gray it is around the ben franklin bridge rain drops falling on the lens right there, again we're dealing with periods of the steadier rain up to the rush hour, we'll get into a lull for a good portion of the day. numbers, 56 degrees in allentown. 56 in reading, very similar numbers down to the coast, everybody in the mid 50s, everybody looking at gray skies and rain. future tracker 6 shows you the rest of the rush hour we're fairly wet. by the time we get up to 9:00, the rains beginning to thin out. some of it may be dealing with steadier downpours. we get up to 12:00, most of rain is off to the north. it's light stuff left behind, the afternoon looks cloudy with maybe a couple of sprinkles and showers around, no great shakes. the evening commute better than the morning commute. we get past the commute in the evening, another round of possible in spots of some of the cells could produce thunder and lightning. this is 11:00 p.m. tonight it could be happening when adam joseph is on the air at 10:00 p.m. only channel 17 and cesily tynan o

outside, the action cam at penn's landing looking at the ben franklin bridge. philadelphia are not too bad. we had a high today of 73. below the average of 77 this time of year. right now in the city, 65. in the pocono, 68. coast and cape may, 60. 64 in beach haven. we have partly cloudy skies. here's the unsettled weather. we have a frontal boundary across the virginias and carolinas drifting southward overnight. we have a coastal advisory until 2:00 a.m. minor flooding is a concern at the time of high tide. seaside heights cape may. the wave height at the ocean, two to three feet high and at the bay, two feet or less. here's the set up for us sunday. clouds and sunshine tomorrow. a high temperature at 75. the majority of the day looks dry. late in the day sunday, we are tracking more showers. it's because of the frontal boundary moving eastward. monday, maxing to the upper 70s for memorial day. shower in the forecast. future tracker 6 showing 9:00 in the morning, a few sunny breaks. the cloud clouds thicken up. by 5:30, spotty showers popping up south jersey

here's at ben franklin bridge an example of the dreary start to our, holiday weekend, all of the lanes are opened, but the road and cloud cover. lets go tout 422, we are seeing beginning of the daylight here as you work your way in to collegeville, and royersford. everything is as wet and damp and puddles every where so just watch for puddles, flooding, blocked drains and on your way to cape may watch for all of that extra volume to start to pop around between 12 and two we will typically see that on the memorial day weekend as you head down to the shore, stopping at farly for a poddy break and grabbing a coffee but staying home, we have something for you, devon horse show here in devon, at the fair ground along lancaster avenue. just watch it hit brakes there they have police officers there, helping folks cross from the parking lots but that will bring in extra volume. something to to with the kid this weekend. north on the northeast extension, an accident at quakertown interchange, karen, back over to you. a gunman is wanted. the whole community is looking for answers our dave schrat

and right now we are dealing with sunshine as we take a look at the ben franklin bridge a few cumulouspopping up above that there, 80 degrees and a nice response to the air temperature with the sunshine and southwest wind light at 9 miles per hour. but we are tracking a few scattered storms to the north and west and severe storms near pittsburgh and also near albany and as these drift in from the west they are isolated and if any of us was to get hit by a storm again it's more than a miss than a hit. if you are hit some could have strong winds or even some hail with them. we'll be tracking them for you on stormtracker 6 live double scan nothing out there at the present time, but we'll look out for them throughout the evening hours. and chat about a nice start for the month of june for thursday and friday before more rain over the weekend coming up with the seven-day forecast. >> all right adam thanks. >>> the city of trenton will use a $200,000 grant to revitalize a vacant factory. the facility is empty since 2002 and today they called a symbol of wasted potential, providing money to c

people are slowing down and the construction has cleared and all lanes reopened on i-95 by the ben franklin bridge. vine street expressway, traffic is moving fine, you can see how wet it is. we had construction westbound blocking a lane causing a problem. it's clear looking better. an accident mayfair causing problems on tyson avenue. pole lights out at the intersection that's causing an issue. henry avenue is blocked at queen lane for milling work stick to fox street. >> now a look at business, raco is issuing a recall because the baby car seats may not keep the baby restrained during a crash. we have posted all the -- gray covment -- grayco numbers are on our website. >>> southwest and jet blue ranked one and two. the two carriers have more seats available for those cashing in on miles. last on the list, american they cut the number of seats available to people using miles. american operates 73% of the flights at philadelphia international. >>> new this morning, police finds a hit-and-run driver wanted in a school bus crash that injured lancaster county students. details at 5:00 a.m. >>> a young

live look at ben franklin bridge in problems coming in or out of the city, blue route looking good from i-95 up through saint david, 295, 42 freeway, all those road back from the shore, probably have a little sprinkle of extra volume this morning, folks like to stay down, grab that extra night if you have the advantage of having a place to stay, having year round around home, you can stay extra night and come right from the beach in the cubicle this morning. 495 rolling through wilmington here southbound watch for work today on the ramp to edgemore road, and there is still work around the corner here at olde city third street still blocked between walnut and chestnut right there in front of the american revolution museum, history museum history there, so anybody coming in for a class trip day to day be ready for delays and detour. you will need to use fifth or seventh, they hope to have this complete by the end of the day and giddy up looking for something to do with the kid this week devon horse show in town along lancaster avenue , karen, back over to you. >>> thanks, bob. >>> it is 4

street, it is wet on the roadways, so slow it down a little bit and we also have this look at ben franklin bridge from the new jersey side and yeah, that is wet as well. so again, just some contact caution if you are traveling. you should get where you need to be on time, 17 minutes on the blue route from the schuylkill to i-95, on i-95 from the vine it is 14 minutes and on route 202 from route 30 to the schuylkill it is only a 12 minute drive but again, wet roadways we will take it ease think morning, miss lauren. >> good advice, thanks very much. >>> lets look live at ocean city, new jersey. it is quiet, dark right now at 4:03 but in a few hours boardwalk will be crowded, it is expected to be a busy day at the shore and oaks city has a lot going on. jenny joyce joins us live ahead of all of the action, hi there, jenny. >> reporter: good morning, lauren. i hope it starts to get crowded. right now, as we heard greg guillory and i are only won out here on the boardwalk which isn't that abnormal at 4:00 o'clock in the morning. it is dark, chilly and light rain falling here, live look, the boardwalk

. >> welcome back on this memorial day morning, we are taking a live look here at the ben franklin bridge. it is the cool 59 degrees, your time is 5:44 a.m., or 5:45 a.m. >> can i get my skate board out and have fun on the look like roads, matt? >> reporter: yeah, and swerve around, if you're in your car there's not many out there. if you want to catch a memorial day day parade in one of the shore towns, somers point parade at 11:00 a.m. at dahl's avenue elementary school. not too as far in margate there's a parade at 10:00 a.m. starting at city hall and ending with a ceremony and wreath laying at the all wars memorial. hammonton has a parade there, as well this morning, 10:30 a.m. egg harbor road and orchard street and ceremony at veterans park. in vet nor city there's a -- netanyahu nor city there's a -- ventnor city there's a parade at city hall. >>> bucks county traffic moving fine, one car moving southbound toward newtown. there's a parade at newtown commons west building at richardson avenue. langhorne, 9:00 a.m. silva american legion post. let's grab the ipad. computer report, lanc

sky6 live hd we're looking at gray, gloomy conditions on the ben franklin bridge that is right in the middle where the steadier rain is falling right now you can see how low the clouds and poor visibility saturday 56 degrees at the airport area, winds out of the east/northeast at 15 miles per hour, a little bit beesy -- breezy and wet. this morning's round of rain does not last forever. as we get past 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m., the bulk of it pushes to the north. we're stuck with pockets of steady rain and shortly after that the rest of the rain pushes business toward the poconos, lehigh valley and reading and they might see the lighter stuff. we get into a lull for the rest of the afternoon with a spotty shower here and there. down south we're on the look out for arrival of more spotty showers, some of them could be thunderstorms later tonight. this is the 11:00 p.m. view, at 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., adam joseph and cesily tynan will have something to show you on storm tracker 6 live double scan. 56 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 57 by 10:00 a.m. noon, 59 with the rain pushing off to the north te

for waking up with us saturday morning, 5:51 a.m., 61 degrees, sky6 live hd overlooking the ben franklin bridge. meteorologist chris sowers says it's going to be a good weekend a chance of showers, but not a washout. get out and enjoy. >>> federal health leaders have a warning about food bourn -- borne illnesses during cookouts. experts recommend cruising -- using a meat thermometer to make sure the meat is cooked thoroughly. a new report reveals one alcoholic drink a day can increase the risk of breast cancer. the american institute for cancer research found sipping less than a glass a wine day caused a premenopausal woman's risk to increase by 5%. post menopausal woman 9%. >>> doctors calling for an end to the filtered cigarettes in light of a new study, the nationwide study links a rise in one type of lung cancer to the use of filtered or light cigarettes. smokers inhall more from filtered -- inhale more from filtered cigarettes and the toxins go deeper into the lungs. >> the filter holes is what's doing it, there's enough evidence that the food and drug administration can say take the holes

we have clouds over the ben franklin bridge.ou can see clearing trying to happen high above the bridge. i do think this morning will feature clouds and sunny breaks. temperature currently 60 degrees, the winds out of the southwest at 10 miles per hour. not all that breezy right now, but it will get windier as the day goes on. future tracker 6 shows during the day there's a chance of a spotty shower popping through. i would allow this through noon to 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. as we get into the afternoon and early evening hours we're dry and there might be clearing later tonight. temperatures will be mild this afternoon. 69 degrees by 10:00. noon, 72. that's the high at 3:00 p.m. 75, again some of you around 3:00 seeing a spotty passing shower. high temperatures across the region similar from north to south. 74 in allentown. 75 in philadelphia. 72 down in cape may. a little bit breezy today and the spotty shower. for the phillies looks dry we'll see clearing in the overnight hours, 72 for the first pitch, 67 in the 9 the inning for th

outside live on the ben franklin bridge, we see that westbound traffic coming into the city just a touchvolume. the ben looking pretty dry right now and no big problems there. one more issue, just some construction on the turnpike westbound between downingtown and morgantown blocking the left lane but not causing a big delay matt. >> breaking just minutes ago, police in manchester england announced they have arrested three more men in connection with the concert bombing that killed 22 people. the arrests were made in the south of the city where a fourth man a 23-year-old was arrested yesterday. police are trying to establish if monday's suicide bomber salman abedi acted alone or whether there could be a risk of further attacks. the united kingdom has raised its terrorist threat level to the highest category warning another attack would be imminent. more than 50 people are still in the hospital from the explosion at the ariana grande concert. >>> we will that continue to stay on top of these breaking developments on the deadly concert attack and look for a live report from manchester, eng

sky 6 hd taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge at lunch time. some clouds are in the sky and the sun is shining through and peeks of sunshine not a bad way to end the work week. melissa magee has a first check of the accuweather forecast. you may want to keep the umbrella close by this weekend. >> that is certainly a good idea as we head into the holiday weekend. so far so good. off to a better start across the region. philadelphia 73 degrees, our high yesterday was just 68 and with more sunshine coming out today. numbers are in the 70s and 70 in reading and the same thing in lancaster and 61 and a westerly wind in cape may at 68. we had showers around in the overnight hours and early this morning as the upper level low continues to move north and east and pockets of sun overhead for the afternoon and look to the west we have showers moving across pennsylvania. that works its way into the region as we get into the late afternoon hours. as we go throughout the friday, you see 2:00 today we have a temperature of 73 and 4:00 p.m. 75 and lower 70s a

sky 6 hd looks live over the ben franklin bridge, lots of clouds and showers through the area and another dreary day and the temperature is 60 degrees, the dew point is 57 and moisture is in the atmosphere and pressure is holding steady and the wins are east and the easterly component bringing in the moisture. 65 degrees. a weak disturbance. and then it really blossoms through the area and allowed many showers through the region, you start to see the watch boxes up in central pennsylvania, between harrisburg and pittsburgh, a slight risk of severe weather. we are not expecting severe weather but later on today when the front shifts through we have another chance for a shower or thunderstorm. kind of getting hit by this a couple of times. today heading out lots of clouds and cool and 65 degrees your high temperature would be in the upper 70s this time of year. still showers around at 2:00 and we are mostly dry at 4:00 and 6:00 and later tonight that is when the front comes through and sparks a heavier shower and thunderstorm in a couple of places. cloudy and areas of fog once again and a s

there's the ben franklin bridge, here we go with the numbers, 59 degrees in allentown. 60 in philadelphia. most of the numbers very similar upper 50s, low 60s this morning not much wind. future tracker 6 shows you once we get rid of any morning springles we'll build in the afternoon and there's a chance of a spotty shower here or there through the afternoon, but generally speaking not all that wet. as we go into the evening dry with clearing. in the lehigh valley, sun and spotty shower, as you just saw, but mainly dry. down the shore, some sun spotty shower, mainly dry there, as well. 74. warmer on the beach today. 75 is the high in philadelphia. sun and spotty shower can't be ruled out and breezy, no washout. for the phillies start of the new series, phillies did get one against the rockies. 72 for the first pitch 67 in the 9th inning it will be drying with clearing during the game. overnight tonight, clear skies and winds breezy, but not as bad as this afternoon. as far as weekend is concerned, no day is a washout, but there's instability showers and thundershowers around. comfortable t

. >>> it's shaping up to be a fice afternoon as we look live at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge at lunch time. the sun is peeking out from behind the clouds and it's not a bad day but david murphy talks about how that will change overnight. we have seen a good change because the earlier rain is now out of the way and clouds with occasional sunny breaks developing across the region. but there goes the rain and things are improving, just to the west darker shades of gray and green showing through and there is sunshine in the western suburbs. philadelphia is socked in a bit. and you'll see sun and clouds mixing today and some places stay mostly cloudy and other places changing to partly sunny for a while. 66 in philadelphia where we thought we would be at noon, we started in the upper 50s and a slow climb to the 56 and 69 in allentown and 69 in reading and 68 in lancaster. 67 in wilmington and down the shore if cape may, 63 degrees and winds are light tropping down from the northeast 13 miles per hour and that is as strong as you'll see around the region away from the coast at the atl

the same on the ben franklin bridge, and some ramps from i-95. aaa mid atlantic said there are 4 million people in the five-county area. it predicts one in ten will take to the roads this weekend and travel. in part because we're feeling good about the economy unlike a few years ago in the wake of the great recession. >> now that the economy has slow and steadily rebounded. people have more disposable income they are willing to make the invest in travel. >> most of the invest going east to the shore, but some heading west, as well. >> we're coming from livingston new jersey and going to malvern pennsylvania. >> reporter: inside this trailer small race cars, the family of two young boys heading away from the ocean for a chester county race racetrack. >> we're coming from ocean port new jersey and going to honeybrook, we're going out to race this weekend. >> for the folks in this vehicle, the goal to cheer on a group of 4 to 18 year old. >> i'm from staten island new york heading to lancaster pennsylvania for a dance competition. >> reporter: are y

from sky 6 hd temperatures staying on the cool side as we take a look at lunch time at the ben franklin bridge and the cloud could have tells the story. karen rogers is in for david murphy with the latest on the conditions. any signs of sunshine today? >> not today rick. i don't think we'll see any sun at all today. we have clouds and some showers creating some downpours and a lightning strike that began in our area. this is stormtracker 6 live double scan we had a weak disturbance and over the past couple of hours, the showers have just really bubbled out from this. we are looking at heavier downpours from honey brook and those are lightning flashes in the last 15 minutes, at 322 in pottstown, are you really getting wet and landsdowne and doylestown and in south jersey in woodbury heavy near route 55 and burlen as well. these showers are slow to push out of here and i want to show you this on stormtracker 6 live double scan here is the weak disturbance moving through allowing showers to blossom through the area. here is the front hitting us later on today. once we have this moved through we g

at the ben franklin bridge, our good buddy ben its tough to see but traffic is moving okay here acrosshe span. there are some speed restrictions at some of the bridges like the betsy ross. at the ben franklin you're getting by okay o and 45 miles per hour is the max on the new jersey turnpike. live look in salem county and you can see why. foggy here as well. tam. >> thank you, matt. >>> and we continue to follow some bizarre breaking news. the report of a stolen car brought police to an olney home overnight but the investigation quickly became anything but routine when a woman came screaming to the street holding a seven-year-old girl in need of serious help. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live on the scene as police continue to try to figure this one out. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning to you, tam. this is even by police standards they're saying this is a strange case leaving them with more questions than answers. at this point we know a seven-year-old girl is fighting for her life and now police are looking for her 18-year-old brother. it all started her

and accuweather says it's much nicer than it has been as of late and sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin bridge and after a nice day guess what? more rain moving in. meteorologist, david murphy, is outside and on the terrace with all the details. >> it's brighter on the terrace and there are some patches of blue and look at the overnight hours, we did have the rain coming through and it was not all that heavy but enough to make the roads wet and by 6:30 we were already starting to break it apart and it got away from us to the east in most neighborhoods. right now the rain is going through and behind it the clouds begin to break up a bit in the region especially the northern and western suburbs and some of you see a return of sunshine, 66 degrees right now in philadelphia and in fact the entire mid-atlantic region is looking cool. 64 in washington where the clouds are thicker and 67 in new york city and central park and oddly enough in syracuse and buffalo points to the north up into the 70s and the wins coming out of the northeast at 10 miles per hour. as you look across this wide region the wi

sky 6 hd showing you trying to show you the gloomy view of the ben franklin bridge, it's a soggy thursday for sure. meteorologist, david murphy is here now with the latest from accuweather. keep the umbrella handy today david. >> there is a little bit a lull now and later on in the afternoon and evening some additional thunderstorms are headed our way and most of the rain that came through at times in the morning commute. has now passed up to the north and you see the yellow that was bothering us earlier it's now rain in the northern suburbs. right down to the south that is what is coming next. we see a thunderstorm down south of the delmarva and that sort of activity we expect late in the afternoon and in the southern suburbs and the evening hours in philadelphia. it's a struggle to bounce the numbers up with the thick cloud cover and the moist atmosphere in place. down in the south we see in dover we spiked to 71 degrees, 66 in millville and we expect the milder air late in the afternoon pushing into philadelphia. here is where numbers are going. 63 by 2:00 and 68 by 4:00 and going for

that is your weather, lets check traffic and we look to the vine street expressway just before ben franklin bridge and i-95 that area right there hardly any cloud. road drying out, that is good. we don't know the situation with this accident on the schuylkill but it is eastbound just past montgomery drive. they have moved everything to the shoulder. police are still on the scene though. vehicle left roadway and went in the wood and then we have i-95 accident in delaware county just pennsylvania route 320 providence avenue exit there police are on the scene, southbound side of i-95 and that accident too has been moved to the shoulder, and memorial day parade to tell but in port richmond 9:00 a.m. until noon, begins right there at richmond street and juniata , and a lot of folks been doing that parade for many, many years today in port richmond. >> well, yeah it starts at 9:00. >> that is what it says there. >> maybe we should get a camera over there if we have any. >> we're thin. >> it is a little thin here on a holiday. >> people have the day off. >> hold on, we have a new information about chris,

it looks thick over the ben franklin bridge and that is what you expect to see the rest of the afternoonery now and then some of you get a sunny break but we expect to warm up a bit. the wide view on satellite shows you the cloud cover and the tendency of this rain to look ominous and then thin out and fall apart and even rotate out to sea before it gets here. yes a chance of a sprinkle or shower this have afternoon. temperatures are expected to get warm. late this afternoon expecting to get to 73 in allentown and 73 in philadelphia and low 70s in trenton and millville and toms river, right along the coast most of you hang in the mid-60s this afternoon. for the phillies and rockies, i think they play baseball. 71 for the first pitch and 66 in the ninth inning and i allow for a brief shower and not all the models are in agreement on that, and it won't be strong enough to stop play. here is where numbers are going, 71 by 2:00 and 4:00, 73 that is your high, may even wait until 5:00 and back into the mid-60s by 10:00 falling into the mid-60s overnight. the possibility of a shower coming up

>> lots of people see him coming over the ben franklin bridge, you really can't miss him. >> along with the illuminating lights, tianyu is also brought in chinese artists. >> we have contortionist and the uh plate spinning. acrobatic performance and folk dances. >> it's a really great opportunity, not only for franklin square but for chinatown and the surrounding area. >> the chinese lantern festival is open every evening through june 11th. and we're giving away tickets! you can find the link to enter for a chance to win on the contest page of 6abc dot com. >> when our special visions 2017 comes right back. >> we meet the new assistant conductor of the philadelphia orchestra. >> and we'll take you to a new jersey fencing club just opened by a chinese olympic medalist. >> welcome back to visions 2017 and franklin square, host of the chinese lantern festival. >> it was in 1978 that congress passed a resolution to celebrate americans of asian and pacific islander heritage. and they chose the month of may to mark the arrival of the first japanese immigrants in may of 1843. now the u-s censu

ben franklin bridge same story looking quiet out there but see how wet it is for those in new jerseying over the bridge in the westbound direction toward center city. this is what we are dealing with our entire morning rush hour. no fun at all and that rain will produce problems for us, and that is what we are seeing here, overturned tractor trailer route 55 north bound before route 47. this is pulled off to the shoulder but we have more to talk about that are not pulled off to the shoulder coming up in the next 10 minutes, rahel, back over to you. >>> now for a look at newspaper headlines across our region. >> front page of the trentoni an two teens have been arrested after authorities say they used a vacant city home for human trafficking. police say 19 year-old mitchell and 19 year-old de juan patton used a web site to sell under age girls for sex and they used threats and physical force to manipulate victims, one of whom a 12 year-old girl. >>> reading eagle after 26 years of litigation prosecutors from the attorney general's office have officially withdrawn the death penalty, an

ben franklin bridge, you're looking great. take look at this as you push in the westbound direction, toward center city just couple every you out there, and overall, roadways actually looking pretty good. not dealing with the wet as we were yesterday. no where near. so that will help our commute this morning. schuylkill headlights moving in the eastbound direction approaching gulph mills. still moving in the westbound direction, you can see what you are working with, there i would say this is one of the stretches that maybe heating up just little bit. everyone still traveling around at posted speeds, looking good. this is a minor accident that i was talking about where a vehicle hit a tree in radnor, wheatly road near seat on ross road, just heads up if that's your neighborhood, not going to slow you down at all. then we have the restarting the vine construction talking about, i don't know, few weeks ago, now bringing it back, so closed tonight between broad street and the schuylkill. eleven p.m. to 5:00 a.m., tuesday, wednesd

notice some really heavy jam on the ben franklin bridge. e city on the ben franklin bridge and issues with mass transit we have amtrak signal problems causing issues. 30 minute delay with the wilmington/newark line but 20 minute delay with the trenton line and 20 minute with the chestnut hill west line so both of those creating a problem. accident bala cynwyd on city avenue at 53rd street blocking the intersection. we see a number of police officers and fire crews with this one, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. >>> now let's go out to meteorologist, david murphy who has got the latest in accuweather. good morning. >> all right, tam, we're starting to see a little bit of sunshine try to breakthroughs clouds here. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that the morning showers are all but done in south jersey, a few light sprinkles heading to the coast. 60 degrees inly philadelphia. this afternoon improvement. we'll change over to partly cloudy skies with a high of 71. tomorrow another round of rain before dawn extends through the morning ru

ben franklin bridge for those in new jersey moving in the westbound direction toward center city we are looking good, quiet. just seeing that sheen on the roadways but we are looking great there. we have this project, so the new off ramp is in, 95, north bound, girard avenue interchange, the new ramp to rich machine street is opened, old ramp to delaware avenue is now closed. a lot of folks wait forgo. that that has been i am remitted around 5:00 a.m. just a reminder on. that i will be reminding you all morning long. construction burlington bristol bridge alternating lanes opening until about right new we will let you know when crews move out of the way , jim, back over to you. >>> police are investigating murder of the man in west philadelphia, office's arrived at the 900 block of south 58th street in cobbs creek just after 1:00 this morning where they found a victim believed to be in his 20's or 30's with a gunshot wound in the back of his head. he died at the scene, police don't have any suspects at the moment. >>> more gun violence in philadelphia when a man is shot in north philade

here's a live picture of the ben franklin bridge and all the cloud cover out there. rain moving through this morning and then it's going to break up. this afternoon might see some sun getting up to a high of about 76. >> ♪ >> new here on "action news," the attorney for christina grimmie's family plans to refile a wrongful death law. the singer from marlton new jersey was shot and killed by a fan after performance in florida last year. her family is trying to sue that venue but in an orange county judge dismissed the lawsuit yesterday. the family's attorney says he'll file a new complaint adding there were no checks for guns on people entering the venue. >>> a woman from new york faces charges for an incident at philadelphia international airport. police arrested 46-year-old jennifer lee henry on monday night. they claim she was intoxicated and shouting racial slurs at an employee in terminal a. henry is also accused of kicking one of the arresting officers and spitting at the other one. >> 5:57. the prodigal son returns. facebook founder mark zuckerberg visits the pl

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we have lots of clouds up above as sky6 looks live over the ben franklin bridge this morning and afterhe cool left memorial day in 14 years, it's only 57 degrees right now so we're starting off on the cool side for sure again. the dewpoint is that 53. the pressure's now holding steady. the winds are out of the east-southeast so very light at 5 miles an hour and the ocean temperature is 60 degrees. satellite6 and action radar showing, yes, we still have the clouds in place and we're going to keep them really through the day. we watched this bulk of showers that is really suppressed down to the south. we're seeing it being clipped in southern delaware i think in cape may county, you'll get a bit of a shower around. not a lot of precipitation, though. you just want to watch for a shower at any point. future tracker6 showing maybe at lunchtime a shower tries to pop up here or there. later on in the afternoon and evening it might get a little bit more organized as a front comes through. you can kind of see that that shift in the cloud cover out towards the west. this is a look at 9:30 tonig

ben franklin bridge kind of the same story here although little bit busier, than what we typically see just moving into the 5:00 hour. still, nice open roadways, clearly everyone still traveling at posted speeds. we do have some construction crews out there, as well, where we've got some still lingering out there, schuylkill westbound at university ave. that right lane is compromising, see the cones, flashing light, and as we progress little deeper into the 5:00 hour, if they don't get moved out of the way this will become very busy spot. you will have to give yourselves extra time there. the two accident that we have out there, one in souderton just cleared. looking good in this neck of the woods. conshohocken, this is where we still have it, this is your neighborhood, key street at butler pike. still the accident out there. not slowing you down yet. it could. potentially little bit later. but they usually get cleaned out of our way fairly quickly. construction here burlington bristol bridge. alternating lanes until right about now. so those should be clearing right about now. let you

sky6 taking a live look over the ben franklin bridge and we see lots of clouds up above and it's a prettystart to our day. look at that temperature currently 57 degrees. the dewpoint is that 53. the pressure is currently rising. the winds are out of the southeast at 6 miles an hour and the ocean temperature is 60 degrees. satellite6 and action radar showing the clouds in place. we had some showers that are predominantly down to our south and out to the north and west. so s-we could see a little bit of drizzle or a shower coming through but i think the best chance is really later on this afternoon and into tonight and future tracker six showing us that. 12:30 maybe a couple of showers try to pop up here or there but it's a little bit more organized later this evening and into tonight. this is a look at 9:30. i'm not sure it will hold off until quite that long but the idea is a shower around lots of clouds and then later this evening and tonight a better chance of a more organized shower or thunderstorm could hit a few spots. so, not a lot of precipitation today. but lots of clouds and a ch

matt there is will be good day to kind of sneak outside while we k looking outside right now, ben franklin bridger those of you traveling in the westbound ex looking good. you can see how damp the roadways are basically anywhere we look. we do have an accident here, this is 95 north, before route 420, delaware county. pulled all the way off, blogging left lane, left shoulder. this is going to start to slow down little bit. you will have some gaper delay, already seeing some brake lights going off in this area. come around this bends. so, when we have wet roadways like this, we know we'll have problems, that's basically what we've been seeing all morning long. no fun. we have serious accident here, cumberland county new jersey involving a pedestrian, that was struck with very serious injuries. so, route 55 southbound, it is closed, before route 47, your alternate, the route 47. i would say avoid the area if you can. if you cannot, you will have to use that alternate. we had overturned vehicle here on the northeast extension, that's since cleared. but the accident here, cut town road, near sawyer r

schuylkill out 295 on the westbound side there's a broken down vehicle here at the end of the ben franklin bridge ben franklin parkway on-ramp. elsewhere on 95 here in delaware county remnants of a crash in the northbound lanes approaching highland avenue. it takes out the center lanes so coming north of the state line traffic is all messed up at this hour and of course on the schuylkill expressway there had to be a crash as well. it was westbound near 30th street station now cleared out of the way. eastbound speeds also extra slow because of course the kelly drive remains loads for the stotesbury regatta and a solid jam on the northeast extension northbound from mid-county up to lansdale. there was a vehicle fire there. that travel time northbound 114 minutes. should be about 25. mess of an afternoon rick and sharrie. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> looks like i'm taking a chopper home tonight. >> can i get a ride. >> sure. still to come on "action news" friday night. dj drama involving a bucks county prom. students go from disappointed to overly excited fall one day and "action n

here is a live look at the ben franklin bridge. other area highways will see plenty of traffic today. here is a look. roads will only get busier as the day goes on. we have live team kof rack. pamela osborne is live we begin with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. not too bad right now? >> not too bad. we have a few clouds out there now. if you look real closely you can see them moving. that means there's a lot of wind higher up in the atmosphere. this is a land breeze today. to at the shore the ocean is kind of calm and temperatures will be allowed to go well into the 70s. wilmington you can see clouds building up and maybe showers developing during the afternoon. you can see a little bit of that we could see some showers in the area today. the system still back to the west. it means we can't say that the entire weekend will be dry. here we are during the afternoon. just isolated small showers coming in a lot of us will see no rain at all. you could see a little bit of rain for a short period of time. here we are with a west wind. alread

i-95 northbound at the vine street expressway jammed past the ben franklin bridge to -- wt whitman bridgend accident blocked past 295 jackknifed tractor-trailer brought down pole and wires. stick to church or route 70. 42 northbound you have to check out the travel time. 47 minute jam from the ac expressway to 295. we have an accident on the shoulder near the wilmington an accident on 295 northbound, as well. >> taking a live look at another soggy scene, where is it? we don't know because it's raining and all cloud cover. >> reporter: i believe i-95 and the ben franklin bridge was lost in the rain somewhere, matt. storm tracker 6 live showing rain pushing through the region, some of it heavy highlighted in yellow pushing toward northern montgomery and southern bucks county and philadelphia seeing it. more of that coming from dover. 56 degrees temperatures holding steady with the rain and cloud cover in place, it's a little bit breezy, too. this afternoon, accuweather says we'll dry out to a degree. it will be cloudy, but after we dump the morning rain we'll get into a lull. later tonight

. >> reporter: ben franklin bridge looking good, drying out not a lot of attractive so far. ying to get to the airport this morning via the platt bridge. traffic is moving here. westbound tail lights heading toward the airport ascertain i-95. if you're riding a train or bus today everything is a little bit off because of the holiday. dart buses except for the resort routes are not running at all. david. >> reporter: we have showers around this morning, matt, they are less intense and widespread in the overnight hours. south jersey clearing to the northeast. a batch pushing into chester and northern montgomery and bucks county, allentown and reading seeing that. thunderstorms out to the west. as we roll through the day, we'll struggle to get the numbers to rise. 58 degrees by 7:00 a.m. noon 61. there's a chance of spotty activity in the northern suburbs, philadelphia probably done with the rain at this point. 65 degrees by 3:00 p.m. perhaps sun coming out. a spotty afternoon shower or thunderstorm can't be ruled out, but mainly dry this afternoon. high of 70 but not until arou

we are looking live at sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge.kind of looks like the end of the world. it isn't -- but there is the possible of some veryvy weather throughout the evening. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is tracking the storm with stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. what is happening out there? >> reporter: this is just the appetizer to the main event. double scan live radar showing widespread weather to the north and west over d.c. and a renegade line of storms moving over us and this is causing problems for the evening commute over i-95 and 676 the schuylkill expressway 15 lightning strikes in the past 15 min, it's moving west northwest heavy downpours. and thunder and lightning and really the intense downpours the main problem. could have ponding of water on roads and in philadelphia the rain falling at the rate of 4 inches per hour. this is the kind of rain if you are driving through it you pull over and wait it out. it's hard to see when it's raining that

. >> good morning to you, sky6 live hd giving you a beautiful shot he over the ben franklin bridge, thankfully the heat is still not here, that's a good thing. >> it was gray and chilly yesterday. i thought i would never get warm. >> reporter: we'll have more sun than we saw yesterday. it's going to be a better day. let's get you outside and show you what's going on. down the jersey shore, just like yesterday afternoon, the temperatures will be chilly, we'll see an onshore flow that blocked the clouds yesterday, it will keep the temperatures cooler before things warm up by the middle of the upcoming week. the numbers across the region we're showing the mid 40s across the northwest. 42 degrees, pottstown, 45. malvern, 47. lake harmony, 46. south and east we go, same thing lots of mid 40s, gandys beach, 46 degrees. cinnaminson 47. glassboro, 45. woodbine, 49. satellite and radar we've cleared out nicely across the mid atlantic states, you can see all the weather approaching from the west. lots of clouds across the ohio and tennessee valleys and showers and numerous thunderstorms are starting to