we move the traffic cam to the ben franklin parkway. and we have a lot of activity on the ben franklin parkway today. first of all, the ben franklin parkway is shutdown at the art museum circle for yoga for living. if you look to the left, that's martin luther king drive. shutdown through the ben franklin parkway montgomery drive. for recreational activities, kelly drive shutdown to the right, and for the alumni sprint regatta. shun down art museum circlement on kelly drive the animal rescue having family fun day today 10:30 to 2:30, one boathouse row. that will portion of kelly drive open. watch out for delays and detours around that area. okay those are the events. we move the traffic cam again to the ben franklin bridge, now the ben franklin bridge this morning has construction on both sides both directions, the westbound and the eastbound both heading into philadelphia and new jersey. right now, it is not slowing things down. but you might want to take the walt whitman bridge later on in the day. a couple of traffic couple of of mass

moving the traffic cam again to the ben franklin parkway we have a race on the ben franklin parkway this morning the phillie's charity bike race, ben franklin parkway outbound shutdown between the vine s art museum circle. see the bikers there. that's the latest from the cbs-3 traffic center. i'm ann evans nicole, back to you. >> ann, thank you. speaking of traffic lane closures begin along parts of i95 tonight. and that does include cottman avenue and girard avenue. beginning 8:00 just two lanes will be open north and south between bridge and cottman and then between 676 and girard. now the princeton avenue onramp 295 will also be closed construction work due to end each day at 5:00. meantime penndot says the pedestrian bridge over roosevelt boulevard at saul i avenue rhawnhurst is safe. inspectors were called out to take a look, because it appeared a section of the bridge had actually shifted. the boulevard was briefly shutdown while crews there investigated. good to hear it is safe. we'll be right >>> back now on "eyewitness news", a local marine, who was killed in afghanistan, is hon

. >>> well, one of a kind global exhibit is taking over part of the ben franklin parkway this weekend, future sensations setting up shop at akins oval these days it commemorates the anniversary of saint coban the company is based in valley forge and the exhibit showcases the company's history and shows glimpses into future innovations. >> it's suppose to give us a sense for inspiration and give us reasons to believe for why there is such a fantastic future. the exhibit opens tomorrow and runs through june 6th "action news" reporter david henry will have more coming up in our next half hour. >> still to come at noon, a dangerous situation in the skies, why pilots of several planes were distracted while flying over new york. >>> and why two contestants in the spelling be could not be defeated. well, sir. after some serious consideration i'd like to put in my 15-year notice. you're quitting!? technically retiring, sir. with a little help from my state farm agent i plan to retire in 15 years. wow! you're totally blindsiding me here. who's gonna manage your accounts? this is a devastating

only american city where you can see a one of a kind exhibit and it's taking over part of the ben franklin parkway this weekend. a sneak preview coming up and new concerns about riding in the backseat of cars, why it can be more dangerous. we begin with breaking news now less than an hour ago, the man accused of killing three people at a municipal meeting in the poconos plead guilty. he was accused of killing three people and wounded to others back in august of 2013, police say that newell was upset because the township condemned his property and put it up for sheriff's sale. details of his sentencing has not been release the. >>> and someone pointed a green laser at the cockpit of planes leaving jfk last night. >> reporter: a view like this from the cockpits of five different flights someone below shining a laser straight at the jet liners right after leaving the airport. >> i thought it was a rogue laser but it came in a couple of times to the cockpit. >> if you see green be careful, green lasers may be in your vicinity and that airbus heading to los angeles was hit too. >> we just had a laser s

. >>> and you may have noticed something strange along the ben franklin parkway. we'll explain this unusual display on eakins oval. cecily. >> well, it was a dry and very warm day but i'm tracking finally some much needed showers and thunderstorms on the way. i'll have details on when they arrive and what it means for your weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> phillies rockies begin a weekend series. ducis rodgers with that story when "action news" continues tonight. >> 10,000 bags of heroin are among the evidence seized during operation smackdown in delaware. new castle county police and the fbi just announced the results of a nine-month investigation into drug trafficking. the alleged leader adrienne smack and yes that's his name and 41 other people are facing charges. most were captured yesterday but seven are still at large. you can see their photos at 6abc.com. >>> dozens of volunteers gathered in wildwood today to help out earthquake victims overseas. these men and women spent the afternoon packing 30,000 meals for the stop hunger now initiative. the goal

westbound traffic between broad and the ben franklin parkway you have two left lanes blocked.wing with early light volume not causing too much of a problem yet. no extra construction overnight on 95. we're looking dry and clear. things are pretty good right here o on i-95 approaching cottman. southbound traffic headed towards center city and moving with no delay at this point so look for that. bucks county on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound past bensalem we've got construction out here blocking the right lane. so one lane closed right now. downed wires are the problem in middletown township. elwyn closed near new middletown. stick to rose tree road as your alternate, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> we're start wind gust breaking news this morning. one person is dead and two other injured after a shootout in north philadelphia bullets ear represented after midnight on the 3100 block of north sixth street. the person who died was found near the intersection of sixth and clearfield streets and they had been shot multiple times. two guns and more than two dozen shell casings were

would perform at the wawa welcome america, mayor nutter made the announcement and rocking the ben franklin parkway is r&b star miguel and sugarland's jennifer nettles and the roots will be the house band for the concert and wawa welcome america will feature the annual parade that steps off at fifth and chestnut the morning of july 4th with participants of nine states and miss america will be here this year and a concert by the philly pops and movies and hoagie day and penn's landing concerts and the party on the parkway and a big block party on july 3rd on 5th and 6 and streets at market and chestnut. all of these events lead to the biggest and best outdoor concert in america, we own the 4th of july, this is your concert lineup, exciting with roots and miguel and jennifer nettles. and 6 abc is proud to be the media partner and you can catch it all right here as with you make plans for the july 4th holiday, visit 6abc.com and we posted the full schedule of events for the events leading to the show. one of my favorite days of year. >> my favorite week of the year. >> thanks. >>> time now for the "ac

i >> more than 40,000 kids and adults spent the day on ben franklin parkway learning about science. saint carnival in center city served as finale for 2015 philadelphia science festival it featured hundreds of activities liver entertainment and tour of helicopter. it's become a five year tradition honored and lived. >> and that was just a small taste of young sounds to ever philadelphia event. it took place tonight in center city. musician from settlement music school performed selection from steny gamble and leon stuff. is that the a prep school 1 is that the a prep school 11,000. >> time for check of final check of accuweather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee, picture perfect weekend. >> gorgeous and today better. in fact summer preview on the way. >> you like summer previews. >> you'll stand looking with precipitation so we'll show you picture outside the action whammy cam was outside looking that full moon saturday night. we have mostly clear sties and clearing it condition and are be my pooingts. >> north and west of town upper 50s mar turns sdreek and centerville. 55

the newcomers on the ben franklin parkway stage this year are r and b my artist miguel and country singerennifer nettles those two names even a few music fans here in philadelphia scratching their heads. >> miguel and jennifer nettles. >> no. >> don't know them or don't like them. >> don't know them. >> reporter: miguel and jennifer nettles. fan of either one? >> never heard of them. >> miguel and jennifer nettles. what do you think? >> i have never heard of them. >> reporter: either one? >> no. >> reporter: i guess you're not a big fan? >> probably not. >> he kept trying. >> yeah he did. >> the phillies fourth of july kicks off at 7:00 on the ben franklin parkway final night of the eighth day independence celebration here in the birthplace of america. >>> slow and painful start to the baseball season for phillies fans but the fans aren't angry at what's happening on the field. they're now mad about some comments by their general manager ruben amaro jr. off the field. howard eskin in the newsroom with more about these comments made about you the fans and i know the fans aren't going to li

. >> first, who will be playing at this year's fourth of july party right here on the ben franklin parkway in philadelphia? let's just say a lot of people have not heard of these acts. >> ♪ ♪ you are meant to be here ♪ ♪ >> thank you lauren johnson you are meant to be here. you. >> may want to fly out of town use the philadelphia international airport, if you don't like heat and humidity, right, sue serio? >> right. where would you go? >> let's see portland oregon is nice this time of year. >> tell you what, i've heard alaska is even warmer than we are. >> what? >> i have to check that. but i was read being that yesterday. high pressure is in control of our weather today. still pomming in those southerly winds. and that means, another continuation of our warming trend, with late day storms, possible, this week, system out to the west, could be getting close to us, by the end of the day just close enough to spark some thunderstorms, late in the afternoon. but, as we check the rest of the country the troubled area in texas, it looks like there are more showers and thunderstorms headed down t

ben franklin parkway shut down between 16th and art museum circle, kelly drive shut down between art museum circle and fountain green drive and martin luther king drive between ben franklin parkway and montgomery drive. fifteenth street between arch street and jfk boulevard. both of those closures in effect until 12 noon today. that is latest from the traffic center, i'm ann evans now jessica back to you. >>> all right, ann thanks very much. we have a big crowd growing here. everybody ready to race for the the cure. >> yes. >> i thought so. we have got crowd growing here and in the oval. take a look up on the art museum steps and you you can see survivors, look at all those survivors who we will honor in a little bit, we will have about 6,000 women marching down those steps. it license a sight to sianni we will bring it to you live, we will be right back. so i'm having birthday brunch with my family. when my husband hands me a present. a galaxy s6! so i call my mom. i have verizon! i don't. she couldn't really hear me. i tell her how much she means to me. but she thinks i said she was

. >>> you're looking live at ben franklin parkway. thinks the 25th anniversary of the komen philadelphia race for the the cure, on this mothers day. we are here to end the fight. we want to find a cure for breast cancer and we think 25 years is long enough, to wait. i am with the ceo of komen philadelphia, lane grobman and a special guest i will introduce in a second. elaine, 25 years we have stood here, so long ago. >> it is so true. >> but look at the difference we have made in our community. no women will go unserved because of the work of the susan g komen. >> is is amazing how much money has been raised overall these years and work it a has done, 155,000 mammograms. >> yes, and more, and coming, and 22 million in research, and 52 million in community grants to hospitals and organizations. we leave no stone unturned. we're going to end this fight to breast cancer. >> we certainly are. we are with a las vegas matt goss thank you so much for being here. >> good morning everybody. good to be here. >> it is a special time for you. you

. >> the ben franklin parkway will light up with big name performers once again this summer. organizers just announced the lineup of the wawa welcome america concert. walter perez is live now. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter says during the announcement the wawa welcome america celebration is the biggest outdoor concert celebration in america, and nobody has a 4th of july celebration like philadelphia. the lineup for this year'sing wawa welcome america celebration was unveiled. 6 abc is a proud sponsor once again of this eight day celebration of free family fun starting on june 27th and culminating on july 4th. food and music will be highlighted with the fireworks extravaganza and the musical guests were announced by mayor nutter himself. >> the roots philadelphia's own band will serve as the house band they are absolutely the best house band any city could have and they will be joined by top national and international music stars. >> those stars joining the roots are miguel and jennifer nettles and a major announcement will be coming on the lineup this week so stay with 6

. >>> we know who will be rocking the ben franklin parkway this 4th of july, this year's lineup was just revealed and once again 6 abc is proud to be the media partner. mayor michael nutter made the announcement at the african-american museum in morning miguel and jennifer nettles take the stage and the roots are once again the house band for the concert and a block party on july 3rd between market and chestnut. >> john adams had the right idea how americans should celebrate the 4th of july, he said with quotes, with pomp and parade and shows and games and shows and bonfires and illuminations. wawa welcome america will also feature movies and hoagie day and penn's landing concerts and the party on the parkway and fireworks and much more. >>> tonight's mega millions jackpot grew to $114 million, the prize is now topping the $200 million mark three times in the past year, see the winning numbers on "action news" tonight at 11:00 right after your accuweather forecast. >> and there is much more to come on "action news" at 12:30 a memorial day barbecue comes to a sudden end in illinois when a

> we're starting things off today, bill out on the vine street expressway right around the ben franklin parkway where you can see drive times not having any impact really on the roads this morning so far. westbound from 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway three minutes. 2 minutes from the schuylkill towards 95. these are the eastbound lanes right there currently no problems. we are dealing with a problem on the new jersey turnpike. word of an accident closing the northbound side between 40 and 422 involving a tractor-trailer. currently no problems on 95 headed towards the center city area. same thing for the schuylkill and the blue route headed south. we'll check in with more on the new jersey roads. >>> it is primary election day in pennsylvania. voters will go to the polls in less than 3 hours. polls open at 7:00 a.m. all eyes are on the democratic race. there are six candidates lynn. the winner will face the lone republican candidate. as voters head to the polls this morning, city leaders are working to ensure that the primary election is free of fraud. "nbc 10's" matt delucia live. the

once again, this year the ben franklin parkway will be packed with women, men, and children running and walking to raise money for breast cancer research and thereby a survivor's parade of pink at 7:00 this morning. the weather should all things considered, cooperate for any outdoor events and mother's day plans. meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the mix of sun and clouds on this sunday and happy mother's day to you, michelle. >> thank you so much. good morning rosemary. the weather should be pretty good today. a lot like yesterday. we have clouds and fog in place this morning. it's very humid, it's warm and we're going to see that all day long. eventually the sun may come out. that sun may spark a few thunderstorms later on this afternoon. let's go ahead and take a look outdoors, we are looking at some clouds early this morning, we'll see that fog kind of hanging around. we do have a dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00 this morning. a little longer at the coast, where we have that fog kind of hanging tough all day yesterday. visibilities are reduced across the area in lan

estimate more than 1 million people will gather when the pope comes to celebrate mass on the ben franklin parkway. recently a graduate of st. joe's prep jeff and his bride were in a special section for newlyweds when he thought, why not, i'll give this pope a tie from my high school and ask him to visit. when menettti told the pope he was from philadelphia that led to a short conversation. the pope put the tie on and st. jo's prep couldn't be more delighted. >> that's the kind of person jeff is. they really do know that it's special school. they want everybody to know it and be a part of it. >> reporter: well no word yet if the pope is actually going to visit st. joe's prep. but as soon as we get his schedule we'll know it. live now from outside the basilica monique braxton, "nbc10 news." >>> unionized casino workers plan to ticket this evening outside the trump taj mahal. they're protesting carl icahn's action with the casino. the union blames the billionaire inestvestors using the pay cuts to strip them of their health insurance. >>> at 5:16 this morning, nbc10's "first alert" reporter jessica

i'm on 20th and ben franklin parkway. we ran 5.5 miles. we are having a good time.ake it before the show end, we will find out. >> george in the news vehicle was out in front of the station, he is quite bored with a couple cups of coffee already. >> i'm following you guys. >>> starting off, with a quick look at tropical depression ana, still off shore, off the virginia coast really, hasn't moved a whole lot since yesterday moving toward north east at 12 miles an hour. this is direction it will take over 24 hours. push out to sea by a cold front. all of those thunderstorms from this are out to sea right the now and it looks like it might just end up staying that way. we have a few showers in south jersey, and we expect to get in the 80's by three or 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon and then temperatures drop after the cold front comes through but we are not looking at thunder storm activity anymore from that front. the fling spring take, joining us in the morning expect temperatures in the the mid 50's. we call that wetter weather. we will get in the upper 60's by end o

. >> out to live pick outside center city, where we're facing over the ben franklin parkway, art museum stems, you can see the sun definitely shining already off of city hall there off in the distance, and all of the other buildings. so we don't have as much after fog or low-lying cloud cover worries that we've had necessary reason mornings. even though we did have a little hint every fog, we still do, especially at the shore points, you will notice that humidity out there. but it is starting to lift very quickly, we can expect to end up with daytime highs that spike to the 80s. wet weather is bypassing our area, still in line for quick shower. meantime temperature we're shooting for of 88 degrees, would at least flirt with record territory probably don't actually get, there but it is going to be awfully close. it will be hot steamy day by tomorrow. actually feel like spring, and mid may for a change. good morning, a lot of sunshine out already sunrise 5:49. battling sun glare. tac-pal bridge back down, both directions, no delays to report. now, we do is debris in the road here, schuylk

>>> right now at 11:00 the stage is set for thousands to fight breast cancer on the ben franklin parkway in philadelphia. good evening i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us, the the race for the cure steps off 6:00 tomorrow morning mothers day. will the weather be as nice as it is today? justin drabick tracking the details. what's the latest? >> looks like we'll have repeat of today. once again fog is going to continue to develop overnight. we'll start off with foggy conditions for your mother day morning, but by the afternoon we should see little sunshine. we will keep it dry. here we go. storm scan3 nice and quiet some clouds over the region, however, though, fog continues to move in from the cold atlantic ocean. we have warm air sitting over the chilly water. that's what's forming the fog southeast wind continues to push it inland. here we go. dense fog advisory remains in effect until nine # for the immediate new jersey coastline, new jersey, and southern delaware, sussex county delaware, watch out for visibility, less than quarter after mile possible overnight. even inland spots

announced today the the two day music festival will take place this labor day weekend and on the ben franklin parkway word on who will be head lining the event. thousands attended the festival last year head lined by kanye west. we'll see who it is this year. we'll be right back. >> "eyewitness news" returns tomorrow morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and erika von tiehl and meteorologist katie fehlinger. we thank you for watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00. for beasley kathy and everyone here i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. we're always on at cbsphilly.com cbsphilly.com. up next the late show with david letterman tonight's guests bill murray and bob dylan. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ >> woman: the following is a paid presentation for the nuwave precision induction cooktop, brought to you by the makers of the number-one-selling nuwave oven. >> announcer: when you turn on your cooktop, do you really know what the temperature is? no-- you're just guessing. are you too busy to watch what you're cooking? tired of all that burnt food going to waste? worried about your kids getting b

. >> we're about to find out who will rock the ben franklin parkway as philadelphia celebrates the fourth. >> and let's find out about your weather and traffic. yesterday was lovely. dave murphy, do we have more of that and we have matt pelman looking at your commute. good morning. >> it looks like another nice day out there all throw it will be a tad more humid as the afternoon goes on. right now looking at cloud cover mainly off to the west and north, lots of sunshine building and it looks like we'll stay fairly bright again across the region today. of course that means there is another sunburn alert out there, u.v. index running high. make sure you get that sunscreen going before you head out and do your stuff today. 66 degrees right now in philadelphia, still comfortable, not all that humid out there to start out. 63 in allentown 62 in sea isle city but you can see how those breezes are once again coming up from the south and that will have a tendency to bring slightly more humid air into play as the day goes on. not bad on the bus stop. warming up a little bit between six and 8 o'clo

. >> the list of those rocking the ben franklin parkway for wawa welcome america is now out.rs include grammy nominated singer song writer miguel and sugar land's jennifer nettles plus philadelphia's own the roots. 6abc is once again proud to be the official broadcast partner of the eight day celebration. the free family fun runs from june 27th through july 4th. festivities include movie screening vendors block parties lots of food and of course the big concert and fireworks on the fourth of july. 6abc has a full schedule of the week of festivities leading up to independence day. it is all part of wawa welcome america 2015. >> fun. it is 4:39 and still ahead on "action news," an urgent warning from the irs. over 100,000 taxpayers will be getting some very bad news. they had their private tax information hacked. we'll have the details. >> and a customer gets fresh with a waitress overseas so she shows him what's really on the menu. karen. >> she really whopped him. 71 degrees in philadelphia. it is warm, it is humid and it's getting warmer and more humid. all the details comin

announced today the the two day music festival will take place this labor day weekend and on the ben franklin parkwayon who will be head lining the event. thousands attended the festival last year head lined by kanye west. we'll see who it is this year. we'll be right back. >> "eyewitness news" returns tomorrow morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and erika von tiehl and meteorologist katie fehlinger. we thank you for watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00. for beasley kathy and everyone here i'm chris may. >> i'm jessica dean. we're always on at cbsphilly.com cbsphilly.com. up next the late show with david letterman tonight's guests bill murray and bob dylan. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. ♪ ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from the light shining at the end of a long, dark tunnel, it's "the late show with david letterman." tonight... plus paul shaffer and the cbs orchestra. i'm alan kalter. and now broadway's most in-demand triple threat david letterman! captioning sponsored by worldwide pants and cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) (

saturday and mothers day sunday which is also the 25th annual race for the cure out on the ben franklin parkway and this its looking like he really nice weather on sunday morning. ukee, back to you. >> high us up. >>> phillies wrap up with the braves in atlanta tonight. jerome williams goes for his third win of the season for fightins. the last night phillies started chad billingsly did not farewell in the first start in two seasons. the braves freddie freeman greeted him with a two run home run blast in the first inning. willingly allowed six runs in five innings. phillies managed home three hits all night long and they lose to the braves nine to nothing. >>> chase utley was benched for last night's game and he is not expected to play tonight. phillies are off tomorrow. chase will have a few days to get away from the game. he is hitting .103, and manager ryne sandberg says utley could use a mental break big time. here's a closer look at chase's struggles. nine hits in 87 plate appearances, three home runs, 14 runs batted in, seven walks, four strike outs and zero doubles or triples. that is 10

. >> we're about to find out who will rock the ben franklin parkway as philadelphia celebrates the fourtheather and traffic. yesterday was lovely. dave murphy, do we have more of that and we have matt pelman looking at your commute. good morning. >> it looks like another nice day out there all throw it will be a tad more humid as the afternoon goes on. right now looking at cloud cover mainly off to the west and north, lots of sunshine building and it looks like we'll stay fairly bright again across the region today. of course t

. >>> a special exhibit is going up on the ben franklin parkway, mayor michael nutter welcomed a manufacturing known for all things like making the here ors at the palace of versailles and the statue of liberty, they are taking the traveling exhibit around the world and philadelphia is their only north american stop, from may 30th to june 6th. >>> time for accuweather meteorologist, cecily tynan is here and it's rainy and raw. >> and that is what we needed we needed the rain from areas south and east and double scan live showing that the rain has now moved out of philadelphia and it's still across south jersey and parts of delaware right now and we do have pockets of the steadier rain and one right north of route 70 near browns mills and another one to the northern and east of georgetown over the new jersey turnpike, this is all continuing to push to the east and it will gradually be clearing out from the coast after midnight tonight and then it's going to be much nicer tomorrow. temperatures though today definitely raw and cool, philadelphia 51 degrees and average high for this time of year i

official announcement for jz's, the concert will be on the ben franklin parkway december 5th -- septemberdmission discount for the show. trying to get to you get on that title. able to buy two early birds two days passes for the price everyone. >> right now? >> i don't know if it is right now. doesn't say when they go on sale. i'm thinking when they do, you get two for the price of one. we don't know who the line up is yet. always announced little later. hopefully we'll see some good people. >> welshing there are always great acts. >> who was here last year? >> kanye west. >> jay coal. >> was salange here? maybe the year before. >> yes. >> great. kings of leon. >> yes, kings of leon. >> it was great. a lot of fun. >> remember beyonce being here couple of years ago, in fact, when i went over to the place where i eat all the time, talulu guard on, seventh street near locust, walk in, there guess who is there? >> beyonce. >> and jay-z having brunch. >> you didn't tell me that. >> i don't think you were here yet. >> you told me made in america. did you go say hey bae? >> no, no. i went up can

. >>> the 4th of july is just weeks away and the ben franklin parkway will be the place to party. mayor michael nutter announced the star studded lineup and walter perez has details on the announcement live on the parkway. >> reporter: hey guys, it's something that gets bigger and better every single year and the wawa welcome america celebration is the biggest outdoor concert in the country and no one does july 4th quite like philadelphia. there was certainly plenty to celebrate today at the african-american museum in philadelphia, where the lineup for thing wawa welcome america celebration was announced by mayor nutter including the marquee performers and the roots will serve as the house band for the philly 4th of july jam it's the best house band any city could have and they will be joined by top national and international stars. >> including miguel and country music star jennifer nettles. and 6 abc is the proud sponsor of this sell brings of free family fun running from june 27th to july 4th it will be filled with theater presentations lots of food and block parties, including

the new act on the ben franklin stage this r and b artist miguel and country singer jennifer nettles. the philly fourth of july jam kicks off at 7:00 on the ben franklin parkwayit's final night of the 8-day independence celebration here in the birthplace of america. >>> who would do this? someone swiping american nags from a church and tossed them in a dumpster on memorial day. a group of firefighters steps in tick mate right. the powerful message from that church tonight. >> and a police officer and a grandmother arrested accused of plotting a double murder outside a mcdonald's. why investigators say that grandma admitted she pulled the trigger. >> howard? >> as if the phillies don't have enough problems. the general manager ruben amaro made comments that angered fans and it will up social media. i spoke with amaro about his comments and that will be coming up in sports. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >> evening everybody. got some brand new work crews out here along route 202. they'll be with us all night into tomorrow morning between chesterbrook and route 401 and they're shutting down the schuylkill expressway. the westbound lanes coming

festival at the ben franklin parkway skate park featuring skating demonstrations and also the philadelphia school of circus arts will be performing aerial acrobatics and trapeze and more. and free him owes as for mom and premagazine subscriptions and it's all on our website right now. have a great weekend guys. >> i wonder if those free mimosas are for dads too. >> just moms. >> mom. >> that does it for "action news" at 4:00 we are back tonight at 10:00 on mhl 17 don't worry dads day is coming soon. i'm lynne abraham. when i became philadelphia's da, child victims had to face a judge ...a jury...the public... and testify eye to eye with their attackers. it wasn't right. so i got a constitutional amendment passed allowing children to testify remotely. i'm running for mayor for the same reason -- our children should come first. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i disagree. we have to improve education for all of our children. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and

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light are out on ben franklin parkway leading up to the art museum circle, mike and alex, back to younue their series with the the mets in new york tonight. >> but general manager ruben amaro, junior will be talk of the town. everybody will be talking about this after comments he made about the fans. >> during an interview with csn, philly.com, ruben amaro was asked about the fans, phillies fans, wanting to see some of the teams prospects sooner rather than later and we gripe and sabrin up some of the minor leaguers. >> yeah. >> well, ruben amaro says the team would continue to be conservative with young players but he also said this. they don't understand the game. >> they don't understand the propers zest. the there is a process. and then they bleep and complain because we don't have a plan. there is a plan in place and we are sticking with the plan. we cannot do what is best for the fans, we have to do what is best for the organization so fan can reap benefit of it later on. that is the truth. >> what he is kind of saying is some fans don't know what they are talking about. >> and

fourth of july kicks off at 7:00 on the ben franklin parkway.ay of the eight day independence celebration here in philly. >> if you know country music you know sugar lands and you know nettles. >> and miguel, last hit i have. song called adorn. it was really popular. so you know, it will be good to see them dom their thing. >> yes. >> meg. >> i experience something new, ladies and gentlemen. how about this? >> a crystal him jewish holiday him both titled. >> this also the name of 2009 tony nominated musical. >> let's play some jeopardy. what do you say al next. >> okay. >> think about that answer as we go to commercial. question on jeopardy, may have you blushing, sue. >> oh, well. just can't imagine. yes, we have a look at our weather coming up. could get little loud, little later on in the day, we'll explain what we mean in just a few after this. >> what is a thunderstorm? >> how about that view in pocono mountains, little bit of cloud cover really makes for some of the prettiest sunrises. so, 6:44 is our time. let's check the weather headline

protests continues well in the evening marching and off ben franklin parkway. >> chris and lauren. >>> and city officialness baltimore are preparing for more large crowd this weekend but cities police commissioner says their curfew will remain in effect through the weekend, overnight curfew went in effect on tuesday and helped keep street calm following riots starting on monday. >>> public and media organizations are demanding more information about freddie gray's death after police report was given to a state attorney yesterday. now police still have not said what caused the fatal spinal cord injuries gray suffered in custody. our coverage of the protest in philadelphia and baltimore does not even here. find more photos and videos on our web site at my fox philly.com. >>> 4:07. the picks are in at least for round one but after much speculation the great marcus mariota chase didn't turnout quite the way some philadelphia fans had hoped. >> that is right fox 29's steve keeley live with the eagles draft pick and fan reaction. coach kelly says he has been watching this kid since he wases

the pennsylvania arrow and aviator memorial on the ben franklin parkway that all recognize local groups their lives in battle. there are several other memorials in our area and one of the comments made by one of the men at the african-american memorial inspired me to make sure this is the last year i'm not fully aware of all of the sacrifices that were made for us. >> we're here to deal with the unsung heroes and as a memorial to pay homage to them for all the things they've done to make it possible for us to be able evened to the things we do regularly here today. ♪ >> reporter: unfortunately that concept of unrecognizeed sacrifice that was something i heard a lot of as i moved around the area today. at 6:00 i'll share a little bit more about that feeling that so many veterans and their families may be experiencing today. >> all right. we'll talk to you very soon, bill. >>> this weekend of course is the unofficial start to summer. quite possibly the official start to the grilling season. and so philadelphia fire department wants to make sure you're doing it right. fire commissioner der

you're lackooking live at the ben franklin parkway. runners and walkers are getting ready for today's race event. they include a 5k run that starts at 8:15 and a five-mile walk and fun run. we'll check in with michelle grossman for more on what those runners and walkers can expect outside this morning and the moms who have plans later on today. michelle? >> that's right. good morning rosemary. not a bad day overall. we're warm and humidity especially the runners will feel that humidity this morning. drink lots of water before you race, because we're not used to this humidity especially this mild air this early in the morning. taking a look outdoors, we're dealing with that humidity also some fog and some clouds. you're seeing that especially in parts of delaware and new jersey. this is a look from our adventure aquarium camera overlooking center city. we have a dense fog advisory in parts of delaware and also new jersey until 9:00, along the coast until 11:00 this morning. reduced visibilities down now to three quarters of a mile in ph

. >> a sea of pink along the ben franklin parkway and kelly drive marks a milestone year for the race for the cure. >> just to see all these women out here supporting one another with their diseases and their children and their husbands and their families. it's just a wonderful thing. >> the walk and run brought people out by the tens of thousands to celebrate survivors, honor the memory of loved ones, and spread awareness while raising funds for breast cancer research into i promised my sister that i would continually -- her fight to see if we can get a cure. >> groups of people banded together having unique stories of what brought them here but sharing a collective voice of support. amy is a two-year breast cancer survivor. >> i walked the the steps for the first time. i'm going to cry. >> mother's day would just not be the same for many of these families without the race. >> this is like our fourth year doing it all together. as long as we're living and breathing and we can support other women and other families, this is what we'll do every mother's day. >> susan g. komen has inves

philadelphia welcome america events culminate each year with the flee concert right there on the ben franklin parkway. today we have learn which cars will celebrate their independent here in the city of brotherly love. >> jenny joyce live at the art museum with the developments, hi jenny. >> reporter: that is right at 11:00 we will find outline up for wawa welcome america concert that happens right here on the parkway the largest free concert in america. last year highlights included as always the roots and nicki minaj, jennifer hudson, queen latifah, among others. big names and the philadelphia tradition had thousands of people packing the parkway for music, and then, of course, fire works. wawa welcome america concert is usually finally of several events including a parade, freedom ceremonies and party on the parkway during the the day on july 4th with music, activities and games for the the the whole family. we will find out later this morning who will be performing, this year. just over a month from now. wawa welcome america events will kick off an exciting, um iser and fall for philly, of course

>> how about the welcome america party those events culminate with the free concert on the ben franklin parkway. is there fire works. well to day we will learn which stars will head line the main events. so jennifer joyce, this is going to be announced evidently later today and it got us to thinking if we were to choose an artist we would like to see be the headliner who would it be, right? >> reporter: so we can't to hear from you, we have a hash tag, fox 29 good day so tweet us facebook us, instagram us, let us know who you are hoping to see. as we all know wawa welcome america facebook page is already trying to generate excitement about this announcement coming up on the an 11:00p. i don't know what you went last year, but there is hoagie day, where you can get a free hoagie. i can already picture you lining up for that. and then, also the party on the parkway of course, big concert at night. the last year we had a number of head liner, nicki minaj queen lah teave, and now we are wondering who will it this be year. so there is also a hash tag that is already going on, their facebook page, it

not far from the ben franklin parkway. they have been going for hours.ake look at the demonstrate as little earlier tonight. a large crowd gathered at the on ramp to 676 on vine street with police about five deep blocking the way. we have seen several skirmishes breaking out. >> this all tied to the protests in baltimore this week. here's a live look there tonight tonight. curfew went into effect a minute ago for the third night in a row protesters are breaking it. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland here in philadelphia. police so far arrested to protesters. we don't know of any that have been hurt but some police have though not seriously. crews have been following these protesters marching i was cot the city tonight. brad sattin is live at city hall where this all started almost 5.5 hours ago. we start though, with dave kinchen. dave? >> reporter: lucy, we are here with the philly is baltimore protesters right at central detectives. police on this side but we've got the protesters over here. chanting no justice no

. >> something unusual and really neat on the ben franklin parkway.eakins oval. >> those stories next at 6:00 for adam joseph, cecily tynan monica malpass its entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams. have a good night. >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪♪ >> friday night the big story on "action news" tonight a dramatic development in the philadelphia rosewood rape case. 32-year-old raheem felder is now in custody and is a person of interest in this week's robbery and rape on south rosewood street and an attempted sexual assault on south chadwick street back in march. officially he surrendered on charges for a parole violation. live at special victims headquarters "action news" reporter chad pradelli. chad, what's the full story there? >> reporter: jim raheem felder arrived at the special victims unit about 30 minutes ago. he was accompanied by his attorney. like you said, there was an arrest warrant for him for that parole violation but detectives her

philly pd is going to be working with fbi and their focus will be on the ben franklin parkway, which will be packed with a sea of people eager to see the pope. >> we know we're going to get an awful lot of people here. some estimates as high as 2 million. that's an awful lot. >> with the pope comes the faithful. throngs of devoted followers who hope to get close to his holiness. >> we need to really kind of think about the area. we'll shut down what we need to shut down. >> and it's the job of philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey to keep the peace when he arrives. >> our homeland security unit is very much involved. they're the primary unit right now that is coordinating this for us. >> the unit most recently handled security at the blue cross broad street run. and last week kept the protests in center city under control. planning for the pope's visit when he celebrates mass here at the art museum will require many more resources. >> do you guys think you may draw on other police departments and other states to come in? >> we may do that in order to make sure that we can m

protest continued late into the evening went around city hall even up ben franklin parkway through rittenhouse square, chris and lauren. >> thank you very much. >>> city officialness baltimore are preparing for more large crowd this weekend but city's police commissioner says curfew will remain in effect through the weekend. overnight curfew went into effect on tuesday and help keep streets calm following riots on monday. meanwhile public and media organizations are demanding more answers about freddie gray's death after a police report was handed over to a state attorney yesterday. >> if new evident is found we will follow it, new directions given by states attorney we will obey it. >> mr. gray's family is certainly in the looking for a rush to judgment. mr. gray's family wants a thorough competent investigation and they want a transparent investigation. so what they are hoping for is to he have is the results of the investigation and after we receive that results the government proceed fairly. >> police still have not said what caused the fatal spinal cord injury gray suffer in custody. >>>

the garden in the sister cities park is just off the ben franklin parkway.ace to explore learn and enjoy the outdoors. spring celebration isn't complete without some free ice cream. >> uh-huh. >>> a select number of earth lings are willing to make history while at the same time giving up everything, maybe even their lives. you will meet two women who have said yes to a mission to another planet tonight. >> i'm erin o'hearn, it's a bold life changing mission that has garnered interest from thousands of people around the world. >> it's just the next frontier the next thing that we don't know about. >> i've always wanted to go there since i was 14 this whole another planet. >> reporter: so would you leave earth to make history? what exactly is this program and what is the draw for so many people? it's a special report that truly could blast these women out of this world. that's tonight only on channel6 "action news" at 11:00. >> cool. >> all right. up next at 5:00 we will check that accuweather forecast for you. >> meantime we're blasting off to the jersey shor

keep in mind martin luther king drive shut down between ben franklin parkway and montgomery drive for recreational activities. kelly drive shut down between strawberry mansion drive and fountain league drive for the championship regatta on to the ben franklin bridge mid span no delays or problems on the ben franklin. however, burlington bristol bridge, we will write this up that will have irregular unfrequent opening until 9:00 a.m. take ben franklin or walt whitman instead. that is are latest from the cbs-3 traffic enter i'm a well, in just ten years you two has change the way we watch video on line anywhere all the time pretty much. as we are about to hear from cbs nora o'donnell. here's what you will see later on cbs sunday morning. >> you tube create trend or you just keep up with them. >> i think it is both. you tube has because come sort of a mirror of our culture. >> reporter: kevin is head of the culture and trend at you tube a job title that translates being on constant look out for the next clip to go viral. whether it is you tube all time most watched video, the korean pop

live look at ben franklin parkway. boy, come late september, we will see what, 2 million people out there for the pope's papal mass? unbelievable. what a beautiful morning. >>> okay. we're getting ready for spring fling tomorrow. this week guess where we are going. >> media, pennsylvania. >> that is right. >> in the 7:00 o'clock hour we will be at, the court diner on 140 east baltimore avenue. 9:00 a.m. hour will be live at rose tree park. from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. we will be live from dining under the stars along state street. we will be at pinocchio's pizza on baltimore avenue. come out and join us. it will be fun. how is weather going to be for our spring fling on wednesday. >> it will be cooler then today. if you wear flip-flops and shorts probably in the tomorrow but today you can getaway witten with the le pressure system nearby. that is ana still a tropical depression this morning with 30 miles an hour wind but it is far off shore but it is throwing back clouds and just a couple of stray showers. next up this cold

thinks ben franklin parkway it the is opened to the business. if you look the to the right.drive is closed for recreational activities. moving the traffic cam here to the schuylkill expressway this is the the the the schuylkill stretch between girard and montgomery, no delays, it is a busy travel day but roadways are looking good. and all on to the ben franklin bridge mid span if you are heading to the shore in, delays or problems on the ac expressway garden state parkway or area bridges. that is latest from the cbs-3 traffic center, i'm ann evans new back to you. >>> travelers hitting the road this weekend will have have plenty of company. triple a estimates 33 american millions will take a trip by car during this memorial will day holiday. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan has aid vice when navigating those busy highways. the. >> reporter: memorial day weekend brings the the start of the summer driving season, drivers shouldn't let the the excitement of those long drives to the shore and vacation destinations trump safety especially since the stretch between