parts of berks county, lancaster county seeing rain. the rest of us sunny, also warm, some clouds in new jersey and delaware but this rain is actually moving from west to east so moving through the rest of the area soon. poconos seeing heavy rain around chestnut hill across 80 and across most of monroe county. now we're looking through the lehigh valley here. -is north white haul township, lehigh, 476, this is one heavy shower not seeing much in the way of lightning but i wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing lightning developing in this heading toward allentown and that will continue moving into northampton county now we're looking through berks county, maiden creek a heavy shower moving through, moving into reading soon. and across 176, but another area of thunderstorms that we're watching, that's right around maryland, so this area is in fact moving into our area. or will be very soon. newark expect it by 5:50. wilmington after 6:00, philadelphia, closer to 6:30. and a lot of the models are agreeing on that. closer to 6:00 p.m.,

approve this message. >>> here the top stories, only "action news" has video shows students at a berks countyl fighting and adults watching. the officials at the northwestern human services school in reading plan to take action. >>> bernie sanders will campaign in oaks montgomery county. john kasich campaigns in media this afternoon and king of prussia tonight. >>> the flyers organization will honor ed snyder with a public memorial service today. snyder indicted at the age of 83. the doors open at 11:30 at the wells fargo center. >> reporter: the crash 422 at first avenue is gone. the delay is not, it's a parking lot from route 29 to this point. >> reporter: delaware memorial bridge is sluggish, but but moving. >> reporter: 3:00 p.m., 74 degrees, 76 degrees is the high around 4:00 p.m. winds not all that bad around 7 can 14 miles per hour. it's a chilly when you first go out the door. >>> when you call him matthew it makes it sound like you're angry with him. >> reporter: i've never been. >>> format, tam, david, i'm matt. #wr #wr >>> good morning, america. donald trump. >> i'm millions of vot

. >>> a berks county school is investigating a video that you will see here. students fighting and an adult watching. >>> a poll comes out talking about how people will vote in the pennsylvania primary. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: all right guys we'll have sunshine but we'll have high clouds streak in from the west, tomorrow afternoon we'll see showers. a frost advisory has been posted for the pine barrens and you happen to be in the area, you have potted plants you plight want to bring them in. 39 in millville. 47 in philadelphia. 41 in allentown. cape may the boardwalk in atlantic city and reading you're sitting on 50 degrees. a little cool not much wind out there. on the bus stop, 44 degrees at 6:00 a.m. 48 by 8:00 a.m. a light jacket a good idea as you head outside, although you're not dealing with a lot of the wind. 52 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 61 by 11:00 a.m. we'll get milder this afternoon than we were yesterday. 67 degrees by 1. 7 # by 3:00 p.m. we're looking at a high of 76 patriotic degrees around 4:00 p.m

berks county school comes to light. >>> don't put the umbrella away yet. you're telling me we have rain coming up, i'm sick of it, that's it, i'm done! >> reporter: i disagree i have a lot of people on social media saying it's been dry for a while, the flowers need this the trees need this, so matt take a chill pill. >> reporter: we don't have a lot of the rain out there, right now, karen mentioned drizzle coming in from south jersey. there's more on the way late in the day and evening hours. 47 degrees is the current temperature, cloudy and cool. 46 in allentown. 45 in wilmington, trenton, 45 and 48 in cape may. growmed -- ground surfaces are wet because of light drizzle activity. 47 degrees by 8:00 a.m. under cloudy skies. as we roll through the day, the clouds continue to roll overhead. 52 by 11:00 a.m. it's cloudy and cool high of 5 degrees, we'll sit on that for a good portion of the afternoon. at times there could be a spotty shower there's a better chance of that in the evening. karen we'll track the showers tonight and let you know whether or not t

it's moving really out of berks county, parts of montgomery county, bucks county right now, crossingn hundred, . it's lifting out of our region and will be followed by steadier rain later tonight as a cold front moves through but temperatures show we had a nice warmup today. friday only 51, on saturday 43 with that snow and rain. sunday bumped up to 50, today 67 degrees. as we head into the weekend it's going to get warm. 65 in millville, 66 in wilmington, 64 in cape may. it is cool interallentown, 59. and reading currently 58 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar showing this conveyor belt of moisture, this is a cold front that will be pushing through really during the first half of the day tomorrow. future tracker showing morning rush will be affected by this. we will have some pockets of some rain, perhaps even some steady rain around 6 o'clock in the northern suburbs and then it pushes really east of the i-95 corridor mid morning around 9 o'clock beginning to clear out in the northwest suburbs and it's a pretty quick hitting system by early in the afternoon it's pushing off

berks county, western chester county. new castle county delaware are starting to see the first rain drops. there's a wind advisory that kicks in at 7:00. this is in south jersey and the entire state of delaware, even parts of the eastern shore of maryland. wind gusts this afternoon could go up to 45 miles per hour. it's not like they stop at the border, we could see them up to 30 miles per hour in southeastern pennsylvania. a blustery day ahead. it's 56 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington, 55 in millville. 47 in allentown. 53 in trenton with the breeze blowing. on the backup this morning most of the kids can getaway without umbrellas sirsdz, breezy, cloudy, 52 degrees by 6:00. 56 by 8:00 a.m. the rain is poking boot western areas around 9 -- into the western areas around 9:00. in the afternoon look for rain coming down heavy at times. 58 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 60 by 1:00 p.m. by 3:00 p.m. when the kids are coming home we're transitioning back to a spotty, lighter precipitation. you might want to keep rain gear handy,

berks county?istance from philadelphia, so you can kind of get away from it all. this is our little slice of heaven. >> oh, you guys, take two he will pack as takes tours on appointment. so much grumpy hand carved sandwiches, i had such a blast, i know everyone will enjoy visiting. you guys have to go out there and see it. by the way this they get shoring, they have such weird haircuts and all of that steve, that the he will pack as can't recognize each other, can't even, so cute. by the way the whole time i was at this farm, i kept looking at one of them going my gosh, that al pacca looks so familiar. then it hit me. like like jim before he rolls up his hair. >> my hair resting place. am i right guys? >> doesn't it look just like jim? >> and after i wore my al pacca socks for you this morning. >> oh, my gosh. >> well, they can't see it. i'll tweet it out. but i have special socks on. i'll put them on twitter later on. >> i need to go shopping where jim shops. >> anyone who can find al pacca socks.

however, we are picking up some heavy downpours in parts of the lehigh valley and berks county. is one cell of reporting some gusty downpours has moved really across the northeast extension right now. it's heading to the northeast about 30 miles per hour through the lehigh valley heading into northampton county so chapman, nazareth, stocker town, all in the path. no lightning strikes with this but it does have some heavy downpours and we also have another cell in berks county. i showed this at the top of the newscast. this right now is getting close to hitting leesport crossing 322 also it's moved between 422 and this is ahead of a cold front that will pass through tonight. the first of two and the second one will have a major punch. but ahead of it look at this, temperatures up near 80 degrees. philadelphia 79, reading was 81 last hour, now down to 79 with some clouds. wilmington 77. trenton 77. big change, though, cape may. you get those winds off the ocean of 20 degrees colder with a current temperature of 56 degrees and you may notice it's a little bit on the humid side as we

. >>> a berks county school for students with special needs plans to takes action for a fight that took place in front of adults who did not stop it. annie mccormick is live at the satellite center to show us a video you will only see here. >> reporter: that's right, matt, the school has launch an immediate investigation and parents are asking question as to why adults were in the room and didn't stop the fight when he was happening. the disturbing video taking inside a reading school looks like a youngster's flight club. the classroom is in northwestern human services school that helps students with autism and behavioral problems. one kid is a 13-year-old. his father spoke to "action news." >>> you're allowing kids in that type of situation to sit there and go at each other, rather than coming up with alternative wish ways to handle their behave err. are you helping them? >> reporter: look at the video. one adult stays to watch and pushes a student back into the brawl. alex jackson admits his son is at fault, but questions how they can get that far. the school is aware of the video and

been posted by the national weather service, all the counties highlighted, everywhere outside the berks county and northern bucks county. bring in those potted plants. karen rogers we have a dip in the seven day. i'll have the details coming up. >> reporter: let's give you the latest with mass trans after the horrible accident with amtrak. service is resuming between philadelphia and wilmington. you want to expect delays, tracks one and four will be shared, two and three will not be operating as they conduct the investigation. how about the regional rail, septa wilmington/newark line, expect 30 minute delays, no outbound service darby to highland station, service will be running to newark, delaware, if you're heading there. wilmington/newark line service restored, but expect 30 minute delays as they share tracks here. barley hill road is closed because of downed wires. use kennett pike to get a around that. 70 eastbound in cherry hill closed at main street. stick to church road. outside live in new jersey, 42 freeway, northbound traffic light volume currently dry in the area, even though we ha

we're live with details. >>> the fallout continues after an apparent fight club at a berks county schooles to light. >>> don't put the umbrella away yet. you're telling me we have rain coming up, i'm sick of it, that's it, i'm done! >> reporter: i disagree i have a lot of people on social media saying it's been dry for a while, the flowers need this the trees need this, so matt take a chill pill. >> reporter: we don't have a lot of the rain out there, right now, karen mentioned drizzle coming in from south jersey. there's more on the way late in the day and evening hours. 47 degrees is the current temperature, cloudy and cool. 46 in allentown. 45 in wilmington, trenton, 45 and 48 in cape may. growmed -- ground surfaces are wet because of light drizzle activity. 47 degrees by 8:00 a.m. under cloudy skies. as we roll throug

were pockets of heavier showers early this morning, and light rain and drizzle moving through berks county, lehigh county, eventually northampton county and this will role through the city. and then we will see clearing skies happening, across north central pennsylvania dew point temperatures are running high. it does feel muggy from the city on southward. it starts to feel humid. but it is dryer to the north and west. that dryer air mass continues to push in southward, through date today. we do have abnormally dry conditions for, montgomery, bucks county up through northern new jersey, and again this is a problem. we will get more rainfall in the next several days. pollen report, still on the high side, oak, burch, mapel main pollens outside right now. even with the showers around this morning and this afternoon it is still high. we will kick up the whip. high levels continue tomorrow, into next week. so later this afternoon, cold front will move off shore, we will break up the cloud, the showers, coming to an even. high pressure build in tonight, and then, it is allowing for a chilly nig

to the north of the lehigh valley, moving through berks county, into lehigh county right now.ose showers will be light and scattered during the day today. temperatures will warm from the 40s into the 50s. chestnut hill, 54 degrees this afternoon. the pennsylvania suburbs will warm into the low 50s. lansdale, occasionally showers in the lehigh valley. occasional showers and temperatures in the 50s there too. glassboro, cloudy skies, 54 degrees. a few sprinkles in haddonfield at times and at the shore, just a little bit chillier. atlantic city, 50. linwood 51 and dover up to 54 degrees with cloudy skies and a chance of some scattered showers. you can see the futurecast at 7:30 this morning. just very light rainfall moving into the area. steadier rain. it's going to be fleeting. 10:00 this morning, light showers in wilmington and moving towards philadelphia. those will move through during the late morning hours. then into the afternoon, you can see how scattered and light the wet weather is. by later in the afternoon, at 3:30, there's still rain in the area. delaware is mainly dr

you can see isolated showers in berks county, chester county, into montgomery county.it will be brief. those are on the move, moving directly to the east. those winds are going to be blowing off the ocean for us today. it's going to be another chilly one. we'll look to the west for more showers, nothing much in the way of organized rainfall. an occasional shower at best during the day today. temperatures, they'll be stuck in the 50s. 56 degrees in somerton. malvern, 54. look at the lehigh valley, bethlehem 53 degrees, berks county, reading tops out in the low 50s this afternoon. for south jersey, clouds hang in there through the day with occasional showers. haddonfield 54 degrees. cooler at the shore. wildwood at 54 but look at atlantic city at 50 degrees. occasional showers in delaware, no all-day rain here, though. the futurecast, check it out. 6:00 this morning, a few rain drops in the area but watch how it's not going to be all that impressive. by 9:00 this morning, moderate showers to the west and the chance of showers will roll through philadelphia and wilmington

we will check that out n berks county right now still cloudy skies, 57 degrees, light wind out of they 1 mile per hour right now. again we have those cloud, it will be cooler. sixty-two, that is our average high temperature this time of the year. not enclose to to that over weekend. forty's and 50's. we have 69 officially at philadelphia. tomorrow, little bit cooler, upper 50's but we will take it. at least we're not dealing with cold arctic air mass. couple of showers, again northern bucks, montgomery county through lehigh valley continuing through evening hours. this is light rain, steady rain still well to the west, across pittsburgh and parts of the ohio valley, owe that will track east. we will get into that. it looks like after midnight tonight and early tomorrow morning. if today's temperature and sunshine, maybe it is, check it out, only 48 days until memorial day. fifty-three until average 80 degrees. summer begins in 69 days and fourth of july, 83 days away. time is going to be flying here. it will arrive quickly. almost here. cold front tracking toward tonight bringing stea

berks county and douglassville, an accident, still active at 422 eastbound at old speed road. >>> there'sn in montgomery county over water. >> tests have come back positive for a cancer-causing chemical. we'll hear what lawmakers plan to do to protect the people. >>> decision 201. donald trump is retooling in hopes of refueling his presidential campaign. we'll tell you what he's doing to swing delegates his way in new york. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. fodeveloping drugs to fight deadly diseases. as a scientist, i know there's more that washington can do to help families. i'm running for congress to protect planned parenthood funding so more women get cancer

check out wind gusts at the top of the hour up to near 50 miles an hour in some locations in berks county, reading gust ted to 48. philadelphia did gust to 52 last hour. these wind will be strongest specially during morning hours. high wind warning stays in effect until noon time for the entire region. gusts to 50 to 60 miles an hour. wind do lighten up for the afternoon but again, this morning mainly, same wind, 20 to 30, gusts to 60. watch out for down branches and wires leading to power outages 406789 degrees in philadelphia. thirty-five in allentown. is there a few snow flurries flying around as well as an arctic air mass build back n we will factor in the wind, wind chill values what it does feel like that, how about that feeling like lower 20's in the lehigh valley and berks county. storm scan three maybe a flurry or two early this morning. this will quickly diminish once the sunnies up and we will see sunshine and clouds. just overall a chilly, windy day, temperatures struggle to get to the upper 40's. that the is typical for late february. we have more 40-degree temperatures in th

it is quickly moving into chester county and berks county until 6 p.m. e seen the area of the severe storm getting trimmed but it is approaching parts of chester county now. coatesville on the edge of that heavy rain. it's mostly moving to the northeast, around about 60 miles an hour. this is a fast-moving thunderstorm. so pottstown you can expect by 5:33, limerick 5:42. and norristown closer to 6:00. so a lot of heavy rain in this thunderstorm, but again, it's a quick mover. winds could gust near 60 miles an hour. those are damaging wind speeds, also some lightning possible, heavy rain and the potential for small hail. we'll watch this one as it continues moving mostly from west to east. and it has a little bit of a northeast motion too so i think some of that will move into upper montgomery county here soon too. also more showers and storms trying to develop to the west of baltimore, and this whole area is going to come together and move into the philadelphia area soon too. now we're looking at parts of upper bucks county, heavy rain here, richland seei

westbound on 422 am knee township berks county -- aminity berks county a crash there. >>> officer james mccullough is on the menld after a night -- mend after a night where he was chasing a suspect. two suspects are in custody at this point. annie mccormick is live outside of penn presbyterian hospital where officer mccullough is being treated. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tam, that's right, two suspects are in custody, but there might be a third that police are looking for. this is one tough police officer. police tell us that after he was shot in the leg, he continued to fire off more shots in the direction of those suspects then he tended to his own wound by putting a tourniquet on his leg before he was rushed to the hospital. this is the scene salford and market where gunfire erupted between a robbery suspect and philadelphia police. it started with a woman flagged down two officers on patrol. two men were breaking into her car. >>> they exited the vehicle and started to run. officer tackled one of the male. instantly he was shot in his left leg, the male got up a

there's the freeze warning for the counties north and west and that includes berks county, lehigh, upper montgomery counties and we may see freeze warnings tomorrow night as well. may be colder in some of those suburbs as the wind goes dead calm. last of the clouds right at the shore. the rest of the area, you're pretty much seeing sunshine after all of that rain. this is where it started. 5:00 this morning. and went right through, heavy at times. here comes the clearing. and now we're left with a lot of dry air over much of the country and that's going with us for many days to come. now philly's weather is quite different than yesterday. the wind was blowing out to left. tonight it's going to be blowing more left to right. going to be cooler, also, obviously, night fall compared to the sunshine yesterday. makes it a little harder for the ball to get hit out of the park. 56 degrees at 7:00. and then we're dropping. into the 40s by the end of the game. take a coat with you if you're headed there especially if you're just sitting in the stands and not playing the game. temperatures droppin

>> we're watching 422 in berks county right now.doug alsoville for an accident scene arnold sweed road. also still watching this disabled vehicle in 95 in southwest philadelphia right around bartrum avenue. it is headed southbound and it's around this off ramp. penndot crews are there and police activity on the scene, trying to get this situation under control. at least without that vehicle having its hazards on the entire time it's been there so far, we have flashing lights in the area, making it a safer place for cars to travel through. you can see no big backups by the scene right now. we'll keep you updated on the clearing of this scene. >>> 46 degrees in philadelphia c in the suburbs at 5:41, present a disaster and make money. we'll tell you about a new proposal that could reward you tens of thousands of dollars all by checking your social media feeds. >>> plus, stupid and worthless. republican presidential front-runner donald trump is slamming a major newspaper after it published a satire piece on its front cover. hear how "th

hilltown gusty winds, quarter sized hail not out of the question with this particular cell and upper berks county. otherwise we're looking at heavy rain moving through montgomery county also down into chester county. this will continue to move into delaware county along with philadelphia county over the next half our or so. but look at the temperature tem. high today in philadelphia right around 80 degrees. right now still mid to upper 70s along that i-95 corridor. but that cold front will be moving through late tonight, dropping the temperatures especially the second half of the upcoming weekend. so grab an umbrella if you're stepping outdoors over the next couple of hours. watching out for some scattered showers and storms. otherwise we keep the clouds around for your saturday. by tomorrow morning, take a look. we're looking at clouds. occasional showers will linger during the day tomorrow. so the bottom line, scattered showers and thunderstorms out there this evening. more rainfall chances for saturday. then gusty winds picking up saturday night into sunday. 50 to 60 miles per hour. we'll talk

now in effect for north and west suburbs including bucks, moment and chester counties as well as berks countyhe lehigh valley and the poconos. timing this out, the snow and rain will begin between six and 9:00 a.m. between 9:00 and 3:00 is the instead yesterday precipitation taper between three and sick p.m. all different types of precipitati precipitation. we'll narrow that undown and tell you how much snow to expect where you live coming up in just a few minutes. back over to you guys. >> all right. >> nova! >> nova? nation! >> nova! nation! >> that's beautiful, philadelphia. thank you. >> v is for victorious, villanova what an mazing day for philadelphia and of course the surrounding region. >> um-hmm. >>> of course that parade throughout center city honored the champion wildcat wildcats fg their dramatic win in the ncaa tournament. >> sports director don bell was there in the thick of things. whoo, it had had to be exciting, electrifying, all of above and then some. >> i was on double decker bus in the parade really really exciting stuff. this doesn't happen very often. alumni proudly pum

that is where we had warm temperatures but cloud stubborn to the north and west, lehigh valley, berks county, northern bucks, montgomery we still have showers. that held temperatures down. sixty-seven still at the airport. sixty-six wilmington. look at capitol city of delaware at 68 degrees. still in the 50's north and west. is there a cool pocket of air not cold though 50 in chicago. fifty-one des moines. that colder air will track east over next 24 hours. the the reason is a cold front. couple spotty showers ahead of the front this evening north and west, the city, the steady rains holds off until tomorrow morning. that arrives just in time for morning commute. so this evening, north and west could have a shower or two overnight steady rain arrives mainly after midnight and tomorrow that rain pretty much just through the morning, dries out in the have afternoon. here comes the front passes up during the morning hours. we will get shot of cooler air in the afternoon, and 60 close to average, wednesday still cool, upper 50's and nice warm trend develops thursday, high pressure stays in the c

. >> but one berks county man lied about it to a judge. shane sparrow of st.s being sentenced in an unrelated theft case. that's when prosecutors say he led the judge to believe he was a retired and decorated marine. a quick check by the county's adult probation office revealed none of it was true. they say sparrow had a uniform with his name on it. he even had a phony honorable discharge certificate. berks county district attorney john adams is not taking this case lightly. >> you know, when someone lies to the court, we have to -- that needs to be taken seriously. we cannot and will not look the other way. >> sparrow was originally charged with ripping off a scrap metal dealer. now he's charged with make a false statement. >>> now, imagine getting your college acceptance letter, probably the college of your choice and you find out it was just a mistake. >> can you imagine? >> that's what happened to more than 5,000 students hoping to get into state university of new york at buffalo. now administrators are apologizing. here's what happened. theyç accidentall

and earlier today across the 95 corridor, look up to the west through lancaster and berks county.t showers, expect the on and off activity to continue. not a washout today but have the umbrellas on stand by. outside we go, sky 6 hd looking at the commodore barry bridge in chester. we have cloudy skies this afternoon and from time to time we are tracking showers falling from the sky as we go throughout our friday. certainly on the cool side with an easterly component to our wind. 52 in philadelphia, not feeling like spring, just 48 in the poconos and 52 in trenton and the same thing in beach haven at this hour. and here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have a mostly cloudy skies and a couple of showers across the region and as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon we are tracking another piece of energy in the ohio valley. we have steadier moisture developing through the late afternoon hours into the early evening, we are tracking the precipitation and the chance of rain looks to be high today. a 90% chance of finding the moisture on saturday, we get a bit of a reprie

now in effect for north and west suburbs including bucks, moment and chester counties as well as berks countyhe lehigh valley and the poconos. timing this out, the snow and rain will begin between six and 9:00 a.m. between 9:00 and 3:00 is the instead yesterday precipitation taper between three and sick p.m. all different types of precipitati precipitation. we'll narrow that undown and tell you how much snow to expect where you live coming up in just a few minutes. back over to you guys. >> all right. >> nova! >> nova? nation! >> nova! nation! >> that's beautiful, philadelphia. thank you. >> v is for victorious, villanova what an mazing day for philadelphia and of course the surrounding region. >> um-hmm. >>> of course that parade throughout center city honored the champion wildcat wildcats fg their dramatic win in the ncaa tournament. >> sports director don bell was there in the thick of things. whoo, it had had to be exciting, electrifying, all of above and then some. >> i was on double decker bus in the parade really really exciting stuff. this doesn't happen very often. alumni proudly pum

then 44 at the airport in philadelphia, upper 30's, for berks county 37 doylestown, good news, winds callment. so no harsh windchills to deal with. storm scan3, quiet. can't even find cloud in the sky. that's going to be what we're dealing with today. and really the rest of the weekend. so clear this morning, chilly, 30's, 40's, but by the afternoon surging into the 60s with plenty of sunshine, so i'm going to call it perfect weekend weather wise with abundant sunshine, mild temperatures, low humidity and light winds exception at the shore, but look at this weekends forecast, full sunshine, warm ex into next we are, how warm, and if there are any changes in our forecast when i show you the seven day in a few more minute, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, i'll second that for the records, perfect forecast. >> all right, well, many philadelphians will enjoy some time outdoors, and clean up the city at the same time. today is the city's ninth annual spring clean up so what the neighbors are doing out there, hey, anita? >> good morning, what abut full day it will be to make our community

anyone that thinks they recognize this man can can contact the crime alert in berks county. >> we couldrn more today about a homicide investigation in delaware. police found a woman who had been shot to death inside a new castle county home after about a three-hour standoff. hours earlier a man inside that home had called 911 to say he had shot the woman. police set up a perimeter around the house on the 100 block of freedom trail road in new castle. the man was eventually taken into custody without further violence. new castle county police have not identified him nor the victim. >> the nation's midsection is facing yet another day of terrible weather after a series of storms brought huge hail and high winds. >> this is new video out of kansas. first responders rushed to rescue people when flood waters reached several homes. firefighters evacuated at least four homes in the city of willard. thunderstorms moved through yesterday afternoon producing hail as big as grapefruit and winds approaching hurricane strength. no deaths have been reported. >> scary time for folks out there. >> sure

clouds, though, already producing showers in western berks county. e i-78 and those extend into lancaster county and harrisburg, light rain. no heavy rain so far. we'll see heating in the atmosphere. even though it doesn't look impressive right now, that line of showers is on the huv. as temperatures warm up, we could see thunderstorm development later today. i'll go through the forecast hour by hour in a few minutes. vai. >> thank you, bill. now to decision 2016. the push for votes continues in our area today with several candidates holding events in pennsylvania and in delaware. vermont senator bernie sanders was set to attend a breakfast in west philadelphia to discuss economic issues. sanders' rival hillary clinton will make an appearance in montgomery county within the hour. she'll discuss equal pay for women. later, she'll attend an event in lackawanna county. she campaigned in hartford yesterday, where she criticized what she calls an organized effort to intimidate and silence proponents of gun reform. >>> meanwhile, happening now, ted cruz is

plus we've got steadier rain highlighted in yellow starting to come in through berks county and this e in chester county before too much longer. going through the day overall it's not too bad. we'll have a wet start. 59 degrees by 7 o'clock. edges temperatures dipping by noon as rain gets ready to clear out and we should see the return of some sunshine later on and the temperatures improve as well. we're actually going get a high of 64 degrees. that will be late in the afternoon around 4 o'clock. and a nice finish after a damp start. tam, things really getting better toward the end of the week. good stuff coming. >> love what you got cooking for the end of the week. >>> top health officials claim the zika virus is more serious than first thought. the mosquito borne virus is present in 30 states. last week the white house redirected leftover money from ebola to fight zika. the national institutes of health says more money is needed for research into vaccines. the virus is linked to birth defects like microcephaly and there are reports of rare neurologic problems in adults. >> tributes

it's coming in through the western suburbs places like berks county and western chester county. between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 there's a chance of heavy rain and gusty thunderstorm mixed in. by 3:00 p.m. we're easing back to spotty precip, and 5:00 p.m., more cells coming in. widespread rain 9, 10 to 1:00 p.m. we have the hope of all green aircraft. so far so good no active rain at least for now at anyone -- at any of our big travel destinations. >>> there's an alarming spike in diabetes over the last quarter century. the number of people living with diabetes has quadrupled since 1980. it affects 400 million people. factors blamed excessive weight, obesity and aging and population growth. growing assumption of food and beverages high in sugar are the culprits. >>> flyers host the maple leafs they were shut out by the red wings 3-0 in detroit. they are tied with the bruins for the second wild card spot in the eastern conference and have three games left in the scone. >>> thursday a dual of the democrats going on in philadelphia. >>> katherine scott has been cataloging the war of word

we have a few flurries, we have that in berks county and then moving into bucks and montgomery county, in the the a big deal passing flurries. other than that we will see sunshine but that will not help things much. highs in the upper 40's. we should be a around 60 for this time of the year. we have 60's coming up in the forecast and we will let you no he when that arrives and more rain in a few minutes, back to you. >> that would be nice. >> thanks, justin. >>> well, strong storms of course moving through the region quickly overnight leaves behind a path of destruction. take a look a tree tum also on a home in west philadelphia, it happened near 54th ain't arch streets the and authorities tell us one person inside the home at the time but thankfully they were not injured. >>> also, a partial building collapse, trapped a man inside of his car. a police officer found the car buried under bricks and a building came down in the 5,000 block of warrington street, bringing power lines down with it. the officer was in the vicinity of the responding to another accident at the time, his cruise

moving in to potentially western parts of the viewing area, chester county, part of northwestern berks county, little light rain or snow mixed, reporting stations still reporting some rain, even out tort york county at this hour temperatures today struggle to get to the 40's the storm crosses our region. not going to be precipitating all day long day long. you will get breaks from time to time. highs struggle reaching the mid zero's, when you factor in the wind it, will feel like the teens during the morning. we will return to miler air monday. the warmfront pushes through, however comes at little price, with few april showers, that's not good timing for opening day. but for today, between now and about 9:00 again, those areas of snow and rain develop from west to east. between 9:00 to 3:00 the steadiest precipitation being and could be some brief bursts of heavier snow reducing visibility, again, any accumulation mainly on the grassy areas. between 3:00 to 6:00 start to see the snow and rain taper off from the northwest to southeast, improving conditions tonight. windy, cold. 10:00 this morn

. >>> fallout continues after video of a an apparent fight club at a berks county school comes to light. >>> don't put away the umbrella, accuweather is saying there's more clouds and rain, you know the whole thing. it's just spring. >>> if you want to know the whole thing let's go over to david murphy with the forecast and karen rogers, we see the flashes lights, tough times for some out there. >> reporter: i'll give you a look at the region, storm tracker 6 live double scan, most of the area is dry, cape may county is saying goodbye to a shower that's pushing off the coast. there could drizzle for some of you, but generally speaking it's just clouds this morning. there could showers popping in on and off during the day. 47 degrees in philadelphia. as you head outside, you'll want a jacket, it's chilly. there's a little bit breeze blowing, by 9:00 a.m., 50 degrees, 11:00 a.m., 52. 54 by 1:00 p.m. the afternoon doesn't see much change. a lot of clouds and temperatures in time mid 50s, occasional a sprinkle or drizzle popping in. as we look at the pollen forecast of course with the dampe

we will see orange and yellow up in the pocono mountains around berks county right now here in philadelphia just very light rain and it is 61 degrees. wind gusting up to 22 miles an hour. sunrise coming up at 6:27. we have a high temperature, we might have already had it, showers around right now, and we will probably end up in the lower 60's before it gets breezy a and cooler this evening. that is your tuesday, forecast, so bob kelly, seeing some wet roadways, rain drops. >> rain drops are falling on 422, this morning. the here's where we are starting to see the beginning of that, rain coming into our viewing area, 422, right here near trooper road, it looks like cheerios on camera lens here. that will be the game changer, again, stepping out of the front door roads will be wet and we will have that spray and sue mentioned we have to put up with it for morning rush hour. live look downtown here, the vine street expressway, it looks like there is an accident here or something going on because we are lined up single fire trying to exit for 30th street station. up, up and delay on the burling

berks county, western chester county. new castle county delaware are starting to see the first rain drops. there's a wind advisory that kicks in at 7:00. this is in south jersey and the entire state of delaware, even parts of the eastern shore of maryland. wind gusts this afternoon could go up to 45 miles per hour. it's not like they stop at the border, we could see them up to 30 miles per hour in southeastern pennsylvania. a blustery day ahead. it's 56 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington, 55 in millville. 47 in allentown. 53 in trenton with the breeze blowing. on the backup this morning most of the kids can getaway without umbrellas sirsdz, breezy,

so far, it's just spotty light rain showers in berks county and bucks county.now to the north, that's going to be moving to the east. even in the pocono mountains we'll get rain. the rain you can see through pennsylvania into ohio may give cincinnati some early afternoon showers but i think it clears out for the phillies game on opening day. 60 degrees right now in philadelphia. that's where we'll be at 11:00 with scattered showers during the day. then here comes the rain as we go into the afternoon hours. that will drop temperatures later today. seven-day forecast with the timing of the cold when i'm back in ten. >>> all right, thank you, bill. 20 minutes before 7:00 this monday morning. looks like three's police activity on 295, jess. >> things are picking up out there, right at this hour? >> we have an accident scene on the northbound side of route 95 at 73. you can see a few vehicles involved. a vehicle on the right-hand shoulder, another one up ahead. the accident scene primarily into the left-hand shoulder. police activity on the scene. another vehicle al

berks county, lehigh valley, northern chester and upper bucks county.in the last several hours the sunshine has returned. even getting sunny at the shore, and now that we've seen that, well things are really going to be staying pretty nice. this is the rain. 6:00 a.m. it's, of course, long gone. you can see just about everybody got some and now nobody is getting any. not for a while. got a dry country and dry weather pattern here. that's very fortunate for the phillies. they've their home stand just in time. they weren't home over the weekend. tonight's wind different. blowing from left fielder to right field corner or even a little bit in from left field. just the opposite of what we saw yesterday. so it's going to be a little harder to hit home runs tonight but it'shnghç going to be chill the end of the game. take a coat with you if you're headed out there. for the rest of the night possible freeze north and west 32 degrees for the low temperature. just so it's barely getting to the freezing points. sunny and cool tomorrow. upper 50s, little cool for

some showers moving into berks county, lancaster county, western lehigh county.line will be on the move. look how it falls apart. not everybody is going to be seeing rain at the same time, though showers at 2:30 in the afternoon, just arriving in philadelphia, according to this commuter model. then it looks impressive as we go into the evening hours. the evening commute will see rain, windshield wipers are going from philadelphia through trenton, wilmington, dover and cape may. yes, you may hear rumbles of thunder into this evening. so during the day today, changing conditions. dry to start with and look at the warmup, 81 degrees in somerton, chestnut hill, near 80 degrees. showers develop in phoenixville and doylestown and the lehigh valley, bethlehem could see thunderstorms, 75 degrees later today. into the low 80s for haddon township, cooler at the shore, atlantic city and wildwood, afternoon showers and possibly a thunderstorm. 60s today. but the warmup for delaware, that's with us into the weekend. we could see some showers. but it will be drying out for phi

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. >>> police are looking for the bandits behind the attack of a berks county college student. >>> >>> good morning, 6:30, friday, april 15. karen rogers has the traffic and david murphy has the weather. good morning. >> reporter: we have not much wind. lots of sunshine on the way, you can see that as you look out the window. there's no cloud cover close to us, like the last couple of days we'll see sunshine. 42 degrees in philadelphia. most of the suburbs in the 30s, a couple of spots around freezing like millville and the atlantic city. temperatures turn around quickly. 11:00 a.m., 54. we spend the afternoon in the 60s again with a high of 64 degrees at 3:00 p.m. that's right around where we were yesterday maybe a degree better. pollen count is high today and through the weekend so keep those kleenexes handy as well as the medicine if you suffer from allergies. make your plans it's going to be a beautiful weekend head to the zoo or at ballgame. when i step inside we'll details on the weekend call an eye-popping number on monday, i'll have the details of that ahead. >> reporter: looki

use 322 business 30 or 422 towards berks county. 95 northbound our dv is gone but you are looking atles per hours. and a broken down vehicle at schuylkill and vine. two more accidents, both intel wear. one along 141 at 100 and acrude new airport road as they work a crash there. >> thank you matt. >>> more to come on "action news." strong winds and hail the size of golf balls pound a southern state breaking windows and damaging cars and we'll show you. >>> and words of wisdom from a grammy award winning artist. we'll take you to south philadelphia. >>> the cold winds are moving back and we could be below freezing and i'll have the details in the accuweather forecast. >> and jaime apody with flyers news getting ready for the playoffs. and philly action as well. joe sestak supports a plan that the new york timesfactreported makes cuts to social security benefits. and the plan raises the retirement age. it's true. the a.a.r.p. opposed the plan, citing dramatic cuts to medicare benefits. the plan sestak supports means higher out-of-pocket costs for millions on medicare. any way you spin i

yes, rain on the way, at least the western subs, already moving in through the lehigh valley, berks county, lancaster county, just the beginning, this will all be crossing through as we go through the next couple of hours, so yet another morning drive impacted by this. we are sitting between front right now, in the warm sector of this storm system, so temperatures currently in the 60s, in a lot of spots, as well, it is a very mild morning, but another day that's going to feature wet weather. so let's take a look even northern counties, northern communities, here in the mid or at least up ear's, very mild beginning to the day, as the day progresses expect that, again, there will be wet weather to dodge here, for the first couple of hours of our day, morning commute hopeful have i a chance to set the alarm extra early, if you get stuck it could slow you down here, dealing with periods of rain as the day goes on, much like yesterday, clouds should begin to break. today looks like not just light rain scattered shower situation. it will likely ends up being heavier rain that pushes through. so,

. >>> students at a berks county school are caught on camera with a fight club like throw down in the middle of class and adults watch. flyers fans will remember ed snyder on home ice after they get an emotional win. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman in for karen. good morning. >> reporter: we have sunshine and high, thin clouds around, they will allow the sun in. later today, the clouds will build. mostly cloudy tomorrow and showers. a little issue popped up still in effect frost advisory in the pine barrens. 47 degrees in philadelphia. 37 in millville. dropping before we turn it around. 44 in trenton. 46 in wilmington and 48 in reading. not a lot of wind out there, but cool enough certainly for at least a light jacket. on the backup this morning. 48 by 8:00 a.m. a bit cool, breezy after the sun comes up. as we roll through the day, it will be nice and warmer than yesterday. 52 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 61. 1:00 p.m., 67 degrees. 74 by 3:00 p.m. 76 will slot in there around 4:00, or 430 this afternoon. we're on the look out for spotty showers and rumble of thu

out to the west, in berks county getting ready to come out of harrisburg toward reading. stepping outside, we have sky6 live hd we're looking at the ben franklin bridge dry in center city philadelphia right now. getting ready for additional showers later on. the temperature is cool, 42 degrees currently in the city. of course we'll go down into the upper 30s before we start to turn it around. winds out of the east light for now, 8 miles per hour. put a little extra gear on this morning. 39 degrees in allentown. 39 in trenton. the numbers will dip over the next hour or so. 41 degrees in reading. 40 in millville. 49 degrees a little bit better in cape may. as we look at future tracker 6 through the morning hours there's the possibility of a little bit of rain popping through at times. you might see snowflakes in allentown or reading. 8:30 a.m. it's spotty precipitation. later in the afternoon, looks like most of the action is centered north anne -- and west, although we'll have to allow for a shower popping through the i-95 corridor. the bulk of the rain holds off until nig

. >>> 5:36 a berks county man is under arrest accused of trying to poison his girlfriend with fabric softener. he forced the product, downy down the woman's throat. he then forced himself on the victim. it started at the woman's home. he barged in claiming he was there to kill her. he is behind bars facing attempted homicide and aggravated assault and other charges. >>> at this point he has a long shot to win the republican nomination, that didn't stop ted cruz from introducing his pick for vice president. >>> my friend and the next vice president of the united states, cara carlie fiarina. ended other own failed bid for the white house in february. donald trump has been mocking ted cruz for picking a running mate. trump has the support of basketball coach bobby knight. knight described trump as one of the most prepared people to be president. he delivered andreas outlining his foreign policy during day, saying his goal was peace and prosperity not war anne destruction. >>> bernie sanders told a crowd he will keep fighting for the democratic nomination, behind the scene he is laying o

this is light rain in berks county, allentown seeing that light rainfall, upper bucks county and partsmontgomery county, harleysville getting some rain. sprinkles staying to the north and west of the city for now. this line will sweep into the area and that's when the umbrellas will be going up. temperatures will be climbing a little bit after they come down with the rain. 57 fwreez in qua 57 degrees in quakertown. rain is on the way to cape may in atlantic city. but it's going to take some time. the clouds will linger into the afternoon hours. but for wilmington, philadelphia, drexel hill, the wet weather will clear out this afternoon. we'll teleget sunshine and those breezes will kick in and we'll see temperatures pop back into the low 60s this afternoon. a look at the weekend forecast when i'm back in ten. >> the weekend already? it's only tuesday, bill. i like that a lot. 4:09. let's get you to work on this tuesday morning, starting with the roosevelt boulevard. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is doing that. >> a lot of the majors are clear. start off on a good note,

there you can see the scattered snow showers that are moving into upper berks county and into lehigh county. this is not even reaching the ground. it's falling into dry air. it's evaporating. you're more likely to see snow falling as you saw on the live camera from the pocono mounta s mountains. the cold in the pocono mountains, 28 degrees. allentown, reading, pottstown, huge snow flakes won't be an issue. it's too warm. 42 degrees in wilmington is up to 43 in philadelphia. a chance of a rain shower, then we'll get a break, 56 degrees at 10:00 this morning. by 1:00 this afternoon, clouds are starting to move back in. but look at the temperature, 64 degrees at 1:00 today with southwesterly winds, 17 miles an hour. those temperatures will take off until the rain moves in this afternoon. don't forget your umbrella. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. katy zachry is doing news this morning. so jessica boyington is handling as usual, traffic. >> that's right. we'll get it one day. thanks, bill. we'll start on 295 around the black horse pike, even through the

we have a lot a few rain drops up in the lehigh valley and berks county, maybe a few snow flakes in thesely but it is not speak second to make it here and we will still expect dry conditions for the parade, 44 degrees in philadelphia right now in the 40's every where else with wind chills in the 30's this morning. we're expecting a high of 53 degrees later on. mix of snow and rain and some light a accumulating snow possible in certain areas tomorrow, a two out of ten and 42 degrees. that is winter of sprinter. sixty-two on monday so we are back to springtime temperature through the middle of next week but we have to watch for rain, alex and mike, and tuesday. >> you know what i got to tell you, i watched a lot of this last night this american idol, one of the best shows i have seen in a long time. >> is it bad i waited until last party wanted to see who they announced for the final time. i wanted to see what kind of pause ryan sea crest. >> drive a truck through that pause. >> show came to an end after the final idol ever during that two hour star studded special. >> everybody was there