and on 95 in new castle county there's a crash it's blocking lanes in both directions near christiana. happened on the northbound side but a southbound lane is blocked as well. ben franklin bridge our good buddy ben not only wet this afternoon but also construction taking out a lane in each direction but you can seem westbound headed towards center city it's extra slow being down lane and speeds are down on 42 southbound side off the walt whitman bridge on down lower landing road. that's where we have blockages in both directions because of accidents both ways. grab the ipad, do the commuter report check your ways home with the waze app on this monday afternoon. elsewhere in delaware high 11 southbound near saint georges crash reported there so it's extra slow coming from christiana as well. we'll check it again brian and sharrie in the next half hour. >> matt thank you. >> a lovely welcome back. [laughter] >> thank you. >> giving you a preview there. next on "action news" at 4:00 a convicted rapist is on the run following an elaborate escape from police custody. find out how he manag

delaware state police say he was hit by a car while on westbound christiana road near airport road.ushed to the hospital with serious injuries the driver was also hurt. both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of christiana road were closed for a time. >>> disturbing story here. two men are arrested for allegedly trying to arrange sexual encounters with children in montgomery county. michael houston from philadelphia and nicholas mosque from willow grove. both used the internet to can't anyone they believed might be a child to arrange sexual encounters but in reality. they were talking to june cover police officers. houston is held on $200,000 cash bail and mosque on $125,000 bail. >>> authorities in montgomery county are asking for the public's help to find a would be bank thief. these pictures were taken yesterday afternoon at the td bank in flourtown. he walked in and handed the teller a note. and the teller did not give him anything he was last seen walking on bethlehem pike. >>> the mayor of trenton says every available resource is u to bri criminals to justice. s conference

the pedestrian was struck by a car while on westbound christiana road near airport road.he man was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries and the driver was also hurt both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of christiana road were closed for sometime. police are still trying to figure out what happened. >> well, he went in to rob a bank and didn't have much success. now police want to find him and arrest him. these pictures were taken yesterday afternoon at the td bank and this man donning a fisherman's hat gave the teller a note demanding money. no money was given. if you know this man police want to hear from you. >>> trenton's public safety plan is taking -- into city schools. the director said that students need a voice. with that said, officers will hold conflict resolution workshops there in school. >> our youth are begging to be heard and the only way we'll be able to stem the tide of violence especially respect to our youth is that we engage them in productive dialog. director perry noted that shootings are down 17% in the city in the past year, mayor er

i-95 northbound between the delaware service area and christiana, crews on i-95 southbound near 12th street blocking the right lane, as well. >> there are growing calls to take down the statue of frank rizzo thousands gathered to show their support for charlottesville virginia and clashed with police demanding the statue of the former mayor come down. jeanette reyes is where police continue to guard the site. >> reporter: thousands of protesters have gone home and things are quieter here, officers him staying put guarding the statue. they have been here throughout the night and throughout the day. >> they would kill every person in this room. but you get that nobody is safe from their hatred. >> reporter: thousands took to the streets doing what many think president donald trump failed to do denounce the nazis in charlottesville. >> it's shameful that our president has not denounced 100 percent. >> i want him to prosecute the people the same way any terrorist would be prosecuted. ment former law and order mayor is seen by protesters -- for many the protest is bigger than statues. wit

delaware, zone along 273 westbound in newark has cleared, as the one i-95 northbound heading toward christiana, the speeds in the low 60s. we like that. there's a zone for longer in galloway township route 9 northbound until 7:00 this will last longer there's work along the garden state parkway, southbound by the ac expressway. check the waze work with the waze app. 76 heading toward the blue route vehicle on road there. >>> a man is in custody for leading troopers on a ten mile chase in a stolen police car in fayette county yesterday. it flipped on the side when the pursuing officer used a pit maneuver during the chase. nobody was seriously hurt. >>> the navy suspended its search for missing sailors in the waters off the coast of singapore. ten sailors went missing after a collision between john mccain and the oil tanker four days ago. two bodies were recovered one was a sailor from south jersey, kenneth smith was recovered a few days after the accident. friends say smith was living his dream in the navy by following in his father's footsteps. the last time they saw him was before he deployed

still have work blocking a couple of lanes for the next half-hour, between the service area and christiana and of course airport road remains blocked in new castle. that's the flooding near the sheraton hotel, commons boulevard gets you around that. >> multiple fire departments worked through the night to fight a scrap yard fire in bucks county. they used cranes to lift burning crap into the air to extinguish the flames. katherine scott is live in morrisville with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, matt, crews have been out here all night long. the fire is under control. but they are blasting water in the hot spots there are crews outside and inside the scrap yard. the fire broke out at 10:00 p.m. on the 300 block of steel road at simms metal management scrap yard. crews from multiple companies responded they hauled in cranes, you could see them lifting the crushed burning cars and metal into the air, then fire crews blast water at them. this was a labor intensive process as they went through all the scrap and took times always firefighters worked to access the flames that were trapped

department be children were taught the importance safety lesson of the day, action cam was at the christianal as these kids were given a tour of a medical helicopter. there were other neat things for the youngsters to see. this event was designed to raise awareness about safety, especially bicycle safety. >>> kickoff event was held as part of chester's overtown revital sensation project. . he hosted the kickoff block party. included life performances and food. various vendors were on hand selling locally produced products. jump around, got to jump around in a moon bounce, it's an estimated $2 million project that will be located along the 500 block of the avenue of the sea. >>> mural artists put their painting skills on display to memorize a jazz great. dozens of people gathered to paint a new mural in northern of john coltrane, a mural painted in 2002 was demolished in 2014, this new one will honor him on a wall along oxford street not too far from where he lived in strawberry mansion. a dedication ceremony scheduled for september 24th. ♪ . ♪ . fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic ne

i-95 lanes by christiana will be out of there at 5:00 p.m. >>> a man is still out there and danger after killing a man police are looking for him and witnesses. >> reporter: this morning, tam, police are searching for information that will lead them to a killer haverford township police and other authorities released images of possible witnesses to a murder over the weekend and they hope people come forward and offer up information they can. authorities are hoping one of these three people saw something saturday evening along the 2300 block of haverford road. surveillance camera footage of rollins before and after 29-year-old john le was shot to death outside of his apartment. daric rollins. witnesses say a man who looked like rollins fired 17 shots at two men in a car after following them for several minutes. he is now on the run and considered armed and dangerous, which is why they hope the witnesses come forward with any information they might have. >> haverford township police believe that the people who may have seen mr. rollins out there have critical information to their case. >>>

delaware three lanes are blocked along 95 as you travel northbound between the service area and christianae. that work should go until about 5:30 this morning. tam. >> all right, thank you, matt. >>> going on to take your first look at business, great news for the stock market. the dow closed at another record high yesterday and closed at record highs for past five straight days t here are the stats. the dow approaching 22,000. it gained 72 points and closed at 1,963. the nasdaq and the the in that s & p were also up. this morning futures seem to be pointing to a higher open. >>> automakers are seeing though a bit of a sales slump. the month of july saw the lamp jest decline in sales so far this year. the numbers were down 7 percent compared to july of 2016. july marks the seventh straight month of lower sales. industry analysts say july sales are often a little bit slower as people are more focused not on buying a newing a new car but going on vacation. a man is shot to death in the middle of the street. details coming up at 5:00 a.m. >> surveillance photos show the man wanted for stealin

that is scheduled to clear right now so at this point no delays on 95, 295 or highway one through christianand we do still have the flooding closure in new castle along airport road. that's been out there since last week. no word on when we're going get that reopened by the sheraton. one last live look 42 in south jersey. the scene of all our headaches yesterday. but this morning no headaches. westbound track is traffic is moving fine. family a gunman ambushed a man in delaware county while the victim stood at a gas pump. jeanette reyes is live outside of chester police with more of the details on this story. goodgood morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. that man is now in the fight of his life after being shot multiple times in the chest while pumping gas. take a look at the video here of this scene. police arrived to find the driver's side door ajar and two gunshots in the front windshield there with the back window completely shattered. police say the barrage of gunshots began around midnight at the sunoco a plus at the intersection of edgemont avenue and east 22nd street in

overnight work along 95 and northbound side between the service area and christiana.hree lanes blocked there for the next half hour but as you can see, speeds aren't too bad in the first state on this wednesday morning. matt and tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> this is developing this morning escalating threats between the u.s. and north korea, the standoff started with north korea making general nuclear threats over new un sanctions. >> president trump issued a harsh and ominous warning to the asian country. leader kim jong un responded by saying north korea has plans to attack gaum an american territory in the pacific. >> "action news" reporter katherine scott is following the story live from our satellite center. she's got more details. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam and matt. gaum's governor says he's been in touch with the white house and that the threat level in gaum has not changed but this high level exchange and warnings has been met with both criticism and praise. >> strong words from president trump on north korea. >> north korea

employee walking to his car early saturday morning he ended up shooting the employee who's now at christianaospital in stable condition. >>> cleanup on the heroin haven philadelphia's most neuter russ drug haven is about to be a thing of the past. city officials hope so because they today helped clean up conrail that track bed in kensington and fair hill which for years heroin addicts used it as a place to buy, and awful often overdose on drug. and the city of philadelphia and conrail have had enough. >> it has been described as hell on earth. a conrail track bed stretching from second and indiana to lehigh and aramingo. where heroin addicts like 31-year-old jillian go to feed their sickness. >> it's a shooting gallery. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: jillian injects heroin into her feet to hide the marks. she took to prostitution to make the money needed to shoot up at the tracks. >> i'm guessing you want to quit or do you not want to quit? >> i never want to keep using it it's to the point where i don't even get high any more. i just maintain. >> reporter: now hope. conrail and th

and an overturned vehicle in christiana delaware, the southbound side of highway 1 near 273, delays from that spill on to 95 and back to 495 in wilmington and burlington county a crash on 295, northbound near mount holly, off to the side and speeds in the 30s there, check your waze home and commuter report on this hump day afternoon. chester county the crawl is on on the westbound side of the 30 bypass, a crash near coatesville. you are jams solid west of the reeceville road kings highway or the pennsylvania turnpike are alternates around that. >> all right matt thank you. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00, another possible terror investigation in paris. we have the latest on the attack that again used a car as a weapon ramming into a group of soldiers. >>> and a good samaritan is rushing in to help victims in texas. here about his act of kindness next. how would you like to earn four times gas reward points? that'd be awesome... you can do that? just buy participating grocery items during the anniversary sale and you'll earn 4 times the gas reward points. groceries for gas reward

christiana, northern new castle county. showers will be out there and it wouldn't be a bad idea to grab the umbrella. a lot of cloud cover, you don't see much sunshine if any at all and the showers on and off throughout the day a maybe just before sunset. by 8:00, 9:00, should be out of here, we clear up overnight and stay humid and we get enough sunshine tomorrow to take us to around 90 degrees. then things get a bit unsettled as we head to thursday, friday and probably early saturday with a couple of systems coming through. giving us occasional showers, including the eagles game, gert we showed you yesterday a tropical storm strengthened to 75 miles an hour winds, a category 1 hurricane. the good news it will stay a category 1 at this point but stay far away from the east coast of the u.s. of a. 72 philadelphia right now, muggy out there. 73 in wildwood. 61 in mount pocono. 67 degrees in lancaster. we told you yesterday the humidity was going to come back, and highest wasn't bad even with the clouds in the afternoon, but

the person was rushed to christiana hospital by medical helicopter. >> all right.ther check of our "action news" traffic report tuesday night. >> let's get the update now from map happen. hey, matt. >> less than shocking news, rick and sharrie, there's a ton of traffic on the schuylkill expressway on this tuesday afternoon. here it meets up with the vine street expressway. it's crowded in both directions but at least the lanes are opened. no accidents at this point on 76 and they did close the vine last night for overnight construction so i expect them to do that again tonight. expected to be blocked here starting at 11 o'clock. on the big picture still havely some block catches in south philadelphia because of that water main break along south broad street near geary street. so as you head down towards the sports complex watch out for that there by the cvs. and i would stick with the ben franklin bridge this afternoon instead of the walt whitman. there's construction westbound on the walt. normal volume eastbound headed into new jersey so i think the ben even thou

two people transported to christiana regional hospital via medical chopper. people with serious injuries and you can see all the stand they put down on the roadway as well because of a fuel spill. they're putting the finishing touches on the crash but for now no creek road and mendenhall million road would be alternates around limestone road and brackenville road. coming out of delaware on 95 northbound crash this afternoon here in delco. these are the northbound lanes near 452. this also looks like a serious one. couple of the vehicles off in the grassy median here and the two left lanes are blocked at this point. so you just have one lane coming into pennsylvania out of delaware which is giving us quite the delay. farther north we're seeing single digit speeds headed towards the girard point bridge. there was a crash there as well and that would be busy any way with people heading to the shore. we're also watching a crash on the trenton makes bridge as you come into pennsylvania and more construction this afternoon along 95 northbound in bucks county head t

once free, the person was rushed to christiana hospital by medical helicopter.iting to hear what made the driver lose control and how they're doing. >> federal state and local agencies have converged on a small street in gloucester county all because of some type of hazmat situation. chopper6 hd was over berkeley road in mantua today. police have been in that area since 1:30 this afternoon investigating some type of hazardous material inside a home there. officials won't reveal what it is but they did confirm there are no injuries. berkeley road remains closed between bridgeton pike and harrison avenue. >>> well, bucks county prosecutors have filed a slew of new charges against hulmeville funeral director david frost. police say the 52-year-old stole a total of $297,000 from 54 different clients who paid him in advance for that prearranged funerals. faust allegedly forged one woman's death certificate so he could spend the $8,700 that she gave him to cover her future arrangements. authorities say that woman is actually still alive. she and others contacted faust

. >>> christiana renaldo has been banned for five games after pushing a referee following his red cardthe victory over barcelona in the spanish super cup, renaldo has been suspended for one game for the red card and four for pushing the referee.>>> a high school moving down the peninsula to a new high-tech campus in redwood city. design tech high school real -- will relocate in january according to the mercury news. the school opened in 2014 three partnership between oracle and the san mateo union school district. this is a rendering of what the school will look like. oracle is funding the project. employees will be giving students a real-world learning experience. >>> it is move in day for uc berkeley, 7000 incoming freshmen and transfer students will move into their on-campus housing. tomorrow kicks off a weeklong orientation for the students. >>> live in virginia as people around the country react to the weekend deadly events. >> concerns over price gouging at hotels with the solar eclipse one week away. >>> finding things on the internet and bringing them to the states, we are live

new on 13 southbound past christiana road that one also blocking two lanes.he vine street expressway, westbound traffic particularly heavy heading towards the schuylkill but eastbound jammed as well so a slow go in both directions matt. >> thank you, karen. dave murphy is up next with the accuweather forecast. >> ♪ >> we're off to a cool start this morning. lots of sunshine building across the horizon. still in the 50's in allentown and reading. this afternoon it's better than yesterday. sun mixing with clouds and a high of 78. thursday sun and clouds, a high up to 83. and a spotty isolated shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. then friday clouds build in, 71 the cooler high. and for the weekend it's now looking like harvey related rain will produce some showers around here on saturday afternoon. saturday night and perhaps into sunday morning. the rest of the weekend matt looks fine. >> thank you david. 6abc will take part in a day of giving to help the victims of harvey. our phone banks open at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. 6abc.com with more info. >> ♪