that is causing delays in conshohocken.look at i-95 in northeast philadelphia we are also seeing delays at philly international. mike and alex, back to you. >>> 8:06. >>> eighteen year-old bianca roberson was in the prime of her life heading off to college when a man shot and killed her what police called in a road rage incident, road rage shooting. she was shot in the head and new family and friendness west chester to remember her life and say their final goodbyes. viewing just started a couple minutes ago. >> jenny, what are you seeing. >> reporter: mike and alex, viewing started at 8:00, three minutes ago. i was cross the street for a quick minute month. man came up, introduced me to her daughter. her daughter was here, and, asked after she veered off roadway and crashed into a tree she said that she took bianca's pulse and witness that horrifying murder scene. she never knew bianca before that day but she feels forever connect to this family. one of the first people here at the viewing here live at st. paul's baptist ch

this is construction schuylkill westbound between city avenue and conshohocken curve that right lane and only two to begin with that right lane we have closed and blocked by those cones, you can see in there flashing lights but take a look how many vehicles are backup, however and we have not gotten in the 5:00 o'clock hour. heading out there right now give yourself some extra time, schuylkill westbound between city avenue and conshohocken curve. ninety-five headlights between scudder falls bridge and 332, left lane is still block by those cones as well but not enclose to what we're seeing, being on 76. also we are looking at blue route northbound, between germantown pike and mid county right lane compromised because of cones around that area and it is looking, slower here, as well, starting to backup ever so slightly, much more to discuss in a little bit. jim and rahel, back over to you. >>> well, still ahead this morning, dedicated shoppers. >> high end merchandise that these folks camping out for days and why they may be waiting for nothing. we will be right the bathroom. when thi

they have been working eastbound between conshohocken all the way in toward belmont avenue. here's a live look only the right lane is opened as they paved the left lane, right here near your conshohocken curve. coming inbound and through weekend but especially with this rain, but be careful because as you change lanes we will have two and a half inch speed bump eastbound on the schuylkill. they've quip. pushed over here at belmont avenue, this is a live look, pretty much the end of the work zone. so from conshohocken to belmont be ready to slow her down with only one lane opened vine street expressway opened here, i should say closed here in both directions between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. that will be closed until about 5:30 or so this morning. tacony palmyra just had a quick opening, it looks like they have just started traffic moving again, we have had activity, dredging barges up and down the river last couple of weeks or so and they are working 95 southbound as they work their way through betsy ross. mass transit, no reported delays. thomas, back to y

. >> this camera shot at conshohocken. see plenty of tail light, headlight already, for only being 4:30 in the morning, on a friday, maybe, it will be little busier, what we typically see on a friday. then another accident here, easeast norriton, heads up, your neck of the woods, swayed swede road, evergreen road, obviously still early, maneuver around, but just heads up it is there. we will be talking about downed wires from earlier accident down the shore. in fact, take a quick peak, route nine closed at route 83. your alternate, garden state parkway your best bet. overall looking pretty good out there. little busy, than what we typically see on a friday. >> we are following breaking news this morning, a violent home invasion in philadelphia's tioga neighborhood. the man in a wheelchair dead and caregiver injured. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo live at temple university hospital where the care give is her now recovering. good morning, jan. >> rahel, good morning, this is a frightening course of events. nan in whe

. >> annual soap box -- any conshohocken.t the scene as they get ready to roll. hey, pat? report good morning, guys. yes, celebrations happening throughout the delaware valley here on the fourth of july. one that has endured decades in our area, right here in conshohocken, the all american soap box derby. so we are here in the community center, where they have all of the cars set up, getting ready for the start at 9:00 a.m. this is mark, the man responsible for this whole thing. hey, mark, how are you? >> morning. >> tell us a little bit about what goes on here. >> we have three different divisions, the stock division, which starts at seven years old to up 13. each kid in the car got it way 200 pounds, our next, super stock division, that runs from 10:00 to 18 years old. wait class, 240 pounds. and the ones behind us here, the mass division, which i'm proud to say, finally got a bat. that's 255 pounds. >> that's with the person in it and the car -- >> with the child in it and the car. they all have to way the same for each di

again, slow roll here from pretty much conshohocken, 476, all the way into city line. they are still closed on the vine street expressway, between the schuylkill expressway and broad street, until about 5:00. so working our way through the detours, 30th street station, and then up market street, if you are coming in off 95, you can use vine st. local. working down here in wilmington, along 495, northbound, between edgemore and the philadelphia pike. and we still have that detour in the neighborhood, frankford thompson and shackamaxon, i think it was either monday or tuesday, but septa still detouring the route five bus through the neighborhood, and the market frankford and subway lines shuttle bussing. >> thank you, to this developing news, police investigating a double shooting it happened in wilmington. just before 9:00 last evening, this is the scene right there, the 2400 block of north madison street. officers say the victims are 16 year old boy and a 18 year old young woman found inside a home on that block. the boy had a gunshot wounds to his upper left leg, the

while the rest of the country rolls out the lawn chairs and the cooler, here in conshohocken they are box derby cars. >> it's become part of the community generation after generation get involved and pass it along to their children and their children pass it along to their children. the 66 annual soap box derby 40 drivers off the able of 8 and 18 will race their homemade cars down a 900 foot track in hopes of qualifying for the world championships, for a couple of years we did not have a masters division and we have that back, 44 cars racing this year. we have been down in the low 30s. 32 and 33 cars for several years. >> you'll find under tents racers putting final touches on the cars from brand new drivers. >> this is my first time doing. >> why did you want to do it? >> it looks cool to do. >> to soap box derby royalty like the dalton family. >> my uncles races in the 70s and me and my sister in the 80s and 90s and my cousins in 2000s and my son started in '09. >> do you feel pressure because it's a long tradition for your family. >> a little bit. ♪ ♪ >> once the pleasanttories are

curve traffic is moving early westbound the construction between conshohocken and 476 causing a little bit of an issue. looking live on the vine street expressway, westbound/eastbound in the clear all in the clear and moving fine. closures starting at 11:00 p.m. on vine. traffic is moving nicely on 42, in either direction no problems there. 70 westbound approaching 295 we have construction crews on the scene blocking the left lane. they will be out here until 6:00 a.m. this morning, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> we begin with breaking news from nottingham, chester county a pennsylvania state trooper is in the hospital along with several other people in relations to a hazardous materials call at a mobile home on red oak drive. we're trying to learn what sort of of substance is in play here. we'll bring that to you when it comes into us. chester county, downtown police are investigating a shooting at an compartment complex on gable avenue. while this was happening police responded to a second scene on the 100 block of brandywine avenue. they are foark can you said on a -- they were focuse

here in conshohocken they are whipping out their soap box derby cars. >> it's part of the community, generation after generation. get involved and they just pass it along to their children and they pass it along to their children. >> over 40 drivers between the ages of 8 and 18 race their homemade cars down a 900 foot track on fayette street in the hopes of qualifying for the world championship. >> we have a masters division and 44 cars racing this year and we had been down in the low 30s, 32, 33 cars for several years. >> under each tent you'll find the racers and their families putting touch on the cars and brand new drivers. >> this is my first time doing it. >> why did you want to do it? >> it looks cool to do. >> soap box derby royalty like this family. >> my uncles races in the 70s and my sister and i in the 80s and 90s and cousins in the thousand and my son started in '09. >> do you feel pressure because of the tradition for your family? >> a little bit. ♪ ♪ once the pleasanttories are out of the way the competition is fierce. but it's about building character and creating an

we're watching conshohocken right now. we have some ongoing construction work. one lane getting by right now. you can see the cones right here on the road. one lane getting by a little slow moving through gulf mills and belmont. we have construction project active. watching in red hill for a crash around main street. still watching the vine street expressway. closed in between broad street and the schuylkill. that will be there at least until 5:00. we're about ten minutes before that right now to watch the clearing. keep your updated there. >>> a philadelphia teacher and class are getting national attention thanks to new clothing ad. >> would it have been too hard. >> would it been too rough. would it been too tough. that is the new back to school add from the gap. the commercial features jasmine right and her students at frederick doug last mastery charter school in north philadelphia. remember last november nbc 10 met up with right and her class after she posted a video of her students doing that chat that went viral. shows a chant she does with her class befo

well, coming up, fourth of july tradition is taking place today in conshohocken. >> it is the soap boxe getting ready this morning. >> and the doctor is in the house. doctor rob, our favorite around here,'s he is back, and he'll tell us the best foods to pack, to keep you healthy, hydrated, whether going to picnic or barbeque today. we've got you covered and we'll be right back. ♪ it's not carbonation. those bubbles are celebrating. ♪ right now, get $1 any size soft drink. only at mcdonald's. ♪ we missing here, janet? get a cleaner with bleach in it. because with citrusy peel shine, frappé or shake for $2. small mcdonald's smoothie, how do you top a deal like that? ♪ hurry in, only at mcdonald's. ♪ >> i was pretty shock. >> a plan makes shocking discovery, child's casket lying on a north philadelphia sidewalk. unexpected and disturbing thing officers found when he looked inside. >>> and intense fire fight overnight as 100 year old home burns to the ground in delaware county. the reason this two alarm fire is creating a headache for some neighbors. >> and, celebrations for america's bir

that we were looking at constructs schuylkill westbound between city avenue and conshohocken curve rightane blocked until 5:00 a.m. earlier very, very slow, crews are in the process of cleaning up that construction. i will let you know when they move out, rahel, back over to you. >>> meisha, thank you. >>> for a look at newspaper headlines. >> from the mercury police are investigating a smashed vehicle off westbound lanes of route 422 near philadelphia premium out lights. black bmw sedan was discovered yesterday and appears to have crashed but there were no signs of the driver or passenger. pennsylvania state police are handling that investigation. >>> burlington county times new jersey three day government shut down may lead to changes to state laws in case a future budget battle forced the government to close >> among measures introduced or announced in the wake of the shut down is bill to that will keep state parks and beaches opened for first week of any governmental shut down. >>> from the times herald 49 cadets are prepared to join area police forces following their graduation from

spring mill road, conshohocken state road is not closed off.n of both roads. heads up to commuters there that is the good news, the main road is open. all this started around midnight when a branch fell on power lines bringing them down and starting to fire to a gas line that went underground. it ignited a fire under the road. now, we did get an update from peco. they say 120 gas customers are without service, 6 electric have no service that's down from 47 a couple of hours ago. they are making slow and steady progress. as you can see the road is busy, we have not seen any slowing activity here, there's still working, so it looks like it will be closed throughout the rush hour, the morning rush hour we'll let you know if anything changes. give yourself extra time, do what tam says, whisper to yourself over and over again it's friday we have to get through the morning commute. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> it's a good idea, at least it's friday, jennette, thank you. >>> police are investigating a recent series of attacks in southwes

conshohocken state road block near spring mill outside gladwynn.l see detours through the neighborhood bring and reading, and minor delays regional rails, septa trolley blitz, kicks in this weekend, trolleys will not operate in center city. tunnel beginning tonight through next week, terminate at 40th and market use market frankford line. your forecast for the weekend, scott has got in 15. >>> cloud cover, scattered showers and fog, so be mindful of. that afternoon breaks of sunshine and that will warm temperatures upsetting us up for a nice upcoming weekend but take a lot ultimate doppler north and west toward lehigh valley, pocono mountains in particular you can see north of 78 and 80 we are looking at maryland rate, heavy rainfall, zooming in show you north white hall, lehigh jim sharp, carbon and monroe counties sock in with those cloud right now in the poconos. 72 degrees. high humidity. 93 percent. as we go hour by hour gradual clearing this early afternoon warming those temperatures up and more isolated showers later this evening. down the s

we will see, jen is in conshohocken morning.to keep the kid busy. >> she's all kind of ideas too >> hi there, jen. >> this is genius, joey thought of it. we have bella here, reusable water balloon and bat, what do you think we will do out here, it is summer, are you ready? girls against boys. come on back. we will have fun. hello, peco. so i'm calling to see if you can help me save on my energy bill. we can do that. great. i live in a post-war, pre-war, mid-century home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. ♪ that's exactly what i thought. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. sweater weather for sure in blue mountain, gorgeous, all that sunshine, and that is the same case every where in our area but we have breaking weather news this morning, brand new tropical storm, emily is the name, emily, 45 miles an hour wi

right lane still milled and not paved here by conshohocken.o you've got sort of different ride even a difference in the grade of the roadway and eastbound by conshohocken. but overnight crews cleared out so both lanes are opened as you head in toward the curve. all crews gone on the vine street expressway. all lanes have reopened in both directions. they'll be back though tonight at 11 o'clock to shut it down once again. on the big picture we were watching a gas main break on the main line along lancaster avenue route 30 by anderson avenue where you turn to go into suburban square. we're hearing that's been patched and lancaster avenue is now reopened but to take its place now we're getting reports of a water main break along route one right where it turns from city avenue into township line road at rolling road by the ross. reports of that are just coming in. they're still working on the water main break from yesterday in fishtown so frankford avenue remains blocked there. also still have some flood damage in delaware from yesterday. pyles fo

so between city avenue and conshohocken down to only one lane and it is a whole slew of cones from thathole stretch there. again, they are allowing asphalt to dry, guys are out there with the paving equipment. just be careful coming east or west on the schuylkill expressway. for the gang in allentown route 222 is closed on the eastbound side all traffic forced off here, at route 100, your best bet this morning, trying to get from kutztown into allentown is to use i78, that will get you in the northeast extension, in allentown, thomas, back over to you. >>> 4:19. montana congressman caught on tape body slamming a reporter willful fill his sentence by working with the non-profit. greg gianforte, upper merion native, says he will work off his sentence by volunteering for an organization, that builds custom wheelchairs for children. he was ordered to perform 40 hours of community service for attack guardian reporter ben jacobs. gianforte must complete 20 hours of anger management counseling. >>> neighbors in margate, new jersey are demanding change, about a project worth 10s of millions of

up is holding his own today in conshohocken. here's submit holding a kid's cam in conshohocken.th playing all sorts of sports but everyone wants to know about football, and the eagles, as you can imagine, there are high expectations, for this football team. >> he is tough, he will work for anything less. you know how hot and long these ours are, you want try to be the best kid you can be and i think we have a chance. you cannot speak, too early but we have to make sure that we know that we have potential but potential only as good as you make it. >> two weeks from today. >> promising cart wheels there >> yeah, not bad. >> but two weeks from today carson wentz and rookies will report for training camp, football is almost here. >> man, all right, jeff, thank you. >>> thirty middle schoolers from the ed snider youth hockey program left on a big adventure they are spending three days at colgate university getting a taste of college life and training with the coaches from the university's mens hockey team. colgate is providing the experience, free, to the students. some may come back

crews working on the schuylkill, live look eastbound, left lane is blocked from say conshohocken 476 into gladwynn and then ride to go day especially met or cyclist, be careful because is there an uneven pavement. we have a couple inch difference there if you change lanes as they are paving this whole stretch again all this week they will do different piece from his conshohocken in toward city line. schuylkill expressway slower than normal with one lane opened, in toward gladwynn interchange. we have water main break that happened at frankford and thompson so watch for local detours this morning, there are homes without water, also homes with water in the basement, septa says route five busies on a detour, frankford avenue between girard and thompson, so we will see extra volume in the neighborhood and of course that is also a tight squeeze to begin with right off of that girard avenue construction zone and ben franklin bridge opened for business this morning after an earlier situation overnight we told but that at top of hour but everything good to go, bridgeworking, patco high spee

hoops time out, teenagers have been banned from the court for cursing. >> reporter: not bad at conshohockenwork on the traffic signals. a chunk of construction gets underway today we'll tell you where when "action news" continues. >> welcome back taking a live look, the sky6 live hd view of cape may, crashing waves whipped up there, sort of gray tone to the picture. we're overcast this morning, rain is executived on and off today, 88 -- rain is expected off and on today 78 is the high. >> reporter: it's will always ad day in cape may. not a good morning along 42. we often have delays, this morning we're not seeing them yet. eastbound lanes heading toward route 23, a gathering crowd,. overall we saw volume that was a little bit lighter than normal as some people remain off for the holiday weekend. bridgeport a vehicle does not want to run at forge and 6th street. new projects get underway yesterday, station avenue which is state road is closing during the middays, this starts at 7:00, in about 15 minutes for the next week they are shutting down station and state. flint hill with get you arou

there's one this conshohocken at elm and walnut street. construction resurfacing going on in pennsberg, montgomery county. avoid route 29, main street, garyville pike is an alternate. >> developing this morning a powerful earthquake rattled turkey and greece, the quake sent a building crash down on tourist on the greek isle. no at a tattle were reported in -- no fatalities were reported in turkey. many slept outside trying to stay safe in the aftershocks. >>> o.j. simpson is planning for his life after prison. he became emotional when he was granted his release. he has spent nearly 9 years in prison for an armed robbery at a las vegas hotel. he claims he was trying to reclaim some of his personal memorabilia. >> i thought i was glad to get my stuff back, it wasn't worth it. nine years away from your family is not worth it. i'm sorry. >> when making its decision, the board denied requests to factor in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife nicole brown and ron goldman. >>> a teacher in oklahoma is ready to go back to school shopping, but the salar

here is jen in conshohocken. >> reporter: so, first of all, we have to show your work.than it has ever been. joe fry reality mom. it looks good. >> yes, and i'm afraid the kids will eat it. >> they've already tried. already tried. >> come on, get the guy. basically it is teddy grams, goldfish, having teddy pool party? >> yes, we are. >> show us how to assemble these things. because they're really cute. >> first of all kids and for most, little ones, love to make messes. >> yes. >> let's start with the teddy pool partiment take a little cup. >> okay? >> got some cups. then you add little bit of -- >> sands. >> sand. >> which is gram cracker. >> yes. >> put fruit by the foot, or anything, little colors. >> his float? >> his float. get yourself gummy bear. >> oh, teddy. >> those are repurpose for mommy's happy hour. >> yes. >> if you want to add regular balls, even add the red and white balls. >> nice. >> so what about these guys? >> oh, aren't they cute? i love those. so this is the under the sea party. >> under the sea. >> cover up, that's a lot. but pretends i'm seven h

we had construction cruise on the schuylkill expressway in west conshohocken.e flat. for the sake of tires watch the speeds on the eastbound and westbound schuylkill expressway in west conshohocken. david murphy is spending limited amounts of time outside, here he is with accuweather. >> reporter: that's the plan today, matt, we have cloud cover over the terrace. when the sun breaks out that's when you will feel it. 82 degrees in philadelphia. this afternoon high of 95. with a heat warning in effect expect excessive heat and humidity. with heat index values feeling like 100 degrees stay inside if you can and hydrate. saturday an sunday could feature strong thudrenching showers at , matt. >> philadelphia has a new interim district attorney, the deployment makes history. the story at this summer the road to adventure leads to where hearts race, mountains soar, laughter floats, and the good guys win. if you're looking for summer fun, look no further than the adirondacks. new york state. it's all here. it's only here. plan your adirondacks adventure at iloveny.com

you'll fine thawn even road surface between conshohocken and belmont and they will be out there all weekend long. let's zoom into south philadelphia where an accident had 26th street. i'm not sure fit opened backup yet. twenty-sixth street heading in to the schuylkill expressway all lanes block for the lah 15 or 10 minutes. would i use i-95 coming off the vine expressway. here's the shot of the sun about to rise up and over neighborhood. it will be hot. this is a live look at boulevard come from the northeast for gang in dance down avenue at bailey road, watch for a crash. if you are heading to or from any of the delaware beaches here's a live look at bell wear memorial bridge. for the gang down the shore cape may courthouse route nine blocked with down wires at route 83. otherwise mass transit looking good, mike and alex, back to you. >>> how low can you go a man coin are confined to the wheelchair shot dead in the head in the cities toy yoga section. >> his caretaker shot trying to protect him and his family. so police are looking for two gunman. >> um-hmm. >> steve keeley on the scene at

a group that advocates for people with disabilities is blocking the intersection at conshohocken and belmont avenues. this group is protesting what they call unsatisfily living conditions at a nearby residential facility for people with disabilities. we noticed dangerous activity by drivers in this area, people are driving around the protesters and down the sidewalk, many of them are in their disability chair out here for this demonstration. and at one point a car nearly hit a protester, that activity stopped once police arrived and now police are here as well. stay with 6abc.com and "action news" for any updates on this breaking story. >> obviously a situation. as the evening commute gets underway, on that note a check of the "action news" traffic report. >> matt pellman is live now for us. >> lets not do what some of those drivers were doing. come visit us along monument road outside of channel 6. avoid monument instead. we like the numbers on the thermometer, numbers on the speedometer not as much. 5 miles per hour on the westbound side of the schuylkill by south street 12 on the

interchange, you can see the cones are down here, again, only one lane open eastbound between conshohocken and gladwynn. not a big back up, but certainly, tapping the brakes along the way, then they're all kind of gathered right around belmont avenue with the paving equipment. talcony palmyra bridge on stand by for a bridge opening, any minute, in the next ten minute or so, so use the betsy ross, getting ready to head out the front door. construction here along 95, northbound, right near 476, delaware county, down toward wilmington, we go, old wilmington road, right at new garden township, watch for an accident, and an investigation underway. and also, in the neighborhood, there is a left over from yesterday, the water main break, frandford avenue shutdown between girard and thompson. karen, thomas, back over to you. >> 4:04, we're learning, expect to go learn more today about the indictment of allentown mayor ed pulaski, his attorney tells fox 29 it is related to long running federal corruption probe. jenny joyce on this one in allentown. good morning. >> good morning, thomas, mayor's law

crews on the scene of an underground fire gladwyn, montgomery county, north spring mill road at conshohocken state road. a tree branch fell on wires and that started a fire that spread to a gas line. peco is digging up the roads and getting on with repairs. 47 customers are without electric power. >>> on "action news," nearly a dozen vehicles were damaged by an out-of-control driver in wilmington, overnight. 911 calls started coming in at 5:30 a.m. on the 200/300 block of west 14th street. witnesses say at one point the driver repeatedly slammed into a mazerati. the driver was taken into custody. police have not said what caused the driver to crash into the car. >>> let's go back to the train delays that matt was telling you about, train commuters along the northeast corridor will have to get an extra cup of coffee because they will be dealing with delays during the morning commute because of a minor derailment at penn station new york involving a new jersey transit train. jeanette reyes is at 30th street station with the latest, jennette, people can tell themselves at least it is friday. >>

off to the left, no problems or delays at all here within the city, but from city line out to conshohockenkill overnight. so you'll find thate in the lef, but every night this week they will be a part of the paving operation on the schuylkill. here's a live look at bennie looking good coming downtown, prime time vacancies on. so volume has beent again, it c. the atlantic city rail line will be using between philadelphia's 30th street station and cherry hill prab all from that truck that is slamming into the bridge overpass on friday. now, patco, the river line, and all of the buses will be cross honoring tickets, bottom line if you are leaving philadelphia you will take the bus to cherry hill, the rail line trains will be beginning and ending in cherry hill and then take you down to atlantic city and back. cherry hill is spot to be if you are heading down the shore hello to maple shade, live look at route 73 near maple shade. i think we have a good looking forecast, sueby has details in 15 seconds >>> phillies schedule a day game this is weather they will hepp for. beautiful weather. game

they just moved through this shot at the conshohocken curve. for now they are picking up the cones. westbound by the curve we have a disabled vehicle off to the side. neither of the lanes are blocked. on the vine street expressway i saw a cargo eastbound and one go westbound. for the most part we're blocked off, but they are starting to let traffic move along 676. tans borough road shut down by strawberry village stay on 73 to get around that closure. in camden county in cherry hill work along 70 by haddonfield road and 41 kings highway that clears around 6:00. work on 295 between the black horse and 42 left lane out there until 6:00 a.m. watch out for restrictions until 6:00 a.m., between 48 and 49. >> going to business, this is the ceo to the taiwanese based business called foxconn they will create jobs in wisconsin. amazon will be hiring on the spot next week at ten fulfillment centers across the county including one in robinsville mercer county. they will come with health and retirement benefits and there are more details about this at 6abc.com. >>> and all the major stock indic

here's a live look at the crew s they have been out all night long between conshohocken, the cones are set up all the way into belmont avenue that whole stretch only right lane is opened, they are working in the left lane, they are pulling up all of the old asphalt milling the roadways so once they eventually clear, if you change lanes through the weekend, on the schuylkill you will feel a speed bump. once sun comes up we will see what the schuylkill look like, but vine expressway still closed between broad street, and the schuylkill expressway until 5:00 and then sometime today they will open up the 22nd street on ramp right off the parkway there to go west on the schuylkill expressway. that will reopen today at some point, moving in the right direction with that whole construction project there columbus boulevard, right under ben franklin bridge near race street there is an accident, police working there and, of course, it is friday, that means we will sing on the way to cape may and head to the shore later this afternoon in problems at the moment going down to the beach headlights c

course, that is what happens at this time of the morning, the schuylkill westbound, approaching conshohocken, and route 42 at creek road, we have some problems there, and we will take a look at the rest of what is going on as the morning goes along but luckily except for that pennsauken incident we are looking good, thomas. >> thanks, sue. >>> 4:03. eighteen former penn state fraternity brothers will be back in court facing charges in the hazing death of the sophomore pledge. the judge will ultimately decide if there is enough evidence to send this one to trial. >>> jenny joyce in the news room with the very latest, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as of right now it is scheduled as a two day event. apparently there is surveillance video that prosecutors plan to use to hold these 18 fraternity members accountable for death of their greek brother and classmate timothy piazza. piazza was found dead in february with toxic levels of the alcohol in his body, and injury from a series of falls. sophomore engineering student was a pledge at beta theta pi fraternity new banned from campus. a

let me give you a live look, the police cruiser just pulled up now, spring mill road and conshohocken state road. heads up to commuters, north spring mill road is the only road blocked at this point. all this started at midnight when a branch fell on power lines bringing them down with it, starting to fire to a gas line underground igniting the fire under the road. minutes ago we did get an update from peco saying commerce are without power. they are making slow and steady progress, we'll let you know as we get an update out here, this main line road is open this morning, reporting live in gladwyn, jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> new this morning, gunfire in camden wounded a person overnight. police found the victim shot in the head. it happened at 12:30 a.m. on the 2500 block of south 8ing street. the victim is in critical condition. no word on who shot the man or why. >>> police are investigating a recent series of attacks in southwest philadelphia. they say the suspect seemed to be tarring a house where transgender people live. somebody inside this infinit

crews have cleared out, still, you have uneven lanes, some paved, some milled, watch for that conshohocken into gladwyn. a crash on the northeast extension northbound side approaching lehigh valley. left lane out of commission. we have downed wires blocking route 29 garyville pike or 663 lay field roads are alternates on this friday morning. breaking overnight, gop has been dealt another major blow at its attempt at healthcare reform. an early morning vote defeated a scale back measure to repeal parts of the affordable care act. jeanette reyes is live in the satellite center with more him. >> reporter: the suspense ended with a devastating blow to president trump's agenda. three senate republicans crossed party lines to vote no. john mccain who was diagnosed with brain cancer was among the three returning to cast the vote. the senate voted to 51 to reject a so-called skin yes repeal that would have killed parts of obama care. this latest set back leaves the trump administration without a legislative win 6 months into the presidency. the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimated tha

schuylkill expressway in west conshohocken. both lanes have reopened and the same set up the last few days, both lanes are milled, up ahead, paved. vine street expressway, reopened tapping the brakes on the westbound side approaching the schuylkill expressway they will close again tonight rat 11:00 p.m. overnight construction zones now gone, we're watching a water main break in fishtown. frankford avenue is scheduled to reopen tomorrow afternoon. you've got two more morning commutes without on it. by tomorrow afternoon they expect to get frankford open. a couple of accidents one at garfield. one in valley forge near allentown road has cleared. south jersey, construction going on 70 eastbound by kings highway. one lane getting by with no big delays, tam. >>> going on to breaking news. police fired on a suspect when a traffic stop took a wild turn. the action cam is live at strahle street nearck in rhawn section of philadelphia. the suspect jumped out of the car and pointed a gun at police, that led to the shooting by an officer

. >> a six car crash on i-76 kept traffic snarleded at the conshohocken curve this afternoon 3:30. only one person was transported to the hospital with unknown injurie injuries. the road was closed for cleanup and has since reope reopenened to traffic. >> atlantic city coastguard meantime is serveing for a swimmer that went missing off point pleasant beach early this morning. the point pleasant beach department alerted the coastguard that a 24-year-old woman went missing around 2:27 a.m. when swimming with a friend and coastguard launched a motor life boat crew and air crew to search for the woman. so far she's not been found. >>> exciting day today. fans from all over the philadelphia area descended on lincoln financial field to watch the first open practice in the football season. eyewitness news reporter anita oh found out the philadelphia spirit is loud and very proud. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles!. >> after pushing back oven practice intergity us with day due to the weather the philadelphia eagles welcomed players and fans to a sunny lincoln financial field on sunday. >> we want to

this is the westbound schuylkill schuylkill between route one, city avenue, and the conshohocken curvethere, but they're starting to pick up those cones, you can see, the vehicle there, with the flashing lights, picking up the cones, and giving you two lanes of traffic now on the westbound schuylkill. i-95 at girard avenue. we will check that. volume is picking up, but everybody moving along just fine as far as how long it takes you to get from here to there, our travel times this morning, two minutes on the vine, from 95 to the schuylkill. i59 southbound, from the vine to the blue route, only 16 minute trip, and five minute eastbound on the schuylkill from city avenue to the vine. so far so good, thomas? >> looking good, sue, thank you. 5:16. back to the breaking news, search for four missing men in bucks count. >> i they have found human remains in a mass grave. have positively identified one of those victims. it was the cadaver dogs that led them to the spot where they were digging, this is how they found the dollars body of dean finocchiaro has been positively identified, found bur

how about 76 the schuylkill expressway at conshohocken, eastbound construction overnight crews have cleared, they will be back tonight at 9:00 p.m. for now, no issues along 76. we have a crash in east norton along swede road at evergreen road police on the scene there. delaware, construction is clearing from i-95 northbound but until further notice two lanes are blocked on 495 northbound right by route 13, dupont highway, if that stays out there in the morning, could cause delays later on. >>> breaking now an all outsearch for the gunmen who killed a man in a wheelchair. katherine scott is at temple hospital where the murder victim's caretaker is being treated for a gunshot wound. >> reporter: matt, the 36-year-old man in a wheelchair was pronounced dead on the scene. his caretaker was shot he was taken to temple university hospital in stable condition. let's go to video from tioga nicetown. police on the scene gathering evidence. this happened on the 3300 block of north gratts street. officers were called shortly before midnight. police say a 36-year-old man in a wheelchair has returned ho

you're taking a live look at conshohocken state road. a tree branch fell on wires that fire spread to the gas lines under ground. peco is out there beginning to dig up the road and make repairs. officials say 47 customers right now are without electric power. >>> and this story is developing, a gruesome find in the parking lot of a salvation army of west philadelphia, police found 39-year-old man shot in the head. the shooting happened before 2:00 a.m. on the 5500 block of market street. police do not believe the victim was robbed. so they are trying to figure out a motive. right now investigators are taking a look at a video from nearby surveillance cameras hoping it gives them a description of the shooter. >>> west chester police are looking for a man wanted in a violent attack captured on cell phone video. his alleged victim was sent to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury. hatfield is free on $25,000 bail. >>> a funeral services are set for a recent high school graduate who was shot during a road rage encounter. a service for b

construction crews have the right lane closed city avenue all the way through the conshohocken curve. we're taking live look at 76 westbound, right at the city avenue exit here. that's where this picks up. it didn't look too bad. a little bit earlier, but just in the last couple every minute traffic starting to slow down, volume builds. that's most likely going to get worse as we move through the morning, if you absolutely have to hop on there, maybe go around the section, make sure to give yourselves extra time. and if you're down the shore this morning, weaver something for to you watch out for as well. route nine, closed due accident there is looks like it is affecting both the north and southbound sides, at this point. this is near route 83, avalon boulevard. you'll want to avoid this area altogether if you can. and taking a live look at 95, by race street, little hazy out there, but with the exception of the construction, i mentioned earlier, all of the majors looking good this morning, in the cbs-3 traffic center, amanda mueller, back to you. >> amanda, thank you. new this morni

distribute 30,000 backpacks, volunteers spend the morning packing up some of them at the west conshohocken facility. >>> abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17. and join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. and for the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams, have a nice evening we hope to see you tonight at 11:00. from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor. it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. >>> tonight, president trump on the attack. going after his own attorney general. this evening the president now saying, quote, time will tell whether sessions survives. our team right here with new reporting. how close is the president to firing his attorney genera

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on the go in montco we'll recap a beloved tradition in the heart of conshohocken. >> reporter: it's warm and stigy out there, dewpoints in the upper 60s and low 70s, temperatures are in the upper 60s and low 70s. details coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com of the inside of a delta passenger jet after a violent confrontation with a passenger. he is charged with interfering with the flight crew and could face up to 20 years in prison. a delta attendant smashed a wine bottle in the head after the passenger lunged for the e

. >> even though conshohocken is great. >> good to see you. >> thank you so much. >> i enjoy it. >> weill have you back for cap's corner. >> he hit a three run home run to tie up the game against brewers and new cameron rupp is making a big deal. maybe highlight of his life. he is live on "good day philadelphia" >>> in honor of the eagles training camp we are having tv training camp. our intern alycia is going through the motions, going through the exercises, the skills that it takes to do this. to do this job on television. >> basically just company some things. >> we will torture or interns. >> hi there. >> how are you. >> from italian. >> now is exercise how to read , and your ability to read the teleprompter. now i am going to run the teleprompter for you and what normally happens is it screws up. we have technical problems and sometimes you got to just remember what the story is. >> what is the story. >> what is the story about. >> have you read this through once. >> they did not let me do that >> so it is a cold read, in this business. >> a cold read. you should never do it, just

the blaze broke out near conshohocken state road and officials tell "action news" that the fire was sparked by a tree branch that fell on wires and that spread to a gas line that when underground. no injuries were reported and peco says that one point gas service was knocked out to 120 customers in the area and utility crews have restored power for most of those customers. we have to alert septa rail users to the fare validation proceed airs. beginning monday july 10th, passengers that travel at temple and jefferson and 30th street monday through friday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., need to have their tickets inspected and punched by the personnel, the punch tickets need to be presented to the conductor on the train for collection and it requires all passengers traveling from the center city stations to have a prepaid tickets or pass before going to the platform. this takes affect on monday. >>> and still to come scary moments on an international flight. after a passenger allegedly tries to enter the cockpit and fights a flight attendant. >> and a bear breaks into a colorado home, coming up

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schuylkill expressway eastbound zone near conshohocken they tore up more road on the westbound side by city avenue. you will notice one of the two lanes has been milled. it's bumpy and dusty. changes along the schuylkill expressway as the overnight roadwork continues each night. 76 the pennsylvania turnpike, the westbound zone in chester county has cleared out. speeds in the mid offs. everything reopened there. two separate zones on the northeast extension of the turnpike northbound between mid county and lansdale. they have cleared. you're good to go on 476. if you're heading toward allentown along 222, that's not open this morning. there's a crash blocking it off between 100 and mill creek road. i would stay on 78 or hamilton boulevard. 222 not where you want to be heading toward allentown this morning. overnight roadwork rapping in portions of delaware, 273 there's a zone. 896 southbound there's a zone. the good news those zones should clear in the next 15 minutes minutes or so. 276 westbound in upper dublin reports of a vehicle stopped on the roadway there. >>> thank you matt. >>>

now there is camera shot, right at conshohocken. and the left lane is blocked. you can see, sole cones in the road, flashing lights here, so just pull that to your tai attention. one of the areas that certainly can start to slow you down as we push little deeper into the 5:00 hour. looking outside, accident here in east norriton, still out there, swede road, evergreen avenue, knawl to your attention, if that's your neighborhood. then down the shore, downed wires from earlier accident route nine closed at route 83, you will have to use alternate. garden state parkway going to be your best bet for now. rahel, back over to you. >> meisha, thank you. more now on our breaking news, a deadly shooting in tioga, searching for two gunmen left man in wheelchair dead, had i caretaker injured. jan carabeo live at temple university hospital. with more now on the breaking news dollars good morning, jan. >> rahel, good morning, what a scary incident overnight for this tioga household, as you mentioned, nan in wheelchair shot and killed his caretaker shot and injured, brought h

communities that have really thrived around the trail, you know, if you first look at manayunk, conshohockenil goes in and the development and the economic benefit arise around it. >> now that trail starts in philadelphia and travels, 26 miles, stretch to phoenixville. >> we will have more on the trail, and so much more, when we broadcast live from phoenixville, later today on "eyewitness news" at five, six and 11:00. we will celebrate blob if he and everything else the town has to offer so be sure to tune in for the summer if he fun, later today at 5:00. >>> then check this out on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 a summer fest surprise, meteorologist kate bilo from phoenixville has been out on maternity leave for six weeks, we are catching up to see how little, saline is doing now and how kate is feeling after a health care land heard in the hospital. that is tonight on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we >>> a day on the job took an unexpect turn, for an arizona police officer when they took a huge runaway tortoise in custody. >> of course, tortoise didn't runaway but officers say somehow it got separa

philadelphia really to westchester norristown chester west north and east north and west down downingtown conshohocken swarthmore square collegeville jenkintown numbers marcus berg and he slams down for your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building in addition to damaging winds frequent to ground lightning is occurring with this storm moved indoors immediately remember if you can hear thunder you are close enough to be struck by it like torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms and may lead to flooding do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways repeating a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until six pm for the following counties in pennsylvania birds chester delaware montgomery and philadelphia and new castle delaware. your twitter account only wrote you know dot all. but it's also what he's attacked for by some of his detractors recently we've seen the media become preoccupied with trump's personal habits some choose to dissect his food choices slamming him for his love of red meat exotic meals fast food you name it it's true he's not like obama

. >> and another annual event for the fourth of july is the soap box derby in conshohocken. take a look at some video, fun from past races, the 62nd year the soap box derby to track it family to town. teams using gravity, good old american inch jen your at this to race for prices. pat gallen will be live in the 6:00 hour for up close look at one of the area's independence day traditions. there is plenty of fun to be had this long holiday weekends, all across the delaware valley. >> the city, the suburbs, head to cbsphilly.com. >> all philadelphia offices and services are closed today for the july 4th holiday f your normal trash clerks day is today, put out materials for collection tomorrow. trash and recycling collections will be day behind all week, municipal courts arraignment court, how much, will remain open. >> and other news this morning, upper darby police say two teenage girls responsible for violent crime spree over the last two weeks. authority have named 16 year old and 17 year old as suspect. they are accused of rob too long cab drivers at gunpoint within hours o