again we go into the radar right now and then okay and i just got word, dann cuellar is live in extonl head out there you are on the phone in exton, you are seeing and hearing a tremendous amount of lightning now am i correct. >> big brought lightning what happened just a few minutes ago just before 5:30, suddenly it looks like 8:30 at night than 5:30 in the afternoon it got roly dark and lightning everywhere and the rain is coming down ferociously and we saw the winds come in and one in the clouds they looked ominous before the rain started. kind of greenish grayish looking clouds and then the rain and lightning crackling behind me, here in exton off route 100 adam. adam are you there. >> dann you are correct, you get the strongest winds and rain before the lightning arrives, a greenish glow to the skies we get this light reflecting off of ice in the clouds sometimes it's hail that gives off the greenish color are you in the heart of the storm when it comes to the rain intensity and the lightning intensity. but where the possible rotation is, is east of you, you are safe there, it's

prosecutors say that 32-year-old brie distefano took more than 50 prints from steve mccurry's studio in exton including a copy of his afghan girl. distefano allegedly stole $650,000 of items from the black market as she worked as mccurry's manager, most of the stolen items are recovered and returned. >> the ceo of amtrak and other officials when to washington today to review the why's and wherefore's of the deadly train derailment and there are still unanswered questions. john rawlins was on capitol hill today. >> reporter: congressmen wants answers several zeroed in on the engineer's cell phone was it in operation prior to the derailment, on may 12th? >> there is a lot of frustration in this kpit eand the attention to lack of answers thereof. >> congress did not get many answers about the wreck of amtrak 188 in philadelphia, several members wanted to know if the cell phone was in use prior to the derailment. the ntsb chair says they cannot say yet they have the phone records but are having a hard time getting the precise times. >> we are getting the records to correlate the data and voice ac

these days we're grateful to see working traffic lights, they are working commerce drive by the extonpping center, we've recovered from the time storms on tuesday several other spots in chester county, the same cannot be said we have the closure of 926 street road. wawa set road is blocked. locust grove road gets you around that. southbound lanes of route 1 baltimore pike are closed between school house lane and author ton road. smith bridge --horton road. >>> in case you're wanterring, you won't see any delays on 70 eastbound because two right lanes are blocked at springdale road because of downed wires. 47 is blocked at pitman avenue, traffic lights are on the fritz on the black horse pike. treat it as a stop sign. in paulsboro we have traffic lights and downed wires we're not getting anything on the waze app. >>> winds and the seas and premonsoon rains are bringing relief to southern pakistan. a scorching heat wave have killed 883 people. the temperatures have dropped to 93 degrees temperatures have reached 113 degrees hours long power outages and little running water and people fa

. >> reporter: looking good looking clear and dry in exton chester county. no problems here. a ramp to i-95 is expected to close tonight for construction. details coming up. >> plus, later in the morning buzz how 66 surfers rode their way into the guinness book of world records. "action news" continues. >> welcome back you're taking a live look out across philadelphia international airport. beautiful blues and purples as the morning gets going 35:13 75 degrees already we're in for another toasty one. >> good morning karen i hope you had a great weekend. >> reporter: i had a great weekend, it's monday morning, i think i need a third cup of coffee. let's do the suburban traffic report. the ramp from i-95 northbound to route 1 northbound is expected to close from 1:00 p.m. tonight use the ramps at ridley park instead. the ramp from the i-95 to the blue route is shutting down again. let's look at hatfield township montgomery county, cow path road we have an accident, watch for restrictions. we see the speeds on the northeast extension 65 miles per hour heading southbound near lan

the a main line route 76, malvern coatsville thorndale devon berwyn area a a lock route 202, also extonnd chesterbrook. if you live in any of these regions a tornado warning is in effect for your area. doppler radar indicated the rotation of the thunderstorm, that could create a tornado. if we can get back to the regular radar here, if there was any hail indication here or anything else that will indicate where this storm is and we can zoom in on the particular neighborhood. here's the very late that he is we're talking about that tornado warning in effect for chester, cities, tredyffrin, west chester west goshen, people affect over 300,000 people, in our suburbs the storm scan three and we can see it in red. and superimpose, over it. this is where heaviest rain is. this is where doppler indicated rotation is. once again as we take a look at our hyper sensitivity reflectivity mode. steve, if we can go back to the doppler mode we can show the exact location, so where you see the wind meet, precipitation meets, that is what we're talking about that clashing of those different direction th

authorities arrested bree destephano a manager at steve mccurry studios's student yiep in exton.il caused of stealing prints books and other items from mccurry including a copy of this famous photograph "afghan girl" which graced the cover of "national geographic." stolen items worth more than $750,000 and most have been recovered. >>> a car drove right through a boston market restaurant in newark, delaware this afternoon. the accident happened at 3:40. police say 21-year-old joelle prettiman lost control and crashed into the building. she was visually upset but fortunately not hurt. and one person with minor injuries wherever the flying debris but refused medical attention. >>> hard work paying off for a student at central high school. the scholarship fund awarded brandon a $2,000 scholarship during a ceremony in center city. he will use it to help pay for he did indicating at penn state. receiving a total of $8,000 over the four years and they selected him because of the 3.76 g.p.a. and extensive community service. >>> still to come on "action news," students and staff face-off

at the center of a crime tonight the photograph afghan girl is among dozens of items stolen from an exton art gallery. 32-year-old brie destefano arraigned this morning charged with stealing that photograph and several other items and selling them. steve mccurry is the photographer who took the afghan girl photo. did he instead of know work as a sales manager at his studio. >> we've known about these things for quite sometime and we've basketball collaborating with the district attorney's office ever since they approached us. we'll see writ goes from there. >> the defendant saw these great photographs, saw these wonderful photographs that mr. mccurry had spent his life making and she saw a way to make a quick buck. >> investigators also accuseed her of using alias tousle dozens of mccury's books online. >>> philadelphia police released new surveillance video of some scooter thieves caught in the act. you can see two male suspects taking a scooter from in front of a home on carpenter street. this happened may sixth. police say they believe these suspects are responsible for multiple scoote

ramp for 340, just the left lane squeezing by it's not squeezing by quickly as you come west with of extone brakes in the afternoon a downed tree in valley form national park. now 252 is blocked. 25 of course is closed because of the bridge work, it's a mess in this area any way, stay on gulf road to get around the closure, but upper mar one there say crash at kroeton road and eastbound side of the schuylkill back on to eighth street a delay on the shoulder spilling back to i-76 with speeds like 10 and 12 miles per hour. and downed wires to watch for in upper darby on springfield road and mcdade boulevard and taylor swift is in south philadelphia that means i-95 is super packs and super busy and people are heading southbound and we see a delay at cotman and a crash off to the side i could keep going but we'll do it again at 5:00. >> we need to get you your own show. >> i would watch. >>> if you think the scariest part of flying is taking off then you won't like this one one bit. boeing just released the new video of its new aircraft. the jet liner can take off at nearly a vertical angle so

activity in the past 15 minutes, if you are traveling along route 422 along phoenixville north of extonlso into malvern, we are tracking the unsettled weather expect this to continue into the first half of the weekend, lets talk about what is ahead. we are tracking the isolated showers and storms and a warm and humid night on the way and lower humidity as we head into the weekend, we'll go over all the details, and lets you know if there is an official heat wave tomorrow with the accuweather forecast had. >> thank you melissa. 6abc.com and the 6 abc mobile apps helps you stay ahead of the changes over the weekend, you'll find street level storm tracker radar and sky 6 cameras look at the weather before you head out. a manhunt for two escaped murderers that escaped from an upstate prison they continue to scour the woods not far from the clinton facility. they believe that matt and sweat are still together they are looking for video to see if the pair looked through trash for food. joyce mitchell is working with investigators to see if she was to supply the get away car and never showed.

you can see from malvern exton all this area picking up light rain.te 1, the schuylkill expressway, pennsylvania turnpike all getting a little wet at this point. and again there's more activity across south jersey and delaware, all this picks up in intensity as the day wears on. dover, 70 degrees, millville 69. allentown, 67. trenton, 69. reading coming in at 67, the poconos barely cracking 60 degrees at this hour, a little bit chilly up in the mountains. satellite and radar we're watching this area of low pressure here, you can kind of see that little counter clockwise swirl that comma-shaped cloud that will push east across the keystone state. we have two areas of low pressure one developing across richmond virginia. they converge on the area overnight tonight and it will pull away tomorrow. tomorrow we'll see a combination of sun and clouds, maybe a late-day shower, but it will be isolated in nature. today we're looking at a widespread shield of moisture covering the entire delaware valley from start to finish. later this afternoon you'll see it pi

this was stolen from steve mcmurray's studios in exton. brie destefano accused of of selling more than $650,000 worth of the studio's photos, prints and books for her own profit. >> olympic athlete jim thorpe surviving's sons are asking the supreme court to allow them to row bury their father on american indian land in oklahoma oklahoma. the 1912 olympic gold medal was laid to rest in jim thorpe more than sick decades ago. the town named itself for the named athlete and built a memorial for thorpe. his surviving sons have been fighting for years now to have his body moved saying their father wanted to be buried in his home state of oklahoma. >>> several inches of rain poured from the sky late yesterday flooding streets around the area. cars forced to drive through water up to their tires while others decideed to go fishing in the streets. take a look. 5-inches of rain flooding the lake and a park in newark yesterday sending it overflowing into the surrounding neighborhood. as a result carp and other fish started swimming in nearby roads ro

here's fox's establish exton. >> reporter: as country mourns the nine victims of the charleston church shooting lawmakers are calling for action. one of the top priorities removing confederate battle flag from the south carolina state house growing number of officials are demanding the state strike the flag including governor nicki haley and senator lindsey graham a republican presidential candidate today we are here in a moment of unity in our state, without ill will, to say it is time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. >> reporter: white house press secretary josh ernest says the president has long advocated for flag's removal. >> he had shared his view that the confederate flag should be taken down, and place in the museum where it belongs. >> reporter: ernest says president is focused on how to avoid mass shootings like this in the future that could include another push for tighter gun control laws. >> there are common sense steps that can be taken that don't under mine critically important second amendment rights but would make our country safer. >> reporter: some republic

photograph afghan girl is among dozens of items stolen from an art gallery in exton. three two-year old bri destephano was arraigned and charged with stealing those items and selling them to make a profit. destafano works as a sales manager, the at photographer steve mccurry's studio. >> we have known about these things for quite sometime. we have been cooperating with the district attorney's office ever since they approached us. we will see where it is from there. >> the defendant saw these great photographs saw these wonderful photographs that mr. mccurry had spent his life making and she saw a way to make a quick buck. >> investigators are also accusing the destafano of using aliases to will sell dozens of mccurry's books on line. >>> funeral arrangements are set for beau biden former delaware, attorney general and son of the vice-president, joe biden. those plans included a eulogy from president barack obama during the funeral on the saturday. biden died last saturday at the age of 46, after a battle with brain cancer. on thursday, beau biden will lie in honor at

it was one of many items stolen from steve mccury's studios in exton.rosecutors have charged this man 32-year-old -- this woman i should say 32-year-old brie destefano a former sales manager there. cease accused of of selling $650,000 worth of the studio's photos prints and books for her own profit. police say destefano conspired with a gallery manager in colorado. >>> the biden family and many others mourning the loss of a man they say gave a voice to the vulnerable beau biden passed away this weekend after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. with the help of his widow his work will continue to live on. fox 29's dave kinchen is live at ant saint anthony's church in wilmington where his funeral will take place this weekend. dave they're doing special to give his legacy alive. >> reporter: beau biden was known for defending children. his family members and friends are making sure work continues. delaware community foundation president fred sears he and vice-president biden go back to their college days and he remembers beau biden as a boy. there's a hole

watching wet conditions in chester county along roads like 30, 100 and watching a pothole in the road in exton along pottstown road thanks to a member of our 6abc commuter team for sharing with us. we'll check it again brian and sarah in the next half hour. >> all right matt. >>> the government has less authority to spy on you today than it did yesterday. still ahead what happens next to your privacy rights now that the patriot act has expired. >> plus, it's a project that's transforming a massive space in atlantic city and today we got a behind the scenes look. >> and it's the picture that's got the whole world buzzing today. bruce jenner declares call me kaitlyn as the former olympian reintroduces herself to the world. >> ♪♪ you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. anoro ellipta is the first fda-approved product containing two long-acting bronchodilators in one inhaler. anoro is not for asthma. anoro contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. it is not known if this risk is