as long as you're coming into the fort washington at this early hour then you're fine.ll bets are off for everyone else. looking live at 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike so no issues coming in from ambler or montgomeryville, looking good on 309. that's your southbound traffic there moving just fine and really all your area roads. it's early yet so for the most part you're looking good but we've got a couple of big accidents. one of them is here in new castle, it's right on i-95 northbound and it's at 295 here. it's an overturned tractor-trailer and a fuel spill. it's blocking two lanes. we're hearing there are injuries on the scene so you'll see ems crews on the scene with this one as well so watch for that one in new castle. on the garden state parkway, we've got a big accident here as well also blocking two lanes. this is just past the newo the t lanes are blocked with that accident so a couple of accidents even at this early hour. outside live on the ben franklin bridge, there we go, that's your westbound traffic coming into the city. you can see where you're notot l

eastbound near valley forge, left lane is block and then skate down a little bit further east and fort washington eastbound left lane is block here but again no delays in this area on the northeast extension a couple things to look out for, northeast extension northbound pennsylvania mid county tolls right lane block there and staying further north in lansdowne and we have got this construction on the schuylkill expressway, that starts again at 10:00 a.m. plus this water main break, jan. >> pat, thank you. more on the overnight break in glenside, we just spoke to officials who tell us it should be repaired by lunchtime. this is video just in the news room 12-inch main broke near mount car until avenue and north tyson around 2:00 this morning. scene isn't far from septa's glenside station but break is not effecting regional rail services for now. >>> well, federal corruption trial of the philadelphia district attorney seth williams continues this morning. >> "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live outside center city courtroom with more on the prosecution's strategy, trang do, good morning. >>

let's take a look outside right now in fort washington. this is 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike. fine. light volume, no big accidents here coming from perkasie or montgomeryville you have a nice easy ride. i'm not going to say it's going to be the case in an hour but for now you're looking good. construction in west rockhill township bucks county from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. they're doing some pipe replacement. they'll close down cat hill road near farmers lane. stick to county line road as your alternate. also this accident is new here in hunting park old york road at hunting park avenue. so watch for an accident on the scene. vine is looking good westbound not even jammed just yet. it will be later. it was closed overnight for construction. you can see it's opened right now. they'll close again tonight at 11 o'clock so don't forget that. let's get to the commuter traffic report. i want to show you the waze app. i found someone talking about a problem, an accident on delaware street in woodbury. if you're traveling in woodbury watch for delaware street near broad street and coope

for the next 10 minutes of so, we will tour the fort ward union museum and historic site. it was built to protect washington, d.c. from confederate forces. >> welcome to fort ward, which is a premier civil war site in the city of alexandria, and a major destination and orientation site for visitors who want to learn more about the civil war defenses of washington. we are the only site that has a museum or visitors center to help interpret, not just our site, but illustrate for the public these important points about the defenses of washington. ft. worth was named for commander james harmon ward, who was the first union navy commander to be killed during the civil war. he was a well-respected naval officer, an authority on naval ordinance, and helped found the naval academy at annapolis. in fact, if you go to the naval academy today, there is a hall called ward hall, named for him. we are standing in front of an orientation map display that visitors very often find interesting because it sets the scene for a history of fort ward and wartime alexandria, and the history of this defense system. one thing i thin

over on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between valley forge and fort washington construction blocksne. outside live on i-95 no problems yet. we'll surely see them later but no problems just yet. this is at cottman. southbound traffic very light volume heading towards center city. i want to take you over to the commuter traffic report on the waze app. woe and found someone talking about an accident in chester so watch tabor that on the waze app if you switch over to that you'll be able to see it or we'll just move to weather if you would prefer but we can switch to something. you can see that on the waze app here so watch for that accident west third street in chester. now to the temperatures right now. let's show you what's going on. it's 73 right now in philadelphia t70 in allentown, 73 in millville. not quite as warm as it was yesterday morning but it's still really sticky. the storms have left us. we have one or two little sprinkles especially near the coastline but today's a dry day. we start with clouds. we'll see mostly sunny skies and more importantly i think less humid and a

forts on the virginia side. one important point about the defenses of washington is that it transformed the whole into a military city in essence. you had the see of the federal government with a huge bring a forts and all the camps that accompany those forts, washington becomes a logistical headquarters for the union war effort and becomes a major campaign in training ground for the union army during the civil war. thousands of union soldiers after washington and alexandria during the civil war which was an important resource for the union because of transportation facilities and its port. you can see how many forts were built to surround the town of alexandria during that time. earthworks remains are the most significant artifact here. have 95% of the original fort walls preserved and summer in buter condition than others there's enough significantly preserved that if someone walks aside in a have an engineer plan in front of them are walking tour map they can make sense of the design of the four and format of the fort and the northwest bastion gives them a fourpicture of what the would've looked like. at an o

between clinton and brandywine right now but keep in mind 210 also starting to see volume through fort washington looks in college park. 295 ramp to greenbelt road closed right now. we'll have a live look at that coming up. that's your look at traffic. >> time is 5:49. iran launched missiles into eastern syria in response to an attack on iran's parliament. iran's revolutionary guard warned it would retaliate on anyone else carrying out terrorist attacks in the country. >> police headquarters in afghanistan were attacked by the taliban. two suicide car bombs killed at least five police officers. one of the explosions was so strong that it shattered windows more than 2 miles away. now this comes as the pentagon is additional u.s. troops to help fight the taliban in afghanistan. >>> let's go to a fox5 exclusive now out of prince george's county. several school board members are calling for a state investigation into what they say is widespread corruption in the school district. >> yeah, they claim fraudulent measures are being taken to boost high school graduation rates and then push students throug

it's backing up track coming in 210 from fort washington as well as branch avenue.ll of your alternates backing up. about a two-hour delay on the inner loop from that saint barnabas road to that that detour point at eisenhower avenue. we have the very latest. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we'll let you know as soon as they're able to reopen any lanes of the inner loop. back to you. >> erin thanks so much. we'll start with new developments in a story that fox5 was the first to break. >> it was one week ago that our lindsey watts was first to report the claims of grade fixing at some prince georges county high schools. four school board members contacted member governor larry hogan saying that they have evidence hundreds of students graduated without meeting statement requirements. >> fox5 continued to break news in this. >> lindsey watts breaking that governor hogan is taking action in this case. >> fox5's melanie alnwick picking up the story from prince george's county school board headquarters in upper >> reporter: good morning, steve and allison. gov

fort washington 45. let's see the trend for the next three days. today we will see a mix of sun and clouds and showers developing later on in the day, and topping out in the upper 70s to low 80s on monday. we will see rounds of thunderstorms especially likely for the afternoon hours and then the rain sticks around through tuesday, and we go from mid-70s on monday into the upper 70s on tuesday, and then delaware seeing 42 for today. 71 on monday and tuesday. rosemary, back to you. >> announcer: nbc10 breaking news. >> several innocent people left dead. and some of the injured are in critical condition. we also know police have shot and killed the three attackers. the attacks at the pubs happened in borough market not far from london bridge and this all comes as the country is still reeling from the terror attack last monday and in march. the latest attack led the prime minister teresa may to call for tough tougher. matt delucia joins us live from the breaking news center. >> prime minister teresa may spoke for ten minutes and this was all within the

. >> nothing happening in fort washington. that's a good thing. and the turnpike, you can see everything looks good in both directions north and south. roads are dry. traffic is moving. upper dublin there was an earlier vehicle fire. checking in with the blue route and same as you're going northbound. so average speeds there into the 60s. we look good. but towards philadelphia, you won't see the sun glare. this is the ben franklin toll plaza. everything is moving along nicely. you can see a couple cars over the bend. you'll be just fine. >>> ten minutes past 6:00 a.m. another chance to win the big one. >> a buying frenzy begins. how much is at stake. >>> and taking a stand against violence. they hold a circle of prayer for a boy shot in wilmington. where police are tracking down the gunman. ♪ ♪ ♪ with simply right checking from santander bank, just make one deposit, withdrawal, transfer, or payment each month to waive the monthly fee. and there's no minimum balance. you're alright with simply right checking from santander bank. ♪ are you feeling a

cameras moving around the fort washington area. one car moving through at a time. roads are dry. good morning commute we'll have so far. accident out in abington. watch for this on meeting house road. >>> still keeping my eye on the burlington bristol. >> thanks for that. you will see a lot of people hitting the roads and taking to the skies and rails today for the july 4 holiday weekend. live look from farly plaza. you can bet some of those cars are headed to the jersey shore. here's what it looks like right now. jersey shore is always a popular place. during long holiday weekends and a long one this is. five days people are cashing in. businesses are getting ready for biggest weekend of the summer. ocean city board walk was already crowded yesterday. the surf mall is among local businesses that have been getting gear ready for the holiday weekend. merchants say this year a bonus because the 4th falls on a tuesday. >> i think any board merchant would prefer to have four very strong days as opposed to when 4th of july falls on a saturday. often busier for them. this holiday weeke

the pennsylvania turnpike from norristown to fort washington, delays are there. and a crash in harass ham at county line road and one in warrington and east of 611 stick with county and west of 611 you don't want to use that. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> still to come at 5:00, a fiery scene at the u.s. open tour into wisconsin. the airplane crashed in a field sending one person to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> and president trump on the attack, the report on the russian investigation that has the president striking back on twitter. low humidity and breezy and it's not going to last. i am tracking the return of the muggies along with unsettled weather through the weekend. we'll explain in the accuweather forecast when "action news" returns. >>> the pilot of an advertising blimp is suffering serious burns when the aircraft crashed in wisconsin. it happened in an open field at a u.s. open golf tournament. the blimp was smoking or on fire when it descended to the ground. the pilot was air-lifted to the hospital and the police asked the nt

the roadway here, northbound and southbound of indianhead highway now back up and running in fort washington. that is good news because you live in doing a great job detouring everyone. angela:we've had to detour people for the last five hours but even with the opening of the north and southbound lanes of indianhead highway, there will be a lot of gridlock. sky track 7 is still over the same. as traffic is starting to filter through the intersection with palmer wrote. i-- road. i want to show you what is happening around the capital beltway. we have been dealing with an accident in annandale. two lanes remain blocked on the inner loop between gallows road and arlington boulevard. princesh we had in george's county. look at the outer loop especially, leading up to the baltimore-washington parkway where we've got a couple of lanes blocked. another collision on the outer loop. we are being told this is an overturned field. at route one in college park past good luck road. heading into the accident location, there are delays. keep in mind into the district, we have got the police investigation g

produced pictures of these men, investigators say stole this dirt bike from a teenager this week in fort washington. >> the victim puts this for sale on social media. they responded to the ad. they showed up in his house at this vehicle. once they arrived on scene, this gentleman pulled out a handgun. >> reporter: police deployed atvs of their own, along with bicycles and motorcycles as they try to end what police say a very dangerous game >> we never want to be engaged in a pursuit. we will not meet their behavior with our they're not going to out run the helicopter. >> reporter: they're not publicizing all of their tactic, they're ready if the pack hits the streets again. chris murtha said keep those calls coming. they've been getting a lot. they're helpful, at national harbor, there's a sign at the entrance that says, atv imaging in use. basically, warning these people that if you come into this area, on your dirt bike, on your atv, we're taking your photo. live in national harbor, paul wagner fox 5 local news. >>> i hope you're not trying to get across bay bridge right now or know anybody that

climbing in fort washington we've got 64 degrees to start with. 80s this afternoon.pper 80s but the humidity stays low. so it will still be comfortable. typical end of june. you'll see lots of sunshine and look at allentown east and middle to upper 08s for both of those areas. sunshine will be nice and bright for today and for tomorrow, the hiemt will start creeping in so enjoy this while it's here. you're in the 70s at the shore while inland areas warming into the 80s this afternoon. doppler radar picks up those clouds. no sign of any wet weather for us. the showers are passing to the north and far to the northwest. the next chance of showers arrives this weekend. so does the steamy conditions too. for saturday and sunday, temperatures into the 90s for philadelphia. the hottest and most humid day will be saturday with those showers developing during the day and some lingering into sunday morning. i don't think it's going to be an all day rainfall on sunday. some clearing and that lead to a dry day on monday. today might be the nicest of the next ten. humidity stays

and slowing on the eastbound turnpike approaching fort washington with speeds in the 30s. eagleville look for crash. and over in burlington county a crash along 295 southbound at 541 that is off to the side and speeds there in the mid-60s. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report a crash along princeton pike, a lot of people are talking about it and the congestion resulting from it. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> up next here at 4:00 chaos at a well known landmark in paris and a man armed with a hammer tried to attack police. >> plus, amazon is offering a discount to its popular prime membership for a select group of customers. we'll explain coming up. and because together you roared so loud, i know my voice matters today. this summer, come celebrate new york state's equal rights history. download our guide to plan your trip. >>> in paris today police shot and injured a man that attacked officers with a hammer at the notre dame cathedral. it caused chaos and confusion at one of the most popular tourist destinations. as you can

there is an accident on the eastbound pennsylvania turnpike as you travel between mid county and fort washington. the westbound side a broken down vehicle on the connecter bridge. and the right lane is out of commission there. and warrington an accident at street road by the bed bath and beyond. stay on county line. and a crash in northeast philadelphia atal and kennett square an accident at 82 the route 1 bypass and this is firefly weekend plenty of traffic along 1 and 113 and tree lane. >>> still to come on "action news" at 4:00, a big sur pry for a local hero, "action news" is giving a woman the red carpet treatment. why her efforts in the community are honored in such a big way. today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. so at citizens bank, we've created banking tools that fit how you're living today. from advanced atms... to online banking... to our award winning mobile app. and if you prefer face-to-face, we have that too. ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. ask me, terry goggans, sorry about the holdup, folks. we have some congestion on the r

no problems on 309, near pennsylvania turnpike, as we say good morning to fort washington and septa'snal rails, first one out of the gaeton paoli thorndale line already 15 minutes late and they are running buses through this week on the cynwyd line all because of track work but otherwise mass transit off to a good start. back to you. >>> 5:21. voters in new jersey will head to the polls to decide on among other things gubernatorial candidates. six democrats, five republicans are competing in the primary. phil murphy and republican lieutenant governor jim guadagno are considered front runners. >>> beside that, voters will choose nominees for state is not and assembly. mayoral cam dates in camden, atlantic city and number of other county and municipal races are on the ballot. polls will open up at 6:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. >>> all right. we want to show you where you got to be on the look out for another creature on the loose, a bear, and it may still be in a tree right now, so we will be on the bear patrol. is there a black bear that has been sleeping in, a tree, up on street ro

followed by harlem heights, white plains, the capture in new york as well, and the defeats at fort washington and fort lee. really, fort lee was an abandoning of the fort and important supplies, and that began in late november the retreat through new jersey. washington fell back through new jersey. he was hoping to defend new jersey, but because of the defeats, morale was sinking fast. he was counting on the new jersey militia as well as pennsylvania militia to come forward and strengthen his army. they were not turning out in any significant numbers. he had to continue retreating through new jersey. halfway across the state, he orders the gathering of the boats along the delaware river. he sends men forward to the river to start confiscating all the boats. for 70 miles north of philadelphia, everything that floats is being gathered by the army so the british will not have any boats left across the river. washington, when he arrives in trenton, the army will begin crossing the delaware river, that is the retreat crossing, as i like to phrase it. very important to save the army from the britis

. >> you got it, sue, good morning, 5:17 on a monday, live look at route 309 near fort washington noroblems or delays there turnpike looking good, pockets popping here. gang coming right back from the shore, right in the office here on the 42 freeway but we are looking good, no wipers need. we had problems at the airport when we had storms rolling through and we will so problems later on today. so it is all about timing. if you are flying in and out of philly international. you? schedules for septa regional rail lieders. make sure you have new timetable, some changes slight , couple minutes here and there south philadelphia 16th and fitzwater watch for an accident, 16th between fitzwater and christian police are on the scene there by the high school for creative and performing arts i believe. southbound i-95, right here before the split at naamans road we are working on a crash a couple down trees, keystone drive at progress drive and also in wilmington chambers rock at thompson station road, karen and thomas, back to you. >>> navy has identified seven sailors killed when u.s.s. fitz

the crosswalk here, look at the top guy in the suit third in line, member of the public from fort washingtonoming here to see the trial in person. l girl next to him is first in line, mike, you'll find this fascinating. she's no trial. she's a professional place holders she bought ibry when tht iphone she gets out, gets paid , very well, and her and the guy are holding place in line for people who are going to take becauseace, and then go in it is first come first serve. we will walk up the steps and look to the right. this is just one side of this, and you can see we have got reporter crews i h met, furthest one i have met from australia, and they have been doing live shots. cosby case is beam all around the world. mike, maybe you can help me with this i don't know any sitcoms star from australia, germany and france but our sitcom stars are bigger over there i'm surprised people in hl cosby but they do and this is it a big story over there. >> cosby show was huge, in europe, and i australia. and in france. you are rht around the world, including us. >> only going to get busier. >> thanks, s

. >>> prince george's county police still trying to figure out what led to a serious crash in fort washingtonwas over the scene. two vehicles were involved in the crash. six people were hurt. at least one is in critical condition. all lanes were closed for several hours, they have since reopened. >>> a candle vigil will be held for the victim of a deadly shooting in oxon hill. 26-year-old sh aheem was shot and killed in the 5200 block of lever rick street, a graduate of hampton university and a member of the alumni association, that group is holding a vigil at 7:00 p.m. tonight. >>> a southeast dc man who admits he killed two children in a drunk driving crash in oxon hill found out his punishment. a judge sentenced him to 50 year in prison. he was supposed to be sentenced last month but failed to show up. police arrested him days later and today, the judge tacked on an additional 25 days in prison for that offense. kelly pleaded guilty to negligent homicide, manslaughter and other charges related to the 2014 crash. he admits he was speeding when he rear-ended a car that was stopped at a red l

played high school ball at national christian academy in fort washington. finished his senior year as montrose christian school. he has two olympic gold medals and now he has the title that had been alluding him. in seat pleasant, john gonzalez, abc7 news. michelle: more titles, more problems. everybody will be asking for something. alison: random people. hey, could i have some money? very funny. doug, we have a heatwave going. everybody outside is sweating. doug: for hot and humid again. back in the mid-90's but feeling warmer because of the moisture. the break will come tomorrow thunderstorms. we have a few on the map now. let's get you startedle bottom of the screen, southwest of fredericksburg in spotsylvania county. a heavy downpour. most of them as we have expected to remain along and west of interstate 81. that is where the most instability is. that is where the best ingredients and the atmosphere are for the showers and the thunderstorms to pop. we could see one close to the metro area single cell form up later tonight. not likely. possible tomorrow

mornings are that way, later on this afternoon we will get into our weekend, summertime plans, fort washington 309 looking good, and then report of the chemical spill on lansdowne avenue off of state, we will try to get more details. to and from the walt whitman bridge lag good, 42 freeway, 55, not bad at all, heading to or from the poconos just keep in mind that construction zone between quakertown and lansdale. karen and thomas, back over to you. >>> developing right now, crew s are expected back in the water this morning in atlantic city as they are searching for two missing swimmers who were just teens. lets get to jenny joyce with the very latest, jenny. >> reporter: good morning. short time ago ac fire department did show up to the boardwalk, they told me they have a 5:30 meet to go discuss what is next what their day will look like hours after two teens went missing in the ocean, according to the press of atlantic city, they went in the water around 6:30, about 30 minutes after the life guard went off-duty, one, 15 year-old was caught in the rip current pulled under water, sky fox was o