the franklin county opioid safety task force is a grassroots response.elves are coming together to find a community-based solution to what is finally being recognized as a public health crisis rather than simply a criminal justice problem. >> chris: a great opportunity to come here tonight to break bread and look at the successes that we have had so far. i think what makes me more proud than anything else about living in franklin county is that we will not sit back and wait for anybody else to solve this problem for us. we're going to be a model for the commonwealth and the nation on how we save our young people and save our community. [ applause ] >> anthony: the city is the place where all the bad stuff was supposed to happen, it was not suppose to be nice towns like greenfield. >> man: it isn't the image that people used to have 20 years ago that it's a junkie in an alley somewhere using a needle. it's not. it's your kids, it's your neighbors. >> chris: the worst i think is when you have these young people who break a leg and they go to the doctor and

it's co-chaired by john, franklin county probait. and the sheriff and david sullivan, the northwestern district attorney. i'm so thankful for these and other task forces and coalitions in massachusetts and across the country for coming together quickly to address this public health crisis and for their tenacity and fighting for individuals and families struggling with addiction. just this week, i had the opportunity to join community leaders at north brookfield high school in central massachusetts for an event with chris herron, a former constituent of mine from fall river and a former boston celtics player who now travels in new england and across the country to speak about his own recovery from addiction and the need for young people to stay drug-free. i'm also grateful to my fellow members of the massachusetts congressional delegation for being strong partners in this fight. joe kennedy is a member of the energy and commerce committee and has been a leader on this issue. he's the lead democratic sponsor of h.r. 4641. and a number

in franklin county, vermont, i'm john tulenko of education week reporting for the pbs newshour. >> sreenivasanthe military's use of forced interrogation has always been a contentious subject. even though many who may have once approved of its use now have second thoughts. our newest addition to the newshour bookshelf is eric fair's "consequence: a memoir". judy woodruff recently talked with him about his first hand experience with torture. >> woodruff: eric fair, we can. to the -- welcome to the "newshour". >> the thank you for having me. >> woodruff: this is a painful book to read. what did you want to accomplish by writing it? >> i have to a painful and chaotic book to write. i have been writing about my experiences in iraq for close to ten years and mostly op-eds and small essays, and it was important for me to get the entire story down. it was submitted originally just by iraq and at that point editors and agents suggested i needed to spend time exploring the whole story. >> remind the audience why you ended up in iraq in the first place. you were working with a contractor, a company hired

franklinr-old william and 26-year-old jasminder sethi both from waldorf were arrested but not in fairfax county, franklin arrested at his home in waldorf and jasminder sethi arrested at newark airport in new jersey, unclear where he may be attempting to go but they credit fbi, prince george's county police, u.s. customs and border protection and the new york-new jersey port authority for assisting. the arrest come after saturday's brazen at dubai jewelers on the 7000 block of brookfield plaza in a busy shopping plaza. an officer on routine patrol responded to the call, challenged the suspects who they say was armed with a handgun, the suspect opened fire and the officer fired back, during the exchange, a bystander was shot with non-life-threatening injuries. driving through the area. they believe that round came from the suspect. they say the suspect took off in a getaway car, the car crashed, then they carjacked another vehicle and today the police chief spoke about the importance of these arrest. collects this is a huge -- >>, this is a huge arrest, we had to violent evil felons. they shot at a police

lazy in the political forecasting business because basically, if you tell me how frankly county, franklin countynties in central florida is going to voted, can i tell you who is going to win the election. this year there are states in the south and north on the map for the first time so it will be exciting. >> chris stirewalt, always funny, always smart. >> enjoy that bar barbecue,man. >> i will send some to you. thanks, buddy. the white house is setting off a transgender war across the country. county states sue to stop the obama administration? a fair and balanced debate on that is next. plus, he was fired from espn talking politics but losing his job is not stopping curt schilling. what he just said about donald trump that may surprise you. ♪ when i say i need you ♪ you say you better ♪ you better, better, you bet. tired of working for peanuts? well what if i told you that peanuts can work for you? that's right. i'm talking full time delivery of 7 grams of protein and 6 essential nutrients. ever see a peanut take a day off? i don't think so. harness the hardworking power of the peanut. incred

franklin was finally linked to the murders through dna. >> san bernardino county officials are working on a memorial for the victims and survivors of last december's terror attack. the county plans to dedicate the memorial to the 14 people who died. a husband and wife team is blamed for opening fire at a holiday party for county workers. so far a committee working on that memorial hasn't decided what it will look like or where it will be located. the committee includes victims families, witnesses, and county employees. >> bay area based jam into jaws has announced it's -- jamba juice has announced it's moving its headquarters. the company says the fact is the cost of doing business in the dallas area is more affordable than the bay area. the colls says will help relocate employees from emeryville who want to make the move. the jamba juice ceo says this relocation will better position the company to extend its brand and continue to support its franchise partners for the long term. >>> with mother's day approaching san francisco supervisor scott wiener is celebrating companies that adopt

. >>> today the fairfax county police chief called these two men evil and said he is glad they have off william franklin iv and jasminder sethi were involved in a crime spree. various agencies helped track down the suspects but the fairfax county police put their names on a national -- in a national database. >>> later why not one but two crews of talented pilots were circling above us today. >>> and next caught on camera, wanted for questioning. the reason police want to hear from anyone who knows these men. you're watching wusa9 and your only local news at 7:00. >>> we've got new video tonight. two men wanted for questioning in the d.c. murder. police shared this surveillance video on their youtube page today. it's easy to see the -- i don't know how easy it is to see but two men they are hoping to talk with. the video is clear, they say, and you can seth white hat has a wing tattoo on his head. police believe they might have been involved in an incident at eighth street earlier this month that led to 28-year-old shamel lancaster's death. >>> new information tonight on a story drawing big attention on

. > fairfax county police haveice made arrests in a frighteningng armed rob requirement william franklin and jazz minute city are charged in an officer-involved shooting and car jacking that started at brook field plaza in springfield saturday afternoon. he said hesa was arrested at newark airport trying board aoar flight. one of the suspects fired at an officer who challenged that suspect as he he came out of a jewelry store.jewe when the officer returned fire a bystander was shot.shot that person has non threatening injuries. thick black smoke covered over parts of prince george's county this afternoon after after tractor-trailer accident. this happened at the start oftat rush hour on route 704 at which can ardmore road in and dover. the arizona ice tea truck was on its way to the dealership after the driver noticed he was havini engine problems.en good news is the driver made it out safely and is doing okay. > the weather, certainly a whoo the topic today. pun intended. >> we've gone right from messy early spring-like conditions to summer conditions.cond sue, is this just a tease ofea

county. police say that could take another week or so. wusa 9. >> franklin has 20 prior charges including theft. possession of marijuana. >>> right now two fbi agents are recovering from gunshot wound after they were shot trying to serve an arrest warrant on a suspected drug dealer. this happened in chicago this morning. investigators say they are not life threatening so they're expected to survive. the man they were trying to arrest was a high ranking street gang member facing drug charges. he was later found dead inside his house. >>> iraq's defense minister has released photos of air strikes destroying isis targets. they were carried out yesterday and destroyed fuel tankers and killed several isis fighters. they are trying to drive isis. >>> the tsa has fired the kelly hogan was fired amid complaints after being lines at airports. in chicago a new leadership team has been put in place. hogan is being replaced by his deputy. >>> hallelujah, we got some sunshine today. >> you know one thing that ticks people off about that guy, he had a big bonus and they w

county. this is the scene in franklin township in the 400 block of harding highway where firefighters are responding to an active fire right now. this is apparently a chicken coop burning also on route 40 again in franklin township. apparently 911 calls were coming in, reports of a brush fire in the area. when crews arrived they discovered it was a chicken coop. no word at this point if any animals have been injured as a result but we just lost the shot. we'll continue to update you as news breaks on that. >>> a former professor at the university of pennsylvania who was convicted of killing his ex-wife was denied parole today. rafael rabb lost his bid for early release in norristown. he killed his ex-wife ellen rabb inside their king of prussia home back in 2006. now that the parole bordenave his request, the montgomery county d.a.'s office says robb will likely serve the rest of his 10 year sentence. >> one person is dead after a car caught fire on a south jersey highway today and police are still trying to figure out how it all happened. chopper6 was over route 55 in franklin township where police

counties seeing dreary conditions. there's the view looking at the ben franklin bridge. the familiar scene we've seen this all week long. 64 degrees today, scattered showers, peeks of sunshine by afternoon. mother's day looks great, highs around 68. >> hmm, i think maybe they have inside information from you. >> good luck on everybody betting on the derby today or tonight. >> much more on the derby coming up. >> you know what, i love the bromance going on between you guys but we also miss one of our other dear colleagues, sara, our desk quieter and a little lonier. >> a little quieter? >> a lot quieter. well, for those wondering how sara is doing, she, max and baby alec joined us on "the view" yesterday. take a look. >> you were such a hot dad. >> can i just say that? >> he is. >> look at his pocket squares, a binkie. >> come prepared for everything. >> can i say look at his hair. >> look at the head of hair. >> it was a joke, i said if this baby doesn't come out with hair, i'm not keeping him. the day the doctor saw him, there's a lot of hair and max said, we're keeping

heading in toward admiral wilson boulevard to try to get to the ben franklin. 422, eastbound, again, some roadways are wet out in montgomery county, chester county, portions of delco, just enough to make things slippery use those wipers once or twice, jammed up on the vine expressway everybody trying to get over to catch that first train there out of 30th street station and delays here on the schuylkill, more so a westbound delay, heavier from approaching the boulevard out and up the hill in toward belmont avenue, eastbound okay, at least for new and mass transit in problems. mike and alex, back over to you. >> what is happening at our schools. a 14 year-old girl now officials say was sexually assaulted at her west philadelphia high school. >> they say her classmate may have been the one who attacked her. steve has those details now, steve. >> reporter: disturbing morning for our viewers watching this show because both of our reporters today on stories where young school girls became crime victims where they are supposed to be safe. the crimes happened in their school. >> it troubles me that absolutely because it is happening ins

chester counties and the walt whitman bridge and ben franklin bridge picking up rain drops. 56 degrees, it's cool, but not too chilly. dewpoint, 49. pros you are -- pressure is rising. the winds speeds are out of north at 8 to 12 miles per hour. 55 in cape may. philadelphia, 56. allentown, 57. there's the wind out of the north 5 to 10. there's 13 in dover, 9 in atlantic city and ten miles per hour in beach haven. jersey shore had gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour yesterday. it's not going to be quite that wind today, but you'll see breezes down there anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour. so still a little bit of a chop on the water. as you look at satellite and radar, there's the upper level low right there. you will get a better vantage point of it right there, this is the counter clockwise swirl. this is cut off from the main flow it will meander about and push to the south and over the coast tomorrow and back up as we get into tuesday. finally, wednesday, it gets picked up and pushed out to sea. it will be at that point that the skies clear. the surface maps look look like. unsettled t

franklin was arrested at his home in waldorf. >>> new rules for spotslvania county schools. students will be required to classroom during school hours. and the staff will check restrooms and halls more frequently. the threat yesterday was unfounded but they are working to determine who was behind it. >>> the governor of virginia could be in for a tough interview on wtop's "and the governor." here's the latest. >> reporter: governor mcauliffe said he's never accepted any illegal campaign donations and faced a crowd of reporters at two stops in northern virginia. the fbi and justice department are looking into whether his 2013 campaign for governor accepted illegal contribution. >> i rely on the people who did the vetting for it. they said he had a green card from 2007. so the contribution came in and they have unequivocally said he was entitled to write a check. >> reporter: according to media reports, this is due to a wealthy chinese businessman. a permanent legal resident, wong trustees. mcauliffe said he's not even sure he's met wong. questions are also raised about whethe

the court ordered the franklin institute to waive double entrance fees for disabled guests and their caretakers. >>> a landmark down the jersey shore in cape may county about to reopen. the golden inn in avlon finished a $15 million renovation and rebuilding project. our partners at the business journal reports they hope to reopen in the middle of june. they bought the land mark back in december. >>> teenagers in delaware could soon need a doctor's note to buy popular cough syrups. it bans medicines containing dxm banned to minors without a prescription. according to web md, that includes nyquil and more aimed at teenagers who abuse this to get high. the state house passed the bill unanimously last month. >>> we have a first alert traffic warning for drivers who use 676 in philadelphia. the road will be closed overnight in both directions starting tonight through thursday. the expressway is closed between interstate 76 from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 in the morning to replace seven structurally deficient bridges between 22nd street and 18th street. >>> a former philadelphia employee faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to making and selling counter

county, tennessee about 50 miles away if her home. she 57-year-old gary simpson. tennessee farmer lawson and baptist minister franklinre being hailed as heroes. they found carlie and held simpson at gunpoint and called 91 #. >> he has been looking. for what seven days? every day walking miles and miles. >> reporter: authorities say simpson picked up car already lie from school last week under false pretenses, they were seen on this surveillance video in a store after she went missing. search parties have scoured nearby areas before, but franklin says something told him to go up gravely valley road. only accessible by four wheel drive. >> each one of us had been praying you know every day to you know help to find this little girl. and so finally, you know, answer to our prayers. >> reporter: prayers answered for one community, and the determination of two men who refused to give up on one little girl. hena daniels, cbs news. >> now carlie appears to be okay but her uncle is now charged with specially aggravated kidnapping. but more charges may be pending. >>> play for this man b.. >> god is with you sir. >> a prayer a

county services any concerns that you might have. the public meeting tonight is from 6:00 to 8:00 at sterling community center. there'll be another town hall on tuesday at the franklin park visual and performing arts center. >>> take a look right now, guys. our first severe thunderstorm warning of the evening. this until 6:30 for prince william county and fairfax county. this includes the city of manassas. here's burke around the clifton right now it looks like it has a little bit of lightning, but also some hail out of this storm. it is moving to the north and east right along 66 here. it is going to move right through the heart of fairfax, fairfax city in the next half hour. severe thunderstorm warning for prince william and fairfax counties. >>> if you've been thinking of asking for a higher credit limit on that credit card, odds are you're going to get it. you'll also get something you may not have expected. susan hogan joins us in the studio with what she's learned. >> we're in that mind-set if we up our credit limit we'll spend more and our credit score is going to tank. as a result, many people don't bother asking. however, a recent survey by bank rate found

in bucks county that construction i told you about had just cleared so things are moving better there. looking live on the ben franklinan see traffic westbound, eastbound, a-okay this morning. no problems heading out. matt and tam. >> now it's my turn. thank you karen. >>> aaa says more than 442,000 philadelphia area residents will travel this memorial day weekend, the second most travelers on record. that's up about 2 percent compared to this time last year and according to aaa nearly 90 percent of them will drive to their destinations. experts say gas prices which are 17 percent lower on average this year nationwide are driving that spike in travel. >> time for your first look at business here at the big board. the new york attorney general says dominos pizza has been under paying some of its employees. a lawsuit claims 10 stores in the state under pay workers by half a million dollars in just two years. the restaurants are all franchises but the suit also names dominos the parent company itself. the company says it worked with the business owners on wage issues even though it doesn't actually own the locations. >>>

county. a tree down in north coventry along 724, i would stay on ben franklin highway and in limerick townshipwatch for a crash along swamp pike and one in montgomery township along horsham road and pheasant road. over in south jersey, not a terrible afternoon, there is a bus that broke down in the southbound lanes of 42 near college drive, that is cleared out of the way and the southbound delay is longer than normal, speeds there in the 20s and 30s, could be worse but it's slow. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt. coming up we put popular bug sprays to the test. find out which one will protect you the most ahead in what's the deal? >> and "action news" is about interaction with you, follow us on social media for the headlines and weather and breaking news and to communicate with us. on facebook we are facebook and on twitter,@6 abc. >>> all right we have to make a pact right now. no complaints when the weather starts to turn hot. because we have dealt with the negative response. >> on friday when it's 90 a lot of people will be complaining. we should move the whole newsc

ben franklin bridge nice and clear, the roads are dry, an easy ride in if you're waking up early on this friday morning. the one issue we have is in bucks county. you want to watch it in warwick township. york road is shut down between bristol pike and meyer way. you have to stick to 611. all lanes are blocked there. kelly drive is closed between fountain green drive for the stotesbury regatta. >>> delaware is mourning another death of a student. amy joyner-francis died in a bathroom at howard high a month ago and now another student was gunned down not far from the school. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: we're told that grief counselors and support staff will be at the school in wilmington today at howard high school to help these students as they go through this very difficult time. this happened yesterday afternoon the latest round of violence in wilmington just a few blocks away from the school on the 900 block of clifford brown walk at 320 yesterday afternoon. the 15-year-old freshman was hit in the head and died at christiana hospital. detectives were out at the scene searching for evidence. it remains under investigation. there's

see if i can move along, delaware county 95 north at 452, moving in the northbound direction looking good. still looking very quiet there. when i look at the ben frankline, going right here, talk about mass transit. ac rail lines suspended between 30th street station and pennsauken, bridge failures, the reason i've been tweeting this out, as well. bus service is available. i also tweeted that out, as well. we do have an accident in camden, 676 northbound near the walt whitman bridge, pulled all the way off to the right shoulderment construction delaware still out there. fifty-nine southbound between delaware service area and 8963 lanes block, blocked until around 7:00 a.m. jim, brooke, back over to you. >> before you head out we have three things to know today. >> we will be right back. stay with >> geez systems working again. thousand cents of travelers forced to fly without their luggage yesterday, a glitch meant items could not be screened for drugs and bombs, meantime, all of the luggage was simply piled up in the parking lot. >> a photo getting a tension. >> seen cradling toddler in a savannah emergency room. young boy found wandering alone monday

activity occupying the left lane, everyone coming south of mid county is forced off the roadway to the left. lets check our jam on the ben franklinridge, it has grown a tiny bit on the westbound side in toward eighth and vine, it's overturned truck at the bridge blocking a few lanes but it's still not causing a huge delay just slowing into old city. and a downed tree and wires in king of prussia, that is blocking a short trunk of 223 at trout creek, stay on 1st avenue closer to the mall. and chester county, kennett township, a crash along 52 and snuff mill road. in bear, delaware a crash that injured someone blocking route 40 by the royal farms. stay on baltimore pike to get around that one. we told about a wreck in barrington. and southbound you get the slowing and there is debris on the new jersey turnpike north of the black horse pike, exit 3, a lane is blocked in that fis inity as well. >> thank you matt. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph, is standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast some sunshine next. dear fellow citizen, time spent with my son really makes me appreciate "the now". but i also have to plan f

county. we're just learning that police have arrested 24-year-old timothy frank -- william timothy franklin,ort apparently trying to leave the country. you may remember this jewelry store robbery on saturday afternoon where someone confronted the accused robbers coming out of the dubai jewelry store at the brookfield shopping center and shots were fired, an innocent person was hit by a bullet in that exchange between police officers in fairfax county and the gunman. that person's injuries were not serious. at this point again we're learning two men have been taken into custody. at this point fairfax county police are trying to have them extradited back to fairfax county where they can continue the investigation and those men will face charges. that's the latest from the live desk. >>> thank you, aaron. bill cosby is in court this morning to answer to charges by a woman who sayse 2004. nbc's janet shamlian is outside the courtroom in norristown, pennsylvania, and has the latest for us. >> reporter: a big day for bill cosby, a preliminary hearing to determine whether this felony case of sexual

county watch it. >> we have the quick chance of hydroplaning, all of the drainage great here, located in the actual travel lanes, no problems at all this morning yet coming over the ben franklin. so far so good, but another example, of the construction zones, you want to look out for with the heavy rain. seeing the heavy rain, sue just showed us moving in, to bucks and montgomery counties, so the road conditions driving conditions will change by the time you lever the house and get to the office, as we plop on down on to the kelly drove here, repaving on the overnight. this morning uneven surface, back before the morning rush hour, to hopefully finish that up. downtown center city 22nd street block between walnut over to locust, that is a project until about 7:00 this morning. philly international, expect some weather delays, just like we saw yesterday. around that 7:00 time period, when we started to see the delays pop. not just here, but also in new york, leg guard y then of course that kind of domino down for the rest of the day. and if you are coming in from south jersey, slower than normal on the freeway, and just watch for those lane changes, that come into play in the

franklin. hit and miss with the rain rolling through west chester, chester county, delaware county, this is a livehbound an accident right here near the west chester pike overpass and there is another accident, southbound, coming out of the mid county tolls, so causing delays up and down, 476, and that combination of the accident, and the weather, two separate accidents on the freeway here, southbound at the black horse pike, northbound at kohl's road, mass transit looking good and so far so good at the airport, mike and alex back to you. >> i strolled down market street from the station a little will while ago to get some coffee touring one of the breaks and what do i see? we're closed, because of an emergency. now look at that window right there. there we go. tilt down and look at all that glass. i don't know how this happen. we will get some information. it looks like somebody tried to bust in there. >> it happened around 6:30. >> what time did you get your coffee. >> it was around 7:30. >> and the cops are in there, white sign on the door they are closed. we are trying to figure out what happe

franklin parkway at the steps of the art museum. monique braxton. >> thank you. we'll see you shortly. >> if you bought your powerball ticket in mercer county, you could be a big winner this morning. one ticket, just one, that's it, not winners all over the country, number just one. in new jersey. one ticket worth more than $429 million was sold at a store in mercer county. we're still waiting to hear the name of the store. the new jersey lottery says that they're not going to put it out there until proper security measures are in place. also, we're learning that from a the new jersey lottery director that when it comes to the winning ticket holder, she expects that person will take his or her time before to talk to financial planners and professionals about hand willing the almost half a billion dollar winnings. here are the winning snubs. if you didn't win it big, you may have won a smaller prize. 5, 25, 26, 44, 66, and the powerball number is 9. actually thshg morning when i woke up in the darkness was searching for my husband's winning lottery ticket hoping it was a winning lottery ticket. i couldn't find it. i didn't want to wake him u

franklin bridge. there it is. beautiful day out there to roll down windows and feel the breeze on the drive tonight. 87 in pennington, mercy county87 in bayer, new castle county. d plane on its way to lehigh valley as part of a trip around the globe. a look at flight tracker map. should be landing at lehigh valley international airport a few hours from now. it took off on a 17-hour flight from dayton, ohio this morning. the voyage began last year when it left from abu dhabi. the plane will head to new york before crossing the atlantic oceanen. >>> you should think of booking a commercial flight, somewhere, anywhere, this year. >> that's because prices are at their lowest level in six years. but you'll have to enjoy them while you can. prices dropped because of the plunging cost of oil. but that's starting to change. the airlines will follow suit than will push prices higher by next year. there's a downside. we've been telling you about these long lines at the airport as tsa tries to keep up with the growing number of passengers. but one travel expert tells us, deals could start popping up as airlines make up for the bad publicity

franklin bridge actually looking real nice right now. take a look at this shot. so much greenery. this just looks beautiful in bucks county. route one, headlights moving in the northbound direction near business route one looking really nice around that area in bucks county. where we had truck fire still out there, pa turnpike before delaware valley or exit 358. all lanes blocked. they are diverting traffic at delaware valley exit right now, this is more of updated shot. so you can see all of the vehicles being diverted right now, also, some construction on the commodore barry bridge, both directions, left lane block, nicole, over to you. >> meisha, thanks. hit-and-run leaves a church ban driver dead this morning. >> now the search on for the car and the driver who hit him. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live at the philadelphia police department's accident investigation division with what officers are saying about the deadly hit-and-run. justin? >> reporter: brooke, nicole, police say just after ten last night a dark car struck a 57 year old man, and just never stopped. within a few hours, he was dead, and now

franklin was arrested at his home. >> everyone is outraged. as long as they are open and out you never know what their next step could be. >> it's possible after fairfax county police listed them in a national database. >> they are violent felons. they used to fire shot a person. i'm glad they are off the street. >> reporter: it was obviously a terrifying day for many people. a lot of people happy to hear those two people are behind bars. police tell us what -- while the two suspects are in custody it could be a week before they're extradited back to virginia. >> thank you for that. william franklin has an eks xtensive criminal history with prior charges. sethi has a prior charge of possession of marijuana. >>> an 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of another teen. the drug-related death. david evers surrendered to fairfax county police last week. investigators said 17-year-old alexia springer of centerville died in march after a lethal mix of morphine, oxycodone and evers is accused of selling it to her. >>> primary elections are underway in the state of washington. because of party rules democrats ignore the results. instead, the de

franklin bridge, more clouds and showers and dreary conditions. double scan live we'll flip it over to the radar, most of the precipitation is confined to the areas in southeastern pennsylvania, delaware, chester county reporting light rain and drizzle. same thing with philadelphia and montgomery counties. very, very light stuff. we had downpours this morning, now the low is spinning itself out. as it does so, the precipitation will lessen and lessen. we'll see peeks of sunshine this afternoon. temperature-wise it's mild for this time of the day. allentown, 351. remember the last four days in a row we topped out in the low to mid 50s, we're there now, so it will be a warmer day, cape may, 53 degrees. forecast for today, morning showers, clouds and drizzle giving way to peeks of sunshine later this afternoon. 11:00 a.m., a couple of leftover showers, damp and dreary. temperatures, 55 degrees. 1:00 p.m., 60. 3:00 p.m., 62. 5:00 p.m., 64. scattered showers is the call, high temperatures in the mid 60s. things get better tomorrow, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up in just a bit. >>> keep 6abc.com/weather handy all weekend long on your devices. storm tracker 6

franklin bridge. two lanes are closed headed over the bridge. >> we are watching breaking news in montgomery county whereinues in just minutes. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> well, it's a goo day here. any time blake shelton is with us. it is boozeday tuesday june 24, also spanky tuesday, hoda gets excited about that. >> i wish blake would stick around far but i have a feeling -- >> he's on a strict schedule. but we have him not just to talk to us but also to sing. there's an older song called "honeybee." and we're going t

franklin bridge still jammed the length. very slow go. you might want to head to the betsy ross bridge. a new accident in clementon camden countyhutting down crown point road all morning its blocked at delaware street. a vehicle kind of ran off the road into the woods. stick to 295 as urinal and let's check out 42. we've been having just nightmarish delays there. if we look one more time it's now a 43 minute ride from the a.c. expressway to the walt whitman bridge so still really jammed from the a.c. expressway to the walt whitman bridge where an accident has cleared matt. >> thank you karen. >>> let's find out when that rain is clearing out if it ever will with meteorologist, david murphy. >> already has here in philadelphia matt. take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan we have rain really lightning up and all the way over east of philadelphia in parts of the coastal counties there are a few lingering sprinkles and showers today and maybe a bit of drizzle at times. generally speaking it's just going to be cool and cloudy. 57 degrees right now in philadelphia and the numbers not moving today. this afternoon a high of onl

franklin bridge. it's still slow but westbound jammed from the mid span to eighth and vine. we'll take what we can get any little slow improvement. we have an accident here in trenton mercer countyroaching 129. the accident has been pushed off to the shoulder. police on the scene but seeing slowing in trenton. monroe township we've had 322 blocked all morning its an accident that brought down poles, brought town wires. we've got a lot to fix here. 322 is blocked just east of high street. stick to glassboro cross keys road as your alternate for that one matt there thanks karen. we'll check and see how that rain is doing out there wit dave murphy next. >> we're drying out in philadelphia but it's cloudy and chilly so bundle up. storm tracker shows some of the northern suburbs with light sprinkles and showers left over. a little bit more coming up into cape may and cumberland counties. 51 degrees with a breeze blowing in philadelphia. this afternoon more sprinkles and showers will develop again and we'll get a high of just 58 so jackets handy and maybe an umbrella later today. friday a few periods of rain and a-60. we're looking at clouds and sun on saturday sunday with highs of 68

franklin bridge. we're also seeing some delaying right now through the curb area. you can see eastbound and westbound 28 minutes to the vine street expressway. speeds democrin the 20s now. >>> today in new castle county authorities charged the teen with conspiracy. she and two other girls who beat up amy joiner francis in a bathroom at howard technology last month. joiner-francis later died. >>> presumptive gop nominee donald trump will attend a fund-raiser in mercer county. i'm katie zachary. we'll have another update in about 25 minutes. you can get the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 app. see you shortly. pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting to allow banks to continue making the risky investments that wrecked our economy. afscme people is responsible for the content of this ad. >>> this morning on "today's take," grammy-award winning opens up about his new baby. >>> and our buddy, josh gad, more animated than ever in the new movie "angr