route 29 at lalor street. nora muchanic is en route to that scene.'ll have a live report for us coming up tonight at 5 o'clock. >> torrential rains have caused severe flooding across the state of texas affecting the lives of millions of people. from the air you can see the devastation clearly. the river overflowed its banks near dallas. in houston more than a million students did not go to school today because of this storm that dropped as much as 16-inches of rain in some spots. it left some drivers trapped in their cars including one man who was rescued by a reporter from our sister station ktrk. >> come here, sir. come here. >> thank you. >> yes, we're here -- yes. >> amazing moments playing out on television there and this driver able to get out just in time before his car went completely under water. the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch for the houston area through tomorrow morning. more than 110,000 people there have already lost power. >> at least 350 people are dead after a devastating earthquake in ecuador. rescuers fr

. >> lalor street making a left 'cause i had the green light. the car was coming 29, the red truck coming down route 29. it was going hit me, speeding. i put my foot on the gas and he hit the back of my car. >> hit that car and kept going. went so far. >> just flying down the stree street. no brakes. oh, my god it was terrible. >> the first thing i heard was that loud noise, a big bang and it sounded like a truck accident and when i ran around i noticed that the red truck hit him must have knocked him like 200 feet. i had just got done talking to him. he ended up way down there. >> reporter: now, there is a heavy police presence here. trenton police, sheriff's officers, state police, prosecutor's office. the victim was on the ground lying next to that red pickup truck. it was just removed just a couple minutes ago. sadly you can see one of those red stop sign stop signs. route 29 is major road out of town for thousands of state workers. this section of 129 north of lalor street is still closed right now while the investigation continues. and as

the victim, 56-year-old antonio wiley of trenton was crossing route 129 at lalor street when he was hit>> utah's governor signed a bill declaring pornography a public health crisis. >> utah is the first state in the country to make such a move. the legislature passed the resolution unanimously. supporters say the resolution is backed by research. critics say it overstates the effects of pornography. the resolution has no enforcement power. the governor made it clear that it does not ban pornography. >>> pearl jam will not perform in north carolina tonight. it's the latest band to boycott the decision. they say the law that was recently law that was recently passed is a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination against an entire group of americans. bruce springsteen, boston and ringo starr have also canceled shows in north carolina. >>> 5:14. 52 degrees outside. new developments in the flint water crisis. the michigan attorney general is expected to announce criminal charges against two state regulators and a flint employee. the charges will be filed against two wate

police say the man was working at the intersection of route 129 and lalor street. witnesses say a red truck hit another car and the impact sent the truck through into the crossing guard. it happened at 3:30. fortunately nobody else was hurt. the truck driver was put into a police car but no charges have been announced. >>> philadelphia police today provided the absolutely gruesome details in the death of four-year-old tahirah phillips on saturday. and police have now charged her 30-year-old father with her killing. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live in kensington tonight and vernon, what is the latest on this? >> reporter: jim, police say the murder suspect has now been arrested. he's formally charged with murder. he confessed completely they say but only after trying to pin the murder on his five-year-old daughter. this is a neighbor's recent photo of four-year-old tahirah phillips who died of a gunshot wound to the head saturday afternoon inside her kensington home by the hand of her own father. under arrest and charged with murder, her father, 30-year-ol

. -- lalor road when a car hit and killed him. the driver was 42 year-old dwayne bennet.ght he is facing three to five years in prison if convicted of causing a death while driving with a suspended license. >>> two people were killed after the plane they rented in wilmington delaware crashed along the eastern shore in maryland this afternoon. the investigators say that the plane went down, near the bay bridge airport at 12:30 and then burst into flames when it hit the ground. there were two people on board pronounced dead at the scene. they have not yet been identified. >>> a pair of brush fires in northern new jersey, affected train travel in and out of new york this afternoon for more than a hour. fire started in seecaucus at noon prompting amtrak to suspend service between newark and new york's penn station. thick smoke was visible for miles. >>> philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who slashed a woman's throat early this morning. witnesses called police after they saw her bleeding, at 3:00 f frankford avenue in port richmond. she remains in critical condi

the crossing guard was crossing route 129 at lalor street when he was hit and killed. victim has not been identified. >>> 4:15. and 55 degrees outside. philadelphia international airport is hiring. later this morning, there will be a job fair on temple's campus. more than 30 businesses from the airport will be there looking to hire hundreds of people. some of the positions include customer service representatives, bookkeepers and cashi cashiers. the job fair runs from 10:00 to 3:00. >>> more u.s. troops and equipment are going to iraq to fight isis. ash carter made a surprise visit to baghdad yesterday. he told "nightly news" anchor lester holt, the u.s. will send 200 more troops to act as sad viesers. carter says this will not become an american ground war. >> americans are at risk today, every single day here. as secretary of defense, i take that more seriously than anything else. >> the pentagon says isis territory has alreadyç been shrunk by 40%, in part thanks to u.s. bombing missions. >>> administrators at a new york university have apologized after mistaken wil

chopper6 was over route one and lalor street in trenton yesterday.tim's stop sign still lays beside a red pickup truck. police say the driver struck and killed the crossing guard. witnesses believe speeding is to blame. >> just flying down the street. they hit him with no brakes and -- oh, my god, it was terrible. >> the first thing i heard was the loud noise a big bang and it sounded like a truck accident and when i ran around i noticed that the red truck hit him, must have knocked him like 200 feet 'cause he was crossing right there. i had just got done talking to him and he ended up way down there. >> the truck driver was put into a police car but at last check he had not been charged. the crossing guard's name has not yet been released. >>> colleagues surrounded officer jim mccullough as the policeman drove away from the hospital last night flashing the cameras a thumb's up. the philadelphia officer was shot in the leg on sunday night while chasing a robbery suspect. the alleged gunman 23-year-old scott griffin is behind bars. he and his alleged