matt pellman is watching it and updating it, matt. >> reporter: what a mess in lower providence, the fire continues along south park avenue there's debris along the roadway. we'll talk about big crashes on i-95 when "action news" continues on this monday morning. it's the thought that counts, right? so make it count... at t.j.maxx. give them brands they'll love, at prices that help you be generous. make t.j.maxx your first stop for gifting... and maxx life! >> 6:43 back to our breaking news story what a horrible accident here, chopper 6 is above it. lower providence, montgomery county. two trucks slammed into each other and things went all over the place. one truck was carrying ink and that spilled. another truck carrying sewage waste and that spilled. there's a nearby creek and they are worried about all this material getting into the waterway right now. >> let's go over to matt pellman because this will be a problem this morning. >> reporter: there's a lot of material out there, that's for sure. road being south park avenue which is closed, i don't have to tell you that. in the wak

for david murphy, matt pellman matt o'donnell i'm tamala edwards. have a great day!s from the big bruce je >>> good morning, america. new overnight, midair emergency. a mystery in the sky as three passengers load consciousness on a flight. >> it's going to be gate number four. inbound flight unknown medical problem. >> the pilot plungs the plane nearly 30,000 feet in just minutes. forced to make an emergency landing. others on board complaining of being sick. >>> brand-new video just in. severe storms. texas to new york. tornadoes, large hail damaging winds. gusts more than 70 miles an hour. and the drempling rain causing a landslide. putting these homes on the edge of disaster. >>> abc news exclusive. the baggage handler caught in the cargo

every time i say that, matt pellman is over there growning. as that precipitation pushes toward the east. it will be a sprinkle, rain around here not snow. 44 in wilmington, 39 in allentown and reading. there's a little bit of a breeze coming in from the west. not too bad just yet. once the sun comes up over the horizon, we could seep the breezes picking up briefly. between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. chilly 43 degrees, make sure you have the hoodie up an maybe a jacket on. 51 degrees by noon, 55 by 3:00. today's high is 55 we'll hit it at 3:00 p.m. and hold it up until 4:00 p.m. as late as 6:00 p.m. we're looking at cool conditions. tonight, friday night into saturday morning we're looking at a freeze watch. philadelphia, delaware county, new castle not included basically because of the temperatures in these spots are going around the freezing mark, protect your potted plants cover them up. pollen, we're down a little bit but we'll be back up to the moderately high zone and we added popular to the tree pollens. >> reporter: snow, just the word makes m

with the wind out there today. >>> let's see how things are looking on the roads and go over to matt pellman. good friday to you matt. >> reporter: happy friday to you guys, we made it. it's almost time for the weekend. but first let's do the suburban traffic report. what do you say let's get suburban in fort washington. thinks are nice and dry and clear along 309 near the pennsylvania turnpike, no problems on 309 near flower town and quakertown. the turnpike heading toward new jersey there's a work zone to watch out for. northeast extension northbound approaching lansdale we have restrictions because of overnight construction. also still watching a crash this morning in hopewell, -- hopewell township him or mercer county. there's a crash at bear tavern road stay on 29 or scotch road. million dollars township, cape may county a pole came down blocking route 9 at linen lane by the walgreens and ross dress for less where my mother loves to shop when she is down the shore. use the garden state parkway around that. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. we're watching pavin

let's go over to karen rogers and matt pellman has roads. him. if you're heading out today, bundle up. quakertown and pottstown barely above freezing. in new jersey, 29 in hammonton and 30 in delaware. satellite and radar we're starting with clear skies we're seeing the clouds stream in from the north and west ahead of a frontal boundary. we have a biewtle afternoon. 9 -- beautiful afternoon 9:00 a.m., 45 noon, 59. 3:00 p.m., 64 degrees, high of 65. >> reporter: that cool start will be long forgotten if we're out jogging this afternoon or napping. good morning, everybody, looking at the schuylkill expressway in fairmont park. tail lights heading eastbound approaching prg -- montgomery drive. i-95 southbound construction gone everything is reopened no issues. the overnight construction on the tacony-palmyra is out of the way. there's a crash on the big board in washington crossing bucks county an suv ran off the road into the woods and leaking fuel in the woods which, of course, is not a good thing. all unfolding 532 washington crossing road near

every time i say that, matt pellman is over there growning.s that precipitation pushes toward the east. it will be a sprinkle, rain around here not snow. 44 in wilmington, 39 in allentown and reading. there's a little bit of a breeze coming in from the west. not too bad just yet. once the sun comes up over the horizon, we could seep the breezes picking u

. >> david murphy is off and we have karen rogers and matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: we're looking at satellite and radar, you can see the clouds, they are high, thin clouds and we'll get the sunshine filtering through. we'll see showers building in the south and west. the daytime today is dry get out there and enjoy it at 52 degrees. 43 in allentown. 49 in millville. 51 in trenton. but we're heading up to a nice high of 68 degrees. clouds and sunshine, it's going to be breezy at times later on tonight we're watching for a passing shower with a low of 54 degrees which isn't bad for this time of the year. we have a wet day coming up in the seven-day forecast, details on that in just a moment, matt. >> reporter: certainly a nice morning for the drive weather wise karen. you have to dodge all the problems going on in the roads. it was the overnight construction that gave us headaches on the vine street expressway. it's reopened now the police officers clearing out as we speak. travel moving once again in both directions. watch out for new patterns they set up they put up the concrete

matt pellman what are the roads looking like early on? >> reporter: so far nothing to complain about on this monday morning except the fact it's monday morning. on the vine street expressway no overnight construction, the road is dry and, of course, the penn relays wrapped up. no delays on the schuylkill expressway or i-95 or the boulevard, either. we are getting world of a minor apartment building fire in mount airy along upsal street. stay on washington lane to get around the fire activity. meanwhile, we have a crash westbound side approach willow grove, a tractor-trailer clipped a car. the accident in trevose along street road is out of the way. the crash along 40 that caused a power out annual has cleared so things are looking better there. >> we're starting with the latest from nepal after a massive earthquake the race is on to rescue people trapped under the rubble. the death toll is 3700 and rising. nearly 100 aftershocks have hinder rescue efforts. many are sleeping in tent cities afraid to be inside buildings. teams of climbers a

. >> karen rogers is off, david murphy is here with weather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we have clouds off to the north we'll squeeze out more sunshine before we get more cloud cover. 48 degrees in philadelphia. the 43 in reading and wilmington. 46 in sea isle city. the winds are out of the northwest, but light to start out. as we head out the door to catch the bus we'll be up to 50 degrees by 8:00 a.m. partly cloudy on the cool side. as we roll through the day, it will be a little below average. 58 degrees by noon, 3:00 p.m. 63 that's the high at 3:00 p.m. we'll be back down to 60 by 6:00 p.m. notice that there are a couple of spotty showers possible really anytime after lunch and straight into the evening, but they are going to be pretty widespread and pretty light for the most partly, the way things are looking now. also matt, the pollen count is running high today. what about roads? >> reporter: roads are not too bad on monday morning, this is the way we like to start the week david. as we look live at the vine street expressway, light construction and light volume.

matt pellman has traffic. let's go outside to david murphy good morning. >> reporter: take a look we're in the middle of the windy extreme wet pattern, you see the yellow on the radar that's heavy rain that's producing ponding and puddling on the roads. matt pellman will tell us the problems related to the rain, as well. we'll have heavy rain through the morning rush. watch out for ponding on roads. even if the rain dies down we'll have floor drainage. 53 in philadelphia, 53 in sea isle city. winds are rolling off the ocean as they did yesterday. we'll turn them around from the south and get warmer. 8:00 a.m., raining across the region, temperature of 60. by noon scattered sprinkles drier overall and warmer with a temperature of 68. 3:00 p.m., sunny breaks, 74, later today the high is 76 degrees later on we have to be on the look out for gusty thunderstorms and damaging winds. future tracker 6 shows you the way the rain is going to play out. >> reporter: we're waiting for the dry conditions to come back, pleas

when i step inside in a little bit matt pellman we'll be talking about how the temperatures are staying cool today, but rebounding over the next couple of days, i'll have that story for you in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. okay? >> reporter: okay. >> reporter: remember how we were not complaining earlier this morning about the traffic? that has ended. we have a couple of big problems including on the boulevard. route 1 northbound blocking the traffic. it's approaching broad street you can see the backlog spilling back toward wissahickon after. the northbound side of the boulevard is not where you want to head. use hunting park avenue or northbound lincoln drive for your alternates. northbound side of the boulevard approaching broad street both lanes blocked as they work on clearing out an accident. we had an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound approaching willow grove, a tractor-trailer climed -- clipped a vehicle all westbound lanes open toward fort washington. in mount airy a minor apartment buildings fire avoid upsal street. you mate want to stay on washin

matt pellman we'll map out the weekend for you and show you the rain on future tracker 6 that's coming up. >> reporter: such a nice temperature i might have to sit out there with my umbrella and lawn chair. we'll see we'll stay inside and nap. good morning to you david, good morning, everybody. you know we had the construction on the southbound side of i-95. construction is gone but to take its place we have a reported accident southbound left lane by girard avenue. penndot is out there looking into what happened here. we know for sure, the two left lanes are blocked the right lane is getting by as you travel south on i-95 toward the city this morning. we're watching a crash in southwest philadelphia a downed telephone pole at island and woodland. construction on the northeast extension within the last few minutes they cleared out the southbound zone south of quakertown. everything is reopened south toward mid county and plymouth meeting. there's overnight roadwork haddon township, northbound side of 168 at 130 they are taking out the left lane and blocking the two left lanes at nichol

for matt o'donnell, matt pellman, and karen rogers, i'm tamala edwards.. >>> good morning erk america. mission to kill. the ohio man accused of plotting a terror attack here at home against u.s. soldiers after getting weapons and terror training in syria. a new threat to the homeland from isis and al qaeda. >>> new this morning, air rage. a bizarre incident. a passenger attacking the man next to her with a pen. the pilot forced to abort the flight. the woman removed from the plane. what passengers say set her off. >>> massive meltdown. the television reporter suspended this morning after this tape revealed her unleashing abuse on a tow truck company clerk. her apologies and what the tape may not have shown. >>> uh who wants to see a new teas

. >> matt pellman is in for karen rogers and karen rogers is filling in for david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're sitting at the 50s. it's 40 in allentown. 50 in wilmington. 48 in millville and 49 in trenton. the winds have shifted to the southeast today it will be cooler along the coastline. satellite and radar not looking pretty with all the clouds in the region, but for the most part they are high, thin clouds. we'll see sunshine filtering through, it will be pretty. we see the showers filtering in from the southwest. that will affect us later on tonight. 9:00 a.m., 56 degrees, with high clouds noon, 63. feeling comfortable. # p.m., 67 degrees, we have a high of 68 degrees. we have low humidity there's a fire concern today that's enhanced, it's not a red-flag warning, not as dangerous as yesterday, but enhanced concern something to be careful about as you head out today. we have a change in the forecast wet weather coming, details on when that happens details coming up. >> reporter: nice weather wise but not so nice traffic wise. we have a lot of issues this morning, inclu

matt pellman has traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, i have a suit coat on it's very mild. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing moisture popping through the region. it's very light but enough to get surfaces on the wet stuff. we have more stuff popping in south of pittsburgh that will be here later this morning and on and off through the day we'll be dealing with occasional showers popping through. 63 in in allentown. 60 in wilmington. mild enough in most neighborhoods. as we roll through the day 68 degrees is the high we'll be hitting that around 3:00 p.m. we'll pop back to 67 at 6:00 p.m. intermittent showers or thunderstorms are not out of the question. i could see that into the evening. when i step back inside i'll have the forecast for the weekend. matt, i see flashing lights there. >> reporter: we've been seeing flashing lights all morning we started with construction and now it's several accidents that have been giving us problems. this this is on the northbound side police

." >> now to matt pellman in the traffic center with more on how to get around tonight's rally. >> reporter: so shirleen as sara just said we don't know exactly where they will go but like market and broad you'll expect detours and delays and stay several road as way from city hall some of the numbers streets fanning out from city hall. we expect detours from the septa bus routes that run through penn square and city hall. we expect the congestion caused by the demonstrations to spill back on to the vine street stacked up eastbound traffic. on the expressway, the westbound is starting to stack on the schuylkill expressway and we see the normal afternoon delays speeds like 13 miles per hour westbound by south street and a bad crash along 95 lets check it out live in the penndot camera you can see it here a couple of vehicles are involved and we are facing several delays in each direction the travel times are 20 minutes behind where they should be we are waiting for an ambulance on the scene and restrictions on 95 in the work zone, lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report and you can dow

matt pellman what do the roads look like early on? >> reporter: the roads are getting gradually better. the gladwyn interchange we had a crash that got pushed off to the right shoulder which means the two westbound lanes are starting to move already a 20 minute delay on the westbound travel time with peedz 7 miles per hour. -- speeds 7 miles per hour. parking lot starts route 1 city avenue and past gladwyn. hopefully now that the crash is off to the side, the delay will start to break up. we're watching construction on the vine street expressway eastbound that's out of the way everything reopened. i-95 no huge delays, just building volume. construct is cleared near quakertown, we're watching the crash 309 southbound at tollgate road. belmawr, camden county 2935 by the black horse speeds in the 30s as you head toward that accident scene. the crash in hopewell township cleared. bear tavern road reopened. cape may downed pole route 9 linden lane. garden start parkway as the alternate. >>> a man was shot and killed delivering chinese food

let's go over to david murphy whole try to explain the cold and matt pellman in for karen rogers. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: here we go, it's cold. we have a frost advisory or freeze watch anyway. there are clouds to start out. we are going to transition to partly sunny skies high temperatures in the 50s, as you head outside, 41 in philadelphia. of course we expect that number to drop over the next couple of hours, 37 in allentown and reading. 37 in wilmington, 38 in trenton and 40 in sea isle city. a bit of a breeze blowing that's giving you windchills. it's almost may and we have windchills, winter coats a viable option is you head out the door. upper 30s between 6 and 8 in philadelphia. obviously cold and breezy. there's the freeze warning that is in effect until 9:00 a.m. in the northern and western suburbs, tonight we get to do it all over again freeze watches and warnings again overnight lows in the areas around the freezing mark. 48 degrees at noon, there's the high at 3:00 p.m. good morning everybody bundle up as you head out this morning and go and get ready for

. >>> let's go over to david murphy with weather and matt pellman has the roads. there were a lot of people on the roads matt. >> reporter: we are looking at showers west of philadelphia. some of these in chester county, delaware county, right at the north edge might see this, all this is light and spotty. is you look farther to the west, not only do we have a lot of clouds in store there's additional shower activity coming in. later this afternoon we'll mix a downpour and thunderstorm that could go into the evening hours. it's mild, 60 in philadelphia. 61 in wilmington. 51 in the lehigh valley. and 48 in sea isle city. 45 along the boardwalk in atlantic city. 60 degrees in philadelphia. the storm tracker 6 live app probably holding that by 8:00 a.m. noon, 64 and 68 is the high. a couple of spots might hit 70 we're looking at on and off rain throughout the day. matt pellman i'll give you a detailed look on how that looks on future tracker 6 that's coming up. >> reporter: it's going to be a wet bunny this weekend? >> reporter: i'll let you know. >> reporter: good mo

. >>> good morning 6:30, april 16, david murphy is off let's go over to karen rogers and matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: yesterday was a gorgeous day and look at satellite and radar. we have high, thin clouds over the region, but we see no rain through the area. looking at the current temperatures 44 degrees in allentown. 47 in reading. 53 in wilmington and dover, 52 in philadelphia. 50 in trenton. 46 degrees in millville, 49 in sea isle city. it's comfortable today. today will be a day we see sunshine mixing with clouds, we're dry during the daytime hours, 68 degrees for the high, overnight low 54 degrees, feeling okay in the afternoon hours. poll rn is an -- pollen is an issue, we're tracking that today through sunday, we're on the high alert. with a passing shower later on tonight. we'll have the details coming on that in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes, matt. >> welcome back to you karen. good morning everybody welcome back the construction crews overnight over the vine street expressway, you can see that they have cleared from the westbo

. >> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman who is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we had a 71 gust at philadelphia international airport. not a lot of thunderstorms, a couple of trees down here and there, we dodged any major widespread damage. we're on the look out of cooler air coming in. you can see how the precipitation in western pennsylvania is snow right now rather than rain. by the time it gets here it will be sprinkles and showers in the northern suburbs. 45 as you get outside in philadelphia. 43 in wilmington. 39 in allentown. 43 in millville. there's a bit of a breeze blowing that's making it feel chilly. heading out the door to catch the bus this morning that's an interesting way to display that. we'll be in the 41 to 43-degree range for the bus stop. we get up to the 50s only 55 this afternoon. there's a freeze watch in effect across the suburbs tonight and friday night into saturday morning. we want to you protect the sensitive plants bring them in or cover them up. it's a warning in the bucks and montgomery and lehigh county. the pollen count easing back in th

. >> good morning, david murphy is here with matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: good morning, satellite and radar is showing clouds sweeping through to the north, temperatures are on the cool side, but not too bad. 50 in philadelphia. 45 in allentown. 40 in millville. 46 in sea isle city, a little bit breezy, but not too bad breeze-wise either, just yet. if you're catching the bus 46 degrees at 6:00, 49 at 8:00. the number turns around to a degree, but we'll be below average and at 3:00 p.m., 6 # degrees and we climb. there's a chance of spotty afternoon showers here or there. they don't look that heavy in most cases. in terms of of the pollen count that will run high and ease back into the medium range in the next several days, we have birch and oak as the primary irritants. how are speeds running at this moment matt? >> reporter: weeds are running nicely because it's 4:30, no penn relays anywhere we expect the traffic patterns to be back on to normal on the vine and the schuylkill and the ben franklin bridge. this is delco headlights coming southbound on mcdade boulevard near i-95. sp

. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ >> beautiful view from what matt pellmano call the owl's nest a view atop temple university. it's a lovely start a great day to get things done, tomorrow a little rain will come our way. >> you always give a hoot about the traffic and the drivers out there, matt. >> reporter: and you guys, too. it's good to be an owl. in the burr --, we have a broken down vehicle at trooper road. trooper road in audubon we'll have chunks of that blocked off for the construction. new milling work starts in king of prussia along henderson road at 202 they will be tearing that that's not your best bet. they will be be working on the water main break from yesterday. eagle road will stay closed by the pet smart and the pnc. stick with sycamore throughout the day. we have an unlawful overnight accident involving a vehicle in a pole an ran into the woods. that's closing 413. swamp road is the alternate around that. i-95 northbound is closed as you can away from the maryland state line because of the horrible accident involving the tractor-trailer t

good morning, everyone, karen is off, let's go to david murphy and matt pellman for weather and traffic. >> reporter: rain has arrived this morning at times it will be heavy always it moves through the region. right now we have yellow west of wilmington. if you take a look out wider there's additional precipitation out to the south and west of us that looks heavy. basically between now and through the rush hour we are looking at periods of heavy rain and i expect ponding and puddling on the roads ways. as the rain continues to build we'll get the ponding on the roads that tend to slow us down. this morning we're looking at temperatures in the cool range. 52 degrees in philadelphia. you can see how the winds are rolling in off the ocean. 47 in allentown. 5 # in wilmington, 48 in trenton. 57 degrees in dover. however, those winds are going to turn around more from the southeast and eventually the southwest today that that will raise the numbers. for the backup forecast cloudy skies and rain in spots, we have more rain than the. temperatures inching to the 60s at the end of the backup peri

. >> good morning everybody karen is off david is here and matt pellman is here along with tamala edwards. >> reporter: we're looking at cloud cover across the region, overall we'll see a partly sunny morning. might transition to partly cloudy times, but no worse than partly sunny. most of the reporting stations are in the 30s, when you factor in a breeze that's blowing in the teens. it's going to be may in less than a week, we're talking windchills if he freezing mark or below. kind of a revisitation of late winter though. as you head out to catch the bus, look are for it to be cold with a chilly breeze, windchills in the 30s, we have a freeze warning in effect in the northern and western suburbs until 9:00 a.m. in addition we have another cold one, so we have a freeze watch and warning in place tonight not everyone in the counties will get to the freezing mark a lot of you could so you want to bring in the potted plans or sensitive materials you put in the garden. 39 by 8:00 a.m. noon, 48. 3:00 p.m., we'll get up to 55. but there's going to be a strong, blustery wind. pollen count is ru

let's go over to karen rogers and matt pellman has roads. him. if you're heading out today, bundle up. quakertown and pottstown barely above freezing. in new jersey, 29 in hammonton and 30 in delaware. satellite and radar we're starting with clear skies we're seeing the clouds stream in from the north and west ahead of a frontal boundary. we have a biewtle afternoon. 9 -- beautiful afternoon 9:00 a.m., 45 noon, 59. 3:00 p.m., 64 degrees, high of 65. >> reporter: that cool start will be long forgotten if

. >> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: we have heavy rain and in some cases it's on the steady side highlighted in yellow. we'll have ponding and pulgding on -- puddling on the roads. it is to the west and shifting toward the east and moving up from the south. you've got it coming up from the south and sliding east at the same time. it will be with us during the morning commute. as you take a look we have more and more rain down to washington d.c. it will take from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. for the bulk of that to get through. give yourself extra time seeing we're looking at steady to heavy rain this morning and ponding is an issue on the roads. 52 in philadelphia. 48 in allentown. 56 in millville. a little bluster wind wise as the winds continue to come in off the ocean as they did yesterday, it cooled us down yesterday. 56 by 6:00. 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees, cloudy and rainy the whole time, breezy conditions. as we get into later in the day we're looking at some improvement. we get into a lull most of the day, a sprinkle or shower around at noon 68

. >> matt pellman is standing by in the traffic center but first to sara bloomquist live at city hall with the latest on the rally. >> reporter: rick, the crowd is growing now and has been since this event started at 4:30 this afternoon can you see them there across dillworth park, a short time ago a second group came up market street and joined them here on dill worth park so the group is growing behind me this is very peaceful thus far, we were right in the center of the crowd and lets go to some of the video this is organized by the philadelphia coalition for racial economic legal or real justice. this is a peaceful demonstration called philly is baltimore. they are expected to be on the move in center city. they are rising up against racism and police brutality. they are calling attention to social issues here in philadelphia things like unemployment and low wages lets listen to some of the sights and sounds of this rally as it is getting underway. >> if we don't get it! >> it gets so much media attention and is still ignored by so many people who is to say i am not the next victi

matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: that's right we'll get the temperatures not mild this morning, it will be this afternoon. it's 29 in quakertown and pilots. pottstown. 32 in center city and chester. new new jersey we're in the you meaner 20s ewing browns mill hammonton. 29 in glassboro. 36 in dover delaware. very cold to start us off. the temperatures will creep up there, in fact rise above the average high. let's look at satellite and radar, we can see lots of sunshine we'll have through the early parts of the day. the high clouds are streaming in from the north and west. a day to get outside and enjoy. 9:00 a.m., 45 degrees. noon, 55 sunny. 4:00 p.m., 64 degrees, 6:00 p.m., 63 can you think down from a high of 65. yes above average very warm tomorrow and that's when the rain comes. details coming up, matt. we can't have everything, but we'll enjoy the day. looking at the vine street expressway, looks like a police officer heading westbound. no problems at the moment things are moving along okay. same is true on the schuylkill expressway. on the boulevard route 1 at large stree

friday, guys. [ laughter ] >> good morning i'm tamala edwards. 8:56 friday, let's head over to matt pellmand delay. westbound around oaks watch out for construction setting up in just a few minutes. we are watching a crash at valley forge road and pot shop road. no major issues on the schuylkill expressway or i-95. cape may courthouse there's a wreck taking out the parkway northbound lane. we have amtrak switching problems delays up to a half-hour. have a good easter, tam. >> you too, matt pellman. let's go over to david murphy and see if it's going to be raining by the time we get to easter? >> reporter: no, easter looks okay, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we have scattered showers that are working in. they will get more pronounced as we get into the noon hour and second batch late this afternoon and evening. up to 62 degrees currently so it is mild. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a high this afternoon of 68. so a similar high is what we saw yesterday, but a dissimilar day it's going to be cloudy and damp with intermittent showers and thunderstorm. any show

police do not know if he was shot, the officer was not hurt. 8:57, karen is off, matt pellman has them the blue route to the vine, ideally should be a 14 minute road. worthington mill road is closed today for construction in north hampton. second street pike gets you around you. manayunk norristown rail line you're boarding outbound platform at conshohocken and spring mill. >> davids is outside on the terrace. >> reporter: good morning, matt, we're in the 40s across the region. low 40 toward allentown and lancaster. the winds will pick up, especially in the afternoon. we expect a windy and chilly partly sunny day. there could be a nuisance shower 55. the next few nights we're in the 30s, that means some suburbs could get frost over the next two nights. >> we'll be wanders. coming up on "action news" at noon, what is happening at the penn relays. >>> a sex off fender in utah was able to steal a school bus and tried to pick up children on the route. "live" with kelly and michael is next on 6abc. kelsey grammar is a guest. i'm matt o'donnell. have a great thursday, everyone. >> it's "liv

matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> i'm doing great how can you not be? so many people want to be out and about sampling the delish weather conditions, but they are running into problems as they try to head home. a new one with a downed pole in buck county the right lane is blocked. because of the accident that just happened, the left lane is getting by. and speaking of slowly, not so pleasant speeds on the portions of 95 just 14 miles per hour northbound at the betsy ross bridge, 14 on the schuylkill westbound on city avenue one is here in abington near the fair way, a crash involving a motorcycle in chester county at oak born road, and in chester county, lenape road closes be street road gets you through that tomorrow afternoon. and a pair of accidents to watch out for in newark one at library avenue and one in old baltimore pike at pleasant valley road, a lot going on we'll check it again in the next half hour. more to come on "action news" tonight at 5:00, another key piece of evidence is found at the crash site of the germanwings flight that went dow

let's go over to matt pellman you're taking a look at 42 where you have trouble.e. 42 northbound side locked up from the ac expressway. wet in gloucester county on the turnpike. northbound past exit 2 expect restrictions because of flooding. i-95 southbound there's a crash by the commodor barry bridge, there's one southbound in delaware marsh road a vehicle ran off the road into the woods. christiana the action cam was on the scene of a crash that involved a truck that landed on it's side. the churchman's road southbound lane remains blocked. >> come back in 30 minutes we'll give you the latest in weather and traffic. # >>> good morning, america. right now, at least six people arrested for ties with isis will be in court this morning. an fbi investigation cracks open a nationwide ring. >>> also right now, dr. oz fighting back after a group of doctors tried to get him fired from columbia university. claiming he promotes quack treatments. >>> tim tebow expected to sign a contract to join the philadelphia eagles after more than two years out of the game. >>> good mor

. >> lets go to matt pellman in the traffic accepter and see what's up. >> i'll take the baton we arening smoothly on 422, since last week spoke on the turnpike overpass a car burst into flames and what is left is the shell of the vehicle, that they are getting ready to load on the flat bed tow truck, i won't send you to 23 instead because that is closed now for the bridge construction and use bridge pike through norristown and royersford is closed and 29 say possible alternate around that and northeast extension around landsdale restricting traffic and several on 95 one southbound near academy taking out the left lane and in burlington county downed wires at creek road at newton's landing road and some blocking old marlton pike. a busy afternoon i'll catch you again in a half hour. >>> much more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, adopted twin sisters undergo life saving surgery thanks to their dad and an unknown organ donor. >>> and a federal judge resolves the settle for concussion lawsuits. >>> and cecily is back with a closer look at the accuweather forecast. well, sir. after some se

let's head over to he matt pellman.h. >> reporter: yes it is by 202 we have a crash one vehicle is up the embankment, they pulled him out. people are slowing down to see what's going on. in west norton there's a crash at main and colonial avenue. and chinatown 12th and the local vine involving a police officer. i-95 southbound is heavy. triple b is going up in just a bit head to the connector bridge instead. >> let's head outside to meteorologist karen rogers, it's a rainy morning. >> reporter: it's a little misty on the terrace. let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan. the steady rain is pushing east. after this moves off we'll have a chance for scattered showers around. we're comfortable with the temperatures. in the 50s right now. of a degrees heading up to 70. mild, the early showers are steady. beyond that we'll see scattered showers later in the day. saturday nice and warm, 78 for your high, drying out nicely, turning cooler on sunday, tam. >> thank you karen. >>> coming back on "g.m.a.," people becoming st

>> hey, everyone, i'm matt o'donnell, 7:26 friday, karen is off, matt pellman is here.p the schuylkill expressway today. >> reporter: we're off to the races. the penn relayses are jamming up the roads. at this point things don't look too bad just a couple of extra minutes in either direction. we're watching down trees and wires in williston, chester county. a crash susquehanna road at pine town road toward fort washington. on the pennsylvania turnpike exit 7 watch out for debris taking out a couple of right lanes. nj river line has half-hour delays because of signal issues. >> tennis anyone, this is a live look at the temple campus, maybe a better day to go ice skating in fact. >> reporter: we have heaters on in the cars this morning as sunshine has broken out on the terrace. some of you looking at clouds. swu take a look at temperatures, it's chilly. that 40 might not seem that bad i will point out that most of the suburbs are in the 30s here's the thing we have a wind blowing that's giving you windchills making it feel below freezing. we're going backed ward about a -

lets go to matt pellman on this beautiful day. >> it's certainly a beautiful afternoon out there chopper 6 hd is high in the sky on this beautiful afternoon watching a not so beautiful situation in maple shade a polle cracked and is in danger of collapsing. there looks to be sand on the roadway also, this is all unfolding along 73 between 537 main street and styles avenue. from you trying to come off the tacony palmyra bridge, and down 95 we are blockages without traffic getting by but now some traffic is getting through but it's blocked here and there fork landing road or staying south on 38 or 70 is your better bet. because at the very least are you looking at backups between the tacony palmyra bridge and i-95. another crash in glassboro, delsy drive we have an awful lot of volume out there this afternoon this is 95 at allegheny avenue 22 minutes double what it should be to get north to the vine. and a broken down vehicle on landsdale. and a crash cleared on the east-west turnpike eastbound past norristown. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday almost friday af

matt pellman in the traffic center. did you enjoy this nice weather. >> it almost makes me want to go out and sit in a traffic jam. >> yes almost. >> good afternoon we are live along the roosevelt boulevard extension in east falls the northbound side we are seeing a jam from the ridge avenue on ramp to broad street in the normal spot and it's breaking up a bit coming off the schuylkill because on 76 westbound approaching the boulevard we have a broken down bus taking out one lane and traffic is stacked up behind that westbound on the schuylkill, westbound on 422 and trying to exit at 724 in the pottstown area, watch for a crash on the ramp this afternoon and a motorcycle accident in east brandywine at creek road 282, and newcastle county a vehicle fire to avoid at centerville road by the artisans bank and the tacoma palmyra bridge opening right now. and portions of 322 eastbound and 40 eastbound remain closed and use the a.c. ex press way or the white horse pike as some alternates. see you in the next half hour. >> stil

. >>> now matt pellman is in the traffic center, how are we looking on the way home tonight matt? >> who doesn't want to be out on a day like this, there are a couple of spots you do not want to be. the 30 bypass in chester county westbound side, now a parking lot past 202 to this point at 340 the thorndale exit thanks to this crash. emergency crews are on the scene and blocking the right lane and almost completely blocking the off ramp to 340 and it's along crawl. stick with the pennsylvania turnpike instead. a downed industry in buck county blocking allentown road and 309 gets you around that. and the northeast extension past landsdale a broken down vehicle taking out the right lane and slower on the northbound side and slow on the eastbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike and the crash approaching fort washington has cleared but the delays spill back to the blue route, 476 from the schuylkill to mid county. we'll check it again in next half hour. >> much more to come on "action news" at 5:00 s. new information tonight from an ongoing study trying to determine if women that ta

matt pellman is here with the latest. >> south park avenue as you said still shut down at eagleville and falcon road. maybe trooper road or sunny side avenue, and hopefully by tomorrow's rush it will be back up and running. and we still have the broken down vehicle on the schuylkill westbound at university avenue taking out the left lane, you are getting the slow speeds as you come west of passyunk, slowing on the eastbound side as well. the vine remains heavy eastbound to 95 and the crash at girard has speeds of 12 miles per hour coming down from the walt whitman bridge. and delays on njt's river line 10 minutes. and trenton's septa regional rail line, 25 minute delays because of switching problems. i hope you are being special to monica because it's her special day. >> i am always nice to monica. >> one hour on tv. >> you have 20 minutes left. coming up tonight. >> running versus walking, ali gorman looks at a new study to find out which is better for your health. >> great day for a walk or run and it gets warmer tomorrow and i am tracking late week changes in the accuweather forec

. >> time for a look at the traffic report with matt pellman. >> hey guys, speaking of this morning it was not an easy one on the schuylkill expressway, we had huge problems accompanied by authdelays and now the delays are not as huge, aproeching spring garden street eastbound go the taillights just sluggish towards center city moving okay at this point mlk and west river drive look going but westbound on 422 as so many of you do until the afternoons, you'll hit a jam past trooper road approaching 22 9. in advance of a crash taking out the left lane, the really slow traffic on 422 westbound one you make it to pottstown a fire location near chestnut street and franklin street and king street is a possibleality mate around that. in delaware 495 southbound look for a crash by the claymont interchange, stay on 95 southbound instead. camden county a broken down vehicle along the new jersey turnpike northbound side approaching exit 3, taking out the left lane not causing a huge delay at this point, but something to be aware of. and speeds are starting to drop on the southbound side of 295, a

. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center they are showing action here on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side it's a car fire that just popped up in the last few minutes by 676 by the vine street expressway. flames and smoke comes away from it, the smoke is getting dense and these are trying quickly to pass not the best idea, we see a few explosions and the flames leap over toward the left lane and people at this point are trying to get by including the school bus in the left lane pretty soon as soon as the fire crews get here, they will likely close the eastbound side of the schuylkill at the vine. if you are coming in toward the city are you seeing a parking lot through montgomery drive through this point at the vine street expressway, police just pulled up at the scene and stick with the river drives and the mlk and the kelly. and of course we'll start to continue to watch this car fire unfold. the eastbound side of the schuylkill left lane barely squeezing by for now and already you are looking at a jam and take the river drives a crash in west conshohocken at ma

matt pellman how do we look?fair to less than fair as we look live in downingtown, the crash at business 30 is out of the way and still very heavy as you come away from 100 to this point and toward 282 out in chester, we have the downed tree giving us problems and conestoga road and a crash in concard township along 322 at smith bridge road near phillips nurseries and the church of the nazarene, a crash at 252, and tacony palmyra bridge up again the second time this afternoon head for the betsy ross bridge. as the ship heads northbound at the burlington bristol bridge that will likely open in 45 minutes or so. south jersey accidents one at lambs road in washington township and one at cross keys road in gloucester township. >> back over to you. >> much more ahead on "action news," they are warning pickup drivers to be careful of thieves stealing tailgates off the truck. and details of a bizarre attack in kentucky a woman fends off a strangler with a chicken. >> we had sunshine today and temperatures below average,

matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center with an update. >> we won't talk about that.e parked traffic and we have plenty of it in the afternoon rick and monica, we are parked here now on the tacony palmyra bridge meaning the bridge was up and on its way back down now and traffic is stopped on both sides, i'll expect an opening on the burlington bristol bridge opening in a few minutes. >> it's been exceptionally busy now with people headed home from the phils game and the penn relays and people were using mlk as an alternate than is stacked headed out of town at the moment. a crash along white marsh at baron hill road and one on main street near broad and horsham at bayberry circle and in gloucester circle a crash at tuckahoe road. rick and monica back over to you. >> all right matt thank you. >> still ahead on "action news," the phillies are hoping for redemption after the marlins loss last night. >> and adam is live. hey adam. >> he is in haverford township. >> we have badges here and you know what, we have a lot of fun with the kids at the playground and we are in th

. >>> matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> bubble wrap is a good look for sure. >> and needed many times. >> this is not looking so great very slow traffic on 95 northbound in delco from the state line up to the 320 on ramp that is where they are looking at the crash we are talking about all afternoon partially blocking the on ramp and attracting attention and it would probably be busy here because we had the flyers and phils both around 7:00 busy on 95 and busy on it's schuylkill and busy on the boulevard. roosevelt boulevard southbound by broad street, you can see the flashing lights for the scene and the turnpike westbound by route 1. the bensalem interchange the one in rock ledge has cleared and a new one in bristol along bath road and lakeland avenue one at woodbury at west jersey avenue and the trolleys rutd 10 11, 34 and 36 we are diverted this afternoon. more coming up in the next half hour. >> more ahead in our next half hour, including the recall of a popular snack what you need to know about possible contamination in sabra hummus. and the new attraction can you expect al

. >> matt pellman is now in the "action news" traffic center for a not so great story for folks hoping to get home. >> do i ever have a good story? only on holidays. this afternoon it's been busy on the schuylkill expressway i-76 as we look live approaching spring gardidn't street, due in fact that the vice president said good-bye and left town and he stopped all traffic on the eastbound side of 76 and it's all open now and extra heavy east and the boulevard to this part of seasoner city. mlk west river drive closing tonight at 7:00 for a 5-k, stick with 76 or the kelly drive instead. still a crash in westchester on high street. along mcdade boulevard at sutton avenue, and tullytown closing 13 between mcdonald's and the home depot. and the ben franklin bridge construction westbound this afternoon, giving us jams there as well. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you. still to come on "action news" tonight. the last person to cross the finish line at the boston marathon is inspiring everywhere. we'll have details on his 20 hour journey. coming up. >> what is in your mak

let's head over to matt pellman. watching the auto carrier fire on i-95. >> reporter: the vehicles caught fire on the northbound side of i-95 in tinicum township. chopper 6 was overhead right after they put the fire out. this was the car carrier carrying the vehicles that were inflamed. at this point the ramp from 420 to the northbound side of i-95 to head toward the airport is closed. if you're trying to get on i-95 use ridley park instead. super highway southbound overturned vehicle crash by neshaminy confined to the shoulder. they had to block all the southbound lanes for a while. so we're parked from 213 toward neshaminy toward the pennsylvania turnpike. stick with i-95 southbound through bucks county instead. just don't use i-95 northbound through delaware county. >> it's a rough morning in spots, matt. thank you. this isn't rough rough looking live on sky 6 out across atlantic city. beautiful thursday. >> reporter: today is the pick of the week, tam get outside and make plans to enjoy it. we have sunshine. we h

. >>> matt pellman is here now live in the "action news" traffic center. hello matt. >> you would think it's rocket science because so many people wind up in accidents and one in delco giving us crowded conditions as you travel northbound on 95 away from 322 and curlin street they are partially blocking that on ramp and taking out the right lane and that is the reason for the extra heavy traffic as you move towards the state line and the philadelphia international airport and near the springfield springfield distribution in delco and this is heavy southbound 45 minutes. we have a disabled vehicle in allegheny, that cleared an hour ago and now we feel there are people getting an early jump into the flyers and phils games. and a wreck along shipley road that cleared a couple of minutes ago, no issues on 95 or 495 at this point. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday almost friday. talking about a pothole in the road in palmyra along morgan avenue. >> we'll see you again soon thank you matt. >>> someone in south jersey is sit ago and a

that is just one of several issues, lets get a first check of the traffic report with matt pellman. >> you know it's going to be a busy thursday afternoon for sure, a couple of different reasons we do know this, first off the phillies game just ended a lot of people headed out of south philadelphia on 95 and the schuylkill expressway here in university city and before too long people will likely be leaving the penn relays that katherine was talking about that creates a mess on 76 and already we are looking at heavy traffic from there to university avenue on out toward the vine street expressway. just getting reports of a crash on the platt bridge headed towards philadelphia approaching 46th street and one lane is blocked and a wreck in darby along main street and concord road and on the bucks county border a vehicle flipped over here on the ramp from the south roosevelt boulevard to wide haven eastbound, the ramp is block as is the outer side of the boulevard they are crunched in there to go to route 1 and a delay on septa's chestnut west and are you boarding all trains from the inbou

. >> all right matt pellman is live in the traffic center, accuweather is having an impact on all of us. >> we'll see if are you buying what i'm selling on this hump day afternoon slow traffic on the schuylkill expressway, not surprising this is the eastbound traffic headed toward center city, it's wet out there here is the good news it's a better rush hour than last evening on the schuylkill, it will cost extra time with the volume and not so nice weather, slow speeds on 95 and many in the teens in both directions by the betsy ross bridge and a crash in upper darby on route 3, that is westchester pike and fairview avenue and a gas main break in pennsauken along 70 westbound side approaching 38 the left lane is out of commission and that is the case until 8:00 this evening you could see slowing in this area. this is a broken down truck approaching pennsylvania avenue, no major delays. and a sinkhole in gloucester township camden county blocking broad acres drive. also a crash to avoid in bear, newcastle county along 40 at church road. lets grab the ipad on this hump day afternoon ano