mlk blocked because of a downed tree and the kelly and schuylkill are alternates. 95 southbound by allegheny, a motorcycle crash taking out a lane and new hope, a crash with a dump truck towing construction equipment. street road is an possible alternate. three medical choppers are called to the scene of the accident. it turned into a busy, nasty afternoon out there. more to come on "action news" tonight. something was cooking in this montgomery county neighborhood, and it landed two young intruders in hot water. we'll explain. cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo for you with this week's outdoor -- uh-oh, natural exhibit. really very interesting. >> we have fiona, an african bull dog who drinks a lot of water. we are talking about animals with healthy appetites, and they are ambush predators, they wait for their food to come and then they jump out and get it. i'll be feeding the west low land gorillas. >> is she african or european? >> ha, ha, ha. ducis rogers has the eagles including a live report, and highlights in sports when "action news" comes right back. >>> new jersey governo

and blocked is the mlk because of a downed tree from earlier today. the kelly drive is open as is the schuylkill and it doesn't look too terrible. a downed tree closing delaware, and walnut green road gets you around it. and by the delaware memorial bridge, a fuel spill, and three left lanes getting by in newcastle. a crash in cinnaminson closing it in cherry hill and we expect that to last throughout the evening. we'll check it again in the 5:00 evening. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour caring for you ... just got a little easier. right now, buy one pair of eyeglasses or prescription sunglasses, and get another one free. this is genuine eye care, right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >>> adam joseph is here now, with the forecast. two days left in july and we are here in the muggies again. >> we won't have the true dog days of august. >> that was rough. >> yes ruff. bad rick. live look in cape may, i think they are playing can jam, where you throw the frisbee to get it in opposite cans. a great day to be outdoors to enjoy september.

and the block able of the ramp from 95 northbound to mlk boulevard because of the truck accident fromlier. up to 202 it's causing you extra time. we'll check it again coming up in the 5:00 hour. thank you matt, more "action news" when we come right [ gecko ] what a lovely night in philadelphia. look at all these people. imagine a world where they all switch to geico. a world full of savings. imagine... ♪ hold on, still imagining. ♪ all right, i'm done. [ male announcer ] geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph with the sweltering forecast. >> we are tracking storms around the region and tropical storm arthur, this holiday week is not so quiet, a look at double scan live in the region, it's hot and humid and rather quiet, we are watching a line of thunderstorms, blossoming now in gloucester coin and berks county. a severe thunderstorm warning is issued for the northern part of the lancaster county. and right on the border of adams town until 5:45, winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and quarter size hail in edition

another bad spot is in delaware, northbound 95 and the truck accident northbound at mlk is now gone, a solid jam coming north of 273 up to that point. a lot cooking, we are cooking too on this hot day. we'll see you in a half hour. >> i thought i smelled something burning. more to come, 4th of july fireworks are just a couple days away, and a warning from your eye dr. before you begin your holiday. ali gorman will show us healthy choices to make on your own and we check in with meteorologist, cecily tynan with the holiday forecast. [ male announcer ] just can't seem to escape another sneeze attack? you may be muddling through allergies. don't get caught off guard. try new zyrtec® dissolve tabs. powerful allergy relief now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. new zyrtec® dissolve tabs. >>> we have a serious warning about the dangers of fireworks. they talked about how fireworks could lead to devastating eye injuries, they can course blindness and disfigment. and the doctor says parents should pay special attention to kids using sparkleers. >> they can reach temperatures of 20

so they're reacting to what they deficit in venture american culture. 50 the assassination of the s, mlk, jfk, robert kennedy, the vietnam war, how much did events play into this movement. >> kind of challenges that americans thought was going to be their birthright. war in vietnam in particular, opened the questions in the united states. violence of great leaders being struck down in the prime of their lives. think, maybe e american society isn't what we thought it was going to be. and maybe it's time to challenge assumptions that lay behind it. so, yeah, the counterculture is premises inking the based on violence and some of hypocrisy inherent in the american dream. the u've been focusing on feminist movement in this time period. put that in perspective. what was happening in the '60s? >> the civil rights movement, to the new left, the anti-war ovement, are beginning to have new and exciting experiences. ut they're also experiencing sexism in these movements as well. hat creates a kind of contradiction. they're also able to experience somewhat freer way by virtue of the birth control p

and in delaware an earlier broken down vehicle by mlk that, is gone but the travel times are doubled. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> 95 is 95. >> that is the problem. >>> more to come on "action news" tuesday night. several local retailers are pulling several summer fruits from shelves, details of recall coming up. and health check proves there is a gentler way to treat eczema. we'll check in with cecily tynan on the update on the steamy forecast from accuweather when "action news" at 5:00 continues in just a moment. uncle craig, what's the deal? oh...you can't record that many shows at once. why? i guess they didn't feel like it. you can't save every single cartoon. why? you can't just watch tv wherever you want. why? you know you can't pause the tv here and play it in another room. why? it's time for fios quantum tv. store up to 200 hours in hd. record up to 12 shows at once. pause and play live tv, room to room. plus, watch live tv on the go with the fios mobile app. redefining what tv can be. upgrade to a fios triple play and get $250 back with a two year agreement

method that mlk your had learned from the teaching of india's civil rights leader gone difficult, sadlyfor the king family, and the world, king's stand against racism, in justice and war led to his assassination. >> i know that you and your family always preached love, and acceptance of each other and of the world at large but when you lost your uncle doctor martin luther king junior to an assassin's bullet , what was your reaction. >> when my uncle mlk killed i wanted to strike out i wanted to blame somebody. i decided it was white people. they were the enemy. i said to daddy, ad, i said daddy, i hate white people, i hate white people. >> he was on his way to get his brother's body but daddy, put his arms around me and said, you cannot hate white people, white people didn't kill your uncle, the devil did. white people march with us. the white people have gone to jail with us. they live with us and sometimes they die with us. daddy just said we have to love, we have to forgive. that is a principal. martin luther king junior talk about that all the time but that is not a martin lieutenan

but not the mlk anymore, a crash into the art museum on the inbound side taking out one lane and temporarily stopping traffic at the moment. on the big picture we are expecting a tacony palmyra bridge opening. have you slowing on northbound 95 heading out of center city towards northeast philadelphia and 95 in delco, the crash is off to the side here near 320, ain slow go northbound from 452 from this point approaching the blue route. good luck getting home. >> he is so nice. thanks matt. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, soccer fans stunned by brazil's incredible loss in the world cup and they take their anger to the streets. we'll show you. >>> and a travel scam making the rounds. and we'll have our consumer report and cecily tynan is live at the philadelphia zoo. >> hi guys, how do you train a porcupine, the answer is very carefully. this is oscar, a northern porcupine found in reading and the lehigh valley, what the philadelphia zoo has done, they trained oscar if he puts both paws on the tree limb, he get a treat. because he spend a lot of time in his crate, and they want to g

. >> the assassinations of the 1960's, mlk, jfk, robert kennedy, the vietnam war -- how much did those events play into this movement? >> i think you're right, what most will thought would be their birth right, and the war in vietnam, in particular, as he say, the incredible violence of great leaders being struck down in the prime of their life. a lot of people think, maybe american society is not what we thought it was going to be, and maybe we should challenge some of the assumptions that lay behind it, so yeah, the counterculture is very much about rethinking those premises based on violence and some of the hypocrisy that are inherent to the american dream. >> we have been focusing a lot on the feminist movement during this time period. what was happening in the 1960's? >> the 1960's was ephemeral moment because on the one hand, a number of women through their participation in the civil rights movement and the antiwar movement are beginning to have new and exciting expressive, but they are also expressing sexism in these movements as well, so that create the kind of contradiction. t

just off the schuylkill expressway in fairmont park watch out for a crash at montgomery and mlk and oneatch for construction at albany avenue near 5th.se delays, wilmn ten 1 on the west trenton. >> looks like the weather is going to turn nice. >> reporter: today will not be bad, tomorrow is gorgeous, your right. let's get the numbers, 76 degrees, might be a little humid across the region, warmer down by the shore, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast shows a high ofgrndgh chance of a storm. st of you will miss out on that. tomorrow is t refreshing high of 80. >> can't wait. >> eagles fans ll be pumped for practice. we'll be live at lincoln financial where the bir will hold their first open practice. fans may score e! with rothuaia ola anentertaining fashion tips from youtube superst , yourcothe oe arstraha[cheaus♪ -- kelly ripa and mhe]

. >> i'm watching for the runners taking your advice out here early this morning along the mlk west river drive, day. i'm not seeing them so come on people, get out there and start running. cars are running well on the schuylkill expressway here approaching spring garden street. eastbound go the taillights headed in towards center city. no delays in either direction. the road is dry. we don't have a whole lot of complaints so far this morning. i hesitate to say that but at this point things are looking good. overnight construction on 95 southbound between allegheny and girard is cleared. as is the crash on the ramp from 95 southbound to broad street. and they also cleared out the construction that was on the ramps connectorring the turnpike with norristown. had some stoppages there overnight that have now wrapped up. there is still a broken down truck in plymouth meeting along ridge pike at colwell lane there by conicelli but that's off to the side. no need to worry about it. on the eastbound turnpike near willow grove overnight construction cleared. still some work on the northeast exten

mlk drive on the right side of the screen looks good but on the kelly drive traffic lights are still there at sedgley drive so treat that like a four-way stop. a crash early this morning in abington township. vehicle into a pole along 611 at gurnsey. the downed tree on 295 southbound past rancocas woods is out of there, matt. >> thanks matt. "action news" crews were out overnight gathering new video of the heavy damage from those gusty storms last night. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in the city's mount airy section, one of many areas that has some cleaning up to do. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the storms were just fierce and here in this parking lot on east mount airy avenue you can see quite a bit of damage when a part of this tree came crashing down on top of these cars here, took down power lines as well residents around here and across our area have been dealing with power outages and property damage. trees down, power out after storms raced across our area last night. in chadds ford a tree came crashing down, this one onto cars par

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mlk drive heading toward the city looks fine. of course that will be closed this weekend as it is every spring and summertime weekend for recreation activity. kelly drive will be blocked tomorrow from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for the youth regatta. northeast extension they will close saturday night into sunday morning starting at midnight, southbound direction between lansdale and mitt mid county. head to 309 to the fort washington interchange. this morning there's a blockage at solbury bucks county. aqment uetong -- aquetong road is shut down. ben franklin bridge will be closed sunday morning at 6:30 for a charity bike race. >>> one blockage on saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. hartford road will be closed, utility work there, stick with creek road as the alternate in that case. >> gesture of goodwill had one california neighborhood creeped out. someone left porcelain dolls on 8 homes the homeowners say the dolls bear resembleance to their daughters. the person goes to church with the families. >>> in tech bytes, is apple about to

they will return to the mlk library on august 22. >>> girl survives being swept through a flooded drainto look back to see if my sister was there and i am trying to yell and i couldn't. like, because i didn't want to open my mouth. >> what was going through her mind while she was trapped under water. >> i am outside a fire station or am i? one way this city is battling the drought. >> after the break, the sprinkles you may have seen and the big changes that are coming in the next 24 hours. oh chris, did you remember to pay the dog sitter? oh i knew i forgot something... i'll just do it now. well, we're boarding. no, i'll use citi mobile. takes two seconds, better safe than sorry right? yeah who knows if we'll even get service on the islands? what! no service? seriously? no electricity, we're going to make our own candles, we're going to churn our own butter. oh, we lost one. can't leave a bag unattended. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. to learn more visit citi.com/easierbanking >>> the drought has lots of people looking for creative ways to save water. especially on

coming out of the city i would stick with the river drives, the mlk and the kelly instead or ridge avenue or lancaster avenue, because the schuylkill westbound is at a stand still. 95 southbound at the girard point bridge, a disabled vehicle, we had big issues this morning on the mass transit front and the east line is not running and shuttle busing on the 101 trolley and this afternoon the trolleys are running and are you boarding all trains between scenic road and media from the inbound tracks, keep that in mind if you ride the 101. down in delaware there is storm damage and smith bridge road remains closed and philadelphia pike northbound closed in claymont because of a downed traffic signal, and lancaster pike is blocked because of downed wires, lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, what is cooking here in medford? in burlington county, light traffic this afternoon. that is a change brian we like to hear that. >> from hump day to bump day, an american that wrote a book how to survive the running the bulls in spain was injured during the festival, he was one of two americans g

why would you want students being taught he has anything in common with mlk. >> 15 of the police officerscollect the evidence in mumia's case were jailed, convicted for tampering weapon evidence in this case. it's part of the record. you are entitled to your own opinion. but not to your own facts. >> the appeals court did not find that -- >> this is part of the public record, you know why? because one of the most important people in this case, judge ron castillo, who cen willy is the head of the pennsylvania supreme court, he was asked to recuse himself from the trial, from hearing mumia's appeal, he refused to -- >> but you -- >> hold on, i'm. >> you're trying to relive the case. >> no, i don't. i want to establish why this country you can have black people convicted but that doesn't necessarily mean -- >> this black person was convicted by two other black people. >> there's a long history of criminalization of black people. >> were the black people in the jury biassed against him. >> he was not convicted by a jury of his peers. let me -- >> i want to stay on topic. you won't answer my q

here is the day care center coincidentally same street mlk boulevard well be appearing next a block up the street at the camden county courthouse. the dad's 9-millimeter loaded gun, stolen gun, stole never philadelphia, coincidentally, just across the river, was recovered when police went to the day care center and found what the day care workers had found in the little girl's nursery bag. the dad, 25 year old father, akeep williams of lindenwold, after he is dollars area police pick up the stolen illegal gun. day care workers called family services. they pick up the little girl and her little brother. so they are in the care of family services. mr. williams, the father in the care of a county jail. dawn, kerry? >> all right, steve keeley, thank you, four have 14, in bucks county bristol township police investigating how four year old boy with special needs was left alone in the hasn't inside school van. strapped into a carseat for two and a half hours. friendship circle center found the boy, who was rushed to the hospital and treated for dehydration, that van driver now suspended. phi

moving our way over into delaware 95 northbound mlk off ramp is closed as a result of the accident. we have an accident on the northeast extension be sure to follow me on twitter and i will have updates on that as well, chris. >>> still to come here on "eyewitness news", routine use of the popular injection for back pain is being called into question, this is used by millions of people, but howie effective is it. >>> our health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with important new findings tonight. >>> beasley? >>> coming up in sports, help could be on the way for phillies pitching staff, there will be a new mens champion at wimbledon and shady mccoy is winner of the prestige as you ward, those stories and more we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. what's it like paying for internet that's rated 6th out of 7 in customer satisfaction? not good. it's not the best. no, that's not fun. look at it this way, you're kind of on top. if i was like this, all day. switch from the bottom to the top and see why millions of satisfied customers have made fios #1. si

book is the fact that this story is frequently told through the lens of the great men involved, lbj, mlkas a huge movement that was built up that really was responsible for the bill's eventual passage. >> i think you have to understand both sides. there is a great political story to be told. there's certainly a lot of big names that play into the story. you also have to understand where it came from and how important the movement in birmingham was and how important things like the march on washington -- and just organizing by people in the civil rights movement, in churches, unions, writing letters, going to washington. i mean, really, really pushing from the grassroots to get it through. >> and specifically, we hear a lot about the civil rights protests and everyone rightly celebrates them, but you write that at one point in time, the church groups, you say, succeeded where civil rights protests and democratic presidents could not. >> well, i think everybody contributed their own way. one of the things that white protestant groups did was they were able to broaden the appeal to the midw