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we'll see what things are like this morning with the penn relay traffic. a new crash on the old site of the connie mack stadium a vehicle jumped the curb there and ran into a brick wall. all lanes open on the northwest turnpike and the northeast extension is cleared. >>> an off-duty policeman out walking his dog, when a thief tried to walk him he quickly turned the table. katherine scott is live good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam the suspect picked the wrong target. the target was the off-duty police officer he finished his shift at the 12th district. shots were fired and they hit several parked cars on the 5800 block of malvern avenue in overbrook. this happened around 11:40 p.m. the suspect approached the off-duty officer from behind while he was walking his dog. police say that off-duty officer spotted the gun in the suspect's hand and immediately drew his gun. the officer fired 8 times the suspect took cover behind a car on malvern and fled toward upland. they searched for the suspect from the air and on foot. the officer was in the injured.

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if you're heading to the penn relays tomorrow, bundle up in the morning. if you're going to run, make sure you get a good warmup in at 8 o'clock 40 degrees but wind chills will be in the low 30's by noon 55 degrees and by 5 o'clock, some high thin clouds with a high or a temperature of 59 degrees. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, some high clouds in the afternoon tomorrow but a nice day a cool day though 60 degrees. on sunday clouds with some sunshine with a high of 60 and future tracker showing again a brush of some rain and in our far southern zones on monday sunday morning. monday widely scattered showers 60. jim look at this wednesday 69 degrees. >>> nice and mild it's about time. thursday a chance of showers 66 and friday sun mixing with clouds with a high of 66 degrees. so, all in all not a bad weekend. not quite as beautiful as last weekend. >> all right cecily thank you. >>> abc's world news tonight is next with david muir. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff shirleen allicott and ducis rodgers. please join us for

call about the colonial penn program now. news in america this morning. baltimore burning. a city in chaos at this hour. looting, buildings on fire and protesters clashing with police officerers all this stemming from the mees tier use death of freddie gray. >>> growing response in nepal. sup plies and shelter and medicine running short. small glimmers of hope. one survivor pulled from the rubble three days after the quake. >>> and the video will take your breath away. a group of young students nearly blind sided by a passing suv coming within inches. >>> and sea lion scare. it looks like a cute animal. photo bomb. this imhajj is the start of a

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so we began the march right at penn station.ou can see a line of police cars on either side of the street, and some police officers milling about. i don't see a single police officer along the route, and i haven't the entire time. but one thing i did see when i first got to penn station, there were two cadres of officers in kind of s.w.a.t. regalia with their shields and helmets. they were going the on it is direction. again, this has ban cat and mouse game who can get ahead of the protesters and contain folks. you have to assume this is part of the strategy. especially they were aware of this march hours early. they mentioned it in their press conference. i have to assume it's part of the plan. but right now i don't see any police anywhere. >> all right. two large marches taking place in baltimore at this hour. tremaine lee reporting live for us tonight here on the "ed show" show," right in the middle of the crowd. this broadcast will originate from the nation's capitol tomorrow night. "politicsnation" with ed sharpton starts r

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web we expect heavy delays because of penn relays. we have paving work in roxborough along ridge avenue. expect portions of that to be blocked. no construction on i-95. we have an issue in mercer county a crash closing down bear tavern road, scotch road an alternate. route 9 is blocked at linden lane because of a downed pole. garden state parkway gets you around that. >> a philadelphia police officer is recovering from being shot while in the line of duty. the suspected shooter is hospitalized for his own gunshot wound. katherine scott is live outside penn presbyterian hospital where the officer is being treated. katherine. >> reporter: matt, officer daniel kostic is the father of two taken to penn presbyterian after being shot in his right arm while on duty. else in stable condition and his recovering with his family at his side. >> he is very very lucky. >> reporter: lucky after daniel kostic was shot in west philadelphia. officer daniel kostic was patrol around wilt ton and girard. they want to investigate a man inside a van for po

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coming eastbound heading toward the penn relays not so bad.he boulevard, we have a wreck on the inner drive. stick with the outer drive. speeds slowing on i-95. there's a wreck at south gulph road at long road. we're getting word of debris on new jersey turnpike northbound approach exit 7 the exit for 206. the debris taking out the right lairn of the outer drive -- lane of the outer drive there. stick with the inner drive. our crash in belmawr black horse pike has been cleared off the road. we have a downed pole in middle township cape may county blocking route 9 at linden lane. stick with railroad avenue or the garden state parkway. word coming in on the njt river line half-hour delays. >> we continue to follow a developing story the shooting of a philadelphia police officer while on duty. katherine scott is live outside penn presbyterian hospital where the officer is being treated katherine. >> reporter: matt, officer daniel kostic is a married father of two he was on bicycle patrol last night when he was shot in his right arm. he is recover

the penn relays this sets you up for the cool pattern. winds out of the west at 12 to 25. to 35 miles per hour. pretty much the same story on friday another high of 56. runners not about not a whole lot of sweating going on down there at the university of pennsylvania. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 55 is the high, windy and chilly, notice how we have overnight lows in philadelphia in the 30s in some suburbs you'll want to bring in the potted plants. windy and chilly on friday, 56. we ease back up to 60 on saturday. sunday mostly sunny skies 62. the next chance of rain appears to be wednesday. >> up next, the giant volcanic eruption in south america that caught everybody by surprise. >> a predator is taken into custody over a school bus. find out how they caught him. >> reporter: no delays on this portion of i-95, we'll check delays including on the schuylkill expressway when "action news" continues on this thursday morning. >> 6 43:00 bright and sunny beautiful shot of center city philadelphia. 44 degrees on city avenue. it's chilly getting up to 55 today.

at penn presbyterian. the trauma septemberer at penn presbyterian and a suspect who was also shot and taken to hahnemann university hospital. we don't know we know the officer is in stable condition and close call front for philadelphia police officer shot in the thigh during some kind of confrontation. we will learn more did that overnight. >> we'll have the latest on "action news" at 4:30 and as we know as we learn it, it will go rights to 6abc dom l.com. >> let's get the latest information from accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan. >> jim, we have a cold night on the way. stormtracker 6 double scan said he'll take care of conditions down there and this is allowing temperatures to rally drop. 44 in philadelphia, millville 43. wilmington 4. allentown and reading down to 40. wind chills in the 30s right now. it's satellite 6 and action radar the reason loy pressure west of main upper level low is sitting there and this is what it spinning down that cold air straight from danica. overnight lows gettin

>> dawn, pack house at the penn relays.he guys light up the track for the men's distance medley relay. check out some of the best in the world later in sports. ♪ >>> pothole problem parent system not going away near washington square. fox 29 worked to get results the first time our viewers complain. the traffic cone that had been kind of smoosh into the street wore most but now week late the hole it's getting bigger. it's a problem that's been frustrating both drivers and residents for sometime now. >> it really is quite a hazard. you know a lot of cars go by here. i live around the corner at the saint james. i drive around here all the time. it's hazardous. it's hard on the car. i wish would it get fit. >> the pothole isn't the only problem. fallen stop sign. the streets department says it is aware of the pothole and the downed sign. hopefully they'll both get corrected. >>> science lovers rejoice tonight is the kick off the of of the philadelphia science festival. hundreds of great hands on activity it's for the whole fam

call about the colonial penn program now.d you did. >>> this morning on "world news now," anger in america. protesters in cities across the country join the outrage in baltimore demanding answers in the death of freddie gray. >> we just want a moment of silence for freddie gray right now. >>> the tension overnight as baltimore is under another strict curfew and the preliminary report from police keeping the city on edge. >> lost in space. the russian rocket blasting off hauling supplies to astronauts at the international space station. the ship is now out of control. what went wrong and later -- >> welcome to labor games. >> yep. you heard that right. labor games moms ambushed in the delivery room turned into a game show contestant. while they battle contractions with some women will do for cash and prizes. it's thursday, april 30th. captions paid for by abc, inc. from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> they'll do it all. >> i guess maybe they know but if you were to tell your wife in the m

we'll have extra traffic on the vine, as well as schuylkill and the ben franklin bridge, the penn relays are back in town. it's that time of year ago. this is i-95 by cottman avenue no overnight construction traffic moving in both directions. a construction for you in haddon township the ramp 130 southbound to 168 blocked until 6:00 a.m. with restrictions on 268 itself. tam. >> a bandit tried to hold up a man out walking with his dog. the target turned out to be an off-duty cop. katherine scott is live with all the breaking details. good morning catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam that's right the officer was off duty, he was not injured in all of this, police say he had just finished his shift at the 12th district, home walking his dog and this all happened. there were several cars on the block that were shot in the process of this investigators are calling this an steamented robbery. it happened at 11:40 on the 5800 block of malvern avenue. police say the suspect came up behind the off-duty officer out walking his dog. the off-duty officer saw the gun in the suspect's hand and dr

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