also watching a crash involving an overturned truck and downed poll in east whiteland and that phoenixville pike will be closed for a couple of hours an alternate is sidly road. and a house fire on monument avenue, that is a good spot to avoid. we have the huge water main break in cheltenham, maybe ash mead as an alternate. and in hamilton township downed pole along 322 eastbound and the right lane is blocked in that location. lets grab the ipad and doubt commuter report on the hump day afternoon. a pothole off delaware memorial bridge. watch out for that. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> sounds good, thank you matt. >>> still ahead city leaders in baltimore are taking an unusual step, who they asked to investigate their own police department. and the amazing story of a puppy shot and left for dead. and back on his feet and friendly as ever for saving this dog's life. imagine a tractor trailer that can save this dog's life, where driverless big rigs are hitting the road. ♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪

looks like on 422 at the saint gabe's curve eastbound traffic a little traffic coming in from phoenixvilleand collegeville. septa regional rail, don't forget the trenton line is suspended. they added extra service to the west trenton line. head to the cornwell park and ride you can get a free shuttle into market frankford line to get you into the city. by then you're exhausted. >> reporter: 69 degrees by 9:00 a.m. sun and high clouds today. the high 76 degrees. it's not a bad 76 given the humidity is low today. winds light and despite more cloud cover not a bad day. as we check out the wide view, not a lot of shower activity in the great lakes. florida is sunny. dallas and houston, as we look at the chances of severe weather that's basically it. texas panhandle to an antonio. areas -- san antonio. isolated tornados west of dallas and houston. looks like the showers which chicago are off the board. >> tonight on "action news" at 11:00, wendy saltzman looks at a local charity that didn't follow through on a home give way. here's a preview. >> reporter: a homeless mother and her children said

phoenixville 57 while jester springs is 56. cool start and comfortable.hing to show you on the radar for today, but tomorrow is a different story. watching the storm system to the west which could bring us some showers into the area tomorrow afternoon. the day goes on. the temperatures will climb into the low 70s today. 4:00 this afternoon. really comfortable. look at those arrows. that's the northwesterly wind that will continue blowing into the evening hours. down to 65 degrees at 8:00 this evening. as we go into the overnight hours, clouds off to the north and west. we'll start to move in. with those clouds we'll see a chance for some showers during the afternoon tomorrow after dry start in the morning. we will be watching for showers first in delaware and south jersey. we might see a few sprinkles in philadelphia tomorrow afternoon. today will be sunny, dry, just a few scattered clouds at times. the wind out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles an hour. temperatures nowhere near yesterday's high of 83 degrees. the chance of showers will be at 63 after a mo

and phoenixville at 46 degrees. but temperatures will be climbing thanks to sunshine.o sign of any wet weather, we could use the rain and we will get some. this system that's moving into the midwest, that's a possibility for us for this weekend. showers and possibly some thunderstorms. but not today. today is dry, brilliant sunshine and temperatures that will warm into the low to mid-70s this afternoon. northerly winds will persist at 10 miles an hour during the day today. tomorrow, a little bit warmer with sunshine to start with there will be some clouds in the afternoon. 78 after a morning low of 62 degrees. and then here comes the heat humidity and a chance of scattered showers and a possibility of thunderstorms for saturday and sunday and into next week. doesn't look like all day rainfall or saturday sunday or monday or tuesday. and by the time we get to sunshine on wednesday, it will have a high of 72. >>> 4:51 and this morning, we have the results of an exclusive nbc10 poll in the race for mayor of philadelphia. here's what we did. we teamed up with the inquirer

light turns green most people moving looking pretty good right there if you're coming in from phoenixvillechester springs. we have an accident in penn wynne. watch for it on route one that's city avenue southbound at haverford road. so that's an accident coming in to us as well as this water main break in upper dublin here. pine town road near highland avenue. we have crews on the scene trying to fix the problem with the water. you might want to stick to camp hill road to avoid any problem there. and on the northeast extension construction blocks the right lane between lansdale and quakertown. as you're heading northbound. southbound the construction has been moved off to the shoulder. here on the turnpike in new jersey, on the waze app we found some people talking about a car on the side of the road here near exit two. other than that you're looking good on the jersey turnpike as you're traveling. here's the new jersey turnpike. here's 295 through gloucester county. no problems or people reporting any issues. area bridges looking good. heading over the walt whitman or ben franklin bridge

in east white land an overturned truck accident so phoenixville pike is closed and sidly road gets you around it and dining under the stars ton and state street is shut down and shuttle buses on the 101 trolley. but that is a fun thing. >> thank you sir. >> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00, sir elton john challenges congress to change the history on aids. cecily? >> we are dealing with clouds and showers today temperature vds dropped into the 70s but i am tracking the return of summer like heat in the accuweather forecast. >> coming up in health check how a portable version of an artificial heart is keeping a local man alive until he can get a full transplant. >>> singer elton john asks lawmakers to continue the fight against aids, john said the aids epidemic is not over and they are critical in the efforts to end the disease, there is a window of opportunity before us a window through which we can see the ends of aids within my life time. we cannot afford to let the window close. >> john is a british citizen, he came to america in the 60s, he warned a lack of help from the u.s. cou

a little bit warmer in phoenixville and 58 degrees in glen more and coatsville is 56 degrees right now. really pleasant start. it's going to be a very nice day today. lots of sunshine. unusually warm. 77 degrees. that's the normal high temperature. we'll be topping 87 this afternoon which was the high. tomorrow, heat and humidity. humidity climbing and there's the potential for showers and thunderstorms thunderstorms. today sunshine. very warm. middle 80s to near 90 degrees this afternoon. poe continuingly the hottest day of the year so far. and tomorrow will actually feel less comfortable. the humidity ramps up. late in the day showers and thunderstorms. that threat will bring heavy thunderstorms. thursday and friday temperatures in the middle 80s. the humidity will be in place. break on saturday. a warm one. 90 degrees, showers are back sunday and into monday. finally turning cooler monday afternoon. a high of just 72 degrees. >> thank you, bill. do you like diner food? >> absolutely. >> i love diner food. >> a landmark diner in gloucester county is now closed after nearly four decad

some of the chilliest readings in chester county. 41 in glen more and phoenixville is at 45 degrees. it's a cool start. a little bit chilly. just like yesterday we'll see that coolness disappear as we go into the afternoon and see 70s. what we won't see in spite of the clouds is any activity on the radar screen today. that changes from this system moving in late tonight. overnight we could see the first showers in the area. not today. partly sunny skies this afternoon. the clouds will be thinning out later in the afternoon. the humidity low. in the 70s. heading for the 80s for saturday and sunday. partly sunny skies. 85 on saturday with a best chance of seeing scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours but there is a possibility of a little activity saturday morning. that chance is back on sunday. high of 86 degrees. then the summer like temperatures take a break for monday. mild one. dry, too, 75 degrees. chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm back on tuesday. >>> 20 minutes past 6:00. no more money for pensions. new jersey governor chris chris

we're watching a number of accidents like one here on 422 eastbound side right by route 29 the phoenixvilleff to the side. eastbound delays aren't too bad. westbound delays, they're a different story. normal heavy westbound volume from 202 through this point at collegeville. on the big picture just getting word of a crash on 95 northbound side approaching academy taking out the right lane. so we were already jammed in that neck of the woods. now it's extra slow with the speeds in the teens northbound by the betsy ross bridge. we have a crash on the new jersey turnpike in burlington county. it's the southbound direction south of 541. that's exit five burlington mount holly taking out the two left lanes. so speeds there are also just in the teens. washington township still has that crash on the southbound black horse pike at shoppers lane by the hampton inn. winslow township northbound lanes of 73 closed near 561 because of another wreck. stick with 30 instead. have a good weekend rick and monica. >> thanks. >> still ahead on "action news" for you tonight they marked a major moment in local h