i thinkjon platt is coming out.k you for your support and hard work. thank you for the people that is the people who sent messages of support and to the schoolteacher who has helped me help parents in the same situation. thank you to my family who have had to put up with two years of this because i was too stubborn to pay a penalty notice. my wife sally has had to but with this lunacy. as you alljust heard, he supreme court has just lunacy. as you alljust heard, he supreme court hasjust reversed decades ofjudicial supreme court hasjust reversed decades of judicial precedent. supreme court hasjust reversed decades ofjudicial precedent. they didn'tjust say decades ofjudicial precedent. they didn't just say the decades ofjudicial precedent. they didn'tjust say the high courtjudge who heard my case, lord jones, misinterpreted the law. they have concluded that the earlier high court decision from 2006, and one from 1969, were also wrong in their interpretation of the law and they should no longer be followed. be in no do

outside court, jon platt was visibly upset by the ruling.now has to go back to the isle of wight magistrates and start all over again. ican magistrates and start all over again. i can tell you, i have absolutely no intention of pleading guilty to this offence when it goes back to the magistrates' court. jon platt has lost his case here at the supreme court but he remains defiant. for parents, however, the decision is now crystal clear, you have to obey the attendance policy of the school, or else you're committing a cruel offence. the government says headteachers still have the ability to decide when exceptional circumstances allow for a child to be absent, but that today's ruling removes the uncertainty for schools that was created by the previousjudgment. but many still believe that parents should be able to take their children on holiday during the school year. i think they should be taken out of school because they a lwa ys taken out of school because they always did in our day and it never did us any harm, a week or two, they don't lose

in 2015, jon platt took his daughter on a week's holiday.was fined £120 by his local council on the isle of wight forfailing to ensure she regularly attended school. he refused to pay and was prosecuted but argued successfully that his daughter, who had a more than 90% overall record, was regularly attending school. today, the supreme court unanimously disagreed with that. unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect, not only on the education of the individual child, but also on the work of other pupils and of their teachers. outside court, jon platt was visibly upset by the ruling. this case now has to go back to the isle of wight magistrates and start all over again. i can tell you, i have absolutely no intention of pleading guilty to this offence when it goes back to the magistrates' court. jon platt has lost his case here at the supreme court but he remains defiant. for parents, however, the position is now crystal clear — you have to obey the attendance policy of the school or else you're committing a criminal offence. the government

jon platt refuse to pay a fine for today lost. jon platt refuse to pay afine fora today lost.latt refuse to pay a fine for a term time holidays. highest court in the land has ruled against him. i say this, the legal battle is not over. there is no right of appeal on this place. be a generation or more before this court revisits this decision, if ever it does. later, jon platt told me he has no regrets for his daughter has attendance of more than 90%. you are not plead guilty when it goes back to the magistrates, and could face a fine of up to £1000. not every day missed at school as a negative impact. if it did we would not have schools taking children to a museum 01’ schools taking children to a museum or library. what do you say where people argue it is areas where people argue it is areas where people miss a lot of school and results are poor? if that is the case, prosecute them. where does this leave england's schools? it means they get to decide rules on attendance, something head teachers have welcomed. we have always stood oui’ have welcomed. we have always stood our li

in 2015, john platt took his daughter ona 2015, john platt took his daughter on a week's holiday. he was fined £120 by his local council on the isle of wight for failing to ensure she regularly attended school. he refused to pay and was prosecuted. but argued successfully that his daughter, who had a more than 90% overall record, was regularly attending school. today the supreme court unanimously disagreed with that. unauthorised absences have a disruptive effect. not only on the education of the individual child, but also on the work of other pupils and of their teachers. outside court, john platt was visibly upset by the ruling. this case now has to go back to the isle of wight magistrates and start all over again. ican magistrates and start all over again. i can tell you, i have absolutely no intention of pleading guilty this offence when it goes back to the magistrates' court. john platt has lost his case here at the supreme court but he remains defiant. parents, however, their position is now crystal clear. you have to obey the attendance policy of the school or else you're c

jon platt had originally refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday.upreme court in overruling a high court judgement said parents need to act within school rules. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. jon platt took his case to the highest court and lost, but today, defiant, he said for him this was about his rights as a parent. the issue is no longer, if ever it was, about term—time holidays, it's about the state taking the rights of parents away when it comes to making decisions about their children. later, jon told me he has no regrets. his daughter had attendance of more than 90%. he won't plead guilty when it goes back to the magistrates and could face a fine of up to £1000. not every day missed at school has a negative impact, because if it did, we wouldn't have schools taking children to a museums or a library. what do you say to people who argue it's the areas where children are missing lots of school and results are really poor that really need these clear rules? so if they are missing school all the time and they are persistently a

jon platt, from the isle of wight, had won earlier legal battles, but the department for education tookase to the supreme court. with me is ed dorrell from the tes — the times educational supplement. good evening to you. let's deal with that on first and then we might talk about labour's plans. what you make of what the supreme court has decided? we believe this is an important line in the sand. the highest court in the land saying education is profoundly important than taking a child out of school for anything, even for all week, than taking a child out of school foranything, even forall week, is a really big mistake and to have that right to a broad and balanced education, is really a very bad thing to deny that. should it be in pa rt thing to deny that. should it be in part the parent's decision? the thing that makes this case really interesting is that it balances two writes, the rights of a parent to decide what their child should do. and the right of a child to have full and balanced education. it has come down on the side of the child and their right to have that education. now,

that is clive coleman there, talking to jon platt.you to damascus, with the syrian foreign minister is giving a news conference about that attack, thought to be a chemical attack, which killed more than 80 people this week. let's have a listen in. the first air raid conducted by the syrian army was that 1130 of that day and it attacked an army belonging to the muslim front which contained chemical weapons. translation: well, we have lost the english translation for a moment. this is the syrian foreign minister talking about that attack and he has denied the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government and has condemned the use of chemical weapons. translation: the evidence is that that army is actually monitored by cctv and had that raid actually happened, the damage would have reached a circle with a one kilometre diameter. ok, well, we might come back to that shortly. in the meantime, the white house has sent out a warning to russia over its support of the syrian regime. the us secretary of state, rex taylor saint —— rex tillers

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live on the platt bridge, eastbound traffic on the left-hand side, heading toward the airport moving nicely right now with no big problems, good shot of roads, although we're watching for showers near the area, not seeing it currently, platt bridge looking good. with mass transit, route 11 trolley is shuttle busing between 49th and woodland for police activity. watch for that police activity creating a shuttle bus situation for the route 11 trolley. cumberland county if you're traveling on north delsea drive at grub street police on the scene there. storm tracker 6 live double scan picking up light sprinkles and showers look like they are falling a part a little bit as they make it into wilmington dieing south of i-95. there's more of that action up north of harrisburg this is light, nuisance stuff, but it's on the way in gradually during the morning commute. we're looking at a fair amount of clouds in the 1 hour forecast. 63. 69 by noon, spotty showers can't be ruled out. 3:00 p.m., 73. most of us drying out. 74 is the high. we'll hit that late in the afternoon say around 4:00 p.m.

there's the platt bridge, westbound moving all right, no kangaroos on the platt bridge. we have detours in effect because of the nfl draft construction. warminster line we have 12 minute delay on one of the trains. >> reporter: on the big board we're off to a cool start. 6:00 a.m., 48. 8:00 a.m., not a large big deal wind, blowing this morning, but a little breezy at times. as we roll through the day, noon, 61 degrees. we expect morning cloud cover to give way to afternoon sunshine. 66 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 67 well hit that around 4:00 p.m. which is around where we've been getting our highs later. 7:00. 63. if you have plans to head out this evening, grab a jacket we'll have cooling temperatures. no signs of precipitation in any of our big travel destinations. >>> in this morning's "healthcheck" if you want to live long you may want to consider running. researchers found that running may be the most single exercise in life expect attendance. runners live three additional years that's even if they run slowly and smoke and drink or are overweight. other types of exe

in 2015, john platt took his daughter out of school for a holiday.ng to the isle of wight council. some families sought term time holidays at cheaper prices. so rules came in in 2013 allowing local councils to fine a parent £60 a child, £120 if not paid within 21 days. but the fines did not stop a rise in absences. last year, more than 800,000 pupils in england missed one or more sessions of school for family holidays. that is up more than 100,000 in the previous year. term—time holidays account for a quarter of sessions. the department for education says unauthorised absences damage life chances of children, this head teacher agrees. the chaos caused by a child missing for an extended period of time, 4—5 days, two weeks, can be huge. the impact will ripple on for months afterwards. think about it. if coming to school did not make a difference, we would not send them to school. the court case centres on what amounts to regular attendance at school. a win forjohn platt would give parents more confidence to take their children on holiday during term—ti

jon platt had originally refused to pay a fine, after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday in overruling a high court judgment, said parents need to act within school rules. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. jon platt took his case to the highest court and lost, but today, defiant, he said for him this was about his rights as a parent. the issue is no longer — if ever it was — about term time holidays, it's about the state taking the rights of parents away when it comes to making decisions about their children. later, jon told me he has no regrets. his daughter had attendance of more than 90%. he won't plead guilty when it goes back to the magistrates and could face a fine of up to £1000. not every day missed at school has a negative impact, because if it did we wouldn't have schools taking children to a museums or a library. what do you say to people who argue it's the areas where children are missing lots of school and results are really poor that really need these clear rules? so if they are missing school all the time and they are persistently absent, pros

jersey up to insuring today traveling on the turnpike, a work crew changing some light bulbs on the platt bridge here. girard point double decker is your best bet, in problems at all between south philly and airport area, they are still working doing some guardrail repair along the blue route, 476. northbound side right here near broomall, route 322, rough one again today down to one lane during the midday, starting here at route one as part of that crew that is eventually working overturn i-95, with the lane restrictions. we have a brand new parking garage for you at septa's lansdale doyletown station, they have added a couple of extra layers there so we have 305 additional spots bringing total to well over 600, at the lansdale station so within a park and ride this morning, on septa's regional rail lines, karen and thomas back to you. >>> 4:32 we are waiting to hear from philadelphia's fire commissioner in response to the federal report about their death of the cities first female fire fighter. the report find a number of errors lead together death of lieutenant joyce craig. our steve k

live on the platt bridge no problems heading toward the airport.he platt bridge is looking good so far. hopping in from new jersey, deptford or turnersville. this is what 42 looks like, nice start to the day, some volume, clouds out there, but roads are clear and dry. >> switching gears here, two teens are recovering from what appears to be a random attack near a community carnival. there are fears it could happen again. "action news" reporter, katherine scott is live outside at east detectives with more on the response and reaction from the victim. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, jennette, this happened tuesday night the two mens left a nearby nearby -- teens just left a nearby carnival. >> the girl hit me. >> reporter: 16-year-old jayla santana and miguel hernandez left the carnival in hunting park. her stepmother was coming to pick her up. >> that's when her friend come from behind me and hit me from behind. >> i tried to defend her as much as i could, i tried to push the girl back, a second one hit her, a third one hit her.

britain's highest court upheld a fine issued tojon platt by his local council — saying unauthorised absences a disruptive effect on pupils. the issue is no longer, if ever it was, about term time holidays, it is about the state taking the right of parents away when it comes to making decisions about their children. the syrian government has rejected claims that its forces were responsible for a chemical attack in the northwest province of idlib — which killed more than 80 people. donald trump is due to hold his first face to face talks with president xijinping of china shortly — a meeting widely expected to be one of the most testing since he entered the white house. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he wants to extend free school meals to all primary school pupils in england. mr corbyn has proposed covering the cost by introducing vat on private school fees. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll have the latest in florida where president trump will meet his chinese counterpart for the first time, in a high—stakes s

outside in west philadelphia, this is the platt bridge by i-95, that's westbound traffic near the airport. no problems between 26th and i-95. roads are clear and dry with mass transit we have a few of the buses that are being detoured for the nfl draft construction dave. >> reporter: mostly clear on the bus stop, 50 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 51 by 8:00 a.m. as we roll through the day, it will be nice and bright. 50 by 7:00 a.m. we'll have a high of 67 we'll wait until late in the day to get there, 4:30 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m., 63 degrees, at the airport, all green aircraft on the big board that signifies no major delays, we have no fog or rain in our travel test -- destinations. >>> many of us will be snaking on sweets this weekend, consumer reports did the math and found out how much candy you can eat for 100 calories. 6 reeses piece eggs. 3 nestle crunch eggs and a piece of a cadbury cream egg, but you can have 25 jelly beans and 3 1/2 peeps. >> you can have three. >> 5:22 a.m., meet the 66-year-old man who proves you're never too old to do something for the first time. >>> a local man i

we're looking good if you're heading to the airport with a an early morning flight on the platt bridge. westbound toward i-95 those are the headlights. you won't be flying at the burlington bristol bridge that's up for a northbound bridge. if you're heading out right now head for the turnpike connector. patco trains heading over the ben franklin bridge, no schedules are in effect today and new schedules went into effect on the septa regional rails yesterday. pick up the new paper timetables to keep you on time or the new app. >> reporter: satellite and radar showing clouds in place and showers south and west of the city. we can see the cloud deck in philadelphia and harrisburg. in williams sport you'll be looking for early morning sunshine before the clouds fill in. it will be a couple of days we're dealing with the dreary weather a lot of places in the 50s, 60 for the high in philadelphia. low 0s in the lehigh valley which is below the average high of 67, damp today, it's cooler and you have some periods of rain especially later this afternoon and tomorrow. looking at the travel weath

this is the platt bridge westbound traffic heading toward the left, no problems on 96th street. don't forget the septa bus detours, regional rails adding extra cars for the draft, they are encouraging everybody to take mass transit it will be tough driving around. >> reporter: on the big board and the bus stop we have partly cloudy skies, we have a chance of patchy fog we're not seeing a lot of that this morning, but there's an opportunity for it. we'll have numbers dipping in the upper 50s between 6 and 8:00 a.m. we're holding on to 60 degrees in philadelphia. light winds. 67 by degrees by 7:00 a.m. jumping to 71 by no one. high of 79 degrees by 4:00 p.m. we'll be close to it between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. for 7:00 p.m., 74 degrees. very nice conditions across the region and tam at the airport, quickly let's take a look, we've got all green aircraft, no major delays, fog in boston and rain in chicago and jfk. >> going on to "healthcheck," new jersey education department is recommending that schools start later in the morning. the average start time is 8:00 a.m. which both the

. >> reporter: this is the platt bridge, i-95, we have a handful of accidents. in germantown this involving a downed pole and downed wires on north 21st street. mass transit, it's a good opportunity to take mass transit the you're heading to the draft or the penn relays. septa bus routes experiencing detours. >> reporter: showers are starting to break up. they are pushing parallel to the coast. there's a little more action pushing away from medford lakes this is in the process of leaving us. comfortable on the bus stop. 6:00 a.m., 64. 8:00 a.m., pushing into the neighborhood of 70 degrees, don't have to overdue it on stuff for the kids. as we roll through the day, 78 degrees by noon. 83 by 3:00 p.m. that will be the high today. 82 by 5:00 p.m., 79 by 7:00 p.m. partly sunny skies overall. big board at the airport shows you all green aircraft no major delays in case you're flying out and no signs of rain in any of our travel destinations. >>> obesity may be be in genes, but it doesn't have to be your destiny, upping the exercise could cancel the gene's effects. lo

>> let's take a look at the roads, we're nice and dry and clear on the mid span of the platt bridge in southwest philadelphia, no problems as traffic zoomed along between 26th street an i-95. looking good here. no major accidents just yet. a couple of issues with mass transit. we have bus detours because of the phase one of the nfl draft and restrictions around the area. all right, karen on the bigger we have chilly temperatures on the bus stop not too bad. 46 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 48 degrees by 8:00 a.m. the sun coming up nice and bright. not a whole lot of wind. as we roll through the day, it gets warm, 48 degrees by 8:00. 2:00 p.m., 71. we're going for a high of 81 degrees about 4:00 p.m. by 8:00 back down in the upper 60s. i meant to remind it's time to download that accuweather app you can do from the app store or the link at 6abc.com. there is a live upgrade of the double storm app. you want to add this, it's better it has a minute by minute precipitation forecast. get on the app store and get that down, tam. >> 'recall has been issued for a packaged salad after a dead bat was fou

the ride sharing service a offering a platt rate of $2.15 accepts for uber pool rides for trips to androm the ballpark. now trips have to begin or end in philadelphia. the deal runs friday from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. ♪ have to tell you about casino aft casino closing in atlantic city tonight a rebirth. what was once the trump taj mahal is about to get a big makeover. today hard rock announcing it will dump more than $300 million into the former taj to create the hard rock atlantic city. new jersey governor chris christie and atlantic city's mayor say this is a big deal. >> this is an extraordinary brand that is coming here to atlantic city in a very very big way. >> to everyone that has anything to do with bringing this back including our governor i am very grateful to see hard rock announcing today i'll look forward to great 2018. >> the casino will add 2,000 slots and games and will feature a lot of rock star memorabilia. restaurants of course are known it should open by summer of 2018. ♪ >>> it's the best. we know every inch of this spot. >> it's happening i'm at the fdr skate park in so

southwest philadelphia has never looked so g the platt bridge by i-95 traffic on your left westboundport. if you have to do that, you'll find no delay or problems out there. no weather related issues. we do have some bus detours ongoing with the nfl draft construction. watch for that that david. septa bus routes 27, 38, 43. >> nice on the bus stop this morning, a little cooler karen. 51 degrees by 6 o'clock. 53 by 8 o'clock. a few clouds but they should be really pushing to the south, so the farther north you are the more sun you're going see the farther south along you might have to deal with some of that cloud cover. 52 by 7 o'clock. 66 by 3 o'clock. we're going for a high today of 67. we hit 72 yesterday so this is a little cooler but still a pretty nice at any with a 17 amount of sunshine and at the airport we're hoping for all green aircraft. that would signify no major delays, that's what we've got and there's no sign of any rain, a lot of clouds in our big travel destinations but nydia, no precipitation out there this morning. >> all right, david, thank you. >>> on health chec

norristown, one in maine street, fourth street, 40-foot road, sumneytown pike, heads up on, that plus the platt bridge, lighting crew blocking the left rain. a lot more to talk about if you can believe that coming up in the next ten minutes, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. new this morning, man being treated for minor injuries his suv crashed into the home on of oakmont street in holmesburg. investigators say the man in the basement suffered cuts to his face. the driver remains on the scene. so far police made no arrests. >> the philadelphia fire department will reveal mindings from its internal review today explaining what led to the death of one of their own. lieutenant joyce craig died battling west oaklane house fire in december of 2014. new federal report just released says the intense heat burned through craig's breathing equipment. officials also found fault with how craig's colleagues responded to her seven emergency distress signals, the fire department has since made some changes. they say breathing equipment has been updated. battalion chief also now stationed dispatch sent

this is the mid span of the platt bridge. westbound traffic on your right head towards the airport.lems between 26th street and i-95. you're looking good live in southwest philadelphia. tacony palmyra bridge back down after an opening for a southbound ship. traffic getting by again and moving okay as you're headed out the door right now and, yeah, we had that problem a few minutes ago and mass transit is looking good as well as you're headed out the door, david. >> okay, guys, we are looking at a nice one today that's going to feature lots of sunshine. let's go ahead and give you the bus stop forecast. you can see that 56 degrees at 6:00 a.m. and 57 at 8:00 a.m. those are pretty nice temperatures. mostly clear. the sun coming up nice and bright and as we roll through the day 82 degrees by 3 o'clock and a high of 84 today. a potential record tier, jeanette. >> hopefully you're not in bed with this story. thanks, david. in this morning's health check a new study shows it may be getting more difficult to fight bed bugs. yes, as if it wasn't hard enough already. researchers at purdue fo

. >> we're live on the mid span of the platt bridge where we're looking pretty good. traffic moving all right. no issues right there. we're clear, we're dry but there's some fog. we'll check the fox coming up. >> ♪ are allergies holding you back? break through your allergiste. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. break through your allergies. new flonase sensimist keep on giggling...ica. and goofing. keep on grooving... and togethering. with scott 1000's long-lasting roll, we'll keep on going, too. scott 1000. america's longest lasting roll. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone. 5:44 and we have arrived at the best day of the week weather-wise at least. >> weather-wise. >> already 60 degrees. >> uh-huh. good stuff. >> turn now to karen rogers for traffic. >> that's right we'll continue the good trend right now and check out th

the platt bridge by i-95 and you could see how wet we are here so watch for that.ssue here at least between 26th street and i-95. careful on the ben. the ben is moving okay it's just wet so slow it down but no yet between the tolls and eighth and vine. i told you about an accident in wyncote cheltenham avenue. it just cleared dave. >> there are showers right in the center of the region and karen. most of us are beginning to dry out. some of this coming up the heart of south jersey most of it right up the i-95 corridor and a lot of heavier stuff in southern bucks and montgomery county but that it is will be pushing away from us between now and the end of the rush hour. on the bus stop this morning lots of clouds overall, a spotty shower as you just saw in some neighborhoods but mild temperatures in the low 60's and climbing into the 70's later today. 63 degrees by 7 o'clock. 67 by noon. there is the chance of a spotty shower early and maybe an early afternoon shower or thunderstorm. but most of the time it's dry. we get sun back in play and how about a high of 75 de

gorgeous shot of the platt bridge. a lot chilly this morning, but not too bad.ar, we'll keep it that way. there could be a stray shower overnight tonight. very isolated, 15% of that will see that. thick tomorrow night there can -- same thing tomorrow night. today, close to the seasonal average of 64. we bottomed out at 48 degrees which is close to the average of 44. now we're showing 49. wilmington, 49. dover, 50. cape may, 51. atlantic city, 49. no breeze to speak of this morning. most locations zero in terms of wind speed. sea isle 5 miles per hour, and dover 9 miles per hour. we're starting out with sunshine mainly north of the pennsylvania turnpike and peeks of sunshine in pennsylvania and delaware. we'll see clouds increase later this afternoon. that will set up a mostly cloudy day around the region. that's what limits the temperatures in time mid to upper 60s, full sunshine we would be talking about a day in the 70s. the warm front is right here, you have a couple of showers to the north approaching the u.s./canadian border. a lot of land out here in the h

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jon platt — who‘s from the isle of wight — had refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter for anhe supreme court has now overturned thatjudgment — saying parents need to act within school rules. also today — labour‘s said that if it wins the next election, it‘ll provide free school meals for every primary school pupil in england, and it will pay for them by charging vat on private school fees. jeremy corbyn says it will improve the health and performance of young children. currently children in england are eligible for free school meals in their first three years of primary school. but critics say labour‘s sums don‘t add up. well to talk about both of these subjects we can speak now to professor peter earley from the institute of education at university college, london. he joins me live via webcam from orpington. good evening. good evening. let's deal with the supreme court first and what it said about parents taking holidays when those in authority would rather they did not, what is your take? i think it's a sensible decision and it helps remove the uncertainty the previous deci

and slow speeds on the platt bridge for philadelphia for that game. just 8 miles per hour as you pass the ben franklin bridge and heading home on 422 westbound some single digit speeds because of a crash near pottstown. stay on high street or 724 as alternates. and the rv struck the pole and the pole split in half and avoid allentown road at brick tavern road. also that earlier crash on the turnpike, still jammed up there eastbound and everything is off to the side and getting into delaware they poured new concrete tote on 295 southbound in newcastle. you can get by but they are pacing traffic they don't want you to go too quickly over the fresh pave many. we know that distracted driving is dangerous but people in delaware got to experience the danger firsthand with virtual reality. the campaign, it can wait, was brought to rodney scare in wilmington. and they tried out the simulator one of two events like this happening in delaware and 300 cities across the u.s. >>> still on "action news" tonight, one of the coaching legends that made an impact on ph

. >> welcome back thursday morning, as we take a look at the platt bridge through our sky6 live hd the sun is on its way up on this thursday morning, 6:13 a.m. >> karen rogers is keeping an eye on the way to work a and school. >> reporter: we have a problem on 422 an accident involving five vehicles out of pottstown heading toward norristown. the accident is eastbound in royersford at township line road. you're traveling only 4 miles per hour. five weeks with the accident, police on the scene, it's partially blocking the on-ramp right there. traffic restricted a lot of people coming to the scene, 422 at township line road heading toward norristown traveling 4 miles per hour jammed from louis road at township line road. watch for that major accident 422. looking live at the schuylkill expressway not only do we not have any accidents, we don't have any delays. that's pretty good an easy 14 minute ride eastbound and westbound. yesterday it took 84 minutes to travel on the schuylkill expressway eastbound. watch for this, it's a lot better today. so far so good, maybe more people have off.

so we decided to send "sky drone 5" to tesla's platt headquarters.nch of available space was filled. tesla reports that it has roughly 6,000 employees. but only enough parking for 4500 cars. a tesla spokesman acknowledged the parking problem saying the company surging employees to use public transportation running their own private shuttles and even paying people to ride their bicycles to work. >>> uber could soon be facing fines from california regulators. why they believe the ridesharing company isn't doing enough when it comes to drunk drivers. >> reporter: and some major changes could be coming to your bart service. i'm jessica flores. i'll have those details coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bart is working to fill its multi- million dollar shortfall....by cutting costs. and now service coul >>> this morning, bart is working to fill its multi- million dollar shortfall by cutting costs. and now service start times could be impacted. but first, we are on the storm watch this morning. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm anne makovec in for mi

. >>> good morning, southwest philadelphia, a live look from our airport camera, platt bridge there as begins to rise, it is going to come up quick and go back down quick because we have rain on the way but first we will try to get to you work at 6:44 looking live at the blue route 476, we are seeing volume in both directions between saint david, villanova down to i-95. equipment problems on the market frankford line we are running with 15 minute delays for all westbound trains on the market frankford line. later on tonight at midnight for the rest of the week here are closures martin luther king drive closed at sweet briar, kelly drive closed at fairmount, spring garden street, bridge from university city in toward art museum will vine expressway will be closed at the parkway. all of the closures and inconvenience we have been talking about, we will feel, like a stale doughnut first thing tomorrow morning, with all these closures going in later on tonight. then we have penn relays coming to town, they have de catlicense on tuesday and wednesday and then big events start thursday, frid

temperatures are are way above average as we look at the platt bridge in south philadelphia. tomorrow. kathy or has the forecast in coming a bit. >>> bigger not always better people some swedesboro say huge power poles are ruining the view in their nice little town. it doesn't matter about the mission to bring better service. >> nah, folks say they're simi ugly. dave schratwieser is in swedesboro. man, dave, i'm guessing you got an earful from really unhappy neighbors. >> reporter: lucy, the folks here in historic swedesboro are none too happen about the towering new electric poles going up across their neighborhoods. atlantic electric says the poles are necessary to bring service and reliability to the region. but folks here are not happy. >> they're big and ugly. >> reporter: by night they don look like much. lying on the ground along glenn okay company road in swedesboro. but when the sun comes up, there's no missing the town's newest addition dozens of huge electric poles as far as the high can see. >> they're big and ugly and, you know, they're an eye sore. they really a

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next morning, they will be working right out here near audubon trooper interchange, work crew on the platt bridge, girard point double decker of course always a great option no problems at all between stadium area or airport. and then they are making some guardrail repairs along the blue route, northbound side, right here near broomall, otherwise, mass transit and airport looking g karen and thomas, back over to you. >>> happening today, we're expecting the fire commissioner to answer questions about the report on the death of lieutenant joyce craig, she is the cities first female fire fighter to be killed in the line of duty. lets get to steve keeley with what we may be expecting, steve. >> reporter: we already got reaction last night from both union and new fire commissioner, and again, it is resurrected all of the emotions, that we heard for pennsylvania couple of years, sadness, demand for change being heard at fire fighters union hall and in every firehouse in philadelphia, after the release of the national institute for occupational, safety and health, in the line of duty death of fi

live look at our airport side of the platt bridge, no problems or delays, i think we will have a light week. these next two weeks we have jewish friend celebrating pass over beginning tonight, catholics celebrating, holy week, all this week and a lot of schools are on spring break it is eat they are week or next week. kid are off from school. so, they will be home with us and that is naturally going to knock the commute down for a lot of folks. no problems at ben franklin working your way in toward the city. left over work crews and construction zones are still out there, 55, watch for delays, as you head into the freeway, also they are working up and down that northeast extension between quakertown, and mid county. septa's regional rails off to a good start this morning with no delays out of the gate, so some new lane restrictions are in store for you, coming into the city, lauren will tell us about that in a second but three of the septa buses went in effect with the detour beginning this morning. be ready for that. otherwise mass transit and airport looking good, karen, back over to

draft still has not had that draft yet, lets go, 5:02 as we look live at that girard point -- no, platt bridge from our airport camera. not that far from the other bridge. nonetheless all bridges are looking g headlights toward airport area looking good on the ben franklin bridge, no problems or delays there. problem on the atlantic city expressway, yesterday, lets role video from the news van on the scene of this overturned tanker, that occurred yesterday, right here near farly plaza it spilled fuel all over the roadways but hazmat situation for most of the day, yesterday and through the overnight but as we come back to the maps, good news/ bad news, eastbound lanes are opened right now, however, at 8:00 a.m. they are going to close them again to finish up the clean up and they will have eastbound lanes closed at hammington which will be route 54, again, starting at 8:00 a.m. crash in lansdale just off lansdale interchange of the turnpike and the turnpike itself watch for some work crews westbound, they are still out there between fort washington and norristown, and then they say they

north platte toward the albuquerque region getting in on some of the heavy snowfall, as well. at the temperatures we'll be working with for the day today. 30 record high temperatures potentially being shattered for the eastern seaboard and into the mid-atlantic states. at one point today, we do believe that there will be nearly a 70-degree temperature difference in the state of texas from the panhandle where they'll be experiencing snowfall, all the way to the rio grande where they're anticipating temperatures in excess of 100 degrees fahrenheit. that is a just thxtaposition of. in d.c., this is ironic. today they'll hit their first 90-degree temperature of the season. they are marching against climate change, taking a stand on the nation's capital today when temperatures will reach record-breaking territory. they should be about 71 degrees. don't you find that kind of ironic? >> yes, i think it is. >> i think mother nature's trying to tell us something. >> we'll have to wait and see the signs they make as they march. >> and hopefully we listen. >> thanks. >>> still to come, h

calls came in yesterday afternoon to philadelphia police for reports a possible sighting in belmont plattrow. the tips were unfounded. 30 schools in west philadelphia were placed on lockdown for several hours while police searched fairmount park. >> we need him to turn himself in. you already took one life. you done took our family. you done turned it upside down. and you need to turn yourself in. nobody else need to get hurt. >> reporter: stephens did name a woman in that video and she is cooperating with police. there's a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest. live in the satellite center katherine scott, channel6 "action news. nydia. >> katherine thank you. >>> happening today, philadelphia's fire commissioner will address a scathing new report detailing what led to a firefighter's death two years ago. lieutenant joyce craig ran into a burning nome west oak we- home in west oak lane and never made it out report. the federal report says broken equipment bad planning and seven unanswered distress calls all contributed to her death. we will have more in a live repor

sky6 live hd over the platt bridge, gray, gloomy, dreary.eteorologist chris sowers has an update of the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: that's the call from accuweather today, gray. periods of rain especially early on. morning rain, after shower. 59 degrees is the forecasted high. sun and clouds. tomorrow, 63. monday and tuesday, the system that we're watching everything kind of reloads, more clouds and wet weather, temperatures in the 50s for highs. wednesday, thursday, friday, we pull out of it. 74, 83. friday, turning warmer, sunshine, 87. >> good weather eventually on the way. that's it for "action news," we're back in 30 minutes. i'm gray hall. stay tuned for more "good morning america." make it a great day. ♪ hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec®. muddle no more®. try rhinocort® allergy spray for powerful nasal allergy relief. >>> welcome back to "gma" on a sa

looking live through sky6 live hd that's the platt bridge. meteorologist chris sowers will be back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll be back in a moment. separating themselves from their businesses. but there are plenty of minefields there, as well. >> this weekend hundreds of people crowded along penns landing for a march in support of scientific advancement. that was the view from sky6 live hd of the earth day event. the so-called march for science was one of hundreds that took place around the world yesterday. it's to humanize science and champion a use of science as a means of improving society. similar marchs took place in 600 cities and towns worldwide yesterday. the largest in washington, d.c. thousands gathered on the ground of the washington monument. among the speakers was quest love from the roots and bill nye the science guy. >>> nasa marked earth day by taking spectacular pictures. take a look at the views from the international space stations. astronauts enjoyed 16 sunrises and sunsets over 30 hour period.

linda platt a member of our group and take a moment to recognize some of the members that have existed this year or in the process or will exit in the next few months mr. steve and alison and kathy also served for several years and have been essentially members and greatly serviced the city it's important. >> did the commission have any questions. >> first of all, i want to thank the q ta commission for your work on this committee it is important work and this is a committee that is in my heart i served on this before i was elected to the board of education right. >> colleagues commissioner haney. >> i also want to thank you for your service on the committee and for the members how going thank you very much as well i had a question about one of the points around technology has they've been it out and analyzed epic interest was some recommendations there around potentially rethinking the technology spending i was wondering how this interacts with some of the funding that maybe in the bond we recently passes and have you started to consider some of that into the into consideration of one

let's get rolling, live look at the platt bridge, disable vehicle mid-span overturned tractor-trailerm 42, to go north on 295, just a mess, gridlock, trying to come in toward philadelphia, from south jersey. again, we've got the penn relays, spec wag 50,000 in the stadium by 10:00 a.m. this morning. already jammed solid, exiting the schuylkill, at south, and at university, watch for the local detours, if there is any day to try mass transit, today would be the day. let's go for aeried skyfox live over the art museum, and the ben franklin parkway. what a cool shot of our hometown philadelphia. mike and alex, look up, give a way. come on, look up. >> we are waving. >> there you go. miss america wave. >> hey. >> yeah. >> oh, miss america wave. there you go. >> pretty cool. >> skyfox there, do you see it? >> look at that. i wouldn't here is in there? i wonder if it is joe or someone else? pretty cool. >> well, you wouldn't even recognize philadelphia. >> you wouldn't. and there are so many things going on, i know mike you mention some of the parties and things, so do you have get your out

bail for the platt bridge.cause getting to the girard point bridge is very tough with the accident in the way. the schuylkill expressway we have the truck on the side that was leaking fuel by belmont. delays easing there. a food truck pop up at 13th and locust, street closures involved if you need a lunch idea there you go. >> i've been meaning to check them out. this might be my day, thank you matt. let's go over to karen rogers a little gray out there right now. >> reporter: i love that matt is constantly focused on lunch. it's damp out here, storm tracker 6 live is showing it's wetter south of the city. be careful of showers moving around the area. after we get rid of the morning showers, it's dry and warm lots of clouds, 75 for the high. peeks of sun here and there in the afternoon later tonight into the overnight hours and early tomorrow morning, another round of showers or thundershower. 80 for the high on friday, cooler on saturday, 66 and rain on sunday, tam. >> coming up on "action news" at noon, a cam