you see a new crash on schuylkill expressway. looks like on the eastbound side by university avenue they've got the right lane shut down, you're looking at bumper to bumper traffic from the vine through university. this is our second morning without the white horse road bridge by the patco station in will i lindenwald all shut down because of the problem with the bridge. use somerdale road or stay to the east on gibbs boro road. >> a robber caught on camera attacking a liquor store clerk in san jose, california the thief asked for a price of items when the clerk turned his back, the robber pelted him with the bottles. he had a garden hoe and you see him fight back. a customer broke up the fight and may have saved the clerk's life. >>> a driver drove into a house sheering off a huge chunk of the wall in stanton delaware. the house has been ruled not safe to inhabit. the action cam was on the scene on lime stone road last night. police are trying to figure out why that driver lost control. >> a lehigh v dley. r. and i know there ar

outside, live look at the schuylkill expressway, no problems there. looking at this overturned tractor-trailer in delaware. here is the deal. all southbound lanes of 95 are closed, at exit number five, which is route 141, now, notice, this is all just south of the choke point here. >> this will impact anyone that comes over the delaware memorial, anyone that tries to come down 95, or 495, it is an exit number five, drivers trapped, the tractor-trailer is fully loaded. so it will be a morning rush hour type of deal here, where we have to find an alternate from the east side of wilmington, i would use route 13, that will get you back down to route within our connect over with 95. from the upper side here, wilmington, you can use route four. that will connect you back down to route one. again, plan some extra time, for the morning commute if you are headed south this morning. otherwise, looking good on 202 coming out of west chester, no problems up and down 476 or that schuylkill expressway. keep in mind, that 495 closure there between exits two and thre

and kelly drive got that moving all lanes on the schuylkill expressway are open and not clogged yet.f you're exiting for city avenue, without on the schuylkill expressway on city avenue they did milling overnight it's a bit of a bumpy ride all lanes are open and you're getting by okay on this thursday morning. >> let's talk about the storm, lightening rain, winds, the storms fired up overnight in the delaware valley. let's go over to "action news" reporter, katherine scott live in west deptford township, gloucester county, new jersey, where a house was struck by lightning, katherine. >> reporter: tam, that's right we've been hearing several reports this morning of fires possibly caused by lightning strikes. that's what authorities believe may have happened in west deptford. there's not a whole lot of visible damage to the house. but firefighters believe the lightning struck the chimney and sparked a fire in the attic. firefighters were called out at 3:00 a.m. as the storms were rolling through and the fire was under control in a half-hour. the storms were powerful and tore through ar

miles per hour on i-95 and the schuylkill expressway for the most part. the phils play today at 1:05, you'll see extra congestion there. you might want to take the sports express trains. the turnpike, overnight construction is clear, in a lot of areas where we we were suppod to have construction with the turnpike that's clear. we found people on the commuter traffic report talking about the fog when you head out. foggy weather in new jersey, as well. le delsea drive in washington township have people talking about it. route 55. maybe you're heading up over the ben franklin bridge or walt whitman bridge no problems right there. we could bring in visibility reports, 4 miles at philadelphia international airport. .3 in poconos. trenton and beach haven and along the coastline we're looking at less than a mile. >> an suv came barrelling into a texas liquor store barely missing the clerk. the woman ran off officers were able to track her down and arrested her. the clerk walked away with minor injuries. >>> las vegas police issued the final moments of jared pagd

if you're planning to his i do to the schuylkill expressway this morning well, you should because so r thing look fine by the vine street expressway. a little bit of volume on the schuylkill expressway between king of prussia and south philadelphia. the crash is clearing out along sumneytown pike. don't forget we've got new schedules on the septa buses and subways. they include the new overnight service on friday and saturday. a number of of the septa trolleys have new schedules. don't forget the restrictions on route 11 and 13 those began last monday. karen. >> reporter: pretty comfortable out there, 86 degrees if in philadelphia. it's 58 in reading and trenton. 56 in millville. if you're heading out of town, no delays at philadelphia international airport. no weather-related problems, 66 degrees, feeling comfortable a good amount of sunshine. in boston, 62. some of the warmer spots, atlanta, 71. newark, clouds and 65. as well as new york city, but no delays throughout the region. our day ahead. 9:00 a.m., 75 bright sunshine. noon, 82. the second half of the day, the clouds fill in,

live on the schuylkill expressway what does it look like in chester? details coming up in the suburban traffic report when "action news" comes right back.

we're seeing slowing on the vine westbound as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. phils play at 1:05. take the sports express change they start at 11al 8:to easily that congestion. speeds 603 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway. >> crew his were called to the -- crews were called to the toll house tavern on chester pike in norwood. the damage was so bad that demolition crews started tearing down what's left of the building a short time ago. >> new on "action news," police are searching for the criminal behind a vicious attack at a philadelphia deli. he beat the clerk and the robbery was caught on surveillance. katherine scott has the video and the story. >> reporter: that's right, matt, investigators are hoping that someone recognizes the man you're about to see in the video. he knocked out the clerk and he is armed with a gun and police think he is dangerous. we're at m and m did he meanly in roxborough. a mantua hood pulled up over as baseball cap went into the deli. he was armed with a small, black handgun. he goes behind the counter and points the gun a

and the schuylkill expressway very slow, 9 miles an hour eastbound and westbound lanes. slow going there. the nobody lanes of 95 slow, too it and remember, down in center city around broad street because of the protest out there you might want to stick to market to get around that. moving along and showing you the pennsylvania turnpike we have a road closure to tell up about in the northbound lanes of the northeast extension. 309 to get around the closure. back to you, shirleen. >> autumn, you look nothing bike matt pellman by the way. >> thank you guys. he looks really good, too. >> yeah, he does, just no resemblance there. >> and the school year is winding down and the official start of summer fast approaching. a local mother using a personal tragedy to teach students an important safety lesson. and anchor monica malpass in the newsroom with the story. >> hi, shirleen. as the temperature climbs, rivers seem like an appealing place to swim in the summer. one mother wants to make sure that students resist the temptation to dive in. her own 13 year old son, brandon, died

live look at the schuylkill expressway, jammo leaving town, heavy from the boulevard bumper to bumper out through belmont have avenue. then we have that accident we have been talking about here closing route 50 in hamilton township between atlantic city expressway and route 30 white horse pike. watch for down tree here in the neighborhood arden road at gulf road. delays on the schuylkill from conshohocken and city line avenue. folks heading in the city and delays expect on the patco high speed line with the reconstruction project there. back over to you. >>> we are getting a look at some of the most breathtaking art anywhere. >> better get a look at it now because it will be gone in an hour or two. andre, uses nothing but a rake to make art on the beaches of california. afterwards he uses a hell cooperate tore get a good vantage point and makes post cards that sell the world over. as soon as tides come in he has a brand new drawing. and then dog comes along and messes it up. >> doggies adding a flare. >> cool though. >> well, coming up on our sister station cw philly a look at fathers

sort of flirting with no movement on the schuylkill expressway, look at 76.iterally went from the 20's, now into the teens, and i would imagine, considering it is just about 45, or 6:45, rather, as we head further into the rush hour, will almost be at stand still. so if you are about to leave the house make sure to fill up at the pump before you hit the highway. seventy-six westbound is jammed approaching city avenue out through to about the curve. if you are headed eastbound also seeing delays approaching gulph mills down to 476. and some volume around downtown philadelphia, traveling on the blue route, no major problems really around mid-county, norristown, 95, schuylkill expressway, 476, moving well, however, if you are headed back from the shore, into the city, you will notice delays northbound side of the 42, northbound side of 55, however, mass transit looks great. we head back toutiesting. >> torrey, thank you. we have some breaking news topping our headlines this morning in ken crashes militants upset in somalia targeted popular coastal resort. violen

then you open up towards the schuylkill expressway.ree is the schuylkill expressway past montgomery drive. westbound side you got penndot off to the side earlier disabled vehicle it's eastbound though that you have the building volume to contends with as you come away from the boulevard and head towards girard avenue. number four the vine street expressway westbound side crowded headed toward the schuylkill expressway. you see everybody backed up here waiting to exit for 76. and 30th street station. let's see we're at 46 seconds and camera number five this is i-95 in delaware county northbound side backed up by the commodore barry bridge nearby a union game at ppl park at 7 o'clock camera 658 seconds oh my goodness 42 freeway building volume northbound especially heavy from lower landing road up to 55 then it opens up headed towards 295. tam back over to you. >> i like that. all right. going on two teenagers wanted for stealing more than a dozen computers from a philadelphia elementary school. surveillance cameras recorded the suspects

live look at the schuylkill expressway, here, no problems or delays at all, between philadelphia and king of prussia again, off to good start, light volume and dry roads this morning. keep in mind, though, south jersey, white horse road bridge that takes you over the patco tracks, still closed, and that's all because of the structural problem on the bridge itself. so from voorhees, medford, in order to get into that lot, you will have to use the somerdale road bridge that takes you over the tracks, gives you access to the white horse pike, you will have access into the parking lot from there. water main break in northeast philly the water is taken care of however it will be active work zone as they have it sectioned off here. some ever dale avenue at shelmire, right behind northeast high school. to kind of give you locate or there, so stay with cottman, oral gone avenue, as your alternates. and some downed wires in coatesville, along straws berg road at dough run road. otherwise mass transit looking good. back over to you. >> right now 5:36. in business news this morning, how more me

you're dry and the low clouds not as much of an issue on the schuylkill expressway.king at the big picture, schuylkill is in pretty good shape. on i-95 we have this disabled vehicle, it's southbound near girard. it's offer to the right shoulder. some slowing in that area looking about 31 miles an hour. not seeing any slowing. >>> no remember they had that construction that began overnight last night from girard to allegheny that kind of extended that and three lanes still opened at this point. not seeing a problem right there. delaware, 495 shut down if both directions between terminal avenue and 12th street. a lot of people taking i-95. we see delays with that, not just yet. right now it's a 16 minute ride so i-95 northbound in that area and southbound looking pretty good, matt. >> thanks karen. developing this morning a philadelphia restaurant owner fell victim to a home invasion overnight. the robbers climbed in through a second story window. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the scene. >> reporter: good morning. good morning, matt. police were her

the schuylkill expressway traffic here moving just fine. as you come off the schuylkill expressway on to city avenue they are doing milling and paving work they have been doing, watch out watch out for that around monument road. and manayunk where there's the big arts festival that will give us closures clout the weekend. let's go to penns landing this is columbus boulevard that was the southbound direction, still working on a downed pole from yesterday, a dump truck took down wires, they are fixing that on columbus boulevard. flight tracker, good news at philadelphia international. the weather around here looks great. no problems anticipating here or in the northeast part of the country. but if you're heading out to the windy city, chicago you see a little bit of precipitation out there this morning, morning showers and storms at o'hare and midway. that will extend into detroit and cincinnati later on today you could see delays if those are your destinations. this afternoon and evening, some of our bills north carolina airports like raleig

so look out for that, otherwise, the blue route, the schuylkill expressway, i-95. through the construction zone looking good. at the airport at the moment, no delays at philly international. erika, back over to you. >> bob, thank you. septa commuters are worrying about a potential strike on the regional rails. will meet to try to avoid t2 aoun ants representing electrical workers, working without a contract for the last four years, union leaders say they are ready to walk off the job saturday morning at 12:01, unless there is a deal on pension benefits and retro active wage hikes. >> inconvenience to say the least. >> unexpected, i wasn't aware so probably can't get to the city or back. >> hopefully work it out. before they have a strike, or maybe, president obama will go in, do some sort of injunction. >> president obama could intervene forcing workers back on the job, if governor corbett asks the fed for assistance, septa's regional rail handles about 120,000 riders a day. >> stay for continuing rail street. follow us on tv on line at cbsphilly.com. >>> and, you

on the westbound side of the schuylkill right around south street we have a disabled vehicle out there drop down to 11 miles an hour, high volume on the vine street expressway specifically eastbound and then westbound approaching the schuylkill, high volume on i-95, 476 southbound approaching saint david, we still have an accident blocking the left lane so give yourself more time out there, it is a very busy day now back to the desk. >>> vittoria, thanks. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" it is unclear whether hillary clinton might be heading to the white house in 2016 but we do know she will be heading to insuring this um iser. we will tell you about a new musical featuring the former president and first lady. >>> grilling dangers that might surprise you, consumer reporter jim donovan is on your side with what you need to watch out for before you start grilling, kathy? >>> more clouds than sundown the shore this afternoon but it is warm, breezy, so what does this mean for the weekend? we will have the forecast from the mountains to the city to the shore, coming up, as "eyewitness news" >>> philadelphia is a great place to be single, if you air guy. th

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let's go to the schuylkill expressway and kelly drive. the lanes. schuylkill expressway are open, but there's a broken down trailer you can see it with the flashing lights on the right side of the screen, however, not causing any delays. >> reporter: hello, everyone, thursday, 4:49. my dog was howling at the lightning bolts outside, i don't know if they do anything when dogs bark at them. there are thundershowers moving across the midwest. that's the biggest issuing for people flying across the country. ord, o'hare international reporting 16 cancellations of flights due to the storms, that's quite a lot given the time of day right now. the midwest will be a problem as are other areas across the country. rather than singling out all the airports that will have delays i'm putting up boxes. look for delays in those areas, up and down the east coast boston, philadelphia, washington, d.c., atlanta and the main airports in florida could see delays related to thundershowers. thundershowers breaking out later on in the state of texas. finally san francisco

and the whole stretch of the schuylkill expressway up to the vine. our way up to the schuylkill you can expect to tap your brakes. westbound valley forge off-ramp there is a tractor-trailer that was, had an accident there. there is cleanup takes place offer to the side of the road. keep an eye out for in. phillys and padres 7:05. fernrock 6:08, 6:18 and 6:28. we have construction in the right lane abuse of th because . over to you brian and shirleen. >>> thank you. for "action news" at 4:00 comi >>> well before he heads up to new york city for "good morning america" for the national forecast he's going to give us a local forecast. >> the eastern seaboard is not looking good. and hey, you know what, the weekend is looking good everywhere. that is the positive. as we take a look now on the action cam at the base of it near penn's landing. a beautiful shot. it breaks the cloud cover apart tomorrow. as we look at the lineup. a double scan live. chilly temperatures around and satellite and radar showing severe weather. to the south and west for us locally

reporting live along the schuylkill expressway, christine maddela. >>> i'm keith jones, join me sunday for the latest on the bridge shut down and why we are on the brink of a transportation funding cry sglis we are approaching the transportation version of of a shut down. >> are we headed toward a transportation fiscal cliff? coming up sunday morning at 11:30, following "meet the press" only on nbc 10. >>> getting ready to say good-bye. many catholic churches across our area will hold their final mass. nbc 10 at notre dame. they are holding a celebration of 55 years after each mass this weekend. the last mass will be held sunday before they close as a parish midnight monday. it's part of the philadelphia's restructuring plan. they are appealing the decision and they say they will take their fight all the way to the vatican. >>> we have another weekend coming up and it's certainly shaping up to be a great one. nice weekend number six. i think nice is putting it mildly. the heat will return next week. so will the humidity and then the thunderstorms. we're not in any kind of drought. we g

not so fun driving on schuylkill expressway.t's westbound traffic heavy past the boulevard to gladwyn, eastbound heavy from the boulevard to girard. a lot of volume on the schuylkill expressway. if you're heading north, no service on amtrak between providence and boston until later today because of police activity. in dover expect extra traffic. sure the firefly music festival is over, the last show was at 11:00 p.m. they are still waking up and coming home. >> reporter: they camp out for that. stacy in souderton tweets me 55 degrees, a little bit cool in some neighborhoods. upper 50s in oxford and coatsville. 61 in center city and in chester, 64 officially at philadelphia international. south jersey a lot of upper 50s and mid to lower 60s in delaware, but we're shooting up from there, as we roll through the day to catch the bus, or the train. 72 degrees under the sun by 9:00 a.m. 79 by noon, high 84 at 3:00 p.m. not all that humid, winds are light, a nice day, but tam, sunscreen. >> katie couric is a newlywed. she married john

we're looking much better on i-95 with dry conditions and same thing on the schuylkill expressway. on city between the schuylkill expressway and bryn mawr we have overnight construction restrictioning attractive. we have -- restricting traffic. there's construction on 295 northbound to the northbound side of 42. karen, kind of a busy start on this friday morning. >> reporter: a bills start on my end, i've got good news, it's friday i'm giving you a good weekend and pretty good looking friday, as well. no precipitation out there, we have showers from yesterday falling apart. we have cloud cover south and east of the city of philadelphia you're stuck in that at the moment. no worries, that sunshine will be coming at you today. 71 degrees in philadelphia. feeling more comfortable than yesterday not as humid as yesterday morning. 65 in allentown, just in the 60s in a a lot of suburbs like trenton, millville, and dover looking good, along the coastline. as you head out early you'll see partly cloudy skies and nice conditions, 6:00 a.m., 71. 8:00 a.m., about 74 degrees, overall today we'

we have disabled tractor-trailer on the schuylkill expressway westbound by lincoln drive and kelly drive. they are at a gor point. they are tapping the breaks always the volume increases. if you're bailing out on city avenue no restrictions, but they did milling work overnight coming off the schuylkill expressway watch out for a bumpy ride on city avenue. we have a crash on the walt whitman bridge westbound side heading toward philadelphia, on the new jersey side, single-vehicle accident you should get by that. watch out for a broken down vehicle on butler pike near the county flower shop. >> we had more on the powerful authorities that raced through the region overnight. they probably woke you up from your slumber. katherine scott is outside a home in west deptford where lightning may have caused a fire. >> reporter: in west deptford and new pennsylvania, there's suspicious fires like this one on will i understand drive, the firefighters were called out around 3:00 a.m. the fire was under control in a half-hour. in wilmington you can see the downpours on french street and mlk boulevard.

on the schuylkill expressway 14 miles per hour west by belmont.here's a pair of issues on the pennsylvania turnpike one is a crash on it is westbound side approaching valley forge taking out the left lane. the left lane is blocked eastbound past norristown because of debris in the roadways. either way you're going they are doing swerving to get around the problems. on the chester county, lancaster county borders you're swerving to get around the buggies near route 10. off the delaware memorial bridge we have an overturned vehicle accident on 295. i-95 from wilmington, slowing travel times each way because of the of the 495 closure. >> the search for the missing malaysian flight is shifting further south into the southern indian ocean. in an early morning news conference, australian officials said the under water search will search south of the existing crash site. the plane vanished back in march with 239 people on board. we learned that the officials believe the plane was flying on autopilot. >>> a vermont attempted to cover up killing his girlfr

the wet roads from the overhead, lights there as the turnpike overpass comes through, the schuylkill expressway, no problems or delays coming in or out of the city but watching on the on and off ramps, they are all still wet from the big soaking we received overnight. westbound on the schuylkill, we are at a disable tractor trailer kind of of in the middle of the merge there, so just be careful heading westbound this morning. south jersey waking up with in problems on the major roadways, airport, maybe first couple flights could be delays, but as that storm moves off to the coast and moving in new york we could see delays for the first couple flights out of the gate. regional rails had big problems last night because of the heat. we reset the clock and will restart everything this morning with no delays on the buses, trains or trolleys, natasha, back over to you. >>> new this morning a 23 year-old man was shot four times in the the 3300 block of west cumberland street in west philadelphia. police say he was fired at 12 times with the semiautomatic gun. he was struck three times in the arm, once

take the schuylkill expressway. jump on 76, hot over the platt, then in the area you need to be if that's where you got to go. but take a look. schuylkill looks great around downtown philadelphia and also if you are traveling in the suburbs, average speed censors in the 50's. fifty-four on nine, a as well, but this speed censor obviously not around the construction zone between northeast philadelphia and the vine st. expressway, 55 and 476, as well, no major delays however for mass transit. we head back to the desk. >> right now 5:37. in business news this morning, which suv is stone the snows. >> and how wal-mart is going after new shoppers. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange, jill, you don't know from experience, you just heard? >> of course, veer. only. good morning, today the federal reserve begins its two day policy meet to go discuss the us economy. investors look to go see if the central bank will give any clues about whether it could raise interest rates. yesterday market

live look at the schuylkill expressway, we're in good shape right here near roosevelt boulevard. roads damp because we're in good shape from king of prussia in through downtown. we have a live look at the vine street expressway, no problems or delays crossing from i-95 over through the schuylkill expressway. the rest of the major coming from the suburbs looking good, 422, 202. watch out for deer along 202 and chesterbrook boulevard. they gave me a wave as i rolled by this morning. for the the gang down the shore an accident on the garden state parkway, this is southbound, right here near avalon interchange. of course, heading down the shore keep this in mind that construction at stone harbor and avalon interchanges where those traffic lights will eventually go away. they are building overpasses over those three lights there as you south for weekend plans at the shore. eastbound pennsylvania turnpike construction between fort washington and willow grove and mass transit has no delays. erika, back to you. >>> waking up to surprising news, son of the philanthropist lewis katz is not

the the the schuylkill expressway looking good this morning. no problems or delays but you can see roads are damp and we will have a puddle or two to jump over in the neighborhood as we head out front door. no problems out of west chester looking good in royersford, all of the bridges had speed restrictions until just a few moments ago. we are back to normal on the bennie, whitman and commodore barry. we will have that closure down here on 495. septa had a rough go late yesterday, with the regional rails, and everything, we will reset the clock and start the morning rush hour, with no delays. erika, back over to you. >>> police are looking for three men on the run who kidnaped ape 15 year-old boy in northeast philadelphia and then robbed his family. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein is live at police headquarters with more on that teen's terrifying ordeal, jen. >> reporter: that boy is home with his parents this morning. he was unharm but police are still searching for for those three suspects who kidnaped the 15 year-old and then rob

it's here along the schuylkill expressway eastbound side past montgomery drive. luckily it's off to the side so not blocking any of the lanes and at this point the volume on the schuylkill is nice and light unlike the rush hour yesterday when we had big issues on 76. so far we're off to a good start. but coming off of there schuylkill expressway i 76 onto city avenue watch out for restrictions on the southbound side as they were doing paving work. no overnight construction along 95. watch out for restriction because of a broken down vehicle on the northeast extension. southbound side approaching the quakertown interchange. in pottstown there was an overnight crash that brought down a pole is that still blocking wilson street between farming ton avenue and popular street. maybe stick with diamond street very locally or eighth street would be another possible alternate. late last night we had a downed pole and wires in cherry hill along 70 at cuthbert boulevard. everything was shut down. this morning everything is reopened. they got that downed pole and wires taken

going to the schuylkill expressway, headlights coming inbound, no delays on the schuylkill or 95, but some pockets of volume along the way. but that fog is certainly going to throw few extra minutes into the trip this morning. and an accident, in new jersey, on the turnpike connector bridge, eastbound, right near route 130, also, some downed wires in chester county, along warren avenue and shepherd road. now, 95, the construction project, that was supposed to begin last night, postponed because of the weather. so the current work zone stretches from race up to girard. we're used to that one, we get pushed over to the right side. beginning tomorrow night, they'll take that work zone, began from girard, up to allegheny, another mile and a half of construction, which everybody will be push over to the right side of the roadway. and again, that was postponed because of the weather. tomorrow night, that will kick into gear. and of course, the extra time needed for the patco high-speed line, during that construction project. otherwise, mass transit looking good. erika, back over to you. >>

so far so good coming in the townwn on schuylkill expressway. mass transit has no delays. stay there, we will be >>> drexel university professor is owner of the new guinness world record. you may remember this people played tetras on the side of the ira center april. that earnedrofess f and two colleagues the record for largest video game display screen. the 29 story skies scraper used as the screen, totaled nearly 120,000 square feet. lee beat his previous record from last year when he played pong on the same building and do i remember. that congrats, that is great. your watching "eyewitness news" at cbs 36789 we will be right back. good morning family see you in a bit. >>> heat and humidity, we are waking up to a sticky morning, temperatures racing towards 80-degree mark. >>> we are tracking thunderstorms this afternoon, storm scan three on the right part of the screen shows storms moving across great lakes right now and some of those storms when they arrive this afternoon for us they will be strong when they arrive. >> look out for them, yep. lets get over to katie with

live look at schuylkill expressway starting to see volume near henderson road.eadlights coming in towards conshohocken. we have a live look near presidential boulevard, roads are damp and wet. rest have the major roadways not bad at all coming up 202. a little slow down to the 422 ramp. we have had within or two flights late but mass transit [prof. burke] at w [bell rings] can hurt you. like what if you didn't know to get coverage for uninsured drivers? [robot] uh oh. [prof. burke] talk to farmers and get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum - bum♪ >>> welshing long island crossing guard is turning heads in traffic. >> she has got moves to do it too. shirley cunningham right here says she loves her job and it shows. she's been dancing pedestrian is a cross the intersection in the town of, for decade now. she's a local ledgend. the she's inspired by a song if you are happy and you know it, she has that playing in the head phones. we will clap along. >> absolutely. >> that will make yoyou want to cross the road. heck yeah.

when we look outside other schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive we see no weather-related problems. some spots the roads may be a little damp from some misting but eastbound traffic headed towards center city moving just fine at this point. a few accidents we're tracking in some of the suburb, matt. >> thanks karen. >>> new here on "action news" a philadelphia mother and her boyfriend were charged overnight in connection with a grade school drug scare. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live outside john barry promise academy in west philadelphia. katherine. >> reporter: and, matt, we're told that school counselors will be on hand today, one day after police say a little girl brought heroin to school. that girl's mother and her live-in boyfriend were charged overnight. 19 students in addition to that one little girl were taken to chop yesterday from here, john barry elementary school in west philadelphia. they were taken there to be checked out. "action news" was there as the girl's mother arrived at the school yesterday. she and her boyfriend were taken in for questioning.

i-95, schuylkill expressway, work zone at cottman avenue. that fire blocking chester pike here at south avenue you in norwood delaware county. already close to an hour delay on flights in and out of the philadelphia international because of the thick fog this morning. it didn't happen. last night penndot was supposed to set up that new traffic pattern. that new pattern is on the way but as normal this morning northbound between girard and allegheny and expect a rough go on the 495 project in wilmington closed between exits two and three and dart expects 20 minute delays in wilmington on all of its buses through the construction project. natasha and erika back to you. >>> 5:36. in business news this morning a fathers day gift dear old dad might not expect. >> also how star bucks could help you stay in touch. money watch's jill wagner joins us now with those stories and more, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and erika. investors watching for latest report honorary tail sales, market's winning streak came to an end yesterd

fifty-five on 95, 50 is your average speed censor on the schuylkill expressway, 55 traveling on 476, as well. now, we do, however, have closure, this is balance guy mink owe road closed at front street due to downed tree. this morning, swedeland road would be your best alternate. also, montgomery county trooper road at pot shop road dealing with accident. definitely good news, we avoided bad news bears, regional rails, all mass transit doing okay, nick snow. >> victoria, thank you. developing right now, the us is securing americans in iraq as the white house considers its next move. as susan macinnis reports, the crisis in iraq continues to intensify. as an extremist group vows to take over the country's capitol. >> us officials are sending nearly 100 soldiers and marines to secure the american embassy in baghdad. some staff members have been evacuated to more stable parts of the country, as islamic militants push toward the capitol. >> the extremist groupies lamb i can state of iraq and syria has already captured a large part of the northern iraq, and says it was behind yesterday's

no issues the length of the schuylkill expressway. here's information when it comes to the 95 project scheduled to start later tonight between girard and allegheny. current zone throughout that's going to be extended by about a mile and a half. expect a longer construction zone tomorrow morning. there will be a shift in the travel lanes but three lanes will be open during that construction project. since the lanes will shift you can expect a slowdown. this includes reconstruction of some of the ramps and the southbound phase, this is on the northbound side. southbound is expected on thursday, june 19 so that's a little bit of information for you and we'll continue to have more throughout the morning. >> dry conditions and high winds create perfect conditions for an out-of-control forest fire. watch as time lapse video shows just how close the flames and smoke got to hundreds of families in the midwest. and back in the game. pete rose has been banned from baseball for life but it's not stopping him from a one-time only managing gig. k

roads are damp and wet from the rain we had last night and lets look live at the schuylkill expressway, looking good though, headlights heading out of town passing our camera right here near spring garden street. the is there martin luther king drive there in the background. we have schuylkill river and art museum. coming into philadelphia looking good so far. 422 same deal. in problems at all here as you come around the curve heading in towards oaks but if you are in south jersey and you are trying to get to the patco high speed line, lindenwald station, heads up, structural damage to the white horse road bridge that goes over the patco tracks. so from say the voorhees and marlton interchange you will not get to the parking lot at lindenwald. you have to go over to somer tail road and use white horse pike to gain access into the parking lot for the station this morning. an accident just outside of fort dix, julius town road right here near 206, a crash out here in collegeville, germantown pike at ridge pike and some flooding left over from last night with the rain, old gulf roadblocke

the schuylkill expressway starting to see some volume delays here in both directions near conshohocken. folks on the right heading inbound toward center city. an accident in the lehigh valley on eastbound side of i78, right the at route 737, over toward the northeast extension. a crash on route 100 at pottstown at jackson road. follow thanks used 100 last night they had a trash truck fire that has been cleared, repairs made and that stretch is opened but we had this accident there at 100 near jackson. down wires over here on route 33 at i295, at hamilton square. mass transit looking good. erika, back over to you. >>> happening today drivers take note a new report should give us more information about the roads, bridges many of us use every day in pennsylvania. "eyewitness news" reporter jen bernstein joins us now at graterford bridge in perkiomen township with more on the new you report released later on today,. >> reporter: good morning, erika. interestingly, pennsylvania leads the the nation in structurally deficient bridges. right behind me is an example of one of those. this is gra

so far so good i am bound on the schuylkill expressway.t is a safety blitz today at temple university station during the morning rush hour from about 7:30 to 9:30 septa will be handing out brochures and some information on how to be safe on all of the platforms throughout the summer. blue route will see construction delays between route 30, saint david interchange down toward route one. they will work from 10:00 to 2:00 and south on 295 keep in mind heading down in towards bellmawr that ramp to the walt whitman bridge is closed. so you need to go to the next exit which is delsea drive, flip u turn to gain access to the 42 freeway. natasha, back over to you. >>> thanks very much. here is the headlines on cb. three, including breaking news. search continues for more than 30 people missing after a ferry capsized off of the coast of million layer a more than 30 people have been now rescued with five confirmed dead. >>> also two people are in custody and search is on for a third after a break in at a mayfair church. police caught one of those s

and then we have an accident here on the schuylkill expressway.way in toward university. this is an accident here, another look at the crash on that eastbound side, heading in toward south philly. nicole, back over to you. >> thanks, bob. a crown controversy in delaware. a new miss delaware is crowned after a dispute erupts over the age of the first winner. "eyewitness news" reporter elizabeth hur has more. >> two miss delaware's crouds in less than two weeks. >> completely shock when i found out tuesday, all of this was verified for amanda long acre. disheartening, disappointing in her view she won the miss delaware title fair and square. >> i had given all of my documents, my birth certificate, my social security card, my drivers license. >> so to be told this week she is simply too old to compete she was dumbfounded. >> i've been truthful and hon this is whole time. i have provided everything to them. and this is a mistake that happened on their part. >> to get some answers we headed down to dover where on this night the miss delaware scholarsh

and heavy on the schuylkill expressway.f accidents one in norristown at markley and west mainly and gillman an north dupont street. >> let's go live look at philadelphia international airport. you should know because of the low ceiling and the fog there's a traffic management program in effect delaying arriving flights for an hour and 15 minutes. up in laguardia, new york, it's 2 hour delay. let's head over to david murphy with accuweather. good morning. >> reporter: all right, tam, we're off to a gray start we have a little mist from the low cloud cover and fog on the terrace. flash-flood watch in effect from noon until late tonight. all the counties highlighted. we're in the 60s across the region not all that uncomfortable. this afternoon we're going for a high of 79 showers and thunderstorms at times in the afternoon, more of the same tomorrow afternoon and great for the weekend. >> at least there's that. we'll send you back to "g.m.a." and see you in 30. ♪ >>> we're living vicariously through all that are there in rio.

outside live on the schuylkill expressway near the conshohocken curve westbound traffic showing a tapthe brakes. no major delays or issues and roads here looking pretty clear and dry, matt and tam. >> and that a you karen. >>> happening today the truck driver charged in that fatal crash on the new jersey turnpike that also injured comedian tracy morgan is due in court. we're also hearing for the first time from a victim as he is the first one to leave the hospital. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board and she's got more on the story. good morning, erin. good morning, tam. you can see when this truck moves away you're going to be able to see that limo bus they were in. it was just mangled. considering how serious this accident was, harris stanton is very lucky he escaped with a broken wrist and a bruised ankle. stanton says the wreck happened in an instant and because there was no back window to the limo bus, that he was in, he never saw that tractor-trailer barreling towards them. kevin roper is due in court today. it has been reported that he hadn't slept in m

crews will be milling between bala avenue and the schuylkill expressway at 7:00 p.m.ght and 5:00 a.m. in the morning. on thursday, the brother of ex-trenton mayor tony mack is expected to report to prison in ohio. raphael mack will serve a 30 month of month sentence. tony mack will serve four years and 10 months behind bars, the pair have appealed their sentences. >> the passengers on board a germany bound flight should get to their destination following an emergency return to philadelphia international airport. this was the view from sky6 live hd as the flight 427 touched down last night. the pilot turned around when the landings gear would not retrack. they circled overhead for two hours until they dumped fuel. "action news" viewers sent us video of the plane hovers over their homes. the fuel vaporized before it hit the ground. no injuries were reported. >> karen rogers is here to talk about a really nice weekend and another nice weekend coming up. >> reporter: but first we have to turn up the heat for the first time this year. storm tracker 6 live double scan aroun

one of them is on the schuylkill expressway.e westbound traffic is parked from past passyunk through that pointer approaching montgomery. at least for a chunk of that stretch i'd stay over on the river drives, the kelly and the mlk instead. allegheny off ramp still have that crash on the shoulder. little extra slow coming from bridge street. on 95 northbound in delco, we've got a disabled truck now in the backlog from that earlier crash still locked up from the delaware state line through this points at 452 market street. over in camden county, northbound side of 42 is also plenty busy from coles road up to 295. watch outer for a crash on the white horse pike at ohio avenue. matt. >> will do. thank you, matt. >>> let's go to meteorologist karen rogers filling in for david with a steamy accuweather forecast. >> we have a little bit of a breeze out here so it's helping a little bit right now. let's look at the temperature profile. it's already 77 degrees, it's warm out here in philadelphia as well as millville, even in the lehigh

schuylkill expressway 9 miles per hour past bala cynwyd. in jenkintown, susquehanna road near washington lane an accident. one in hatfield montgomery county a single-vehicle accident a vehicle ran into a guardrail clemens road. germantown pike skippack we have a large tree branch that fell into the road. watch for that. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing it's not raining everywhere, as we look to the north and west we can see the roads are starting to dry out. we're watch knowledge the heaviest rain shift east we're seeing it heavy on i-95 north of the city area of reds showing downpours. in woodbury near the new jersey turnpike and 130, as well. some of the well-traveled roads getting hit with rain right now. >> president obama is expected to announce some relief from student loan debt. a white house official said the president will expanding the criteria for repayment program. it would cap monthly payments at 10% of a borrower's discretionary income. the changes could allow an additional 5 million borrowers to qualify. >> new this m

and we are getting wet on the schuylkill expressway and the vine street expressway. e with heavy traffic in both directions 676 by 76, if you are using it's schuylkill southbound at woodward a crash in the outer drive and on the ramp from landsdale to the southbound northeast extension, 476, a crash is partially blocking the ramp, coming off the walt whitman bridge out of new jersey, not the best drive, speeds around 12 and 13 miles per hour made worse by a crash at 295, taking out the two left lanes on 42. and a pair of crashes in burlington county, one is in willingboro and the other in cinnaminson on albany road. we'll check it again and hopefully things look up in the next half hour. >>> a center city courtyard was turned into a pop-up tennis court, people were invited to take a lesson outside of ben fish bank on market street. fans were taught to serve and volley and backhand and were what's it like paying for internet that's rated 6th out of 7 in customer satisfaction? umm, i don't like it. [ male announcer ] we showed people a survey that stacked fios up agains

we have a soggy situation out theren on the schuylkill expressway eastbound come the headlights from gulph mills. right now despite the spray coming off the vehicles we're moving okay at least at this point. the same cannot be said of 422. the speeds in the teens into armond hammer boulevard. there's report of potholes where people have gotten several flat tires. on the big picture, slowing forming on i-95 southbound side through the work zone. i-95 in delaware we expect delays because of the 495 closure. travel times or on time between the southern chunk of 495 and naamans road. 206 there's a crash taking out two lanes. pleasantville, atlantic county, awful fire along doughty road. stick to new road. >> we're following this breaking news from pleasantville atlantic county the fire fire that claimed the life of one person and left a firefighter injured. crews quickly gained control, but they found the victim inside the house. the firefighter is being treated at the hospital. stay with "action news" for any updates. >>> also developing this morning, the search is on this morning for t

. >> it's the summertime on the schuylkill expressway. keep your expectations low like the speeds.we watch as the fender bender pulled away. it's a stop-and-go on 76 eastbound the whole way from the king of prussia. it is four times what it ideally should be. on the m.l.k. drive if you want to use that as an alternate everything is open there. the kelly drive is re-opened. it's busy there this afternoon. southbound wood haven on cottman appeal. and harleysville is blocking op pipe. yoblocking thepike. in both directions you are looking at an 8 and 9 minute delay at naamans drive. >>> a new treatment to help dogs battling cancer. one pet that is testing it out. >>> plus, paying extra to work out. what city has new tax on gym classes. >>> and the forecast on the weekend ahead when "action news" comes right back. >>> pope francis cancelled another event because of another illness. it's sparking questions about his overall health. he was supposed to be at rome's main hospital today. pope francis had part of one of his lungs removed as teenager. he suffers from a bad back. this is the t

also gone, a broken down car on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side. stop and go ride eastbound from the roosevelt boulevard in towards south street. the construction until wednesday afternoon in old city, blocking off the tunnel under the ben franklin bridge. and on top on good buddy ben the right lane blocked. but you probably know that by now. and there was a water main break by the northeast high school, still blocking summerdale avenue. and head for algon avenue instead. and a crash along lance dale gone. but a wreck at chatman road, off to the side not get buying with much after problem. and 95, northbound side four extra minutes and southbound three extra minutes. and working on the gas main blocking delsey drive. and we check it again in the next half-hour. >> thank you so much. >>> and the accuweather forecast coming up nex >> meteorologist adam joseph joining us. the temperature gauge tomorrow will say something in the 90s. >> it will skyrocket. and then in the 100s by wednesday. so a lot going on the week of the 4th of july. >> can i wear a

take a look at the the schuylkill expressway. i would say watch out for sun glare in areas and generally speaking where ever you would find a rush and it will be here. lets look at the schuylkill, this is westbound side approaching the the area have of 476, westbound side of the schuylkill is jammed from approaching city avenue all the way through to 476, a lot of this volume has to do with what we're dealing with on the northeast extension. as we look at this shot here this is traffic trying to jump on the northbound side of the extension. so you are jammed on the northbound side of 476, between approaching the the schuylkill expressway ape mid county toll plaza this volleys also affecting the the pennsylvania turnpike, and, all of this is as a result of the disabled vehicle that we're dealing with north bound just beyond the mid county tolls, and it is compromising a lane and also we still had a disable tractor trailer approaching lansdale, that has been moved to the shoulder a half an hour ago. we are dealing with remnant of th