so things are getting back to normal in this part of the university city. we are live from university city, jeff chirico for channel six a "action news". >> thanks, jeff. >>> two fire fighters were injured this morning responding to a fire in bensalem. fire broke out in the home in the 1100 block of tennis avenue at 9:00 o'clock this morning. one fire fighter who was a member of the nottingham fire company was on the roof when it gave way. he fell through, and was quickly rushed to aria torresdale but later transferred to jefferson hospital. the other fire fighter was hospitalized after experiencing tightness in his chest. one resident also suffered a minor burns. >>> moving on to the accu weather forecast. rain is starting to pick up out there this evening. meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> earl willer we had a lull in the activity but right now we are starting to fine steadier pockets of moisture and steady rain moving in the delaware and lehigh valleys. the here's

live in university city, brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. >>> who's watching you? this suv has a logo for google maps, but it really belongs to philadelphia police. that police suv can track and store your license plate data. the technology was already controversial and as nbc 10's drew smith reports, privacy advocates are asking why police pretended to be someone else. these are automatic license plate readers, a technology some police departments have shown off for us in the past. they instantly photograph your tag and record an exact location and time you were there. this photo taken this week by penn professor matt blaze shows an unmarked police suv with the alpr mounted on top. and on the back rear window, a logo for google maps. >> there should be no reason to have to pretend to be a company that people trust deeply if what you're doing is not shady. >> reporter: molly hooper is an attorney for the aclu of pennsylvania. she says the department is jeopardizing police/community relations by hiding surveillance under a fake logo. >> it could be used to stalk som

let's get out to shawnette wilson live in university city.hawnette. >> reporter: dawn and chris, it is still very much an active scene. take look at where we're standing. pan up and show you the overpa overpass. this is where police believe the suspect danger many people driving cars on university avenue at 76 west. they believe someone was standing on that overpass throwing things over that hit cars passing by. we'll take look at video here of what we found as we tell was police believe happened. again they say it was around 8:00 o'clock tonight someone was standing on the overpass at university avenue just before 76 west blowing railroad spikes over the over pass we're told that police found six of the railroad spikes on the road. four cars were hit. fortunately none of the drivers inside the car were seriously hurt but as you can imagine just a very scary thing as you look at some of those spikes driven right into the windshield of a car. we talked to lieutenant john walker with southwest detectives about the investigation. >> very dangero

to brad sattin live in university city. brad? >> things to finally starting to calm down outside franklin field. university of pennsylvania been around since the days of ben franklin which mean they say put on a few graduations over the year, but tonight then some. emergency is vehicles over bridges gates around the stadium. secret service and police everywhere. the focus should have been entirely on penn's 1500 had new graduates. you couldn't help feel the buzz with a particular father and grandfather in the crowd. what are the odds a sitting vice president joe biden to watch his granddaughter. and presumptive nominee donald trump in the audience. >> when trump came in, there was applause, energy. when biden came in the entire place he rose to its feet. >> it was great to be behind them. >> reporter: did you catch a glimpse. >> we did. we saw biden, trump. it was exciting. >> reporter: security detail around every turn which did make getting to the ceremony a bit tedious. >> we had to wait three hours outside. >> to get through.

high temperature at university city. about 68 degrees. we're headed to 70 for most parts of the area. >> thank you for that, karen. >>> if you have not done it yet, you should check your powerball ticket. the one and only winning ticket was sold right here in our region in mercer county. it's not like there are other tickets in florida, california, nope, just one. somebody in our area is more than $429 million richer. here are the winning numbers. 5, 25, 26, 44, 66 and the powerball number is 9. the name of the winning store has not yet been released. we should find that out by tomorrow. the new jerseyry director says she also expects the winner will take his or her time before coming forward in order to talk to some financial planners and other professionals about how handle the almost half a billion dollar prize. everybody who played, of course, had high hopes of matching all six numbers correctly. you could just feel the powerball fever at this station in winwood. some players we talked to had us are plans for all the millions. >> what

. >>> will smith was honored in university city last night. he couldn't be there in person, but smith was given the first-ever trail blazer award by the philadelphia independent film awards. the honor recognizes those in the industry who set new standards for others to follow. smith was nominated for an oscar twice, and he won four grammys early in his career as a rapper. >>> and check this out. dozens turned out to malcolm x park to help paint a mural. members of the city's behavioral and wellness department also gave out information on mental health resources that are available. the city of philadelphia mural arts program hosted the event. >>> eight minutes before 5:00 right now. police in chester need your help. they are searching for whoever shot these teenagers, killing one of them. next in a live report at 5:00, a reward is now being offered. >>> also next, new support in the battle over a proposed sugary drink tax in philadelphia. find out which group is throwing its weight behind mayor jim kenny's plan and why. >>> morning, everyone. j

forecast neighborhood by neighborhood is calling for 70s this afternoon for university city.dale, up to 71 degrees. bethlehem and easton and lehigh valley, should see more sunshine there. partly sunny skies and temperatures into the 70s. trenton you'll see some sunshine and 74 degrees. but got some rain moving through wildwood this morning, 64 degrees this afternoon. a bit warmer with mostly cloudy skies for atlantic city and linwood. there is a chance of showers coming in during the day. right now, dewey beach is throwing those showers into the area. the ten-day outlook, today isç not the only chance for some showers. tomorrow will be dry. thursday, 75 degrees in the afternoon. nice warmup, too. we'll see the middle 70s again on friday. showers and thunderstorms are a possibility on friday. and still a chance of a shower on saturday. 72 degrees. but it won't be an all-day rainfall. we'll get sunshine to warm us into the 70s on saturday. but it does turn a bit cooler for sunday. bright sunshine, 67 degrees. that's after morning low of 50 degrees on send. and a similar day on

reporting live from university city, christie ileto for channel six "action news". >> christie, thank you. >>> in the race for the white house democratic presidential candidates hillary clinton is focusing on tuesday's primary, in kentucky and oregon. she will spend today in kentucky where she said former president bill clinton was playing a key role in her administration. >> my husband, who i'm going to put in charge of revitalizing the economy because, you know, he knows how you to do it and especially in places like cole country and inner cities and other parts of our country that have really been left out. >> clinton won the kentucky primary, easily in 2008. she has come under criticism this time around for remarks perceived as being against the cole industry. >>> her challenger bernie sanders wants to be the spoiler in kentucky on tuesday. at a rally today, sanders said clinton has a big lead in delegates but he still believes he can catch up. >> we will to have win about 65 percent of the remaining delegates, in order to go into the democratic convention, with a majority of pled

a scary situation in university city. several cars left with shattered wind dose. what police say someone was throwing at drivers from an overpass. >>> good evening, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >>> let's get right out to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt live in university city with breaking details tonight. >> this is not part idea at all it was an idea that could have killed several people passing by. there is a bridge over me right now it's a railroad bridge csx pass. we're on university avenue right now. basically what happened we're told there was person on that bridge that was throwing stuff. we're talking about debris, bolts, railroad ties, any kind of loose debris. over the pass hitting several cars some of that debris actually went into the windshield injured somebody we're told that person was treated on scene. luckily nobody was seriously hurt. nobody taken to the hospital. but a source where the police depth says one person is in custody right now. they may be looking at possibly more suspects. we spoke to police lieutenant john walke

you see it says penn welcome to university city. busy here and these things don't just fall off the railroad bridge on their own and jump down. there's whole lot of rocks down there. also thought to be thrown by this person, 18 years old facing a slew of serious charge, felonies, four counts of aggravated assault. he was 40 feet up on the overpass off the schuylkill. you can see where we are in the other direction. two and fro route 76 living to both penn children's and veterans hospital, let's go the to video and you'll see how close this was to killing somebody. look at this rush hour spike. right through the dodge charger windshield, flattened of the iron spike stuck right into the car's frontal panel. the driver got glass in his eyes but managed to pull over without crashing. also hit an old cutlass which got a hole through roof and another windshield shattered. here is john walker. >> very dangerous happening out here, you see the spikes, fact that they're nailed into the grounds, they got sharp edges being thrown at cars, dama

a scary situation in university city. several cars left with shattered wind dose.hat police say someone was throwing at drivers from an overpass. >>> good evening, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean. >>> let's get right out to "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt live in university city with breaking details tonight. >> this is not part idea at all it was an idea that could have killed several people passing by. there is a bridge over me right now it's a railroad bridge csx pass. we're on university avenue right now. basically what happened we're told there was person on that bridge that was throwing stuff. we're talking about debris, bolts, railroad ties, any kind of loose debris. over the pass hitting several cars some of that debris actually went into the windshield injured somebody we're told that person was treated on scene. luckily nobody was seriously hurt. nobody taken to the hospital. but a source where the police depth says one person is in custody right now. they may be looking at possibly more suspects. we spoke to police lieutenant john walker

university city in philadelphia, 53 degrees this afternoon.nd cloudy this morning, some breaks in the precipitation this afternoon for south jersey and at the shore, 54 degrees atlantic city today. delaware, rain will be steady with some heavy downpours and temperatures in the 50s. have a great day. >>> the "today" parenting team is created with johnson's. discovering wonders with parents and babies. >>> this morning on "today's" parenting, for the last two weeks we've asked mom to share how your life changed after becoming a parent. today is our turn and get your tissues out because the moms of "today" are sharing our stories. >>> there are those moments when you think all right, i'm officially a mom when i find my troot brush in my shoe. i know, okay, there is a in tu person who has moved in and she is running the place. >> the little things don't matter. laughter matters, love matters and being together. >> biggest surprise, no sleep forever more. no. the biggest surprise i think was how naturally i took to it. >> i can't imagine my life wi

bicycles so now from labels to the most murderous cities now you have the technical university that was open innovation so over 30 places from all over the world two-thirds are former rust belt and we described in detail than of those in our book their building on the forgotten strength we could not be out brookings about some policy so let's go through them the first is a 21st century economy measuring with twentieth century statistics weirdness measuring our productivity google search we have to find a better way to do this and second why are is all this anchor because there is a job mismatch people cannot find jobs after they lose them in the new world we have to develop programs of training for jobs better based on a very good model of the german work study model is a great model we can do it and i think we probably will and share their brainpower to support and build the innovation districts in support for research united states still does two-thirds of basic research but we have to keep doing it or we lose out venture capital should have the leeway not to makeay or they i

this happened at 33rd and powellton avenue in university city. the 27-year-old rider was not seriously hurt. >>> a man who new jersey state police say is a consore -- connoisseur of crustations. he was accused of stealing shrimp. it turned out police in little egg harbor had a similar crime and suspect description. that discovered helped state police net the alleged shoplifter. he is released pending a court hearing. >>> police caught a man stealing his ride in front of his home. it did not take brains or braun to pull it off. the vw was left in the driveway unlocked. victim hopes the surveillance will turn the wheels of justice and catch the car thief. >>> donald trump plans to meet with leading republicans on capitol hill while hillary clinton and mitt romeny are calling for trump to release his >> reporter: the countdown to this capitol hill date is on. >>> we need to get know each other. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan calling his meeting with donald trump as more of a meet and greet. >>> i don't know him, i met him once in person in 201

drew smith tracks both big names from university city. ♪ >> reporter: among the penn college of artsnd sciences graduates in their caps and gowns, bomb sniffing dogs patrolled in and above franklin field. the tight security was for two people in the audience, donald trump, there for his daughter and joe biden's granddaughter. there were more than the parents of graduates out here. we found political supporters. >> just to see donald trump, see what's going on. i like the guy. he has a lot of nerve. >> reporter: people reacted to the trump and biden families entering but neither of them spoke. a rare moment during this election season to see them listening, not speaking. some penn parents ignored the high profile guests. >> the important part of today is my son's graduation. >> reporter: others were thrilled to be in the audience with them. >> i think it's exciting. it's exciting for the students. >> reporter: biden made an earlier appearance at notre dame with former house speaker john boehner speaking about coming together. >> engage in the tireless pursuit of finding common ground.

this is live look at the university of pennsylvania and university city. on may 15, graduates of the school's arts and sciences program will take the field. well, donald trump plans to attend. trump's daughter is graduating, and also vice president joe biden will be there. he has a granddaughter receiving her diploma. >>> in just a matter of hours, the campaign may be all but over for some presidential candidates later tonight. trump looking to make his path to the republican nomination unstoppable. inside on the chances it happens by night's end next. >>> search and rescue. watch as firefighters uncover four tiny victims from a burning home. >>> then there's this. welcome to the big time. the coveted spot you'll see the eagles' newest quarterback, cars carson wentz. those stories and more at 5:00. look around pennsylvania and it's not hard to spot winners. and with over 2 million winners of match 6, cash 5, and treasure hunt every single month, that's hardly a surprise. winners, winners everywhere! play today! >>> four kittens rescued from a burning woodp

much of the philadelphia area, university city, 77 degrees. some spots could get close to 80. west chester, 76 degrees. partly sunny. allentown, reading, well into the 70s. with lots of sunshine. but farther to the south, a little more cloud cover, keeping the temperature down. especially in delaware. dover only 69 degrees and then 66 degrees at rehoboth beach. we'll see about the rest of the weekend forecast and next week coming up a little later. >> all right, and our second annual weather education day is set for next wednesday. glenn and all of the nbc10 first alert meteorologists will show off weather experiments to kids at citizens bank park. and here's some video of last year's weather education day. a great time. join meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz, sheena parve parveen, bill henley, going to be a great time. by the way, the morning team, all of us, we're going to be there. we're not there to work like the meteorologists are. we're there to hang out and watch a game. there's still time to sign up. you can get more information at phillies.com. >> we're seeing

nbc 10 ain university city wher people were out and about. we're not in the clear. let's look ahead to the nbc 10 neighborhood forecast. >> looks like we will at least start the day off tomorrow on the dry side. we actually have some clearing in lehigh valley, pennsylvania suburbs. lehigh valley was the place that got the warmest today, up to 70 in allentown. not warm for this time of year but warmer than everywhere else. 55 in bethlehem now and allentown. 57 in reading with clear skies is. temperatures should drop pretty nicely during the night. you can see nothing left on the radar close to the philadelphia area. we have showers in delaware and extreme south jersey. this is the area that's been hit the hardest over the weekend. the coolest temperatures. the most amount of clouds. you can see circulation around there. the upper air system that's brought this nasty weather is not moved out yet. we start off the day with maybe a little sunshine. but by afternoon, there are showers, maybe even thunderstorms breaking out. pa suburbs, thunderstorms by 4:00. we may get i

university city is one square money. mid-town detroit, downtown detroit, seven square miles. jobs flew out of these cities. so the days of marbles, ferns fountains are done. no more trump towers. >> thank you very much. i'm paula stern, congratulations to the authors. the gig economy. didn't hear it once, and i think about the jobless match, which you talked about. how do we fill in the blanks besides affordable housing, for those who are in the gig economy and move around? and also would love it if you would address places like portland, maine, doesn't have large university, and -- >> great food, to the. >> exactly. and very attractive from all the other demographics you described here today and doing a lot of the same things. they better hurry up unless you have some other answer and that's what i'm asking. >> answer on the gig. >> on portland, first of all, phil knight gave 100 million -- from oregon. i asked -- >> i asked about maine. >> i don't know enough portland, maine. you're not going to turn every little town into a brain belt. there's lots of work to be done in lo

live in university city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> new this morning, fire damages a home in centercity. it started around 4:00 a.m.ç a 10th and locust. >>> police say a philadelphia man doused his girlfriend with gas, set her on fire and left her for dead in a bucks county motel. >> at his preliminary hearing he briefly talked to our cameras. take a listen. >> can you tell us what happened? >> i lost it. >> if you didn't hear what he said, he said he lost it. police charged him with setting the fire that killed melissa bacon smith. police say he threw gas on smith while she was smoking. it also caused an evacuation at the hotel. >> everybody was get out, get out, there's fire, get out. >> we believe she reached out to him and yelled his name and he left her in there to die. >>> police say surveillance video from the wawa across the street shows small putting gas into a coffee cup before the fire. small's family says he called them and confessed to the crime. melissa bacon smith leaves behind four kids and seven grandchildren. >>> opening statements begin this morning in the chaka

this is a live look at south street bridge leaving university city, head ago cross the river. here's the schuylkill and center city behind you. we have police activity on the bridge here it self. it the looks like folks are coming across, not sure if it is an accident or what is going on but avoid the south street bridge and use market street, walnut or chestnut to get across the schuylkill river. southbound i-95 jammed up from cottman to girard. blue route, schuylkill, i-95, no accidents, just a lot of volume, just that first day back after a holiday is always crazy but two accidents in new jersey northbound 295 just north of the commodore barry bridge and an accident on 42 freeway, right here near black horse pike causing delays for folks coming back toward the city. mass transit looking good, mike and alex, back to you. >>> bob will be out there, on friday broadcasting live from 7:00 to 10:00. cedar park in west philadelphia is bait basically baltimore avenue between forty-ninth and 50th. all week long 24 hours a day on the web site we are giving away a car. >> sign up to wi

look at the temperatures. 80 degrees for university city.to the 80s for the suburbs and lehigh valley. sunshine and 80s this afternoon. to the south and the nice warmup will continue for vineland and haddonfield. afternoon showers are possible in haddonfield and storms for atlantic city and linwood. sunshine breaks thi s through t clouds in wilmington. warmer weather to come. tomorrow, 84 the high temperature. 90 degrees on thursday, friday and warmer saturday afternoon. potentially up to 92 degrees. then the numbers come down a bit po for sunday. low 80s. tuesday, close to normal, 78 degrees, a chance for showers. wednesday, those showers break. possibility they'll be back on thursday. wednesday and thursday, high temperatures in the 80s. saturday, sunday and memorial day monday, temperatures unusually warm for this time of year. vai? >> 57 degrees at our studios in bala cynwyd. letting the people voice their opinion. how local veterans and their families can speak their mind today when it comes to va treatment. >>> and find out why the v.a

and in university city the kids were literally bouncing off of the walls.hile some adults are starting to think about their summer gardens. >> it started out a little cold and dreary, the sun came through the clouds and we warmed up. >> soaking up the atmosphere. the music is great. >> reporter: we even found some real germans. >> we thought i was going to rain all day. >> reporter: the hammocks are back at the harbor park, open for the season today and as a welcome gift we saw the sun finally break through the clouds. >> the sky opened up today. it was so nice to walk around. >> and that was drew smith reporting. >>> we're following breaking news out of trenton at this hour. that's where the coast guard is searching for a missing jet skier. officials say he and a friend ran aground on their jet ski around 7:00 tonight near the trenton boat ramp in the delaware river. this is video from the scene. the crew from a nearby ship rescued one of the skewers but the coast guard launched a recuse boat crew and a helicopter crew. >>> six people are dead dead, seven

give you a close look, about eight inches of length from this overpass here in university city.e going this way down the road. police say someone had shattered glass in their eye. i want you to check this photo out. it shows one of the railroad spikes lodged into a wind shield. we found out the spikes damaged several other windshields and a car hood. officers did take a man who is in his 20s into custody and at this time he's being called a person of interest. early indications are he will at least be charged with trespassing for being on amtrak property. we spoke to a driver who described the impact on his car. >> as i'm driving i hear a boom. i look at my windshield. my whole windshield is cracked so i pull over. had some people in the car. so when i got out of the car, i

low 70s for university city, sum iren -- somerton. we could see late-day sunshine in spots like the lehigh valley. cooler with temperatures in the 60s at the shore. low 70s for wilmington. shower and thunderstorm later this afternoon for lewes, delaware. have a great day. thanks. you guys are twins. bonding experience in new mexico. >>> coming up, a substantial settlement reached reached in t malpractice lawsuit tied to joan rivers' death. we'll hear from her daughter. >>> is fast food ever looking as good as it does in the commercials? jeff rossen and his team ordered it to find out. >>> first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> just ahead, save the dates. our summer concert series lineup ♪ ♪ it's time to get seriously silly, people. ♪ join red nose day to do some serious good to help fight kids' poverty. ♪ it's simple: just get your red nose, only at walgreens, and get your silly on, seriously. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. ti see vanilla specks.. a little crushed vanilla bean. twenty hundred vanilla specks. breyers has fr

kind of a cool and raw day. 65 in university city.ith the rain falling, lansdale looking at 61. same story in parts of bethlehem. 65. and easton 65. temperatures staying put in the 60s. have a great day. is a big day for kentucky derby winner nyquist. can he keep the triple crown hope alive at today's preakness stakes, which we just mentioned? carolyn manno is with the nbc sports group. she's at the pimlico race course in maryland ahead of today's race. carolyn, good morning. >> reporter: dylan, good morning. we need you out here with this weather! >> i know. i knew it was going to rain, so i backed out of this one. but the hat looks beautiful. and you know, i still think excitement is so high after last year's, you know, american pharoah breaking that 37-year streak. do you think nyquist, this year's favorite, has a chance to do it again? >> reporter: he certainly has a good shot at it, dylan. you mentioned he is the favorite coming into this race. as far as the triple crown goes, we're going to learn a lot today about what he's capa

hundreds of the women here attended the fourth annual philadelphia natural hair show today in university city. hair care experts were on hand to teach women about natural styling techniques and how you to grow and retain healthy, natural hair. there was also a natural hair fashion show, highlight natural hair salon is a cross the city. >>> once again weather was perfect for an outdoor art show at schuylkill river bank park. more than 30 artist where is on hand creating original works of art as people looked on. there were also tables set up for kid to create their own masterpiecees using paints, colored pens also and yarn. >>> much more to come on "action news" tonight, a philadelphia police officer who was shot in the line of duty, spent his day supporting other officers in need. >>> plus german shepherd's road to recovery after saving a little girls life, how strangers are coming forward to help save his life, medical list. >>> walter, rain is moving out and turning clear as we go throughout the overnight hours. the wind will pick up as we get into sunday. details with the full and exclusiv

also went inside in university city to see concrete made up close.ing custard flavor for limited time come july. >> looking for different flavor profiles, different textures, because you want the crispy, crunchy and the smooth. so, that's what i look for. >> we'll run it for the entire month on the menu, casino of great way to show our partnership with drexel and offer a little something back. >> now, 12 concrete contenders cut down to three, but there could only be one winner. that's emily and her concrete flavor of the city of brotherly love which i have right here. she is actually also made the tahimi, mean i mine i mow, student get hands on approach to solving real world problems, it hits stores in july. now i brought some to share. >> oh,. >> i wonder, what you'll think here, because there are a lot of things going on here, there is cake in here. >> i this is the one i like. i circled it. >> take a spoon. >> let's give this a shot. >> butterly love. >> we've got cake. >> oh, my gosh. >> carmel. >> overwhelming! >> all love in one day on a friday

." >> an underground explosion shut down streets in university city this afternoon.e're told a transformer blew underground on the corner of 30th and market. no one was injured but roads were closed and septa and regional rail service was disrupted in the area for just a bit. but everything is up and running again. >>> now, we started the weekend off with gloomy skies out there and some rain around parts of the area. meteorologist lauren casey is in the cbs3 went center to -- weather center to tell us what we can expect. >> more dreary weather and more rainfall. who is sick of this miserable mayweather sao i know i am. storm scan3 showing us -- a lot of hands going up in the studio. storm scan3 showing us the rain shield is starting to fill in now and we're seeing heavier pockets of rainfall especially to the north and west of the city, heavy 84 downpour moving through the poconos trailing off to the north and east and also heavier pockets along the i-95 corridor yellow popping up there and this again moving off to the northeast so the rainfall intensity in center ci

. >>> philadelphia police arrested a man accused of throwing debris from an overpass in university city. investigators say the man threw railroad ties, and bolts, from an overpass, on the 600 block of university avenue last night. one person suffered minor injuries, and three vehicles have broken windshields another has a damaged hood. >> very dangerous incident that happened out here to see these spikes. the fact that they are nailed in the ground they have sharp edges being thrown at cars and see damage caused in these cars. one impaled it and went in the dashboard of the car. it could have been much worse. >> police plan to charge the man were four counts of the aggravated assault. >>> a bear on the run in philadelphia, maybe not what you would expect to see but someone spotted the animal roaming and swimming in fairmount park. wild life officials spoke to "eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown about the the bears sudden a experience. >> reporter: along wissohickon creek trail nature effort leslie coexist was runners, walkers and fisherman every day but on this day a black bear dis

. >> nbc 10 in university city tonight as hospital officials unveiled a newly renamed john pryor md trauma unit. he was a penn surgeon who was killed serving his second duty of iraq back in 2008. his colleagues tell us pryor joined the army reserves after learning trauma surgeons were desperately needed on the battlefield. >>> new at 11:00, we're hearing for the first time from a temple athlete nearly killed in a hit-and-run last year. rachel hall was given only a 20% chance of survival. one year later, she's set to walk at her long-awaited graduation. cheers, a simple walk, and a hug. recognition that almost didn't happen. for a year. >> it is great to finally see my friends, all the excitement that i missed. so i'm really happy to be back. >> reporter: rachel hall's back and speaking publicly for the first time tonight. the star lacrosse goalie honored at temple as a graduating athlete. a long-awaiting milestone that will finally culminate in commencement friday. >> just a miracle that she's where she is now. i would have never expected it. >> reporter: hall was run down on her bike just

university city, 57 degrees this afternoon. melbourne and reading will see temperatures in the 50s. any sunshine will hold off until the weekend. temperatures holding in the 50s again tomorrow as the next round of showers is due in and steadier rainfall is due in for friday morning, especially heavy at the shore. this is early friday morning. you can see tomorrow morning, it is going to be developing and then moving into our area. a potential for heavy rain during the day tomorrow. that's the futurecast first thing in the morning. that chance of showers will continue as the day goes on. we'll see some gusty winds as well on friday. that may not be the end of the showers. on friday there's still a possibility you'll need your umbrella at times over the weekend. a closer look at that with the ten-day forecast in ten minutes. >> all right, bill. thanks. >>> let's take a closer look at the vine street expressway. jessica boyington has that. >> well, the vine street expressway is open for business right now. a lot of times we are dealing with some ongoing construction here. if you're one

neighborhood by neighborhood, university city, cloudy skies, 71 degrees.a chance of some showers and 62 in lansdale. bethlehem up to 60 degrees this afternoon with some scattered showers. south jersey, mainly light showers during the daytime with mostly cloudy skies. between those showers and a chance of some late-day thunderstorms, extreme south jersey and extreme southern parts of the shore. wildwood, more likely to see a thunderstorm later this afternoon than in atlantic city. and delaware, 71 degrees with dewey beach up to 73 degrees. a chance of some late-day showers and thunderstorms in delaware. but then tomorrow, it's not beginning to be this warm. you'll still need your umbrella. a look at the ten-day outlook when i'm back in ten minutes. >> see you then, bill. 4:41. let's check your ride to work, especially if it includes 95. we start there with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> 95 looks okay for right now, especially heading into center city. with our drive times, southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway, sti

live in university city, jeff chirico, channel 6 "action news." >> jeff, thank you. >>> a car slammednto a house tonight in pottstown, montgomery county. this was the scene just before 8:00 on the 200 block of wilson street. police say it took 45 minutes to free the 19-year-old driver from the vehicle. he and a female passenger were taken to reading hospital in stable condition. the homeowners were not hurt. they told "action news" they heard a loud boom and ran out of the home. >>> no word if the rain had anything to do with the accidents, but it sure didn't help. you might want to get used to the conditions. the rain will stick around on and off all week long. and the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> certainly in store for a bit of an unsettled week with the threat of on-and-off showers for the rest of tonight, and for that matter through the beginning of next weekend. we talk about what's going on. here is stormtracker radar. and the moisture we had this morning, lifting north and east. and focus the attention across the southwest through the ohio valley. tracking this m

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it will be at the va medical center at university city this morning. comments on healthcare and benefits will be taken. it is part of a reform process that followed a federal investigation into mismanagement at the medical center. >>> veterans organizations are blasting va secretary robert mcdonald for comments he made about medical appointment wait times. yesterday he said the government should be more like disneyland. he said disney doesn't measure how long visitors wait in line just how satisfied they were with their experience. vets and republicans called the comments insensitive. >>> the family of baseball legend tony gwynn is suing the tobacco industry to take responsibility for his death. he was 54 when he died of cancer of the salivary gland. his widow and two children filed suit seeking to hold tobacco companies liable. he said the industry knew the risks but had no warning labels on its products. >>> 4:4. a new study claims those popular fitbit trackers are highly inaccuratement and it's breeding new life no a class action lawsuit against the

it will be at the va medical center at university city this morning. veterans affairs officials will take xhechcomments on healthcar benefits. it is part of a reform process that followed a federal investigation into mismanagement at the medical center. >>> veterans organizations are blasting va secretary robert mcdonald for comments he made about medical appointment wait times. yesterday he said the government should be more like disneyland. he said disney doesn't measure how long visitors wait in line just how satisfied they were with their experience. vets and republicans called the comments insensitive. >>> a new report shines a light on poverty in philadelphia. the city study found about a third of retired seniors do not have enough money to meet basic needs. the report says a senior household needs nearly $29,000 a year. but more than half are living on less than that. the city controller says local and state leaders need to get involved to fix these problems. his office will meet with business groups across the city and get community feedback. >

airy day in university city. start out a little cold and a little dreary. the sun claim through the clouds and we warmed up. the sky could have opened up to day. it's nice to walk around. >> we all needed it. spruce street harper park opened for first day of the summer season with new hammocks and food vendors. >>> passenger removed. travelers sound off after a flight out of philadelphia returned to the gate when a passenger became suspicious about what a professor onboard was writing in his notebook. connections. you're not just in the classroom; you're part of the community. you meet these tiny kids every year, and you help them learn and grow. but you also get to know their families, and over the years they become a part of your life, and you become a part of theirs. when you build those connections, you can accomplish some pretty amazing things. i'm jackie kruzik and i'm proud to be a new jersey educator. my school reunion's comi♪ fast. could be bad. could be a blast. can't find a single thing to wear. will they be looking at my hair? won't be the same

we'll see clouds on the increase and the temperatures into the low 70s for university city, somertonnd chestnut hill, 69 degrees. those afternoon showers and thunderstorms during the early afternoon for the pennsylvania suburbs. in the lehigh valley, they'll move through early enough. they'll get late-day sunshine for kutztown and bethlehem into the upper 60s. to the south, new jersey, vineland 72. those afternoon thunderstorms likely to occur after 2:00 in the afternoon for new jersey and even later at the shore. not into the 70s but close to it for wildwood and atlantic city. wilmington 72 degrees and low 70s for lewes and dover. that's today. may have noticed the seven-day at the bottom of the screen. when i come back, your outlook. >>> 4:11. let's check the garden state parkway. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is watching that. what are you seeing, jessica? >> we're not seeing much of anything on the parkway. we're looking right now around the great egg toll plaza. this is over near summer's point. no problems or tie-ups in either direction. maybe a car or so movin

." >> an underground explosion shut down university city this afternoon. beer told a transformer blew underground on the corner of 30th and market. that's at 30th street station. septa and regional rail service was disrupterd for awhile but everything is back to normal now. luckily no one was hurd. >>> and search crews are finding more and more wreckage from egyptair flight 804. they have now recovered a critical clue that could ultimately help investigators figure out what caused the catastrophic crash. cbs news correspondent jonathan vigliotti has the late of the on the investigation. >> reporter: shredded clothing, shoes and heavily damaged plane parts are some of the items search teams recovered from egyptair flight 804. investigators found the black boxes about 180 miles north of the egyptian port see of alexandria. the data could help determine what caused the plane to plummet wildly into the mediterranean sea thursday morning killing all 66 people on board. technology played a critical role in tracking down the wreckage. radar on board this e130 hel

you'll feel the winds blowing this afternoon, we will warm into the upper 60s for somerton and university city in the suburbs, sunny skies. a few clouds will blow through lansdale and thneshaminy. the lehigh valley, plenty of sunshine with a few scattered clouds in bethlehem and easton. kutztown at 65 degrees this afternoon. new jersey, completely dry during the day today. vineland, 65 degrees. you'll feel the winds blowing at the shore. linwood, 63 degrees. atlantic city will warm to 64 and into the 60s also for delaware. wilmington up to 66 degrees, bright sunshine for dover and lewes. that's today, 60s. tomorrow, seven-day forecast shows a chance of rain returning to the area. that's not the only possibility of rain. i'll take you through the next ten days when i'm back with the ten-day outlook in ten minutes. >>> all right, bill, 5:07. if you're starting the workweek, heading out the door, probably ought to turn your heat on in your car. kind of cool out there. >> i know, right? >> let's start with jessica boyington. >> you may know a lot of times on the vine street expressway we are close

philadelphia police meantime say they've arrest add local teenager for damaging several cars in university cityyear-old blake bowers faces multiple charges including aggravated assault. police say bowers through rocks and railroad ties at moving vehicles from an overpass on the 600 block of university avenue. a driver suffered minor injuries when his windshield was destroyed. >>> after dave warm temperatures out there, some storms, we're cooling down just a bit outside. meteorologist lauren casey is in the weather center with a look at the forecast. hey, lauren. >> natasha, we had a bit of everything today. we had sunshine through much of our saturday and then showers and a few thunderstorms rolling through this evening. even severe thunderstorm rolling through parts of southern delaware but right now conditions quieting down on storm scan3 just a few lingering sprinkles out there most of moisture working offshore and the cloud exec starting to break up after a cold front moved through this evening but before that frontal boundary, temperatures were warm. seventy three 76 degrees in philadelphi

arrested and charged a 18 year-old man for allegedly throwing railroad spikes in passing cars in university city. blake bauers faces charges including aggravated assault. investigators say during one attack a spike went through the front windshield and then lodged into the dashboard of someone's car driving under the university avenue overpass. broken glass flew in the driver's eyes and a total of four cars were struck. >>> a 16 year-old has been charged in the fatal hit and run from last month in camden. up investigators say the teenager was driving a stolen cadillac when he struck and killed five three-year old tia walker on april 25th. it happened near south and pine streets. they say he pulled over a woman on a nearby median but then fled the scene. suspect is being held at camden county detention center. >>> six people were injured when a u-haul truck smashed in the bridge in new castle county, delaware. it happened at noon time on mill road near monroe road near newark. four of the victims were in the back of the truck. one a 24 year-old woman was eject from the vehicle and she's listed in

look at these temperatures taking off today. 77 degrees in university city, summerton, and chestnut hill. in the lehigh valley, bethlehem and easton warming to 88 degrees. new jersey, sunny skies as well. 78 for trenton. at the shore, a little cooler for wildwood, 67 degrees. into the low 70s for atlantic city. but into delaware, a nice warmup. to dover, near 70 degrees. wilmington with breaks of s sunshine, 73. that's today. the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. that's one seven day for each part of our area. when i come back in a few minutes, i'll have the ten-day outlook. >> looking forward to it, bill. thanks. 10 after 4:00 right now. let's take a look at the area roads, including the 42 freeway. jessica boyington has that. >> tracy, we are doing okay so far on the 42 freeway. no problems or delays heading into the city right now. these are our cameras around creek road. you can see no problems in either direction. not a lot of cars headed northbound yet. into philadelphia right now, if you have to head to any of the area bridge, you'll be just fine. if you get over the

. >> in university city young patients reconnected with the medical professionals who likely saved theirthe children's hospital of philadelphia hosted a reunion for patients with thoracic insufficiency a complex spinal condition that stifles normal lung growth. most of the kids got a break through treatment developed at the hospital. >>> people of all ages assembled in newtown to form what they hope was the largest human peace sign. the peace center organized the event at bucks county community college to mark its 35th anniversary celebration. they hope to attract up to sucks thousand people to help make the symbol. the peace center is a nonprofit organization aimed at preventing violence and promoting conflict resolution. >> ♪ pat toomey started his career as an investment banker. then, a wall street wheeler-dealer overseeing stock trades in new york, london and tokyo. next, toomey moved to hong kong to work with wealthy chinese investors. in the senate, it's no surprise toomey's been siding with wall street. voting to allow banks to continue making the risky investments that wrecked ou

same for university city. steady rain this morning only tapering off during the afternoon hours. the suburbs, lansdale, neshaminy at 54 degrees and not much different for the lehigh valley. reading and berks county up to 53 degrees and 54 for bethlehem. sunshine, not happening for south jersey or the jersey shore. wildwood, 53 degrees, the high temperature. the rain steady this morning. as we go itf the afternoon, it will taper off for linwood. the steadier rain will be during the morning hours for south jersey, same story there. the closer i don't you are to the shore, the earlier you see the rain start to taper off inland. hamilton township, 53 degrees. the rain tonights into the afternoon hours. delaware, steady rain continues for wilmington, dover and dewey beach into the afternoon hours. then this weekend, there's still a possibility we'll see more scattered showers. the heaviest rainfall will be coming through this morning and into the early afternoon hours. by noontime today, almost two-thirds -- three-

philadelphia police say they've arrested a teenager for damaging several cars in university city last night. eighteen year old blake because faces multiple charges including aggravated assault. police say because through rocks and railroad ties at moving vehicles from an overpass on the 600 block of south university ave. at about 8:30 last night. a male driver suffered minor injuries when his windshield was destroyed. he was treated at the scene. >> and, police are also investigating after a dog attacked a child in chestnut hill. it happened on the 7700 block of stenton avenue. about 1:00 this afternoon. police say the five year old boy was bitten several times in the face. paramedics rushed him to einstein medical center right now he's in stable condition. no word on the fate of the dog just yet. >>> and, new at 6:00 tonight, running to honor our heroes, many people turned out today to walk with our wounded warriors lot in delaware county. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff tells us one special hero received a very special award. >> ♪ >> i was going to the marine corps, then

>>> hundreds of women, attended the fourth annual philadelphia natural hair show today, a at university city. hair care experts were on hand to teach women about natural styling techniques and how to grow and retain healthy, natural hair. it was also natural hair fashion show to highlight natural hairal salons all across the city. >>> weather was once again perfect today for an outdoor art show at schuylkill river pack. more than 30 artist where is there creating original works of art as people looked on there were tables set up for kid to create their own masterpiecees, with paints, color pencils and yarn. >>> philadelphia police used basketball as a means of connecting with the community that they serve and protect. they competed in a friendly game of the youth team at cobbs creek recreational center, before the game, officers met with the kid to let them know that their job toys protect them, their families and their neighborhood. >>> time for a check on sports and the prodigal son returns, jeff skversky for those living under a rock jeff's wife mandy gave beautiful to a beautiful baby gi