Morning, 7 30, it is rain, start it is light to moderate but intensifies to the afternoon and evening hours when we get heavy downpours, freezing rain in the poconos. Both commutes tomorrow will be affected. Allow extra time. The big concern is the evening commute with heavy downpour and ponding on roads. Totals are going up as far as rainfall amount. Well talk about when we clear in the full forecast. We have a developing story from atlantis where a massive fire caused a part of the interstate highway to collapse. Troopers told drivers to turn around because they were worried about the integrity of the bridge. Ten minutes later, it collapsed. Authorities dont know what sparked the inferno, the blaze was fueled by giant plastic spools stored under the overpass. Georgias governor says nobody has been hurt. The fire is under control. I85 is shut down both directions for the foreseeable future. What a mess that was. The Delaware County Attorney Says a serial rapist is off the streets after attacking nine women over the past through years. Dejohn lee stocked his victims in and around chester. He would wait for young women to walk alone as he approached the women from behind, he would grab them, manhandled them and take a gun and put it to the back of their head. Lee was notranger to the law. A dna sample was taken last year on a prior arrest. Results didnt come back with a match until january this year. Investigators say one of lees victims recognized him shopping at shot recite and called 911 where lee was taken into custody. Police are asking any other victims to please, come forward. The his and run tonight has left a pedestrian seriousy injured in mill creek delaware. It happened two hours ago near newport gap pike. After the first car hit the man and took off. A second car him him. That driver stayed at the scene. Authoritiesdont have a description of the striking vehicle. Troopers shot and killed a man on the new jersey turnpike in cranbury. The man was in a pick up when he was shot. He has not been identified yet. No officers were hurt. The troopers actions are being investigated but they are not releasing detail details as to d up to the confrontation. It started in philadelphia and ended in new castle delaware. Police shot at a suspect both locations. At the first the results were uncertain. At the second the result was clear, leroy brown was dead. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live at police headquarters. 24 hours later the twostate drama has come into sharper focus. Yes, it has, jim. We have learned, investigators say he was sought by the law for parole violations. He seemed to have the attitude that he was not going back. The irony police say he was wanted for nickel and dime stuff. If he had kept his nose clean, he would be alive today. A grieving father trying to make sense of the events in two states that led to the death of his son, 28yearold leroy brown junior. Police received a call that he was involved in an altercation. Unknown to the officers, there were four kids in the backseat. Brown put the van in reverse floored it, hitting and dragging one of the officers who shoots and wounds him, but brown speeds off. He was trying to get away from police. He wasnt the best kid on the block but trying to get away, they discharged their gun. Any one of those kids could have been shot. Brown then wrecks the van and ditches it on the 7600 block of lind burring he and the woman and four kids hop into a car left nearby. Two Hours Later Police got word that brown was hanging out at the womans Coachman Manor apartments. Five minutes later we heard gunshots. Brown tried to flee in a car and rammed the police cruiser. He was shot and taken to the hospital where he later died. He was already shot by the philadelphia police. How much altercation could he have had with the Delaware Police . I need to know if he was shot standing up. Now the matter is being investigated by delaware and philadelphia police. The officer struck by browns fleeing minivan suffered bumps and bruises, but im told he will be okay. The two officers involved in the shooting are on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigations. Dann cuellar, channel6, action news. Here is the latest in the russia probe, former National Security adviser Michael Flynn has offered to testify before intelligence committees if he gets immunity from prosecution. Flynns lawyer says flip has a story to tell. He was fired after a discussion he had with the russian ambassador. Flynns ties to russia are under investigation by the fbi and congress. The Senate Intelligence Committee Held its first hearing today. Clint rock told senator marco rubio that his president ial campaign was targeted by the russians along with all gop candidates. Russian tolls continue to interfere in u. S. Politics targeting Speaker Paul Ryan recently. Chairmannen devin nunes received reports that showed President Trump and swept up in surveillance by u. S. Spy agencies. Calls are inincreasing for nun es to step down from the russian investigation. A woman has been found guilty of killing her husband with antifreeze. Jamie baker pled guilty last month. She never gave a motivate but said she secretly added antifreeze into her husbands steroid shots. He used the shots for competitive weight lifting. He died in 2013. Lawmakers in the 2k50eu78d state introduced a bill to introduce medical marijuana. House bill 110 would regulate Recreational Use similar to alcohol being illegal under 21, in public or while driving. Eight other states have recreational marijuana. Breaking ground on the expansion of the museum of art. The acclaimed gugeen hiem museum in spain from the ground up. He was presented with a challenging proposition for the philadelphia 90yearold landmark. Could you do the same thing to a building but you cant do anything on the outside. Nice challenge. I knew it would take a long time. I want to hurry up. In fact, i want to take the bull bulldozer and go through the wall and start. What he came up with involves gutting an old auditorium, adding 23,000 feet of new gallery space and refurbishing an underground walkway the size of two football fields inaccessible since the 1960s. The renovations are expected to be completed by 2020. He was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and winner of the congressional medal of honor. John harrison died a week ago yesterday and his family, admirers and came to the family the chaplain of the four chapels for his viewing. Christie ileto has the story. To joan, he was dad. To generations of people that came to see him off, he was an american hero. He didnt tell us everything. I understand it now. Someone had to make the effort. He did. At 96, he was a living legend, one of the original 20 Tuskegee Airmen flying during the ii world war combat missions, a squad so fierce they became known as the red tails. He said we dont train you people to be pilots. The sergeant threw me out of the recruiting office. In a 2012 interview he talked about his persistence to be a blackbird. He said you again . I said, yes. He said you want to be a pilot, dont you . Yes, sir, just like you. For a black man it was a special deal to go above all of the things and meet the challenges because prejudice still exists. Andre had no idea his cousin was a big deal until he saw the silver screen, red tails. I said there was a guy at the end of that looked just like you. He said, he did . That was me. Humble to his final days, hair sop received the congressional medal of honor from president bush. It was a special reason for america, not just black but all of america. Quite a career and impact he made on countless generations. There will be a funeral friday morning and he will be buried in Arlington National cemetery in washington. Christie ileto, action news. Still to come, crayola is changing its crayon lineup and announcing the color its dropping. Pennsylvania and delaware are set to receive 10s of millions of dollars over volkswagen pollution. And the space race may be set to take off after a rocket never done before. We have posts on facebook, a lot of lightning, hail and a lot more rain on the way tomorrow. We have the details in the accuweather sevenday forecast. We celebrate two local centenarians and jeff scaversky with just a few games to go whe the governor of North Carolina has signed legislation to roll back a law that forced people to use public bathrooms that correspond to the gender on their birth certificate. Lawmakers repealed part of the law but kept in place legislation that prevented cities and towns to protect Lgbt Community members. The bathroom bill led to a boycott by the ncaa as well as Numerous Companies and musician. The u. S. Senate passed legislation letting states deny funds to planned parenthood and other facilities that provide abortions. Mike pence cast the tiebreaking vote today. Two women, g. O. P. Centers broke ranks. The money is spent on providing services such as contra seption and cancer screening. The driver of a pickup truck was at fault in the crash in texas that killed 16 members of a church group. The driver veered across the road slamming head on into a church bus. The man in his 20s is stabilized in critical condition. Volkswagen will pay 157 million for the resulting damage done to the environment. The cars were polluting 40 times more than allowed. Pennsylvania is getting a 30 million share of the settlement. Three, two, one lift off. Spacex just took one giant leap for commercial rocket launches, one that could propel the entire industry into a new era. The Company Launched its first recycled rocket and can reland on the platform in the ocean. Elon musk said until today it was like throwing out an airplane after every flight by reusing rockets instead of building them new each time they expect to drive down costs and speed up how often it can launch. Crayola is plucking dandelion from its crayons. Its getting rid of the yellow hued color. Its the first time they have retired a color from the box of 24. Tomorrow theyll announce what couple will replace dandelion. The end of an era there. As long as they dont get rid of burnt sienna. Thats my personal favorite. You like saying, that, dont you . Yes, i do. We have a lot of rain. Its already started. Double scan showing clusters of thunderstorms rolling through right now. One cluster to the south of philadelphia. This doesnt have much umpf. Three lightning strikes with this moving east 25 Miles Per Hour into interior south jersey. We have had more intense thunderstorms areas to the north coming through with hail and almost getting a training effect with this as it rolls through mercer county, bucks, crossing the northeast extension moving east at 25 Miles Per Hour. There is a lot more moisture where this is coming from. The main system to the west. This is where temperatures are stuck for the next day in the 40s. Strong easterly flow, ocean temperature 45. Temperatures stuck in the 40s, only reaching highs in the upper 40s. Cold and wet and windy. Satellite and radar showing the storm is out to the west moving from kentucky transferring pressure over virginia. That becomes a coastal storm. When you get the energy transfer, you get loaded with precipitation. Future tracker showing 5 30 tomorrow morning, rain, light to moderate. Allow plenty of extra time. As we head into lunchtime, it fills in. The heaviest rain occurs during the evening commute, 5 30, heavy downpours, freezing rain in the poconos continuing into friday night. Saturday morning, we get rid of the steady rain, left over clouds, looking to the north, parts of new england getting a foot of snow from the system. We are looking at a lot of rain. If you saw this at 6 00, it showed an inch to two and a half inches. The latest model showing some areas get three inches of rain, especially the heavier downpours. This shows the i95 corridor, two and a half inches bloi inchw normal for the year. Early april a parade of storms every two to three days, well get an intense soaking. The exclusive accuweather forecast, tomorrow is a nasty day, chilly, wind driven rain, high of 40. Tuesdaysaturday, 52. Sunday, 62 and mild. Rain monday, rhine monday night and tuesday, another inch of rain. Wednesday, beautiful, all wednesdays are nice lately, 67 and thursday more rain possible. Allow plenty of extra time tomorrow. Tune into action news at 4 30 they have plenty of rain to track. Wonderful wednesday, terrible tuesday. Bad friday. We have two special birthdays to share with you tonight. First to mary louise who celebrated 102nd birthday. She is a mother of two daughters, two stepdaughters, three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The grandkid grandkids flew in m california to be with her tonight. Fred from hafe halver town celebrated in newtown square. Hes pretty spry. He attends weekly dapses and his dance card is always full. Hes a retired flyers doing everything they can to win. Unfortunately, they have to count on other teams to lose. They are playing their best hockey in months, but theyll likely be eliminated this weekend. Do you believe in miracles . Flyers need a miracle to make the playoffs. They are putting up a fight against the very team they are chasing. Flyers stick it to the islanders, first period. 10. Minute later, 20 flyers. Winding, firing, scoring, 30. A minute later, jordan wheel get in there. Flyers up 40. What about one more . Wane simmons, flyers five goals first time in five seasons, flyers win 63. Boston wins too, so they are six back with five to go. There is no crying in baseball but heres an exception, brock stals stassi me roster for the first time age of 27. Special moment, dont have words to describe it right now. Its a dream come true. Im sorry. Im going to celebrate tonight, but its not done, you know . I dont just want to get there. I want to stay there. Great day for stassi. Not so much for jarred eickhoff doesnt get out of the first. Allows six runs, yankees score nine times. The fanatic has seen enough, there was a lot of extra leg room on the sixer charter flight to cleveland. Jalil okafor and Robert Covington did not travel because of knee injuries. Tonight, villanovas Chris Jenkins back at the final four for the three point contest. Jenkins 12 points first round, not enough. Big smooth is eliminated. Strange day in baseball, oh door signed a contract deal with texas and to seal the deal, the rangers gave him two horses as a kicker. What is the deal with these guys . Colorado and san diego players hit the deck when the field in arizona gets hit with bees. The game is stopped for about 30 seconds instead the bees buzzed off. Just because they are professional athlete athletes dt mean they always look macho. Stop, drop and roll. Several south jersey residents were honored for contributions to their community. The outstanding Burlington County award. The women were chosen for leadership and dedication to the county. Three students received scholarships in honor of their achievements. Jimmy kimmel live live followed by nightline next on action news at 6 00. For cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire action news team, im jim gardner
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