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And karen rogers to talk about that accuweather and your morning traffic. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. Nice and warm yesterday. Were going to repeat today. But there will be the chance of some popup showers and maybe a thunderstorm later on. You can see how were going to start out with sun but then clouds will gain strength as the day goes on and eventually well be on the lookout for a little bit of transitional precipitation as cooler air arrives later tonight. 64 degrees right now ahead of all that, though. Very mild this morning as you step outside. Even up in allentown the mid50s. 63 in trenton and 61 in sea isle city. As we step out the door to catch that school bus this morning between 6 oclock and 8 oclock looks like it will be really pleasant. Mainly clear, 61 by 6 oclock and 65 by 8 oclock and chance of a popup cloud little more cloud cover as the morning goes on. 65 degrees by 8 oclock and then by noon 81 and once again today we are off to the races. Were going to get a high of 85 degrees probably late in the day around 4 oclock. By 6 oclock well be holding onto 80. And the pollen count is easing back a little bit although i would still caution were in the medium high range the next couple days. Probably still need the medications, just a little easing back of that though. Karen rogers we do have what some people might consider more comfortable weather tomorrow with temperatures easing back into the 70s but what comes next, well have the details coming up in that seven day. I like these temperatures. Sitting by the pool and enjoying it. If youre heading out in this traffic this is a live look at the ben franklin bridge this morning. Extra overnight construction blocks the two right lanes at this point. You can kind of see those crews up there with the arrow boards. Not causing a delay yet but with extra construction westbound on the ben as you head towards center city you want to watch for that. Could be a slower go later. Looking live right now on the vine street expressway, this is near broad street. Construction still blocking the left lane at this point. So watch for that happening currently. Should be clear by about 5 oclock in the morning so no big problems at this point on the vine street expressway. We have a problem right here, sises in willow grove montgomery county. Its right on 611 easton road and it is closed now between the turnpike and fitzwatertown road right now. Theyre doing utility repairs because of an accident from yesterday afternoon so theyre still out there this morning. You want to watch for that. They expect to be clear by about 7 oclock this morning. Until then youll see restrictions out there here in willow grove. Stick to work road as your alternate to avoid the problem that tam. Thank you karen. New this morning a grand jury in delaware has formally charged a Dover Police Officer with felony assault. Corporal Thomas Webster was placed on leaf in 2013 after police say he kicked a suspect in the head ending him unconscious. A grand jury declined to indict webster in march of 2014 but attorney general matt dan reviewed the case and thought it should be presented to the grand jury again. A second grand jury indicted webster yesterday. Closing arguments expected today in the corruption trial for six former members of the Philadelphia Police force. Lead defendant Thomas Licciardello is accused of leading his narcotics squad on illegal drug raids that netted thousands of dollars. Prosecutors built their case on testimony from a former colleague jeffrey walker. Walker pleaded guilty last year. The other six defendants maintain their innocence. New information about the two gunmen shot and killed by police during a free speech convention in garland texas. Action News Reporter erin ohearn is live at the big board with more on why police say the situation could have been much worse. Erin. Reporter thats right matt. It could have been worse. Officials say the two suspected terrorists Elton Simpson and nadir suv fee intended to shoot hundreds of people but they were out gun ned by a lone traffic cop and his pistol. The Freedom Defense initiative said they were simply exercising freedom of speech but it has been called an antimuslim hate group by southern poverty law center. 30yearold Elton Simpson seen in this selfie and his roommate pulled into the parking lot got out of their car and started shooting. The traffic cop returned fire and shoots them both dead. Now, the fbi had been investigating simpson since now 26. He had been arrested once for trying to fight alongside alqaeda an alqaeda group in somalia. He grew up in a Christian Family in arizona and he played basketball as you can see there. After a car accident, he was also convicted of trying the die lie to the fbi and sentence to do probation. Officials say the traffic cop hoop shot him and his roommate potentially saved dozens of lives. He did a very good job and probably saved lives. Reporter now, simpson was clear about his growing dismay with his country on social media. He tweeted this out before the shooting saying soon you wont be able to live in america as a muslim. The noose is tighter anyone. He spent time playing with young members of the mosque. Thank you erin. Good morning america will continue our coverage of the shootout in texas with more on the suspects after action news at 7 00 a. M. And school will be back in session today after a security scare at souderton area high school. A suspicious note prompted the high school to be evacuated yesterday. All evening activities were canceled. Police searched the halls last night and gave the school the all clear to reopen on time this morning. It is still unclear what caused a fire in a Chester County mobile home that left three women dead. Two adults and two children survived the fire along the 300 block of hill road in west caln township. Neighbors say all seven people who were inside are relatives and were at the moment to mourn the death of another family member. Fire erupted just after noon yesterday. The names of the three women who died have not been released. Firefighters say the mobile home was well gone before they even arrived. Golfers at the Rolling Green golf club in Delaware County spotted a house near the course catch fire yesterday evening. They ran to the home along hem lock 39 warn the residents of the smoke. Everyone escaped in time. It is unclear how this fire started. Charges could come as early today for two local mothers after a child ended up on top of the house. Cell phone video caught the rescue of a twoyearold boy from the roof of a home on leaper street. He was rescued by firefighters. A second young child in the home was also taken by authorities. The mothers of both toddlers are expected to be charged with endangering the well care of a child. Much more on this story in a live report at 5 00 a. M. An allentown mother faces charges of attempted homicide. 19yearold Johnesha Perry pushed her oneyearold son off the hamilton street bridge on sunday. She jumped in herself. A delaware man has died and his family is demanding answers about a fight he participated in before his death. Police say there is no evidence that the fight itself caused the death of 20yearold tai sawyer of middletown. Police say he got into a mutually agreed upon fistfight with a childhood friend. It happened at a party in New Castle County where with a person sawyer has known since childhood. Sawyers parents do not believe he would have ever agreed to the fight. Know that this kid was harassing my son prior to the incident at the party on various occurrences he it wasnt just one occurrence where he harassed him, it was multiple times. Here you have them agreeing to fight. We know this from, again, five very detailed accounts from witnesses. So, again, police do not believe a crime occurred. Investigators are awaiting a toxicology report on sawyer expected later this week. The race for mayor of philadelphia is heating up. Were now two weeks away from the primary election. The six candidates vying for the democratic nomination squared off in north philadelphia last night. This debate was held at the Temple University performing arts center. It included lynn abraham nelson. Candidates exchanged jabs about one another. The Democratic Candidates will gather again tonight for a live debate right here on 6abc. That will air commercial free starting at 7 00 p. M. And we will also stream it live on 6abc. Com. Send us questions you want the candidates to answer. Email us at join the action at 6abc. Com. You can also use 6abc action on social media. More new stories you didnt see last night. A woman spends a half hour waiting for a rescue after getting swept out to sea along the coast of northern california. A Police Officer down south who got a free cup of coffee from starbucks is now suing the company. Well tell you why. David. Temperatures in many neighborhoods this morning are only in the mid 60s, maybe dropping to the low 60s, so a light jacket possible but really this is main al shorts and ts day. Ill have the afternoon call for you and well check out that chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm later today on future tracker six. Thats all ahead. Went out for a walk yesterday. Within a couple minutes i was sweating. Yeah, me, too. It was nice, though. It wasnt too humid. Power walk. Yeah, it was a power walk. Today i went and did like errands, was Walking Around the neighborhood with my dry cleaner shirts. For now you can go Walking Around again as we dont have any Early Morning precipitation. As we take a look outside weve got sky six at the airport camera rock steady as we dont have a lot of wind around this morning and the temperatures actually are fairly comfortable as you step outside. Probably a little more so today than yesterday. Take a look as were at 64 degrees in philadelphia and theres that light southwest wind, 5 Miles Per Hour overall today wont be quite as breezy as it got yesterday afternoon and future tracker six showing that you there are going to be some clouds building in from the north and west as we go into the afternoon. As soon as as 12 oclock, 1 oclock, 2 oclock there could be a spotty shower. The latest run on future tracker doesnt show you much until we get past 3 oclock. Then theres the a chance of showers maybe a rumble of thunder. Not everybody sees this as this is a fairly weak front. A mix of clouds, some sun and spotty showers in the after and this evening. In fact all the way up to 11 oclock we still have the chance of some of this and it may not really die down until well after youre in bed tonight that maybe you hear a rumble thunder in a couple of neighborhoods. So, spotty precipitation later today. The main story will be the temperatures once again as were going to zoom on up. 65 degrees by 8 oclock. But then up close to 80 by 11 oclock and once again we will spend the afternoon in the 80s, another high of 85 degrees possibly around 4 oclock this afternoon. And again that spotty shower or thunderstorm activity here or there through the afternoon the evening. High temperatures from north to south. 82 in allentown, 82 in reading. These numbers similar to yesterday. 85 in philadelphia, 84 in wilmington and down the shore the mid 70s more or less. Sun and clouds and spotty showers or storms. Then tomorrow a frontal boundary bringing us todays rain slides a little bit to our south and brings in somewhat cooler air. Well be back in the 70s tomorrow but well also be somewhat unstable with a fair amount of cloud cover and a chance of a spotty shower here or there through the day. Theres 6 oclock in the evening. Not everybody sees this and its not happening all at once but its another unsettled day. Your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast sun mixing with clouds today, a high of 85, a shower or thunderstorm possible. Tomorrow that spring feel will return with a high of just 74 degrees and again a spotty shower possible. But then that same frontal boundary zooms back up to the north of us and we get back close to the 80s on thursday, a high of 79 degrees, some urban centers are get back to the 80s and then friday sunny and warm 83 and saturday is still looking nice with a high of 85. Great for the dad vail regatta and then on mothers day well go 87 now. Very warm on mothers day a mix of sun and clouds and in the afternoon and evening theres the chance of a popup shower or thunderstorm. Doesnt necessarily look like a washout however. By monday back into the low 80s. Boo. And another shower around. Some like it. Pretty nice numbers overall, though. Yes. Thank you david. Yeah. A woman had to fight choppy waters to save her own life in california. Authorities say a young woman was swept off Tennessee Valley beach in the pacific omits the victim spent about half an hour in the 52degree water. She was eventually able to get to the base avenue cliff and got situated o an rock. A lifeguard was able to get to her location and put intera life jacket. The woman was taken to a nearby medical facility where she was evaluated. She is expected to make a full recovery. Listen to this one. A Police Officer in North Carolina is crying foul over a spilled starbucks coffee. Lieutenant matthew core claims he suffered serious burns when the lid on the beverage popped off and the sides of the cup caved in. Theres a heat warning on the side of the cup but thats not the issue here. Its how much the cup of coffee cost. It was free. A judge says that means starbucks does not have to uphold a warranty on the product. Time for your first look at business. A new study warns that the tax credits being used to attract new business to camden could end up costing taxpayers in the long run. New jersey policy perspective says in order to get the tax credits firms have to prove that they will generate the same revenue that they would receive in the credits over 35 years. However, the firms are only required to remain in camden for 15 years. The state says the credits are vital to attracting new business to camden. Samsung and samsonite are working on a new line of luggage that will let you track the location of your b the new Smart Technology will be able to tell you where the bags are when theyre being opened and they will be able to self propel themselves to follow you around the airport [laughter] just like the jet sons. Turning to wall street stocks closed just short of record highs on monday. Futures point to a lower opened. Today is may fifth. Also known as cinco de mayo. It commemorates the day in 1862 when the mexican army defeated the french at the battle of puebla. Sonic is slashing the price of drinks and chilis is offering a free appetizer. You should not be clearing mexican independence day. No. What we say is its not mexican independence day. Some people think it is. Thats on september 16th. We can have a margarita then too. 4 48. Still ahead, a city on edge. Tensions run high after a dramatic incident on a baltimore street corner. Weve got details on what really happened. A 95yearold veteran of world war ii uses his cane to fight off a would be robber. Thats later. D smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. At dunkin breakfast just got zestier with guacamole made from real avocados, tomatoes, cilantro, and lime the new bacon guacamole flatbread. Ole, indeed america runs on dunkin. [meow] meet one today. Visit theshelterpetproject. Org. Adopt. Good morning. You ready to get up and get going . If not, too late. Lets look live on the vine street expressway here. This is near broad street. The construction is cleared. All lanes have reopened. They finished early out there this morning and looking pretty good. Hopefully theyre getting a good cup of coffee after working through the night. Plymouth meeting the blue route approaching midcounty equally quiet. No problems right here on the blue route. Yesterday we had accidents on every major highway. No problems yet this morning over there but here on the turnpike near willow grove weve got construction thats blocking two lanes, blocking the left lane and the center lane. Look for that westbound. Also easton road remains closed between the turnpike and fitzwatertown road. Theyre doing utility repairs because of an accident from yesterday thats still causing problems. It happened before 5 00 p. M. Still restricting traffic right now while they clear with that. Peco and verizon are on the scene. They hope it will be clear by 7 00 a. M. So hopefully by the time the morning commute really gets going this will be back opened but in the meantime just use 263 which is york road to get around that. In Burlington County here on the new jersey turnpike southbound between exits five and four weve got construction blocking the left lane and the center lane and that should wrap up at 6 oclock, tam. Thank you karen. A false story threatened to break the fragile peace in baltimore a week after riots broke outer. According to Police Officers ran after a man who appeared to have a gun. They took him into custody and thats when a gun shot was heard. This is what followed. Witnesses claim that the man had been shot by a policeman but it turns out that he was not injured. He did not want to go to the hospital but he was taken by ambulance anyway. Police say they never fired a weapon. They did recover a loaded handgun with one spent round. The incident happened in the same area where Police Arrested freddie gray who was fatally injured while in custody. Six officers have been charged in his death. Dozens of new york city Police Officers pay their respects to fallen comrade. They saluted officer brian moore as his body left jamaica hospital. The 25yearold died two days after being shot while trying to stop a man suspected of carrying a gun. The suspect Demetrius Blackwell is behind bars and facing charges. 4 53 is the time and all new in the next half hour of action news, the South Carolina College Student hobbles say was caught on camera trying to poison her roommate. This transaction was initially billed as a lost mishap but theres a twist. Well explain when action news comes right back. At perdue, we know fresh chicken. Well, not that kind of fresh. But we do take extra steps in our farms, trucks that deliver daily and everywhere in between. To bring you a fresh tasting chicken. Perdue. We believe in a better chicken. Imported chickens been in the news a lot lately. For chicken that hasnt crossed an ocean look for perdue. Were the First Company to have the usda verify that our chickens are raised in the usa. To bring your family a freshtasting chicken. Perdue. We believe in a better chicken. New on action news, the 95yearold war vet from New Hampshire who fought a would be robber with his cane. The unexpected confrontation unfolded when he went to pick up his wifes prescription. Police say this is the man who attempted to take his wallet. I guess were not going to see him. The vet fended him off with the cane. Another person came to the elderly mans aid and the assailant ran away. He was not hurt during the attack. The great lottery mystery in california was actually a setup. Surveillance cameras caught this man cashing in a lottery ticket. The cashier handed over 75. Problem is the real prize was worth 75,000. The stores owner realized the mistake later released video of the transaction and as it turns out, the man with the Winning Ticket was actually an undercover inspector for the california lottery. He was testing the store to see if it would hand out the appropriate winnings. Officials want to be sure the incorrect payout was an honest mistake. Going on to the people scene the actor who plays a priest on the walking dead got busted by the cops. Seth gilliam who joined the cast last season was arrested outside of atlanta early sunday. According to police the actor was speeding 107 miles an hour in a 55 Miles Per Hour zone. A marijuana cigarette was also found in the car. Gilliam is now favoring several charges including dui drug possession and speeding. 4 58. More layoffs could be coming to atlantic city. Reports suggest 200 city workers could lose their jobs and many of them firefighters. Alisters spared no expense to stand out in the red carpet at fashions party of the year. Well show you some of the looks when action news continues. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news wayward toddler. A student faces charges for trying to poison her roommate. How Police Caught on to her plot before it was too late. Lets get right on that weather and traffic with dave

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