When you get the storms they happen quickly. They dont move that fast. This is why they can drop a lot of rain. The rainfall totals in about an inch in less than 30 minutes. Flooding is possible along streams and creeks and roads. Remember to keep the kids away from the rushing water. It takes about 6 inches of water if its moving quickly, to knock you off your feet. Dont try to drive through the floodwaters. This is the band that melissa was tracking. Of the cold front is across western pennsylvania. Its moving around later this evening. Once it moves through it cools off the air. That helps to stabilize the atmosphere. To gets rid of all the humidity as we head into the weekend. You hear the thunder. Thunder roars go indoors. Up to 55 milesanhour. The storms have the possibility to produce small hail. But again that main concern is the flooded roadways. Shirleen. Thank you, cecily. Before the weather improves for the weekend we have to get through the rain. The best way to know what is coming from the stormtracker 6 app. It free to download with your tablet or smartphone. All you have to do is go to the google stores. All sides are hoping to avoid a strike on the Regional Rail lines that could cause seriously problem was commuters. David henry is live at center city you have the latest on the negotiations today . Reporter brian, the lastchance talks are on hold right now. They both got together to huddle with the federal mediator. They loft at 1 00 for lunch and never came back. If septa doesnt budge they are ready to walk. If necessary if we cant reach a resolution we will resort to a strike at 12 01 tonight. They with been working for years without new contracts. This week septa told them that it will imposed the terms of the proposed contract. They were seeking binding arbitration. We still agree to a binding arbitration. That is the fastest way to resolve it. We have been asking for it for two years. Reporter they are not looking forward to the possibility of finding new rides. I might have to find an option to work from home and check with my employer what options they will give to me. It does affect a lot. I come all the way from delaware. It will be quite difficult. Reporter they are saying to stagger your work hours if there is a strike. They will have extra capacity only during offpeak hours. Rushhour is already at peak capacity on those lines. They may have to find another way to work. It will be a great inconvenience. Ill work around it. Reporter working around it may not be easy with another 60 hitting the roads on monday. All right. The clock is ticking. Thank you. The premier report says that pilot error could be to blame that killed lewis katz and six others. It does not specifically list a cause. The crew did not perform a Flight Control check before trying to take off. There mate have been a probable witproblemwith the lock system e plane. It protects plane from wind damage. But they could not take off without the lock turned on. They are touring the area and give an update on the repairs. Meanwhile, people head to delaware beaches are facing another round of heavy traffic as they head into their weekend. Chad pradelli is working out of our delaware news romania today. Newsroom, today. Hes live. Chad. Reporter jack markell and other state lawmakers are expected here to tour the site. The crews were busy working on repairs. They are taking soil samples. Since that big pile of dirt, which is right where i was standing that some of that tilting has improved. That said, there is a month was construction ahead and of course, traffic delays. On average 90,000 cars are detoured. You can add a few more vehicles to that number on weekends. They travels down that area to get to her weekend getaway. It will be the big, big test. Reporter the bulk of the traffic is moved to i95. After halfhour is added to commutes. The side streets are gridlocked. Its very bad. I take the secondary roads that used to not be crowded now everybody is on them. My daughter traveled to work. She learned every street if in delaware. Its a nightmare. Reporter they adjusting the Computer System on secondary roads to aalleviat alleviate soe congestion. The first phase of repairs to the bridge is not expected to be done until labor day at the earliest. Drivers can expect one long summer commute through morning take septa if you can or driving to philly and so forth. Reporter they want people to know they have a phone application that people can download and get realtime traffic conditions. You can tune into the departments radio takes at 1380, am. Thank you. Iraq is under siege by a violent ininsurgency. Today president obama addressing the situation. The u. S. Will not take military action unless they make a serious and what he calls a sincere effort of their own to promote security there. United states will do our part. Its up to the iraqis to solve their problems. He asked his National Security team to prepare a range of options that could help to secure the Iraqi Security forces. This goes beyond a military challenge for that reason. We will not sent the u. S. Troops back in the combat. Reporter they made huge sacrifices helping to create a secure iraq. Now the government there has to work to reduce tensions before the u. S. Gets involved again. We cant do it for them. Reporter right now the fighter from isi Islamic State in iraq d the levant are threatening the ndp of baghdad. They are known for their brutal. Even oiled has distance themselves. The goal is to have a strict state. They are leaving their american supplied weapons and vehicles behind. This poses a danger to iraq and its people. Given of the nature of the terrorists it can pose a threat to american interests as well. Today we are hearing that the pentagon is shifting their resources moving the george h. W. Bush Aircraft Carrier to the persian gulf and putting air fighters in place if an air fight is warranted. The dow picked up 40 points. The markets were down for the week because of the concern over the situation in iraq. General motors is recalling cars because of ignition switch problems. They are pulling chevy camaros. The drivers can bump the key and knock it out of position that causes an engine stall. It effects 2010 to 2014 model years. It knows of three crashes because of the problem. They recalled 2. 6 million cars because of a separate ignition switch issue. Price line is buying open table. The deal will help priceline branch into new business opens. Open table seats 15 million diners per month. The news of the deal sent their stocks soaring today. Both companies are expected to close in the third quarter. All right. We made it to friday. Rain is going to complicate the ride home today. Going to matt pel man i pelle traffic center. Reporter we have seen so many of them. Somehow we are having lots of issues on the wet roadways this afternoon. Its wet in delco, i95 its a slow scene at 322 and to 452 there is a broken down vehicle taking out the left lane. That travel time of 23 minutes s from the blue route down to the state line is down to 8. And 95 northbound there is a crashing by the betsy ross bridge. And trying to avoid the schuylkill using the mlk drive. There is a cash there too. And roosevelt approaching 9 there is a accident involving a bus. And there is a broken down dump truck in the flowertown area. We talked about the continued closure of 495. And the southbound lanes at 141 there is an overturned vehicle wreck. Taking out the left lane. 43 minutes from naymons road should be 25. It is raining along the blue route. And raining in delco. You see the slow speeds 19 milesanhour by the route 1 by past. Giving you more bad news in the next halfhour. But we made it to friday. Thank you my friend. They are getting a boost from a familiar voice. Wngk john dabella hosting a radiothon today. He was there all day long encouraging his many listeners to donate. It goes to the service center. His efforts raised more that were 500,000 so far. It does not include the total raised today. A local veteran is speaking out about a major mistake made by the department of veterans affairs. Rick. Hi, shirleen. Russell jones served on the frontline in the war on iraq. Hes talking about a different battle from the veterans affairs. When he tried to get disability compensation he was denied. Coming up at 5 00 well tell you the surprising reason why dentist. Plus, the gary papa run to fight Prostate Cancer is an annual tradition. Well meet some of the local men that have also joined that fight. Some of the stories we are following for you when we see you at 5 00. Brian. Thank you. Calling all dougie housers. What the hospital is like at the renovated cooper exhibit. It includes an xray and an ambulance. They decided to keep a fan favorite the newborn nursery here. It was unveiled thanks to childrens Regional Hospital at cooper. There was a message for the school for the deaf. The jamaican native lost her ability to hear. She is the first deaf africanamerican woman to become a lawyer. She works in the obama administration. Good for her. Brian and shirleen we are ae tracking the storms. We will show you the showers and storms across the region. There are couple of cells moving closer. We track it closer to philadelphia. If you are in overbrook, and 417 balla cynwyd. The showers are moving to the north and east. A cluster to the south of this. 32 lightening strikes reported in the last 10 to 15 minutes extending to dover. That is an indication of rain moving on through. We have the flash floodwaters. We are calling for drenching downpours. We picked up a and a half inch to two inches of rain. Any additional rain on top of that exacerbates the flooding problem throughout the region. Its warm and humid outdoors. That adds to the instability. Dover is 70. Trenton 79. Along the coast to sea isle the temperatures there in the lower 60s. We have the showers and storms moving on through. The cold front is off to our west down to western pennsylvania and west virginia. This slowly works eastward. Its not until the front passes us to the east that we get clear and improvement. The improvement i can say is coming in time for the weekend. We time things out for you. At 7 00 this evening, we have the pockets of showers and storms. If you are stepping out the town its not a washout on friday. You need to have the weather gear close to you. 10 00 we have the spotty showers and storms. As we clear out in time for your weekend on saturday, 10 00 in the morning. High pressure is close to our region. The sun makes a comeback in time for our fathers day weekend. We have seen five weekends in a row or four so far. Another one makes five with temperatures nice and comfortable with low humidity. We are calling for temperatures both days in the lower 80s. Lower humidity. A high of 80. 78 at the shore. Low humidity with a high of 70. For fathers day and the gary papa run high of 84. Monday iszv turnin turning mugg. The weekend is looking great. Speaking of the weekend phs stopped by. We have some cool tips for one of those hot summer parties. We are here with drew becker. The weekend looks to be great anything that you want to do outdoors. Talk about the outdoor decor . Yes after this weekend everyone is wanting to eat outside el fresco. You have to have a great table for that to happen. We came up with a nice version of this. Where you put herbs inside of these little tins. You can do it at home. You can take a soup can and spray paint it and then put the herbs in. You feel included too. Its recycling all the best. This winter trees came down everywhere. What do you do with all the trees that came down . We have an idea. Chargers. What is a charger . Its a piece that goes underneath your plate. About an inch we have taken a piece of wood. And used it. It make as nice setting for your plate. Put english lavender in it. It looks great. I am ready to dine el forestco. G1 el fresco. Thank you. Have a nice weekend. You too. This has your name on. We have nice oregano. A nice weekend to dine. Thank you very much. All good things come to an end. Today is the last day for 6abc week. We want to thank everyone that tweeted on gma and those that stopped by to cheer our friends. They had a lot of fun. Within she sure did. Americas only prisoner of war comes home. What is next for Bowe Bergdahl. What to do next about a house that hangs over a cliff. The homeowners burn it down. And Harrison Ford is hurt on wars movie. They are free at the apple and if i tap my geico app here i can pay my bill. Tap it here, Digital Insurance id card. 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He was seriously hurt in a crash on saturday that killed fellow comedian james mcnair. Morgan is still listed in Critical Condition. A lot of people are routing for him. Big buzz about this one. More details about Harrison Fords injury on the set of star wars movie. It broke fords ankle. And disney is a Parent Company of 6abc. Harrison ford is a little hurt by his own ship. Treats for you and treats for dad this freebie friday. Stick around and find out what you can get for nothing. Too lazy to hit the gym or cook the right foods. There is a way to lose hello, again. 4 30 and action news continues with an eagles tweet that ruffled some feathers. These two would be under arrest. [ ] [ laughter ] i love it. Two Police Officers prove that they can protect and seven wile serving up a fierce performance. The hiphop cops coming up. What is the best way to get rid of a 700,000 eyesore . Burn down. Why an owner chose to set fire to his unstable abode. All across the valley now. This is why. The cameras may be dark. Of the radar images are blowing up. They are bright. Signaling what is to come. And Melissa Magee is in for adam joseph joseph. She is tracking it all at the big board. Its warm and humid in some spots. We are tracking a frontal boundary moving through. And the double scan radar is giving you a wide view of what is going on across the delaware and lehigh valleys. You notice to the north of philadelphia down to the city and into gibbstown as well. We go in tighter. We are tracking a cluster of showers moving across jenkintown and elkins park. These are moving to the north and east. We take you down to another p ajuj the areas in south jersey shore in delaware. If you are traveling route 40 close to elmer into millville at route 49. If we take a look at rainfall that we picked up. Some of the rainfall rates an inch and a half reported within the past hour. Close to middletown. 2 inches in the last hour in salem. These continue to be the problem that is why we had the flashflood watch. We have a warning to tell you about 5 45 in the evening to bethlehem all to allentown and green lane and royceford. All the way down to the 5 45. Honeybrook and oxford. This is a major concern. Gusty thunderstorms as well. Forksvgkjn township, 55 milesanhour. And these storms are slowly moving off to the north and east. A close look at future tracker 6 and let you know what to plan for the rest of the night and into the weekend. Sendinsending it back to you sh. It gives yo you audio alerts and all important forecast for fathers day weekend. Its free for apple ios. When this the smoke cleared they found a mans body inside. The flames had nothing to do with her death. Everybodeva pilgrim has the sto. You see the charred remains. The fire crews responded after 3 00 this morning. Once the fire was out. A body was found inside. Investigators think that the fire was set intentionally. The Police Report shows a history of the domestic trouble at the home. There were shots fired in front of the home on the street. The victim has not been identified. If you have any information what happened inside of this house call the Prosecutors Office or the pleasantville police. Eva pilgrim, channel~6 action news. They are dealing with an arson investigation of their own. They think that someone intentionally set the apartments on fire. Flames spread to the boiler room to a threestory building in that complex on cedar avenue. They are assisting 27 people. Helping with displaced pets. An armed and dangerous couple is on the run after a violent robbery in a northeast gun range. It happy holidays on the Delaware ValleySports Centre an geiger road last night. A man and woman stole seven handguns and then shot him. He was taken to hospital in Critical Condition while the suspects drove away. They are armed and dangerous. Now heavily armed they stole an additional seven guns in addition to the two that they used to commit the robbery. We have heavily armed individuals out there willing to shoot. They are caught on camera in west poplar on wednesday. They were driving a dark colored twodoor vehicle possibly a honda accord. An organization with an Important Role in the civil rights movement. Its the 50th anniversary of the industrial center. Mayor nutter joined the celebrations at the p. A. Convention center. They celebrated thealegacy of the late reverend. Since then it expanded nationwide and served 3 Million People in training and job placement. Get this every single senior from the Charter School got a diploma. They heard from Commission Chairman bill green at holy family university. The members of the class received 6. 8 million in scholarships all around the country. Sesame place was filled with a lot of waving red, white and blue. The members of military welcomed families and youn youngests with flags. And eagles linemen stirred you the controversy on twitter last night. This is the picture tweeted out a ret for a 64,000 dinner at del friskos. It came with a message teaching rookies a lesson. They are calling mathieu a bully. It was a fake taken in his own kitchen. Earlier this week rookie lane johnson twittered about a 18,000 dinner tab. I cant comprehend that. We will show you movies to Museum Admissions and haircuts without paying a dime. Let alone 65 grand. A send off into after life. Creepy. And officers that are set out entertaining themselves and how they entertained the internet. They are named the hiphop cops. You have to see this. Action news continues on a friday afternoon. Know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. Know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. 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She heard someone shaking her 6monthold piggy bank. A homeless man was hiding under the boys head. Donovans husband was away at the time. She was content on protecting they are family. I got up from the bed and dialed 911. I hope that he doesnt have a gun this club is all i have. Well police say that the man broke into a firststory window and later identified as the son of donovans neighbor. He has a history of the homelessness and drug abuse. Frightening. He sent eight hours trapped in dirt up to his chest. The man was replacing a water line when he fell into a 15foot trench. In addition to the dirt bury most of his body the workers feet were encased in three feet of thick mud. The rescuers freed him earlier this morning using airbags and plywood. Hes expected to be okay. On healthcheck at 4 00 your candy crush can help to slim your waistline. That can according to slackers line. Playing candy crush and other video games can distract you. As for your diet use greek yogurt for breakfast. And a source of cal ye of calci. This simple rule when it comes to alcohol choose one. People are dancing and cocktails and disco lights. The only thing about the guest of honou honor is she is dead. She is sitting at the table a glass of bush beersqq favorite and a cigarette in her hand. This is her wake. They wanted to remember her capturing her zest for life. When i walked in i felt like i was in her house. I dont hurt so much. Because there is more of her. Its not like a funeral. The people say no. Yes that is her wake. She loved an additional scotch. They painted her nails black and gold for her final party. Restoration hardware after the high home retailer sent out catalogs that dwarfed the books. They could pass for end tables or ottomans. Its a waste and archaic. He pulled his shoulder dragging them in. The shipping is carbon neutral. We bring you this. Hiphop cop. A pair of cops jamming to katy perrys dark horse. [ ] the video went viral. You can see why. After the Department Posted the video on its facebook to seven, to protect and to break it down. That is what we look like on commercial break. Alicia thank you. Getting a check on the roads. Matt pellman has on update. We are breaking it down this afternoon. We are putting the peddlbrwn pue brake pedal. 95 southbound. Thanks in part for an overturned vehicle crash on 141. We dont need this. With the 495 closure its 40 minutes to get south to naymons road. Moving at the snails pace in wildwoowilmington. And the walt whitman bridge, first. This is the jam stuck in tasker. The traffic into new jersey is crawling a length onto the southbound side of 42. Stuff that we are used to on a summertime friday afternoon. The soggy conditions are making things slowe slower than normal. The crash is gone on the betsy ross bridge. And kelly drive at this point may be a better bet. Schuylkill is 14 milesanhour. That is not your best bet. There is crash on paper mill road. In Chester County watch out for a fire at homeville road. Bell road getting you around that one. Have fun dancing brian and shirleen. See you on monday. Sky6, oh boy. The ben franklin bridge. Its getting nasty out there. The good weather is coming for the weekend and melissa [ male announcer ] tvs come a long way. From color. To the remote. To flat screens. Now its taking a quantum leap. Introducing fios quantum tv. Record up to 12 shows at the same time so everyone can watch what they want. Store up to 200 hours of entertainment in hd so you can binge watch your favorite shows. Pause, rewind and play live tv on all your tvs. Plus watch live tv anytime with the fios mobile app. Redefining what tv can be. Thats powerful. Upgrade to a fios triple play with fios quantum tv and get 300 back with a two Year Agreement plus an extra bonus from Verizon Wireless this free lg tablet or up to 200 off any tablet from verizon. Call 1888879fios today. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v call 1888879fios today. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities franklin. All right Melissa Magee along with the forecast. I like to look forward to the weekend. We have to get through tonight. We have showers and storms around, guys. Its going to be a good one. Stormtracker 6 double scan radar showing that you showers and storms across the region. They are starting to get closer to the i95 corridor. And the double scan street level we are giving you live data as to what is going along from riverside to philadelphia and cherry hill and gibbstown and wilmington. 18 lighting strikes as they are slowly moving off to the north and east. Taking you to south jersey. Millville and salem thunderstorms. In delaware route one to smyrna. There is a big concern. A flashflood warning is issued from dover to woodside at 8 45 this evening. We picked up an inch to two inches of rainfall. Any more moisture on top of some locations will exacerbate the existing concern across the delaware and lehigh valleys 79 in millville. Up in the poconos 65. You are getting rain moving in. 70 allentown. 07 at the boardwalk. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar, the showers and storms that we had earlier today are definitely starting to move on through. You look to the west. This is the cold front posed to move through later on this evening into tonight. We have to watch of the progression of the frontal boundary as it works eastward. There are no watches or warnings posted with this line. We have to see if and how it falls apart as it moves into your air mass. 8 00 this evening we have spotty showers and storms. 11 00 its cloudy. Down to allentown and lakehurst. Good news as we get into the weekend High Pressure returns. Bright sunshine at 9 00. By the afternoon its good looking as we get into sunday. Mostly sunny and lower humidity for sunday for the gary papa run. If you are traveling down the shore some improvement on the way. The ocean temperature is 69 degrees. As we get into saturday breezy and bright. High of 78. Gorgeous by sunday. Plenty of sun by the afternoon. The sevenday forecast, breezy and comfort. 80. Delightful on sunday. And 84 sunday afternoon. A pattern change as we get into monday. Turning muggy. High of 86. Tuesday is warm and humid. High 89. Hot and humid on wednesday. The first 90 dr 90degree readif 2014. The sun is making a comeback in comfortable conditions outdoors, guys. Enjoy the weekend. Certainly happy freebie friday, everyone. Sunday is fathers day. You can celebrate dad at the National Museum of American Jewish history. This sunday they are offering free admission as part of chasing dreams mall from 10 00 a. M. To 8 30. You can enjoy an Outdoor Block Party and meet phillies players. Field of dreams is at 9 00 p. M. If you have bangs or a beard drop by a j. C j. C. Penneys saln they will give you a trim for free. Loving this one. Speaking of dad. Mens health screening. You can give them the gift of the good health. All sams locations will offer Free Health Screening from cholesterol to body fat. It would cost 150. Of course they are for free. You can get all the details including the way that dads can get a free 14ounce ribeye steak. That is bonus freebie. Go to 6abc. Com. That will do it for action news at 4 00, i am brian taff. Shirleen and i along with Ducis Rodgers is back tonight on thunderstorms and downpours mark the start of the welcome back. We show that several storms in our area that bring the threat of the flooding gusty winds and even hail. Its friday night. Monica malpass is off. Shirleen is joining you. The hot and muggy Weather Triggering storms across the Delaware Valley. There is a departure delay in effect because of tonights severe weather. You should expect delays up to 75 or longer. You should call ahead if you have plans to fly out tonight. And melissa is tracking the watches and warnings in effect right now. And meteorologist, cecily tynan is monitoring the exact location of each downpour. Begin with cecily at the action news big board. We have gotten a workout this week. Along with the umbrellas. We are ending the work week with showers and thunderstorms. We have a powerful line of storms that are just beginning to push east. The National Weather service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for this cell south of the cherry hill until 6 00. Its moving to the northeast. Its moving slowly at 10 milesanhour. Cherry hill, delran, maple shade and morristown you are in the path of these storms. We had 17 lightening strikes in the