Team this morning. It is estimated that 50,000 fans filled the parkway and watched the draft and the draft experience. For the penn relays and everybody else, it will be like summer with temperatures close to 80. Love the sound of that, lets go over to david murphy with weather and karen rogers has traffic. Reporter if youre in south jersey and delaware you have a couple of spotty showers they are breaking up and they will filter away. Earlier showers left the roads a little damp. They are in the process of drying out. The wide view shows behind the rain we have breaks in the clouds. We expect to transition to similar day as yesterday with sunshine and clouds coming through. 65 degrees in philadelphia. Allentown youve dipped to 59. Same thing in trenton. These are all nice numbers for this time of the morning and this time of the year. 66 in reading, 63 in wilmington, 64 at this early hour in millville. Winds are on the light side running 6 Miles Per Hour every now and then weve had a spot or two, exhibited calm winds. 66 degrees by 7 00. As soon as noon in the upper 70s. 3 00 p. M. Thats the high, 83 degrees well sit on that for an hour and a half. 82 by 5 00 p. M. Partly sunny overall, some periods of the day where its very bright. If youre suffering from allergies we have high pollen counts today and through the entire weekend. It drops off on monday. Speaking of the weekend well have warming temperatures for tomorrow and cool down for sunday its all coming up. Reporter all right, dave we have police out here blocking Spring Garden street as you would expect approaching the schuylkill expressway. Weve seen them talk to a few cars and let them through, im not sure whats happening with that. Spring garden blocked with police on the scene. Nfl draft we have a long list of closures, the Benjamin Franklin parkway both drives are closed. The ramp from the vine westbound 26th street. Martin luther king drive, kelly drive, Spring Garden. 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th near the parkway. We have penn relays today, more people will be heading to the penn relays. Expect heavier volume to begin this morning. I have to say it wasnt too bad on the schuylkill expressway we expect a mess of a ride because it had been heavier with the draft, penn relay started, i think some people were working from home. Pottstown, Williams Street at adams street partially blocking the roads of we had a handful of Early Morning accidents, roads are wet. With the big nfl draft and Matt Odonnell is there in the center of it all, matt. Reporter thanks, karen, the eagles say they found their man in first round pick daric barnett they used 14th overall selection to bring the defensive end from tennessee to philadelphia. Barnett tweeted he is ready to fly eagles fly. He thanked philadelphia said it was a moment he will never forget. The eagles will formally introduce barnett at 4 15 p. M. Today. Fans are perplexed by the eagles choice, Katherine Scott is live on the parkway with that part of the story. Katherine. Reporter matt, you know how it goes, some fans are happy, others had Something Else in mind, the Eagles Front Office outlined the reasons why they wanted daric barnett. He plays with power and puts pressure on quarterbacks and he can close. As for barnett, he said philadelphia fans are passionate and excited to be here. I wasnt nervous, when i got the phone call i was nervous. Number 14 daric barnett walked on the stage to cheers and hugging Roger Goodell and holding up his jersey. Im so excited i can stay in this town, its a great town im ready to get to work. Reporter the eagles selected 63, 259 defensive end who had 33 sacks in three seasons in tennessee breaking reggie whites sack record. He left after his junior season. He facilities the culture that the eagles are trying to build. Same time when they did these scenarios, daric barnett where we had him on the board, every scenario was a great scenario for us. Eagles reporter of course hometown fans were plentiful some more enthusiastic at the selection. Exiting i will say i was a little disappointed, i was hoping for a wide receiver, but a lot of them had gone earlier in the pick. Hopefully he pans out to get a lot of sacks. I wanted a cornerback bad, man. Reporter so right now were in the locker room part of the nfl experience this is something that fans can check out for free along the parkway. Theres no locker for barnett maybe next year. Barnett said everyone telling him to stop, pause and enjoy the moment. He said he loves football and he cant wait to get back to doing what he loves. Katherine scott along the parkway, matt. Wait until he gets his first sack, lincoln financial field will go nuts. Aside from picking of players theres plenty to do for the fans nfl draft day. The nfl experience will open at noon today. Fans can get their pictures taken with the actual Vince Lombardi trophy. Theres an hall of fame tent where the super bowl rings are on display. Theres autograph sessions and fans young and old can test their skills. You can have bring the family out and enjoy it. I would love to meet carson wentz, you hear me, im here, you my guy youll take it to the championship. The fans said they didnt have any issues getting inside the parkway. Thats good news. Plus Philadelphia Police are not reporting any issues at the draft, everyone behaved. Once again the Fan Experience opens at noon and the rounds get started at 7 00. Hopefully things dry out because its a little muddy out here. Well see. Reporter im glad people are having a good time. A government shut down remains a possibility as Congress Fights over a spending deal. I appears President Trump will not get a vote from congress during his first 100 days, a milestone he hits tomorrow on his latest effort to repeal and replace obama care. The trial of a south jersey fare accused of killing his own son will resume next week. Jurors went to the banks of the cooper river in the wooded area of Haddon Township where brendan creatos body was found. Prosecutors say he killed his son because he became an impediment to his relationship with a teenage girl friend. One person was transported to Temple University hospital after the car crashed and rolled over. Police are investigating what caused the crash. David you heard matt say it would be nice if things would dry out a little bit because its so muddy, we had rain overnight, the sun will be our friend today. Reporter the sun will be our friend today. The rain has shifted toward south jersey, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan shows you that if i go in on the tighter view, theres a batch you pushing towd the ac expressway and seaside heights. Theres some down near mill veteran and sea isle city. Thats drying out. I see a green speck north of wilmington, but thats about it. Taking a look outside, we have a the Commodore Barry bridge down to the south of philadelphia near chester. Some clouds early we are expecting a quick return of sunshine, today will be a warm, nice day. 65 degrees is the current temperature. In philadelphia, 63 in wilmington. We slipped a degree in allentown. 64 in millville. Down the shore in cape may, a little cooler 58 degrees there. Showers did pop through where matt is down on the parkway. They are pushing toward the east and the stuff to the south is sliding off the coast. I think the next 60 to 120 minutes the last of the showers will be out of here. We transition to partly sunny skies. Warp in the Lehigh Valley were going for a high of 82. Yesterday most of you in the Lehigh Valley valley area stopped in the 70s. Down the the shore an improvement, yesterday we were stuck in the 60s, today, 71 on the beach, milder, sunny, nice. In philadelphia well add a couple of degrees to the high, 83 degrees, overall partly sunny skies, a bit warmer than yesterday, winds out of the west at 7 to 14 Miles Per Hour, pretty nice summerlike afternoon. If youre heading to the draft or the penn relays, today, 81. Friday, 83 degrees, saturday, 85 degrees partly sunny there. Nice for the runners, but definitely want to keep your eyes on the cool drinks that will be important. Future tracker 6 overnight tonight, shows you theres a little chance of a passing shower, doesnt look like theres much on the latest model run at all. 65 is the overnight low. Tomorrow, warmer. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, going for the high of 83 today partly sunny and warm, a spotty shower overnight, tomorrow, warm, a little more humid high of 87 on saturday, late in the day or evening theres a chance of a spotty popup shower or thunderstorm. Sunday, cloudy and cooler, 68 degrees, that back door front comes down and drops our temple. Monday, warm again, 83. Front comes through and knocks us down to 75 on tuesday. Next rain day likely thursday. It is 5 11 a. M. Caught on video a camera captures a moment that a car crashes and flips over. The driver walks away. Pope francis is at the start of a historic visit to egypt. Reporter live on i95 at girard, i have to say so far so good thats southbound traffic heading toward the city and moving nicely. Well check the schuylkill expressway and talk about another new accident. What is going on this morning . All that coming up. Good morning everyone, 5 14 a. M. , the Benjamin Franklin parkway is quiet and muddy from overnight rain it should dry out by the time hundreds of thousands of fans return today and later on tonight. It seems the whole city is getting involved with the draft. Last night as each nfl team made their picks, the Cirrus Center lit up in their colors and logo. It will be lit up tonight so fans all over the parkway know which which team is on the clock. Another thing to remember is the road closures are still in place, center city has been a mess. Lets go back to karen for more on that. Reporter good morning, mattie, nice to have you out there today. We expect extra volume on the schuylkill expressway. Its been heavier with the nfl draft because the Martin Luther king drive is closed, the Benjamin Franklin parkway is closed, were looking live at the schuylkill expressway approaching Spring Garden. Now youve got the penn relays, i have to say the schuylkill expressway was not horrific yesterday. It was bad, but not horrific. We have another new accident, glenside, fairway road at tee road. In hatfield we have a downed pole Line Lexington road. There was a fuel spill causing problems. Live on the ben franklin bridge, one area we expect to be extra congested with the penn relays and the draft. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have showers that moved through. Earlier driving in, i saw lightning strikes, as well. I saw this pulling off the coastline. If youre in south jersey and Burlington County Medford Lakes and millville, fortescue, sea isle city, leftover showers, 65 degrees, sounding pretty good right now. Heading up to 83. The second day in a row in the 80s. A dashboard camera captured a nasty crash in mobile, alabama. Amazingly the driver walked away. The white jeep speeds around traffic and clips a vehicle and flips several times before landings on its side. The driver is thrown from the jeep, but gets up and walked to the side of the road. The driver and the passenger in the jeep were taken to the hospital for serious, but nonlife threatening injuries. The driver of the car that was hit was not injured. Pope francis will arrive in cairo this morning. He is seeking to improve relations with the muslim leaders. Theres serious concerns about his safety. His visit comes after three weeks after militant attacks on churches on palm sunday. The public mass will be held at a military controlled stadium. 5 17 a. M. , the nfl draft pick not the only headlines. We have to talk about the fashion. New help from science to fight your genes if carrying more weight is in your dna. Video captured the moment that the a tree fell on to a busy interstate in rural washington state. Three lanes of traffic were moving slowly along, all of a sudden that tree toppled over the tree crushed a car and injured the driver. High winds caused the tree to topple over. Imagine that poor person they were not thinking or imagining anything like that. Reporter oregon is filled with trees like that. Reporter this is the platt bridge, i95, we have a handful of accidents. In germantown this involving a downed pole and downed wires on north 21st street. Mass transit, its a Good Opportunity to take mass transit the youre heading to the draft or the penn relays. Septa bus routes experiencing detours. Reporter showers are starting to break up. They are pushing parallel to the coast. Theres a little more action pushing away from Medford Lakes this is in the process of leaving us. Comfortable on the bus stop. 6 00 a. M. , 64. 8 00 a. M. , pushing into the neighborhood of 70 degrees, dont have to overdue it on stuff for the kids. As we roll through the day, 78 degrees by noon. 83 by 3 00 p. M. That will be the high today. 82 by 5 00 p. M. , 79 by 7 00 p. M. Partly sunny skies overall. Big board at the airport shows you all green aircraft no major delays in case youre flying out and no signs of rain in any of our travel destinations. 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Since the draft has taken over philadelphia, the City Police Department decided to get in on the fun and put on their own draft. The Philadelphia Police department selects that was police commissioner, richard ross holding a mock draft, the 14th Police District gave an accept attendance speech telling people to visit draft phl. Com for the latest update. They used the tweets to remind people to stay safe. People are scrutinizing the draft picks along with the players fashion choices. Yes they do this. The wildest outfit choice was the spike shoes warn by clementon quarterback, they cost 2,000, thats 1,000 per foot. Hassan reddick won praise for his black and white. Corey davis sported a pink jacket. They were looking good on draft day number one. Tam well see you on the other side of this break coming up. All right, enjoying the reports. Good looking fashion out there, thank you matt. Well be back in just a couple of minutes. Plans to turn a casino into a water park, well they have evaporated. Super heros are supposed to come to the rescue, instead this spiderman was caught breaking the law. Those stories and a lot more when action news comes right back. For years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. But for many businesses, its out of reach. Why promise something you cant deliver . Comcast business is different. We deliver superfast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. We do business where you do business. Now. The eagles will officially welcome the latest bird to the nest today. Good morning, it is 5 30 a. M. , im tamala edwards. Matt odonnell is live on eakens oval for day two of the nfl draft. Matt we know how the eagles played it with that first round pick. Kind of played it safe. The guys whose job who is to pick the players for the eagles has been thinking about that selection for the last four months. Introducing daric barnett coming up. Well talk about the draft in a moment, but first up lets talk about weather and traffic, weve got david and karen. Reporter okay, lets talk about that. Weve got Storm Tracker 6 live
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