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5 oclock. Tomorrow were looking at a soaking rain developing during the day and through the night on friday. Details on that coming up. We have two days of sunshine to enjoy before the rain comes back. Meanwhile even though roads are dry we have a big problem here in trenton. Now were looking live at it. Its on i195 westbound, an accident has the highway shut down and that and Hamilton Square road. You can kind of see theyre forcing everybody off onto the ramp right now. Stick to kuser road as your alternate to i195 westbound. Thats a major roadway in trenton to be shut down right now because of an accident. Lets look outside live on the ben franklin bridge and the pastcooking at the shot so foggd in you couldnt see anything and now were looking pretty clear, just a couple of clouds up ab westbound traffic headed towards center city moving nicely. Same situation on i95, nice and dry today. Youll get a little sun flare. 95 a traffic headed towards center city, no problems, no delays just yet matt and tam in thank you, karen. New this Morning Police say a ick road slammed into the car in front of it. The crash on the roosevelt boulevard near Bridge Street hurt at least two peoplea. M. Th. Now the action cam was there as philadelphia firefighters helped one of those victimstret. The victims are all in stable condition. For two key players in the bridgegate scandal. Well see how much the commuter misery meant to bring down public fury o an political rival who refused to endorse governor chris Convention Center for reelection will now cost them. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live in our satellite center. Good morning, katherineism good morning, tam, thatsright,o governor christie will be sentenced today. Theyre both asking for a combination of home confinement, probation and Community Service but prosecutors are urging that the judge leniency. Two former aides to governor christie will be sentenced toewark courtroom. Bridget kelly and bill baroni were convicted in november on counts including wire fraud and conspiracy for their roles in the lane closing scandal on the George Washington bridge. Use in the country. The government star witness David Wildstein who previously pleaded guilty in the plot, testified that he, kelly and baroni cre for four days in 2013 to teach a lesson to the democratic mayor of fort lee who wouldnt give his endorsement for christie reelection. Baroni was his the Port Authority oversteig wildstein as deputy executive director. Christie was not charged but the scandal plagued his president ial aspirations. Questions linger over what exactly he knew. But back in novem the governor had this to say. I thought there were three people responsible. David wildstein, bill baroni and Bridget Kelly and here we are three investigations later, a federal grand jury investigation, investigation by a democratic Led Legislature and whats the conclusion . The conclusion is that there were three people responsible. Reporter under federal sentencing guidelines they both face between 37 and 46 months in prison. Were live inlte center Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Matt. Thanks, katherine. Lawyers for bill cosby of an old deposition from being entered into the actorsun montgomery county. Cosby testified to giving one woman quaaludes and giving other women alcohol or pills before sex. He also admitted to offering some women money or an education fund. Cosbys attorneys claim the testimony would unfairly prejudice the jury which will be pittsburgh area. The 79yearold is charged with drugging and assaulting a former Temple University employee at his home. New turmoil surrounds the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and that has brought the investigation intoddling to a g. Congressman devin nunes abrupting canceled a hearing yesterday. The committee was supposed to hear from former acting attorney general sally yates. She was expected to testify about President Trumps First National security adviser Michael Flynn and his communications with the russian diplomat. Now nunes has postponed all committee activity. Nunes to step aside ever since he went to the white house to share unspecified intelligence last week. North carolina is also calling for a nunes recusal. A mixup left a fiveyearold girl alone on a Street Corner in chester sending her mother into a panic. Amber warfel says she was daughr alexis to come home from Chester Community Charter Schools east campus yesterday afternoon. When the bus arrived alexis was not on it. Was mistakenly placed on a wrong bus and dropped off at her former stop in chester. A relative saw alexis standing on the corner in chester and helped reunite the little gi fa. Would even somebody could have took her, she could have got hit pie a car. I dont want it to happen to any other. They need to get a system. They need to fi something out. The school released a statement overnight saying in part we will go through Great Lengths to ensure that it doesnt happen again. A electrical issues due to a Lightning Strike keepi a delae county school. Cardinal john foley in havertown evacuated during the thunderstorm yesterday. It will remain closed today. The bolt of lightning also destroyed the cross on top of the catholic school. No injuries were reported. 5 36 and new this morning, the u. S. Womens hockey team will be goinonships after all. U. S. A. Hockey and the Womens National team reached an agreement last night to end a wage dispute and avoid a boycott of the world championships. The four players beyond just thx month olympic period. The tournament begins in plymouth michigan on friday. And happening today, a big celebration for Temple University. The school will officially be named the college of media and communication in honor of lew klein. The just the school there, not the entire university. The broadcast pioneer and long time educator at temple has led the careers of many tv professionals. Kline was also one of the earliest employees at channel6 and worked on such shows as American Band stand and captain noahs magical ark. Temple alum bob sagget will host todays naming dedication ceremony. Im anxious for that ceremony. Ill be over there honoring lou. Lou was one of my professor way back when and has been teaching at temple for Something Like 60 years. Hes an a they have got 10 him a nice afternoon for the event. I was thinking about that. Going into the theater there in good shape. Storm tracker6 live double scan right now and we are looking at dry conditions across the region as we take a look outside, we have follow sky6 appropriately enough looking from the top morgan hall at Temple University south on broad street and youcas good. We can see all the buildings, no low lying cloud cover and the clouds are whats out there anyway are going to be dissipating. It should give way to lots of sun. Temperature 49 degrees, winds out of the northnorthwest a little bit breezy 17 miles per keep in mind as you select your coat. Youll want something thats heavy enough to ward off that breeze. I know it looks fairly cloudy right now but were starting to see some breaks and we and expect dry air to overtake us and transition to a pretty bright day overall. Bright and breezy today, 47 degrees by 8 oclock. By 10 oclock, 49 degrees. By noon, 55 and by 3 oclock, 61. That high of 62 rather late in the afternoon around 4 oclock right as we are starting our honoring lew today. 59 degrees by 6 oclock this evening so getting back into the tupper 50s by dinnertime. High temperatures this afternoon under lots of sun and breezy conditions, it looks like upper 50s in allentown and reading. Pretty even numbers overall today as you can see. 60 in trenton t lo. Low 60s in philadelphia, wilmington, some illville and down the s mid 50 today t tomorrow High Pressure builds in. That will make for a sunny start with less wind. A high of 55 in the afternoon and high clouds will have a tendency to streak in during the afternoon ahead of this guy out here which is egg go to be a rain maker for friday. In fact as we take a look at friday, starting at 9 00 moving intol into midday up to 11 oclock looks like rain builds in and at times it will be a heavy soaking rain with a inch and a half possible by the time were done in a lot of neighborhoods. Your sevenday from accuweather 62 degrees bright and breezy today. Tomorrow sun to high clouds 55 and then a rain day on friday, chilly, a high of 48 degrees. Now, some of that precipitation might still be around early saturday. I think pretty quickly it shuts off. We might wind up with afternoon sun saturday a high of 59. Not too bad for this time of year. Partly sunny 61 sunday. That will be the better of the two days overall. Looks like more rain moves in probably by tuesday. Grass going to be green david. Yeah, i know. We need that. Thanks, david. 5 39. A home on the jersey shore erupts in flames and people including children were trapped inside. How they were saved next. Karen. Were looking live rightte he approaching the schuylkill. Traffic moving nicely. Were clear, were dry. Well check 202 near the schuylkill coming up. Moment a motorcyclist lost control and ran off a cliff. Well share that video with you next. Hi hey ill take one of those new fast play games. Oh, you ready for a rush . Uh, sure im pretty excited for you right now. Fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. Pick a game, get your ticket and see if youve won. I won fast play, please fast play. Play fast. Win instantly. Terrifying video out of california captured a motorcycle rider crashing off a highway and into the Angeles National forest. It happened so quickly we slowed it down for you so you could actually my goodness. The heart stopping video was shot along angeles crest highway on sunday. The motorcyclist lost control of the bike, went over the cliff. Luckily a tree there broke his fall. The rider only suffered a broken shoulder. His friend was there to call for help. Oh, my goodness. Lets go over to karen rogers, see what your commute is like today. Good morning. Scary scene right there. We want something a little more peaceful with the traffic and were doing okay for the most part in the suburbs. We do have one accident thats causing a problem. I 195 westbound between route 130 and Hamilton Square. Weve got westbound traffic shut down because of an accident. You can see theyre forcing everybody off onto the ramp. You can use kuser road as your alternate to 195 westbound as youre heading out near trenton right now much lets switch our camera view and see whats going on at 202 at the schuylkill. The answer is not much. We have light volume, roads in pretty good shape, were dry for a change so how about that . Lets see whats happening on i95 here at cottman. Thats your southbound traffic headed towards center city. Moving nicely right now. No issues with fog or rain today. 49 degrees the current temperature. 46 in allentown and millville. 47 in atlantic city. Temperatures pretty uniform through the area in the Morning Hours and you can see by satellite6 and action radar we are starting with some cloud cover but already poking some holes in the clouds right here so well get that sunshine return after a few Morning Clouds, a high of 62 degrees. So with a north wind 10 to 20 miles an hour its going to be breezy and feel a little cooler than that 62, tam. All right, thank you, karen. New this morning investigators have identified three Storm Chasers who were killed in a two vehicle crash in west texas. Police say 57yearold Kelly Williams son who was there for one Weather Channel ran a stop sign ended up slamming into a jeep near the town of spur yesterday. Inside the jeep were 55yearold Randall Yarnell and 25yearold corbin yeager who were there Live Streaming the storm for a different Weather Channel. All three were killed instantly. Tornadoes and heavy rain had been reported in the area at the time of the crash. Your Internet Provider could soon be secretly sharing your email and web history. The republican controlled house has voted to strip away internet privacy safeguards that were created under president obama. If signed by President Trump Companies Like comcast and verizon will be able to track what you do online and then sell that information to advertisers without your consent. Republican lawmakers argue that google and facebook already do such things and track you. Critics say theres a difference because those sites are free and customers can choose not to use them. An unlikely star emerged from a celebrity Golf Tournament in South Carolina this week. A giant alligator crashed a tenth annual invitational to support a free medical clinic. At first the golfers didnt notice. Once they spotted this reptile which looks like the size of a dinosaur, they hopped no their carts and sped off to safety t a witness estimates this gator was 8 feet long and about 400 pounds. Got to go. Yeah. 5 46. Most of us have woken up not feeling great after a night of partying. Oh, really . Some of us more than others. [laughter] up group of students at Yale University claim they can make sure it doesnt happen again. Details about their all natural hangover cure coming up. David. Partly cloudy but if youve got the hangover youll want the shades this morning because the sun is going to be bursting through the clouds pretty quickly and overtake us. Cool and breezy, temperatures on the bus stop in the upper 40s. Well be back with your day planner forecast, the next 12 hours, all getting it together for you. First responders got a hand from some bystanders to safe save an elderly woman and three children from are a fires at the jersey shore. The flames broke out on park road in wildwood crest. The team first rescued the older woman and her dog from an upstairs unit. She suffered smoke inhalation. Then they saw three children and their uncle who were trapped on a second story balcony. The only way to get to them in time was to have the uncle drop the kids to rescuers who were waiting below. You know, the flames were coming out so bad, that it was actually pushing them to the edge of the balcony. Then the little girl just came straight down and bear hugged her and took her out. The Cape May County fire marshal determined the fire to be accidental but has not released the exact cause. So glad that worked out. Imagine my little guys trying to get them to let go of me to drop would be really hard. So fearful for those catching, you know, too, a scary situation. Lets take you outside this morning and check your traffic as youre headed out. Guess what, were dry and theres no fog. Thats a change today. 42 at creek road northbound traffic headed towards the walt whitman bridge moving nicely. That construction that was causing big problems just as you head onto the walt and on the walt itself has cleared so traffic is really moving better there but we have a new accident just popped up here on the roosevelt boulevard northbound at red lion road and were hearing a vehicle smashed into a pole so you see those slow speeds right now on the boulevard northbound, dave. No fog out there, no rain, either, karen. And cool conditions, 49 degrees in philadelphia but not too bad on the way out the door. A little bit breezy so a decent jacket a good idea. 46 in allentown and reading, 50 in wilmington, 46 in millville and 46 in trenton. Any Morning Cloud cover should break up pretty quickly and were expecting lots of sun today. By noon well be up to 55 degrees and we spend at least several hours in the low 60s with a high of 62 probably slotting in right there around 4 oclock. And then 60 degrees by 5 oclock and back to 57 by 7 oclock. Not a bad afternoon to get out to the market and get things done tam if thats whats in your plan book. If you want to get out to the market david you can always take a look at that sevenday forecast and a live look at storm tracker6 live double scan radar any time of day you need at this time. Its on our web site. Just go to 6abc. Com weather. Two seniors at Yale University are spending their time studying something very important to a lot of students, how to cure the hangover. Margaret morris and liam m mcchin tock call their solution sun up its a mix of vitamins and nutrients promoting liver health. This is a powder that you take before you start drinking and it helps your liver deal with the stress youre putting it under when you drink. You feel less fatigued than normally. You are not nauseous, no headache. A Pharmaceutical Company is fine tuning the product. A limited supply is on sale for five dollars per pouch. You caused some eyebrows this morning. I think the placebo effect might have something to do with it. Just drink water and wait, thats how you get rid of a hangover. [laughter] it is 5 52. Up next it was like winning the lottery for families in West Philadelphia. Why some walked away beaming but many more are and crushed hopes. Plus a daredevil stunt caught on video. See the moment this passenger decides to car surf at 6 00 a. M. Hello ben franklin bridge. Good morning everyone. Triples on the clock. Oh. Its wednesday and were going to see some sun today. Right now its 49 degrees. So a bit chilly. Getting up to 61 its going to be breezy so it wont feel like 61 but at least youll see the sun. And fire burns through a home at an Adult Community Hamilton Township new jersey. That fire broke out on the 100 block of burholme drive in the locust hill complex yesterday afternoon. No one was hurt. And also happening today a jury in north jersey will continue deliberations in a deadly carjacking trial. Basim henry is one of four men accused of killing Dustin Friedland in 2013. This happened at the malls at short hills in essex county. Thats friedlands wife. She says the men shot him in the head and ordered her out of their range rover so that they could take off with it. Prosecutors say that henry was the get away driver. Defense lawyers argue that henry is not responsible for the shooters actions. If convicted henry could face life in prison. The Delaware County Sheriffs Office wants to know if you recognize this fraud suspect. It is a surveillance picture of the man inside a san tan dare bank in nether providence much detectives say hes wanted for committing fraud at several Bank Locations throughout Delaware County. 1300 families applied for what were only 81 available spots at a West Philadelphia charter school. The Global Leadership Academy Charter school held its lottery for grades k through eight last night. Some parents left overjoyed most left disappointed. Im excited. Im very excited. This is i wanted this. I wanted him in here with my daughter. Im not sad. I know she want to go to school. I know shes going to be in a good school. Officials say the first 10 students on the waiting list often have a better chance of getting in during the school year. They encourage parents to not give up. You see how committed those parents are and what their kids want. You wish there was a. M. Spot for everyone of them. New this morning a family explains why it wants to remove guardrails following their daughters death on the road. Happening now a broken Sprinkler System forces more than 100 Senior Citizens onto the street. Mmm [ keys clack ] [ slurps ] make it iced, then make it happen with flavors like butter pecan or new coconut creme pie. Its americas iced coffee, whenever, wherever. America runs on dunkin. Its americas iced coffee, whenever, wherever. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning. It is 6 oclock on this wednesday march 29th. Heres whats happening. A School Bus Driver drops off a Delaware County girl at the wrong house and in the wrong city. A drug bust in Chester County reveals a sophisticated operation with 100 Marijuana Plants but something pretty unusual was also discovered. An upscale restaurant will no longer need as many childrens menus. Its new rule is Getting National attention and sparking a parenting debate. Talking about all that in just a moment but first up, lets take a look at weather and traffic. I think that thing called sunshine is coming back. David has got more on that. Karen has your commute. Things called stars are out now overhead, too. Theres a little bit of Coastal Cloud cover. Take a look at satellite. You can see a lot of gray on