Showing the clouds moved in quickly. We expected to start off with a bit more sunshine but the clouds are advancing quickly. Clear skies in delaware and south jersey. Well be in and out of the clouds early on in philadelphia. We see those showers out to the south and west. It is is mostly dry day today but we have a chance for spotty showers and looks like the showers near washington may clip our southern most region this morning. 43 degrees in quakertown, 45 in coatesville, 43 in warminster. Its 46 in center city. Kind of cool out there. You need to grab that jacket. 42 in browns mills. Its just 45 in glassboro. 50 degrees in dover, delaware. Weve had so many days where we are above average overall in april were running more than 6 degrees above average. Today is the not one of those days. Were below average with a high of 61 degrees in the afternoon. Some peeks of sunshine early but you see how the clouds lower and thicken through the day t by 7 00 a. M. Its only in the mid 40s in spots. Pie noon 57 still a couple peaks of sunshine but by 3 00 p. M. Its 61 degrees. By 5 00 p. M. 58 and by 7 oclock, just 57 degrees and allergies are big concern once again today. Well talk about that in that sevenday forecast coming up in just a few minutes, matt. David thank you very much. [laughter] some big changes since yesterday. Okay. Good morning, karen. Good morning, everybody. Some changes here as well. Overnight construction along 95 northbound at cottman avenue has cleared out so everything is reopened. If youre coming southbound no delays to contend with yet as you head down towards center city. Also in the clear so far on the roosevelt boulevard, schuylkill expressway on blue route. We are getting set for more changes along the Benjamin Franklin parkway with the inner drives closing later on today. Katherine scott is going to have more on that coming up in just a few minutes but for now were watching construction in tuckahoe, route 50 blocked in both directions south of 49. This is in addition to the work going on on the river bridge so until 6 00 this morning for the next half hour, i would stay over on woodbine road to get around that extra construction. Have a downed pole and wires in Hamilton Township atlantic county. 40 harding highway is blocked. 322 or old landis avenue would be alternates. And in Mercer County theres a new crash. Its on the new jersey turnpike northbound by exit 7a, right lane and ramp are blocked there. We also have the fire location in pennsauken, camden county, along zimmerman avenue. As a result, njts river line is not running at this hour. Matt i know you have more details on whats going on there in pennsauken. Indeed we do. It is our breaking news right now. At least one firefighter was injured battling that large house fire in camden county. It happened when the massive flames caused a collapse. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes is live at the scene along zimmerman avenue in pennsauken. Jeanette. Reporter well, matt, we could see those flames shooting up into the skies from the betsy ross bridge. Things are much better now but the home is completely collapsed which means that the residents really theres no hope of recovering anything. Take a live look here behind me. You can barely see the lights or the smoke now which is good news really. The firefighters have this under control. Theyre just working on some of those hot spots. This blaze broke out around 2 30 this morning along the 7400 block of zimmerman avenue. Firefighters arrived on scene to find that fire engulfing the first floor. It quickly spread to the second and third floors. Embers were flying into onto rather neighboring homes and other wooded areas, so that complicated things quite a bit. All of the residents fortunately were able to evacuate safely. One of the occupants has his dogs to thank for that. They woke him up when they saw those flames and he also evacuated. One firefighter was briefly trapped on an upper floor. He was able to get out and one resident we spoke to said she grew up in this home since she was a baby. Shes lived here and she was quite emotional when she got on scene and found really that everything was lost. She was staying at her Fathers House in philadelphia reporter how are you doing. Doing. Horrible. I lived here since i was two. I cant believe it man. My husband said it was Something Big and then i just opened the door and all these fires. When i came out it was shooting up into the air. It was really bad. Reporter and things grew complicated and more difficult for awhile as time went on and then eventually the firefighters got this under control. The red cross is here on scene assisting some of the displaced residents. We dont have a number quite yet but we do know no one was injured. A firefighter did suffer a broken ankle, though. Reporting live in pennsauken, Jeanette Reyes channel6 action news. Nydia. Jeanette thanks. As matt pelman has been telling you this morning, even more lane restrictions are being implemented on the ben franklin parkway as the city gets ready for the nfl draft, still more than a week away. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live along the parkway. An exciting event for the city but a real headache for drivers, katherine. Reporter it could be, nydia and at this point we already had that first phase of closures. The second phase is supposed to start around midnight. Those inner lanes of the ben franklin parkway have not closed yet but its something you want to look out for because that phase is supposed to start at 12 zero 1 00 a. M. The inner lanes were exposed to close from that 20th to eakins oval for the next phase of the road closures ahead of the nfl draft next week. We have seen cars getting through so far this morning but we dont know how long this is going to last. It runs through saturday the 29th on the parkway eakins oval and the steps of the art museum. The nfl released into you artist renderings to get a better of what it will look like once the work is done. Dozens of stage hands have built a massive stage working at least 11 hours a day for the last two weeks. Theyre on the finishing touches right now with skilled technicians completing various tasks. Its pretty awesome. Its like you would feel like a part of history. A lot of eagles fans are up there, were all philadelphia boys and south jersey boys so, you know, its hometown for us. Reporter and back here live along the parkway where the inner lines were supposed to close at 12 01, they are opened right now but again, they could close at any point this morning. Then on monday, all lanes of the parkway will close between the museum and the 20th. Then some side streets will get shut down as well so again, the draft starts next thursday. You want to keep an idea, just kind of keep wide berth of this area because of all the closures that are going to be happening now through monday. We are live along the parkway, Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Thanks, katherine. A man was shot at point blank range in olney on the 5700 block of north 57th street. The man a was shot in the back and shoulder while walking up to his home. Stray bullets also hit two parked cars. The incident was captured on surveillance cameras which police are now reviewing in hopes of tracking down the gunman. The victim survived and is at einstein hospital in station condition. A mom Critical Condition after being hit by a Police Cruiser in kensington. Video taken by witnesses show two Police Officers carrying the woman into their patrol car before rushing her to the hospital. According to police, the crash happened during an investigation at a small park at kensington and f streets. Witnesses say the officers were chasing a man running through the park when they backed up into the woman. But officials deny the officers were pursuing anyone. Also police have not released the womans released the womans name but say she appears to be in her 30s. New this morning a Death Investigation is under way after a homeowner found a body floating in his backyard pond. The victim has been identified only as a 41yearold man and they believe he was from out of town. Closing arguments today in the trial of eric frein. The prosecution rested yesterday in pike county and the defense declined to call any witnesses. Frein is charged in the 2014 attack on a Blooming Grove barracks that killed a state trooper and wounded when a verdict is announced well send out an alert on the 6abc app. Happening today, septa will hold its first of five public hearings on proposed fair changes. They want to increase the cost of a cash fare to 2. 50 per ride up 25 cents. Costs for weekly and monthly passes and for Regional Rail are slated to go up as well. Todays hearing takes place at the Delaware County courthouse in media at 3 00 p. M. And 6 00 p. M. You said this earlier. Its sort of been going downhill in terms of the morning temperatures. In many ways im going downhill. [laughter] yeah, the weather is getting a little bit cooler each morning. Weve noticed that. So this morning is the cool left evident weve had in a few days t storm tracker6 live double scan shows were dry. That part of the forecast is all right. Lets go on outside and show you what it looks like right now and were looking live on sky6 over the ben franklin bridge. We see lots of clouds. Some sunshine will try to breakthroughs these clouds early on but it will be a mostly cloudy day. Certainly by the afternoon hours. Were talking about an overcast day. How about the numbers right now . The current temperature is 46 degrees in philadelphia but in some of the suburbs just even a bit lower than that. The dewpoint 42. The pressure is currently holding steady. The winds are out of the east this morning. Well have an easterly component to the wind all day and thats whats ushering the cooler air off of the ocean. The ocean temperature is 51 degrees. Satellite6 and action radar showing how those clouds have really advanced a little earlier. We can see that we now have lots of clouds in philadelphia. Well be in and out of them early and then theyll lower and thicken as the day progresses. You see all of these showers out to our south and west. We have the chance for a spotty shower. Most of the day is just dry today but you can seep especially these showers that are near washington might clip parts of southern delaware and southern new jersey, so well be watching for that today. Lets take a look at these numbers. 61 for your high today. So temperatures actually a bit below average. 8 00 a. M. Its 48. By 10 00 a. M. , 51. Some early sunshine mixing with the clouds. Not a lot of it, though. And by lunchtime those clouds really starting to thicken, 57. We stay with a solid cloud deck through the afternoon hours so 61 for your high. Well hit it around 3 oclock today. By 6 00 p. M. , dipping down into the upper 50s so its going to feel kind of cool but tomorrow what a big change we have. Tomorrow were in the warm sector because the warm front lifts through. 76 degrees for your high and we do have a chance for a scattered thundershower but i think most of the daytime hours were actually dry so you can get out and enjoy that 76. Heres future tracker showing us that overnight tonight and into early tomorrow we get a couple of showers or a thundershower. Looks like much of the day tomorrow lots of clouds and dry and then again tomorrow later in the evening you get a shower or a thundershower so you can enjoy that 76. It looks like those thundershowers continue into the overnight hours on friday. A quick look at the pollen. I just want to tell you today through saturday its only getting worsely we stay in the medium to high range. Keep taking that allergy medicine. Todays high 61 degrees, your exclusive accuweather 7day, tomorrow its warm but we have the chance for a shower or a thundershower especially early in the morning and then later in the evening. 76 for your high so enjoy that warm temperature. Warmer still on friday, very warm with a spotty thunderstorm especially early on, 79 for your high. Saturday its cooler, it turns cloudy for the union game but it looks dry during the day, 66. Saturday night into sunday thats when we get periods of rain and sunday is kind of a raw rainy day with temperatures holding in the 50s. Monday clouds give way to sunshine. It gets nicer starting next week. 66. Were up to 68 on tuesday with partly sunny skies. So kind of cool today but you got a couple of warm days coming your way as well. So, were even. Yeah. All evens out. For now. Thank you, karen. Thanks karen. 5 42. Still to come a Philadelphia Police officer pays tribute to the victims of the socalled facebook killer. And the suspect who gunned down three men on the streets of fresno is accused of targeting his victims because they were white. A man explains how his iphone gave him a Second Degree burn in his bed. Matt. That overnight construction here in exton along 202 just south of this point at the 30 bypass is gone but crews are working all week here during the middays and the overnights so watch out for them starting at 9 00 this morning. Right now though looking good. Well see how things are looking along 95 and route one in bucks county when action news continues on this wednesday morning. Vanessa i got hurt and was given painkillers. By the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. It happened so fast. I ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. I was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. When i realized i needed help i didnt know where to go. But i got help and you can too. Youre not alone. Help is within reach. This is governor chris christie. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. 5 46. The early moment of sunrise which will be coming up shortly after 6 oclock this morning and also the Commodore Barry bridge, 46 degrees on city avenue. Chilly start. Not necessarily warm today, a High Temperature of 61. You know, no matter what happens today, its okay. Its hump day. Were getting into one of the most lessed times of the year. Are you aware of this . You might think passover, you might think easter. Festivus. Not festivus. It is construction season on the roadways. Were so excited. [laughter] we had overnight work that we were watching as we come out of the burbs here in bucks county matt and nydia they were blocking the northbound lanes of route one the super highway right here at Oxford Valley road. They arent doing that anymore. You can get by headed northbound towards morrisville but theyll be back tonight at 9 p. M. They will close down route one, once again. Overnight construction on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound has cleared out. Youre good there. And that disabled vehicle in cheltenham township along Salisbury Road is also gone. On 95 in Delaware County southbound work has cleared from the overnight but we still have that fire location in chester at third and reaney. Second, 291 and yarnell would be some alternates for you. Our crash is gone from that robbinsville Mercer County from the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike. All lanes are reopened there. Time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. Reports of a crash in pennsbury Chester County along route one Baltimore Pike as you travel southbound it appears right by the Chadds Ford Elementary School. Reports of this just coming in with the waze app. So watch out for it. Nydia. Thank you, matt. The nationwide manhunt for the accused facebook killer is over. Steve stephens took his own life yesterday in erie pennsylvania. Police got a tip call from a mcdonalds employee who recognized stephens when he pulled up to the drive through. After he placed his order employees tried to stall him when but he drove off when police arrived. There was a 2mile chase that ended when Police Performed a pit maneuver stop. Police say stephens then pulled a gun and killed himself. Philadelphia police paying tribute to the victim Robert Godwin sr. Officer Johnny Castro created this digital painting of him and the Police Department posted it online offering its condolences. They were urged to call the police with tips just like the mcdonalds employees did to help bring closure to families. Three white men shot and killed at random in Central California and police are investigating the shooting rampage as a hate crime. Police in fresno say 39yearold corey alley muhammad opened fire. He was able to fire off 16 found in two minutes. Police arrested him a short time later. Police say he shouted god is great in arabic before the killings. They say hes not connected terrorism instead motivated by race. Corey was wanted in a separate killing. Ceo oscar munoz made the announcement more than a week after the incident. The company has been embroiled in controversy ever since video surfaced showing Security Officers dragging dr. David dao off an overbooked flight in chicago. The Company Executives say it is too soon to determine if the fallout is hurting ticket sales. dog yeah, these new beneful breaknbites are great. Theyll break off a couple if you sit, you stay. But if you want all four, mmmm. You gotta get cute. You gotta let a baby sleep on your belly. vo new beneful breaknbites, with real beef as the 1 ingredient. Chopper6 is over this house fire in pennsauken new jersey. The house has actually collapsed and one firefighter has suffered an ankle injury. This is the 7400 block of zimmerman avenue. The fire broke out just before 2 30 a. M. You can still see smoke coming from the scene as firefighters continue to work on this situation. Again, chopper6 over this house fire in pennsauken new jersey where the home has actually collapsed. One firefighter has suffered an ankle injury. Well keep you posted on this situation on 6abc and on 6abc. Com. Certainly a nasty scene out there this morning and on the traffic front some of the local streets in that neighborhood are blocked off but we are hearing that crews have cleared the river line tracks for njt so if you go to the maps it sounds like the river line is running once again which is good news. And no other major mass transit issues this morning. Few of those septa bus routes remain detoured because of all the closures in and around the parkway although inner drives of the parkway are still opened at this point. Were waiting for them to close. If you look in the distance and i put the little text box on there so hopefully you can see flashing lights along route one Baltimore Pike. This is the intersection at creek road by hanks place but its up ahead by Chadds Ford Elementary School where theres a crash this morning. Emergency crews on the scene. Karen. I told my son not to wear shorts this morning because it would be chilly but he said hes on a streak. Not sure what that means. Mostly cloudy. Its cool. At 6 00 a. M. Its only 46 degrees. Some of the suburbs especially in the northwest are in the low 40s. By 8 00 a. M. , 48 degrees and were not going to see a lot of sunshine today either. A few peeks early on but in the afternoon solidly overcast. 61 for your high today. This is a month weve had a lot of above average days. Not today. Your average high is 65 so were 4 degrees below that. The record 91 not touching that. Lets look at your travel forecast. No major weather problems affecting much of the east. We have some showers but not impacting anything. We have them down to the south and west. 46 degrees currently right now in philadelphia. Action news will be right back with your headlines. A texas man claims his iphone gave him Second Degree burns. Luke shilhab ground. A pool with his iphone on saturday. He says the phone seemed to still be dead help went to bed sunday night. He decided to sleep with it for some reason, rolled onto the phone and later woke up to a bad burn on the side of his body. Experts say lithium batteries can pose a burn risk if they are compromised. 5 57 now. Facebook sees the future in smartphone cameras while snapchat is hoping had a new feature will drag it out of negative publicity. We continue to follow breaking news. Flames destroy a south jersey home. At least one firefighter is injured. A live report is next. 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. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning everyone. Its 6 oclock on this wednesday april 19th. Tam is off, nydia han joins us. Breaking overnight a blaze in south jersey injures at least one firefighter. Were live on the scene. Residents in a philadelphia neighborhood are living in fear of a pack of pitbulls which they say killed a small dog on easter. The museum of the American Revolution opens today in olde city. We have a chilly start. Matt pelman is here. Karen rogers is in for david and shes outside experiencing it. Thats right. You know, its going to be somewhat pretty to start you off. Weve got clouds mixing with some sunshine early on. We can see the skies trying to brighten right now ahead of the sunrise but it is cool out here. Satellite6 and action radar showing the clouds have already rolled in. At first theyre high thin clouds mixing with some sun and then the clouds really lower and thicken through the day. We see the showers to the south and west. Well see a few spotty showers around today as well, although most of the day is dry. Lets take a look right now at
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