South, though, this is actually going to be shooting right across to the east coast and passing off to our south. Philadelphia will get a little bit of rain tonight and tomorrow morning. Areas to the south, delaware and jersey will get more rain out of this. Ill show you a couple of model runs and, of course, we have to look ahead to the weekend. Reporter all right, dave we have to update this problem on 42. Northbound traffic at creek road. Its hard to see behind the sign. This accident is blocking the left lane and the right lane, so youve got two lanes blocked one on either side thats why traffic is backed up trying to squeeze in between. Here you can see one of the penndot vehicles off to the left police off to the right and fire crews on the scene. We might have a tow truck, as well. In the meantime, 42 northbound is backed up. It is an extra five minute ride if youre traveling northbound from the ac expressway to the walt whitman bridge. You might want to take the black horse pike than messing with 42. An accident in pottstown street. Southbound we have cones up blocking the left lane, but volume is light, roads are dry, its not creating too many problems here. The big problem right now is in new jersey. Thanks, karen. The traffic plan is in place for next months papal visit. The ban on the area of cars coming in it is 18 times large than vatican city itself. Katherine scott is live in a socalled traffic box along the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Katherine. Reporter hi, guys, expect closures, expected to a lot of walking this weekend. There are a lot of closures, a lot of restrictions, so you do need to plan ahead. Private vehicles will really not be a viable option on the weekend in center city. Reporter we know more about the traffic restrictions surrounding the popes two day visit next month and they are expensive with traffic boxes in center city and Northern Boundary Spring Garden up ridge to girard and Schuylkill River south to the delaware river. That closure begins at 6 00 p. M. Friday. At 10 00 p. M. , University City will be closed to traffic from powton to university and 32nd. Cars will be allowed to leave the traffic boxes, but not enter. Youll be able to drive anywhere within the boxes. The schuylkill will be closed eastbound from the blue route 476 to i95. Westbound schuylkill will be closed from i95 to route 1. 676 will be closed in both directions, river to river. And the ben franklin bridge will be closed until noon monday. City avenue will be closed between lancaster and belmont because of the pope will be staying at Saint Charles borromeo seminary. Mayor nutter acknowledges the inconvenience, but wants us to look at the bigger picture. Take a moment of reflection and pride, we as a city, we the people were chosen for this event. So obviously a lot of to keep in mind for that weekend. Theres no word when the closed highways will reopen. Well learn more details closer to the time. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Residents, businesses and employers in the Center City Area can begin to make plans for the road closures. Parking garages could be ghost towns with no vehicles entering that friday through monday. Restaurants plan to stock extra food. Owners say they wont be able to head out to the usual farms, but want to be ready for the hungry crowds. Riding a bike is a viable option because septa has limited options. I hope they take care of the neighborhood and respect it, and have a good time. Mayor nutter said he has been in contact with local businesses to give them advice. Take a look at the road closures and restrictions by going to 6abc. Com. You can then share that link with friends an facebook. New this morning, a haz mat scare in University City is under control. Cleanup staff at the penn school of dentistry called in the spill on the 200 block of south 40th street around 2 00 a. M. Authorities determined it was a nonlethal clear liquid leaking from a plastic tank. Of. Charges are expected to be filed against Kathleen Kane who leaked secret grand jury information to a reporter to retaliate against a former aid. Charges could include purjury and obstruction of justice. Were expecting to learn about a body found in the same area of Delaware County where an 11yearold boy disappeared. Chopper 6 was over the darby creek where crews made the discovery. Laquan was last seen wearing the same shorts. Chris and lynn odell have been dealing with the giant avalanche in their backyard. A leaky drain pipe caused the earth to collapse. The hill side stabilized once the drain was fixed. They offered to purchase the home as well as the neighbor for market value. Im looking forward to conclusion, and moving on with my life. At the same time i do not want to leave my home. The sale has not been completed, but the family hopes to be out by the fall. This is new on action news, flipper has taken up residence in old bridge, middlesex county. The river is connected to the raretan river which feeds into the bay. Experts say its not usual for dolphins to come inland. They say it is smart enough to make it back out to the ocean. Lets turn to arrive david murphy. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live double scan shows were dry, well see sunshine before the clouds overtake us. Sky 6 shows us sunshine over coming up over the ben franklin bridge. Many of the suburbs in the 60s. 70 in the city. Dewpoint, 55. Winds not all that strong at 5 miles per hour. Clouds increase as the day goes on. By dinnertime well be cloudy across the region and sprinkles coming in toward south jersey and delaware. Later tonight we see the rain pushing closer to philadelphia. If anythingr develops well see light stuff in south jersey and delaware. 84 by 2 00 p. M. 85 is the high today. We did stay in the 0s yesterday, so 80s yesterday, so we broke the heat wave and not starting a new one today. High temperature in allentown, 81 degrees, clouds thickening a bit. 82 in reading. 3 the high in trenton. 85 in wilmington and 84 in cape may, new jersey. Down the shore no threat of rip currents, clouds increasing less than ideal beach day. Better chance you have of light rain arriving. 75 degrees in the ocean water around the mouth of the delaware bay. Highs in the lows 80s. Humidity low for the phillies. Musikfest kicks off tonight in bethlehem, pennsylvania. 6 30 is the main stage gates open event. The main event is duran duran. 77 degrees is the forecast for the start of the concert. Overnight tonight, again, heavier rain possible at times, pockets of it anyway down south. By tomorrow afternoon looks like most of this is beginning to filter out and we have light stuff left over. There could pockets of steadier tough down south depending on which model you look at. This one doesnt have a whole lot of rain, but if you look at other ones, that pushes steadier rain down south, two inches. The its a bigger deal down the to the south than up in philadelphia and the northern suburbs stay dry tonight and tomorrow. 85 increasing clouds, light showers possible down the shore late in the day. Mainly south rain tomorrow, 80 degrees is the high. The steadier stuff will be down by the shore. In the afternoon we have a chance of drying in philadelphia. Maybe at the shore, as well. Depends on the track of the storm and how quickly it gets past us. Clouds breaking on saturday, 83 is the forecast high. Sunday, sunny and nice, 86 degrees. Another nice one on monday before we start to get back into an unsettled pattern with a thunderstorm around on tuesday. Gotcha. It is 5 41. Still ahead on action news, a violent encounter between a cabbie and elderly couple on the Brooklyn Bridge conduct on camera. It is crunch time for gop candidates. One of the participants said he is going to wing it. [laughter] reporter always works for me, well, not always. This is northbound sunrise boulevard. Traffic is moving nicely, the roads are clear and dry, not the case everywhere, details coming up. Consideration id like to put in my 15year notice. Youre quitting . Technically retiring, sir. With a little help from my state farm agent, i plan to retire in 15 years. Wow youre totally blindsiding me here. Whos gonna manage your accounts . This is a devastating blow i was not prepared for. Well, im gonna finish packing my things. 15 years will really sneak up on you. Jennifer with do your exit interview and adam made you a cake. Red velvet. Oh, thank you. I made this. Take charge of your retirement. Talk to a state farm agent today. Total recall when Arnold Schwarzenegger gets a look at the atmosphere. 71 degrees, getting up to 85 degrees farenheit. Beautiful start there, i hope its looking good on the roads. Reporter total recall makes it feel kind of ominous. Lets check the suburban traffic report. This is route 42, northbound traffic, now a few minutes ago we were looking at this shot, we saw fire crews and emergency workers blocking the right lane and the left lane. Traffic is easing by a little bit better. 18 minute ride from the acx to the walt whitman bridge. Approaching the turnpike past 55 up toward creek road. If you wanted take the black horse pike. You can see the black horse pike is running smoothly. You might want to take that instead with the problem we saw with the delays resulting from the accident on 42. 309 at the turnpike, roads are clear and dry, northbound traffic is moving just fine. Were talking about the chance of precipitation later on, but not in the morning were looking good. We have an accident in pottstown at industrial highway. Lets look at the temperatures, 56 degrees in quakertown. 59 in coatsville. 57 in chester. 73 in center city. Warmer in the city i itself. Mostly in the 50 ifs in the suburbss endurance of new jersey. Well see increasing clouds and late rain south of the city, matt. Well be ready, thanks, karen. New this morning, a case of road rage on the ben franklin bridge led to throwing potato chips and water and punches. A cab tried to merge, the elderly couple wouldnt let him in, the cabbie threw potato chips. The elderly woman got out with a threeprong cane and ended up on the ground. Both drivers took off before Police Arrived on the scene. Theres progress in Northern California where a raging wildfire is 30 contained. Residents north of San Francisco are told to stay vigilant. That changing winds could cause a flare uptoday. This is the largest of several wildfires burning in california. A grass fire forced a small Washington Town to evacuate. 300 People Living in roosevelt had torched to find another place to stay. Firefighters kept the blaze away from their homes and the residents were allowed to come back today. Top ten candidates will debate tonight. Donald trump was criticized for Early Campaign tactics. He plans to wing it with no rehearsal and wants to keep the debate civil. Donald trump has to show himself to be substantive and not overly clownish, but be serious and feel president ial. Chris christie just barely made the cut on the prime time panel. 7 other candidates will participate in predebate forum that includes rick santorum. Officials have ruled on a piece of plane debris found on a French Island confirming it is from the flight 370. The they made the announcement 515 days after the flight vanished over the indian ocean thousands of miles away. The piece of the boeing 777 called a flapper on was covered on reunion island. They will look for physical and chemical clues to find out why the plane went down. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of her hiroshima. People of the coffee drinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter. Put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Perfectly blended with real fruit and lowfat yogurt. Its a delicious choice you can feel good sipping. Discover the goodness of dunkins new smoothies today. America runs on dunkin. Team took part in a softball of game to celebrate the athletic league. Matt odonnell took the mound to the media team two hits for the evening. Anytime we go out to do sports with matt, we feel we should never do sports again. Reporter you hate show how good you are. Nice work, matt. Reporter good one, matt. Lets take a look right now, on the maps and show you whats going on. Disabled vehicle this is a new problem that popped up in plymouth township plymouth road this poor guy is stuck out there. Prod street line and market frankford line on time is you head out. Looks like it will be a warm one, were comfortable right now. On or about 70 in philadelphia. Suburbs in the 60s. 81 by noon. This afternoon, 85 degrees thats the high and we are still looking at low humidity. Clouds increase a bit as the day goes on. I want to warn you though, if youre heading out pool youll have enough sun early to you tell put on the sunscreen. You can get a bit of a burn even with the clouds. Sunscreen is a good idea, but looks like it is dry until later on this evening, across the most of the area. Today is the 70 anniversary of the bombing of the hiroshima. Coraline kennedy attended a memorial. Japans Prime Minister renewed his call to increase efforts for a world free nuclear weapon. A Small Business owner got a shock when he opened the phone bill. He runs a california travel agency. He said hackers used his call fording International Long distance to rack up five thousand minutes of calls to africa. That left him with a 117,000dollar bill. The phone carrier is trying to resolve the mega charges. Coming up, a look at old citys newest hiez. Highrise. Were learning about charges of attorney general Kathleen Kane. Well be right back. Youre unpacking already . Yeah, help me find some mugs. Sure. beep hey. O. K. Theyll do. Wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. The best part of wakin up so, where do you want to start . I think this is a pretty good place. Is folgers in your cup former congressman Patrick Murphy has a new post in the obama administration. He was nominated as undersecretary of the army. The democrat represented pennsylvanias 8th Congressional District from 2007 to 2011. Old city is getting a flashy new building in their neighborhood. Developers broke gd yesterday. Renters will choose from 146 units raging in price from a 1900 to 3,700 a month. Trouble on the tracks, a driver makes a wrong turn on a railroad and ends up under arrest. Time to think about travel plans. The popes visit is now. We have the complete list of road closures and traffic restrictions next. Hi, everyon, thursday, august 6. Heres whats happening. Like it or not, its going to happen. Major highways close for the popes visit next month were live with details. A tow truck rescues a driver stuck on railroad tracks, now the driver could face charges. Were learning about the man who attacked a group of people at aen tennessee movie theater. We have david murphy with weather and karen rogers has traffic. Good morning. Reporter good morning, we have early sunshine filtering in off to the east, out to the west, thicker clouds and well see it thicken up, some areas south of philadelphia could pick up a shower. 70 degrees and dry in philadelphia. Allentown sitting on 59 coo
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