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Pelman to give you weather and traffic. Yeah, were trying to remember all that joy that we felt yesterday morning as we deal with the challenges this morning. Keep trying. Theres a lot going on with the weather. Weve got rain, weve got fog, well have gusty winds as well and were looking at satellite and radar showing that heavy rain is really coming in waves. Were seeing the first waves hit early this morning getting a little bit of break in part of the region but you see the rain down to the south thats still yet to move through the area. Its really the first half of the day thats going to be a wet one here. Not just the Early Morning hours. Storm tracker6 live double scan is really the best way to see exactly whats happening in your area, so i want you to take a closer look as we start off here, were seeing in the Lehigh Valley, some pockets of heavy rain. You see that area of yellow, pockets of it traveling around kutztown around reading on 422 near pottstown. Be careful there. As we look closer to the city were seeing some dry air at the moment punch its way in. But youre still wet in malvern and coatesville youre getting a good downpour happening right there. You can see by the yellow and orange. In the city itself its just a little light rain but this is a temporary break with another round of rain coming in shortly so youre going to see these periods for the first half of the day. Its unseasonably mild. Its 54 degrees already in philadelphia. Its 57, a new number in dover, delaware. In the low 40s even in the Lehigh Valley, so once again, feeling like spring with these temperatures. But its really difficult traveling around with these street flooding that were having in poor drainage area because of the heavy rain coming down. 7 00 a. M. , 54 degrees. At lunchtime we have the chance for another thunderstorm and 60. Your high today is 62 but look what happens by 3 oclock. You get breaks of sun. The roads are dry and clear for the evening. At 5 oclock, 56. Temperatures will fall tonight and we are concerned about some damaging winds as well. Well talk about that in the accuweather forecast in just a few minutes, matt. But i heard dry and clear. Yes. For the evening commute. Music to my ears. Were happy about that. The morning commute definitely a different story, karen. We already have major issues including big problems for our friends who ride septas Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line. Its amtrak wire issues that are suspending all service on the outbound side coming out of center city and heading inbound towards center city the western chunk of the line is not being serviced so thats thorndale into malvern. If you can get to malvern some limited select trains will run between malvern and center city. But this is a major problem for people trying to come in from Chester County, come in from the main line. The line for the most part not running this morning. If you can get to the norristown high speedline, thats running on time so that could be an alternate for some of you. Of course well keep you posted but major issues this morning on the Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line. Schuylkill expressway westbound between city avenue and belmont still have this minor accident on the shoulder but its really slowing us down coming west of the roosevelt boulevard extension. In fact, just starting to slow here on the ramp from the southbound side of the boulevard extension to get on the westbound side of 76. And as you can see, it is really wet out here this morning in east falls. On the big picture, 7 Miles Per Hour on the westbound schuylkill because of that crash. And were watching that fire location in West Philadelphia at hazel and 58th. Larchwood and 60th would be alternates and matt i know you have more details on whats going on there in west philly. Lets get to it right now. Thanks so much matt. The fire quickly spread from one West Philadelphia row home to a neighboring home damaging them both. Action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes is live at the scene near hazel avenue and 58th street. Goodgood morning, jeanette. Reporter good morning, matt. That fire threatened to spread to a third home but at this. 2 homes are damaged, two families are now without their homes. Take a live look behind me. L and i just condemned one of the homes, the second home on the right on your left, rather is next. These are the homes that sustained substantial damage before this fire. It broke out around 2 45 this morning and quickly spread to the second row house here on hazel avenue near 58th street in West Philadelphia. Smoke was billowing out of the original house when fire crews arrived on scene red paws was also called to the scene to assist with injured pets. They rescued two cats and one dog. It took about 30 minutes to get all of this under control. The good news is no one was injured in this fire. At this 58th street is now back opened and again two families are now being assisted by the american red cross. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Reporting live in West Philadelphia, Jeanette Reyes, chacks news. Channel6 action news. Matt. Gunfire in beverly Burlington County sent one person to the hospital. Police cordoned off a home on the 200 block of warren street. The shooting happened at 1 00 this morning. Witnesses say they saw a gold colored sedan fleeing the scene. Police have not yet released the condition of the victim. 6 05 and the eagles will hold a press conference at the novacare complex in south philadelphia today. Of course, the trophy is nice but the eagles are also hoping to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy february 4th following their matchup with the new England Patriots in minneapolis. Coach Doug Pederson knows his team will be facing a very experienced roster. I think everybody in the league sort of envies the success to some extent and rightfully so. They you know, theyve been there, done that many times and thats something that every other team, you know, would love to have. All right. And were heading there, too. The eagles are one victory away from the franchises first nfl title since 1960. Action news has arrived to a thick blanket of snow there in minneapolis. Residents we spoke with say any eagles fans planning to head out for the super bowl should pack plenty of layers. But snow or not, fans will be able to explore Downtown Minneapolis through their skyway system. The elevated enclosed bridges connect 80 city blocks. Bill cosby returned to the stage in philadelphia for his first Public Performance since his Sexual Assault trial ended in a hung jury. The 80yearold entertainer shared stories in front of a friendly crowd. He was there to honor tony williams. Cosby also sang a few tunes and picked up the drum sticks at the Larosa Jazz Club in germantown and spent part of his set discussing his blindness in old age. And thats another thing. You cant tell a person, look. Why dont you just say listen [laughter] cosby told reporters he does not fear living life or going out to events. He says he just doesnt publicize them and he refused to comment on his upcoming retrial on Sexual Assault charges. He was Just Announced it was Just Announced yesterday that the retrial will begin on april 2nd. Jury selection starts on march 29th. This time jurors will be picked from montgomery county. The panel was selected in the pittsburgh area during the first trial and were bussed in to norristown. Cosby has pleaded not guilty on charges of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004. Well, theres a new king of beers and big gains on wall street. Maribel aber live at the nasdaq in times square for us this morning. Good morning, maribel. Reporter hi, alicia. Lets start with stocks. Stocks gained yesterday with the major indexes setting records. Futures are pointing to a higher open. No Major Economic reports are due today. Budweiser is no longer one of the top three best selling beers in america. Bud slipped to number four on the list from trade publication beer marketers insights. Miller light took over the number three spot based on Sales Estimates for last year. Bud light is one and coors light is second. Its the first time budweiser has not been in the top three since the mid1970s when the trade publication began tracking the data. But you know what i say, if the beer youre enjoying nothing says red white and blue like a cold one. Back to you guys. You go the that right. Thanks maribel. Well see you tomorrow. Breaking news here. A powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean near the alaskan coastline prompted tsunami watches and warnings up and down the u. S. West coast. The quake measured at a 7. 9 magnitude, 175 miles south of kodiak alaska. It was downgraded just a few minutes ago from a 8. 2 magnitude but still quite powerful. Alaska and British Columbia are under a tsunami warning. There are no reports of damage at this point but people in coastal alaska have been warned to move inland and go to higher ground. Washington state, oregon, california and hawaii are under a tsunami watch. And checking the weather here at home, it is going to be a soaker. Yeah, certainly watching that closely and for our area watching the rain that were dealing with out here. Also seeing some areas of fog start to form. Be careful as youre traveling out looking live on sky6 over the Commodore Barry bridge. Lots of clouds. Were starting to see some breaks in the rain here or there, but youll be dealing with periods of rain until the early afternoon. Lets take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan and with double scan its a great way to see exactly whats happening in your region. So, were looking right now and seeing some of that heavier rain in the Lehigh Valley. Lesser so at the moment through the city. So, as we look at this, were seeing some pockets of yellow on some of the busy traveled roads in reading, 422 near pottstown as well. Then we get a little closer to the city itself and were seeing some drier air punch its way in. Chadds ford not raining at the moment. Malvern youre okay at the moment. In the city as well. A few cells in south jersey. But this is just a temporary break. Well continue to see periods of rain moving right in through about 1 oclock, 2 oclock in the city. Thats were when we finally dry out. Were he have a strong southerly flow with this. Look at these numbers. 54 degrees the current temperature. 57 in dover, delaware. 50 in atlantic city. 53 at the airport in ac. Youre looking the the low 40s in the Lehigh Valley so were ushering in mild air. Yesterday we were in the low 60s. Today also topping offer in the low off in the low 60s but its a wet one. Heres a wider look at that satellite and radar. We saw how we had a couple breaks in the academics in the city and south jersey. Look at this rain thats pulling up to the south. Through washington, d. C. Theyre getting hammered. Thats almost at our doorstep. Periods of rain through the day. Some of it pretty heavy. Weve already seen a couple thunderstorms. We could see a couple more. Heres future tracker6 kind of timing out some of this rain. By 9 30 in the morning, filling in once again through much of the area, so well be in and out of these breaks of rain today. By lunchtime, youre getting some of the final back edge of the rain as that cold front tries to swing through. Seeing it in the city and south jersey. And then we watch it pull off the coast. This is at 2 oclock in the afternoon. Id say between 1 oclock two, clock in the afternoon we finally dry out in the city but until then youre dealing with these periods of rain back and forth today and we could see a few thunderstorms. Be careful with any one of these storms damaging wind gusts are possible up to 40 miles an hour or so. It ends early this afternoon and the weather really changes for you then. Heres your accuweather forecast. Today early high of 62. When the rain is coming down its mild. By 8 00 a. M. , 56. At 10 00 a. M. Its 58. At lunchtime its 60. Raining on or off through the time period then but look what happens at 3 oclock. Were dry. We get a couple of peeks of sunshine with the clouds. And temperatures fall into the mid to low 50s. At 6 oclock 53 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. Heres your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast. We have an accuweather alert for today because of the periods of rain and the potentially damaging wind gusts. 62 for an early high in the later afternoon hours when its dry, low 50s still above average. Tomorrow much cooler back to reality. 42. But were dry. Thursday brisk and chilly despite beautiful sunshine we dont make it out of the 30s. 39 for your high. Friday mostly sunny skies and 40. For the weekend it turns milder, also turning cloudy. Saturday 54. On sunday breezy, periods of rain again but look at that high of 59. Some of the models suggesting that rain may hold off until late in the day or at night so you may get to enjoy that 59degree high and then on monday, cooler, clouds lead to sunshine but 48 degrees for your high. So, a couple of really mild days. Today is one of them. Also the day weve got some heavy rain. Okay, thanks karen. 6 13 now. Terrifying moments on a sailboat. Two men thought they were going to die as rough waves slammed their boat into the rocks. Luckily someone comes to the rescue. Plus, in just a few hours this years Oscar Nominations will be announced but changes have already been made to make sure there is not another envelope mishap this year. Matt. I cant even imagine. Good morning to you, alicia. Its wet but overall traffic not moving too badly here in norristown along main street at markley street route 202. But elsewhere in norristown theres a new crash and well talk about those Regional Rail issues when action news continues on this tuesday morning. 6 16. You can see the roadways already a little wet there in ardmore. Thats a live shot from the action cam on lancaster avenue. If you dont have your umbrella in the car and you are heading out, make sure you grab it on the way. Not snowflakes coming down in ardmore, rain. Uhhuh. Still its its always christmas in ardmore. It is. Still decorated. Im okay with the fact that its rain and not snow. But the rain still gives us some issues on the roadways. Those wet roads, theres some ponding, theres some puddling in some cases minor flooding this morning and ardmore is one of those areas thats being impacted by these Regional Rail issues that were seeing on the Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line because of course theres a big stop right there in ardmore. If youre coming out of center city this morning, youre not going to be able to get a train out to ardmore. Outbound service completely suspended on the Paoli Thorndale line. Its all because of damaged amtrak wires and inbound which is the way most of you go in the morning, theres no service at all between thorndale and malvern and just limited service between malvern and center city, only some of the trains are running. So bottom line is dont count on being able to use the Paoli Thorndale line this morning or at least if youre going to try, expect a train to be very late. If you live on the main line and you can get to the norristown high speedline to one of those stops i think thats going to be a better bet for you. Over on the schuylkill expressway we had some stopped traffic because of a crash on the westbound side approaching belmont. Crash is now finally gone but check out the travel time. 35 minutes already, thats more than a 20 minute delay on the westbound side of the schuylkill because of that earlier accident. The jam now starts approaching the boulevard and goes out through that scene near belmont avenue. Scheduled to have midday construction along conshohocken state road again today. Well see if that happens. Just to be safe maybe stick with old gulf. Reports of flooding in warminster along bristol road near mearns. A big puddle to watch out for there. Something to be aware of. Thank you, matt. New this morning the family of a kansas man who was fatally shot by a Police Sniper after a prank call is suing the city of wichita and the officers responsible for his death. The federal lawsuit seeks unspecified damages related to the december death of andrew finch. The 28yearold man was shot by police when he answered his front door. Police were responding to the home after a man called 911 with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping at finchs home. The man who police say made the call who lives in california has been arrested and is facing charges. New on action news this morning, two men were rescued from a sailboat marooned on a jetty in southern california. Heavy surf pushed the 26foot sailboat into the rocks near Redondo Beach on saturday. One First Responder dove into the water to reach the boat while another managed to eventually tow that boat away from the rocks. Both crew members suffered only minor cuts and bruises. Get your bathroom super bowl ready with febreze. 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I just tweeted out an image of storm tracker6 saying dry air at the moment in the city but its not going to last. Were kind of in between periods of rain. You see the rain thats down there filling in in dover thats heading up north as well. So, in and out of this rain right now still some heavy pockets of rain through pottstown honey brook reading and allentown. Lets look at these temperatures. Its unseasonably mild once again. Were at 57 degrees in dover, delaware. 54 in the city. Low 40s even in the Lehigh Valley. Your high today is 62 degrees. Periods of rain, the first half of the day. Wraps up in the city around 1 oclock, 2 oclock. Look what happens at 3 oclock in the afternoon. Temperatures start to drop a little bit to mid to low 50s but some peeks of sunshine, so quite a difference in the next 12 hours, matt. Indeed. Thank you, karen. The flyers face the red wings in detroit tonight. The flyers have won their last three games and seven of eight. Were back. 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Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. Breaking overnight crews are on the scene of a fire that damaged at least two homes in West Philadelphia. Grab that umbrella. It is an accuweather alert today. This morning is going to be a soaker. Were tracking when the rain will move out. The super bowl excitement continues for eagles fans and the players. Defensive end Brandon Graham is still relishing the big win. Good morning everyone 6 30 on this tuesday january 23rd. Tam is off, Alicia Vitarelli joins us. Lets head over to meteorologist karen rogers in for david and matt pelman with a look at what were up again. Super soakers were fun when we were kids. Theyre not as fun now. Not when youre driving through them. Lets take a look right now at satellite and radar and we can see how some heavy rain has been pushing through at times. We still have a lot more yet to come through the region. Its a you look to the south and west, you can see that is still pulling up right now. So, the rain today is going to take the first half of the day to clear. Lets start you right now with storm tracker6 live double scan. The best way to see exactly whats happening in your area here. Lets show you what it looks like. We still have that steady rain through allentown, through reading. It continues on 422 near pottstown. Youre in and out of it in quakertown. Its periods of rain. At the moment were dry in norristown, malvern in the city itself but the roads are already wet cause you had the first batch of rain move through and now we can see that second round thats spilling in towards wilmington going to travel up 95 and hit us again so well have periods of rain. We already had a couple thunderstorms. We could have a few more. Lets talk about the temperatures. The other side of the story is how mild it is. 57 degrees right now in dover, delaware. Its 54 in the city. Even in the Lehigh Valley, were above our average high for this date already. Temperatures in the low 40s and were shooting up from there. Going to see a high once again in the low 60s. 62 for your high. Look at this day cast here. You can see what a change it makes. Right in the Morning Hours we have rain at times, 54. Chance for another thunderstorm at lunchtime, 60 degrees. But by 3 oclock, we see some peeks of sunshine mixing with the clouds. Temperatures fall to the low to mid50s. By 7 oclock 51 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. We could see some damaging winds with any one of these storms that moves through. Ill talk more about that in the sevenday forecast in just a minute, matt. Could cause some wire damage i would imagine later on and we had that this morning. Some wires that were damaged along Amtrak Service and the Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line on septa was impacted because septa and amtrak share tracks there along the Paoli Thorndale line but the better news coming out of septa at the 6 30 half hour is that they have repaired those wires and service has been restored on the Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line, trains are just starting to run again. So that means theyre not going to all be on time. I would still expect residual delays but service is in the process of being restored right now to Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail lines. Thats good news and otherwise the trains are on time so far this morning. But the roads are slippery with the wet conditions. So weve seen some accidents already, a serious one in norristown is still blocking arch at airy. Emergency crews are on the scene there. Coming in on 422 eastbound just 27 Miles Per Hour right now and its a whole lot less than that on the westbound side of the schuylkill. Still jammed from approaching the boulevard through this point at city avenue. A lot of brake lights on out to belmont. At least our westbound accident there is gone but still delays spill back here onto the southbound side of the boulevard and theres a crash on the eastbound schuylkill at belmont. Luckily that one is not such a big deal and its off to the side. Still have that Fire Department activity in West Philadelphia at hazel and 58th. Matt i know you have more details on whats going on there. We have them right here. Thank you, matt. It is our breaking news story. Its a quick moving fire that damaged two row homes in West Philadelphia. That scene matt mentioned red cross is now helping two families who are out of their homes. The fire broke out at 2 45 this morning on hazel avenue near 58th street. Started in one home and then spread to the home next door. Crews spent about a half hour getting it under control with sparks flying from some electrical wires there. No one was hurt, though. The red paws was called in to help with injured pets and they rescued two cats and one dog. Fire officials are still trying to figure out what sparked the fire. Also breaking a 19yearold has died after a shooting in the citys olney section. Investigators heard the gunfire erupt around broad street and olney avenue at 12 30 this morning. Police say someone in a private vehicle took the teenager to einstein medical center. Surveillance cameras set up in the area captured the killing. Police are now reviewing those videos and questioning witnesses. The shooter was spotted running away. Police say they have a robbery suspect in custody who led them on a foot chase in northeast philadelphia. Police say the man crashed a car at woodhaven road and glen field street then took off on foot. Investigators used a k9 unit to help in their search and to find a weapon. Police were not injured during the chase. 6 34. People across the Delaware Valley still flying high of course proudly wearing green now that the eagles are headed to the super bowl. The birds just one victory away from the franchises first nfl title since 1960. The action cam caught up with fans at chickies and petes in south philadelphia last night. They cheered for defensive end Brandon Graham during his radio show. Really make sure that we continue to keep being who we are. Dont let being in the super bowl distract us. I know it wont. Got to keep telling myself this is another game go out there and lets go take it. Now we should tell that you most las vegas betting sites have the eagles as fivepoint underdogs. But you know this. The eagles were also considered underdogs in their first two playoff games and you see how that ended. Action News Reporter bob brooks is in minneapolis right now. Look for his live reports from the home of super bowl lii later this evening and throughout the week. Pretty snowy there. It is. Federal employees are headed back to work today and National Parks like Independence Mall in philadelphia will be back opened again now that the Government Shutdown is over. But there is a but. President trump signed a bill late last night that both the senate and the house passed to fund the government but for only the next three weeks. Senate democrats say republicans have promised to work on finding a solution for daca where nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children are kind of in limbo right now. If no deal a reached by march fifth, the socalled dreamers could face deportation. The short term funding bill includes a six year extension of chip, the childrens healthcare program. Authorities continue to search for the cause of a deadly fire in cumberland county, new jersey. It broke out at a home on the unit block of park avenue in bridgeton early yesterday morning. The blaze killed a 28yearold father, his sixyearold daughter and fiveyearold son. Their mother, 10 month old brother and uncle all jumped to safety from a second story window. Investigators say the house did not have any working smoke detectors. Happening today, jurors will that continue to hear evidence against allentown mayor ed pawlowski during his corruption trial. Yesterday jurors heard secretly recorded tapes. Prosecutors say they show a pattern of the four term mayor selling his office by trading city contracts for campaign contributions. In one of the tapes you apparently hear him complain that a donation was too small. However, pawlowskis lawyer calls the mayor a moral person and he says the government is relying on what he calls conniving morally bankrupt witnesses. We have an update on another breaking story weve been following closely this morning. A powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean near the alaskan coastline has prompted tsunami watches and warnings up and down the u. S. West coast. The quake measuring 7. 9 magnitude hit 175 miles south of Kodiak Island alaska. It was downgraded from an 8. 2 magnitude but still very strong. Alaska and British Columbia are under a tsunami warning right now. Alaskans were told to move away from the coastline. Attention. A tsunami warning has been issued for this area. That is what people heard along the alaskan coastline as the tsunami warning went into effect. While there are no reports of any damage in alaska, officials warn it is way too early to be certain of the quakes impact. Washington state, oregon, california and hawaii are under a tsunami watch. Pretty frightening stuff. It certainly is. They had a warning for awhile there for a tsunami in hawaii and they canceled that but certainly concerns about that right now. If you can imagine waking up to hearing that. For us were waking up to hearing the rain and youre seeing it right now on sky6 looking live right now and you can see people traveling around okay but the roads are wet. We had some heavy rain that has already moved its way through. Lets show you what it looks like on storm tracker6 live double scan. And we can see much of the area still blanketed with this heavy rain. Its in allentown, its in reading. Were seeing a couple of dry air slots punch its way in but you see how in wilmington, in dover, the heavy rain picked up again. Were going to see periods of rain. This isnt really wrapping up until we get to 1 oclock, 2 oclock in the afternoon so really dealing with that right now. Want to go back to that image. To take a closer look. On 422 in reading, still seeing that rain, in spots pottstown. Some of the heavier cells heading towards allentown. As we look in philadelphia and south its dry right now in coatesville, no the not in pottstown. But you see the rain traveling up i95 with the heavy cell in wilmington which will continue to move toward the city. Periods of rain moving through. Now ill show you the other side of the story and thats the temperatures. 54 degrees in philadelphia. Felt like spring yesterday. Ditto today. 57 degrees in dover. 53 in a. C. Low 40s in the Lehigh Valley. Unseasonably mild. Satellite and radar showing its in the southerly flow. Weve got the rain thats pulling up. When the actual cold front swings through well feel a change in the temperatures but for now were in the mild sector of it. So, were getting the heavy rain, periods of it. It will be moving through. Not wrapping up until the early afternoon hours. 10 oclock future tracker6 showing some of the ends of the last cells starting to move through the Lehigh Valley. Here and there its hit, us in the city. A look at 10 oclock in the morning, if youre traveling around 1 oclock, this latest model run, this is a new image, showing you even some enhanced rain at 1 oclock this afternoon before it then heads off the coastline. So, heres what we can expect. Periods of rain. We already saw a few thunderstorms this morning. We could see a few more later today. Here or there, one or two. Damaging winds are possible with this storm system especially in philadelphia and areas south. Ending early this afternoon. So, were concerned about the ponding and puddling on the roads, the heavy rain moving through at times and those potentially damaging winds. Thats why we have that accuweather alert today. 62 for an early high. Temperatures will fall this afternoon. At 8 00 a. M. , the mid 50s. Upper 50 at 10. Raining at times. Even a thunderstorm in one or two spots. At noon its 60 degrees. One, 2 oclock it starts to wrap up from west to east so by 3 oclock, some peeks of sunshine with lots of clouds and temperatures falling behind that front. At 6 oclock, 53 degrees. Later tonight, we drop to the upper 20s in some of the colder spots. Mid 30s in the city. So, morning rain. Doesnt wrap up until early afternoon. A gusty storm is possible, 62 for your high. Tomorrow much cooler, 42. We get lots of sunshine on thursday. Brisk and chilly 39. Friday mostly sunny and 40. Saturday its milder turning cloudy, 54 degrees on saturday. Sunday periods of rain and 59 degrees. Looks like that rain, though, might hold off until sunday night which would be nice. You can enjoy that 59degree high ahead of it. Monday cooler with clouds giving way to sunshine but cooler still 48, thats well above average so staying pretty mild sevenday forecast. Decent weekend. Yeah. Very nice. Pretty decent. Thank you, karen. 6 42 now. 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That was not such a big deal. Off to the side pretty much from the getgo and its completely gone now. Bottom line, youve got slow speeds both ways on the schuylkill, 6 Miles Per Hour there in the westbound lanes. Little better, 16 on 95 southbound side but still a really slow pace from cottman on into girard avenue. Meanwhile weve got a bunch of accidents in the suburbs with the wet conditions out there this morning. Theres a new one in whitemarsh township along skippack pike. That of course is 73 at militia hill road just south of the pennsylvania turnpike. On the turnpike itself, the sluggish pace just starting to develop in the westbound lanes as you head toward fort washington. Fire crews and ambulance crew remain on the scene of a crash in norristown. Its a serious one along arch at airy. Speeds in the 20s and 30s as you come eastbound on 422 from approaching collegeville into route 23 this morning. And now were getting word of a broken down vehicle in east marlboro Chester County along conservatory road at street road which is 926. If youre out and about in delaware in wilmington close to the riverfront new crash coming in along justice street at west street. 55 Miles Per Hour is the max this morning along 495. Cant do your normal pace of 65. Some people are doing it but youre not supposed to because of the wet conditions. And in south jersey its a slow go now on the northbound side of 42 coming up from coles road on up to 295. Alicia. All right, matt, thank you. A volcano erupted early this morning in japan. The aftermath left a soldier who was training nearby dead. More than a dozen people were injured including several at a ski resort. This is video showing the enormous cloud of rock and soot from mount kusatsushirane. Neil diamond announced eases retiring from touring and reveals he was recently diagnosed with parkinsons disease. Diamond is one of the best selling artists of all time with such hits as sweet caroline and america. The 76yearold singer had an upcoming tour planned in australia and new zealand. Those shows have been canceled. Diamond vows top continue writing and recording. Lots of breaking news to get to on good morning america. Robin roberts live in times square with a look at whats coming up. Good morning, robin. Alicia and matt good morning to you. Yes, that breaking news with the tsunami watches along the entire west coast after a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska overnight. Were going to be live in california and have the latest for you at this hour. Also ahead we spoke exclusively with two of the women accusing actor james franco of inappropriate behavior. How they believe he crossed the line. Plus, the Oscar Nominations will be announced live. Hundreds of new voters could lead to surprising results. Well break it all down. And speak with some of the excited nominees this morning. Get ready for those phoners and Tiffany Haddish among those announcing. Tiffany worth the price. Im pulling forget get out. Now as good a time to get out on the roads. 422 eastbound slower than normal with the wet conditions this morning from collegeville through this point just past oaks on into route 23, youre not moving very quickly. At least were moving again on the Paoli Thorndale Regional Rail line. The wire issues have been resolved. Service restored but were still seeing 10 to 20 minute delays on both inbound and Outbound Service. Karen. We had a little break in the rain in the city and just as the morning commute is starting to get into full swing we can see that rain is hitting us again. So, lets start up right now looking in the Lehigh Valley. Its been wet all morning and that continues at times through allentown, through kutztown. Pottstown no rain at the moment but its periods of rain. Its going to fill right back in. Heres a closer look. You can see right now the rain is is the doorstep of the city. Its already wet in coatesville and starting to get wet in malvern and this rain is traveling right up i95. These periods of rain will continue the first half of the day. Doesnt wrap up until 1 oclock or 2 oclock in the afternoon. Its really mild with a southerly flow ahead of it. Look at this new number just in. 59 degrees already in dover, delaware. Crazy. 54 degrees in the city. The low 40s in the Lehigh Valley. A high today of 62 degrees. After the rain shuts off at 1 oclock or 2 oclock well see a couple peeks of sunshine mixing with the clouds matt. Thank you, karen. 100 people gathered for an odd candlelight vigil in montgomery alabama. They remembered their beloved taco bell which was destroyed by a fire. The idea of having a vigil started as a joke on facebook last week but enough interest grew that the community decided to actually hold a ceremony. The restaurant will be rebuilt. Top stories at 6 56. Flames quicking spread from a West Philadelphia row home to a neighboring home damaging them both and then the firefighters had to deal with that. The fire broke out on hazel avenue near 58th street early this morning. There are no reports of any injuries. A 19yearold was killed in a shooting in the citys olney section. The shooter was spotted running away from the scene near broad street and olney avenue overnight. In south philadelphia traffic lights not working this morning. There you see them flashing front street right by the ramp for 95 southbound. Every driver for him or herself. At least the Paoli Thorndale line is running again with 10 to 20 minute delays. Karen. Well see periods of rain on or off some of it heavy at times through about 1 oclock or 2 oclock in the afternoon in the city. Its really mild with a high of 62 but we could even see a thunderstorm with some of these downpours and some gusty winds at times. Kind of a tough first half of the day. By 3 oclock, 4 oclock you see some peeks of sun. Gets a little better. Okay. Good morning america will have the latest on that earthquake off the coast of alaska and the tsunami warnings and watches. For leash shut karen rogers matt pelman dave murphy Tamala Edwards im matt odonnell. Gma is next. Copd makes it hard to breathe. So to breathe better, i go with anoro. Go your own way copd tries to say, go this way. I say, ill go my own way with anoro. Go your own way oncedaily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators, that Work Together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. Anoro is not for asthma. It contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. The risk is unknown in copd. Anoro wont replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. 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