Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 430 AM 20151202 : compar

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 430 AM 20151202

Lot of rain through the area. Its light rain right now but the rain is going to pick up in intensity. Its a lot of rain and drizzle over philadelphia, much of the i95 core do. Were going to be in and out of that right now but storm tracker6 live 3d showing more rain on the way. Look at the areas of yellow and red. Thats headed in our direction. The we were stuck in the fog all day yesterday. Looking at a half mile visibility at Philadelphia International airport,. 3 in mount pocono, 1 mile visibility currently in millville, new jersey. As well as the temperatures, 52 degrees certainly mild with the rain out there right now but the rain is going to be a big issue. 44 in mount pocono, 54 in sea isle city. Heres what you can expect today. Periods of rain, mild. For the most part its drizzle during your morning commute but the rain is going to pick up in intensity and thats going to be an issue for us later on this afternoon as well. Details on all that in the sevenday forecast in just a couple minutes. Matt, hard to see in those cameras. Yeah, wanted to show you the closure of the vine street expressway. Can you see it . No. Look really closely. Lets go closer to the ground. Ill slow that you version of it karen rogers. This is the eastbound side of the schuylkill right at the offramp to 676 the vine eastbound and you can see the arrow board still out there. The vine does remain closed. Hardy construction crews. Even in this weather they were working overnight. Yes, visibilities are down, the roads are wet. Its going to be slippery again this morning and its especially wet still in pen pennsauken. Flooding along the ramp from 38 westbound to 130 partially blocking that ramp. In southampton Burlington County that awful accident involving the school bus is cleared out along pemberton road near ridge road. Everything is reopened. A live look at 42 in bellmawr camden county. Northbound come the headlights towards 295. Its a foggy ride alittle tough to see but were moving okay on 42 so far on this wednesday morning. Matt. Thank you matt. Police in south jersey are questioning a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of a woman and her three month old baby from a Cumberland County communities. The two havent been seen in nearly a week. Action News Reporter chad pradelli filed this report. We just hope that shes okay. We miss her. And the baby, you know, the baby is only three months. Reporter Vineland Police say Neidy Ramirez and her three month old daughter genesis were last seen friday. Ramirez was with her three children at this laundromat. It would be the last time ramirez was seen. On saturday a coworker saw ramirezs chevy blazer on the side of the road on route 55. When she didnt show up for work monday morning the friend informed others. Family went to route 55 and immediately called police. Talked to my friend. I see the car on 55 in the street. State Police Responded out there. There was nothing suspicious with the vehicle but the vehicle was towed off the roadway by the state police. Reporter coworkers at conte pasta showed up at Vineland Police and expressed worry. They say its unlike ramirez to disappear and not contact friends and family f police have been checking cell phone and other financial records but so far they have turned up little information. No activity that we have found at this point since friday. We just want her to come home. We want her to come home and be safe and the baby be safe. Devastating. You know, were just waiting for her to show up through the door. She has two more kids. Theyre here asking for her. They want to know where his mom is. We dont i dont know what to tell them. Reporter ramirez also has two other children, a fiveyearold and an eightyearold. Police tell me they are staying with relatives. In vineland, clad pradelli, channel6 action news. Speed may have been factor in a deadly crash between a car and a bus carrying a south jersey swim team. The violent headon collision happened last night on pemberton road near ridge road in southampton Burlington County. The bus was carrying the Lenape Valley High School swim team. 20 students were on the bus. Eight students and an adult suffered minor injuries. The two men in the vehicle were killed. Police say the driver of the vehicle may have been improperly passing another car when it hit the bus. Detectives are hunting for a serial robber who has been holding up Philadelphia Stores at gun point. Surveillance video captured him at least two separate locations last week. One is at the cigarettes and cigars shop on the 6400 block of sack coat street in the northeast. Police say the robber held up the store twice. They say the same man robbed the same store saturday. If you can help Police Identify the man call them immediately. A hearing for a secret Service Officer accused of sexting a delaware teen has been canceled. The prison where hes being held is on lockdown because of a contagious illness. Katherine scott joins us live from the federal Detention Center in center city. Good morning. Reporter an outbreak of chicken pox here at the federal Detention Center prompted a delaware judge to cancel todays scheduled hearing. A Prosecutor Says that they were told that this facility is on lockdown, that all the inmates have been quarantined. If you call the main number theres a recorded message that tells people that visits are suspended here at the facility at seventh and arch and inmates are aware of the situation. The secret Service Officer Lee Robert Moore had a detention hearing scheduled for today. He was caught in an undercover online sexting by Delaware State Police charged last month with trying to solicit sex from an undercover agent he thought it was a 14yearold girl. Prosecutors say moore sometimes engaged in these online chats while he was on duty at the white house. He faces a federal charge and state charges. Chicken pox which for years was a common childhood illness where you get an itch cle rash on your skin is a lot more rare these days thanks to a vaccine. We dont know how many cases have been identified at this facility. Were live in center city, Katherine Scott channel6 action news. Matt. Thank you katherine. New this morning, convicted cop kill are Mumia Abu Jamal is headed back to court. The former death row inmate has been granted a federal Court Hearing in pennsylvania over his medical care. Abu jamaals lawyers say he was denied proper medical care while in prison and during a hospital stay earlier this year. A hearing has been scheduled for december 18 he has spent nearly 30 years on death row for the 1981 killings of Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner before the sentence was overturned. A delaware lawmaker has proposed raising the states minimum wage to 15 an hour. State senator Robert Marshall introduced the bill yesterday. It calls for the 15. 05 wage to happen by 2023. If approved the amendment would increase the first stages wage in annual increments next june. Sixers fans said goodbye to kolb brant and celebrated their first win. Roaring clears in south philadelphia last night. Dr. J and bryants High School Coach at lower Merion Greg Downer presented him with his high school jersey. Other high school alums were part of the soldout crowd. Brian dawkins about what the tribute meant after the game. It was emotional. Deeply appreciate tiff and beyond belief. It was really really special. The sixers stole the show in the end. They defeated the lakers 10391 for their first victory of the season. Theyve already set the longest losing streak in all of u. S. Pro sports, 28 straight games dating back to march. Not the way you want to go in the books. It is 4 38. Next and all new this Morning Police in north jersey have made an arrest in an online racial threat against cane university. Tech keys are wondering if the iphone is getting even thinner and how they would be able to do that. Karen. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing we still have rain through the region but dense fog is a reason as well. Details on in your accuweather forecast coming up. Winners are showing up all over pennsylvania. And with more than 500,000 winners of match 6, cash 5, and Treasure Hunt every single week, thats not a big surprise. Winners, winners everywhere play today take a look at that waterfall utah. They are partially frozen due to the low temperatures out there. You can see the water flowing over sheets of ice at the popular tourist and hiking destination. Even some tree branches are now encased in ice. Thats from your weather is different here file. Yes. Here were talking about how mild it is. Temperatures today are going to be near 60 degrees. But its not problem free. Weve got the fog, weve got the rain. Lets start with storm tracker6 live double scan looking around the region and we can see the rain. For the most part its light. Were talking about areas of light rain and drizzle. As we advance this a little bit to our street level view i can show you whats happening in your neighborhood. Most of this is light. We have seen this rain which is now pushing east through philadelphia. Part of the i95 corridor down to the south drying out but more rain on the way. The roads will be a bit wet. The heavy rain is not here yet. That comes in the afternoon but look at the fog. Weve got fog reducing visibility to about a half mile and you certainly get that by looking at this shot. You need to be careful as youre heading out. The roads are wet, wet leaves and its hard to see. 52 degrees, mild out there. The dewpoint 50 degrees. The air is nearly saturated. Winds out of the westsouthwest. Barometric pressure falling. Satellite6 and action radar showing a little lull in the action overnight, just lots of clouds ann little drizzle, some light rain moving through right now but you see the heavier rain to the southwest. Thats going to pull through the region as a cold front finally swings through but the cold front doesnt come through until later tonight so weve got all day to kind of work this moisture through. Future tracker6 showing at 7 30 in the morning weve got some showers in place. Temperatures are on the mild side at 10 30 were kind of in and out of the rain once again today. But it picks up in intensity. This is a look at the afternoon. That area yellow poking through the area showing some heavier rain moving through at 4 oclock. Finally that cold front presses through. This is that front at 9 30. Clearing the way. It gets windy and cooler beyond that so heres what we can expect. Some light rain and drizzle, areas of fog continuing through the morning commute. Additional half inch to an inch of rain and it all ends wednesday night. And overall a temperature of near 60 degrees as this front finally comes through, the heaviest rain would be in the afternoon hours. And then beyond that were looking at the sun returning butter check out that northwesterly wind 10 to 25 miles an hour gusts tomorrow so its a really big change in your weather. Heres the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast. Periods of rain, 60 degrees for your high. The morning commute for the most part were talking about light rain and drizzle and fog. Thats the issue. The heaviest rain is in the afternoon. Tomorrow gusty winds dries out the roads for us, 53 degrees. Friday sunny and nice and 52 degrees. Saturday nice and sunny, 51. And sunday staying dry for hanukkah, 54. Monday rather mild for december, 56 degrees. On tuesday, theres a chance of rain and 54 degrees. Temperatures staying above average. Here we are in the first week of december and were looking at temperatures all above average through this period especially today when were nearing 60 degrees. All right. Well, enjoy it while you have it. Thank you karen. Remember that you can get the sevenday forecast and check storm tracker6 radar any time you need to at 6abc. Com weather. An africanamerican woman has been charged with fabricating threats against black students at cane university in new jersey. 24yearold Kayla Simone Mckelvey facing one account of creating a false public alarm. She took part in a rally last month on racial issues at the university then went top a Campus Library computer and posted threatening messages on twitter against black students. She allegedly returned to the rally to raise awareness about those threats. Security was increased after the threats were discovered and prompted calls for the resignation of the school president. 53yearold Carol Mongrandi of brookhaven is facing theft charges this morning for allegedly allegedly pretending her mother was ill to raise money. She used the money for hersel herself. Jack whelan said mongrandi set up a false go fund me page to raise money for her supposedly sick mother and she allegedly took 40,000 from her mothers bank account did. Time for your first look at business. Pse g customers will save about 85 on their electric bills. Rates dropped by 4 percent yesterday on top of a 2. 4 percent drop later this year. A charge related to Energy Restructuring expired which led to the lower rates. Online sales on cyber monday broke records again. Data collected by adobe says consumers spent 3 billion. Among the popular toys the Barbie Dream House and of course star wars legos. 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Still some work going on as well on the northeast extension despite this weather. Southbound side between lansdale and midcounty watch out for restrictions but at this point speeds look okay there as well as on the east west turnpike where were in the 60s westbound by fort washington. Tough to see out there this morning. It is foggy in many spots. That means speed restrictions at many of the area bridges. This is the toll plaza for the ben franklin bridge in camden. You can kind of see it but extra time is going to be in order with the less than ideal visibilities. Still have flooding in pennsauken partially blocking the ramp from 38 westbound to 130. A couple flooding spots in delaware. Well talk more about them matt in a few minutes. Thanks matt. U. S. Military stepping up the fight against isis. The pentagon says it will deploy a new special ops force to iraq and syria. Defense secretary ash carter told the House Armed Services committee that the new specialized force would work in coordination with iraqs government and forces. Carter says the u. S. Needs to be more forceful in countering the threat from isis following the attacks in paris and the downing of that russian airliner. And new this morning, president obamas push to fight Climate Change across the planet is not getting a warm welcome at home. The republican led house voted yesterday to block the white houses proposed Climate Change regulations. Lawmakers passed two resolutions that would prevent the Environmental Protection agency from enforcing limits on electric utilities and coal plants. The limits are supposed to curb Greenhouse Gas emissions. Those measures are headed to the president s desk but he has already said hell veto them. Hoverboards are popular right now. One man says his brand new one exploded under his feet. What is going on dude. I dont know but it doesnt look good. Timothy case says he had the hoverboard for just three days before it malfunctioned. Once he saw the flames he stepped off just as part of the board flew across the yard. Came outside, turned it on. I

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