New jersey. Not much wind out there this morning. If youre catching the bus youll need a coat. Partly cloudy, cold, not all that wind. Not as cold today on the way home from school, either. 30 degrees on your smart phone right now. Noon 35. 3 00 p. M. , thats your high, 39 degrees, and there will not be as much wind today. 6 to 12 Miles Per Hour. It will be comfortable compared to the last couple of days. Well be back with more changes coming in the accuweather seven day. Reporter dave were starting with a horrible accident scene in mercer county, new jersey. The action cam was on the scene while were out there investigating the fatal accident on i95 northbound at route 31. You can see the burnt out car there, theres a tractortrailer on the side of the road, another car slammed into it caught on fire the driver of the car was ejected and killed its all continuing to stay off to the side at this point. You can see in the picture they are blocking the right lane. They are intermittently blocking a right lane and staying off to the shoulder. I95 northbound route 31. Expect slowing with crews on the scene. We have another water main break, yet another one of these ewing township, route 31. Northbound past olden avenue. Maple shade the ramp from 73 northbound to 3537 is blocked. We have a downed pole and wires stick to the ramp to 41. Looking outside live this is the schuylkill expressway at the blue route disabled vehicle westbound off to the shoulder, no delays just yet, watch out for that poor guy stuck on the scene. You are talking about water main breaks and so are we. Developing right now a busted water pipe eruptedded into erupted into geyser last night and it is still shooting into the sky. Katherine scott is live at the scene with the latest. Good morning katherine. Reporter good morning, tam thats right the water is shooting into the air here, efforts to turn the water off have not been fruitful so far. Its early but its dark. If you zoom you can make out the water by the trees over there. Theres a lot of pressure in the water main, sometimes it causes the water to flood streets and other times it pushes the water into the air. This, of course, is a big up with be. Workers were out on the scene by bluegrass road in northeast philadelphia. They were run into problem after problem. The Water Department had to leave the scene due to safety reasons. Trees were freezing up and breaking around them from all the water freezing on the branches in the low temperatures. Officials say one worker fell and was trapped for a short time. You can see other workers helping him up, before he was taken to the hospital to be checked out. This was first reported around 7 00 p. M. The Fire Department said this is a private ten inch main not connected to the philadelphia Water Department. So far theres no reports of anyone losing water service. Workers will be back here when it gets lighter try to shut it off after challenges. Its a challenge finding the proper valves to the location, but were working as quickly as we come to get it shut down. Reporter back here live you can see the water shooting up by the trees. Its about as tall as the trees and sometimes taller. Typically the Water Company sees water main breaks from december to march. The Water Company has been handling half dozen in the 24 hour period. They will be back out here today trying to shut this off when it gets a little bit lighter. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. All the water they are wasting trying to figure out. Developing this Morning Police raided the parents home of a south jersey man who is accused in the disappearance of his still miss months. Police removed 2monthold home from the parents home. Police searched the house and backyard shed, as well. They presume his wife was murdered. She has not been seen since the day before new years eve. Caesars filed for bankruptty protection. The filing is part of a restructuring to shed billions of dollars in debt from all of its property. Atlantic city mayor don guardian will sell Business Leaders about the plan to turn around ac. They have lost half of the their receive my over the past 8 years. Action cam was at middle school in wallingford. They were cleaning up a small Chemical Spill at 1 00 a. M. Sensors detected a small amount of sulphuric as i had in acid in the classroom. An action news exclusive a store other than got into a shootout during a robbery attempt. The suspect holds a gun to the man, the other owner tries to grab his own gun. The gunman shoots the owner in the shoulder. The owner fires off one shot on d street in kensington. A woman and her son were in the store and ducked for cover. It was the first time that the owner was ever held up, he talked to dann cuellar. Reporter did you have anytime to think . No. I not think. Reporter you just reacted. Yeah, recollect reacted like that. Reporter never been through like this before. No. Reporter and yet you moved so quickly. With all that commotion the store owners son was making cheese steaks in the back and said he never heart a thing. A federal investigator said isis inspired this man from ohio to plan an attack on the u. S. Capitol. The fbi has had christopher correspond dell on his radar cornell on their radar screen for months. Fbi put an under cover source in contact with cornell and agents said he told the source he wanted to support the terrorist group isis and use pipe bomb also in the u. S. Capitol and shoot people always they fled. I am heart broken, i want to give him a big hug. His father said he just recently converted to islam. Reporter the wake of national unrest, the top Law Enforcement officer will be in philadelphia to discuss plans to curb racial profiling. U. S. Attorney general eric holder will meet with city officials. Its part of a nationwide tour to Mend Community relations with police. President obama wants to give 6 weeks paid Maternity Leave to all federal workers. Today hell ask congress to encourage states to create medical leave programs of their own. The president is calling on congress to pass the law requiring private sect ator employers to offer 7 days paid sick or maternity. Its not as cold as yesterday. Reporter its not as bad out there, Storm Tracker 6 live shows were dry and thats an extra bonus. Were looking at the Spring Mountain looking at the ski slopes there. We had the picture up yesterday and we had skiers on the slopes enjoying the the afternoon. The winds north northwest at 35 Miles Per Hour. In allentown we have calm winds denoted by the zero. Youre looking at cold enough temperatures to wear the coats and gloves an extra gear. Satellite and radar showing low cloud cover we expect to see clouds giving way to sun and you get the sun and clouds mix. 27 degrees by 8 00. 32 by 11 00. Which is where we stopped yesterday for a high. Today we go up to 38 by 3 00. High of 39 by 3 00 p. M. High temperatures will disprai quite a range display quite a range, though. 33 in allentown, in the low 40s in Atlantic City and cape may. Tomorrow we have a cold front thats gotten farther past us, there will be a pronounced wind and well get a high of 40, but with winds gusts it will feel like the 20 and 30s. High pressure comes in we get a northerly turn for saturday that makes us chillier for the first part of the weekend. Snowfall this winter we had hardly anything, 1. 6 in philadelphia. The average for this time of year would be up to 6. 2 and remember last winters by now we were already up to 20. 2 inches on our way to a lot more in late january and february, so we have gotten a snow break and looking into the next couple of weeks im not seeing any hints of any big noreasters or snow producing storms. 39 clouds and sun, 40 tomorrow chilly wind, saturday well dip back down to 32 for the high High Pressure delivering the north winds i showed you. Subpoenaed a war front approaches us and get past us and 46 degrees. In the afternoon we could get rain. It will be steadier down by the shore than the i95. That system gets out in time for mlk day on monday, when it is sunny and windy and colder high of 39. A pair of robbers pull off a brazen robbery at a packed midwestern salon. A local nonprofit hits hard times forcing the founder to operate out of her car. How you can help coming up. Reporter we have clear skies and well take you to Delaware County when action news comes right back. We thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. Stop living with halffast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. Get a fios triple play for just 79. 99 a month online for two years and get a 400 bonus with a two Year Agreement hurry its your last chance. This offer ends january 17th. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v 5 44, good morning everyone. Another Crystal Clear morning. 30 degrees on city avenue. Lets head over to karen rogers and see how it looks to get in from the suburbs. Reporter sometimes you have to wake up earlier in the suburbs to get out anticipate head to work. Delaware county this is the blue route, i95, traffic is moving fine, kind of late volume. Good shot of the roads were clear and dry no weatherrelated problems, the blue route is looking good. We have a horrible accident scene. We have a fatal accident investigation happening in hopewell township, mercer county. I95 northbound, this is on i95 northbound at route 31. You can see the car, there was a tractortrailer off to the side that car smashed into it and caught on fire, the driver was ejected. The accident investigation has been pushed off to the right shoulder. We see crews off out there. They are off on the right shoulder i95 northbound in mercer county. We also have a water main break route 31 northbound past olden avenue. That is causing a problem here. The ramp from 73 northbound to 3537 we 537 use the ramp to 41 instead. 8 30 to 4 30 main and union in Burlington County they are working on a Water Main Leak that could cause delays, stick to 38. As you look at the commuter traffic report. Talking about the potholes, its a good way to check the commute. Pothole water street road, east norton, one of the many as you head out the door, matt. New on action news, video of mass gunman staging a brazen daytime robbery at a busy beauty salon in detroit. Security cameras are rolling one pulls out a handgun firing a shot barely missing someones foot. The robbers force the ladies to draw the shades and fill up the red backpack with cash and jewelry. The salon remains closed. The robbers on on the loose. Josh mcnary plays for the indianapolis colds forced himself on her having sex against her will. The woman said they got into an altercation before the rape which she said happened 6 weeks ago. A cell phone she took from the apartment led to the arrest. Theres no word on what the cell phone shows or proves. The colts play this weekend they say they have insufficient information to decide his future with the team. A nonprofit dedicated to helping disadvantage men torched jobs is looking for help of its own. Mens fit had a partnership for office space but that deal is in limbo after a recent move to a new buildings. Reporter were trying to make you look the part. If clothes make the fan Wanda Willingham is helping men. Im passionate about what i do most observations focus on women and children, but missing from the equation are men. Look good. Reporter 14 years in washington d. C. , 8 years in philadelphia. Its to help low income men mostly minority to find jobs by providing free business atire. She was helping High School Drop outs a second chance. Four weeks she has been hauling around shirts, suits and ties, because she lost her 11th and Chestnut Office space with the mayors Services Rise that helps exoffenders. They are working through their process i assume, but we havent heard anything, so i cant wait any longer. Reporter while she continues to search for another donated space she said shell keep working out of her car. You have to put your best foot forward. Reporter meanwhile, she is paying for storage, she said the number of men she helped weekly 25 has been cut in half. Kenneth moten channel 6 action news. Reporter not too many problems for the commute this morning, so we dont have to blame david for the bad weather. Well think of something else. South philadelphia, this is the platt bridge at i95, traffic is moving nicely. How about the ben no delays westbound, eastbound you have that construction blocking the right lane. 10 00 to 2 00 p. M. Two westbound lanes will be open. That doesnt start until 10 00 a. M. Dave. Reporter thanks a lot, karen. We have cold temperatures across the big board. My twitter follower reports 27 in harrisburg. Well get up to close to 40. Its one of the those days if you can wait until later to do errands, you will be more comfortable. The high today 39 degrees, winds are out there but not all that strong. Averaging 7 to 14 miles per Miles Per Hour in the Single Digits which is better than the last couple of days where we were more blustery. The secret service has reassigned four highranking positions. The shakeup follows several breesms at breaches at the white house which led to julia pierce leaving as director. The announcements for the Oscar Nominations are for best picture and lead actor and actress. 87th annual oscar awards air on 6abc sunday night february 22. 5 53. The Action News Morning Team is following a developing story. The action cam is live in northeast philadelphia weve been showing you a gushing water geyser more than ten hours after a pipe burst. Well give you an update on efforts to get it shut down at 6 00 a. M. Hey, cal. Snap out of it buddy. Sorry. Just day dreaming. About a classic truck with flames . Yeah custom chrome. Right and one more to complete the collection. laughing alright. 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Police in reading make a gruesome discovery after putting out a blaze in a reading home. Also in reading two men tie up a woman and rob her home, it happened hours ago, action news will be right back. Act lights. Hersheys spreads. Bring the delicious taste of hersheys chocolate to anything everything. With hersheys spreads, the possibilities are delicious. Good morning, it is 6 00 a. M. On this thursday, january 15. Developing this morning. Urban old faithful, a broken water main erupts into a gushing geyser in northeast philadelphia and it is still pushing water into the sky right now. Crews battle smoke and flames at a house fire in south jersey overnight. And two men celebrate a massive mountain climbing feat that has never been done before. Lets get a sense of weather and traffic and head to over to david and karen. Reporter good morning, everybody, we are off to a fairly cloudy start take a look at satellite. You can see the clouds opening up in the west, and we expect clouds giving way to sunshine
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