Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 530 AM 20160919 : compar

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 530 AM 20160919

Happens we could see street flooding, we want to remind you to avoid driving or walking through flooded areas its dangerous. 75 in cape may. Its warm out there. Its very muggy. The dewpoints are in the 70s almost everywhere. Thats oppressive humidity thats part of the package, too. 75 by 10 00 a. M. , 77 by noon, high of 79 around 1 00 p. M. Periods of rain straight through the morning and some of it could lingering into the afternoon especially east of i95 especially in philadelphia its not out of the question. Karen rogers well have improving forecast in the seven day thats just ahead. Reporter the big story with mass transit, and traffic the problems we have because of the explosive device found at the train station in elizabeth. This is affecting new Jersey Transit in a big way. Northeast corridor and north jersey Coastline Service suspended. Police activity is hang at the train indication happening in both directions at the train station in elizabeth. You can use buses and ferries they are cross honoring the tickets. Amtrak said they are running on a modified schedule. Because its a fluid investigation they could have suspensions or cancellations at any point. Amtrak is running on a modified schedule, new Jersey Transit is not. Big problems with mass transit. Lets talk about other issues around the area. We mentioned the rain coming this way, it has not hit philadelphia just yet. We have an accident involving an overturned vehicle at morgan road att road. Southbound traffic heading toward center city. We are hearing that a tow truck rear ended a tractortrailer blocking all lanes southbound on the boulevard in the outer drive at welsh road. Thats just coming in now. Karen was talking about the situation you mentioned in new jersey and elizabeth breaking overnight, several explosive devices found in a trash can. The bomb went off as they were trying to detonate it. It will impact the morning commute for those who use amtrak and new Jersey Transit for those getting up north. Lets go over to Annie Mccormick live at 30th street station where travers are are travelers are feeling the effect of the security scare. Reporter good morning, tam, thats right, there was a 5 15 a. M. Train that did leave for boston. I can hear the board clicking behind me. I know some things have changed. New Jersey Transit is operating a train thats heading to atlantic city, again you heard karen say they are not operating on the northeast corridor because of what happened in elizabeth, new jersey. Take a listen as we show you this video. Video captured a loud boom as an explosive device was detonated. Take a listen. [bomb exploding] two men discovered the suspicious device in a trash can around 8 30 p. M. Men reported wires and pipes coming out of the package. It is affecting amtrak and new Jersey Transit trains with delays. Police are making the rounds here at 30th street. Passengers were stuck on amtrak trains last night while new yorkbound amtrak trains were held in trenton and new jersey held at New York Penn station. The mayor of elizabeth new jersey gave an update shortly after the explosion. The robots that were going into disarm it, cut a wire and it exploded. I dont know the aspect of that, i know there are other devices, i dont know what they are made up of, but they have to be removed. And the frats from the other fragments from the other piece has to be picked up. Amtrak sent out a tweet saying once it is safe they will be changing the trains, the ones that are delayed. They want to make sure everybody is as i safe. There are bomb squads from union county and new Jersey State Police working on the situation in elizabeth new jersey right now. There are delays there is a police presence, there are two dogs that are around here, things are safe, amtrak theres a number of delays, check that out before you head out. Reporting live from 30th street station, Annie Mccormick, back to you. This happens after two weekend bombings one in new york and one in new jersey. Both bear similarities they stopped short of saying they are connected. Katherine scott is live with more in the satellite center. Reporter fbi said they are looking for additional suspects, five people were taken in for questioning. Two explosions in two states on saturday, 1 hours a part. Whether they are 12 hours a part. Last night fbi agents stopped a vehicle of interest on the belt parkway around 8 45 p. M. Investigators are questioning the people inside. Meanwhile, a Pressure Cooker with a cell phone and exposed wiring attached was sent to fbi lab in quantico for analysis. The unexploded device was discovered blocks away from the blast in new york city that injured 29 people. It was likely set to detonate like the chelsea explosion the impact caught on surveillance footage. Surveillance video place as man at both new york scenes and officials want to talk to him. At this time theres no evidence of a International Terrorism connection with this incident, but, but, it is very, very early in the investigation. Reporter in seaside park experts removed three pipes inte inte intertwined inside a garbage canon a route for a race to honor marines. The start of the race was delayed after an unattended backpack was found in the area. Nobody was hurt. Trying to see how sophisticated the device was terms of the timing elements and everything else. Reporter multiple Law Enforcement officials tell abc news the cell phones used in the devices in new york and new jersey appear to be similar. They are investigating the incidents. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Authorities in minnesota are looking into weather a somali native who went on a stabbing spree was an isis supporter. The 22yearold was acting in support of isis at a mall in saint cloud on saturday. He was dressed as a Security Guard when he stabbed nine people. An off duty Security Guard shot and killed him. All nine victims will be okay. The trial starts who she would pay the victims of the buildings collapse in center city. The wall being demolished crashed down on the Salvation Army store. The plaintiffs are suing the Salvation Army and contractor and the man operating the equipment during demolition. Hillary clinton will be at Temple University at noon and focus on appealing to millennial voters. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton are focusing on winning pennsylvania 20 electoral votes. Trump will be in new york to meet the president of egypt. Last week, the Clinton Campaign announced she would be meeting with the egyptian president along with the president of the ukraine. Lets talk about accuweather, muggy to start and rainy soon. Reporter rain falling right now in some of the northern and western suburbs. Storm tracker 6 live showing you that, we have a second batch creeping into central delaware, all that is pushing off to the northeast. Philadelphia will pick up some of this. Lets get you outside, we have sky6 live hd in the immediate region. Its complowd cloudy overhead and were waiting for the arrival of rain. In the northern and western suburbs, you can see pilots, pottstown, green lane and lansdale is picking up some of this. At times we were seeing heavy downpours, were not seeing much lightning, but obviously thats heavy rain, where it hits it will produce localized street flooding. Slow it down and turn around if you get a flooded roadway. We have this stuff in allentown, quakertown and bucks county. Easton has been in and out of heavy stuff. There are some indications of recent lightsenning lightning strikes. We have some coming through the Eastern Shores of maryland and dover. Smyrna, delaware is picking up the rain here and its on the way to philadelphia. Slow it down where you see that stuff today because its going to be heavy. 76 degrees and muggy with the dewpoint. 76 degrees. Winds not giving you much relief. 9 00 a. M. , more heavy downpour activity possible. Later in the day there could another batch coming in from the north and west. Basically if you have plans to be out and about today, i would plan on keeping an umbrella handy as late as 11 p. M. And 11 30 p. M. Tonight. 78 by noon, high of 79 a little after that, we zip down from there. Most of the rain in the morning, but we have to be on the look out for possible showers. Everybody in the mid to upper 70s, the coolest spot cape may, 76. There could lingering showers around, you can see most of this is over by the coast. Quickly i want to tell you about Tropical Storm carl, still a Tropical Storm out in the atlantic. Looks like its going to grow into a hurricane by the end of the week. If youre heading to bermuda, look out a category two hurricane heading toward bermuda. Its warm and muggy today, downpours around. Sun and clouds tomorrow, lingering showers, 84. After that, nice weather, wednesday, thursday, friday, mid 80s. Thursday, of course, is the arrival of autumn in the morning, but it will feel like summer in the afternoon. We head into the weekend, 82 is the high, not as warm on saturday. A late shower possible, hopefully missing that temple home coming game. Eagles dry and nice in the next contest against the steelers thats after tonights bears. Coming up today, federal investigators will head to the site of a deadly bus crash filled with College Students on their way to a Football Game. A series of shark attacks on the florida coast have beach goers on high alert. We are resuming service on on mass transit, but expect delays, well talk about that and other problems on the roads when we come right back. 5 46 a. M. , it is monday morning, taking a live look at Philadelphia International airport, were dry right now and in most communities it is dry, but we have heavy rain coming in, it could cause delays at the airport this morning. Karen rogers has major changes to tell you about when it comes to new Jersey Transit. Reporter this has been a problem in the overnight hours and this morning with mass transit. We have better news, starting now, new Jersey Transit said its in the process of resuming service on the northeast corridor and the north jersey coastline that wasnt running because of the explosives found in elizabeth. They are running, but expect delays, its a fluid situation, well see how everything is impacted by this. The modified schedule with amtrak continues at this point. It says depending on what happens with Police Activity they may have to make changes. Right now we have amtrak at least running on the northeast corridor. Thats big news. 422 were tracking this rain. Its wet on 422 eastbound, some of the rain is heavy, its been a slow ride. You want to watch for this, were looking live past 29 youre seeing eastbound traffic slower than normal because the roads are wet. Boulevard southbound blocking all lanes right now as the outer drive at welsh road. Were hearing a tow truck ran into a tractortrailer. Watch for all lanes being blocked with this. Stick to the inner drive instead of the outer drive. Another new accidents on the turnpike eastbound past morgantown. One accident being reported on the commuter traffic report on the waze app route 70 in marlton parkway in evesham. Storm tracker 6 live double scan look at the heavy rain moving up to the north an east, that went by pretty quickly. Heavy rain moving through i95 corridor. Were seeing it move through northern delaware right now, tam. Furring federal investigators are on their way to North Carolina to check out a bus that was filled with College Students heading to a Football Game when the front left tire blew out. Most of the students were from Clinton College in south carolina. Four people were killed. Human interaction caused the death of a humble back whale that washed up on the the beach in sea isle city. The medical exam shows the whale became entangled in a commercial fishing line likely unable to eat. Eagles quarterback carson wentz makes his prime time debut tonight. Wentz could become the 5th rookie quarterback to start the season 20 in 50 years. The action cam was in chicago as the birds arrived yesterday. The eagles face the bears tonight on monday night football. Were teaming up with phl17 to begin live coverage with our pregame show countdown to kickoff on phl17. A sound of music star has passed away. Abc is getting ready for the live dancing with the stars which was interrupted last week. David. Reporter parts of the area looking at rain heavy at times this morning. Arm the kids with umbrellas for the way to school and the way home in case they get caught in some of this stuff. Live radar and day planner forecast coming up next. Sharks attacked three sufferers off Floridas Atlantic coast. It happened near smyrna beach. Beachgoers saw an uptick in shark sightings. All three victims were surfing at the time of the attack. Land shark. Reporter thats right, lets take a look outside and check i95 in delaware county. Still dry right here, but were watching that rain moving in some spots as david has been saying messing up for morning. Boulevard southbound all lanes blocked in the outer drive. Dave were hearing a tow truck ran into a tractortrailer. Thats not pretty. Stick to the inner drive instead. Reporter Storm Tracker 6 live double scan is as karen mentioned. We have heavy batches of rain, this is was farther north and west, its shifting to the east. Its pushing through the northern twothirds of Montgomery County not too far from outer philadelphia areas and immediate suburbs. Pennsylvania turnpike is picking up this out at the west in northern chester county. We have a second cluster of showers and thunderstorms pushing toward the northeast. This will be up in philadelphia. If you get caught underneath the heavier stuff slow it down, because it will give you ponding and puddling on the roads and may road flooding. It will be warm and mucky, high of muggy, high of 79. Periods of rain in the afternoon. It may get better, but matt later this afternoon into the early this evening, theres a possibility of somebody get thumped. Security officials for dancing with the stars will be on guard for tonights broadcast. Protesters rushed the stage against ryan lochte saying they were angered about the story of the Armed Robbery during the summer games. Tonights episode will include the first elimination, watch dancing with the stars dance at 8 00 p. M. Fans of the sound of music will mourning the loss of sharmaine carr was known as the eldest have von trap carr daugh, she died on saturday from complications of a rare form of dementia she was 73 years old. Whats for dinner tonight . Wegmans ez meals. Dinners not just delicious, its done. [mmmm] chicken cacciatore. Boneless chicken in our very own seasoned tomato sauce with peppers, mushrooms and basil. Braised to perfection thanks to our unique ez oven packaging. Its ready to cook. Just pop it in the oven and dinners ready. Delicious, fresh, easy. Wegmans ez meals. [alright] Big Oil Polluters. They have a friend in pennsylvania. Millionaire pat toomey. Toomey voted to protect their special tax breaks. Saving Oil Companies twentyfour billion dollars. And Big Oil Polluters have given toomey seven hundred thousand dollars in campaign contributions. Tax breaks for them. Campaign contributions for him. Pat toomey. Hes helping Big Oil Polluters and millionaires. Not the rest of us. Lcv victory fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. Two items left at a Center City Church left police wondering if someone wanted to commit a hate crime. A wooden cross and gas were left by the church. The cross was never set on fire. Police are trying to figure out who left it there and why. A broken pipeline is sending gas prices soaring up and down the east coast. Iphone 7 users say theres a strange sound coming from their smart phones. Good morning everyone, it is 6 00 a. M. On this monday, september 19 were following breaking news. A device explodes overnight near a north jersey train station this comes with authorities already on a case with a blast in new york city and new jersey. Surveillance cameras captures, deadly rampage in philadelphia that injuries people including two police officers. Get ready for downpours this morning. David murphy and karen rogers on standby this good mor. R

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