Most not. By noon, 71 degrees, 3 00 p. M. , 78 degrees with the high of 79 degrees clocking in at 4 00 p. M. Im posting mostly sunny skies for the rest of the day, we may increase sunshine as we go later into the afternoon. Its going to be warm no matter what the sky cover looks like staying warm for the next couple of days just in time for the penn relays and the nfl draft. , the traffic will be tricky for all the above reasons. This is the schuylkill expressway approaching Spring Garden we have seen extra volume on the schuylkill expressway with each day. Now we pack on the penn relays expect major congestion on the schuylkill expressway. This is mlk drive off to the side. Im watching to see if theres any traffic getting by. Each morning they are allowing the traffic to get by mlk drive and Spring Garden. This morning they are blocking it off still. This morning well see if they let traffic get by for the morning commute. Heres the list of the nfl draft closures, the big one is the Benjamin Franklin parkway, both drives remain closed. The ramp from the vine westbound to 22nd street. Mlk drive, kelly drive, Spring Garden, 21, 22, 23, 24. You know the drill. The penn relay we expect extra volume on the schuylkill expressway, the ben and the roads in university city. 295 northbound approaching 42 this accident happened around 11 30 its still a major problem, an overturned tractortrailer. Police say theres orange use all over the road it was carrying orange juice. I asked if it spilled all over, it spilled all over mixing with the diesel fuel. This will be out there for a little while. Rougher morning on the roads, matt and tam. Indeed, thank you, karen. Were following developing news in delaware, a state trooper was killed, fellow force have come under fire as they try to arrest the suspected shooter who they say is barricaded inside his home. In the past few hours theres been activity on the scene. Reports of explosion, but no word on an arrest. This started at a wawa parking lot in bear at noon yesterday. Police approached a suspicious van one man got out of the vehicle and started shooting. Corporal Stephen Ballard was shot three times and pronounced dead at the hospital. The suspect shooter has been keeping police at bay for 15 hours. Jeanette reyes is live at the scene of the standoff in middletown which has led to a neighborhood evacuation, whats the latest jennette . Reporter well, matt, as youre talking to me right now weve seen a couple of cruiser speed in to where the scene is. Its been a scary morning for a lot of residents who have not been evacuated. I want to show you the other residents at a nearby strip mall. All of these cars dozens of them are the residents who spent the night here waiting for the barricade to end. The nearby hotel many are booked up, because residents needed a place to stay. This is not far from the scene, the 500 block of saint mikes drive in the mix mills development. Police with Tactical Units with Armored Vehicles descend on the quiet neighborhood and surrounded the home where the suspect has been holed up since 2 00 p. M. Yesterday afternoon shortly after the deadly shooting. Residents were told it was too dangerous to come or go. It separated many families for several hours. They have since been reunited and some of them are staying at shelters. One woman we talked to said she is still in her home and heard nearly 2 dozen explosions and blasts go off overnight. They were much, much louder than the ones they heard yesterday evening. The knocking of the door down was not as bad as the explosion that are coming now. Some of them are bad, about four or five have been like massive explosions. Reporter animal coming back out and coming out back live to us, residents dont have an idea when the barricade situation will end, the suspect has been anything but cooperative. So far nobody else was injured. Jeanette reyes channel 6 action news. Thanks. A caravan of state enlocal law enforcers escorted the body of corporal Stephen Ballard from christiana hospital. Residents lined the streets saluting the fallen hero and drivers pulled over out of respect for the 33yearold. Stay with us for continuing coverage a lot of is going on the scene, more updates on action news and 6abc. Com. A jury has sentenced eric frein to death for killing a Pennsylvania State trooper. He showed no emotion when receiving the news last night. The same jury convicted him last week of shooting and killing brian dixon and wound Alex Douglass in pike county in september 02014. Were pleased for the hard work and commitment to justice of the 12 men and women of this jury. The jury began deliberating the life or death sentence yesterday, his lawyers are promising to appeal. President trump is working to fulfill one of his 100 day promise by talking about the future of nafta with canada and mexico. He will not terminate the north American Free trade agreement at this time. He blamed nafta for american jobs losses. As a candidate he promised to renegotiate or withdraw from the deal. With a conversation with mexicos president and canadas Prime Minister prurch President Trump said it is my privilege to bring nafta up to date. In a matter of hours, the draft picks will walk down the rocky steps in a couple of hours. Katherine scott is live along the Benjamin Franklin parkway where all the festivities will taking place. Reporter weve been watching the setup spring up around us for weeks. Today is the day. The draft doesnt start until 8 00 p. M. Tonight. Fans can come down at noon today go on a zip line, kick a field goal have a football filled afternoon before the draft tonight. Reporter the firstround draft picks take to the stage tonight when the nfl draft begins at 8 00 p. M. Football fans will be around the country to take part. We came here on vacation. I have not worn my cowboys gear yet. Reporter finishing touches, workers out in force along the Benjamin Franklin parkway. 200,000 people are expected to attend the threeday event. Only so many will sit in the theater, still there are plenty of spots to watch. We have many other tvs that are set up you can watch the draft from any given angle if youre not lucky enough to sit at the theater. Reporter the hall of fame museum have a ring of excellence with all the super bowl rings on display. Man the the mannequin army will have all the nfl jersey of every team it will be a place for selfies. If you cant be here to cheer on everybody in person, you can watch at home 8 00 p. M. On espn. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. My child has told me you better tape it mom skins he has to go to bed. We invite you to stay with action news for the draft coverage well have live reports from the parkway and high above from the embassy studios. One draft has taking john ross a wide receiver from the university of washington. Thats a position they could use. Storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are dry as we head today one of the nfl draft and penn relays and phillies baseballs. Theres a lot of stuff going on. Take a look outside, decent morning, light winds, cool, we have cloud cover to start out of some of you might run into patchy fog, we are expecting the clouds to break up this morning. In the afternoon well return a fair amount of sunshine into play. The temperature 61 degrees, i came outside several hours ago, its comfortable with the calm winds. You might want a light jacket, but a good start to the day. There are the low clouds were talking about. Some of you are could see sunny breaks early. Eventually the dry air on the perimeter of the region could work its way in. Well transition into sunshine later today. 10 00 a. M. , 63 by noon, 71 very pleasant by 3 00 p. M. , 78 heading up to a high of 79 probably around 4 00 p. M. This afternoon, by 6 00 p. M. , 77 degrees and high temperatures across the region pretty much everywhere treating us pretty nicely. 77 is the high in allentown. 75 in trenton. Up closer to 08 in reading, lancaster and philadelphia. 77 in millville. Looks like mid 60s down the shore this afternoon. For the nfl draft, 11 00 a. M. , 68 degrees, if youre kicking around the parkway 2 00 p. M. Getting ready for the actual draft to start, 77 degrees by 2 00 p. M. Lots of activities provided by the nfl for fans today. 11 00 p. M. Down to 68 degrees. For the phillies and marlins this afternoon, not bad, 75 for the first pitch, 79 in the 9th inning. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, todays high, 795 pleasant day sunshine increasing in the afternoon. Tomorrow warm, 82 degrees more humid on saturday. Very warm high of 87 degrees lateday shower possible. This is not oppressive humidity, but a little stickier and cool drinks definitely important. Sunday were looking at the return front dropping out of new england popping the temperature down to 69 producing a shower. Producing lots of clouds. Monday, front lifts back to the north, were warming with an afternoon thunderstorm and high of 82. Tuesday and wednesday looking great. 5 42 a. M. , newly released body cam video shows how close an officer came to being hit during a traffic stop. The daughter of bill cosby is publicly defending her father. Reporter we have the police out there we have Spring Garden blocked off at the Benjamin Franklin parkway. Mlk drive closed as well. Details on the messy traffic commute and oh, yeah, an overturned tractortrailer all coming up next. Police continue to try to negotiate with the suspect in a deadly shooting of a delaware state trooper, Stephen Ballard was shot and killed when he encountered two people he considered suspicious in a wawa parking lot in bear. The gunman was tracked to his home in middletown where is barricaded right now. He fired multiple shots at officers from inside the house. Lets turn to karen rogers with a look at the roads. Reporter were looking live at the schuylkill expressway past university avenue. Were seeing extra volume on the schuylkill expressway with the closures related to the nfl draft. Today starts the penn relays, well see this area really congested. Well see the delays at 7 30 or so for the penn relays. Expect volume on local roads. We have a handful of accidents yesterday it made sense because of the wet roads. Today the roads are dry and still a handful of accidents. Sharon lane at Harleysville Pike thats new it brought down wires. Long meadow road and killington court. A major accident in new jersey, on 295 that was carrying loads of orange juice and had a diesel fuel spill. If youre on 295 heading to 42. You cant get on 42 you have to use exit 26 and work around that. If thats still out there, that will be a big problem when the morning commute kicks in. Police hope to have it clear in another hour or so. We have a half mile of visibility because of fog. We have learned that continue gun violence in delawares largest city claimed the life of a 17yearold girl. It happened on the 900 block of kirkwood highway. She was rushed to christiana hospital with critical injuries, she is dead no word on a suspect or motive. The oscar director behind the iconic film silence of the lambs has died. He a pro living prolific career. Jonathan demme died yesterday from aesophageal cancer. 5 48 a. M. An Airline Passenger was caught with two kilos of cocaine. See how unsuccessfully he tried to get it onboard. Two new jersey state troopers helped deliver a newborn on the side of the road. New lou was driving his wife to the hospital. She said were not going to make it in time. He pulled over on the shoulder and flagged down the troppers. Minutes later, mateo was born. Trooper lee used his phone charger cord to tie off the umbilical cord so it could be cut. Mom, dad and baby were taken to the hospital and doing just fine. I like how mateo was relaxed and sleepy. Reporter i bet the mom didnt say oh, were not going to make it. She probably yelled a few things. Lets check the roads, i95 southbound traffic heading toward center city moving nicely at this point. Hey, roads are dry, and david said well be getting the sunshine back. Mass transit showing we have detours for the nfl draft. Take the regional rails because theres extra service to get the draft. Reporter were dressing the kids with light jacket and sweatshirts with temperatures in the upper 60s, you can route for the eagles on draft root for the eagles on draft day in shorts and ts it is going to be warm. Upper 50s in dover, millville, low 50s in cape may. As we roll through the day, 71 degrees by noon. Partly sunny skies there. Notice how we have patchy fog and cloud cover early well transition to brighter conditions later in the day. 78 degrees by 3 00 p. M. The high today 79 we hit that about 4 00 p. M. This afternoon. Holding on to 74 on the parkway at 7 00 p. M. As the draft is in full swing. Ill take it from here, thank you, david you can go to 6abc. Com weather to see what david just told you and see radar Storm Tracker 6 live. Thats one way to look at it, yes. Newly released body cam video shows an iowa officers near miss during a traffic stop. Police officer saw a car barreling toward him on friday night. He jumped out of the way as the car plowed into his patrol car. The that driver was charged with dui. The officer said he was grateful nobody was hurt. These are not two long legs casts youre looking at, those are bags of cocaine. New york customs arrested two people on the same flight who lined the drugs under their pants. Agents seized 20 pounds of cocaine. An american citizen and native from the Dominican Republic were trying to smuggle it in. Well b right back. Hi hey ill take one of those new fast play games. Oh, you ready for a rush . Uh, sure im pretty excited for you right now. Fast play is the new way to play fast and win instantly from the pennsylvania lottery. Pick a game, get your ticket and see if youve won. I won fast play, please fast play. Play fast. Win instantly. Hello, everyone, it is 5 56 a. M. , it is the beginning of the nfl draft tonight. 61 degrees on city avenue. A little cloud cover over the ben franklin bridge. Its going to be sunny today nearly 80 degrees for the draft and the pen relace today relays today. Police track down a bank robber, Meghan Collins held up a bank in honeybrook she had a demand note and wearing a disguise. Bill cosbys youngest daughter is defending her father ahead of his sex assault trial in montgomery county. He said her dad loves women. Cosby is charged with sexually assaulting a former temple employee at his cheltenham home in 2004. He revealed in an interview published yesterday thats blind. 557. Students in new jersey may be hitting the Snooze Button theres an every time to change the time classes are supposed to start. Police come under fire with an intense standoff with a suspected cop killer in delaware. Were live with the coverage on the efforts to contain the suspect. Announcer washington politicians are at it again with another disastrous Health Care Repeal bill that raises costs and cuts coverage for millions. And their latest plan is worse than ever. Affordable coverage for maternity care, cancer treatment, Substance Abuse treatment, and preexisting conditions would no longer be gauranteed. The plan threatens care for seniors and the disabled. And imposes a massive age tax for people over 50. Tell congressman costello dont repeal our health care. Good morning it is 6 00 a. M. , thursday, april 27 and we continue to follow developing news. A standoff continues in middletown, delaware, hours after a state trooper in delaware was shot and killed. Sentenced to death, a jury reaches a decision on punishment for ache irfor thefor the fore man convicted of killing a Pennsylvania State trooper. The nfl draft is here, thousands are expected on the bja
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