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WPVI Action News At 600 AM June 23, 2017

The dewpoint is very high. Most of us have dewpoints in the 70s thats oppressive humidity you will feel it as you get outside. 76 degrees by 7 00. Noon 82. Were going for a high of 87 at 3 00 p. M. At any time there could be a popup shower or downpour producing thunderstorm. There will be that batch coming in during the morning, maybe a lull in the morning or afternoon hours, the possibility of that coming in later today and this evening. Humid all the way even when it is not raining. Karen when i step inside well take a look at the weekend call for the poconos, the shore and philadelphia right now, it is muggy to start out. Were just watching our available vehicle clear, thats good news, this is the schuylkill expressway at the vine street expressway, westbound we saw a disabled vehicle, police were behind it. They helped push it out of the way. Things are better on the schuylkill expressway westbound toward girard avenue. We had a disabled vehicle that just cleared. Butler pike does he want pennsylvania turnpike underpass watch tore that slowing things up. I95 at cottman disabled vehicle on the shoulder, it just cleared. Traffic is moving better. We had a few disabled vehicles, too muggy, cars dont want to work. You can almost see the humidity, taconypalmyra bridge scheduled to go up for a southbound ship. Head to the betsy ross bridge. This jackknifed tractortrailer causing restrictions on the turnpike connector westbound on the burlington bristol bridge. A philadelphia man who describes himself as dirty old santa is accused of traveling to meet a child for sex, what he found was an undercover agent. 56yearold William Mckinley engaged with what he thought was an unage girl, but he encountered uncover officers who took him into custody. Authorities found pictures of him posing as santa in center city. Its an example of someone preying on the children and going to a position of trust as santa claus interacting with children and have them sit on his lap, thats disturbing to think about. Authorities confiscated his computer. A man was killed riding a dirt bike after trying to pass a box truck. It happened yesterday afternoon in the hunting park section. Chopper 6 hd was over when whitr avenue. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. There are new details of a Wildwood Police officer punching a man in the face. This is a look at the sunday incident in slow motion. The department has identified the officer as patrolman lucas bottoms. The investigation is being handled by the Cape May County prosecutors office. Wildwood pd said bottoms used force after the man refused to follow his commands. A Delaware County Youth Football Organization said someone stole their equipment. Coaches from the Chester Township cougars, some materials were scattered across the practice field. The coaches are taking inventory, appears even trophies meant to the kids were stolen. Theres changes afoot at facebook aimed say social good. Maribel aber has more on whats going on. Good morning, maribel. Mark zuckerberg thinks the Company Needs a new focus overhauling their Mission Statement giving people the power to build community and bring the world together. He told cnn we needed to more toward buildings common ground. One way through facebook groups that are used by a billion people. Nasdaq gaining in the dow, s p 500 slightly lower. Reports on new home sales due out today. Have a great weekend, tam. You, too, maribel. Sixers will introduce their first overall pick in the nba draft. Fans are thrilled to meet markell ful tvment fultz to philadelphia. Katherine theres something about the young man the way he carries himself, makes you want to embrace him. Reporter he has a lot of talent, it wasnt that long ago he was playing jv for his team in maryland. At washington he led the packed 12 in scoring and finished 6 among the all division one players and top freshman scorer in the country. Now he is a philadelphia 76er. The 64 guard was selected number one overall in the nba draft. It is unbelievable. I want to thank god, this opportunity is truly a blessing. Like i said a versatile shooter, a play maker, an athletes and he know his cheese steaks. Which do you like, pats or ginos . You have to pick a side. Ive been going to larrys. Reporter the shoutout was heard in wynnfield with the team at larrys was making up new steaks and serving up new customers. I heard it on tv, they have cheese fries, it looks good. Reporter other teams have tweeted their welcome to ful tvment fultz, wayne johnson, carson wentz, and the phillies want him to come by and throw out the first pitch. Reporter ive got advice markell, dont trip over anything, the first three round guys have not played for a year, stay healthy. Could be an exiting year in south philadelphia for the sixers. Looking forward to that. Storm tracker 6 live double scan we have rain to the west, it is inching in our direction, in some cases its going to be a heavy downpour. Some of it will be here in the next couple of hours and in time for the morning commute. Well have early sun over the ben franklin bridge before the thicker cloud cover and rain gets here. Looking good to start out, but pretty soon turning south. Warm and muggy, 76 degrees currently. The low 70s in the Lehigh Valley and down the shore, everybody has high humidity to deal with and in some cases oppressive humidity. In terms of the rain, future tracker 6 has it coming on during the morning commute. There can be a drenching downpour or shower and rumbles of thunder in the morning hours. At 11 00 its pushing toward the east. Its possible we get into a lull, after 3 00 a. M. , well be on the look out for additional popup showers it could produce heavy downpours in the high humidity air mass. More of the same in the evening commute and up into the evening. Its not raining all the time, when it is a drencher is possible. The model has this up to the north, ill permit it to come farther south. Keep your eye on the accuweather app on your smart phone nor your morning commute. Up in the Lehigh Valley, drenching downpours and at the shore, drenching thunderstorms at times, even if it is not a storm a drenching shower. 87 is the high. You want to slow it down on the roads. If you have the option of staying inside and avoiding them not a bad idea. Warm and muggy tonight a couple of showers around and evening thunderstorms mostly. Overnight 73 degrees, the overnight low, it stays muggy overnight. Tomorrow morning theres a chance of more heavy downpours these could push through the region straight through 8 30 or 9 00. Heres a change in the model, most this is getting off the coast in the morning. It might be cloudy at the beach, but if this scenario is correct, its mostly dry. Well see which way it plays. This is a nice trend in the model, it would be nice for it to work out that way. In the poconos, degrees 76 degrees and modern showers, tomorrow, morning rain and 76 degrees. Down the shore, drenching downpours, and saturday, 81 degrees, sunday, sunny and gorgeous, 81. 88 saturday in the city, sunday is the great day, less humid, lots of sunshine, 83. Monday looking good, 81. Tuesday, 79. Spotty showers both days, but not a washout. Dry on wednesday and thursday, humidity drops on sunday and stays down there straight through thursday. Thank you, david. 6 11 a. M. , stakes are high as Senate Republicans push their healthcare overall haul well break it down for you and bring you local reaction. The sixers stole the nba draft, but theres a villanova star heading for the big league. In lower salford, everything was a mess with downed wires, today its clear. Well take you to the schuylkill expressway and show you how we have restrictions and headaches today. Welcome back were taking a live look here via sky6 live hd at the Commodore Barry bridge. It never disappoints, but today in general it will look better than it feels. Its going to be a muggy day wet at times, 76 degrees and the time 6 14 a. M. Lets go over to karen rogers its that time when people start to hit the door to go to work. Whats it looking like . Reporter not many delays were looking live at the blue route. Today they are doing construction in both directions between 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. You will see the restrictions there watch for that on the schuylkill expressway. On the big picture you can see the speeds all the majors are looking good. We had a disabled vehicle on the principle and that has cleared, so thats better news there. Also i95 northbound a disaished vehicle disabled vehicle cleared the scene there. Restrictions on the boulevard watch for that near broad street. The taconypalmyra bridge its up right now. We have a southbound ship trying to get ready to come through here. Head to the betsy ross bridge instead of the taconypalmyra bridge. We have troubles in both directions of the turnpike connector. Westbound on the turnpike connector approaching the Delaware River bridge we have a jackknifed trailer you can see the slow speeds blocking all lanes heading westbound. On the new jersey connector, a disabled tractortrailer blocking the center lane. Big issues on the turnpike connector, watch for that. Commuter traffic report we mentioned an accident on the boulevard you want to watch for that not far from broad street. Lets check the current tempts in the region, 76 degrees, horribly humid already. Once you hit 70 with the dewpoint its awful. 72 in philadelphia. Feeling pressive, here the downpours on the way. The downpours are moving in sprinkling getting close to reading. After weeks of working in secret Senate Republican leaders have revealed their plan to replace the Affordable Care act. Police arrested a number of protesters who congregated outside of missile mcconnells office. Four gop senators say they cannot vote for the bill in its current form. That leads republicans two votes down for what they need for passage. This matters, we have to get it right. Its not enough to pass a bill that has obama care in the tidal. We have to have legislation that fixes the underlying problem. The plan would remove the obama care penalties who do not have insurance and preserve protection for preexisting conditions. The overwhej tax benefits go to the top overwhelming tax benefits go to the top 1 . Protesters are outside Pat Toomey Senate office. Else the only republican in the tristate area. He helped craft the legislation. Protesters say the plan was created behind closed doors and rolls back access to human being for americans. The sixers hold an 11 00 a. M. Press conference to introduce their draft selections, as expected they picked markell fultz. Josh hart was selected 30th by the utah jazz and traded to the lakers. Reporter in tech bytes, a record robo calling fine. Fcc wants a company to pay 120,000 for violating communicating laws. They made 126 million robo calls in the last 3 months of last year. Alexa can show owners a live home video feed, so the homeowner doesnt have to open a separate app to see who is ringing the doorbell. You just ask alexa. Apple store is looking like a giant apple laptop. Smart. Those are tech bytes. Pain can really be a distraction. Pain is sometimes in my hands, right before a performance especially. Only aleve has the strength to stop minor arthritis pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. This is my pain. But i am stronger. Aleve. All day strong. Todays consumer tips. A warning for anyone looking to make extra money this summer by driving for ride sharing services. Thieves are on the hunt for your money and information. Criminals are posing for drivers for uber or lift. They email you an application which requires your banking information to deliver your new vehicle. Its a ploy to steal your info. We put more tips how to avoid scams like these at 6abc. Com im nydia han. Reporter they are so clever with the way they try to trick you. On a side note we love nydias dress. This is the boulevard approaching broad street as you travel northbound trying to zoom in the camera shot theres a vehicle that was kind of caught on top of the guardrail with the accident out there. You see that tractortrailer, a mess of a an accident here blocking the right lane, and this northbound boulevard jam packed wissahickon to approaching broad street. Watch for the accident there. Heading outside in wilmington, i495 at 12th street. Congratulations, the construction is moved to the shoulder. Reporter rain is getting closer on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan you can see rain out near harrisburg and gettysburg. 76 degrees is the current temperature. It is very, very muggy with dewpoints across the area. There you see the 72degree reading in philadelphia. As we head into the afternoon it stays humid, 87 degrees, some of the rain coming through heavy at times during the morning and more spotty showers and thunderstorms possible later this afternoon and evening, tam. Thank you, david. A possible tornado flattened businesses and injured a person near birmingham alabama yesterday. The store blew over a liquor store. One employee was hurt. Amazingly two shelves were left untouched compared to the damage around them. Tornado was part of a Tropical Storm cindy. New jersey wants to raise the smoking age to 21. The governor Chris Christie vetoed it last time. The legal age is 19 years of age. If new jersey approves the bill it will join hawaii with the only state with a smoking age of 21. Its time we lift each other up, reach out, say something. Addiction is a disease. Dont suffer. Dont wait. Help is within reach. Call 844 reach nj or go to reachnj. Gov the road to recovery starts now. In the popular Netflix Series has scored a legal victory, he was serving a life sentence for rape and murder. Daffy will be released from prison saying his confession was coerced. Teenage boys in britain are protesting the no shorts policy by wearing skirts. Students went to class yesterday wearing skirts as you can see from the schools girl uniform. The head teenager issued a written statement that didnt mention the skirts, but pledges to revisit the uniform rules. A fouryearold boy fighting a brain cancer got to full till a dream. Chase was sworn in as an honorary member of the Evesham Police department. He was given a uniform shirt and i. D. He looked at the patch and his name on it in the police car, this was just awesome. This is my best day and the airport show was my second best day. Love it. Chase did have one complaint on the first day on the job, he said the uniform could be more comfortable. I totally get it. He couldnt be cuter. It could be a stormy start to the weekend, david murphy got the call from accuweather coming up next. First it was Kathy Griffin now an alist actor is stirring up controversy about the comments he made about the president well be right back. In the state that invented the american vacation. A legendary adventure awaits. Heroes will rise. Bonds will be forged. And memories will be made to last a lifetime. New york state. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your summer trip at iloveny. Com medical mystery, ambulances rush several students to the hospital from an after school event. Moving on from mistrial, bill cosby is making plans to return to the public eye. A slam dunk, sixers get their number one pick, he is earning fan favor from something he said on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Matt odonnell is off, Jeanette Reyes is joining us. Lets go over to karen rogers and david murphy good morning. Reporter good morning, guys, take a look at Storm Tracker 6 live double scan, west of lancaster we have showers building in, some of them heavy showers with downpours included highlighted in oranges and yes, sir on on the way in from the west and into philadelphia after that. Once we finish with that well get a lull, but more popup showers and drenching downpours possible later today and this evening. Ahead of that its warm and muggy, 76 degrees in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. Mid 70s in trenton, millville, 07 in cape may. The dewpoints this morning are in the oppressive range across the region. All the numbers up over 70 those are the locations where the humidity is very, very thick youre going to feel it as you step outside this morning. It stays oppressively humid today at times in this warm and muggy air mass well have drenching downpours and thunderstorms. A batch come through this morning, 76 by 7 00 a. M. 3 00 p. M. , 87. After 3 00 p. M. , 4 00 p. M. , heavy drenching downpours possible. 70 is the temple temperature tonight it will be warm and muggy, keep an umbrella handy. Rainy saturday morning, but much better on sunday. The poconos and the shore coming up. An accident on the boulevard what a mess we have northbound approaching broad street. Look at the accident scene we have fire crews, ambulance, a number of Police Officers helping looks like we have penndot here, heres what we think happened what they are telling us, a tractortrailer thats been pushed off to the side was stuck in the right lane, looked like somebody was trying to drive quickly getting around them, the scar randnd on top of median guardrail the car ran on top of the median guardrail on the boulevard extension approaching broad street as you head northbound toward Oxford Circle. Youre jammed on the boulevard past wick hicken to approach wissahickon to approaching broad street. They have crews off to the side. A lot of crews helping with the accident scene. As we go on the big picture, you see the speeds are 5 Miles Per Hour northbound on the boulevard because of the big accident near broad street. We have a disabled vehicle on the shoulder, though, on the schuylkill expressway westbound at the vine, taconypalmyra just finished their bridge opening, so traffic on the taconypalmyra is moving better. Accident butler pike at the pennsylvania turnpike underpass watch for that one. A mess on the turnpike connector. You have a jackknifed tractortrailer westbound approaching the Delaware River bridge, blocking all lanes, five Miles Per Hour leading to that. On the eastbound side we have a disabled tractortrailer. We know the sixers were planning to

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