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WPVI Action News 600 AM June 22, 2024

Plus weather and traffic. Karen in for david and matt pelman with the roads. Good morning. Good morning. Ive got the umbrella up right now. Its just some light rain out here at terrace of our studios but i want to show you right now the National Weather services concerns. We have flood advisories in effect for parts of salem and Cumberland County in new jersey for minor flooding until 9 15. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing us why. We have heavy rain moving through parts of the area the well start right here in south jersey. This is the heaviest were seeing, the areas of red that are now moving through malaga and elmer along route 55 and route 40, up near glassboro near Rowan University and 322 youre getting this rain and the heavier rain is about to hit that area as well. So be careful as youre traveling through this because you see enough rain with this that it could cause a real problem as youre driving. Also in Chadds Ford West chester, malvern all busy areas as youre trying to commute. We have some heavy rainfall causing at the very least ponding on the roadways even up in the Lehigh Valley. We havent showed you this as much because it hasnt been quite as heavy as it will be a in some of the other areas but youre starting to see some cells getting closer to reading moving towards allentown this morning. This threat of storms continues through the day. 73 degrees right now. It is warm it is muggy. Weve got a high of 87. Its not going to rain constantly. Well even see some sunshine here and there but at any point you could get one of these downpours. By 9 00 a. M. , 77. By noon, 83. By 3 00 p. M. , 86. Going up to 87 coming down from that at 6 oclock 84 degrees. So that means even in your evening commute, matt pelman, you could be having some really wet roads to contend with on this tuesday. Oh, good, so we wont miss it no matter when we head out thats great news. Good morning to you, karen. So its pretty wet right now in salem and cumberland counties but here in camden county, so far not so bad. Just a little bit damp at worst along 42 with just a little bit of northbound traffic headed towards 295 and the walt whitman bridge. No big delays yet as you come northbound on the 42 freeway. Headed ford ben franklin bridge, i probably dont have to remind you at this point but i will anyway westbound right lane remains out of commission for the rest of the summer because of the patco track work on the north side of the bridge so we do expect heavy westbound delays again coming into the city. It is quite wet this morning here in delco along 95 approaching kerlin street. Northbound go the taillights toward the blue route and the airport moving okay but moving through a decent amount of water. However, on 95 in the northeast its pretty much completely dry but with some southbound Traffic Building in. Like we see most mornings at this hour. Southbound jams approaching cottman and from allegheny to girard. Have a crash to avoid this morning in jenkintown along homestead road at cottman street. Not bad so far on the pennsylvania turnpike and its a big day with a visit from the big guy, president obama in town for the Naacp Convention. Hell touchdown at phl early this afternoon. Motorcade will make its way up to center city so expect rolling closures early this afternoon along 95 and the vine. Theyll turn it around and go southbound then early this evening. Well keep you posted, of course, throughout the day. Matt. Thank you, matt. It is a big moment for president obama and the attendees at the Naacp Convention. Lets get a live report on this. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott joins us at the Center City Pennsylvania Convention Center with a preview. Katherine. Reporter matt, the theme of this years convention is pursuing liberty in the face of injustice. Criminal Justice Reform has already been discussed here in the last several days and it will be again today when president obama takes the podium. Its time for americas journey for justice. Reporter naacp president Cornell William brooks outlined whats ahead following a tense year of Race Relations across the country. And today president obama will be here in philadelphia, a key note speaker at the naacp annual convention. Im going lay out some ideas for criminal Justice Reform. Many of which are already getting bipartisan support. Together we can make our communities safer. Reporter hell call for reducing harsh sentence and lowering taxpayer costs to house prisoners. On the eve of his speech here, the president commuted the sentence of 46 drug offenders 14 of whom had been sentenced to life. He said under current laws most would have already served their time. The criminal Justice System has already been a focus of this convention and the subject of a panel discussion. Senator bob casey pushed a senate bill aimed at steering people from incarceration by offering more education. Thats the tragic irony is we have all the data to support to support prekindergarten education leading to fewer folks ending up in the prison system. Reporter and prisons policing and the communitys role in awful this will be discussed today. We are live in center city Katherine Scott, channel6 action news. Okay, thanks so much katherine. New on action news, police are working to see if a fire and a shooting at a home in delaware are connected. A fast moving fire damaged two homes in New Castle County overnight. The fire broke out just past 11 oclock on the unit block of bedford drive in edgemoor. It took about 30 minutes to get the fire under control. One home was part of a shooting investigation from earlier in the day. A man was hurt in that shooting. No one was injured in the fire. Two more bill cosby accusers have revealed their identities as they ask a judge to shed more light on a 2005 Sexual Assault lawsuit. Beth ferrier and rebecca neal say they were both drugs and sexually assaulted by the famous comedian in 1986 in separate incidents. The women joined a court bid yesterday to unseal and release cosbys entire deposition transcript from a lawsuit brought on by a a temple employee in 2005. A judge made portions of that deposition public last week. Cosby has never been charged with a crime in connection with these sex assault claims. 6 06 now. More video has been released showing the former eagles quarterback Donovan Mcnabb being arrested on dui charges. In the footage mcnabb can be seen attempting to explain he is simply trying to get home. He says he hasnt been drinking but has been sick and taking cough medicine. First of all, i been i got a cold. So i been on cough medicine so like i said, i got. What kind of cough medicine medicine. Chlorophyl, robitussin. Mcnabb was arrested june 28 in arizona. It was his second such arrest within the past two years. He was suspended indefinitely from his role at fox sports. The drama in greece remains on the minds of investors on wall street today. Maribel aber has a preview of market activity live at the nasdaq in times square. Reporter good morning matt. Gains for stocks as investors were encouraged that greece reached an agreement for another bailout but today is another day and greece still has a lot to do. Futures pointing to a mixed open. The dollar jumped on news of the greek bailout plan. It may continue to rise. By greece staying in the Euro Currency system it gives the Federal Reserve more freedom to raise Interest Rates in the u. S. Higher rates usually lead to stronger currency. That means youll get more bang for your buck if youre traveling overscenes harper lees book goal set a watchman is out today. The book was amazons most preordered title since the final harry potter installment. No figures on presales were made public. But there was a print run of 2 million copies in the u. S. Go set a watchman was set two years before kill a mocking bird. Matt and erin, still required reading in many schools today. You know what mine is, thank you maribel, old man and the sea. Yeah. Love earnest hemmingway. Great stuff. Got a lot of great options for summer reads and if you could stay inside instead of being outside in the rain, wouldnt we. Storm tracker6 live double scan looking around the area showing some of the region getting hit pretty hard by this rain. I want to go in closer with double scan we can slow you who is getting hit the hardest. Well start off in south jersey. This is the area causing the flood advisory from the National Weather service in salem and cumberland counties, getting hit hard in malaga right near glassboro and 322 you want to watch for that. But also in some of our western suburbs and you can see real close to the city were getting light rain in the city but in malvern in west chester, in chadds ford, for the past hour youve had some pretty heavy rain through that region. And even up near the Lehigh Valley hasnt been affecting you too much but a couple cells just starting right now. Not far from reading and pottstown and allentown. So, be careful of that as youre leaded out. Well have the threat of these storms all day. Lets go on outside and see what it looks like right now as were heading out. Sky6 looking live and now you can see its wet there at Philadelphia International airport. The rain currently in the city is pretty light but nonetheless youre getting hit by it and creating wet conditions as you head out. 73 degrees the current temperature. The dewpoint way up there, 69. Its going to feel oppressive this afternoon with the humidity. The winds out of the eastsoutheast. Satellite6 and action radar showing how we have this active pattern. Weve got these showers and thunderstorms moving through and its not going to be constant all day. Well get some breaks with some more rain here or there popping up through the region and future tracker six kind of showing you at 10 30 in the morning not everybody has a cell coming through but some areas getting hit with these downpours and with the humidity so high doesnt take much to get those flooding downpours happening. This is a look at lunchtime at 1 oclock and weve got some showers in some is spots downpours, maybe a thunderstorm here or there through the region. At 10 30 at night still dealing with the threat of that. With these storms coming through. And up near reading and allentown looks like you could have some heavy hitters so some model showing its pretty active all day long with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm coming through. As youre planning your day just be prepared for it. By 8 00 a. M. 76. By 11 00 a. M. , 81. By 2 00 p. M. , 85. Even some sunny breaks here and there. And by 5 00 p. M. , 86 degrees coming down from your high of 87 but youll be dealing with the threat of these storms all day long. 80 degrees for your high in beach haven and Atlantic City, the ocean temperature up to 77. Watch for a shower or a thunderstorm but otherwise breaks for sun here at the shore and even warmer still in Bethany Beach 88 degrees for your high there. Heres a look at your exclusive accuweather 7day forecast. Its humid today really feeling uncomfortable. A warm high of 87 with downpours at any point today or tonight. It stays unsettled tomorrow. I dont think the storms will be as numerous but when the front actually comes through later in the day youll get some showers or thunderstorms but it all changes by thursday. That front just kind of sweeps out all the muck. Its refreshing. Low humidity, dry sunny and 82. Friday is nice and bright, 84. And a nice summer weekend ahead. Its warm, feeling kind of sticky saturday, turning warmer, 88 just a chance for a late day storm. Sunday very warm and humid, 89 with a chance for a late day storm and mondays hot and humid with a high of 90 degrees. So, pretty unsettled today and tomorrow. Just hang in there until thursday. We will with both hands. Thank you karen. Almost 6 12 now. Prime for a fight. Walmart pulls on the gloves to challenge amazons paying at a sale in the middle of the summer. Rescuers converge on a bucks county creek to save a young swimmer. Matt. This morning here erin along the roosevelt boulevard at fox street by the dangerous southbound onramp here, so far no big problems along the boulevard but its really wet in malvern right now. Well check that and update you on some construction zones after the break. A plane goes missing in washington straight along with its three passengers and the youngest one shows up walking out of the woods. Thats later on action news. The National Weather service has just updated our flash flood advisory to now Flash Flood Warning. Watch for this if youre in salem and cumberland counties in new jersey, this lasts until 10 oclock. As we look at storm tracker6 live double scan we can show you exactly why. Weve been following these cells all morning long and you can see how the areas of red and yellow are creating some heavy downpours now. It has moved through bridgeton, its moving towards malaga. Were watching it in elmer along route 40 and 49 but now approaching glassboro a busier area, Rowan University, near 322, a lot of people travel near there. You have to be so careful not to drive through any flooded roadways. The problem with these storms and its all lifting up to the north and east so this is going to be heading towards berlin shortly but the problem with these storms matt weve got such humidity in this area you could get a downpour like that and thats what creates the problems on the roadway. Were also seeing wet conditions here this morning in Chester County. This is route 202 as you come out of the work zone northbound approaching 29 coming away from 401. Its very wet and sometimes in these work zones the drainage isnt the best. Watch out for the puddles. Dont want you to lose control, go hydroplaning. Not too far off dont forget about the new work that started last night in West Whiteland closing when it ford road. That will happen again tonight. Might want to use 100 as a an alternate. Scheduled to get a new traffic pattern as you travel between exton and lionville later this week. In bucks county new milling and paving work got under way yesterday. It will resume this morning at 8 oclock along slifer valley road and old beth them road. Along homestead road at cottman street. Southbound by cottman speeds in the 20s same as you travel now between allegheny and girard. Dont forget about the work going on on the delaware memorial bridge. One lane blocked in both directions through friday afternoon so that does cause delays from time to time. Matt and erin. Thank you matt path 14yearold is recovering this morning from a long fall near the Neshaminy Creek in middletown bucks county. Police say a group of children were swinging into the creek from a rope on a cliff 20 feet above when the boy lost his footing and fell. Chopper 6hd was over the cliff yesterday near the 600 block of high point circle. Rescuers raced to the scene and found it to be a tough area to reach. The boy was flown to Childrens Hospital of philadelphia where he is now in stable condition. Walmart is waging a sales war with amazon and that tops todays tech bites. Hey there in todays tech bites you might want to hold off on big line purchases until tomorrow called cyber smack down. Staging what it calls prime day a huge number of big discounts for subscribers to its 99 prime service. Butter walmart is countering with big discounts of its own but no subscription is required. What are you going do walmart amazon, all mart amazon. Do both. No need to pick. Two weeks away from the launch of the windows tenement it comes out july 29th. For the first time windows upgrades will be free. Also on his flight back to Rome Pope Francis was asked what he thinks about people asking to take selfies with him. He said it makes him feel like a great grandfather. Its another culture but he says he respects it. Thats cool. Even the pope. Everybody wants theirself fees. Come on grandma get on board. Those are your tech bites, folks. 6 18. Up next an incredible story of survival. A teenager who was feared dead in a plane crash shows up alive wandering the woods of washington state. To help reduce the risk of another one. If youve had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Et ceterait is a day for croissants and cheese. It is bastille day. Bon jur. Were here on 95 at the vine street expressway. This ramp from it here in northbound 95 to the westbound vine is scheduled to close overnight tonight. Wanted to warn you about that if youre trying to get into center city at that point from northbound 95, i think id exit at washington avenue. Right now just a little damp here. Some of our roads significantly more wet. But here its not looking so bad at the moment. But getting word of some mass transit delays on septas Lansdale Doylestown Regional Rail lines. Delays now up to 45 minutes because of some Police Activity and on the norristown Regional Rail line delays of up to 15 minutes. Thats because of signal problems. Karen. We have a Flash Flood Warning in effect for parts of salem and cumberland counties, new jersey until 10 oclock this morning. That includes bridgeton upper deerfield and parts of vineland as well. This same storm is headed towards williamstown and berlin and winslow areas that are a little more heavily populated. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we have a lot of showers and even some downpours in the city itself but its really been south jer

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