Stay updated with breaking news from Berks county. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
hi, joe. good to have you. i m rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things, i apologize, i know being surrounded by us not a bad thing. would you rather be surrounded by us and have one amal large or stay in bed and sleep longer? i would rather sleep in bed! careful. no offense, guys. sole my thunder. well done, well done. this is the queen every puns. i attempt it. i wouldn t say queen. princess pun. that works for me. pull away from the pun lady for a second, looking at the roadways, talking about the nfl draft road restrictions, will linger until may first, we will be getting into all of that coming up. so essentially the entire week right now, completely avoid the area unless you are actually going to the event. okay, so along with that, guys, looks like the rain is really going to be an issue today. and i would say, specially true for the second half of the day. do you already have some showers moving in. some of are you alr ....
you do. it is so hard to see how funny this guy is. well done. my dinosaur blinker. little old school. joe of course here in this morning for jim. wet roadways, slow downs, vehicle spun out. just over the rain. you know? what s funny is that this isn t even the worse it will get. right? don t say that. i know. okay, so, guys, do you have wake up, you got to be expect that it will be slow. so, that will hopefully keep your mood lifted, and we will try to do that, as well for you here today. but if you will notice well off to the south, through north carolina most specifically, that rain soaking the tar heels state, north carolina. i got that right? right on. i was a shot in the dark, glad i got that one right. rain will continue to lift north with time. eventually we get in on it, as well. we have already, though, had some rain move through. and this is slim picking compared to what we will find later. yes, a lot of damp roads already, a lot of you al ....
as we mentioned as natasha mentioned one of the suspects is in a standoff with police, now this is happening right now on brick mill road in middletown, delaware. that is where our david spunt joins us now. is what the latest from your area. reporter: we are hearing the suspect will not surrender , authorities say they are exchanging gunfire, over the last several hours, and, gunshots, two hours ago, it has been quiet since then but authorities, they hope this comes to a peaceful resolution as they say this suspect will not surrender. swat teams and police rushed to a subdivision in middletown , following reports that the suspect who allegedly shot a state trooper is inside of his home. the suspect has been firing shots at police officers, from the residents that he lives in , and is currently held up in the house. reporter: nearby brick mill elementary school was on lock down, parents pick up their children to keep them away from the dangerous scene. i was terr ....
reporter: kevin learner could in the believe what he was witnessing suspect firing several shots at a delaware state trooper, all playing out in the parking lot of this wawa in the 1600 block of pull as ski highway just afternoon. i was right here watching the shot, and you know, that is horrific. reporter: other two who work at strip mall were witnesses like brady, too shaken to she her face. i just can t concentrate right nowy saw him fall. it is something i didn t want to see, like, i saw him fall. reporter: witnesses say uniformed trooper had some kind of an exchange with two suspects in this burgundy car before the shots were fired. police gathered evidence from an extensive amount of bullet casings, all of the while those used to coming to this wawa, can t seem to shake this image. i didn t know what to think , i actually thought to myself, five minutes earlier down this road i would have been in that wawa. so, it was just, there is no respect for poli ....
forecast. rain s going to be heavy in places. then the thunderstorms? there is a chance of thunderstorms in delaware and south jersey. most of the day, rainy and windy conditions. check out the view looking toward the art museum. the camera s shaking in the wind. you see closely the flag is blowing, too. showers moving into philadelphia, moving to bucks, montgomery, and northern chester county. seeing the rain. it s getting closer to berks county. already drying out in wilmington, vineland, morris river. there s more rain waiting to the south. this is part of the same system we had yesterday. to the south, there are heavy downpours. i expect those arriving this afternoon. temperatures staying put for most of the day. winds out of the northeast at 13 miles per hour. we re at 53 now in philadelphia. 54 in the lehigh valley with cloudy skies. won t be long before showers move in this morning in the easton area. at 11:00, 54 with light rain. for new jersey, 52. into the m ....