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And Atlantic City little bit less closing in on an inch of rain. Now, with the heavy rain, there is a possibility of some ponding on water on roads and also some of the smaller creeks and streams, the low lying areas there could be some flooding so an aerial flood watch posted until 2 oclock saturday morning. If you live in an area that typically floods, it probably will tonight. So, this is what to expect. The rain lingers into tonight, ponding of roads, reduced visibility, slow it down if youre driving. A chilly breeze, up to about 25 Miles Per Hour and then the winds will shift drying us out overnight. Ill talk more about the weekend and track more rain on the way in the accuweather forecast. Monica. All right, thank you cecily. In other news one man is behind bars accused of opening fire on the parking lot of a philadelphia Gentlemans Club. 29yearold Lawrence Mitchell is facing attempted murder charges after the incident monday outside delilahs. According to police he used an ar15 rifle with a scope to shoot into the parking lot. Those shots narrowly missed a woman instead hitting her car twice. Police say the shooting appears to be random. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams still says he will not step down but he has now voluntarily suspended his own law license. It is the latest twist in a legal saga for the embattled democrat who is now facing federal corruption charges. Action News Reporter chad pradelli live today outside the federal courthouse in center city. An chad youve got the newest developments here. Reporter yeah, brian, the voluntary suspension of his law license was a Major Development today but we also met his new attorney, tom burke. Seth williams walked out of federal court to shouts for him to step down as District Attorney. Step down, will you step down as District Attorney . Any comment at all. Today District Attorney williams took the step to agreeing to a temporary suspension of his law license pending the outcome of this case. He will remain in office in an administrative capacity only. Reporter williams is accused of taking more than 100,000 in gifts and vacations in exchange for favors to two local businessmen. Hes also charged with miss spending 20,000 meant for his mothers nursing care. The indictment does not contain a single allegation that the outcome of a single case prosecuted by my Clients Office was affect ad. Reporter he told the judge he was in it for the long haul. Earlier this week, Williams Former attorney Michael Diamond stein petitioned the court to withdraw from the case because he said williams could not afford his services. Burke seemed confident his client was innocent of the extortion and bribery charges. The United States Supreme Court has made clear that such cases require specific actions been taken in exchange for payment. Those clear requirements are not met in this indictment. Reporter and were expecting to learn more about whats next after a scheduling hearing on monday at 3 00 p. M. Im live in center city, chad pradelli channel6 action news. Thank you, chad. Coming up, new at 5 00 right now Delaware State Police want your help tracking down a shoplifting suspect who is accused of stealing more than 2,300 in cologne. According to police, the suspect hit three Walgreen Stores in wilmington and dover then tried to hit a fourth in magnolia in the past week. Officials say he was able to unlock display cases in those stores but theyre still not clear how. He was last seen driving a car white or gray four door sedan like that one. Anyone with information is asked to call Delaware State Police. Also new at 5 00 tonight Law Enforcement in new jersey has donahue tech to catch fugitives faster. One machine can do a years worth of patrol work in just a matter of hours. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic has the story now from hopewell township. Every time youll hear like a little deep beep and thats when its getting a red. Reporter jim is on route 31 watching traffic and the leadout on his alpr, automatic license plate recognition system using infrared cameras mounted on the top of his vehicle the alpr can scan the plates of vehicles coming and going past his patrol car. It takes the read that it gets and it compares it to a bunch of different data bases that are downloaded in the system. If it comes up with a hit on the license plate it will tell it will say either unregistered or like a suspended driver or wanted person or a stolen motor vehicle. Reporter on march 20, the alpr was instrumental in the apprehension of two out of state suspects ernesto her rare row and diaz sanchez were wanted for the kidnapping and Armed Robbery of a truck driver in maryland. It took just a second for the plate reader to alert the officers they were driving a stolen vehicle. It was a good hit and if we didnt have the system, those guys might have still been out there. Reporter the Mercer County Prosecutors Office funded these mounted camera systems in 25 vehicles at Police Departments throughout the county. And its clear the alpr is getting results many of officers still run plates manually but the automated reader does it in an instant. This picks them up a lot faster and you can get a lot more volume than the officer doing it. Reporter the officer says it will scan 30 to 40,000 tags. This is doing what we do in a year, this is doing it in a day. Technology like this is a plus for Law Enforcement and allows officers to better and more efficiently do their jobs. In hopewell, im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf highlighted local job creation at philadelphia ports. The governor and the states top transportation official toured penn terminal in eddystone Delaware County today. One of the companys latest deals added more than 500 jobs to the port. The move is expected to generate 9 million in tax revenue for the state. And pennsylvanias Lieutenant Governor focused on Small Business today. The action cam was at the parx casino in bensalem this morning where mike stack spoke to the greater northeast philadelphia camer were of commerce. A lannan speed up traffic heading to the shore has hit something of a ooh speed bump. Cape may county was planning to install ez pass by june 1st. Now Officials Say that project has been delayed. The systems will be installed over the next four to five months with no set completion date. Tolls will not go up on those bridges this summer. All right, time right now for a check of the action news traffic report friday night. Lets do it. Gina gannon in. Were starting off with a lot of issues on 95. A disabled vehicle on the southbound side of 95 right at cottman avenue. Last we spoke we had an accident at academy road. That accident has since cleared to the shoulder. However this one is still out here causing some delays. Again 95 southbound at cottman avenue and i want to show you the delay lying behind it. You can actually see the vehicle right around here in this shot but as you can see, that southbound side between woodhaven and the vine going to be very slow, about a half hour but you know what its pretty much the same on the northbound side as well. If youre coming from center city expect delays from the vine out through to allegheny. Schuylkill expressway, i mean come on, do we always have delays on the schuylkill . This is a live look for you right now at the roosevelt boulevard, so if youre traveling eastbound, expect delays really out into the western suburbs from just about gulph mills out through to the vine street expressway. And youre heavy as well on that westbound side but eastbound being your most significant delay. Brian and monica. All right, gina, thank you very much. And theres much more ahead on action news at 5 00 to and night including life changing news for a 15yearold boy. I was scared cause i wanted to have like a normal life. In health check the sudden disease that sidelined budding football star and how the phillies are helping give him a bright spot in his fight for life but first a traffic nightmare in atlanta after a scare on the freeway. The new time line to fix one of the busiest highways in the country when action news comes right back. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Ing. Folks say traffic is already a nightmare in atlanta and now its just going to get worse. The Georgia Department of transportation says it will take several months to rebuild this collapsed portion of interstate 85. This was the scene thursday during rush hour. A massive fire led part of that overpass to give way. Federal transportation fishes have awarded 10 million in emergency funds to help repair that roadway. There has been a sighting a confirmed sighting in oklahoma of a 15yearold girl who disappeared more than two weeks ago with her 50yearold teacher. The Tennessee Bureau of investigations has surveillance image obtained from a walmart in Oklahoma City show tad comings and Elizabeth Thomas buying food. The images captured on march 15th show cummings had altered his hair to look darker. Thomas may have colored her hair red. Rex tillerson warned nato allies they need to boost their defense spending or figure out another plan the next two months. Tillerson says washington is spending a disproportionate share on defense compared with its 27 partners. The u. S. Contributes nearly 70 percent of the nato budget. Tillerson asked every member of that state to step up contributions by 2 percent. Germany has already said it is not on board. The alleged get away driver in a deadly oklahoma Home Invasion is now speaking out. Elizabeth rodriguez admitted her role in a robbery in an interview with abc news. The were unyearold says she was the mastermind behind the crime and that it went terribly wrong. She said she waited in the car with another female while three teen boys including her boyfriend Wearing Masks broke into this home. She said they had brass knuckles and knives but they were met by a 23yearold in that house who opened fire with a semi automatic rifle and killed all three young men did you know that it was gunshots. Yes, yeah. There was a lot. It was like first it was two and then just pop, pop and pop, pop, pop. Just made bad choices. Made really bad choices. Rodriguez could face formal murder charges in the death of her Three Friends as early as next week. Stocks closed on the downside on wall street today but it wasnt all bad news for investors. [cheers and applause] wall street major stock indices finished with strong quarterly results. The nasdaq posted its best quarter since 2013. As for the day the dow lost 65 points the nasdaq down two and a half, the s p 500 losing just more than five. Student in Delaware County are getting ready to take pretty serious tests. So, they got excited with a little pep rally. Children at Chester Community Charter School in upland broke out in song to get ready for the Pennsylvania School assessment. Or pssa. Good luck to all the students. Some of delawares brightest students put geography skills to the test in wilmington. The action news in wilmington for the bee. 70 middle schoolers answered tough questions in hopes of winning a spot on the National Geographic bee in may. Todays rock and return concert event in kensington was a culmination of a mentor program. Students teamed up with volunteer employees from fs investments. They mentored the kids to help them with their homework but also taught them how to play musical instruments. Cooly stuff. Absolutely. All right coming up tonight on 6abc a harrowing tale of survival after a woman was stranded in the desert. Earl earlier amber van heck followed her gps on a primitive road and then suddenly lost service. Soon her spring break trip to the grand canyon became a fight for life. Tonight she walks matt gutmann into the hours she searched for signs for help. All new on a 20 20 tonight on 6abc. Action news of course follows that at 11 00 tonight. Well be right back. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Its coming and a local teenager is getting ready for the chance of a lifetime to throw out one of the ceremonial first pitches. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman live at the big board with the details on this one. Hi ali. Hi guys. Hes an athlete and optimist but he says he almost didnt believe it when he was asked by nemours a. I. Dupont hospital for children to represent them on opening day at the ballpark. I was kind of like lost for words. And then like i was like whoa. That was 15yearold freds reaction when he was asked to throw out one of the ceremonial first pitches at the phillies home opener april 7th. I met up with fred while he was undergoing dialysis. He always tries to stay positive despite his Health Taking a scary turn recently. You see, just several months ago, he was at the top of his game playing football with the stanton steelers. You can see him here in an earlier video. It just came like natural to me. Reporter then in december, his mother says a routine physical revealed he had high blood pressure. When a headache followed, she took him to nemours a. I. Dupont hospital for children. There he was diagnosed with a rare Kidney Disease known as fsgs. His kidneys were barely functioning. I was scared. I mean, a lot of emotion. You just want answers and sometimes you dont get the answers you want, you just kind of have to pick up the pieces and move forward. Reporter fred now spends three hours, three days a week at dialysis. Often with his family including little brother noah by his side. Melissa nicely with the hospital says activities like opening day help to reshape a kids experience at the hospital bringing something more positive. Fred is looking forward to it. I feel like im going to do pretty good. Reporter hes also hoping for a kidney transplant. To get to my normal routine and just have a healthy lifestyle. Reporter his mother is undergoing testing to see if she can donate her kidney. If. Sgs is sometimes caused by an infection or as in freds case there was no explanation. We have more information about the disease on 6abc. Com. Fred says that he is practicing his pitch with his other brother, cameron, before the big day. We wish them luck. Brian and monica, back to you. Absolutely. Well be watching. Hell do great. Good stuff. Terrific. Ali, thank you. Still ahead here on action news at 5 00 a check on the forecast. It is a wet dreary friday night. I dont of to tell you that but heres what it looks like in philadelphia, new jersey and delaware. We have three live pictures for you right there. Not looking great but stay in there its springtime. Its only going to get better. Meteorologist cecily tynan with the exclusive accuweather five day next. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist cecily tynan we hope well drip dry at some point. Well gradually dry out as we head through the night. Any drought concerns are literally getting washed away not only with this rain but we have two more rain events next week. Double scan live showing a pretty solid area of rain getting a bit of a break in the action in new castle northern kent county. Heaviest band of rain moving right over the Atlantic City expressway. You can see how thats lifting up to the north running along route 206 heading towards berlin, medford lakes, its moving just to the west of hammonton right now. The i95 corridor and areas north and west dealing with pockets of heavy rain, not quite as intense. One band moved through media earlier. This is beginning to weaken heading towards the schuylkill expressway so definitely a tough night for traveling and we have been seeing some minor flooding on local roadways so a flood advisory has been posted until 8 45 essentially for the i95 corridor areas north and west, new jersey you got the sandy soil so you can absorb the rain a lot better and this advisory is in effect until 8 45 seeing a lot of ponding of water on roads. So, temperaturewise showing not only is it wet out there, its also pretty cold kind of a miserable day. 42 indegrees in philadelphia, allentown 42, wilmington slightly warmer 54, Atlantic City airport currently 55 degrees. A cool day and this is really been the trend this march. Last day of march, the average temperature this month 42 degrees. Thats one and a half degrees below normal. The first month with below normal temperatures in philadelphia since last may and only the second month below normal in the past two years. Weve actually had a pretty warm trend lately. Satellite and radar showing the system im tracking that triple point low is developing to our south, south of it weve got the tornado watches, north of it the snow across new england. Here just that steady rain so tonight youre heading out its still rain pretty heavily at 8 oclock especially across south jersey. As we head later on to