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WPVI Action News At 1230 PM May 1, 2015

Summoning help. Gray died a week later and meantime officials are bracing for more large marchs in baltimore. A nighttime curfew will remain in the effect for the weekend. Back here hundreds took to the streets of center city calling for justice for freddie gray and the protest was for the most part peaceful but it did get dicey at times. This was a lafrnlly peaceful protest but everybody was released overnight and no serious injuries or Property Damage were reported. Before this mornings announcement that six officers are being charged with freddie grays death there were calls from hundreds for freddie grays death. Standing in solidarity. Enough is enough, and i done want to see anybody hurt or fighting or any of that going on but we need to be heard. Most of those people were great, expressing their rights and views and it was okay. But there was tension moments around broad and vine, a small group of 100 people attempted to march on to the vine street express way. Some protesters began throwing objects at police and others began running to get out of harms way they wanted to get on 676. That is clearly an issue we want to protect them as well as well as the motorists. He wouldnt be Surprise Fire Department there werent more protests coming. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Our coverage of the fallout from freddie grays death continues online at 6abc. Com. Get details of images from rally here at home and the unrest and community response. In other news, a Port Authority worker accused of orchestrating the socalled bridge gate incidents plead guilty in federal court. Wildstein was one of governor Chris Christies top appointee at the Port Authority. He is accused of shutting down the George Washington bridge for several days in 2014 and brought traffic to a halt in ft. Lee believed to have been pay back to the mayor who did not endorse christie for reelection. The governor is not expected to be charged. Governor christie meantime has declined to comment on the guilty plea, is he attending fundraisers in virginia and maryland today as he weighs a possible president ial run. We now know the name of a woman shot and killed in Montgomery County tonight, briann francisco was shot in front of her home on karens court, she died at the hospital. The body of a 56yearold man was found inside of the home and appeared to have a sex inflicted gunshot wound authorities are not releasing his name. We are learning more information about a deadly crash near the jersey shore that happened before 11 30 this morning in Egg Harbor Township atlantic county, police say that 21yearold Brandon Selig lost control of his car and hit a tree and overturned. Both he and his passenger had to be pulled from the wreckage, selig died at the scene. Firefighters had their hands full battling a blaze in north philadelphia this morning, chopper 6 hd over the scene here at 6th and came barea you can see smoke fall frgt roof as they worked to get the upper hand on the fire. Looking live from sky 6 hd in Atlantic City Melissa Magee is outside of our studios with a closer look at the may 1st forecast. As you mentioned there are changes overhead a mostly cloudy sky and you can feel a northeasterly breeze having an impact on our temperatures. 56 in trenton and 54 in the poconos along the coast a chilly 50 in sea isle city, same thing at the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Look at the 24 temperature change, yesterdays high in philadelphia was 72 and at this hour we are 7 degrees cooler in philadelphia than we were the same time yesterday 16 degrees cooler for Atlantic City and wildwood and 13 degrees cooler in reading. Here is part of the reason why all the changes, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing you we are tracking an area of low pressure that continues to sag to the south, earlier today or this morning. Spot showers in jersey and delaware continuing to shift down to virginia and it will continue to do so as we go throughout the rest of the afternoon hours so have a pocket size umbrella with you from time to time, there could be a spritz or sprinkle and its cloudy and cool and that is the big weather headline, improvement is on the way and a warmer weekend up ahead and a taste of summer is on the way well let you know how high the temperatures go in the exclusive accuweather forecast. Thank you. From sunny skies to popup storms stay ahead of the ever changing weather situation at 6abc. Com weather youll watch things unfold with our live sky 6 cameras. In other news, a south jersey mother that allegedly left her 4monthold child in a hot car yesterday is held on 50,000 bail this noon deanna moore locked her baby in her car outside of a camden bank and a passerby notified police and they broke a car window and pulled the baby out. She was already wanted for four outstanding warrants they are baby was not injured. Philadelphia police have released this Surveillance Video of one of the suspects in a Home Invasion of Temple University Students Police believe the man in the gray sweater shirt broke into a home along the 1500 block of north 15th street on thursday, they allegedly tied the victims up and stole 5,000 in cash and a quarder pound of marijuana and took off. The students were not hurt. The countdown is on to the most anticipated boxing showdown in years Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao here is more. A record setting matchup. The richest in boxing history. Manny pacquiao and floyd may weather getted ready for the showdown. The confident undefeated may n weather is the highest paid athlete in the world and pacquiao a favorite. This fight is going to be for so many people. Pacquiao is taking 40 and mayweather 60 . 3 million households will bring in 270 million alone. And mgm ticket sales and sponsors and gambling. Mark wahlberg and diddy making the wager on instagram. But others like Keith Olbermann are boycotting the fight over mayweathers history of violence against women but that is not stopping thousands from flying to las vegas and hotels selling out for 2,000 a night. Most boxing experts predict they will earn 100 million each for less than an hour in the ring. And there is much more ahead on action news at 12 30, including a multimilliondollar makeover coming to love park and how do americans feel about using drover strikes overseas and the widow of chris kyle sharing a side of her husband we have never seen before. Those stories and more when action news comes back. 14 irresistible flavors. One for the mood. One for the moment. Each one can make every day more delicious than the last. The taste could only be baileys. The experience could only be yours. Baileys coffee creamers. This is the one. Chicago is home to president obamas museum they leaked the information ahead of the official announcement expected earlier this month. Honolulu was also in the running and he has strong ties to illinois and its the birth place of first Lady Michelle obama. A new poll revealed that americans support drone strikes against terroristed. 6 of 10 afor the attacks and they found more supports for drone strikes for republicans compared to democrats. Taya kyle opened up how she is carrying on without her husband chris kyle, she sat down with Robin Roberts for an ent view. Its scenes like these that inspired taya kyle to right her book. Forever immortalized in american sniper. It was my chance to share that side too i think he has earned it. Taya giving us a look into his tender side, captured on never before seen home videos listen to when he talked to his son bubba before his third deployment. Its time to go to bed. When im gone you can look at the tape. Little did anybody know that time would come so soon. We the jury find Eddie Ray Routh guilty. He survived countless battles, was murdered here on american soil by a marine that claimed to be insane. When you open the book four words jump out, love, war faith renewal. Why those four words. Love certainly is always a key thing for me the war taught me a lot. It brought the greatest pain in our marriage and also brought greater strength i had to rely on my faith and renewal is a constant process. She moved the wedding ring to her right hand. So why is it back on the list. I just couldnt do it. The wedding band where chris kyle put it at the beginning of their epic love story. You can watch it in its entirety tonight at 11 00. Foodies rejoice, philadelphia is playing host to a Food Truck Festival next weekend, there say preview when we come right back. Philadelphias iconic love park is getting a makeover the park will boast more greenery and grassy lawns and flowers, the pool will be removed but the water jet will be returned and the famous love state statue will be moved away from the fountain. The weekend is improving . Yes, it looks really nice, the temperatures jump from spring to summer fairly quickly. Stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you that we have a few spotty showers out to the west there in Lancaster Berks and Lehigh County and not a whole lot of activity most of the moisture is confined to the south and east. The picture outside, live in hd we are looking down South Broad Street toward city hall and a mostly cloudy skies and cooler than average temperatures especially for this time of year. North and west of town, 53 in Martins Creek and 58 in warrington and new holland and oxford lower 50s and 51 down across new jersey really chilly along the coast here in avalon 50 degrees and same thing in surf city and upper 60s in cinnaminson. And here is satellite 6 along with action radar most of the activity is confined to the south and east and we are tracking this area of low pressure that move as way from our region and this is the case as we go through the rest of afternoon hours a lot of moisture and rain showers confined across extreme delaware and virginia and North Carolina and this will pivot to the south and east as the day wears on the setup for today clouds and a spotty shower from time to time definitely a cooler day high of 72 and with the northeastly wind sustained 8 to 16 miles per hour, it will feel cooler in comparison to what we had just yesterday. North and west of town mostly cloudy skies in the Lehigh Valley and sunny breaks and a High Temperature of 62 down the shore its a cooler feeling day and a high of 58 mostly cloudy and most of that moisture today staying south of the region. I cant say today that with the pollen county went from high to medium but will go back to high tomorrow. Birch and oak. Here is the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast clouds are around and mostly cloudy skies and cool and high of 63 and saturday milder and its a nice day up to 70 that fast. Sunday sunny and warm and a pattern for the broad street run. And high up 82 on monday and 86 on tuesday with a shower possible. On wednesday still a possibility of a shower high of 78 and the upper 70s as we get into next thursday 78 degrees. So nice weekend on the way. Thank you melissa. A giant Food Festival is coming to philadelphia next saturday and alicia is at the big board with a tasty preview. Rick, its a food truck throw down next week and its for a good cause its called the taste of three cities it pits phillies food trucks against washington, d. C. And baltimore. Coasttocoast there is a love affair with food trucks the taste of three cities began with the taste of two cities with baltimore and d. C. And this year philadelphia is joining the party. 60 foot trucks will converge at exfinity live competing head to head for their home town. Well see who really has the best truck. Whoever wins the best overall food truck the mayor gets to present the trophy and they get to come back next year to defend it. We have everything from bark cue to basicaly items to wisconsin cheese curds you name it we have it. What we see on the streets, the meats are such high quality and its exciting. Proceed goes to philabundance, helping to feed the needy in our area. The spring and summer is a time that not a lot of people think about hunger so each dollar that this event brings in we are able to provide two meals to people that need it in the delaware valley. The taste of three cities runs noon until 9 00 next week and there is beer wine and Live Entertainment all day long. Last year when i was at musikfest, i got to try the wisconsin cheese curds and its worth it to try just that. On our people scene at noon, its official roots is returning to tv. One of televisions most successful mini serieses will be remade and air on several cable networks, the original star will serve as executive producer the original aired in 1977 winning nine emmys that year. Can beautiful job i knew you had it in you. And it was easy because of what i have in me. You know the colorrich technology and allclimate protection package . It penetrates deep for long lasting protection and beauty. And im the only one whos got it. Olympic elite. For exceptional beauty and protection that lasts. Olympic. Simply. Done. Exclusively at lowes. Introducing olympic rescue it light. Transform lightly worn wood and concrete into beautiful barefootfriendly surfaces. Coming up tonight on 6 abc its an all new shark tank at 8 00 followed byon the tank at 9 00 and 20 20 at 10 00 and action news at 11 00. If you are looking for a distraction at noon, check out 6abc. Com, youll find amazing aerial video of the harshest and coldest environment on earth antarctica antarctica, you can watch the movie in its entirety at 6abc. Com. Melissa is back with one last look at your forecast for friday. Its cloudy and pretty cool, temperatures temperatures in the lower 60s along i95 and cape may maxing out at 57 and spot showers from time to time and most of that activity is to the south of us today and gets better in time for the weekend. The 70s are on the way back. A look now 100 people losing their locks today for a good cause, true Beauty Concepts center held a cathys cuts wigs for kids event this morning, the organization is providing hair replacement to children that lost their hair due to chemotherapy chemotherapy. The participants got a new look and took home a gift bag and got a free breakfast. Good for them. Now the stories coming up today at 4 00, a busy weekend in philadelphia capped off by the bluecross broad street run, whether you are racing or not we have all the information you need to know and one round down and six more to go we are with the eagles as they welcome one new bird to the nest and get ready for day two of the nfl draft. Dont forget to join us at 4 00, 5 00 and 6 00. For the entire Action News Team im Rick Williams have a nice friday. Announcer today on the chew, its our last party of the week, and were going out with a bang because its extravalue friday announcer game night edition. And you can bet Penelope Ann Miller is game for a Delicious Party snack that you can make on the cheap. But dont count out carlas friday night bites. Shes turning classic board games into two winning eats. And michaels leaving dinner up to lady luck in a fivecard mystery draw. So, let the games begin. [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon, and welcome to the chew. You know, we all love to have a good time on game night. Michael

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