Were filed the police union sent a letter to the states attorney that reads in part as tragic as this situation is none of the officers involved are responsible for the death of mr. Gray. President obama today praised the peaceful calls for accountability leading up to this significant step. Thats what people around the country expect. Instead of no justice, no peaces now beginning of justice. Lets start getting peace. Reporter the mayor has ordered the police headquarterser to suspend all of those officers. Five of the six have already turned themselves n in baltimore, Marci Gonzalez channel6 action news. Marcy thank you. Weve learned one of the officers involved in this case has ties to our area. Ed nero was a volunteer firefighter in Washington TownshipGloucester County for 10 years. Fire chief john hoffman talked to action news by phone today and spoke highly of nero calling him a solid guy an outstanding firefighter. He would not comment on the charges nero now faces in baltimore. We are covering this story from all angles on 6abc. Com. Well have updates from baltimore and the reaction to todays announcement. You can also find our coverage of the massive philly is baltimore rally with dozens of photos from our action news team. Its right there on 6abc. Com. Three former allies of new Jersey Governor Chris Christie were charged today in connection with that George Washington bridge scandal and one of those allies even admitted that the plot to create a massive traffic jam was an act of political pay back. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic live in newark and nora youve got the latest details on this today. Reporter hi there, brian. The u. S. Attorney says not only did a trio of governor christies former aides engineer the traffic tieup at the bridge for five days but they intentionally did it on the first day of school to make matters worse. And Officials Say as you mentioned the traffic nightmare was created to punish a politician who wouldnt support the governor. David wild stein one of governor christies former allies and appointees at the Port Authority pled guilty to conspiracy charges for his role in the 2013 bridgegate scandal. He is cooperating with federal authorities. Mr. While stein just pled guilty to two counts involving traffic on the George Washington bridge a father which he was intimately involved. He deeply regrets what occurred. Reporter soon after federal officials announced a anyone count indictment against two more who used to be in the governors inner circle former deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly and his former number two at the Port Authority bill baroni. Theyre charged with conspiracy miss applying property wire fraud and depriving drivers of their civil rights. Along with wild stein they deemed shut down lanes at the bridge as political pay back to democratic fort lee mayor who declined to endorse governor christie for reelection. They agreed to and did use the resources of the Port AuthorityPublic Resources to carry out a vendetta and exact political retribution against a public official who would not endorse the can candidate of their choice. Reporter fishman says they then concoct add story to cover up their actions. It started with Bridget Kellys email to david wild sheen read time for some traffic problems in for the lee. More than a year and a half later and after numerous investigations that tarnish governor Trustees Administration charges have finally come. This is a black eye on represent tea democracy. People need to trust their government officials. Reporter later governor christie tweeted that todays charges made clear what i said from day one is true, i had no knowledge or involvement in the planning or execution of this act. Back live at courthouse before baroni and kelly will be arraigned on monday. Now based on what the u. S. Attorney was saying, there are unindicted coconspirators in this case who he would not name but at this point he says he does not expect other charges. Live in newark, im Nora Muchanic, channel6 action news. Alicia. Nora thank you. Here at the big board where Pennsylvania Attorney general Kathleen Kane says she continues to have confidence in her new chief of staff even though a female prosecutor alleges that jonathan deck he were sexually harassed her last year. Kanes Spokesman Says the attorney general has no intention of relieving decker from his post. She tzedeker made inappropriate and unwanted sexual advances at her. Cluck says she reported the incident to her superiors but then says that decker was promoted to chief of staff after she came forward and now a second woman who works there is now coming forward as well with a similar hack indication. The 51yearold decker denies having anything intentionally inappropriate and says that he has a different interpretation of the events. Brian and shirleen. Alicia, now to the first check of your accuweather forecast. A few more clouds than we saw yesterday but all in all a pretty nice day out there. Meteorologist adam joseph live along city avenue with a look at currents conditions. Its nice because we dont have a lot of showers around the region. With that cloud cover and the wind out of the northeast it is feeling pretty cool special after yesterday. As we look at the numbers right now in philadelphia were on the warmer spots along with allentown and trenton at 62 degrees but the shore with those winds off the water it is very raw only 49 on the boardwalk as well as Sea Isle City and to the west of lancaster and reading between about 53 and 57 degrees. And to the west its because we had a little batch of some light showers that passed through parts of berks county and Lancaster County but notice the Lehigh Valley. A wedge of sunshine has broken out over the last hour to two hours. While the rest of us seeing a healthy amount of cloud cover. So stepping out on the town this evening 59 degrees this evening with a few pops of sun at times. 57 at 8 oclock and as we get through the nine and 10 oclock hour, temperatures will be between about 56 and 54 degrees but as we look at the temperatures for tomorrow, were back to the 70s. 73 philadelphia and 80s building in the midwest. When i come back shirleen, well talk about those 80s invading the east coast along with here in philadelphia well talk about all those numbers when i step inside in a little bit. Sounds good. Thank you adam. Uhhuh. Its a jam packed weekend across philadelphia with first friday tonight and spring festivals over the nfew days and its all capped off with sundays Independence Blue Cross broad street run. Ali gorman is live at the race expo in center city and ali everyone there is picking up their packet getting ready to run. Reporter thats right, shirleen, the doors opened here about 11 00 a. M. And thousands of runners have already come through. I can take a step out and show you many people here now exactly theyre looking at their numbers, picking up their packet, their bibs, tshirts. More than 40,000 people are signed up to run this race. Many we spoke with are excited and say that they are ready. Reporter the rocky theme played as thousands of runners filed into the expo to pick up their bibs and packets for sundays blue cross broad street run. Im just ready. I wish it was today. Im ready. Reporter for Brittany Adams this will be her first broad street run. For others, its become tradition. I just love it. Its a lost fun reasoning down broad street running through the different neighborhoods. Its really fun. I like how many fans there are, the cheering section all the way through at every mile so thats my favorite part. Reporter some like jen are running for charity. Team cmmd has raised more than 250,000 to help local families battling cancer. For us its about the people were running for its about putting an tend to cancer, having more birthdays. Reporter and back here live many great causes including the American Cancer Society do benefit from the broad street run. Now, as for the expo, it will stay opened tonight until 7 00 p. M. And then it will reopen all day tomorrow from nine until 6 00. Now earlier today i spoke with a former elite runner. I have some tips from him for all runners. Ill share those with you coming up today at 5 oclock. For now were live at the convention center, ali gorman channel6 action news. Back to you guys. Brian will be listening for tips. Taking every tip i can get. Thanks very much. Are you pumped. Im pumped. Im not ready per se but i am excited. All right. Lets get a check of that action news traffic report and see how that traffic is shaping up. My tip is that big spaghetti dinner tomorrow night. That would be my favorite part. But i dont have to worry about that cause im not running. Good evening to you, brian and shirleen. Traffic also not running nearly as smoothly as we would like here in Delaware County this afternoon. 95 southbound side you start to stack just past the airport through this point at 420 in the normally busy spot. Weve got a pretty bad accident on the off ramp from 95 south down to 420. Police remain on the scene and traffic squeezing by but the crash is definitely attracting some attention. Before you get there on 95 south youre looking at speeds in the teens as you head towards the work zone at girard over on the schuylkill. Eastbound at girard also in the teens at just 18 miles per hour. And a leftover from this morning. You know how i feel about leftovers, dont really like them. In radnor township by the memorial parking push road king of prussia road is closed. Stick with county line road or conestoga road as alternates. Traffic lights out in norristown at 202 which is markley street at main. That, too, is because of an earlier crash. And in Lawrence TownshipMercer County a jackknifed tractortrailer is blocking the ramp from 95 southbound at princeton pike this afternoon. That ramp not available to you at this point. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. Happy friday. Going to newport delaware. Pothole in the road along justice street. Watch out for that. And of course the slow speeds nearby. Well check in again brian and shirleen coming up in the next half hour. Matt thanks. Still ahead this afternoon, the music world has lost a legend. We look back on the life of an r and b icon. Plus, theres one round down and six more to go. Were with the eagles as they welcome one new bird to the nest and get ready for day two of the envelope many draft. Its a brands New Invention that could change the way we power our houses. Well explain how this works coming up next there is no royal blood in this country. Nothing is reserved for anyone. Its all just out there. Waiting. For someone to reach out. And take it. And the ones who do. These are the kings and queens of america. The womens Softball Team at Saint Josephs university will now have its season ended early. University officials took that step today nearly a month after action news first broke exclusive details about a hazing scandal there where older members allegedly forced their freshmen teammates to drink alcohol and perform sexually provocative acts. This afternoon University Confirmed to action news that it has completed its internal review process. The womens Softball Team will not play any more games this season as a result. The nfl draft picks up again tonight with the second and third round. The eagles have two more picks to make but before they get to that they brought their newest bird into the nest today. Jaime apody live in south philadelphia with the team introducing its newest wide receiver. Jamie. Reporter hey, there, brian. Yes, Nelson Agholor has been here around 1 00 p. M. He has a lot to do. Hes got people to meet, things to be sized for and because of that hes actually late to his press conference so he hasnt begun speaking yet. Lets talk a little bit about Nelson Agholor. He is the man that chip kelly wanted with that first pick at 20 in the first round. Now, chip wanted this guy for a long time. In fact he recruited him out of high school triode get him to come to oregon but nelson didnt go. This is a guy he wanted for four years. Kelly says the best way to say it, hes just dialed in as a football player, kind of like Jordan Matthews in terms of his approach to the game agholor sixone 190 pounds can play inside, outside can return punts and kicks. Expected to make a difference with the eagles. We know they need offense givenly fact theres no Desean Jackson no jeremy maclin. Agholor supposed to be in the maclin mold but a little bit of a different player. He had over 3500 all purpose yards in college. Well see if he can do some some things here and make an impact. Were waiting in south philadelphia to hear from Nelson Agholor. Hes expected to speak any moment and of course i will have updates here all day long. Two more picks for the eagles. They have the 20th in the second 20th in the third rounds. Maybe today is the day they make trades. Live in south philadelphia, jamie a and body. Back to you. Thank you jamie. The world lost an r and b legend today. Ben e king passed away at the etch of 70s hes best known for the hit stand by me. The classic was voted one of the top 25 songs of the last century by the Recording Industry association of america. King was also a member of the drifters and sang on hits like this magic moment, save the last dance for me and there goes my baby. He passed away last night in new jersey. To business now taking a look at the closing numbers on wall street and the green arrows we needed acrosstheboard after yesterdays tank. The dow gaining 183 points, the nasdaq picking up close to 64 points and the s p 500 also up 22 points on the day. Good way to start the weekend. Tesla unveiled its long anticipated new product a battery that can power your entire home. The power wall is a rechargeable lithium ion battery designed to be mounted on the wall. It powers up overnight when Energy Companies typically charge less. Then it can be turned on during the day to power a home. Ceo says combining the battery with solar energy will help wean the world off oil and gas. Brian. Pretty cool stuff. Yes. And so is this, alicia. A select number of earth lings are willing to make history while at the same time possibly give up everything maybe even their lives. Tonight at 11 00 youll meet two women who are hoping to be among those of a first of its kind mission to another planet. Im erin ohearn its a bold Life Changing Mission that has garnered interest from thousands of people around the world. Its just the next frontier the next thing that we dont know about. Ive wanted to go there since i was 14. This whole other planet, untouched by human hands. Reporter so would you leave earth to make history . What exactly is this program and what is the draw for so many people . Its a special report that truly could blast these women out of this world. Thats tonight only on channel6 action news at 11 00. Former teen idol and philadelphia native bobby rydal was honored for his work in promoting Organ Donations today. Rydal was the guest of honor at the ninth annual professional Care Alliance of the Delaware Valley luncheon in narberth. He received a double organ transplant back in 2012 after falling hill that allowed him to go back on tour. He says hes dedicated to raiseing a wearness about the lives Organ Donation can day. Rydal famous for his song wildwood days and we think this weekends accuweather forecast will have many people thinking about that down the shore. Lets go to adam joseph. We have some even warmer temperatures coming our way. Yes, especially getting into the weekend and were finally in the month of may the month where memorial day begins and thats when you start thinking about heading to the shore as well and as we look there right now live on sky six in Atlantic City southbound nobody right now on the sand. The temperatures at the shore are very chilly with that wind coming in out of the eastnortheast, right now only 49 degrees in Atlantic City. Sea isle city the same for wildwood upper 40s right now that will warm over the weekend. Inland millville 59, 61 in wilmington and 50s even to the west, the exception the Lehigh Valley trenton, philadelphia at 62 degrees. Little more sun to the north of philadelphia right now. Lets open up the calendar for the month of may. Our average High Temperature to be shutting around 69 degrees. Were pretty far from that right now. As we speed up time toward the end of the month here on the 30th 78 degrees is the average High Temperature but you know what, were not going have to wait until the end of the month to feel those upper 70s. In fact 80s. Because theyre coming back in that sevenday forecast. And also rainfall we average about three and threequarters of an inch of rain and we need a little rain to kind of wash out the pollen and also to water some of the gardens. As we look at satellite and radar, all the rain that we hopefully or i should say i want is there now pushed to the south. We