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Mark lee his lawyer a former federal Prosecutor Says fattah is not guilty and the two former aides are out to save their own necks and their lack of credibility he says will be revealed here. Brian, at this hour an fbi agent remains on the witness stand presenting various documents related to the case. The key government witnesses will not take the stand for quite some time down the road. This trial is expected to last about two months. Live at the federal courthouse in center city, im vernon odom, channel6 action news. All right, vernon thank you. We have breaking news right now out of Gloucester County. This is the scene in Franklin Township in the 400 block of harding highway where firefighters are responding to an active fire right now. This is apparently a chicken coop burning also on route 40 again in Franklin Township. Apparently 911 calls were coming in, reports of a brush fire in the area. When crews arrived they discovered it was a chicken coop. No word at this point if any animals have been injured as a result but we just lost the shot. Well continue to update you as news breaks on that. A former professor at the university of pennsylvania who was convicted of killing his exwife was denied parole today. Rafael rabb lost his bid for Early Release in norristown. He killed his exwife ellen rabb inside their king of prussia home back in 2006. Now that the parole bordenave his request, the Montgomery County d. A. s office says robb will likely serve the rest of his 10 year sentence. One person is dead after a car caught fire on a south jersey highway today and police are still trying to figure out how it all happened. Chopper6 was over route 55 in Franklin Township where police say a car caught fire just before 8 oclock this morning. Police say they showed up to find the car in flames and the driver had already passed away. They have not told us the have ick tims name. They also say there are no obvious signs that this car was in an accident prior. Rescue crews had to help out today in Delaware County after police found a car in the water there. Chopper6 was over Stevens Drive in tinicum township where a car went into darby creek. Police say the driver was on i95 when he went off the road and into the water. Hes in the hospital and is expected to make it. Police have not told us his name, either. Lot of sunshine out there and if you stand in the sunshine, you feel the warmth but once youre out of it because its windy, also. Yeah. Lets head outside to meteorologist adam joseph. Hi adam. It is windy but at least its sunny but weve recovered quite nicely especially after those cold morning lows. As we take a look at the numbers where we started this morning, record tieing in allentown, 37 degrees, same for trenton at 40. A record in millville. It dropped just above the Freezing Point 30s for wilmington lancaster and reading. In philadelphia we pretty much bottomed out around 42 degrees, 2 degrees above our record. But were 65 right now, again, if youre in the sun it feels pretty nice but the breeze continues to kick up. 54 right now in buffalo and you can see 60s from washington richmond down to charleston, west virginia. It is clear now but there are clouds building in parts of the Western Areas of virginia, west virginia, ohio and tennessee valley. A frontal boundary will spill clouds our way overnight and will bring us a round of showers as we go foo tuesday, so damp dreary tomorrow but it does turn beautiful for the end of the week before the weekend turns very unsettled as its looking right now. Well talk about more rain coming in with that accuweather forecast in just a little bit. All right, adam, thank you. A Fallen Philadelphia Police officer got a memorable and meaningful honor today. President obama posthumously awarded the medal of valor to robert wilson, iii. John rawlins live. Reporter somber moments in the east room today of the white house. Robert wilson, iii was the first Philadelphia Police officer to receive this National Award when he was killed in action last year he was 30 years old, the father of two. May god bless you and your families, may god bless our fallen heroes. May god bless the United States of america. Reporter at the white house the president awarded the Public Safety officer medal of valor to 12 officers deputies and agents who survived dangerous encounters. One however was given posthumously to philadelphia Sergeant Robert wilson, iii. On a day in 2015 wilson was inside this game stop store when two Armed Robbers entered. Two men opened fire in a video store where Sergeant Wilson was buying his son a birthday present. To his family who is here, his grandmother constance, his brother and sister, please know how deeply sorry we are for your loss. Reporter Constance Wilson received the medal from the president who then embraced her. At the time of his death officials said by not moving for cover in the gun battle he drew the fire away from customers and staff huddled behind the counter. Following todays ceremony in washington Constance Wilson reflected on the past 14 months. Like it just happened today. We always think about him. We cry and all but big hole was put in my heart when he lost his life but he loved his job and he did what he was trained to do. Reporter well, the gun battle was very intense but apparently fairly short. Only about 30 seconds. Officer wilson was outnumbered two to one. He was hit multiple times. Live in the sat center john rawlins channel6 action news. Alicia. Powerful tribute a hero. John thank you. Well, at least 5,000 students filed into Franklin Field today for the university of pennsylvanias 260th commencement and they heard a pretty inspiring message from the man behind the hottest show on broadway. This years speaker was lynn man well miranda the Pulitzer Prize tony and grammy Award Winning composer best known for hamilton. The groundbreaking hip hop musical about the nations founding father. Now during his address, he apologized for the fact that the show never mentions pennsylvania or philadelphia by name but he did take a moment to list many of our citys contributions to america. You are known as the birthplace of louisa may allicott rocky balboa, boys to men, betsy ross, will smith, isaac asimov, tina fey, cheesesteaks and you can have scrapple, soft pretzels and wawa hoagies whenever you want. You win, philly. [laughter] how do you like that . I think they should add that to the show by the way. Miranda of one of eight people to receive an honorary degree. He was not the only famous face in the crowd. Vice President Joe Biden came to see his granddaughter naomi receive her diploma. Love that speech. Love that show, too. Alicia thank you. Philadelphia 76ers rolled out a new look for their jerseys. Theyll be wearing advertisements ob their jerseys. Yes, the stub hub logo will appear on the shoulder starting the season after next. Makes the sixers the first team in the four major north American Sports leagues to have sponsorships on their jerseys. Its already a common practice in several other leagues Like Major League soccer and the wnba. Now coming to the nba. Yes. Time for the action news traffic report. Matt pelman standing by in the action News Traffic Center with a first look today. Hey, matt. Afternoon commute not a slam dunk so far. Weve got complications and you heard from alicia that the Vice President was in town today. His motorcade just went through on the schuylkill expressway. So, they had all the westbound lanes blocked for a time between this point at 30th street station on out toward the roosevelt boulevard and as the traffic was stopped, this vehicle broke down here in the westbound left lane. So police are now assisting but you can see it is taking out the left lane. Stay to the right as you head west on the schuylkill expressway. Then farther west another complication another broken down vehicle by 202 in king of prussia blocking one of the express lanes there but you can see the slower speeds at this point are on the eastbound side of the schuylkill as you come off 202 and do that infamous merge, other people coming away from pennsylvania turnpike it always clogs up in that neck of the wood. Can coming into pennsylvania from new jersey, problems on the scudder falls bridge this afternoon here along 95 southbound. Its an accident taking out the right lane right on the bridge so everyone is funneling into that left lane and things are slow going coming out of Mercer County as a result. And in Gloucester County still have a crash on 55 northbound side past deptford so speeds there are in the 20s. Also still have the shuttle buses running today on acs rail line. The njt ac rail line. Stick were one of the other lines instead and the cynwyd line suspended because of issues there. Well check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. All right. Shaping up to be busy. Yes. Still ahead a strike involving local Union Workers has now been going on for more than a month and the white house is getting involved. Plus, vacation turned into a nightmare when a woman goes missing on a cruise ship. What seven crews are saying about what happened. And theyre the best and brightest students from high schools across the area. Today they came together in one place for a big honor for their work. Well take you to this years best of class ceremony next. He could install your ceiling fan. Ce said he couldnt. And that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. Yeah, it wasnt. So when ron said youd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. Now ron does too. The e series. Legendary john deere quality. Unexpected low price. E series compact tractors come with an industrybest, sixyear, nocost powertrain warranty. The u. S. Coast guard has suspended its search for a cruise ship passenger who apparently went overboard. The carnival liberty returned to port today without stephanie he gro berg. She boarded for a four day trip to mexico. Surveillance video shows her sitting on a deck railing and then falling into the gulf of mexico a day after leaving texas. The 33yearold was reported missing hours later. Word of her disappearance was extremely upsetting to the other passengers. Everybody on the ship, everybody was really, really sad about it. And people were crying. I know that we were crying in our room. It was just really devastating to hear. The coast guard scoured 4300 square miles before calling off the search. Federal investigators are in south texas working to determine what caused a charter bus to crash. Eight people were killed and 44 others were injured when the bus rolled over on saturday. Today the bus driver was released from the hospital and was interviewed by investigators. The ntsb says they plan on filing their report in the upcoming two weeks. The Obama Administration is stepping in now to help negotiate an end to the verizon strike. U. S. Labor secretary thomas perez says Union Leaders have agreed to return to the bargaining table tomorrow with verizon executives. Workers walked off the job more than a month ago back on april 13th. They have been working without a contract since august. The union turned down verizons last offer of a seven and a half percent raise and protection from layoffs. A look at todays closing numbers and we start with the dow up significantly today, 175 points. The nasdaq up 58 points. The s p 500 also up just about 20 points to start the work week. Tonight on action news at 11 00 a big boom in construction can sometimes leave a big mess behind. Investigative reporter went see saltzman found that not every contractor is playing by the rules. Heres a preview of her special report. Reporter junk garbage and debris cluttering our streets and where you live, a blight to our community. Action news investigates the hot spots where vacant lots are becoming Illegal Dumping grounds and youre paying to clean it up. It costs the streets departments 3 million a yearism from bricks to concrete and even bags filled with every day crash. Youre saying this isnt common. Not at all for us no. Reporter were tracking down those dumpers caught on camera. The neighbors complain this brick. Did you drop this brick off at this lot. Yes, guy drop some brick, too. In wheelbarrow he bring. Reporter dont miss my exclusive investigation Illegal Dumping grounds on action news tonight at 11 0 11 00. All right, talk about a bright future. When it comes to High School Seniors you might call them the cream of the crop or as we like to call them, the best of the class. These are the more than 200 valedictorians from all across the delaware valley, all gathered together here. They have soared to the heads of their classes all across the tristate area and today as we have for more than 30 years, 6abc has brought them together for a very special event. Todays best of the class took place at the Adventure Aquarium in camden, new jersey. They will spend they have been spending the day networking getting Career Coaching attending workshops all to begin their very promising futures and make no mistake, they know their paths may cross again in the future so theyre also checking out their competitors in a friendly way. You see your competition and you see like you can better competition and how its going to better yourself and others around you. Smart people here going to really Great Schools and you learn a lot from them and what theyve done and we talked about the extracurriculars we do and its really insightful to learn. Reporter our best of the Class Special will air right here on 6abcs saturday june 11th at 7 oclock and its hosted by none other than these best of our class here, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. They tell me these students are nothing short of brilliant so there you go, you got to tune in on june 11th to meet all of them, more than 200 valedictorians. Had to be some experience you guys. Yes, just to be in the room with all those smart young kids. It does make you reevaluate everything youve done with your life. These kids are incredible. We were proud to be there this morning. Its a great way to highlight who they are and their accomplishments. A great 6abc tradition for many years that continues once again. Alicia, thanks for the shoutout too. Time for the accuweather forecast. I can tell you from having been outside today taping that its awfully windy adam. Yes, and that wind has been around for a good 24 hours now but that wind protected us last night from seeing frost because it mixed up the atmosphere but that wind shaking the camera still just a little bit. Sky6 live overlooking center city. Weve got a lot of blue upstairs, a lot of sunshine in control and you know what, those temperatures have been bouncing all around here the last three days. Saturday it was 76 degrees. Yesterday our high only in the upper 50s. Today back up to around 65 degrees. The normal now is 74, so what we felt on saturday is a little more typical than the last 48 hours. In fact, days with High Temperatures in the 50s for philadelphia, weve had six so far this month going halfway through the month. We havent had that many days stuck in the 50s for highs since 1978 and temperatures right now are averaging close to 4 degrees below normal. Presently its 65 for allentown, reading, lancaster. Those areas started in the 30s this morning, so a pretty decent recovery. 64 in millville so pretty uniform everywhere even at the shore with those winds out of the north and west. In fact, still gusting right now to 30 miles an hour in philadelphia, 26 in millville, near 30 at the Atlantic City airport and 25 for reading as well as lancaster. As we look at satellite and radar, Crystal Clear sky right now but clouds are increasing to the south and west. This is ahead of a frontal boundary that will be pushing in from the south late tonight in the form of clouds and then eventually some rain tomorrow. So, lows tonight will be a good 10 or so degrees warmer than last night. 46 in the lehigh valley, 48 in wilmington. 51 philadelphia. 50 for dover and its due in part because of those clouds coming in acting like an atmospheric blanket its a dry start to your Tuesday Morning rush hour. The clouds are here so not dealing with sun glare but the showers will increase during the morning into the early afternoon hours at 1 30 as some of these showers pass by, not a lot of heavy rain but another cloudy, dreary, damp day. In fact as we look at that four day at 4 00 forecast tomorrows temperature 62 degrees as showers develop. Early showers on wednesday will give way to a brighter afternoon, 66 degrees and the end of the week is a winner. Sunny, nice both thursday and friday with temperatures right where they should be 72 to 74 degrees. But then major changes arrive here in time for the weekend. Well talk about just what were expecting with that sevenday in the next half hour. All right. We expect nothing less than major change. Adam thank you. Up next here today police need your help tracking down the women who stole hundreds of dollars in groceries from a local store. And coming up at 4 30 buying a used car is a popular choice but there are some things you should know before making your final purchase. From getting a better price to avoiding a lemon. Weve got the tips to help you save big. And in big talkers from cruelty to compassion, well show you how the power of disney helped elicit empathy tabor one special little girl. And remember, action news is about interaction with you. Follow us on social media for the latest headlines accuweather and breaking news and to communicate with us on facebook were at 6abc action news. On twitter were 6abc. Join us and be a part of action news. At giant, shoppers low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. All these low prices what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood . No. Just trying to save you a whole lot of bread. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. My giant. A teenager is fighting for his life this afternoon after he was hit 10 times overnight during driveby shooting in south philadelphia. It happened just before midnight near moore and south hollywood. Police say the victim is 17 years old but theyve not yet said anything about a possible motive for this violent crime. Hes in the hospital in extremely Critical Condition. Police have not yet made any arrests. Police in south jersey are looking for two women who stole from a sicklerville grocery storely they gave us surveillance pictures from inside the shop rite on cross keys road. The two women took about 600 in groceries on saturday and then left without paying. Police released a picture of the car the women were driving. Anyone who knows anything about this crime is asked to come forward. U. S. Senator bob casey visited Montgomery County today to push the passage of the speakup act. Senator casey stopped by mission kids in East Norriton a nonprofit helping alleged victims of sexual and physical abuse. The speakup act would require doctors teachers and coaches to report suspected abuse of children directly to the state. Failure to comply could cost states federal funding to respond to abuse claims. Their uniforms are blue but apparently their thumbs are green. Some members of the Philadelphia Police Department Spent the morning sprucing up the outside of Police Headquarters by planting some flowers. The planting is in honor of National Police week which pays tribute to members of Law Enforcement who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The revitalization at Kennedy University hospital in cherry hill is one step closer to being completed. Workers put the final beam in place at the new atrium lobby during a topping off ceremony today. This is seen as a major milestone in the first phase of that revitalization project. The 200 Million Construction project is set to be wrapped up sometime in 2017. And still ahead on action news here at 4 oclock, Tragedy Strikes a Cumberland County high school. We have the very latest and the investigation into the crash that killed two students who had just attended their prom. Plus, find out which used cars are the most reliable and get tips on the best way to negotiate for the best price ahead in whats the deal. Action news continues with meteorologist adam joseph, Alicia Vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. Hello again. 4 30 and action news continues with new video of a man wanted for taking illegal pictures of unsuspecting women. The force is with this new jersey couple can. See how they transformed the Camden County wedding venue in a galaxy far, far away. Plus a broken pipe not only collapses part of a road it also sends water flowing into a philadelphia firehouse. But first at 4 30 weve got breaking news. National Transportation Safety board has finished their investigation into the deadly amtrak derailment last year. Sources tell action news the engineer was distracted at the time of that crash. Eight people were killed, more than 200 others were injured. Federal investigators will release their complete findings tomorrow. Action news will be live in washington and of course well have updates on air and online. Also now at 4 30 students are doing their best to console each other after two of their Bridgeton High School classmates died in a crash over the week. The teens had been to their prom when hours later the driver lost control and hit a tree. Action newss walter perez is live at the school with more on the victims family and friends, what theyre saying today, walter. Reporter thats right, sharrie, as you would imagine it was a very somber day here at Bridgeton High School. We spoke with School Officials some of the victims friends and we also spoke with the parents of one of the teenagers who died this past weekend. It was back to class today for students at Bridgeton High School but it was not back to normal. That goes double for mikayla mosleys father mark. She was just so outgoing. People person. Funny. Just just shy. Reporter 15yearold mikayla and her close friend 17yearold daisia salt ton were killed early saturday morning. This memorial marks the spot where darbies vehicle veered off route 49 in Maurice River township and slammed into a tree. They and two other people inside that vehicle were coming home from the shore following their High School Prom on friday night. Mikaylas mom says she cannot believe that someone so full of life is gone. She was loved by everybody. She was like a ray of sunshine. When she came in the room everybody knew sh she was there. Reporter grief counselors and clergy members were on hand at the high school as classmates and friends remember two young ladies who were always willing to help others in need. Nobody was talking. Everybody was crying. I was crying because how much i missed them and how much they did a lot for me helping me with my work and what i was doing. Reporter those sentiments are shared by mikaylas parents who say theyve lost something truly unique and wonderful. We lost our light. I lost my helper. Helper. She just was we lost our right hand. We lost our love. Reporter now regarding the two other teenagers inside that vehicle at last check, 16yearold zaiaya stocks remains in that stable condition. 17yearold Jada Barrientos remains in Critical Condition at cooper University Hospital much new Jersey State Police are still working to determine exactly why darby have a sulton lost control. Toxicology results are expected sometime in early next month. Reporting live from Bridgeton High School, walter perez channel6 action news. Sharrie. Okay, walter, thank you. A store manager is recovering after being stabbed on the job this morning. Police say it happened during a robbery at the Dollar General on the 900 block of girard in north philadelphia. We dont know how it all played out but the 24yearold manager ended up getting stabbed in the arm. The suspects grabbed cash and then took off from the scene. No one has been arrested. Upper darby want police catching a man who took pictures up a womans skirt while she was standing in line. The suspect as you saw there put his cell phone right under the victims skirt and took several pictures. She felt someone touch her leg so she turn around and confronted the man who then ran off. If you recognize this guy, please contact upper darby police. A firehouse in West Philadelphia has spent the day cleaning up from a flood. A water main break on Market Street near 43rd sent water flowing into the basement of the engine five ladder six station. That area is usually used as a sports club and lounge. Part of Market Street buckled during the break so traffic is being redirected in that area. The Water Department says it will take them until tomorrow morning to fix that pipe. Meteorologist adam joseph joining us now with the first look at the forecast for the rest of the week. Dry roads today. Yeah. Okay. Wet roads come back again tomorrow as rain pushes back in but lets just take in where we are right now because its a beautiful thing on sky6 live, Philadelphia International airport not a cloud to be found. 65 degrees. Bone dry air with that dewpoint back into the 20s. Last week when it felt humid those dewpoints were in the 60s, winds out of the west 22 miles an hour and the pressure of 30. 11 but it has been extremely windy the last 24 to 36 hours, today gusting to 37 miles an hour in philadelphia. 36 in reading, 33 for trenton and in the mid 30s for wrightstown as well as millville, so pretty uniform across most of the area. New team in town against the phillies, the marlins tonight 7 05, mostly clear, a little breezy early but that wind should start to die down as you get closer towards the ninth inning as temperatures drop from 63 to 57 degrees and those clouds eventually are going to bring in some showers as we push into your tuesday well let you know the timing of that rain and also there is quite a bit of a break coming in at the end of the week with some warmer temperatures. Well have that full accuweather 7day forecast coming up in just a little bit. All right. Adam thank you very much. Breaking news out of juniata park. Chopper6 over the scene as fire crews battle a house fire. The flames broke out just about 10 minutes ago near the 1600 block of hunting park avenue. Firefighters said they saw heavy flames coming from the upper floors of that twostory structure. It is the middle building in a series of row houses. As you can see they appear to have gotten some of the flames under control at this point, though by no means do we know if the fire is under control. No reports of any injuries right now but were monitoring this breaking situation in juniata park a house fire at a row home right now. There is a new Crime Fighting tool in the city of wilmington. The Police Department opened the Realtime Crime Center on north walnut street today. Wilmington mayor Dennis Williams got a firsthand look at how it all works. Police say the center will improve information sharing and response times. The system is also compatible with license plate readers. The city plans to install them in the near future. Camden county officials are investigating a fish store after a hazmat scare put nearly a dozen employees at risk. Action news anchor Monica Malpass live in the news room with the details. Reporter it started when mercury was discovered inside a fish tank at that store when employees tried to clean up the mercury they actually ended up spreading it around instead and now new at 5 00 the high levels of the toxic substance found in the store which investigators are calling potentially deadly. Also new at 5 00 improving the quality of life for folks who suffer with emphysema. Well have those stories and more coming your way on action news at 5 00. Sharrie, well see you then. See you then monica. Thank you. Olympic Gold Medalist helped motivate and inspire students in camden today. Steve mess ler is a gold medal winning bob sledder. He created the classrooms Champion Program which connects athlete mentors with high need schools, schools that are in need in different cities. Today he announced he is expanding the program to more schools and will partner with College Athletes from the university of pennsylvania. And still ahead here on a monday afternoon harnessing the power of a princess. Disney he steps in to help a young patient and suddenly rude comments turn into compliments. The story next in big talkers. And lane restriction we have important advice that youll want to hear before buying a used car. Consumer reports reveals the best ways to shave big bucks off of that sticker price. And meteorologist adam joseph back with the full accuweather forecast when action news at 4 00 comes right back. Almost 8 tons of cocaine are off the market today thanks to a huge police raid in columbia. Officials said the drugs were headed to the caribbean and then to the United States. 50 officers backed up by helicopters overhead uncovered all of this at a banana plantation. Now investigators say one of colombias most powerful drug gangs is behind this. Four men were arrested and the u. S. Is offering 5 million for information leading to the arrests of that gangs leader. The u. S. Supreme court avoided issuing a major ruling on the Affordable Care act contraceptive mandate. The justices unanimously returned the religious groups appeals to the lower court. Under the Affordable Care act even religiously affiliated nonprofit groups have to provide contraceptives to employees. In health check today at 4 oclock relief from chronic back pain can be hard to find but a growing number of studies say meditation may do more than medication. About two dozen studies have shown that lower back pain eases when patients go onto a program of regular meditation. Its because the practice moves your mind to something more quiet and calm. When your focus is on the pain, obviously that increases the pain. People that meditate muscle tension drops, heart rate drops, respiration gets deeper, your breaths get deeper. Well, in one study people who practiced for eight weeks got relief but even more improvement was shown after six months and then into a year. Big talkers now and stairs and unwanted cruelty have been transformed into compliments and kindness thanks to the power of disney. This little cutie is emma from california. And this is her super cool corrective helmet inspired by frozen and harnessing the power of elsa. It is a disney dream come true especially for mom and dad who say that people used to look at her funny and make comments about the helmet that she needed to correct a genetic disorder. Well, poof, enter designers from disney who hand crafted this special head wear for emma complete with glitter and snowflakes they say as a and nod to elsas magic. How cool is that. Of course its been very popular with little girls who now marvel at emma, her helmet and the magic that its created. She no longer has to wear it and she is on the road to recovery. Love stories like that. How about this one. Till the death star do us part. The force of love of course was definitely with this couple from new jersey who threw the ultimate star wars wedding in gibbsboro over the weekend. Theres the bride heather brace all dressed in white aspirin shasprincess leia and tm you cant see it but he has a Storm Trooper helmet and that is obie want kin moby. The groomsmen wore white tuxedos. The bridesmaids had light sabre bouquets. I think that looks pretty and the ring bearer with the rings in the death star. Obie there as well. Guests dressed up too. Who could resist busting out the chewbacca suit for someones wedding. I mean, beats wearing a tux, right, guys . All right. Finally have a pup knee you need trained . Call this kid. I mean, hes not really the dog whisperer, he takes more of the tutorial routes. Dogs are smart as we know and so are kids so this little guy figured we need to train the saint bernard. Lets just show him the how to videos on youtubes so cute. Fouryearold lincoln ball was told it was his responsibility to learn how to train his dog so mom and dad showed him the videos of how to to it. How did he train the dog . Well, he showed him the videos. No word on whether that technique actually works if the dog takes notes but lincoln and his dog are a viral sensation with this picture making its round on the internet. The dog seems to be paying attention. Smart kid. Yeah, clever. Im also amazed that Saint Bernards are ever that small. And then. And then is right. Alicia thanks very much. Lets get another check of the roads right now. All right, matt standing by with the update for us. Hi matt. Ruff commute. In bucks county we had a clash that cleared out a little bit ago in the southbound lanes coming out o out of mercer couny into bucks county on the span of the scudder falls bridge. Little bit slow on the southbound side of 95 as you come into pennsylvania. In the new hope area theres a crash involving a tractortrailer along 32. That of course is river road because it runs rye by the river between 202 and perry street stay over on hearty bush way to get around that tractortrailer accident. Had a broken down vehicle on the northeast extension southbound side approaching the lehigh valley. That just cleared out so both lance reopened there which is if news. On the big picture a few issues to watch out for in rhawnhurst some wires pulled down by a truck along large near cottman. Have a crash in olde city at fourth and race. We have this broken down vehicle on the westbound side of 76 at 202 in king of prussia. Its blocking one of the express lanes but at this point not causing a whole lot of slowing. Over in delanco some emergency construction going on on the northbound side of 130 at creek road there by breeze motors. Right lane is out of commission and we had some incidents earlier this afternoon in Gloucester County including a crash on 55 northbound and one on delsea drive. Both of those though have cleared out. We will check it again brian and sharrie coming up in the 5 oclock hour. All right matt thank you. Meteorologist adam Joseph Standing by with that exclusive accuweather 7day forecast next. To you, theyre more than just a pet. So protect them. With k9 advantix ii. It not only kills fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, it repels them, too. So do more to defend your four legged friend. With k9 advantix ii. For the love of dog. All right, meteorologist adam joseph joining us. They say variety is the spice of life. Isnt that the truth . Not when it comes to the weather. Getting a lot of it. Were getting just about everything this month and that is going to continue as we go through this week up and downs, more rain coming in but you know, well take every little bit of sun there we can. Yes, we will. Take a look at it right now. Cape may a beautiful shot here with the deep blue ocean matching the sky right now live pretty calm water as well as despite that wind that has been very gusty out of the northwest through much of the day. Storm tracker6 live double scan no cloud cover means no rain but well be watching the showers push back in here tomorrow morning. 65 right now in trenton as well as allentown as well as wilmington, 64 millville and the boardwalk in Atlantic City. And in mount pocono your temperature just 54 degrees. We started at 29 this morning in the mountains. As we look at satellite and radar, there is a frontal boundary now working into the u. S. Canadian border just south of toronto north of closed. That will push in here during the day tomorrow. In addition to that were also going have energy right now that you can see in the midsection of the country in the form of some showers. Two the of them will merge as it pushes in here and that just means that we bring more rain into the picture but for tonight its clear early this evening, clouds will thicken up a little bit later. 46 to 51, so no threat for frost or temperatures back into the 30s where most of us started this morning and then as we get into the tuesday, theres the front approaching, low pressure just east of saint louis and the western part of the tennessee valley. Showers come in again during the morning into the afternoon, about a quarter to a half an inch with a high of just 62 degrees. And then the low slowly drifts to the south during the day on wednesday, so early showers on wednesday morning. Drier in the afternoon with some sun returning of 66 degrees. And then behind it High Pressure is building and this high is going to be pretty strong , in fact gorgeous late in the week as this high moves in, sends the northerly wind and finally we get temperatures that are a little more typical for this time of year before more changes arrive over the upcoming weekend. The exclusive accuweather 7day forecast, showers developing tomorrow. Kind of damp and dreary. Again a quarter to a half an inch of rain at 62 degrees. Early showers linger wednesday, then brighter in the afternoon of 66. And then as we ged into thursday, it is sunny, it is nice, 72 degrees, the one day off for the phillies and then another beauty here for Philadelphia Union in town on friday. 74 degrees. And then low pressure is going to develop to our south here on saturday. Rain is likely through much of the day on saturday. Some of it could turn heavy at times. 66 degrees. Then low he could get stuck meaning that we have lingering showers on sunday with a High Pressure in the upper 60s and then clouds linger, some sun, there still could be a couple of showers if that low is slowly trying to wind down as we get into the beginning of next week with a High Temperature of 72, so although it gets a little wet here tomorrow, we salvage the second half of the week but then that weekend kind of goes downhill as its looking right now. We got a little time to change that. Whatever you say brian. Just trying to i like your positivity. Americas game celebrating the city of brotherly love. Wheel of fortunes week long salute to philadelphia begins tonight right here on 6abc. We sent our very own karen rogers to los angeles to check out all the sights, the sounds and backstage secrets that you wont see anywhere else. She also tried her hand in of course spinning that famous wheel. Heres the wheel. It looks a little small interperson than i imagined it. 2400 pounds. They tell me you really have to put your shoulder into it. And its heavy. That was pretty lame, right . I got to try again. [laughter] okay, its harder than it looks. Apparently takes more work than we thought. Im sure karen is trying. Philadelphia is taking center stage on wheel of fortune this week. Local contestants, local audience and tons of fun, it all starts tonight at 7 30 and runs throughout the week right here on 6abc and heres a look at what else is on tap for prime time tonight. Dear fellow citizen, time spent with my son really makes me appreciate the now. But i also have to plan for my familys future. And that means taking on debt. In a smart way. Like my mortgage its working for me. And if he needs a college loan down the road, thatll be worth it too. Its all about having a strategy, that fits your life. So, if you have a question about how to make debt work for you, ask me. Sincerely, brandon heaven fellow dad and fellow citizen. About how to make debt work for you, ask me. With so many cars lasting 200,000 miles or more, buying a used car is becoming a safer bet. In fact, nearly half of all car owners bought their vehicles used. Consumer reports just surveyed a thousand used car owners and can tell you how to save big money. Diane brought her 2012 Toyota Corolla used the from a dealership and she lovers the money she saved. I real did get a good price and i can afford it. Consumer reports used car Buyers Survey shows haggling on the price really pays. Most of our survey respondents asked for a lower price on the used car they bought and were successful 80 percent of the time median savings about 900. The most effective haggling method simply asking for a lower price. In the past five years the median price for a used Car Model Year 2011 or into your is 20,000 although you may less from a used car dealer and chances are even less if you buy privately. We recommend buying the most recent model year available with the widest array of safety and technology features. Consumer reports says some of the best are the 2012 toyota camry 2012 honda accord and the 2011 toyota rav4ly they cost around 10,000 less used than they did new. Before you buy, Consumer Reports says look for a vehicle that has less than 50,000 miles and have a used car inspected by a mechanic you trust. One out of four people in the Consumer Reports survey bought a car privately rather than from a dea dealership. They tended to pay less. If youre looking for a later model from 2011 or beyond youre probably better off going to the professionals. Brian and sharrie. Good tips alicia. Thank you. That will do it for action news at 4 00 for Sharrie Williams Alicia Vitarelli and adam joseph im brian taff. Hope youll join me along with sharrie adam and Ducis Rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl17. Now here are Rick Williams and Monica Malpass with a look at whats ahead at 5 oclock. Hi rick and monica. Coming up next on action news at 5 00 tonight, back to court today for a south jersey father accused of killing his threeyearold son. Plus, the 76ers make history. The big addition to their jerseys thats expected to make millions for the team. Singer Sinead Oconnor found safe and sound. The scare for her loved ones after she was reported missing. Well have those stories and more up next at 5 00. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, Rick Williams and Monica Malpass. New at 5 00 a scare in a Camden County fish store. Right now businesses shut down after a dangerous chemical was discovered inside. Officials are now calling it potentially deadly. Monday night and the big story on action news is the investigation into mercury found inside the Aquarium Center in clementon. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic is outside the store tonight with all the details. Nora. Reporter rick, monica, this is the bizarre case. The aquarium send has been in business for well over 20s years but that stopped abruptly last week just a week ago when of all things mercury was found in a fish tank and was spread to the floor when employees tried to clean it up. I cant wrap my head around it still of i still cant. Just tested a couple days ago. I havent heard anything back from cdc. Reporter thats dominic, the owner of the Aquarium Center at the Commerce Plaza two in clementon. His store has been shut down since may 9th when mercury was discovered inside a fish tank. The toxic substance was spread when employees tried to clean it out along with the dead fish inside. Mercury he in itself is a is dangerous substance and any elevated exposure can cause sickness. Reporter including brain kidney damage and death. Employees had to undergo a decontamination process including discarding all of their clothing. Acceptable levels of mercury are. 05 milligrams per cubic meter. The level on the store of the fish store was 10,000 times that. 12 employees at the store are having urine samples sent Scott Centers for Disease Control for testing. My staff, myself, my family, we were walking through it for five days. Reporter gloucester Township Police are leading the criminal investigation into who contaminated the

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