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WPVI Action News At 4PM May 18, 2016

We have the details in the full accuweather forecast. Despite the gloomy weather people are getting ready for summer at the jersey shore, walter perez is live in wildwood where everyone is counting down the days until memorial day weekend. No doubt about it brian. We give you a live look at the boardwalk here in beautiful wildwood, new jersey, you can see there is not a lot of people right now and boy will that change in about a week. They wrapped up the wildwood tourist News Conference at the convention center, and here on the boardwalk there is a lot of activity behind the scenes getting ready for the memorial day weekend just a bit more than a week away. What did you guys do between september and may . Well, not a lot. That answers that question. Now though its time for the jersey shore to wake up for the annual hibernation and get ready for the Summer Season. They are getting ready at the splash zone water park with the expectation of opening on memorial day weekend. There is great features, the surf ride, and that should draw a big crowd this year. And tom wagner, the manager of harrys corner, is expecting a big crowd to buy the greek sandwiches. What is the pronounceation of giro. Its gyro. In wildwood we say gyro. We have our own way of saying everything. The Summer Season is around the corner. Its chilly down by the shore but regardless the countdown is on and june 20th the First Official day of summer. Reporting live from wildwood, new jersey, walter perez channel 6 action news. Thank you. An argument turned violent and sent a teenager to the hospital in the win field section of philadelphia. Police say that the dispute led to a shooting and then a fire. Sara bloomquist is live at the southwest bureau with more on the investigation. Reporter this is an ongoing investigation, Police Believe they know who the shooter is but they want to talk to the victim and he remains sedated the penn presbyterian hospital. Very scary. Last nights shooting and arson has neighbors on edge at the 5600 block of lebanon avenue in winfield. Police and firefighters were called out just after midnight. They found a 19yearold man in the living room of a home, suffering from three gunshot wounds and a plastic chair on the front porch was on fire. Heard the gunshots and that was it, and i came down stairs. That was it. Then i saw the fire. Me and my girlfriend were hanging out and heard pop pop pop and then it was quiet. The crime scene unit and southwest detectives returned to the scene in daylight to recover the shell casings on the porch. The fight escalated with the shooter coming on the front porch be then firing through the door hitting the victim. Its unclear when the fire started but they are convinced it was intensely set. There was some sort of incendiary device thrown on the front porch that caused this plastic chair to catch on fire. Police believe there is a lead on the identity of the shooter, he is considered a person of interest because of prior runins with the victim and the suspect. Live at southwest detectives im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Lets get you to the latest in the race for the white house. Lets start with the democrats. Hillary clinton is declaring victory in kentucky and tweeting about a win in a primary that experts say is too close to call. She is still thanking everyone, saying we are always stronger united. A miramar begin of one half of one percent separated her with her rival, Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile sanders celebrating a win in oregon. He says he is not going anywhere and feels like he has a real shot. There a lot of people out there, pundits and politicians they say Bernie Sanders should drop out boo i agree with you. We are into the last ballot is cast. All of this comes on the heels of angry protests led by Nevada State Party convenience over the weekend. Today the Democratic National committee raised questions about its convention here in philadelphia. And now on the republican side today, dts did the is rumored to have Chris Christie on his short list of Vice President ial picks but new jersey are not into it. A new quinnipiac poll shows that 72 of new jersey voter as possess the idea and only 18 are in favor. All right thank you. Within the next hour, Atlantic City leaders are expected to vote to allow alcohol on the boardwalk. Anyone over 21 will be able to walk around with an open container purchased from a business on the boardwalk. If City Council Passes the law the city will hold a trial period over the summer. For the first time in a long time. Sixers fans everywhere have spent the day smiling. The team has the first pick in the draft after winning the nba lottery last night. Jaime apody is live now. From the head coach to the fans there is a lot to feel good about today. After all the losing its about time the sixers won at something and now they have a pick of the litter, a position that comes with a lot of pressure but the position that the sixers are thrilled to be in. The number one pick in the 2016 draft goes to the philadelphia 76ers. Words this team has not heard since 1996 and after years of finishing after or near the bottomst standings, the sixers are number one at something. We deserve some type of relief from the pain we all experienced trying to grow our program. Brett brown say happy man and he says the way the pingpong ball dropped could change the face of this franchise. It wraps everything up in a nice ball and delivers something nice to our fan base and existing players, we got a jolt we needed. How big is this . Big enough to cause a frenzy on the art museum steps. We are sitting back so long, it feels good to make a move. Last time we got a number one pick was ai so im excited about the possibilities. You can feel a sense of relief in the city because of this number one pick. The last two years were very hard for us and we stuck by this team and now we see promise coming. 610 ben simmons or Brandon Ingram from duke. That supfor brown and his brass to make and that begs the question just between you and me who are you going to pick . Im not telling you. Im not going to tell anybody come on. The eagles traded up to number two to pick carson wentz. And the phillies get the number one pick in the mlb draft. Good try getting the name. I tried. Thank you jaime. Its time now for a check of the action news traffic report today. Lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. From the 76ers to 76 which hopefully was not your pick yesterday afternoon. What a mess we had. You remember brian and sharrie with the overturned tractor trailer by the zoo, this afternoon nothing like that but volume as you can see. On the schuylkill expressway near the vine street expressway. Clogged in both directions especially westbound and the phils game is over and people are headed home on the westbound side. That is why you have the half hour travel time that is ideally half of that. I95 southbound doesnt look too bad a crash a little bit ago northbound by chichester avenue but that has cleared out. Midday construction going on, 6 00 a. M. Until 6 00 p. M. Bondsville road is closed in chest ever county and i would stay on 322, this work is getting underway and they do each day until june 1st. And in buckingham township, bucks county, a crash at 1213 close to 202. And a wreck in mount laurel along martyr avenue at 225 and haddonfield, an accident at roads avenue at wood lane. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day. Minor report close to tasker but the slower speeds are northbound 14 Miles Per Hour as people head home from that phils game. Well keep tabs on that traffic and all the other traffic. Still ahead, the government puts new rules in place about overtime pay and that could mean a raise is coming for millions of americans. Plus, a massive fire that leads to a nightmare, the inferno that rips through train lines in new york city. And the action news family got a little bit bigger, well introduce you to adam josephs beautiful bundle of joy. I donor wonder whether i theshould seek treatment. C. I am ready. Because today theres harvoni. A revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Harvoni is proven to cure up to 99 of patients whove had no prior treatment. It transformed treatment as the first cure thats one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Harvoni is a simple treatment regimen thats been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. Tell your doctor if youve had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. I am ready to put hep c behind me. I am ready to be cured. Are you ready . Ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. Its a stunning video of a train heading into a thick plume of smoke. The fire broke out under the tracks on the metro rail line in new york overnight. And now its back up and running but the travel nightmare is not over yet for commuters. It started with sound so scary it was explosive. After this there was a loud explosion like a big bomb. The blaze broke out at a Garden Center store with lumber and fertilizer and propane tanks inside. It damaged the tracks and service will be altered at least until friday affecting 150,000 rail passengers up in new york city. Crews are working to install six temporary rail columns and they are using an abbreviated saturday schedule until further notice. From trouble on the tracks to the friendly skies, relief may be in sight for Airline Passengers in chicago. The tsa is sending dozens of screeners to Ohare Airport to cut down on the long wait times. 58 officers and four bomb sniffing dog teams are headed to ohare to address the long lines at Security Check points. The head of the tsa apologized yesterday after long lines forced passengers to miss their flights. Many ened up sleeping on cots at the airport. Some salaried workers will start getting overtime pay thanks to new rules that the white house just put in place. Under the new requirements, employers have to pay overtime for anyone making 40,000 a year. That is about half the workforce and some criticize the move on say its too drastic. And the change will go into effect on december 1st. And the thank you was to the person that put my stocks up on the big board. The dow up 3 points. And the nasdaq rising just about 23. 5 points and the s p on the rise marginally less than a point up on the day. The delaware Memorial Bridge lost 104,000 in toll revenue thanks to emergency repairs. That is because of a report from the Delaware River and bay authority, they made the it forced traffic down to one lane and chopper 6 hd was overhead as cars lined up all the way into new jersey. As a result 35,000 fewer drivers took the bridge while the repairs were being made. Well, there are a lot of smiles here at action news today. We want to you meet the little reason why. Here is your baby sister is this your baby sister . Can you point to the baby . Our dear friend and colleague adam joseph welcomed his daughter to the world today at 12 03 this morning. Hanna marie tipped the scales at 8 pounds, the ounces and adam and his wonderful partner carls hearts. We cannot wait to meet hanna in person. Its quite the journey and she is here. He was in the newsroom and he texted and said im out of here its time lets go. And a couple of hours later the baby arrived. We know you want to see more pictures, that is all we are looking at in the newsroom today head to the facebook page. Send adam your warm congratulations. Its time for the accuweather forecast if we can concentrate now. Melissa magee is in for adam joseph who is not thinking about the weather today. You know what brian and sharrie, we are so happy for adam and hanna it made a bright spot in our cloudy day. Here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, you can see that we are still tracking the clouds and some showers off to the west and in fact we go in tighter on street level with stormtracker 6 live double scan, and you can see in berks and lancaster county, we are dealing with showers, Reading Route 222 and route 422 as we get closer to pottstown we are dealing with pockets of light rainfall across the region. We are finding that moisture, its cooler and 61 at this hour. 60 at lancaster, along the 95 corridor. Numbers in the upper 60s. 67 in wilmington, at the coast in cape may, at 60 degrees. Despite a fair amount of cloud cover, its a bitter afternoon than yesterday. We are 13 degrees warmner philadelphia and 4 degrees warmer in allentown and 10 degrees warmer in dover at this hour. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar a fair amount of cloud cover and we are tracking this energy streaming up from the south, a lot of it is falling apart as it works its way into the 95 corridor, nonetheless we allow for a spotty shower. That is the call from accuweather over the next 12 hours, otherwise plenty of clouds and 52 in philadelphia and 48 in reading and 47 in allentown and the Lehigh Valley for dover and cape may. Future tracker 6 showing you with 30 in the morning on thursday its cloudy and sun is around. Upper 50s and it looks better than it does today. Temperature 5 00 in the evening, 70 degrees and perhaps a stray shower moving on through, but the bigger story tomorrow is well have brighter skies and temperatures are responding. The chance of rain not so bad tomorrow, on friday no chances of rain and by saturday no chances of rain a 90 chance of precipitation. It stays unsettled until sunday and early next week. Your four day at 4 00 looks like this. A shower and a few breaks of sun and 72, bright and pleasant on friday, a High Temperature of 76, saturday we are watch that soaking rain, a high of just 61 and left over clouds and a few morning clouds on sunday and a High Temperature of 72. Some improvement on the way tomorrow and our bright spot today of course, adam joseph and his beautiful baby girl. Melissa thank you. Coming up a serial bank robber with an unusual accessory. Up next police here shoot and kill a man right in the middle of midtown manhattan today. Find out what led up to the deadly encounter. Coming up in what is the deal, our local library is helping guys dress for success with a novel new idea. A tie library. 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. Police in new york city shot and killed a man that was wielding a knife on a busy street filled with tourist. It happened during the morning rush in midtown manhattan. The man became belligerent at a Grocery Store and pulled out a knife and refused to drop it. The woman at the scene had to be taken to the hospital after taking a graze wound to the arm. Officers in new jersey that died in the line of duty were honored for their sacrifices, this is the annual Memorial Service in west hampton, new jersey. A memorial bears the names of the officers. And friends and family came to remember the fallen. Rick williams emcees the fifth annual Law Enforcement luncheon in center city. The award was presented to the family of Robert Wilson iii and his partner Damion Stevenson was given a valor award. And of course right there is our general manager here, Bernie Prazenica he was joined by other members of the action news family. And the youth when they use thursday airport. This is the youth art gallery, that used 62 pieces of art at phillip carnie Elementary School. 52 students created the art right here in philadelphia, the exhibit can be found in terminal a east at Philadelphia International airport. From our delaware newsroom, governor jack markell was on hand for the Ribbon Cutting ceremony for a one of a kind center. Its based inside of an Elementary School and a nurse practicalticionner is on site to take care of families and students. Ahead at 4 00, a bank robbers accessory helps to put her behind bars. We have details in a life report. And a couples engagement photo shoot shows their love of costco. More than from their hilarious walk down the wholesale aisles. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, Sharrie Williams and brian taff. 4 30 and action news continues. With a push to fight heroin addiction in a new jersey. Someone has a Million Dollar ticket in their hands. Find out where it was sold. And a reunion in big talkers, when a holocaust survivor meets the veteran that saved his life. And a serial bank robber is under arrest thanks to one of her distinctive accessories and banks were not her only target. Nora muchanic is outside of the Hamilton Township Police Department with the details. Reporter hi there sharrie. Some designers may argue that you are not fully dressed unless you are carrying a purse, but this accused bank robber may have done herself some good if she left her bright colored pocketbook at home. It linked her to a series of Bank Robberies. That is her clutching her bright green purse, it gives new meaning to accessory to a crime. We did not r

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