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WPVI Action News At 500 AM March 16, 2015

Overtaking us during the morning well wind up with a clouds and sun mix overall. Starting out on the cool side were at 36 degrees in philadelphia. 30 in allentown as the number has dipped there. 32 in reading. 33 in wilmington. 30 in millville. At least the wind is not all that strong this morning. As we look outside catching the school bus, 6 00 a. M. 32 degrees 8 00 a. M. 36 degrees. Starting out on the chilly side. 52 degrees by noon, 59 degrees by 3 00 p. M. Looks like well get a lateday high of 60 degrees around 4 00 p. M. Before dipping back to 56 by 6 00 p. M. Clouds increasing a little bit against some sunny breaks during the day but mild this afternoon. St. Patricks day forecast coming up. Maybe a spotty shower there karen, ill take a look. Reporter im keeping my eye on the 60. Its clear and dry this morning this is the schuylkill expressway no problems, eastbound traffic heading off the turnpike toward the blue route. We have a problem coming in an accident involving an overturned vehicle in southwest philadelphia baltimore avenue at 57th street. Avoid it we have crews coming to the scene. Stick to christian street as the alternate. Delaware county a disabled vehicle on 1th street at edgemont avenue. A couple of problems, but other than that clear and dry. Breaking right now a raging house fire in philadelphia injured two people including a firefighter these flames were really intense as you will see from the video coming up. Our reporter, Annie Mccormick is live near the scene in the citys murrell park section. Swat teams swarmed neighborhoods in upper darby Delaware County after police say a man shot his neighbor. Police say the two were outside their homes along the 22 hundreds block of hardwood avenue when the shooter shot nine shots. The shooter barricaded himself into his home. A body washed up on a beach in delaware, authorities are working to determine that persons identity and cause of death. Someone walking along augustine peach discovered the body washed up in the sand along the delaware bay. The president is appealing for International Aid after devastating cyclone. Cyclone pam slammed into the Pacific Island chain over the weekend. Cyclone is what they call hurricanes in that region of the world. The cyclone damaged 90 of the buildings in the capitol. 6 people are confirmed dead and 30 injured. Communications have been cut and officials have not been able to reach many of the islands. People who live alonger the ohio river are waiting for the floodwaters to recede. It swelled after heavy rains on friday. In louisville, homes are five feet deep in water and boats are the only way to get around. Some basketball analysts believe the team is better the villanova team is better and deeper than the one that got to the big dance by jay wright. Coach wright has Great Respect for the leopards. They are very, very well coached. They spread the floor very intelligent. They love playing teams like us, little bit bigger, more at athletic they slice you up. Wrights brother and sister went to lafayette. As a family they can not lose. The owls are the number one sealed in the nit. Temples fran dunphy won coach of the year in the american athletic conference. Reporter i was thinking they were in, better luck next year. Storm tracker 6 live double scan, we are looking at no precipitation, as we take a look outside, we have tranquil conditions on the Delaware River there, not a lot of wind, so you see how the water isnt rippling all that much. The only issue this morning is the temperature. We are a bit on the cold side. 36 degrees in philadelphia. 33 in wilmington. Down to 30 in allentown. 32 in reading. 37degree reading on the boardwalk in Atlantic City and sea isle. Winds are not that strong. I dont have anything in double digits outside the poconos. Generally speaking were looking for them to be 3 to 6 Miles Per Hour through the day. Cloudy cover is spilling across the pennsylvania turnpike and i95. Well get early sunshine, after that its a kind of clouds with sun mix today. Overall, though, the story is going to be the temperature. The temple will treat us well. Up in allentown mild, 57 clouds and sun. Down the shore clouds and sun high of 54. Cooler by the water because we have a southwesterly flow that will be coming in off the cool ocean water that will keep temperatures lower by the time the oceanfronts. In philadelphia well go for a high of 60. Clouds sun pleasant conditions, 6 to 12 Miles Per Hour. As we roll through the day 36 degrees by 8 00 a. M. Quickly getting into the 40s by 11 00 a. M. And 50s by 2 00. 60 degrees hitting around 4 00 p. M. Before we dip back to 58 degrees at 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow, st. Patricks day getting cloudy, the model wants showers and sprinkles up to the north. Some of this may make it into philadelphia during morning hours. In the afternoon theres the chance that the skies dry out a little bit and we get sunshine returning. Well have a day thats mild to start out. 62 degrees, it will be windy in the afternoon as the skies clear a little bit unfortunately temperatures will drop. Youll want a coat if youre out and about on st. Patricks day we are looking at temperatures falling in the 50s. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, clouds mixing with sun today. A pleasant high of 60 degrees, winds light today. Tomorrow, spotty shower in the morning. High of 62 with temperatures falling during the afternoon i do think well see the return of sunshine. I know weve got a cloud there but later in the day the sun returns. Le county and the cooler air coming in will be with us on wednesday with a high of 42 degrees thursday, 48. Mostly cloudy on friday, spring arrives apt 6 45 p. M. Union play at night. The weekend 54 saturday, back to 50 under the sun on sunday. Thank you david. It is 5 08. Racist text causing an investigation into San Francisco Police Officers. Police make an arrest in the shooting of two Police Officers in ferguson. Reporter we have the schuylkill expressway eastbound at 202 we have a tow truck on the scene. This is off to the side in king of prussia. A new problem in king of prussia to report. Details on that coming up. Just imagine if you had a flying car to get through all these traffic jams. Its not all Science Fiction folks, coming up later in the morning buzz good morning everyone, 5 11, monday morning, Atlantic City on sky 6 where the official temperatures is 34 degrees, getting you mean to 56 there. The days of winter passing us by. But this left behind potholes karen. Reporter they do, its terrible. We have to deal with the winter and now we have to deal with the leftovers in traffic. You know how we hate leftovers. We have an accident in king of prussia godfrey road at north gulph road this is just coming in. We have an accident that just cleared in bluebell at Union Meeting road watch for that one in bluebell just cleared. We have a new one in king of prussia. We have large potholes, one on 422 between sanatoga and armond ham he were hammer boulevard. Theres a large sinkhole on eastbound 70 what a busy area to have a problem like this. They are working on it blocking the right lane at springdale road. Lets go outside and show you what it looks like, clear and dry coming in from fort washington, 309 at the pennsylvania turnpike. No problems to head you off. Nice and light volume looking good. On the commuter traffic report we continue to talk of potholes here jd roseberry a member of our 6abc team. This is boot road watch for a pothole there, as well. We have a high of 60 later today, 34 in quakertown and pilots. 29 in saint davids. At the freezing mark in center city. The suburbs in new jersey, about the freezing mark, a little below in browns mill, 28 in glassboro, cold today cinnaminson, 33. A nice high of 60 later on. A 20yearold man is behind bars accused of shooting two Police Officers in ferguson, authority. Jeffrey williams admitted he fired the shots at the ends of the protest. He had a dispute with someone there and was aiming at them and none of the officers. Neither of the two officers works for the Ferguson Police department. The officer was treated for their injuries and released. Four members of the San Francisco police force are accused of sending racist and homophobic text. The text were sent between october of 2011 and june of 2012. They were made public during a bail hearing of a former officer who was convicted of corruption. The sixers face the celtics in boston. The sixers need to start the season all over again to think about the playoffs. Flyers playoff hopes took a hit. Bobby ryan delivered the dagger. They are fine points out of the final playoff spot. Disneys live action fur tail approves to be proves to bement bell of the box office. Reporter we have temperatures in the 30s and this afternoon they can ease back on the gear. Your day planner forecast even well get you to the airport. We have a delay with one of our connecting cities thats coming up. woman ready for another game . woman oh, sorry man daydreaming again. man about going on a cruise . in unison yeah. woman around the hawaiian islands, for 2 weeks. in unison we were man with a helicopter tour. woman how did you know . Youve got the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. woman yeah, 1 million payout. man with top prizes of 1,000,000. foreground woman the leis are a nice touch. male announcer want to see your dreams come to life . You could scratch your way to instant winning. The pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. We return to our breaking story a raging house fire injured two people including a firefighter. Annie mccormick is live on the scene in murrell park section. Reporter the people taken to the hospital are in stable condition. Take a look behind me, matt, this is the damage that the fire left behind. You can see the bulk of it in the middle of the row home. This is on the 3500 block of brook view road on the murrell park section. You can see the fastmoving fire in this video damaging the homes on the the street. The heavy fire was showing when the crews arrived. Electrical lines began arching and people were trapped everybody is out we are told one civilian in the basement, a member of the family was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation, the Family Member said he is expected to be okay. He is in stable condition. A firefighter was taken to area torresdale, as well. Suffering from heat exhaustion. People are getting out safely, they are getting assistance with the red cross. We are told by fire officials there are two pets they are looking for, we are working to find the details on what the pets look like. Maybe you can keep an eye out for them. Reporting live in murrell section of northeast philadelphia. I hope they find the pets. Thank you, annie. Firefighters are struggling to contain a five mile long wildfire that stred spread from kansas to missouri. The fire started in elwood kansas and jumped the Missouri River into st. Joe he have and scorched hundreds of acres. Those images are horrific looking another that, right. Not so horrible the roads. Let us take you outside on the ben franklin bridge. Were looking pretty good thats the westbound traffic on your left coming into the city. So far no eastbound destruction on the right that will come in another hour. Mass transit is on time, youre looking good mr. Murph. Reporter right now were close to the freezing mark. Bundle up a little bit. Im expecting a high of 60 around 3 30 or 4 00 before we dive back to 56. Nice and mild, clouds and sunny breaks. Looking across the wide view a lot of dry air to fly through if youre heading to the airport. Sprinkles in the center part of the country. Florida looking cloudy in miami. Weve had a delay on the board because of runway construction up at justicia. Last i looked they said it was diminishing. Right now we posted a zero delays. No rain in our most commonly traveled test destinations. New research is raising hope for highly amend experimental class of cholesterol drugs. It could consult the risk of heart attacks and strokes by half. Doctors are waiting for broader ranging trials to test for side effects. Some of the known side effects include memory problems and drop in mental clarity. A new study calls into question the value of heart imaging. The people who get ct scans have no more risk of suffering a heart attack than those taking a stress test. They expose patients to radiation. Gas prices in the philadelphia area backed off a few cents last week. Heres americas money. Reporter topping americas money, a long awaited drop in gas prices. The National Average for a gallon, 2. 42. The two cents cheaper than a week ago. Reporter the 3 cent slip and 40 day streak of price hikes. Cinderella is dominating at the box office. Reporter the fairy tale debuted with 70 million. The thriller run all night was a accident second with 11 million. Kingman was third. March madness means lost productivity at the office. It could be as high as 1. 9 billion. They say watching games during Business Hours is good for morale. Thats americas money, have a great monday. Its 5 21, coming up at 5 30 millionaire real estate heir robert durst is arrested for murder. We have news from Delaware County where police say a man shot his neighborhood. 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Youre not going to be able to to go out there in a couple of years and buy one. Youll need a pilots license, it will be a two seater, there will be a parachute. The company is experimenting with different engine types. Aero mobile will release the flying car. Sunny we watch as you know at my house we watch star wars constantly the scene with the flying car is big part of that. A millionaire real estate highway has been arrested for murder. Hear about his own undoing. Breaking right now on action news, officials are gathering new information on a fierce overnight fire and so are we. Developing gunfire goes off during a neighborhood dispute in Delaware County and swat teams have to break it up. The jinxed in jail. A documentary takes a strange twist on tv. Good morning everybody. Reporter springtime arrives friday evening. We have a morning that will feature sun and clouds, the clouds are starting to sweep in from the west. There are breaks here or there i think its a clouds and sun mix overall. 36 degrees currently were starting out chilly. 33 in wilmington. 32 in reading. Close to that in trenton. 32 in wildwood, as well. Not a lot of wind out there so thats good. If youre catching the bus at the bus stop, 6 00, 32, 8 00 a. M. , 36. Seems like it will be a cold day, well, no, because as we get past the morning commute well see the numbers jump up. Approximate well have a high of 60 around 3 30, 4 00 p. M. 56 degrees by 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow starts out mild, kind of gray for st. Patricks day and there are changeses during the day ill have the details in the seven day. What do the roads look like . Reporter were clear and dry, this is the vine street expressway, very light volume, a good shot of the roads. No issues, clear conditions. We have a problem on the big picture, an accident involving an overturned vehicle out here in southwest philadelphia. Watch for it here, you want to avoid the area of baltimore avenue at 57th street. Use christian street as the alternate to avoid crews coming to the scene. On the majors things are moving okay. Emergency construction going on they shut down route 100. Its closed between kirkwood and new road. Stick to lancaster avenue to avoid the emergency construction. The boulevard southbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway moving nicely so far this morning. This story has been breaking right now. Firefighters show up to fight a

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