Were tracking heavy downpours on the way, some areas are under flood watches, were timing out when the rain will get here for you. Once again, good morning, everyone, lets turn to david murphy and matt pellman for weather and traffic. Reporter good morning didnt have to use the umbrella for a day or two, i guess its back later today. Reporter especially this afternoon and overnight tonight it will be heavy in parts of the region. We have a flood watch in effect not the entire region, but areas up to the pennsylvania turnpike and points south. It kicks in this afternoon and ends saturday afternoon. Well be in an extended period of on and off heavy rain. We have cloudy skies and blips of precipitation down in delaware and more rain to the west. Well be watching that over the next several hours. 72 in philadelphia. Muggy. 66 in allentown. 73 in beach haven, 74 degrees in cape may. 81 degrees by noon, might get sunny breaks early in the day, by 3 00 p. M. , the high is 84. Im posting the chance of popup showers and thunderstorms beginning to fill in more as we go into the evening and overnight hours. Of course we have a couple of issues with us, the first would be flooding. Theres definitely the chance of flood flood flooding that could put water on the roads pretty quick, turn around dont drown thats good advice. In addition theres a chance of an isolated strong thunderstorm. This is areas below allentown down to the shore. If you hear thunder you want to be taking cover from that. Matt pellman well track the rain on future tracker 6 and talk about more when things get better over the weekend. Reporter david did you hear me go a few minutes ago, an accident on i95 southbound, a semi truck a few minutes ago, didnt see the accident and came upon the van quickly and swerved at the last minute, almost lost control, luckily we didnt, we have not had a secondary accident yet, this is a dangerous situation, i95 southbound heading toward the walt whitman bridge. No emergency crews on the scene, several vehicles trying to to go between the two vehicles involved in the crash, something to be aware of, i95 southbound south of penns landing heading toward the walt whitman bridge dangerous situation well keep watching. Wean meanwhile, were watching construction in center city, no lanes open in either direction along the vine. They were supposed to be open at 5 00 a. M. , well keep you posted on this as well. The schuylkill expressway again last night it was a long eastbound stretch between gulph mills and belmont they are in the process of reopening the left lane by the blue route, looks like they have done that. Garyville pike or 663, alternates. Skinny repeal was a last ditch effort of the overhaul of the Affordable Care act. The effort for repeal and replace failed in the overnight hours. Jeanette reyes has details of how the vote went down good morning, jennette. Reporter good morning, tam this is another serious blow to the President Trump agenda. The socalled skinny repeal was voted down 51 to 49 derailing a seven Year Campaign by the gop to dismantles obama care. John mccain provide provided the critical vote to defeat the proposal. He returned to the Senate Last Week after a diagnosis with brain cancer. Wait for the show before entering the Senate Chairman and voted no. Mitch mcconnell spoke about democrats who voted down the measure. I would say to my dear friend the majority we are not celebrating were relieved. Many colleagues on the other side, are celebrating, probably pretty happy about all this. But the American People are hurting. And 6 senators from the tri state voted. Toomey, yes to repeal. Bob casey, bob menendez and chris kunes and tom carper voted no. Moving forward, mcconnell said he was open to hear what kind of ideas the democrats had. Jeanette reyes channel 6 action news. Thank you jennette. There seems to be infighting between members of the president ial inner circle. Scaramucci is backtracking vulgar language he used to describe reince priebus, he dismissed steve bannon the chief strategy gist as purely self interested. Scaramucci said his only mistake was trust ago reporter. It is 5 06 a. M. , new this morning, a man is recovering after a stabbing in center city. It happened after a fight around 3 00 a. M. In the 1200 block of race street in center city. Police say the fight was between two people. The victim was rushed to the hospital in serious, but stable condition, the suspect was taken into custody nearby. Police are looking for a thief who broke into a mosque and stole cash from a donation box. Detectives say he tried to do again five days later, but failed because authorities moved the money into the safe. Officials worry that the suspect maybe a member who prays alongside them. Philadelphia Police Released this vandalism, that wrote kill a cop, save a life. Police believe the video shows two spray painters and one lookout, the police is looking for a are 5 thoughted reward to catch the suspect. New jersey state officials will hold a statewide gun buy back hoping to rules the number of firearms in the garden state today and tomorrow from 8578 to 8 00 p. M. New jersey residents can turn in any firearm in camden and newark, up to 200 per weapon will be offered. Many beaches on the jersey shore that were closed are back open due to elevated bacteria levels are reopened to visits, all were in atlantic city, ventnor and toms river. The dangerous conditions were likely due to storm drain run off from the recent heavy rains that could happen again with the heavy rains due to arrive today. Lets talk about the heavy rain due to arrive later today with this reporter spotty stuff may arrive overnight tonight and may not stop until tomorrow afternoon. Is Storm Tracker 6 live double scan shows mainly dry conditions and showers down south of dover, delaware and extending west to g cloud cover across the region. Might have a there, mof us most of us have to until we see the popup showers. 72 philadelphia 66 in in allentown. Humid as you step out there. Yes this morning there could be a popup shower, but by noon were probably holding on to dry conditions and sunny breaks. The clouds fill in and by 3 00 p. M. , or 4 00 p. M. Well look at the rain beginning to build in. Notice its not everywhere at once during the afternoon and evening hours. Phillies may have a delay, but they will get that rain in. By 11 00 were looking at the building to the south. Most of us will be suppressed to the southern half of the region. By 11 00, this will be pushing north than the model is indicating. Obviously theres heavy rain involved. In the Lehigh Valley cloudy and late day popup showers and thunderstorms not out of the question. High of 82. Youll get more rain the farther south you go. Down the shore mostly cloudy rain arriving in the afternoon and evening. A ahead of the rain, a low risk of rip currents today. That will change big time tomorrow. In Rehoboth Beach 80 on theahowt be rule out especially the later and later we go through the afternoon and evening. 84 your muggy high. For the phillies bring along rain gear or by seats in the overhang area, like i did. Im thinking. Mostly cloudy theres possibility of rain during the game with the braves. 76 in the pitch, 79 in the 9th inning. Heavy rain overnight extending into saturday morning. As we take a look at the aa pre. Several issues because of this, one to two inches of rain po to the north, two to four inches to the south. Coastal winds it will get gusty, a lot to think about as this comes in. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, thunderstorms possible later with pockets of heavy rain. Periods of rain overnight tonight into saturday morning, some which could heavy breezy on saturday, 73 the high. Sunday, bounce back, 81. A pay back. A good kind of pay back. Mondayd tuesday, 89. And back to the 90s the way things look right now. Thousands of the outer banks has been ordered off the island. A Police Officer is killed responding to a car accident he was shot by the people he was trying to save. Pped into the country failed inspection, details about what was hidden. Which was worth millions hidden inside which wasnsf doll. We have an accident southbound on i95, here comeseh live, its a mess, well talk about this and new crash on the northeast extension when action news continues at this friday morning. Welcome back taking a live look at the Commodore Barry bridge, look at the clouds, rain this way comes, as we go into the day, 5 14 a. M. , 72 degrees. Matt you have a problem on a busy highway. Reporter drama on i95 already this morning southbound direction i close to tasker treat as you head toward the walt whitman bridge. An accident happened involving what i think was three vehicles, one here and one vehicle and vehicles coming upon it quickly trying to squeeze in between the two vehicles there. There was a guy out there trying to keep other cars from doing that, he was waving his arms emphatically, he almost got hit a couple of times we speed up quickly and dodge it at the last second and lost control. There was a secondary accident, as well. You have two right lanes coming southbound from penns landing, but you want to drop your speeds, please as you can down to columbus boulevard to the walt whitman bridge toward i95. The waze app we have a crash on the northeast extension northbound side lower it is out there, according to pennsylvania turnpike commission, northbound in the left lane approaching the Lehigh Valley interchange. Nex, overnight construction has cleared including the southbound soab southbound zone between Lehigh Valley and quakertown. Down policy blocking 29 and 8th street. Garyville pike or 663. 29 is not where you want to be this morning. If youre heading toward 29 toward 202 the scene in exton where the 30 bypass onramp comes in. Overnight construction is gone. You can see its foggy and soupyny part of Chester County this morning. Matt and tam. Thank you matt, the Investigation Continues int acco state fair as similar fair rides across the country have been shut down across the condition. 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The deputy was evaluated and only had painful bruising. Reporter were always thankfully for had your police, were glad to see them this morning along i95 alerting people to whats going on. The Police Officers just hope to get this southbound accidents pushed off to the right shoulder. We are not doing so well when it was on the left side of the roadway. Several in here misses and one secondary accident. The lanes are open, but the southbound traffic is slow traveling south of penns landing toward the walt whitman bridge. On the the mass transit front so far so good this morning no major delays. Reporter most of us are dry this morning. That will change later today matt, 73 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Muggy, 81 degrees by noon. 3 00 p. M. , thats the high, by 3 00 p. M. Theres a chance of showers and thunderstorms popping up in parts of the region especially areas south. 79 degrees by 5 00 p. M. 76 by 7 00 p. M. As we get into the afternoon evening and later night hours more and more of that rain activity will probably start to build in. It will be heavy at times and we have the flood watch across the region. All green at the airports in case youre trying to escape all this. No signs of rain at our big travel cities. Sweet tooth can be detriment. Sugar from sweet drinks and snacks men can be 23 more likely to cause depression. The average american man eats triple the recommended amount. Video shows moments after tennis star Venus Williams after a car crash. What officers told her. Heres g. M. A. First look, exclusive interview with lee Anne Erickson and her boyfriend who saved her life. I started to paddle for the wave, lee anne screams behind me. I felt it grab me and pull me down. Drown the prey and eat. Reporter i remember thinking about him and trying to push the shark off me, i started digging, i i felt i was digging out a cup of jello. Reporter that was the sharks eye. 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