Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 600 AM 20160511 : vimars

Transcripts For WPVI Action News At 600 AM 20160511

Good morning. Its cool enough for a jacket again this morning but we have winds on the light side. Storm tracker6 live double scan also showing you that the vast majority of the region is dry. Southern Cape May County has a bit of a lingering shower but that will be offer the coast before too much longer. Give it another 15 to 30 minutes and couple of sprinkles out in the northern and western suburbs but those really not amounting to much. Satellite shows you how there is some cloud cover this morning although here on the terrace im seeing some breaks early on and out to the west by washington you see some breaks in the clouds. So, i do think it will be a cloudy start a little damp down south. Then well probably break into more of a mix of clouds and sun before we have to worry about another round of showers coming in later this afternoon. Most of those look to be best chance anyway down south of philadelphia. 54 degrees and dry in the city right now. 45 in allentown. 50 in reading. 54 in wilmington. So, again, a jacket a good idea heading out. And it does look like its going to be milder this afternoon than it was yesterday. By 11 00, 64. By 1 oclock, 69 and by 3 oclock 72. That is your high today with again clouds at times giving way to some sun. When i step inside, weve got a Beautiful Day on tap for tomorrow. Even a little bit warmer than today, karen, and then rain on friday. Details on all of that ahead. All right, dave, lets hit the roads and help you through this morning commute. Were looking live here on i95 approaching cottman. Thats your southbound traffic as you head towards center city. Slow approaching cottman and girard. Dry on 95. No issues and no accidents. So, thats some good news. Were looking on the ramp though from i95 northbound to broad street. We had some construction here on the off ramp and it has reopened, the off ramp. Yes you can is clear. Traffic moving much better so no problems right here. We have an issue with a disabled vehicle in limerick township on neiffer road at swamp pike. It is causing traffic restrictions. Getting a transformer fire, problems in browns mill and the issue is a transformer fire that brought down power lines and we have lots of closures around pemberton browns mill road near louis town road. Avoid the area and expect some closures. Matt and tam. Thank you karen. Lets start with some breaking news here. Chopper now over that fire in sellersville. Take a look at this. This Apartment Building has eight different families that are in it. A fire broke out there just before 3 30 this morning. This is the 200 block of north main again in sellersville. It spread quickly going from apartment to apartment. It seems as though they did manage to get everybody out of that building but for an hour they were fighting that fire and to the point that the firefighters in south jersey ended up needing some help and firefighters from Montgomery County coming in to help with that but after an hour they got it under control. Right now the red cross on the scene trying to help the people displaced by the fire in that apartment house. And going on to the race for the white house, democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton will be stumping in new jersey today ahead of the june 7th primary but overnight it was her rival Bernie Sanders who racked up the latest primary win in West Virginia. What does that mean . Lets go to Katherine Scott. She is live in Blackwood Camden county with details. Good morning. Reporter good morning, tam. New jerseys primary is next month and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are still fighting it out for the democratic nomination. Bernie sanders made two stops on sunday and monday in the garden state and today Hillary Clinton will be here at jammed n county college. Thank you salem. Reporter from a Campaign Event in salem oregon Bernie Sanders and his supporters celebrated tuesdays primary win in West Virginia. The vermont senator has now won 19 states compared to 23 for Hillary Clinton but she is still 94 percent of the way to winning the nomination. Still sanders vows to keep fighting for every vote. We have now won primaries and caucuses in 19 states. We are in this campaign to win the democratic nomination. Hello louisville. Reporter in kentucky clinton wooed voters ahead of next weeks primary. She also picked up a win tuesday in nebraska. Lately shes been shifting her attention to the general election. The right wing never gives up attacking me. Have you noticed that . Theyre really going to throw everything including the can kitchen sink this time. I have a little message for them. Theyve down the for 25 years and im still standing. [cheers and applause] reporter for the republicans presumptive nominee donald trump added wins in West Virginia and nebraska to his tally. His office called the victories an honor. He said hes learned a lot in the time he spent in both states and that knowledge will be put to good use towards the creation of businesses, jobs and the strengthening and revival of their economies. And todays clinton rally is opened to the public. It starts at 1 oclock. The doors open at 11 00. We are lie in blackwood Katherine Scott channel6 action news. Action news will continue to be your source for Political Developments as the race runs towards the general election in november. American airlines copilot arrested at Detroit Metro airport because of suspicion he had been drink willing not appear at a scheduled hearing today. Police removed john maguire from the philadelphia bound flight before takeoff back in march. The pilot from chadds ford was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol. Authorities say his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Maguires lawyer will be there to represent him in court in romulus michigan but did not explain why maguire will not attend. 6 06. Fires continue to rage on in canada reducing homes to rubble liking that. While the American Red Cross will be deploying nearly 50 people from around the country canada today to assist with the wildfires in alberta. And thee of those people will be from the. Three of those people will be from the philadelphia area. The wildfire has torched 400,000 areas and were talking about an area thats half the size of the state of rhode island. Still the fire has yet to be contained but the weather is starting to cooperate and the flames are headed towards less populated areas. A plan is being put together so that most of the 88,000 evacuees can return to their homes if 33 still have homes to return to. That could happen within the next two week. The fact that there are a Record Number of job openings may have you scratching your head but theres a reason why so many of them are unfilled even though so many people are looking for work. Maribel aber is lie at the nasdaq in times square with our market watch report. Hi, maribel. Reporter hi, matt. Well, there are close to 5. 8 million job openings in the u. S. The number of job openings has increased for five straight months according to the labor department. Its a sign that businesses are hiring but analysts say it also shows that companies are having a tough time finding Skilled Workforce fill the available jobs. Talking stocks, stocks rose yesterday as a rally in oil prices helped to lift the markets. Right now futures pointing to a lower open. A look at the federal budget is due out later today. And the staplesoffice depot merger is off. The Company Called off the deal after a federal judge issued an injection to stop the 6 billion merger. The federal trade commission had asked for an injunction and the ftc says staplesoffice depot merger would give the combined company too large of a market chunk. Little bit damp out there in some spots. Generally speaking a milder day on tap for most of you and as we take a look outside we have rain in Cape May County. Things are getting better. As you go in tighter you can see the rain is almost off the coast. Garden state parkway drying out in southern Cape May County before too much longer and that additional shower down by llewes scooterring off the coast. Want to go up to the northern and western suburbs just briefly and show that you there are a couple of real scant sprinkles and showers out by honey brook in western Chester County. Some of this kind of scooting towards pottstown. If you see some of this its just not going last that long and its a minor nuisance this morning. We have cloudy skies across most of the region but there is some sun breaking through at times and you can see a lot of pink above the ben franklin bridge in south jersey as we look from center city. 45 degrees in allentown. It is a cool start in the lehigh valley. And in philadelphia 9 degrees better at 54 which is also jacket worthy this morning. Satellite shows you how that current batch of shower activity is getting past us pretty quickly. Then there actually are some breaks in the clouds and i think well see that sun and clouds mix for a bit today. Additional showers farther to the west of us in West Virginia may try and scoot through a little bit later in the day. Most of those appear to be headed for southern delaware and south jersey but we cant totally rule out another sprinkle or a quick shower up around i95. Overall, though, a mix of clouds and sun up in the lehigh valley, mainly dry and a high of 70 today. A nice improvement. Down the shore a little bit cooler. More clouds with some sunny breaks, 61 degrees is the high there. And some spotty showers are possible at the shore straight through the afternoon. Its not going to be raining all the time but off and on you could see that. In philadelphia its mostly just clouds and sun. 72 is the high. There will be time when the sun is a little bit brighter and other times when its more cloudy and while we cant rule out a brief shower at some point in philadelphia, it looks like its mainly dry and most of our shower activity is probably down south. For the Union Tonight at home against the l. A. Galaxy, well go mostly cloudy but theres the possibility of some breaks. Seasonable conditions about 66 for the start of the match and 62 for the finish. Should be a decent night for soccer in chester and 54 is the overnight low, partly cloudy and comfortable with light winds. And we get into tomorrow and we have a beauty for you. Next storm system still out to the west and down to the south. Well see a high of 74 with a mix of clouds and sun. A brief dry period because on friday that next system comes in and does give us a round of rain in the afternoon. Your exclusive accuweather 7day, 72 is todays high, a mix of clouds with some sun. There is the chance of a shower. Best chance is south of philadelphia down in south jersey and delaware. Tomorrow clouds and sun, and nice a high of 74. 72 on friday with a round of rain arriving into the afternoon and perhaps the early evening. Could be a thunderstorm mixed in as well. On saturday to start the weekend mostly cloudy, still mild, 72. But in the afternoon or evening theres the chance of a shower or thunderstorm. And then sunday all of thats over with but its breezy and cooler with a high of 63 drones looks lik65 degrees. We could have a stretch of three days where its not raining. Thats nice. More stories you didnt see last night including the dave reckoning for two a california sheriffs deputies thirty eight a videotaped assault. A scare for taylor swift. Why Police Showed up outside of her apartment. Karen. Were live in tell wear county checking out the blue route past macdade boulevard. Northbound traffic headed towards baltimore pike. No delays just yet. Looking pretty good. Looking dry. Were going check that construction on city avenue and talk about a new accident coming up. The phillies are the kings of close games. Yeah. The results of yet another one run decision later on action news. Pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. Then your eyes may see it differently. Flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. No other nasal allergy spray can say that. When we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. Most allergy pills only control one substance. Flonase controls six. And six is greater than one. More complete allergy relief. Flonase. 61 changes everything. Welcome back. Youre taking a live look here at a view across the platt bridge. It is 6 14 and 54 degrees out there right now. Were just looking down the corner here, karen, from our studios,. I know, looking down the road city avenue at bala avenue. If you were driving along city avenue yesterday another nightmare with the construction crews staying out there all day long. Here they are right now off to the right lane so you want to watch for that. Blocking the right lane. Yesterday they were out there all day. Well see about today. City avenue at bala avenue as you head northbound towards the schuylkill. We have a new accident Skippack Pike at cross roads. Watch for that accident coming in. Disabled we had here in limerick has cleared. Were getting more information on this problem here in Burlington County new jersey in browns mills. Weve got pemberton browns mills road near louis town road a transformer fire that brought down power lines and now the schools are saying for the Pemberton Schools they have problems with the dropoff and the pickup of students. Theyre going to be trade because theyre rerouting traffic because it is causing traffic problems around the area of pemberton browns mill road into your lewis town road. More information keeps coming in. Storm tracker6 live double scan shows showers out to the northwest that are very light. Rain in Cape May County that you can see is pushing off the coast. Currently 54 degrees. Yesterday our high was only 60. Today headed up to 72. So, warmer and a little bit better there matt. Thanks karen. Brands new two San Francisco area sheriffs deputies who are charged with felony assault are expected to surrender today. They were caught on camera beating a suspected car thief. The video shows the officers delivering more than 40 blows with steel batons. The deputies are accused of stealing the sundayd thiefs gold chain to give to a homeless man to keep the homeless man quiet about the beating. A man has been detained outside of taylor swifts home in manhattan. She was not home at the time this went on. The unidentified man was spotted estreat by swifts security guards. Police say man was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and its still not clear if the manmade any threats. This is also new a search warrant reveals that a minnesota doctor saw the singer prince a day before he died. A warrant says dr. Michael todd shawl len berg treated prince on april 7th and april 20th and that shawl henneberg also prescribed medications and prescriptions for the musician. Prince died at his minnesota home. Autopsy results are pending. Sources say investigators are looking into whether prince died from an overdose. 6 16. Car service crisis. It looks like this uber is in need of a lyft. [laughter] david. Okay there, matt. Weve got jackets on the kids a little bit of rain down in south jersey, a sprinkle in a couple can of other spots but not enough for rain gear at this point. Shorts and ts this afternoon. Ill have your day planner forecast and well get you to the airport in case youre traveling. Thats all coming up. New aquafina sparkling. An experience thats all together refreshing. Aquafina sparkling. For happy bodies. Britta olsen is my patient. I spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. One night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, when a person dies, she said, someone must open the window so the soul can depart. I smiled and squeezed her hand. Not tonight, britta. Not tonight. [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson johnson. Narrator the constitution says the President Shall make nominations for the Supreme Court and the senate votes. No exception for election years why is pat toomey refusing to do the job pennsylvania elected him to do . Toomey refuses to consider anyone president obama nominates, even a former prosecutor with more experience than any other nominee with bipartisan support. But toomey is choosing his partys leaders and playing politics with the Supreme Court. Call senator toomey and tell him to put the constitution before his politics. National preschool trend with a simple idea. Get the children to to go outside for more exercise fresh air and to benefit their learning curve. Erin ohearn has a preview of ton 90s special report. You going slide down . Reporter rock climbing splashing through creeks and using logs as balance beams the official classroom of two new area preschools is the great outdoors. It provides the freedom and space for children to explore to get to know their own abilities. Reporter children enrolled spend the majority of their days outside regardless of the weather condition. Theres no bad weather only bad clothing. Reporter why these teachers and parents believe Outdoor School rooms are the key to children thriving academically and socially tonight only on action news at 11 00. I have not heard of that. Thats interesting. Send them outside. Thats what i my mom always said. Lets check the roads for you. Looking live in Gloucester City that is 42 approaching 130. Northbound traffic headed towards the walt whitman bridge not looking at any delays yet and the overnight construction there is long gone

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