news," soaking rain throughout the region. the accuweather and traffic teams are here to get you through the morning commute. >> three suspects wanted for an alleged attack on two gay men have been charged with the crime. >> a woman fights jail time and we knows. hear how the mom took on top brass for her rights to bear arms. >> let's go over to david murphy and talk about the rain and karen rogers to take a look at what its doing to the commute. good morning. >> reporter: accuweather said it's going to be wet this morning and it is. philadelphia is inundated and you can see the yellow cells coming in from the ocean that's where the ponding and puddling is occurring. a little bit of a break of the heavier stuff, but there's more on the way. south jersey in hammonton and route 55 and the ac express way getting pretty darn wet at this point. it's damp along the blue route,

the schuylkill expressway and 295 and i-95, new jersey turnpike included. wet roads and more stuff coming in off the ocean. 61 degrees in philadelphia. 59 in allentown. 60 in wilmington. most of your roads are wet, so you do want to take it slow, especially if you see the high water standing on the roads around drains that are having a tough time getting rid of it. 59 degrees by 6:00. 50 at 8:00 a.m. so umbrellas for the kids. as we roll through the day it's cool. 64 degrees by noon. most of the rain will be around here up until 9:00 a.m. it will be less and less scattered showers and drizzle. the other thing about the day, karen, very windy we'll have gusts up to 30 miles per hour across region. >> reporter: a lot to contend with when you're hitting the roads. this is what you want to ray void. david talk about the ponding and puddling. this is south philadelphia, i-95 the left lane watch for the

puddle you don't want to go hydroplaning in that. watch for that. we have a disabled vehicle blocking a lane i-95 northeast philadelphia, that has cleared, so things are looking better, here. that's that's northbound traffic heading toward academy expect slowing northbound past cottman. in upper merion we had a truck hit a median, the schuylkill expressway westbound past gulph mills not causing a major delay, you'll need to give yourself extra time with the wet roads. an accident involving an overturned vehicle 422 approaching 100. watch for emergency workers. millville, 49 westbound is blocked near 55. the roads are wet we've got problems, it's trouble out there already, matt. him. >> well, that coastal storm is expected to bring the most rain and winds to the jersey shore, katherine scott is live in atlantic city to tell us how

miserable it is to be along the beach this morning. katherine. >> reporter: well, matt, the rain has been steady the winds have been strong. if we were ranking mornings to be outside, i will not lie, this will not rank high on the list. many would agree with me, if you look at the boardwalk, it's miserable out here, it's been raining for showers and the winds are strong. high tide comes in later this morning with all of this rain we could see some coastal and tidal flooding and those spots most prone to tidal flooding could see minor flooding on the roadways, as well. it's not a day for beach weather. in the event you get any ideas there could dangerous conditions with the threat of rip currents, so just be safe, get those raincoats out, you might want to leave your umbrella at home, my

umbrella had a tough morning, it's in retirement for the time being maybe i'll pull it out later in the wind dies down. live in atlantic city, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> watch the storm move out with us, with the new 6abc.com. head to our weather page on your desk top or smart phone or tablets for storm tracker 6 live. >> this is brand new video of a suspect katherine knott surrounded by family. she and her co-defendants posted bail facing two counts of aggravated assault. abington health has suspended her as an er technician at lansdale hospital because she tweeted out patient x-rays. she has been vocal on social media about her father's position as a police chief in

chalfonte, bucks county. an innocent bystanders continues to recover from a run in with a car that involved a shootout. this involved at pan american academy in north philadelphia. police say the driver exchanged gunfire with somebody on the sidewalk the driver died causing the car to veer out of control and hit a third person who was an innocent bystander. no word on what sparked this gunfire. there's been reported sighting of the suspect accused in the deadly ambush of the pennsylvania state trooper. but he is still out there. state police say eric frein alluded them during an encounter on tuesday. it did turn up serbian cigarettes and soiled diapers. time is 5:35, gun charges against a south philadelphia mother of two may be formally dropped today or the atlantic

county prosecutor may ask 27-year-old allen to enter a pti program. she was arrested for carrying her own handgun in her purse and driving across state lines into new jersey. the prosecutor considered seeking three jails in jail time. allen pointed out that the same prosecutor allowed ray rice to avoid jail time after being charged with aggravated assault against his now wife. >> you're telling me i have to abuse and hurt someone to get a second chance you know? i already did 46 days in jail. >> allen bought the gun after getting robbed twice after returning from her job in center city. >> president obama made an urgent call to action on the ebola epidemic. he promised to lead

international efforts to stop the spread of the deadly virus. he committed 3,000 troops to build treatment centers. experts say it is not likely that it will spread to the united states, but the chances increase everyday as the virus rages out of control. >> a new 6abc franklin and marshall poll shows not much changes in the race for the governor. tom wolf holds a 20-point lead over incumbent tom corbett regardless of voters personal preferences, 58% believe tom wolf will win the election. the issues that matter most are education and the economy. election day nearly a month away. >> another issue important to pennsylvanians, all this rain we're getting. >> reporter: heavy bands coming

in during the rush hour. lots of rain out there, a lot highlighted in yellow. that two dimensional view shows you that the movement is in off the ocean off the top of the coastal high pressure center down to our south. every now and then you get the steadier rain highlighted in yellow. i'll go in closer, we are spotting the pennsylvania turnpike out here, parts of that around norristown are getting some heavier downpours, looks like 295 and the new jersey turnpike are about to pick up a little more around woodbury and gibbs town. ac expressway, route 55 better off, but even this green isic maaing the roadway -- making the roadways wet. basically everywhere you go outside of today. you're looking at wet roads. the exception may be allentown and reading, it may be longer before you get the rain. once it arrives it won't be as

bad in the northern and western issues. the big issue is for the immediate area around the pennsylvania turnpike and i-95 and south to the shore. cape may may be past the work of this, there's a break up off the coast, but you have the yellow band that dumped a little bit of extra rain on you a little while ago. you can see the rain drops falling, the other issue, is the wind and the camera is dancing a bit in atlantic city because we have strong wind gusts across the region this morning. that will be the case for most of the day. 61 degrees in philadelphia. it is on the wet side, 58 dewpoint, winds northeast at 17 miles per hour. i have brought in that always on seven day if you would like to glance ahead. future tracker 6 is showing steady bands similar to storm tracker 6 live double scan all this is pushing in off the ocean. i think you'll be stuck with this on and off steadier rain up

until after the rush hour. after that we'll have drizzle by lunchtime and into the rest of the afternoon and evening. the heavy stuff is over the next several hours and after that, things get better. how much are we looking for by the time this winds down later on today? looks like some areas will go to 2 inches highlighted in purple. that's much of south jersey. and a third to an inch and a half in philadelphia. the the winds are part of the problem, right now they are blowing in off the ocean over the top of the low pressure center down to the south and we have gusts at 30 miles per hour at the beach and 25 miles per hour in philadelphia. these winds will pick up a bit as we go later into the day. temperatures they will remain cool. 60 degrees by 9:00 a.m. steadier rain by 8:00, 9:00 a.m. but the rain starts to die down

by the 11:00 p.m. 63 by 11:00. 66 is the high by 2:00 p.m. high temperatures across the region will vary a little bit, only 62 in allentown. up closer to 70 in cape may. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, things get better, today we're stuck with the rain in the morning and cloudy and wind and damp the rest of the morning and afternoon. looks like the heaviest rain is ending around the end of the rush hour and maybe a bit before that. 66 is the high. tomorrow, clouds and sun, 74. the weekend is looking great with highs in the low 80s saturday and sunday and we'll tack another 80 on the board on monday. bumping that up from yesterday. >> could be a thunderstorm monday night and we cool down again. >> 5:41. new york city police officers are under investigation accused of pushing a pregnant woman to the ground. >> a driver in north jersey takes matters in his own hands when he comes across an

infuriating parking job. >> reporter: the traffic ises moving approaching trooper 422. elsewhere, there's problems, i'll get that when we come back. >> a chester teenager has accomplished a feat on the golf course many of us have not done at all. "action news" continues.

welcome back you're taking a live look out across center city.me back you're taking a it is a rainy morning in the delaware valley. it is 5:45 and 61 degrees. >> but people still need to go to work and school. >> reporter: they do. like it or not, you have to get up and give yourself extra time. looking in king of prussia, this is the schuylkill expressway at 202 roads are wet, but westbound near gulph mills we have a truck that ran into a median. now in pottstown we have details with the accidents they have blocked 422 westbound in pottstown at sanatoga. this is an accident where a vehicle flipped over and off the roadway, emergency crews have come to the scene they have shut it down. stick to 724 as the alternate instead of 422. in millville, cumberland county the problem is downed tree.

main street westbound is blocked near 55. stick 552 is the at night for that. -- alternate for that one. storm tracker 6 live double scan we can show you what's happening right now. i can point to the roads and tell you where you're getting the heaviest rainfall right now. we're seeing that right now. the blue route, chadsford heavy rain. in malvern, new jersey, glassboro, as well. along route 55. berlin, medford we're looking at the heaviest rainfall through the area. be careful as you're heading out. the heavy rainfall coming down and continuing through the morning commute, tam. >> thank you, karen. new york city city police are investigating some of their own officers. this is confrontation with it officers and a pregnant woman. authorities say the woman tried

to intervene in the arrest of her son. the department claims the woman's son was armed and resisting arrest. >> a georgia father accused of leaving his toddler to die in a hot car will not face the death penalty at trial. justin harris was indicted on the death. the harris said the death was an accident. prosecutors will forego the death pent of this time, but did not explain what factored into that decision. a jeep other than in north jersey couldn't take it anywhere seeing a driver take upping two cars. it's squeezed up to someone's new corvett. he took the video of the driver's reaction when he returned. the driver was less than thrilled, but got into the

corvett and drove away. maybe learned his lesson. >> 35:47. police are looking for the man who used a fantasy sword to carry out a robbery. >> a local teenager does something on a golf course that is about as rare as getting hit by lightning twice. >> reporter: satellite and radar shows how we have a batch of precipitation pushing through the morning commute. if you're dressing the kids, they will need an umbrella. we'll be back with the radar and get you through .

>> she is just 16 years old and

already samantha stoudt sank two holes in one recently during a round. it happened on tuesday during a varsity team match. >> i didn't see anything, i guess it roll off the front. the guy from the other team, put his arms up and said how am i to compete with this, this is ridiculous. division one coaches are contacting her about college. >> reporter: it's so exciting, good for her. not so exciting. a messy wet commute. we're seeing traffic move here okay. so far so good on the platt bridge. let's check the ben franklin bridge, no delays just yet, but expect delays they continue to have the right lane westbound blocked. that's giving us headaches. mass transit is on time.

patco parking lot at the ferry avenue station is closed because of flooding concerns. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan we're catching a break in allentown and reading not a whole lot of rain up there. philadelphia we're getting a break and parts of bucks and northern montgomery county. roads are wet. it's south jersey where we have heavier bands of precipitation highlighted in yellow. temperatures are cool right now. 61 in philadelphia. 60 in wilmington. 59 in allentown. it's getting blustery out there. if you have errands to run, put them off until tomorrow. 69 degrees until 9:00 a.m. if you have to go out wait until later when the rain dies down. 64 is the noon temperature, 66 is the high, windy, but less and less rain as we go through the morning. >> the search continues for a young man who held up two gas stations in bethel township.

using a fantasy sword. officers say the same man used the same decorated knife to rob a gas station friday night. it's a sword commonly used for role playing. if you recognize the suspect or his sword call pennsylvania state police. >> the trial for accused marathon bomber, tsarnaev has been denied. he and his older brother set off two pressure cooker bombs killing 2 people and jurying 16 others. >> up next, a bank bandit fires a shot in bucks county county. we have surveillance pictures.

>> the action cam is getting pounded by drenching rain and high winds in atlantic city. we have the .

>> police in bucks county are looking for a robber disguised as an old man. he held up the wells fargo bank in chalfonte. the robber fired a shot before getting away with an up determine amount of cash. police believe the same man held

up the same branch back on june 13 and attempted to rob a wells fargo germantown avenue in philadelphia. a berks county theater director is accused of sexually abusing one of his teen actors. drey. was caught sexting and inappropriately touching a 14-year-old boy. >> state senate republican leader tom kaine suggests changing the open container law on boardwalk and beaches. he suggested better airline to the resort town and adding a crews ship port. >> it's now 5:57 tonight's big ticket is in the big apple.

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>> good morning, everyone, it is 6:00 a.m. thursday, september 25. here's what's happening. >> it's all about accuweather tracking drenching downpours across the tri-state area, we'll have the latest how this could impact your morning commute. >> crews reach