morning. >> storm tracker 6 shows the entire delaware and lehigh valley soaked in green and yellow. we're taking our eyes on potential flooding for the region. >> the big story is our sunday soaker. we are under an accuweather alert this morning. >> this morning heavy rain is causing problems across the entire tri-state area. we're getting this video from the wilmington bureau. you can see the river is flowing over its banks due to the rain we got overnight. >> let's take a look via sky 6hd. that is the commodore barry bridge. you can see visibility is really bad. it has been raining all night and all morning causing big problems and the water is not shutting off any time soon. meteorologist chris sowers has been monitoring the conditions and skwoins us with the very latest from accuweather. >> good morning. we started out with the heavy rains why yesterday evening, it's been raining all night. we've got a couple of pockets

that have pulled through the last 12 hours but there's still more off to the southwest. last night the heaviest rain fell here, the heart of south jersey. this batch that came through this morning also fell heavily across south jersey and if you look at the trajectory of this band here just to the southeast of baltimore and dc, it looks like that is going to run right over south jersey and delaware as well. so we're getting what's called training. a lot of times we use that term during the summer months when we have thunderstorms in a row that run over the same areas over and over again sort of like train cars on a track. that's what we're seeing here and because of that north and west we've picked up .75 to an inch of rain. we still have much more to come. here's our storm tracker from ocean county seaside heights -- sandy hook through belmar and into seaside heights that's the rain that came through earlier

this morning. lighter shades of green for most of the immediate philadelphia area, we're catching a bit of a break right now but there's another round waiting in the wings. millville up to 2.5 inches, dover 2.3, atlantic city 1.9, williamston, and 1.4 -- north and west of the delaware river, 1.15, reading and allentown right around half inch of rain. but again more is coming north and west as well. flood warning continues until 1:00 this afternoon. this area has been hit pretty hard. they've seen over 3 inches of rain getting a lot of reports now of minor low lying and poor drainage flooding. some of the smaller creeks and streams. by afternoon things start to wind down. look how mild that high is.

63 degrees today and as we talk about what's going to happen here on that accuweather 7-day forecast, it will cool down a little bit, but we're still talking about unusually mild weather lasting all week long and i'll have those details coming up in just a few minutes. nydia? >> the action cam was in east mount airy this morning after a tree caught fire after it came in contact with some wires and peco crews were called to fix the wires. you can keep track of today's weather by tracking storm 6 tracker live. the app is a free download for your mobile device. >> your time now is 9:03. this morning two people are dead after a car crash in chester county overnight. the action cam just before midnight. police right now trying to figure out what caused the crash. that road is now back open. >> new this morning, a south jersey police department has a

warning about a potential lethal batch of heroin. there has been at least 4 suspected overdoses connected to the batch and the evesham township police department is concerned about more possible overdoses. they're urging that you if or anyone you know might be overdosing, call 911 right away. drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the united states. >> the philadelphia decht of prisons is -- department of prisons is reviewing its policy after an inmate was shot during an attempted car jacking. jamal bennett was just released when he attempted to steal an off duty corrections officer vehicle. that officer got into a fight with bennett and shot him in the chest. the parking lot is used by inmates, their families, guests and employees and it's an arrangement that has been criticized by the local

corrections officer union. >> the parking arrangement and the shared parking with civilians and the house of correction has been in place over 20 years. >> reporter: >> bennett is in the hospital in critical condition but he is expected to survive and he will be facing new charges. >> funeral services will be held for one of lasalle university's all-time basketball greats and his wife. the school will host the services for rasul butler and his wife. they were killed in a car crash in january in los angeles. butler attended roman catholic high school and is lasalle's fourth all-time leading scorer. and a memorial will be held to honor a corrections officer killed during a riot in a delaware prison. he died during the 18-hour standoff last february. he was a 16-year veteran of the department of directions.

the governor will be among those attending the memorial this afternoon. >> from our new jersey news room governor phil murphy has joined more than a dozen states suing president trump. together and separately filed three lawsuits against the administration since president trump took office. phil murphy promising to resist president trump at every turn. this morning president trump is appealing for what he calls due process for two of his former staffers who are accused of domestic abuse. the president tweeting out that yesterday, quote, people's lives were being destroyed by mere allegation. he also said that some are true, some are false. the president did not mention ex white house speech writer david sorenson or ralph porter by name. porter was forced out after both

of his ex-wives accused hiv during abuse. both men denying those claims. >> many would say he was quarterback nick foles owned the patriots and google taking that literally. if you did a google search last night or early this morning asking who owns the patriots, the response you got was nick foles but that is not accurate. we all know robert kraft is actually the owner. a google search once named tom brady as the owner of the new york jets. >> eagles fever has not died down since the spectacular super bowl win or the amazing victory parade. and this weekend some dedicated fans decided to memorialize forever with body ink. trish hartman got a first look at some of the new birds' tattoos. >> reporter: if you had to come up with an image that is

undeniably philly, it might look like jason kelce in a mummers costume eating scrapple and taylor pork roll. >> he said i'll give you a deal. >> adam elliot says the philadelphia tattoo arts convention could not have come at a better time. he's booked solid mostly with clients looking for eagles ink. >> tons of requests. literally smoking on fire. texts and messages. >> reporter: this is a big step. we spoke to him midway through an eagles logo tattoo. >> it's my first tattoo. representing with the birds. >> reporter: from number 9 to a sketch of the philly special, these eagles say it's a permanent way to celebrate the

victory. >> no matter how old i get i know super bowl lii, nick foles led us to the promised land and got us that "w." >> i know for sure i'll never forget it. >> reporter: if any of those tattoos inspired you to get your own, it continues here at the convention center today. trish hartman, channel 6 action news. >> get ready to pay more for cell phone service. details on why it will soon cost more. winter brings higher heating bills and now a warning about scammers. >> plus parts of the midwest getting more snow today just two days after receiving nearly a foot of it. let's take you live outside here back at home. sky 6hd over the philadelphia international airport. a whole lot of rain today. how long is it going to last? meteorologist chris sowers has the answer. we'll see you after the break.

>> this morning more snow is expected to fall in chicago. chicago has had nine days in a row of measurable snowfall. who would want this? o'hare and midway airports have actually canceled more than 140 flights due to all that wintry weather. >> i was going to complain about the rain, but maybe not. >> we could always have it worse, right? i do have some good news for you

guys, and this really pains me to talk about this. i'm looking at what's called, it's long range stuff. it goes out a good six weeks, and if it's correct, winter is done for the rest of the month and then it returns in march. so you kind of get a break this month, but then it comes back. >> i don't qualify that as good news. >> it's kind of good news. we'll get you started here with a view looking down on penn's landing. and this is one of the problems that we're dealing with this morning. we've had a lot of very heavy rain over the last couple of hours so we're seeing a lot of standing water on the roads and obviously you can see behind me the visibility has been greatly impacted so you need to slow it down over the next couple of hours. the heaviest is during the morning hours and then it will start to ease up a little bit as the afternoon wears on. if we can take this there we go. so we're zoomed into northern

portions of our viewing area, belmar the jersey shore and sandy hook all the way down to seaside heights. the rain is coming down heavily within this line. so heavy in fact that if you're traveling along the garden state parkway and you're entering ocean and monmouth counties you may have to pull over and let this line pull through. everything begins to lighten up a little bit though. we see the lighter shades of green in and around the immediate philadelphia area. here's the next batch. this is coming in across the southern portions of our viewing area where we are picking up a few lightning streets here. a couple of thunderstorms developing now to the west of dover and smyrna. all of that activity is pushing off to the northeast at about 20-25 miles per hour. so the heaviest rain will occur during the morning hours, and by afternoon it begins to ease up a little bit. it's going to be gray and gloomy out there, but we won't be talking about that driving rain which makes it unbearable at

times. somewhat of a break now an here comes the next batch of heavier rains which will push through let's say interior sections of south jersey within the next hour or two. we have a couple of flood advisories. this one right here is in effect until 10:00 a.m. and this box right here, which includes the immediate philadelphia area, that advisory is in effect until noon. both areas have picked up a good 1-2 inches of rain with more rain on the way. we're starting to see the minor flooding now in those low-lying areas and areas of poor drainage. along with the heavy rains, visibility has been reduced in some locations. 1.5 in philadelphia, 4 miles in trenton and only .8 mile in wildwood. periods of heavier rain this morning winding down as the afternoon comes. steadier rains for south jersey and delaware. once that pulls through all the heavy rain is gone at that point.

we'll see cloudy skies, maybe a little bit of patchy drizzle or the occasional light rain but the heavy stuff is gone by about 3:00 this afternoon. and by 7:00 this evening, cloudy and damp maybe a little bit of light drizzle perhaps a shower or two to the north. temperatures, 60 degrees in philadelphia, 62 in millville. after midnight tonight the cold front finally sweeps through. winds will shift out of the northwest the numbers will begin to drop off. unseasonably warm weather expected out there today. for the remainder of the morning, expect pockets of heavy rain, minor flooding in those areas that typically flood. greatly reduced visibility in some locations. take it easy out there. 63 degrees today, heavy morning rain, millville 63, dover 66. and then overnight tonight a lot of these numbers don't occur until morning. 38 in reading, 44 in philadelphia and millville 47. light rain this evening tapering off to just cloud cover and maybe a little bit of patchy drizzle and mist after midnight.

the accuweather 7-day forecast we've issued the alert for the possibility of flooding and the rest of the 7-day looks pretty nice. monday, tuesday, wednesday quiet every single day. more rain possibly on thursday and 63. nydia? >> i like those temps in the 60s. thank you, chris. sorry ladies, heartthrob idris elba is no longer available. the crowd cheered as the actor gave his girlfriend an early and unforgettable valentines present. he got down on one knee and popped the question. this comes just months after he said he would never get married again. it will be the third marriage for elba. so i want my glasses to be unique...

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have a lot of sick people in the community. >> the cdc says this is something it has never seen. some states have gone from red stage to orange are now red again showing a resurgence in flu cases. >> experts say kids with food allergies are often put at risk by their own parents. according to a new study, nearly half of parents reported at least one risky behavior such as not carrying an epipen or not reading the food labels. researchers say the they are due to misconceptions, a lack of knowledge and financial challenges. of those children who had allergic reactions, a third had to be treated in the emergency room. 5% had to go to the hospital.

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bay region. this is kent county here, new castle county. from middle town all the way into dover we're picking up pockets of heavy rain, even a couple of thunderstorms being reported now. look at all the cloud-to-ground lightning strikes around the dover area. this is racing off to the east northeast around 20-25 miles per hour. it will be this area here that will be picking up the additional heavy rains within the next hour or so. even into hammonton, it looks like this pocket of heavy rain here will greet you guys within the next half hour. the problem is this is the area that's already picked up the rains. we have a flood advisory in effect for this entire area. we have a flood advisory until 10:00 a.m. where 1.5-2 inches of rain has already fallen. we don't need any more rain, unfortunately, pockets of heavier rain are on the way and that will only create more flooding problems in those

low-lying areas and areas of poor drainage. jersey shore, cloudy and damp, maybe a thunderstorm later on. philadelphia rain, 63. even the poconos it's mild a high of 46. and there's a ton of cold air out here to the west but it's not charging east. the cold air is diving like this and in response this warm air is racing to the north. it's almost like a see saw and it's going down this way. we see mild conditions almost all week long. it's going to turn a little cooler on tuesday but even that is still above seasonal averages. not too bad along the east coast. winter in full effect out there across the west. >> your time now 9:25. there is a new warning this morning about scammers who are out there trying to take your money. >> can cost you hundreds of dollars as they try to trick you into paying up to keep warm this winter. >> reporter: cold temperatures impacting millions of people,

phone scammers are using a new tactic to take your money. barbara leeman once thought she would never get duped. >> why would anybody fall for this stuff. oh, my goodness. now i know. >> reporter: but she did. when a caller told her he was from the america electric power company and asked her to pay 350 bucks as part of a new policy on deposits. at first she was suspicious. >> i said i'm going to call the company and check on this. >> reporter: so the scammers gave her a direct number to call. easing her fears. and when she thought she was speaking with another employee from the electric company, she gave up her credit card number. >> he said i'll tell you what, if you don't pay this we're shutting off your electricity. >> reporter: according to the better business bureau, if you feel pressure for immediate payment or personal information, hang up the phone and call the customer service number on your utility bill. authorities want to remind people to never give out personal information like bank account and credit card numbers

if you get that call. >> prepare for higher cell phone bills this year. both t mobile and sprint saying that they will cut back on discounts. this coming after talks of a merger between the two broke down just last year. "the wall street journal" reporting sprint will not be as aggressive when promotional offers expire. it believes the quality of its service is improving. >> there's more to come on this action news sunday morning. is it a drone, is it a helicopter. we have new details on this device that can carry a person inside. >> one woman is making strides in the jewish tradition. we'll explain how she's making history with the writing of the torah. action news comes right back.

it is a dreary, rainy day. we have sky 6hd over philadelphia right near penn's landing. >> as we switch over to the philadelphia international airport it is just as bad there. so far however, no word about any delays or cancelations because of all this rain. >> and down the shore in cape may, same story.

the rain making it hard to see the ocean or anything else. >> of course it's an accuweather alert morning. meteorologist chris sowers has been monitoring storm tracker 6 all morning long. chris, when is it going to move out of here? >> it looks like this afternoon it begins to taper off. only one warning and everybody else seeing a little bit of rain at this time. the heaviest rain falling south of the philadelphia area pushing through the delaware bay region. cumberland county and eastern portions of kent county. that heavier cell near dover has actually produced a couple of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. you can see all the flashing going on. we've had 5 to 10, cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. pushing over the delaware bay, this will continue to pull off to the northeast at about 20-25 miles per hour, heavy rain expected across the interior of

southern new jersey over the next half hour or so. glass like glassboro, this whole area is going to pick up heavy rains shortly. behind this we have another round of heavier rain waiting in the wings. this is what came through between 6:00 and 7:00 this morning. this is pushing through now and more heavy rains to the southeast of baltimore and dc. every single batch has to swing through before we can finally clear things out later this afternoon. as i mentioned earlier in the broadcast, it's like training going over the same areas over and over again that's why we have the flood advisories because the ground is saturated and we're adding to the misery. here's the good news. this is a warm front right here. this will lift off to the northwest over the next couple of hours and as it swings through philadelphia, temperatures behind it will surge all the way up into the 60s later this evening. so for today heavy morning rain, it tapers off after lunchtime. after that it's cloudy with drizzle maybe the occasional

shower with a very mild high of 63. >> thank you for the update. overnight cars had to drive carefully along lincoln drive north because of street flooding there. you saw there the cars passing by spraying that water. this all due to flooding. use caution as you leave the house this morning. keep track of today's wet weather by starm tracker 6 live any time on your phone or tablet. the app is a free download for your mobile device. >> philadelphia police and bomb squad are investigating what is believed to be a car explosion outside delilah's club overnight. officers and firefighters arrived on the scene to find a car with a badly damaged hood. witnesses say they heard an explosion and no one was injured. >> one man is dead after a shooting in southwest philadelphia overnight. the action cam at the scene at 66th and guyer avenue.

police responding to that call of a shooting just after midnight. they say when they got to the scene, they found the victim in his 20s dead on the street. this morning there is no word about a motive or any arrest. and police are also looking for suspects in another shooting on a north philadelphia street. the action cam also at the scene outside the prime time sports bar on the 3400 block of north water street. they say they found a man with a bullet injury to his body. he had staggered to the sports bar just before midnight after getting shot about a block away. the victim was taken to temple university hospital where there's no word about his condition. police have not been able to make any arrests. >> breaking news from russia. a passenger plane carrying 71 people has crashed near moscow. the regional jet had just taken off. russian authorities say they have found fragments of the

airliner. we'll continue to monitor the story and bring you the latest here on action news and here on 6abc.com. back in the u.s. a security breach at los angeles international airport overnight. a man jumped a fence and pulled a fire extinguisher from a rear well of a plane that was about to take off. at this point police say there is no indication the man is connected to terrorism. >> your time now is 9:34. two police officerness ohio were shot and killed while responding to a domestic incident. it happened in westerville, a suburb of columbus. a man opened fire on those officers as they baukd toward the home. westerville's police chief calling the officers true american heros. >> these were two of the best we

have. >> the officers were a 30-year and 17-year veterans of the force. a go fund me page has been set up for the victims' families. the suspect is in the hospital with a gunshot injury. >> tensions have escalated among israel and iran and syria that began with a shootdown of a drone. the israeli team crashed in israel. it's the first israeli jet shot down since 2006. the pilots were ejected and are in thetal. the u.s. state department says it strongly supports israel's right to defend itself.

iran denies one of its drones flu over israel. >> amtrak says it will pay for last weekend's fatal crash in south carolina even if the company is not found responsible. two employees were killed and 116 people injured when an amtrak train was mistakenly diverted to a side track and crashed into a csx freight train. investigators are looking into whether csx is responsible for that diversion but amtrak will pay for the accident because of negotiations between the company and the railroad. >> happening tomorrow, president trump is expected to unfail his budget proposal. it's expected to call for a $3 billion payment. the trump administration wants the money to build 60 miles of steel fencing along the border and another 60 miles of fencing next year. the $3 billion will be on top of this year's $14 billion request.

trump has been using wall funding as a bargaining chip. >> the immigration debate expected to heat up on capitol hill. lawmakers have until march 5th to pass a legislative fix or risk the deportation of roughly 700,000 immigrants brought into the country illegally. he took advantage of a legal loophole. >> this loophole is easily exploited by ms13 which now operates in at least 40 states. in addition to ms13, many other gangs are breaking into our country routinely because our laws are so week, so sad, so pathetic. >> in the video the president recalled a recent white house round table in which he again called for ending entry to extended families via lottery. >> police officers call out some

views from the streets of new york and has offer efforts to create a better relationship between officers and kids. >> plus a dedication is held for the first woman to write a toroh. and let's take you live outside this mornings. sky 6hd giving you a look over the ben franklin bridge. it's been wet, foggy, dreary, it's been gray. chris sowers has the answer. we'll see you after the break.

>> several new york city police officers join a group of city kids in the officers' first break dance showcase in queens. they made a respectable showing. the event was an effort to help forge good relations between the police and the community. >> 9:40. chris gets back into getting that rain out there. >> let's get you outside and

show you a live sky 6. we're going to try and kick this rain out of here but unfortunately it's going to take most of the day before that happens. this is going to be a soggy one. the funny thing was yesterday wasn't much better yet that's going to end up being the better of the two weekend days. as we flip it over to the radar, storm tracker showing plenty of rain, pushing through interior sections of south jersey. you can see the yellows and the oranges and this line of red here. this is racing off to the northeast here at about 20-25 miles per hour. once this pulls through we have one more band of heavy rain to go, after that comes through around 11:00 this morning, things will start to wind down. it's still going to be raining but lighter rains. occasionally just a mist or a drizzle. here's the zoomed-in shot. this is cumberland county, soaking driving rain at this point.

glassboro, even in salem we're seeing heavy rain as well. the movement is from southwest to northeast. so this round in the process of pushing through now and you have this one batch once this pulls through that will be the end of the heaviest rain. a lot of rain up over 2 inches of rain with this still to come. north and west it's been a little bit lighter we've only picked up about an inch in philadelphia, only half inch in the lehigh valley and the poconos. moderate rain will start falling if it hasn't yet begun but your rainfall totals are going to be lighter north and west of the city. we still have one flood warning in effect for kent county until 1:00 this afternoon. it also includes places like smyrna where 3 inches of rain has fallen and we are seeing problems in some of the smaller creeks and streams are starting to flood as well. it's minor but it could be

dangerous if you're not careful. visibility wise the dense fog advisory has been dropped. we are seeing the visibility severely impacted by all this rain. 63 degrees is today's forecasted high. the normal is 43. we started out at 50. that's warmer than the normal high for this time of the year. our normal low should be around 27 degrees and we have this warm front slicing new jersey right in half. this should continue to push to the northwest over the next several hours. behind it temperatures are very, very mild. right around 40 degrees north and west. a tremendous difference in temperature here with this front. gets about as far west of philadelphia and the cold front slides through. even there for february standards it's going to be mild.

by 2:30, moderate rain. lighter stuff in the immediate philadelphia area, and there's your front starting to push through, 60 in philadelphia, 46 in allentown, everybody pulls back overnight after midnight. 30s north and west tomorrow morning. low 40s for south jersey and delaware. pockets of heavy rain this morning, minor flooding expected in those areas that typically flood during heavier rain events. visibility impacted and slow it down on the roadways. leave a lot of distance between you and the car in front of you. heavy morning rains, fog, 63 degrees today. the idea is for that heavy rain to occur this morning and cloudy with the occasional shower or drizzle by the afternoon. 61 degrees by 4:00. the accuweather 7-day forecast. it's a very mild day. every day with the exception of next saturday is above average.

55 on valentine's day and another 63 as we head into thursday. just miserable stuff. >> keep it coming. >> the 61st annual philadelphia heart ball was held right there in center city. hundreds of people attended the black tie event. awards went out to those in the medical field helping save lives threatened by heart disease. the event also honored those who survived heart disease. we'll be right back. [narrator] look around. if our world isn't stuck in the past,

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sunday morning. look at this live shot sky 6hd, penn's landing area. raining and gloomy all morning long. the rain will eventually move out but it's going to be gray all day. one woman completed a monumental task. she is the first woman to write a torah for a texas synagogue. wow, that's impressive. she is one of the only ten women qualified to carry out that work. it took her 18 months to finish the intricate writing on a scroll. the torah is the first five books of the hebrew bible. synagogues attempt to have their own handwritten copies to be used during religious ceremonies. until recently only men wroo the torah. >> we are here at the action news big board with a look at technically speaking. you don't have to miss another major moment in sports no matter where you are.

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watch continues throughout the entire viewing area. this is right through the evening hours, pocket of heavy rain will continue over the next couple of hours. some locations have already picked up 2-3 inches of rain and as far as the flooding threat, really it continues to be what we were thinking yesterday mainly on the roads.

a lot of standing water on roads, low lying areas and areas of poor drainage. both those are on the high side. creek, streams, probably not a lot of flooding on major rivers. standing water and low lying areas are of biggest concern. what we have going on here, there's a front like this. off to our west and it is slowly drifting to the east at about 10, 15 miles per hour. and what's happening is we're seeing wave after wave of low pressure ride ago long this front moving to the northeast. the front has to clear the area before we can finally clear things out. and unfortunately this front is moving so slowly, you see how it impacted yesterday, it's going to do the same thing with today's weather and after midnight tonight that's when the front should cross the area and skies will start to clear out a little bit. tomorrow promises to be a much brighter looking day. we'll have some clouds out there from tommy too tommy. for today rain and a thunderstorm, philadelphia 63

rain and some flooding and for the poconos it's mild with a high of 46. rain this morning, drizzle during the afternoon. guys? >> chris, thank you. turning to sports, a 17-year-old has won the first gold medal for the united states in the winter olympics. red girard won with a routine he honed in his backyard. >> shall the sixers are next championship team. here's ss with your sunday morning sports -- jeff skversky with your sunday morning sports. >> reporter: joel embiid says the sixers are next to win a championship, they are starting to play like the eagles. they have won seven straight at home for the first time in a decade. joel em bead a game time decision he looks great

he falls again in the fourth, this time holding his right knee, he briefly leaves, he's okay. sixers back in the win column, 112-98. they have 28 wins. that's as many as they had all of last year. afterwards everyone worried about the big guy. >> joe says he's fine for a quick moment there i was worried. but they cleared him to come back and play. we go on i think a 5-0 run and life is still good. >> do you have any swelling or pain right now? >> stop talking about it. who's this guy rooting for? flyers in phoenix, putting the flyers up 3-2 in the third. remember him the former flyer

beating brian elliot we go to a shoot-out elliot goes down with a lower body injury. had to be helped off the ice. does not return. game on. it continues with patrick the rookie for the win. good night. good hockey. flyers win 4-3. their first shoot-out win of the season. >> eagles the eagles continue to parade around town to fans he will never forget the ride on broad street and to the art museum. >> the parade really today out to me, just seeing how well we

are supported, not just in philly but around the nation. i've seen a lot of people come in from different areas. this eagle nation is worldwide for sure. >> and clement believes they can do it again next year. i'm jeff skversky, have a good day. >> your time now 9:57. there's much more to come on action news for your sunday morning. a new england burger joint has a rather unique way to pop the question for this valentine. >> it was already selling out weeks before hitting the movie theaters. we'll have details on how the super hero movie is making movie history. plus meteorologist chris sowers will have an update on the exclusive accuweather forecast. we'll be right back.

>> the entire delaware and lehigh valley is soaked and socked in green and yellow. we're keeping our eyes on potential problems for flooding across the region. >> the big story on action news is our sunday soaker. we are under an accuweather alert this morning. >> this morning heavy rain is causing problems across the entire tri-state area and we're just getting this piece of video right into our news room. this is the wilmington area. this is the brandywine river at walkers mill. you can see the river spilling

over its banks. this is all due to the rain we got overnight. >> let's take a look outside at philadelphia international airport. we have not received any word on delays or consolations but dbs cancelations. it has been raining all night and all morning causing big problems and the water is not shutting off any time soon. meteorologist chris sowers has been tracking it. >> that's part of the video that we just showed, part of the problem that we're seeing right now. we had a lot of heavy rain overnight, a ton of heavy rain this morning and we're still seeing pockets of heavy rain right now. some of the smaller tributaries begin to fill up and move into some of the bigger creeks and streams and rivers. during the late morning hours we're going to have to watch things closely. as of now things beginning to quiet down a little bit across the extreme southern portions of our viewing area. we have this cell here and rains around the moderate philadelphia area. this is atlantic city.

heavy rains, mays landing, same thing. very heavy rains. this is racing off to the northeast at 20 miles per hour. but if you get underneath this you'll probably have to pull over briefly it's coming down that heavily. this extends south ward to areas just east of the morris town river there. the next zoom will take us a little bit farther to the west in and around the immediate philadelphia area to center city and heavier rains are off to the east across western portions of gloucester and camden counties and interior sections of south jersey. and lighter stuff off to the northwest. here's the wider view. again everything racing off to the northeast and really that's the saving grace, the fact that these cells are moving so quickly because if they were moving slower with the amount of rain that's falling underneath some of these cells, we would have tremendous flooding problems. fortunately things are moving along quickly. this came through early this

morning, this is punching through now, that will pull through during the late morning hours. once that third and final heavy round of precipitation pulls through, that's when things begin to ease up a little bit. rainfall totals as of 9:00 this morning. millville almost 2.5 inches. dover 2.3, atlantic city, 1.9, williamstown, 1.6 and if you're a snow lover just in case you were curious it's a 10 to 1 ratio. temperatures are in the 50s there. north and west on the other side of the delaware river, doylestown a little bit more than an inch. and reading and allentown a half inch so far. i'll be back with i'll let you know when this rain finally pulls out. >> we are keeping our eye on a few areas. >> bob brooks joins us from cooper river park in pennsauken with more on the conditions

there. bob, what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning. we have a little bit of a rainy day. it's been raining for quite a few hours and it's just picked up again here we're getting what looks like another band through here and behind me you can see the river is high. we're not seeing anything come over just yet but in some other areas, it's really getting nasty. i want to bring up video, this is down in wilmington at the brandy wine river. really high definitely a spot we're going to want to keep an eye on. we have some other video, this is route 13 southbound down in the new castle area. the roads there starting to flood, water starting to pile up. pockets of that making the conditions driving not so conducive so people are going to want to keep an eye on that for sure and back up in philadelphia i want to bring up our video. this is on lincoln drive. we're told this is off of the creek just like chris was

saying, some of the small tributaries, smaller creeks starting to cause a lit of problems there and you can see in that video. one of the lanes down there on lincoln drive had to be shut down because of the flooding there so drivers definitely going to want to keep an eye out for that. certainly take your time you don't want to hit any of those spots going fast, you can hydroplane loose control. nydia and gray you can see starting to come down steadily right now. very wet but that's what happens i guess on a rainy stormy day like we're having. reporting live, bob brooks, channel 6 action news. back to you guys in the studio. >> all right, bob. thank you. the action cam was in east moint area this -- mount airy this morning. the fire department responded to the intersection just after 6:00 and pico crews were called to fix the wires. and you can keep track of today's wet weather by chaking storm tracker 6 live.

it's a free download for your mobile device. >> your time now is 10:04. two people are dead after a car crash in chester county overnight. the action cam over the scene just before midnight. police are trying to figure out what caused this crash. that road is now back open. >> new this morning a south jersey police department has a warning about a potentially lethal batch of heroin. there has been at least four suspected overdoses connected to the batch and the evesham township police department is concerned about more possible overdoses so it has issued the warning to prevent others from falling victim. they're urging if you or anyone you know might be overdosing call 911 right away. the state's good samaritan law protects from arrest. dlug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the united states. >> the philadelphia department of prisons is reviewing its policies after an inmate was shot during an aeme -- attempte car jacking.

he was just released when he attempted to steal an off duty corrections officer's vehicle. that officer got into a fight with bennett and then shot bennett in the chest. the parking lot is used by inmates, their families, guests and employees. an arrangement that has been criticized by the local corrections officers' union. >> the parking arrangement and the shared parking has been in place for over 20 years. >> bennett was taken to the hospital in critical condition but he is expected to survive. and of course he'll be facing new charges. >> happening today, funeral services will be held for one of lasalle university's all-time basketball greats and his wife. the school will host the services for rasul butler and his wife. they were killed in a car crash on january 31st in los angeles. mourners can pay respects from 9:00 to 11:00 this morning. a funeral mass will follow.

he attended roman catholic high school and is lasalle's fourth all-time leading scorer. he spent 13 seasons in the nba. a memorial will be held to honor a corrections officer killed during a riot in a prison. steven floyd was held hostage and died last february. he was a 16-year veteran in the department of directions. the governor will be among those attending the memorial services at the prison this afternoon. >> from our new jersey news room, governor phil murphy has joined more than a dozen states suing president trump's administration. filed about three dozen lawsuits against the administration since president trump took office. phil murphy promising to resist president trump at every turn. and president trump is appealing what he calls due process for

two of his staffers who are accused of domestic abuse. the president quoted that people's lives are being destroyed by mere allegations. he went on to say some are true and some are false. he did not mention david sorenson or rob porter by name. porter was forced out after both of his ex wives accused him of abuse. sorenson's ex wife says he was violent and abusive during the marriage. both men are denying the claims. >> many would say eagles quarterback nick foles owned the patriots after the super bowl, and google took it literally. if you did a google search who owns the patriots the response you got was nick foles. that is not accurate of course. we all know robert kratf is -- kraft is the owner of the team. this is not the first time it happened. it once said tom brady was the

owner of the new york jets. you can see malcolm jenkins tomorrow morning here on 6abc. he will be on killy and ryan. that interview is tomorrow morning beginning at 9:00 a.m. >> eagles fan fever has not died down since that spectacular super bowl win or the really, really awesome celebratory parade. in fact this weekend some fans have decided to memorialize that win forever with that right there, some body inc. action news reporter trish hartman got a first-hand look at some new birds tattoos. >> reporter: if you had to come up with an image that is undeniably philly, it might look like jason kelce in a mummers costume eating scrapple and taylor pork roll. >> he said i'll give you a killer deal if you let me tattoo kelce on you.

>> reporter: adam elliot says the convention could not come at a better time. he's booked solid. >> my phone is literally smoking on fire with texts and messages for requests from eagles fans. >> go birds! >> reporter: for collin this is a big step. we spoke to him midway through a eagles tattoo on his thigh. >> this is my first tattoo. represent with the birds. >> from number 9 to a swech of the philly special, these eagles fans say it's a permanent way to celebrate victory. >> i have tattoos on my body forever, i don't matter how old i get, i know super bowl lii led us to the promised land. >> it's a moment i'll now for sure never forget it. >> reporter: if you're inspired to get your own tattoo, the convention continues here at the convention center today.

>> pretty impressive stuff. still ahead on action news, if your valentines has a love for mcdonald's and bling, the golden arches has a gift for her but there's a catch. how you can get this 18 karat one of a kind bauble. >> right now we want to take you live outside via sky 6hd. this is the center city skyline but you can barely see it. for the first time we can see the tops of the buildings. meteorologist chris sowers of course tracking the rain, the fog that's been around all morning long. he says eventually the rain will move out but you won't see the sun. >> welcome back.

what you're looking at a live picture from milwaukee, wisconsin. the area receives lake effect snow, expected to get another half a foot of snow on top of nearly a foot that just fell a couple of days ago. awful, yuck. >> it's called reverse psychology. maybe that will work to get some snow in here. let's go to the weather center and show you what's going on here. if you haven't already looked out the window, you're going to see a lot of this.

low level clouds and fog and pockets of heavy rain. what you're looking is the view from penn's landing. it's hard to make much out here because of those low level clouds. we have visibilities that have been reduced to less than a mile and on top of that we're still dealing with pockets of heavier rain. here's a zoomed in look on storm tracker. we have a couple of locations we're going to zoom in on. you can see the heavier cell near lower bank this is pushing just east of the atlantic city expressway, the toll plaza. a couple of thunderstorms in this line. white horse pike, black horse pike all of those roads seeing quite a bit of rain this morning. and a bit farther to the west, more rain for newark and wilmington. this activity is also pushing off to the northeast at about 20-25 miles per hour. in case you were wonder and i'm about to show you here in a

minute, there's even more rain heading this way just off the picture there. this is some of the concerns that we're beginning to see now. this is the chester creek. this is a small little creek you can see how it's starting to expand here. all the water running into the tributaries and this going to be the problem over the next couple of hours as those smaller tributaries begin to fill up, they eventually run into the rivers. with the heavy rains and more heavy rains still to come, that's going to be a problem over the next couple of hours. fortunately things will start winding down shortly after midday. we still have this line right here to pull through and it's going to run over the same areas that have already picked up the heavy rains. south jersey and delaware looks like you're under the gun not just for this band here but this as well. moderate rains for southeastern pennsylvania. we have flood advisories in effect. this one has been extended until 2:00 this afternoon.

we've already picked up a good 2 inches of rain here. those areas are beginning to flood as well and this one is in effect until noon. this will also be probably extended over the next couple of hours. visibility-wise, 4 miles in philadelphia, down to one mile in reading, 1.5 miles in wilmington. we this warm front in the process of pushing through. the temperatures on the other side are easily in the 50s and 60s. dover 62, millville 58, upper 30s and low 40s north and west. i don't think the front is going to quite clear the entire viewing area. probably gets hung up along the i-95 corridor. during the first part of the afternoon things ease up, still raining moderately north and west of the delaware river getting into the lehigh valley and poconos by 6:00, 7:00 this evening finally everything clears. we still have a lot of low level clods. patchy drizzle or mist taking

place. the winds shift out of the northwest, the front finally clears the coast and you start to clear everything out of here. what you need to expect over the next couple of hours, pockets of rain in flooding in the areas that typically flood. visibility reduced in some locations, just slow it down on the roads. expect delays, a lot of standing water and the spray being kicked up from the car in front of you. just slow it down this morning. 60s for most of us later this evening. 63 in philadelphia, wilmington 62. dover 66. it's almost april like. morning afternoon rain, drizzle and clouds, allentown 52 and atlantic city 58 degrees. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast beyond today it actually looks pretty nice. 46 for monday, tuesday increasing clouds, 43. wednesday, partly sunny mild high of 55. and thursday warm with a couple of showers, 63. and we start cooling it down a

little bit by week's end. but even those numbers are still above the seasonal average. guys? >> thank you chris. the next installment in the marvel universe "black panther" is already a huge success. >> advance ticket sales are shattering records and it has a near perfect score on rotten tomatoes. it can go down in record books for more than just its monster ticket sales. >> reporter: it's expected to make up to $150 million opening weekend.and with one of the big budgets ever allotted for a super hero movie at $200 million, and featuring a predominantly black cast, marvel's "black panther" is breaking records. it's also on pace to become the

biggest presale of all super hero movies. the highly anticipated film getting a score of 99% on rotten tomatoes following the world premiere in l.a. but will all the presales and hype translate to box office success? >> the quality of the film has proven they have a recipe for success. all of their franchises for the most part have done very well and i expect the same thing for "black panther." the challenge adding to the numbers raising money so children of color can see the film for free. the challenge already raised more than $250,000. in atlanta, this was the reaction when these middle school students learned they would be going to see the movie. >> when you have a young child of color who sees someone with super abilities who looks like them, it expands their expectations what they can be,

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preview. >> good morning. coming up on "inside story," we are having a lot of fun with our super bowl champ eagles. we talk about the parade, the city decided to do something really different rather than going down to the stadium, they went up to the art museum, an open air event. it seems to have been a success. we talk about everything from the policing to the planning. how did the city do? we also talk about another aspect. many many people enjoyed it, gave thumbs up, but some people question the difference in police attitude towards people who acted out a little bit. do we need to take a look at a difference in attitudes? we dig into so many aspects of the super bowl parade. we have a little fun with it and of course we end with this, what's not to love. we'll see you a little later on "inside story."

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welcome back, everybody. this is a live picture of sky 6hd the philadelphia international airport it's been a pretty dreary day so far. when are things going to change. >> it will get a little bit better later this afternoon but we're still dealing with pockets of very heavy rain across south jersey and delaware. we're zoomed into atlantic and southern ocean counties. it almost appears as a squall line but there's no wind with this. we have a couple of lightning bolts showing up, cloud-to-ground lightning

strikes. southern new jersey all this activity racing off to the northeast at 20-25 miles per hour. we have yet another band pushing just to the southwest of wilmington and dover now. that still has to pull through. that's going to drop at least another half inch to an inch of rain. some of these areas could exceed 3.5 inches. that's why the flood watch continues through this evening. it's why we still have a flood warning for kent county and flood advisories for south jersey. heavy morning rain transitions over to cloudy skies with just leftover showers by afternoon. 63 degrees for today's high, in between we have nice weather monday, tuesday and wednesday all looks good. >> action news continues right back here at noon. here's a look at some of the stories that we are working on for you. if you have one of those so-called bucket lists, we'll tell you why you may want to consider telling your doctor about this. >> new competition. the new service being tested by amazon. now for chris sowers, gray hall

and the entire action news team, i'm nydia han. have a great sunday and we will see you right back here at noon.

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>> white house chaos. >> we all could have done better over the last few days in dealing with the situation. >> chief of staff john kelly on the ropes after botching the response to abuse allegations against staff secretary rob porter from two exwives. >> rob is abusive and rob is flawed and definitely has anger. >> in his first response president trump downplays the allegations and defends the accused. >> he says he is innocent. i think you have to remember that. >> no sympathy for the women. no public defense for his chief of staff. will kelly keep his job? has president trump made his problems with women even worse? tough questions ahead for kellyanne conway. we'll break down the politics, smoke out the spin.