5:00 a.m., thursday, march 1. we're following breaking news. >> firefighters are battling a house fire in burlington county, when they arrived flames were shooting out of the home as two people were rushed to the hospital. reading, writing and weapons, a local police department is ready to fire armed officers to stand guard prepared to act when necessary. >> it's time for a coastal storm. accuweather is tracking a system that packs rain, wind, and maybe snow. you want to know about what's coming, let's go over to david murphy with the details and karen rogers is helping with the morning commute. >> reporter: a girl could get used to the 60-degree temperature. >> reporter: maybe a guy too.

we're focusing on the weather, as we look at the weather center, storm tracker 6 live shows areas to the southwest and areas to our south. as this starts to come in, the coastal storm will increase the chances of wind and changeover to rain or snow. a lot of things to look forward to over the next 24 to 48 hours. a flood watch north and east of philadelphia. a coastal flood watch as the storm forms. winter storm watch in the poconos, as well. let's break it down to for you. coastal flood watch starts this evening, into saturday evening, minor to moderate tidal flooding there. we have a straight flood watch philadelphia to montgomery county points to of allentown and east through trenton because of possible heavy rain. high wind watch friday into saturday. across the entire region we could have wind gusts 50 miles per hour and maybe higher than

that. winter storm watch friday when we change from rain to snow. could be decent accumulations up there. temperatures are not bad, on or about 40 or so across the region him as we go through the day, it will be mild, not karen's 6 or but we'll get up to 57, 58 for the high. notice house the rains hold off until later this afternoon. karen, the winds pick pick up, the rain gets heavy we have all the issues for tomorrow, i'll have more on that coming up. >> reporter: i said we would probably jam on the schuylkill expressway before the construction clears. that's what happened, this is schuylkill expressway at south street, westbound traffic heading toward the vine, getting ready to pick up the construction blocking the right lane. eastbound to 30th street was blocked. we'll see the delay ease, but it's on the -- construction on the schuylkill expressway. i-95 blue route no issues.

in fact as you check the majors, 42, 55, 295, northbound and southbound no big accidents, no major construction issues slowing you down, so looking good. we had a couple of accidents here, one cleared at kings highway at 13th street. westbound 30th street construction that had a cleared, as well. this was the scene as firefighters battled a large house fire in delanco, burlington county. two people were injured, they had to be rushed to the hospital. intense flames on the action cam. the action cam is live on the scene, 600 block of hickery street. firefighters are on the scene trying to bring this under control. breaking this morning, a man was rushed to the hospital after being shot 3 times in the brewerytown neighborhood. gunfire erupted at north 29th

and jefferson streets. police have not told us the victim's condition. debate over how to keep schools safe continues. a south jersey police department has decided to recruit a special type of officer to keep students safe. jeanette reyes is live in evesham township with the police department's plan. good morning, jennette. >> reporter: good morning, matt, it's important to know that the plan was in the works long before the tragedy in southern florida, but the police department chief saying that the goal here to have someone fully armed and trained to nearlyize a threat and hopefully save lives. >> other teachers are pretty much talking about it, doing escape routes and ways to get out. it kind of worries me. >> reporter: while the national conversation around gun control and arming teachers intensifies, one police department is taking matters into their own hands. evesham township is recruiting former police officers to place

them in facilities and township high school. >> their primary goal is to immediately neutralize the threat, address the shooter, attack the shooter and protect everything -- do everything they can to protect children and staff. >> reporter: applicants must be retired no longer than three years go through state mandated training and be fully uniformed and armed. a boy attempted suicide by cop using a replica gun outside an elementary school. >> after what happened in florida, they can't have enough security. >> i'm for it, what scarce me, how they can be overreacting. >> reporter: police chief saying there's no way of knowing how many threatsological deter, but he is hoping it will make a shooter think twice before entering the schools. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that jennette.

the white house could unveil president trump's plan to prevent gun violence as early as today. among the proposal would raise the age on all gun purchases to 21. two companies have announced they are making changes to what goes on in their stores. walmart will no longer sell firearms of any kind nor ammunition to anyone under the age of 21. walmart stopped selling assault style weapons after the charleston church shooting. dick's announced it will not sell guns to anyone under 21. they will no longer sell assault rifles to their field and stream stores. the retail chain ceo a gun owner himself urged lawmakers to pass gun reform measures. police in bucks county

released pictures of two men installing a skimming device bb and t bank on bristol road in bensalem. 20 scrims were found in philadelphia last year, contact police if you think you may have been a victim. federal corruption case of allentown mayor he had pawlowski is in the hands of a injury to determine if he sold city contract for campaign contributions. the mayor's defense team argues the takes place are approving his innocence, since the mayor has never heard agreeing to pay to play deals. as soon as the jury releases a decision we'll send out aan ann alert. two new jersey state troopers saved a man's life they found without a pulse.

the two spotted a car that was down an embankment. the driver was unresponsive, so the troopers broke the window to get the man out, they performed cpr. >> my first thought was this could be my father or somebody's husband and we needed to something. the man was taken to the hospital and been released. turn to the david with the coastal storm. when could we see the effects today. >> reporter: the rains move in this afternoon and the winds pick up tonight, tomorrow there's four different issues to talk about. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we're dry so far. stepping outside we have clouds building. might see sunshine early, not much wind out there, most of these flags blowing around, a light breeze at this point. the winds at the airport are calm, so not too bad first start out. lots of clouds beginning to filter in, though, you can see

the rain developing out to the west by pittsburgh andsouth dow, virginia. overall expect a cloudy start and temperatures not too bad. noon, 5 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 58. some of you might be dry by 3:00 p.m. later this afternoon and into the evening the first rain drops arrive. testers across the region, 58 degrees in allentown today. looks like everybody will get into the upper 50s for the high, low to mid 50s down in millville and down the shore. in terms of the precipitation i felt, again it doesn't look like most of you will see it until later this afternoon, maybe some of you waiting until this evening, 6:00 view. 9:00. 10:00, 11:00, pockets of heavy rain develops. this could form poor-drainage air flooding. thevy rain pulls away from us, but we get a pin

wheeling effect pulling away from the coastal air. tomorrow, w redevelop precipitation and it changes over to wet snow. that will be until saturday morning before it starts to break up. back end snowfall on the grassy surfaces, a band of 2 to 4 in the lehigh valley and doylestown. up in the poconos you could have tougher driving conditions, in and around here maybe slush, but up there could be a bigger problem because of the volume. we have the strong windrofile, this is especially friday into saturday, again as the storm intensifies, look for winds gusts, 50 to 55 miles per hour. down the shore, 65 miles per hour. that means a lot of broken limbs and weak trees coming down. i could see trashes cans and other debris on the roads and power outages, too, best chance of that would be friday into saturday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 58. we have rain arriving later

today. it intensifies later tonight. tomorrow, accuweather alert for strong gusty winds, pockets of rain and change over to wet snow. it could be make visibility tough for you. 44 degrees, not great. we dry out for the weekend, windy and chilly on saturday, with clouds and some sun, high of 56. looks like it's breezy and cool on sunday, 47. we march up into the upper 40s by tuesday, matt and tam, tuesday is the next chance of precipitation, starts out as rain. >> march looks chilly compared to february. a rescue baby chimp received a special ride to his new home and the video of his adventure is getting quite the reaction online. how about waking up to this, a giant hole in your roof. a customer turned a drive

dealership into a drive through the car ended up inside the showroom. >> reporter: westbound traffic cleared on the schuylkill expressway at south street. traffic is moving better, we'll check out i-95 that's next. new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies? don't get me wrong, you have killer tech mrs. d, but you still don't have fios. ok? fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, literally engineered for streaming. good advice. i've also got some ideas on a better cereal selection, which i will keep to myself. experience netflix on the 100% fiber-optic network made for streaming

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>> 5:14 a.m., the waters of the delaware river shimmering below the u.s.s. new jersey, the that great ship parked alongside, the camden side of the river. >> it seems to quiet out there,

but we know in 24 hours it will be very different. >> reporter: it will be much different, that's so true, what a pretty shot to start your day. this is not a bad shot. live in bucks county, i-95 checking the roads at business route 1, the roads, the highways, the controversy -- overpasses everything is dry and clear. no problems coming in from yardley, newtown or morrisville. traffic is moving fine. in southampton, bucks county we have an accident a vehicle smashed into a pole, brought down a pole, peco is on the scene charlotte avenue near davisville road, stick to stall road. northeast extension, 63 miles per hour, no problems there, we have construction blocking the right lane and shoulder near mid county. watchwatch for that. we have a fire location hickory

street. 259, 206, if you're heading out on the main roads, green traffic flow meaning you're looking good there. 58 degrees, we've had a few days of temperatures near 60. it's been nice. wewe have a coastal storm arriving, look at the amount of rain we're tracking. it all begins later this afternoon and evening. we'll see the strong winds and heavy rain, tam. >> thank you, karen. a driver slammed into a car dealership in western pennsylvania landing inside the showroom. police say the woman pulled into the parking lot in butler township yesterday afternoon and kept going. it hit an employee and customer who were in the showroom. they are expected to be okay. the driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out to make sure everything was all right with them. an inflatable life raft fell from a helicopter leaving a gaping hole in the roof of a florida home.

a royal canadian helicopter was heading to a u.s. cost guard air station near miami when it dropped a 2 by 2 package containing a life raft. the woman was inside the home when it came crashing through the roof she was not seriously injured. the sixers are in cleveland to take on labron james and the calf -- carve a -- cavaliers. flyers have 19 games to go in the regular season against teams with winning records. a baby chimp was saved from poachers in the republic of congo. it seems the chimp is not afraid of flying. he got to sit on the pilot's lap and enjoyed grooming time with his new friends. the group had a helped rescue

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door. the house was cleaned inside, but a mess outside. >> reporter: that's the funniest thing i've ever seen. >> she is showing as she gets older clean your room may not be something she hates hearing. >> reporter: i love it. >> let's look outside, and check the roads, this is chadds ford, delaware county. looking live on 202 baltimore pike we're clear and dry, it is not staying that way. enjoy your dry commute while you can. no problems in christiana new castle county at route 1, traffic is light here. >> reporter: we have report of rain in chicago, 39 degrees, it's a cold rain. all green aircraft no major delays. on the local train station platform and the bus station it's cool this morning. clouds are getting thicker, low to mid 40s during the morning commute. i'm going for an afternoon high

of 58 degrees around 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. for the evening commute you'll see rain building in parts of the region after 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. testers won't be bad, mid 50s, matt and tam. >> red carpet controversy a scandal involving ryan sea crest threatens to overshadow is role in an oscar preview show. find out what is out for unruly students and what is in. >> reporter: officials in los angeles is urging caution for anyone using ride sharing apps after arresting a man who posed as a driver to prey on women. >> when when it's 2:00 a.m., you're getting out of a bar you're not looking at the license plate. >> reporter: 44-year-old is facing 27 felony account including sexual assault. he would wait outside clubs in

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look there, the view out across penns landing, a quiet start on thursday morning, 5:25 a.m., 43 degrees,. >> time for the morning buzz, the award season's biggest night is days away, it's dominated by the me too movement and time's up. celebrities will openly support the movement when they attend the oscars. there's a controversy surrounding ryan sea crest accused of harassing and abusing his stylist while working at enews. sea crest has denied the claims and 0 counters that is his former stylist is trying to blackmailed him. oscars host said he will be interviewed by ryan sea crest after the awards. kimmel promised that the me too arena times up movement will be part of the telecast. this is a live look at the

dolby theater in hollywood where it is shy of 2:30 a.m., even at this hour, work is being done. a canopy has been set up. crews roll rolled out the red carpet yesterday. it was only a test run to make sure they knew how to roll it. to make final adjustments before celebrities arrive on sunday night. watch the oscars live at 8:00 p.m. here with jimmy kimmel him we'll have a full recap an monday morning on "action news." 5:27 a.m., repairs have been made to an iconic landmark on the campus of penn state university. a lawmaker is facing accusations of sexual assault. a south jersey school is looking for special type of officer to patrol the halls,

those stories when "action news" continues. breaking now on "acn

news" a fierce flames tear through twin homes in south jersey, there are injuries at the scene. police force considers arming retired officers to patrol area storms. >> accuweather is tracking cold wind and wet snow, we'll see the equities later today. >> good morning, 5:30 a.m., first day of the month of march. >> the storm is not going to feel the impact until later today. >> reporter: morning commute dry but not the evening commute. >> reporter: i was thinking of taking a walk today, let's show you the rain, jacksonville, mississippi and raleigh that will join up with a coastal low in the northeast that will give us a series of problems. in fact we're under a flood watch north and east of philadelphia. coastal flood watch down the shore.