faceless voices, those are voices that have power. for the first time ever the pentagon confirms north korea has successfully test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching alaska this as donald trump issues a stern message to china's president toing act on north korea. incredible caught on tape accident where good samaritans saved the driver. security high with american pride and patriotism on full display. "early today" starts right now. good morning. now while americans celebrated the country's 241st birthday

north korea basked in what the pentagon confirmed north korea launched the intercontinental ballistic missile. it flew for a record of 37 minutes. north korea now has a missile capable of reaching alaska. the move is prompting an immediate response from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson saying north korea's provocation represents a new escalation of threat. u.s. ambassador nikki haley is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council today as the u.s. looks for a global response. the launch is the tenth test since president trump took office wasn't it occurring on the eve of trump's visit to europe. what if any response will come from the u.s.. now we have it all covered. we're tracking the latest from

london and warsaw with the president will kick hoof his european visit. what's the latest on the nuclear standoff with north korea? >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned the u.s. has confirmed that north korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile yesterday, the first time being successfully tested an icbm marking a significant advance. the test proves they have the capability to launch a missile that could hit alaska. the range is between 4,000 and 5,000 miles. whether it could deliver a nuclear war head is still a question. north koreans haven't seemed to have a tip. north korea state tv quoted kim jong-un saying the test was a gift to the americans on independence day.

the report warned of possibility of more tests saying he's ordered his officials to frequently send big and small gift packages to the yankees. in response u.s. and south korea have conducted military exercises in the region and a statement by two countries said the militaries warn self-restraint which is a choice is all that separates us from war and they are both able to change their choice. secretary of state rex tillerson described this as a new escalation of threat to america and the world and as you said the u.s. has asked for an emergency meeting of the security council, probably later today. but bringing alaska within range the missile test has considerably upped the stakes. >> really troublesome news. now to matt bradley in warsaw where the president will kick off his trip to europe.

>> reporter: this is basically just a pit stop for donald trump on his way to the g-20 conference in hamburg. he's going to be here in hamburg getting some uncomfortable questions from european leaders about his environmental record and about course this north korean issue that you've been discussing. here in warsaw the president can eat his dessert first. the leadership here and throughout eastern europe most of the countries that are going to be coming here for the so-called three seas conference see themselves as of you trump's ideology ilk. they are anti-immigration and suspicious of some of these super national groups like the eu and some others. they are also going to be looking to donald trump to make assurance about nato.

in the past donald trump voiced some spentism about nato but rewarding the polish leadership because they are one of the few countries that actually meet the 2% threshold for financing their military. now, the main goal, the main event here is going to be donald trump's speech, at the site of a 1944 uprising against the nazis but also addressing the three cs summit and you can expect attention from eastern european leaders. breaking overnight a new york city police officer was shot in what officials are calling an unprovoked attack. a female officer was hospitalized in extremely critical condition.

the suspect fired through herring marked police car. the suspect was shot and killed after drawing their weapon on police. cell phone video captured a tractor-trailer crash in pennsylvania that shut down a major highway for several hours. the trailer seen swerving on i 476 before flipping and crashing on its side. the man who shot the video tells local news he and several others approached the tractor check on the driver but the driver was unresponsive. a few good samaritans pulled the driver out. the driver was transported to hospital. cause of the crash still under investigation. in florida another frightening incident. a man crashed his car into a residential complex. they believe he ran the car into the apartment of ex-girlfriend's

home. >> the kids ran to the back. oh, heck no. cars impacting with the building, burst into flames. it's on fire. we got to get out of here. >> no one in the apartment building were hurt. 18 are displaced. america's annual birthday celebration hit all the right notes. the annual concert called the capital 4th had the beach boys, the blues brothers. millions were dazzled by the macy's fireworks show. the president and first lady welcomed military families for an afternoon picnic. they thanked service members for protecting our agreement.

>> it is because of you that well over 300 million american citizens can live in freedom. >> while most americans displayed the stars and stripes, the largest flag ever flown over u.s. soil was in utah. astronauts showed their american pride way up in the international space station and 15,000 new citizens were sworn in. very touching. some spent on the jersey store where this giant sand skrupt you're the of governor chris christie was built. nothing says patriotism like overeating on july 4th. joey chestnut set a new record at nathan's famous hot dog

eating contest. winning for the 10th time after putting away 72 hot dogs and once in ten minutes. on the woman's side nicky earned her fourth consecutive title. she ate 41 dogs and once in ten minutes. now for ooh look at your wednesday weather i'm joined by steve. >> good morning. the big story in the northeast for today is the relief. if you're in the south we're looking at more haze, heat and humidity and thunderstorms. you want to it rain because when it's not raining high heat and temperatures in the middle 90 ith a plan to

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violent night. four shootings in philadelphia over the past few hours. feel the flame. fireworks display in hershey takes a turn. party on the parkway. wawa welcome america goes out with a bang as tens the of thousands of people celebrate the fourth. this morning back to reality after the long holiday weekend. good morning. i'm tracey davidson. >> i'm svai sikahema. let's check out the forecast. i was on the parkway enjoying some of the concert. watching the rain saying please don't move over.

one cell hit real good. most of us are dry this morning. scattered showers out to west. creep into washington, d.c. firing off ahead just a spot storm or two over delaware. so this morning, spotty showers are possible across the region, but for the most part should be light for your morning commute. get out there later on this morning and trying to get back  in the swing of things. we had monday, tuesday off. temperatures in the low 70s. pottstown at 70. wilmington at 62. temperatures aren't bad to kick off the morning. humidity won't be bad either. next several days, better chances of thunderstorms rolling through. talk about the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes, right now we'll go to traffic with jessica boyington. >> right now starting off on the vine street expressway. temperatures around 24th street. temperatures look good so far.

no problems or delays. no construction either. few cars out the door. expecting a light day today as well as we saw yesterday and the day before. also watching route 202 here. drive times north and southbound to route 30 to the schuylkill ten minutes in both directions. speeds in the 60s there. look good there on route 202 the bridges are clear. checked in with tacomy palmyra and betsy ross. new from overnight. police investigating four separate shootings. >> police tell us someone shot and killed a man in germantown. found a man laying on the ground between two parked cars. police didn't wait for balance. rushed the victim to the hospital where he died. no arrests. also investigating a shooting in germantown. man shot in the abdomen rightn