>> hello and good morning everyone, 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, june 12 here's what's happening. >> grab that bell, accuweather -- umbrella, accuweather is tracking spotty storms today. >> a store clerk is attacked and terrorized in philadelphia. >> talking about the fog and the rain with david murphy good morning. >> reporter: guys this is the third straight morning we have mist on the terrace. as we look arnold channel 6 we have low clouds and fog. take a look the other part of the story this afternoon we could see drenching downpours. the national weather service has posted a flash-flood watch starting at noon until late toafnlt -- tonight.

satellite and radar shows clouds containing the fog and drizzle, later on today, especially during the afternoon we'll be on the look out for heavier hitters. 63 degrees fairly comfortable as you step outside. by 9:00 a.m., 69 and then we go up you to 77 by noon. it will be be warm and humid this afternoon. high of 79 at 3:00 p.m. before we ease back to 76 by 6:00 p.m. during the afternoon showers and thunderstorms. now, future tracker 6 has a hold of where they are likely to hit, i'll show you that in the couple of minutes. >> karen, what about the roads this morning. you can see the fog on i-95. it's not causing a problem, more people are heading on the roads it looking busier on i-95 southbound we're not seeing a delay it's not that bad just yet. northbound we're heading toward the construction zone.

penndot is doing the prepping and hadn't made any changes. let's look at the big picture, speeds mostly in the 50s. we're seeing slowing on the vine westbound as you head toward the schuylkill expressway. phils play at 1:05. take the sports express change they start at 11al 8:to easily that congestion. speeds 603 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway. >> crew his were called to the -- crews were called to the toll house tavern on chester pike in norwood. the damage was so bad that demolition crews started tearing down what's left of the building a short time ago. >> new on "action news," police are searching for the criminal behind a vicious attack at a philadelphia deli. he beat the clerk and the

robbery was caught on surveillance. katherine scott has the video and the story. >> reporter: that's right, matt, investigators are hoping that someone recognizes the man you're about to see in the video. he knocked out the clerk and he is armed with a gun and police think he is dangerous. we're at m and m did he meanly in roxborough. a mantua hood pulled up over as baseball cap went into the deli. he was armed with a small, black handgun. he goes behind the counter and points the gun at the employee and starts going through his pockets he grabs money from the register and he stuffs cigarettes into a white plastic bag with a red-star logo. the employee pushes a silent alarm and that's when the suspect hit him in the head repeatedly. he knocked him out and left him

lying on the ground. if you know the man, call 911 or northwest detectives. do not approach him because he is considered dangerous. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> happening today, sentencing is scheduled for two former philadelphia police officers found guilty of stealing utilities. a jury convicted them last month from stealing utilities from the peco and the water departments for properties they own on girard avenue. >> unions representing 430 engineers and electrical workers are set to walk off the job a minute past midnight friday night into saturday morning. then working without a contract for four years. the union representing city workers is not planning to strike meaning bus, trolley and subway in the city would run this weekend. >> it is 6:04, but air bags are

critical in saving lives in accidents but they could dangerous when they go off when they are not needed. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in time square with more details. >> reporter: good morning, tam, u.s. safety regulators are investigating more than a million vehicles equipped with air bags from the japanese company. they are looking at knee so, you know, chrysler -- neeson, chrysler and toyota. stocks pulled back yesterday with the dow and the s&p 500 falling. futures point to a higher open. an influential food blogger is looking for ingredients in beers. ingredients used in beers includes a substance found in

liquids used to de-ice planes. starbucks is set to announce a national rollout of chargers in starbucks. they can place their cell phones on the designated spot on their table tops and the device will charge with no plugs. back over to you. >> severe storms last night left significant damage behind in southwestern pennsylvania. lightning split in tree in butler county. a tornado warning was issued for armstrong and butler counties. but no twisters were confirmed being in the area. it's a good idea to go to accuweather they are tracking the chance for a storm they are tracking it today. youyou can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. #. >>. >> that would be the app to

have today with the hit or miss showers. >> reporter: there could be downpours today, tomorrow not only a chance of drenching downpours, but severe thunderstorms. as we start out today we are tranquil. we have no active precipitation showing up. as we look at the great outdoors, not so great at the airport we have had some delays this is with the low ceiling we have cloud cover and fog settling in over the airport. wherever under that low cloud cover you're liable to get trifl drizzle or mist on the windshield. 66 on the boardwalk in atlantic city, comfortable enough as you step outside, but cloudy. future tracker 6 from now until noon maybe every now and then you get a shower popping up, the morning is the time to get things done. as we get into the afternoon we're looking at a line of showers and thunderstorms that

could produce heavy drenching downpours, this is why we have a flash-flood watch in effect starting at noon and going into late tonight. over by the shore you have a less of a chance seeing this. it will be in the central region and shifting west of i-95 in most cases. up until 7:00 p.m. there's some of this popping through. later tonight, 10, 11:00 it's dieing down. in the lehigh valley, 74 degrees and on the humid side in the lehigh valley. at the shore it's mostly cloudy, there's a chance of spotty shower later today and the best chance of a heavy downpour will be along the southern coast. 72 degrees by 3:00 p.m. on the beach today. in philadelphia, 79 mostly cloudy, spotty drenchers out there. wind out of the east at 7 miles per hour. we'll be in the 70s today upper 70s through 2:00 to

5:00 p.m. beware of the drenching downpours and drenching thunderstorms later today. for the phillies game, 77 for the first pitch, 78 in the 9th inning, warm and muggy, cloudy and we can't rule out a passing shower. that's the 1:00 p.m. game today. the padres get kicked out of town losing to the phils hopeful will i will. this is the big weather story today, any thunderstorms could produce heavy downpours, friday is the more active day. as you saw on future tracker, today could be memorable for those caught under the heavy downpours. tomorrow, more widespread afternoon of showers and thunderstorms. 83 is the high perhaps a heavy hitter mixed in there. it could go into the evening. not great for the folks that

have graduation plans, but we'll track it for you. saturday, high of 80, humidity levels come down during the day. father's day is sunday and so is the gary pappa run. low humidity and high high of 8. it's more bumblier in next -- bumpier next week's workweek. >> there's release of chilling footage of the shooters' final motives. we're looking at the blue route, the media bypass, southbound traffic heading toward i-95 you can see you're driving in the fog in delaware county. no delays just yet. we'll check the area roads and visibility reports. >> see what happens when a puppy and a cheetah cub come face to face. it's good. later on "action news."

>> welcome back where in the world are we? what are he looking at? >> trees. >> somewhere hind that fog is the -- behind all that fog is the peco building.

this is why you want to slow down this morning. >> karen rogers has another shot for us. >> reporter: you can see visibility is reduced, you want to be careful. this is 422 approaching trooper that's eastbound traffic driving through the fog, you got to use your low beams. we'll be about a 7 minute ride from oaks to 422. the foggy conditions might cause you to have a little bit longer of a morning commute. we're less than a mile at philadelphia international, trenton and wilmington,.3 atlantic city, wildwood and mount pocono. some some areas it's making it difficult to see you have to be careful. time to check the morning commute. we've been asking you to treat us your wide. we're looking at john's morning commute from bitman to norristown. -- pitman to norristown.

there's slowing on 55 northbound and 42. he hospitals on 295. 65, 62 miles per hour. takes it to 73. the trick is you have to travel now, in about a half-hour or so we'll see the speeds greatly reduced tam. >> an suv came barrelling into a texas liquor store barely missing the clerk. the woman jumped out of the car and ran off. the police tracked the driver down and arrested her for failure to stop and render aid. the clerk walked away with minor injuries. las vegas police released the security video of the violent couple who killed two officers and a walmart customers in a rampage last sunday. the video shows amanda raising the gun in jared's face call it a suicide pack. investigators determined that he

was shot and killed by an officer. amanda miller appears to have shot herself to death. >> a security flaw shut down a possible social networking app. >> reporter: in tech bytes, tweet deck is back up and running. the popular social networking app was shut down on wednesday as twitter worked to fix a security flaw that left user vulnerable to hackers. a hybrid device that transforms from a smart phone to tablet. u.s.a. today ed beg tried it out. >> you'll carry a phone separate and tablet separate. the fact that you dock it doesn't change the equation. >> reporter: it's available exclusively from at&t. >> grumpy cat is getting his

own movie. it's about an overlooked pet store cat and a girl who can talk to her. those are your tech bytes, i'm nina rynan. >> bounce house bandits while police are not playing games with the crook who made off with inflatable toys. >> reporter: we're off to a warm and humid start. we're not that bad with temperatures in time 60s, if you're dressing the kids it will get warm and humid later on. shorts and ts if they have a full day of school arm them with an umbrella for the way home especially in the suburbs west of philadelphia. >> "action news" is hosting a web chat on child sports medicine. join in the discussions with doctors from children's hospital

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this story has to start with an awe. the cutest baby animal video we've seen in a while. a doorable cheetah cub and his puppy cuddle up. >> for the cheetah's third birthday that dog will be his dinner. >> but he is cute right now. >> reporter: let's go look at the commute and see what's going on vine expressway. we see the fog and we have traffic moving fine. we have very few reports of accidents through the area. keep a safe ride for the rest of the of the morning.

the bridges overview we're clear with some construction. >> reporter: we have fog, but no active showers. that will change by the afternoon. 66 by 9:00 a.m., 77 by noon, 3:00 p.m. 79 is the high. it will be warm and muggy this afternoon. we have the flash-flood watch in effect because of the spotty and drenching downpours. we have delays at the philadelphia international airport. over an hour because of the low-lying cloud cover and the low ceiling with the fog around the airport. we have delays at newark and jfk. thing are getting better there. there's rain in chicago, that might be a bone of contention later in the day. >> game four of the nba finals is tonight in miami. coverage begins at 8:30 on 6abc.

the new york rangers have forced a 5th game in the stanley cup finals. they topped the l.a. kings in madison square garden the rangers were being out-shot 15-1. the rangers avoid a sweep. the phillies within again beating the padres 3-o there was a 3-run homer in the 9th inning. they have won consecutive games since a 3-game streak a month ago. >> up next a bear sighting in south jersey. >> the world cup starts today in brazil. here's a look at the action. snoatd ♪

>> this story is just into "action news" a stabbing took place inside crozer-chester medical center in delaware overnight. two family members got into a fight and one stabbed the other with a kitchen knife late last night. the person was taken into custody and the victim was treated at the hospital for cuts. two bear sightings were reported in camden county one in

winslow township and one near baits mill road. area residents have seen several bears this spring. authorities advise you to keep trash cans covered and stored in a garage or shed. >> in clementon, new jersey, police are trying to track down theives who stole a bounce house and dunk tank that was for the benefit for the youth's event. they are looking for anyone who may have information. >> katherine scott has the update on a clerk who violently beat up a store clerk. >> reporter: police have released video o

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scan radar is tracking another system expected to move into the region. >> good morning, everyone, 6:30 let's talk about the weather and the roads with karen and david. >> reporter: once again this morning i have mist on the terrace. there's a lot of fog and low-lying cloud cover around the immediate region. we have another issue. the flash flood is kicking in. i meant goes until late tonight that's because along with the cloudy start we are looking for the potential downpours and drenching showers and thunderstorms. these will be coming out of the maryland. the counties that are highlighted is where we'll see the potential for heavy downpours and related flash flooding. as we look to the south there's a little shower beginning to pop up in virginia south of washington that will miss us to the west it's that sort of thing we'll be watching as we get into the afternoon. 64 degrees fairly comfortable in philadelphia it is gray and damp with the mist from the low-lying cloud cover. as we roll through the day it's

warm and humid, 69 by 9:00 a.m., 77 by noon, that's the high at 3:00 p.m. again through the afternoon hours, spotty, but drenching downpours possible. karen, there's another round of rain coming tomorrow it's probably more widespread. i'll have the details in future tracker 6 in a couple of minutes. >> reporter: all right, dave as you head out you'll notice the low clouds. looking at i-95 we have a disabled vehicle that just cleared out. it's a little slow from woodhaven to the vine. you're traveling 18 miles per hour from the betsy ross bridge to about girard at this point. although starting to see slow speeds on the schuylkill expressway not terrible yet, but we knocked it down from the 50s to the 40s for the most part. part westbound as well as eastbound as we look. the phils play today at 1:05. 495 remains shut down between

1th an terminal avenue in delaware. we'll see extra heavy delays on i-95. it's a good alternate. you might want to take route 13 in wilmington hop into new jersey because the delays are taking longer to build over there. 295 looking good this morning. no accidents on the roads tam and matt. >> police are trying to run down a robber this morning who brutally beat a clerk as he robbed the convenience store. katherine scott is live outside that store on markle street with the video police want you to see. >> reporter: good morning, tam, this was a violent robbery that was caught on video. now police are looking for tips to track the man responsible. this happened on markle by mitchell in roxborough at m and m market. a man with his hood pulled up over his baseball cap went into the deli around 2:00 p.m. on tuesday. he was armed with a small, black

handgun. you can see from the video he goes behind the counter and points the gun at the employee and starts rifling through his pockets. he takes money from the register and grabbing cigarettes and putting them into a white plastic bag with a red star logo, possibly a macy's bag. while he is doing that the employee pushes a silent holdup alarm. he punches the employee in the head and knocks the clerk unconscious and the employee slumps to the floor. the robber ran off with $1,500 in cash and merchandise and. police believe he is 6'2" with light facial hair. if you see him, call the police because he is dangerous. to get a look at the video it's on 6abc.com. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> we're here at the big board

with a tragedy in bergs county that is -- berks county that is gaining national attention. a mother who was thrown in jail because her children were skipping school too much died behind bars over the weekend. >> i can't understand how someone goes to jail, they did not murder someone they didn't steal they didn't commit a felony. >> 55-year-old eileen dinino died one day into her 48 hour sentence. in pennsylvania a parent can fails one day in jail for every five days their child skips school. >> there's got to be a better way of dealing with truancy than putting someone in prison. >> reporter: investigators are waiting for autopsy results before releasing the cause of death. they did not suspect foul play. she racked up fines for 55

violations committed by her children. new castle county police believe a gunman killed himself after shooting a mother and son in their newark apartment. police believe brunson broke into the ham home and it's unclear why he shot them. the 49-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son in stable condition. mayor nutter plans to send a bill to city council that would allow the school district to borrow money. students walked in protest as the superintendent took the request to harrisburg. city council rejected the request for $55 million loan instead authorizing half. >> they decided to give us

27 million-dollar loan meaning we'll have to look for $28 million in cuts. >> how much more can you cut? >> there's no more to cut. >> the district is facing a 96 million-dollar short fall for the next school year. happening today, governor jack markell plans to ban ecigarettes to minors the bill prohibits minors from receiving substitutes. >> we dealt with spotty showers most of the week and today we'll stay on that track. >> reporter: some of them could be heavy downpours, you know? storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you for the morning commute we're okay. there's a little bit fog out there. you can see it on sky 6. we have delays at the airport because of the low ceiling flights having a hard time

getting out and getting into philadelphia. we have couple of issues. first of all there's chance of spotty drenchers and flash-flood watch going from this afternoon into later tonight. we'll cover above both of those topics. we have low lying clouds which we showed you on sky 6. 64 degrees, dewpoint, 61. winds out of the east at 6 miles per hour. up until noon nothing going on maybe spotty showers 0 here or there. but as we get into afternoon, we have heavy downpours and showers developing. most of this will be west of i-95. not so much an issue down the shore, but everybody in and around philadelphia and the northern and western suburbs has to watch out for this. between noon and later on today

10:00 or 11:00 you're looking at the potential flash flooding from those. 68 degrees by 8:00 a.m. >> reporter: we'll be quickly into the 70s and climbing into the mid to upper 70s by the after. 79 in philadelphia. 78 in wilmington. 74 in trenton. 74 in allentown. the mid 70s in reading. down the shore you're stuck in the low 70s okay? phillies play day baseball it's a getaway day for the padres who lost two of the four to the phillies. there's a chance of thunderstorm during the game, but maybe a delay. my sense is they will get the game in. 77 for the first pitch 79 in the 9th inning and humid, as well. tomorrow morning, the morning looks okay, a couple of light sprinkles, but watch what happens with we get past 12:00 p.m. the afternoon looks wet we have the potential for heavy

downpours and it stays unsettled especially philadelphia to the northwest on friday night. 79 is the high, humid, there will be thunderstorms and drenching downpour producing showers in the afternoon. tomorrow, more widespread showers with more drenchers possible perhaps a gusty thunderstorm here or there, high of 83. we're looking at big time improvement for the weekend. any clouds on saturday gives way to sunshine in the afternoon. humidity drops during the day. father's day looks great. the gary pappa run is in the morning, things look a-okay for that. it will be more humid and unsettled next week. >> stay with 6abc for "good morning america" that's coming up next, our own adam joseph will be taking over tore cecily there in the "g.m.a." weather seat. we'll check in with adam for his

first time in time square. he tweeted some pictures of him shining his shoes. >> you have to have your shoes shined if you're on national tv. we have video of a robber who held up a mini mart in philadelphia. >> we're jammed on schuylkill expressway look at the westbound traffic jamming from the boulevard to belmont. eastbound slow around the curve. we have a new problem in mercer county causing a road closures, details when we come back. >> also when we come back, the star and the pro dancer who may be a new couple. >> no way "dancing with the stars." >> reporter: we'll tell you who it is later on "action news."

>> welcome back we have breaking news for new york city commuters one lane of the george washington bridge remains closed due to a deadly crash. port authority officials say two tractor-trailers collided in the eastbound upper level lanes at 2:00 a.m. it has snarled traffic for hours..m. commuters should expect backups for most of the morning, you're better off take a tunnel if you have to head to new york city. >> let's head over to karen. fog is an issue. >> reporter: yeah we've been dealing with low visibility, we're looking live at the 30 bypass near 340.

eastbound traffic is jammed 340 to 113. no nairnlg problems on the -- major problems on the 30 bypass. but the fog may slow you down a tad. this is the blue route near baltimore pike that's your southbound traffic heavy from the media bypass to baltimore pike. northbound is slowing, but southbound is slowing more. we can check the visibility reports in the area. one mile at philadelphia international. we're down .8 in wilmington. .5 in lancaster. .8 in trenton. just .3 along the coastline in atlantic city and wildwood and mountain pocono, as well. you're dealing with the fog here and there through the region. let's check right now some of the other area roads. we have a problem with down wires i was on the phone with police in mercer county. hamilton township they have downed wires at bear tavern road at church road in hopewell

township, mercer county, new jersey. we have not had too many accidents or problems, hopefully we can keep that going. >> police in arizona are looking for the person who opened fire at a catholic church in phoenix killing a priest and critically wounded another priest this happened in the living quarters of the church near the state capital. police say nobody has been arrested we'll follow this for you. developing overnight search is underway for an armed robber in philadelphia's west oak lane section. this is video from the scene of the holdup 7-eleven store at step ton and ogontz avenue. the man ran away with cash. nobody in the store was hurt. >> a north hampton county family finally had a chance to say thank you to the police

officer who saved their lives. back in april, two men stormed her home and tied her and her husband up. the robbers helloed as home buyers -- posed as home buyers. they called police, the police officer drove to the home and ended up chasing away the robbers. >> by divine intervention we are here if it wasn't for officer scott miller. because of his intuition, we may not be standing here today. >> he chased them down and they are behind bars. >> someone is joining us from the "g.m.a." stiewrd -- studios, you know him. >> reporter: we have the potential for heavier rain later on. if the kids are staying in

school for the a full day, an umbrella may be a good

>> a little fog out there, a little misting, too, right, the roads are a bit damp. but thankfully not too many problems. i was knocking on wood or glass. 422 it's a five minute delays from oaks to 202. that's not horrible.

road conditions are not bad. you can see fog in the areas that you are traveling into. mass transit on time. septa subways and regionals rails looking good this morning. we have cloud cover some of it low-lying cloud cover and fog putting drizzle drops or mist on your windshield. we have thunderstorms welling up from the south. him we'll see that around noon and we'll see heavy downpours from these cells. from 9:00 a.m. to noon, 77 by noon. anytime afternoon we're looking at the potential for the thunderstorms to start to rumble through and there could drenching downpours. your high by the way is 79 degrees. it will be warmer than yesterday and a bit on the muggy side. >> going on now, graduation will go on as planned for an oregon high school even as it tries to come to grips with a

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the militants want to create an islamic state spanning the iraqi, syrian border. eric cantor will serve ot his term in congress, but plans to step down from the republican leadership at the end of july. david brat beat cantor despite being outspent. just when you throughout you had enough of montreal's mayor rob ford. he admitted to smoking crack cocaine. the musical plans to lampoon everyone. jennifer lopez has been tied to the pro dancers on

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inside crozier chester hospital. police are looking for a robber would roughed up a clerk at the m and m deli in roxborough. fierce flames and thick smoke gutted the toll house afternoon overnight.nd thick the establishment was a fixture in norwood since 1961 was destroyed. stay tuned for "g.m.a." coming up in a minutes, adam joseph will filling in for ginger zee. >> reporter: it's a great start to your day, gray and misty. i-95 southbound is 27 minute ride. it's not too horrible. we have down wires in hopewell

township closing barry tavern road. >> reporter: this afternoon and tonight we could see isolated producing thundershowers appear and thunderstorms. it's going to be warm high of 79. >> we'll see you back here in 30. for david murphy, karen rogers, and matt o'donnell i'm tamala edwards. the world of fashion is split in two. you can either have high-end or low-price. or you can go to t.j.maxx and you can have it all for up to 50% off department store prices. t.j. maxx.

good morning, america. new this morning, severe weather sweeping across the country. five reported tornadoes damaging buildings, downed trees, crushing cars. golf ball-sized hail. and heavy rain leading to water rescues. more powerful storms coming. breaking overnight. deadly break-in at a catholic church in phoenix. one priest, shot and killed. another wounded, in critical condition right now. police hunting for the killer. the very latest this morning. dramatic gas station rescue caught on camera. a driver plowing into a pump, starting a massive fire, nearly hitting another man. an off-duty cop who springs into action. his heroic effort to save the driver, just seconds before both cars go up in flames. it is the epic event, four years in the making. the entire world about to tune in, as the world cup is