allentown and 88 in the poconos and 98 for lancaster. it would feel good to get a downpour around but it won't happen in much of the area this evening, all the severe weather is way off to the north with severe thunderstorm watches in new york state and a thunderstorm popping near the poconos, that is the general trend. a slight risk for severe weather, and the severe risk is taken out of the philadelphia area with strong hail and torrential downpours, it's the heat that is the big story again. we'll load you know when the heat peaks coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam. >> the hot and humid weather is looking for ways to keep people cool and summer hasn't officially started yet. >> reporter: the heat was coming

off the pavement and still they were pounding it on kelly drive this afternoon. working up a sweat, and then replenishing the liquid loss. the sun was blazing off the art steps but that did not stop the athletes from getting in a workout from the heat and humidity. today is one of the hotter days of the year, as long as you stay hydrated and when you are out in this weather you'll be sweating any way, why not get a quick workout first. >> it's a hot day for both humans and horses, here at the equestrian certain at fairmount park, the kid's riding lessons started early, not during the peak of the day. >> the heat comes at 2:00ish or so, so we try to have the horse back riding done by 2:00. >> and then hosing down the

horses, whatever it takes to keep cool. >> they go in and nosh on some hey and they come out and do it again. >> we are back here live now at sister cities park getting sprayed by the kids in the fountain and they are having fun and it's so much fun to watch them. the parents are looking on from the shade here, a gorgeous place to be on a day like today. this is just the start of the summer season. live in sisters city park, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you stay cool sara. the action cam was at the jersey shore looking for people cooling down at the waters edge. nora muchanic is at ocean city and we'll check in with her live at 5:00. a large fire tore through a home in delaware and caused the roof to cave in, when firefighters got into the rubble

they found a man dead inside. chad pradelli is live at the scene now where investigators are trying to figure out what happened there. >> yes, the cleanup out here continues as well. you can see crews on scene, that is what is left of this home, basically rubble. they are trying to get this out of here and they just erected the fence and the investigation continues t. talking to eyewitnesss, and accord togs one of the women that survived the blaze, this fire was no accidents. >> as the fire raged in the background in the 100 block of bird street franticly -- >> our building physically shook, two women escaped the flames, one is fran seen wallace, the woman has burns over 80% of her boy body.

>> i can't believe t i am devastated by it. >> her boyfriend, identified by relatives was stuck in the burning building, a neighbor, frederick purnell tried to help him. >> my shoes were melting and i couldn't save him. >> the wall collapsed and forced evacuations. the cause of fire is under investigation but one worth told responders and neighbors who tried to help her that the fire was intensely set. >> we are still investigating that, there was some rapid fire spread and until we complete our investigation we won't be able to confirm that. but with the total destruction there whereas a significant fire. >> reporter: and both women that

survived remain at crozier medical center, her friends name has not been released. chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. u.s. special forces have captured the man believed to bet ring leader of the attack on the embassy in benghazi, he is a senior leader of a libyan terror group. captured during a raid on sunday and held in a secret location. president obama says will he be tried in court. that attack killed three people including embarrass stevens. u.s. troops are getting into position to protect the u.s. embassy in baghdad. sunni militants gained ground as they move towards the capital. today a car bomb went off and killed at least three people. so far president obama has not given any order to attack.

in tiny pillger, nebraska, most of that town was wiped away when two tornadoes ripped through. it's through tears of the loss of a 5-year-old child. marcy gonzales is live with more now. >> reporter: a town torn apart. >> it's crazy that mother nature can do something like this. >> nearly 75% of pillger, nebraska is gone. after two tornadoes ripped through this community yesterday, one of them nearly a mile wide. the town's nearly 400 residents evacuated and many returning to find little left, entire blocks flattened. each stop of the governor's tour held a story of those that barely made it to safety.

>> it was traumatic. kids were hurt. they were crying. >> among the survivors, the mayor of this town who managed to get his family into the basement here just seconds before the tornado blew his house away. he is okay 19 others were critically injured and at least one person, a 5-year-old was killed. sadness and resilience here today. >> lost loved ones found. >> amy is going to love you. >> inspiration to live up to this commune's unusual but fitting motto. >> their motto is, a town too tough to die, i think they will give it a try. >> one the tornadoes that tore through here was an ef 4 with independents up to 200 miles per hour. the governor has declared a

state of emergency. >> and our coverage of the tornado outbreak continues on the 6 abc news app, we update the story constantly as news of the devastation comes in, we have coverage of the rare twin tornadoes and the damage it left behind. the mobile app is free for your android or apple device. police track a black bear back to the woods and they remind people what to do to keep bears out of local neighborhoods. john rawlins live in mount laurel where the bear was spotted today. >> multiple sightings here in mount laurel. the idea is one bear but he has been on the move, more than a mile. and in two cases he took to the water. >> i looked up and there he was. right there on that driveway, he walked right across and went

behind there. diane marvels at the sight of a black bear saunterring past. >> i am screaming, get out with your phones, my dog is barking and he was just moseying through. >> you don't get much action, you see little creatures but when you see a bear, that is like the holy grail of it all. >> an hour later, another sighting this one caught on video as the bear cools off. i want to make sure my daughter and i are a safe distance away, and that it's a once in a lifetime thing to see a bear swimming in your retention pond. >> people are reminding to remove things that could tempt a

bear into their neighborhood. take in dog and bird food and cover trash cans and don't stalk the bear. >> we recommend not chasing him, don't follow him, no selfies trying to get pictures with him. could you create a problem. >> that could push him into traffic. >> absolutely and we don't want the bear to get hurt. >> state fish and wildlife crew was here monitoring the sitdation, the hope is if the bear is not cornered or hurt, he will continue to move south towards the wharton state forest that they believe he is from. but that is some 25 miles away from here, if that is the case. back to you. >> john thank you. here at the big board now, stop acting like these are other people's children, these are our children. that was the message from philadelphia school superintendant, william hite today. he made the employee to city

council for more funding. he is asking for $96 million on top of the $120 million that council recently approved. just to maintain the inadequate status quo, without the funding they will have to make more cuts and make tougher choices. >> do we open for a period of time and run until we run out of revenue, all of those things have questionses. >> the superintendant says it would save hundreds of teachers from losing their jobs and keep the classes from swelling to 40 or more and is asking council to allow them to borrow more than the 40 million already allowed. he is pleading with state lawmakers as well in harrisburg. tough choices ahead. wall street saw modest gains

with tech stocks leading the way, the dow is up 27 and the nasdaq rose 16 and the s&p rose 4 points higher on the day. u.s. airways reached a tentative agreement, and that clears the way to finish a merger with american airlines that comes two years after negotiations, u.s. airlines workers say they were paid less and threatened to strike, the new contract was approved by state representatives but still thooz pass through 11,000 union members. lets go live for the traffic report to matt pellman on a hot tuesday afternoon. >> it's hot out there, i'm having a case of deja vu. we had a problem in this spot yesterday afternoon. the blue route 476, southbound side near broomall upper darby. yesterday it was a crash and this afternoon a vehicle fire,

this flat bed tow truck has been smoking. they have out here trying to put out the fire and penndot is on the scene and the two left lanes are squeezing by when they allow it to. the southbound traffic is heavy through route 3 and issues on the schuylkill, a crash by spring garden eastbound and a disabled vehicle, are now gone but heavy delays. and problems on 95, northbound by girard there is a disabled bus and the betsy ross bridge there was a crash but it cleared. bal ming oh road is closed and trinity road is closed in up upper -- lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, an

accident blocked the northbound lanes, and it just cleared near 141, all lanes are open use that instead of the closed 495. >> thank you. well, today's heat makes our recent brutal winter seem like a distant memory, instead of the work crews that won't forget the trauma any time soon. they invited the entire lower merion parks department for a thank you breakfast today their way of showing gratitude, they kept them moving during the worst of the winter storms. >> a malfunctioning traffic light in chinatown, blamed for an accident that left two people hurt. rick williams is live in the newsroom with this story. >> hi shirleen, the light in question was red and green at the same time, the traffic light

is located at the intersection of vine and north 8th streets, an ambulance and taxi collided there. find out how long it took to get this major problem fixed and the latest on the accident investigation. we'll have the latest in a live report coming up tonight at 5:00. >> thank you rick. >> there was plenty of pop and circumstance today as high school seniors picked up their hard earned diplomas. proud parents and friends hooped and hollered for these graduates. they picked up their diplomas in south philadelphia this morning, they donned black and white robes and caps for this ceremony on the football field. >> and the class of 2014, dressed in red and black, seniors picked up their diplomas

at the charles martin stadium this morn snooging. the fire fly music festival kicks off in delaware this weekend. the action cam was at the woodlands where we found the food and drink tents already set up. the first bands take the stage at 6:00 thursday night and the festival runs through sunday, the foo fighters, wooezer and out cast. >> we have good weather for it. >> time for the accuweather forecast. lets go to meteorologist, adam joseph.

we are mixing the air with the wind and drying out. the heat index is the same as the air temperature. we don't have the oppressive dangerous heat for our first 90 degree day, 91 in kennett square. good evening honker. 90 in warrington and 87 in martins creek. and vineland 1u9d and 91 in dover and along the shore, the beautiful sea breeze is back, typical in the summer months with temperatures there only in the 70s. south richmond, 93 and new york city 88 degrees, we have the core of the hottest air right along the mid-atlantic region and tomorrow the heat will peak and the heat advisory is put up for the i-95 corridor, where the heat index early afternoon will be in the upper 90s but again late tomorrow afternoon we should start to mix some drier

air in to drop the heat indexes. as we look at the north, the severe storms are in new york state. and tomorrow a slight risk is on the border of lancaster, reading and allentown. if there are severe storms most likely they will be to the west. its still something we still have to watch. tomorrow gusty thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening and they are scattered and windses over 58 miles per hour and the possibility of some small hail. as we look at the numbers tonight, it's a sultry sticky night and temperatures generally around 70 to 73 degrees, and that includes the shore locations and your four day at 4:00, hot breeze tomorrow, 94 degrees, and we'll watch for stray storms west of philadelphia. and then thursday, showers and thunderstorms everywhere at 87 as a cold front pushed through

and that ushers in the fine finish and not many clouds and on and off thunderstorms at 79 degrees, thursday and saturday right now, for that concert, bring the umbrella. but friday looking good. we'll have the seven day in the next half hour. >> i doubt they will bring umbrellas, they will dance in all the glory of that rain. >> they'll dance in the rain. >> today is the second and final day of our web chat, doctors from pen medicine are back to take your questions about health care and hospice, log on to submit your questions and doctors are there to answer them at 5:00. >> still ahead, a store owner is shot outside of his business. what police are doing to track down the suspect. >> a dangerous situation and an apartment complex clean up after a potential deadly chemical is found inside of someone's home.

and doctor says there is a chains in comedian, tracy morgan's condition, what they are saying about that violence crash.

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time now for the buzz. finally good news for comedian, tracy morgan, his condition is upgraded from kritdcal to fair. he is in the hospital for 10 days after an accident on the knowledge turnpike that killed his friend, and they say his personality is coming back. and speaking of recovery, harrison ford's broken ankle could keep him off the set of star war for at least six weeks. his son told media outlets that his father may need surgery.

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county, where a delicate cleanup is underway. it's just because of one teenagers deadly revenge plot. this is nicholas helman, being arrested after allegedly trying to kill a rival with deadly poison that he created inside of this hatboro apartment. walter perez is live with more on the process three months later. >> that is right sher -- where nicholas helman lived with his mom. they said they don't know how much of the deadly substance ricin is inside. >> they started the tedious process of removing items that could be contaminated with ricin. every precaution is take and because it doesn't take a lot of

ricin do to a lot of damage. >> small amounts can do a lot of damage if you inhale it or inject it into your body. >> that happened when the s.w.a.t. team surrounded the building and they moved into to make the arrest. the suspect stands accused of sending a ricin laces birthday card to his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. he had two of the main ingredients needed to make ricin and now the 19-year-old is waiting on a slew of charges including attempted murder. we spoke to neighbors about the 19-year-old boy scout that always kept to himself. >> i would sit out and have a cigarette once in a while, and before that he made eagle scout. >> we are out here with the kids and everyone helps out with everyone. you think are you safe at home

and then to have something like this happen, it's scary and it just rocks everything. >> back out live on the scene, ricin of course can be deadly when it's inhaled injusted or injected. he allegedly rubbed the ricin on a scratch and stiff greeting card with the hopes that his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend would inhale the toxin. a freak accident involving a car and riding lawn mower. critically injured to people at wilmington university. it happened just before 2:00 this afternoon on route 13, police say that a jeep cherokee was heading north when it suddenly hit two cars and veered off the road and slam nood a person mowing the grass, both the landscaper and driver were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, nobody else was hurt, the two north lanes remain closed at this hour.

>> philadelphia police need your help identifying a brazen robber today. police have this photo of the man they are looking for right now, he was on the oxford circle section, pretending to be a shopper before pulling out a silver handgun and demanding cash and clothing from the employees there. a rough landing sent a helicopter pilot to the hospital in allentown, officials say that a female pie lot crash landed at the lehigh valley international airport this afternoon at the 100 block of airport road. airport operations were not impacted by the incident. a central jersey toddler was

brought to the hospital hours after she was rescued from an abandoned septic tank. the ground underneath gave way while she was playing in the yard and that sent her tumbling down that held 15 feet. the neighbor rushed outside and found the toddler trapped to her neck in water. she immediately ran inside, to grab a cable. defying an order from a police officer that just arrived. >> he stopped me, you cannot go there, i said why? he said dangerous for you. i said let me go, just move on i'll go there. >> she is a hero for going into the hole to get the baby, and what could be a tragic event turned into a happy ending. >> despite what the mayor said, she claims she is no hero, just

a mom. allison was given a clean bill of health at the hospital. meteorologist, adam joseph back. i'm sure you are glad to be back inside. >> air conditioning, it's not that bad out there, it's hot but not oppressively humid. as we look at the eastern half of the country, the temperatures are near or aabove the 90 degree mark as well as st. louis and raleigh, dallas 91 degrees, most of the country is sharing the same time of weather, double scan live we see most of the severe storms are well to the north in syracuse, moving east and you done have to worry about that this evening, another area reloading in the northern plains, rapid city and tornado warnings, this particular energy pushes towards the east, and a slight risk of severe weather, and concentrated for central and western pennsylvania for tomorrow and we are right on the fringe and we'll watch it here

tomorrow afternoon for some of those pop-ups to come back. we'll let you know when the heat will break, if you don't want the 90s anymore. coming up in the seven day. >> thank you. it was a proud day for the delaware air national guard, the recruiting and retention team was selected as the best in the entire nation, an award ceremony was held to honor them. the first time they landed this type of distinction, this allowed the air guard to reach this high. the best in the 67 year history. high schoolstein you'res marked an era in their young lives today. >> yes, "action news" was at graduation ceremonies for seen yorz of the school of the future, graduates picked up their hard earned diplomas as proud moms and dads beamed with

joy, the brand new graded had a fresh start on their future, they were on hand in philadelphia for the graduation exercise for seniors at the arts and technology high school. it's one of the hottest fitness trends and challenges you to challenge your inner charlotte. it's called par core. it's holistic mind and body connection. i checked out the first center in king of prussia. >> madonna does it like craze and david beckham. >> it's a sort of grownup jungle gym that is given a spin. >> it's a physical challenge. >> main line par core was recently opened. they welcome everyone including hollywood stunt doubles. >> we just trained the mutant

ninja movie guy. >> par core was born in france in the 80s, and all of this aerial amazement. flipping and flying and what noah calls tricking, it's happening at park. >> it's like urban gymnastics. >> people in bad situations at home, they form groups in parks. >> they brought it in doors to make it safe for everyone including little ones. from martial arts inspired moves, to bar training, these regulars say you have so much fun you forget are you working out. >> the core is constantly involved in all of your movements. >> but what sets this apart the hurdles are not just philadelphia. >> it's learning how to trust yourself completely. >> the course is color coded baszed on your level and this

beginner started slow. >> good straight down phillip says it's about overcoming fear and earning your wings and then fledglings can fly. >> right, again it's for all if itness levels you can see it right there, there are no structured courses and tony tells me it's all about creativity. and guys not only am i a spaz but i'm a scaredy cat as well. >> you made it look easy but i guess not. >> you weren't always graceful. >> alicia thank you. still ahead, an unusual initiative, why alaska is giving out free pregnancy tests to bar patrons, meet the fourth grade basketball star being courted by colleges. is it too much hoopla too soon.

>> a 15-month-old baby is very much in the wrong place, owes her life to the man that was also there at the right time. this is the little girl that bryant collins found crawl on a highway in madison county, georgia, on friday, the baby

allegedly crawled through the woods some 300 yards ending up on the side of the busy road. brian called 911 and picked up the child and eased her crying. >> i turned on my phone and let her listen to gospel music. >> collins appreciate that music when he was on the wrong road, he spent years in prison for drug charges and vowed he could give back to society. now she is living proof that he meant it. cocktails, wings and pregnancy tests that, is what is happening at bars in alaska. they are experiencing the free test to cut back on fetal alcoholism. it urges female patients to think before they drink, if they

aren't sure, women know as soon as possible to make safer choices for the baby. talk about a hoop star, this orlando player's skills are so impressive colleges are eyeing her up. and that may be premature because she is only 9 years old. she is only 4'5" and jayden plays for the high school team, scoring 14.8 points on average. jayden's father is lrs her trainer and worried that this stress could bring physical and emotional stress to a young girl but jayden feels like a normal fourth grader, and finally to most people under the age of 55, voice mails reason just pass a, they are also scary. sending texts instead of leaving voice messages is such the norm,

when the so-called millennials see that someone left them a voice mail, they get heart palpitations fearing the worst. and when they get a call, it's like public speaking and they feel they will be scrutinized. the school of new york is now training people to do it properly. other says they don't leave one or check there, because it's a time hog. i have to tell you mine is always 100% full, ain't nobody got time for that. >> you need to talk to me send me a text. >> imagine the face-to-face conversation. >> alicia, thank you. >> lets get another check of the roads tonight. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update for us. >> lets talk about a couple of highwaysing toi -- hogging your

time. at i broken down school bus taking out the right lane causing delays from 95 through tasker and girard. and by the way we have the new traffic pattern overnight like advertised. now the broken down bus is really contributing to things this afternoon. not far away we are watching a crash at aramingo and york, speeds on the schuylkill and 95 because of the disabled bus and a crash involving a bus in bala cynwyd near monument road. and a crash on the schuylkill expressway westbound side approaching the roosevelt boulevard, they are trying to get things taken care of but for the moment they have three westbound lanes block, just one lane is squeezing by heading away from montgomery heading towards the boulevard. it's a parking lot, approaching the vine on the westbound side

of 76, bal ming oh road is closed in west conshohocken and trinity road is closed for construction. and a tow truck fire, out completely off to the side and southbound traffic is heavy from the schuylkill on down to route 3, busy afternoon, busy issues on the highways, brian and shirleen, we'll check them again in the 5:00 hour. >> and speaking of issues, we have heat, meteorologist adam joseph is back with the

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now the accuweather forecast, the first 90 degree day of the year. we are jumping right into it, hotter tomorrow and then we break the heat on thursday. the action cam is in wilmington and rodney square, we see some folks, that lady is smart sitting on the park bench and there is a nice breeze mixing in to bring in the dry air so we don't vtd oppressive humidity. a look at the live lineup, double scan life is quiet this afternoon and the dow point we'll talk about that all summer long, the measure of the moist air in the air and how it feels outside the front door. as we look at double scan live, there is a pop near york county but anything that tried to develop is quickly squashed

because there is not much of a trigger in the atmosphere. in trenton 90 degrees, 89d in the lehigh valley and 92 in dover and this -- it was hot on the beach earlier. the dew points between 65 and 70 this afternoon, that means it feels humid when you hit the 70 or better it feels oppressive. the dew points in the winter are sometimes below 0. all the energy today is around syracuse, all eastbound into northern new england, that is where the thunderstorms will be tonight and we refire thing here's tomorrow with another low developing along a boundary to the north, the main action again tomorrow should be to our west, and we'll be hot and breezy and 94 degrees and the heat advisory

going into affect on the i-95 corridor from wilmington and trenton. the severe weather threat tomorrow, could have winds of up to 30 miles per hour. and the storm prediction certain took philadelphia out of the slight risk and moved it off to the west. that is good news if you don't like the severe weather, but it's close enough that it's something we'll watch late tomorrow afternoon. the heat is the big of the story tomorrow, highs of 96 degrees, and allentown 95 and wilmington 95 and atlantic city airport 93 degrees, it will be a challenge tomorrow. the numbers for tonight, a sticky, warm night. 69 in the serbs and 73 for center city and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 94 tomorrow and a hot breeze and we'll watch for the scattered storms, especially west of philadelphia late in the day, and then the bigger threat for numerous showers and downpours and thunderstorms, comes with the front on thursday and down to 87 and a fine finish to your

friday, 84 and low humidity and sunshine and the first day of summer, not so bright. 79 and clouds and showers and some sun on sunday, 80 degrees and turns better, monday and tuesday between 82 and 83 degrees, two days in the seven day, of 90 plus degrees. we are talking saving on hair coloring in a unique way,

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shirleen and i are back at 10:00 tonight for phl 17 at 10:00. coming up next, coming up next, one local principal thinks his school is the best and is he competing in a competition and details how you can help coming up. and summer doesn't start until saturday but it feels like it's already here. there are thousands of people that can flock to the beach on this sunny day. >> cecily tynan

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> from the city to the shore, it's feeling like summer all across the region. we hit 90 for the first time this year. it is tuesday night and monica malpass is off and sharrie williams is joining us, the big story on "action news" is the soaring temperatures. >> we have team coverage on the summer-like weather, nora muchanic is live at the jersey shore but first lets check in

with cecily tynan. she is outside with a first look at the forecast. >> the heat has arrived. philadelphia so far, the mercury soaring up into the 90s, 93 degrees. this is late for 90 degree weather, this is the latest in the your for the start of 90 degree weather in 11 years, typically we have had a few days in the 90s by this time in june. trenton 90 and reading 91 and wilmington 91 and millville 91 and the sea breeze has finally kicked up along the beaches but warm at the boardwalk in atlantic city, it's 80 degrees, if you add the humidity, it moves it up a little bit of a notch. the humidity levels have dropped since this morning. philadelphia feels like 94 and wilmington 95 and feels like 95 in mill shrill, dover though, the heat index is oppressive feeling like 98 degrees. stormtracker 6 live double