>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good morning everyone, it is 6 o'clock on this wednesday june 18th and here's what's happening. >> steamy and stormy out there today. the mercury is expected to rise even higher than yesterday. and storm tracker 6 double scan radar is taking a look at the storm. >> the man u.s. agents say was the ringleader in the attack on benghazi. we'll have a live report on that. >> you're taking a look at jefferson university hospital. we'll tell you about a major donation that's come through we'll tell you about a major

a difference in cancer care. >> up first weather and traffic. david is off. karen is here along with matt. good morning. >> good morning. it's a hot and humid day today and the national weather service has a heat advisory in effect. it goes into effect at noon today and lasts until 7 o'clock. go ahead and take a look through the region right now for the i-95 corridor where the heat index, what it's going to feel like in the upper 90's in the height of the afternoon and looking at the temperatures right now, 79 degrees already in philadelphia. 74 in allentown. 75 in millville. and it doesn't feel oppressively humid just yet. satellite 6 and action radar slowing that we had some showers that tried to pull down into our region and just really fell apart but they did leave us off with some cloud cover so there's a little bit of breeze and a few clouds out there kind of helping you out so far. we can see the showers and thunderstorms building out to the west and we do have a chance for one of those storms coming through, especially late tonight. here's a look at your day ahead. by 9:00 a.m., 84 degrees. by noon, 991. by 3:00 p.m., 94. by 6:00 p.m., 93 coming down

from your high of 96. we'll watch for the chance of a thunderstorm popping up late today but i think the best chance would really be in the late time nighttime hours so we're watching for. that i'll show you future tracker 6 and kind of explain how this day is going to unfold in a few minutes. matt. >> some of our vehicles this morning are saying no thanks. i don't think so. little too warm out there for me. we've had a number of broken down vehicles already on this wednesday morning. one of them was right here in chester county on the southbound side of 202 approaching 29, the great valley interchange. police came out, took care of the disabled vehicle. both lanes now reopened through the work zone and the small delay that we had has thinned out as well. but we still have an issue in pottstown, wilson street shut down between farmington avenue and popular street. that was an overnight crash that brought down a pole. maybe stay up on diamond street or eighth street by lincoln elementary to get around that situation. meanwhile another broken down vehicle here on the ramp from

the southbound side of route 1 the roosevelt boulevard extension to ridge avenue. it's off to the side of the ramp. penndot is there helping out so you can squeeze by none delays on the boulevard itself so far this morning. but delays are just starting to form here on 95 in the great northeast. southbound approaching cottman in that work zone we're starting to bunch up then it bunches up again farther south from allegheny into girard. we have another issue with another downed pole in cape may courthouse. 47 blocked both ways north of 612, carter street, there near hall's carpet care. maybe stay over on route nine to get around that blockage on this wednesday morning. tam. >> thank you, matt. and we are beginning with a developing story coming to us from berks county where an off duty police officer has been involved in a violent road rage incident. this is some new video just in from the scene. there is a heavy police presence along route 61. that's where the district attorney says a group of men in one car got out and began beating up a lone driver. that lone driver then

reportedly opened fire on his attackers. one person has been wounded. the district would not say exactly what role the off duty officer had in this incident but stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for updates. >> the man u.s. authorities say masterminded the ambush of a u.s. embassy in libya was captured in a secret nighttime raid. he is on his way to face american justice nearly two years after the attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live in the satellite center with more details. erin. >> matt, this is a big get for the u.s. government. since the attack on the u.s. embassy back in 2012, the obama administration has received harsh criticism for failing to capture anyone involved in the attacks that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. now, this issue has become somewhat of a political football. on sunday, though, american military and law enforcement personnel operating in libya captured ahmed abu khatallah.

this is a joints operation between the fbi and u.s. special forces. u.s. officials said that abu khatallah is being held on a docked ship in the mediterranean sea but is expected to be tried in federal court on terror charges. while the president says this capture sends a clear message to terrorists the administration's plan to try him in federal court is not sitting well with some congressional republicans who have attempted to hammer the administration about the killings in benghazi. >> when americans are attacked no matter how long it takes, we will find those responsible and we will bring them to justice. >> there has been a tendency in this administration as you know to treat this like a law enforcement matter. read them their rights and get them a lawyer. i hope they're not doing that. the most valuable thing we can get from this terrorist is information. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell went on to say

abu khatallah needs to be interrogated extensively. he is expected to be questioned by u.s. officials possibly over the next few hours and the next few days. of course, the key questions, who else way involved in the attack and who exactly ordered the attack on the u.s. embassy, but the white house did reiterate that this is going to be tried in federal court. i'm erin o'hearn live in the sat center. matt, back to you. >> karen thanks. delaware lawmakers will hold a hearing on whether to remove criminal penalties for adult marijuana possession. the public safety and homeland security committee will consider a proposal that would make possession of 1 ounce of marijuana a civil offense. the punishment would be a fine that is similar to a traffic ticket. as it stands now someone convicted of possessing an ounce of marijuana in delaware faces a fine of $1,150 and up to six months in jail. >> it is almost 6:07 and this may not make for a happy new year. come january you'll pay a little bit more to use the new

jersey turnpike. pennsylvania turnpike and some will end up paying a little bit more than others. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, tam. the turnpike's commission approved a 5 percent increase to take effect next january. the most common toll for passenger vehicle will rise to $1.09 with ez pass that's a nickel higher than what it costs today. the commission says ez pass customers will continue to save 35 percent on tolls. stock markets ended in the green tuesday. the dow bounced between gains and losses early in there session before turning higher posting a third straight game. futures pointing to a higher open. beware of exploding wine bottles. several bottles of prosecco brut have spontaneously exploded in stores in recent weeks. the bottles can explode with the glass shattering or the cork shooting out according to the pennsylvania liquor control board. the wine has been removed from store shelves but if you have a bottle at home the board

recommends wrapping it in newspaper and two trash bags before throwing it out. popeye's louisiana kitchen now officially owns the recipes that made its food popular. the company maid paid $43 million to the family of the chain's late founder in exchange it gets the recipes he created in the 1970's. popeye's had been paying as much as $3 million a year in royal tease to the family of the founder. tam, got to say love that chicken at popeye's. >> there's something about the crisp on there chicken. it's not good for you but boy, does it taste good. >> she did the jingle. >> she did it well i might add. all right, storm tracker storm 6 live double scan looking around the region not seeing any sign of showers or thunderstorms just yet. that will be later on today and tonight. let's head on outside and show you what it looks like. we've got a beautiful shot. yeah, we see some clouds out there but we see that sunshine as well. looking over the ben franklin bridge in hd and we had saw that it tried to slip through and leftover cloud cover

through the region. 79 degrees already in philadelphia. the dewpoint is 65. once you get above 60 you start to feel sticky, so you can feel that out there but what's saving us a little bit today, a breeze at 10 miles an hour so we'll take anything we can get and you do notice that today so it helps you out a little bit. pressure 29.89-inches. satellite 6 and action radar showing the cloud cover that dropped through the region. we had some showers that fell apart. they didn't do anything much in our area but we're left with cloud cover. we'll see sunshine filling in for sure with sun and clouds today and you can see the showers and thunderstorms building out to the west along with a frontal boundary. and we do have the chance for a shower or a thunderstorm popping through especially very late today. now, future tracker 6 showing at 7:30 tonight it's spotty at best. we can see a couple of cells popping through here or there. we advance this a little bit to 11 o'clock and when cecily tynan on the air we'll see some showers and thunderstorms popping through some of our region and lasting into the wee hours in the morning and the reason we're watching that so closely is that there's a severe weather threat from the

storm prediction center. it's just a slight risk for part of our region, the area you see in yellow out to the west. so, in lancaster, berks, lehigh, carbon, monroe counties, you've got a slight risk for severe weather including those winds over 58 miles an hour. you might remember yesterday it looked like our whole region was blanketed in this severe weather threat. now it's just towards the western communities that we're watching. it is a hot one today. let's show you how the day is going to unfold. 8:00 a.m. 82, 1188, 2:00 p.m., 93 by 5:00 p.m. 95 coming down from your high of 96. trying to get relief at the shore. you could do that yesterday with the see sea breeze. the trouble is the westerly flow is going to be pretty strong today. by 11:00 a.m. 84, 3:00 p.m. 90. you get more of a land breeze today. sunny and hot even at the shore, not quite as hot as it will be here but hot nonetheless. let's look right now at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, it is hot but breezy. 96 degrees for your high. that would be a record set on this date. then showers and thunderstorms, got a chance for that especially tonight and then tomorrow a bit

scattered through the area. 87 degrees for your high so it's going to knock down that heat as well. by friday it feels pretty good, it's less humid, partly sunny, we're dry and 84. can't beat that. by saturday, though, a front kind of lingers through our region, some spotty showers around, 79, cloud cover. i don't think it's going to rain all day but it's not going to be a very pretty day either even though summer arrives not feeling summer like with that 79. sunday clouds and sunshine and 80 degrees with still the threat of a couple of showers around and on monday partly sunny skies and 84. tuesday warm and sunny getting back up there again in the upper 80's. 88 degrees for your high. so, hot and breezy. a heat advisory in effect ooh. so kind of be careful out there. >> then summer arrives and it cools off a bit. >> absolutely. >> thanks karen. up next, more stories you didn't see last night including the disturbing drive-by crime witnessed by people in berks county. >> don't waste time looking for those misplaced car keys. tech bites ranks the top digital trackers for those easy to lose items. matt. >> grabbing the keys getting

in the car and heading for 422, watch out for this westbound crash near first avenue. ambulance just pulled up to the scene. we'll keep watching this and see how things are looking on 95 when "action news" continues on this wednesday

>> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look here sky 6 looking down the shore into cape may. it's going to be the kind of day potentially a record breaker getting up to 96 degrees but a surprise

here. you'll say oh i want to run into the water, there will cool me off. it may be a little too cold to handle stilling down in the 60's. >> looks like a cactus over there, doesn't it? >> it does. >> what is a cactus doing on the beach the not a cactus, we know that. >> today it's international sushi day. >> i knew that. >> if you're looking for something to celebrate. unfortunately we missed eat are vegetables day yesterday. real bummer on that one. let's head out to 422 here by first avenue. we're still watching this crash in the westbound direction. ambulance is on the scene but it's all off to the side as they take care of things so both westbound lanes are opened as you head toward trooper road. eastbound we're starting to see that building volume coming in from past oaks through this point near route 23. it is a little bit more crowded now. if you're headed out 422 to pottstown keep in mind that in pottstown we still have that downed pole from the earlier crash closing wilson street between farmington avenue and popular street.

maybe stay up on diamond or down on eighth by lincoln elementary to get around that. we also are without balligomingo road again this morning as they take down some more trees in west conshohocken between portland street and 23 front street. 320 swedeland road gets around that. also trinity lane blocked long term through july 3rd for construction. south gulf gets you around that one. new restrictions yesterday in falls township because of a dear raider the drainage pipe along old route 13 between penn valley and mill creek roads. down one lane. flaggers out there much of the time controlling traffic. let's head back outside to 95 southbound side now busy by cottman. again the betsy ross bridge through this point at girard. northbound getting used to that new traffic pattern by girard not causing a huge delay. something to look forward to we get a new traffic pattern on the southbound side on monday. always something new coming our way. tam. >> all right, something to look forward to, hm, matt? okay. if you say so. new this morning months after a botched execution two states put prisoners to death

using lethal injection. in georgia a teen kill are was put to death and in missouri a man convicted of shooting his girlfriend and killing two of her friends in then 96 was executed. clayton locket was put to death in oklahoma. jailers used a three drug cocktailing that seemed to fail. locket eventually died of a heart attack. police in berks county searching for the driver of a pickup truck spotted putting live animals out of the vehicle. it happened last friday 13 in syncing spring. a man threw a kitten in the middle of the street as his truck sped by. that kitten and another cat were found laying dead on the road. the driver hasn't been identified. he was 17 in a dark blue pickup with a cap on the back. >> amazon has been working on a mystery product one that it plans to reveal today. abc's devin dwyer has tech bikes. >> reporter: amazon entering the phone. it's expected to launch its

first smartphone today likely to be able to take 3-d photos. the phone might also include an online shopping app. if you constantly misplace your car keys you may want to check out some of the new bluetooth tags hitting the market. they attach right to your key chain, then connect wirelessly with your smartphone. the wall street journal's joanna stern tested them. >> eventually i'm hoping this type of tracking capability is built into all of our stuff wallets key chains umbrellas but for now these devices especially the tile is worth a try especially if you lose things in close proximity. >> reporter: dexters take note. 250 new emojis have been unveiled. some of the most unusual a changeup munk hot pepper and a have you can salute will be available for download on apple and android devices in july much those are your tech bites. i'm devon dwyer. >> 6:18. a look at sidney kimmel's huge donation to jefferson university hospital. >> nebraska residents still staggering from a deadly set of twin twisters get hit again.

karen. >> temperatures already right now in the upper 70's and the dewpoint in the mid 60's. let's take a look at how it feels out there. yes, it's humid when you have a dewpoint of 65 degrees, you're certainly feeling it. in fact we have a heat advisory in effect through the region. details in your seven-day hi. i'm henry winkler.

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the tacony palmyra at this point as you can see that boardwalk is not causing delays but as we get into the height of the rush hour, you might be better off there in the background on the betsy ross bridge instead or on the ben franklin bridge, although that usually jams westbound during the rush hour. at this point it's not jammed eastbound headed into camden. of course we're without that right lane because of the patco construction which could cause delays at any time. none reported yet. and njt and septa are on time so far this morning. karen. >> it's 79 degrees already in philadelphia. here's your day planner. by 9:00 a.m., 84. by noon, we're up to 91. by 3:00 p.m. p-94 degrees. our high today will be 96 and we'll be coming down from that at 6:00 p.m., it will be 93. a chance for a shower or a thunderstorm late in the day. and more especially later on tonight so we're going to watch for automobile cold front those. let's look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day. it's a hot day but fortunately a bit breezy. that's helping us out. 96 for your high. thursday we'll have some scattered showers and thunderstorms around, 87 degrees to your high.

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at iloveny.com >> happening now on "action news," the delaware and lehigh valleys brace for another day in the 90's. accuweather is helping to you beat the heat. >> new from the overnight a pair of armed bikers ambush a man sitting on his front steps and we're gathering new information on the case. >> gradings glitch. a school hacker gives students a boost in new jersey. >> goodgood morning, matt pelman has traffic. karen rogers is outside. how hot is it. >> it's warm and it is sticky. when you catch the breeze that's what's helps you. the national weather service has a heat advisory poster for our region from noon until 7 o'clock because it's going to be hot, it's going to be

humid. the heat index, what it's going to feel like the upper 90's along the i-95 corridor. so feeling the heat especially this afternoon. currently that temperature 79 degrees in philadelphia. already the upper seventies in reading. 75 in millville. on the boardwalk in ac, already 76 degrees so going up from there. satellite 6 and action radar shows we had some showers that tried to pull down in our region that just really fell apart. these clouds are starting to brake up too. we're seeing clouds and sunshine right now. you can see those showers and storms out to our west and that gives us yet another threat for later today into tonight. here's how your day is going to look. by 9:00 a.m., 84 degrees with sunshine. by noon 91. by 3:00 p.m., 94 degrees. by 6:00 p.m., coming down from our high will be about 93. we'll have a few more clouds in there pick cherry and perhaps a shower or thunderstorm popping up. our high today 96. there is a part of our region that's attic threat for severe

weather. i'll explain who will be affected by that in the seven day forecast in a minute matt. >> karen at least we have that breeze. good morning to you. not really breezing along on a lot these highs ways any more. we have several issues including this crash on 422 westbound side near first avenue. the ambulance has left the scene but police are still out here along with the one vehicle that was involved in the crash. good news is both westbound lanes are getting by. eastbound is now kind of a slow go from approaching oaks on into 23 with just some normal morning volume. off 422 in pottstown downed pole from an overnight crash blocking wilson street between farmington avenue and popular street. stick with diamond or eighth as alternates. on the big picture our broken down vehicle on the ramp from the boulevard southbound to ridge avenue is out of the way but there's some traffic light troubles in northeast philly at the intersection of robbins and tours day. as you can see our normal delays are forming along the schuylkill and i-95. also getting word of a vehicle fire in trenton. probably want to avoid the intersection of anderson

street and ash more avenue. in middle township cape may county a downed pole from an overnight crash on 47. block both ways by on carter street. in wilmington, three extra minutes now on that northbound travel time from 495 up to namaans road. people detouring again once again because of the 495 closure. we'll see lots of people headed down dover over the course of the next few days. the fire fly music festival is this weekend so big delays on one, 13 and scarborough road. tam. >> thank you, matt. well a heat advisory has been issued for much of the delaware valley. the heat index is expected to hit the mid 90's today. and the soaring temperatures have sent thousands scurrying down to the jersey shore. ocean city's beaches are crowded with people taking a vacation week and others just driving to the shore for the day trying to get out of the heat. it was plenty of fun to be had along the bay for recent graduates of hatboro horsham high school. they used wave runners to cool themselves down.

>> it's a great day. it's like sunny, like we've been here for a couple days now and it's been sunny like every day so we want to do something different. >> kind of getting out on the ocean doing something that we don't get to do that often. 'cause we're in the middle of the state. >> although the weather at the shore is in mid summer form the ocean still feels like june with temperatures just in the mid 60's. the storm tracker 6 app will alert you to weather warnings like this currents heat advisory. it also gives you access to live radar and the hourly forecast. download the storm tracker 6 app for free for your apple or android device. >> new this morning, philadelphia police are searching for the gun plan who opened fire on a man sitting on his front steps. this happened late last flight on the 2100 block of west spencer street in the city's logan section. police say the shooters passed the victim on bicycles while they unloaded six shots hitting the man in the leg. he is in the hospital this morning in stable condition. happening today, a formal arraignment for several of the

defendants in the main line school drug ring. daniel mcgrath, christian euler, willow orr, read cohen and dominic curcio are charged with possessing and distributing drugs at five high schools 13 colleges. investigators say they were low level dealers in a much bigger enterprise run by 18-year-old timothy brooks and 25-year-old neil scott. the pair are graduates of the haverford school one of the country's most prestigious prep schools. >> new this morning, north jersey prosecutors are looking into a school hacking case. it put some average students at the head of the class. someone broke into the records system at orange high school to improve class grades and attendance. the students who received better gpa's as a result of the stunt say they are now being punished for the change even though they claimed to have had nothing to do with it. education officials still don't know exactly who is behind the hack attack. >> 6:35 now. a community in camden is finally celebrating the fruits of its labor.

>> four, three, two, one. (applause). >> the lights officially went on at von neida park in camden's cramer hill section last night. neighbors around the park had been fighting for two years to get nights to illuminate it at night. the park has been the scene of muggings. cramer hill residents say they are now back in control. >> to see how much progress we've made from a little group that no one knew about to now. >> people joined in in a basketball game playing for the first time under the new lights. >> there are people who love the summer heat, that steam, that humidity and they're going to get everything they want today. >> and the rest of us will just have to deal with it. let's take a look right now at storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region searching for storms, not seeing any. i think that much of your daytime is dry. it's late this evening and tonight that we'll be watching for them. let's take a look outside and see what it looks like and we're looking at that haze out there as sky 6 goes live in hd checking out the peco building

in center city. let's check the numbers for you as you're headed out the door. it's hard warm. we're looking at a temperature of 79 degrees. that dewpoint 65. that's the moisture in the atmosphere. any time you get over 60 degrees you really feel the humidity. so at 65 it's feeling sticky. the winds though a bit bigger than yesterday so winds out of the southwest at 10 miles an hour. a bit more of a breeze so that's helping a little bit. the pressure 29.89-inches. satellite 6 and action radar slowing we had some showers try to pull through, they just fell apart. we're left with residual cloud cover here but we'll see sunshine and clouds and certainly you could see those showers and thunderstorms building out to our west. we've got the chance for a thunderstorm popping through our region and future tracker 6 showing not a whole lot of activity during the day. this is a look at 7:30 and this particular model showed some cells trying to build in there. more so by 11 o'clock tonight. when cecily tynan is on the air with the 11 o'clock news we'll likely see some cells here and the trouble is any one of these could be quite strong. they last until the overnight

hours and the storm prediction center issued a slight risk for severe weather for our western communities. so f-you're out here in lancaster, in berks, in lehigh and carbon and monroe you've got a chance for some severe weather today with any one of these storms that pops through especially the threat for damaging winds of over 58 miles an hour. you might remember yesterday it looked like much of the region could be affected by severe weather so now it's retreated to just our western suburbs but something we're watching very closely. your accuweather forecast showing how this is going to expand through the day with the heat by 8:00 a.m., 82. by 11:00 a.m., 88. by 2:00 p.m., 93 coming down from your high of 96 at 5:00 p.m. it will be about 95 with a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm at 5:00 i think again the better chance would be later on tonight. it's lard to find relief at the shore because we have more of a westerly flow today. it's a little bit stronger so it's hard to develop any sort of sea breeze and we expect sunny and hot conditions by 11:00 a.m., 84 sitting on the beach. by 3:00 p.m., about 90. you know those bugs always get you when you get that westerly flow, too.

let's look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. it's hot but breezy at least. 96 degrees for your high temperature. tomorrow we get more scattered showers and thunderstorms. that's when that front actually comes through tomorrow. 87 degrees for your high. by friday it's pretty nice because it's less humid, it's less hot, 84, and then we're dry. can't beat that. it doesn't stay for the weekend, though. that front that retreats kind of comes back into our region so saturday some spotty showers around, even though summer arrives, a high of only 79. sunday clouds and some sunshine, 80 degrees with still the threat of a couple of showers on monday partly sunny skies and 84 with a shower. and even on tuesday, we're looking at things really warming up with sunshine and 88 degrees. for your high. so the heat is really on today. heat advisory in effect so take it easy this afternoon, maybe check on your elderly friends and the pets. >> good idea. >> thank you, karen. new stories are up next here on "action news" including the near miss for a new york neighborhood as a plane came crashing down from the sky. >> former star of the jersey shore gets himself into

another situation. at, where else, the tanning salon. matt. >> [inaudible] >> we'll have traffic coming up in just a moment. and much more. we'll be right back

>> ♪ >> good morning everyone. 6:42. taking a live look at center city philadelphia. it is hot out there already. 80 degrees on city avenue. getting up to 96, which would

tie a record for this day. >> let's go over to matt pelman see what the roads are looking like. this morning it's been pretty good. not that much bad on the roads. >> hear me this time? you got me. here we go. yes, we haven't had a ton of problems on the roads this morning, tam and matt, just a few and a little situation here to watch out for as i was saying going into the break in northeast philadelphia, traffic lights are dark here at the intersection of robbins street and torresdale avenue in the great northeast and so a lot of people are just kind of breezing -- like that school bus -- just breezing through the intersection. better to treat this like a four-way stop like that person did so that you don't run into someone else, kind of common sense but sometimes you need to be reminded. so that's the situation there. we see that on the big picture as well as the construction that continues at the tacony palmyra bridge. could cause delays at any time. and we have delays of course on 95 southbound by cottman 26 miles per hour. then you're really on the brakes from bridge street on into girard. also seeing those delays starting to form over on the schuylkill expressway. here's what that looks like

live. this is the westbound, little bit of slowing as you exit at south street. otherwise you're slow farther west from the boulevard out to gladwyne. it's basically just all the normal stuff on i-76. but here's something abnormal in west conshohocken again balligomingo road is shut down between portland street and 23 front street. they're taking down some more of the trees in that area so 320 swedeland road by gsk is the way to get around it until they reopen it this afternoon. also trinity lane shut down before independence day, south gulph road gets you around that construction. had reports of a vehicle fire in trenton this morning along anderson street at ash more avenue and that's a good intersection to avoid. and in middle township cape may county a little change with this. we have that downed pole and wires was blocking 47 in both directions. now it's just northbound past 612 carter street to get around that blockage that continues maybe stay over on route 9 through cape may courthouse instead. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. fire crews are on the scene of a blaze in berks county. take a look at this new video.

flames broke out at the bird's borrow materials quarry after 12:30 this morning. several fire departments had to be called in to come help to battle this fire including some from chester county. there are no reports of injuries nonword yet on what caused the fire. the quarry produces a wide range of crushed stone products. >> happening today, president obama will brief top congressional leaders on the growing crisis in iraq. the meeting comes as sectarian violence is on the rise in the country. a car bomb in the pro-government shiite strong hold of sadr see killed 12 people and wounded 30 others. in baqouba militia men killed detainees an early word on the briefing indicates the president will not call for any air strikes any time soon saying there are few clear targets for the u.s. to strike at the fast moving sunni insurgency. >> a plane crashed in the backyard of a long island home and the pilot was killed not

before he did one last history we can act. witnesses say he appeared to do his all to steer that plane away from homes. the plane disintegrated upon impact. a woman and a baby were in a home just a few feet away. thankfully they got out okay. the visibilities was poor at the time of the crash and the 53-year-old pilot did call for help. the ntsb is trying to determine exactly what caused the tragedy. >> this story is also new. the developer of a million dollar shore house on prime new england property has suddenly realized it is encroaching on protected turf. the developer chose a water front estate on protected park land in rhode island in 2009. the builder didn't notice the error until two years later saying it was an innocent surveying mistake. the court battle went all the all the way to the state supreme court. the developer is under an order to remove the entire home. >> 6:46. a preview of "gma" is coming up next.

karen. >> as you're headed out the door be prepared for the let's take a look at the current numbers. 79 degrees in philadelphia. even in the lehigh valley mid to upper 70's. 75 in millville. we're certainly going up from here. details on your forecast

>> what do you say we check in with "gma" see what they're look at. >> we have to. it's written in the program. amy robach is joining us live. sidewalks will be sizzling today in new york city today,

amy. >> reporter: it is already in the 80's here this morning and, yes, it's going to be a hot one in new york city. i'm sure as well as in philly. matt and tam, good to be with you both this morning. coming up next, we are talking about weather but severe weather that is slamming the midwest. another 30 reported tornadoes touching down just one day after those rare double twisters tour through nebraska. we are live from the devastated town of pilger nebraska with the very latest on that. and then topping things off the suspect captured american complain doughs nabbing the suspected mastermind on the attack of the u.s. consulate in that raid inside libya. now he's being brought to u.s. soil to face charges. brian ross has all of the details. plus a developing story this morning. teen stowaways speak out for the very first time. i'm sure you remember the boy who survived that flight from san jose to hawaii making the five and a half hour trip hidden in the plane's wheel well. we're going the hear from him today.

also, world cup fever going nationwide and guess what? we have one of the biggest stars of the u.s. team, the pressure is all on him. goalie tim howard. he is going to speak to us live and exclusively from brazil. that's all coming up next on "good morning america." matt and tam, what, to you. >> all right. thank you, amy. >> all righty. sounds g it is hump day morning. >> yes. >> head out on the roadways. not a whole lot that's unexpected, just some building normal volume here in chester county along the 30 bypass. eastbound side from 340 to 322 to 113, the stuff that we're used to every day as we come in from parksburg coatesville and thorn day. over on 42 we expect heavy traffic as well and you can see that reflected in there travel time now. we're looking at speeds mostly in the 30's and 40's as you north from the a.c. expressway up to 295. nothing in the way at this point aside from a few other cars. mass transit on time this morning. karen. >> it's 79 degrees right now.

by 9:00 a.m., 84. by noon, we're up to 91. by 3:00 p.m., forty four. our high will actually be 96 degrees. we'll be coming down from that at 6:00 p.m. and 93. a chance for a shower and a thunderstorm at the end of the day. the better chance later on tonight. and any one of these storms could be strong so we're watching them pretty closely. as you're heading out the door if you're going to travel today not looking at any delays in our city around the area. boston 72, chicago 78. sunshine already in charlotte, 73 with no delays. just a quick glance at your accuweather forecast showing that today we've got a chance for a shower or a thunderstorm later tonight but tomorrow they're more scattered so tomorrow is a bit weather, bit more unsettled with 87 for your high. today is the height of the heat, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. going on to the people scene the reality actor known as the situation has a situation on his hands. police say that "jersey shore" star mike the situation sorrentino got into a fistfight with his brother at their family's tanning salon in middletown township monmouth county. what exactly happened is still unclear. sorrentino is charged with

simple assault. he's out on bail and awaiting a court date. the salon is featured prominently in an u ♪

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incident in berks county opened fire on his attackers wound one of them. an off duty officer was also involved in that incident. police say two gunmen on bicycles fired six shots at a man while he sat on his front steps in the logan section of philadelphia late last night. the man is in stable condition. the gunmen replain on the loose. sidney kimmel giving $110 million to jefferson university. >> at the moment it's normal morning delays out there like that is one on allegheny off. 22 minutes southbound from woodhaven to the vine with no delay that would be a 14 minute ride. karen. >> it's already 79 degrees in philadelphia and in the mid 70's in most of the region. there is a heat advisory in effect from noon until 7 o'clock for the i-95 corridor. by 8:00 a.m., 82 degrees. by 11:00 a.m., we're up to 88. by 2:00 p.m., 93. by 5:00 p.m., 95 with a chance

for a thunderstorm late today and tonight. >> just get through the day and it will cool down a little bit over the weekend. all right. matt o'donnell, karen rogers i'm tamala edwards. we'll see you back here in 30. >> have a good day, everyone. >> "action news is sponsored in part by the jeff d'ambrosio auto group. destination downingtown. featuring chrysler, dodge, jeep, ram, mitsubishi, fiat and vw. if you want it for less, you

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good morning, america. breaking overnight, more massive new tornadoes touching down in the midwest. >> no, go. >> this destructive twister striking miles from those devastating twin tornadoes nearly wiping out that entire town. 65 million in the path of more severe weather right now. new details this morning about how one of the most wanted men in the world was captured. the suspected mastermind behind the deadly attack in benghazi taken down by u.s. commandos now facing a trial in an american court. the teen stowaway that survived that flight over the pacific speaking out for the first time this morning hiding in the wheel well for 5 1/2 hours. how he did it and why. and team usa's last line