>> happening now on "action news," thunderstorms moving out of the region right now, you see them on storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. see how the gusty winds and lightning strikes left their mark. >> a church treasure ends up in the wrong handles. what police are doing to get it back. >> philadelphia city council takes up measures to ease marijuana penalties, but the bill may face trouble ahead. >> good morning, thursday, june 16 we've made it through the heat of the last which couple of days and we have dealt with the rain, let's go over to karen rogers. >> reporter: we're done with the heat, but not done with the rain. we'll have scattered showers that will around today.

let's look at satellite and radar, you can see the line of thunderstorms that moved on out of here. we'll give you a better view with storm tracker 6 live double scan, you can see the heavy thunderstorms that rolled through with powerful winds, lightning and downpours that's off the coastline. if you're up in the mountain pocono you're left with a scattered shower. most of the region is dry. but to the west you can see showers popping up and storms out to the west. we'll be watching for that through the day. 73 degrees in philadelphia. still feeling muggy. 69 in allentown, 71 in millville. as you head out the door expect mostly cloudy skies, 6:00 a.m., 74. 8:00 a.m., 76. much of the morning commute will be dry, maybe a stray shower around not the heavy thunderstorms that we saw earlier. we're watching for a shower popping up a thunderstorm, a high today 84 degrees, lots of clouds, still humid. i've got future tracker 6 standing by which gives you a good view of what the day looks

like, when you get a chance for the showers that's coming up in a minute, matt. >> reporter: our view of the roads improving as they dry out this morning. we've got a bunch of different is to have you stuff, not too bad, a little bit of fog and a little bit of degree brie on the roads -- debris on the roads, but no reports of roads being blocked because of debris. we have disabled tractor-trailer on the schuylkill expressway westbound by lincoln drive and kelly drive. they are at a gor point. they are tapping the breaks always the volume increases. if you're bailing out on city avenue no restrictions, but they did milling work overnight coming off the schuylkill expressway watch out for a bumpy ride on city avenue. we have a crash on the walt whitman bridge westbound side heading toward philadelphia, on the new jersey side, single-vehicle accident you

should get by that. watch out for a broken down vehicle on butler pike near the county flower shop. >> we had more on the powerful authorities that raced through the region overnight. they probably woke you up from your slumber. katherine scott is outside a home in west deptford where lightning may have caused a fire. >> reporter: in west deptford and new pennsylvania, there's suspicious fires like this one on will i understand drive, the firefighters were called out around 3:00 a.m. the fire was under control in a half-hour. in wilmington you can see the downpours on french street and mlk boulevard.

sheets of heavy rain, lightning streaking across the sky. lightning lit up penns landing, the winds picked up, the rain was heavy, cars were splashing through the water by delaware avenue and noble street. drivers saying the storm seemed to come out of nowhere. they had to reduce is their speeds because the driving conditions were so poor. here in west deptford, lightning being the cause of an attic fire where the storms rolled through. coming up at 3:00 a.m. we'll tell you about the possible lightning strikes in bucks county and the damage they have caused there. >> the search continues for the shooter who gunned down a man in southwest philadelphia. police found the victim lying dead in the middle of south 60th street with a single gunshot to the back of the head. officers say they don't know who shot the man or why.

5:34. a philadelphia church is trying to move forward after falling victim to burglar. only "action news" was there as the police dusted for fingerprints at the church of saint johns. the church said had the theives asked for help they would have given it. >> it makes me sad, because if somebody needed the money they should have come to us. >> they are praying that the theives have a change of heart and return the stolen items. >> a new bill would prevent parents of truant children from being thrown into jail. a woman was serving 38 hour sentence for fines that went unpaid when her children skipped school. the bill calls for softers

sentences. official from schuylkill county filed a motion with the third circuit court of appeals earlier this month. gay marriage has been legal for one month ever since the district judge overturned the state's gay marriage ban. city council is discussing a bill that will lower the fine it is expected to pass, but mayor nutter may not sign it into law. his administration has voiced concerns over the proposal, because it clashes with state law. >> all the damage we've seen out there, there's house fires maybe from lightning, kind of pay the price when things cool down. >> reporter: you have the battle from the cooler air and the

hotter air are from yesterday. you won't feel the difference until later on, but you're right. storm tracker 6 live double scan you can see the area is dry the heavy gusty thunderstorms off off the coastline. it's going to be that kind of of day, where we have clouds and showers around, the cluferlt of damaging -- cluster of damaging thunderstorms that's out of here. let's go outside we can see the skies brighten a little bit, lots of leftover clouds with the showers that went through. and a few peeks of sunshine. the temperature, 73 degrees, dewpoint, 68 degrees, still feeling muggy out there. the humidity hadn't dropped very much, although the temperature has. the winds out of the south at 3 miles. the pressure 29.39-inch. showers have moved through and we'll have showers trying to pop

up, nothing as organized as a few hours ago. through the morning commute, clouds and showers popping up. most of the morning is dry. later this afternoon we'll watch for a better chance of shower here other there. look at 3:30 my kids are still at school. when the kids are coming home you'll see heavy showers here or there popping up. this is a look at 5:30. you'll have showers or thunderstorm in one or two spots, but then the front comes through, see how it sweeps out the atmosphere, everything gets better by tonight and tomorrow it's clear, dry, less humidity and feeling good. we have to wait until tonight for that, though. by 8:00 a.m., 76. mostly cloudy skies, by 11:00 a.m., 80, maybe a shower in a spot. 2:00 p.m., 84 degrees, a better chance of a few more organized showers. 5:00 p.m., 77 with a shower or thunderstorm starting to move out of here. high today, 84 nothing like the 90s that we have for the past two days. at the shore, ocean water

temperature, 70. cloudy and showers around. noon, 80. 3:00 p.m., 77. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, lots of clouds today a few showers around especially later on this afternoon. 84 degrees for your high. tonight it's nice, partly cloudy getting down to 62. tomorrow, nice, less humid, 84 degrees, partly sunny skies, no storms no showers to worry about, but then on saturday we have an easterly flow so we get a good deal of cloud cover, spotty showers here or there, especially in the southern region, if you're he had shore, you have a better chance owe if you're at the shore you have a better chance of spotty showers. sunday, seems like we clear out in time, 80 degrees. monday, 84 degrees, terrific for the phils. tuesday, average, 84. wednesday sunshine fades behind

clouds. the heat nowhere to be found. >> a lot of 84s though. >> reporter: which is average for this time of year. >> 5:40. bully battle a 4th grader is suing another 4th grader for threatening his life. we have details on the lawsuit. >> tornados plague the county for the third day in a row. we have more on that. >> reporter: west white land township, traffic is very light at this point. we have a couple of accidents after the break. >> a group of nuns probably not the target of magic mike and they didn't want a variation of that

>> welcome back, you're taking a live look here, the platt bridge, everything still sort of gray out there, even though the rain has let up now. we're out of the 90s and back in the 80s after a couple of days of high heat. >> getting up to 84. much better than the 90s. matt pellman taking a look at the suburbs. >> reporter: we're a good ten degrees lower than yesterday, which i will take. we're looking at north wales,

montgomery county, bethlehem split or merge depending on where you are heading. they started the milling project along county line road at 309. you may find a bumpy ride there. here in this area we're watching light fog. we're watching a crash at allentown road. extra people are using allentown now that the intersection of godshall and could could cowpat. in upper did you lynn there's an broken -- upper dublin there's a broken down vehicle. norristown road and butler pike.

you're going to be avoiding a lot of traffic if you're heading to dover. firefly music festival back in town. last year we saw the huge delays on friday morning on 1, 13, scarborough road, et cetera, et cetera. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app watch out for foggy weather in north hampton bucks county along bridge town pike. it's not severe, but it's out there in a few spots this morning, tam. >> officials in south dakota at that are praising the emergency response to the tornado that tore through the heart of a small town. one person was injured in the we wessinkton springs. 100 members of the south dakota national guard have been deployed to help with the

cleanup. a florida man was the third person to be executed in the united states in the last 24 hours. he was convicted of killing his estranged wife and her son in 1985. the child was her 5-year-old son from a previous rip. he asked for forgiveness right before his execution. >> a family in illinois said they are taking a stand for all bullying victims by filing a lawsuit gains their son's classmate saying the fellow 4th grader violently harassed and threatened her son over the last year. >> it escalated as much as threats on my son's life as well as, spitting, hitting, kicking. >> he have became consumed with

fear rather than a willingness and want and eagerness to learn. >> the school district is named in the lawsuit for allegedly failing to provided a quit security to their son. administrators say safety is always a priority. >> another chapter for the bickering sterling she shelly sterling is suing donald sterling over the sale of the l.a. clippers. former microsoft ceo steve ballmer wants to buy the team for $2 billion. >> what will happen to the washington redskins now that they lose their trademark protection.

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>> new on "action news," a police officer had a tough task of saving a man's life and then sending him to jail. a truck fire led to a dramatic rescue. the man was lying in the ravine. the policeman pulled him to safety and hauled him away in

handcuffs when it was suspected he was drinking and driving. nobody was seriously hurt. >> reporter: almost friday, on this thursday morning it's time for a bridge check as we head outside in south philadelphia. i-95 at the girard point bridge during the midday today, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. northbound northbound side they will be suspecting the bridge and slowing you down in the process. looking good there, looking good here, as well, speeds lifted on the ben franklin bridge,ing good eastbound construction in the camden-bound right lane. four lanes coming? center city. construction on the tacony-palmyra bridge could slow you down, head to the betsy ross bridge instead. on the walt whitman bridge watch out for a crash on the jersey side restricting traffic.e watch >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a cluster of storms off to the coastline and up to the north.

as you look to the west you can see spotty showers trying to organize themselves. we have a chance for shower or thunderstorm popping up, really at any point, i think the best chance for that would be later on this afternoon. by 9:00 a.m., 77. lots of cloud cover today. noon, 82. 3:00 p.m., 83. a shower around at any point especially by the 3:00 p.m. hour. 6:00 p.m., 77 degrees, it will be a process in the evening hours where we clear on out of here, where we'll have showers and by the evening hours it's pretty with partly cloudy skies and tonight looks like a good night. 84 today, tomorrow, 62. tomorrow, less humid, dry, 84, picture perfect friday. saturday, showers south of the city. >> the pressure is mounting for the washington redskins to change their name saying it's disparaging to native americans. they can keep the name while they appeal. that process could take years.

it will be harder to go after counterfeiters or others who want to use the name without permission. new this morning a group of nuns in suburban chicago are suing to shut down a strip club that is opened up next to their convent. the music keeps them up all night and they have witnessed drunking fights and lewd behavior. the club argues that the convent is a residents not a church. >> residents in a california trailer park are afraid to drink their water because it catches on fire. officials say it is safe to drink, because the gas levels are low. but the residents are worried the methane will build up and cause an explosion. that very thing happened back in

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>> from our delaware newsroom federal highway officials say a large pile of dirt near 495 and the bridge in wilmington did

calls the bridge to tilt. the bridge was well maintainedded until that was ruled out as a cause. the cost of repairs will be covered by a federal emergency relief fund. >> crews had to take action when a swarm of bees settled in on the lights above the toll booth in king of prussia yesterday morning. workers turned the lanes into e-z pass so drivers didn't have to roll down windows to pay tolls. the beekeeper believe the swarm followed their queen which might have abandoned the original hive due to yesterday's extreme heat. >> different name, same problem, federal regulators follow up into a new investigation of an ignition switch made by general motor. you'll see the moment when

♪ >> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, june 19. here's what's happening. >> storm tracker 6 live double scan showing you that line of stormy weather leaving the delaware and lehigh valleys. accuweather tells us what happened next. >> a gunman unleashed a hail of gunfire overnight leaving a man fighting for his life. >> robbers is an sack a home and kidnap a teenager holding him for ransom. >> david is off, karen rogers is looking at accuweather and she has good news when it comes to falling temperatures. matt is looking at traffic. >> reporter: that's right, the