sandwich builders embark on a wawa tradition, constructing the 5-ton hoagie. good morning everyone, 5:30 on this wednesday, tam is off, nydia han joins us. we're all hungry. let's go to david and karen. >> i got sweet peppers on the brain now. we got issues today. the first is a heat advisory in effect from noon today until 8 o'clock this evening where heat indexes because of the combined high heat and high humidity could make it feel like between 100 and 105 and especially in urban centers in all these highlighted counties so cool drinks today, take it easy don't overdo it. 76 already in philadelphia and already feeling muggy out there. 76 in wilmington, 74 in allentown. 73 in sea isle city. as we go through the day, well, here's the numbers story. 83 degrees by 9 o'clock. and 90 by noon. pretty quick rise to 90 today and 94 by 3 o'clock with that high of 95 probably right in there around 4 o'clock, all right. other issue is the possibility of some thunderstorms and as you look out to the west there's not a whole lot going

on out there right now but we have a cold front that's slowly inching its way here and as we get into the afternoon heating some of this little itty bitty stuff popping is going to turn into more pronounced thunderstorm activity especially in the northern and western suburbs this afternoon and perhaps in and around philadelphia and beyond later this evening. a severe weather throughout risk exists today from the national weather service. anything that does form here while it is spotty could produce gusty winds downpours and lightning and so that's something to keep in mind. we're still tracking arthur which is still down by florida but it's going to shift to the north. its latest track coming up, karen. >> all right, dave, as we hit the roads this morning looking pretty good. this is i-95 nearly a again a and we can see pretty light volume, the overnight construction is cleared so coming from bucks county or northeast philly looking pretty good on i-95. on the big picture schuylkill in nice shape, mostly looking at the 50's. upper 40's for speeds. the fifth street tunnel under the ben franklin bridge that remains closed until 2 o'clock today for maintenance. so you'll be dealing with that one. and city avenue southbound at

monument road the construction there that we had overnight has cleared. lower salford township we had this disabled tractor-trailer. it just cleared. it was causing restrictions on old forty foot road. burlington county construction for another half hour. closing the ramp from 295 to mount holly willingboro. that's exit 45. they're blocked right now. you got the use the ramp at creek road or 541 instead, matt. >> okay, thanks karen. developing right now new details are just into the news room on a shooting in chester that sent five people to the hospital. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn has the update live from the satellite center. erin. >> reporter: matt, you're right, we just received new details on this shooting. police have now confirmed that two of the five people who were shot were teenagers. a 14-year-old girl was shot in the right foot, a 14-year-old boy was shot in the right leg. three adult men were also hit as a barrage of bullets were fired into a group of people who were according to police

just talking to friends and playing on the basketball court. according to neighbors, the gun shots rang out from the 800 block of kellman street around midnight and everyone ran for cover. all of the victims are listed in stable condition in an area hospital. this is an ongoing investigation with no word of any suspects or any motive yet. so, police are urging anyone with information to call them immediately and we've posted that number on our web site, 6abc.com. i'm erin o'hearn, live in the satellite center and back to you. >> thank you erin. also new from the overnight police believe a neighborhood dispute in west philadelphia erupted into gunfire. someone shot two women sitting on their front porches along hoop street late last night. one of the women is stable, the other remains in critical condition. police say officers responded to the same area earlier in the night to break up an argument between residents on the block. >> also new this morning, a car involved in a police chase left a lot of damage along two philadelphia streets. a total of five parked cars

got smashed up along gillingham and orthodox streets in the port richmond section overnight. pennsylvania state troopers say it happened when a driver fleeing police lost control. the suspect is now in custody. no police officers were hurt. a mother and her teenaged daughter remain in critical condition after this food truck explosion in philadelphia's feltonville section. look at this surveillance video. it shows the moments the vehicle erupt need a fire ball on wyoming avenue yesterday evening. you will hear brand new reaction from the relative of one of the victims coming up in a full report at 6:00 a.m. >> the delaware and lehigh valleys will be under a heat advisory this afternoon. children and the elderly are encouraged to keep hydrated stay indoors when the sun is strongest. temperatures will be in the 90's but it will feel like triple digits. david will be here in a moment on that. down at the shore they are watching the path of tropical storm arthur as it tracks north along the coast, authorities expect conditions to be ripe for rip currents over the holiday weekend. a rip current swept away a

teen apriler in ocean city earlier this week. he is presumed drowned but his body has not been found. >> it is 5:34. a fourth of july tradition is in full swing on independence mall this morning. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the national constitution for the annual hoagie day. a lot of hoagies to build, more than 2,000 hoagies have already been made here and they have a way to go and you can see all the employees who are working hard on these hoagies since we've last talked, donkey and ella the elephant mascots from the national constitution center, they've joined the party. george washington is here, too, but our first president doesn't seem to be busting a groove like these mascots. he assured me he wouldn't. general is walking around monitoring activities here. 150 employees from a number of different wawas putting

together this free feast for today. here's what they're doing. they're making 17,000 italian shorty hoagies, 10,000 pounds of ingredients are going into this. the first 5,000 hoagies are being given to philadbundance to distribute to their community shelters. the rest are free on independence mall at noon today. of course making these hoagies is a lot of energy, big smiles on these faces this morning. the music has been blasting. a lot of wonderful dance moves have been busted out. i'm impressed. if you want your free hoagie, noon independence mall today. get there early because these go quickly as we know from past years and also either before or after you get are free hoagie, free admission today at the national constitution center for hoagie day. we're live at the national constitution center, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> i love those wawa folks having such a good time. thank you katherine. wawa welcome america celebration continues tonight with the showing of rocky on the steps of the philadelphia museum of art.

and fireworks topped off the festivities on the delaware waterfront last night. the wawa welcome america festival also brought the philadelphia orchestra outside for a free concert. guest conductor the philly phanatic led the charge. there he is. head to the new 6abc.com for a complete schedule of this year's wawa welcome america fast value. see a slide show of all the performers slate d to take the stage for the largest free concert in america on july 4th. >> could feel like the triple digits today, david. >> yeah, i hope you have cold drinks by the way. >> thank you for showing. >> all kinds of mid ya' baby pictures. >> we'll have to add harris to that. >> that's a good idea. i must get one. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we have no precip. it is humid, muggy, staying that way a little bit of sunshine trying to break through the clouds over the ben franklin bridge. a couple of issues today. the first is the high heat and the possibility of afternoon and evening thunderstorms that will be spotty but could poe

personally be gusty. later in the week we have arthur's approach so let's get you to the whole shebang. 76 degrees is today's current temperature. dewpoint is climbing, 69 almost 70. once it gets to 70 we start talking oppressive humidity and a lot of areas are already there. winds out of the south at 6 miles per hour so not much relief along those lines. future tracker shows you between noon and 3 o'clock we'll be looking at the potential in the northern and o'and western suburbs for thunderstorms to start "closed captioning is sponsored by "the fred c. rummel foundation." bell around and these will be spotty as we go into the evening but where they hit they could produce drenching downpours and other problems so take cover from any storms. by this evening and this happens to be future tracker's 9 o'clock stab at what's going on you see a little more of this pushing towards i-95 and into parts of south jersey. in terms of today's storms they're mainly in the afternoon and evening as you just saw and they are scattered but some of them could potentially be severe featuring damaging gusty winds downpours and lots of lightning. take cover as soon as you hear thunder and i think it's one

of those nights where lower floors work better than upper floors where trees can come through your roof. the other part of the story is the heat. by 11 o'clock eight, your high today is 95 but it will feel a lot worse than that because of the high humidity. so, as you look at all these high temperatures, 92 in allentown, 93 in trenton, 95 in wilmington, 92 in millville keep in mind that it's going to be worse than even these numbers indicate because of that thick humidity. and again those thunderstorms are possible in the afternoon. down the shore not sure rain ever makes it down there later tonight but you want to take cover if you hear thunder. during the day it's still warm and humid and again there's that oppressive 70-degree plus dewpoint. it is going to feel pretty miserable out there. down to the tropics, there you see tropical storm arthur gaining in intensity a little bit as it starts to make its move towards the north along the eastern florida coast. it's up to 60 miles per hour sustained winds. it's got to go another about 14 miles per hour higher to become a hurricane but we think that is going to happen over the n-couple of days in fact, category one hurricane offer the coast of the

carolinas is possible. still looks like it's a category one as it passes us but the latest tracks continue to pull this storm farther out to sea. we might get a little brush of rain in the morning of the big issue is going to be rip currents down the shore on friday and maybe saturday as well. careful swimming in the water in the ocean friday and saturday, only do it near lifeguard stations, okay. 95 is today's high, oppressive humidity. it will feel like it's 100 or worse. and any storms that form, yeah, they're spotty but they could produce drenching downpours and gusty winds. tomorrow humid, 88. not quite as intense with the heat but there's another chance of a thunderstorm at times and tomorrow's may not be as gusty but they could still produce drenching downpours. arthur is off shore on friday for the fourth of july. that's mainly good news for us. we talked about rip currents at the shore and maybe a morning shower but looks like we get sun back in play during the afternoon and early evening hours. we'll be dry for barbecues, dry for fireworks. the weekend looks great. saturday and sunday lots of sun, comfortable and then more humid next week. >> thanks, david. 5:40.

next the body an elderly woman is found in a freezer and now police are on the hunter for the woman's son. >> a sinkhole suddenly opens up on a midwest street trapping a mother and her son. karen. >> we're lie in port richmond checking out aramingo avitene street. we'll take you to malvern. >> american classic hits the streets of philadelphia. fyi philly checks out the burger buzz building around a food truck when "action news" continues.

>> ♪ >> welcome back. it is 5:44 and take a look at this. it is wawa hoagie day on independence mall. you can see folks busy at work there, all in honor of the fourth of july and the wawa welcome america festival. wawa is celebrating making 4.5 tons of hoagies. you can enjoy one of these freebies outside the independence visitor's center today but get ready to wait in line. our katherine scott is live there by the way and we'll check back in with her in just a little bit later. >> karen, all roads lead to the national constitution center right now. >> thank you am i guess we'll want one of those hoagie hats. how can we make this happen. >> it would look great on you. >> i think i could rock that. let's go outside in exton, this is chester county, malvern chester county right now, 202 at 29. hardly anybody out there. roads are clear and dry. no overnight construction. so looking good this morning

on 202. and let's take you over here to montgomery county am i told you about them pacing traffic because of work they were doing on the northeast extension northbound past mid county tolls. but the road repair crews have cleared out and things moving nicely with no delays right now. in voorhees township camden county we've got this problem white horse road closed between station avenue and burnt mill road right here and started last week but it's indefinite at this point. they're doing emergency work in area and have to stay closed. stick to somerdale road as your alternate. i know that affects a lot of people. i hear 322 in atlantic county both ways west of 54 construction blocking the left lane until 6 o'clock tomorrow morning so you'll be dealing with that one for quite a bit. time for your commuter traffic report which you get to be a part of when you download the free waze app which i have done right here on the ipad. people talking about construction here wissahickon avenue in philadelphia so that one reported to be a bit of a problem this morning. no weather related issues except it is warm and sticky

already. 76 degrees right now in philadelphia, 75 in millville, 74 in allentown. the humidity today is going to be oppressive with dewpoints over 70 degrees, nydia. >> thanks karen. philadelphia police are continuing their search for 58-year-old william carrasquillo. investigators say he collected his mother's social security checks for months while her body was in a freezer in their feltonville home. yesterday officers removed the freezer from the home on the 4500 block of north lee street. the body of 83 year old andrea carrasquillo was still in it. police are trying to determine if this is a case of simple fraud or something much worse. the medical examiner is working to figure out whether the mom died of natural causes. new this morning, police in central pennsylvania say professional truck drivers have been duped by a fake doctor. joanne wingate is accused of posing as a psychiatrist to perform bogus exams on commercial truckers who needed to take the exams to maintain their licenses.

wingate her self was a chiropractor but regulators suspended her license last fall when they first found out about the alleged illegal exams. >> the fourth of july is a holiday filled with flag ceremonies, fireworks, parades and picnics and when it comes to food, there is nothing more american than a big juicy burger. alicia vitarelli has a preview of what you will see on fyi philly saturday at 7:00 p.m. >> ♪ >> god bless america. >> reporter: when the bell rings, the crowds gather for one of fill's finest burgers. >> we're philadelphia's only gourmet burger cart. >> reporter: spot burger locations change but they're usually found at 33rd and mark on the campus of drexel university. >> we've taken something ordinary and done extraordinarily well. >> you're up brother. >> reporter: the house specialty is a appropriately named the spot burger. >> cheddar bacon cole slaw pickles and our secret spot sauce. >> reporter: it's made with ground sirloin. the daily menu includes up to seven gourmet burgers and the

billy is the favorite. >> fire roasted red peppers. balsamic reduction. >> reporter: the rodeo burger ropes people in with fried onions jalapeños ranch and barbecue sauces. >> burgers are american backyard barbecue sandwich. happy fourth of july. >> now i'm really hungry. >> me, too. delaware police have issued an alert for a mother who has gone missing. >> a sinkhole swallows up a mother carrying her and her teenaged son. david. >> going for a high of 95 degrees, almost 10 degrees above average. 76 the overnight low, also well above average and that's not the worst of it. we have a heat advisory to tell you about next and we'll get you through the day hour by hour. that's coming

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at iloveny.com >> new on "action news," crews say severe thunderstorms are responsible for this massive sinkhole that opened up in illinois. you got to see this. there are no street lights in the area so a mother and her 15-year-old son mistakenly drove into the ditch while it was still dark yesterday morning. police say a pickup truck then ran over the top of their sedan. fortunately rescuers were able to pull the pair from the car and they were not seriously hurt. pretty amazing. >> they should have that roped off. >> yeah, crazy there. let's check out our area and see what's happening mr. commute. looking live on the mid span of the platt bridge much that's westbound traffic. a few cars leaded towards the airport. no issues this morning. how about the ben? ben is looking pretty good. no westbound delays. eastbound you know you've got that construction blocking the right lane. on the other side of the river

in olde city fifth street tunnel under the ben remains closed until this afternoon and mass transit's on time, dave. >> so we just paved over all those potholes from the winter now we have excessive heat and probably going to be new cracks and stuff. this is awful. a heat advisory kicks in at noon goes until 8 o'clock. heat indexes could make it feel between 100 and 105 especially in the urban centers and center portion of the region. take it easy. if you're running errands morning time would be better than later. 83 degrees by 9 o'clock. a temperature of 90 by noon. that's pretty quick to hit that number and by 3 o'clock, 94. a high today of 95 degrees around 4 o'clock and then we're down to 92 by 6 o'clock. in the northern and western suburbs this afternoon that spotty but gusty thunderstorms are possible and they could move into the i-95 corridor during the early evening. nydia, matt. >> thank you, david. we have a developing story out of north korea. its neighbor to the south says the country has fired two short range missiles off the east coast. they would be the north's

third series of launches this week. these are pictures from earlier in the week when north koreaian president kim jong un had overseen additional launches. last night's missile firings come on the eve of the visit to south korea by china's president. expected to talk about the north's nuclear weapons program. michigan prosecutors could upgrade charges against a soccer player accused of punching a referee because the victim has died. police say a 36-year-old man assaulted john benowitz when the rev threatened to throw the player out of a adult league game on sunday. he died yesterday. friends say the michigan man had been a well respected referee for more than 20 years. >> it is 5:53. a college cheerleader goes on a hunting trip in africa and sparks a firestorm here at >> developing knee details on the conditions of the victims of a food truck explosion. erin o'hearn reports ahead at

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. edwards, karen rogers and >> good morning everyone. it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday, july 2nd. tam is off. nydia han joins us. here's what's happening. >> accuweather is tracking the chance for gusty thunderstorms. >> "action news" has video of a food truck explodeing into a fire ball on a philadelphia street and nearly one dozen people were hurt. >> volunteers are hard at work right now building a giant version of one of philadelphia's favorite sandwiches, the wawa hoagie. >> it's hoagie-rific. >> let's start with the heat advisory. it kicks in at noon today, expires at 8 o'clock this evening.