freezer. the body was still inside of it yesterday, she lived with her son and police are still looking for him. vernon odom is still on the crime scene on north lee street, with the late of the on the investigation. >> reporter: good evening rick, this neighborhood is still in shock after yesterday's discovery, but no answers yet in this bizarre case, they are still looking for the son of this woman found frozen solid, found stuffed in the freezer of her basement. she has been removed but the medical examiner must wait for her to thaw before the autopsy can begin. was it of natural causes or was she murdered. >> anything pointing to

homicide, they will look into it, if it has to do with social security checks, they will pursue that avenue. >> they have not been able to contact her son, william, he remains missing, but they are told that some intermediate contact has been established. they say he wanted to keep cashing her social security checks. >> i believe he is in the wind, working with the district attorney's office and what options to take and what is the next move. >> police tonight say that that autopsy, may not be completed until sometime next week. live in feltonville, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. we have this just in to "action news" tonight, new jersey state police confirms that one person was killed in an accident that we reported at

4:00 on route 55 in depford, new jersey, chopper 6 was off the scene near the depford mall, the vehicle apparently went off the roadway and crashed into a wooded wear, it's not clear what caused him to lose control of the vehicle. as more information becomes available here. >> in berks county, authorities are looking for to men that shot and killed a homeowner as he was running away from them. detectives say that armed men burst in just after midnight and demanded money. when the victim, tried to run, he was shot. police are asking anyone that knows what happened to contact them. a new jersey light rail train broadsided a car in trenton. you can see the red car was pushed down the tracks and had a

huge dent in the passenger side door. and now new video inside of the mariners cove in in point pleasant beach, new jersey, sharrie williams joins us with details. this video is compelling and shows what happened. they have confirmed the fire was started accidently but that the person responsible for the blaze was under the influence of heroin, look at the video from march 21st, can you see john alberty, a long time resident of the hotel enter the lobby, and then talks to himself and lights a cigarette. investigators say he may have fall and asleep when he was slumped over his behavior unusual, he places the seat cushion but no longer has the

lit cigarette in his hand. later the chair starts smoldering as the cigarette continues to burn and minutes later the flames begin to fly. >> ocean county leaders reminding the public that drugs are dangerous and being under the influence can lead to tragedy. >> we need to address the problem, it not only affects you the person that has the problem, but family members, strangers that lost their lives. >> four people died in the blaze including john alberty, the man that investigators say was careless with the cigarette. as for wrongdoing, as far as the behalf of the motel, the prosecutor says that no wrongdoing was found and the smoke detectors were current. >> thank you sharrie. in other news, two men remain in the hospital after she were shot at a bear, delaware,

apartment complex. a story they were following this morning. it happened on sand burg place, a 32-year-old and a 22-year-old man was outside when three teens walked up and shot them. both men were rushed to the hospital and shot them. no word if this was part of a robbery attempt. a man stole laundry detergent and attacked two workers when they tried to stop them. the man pushed the employee who tried to block the doors, another employee ran after the thief who allegedly pulled out a pocket knife, no one was hurt, but if you recognize the man you are asked to contact philadelphia police. a new poll shows the democrat, tom wolf holds a lead over tom corbett for pennsylvania governor. 47% of voters polled favored

wolf and 25% said they would vote for corbett as governor and republican based, half rated his performance as excellent. that is up from january's poll but only one in four said governor corbett performed well enough to be reelected. the wawa welcome america festives continued into a cool building, admission was free and visitors received goody bags with prizes and they participated in an inactive class and there was craft and game stations for everybody to explore. we are your station for all the 4th of july festivities, at 10:00 a.m., matt o'donnell and tamala edwards host the ceremony as well as the parade and don't miss the 4th of july jam hosted by cecily tynan and karen

rogers, a huge concert and fireworks show leads up to "action news" at 11:00. >> it's going to be a fun evening that is for sure. >> i may even sing. wait wait. >> just for that i'm definitely going to sing. matt pellman is in the traffic center. you wouldn't mind. >> i may not go now. our cars don't want to run in this hot weather. broken down vehicle on the schuylkill, police pulled up to assist and the left lane is blocked, a parking lot coming away from 202 from gulph mills and farther east on the schuylkill, because the vine, all is not fine on the vine, it's a parking lot, another stalled vehicle on broad street there. and westbound side is backing up approaching 76 and expect a slow down on the northeast extension because of a crash past

landsdale. speeds like 10 and 13 miles per hour. because of a crash near 295, taking out the two center lanes, farther along on 55, are you jammed solid coming off 42 approaching 47 where the right lane is still blocked. because of that overturned vehicle crash. could be better out there. rick and monica, lets not sing about it. >> thank you mat. still to come on "action news" tonight. flyers captain, claude giroux is making headlines that has nothing to do with hockey. ducis rogers has more with his run-in with law. it's time to turn on the air conditioner, but what brand is best for your needs. adam? a flash flood warning and a flood watch and tropical storm arthur. need i go on we have a lot to talk about. .

president obama is contracting to growing concern over terror attacks on airplanes

bound for the united states. the administration is preparing urgent new security measures, for an undetectible bomb being developed in syria. they have increased random screening of anyone coming to the u.s. and scrutiny of electronics and clothes removed for screening. now border patrol buses transported undocumented women and children near san diego, were turned back by protesters, the convoy got on the move blocking highway entrances to keep the path clear. more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been detained from crossing the mexico border since october. president obama call it's a

humanitarian crisis. ducis is here now with troubling news. >> the team wants quiet off seasons, claude giroux was reportedly arrested at a bar in ottawa, the flyers star was allegedly arrested for grabbing the but tt of a male police officer, but he is no longer in custody and no charges were filed. the flyers are not saying much. >> we are aware of the reports surrounding giroux and until we have more information we will withhold from making any further comment. luck is not something the phils have had this season. the phillies losing streak now stands at five. ed lucas singled in the bottom

of the 11th inning, 5-4 was the final. >> they have their other 7 footer healthy,nerlens noel will be part of the team. >> it's a great feeling to be back on the cover the with these guys. some of them are former pros and coming from college, it's great to get out here and run up and down, and it's good for me. >> how do you feel? >> great, i am running the court very well and finding my teammates and getting the feel back. >> andy murray was emotional when he wonable wimbledon, in

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meteorologist, adam joseph is here now with a lot to talk about including stormy weather. >> they are peppered through the region and they are hitting hard with wind gust and strong hail and individual lightning and double scan live presently right now, it's mainly in the western suburbs and some of the north suburbs of philadelphia, especially berks county has been hit extremely hard the last couple of hours, one round of severe storms and now a second round is passing through, in affect for the central part of

berks county from kutztown to reading and hamburg, we look at double scan live, closer this suppose to the minute look at the radar, it's passing to the east of down town reading splitding between 322 and 422, from pottstown to boyers town and route 400. 206 lightning strikes in this vantage point. some of the towns it is heading towards, pine waters at 5:57, and then landis store at 6:03 again. this is severe again with winds, the culprit of 60 miles per hour. we have the storms a couple of hours ago in the same region and moving to the north and east at 15 miles per hour, we see rainfall rates at an inch an

hour. a flash flood warning is in affect until 9:30 tonight for the central part of berks county with a lot of water rushing especially on the smaller streams and some street flooding. today's high in philadelphia, 96 degrees and with the combination of the humidity, it felt like 105 and the low this morning was 76, present heat index, it felt like 101 in philadelphia and notice reading cooler, because of that thunderstorm, 73 degrees, at the shore you got a break because of a wind coming in off the atlanticic, the thunderstorm watch in affect for the entire area, and we are watching the broken line pass through and not everyone sees the thunderstorms if you do they are on the strong to severe side. early on friday for the fourth, a flash flood watch is posted for the entire viewing area as the cold front approaches, we have a moistd your loaded at atmosphere as arthur pulls up

the eastern seaboard, the combination of the front and moisture because of indirectly bringing moisture with arthur, we could see 1 to 3 inches of rain over the next 24 to 36 hours, future tracker at 4:30, you can see the concentration of the downpours and thunderstorms, it pushes closer to the shore line later in the day and overnight and early on friday morning, you can see the tropical rain east of philadelphia, it's 10:00 in the morning and by the 4th in the afternoon at 4:00, everything starts to pull away as we dry out in time, all the fireworks, even at the shore look dry, tropical storm arthur looks at the track and hooks to cape hatteras and some of those tropical downpours at the shore, and dangerous rip currents for friday and saturday. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. drenching downpours and thunderstorms and flash flooding likely tomorrow and 89 and early

rain on the 4th and late clearing friday afternoon and evening, and 82 and a dropping humidity and the weekend will be perfect. saturday, sunday, wall-to-wall sunshine and low humidity and highs in the 80s before it turns hot and humid again next week. we do have a serious weather to go over the next 24 to 36 hours, but improving here on the 4th. remember you can keep track of severe weather as it heads your way with the 6 abc storm tracker app you can get audio alerts for heat warnings and watches, the 6 abc a

a new exhibit at philadelphia international airport takes you on a trip to an important but painful part of american history.

photographs show the history of the the civil rights movement. city officials and activists gathered for the official unveiling, part of the wawa welcome america fest visits celebrates the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. jim gardner is and "action news" team is standing by with stories at 6:00. the latest developing in montgomery county, an 88-year-old man is dead and his son and grandson are facing charges and what sparked a food truck explosion that injured 10 people yesterday. and for meteorologist, adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody and monica malpass

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jl. jim gardner. wednesday night and flyers captain, claude giroux is jailed in canada and fire burns the tour buses of two classic rock bands. but the big story is heat and humidity and the real feel index hit the 100 mark and what affect if any will tropical storm soon to be hurricane arthur have on us? and if you worked outdoors it wasn't easy, if you got to play and cool off in a fountain that

was much better. lets get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily? >> reporter: we start with stormtracker 6 live double scan, impressive storms are breaking out in the suburbs one line in southern lancaster county extending to lancaster 452 and berks county, they have been getting pounded. this region alone, the past 15 minutes, 330 lightning strike, as we zoom in just now east of the reading we are looking at heavy downpours, we have winds up to 40 miles per hour. with this line of storms, right now the main concern is the potential for flooding downpours, near birdsboro, it's raining at the rate of 2 inches an hour and 2 inches an hour in lincoln as well. the weather service has posted flash flood warning for