>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this sunday july 6. here's what's happening on "action news," a community is mourning four children killed in a massive fire in southwest philadelphia. >> winds of change, are extreme heat is moving our way. a heat wave may be in the works. >> the holiday weekend wraps p at the jersey shore.n the works. >> reporter: yesterday it was a

perfect day. there wasn't a cloud in the sky, the sky was so blue. let's get you outside, there's the view in cape may. we have a moderate risk of rip currents that's the only issue the jersey shore will be facing this afternoon. otherwise, it's a picture-perfect day armed the delaware valley. we'll see sunshine and a few high, thin clouds, warmer, but low in the humidity department, once again it will feel nice. 66 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, 59. dover, 63. millville a little bit cooler, a little crisp this morning, 56. sea isle ten better at 66. lancaster, 57 degrees. under like yesterday we have high, thin clouds stretching across the keystone state. you'll see a fair amount of sun, a lot of rays and blue sky, as well. a comfortable day coming up. accuweather says mostly sunny skies, pleasant and warmer,

86 degrees is your forecasted high. it all goes downhill from there. heat returns we'll see temperatures easily in the mid 90s starting tomorrow. tuesday, feeling closer to 100 degrees, there might be a heat advisory issued for tuesday. with the heat and humidity comes the threat of gusty thunderstorms. some of them could be severe. it's comfortable this morning, but next week the heat and humidity makes a comeback with a vengeance. i'll have more in just a bit. >> now to the four young lives lost. this morning a southwest community is coming together to remember them. the children didn't make it out of the inferno that almost consumed a city block. we're learning more about the victims always flames jumped home to home. annie mccormick begins our coverage of the scene the 6500 block of gestner street.

>> reporter: family members broke down near the scene of the deadly three-alarm blaze that killed four children. the intense flames engulfed four homes trapping brothers, 1-month-old and 4-year-old, and twin girls. the father remembered his girls who loved sunday school and music. >> my little girls loved to pray and read and sing. he said the girl's mother was inside at the time of the fire and jumped to safety. family members say they tried to get back in. >> the fire was everywhere. >> reporter: mayor nutter toured the damage and spoke to the victims including people displaced. while outside officials boarded up the homes and neighbors from

the tight in knit lie about her- liberiaian community dropped off balloons. >> my only hope is that their pain was not long and they did not feel the intensity of the fire. >> reporter: the cause of the fire remains a mystery this morning. investigators think it began on a porch, even though a firehouse was around the corner, firefighters arrived quickly, the flames spread fast. win minutes, the fire jumped to a dozen homes. it took firefighters hours to get the blaze under control. the fire commissioner was visible upset when discussing the fire fight. >> upon -- it was a tough fire

fight. we had visited this house just last year and installed two smoke alarms, two brand new smoke alarms, so in addition the smoke alarms, we need everyone to plan and practice an escape plan. the members of that fire station are heart broken because they lost four children in this community they are heart broken. this is what we do for a living, we pride ourselves on trying to save lives. >> reporter: the red cross is helping dozens of people impacted by the fire. if you want to help there's a couple of ways to do that, you can drop off clothing at christ international baptist church at 2210 south 65th street. they will not accept financial donations. if you want to give money, give

to the red cross. our 6 news app and 6abc.com has been updating the story since it broke get the app for free through the apple and google app stores. >> developing right now the search is on for a serial burglar in south jersey. police say someone broke into four businesses in edgewater park overnight. first one happened on route 130 around 1:40. officers responded to the break-ins at the store next-door. police will be checking surveillance cameras in the area. police are looking for the driver and the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run at the jersey shore. 16-year-old was struck while crossing the street. he was hit on the 200 block of rio grande boulevard in

wildwood. a friend saw him lying in the street. >> we were yelling for his name, cody. yelling for him, he god kind of like somberfied, and rolled over. >> the passenger side mirror was recovered from the scene. anyone with information is asked to call wildwood police. after rain and rough surf from hurricane arthur kept some people away from the shore. the weather is nice now, "action news" was along the ac boardwalk last night. visitors saying it's not a washout. >> we came down this morning we are having a blast with the kids. >> it's being with family and enjoying it for 17 years, we've been coming to ocean city and we

love it. we love that the family is together. >> reporter: this has been an awesome weekend, the weather is great, great crowds down the shore and we're looking forward to fireworks. >> speaking of fireworks they lit up the sky over ocean city last night. >> more chances to see fireworks at the shore. atlantic city's show is 9:30. avalon's fireworks start at 9:00 p.m. get to avalon and ac early to enjoy dinner or other fun before the fireworks, and enjoy fun while helping a good cause, the super scooper ice cream festival $7 gets you all the ice cream you can eat. all proceeds benefit the joshua kahn fund to benefit pediatric leukemia. perfect day for it.

>> lots of people will be eating ice cream. >> much more to come on "action news" sunday morning. >> new overnight a housing police officer is involved in a shooting. we have what led up to it and what happened after the gunfire. >> a new report is out about alleged spying on americans who is targeted and tracked down next. a video of the shark attack, a video of that terrifying encounter. >> reporter: we'll be talking about heat wave number two tomorrow, i'll tell you how long it will last and how hot it will get in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. stay with us we'll be right back.

>> the remnants of hurricane arthur have left hind flooding and downed trees and damage in nova scotia. arthur brought winds of 70 miles per hour. the storm has caused flight cancellations and delays at the airport in hallefax. >> reporter: let's hope that's not a sign of things to come. let's get you outside. that's the philadelphia international airport. we're dealing with high, thin clouds and temperature are comfortable and humidity levels are nice and low. dewpoints in the 50s, not as dry

as yesterday, but, again, for the month of july, very, very nice. 66 degrees, dewpoint, 57. winds are light out of the south/southwest. they are already beginning to shift direction. yesterday they were out of the northwestly. today they are in a southwest direction. that will increase the heat. fleetwood, 51. saint david 65 degrees. glassboro, 57. cinnaminson, 59. gandys beach 56 and sea isle 66 degrees. yesterday we had a northwesterly breeze, today it will be a southwesterly wind. shorepoints will mirror what inland locations are doing. dewpoints are staying nice and comfortable, it will feel good, even though it will be warmer today, it will feel on the pleasant side. all the changes also come

tomorrow. owe. we have high pressure sinking to the south drifting toward the southeast. as that high continues to pull away, the winds will continue to increase and shift. that's where all the heat and humidity tends to come from. that will heat us up over the next several days. there is the high. it's a warmer day, up to 86, 87. tomorrow, the warm front punches through that opens the door to the steam bath again, humidity levels start to increase, it will be owe pressive tomorrow, but tuesday is the day where it feels downright awful. 97 or 98 with the humidity. here's future tracker 6. nothing going on, it's quiet out there, we have sunshine a few high, thin clouds mixed in from

time to time. nothing threatening. as we get into monday, a lot of sunshine, a few high, thin clouds, maybe a shower threat well west of the city, i'm talking reading, allentown, all the way out there. the bulk of the area will stay dry tomorrow, but a couple of locations could see a spotty shower late in the day. the poconos mostly sunny, 78 degrees. nice in the mountains. ocean temperature 62, starting to rebound, but still a little cool. don't forget to apply the sunscreen. uv index is high. on the beach southwesterly winds will pick up 10 to 20 miles per hour. waves 2 to 3 feet. still dealing with rip currents. yesterday was a high risk, today it's a moderate risk. uv index is very high. it's a 10 on a scale of 11.

winds out of the southwest at 15 miles per hour. we'll hit the high of 86 degrees around 3:00 p.m. the exclusive accuweather five-day forecast shows the heat and humidity returning as early as tomorrow. 94 tomorrow, 96 tuesday, wednesday, hazy hot and humid high of 92. wildfire raging close to sacramento, california has tripled in size. it has charred 11 square miles. more firefighters are called in to keep the fire from spreading to dozens of homes. extremely rugged and steep terrain is hindering ♪

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>> two fisherman in canada caught a rare, blue lobster, take a look at that. they were fishing on prince edward island. a genetic mutation gives the lobster his color. it is likely to end up in an aquarium. here's the beach and boat report. we're starting out with satellite and radar, we have not much of anything. we have a high, thin clouds across the sky. we have high pressure moving southeast across the viewing area. 56 degrees at gandys beach on the delaware bay.

winds out of the southwest at 4 miles per hour. fortescue 56. if you're doing boating waves are 1 to 2 feet, you'll see a little bit of chop, but not as choppy as yesterday. ocean front, wairvels 2 to 3 feet. -- waves 2 to 3 feet. wildwood, 66 degrees, cape may, 70. light breeze out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour, avalon and sea isle 66. ocean temperature off the coast of cape may, 74. guys. >> the phillies season is getting uglier seeming by the day. they could be swept out of pittsburgh this afternoon. jeff skeverski has your sunday sports. >> reporter: what happened? just two weeks ago, the phillies were 3 1/2 games out of first place, this morning they are 12 games out and in dead last all by themselves they hit another low point against the pirates. the season continues to go down

the river in pittsburgh. another first-inning hole against the pirates. a 2-run homer. only one team in baseball has allowed more runs this season. marlin byrd, "bye-bye birdie." the phils get it within 1. as close as they get, phils lose 3-2. they have lost 12 of their last 15 games. it's their worst start in 17 years. phils pirates back at it later today. sixers back in summer league action. noelle will try to back up what he did in his debut summer league yesterday. it's his first game since tearing the acl. he made a first impression against the orlando magic.

first basket of the game. later in the first, how about the basket and the fowl, noelle is impressive in that debut, hopefully it's a sign of things to come in the regular season. how did you feel to be out there? >> i got to work on my stamina a little bit so i can continue to play at the high level. it's been 18 months and a long patient wait. last season it was tough i had to be patient and learn, watching the other guys in the league. >> reporter: sixers lose guard pierre jackson to a torn right achilles. rockets guard is on the trading block, we'll see what happens.

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>> welcome back it is 6:29, sky6 live hd taking a live look at head house square. get set to sweat. dangerous heat and humidity are about to set in. let's get a check on the weather now with meteorologist chris sowers. it was a fabulous day yesterday.

>> reporter: yesterday it was fantastic.abulous day yesterday. today is going to be nice, too, heat wave number two begins tomorrow. we're moving into what is typically the hottest time of the year and it's right on time. humidity levels are nice and low, it's very refreshing a gentle breeze and a few high, thin clouds, a peaceful shot of the peco bblgd. 66 degrees in philadelphia. most locations are close to that number. some are cooler, some milder. 56 in millville. sea isle city, you're milder, 67. same thing on the boardwalk, atlantic city, beach haven 66 degrees, and poconos barely hoblgd -- holding on to the 50-degree mark. a few high, thin clouds moving over the mason dixon line. they are no threat.

high pressure firmly dominates the panel. if you have a tee time and you're on the green doing a little putting look for a slight breeze. a few high, thin clouds. 77 degrees at 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 86 degrees. as we go around the region, allentown, 85. reading, 86. lancaster, 84. millville, 85. cape may, 80. will also about 82. -- atlantic city about 82. nydia. >> the investigation continues into a tragic fire in southwest philadelphia that killed four yowrn children. a memo owe younger children. a memorial is growing at the site of the blaze. the fierce flames engulfed four homes and spread to four more. after a woman jumped to safety she realized her twin girls were trapped inside. the mother county get back inside and the 4-year-olds were

killed. the fire claimed the lives of a 1-month-old and 4-year-old brothers. mayor nutter visited with the victims families. >> i can only pray that their pain was not long that they did not truly feel and experience the intensity of this fire. firefighters believe the flames might have started on the front porch of the home. the commissioner said crews had just visited the property last year and installed two smoke alarms. yesterday he made an you are gent plea to plan and practice their own family escape plan in case of a fire. the are red cross is helping dozens of people impacted. here's information if you would like to help. to offer a financial donation go to the red cross website. drop off tangible items at

christ international church at 2210 south 65th street. call 215-29-9489 if you've been affected by the tragedy and need hope help. >> a violent confrontation between a housing authority officer and four men in a car. the officer opened fire on the white dodge charger after the driver reportedly tried to hit the officer with the does sedan. this started on 8th and south when the car was holding traffic. the housing authority officer told the car to get moving. the passenger got out and aimed a gun at the officer and took off running. the driver and 0 three other men in the car were arrested after the police tracked down the vehicle at 6th and became bridge street. owe bambridge.

a 56-year-old driver was fleeing another crash when he drove across the median and hit a 56-year-old man. neither victim was wearing a seat belt and pronounced dead at the hospital. the outrage is growing in the middle east after the alleged beating of a palestinian american teenager at the hands of israeli police. some of the pictures are graphic. the parents said this video shows their son being brutally beaten by israeli policemen. this is how it looks after the incident. a spokesman said the footage is edited. but the teenagers parents are calling it attempted murder. >> i was infuriated. i was horrified. else my son. number one you see your son in

pain especially in that kind of pain. >> his family is vacationing in jerusalem. this morning a court order him to nine days house arrest. his cousin was kidnapped and murdered in an parent revenge attack after the murder of three israeli teens. officials are investigating a rare shark attack off the coast of southern california. you sees these paddle boarders right here, they saw a great white it was 6 to 7 feet long and very strong. she rushed to help a 40-year-old swimmer caught on camera as he was bitten by the shark. experts believe the animal becamage -- became agitated

after being caught in a fisherman's line. >> the swimmer was at the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: now, the injured swimmer was not seriously hurt, but a fishing ban is in place along the shore for the next several days. "g.m.a." weekend will have a report on the shark attack and the middle east tension coming up at 8:00 a.m. it's the final day for the second animal freedom festival -- annual freedom festival. it will wind up at the battleship new jersey and adventure aquarium. the battleship is offering free admission to world war ii veterans and former crew of u.s.s. new jersey. admission will be $10. the skies over penns

landing were aglow with fireworks last night. all eyes were glued to the vibrant display of color core graphedded to music. -- choreographed to music. go to 6abc.com for a list of fireworks shows and check accuweather and storm tracker 6 live throughout the weekend for any updates. >> that's a fun time. 6:37 much more to come on "action news," including saving with 6abc. a new website offers a game plan to pay down debt. looking at sky6 live hd, you're looking at penns landing, the holiday weekend is winding down, but meteorologist chris sowers has the update from accuweather next. >> we all heard it, you need more protein, why it makes sense and the down side to it, a closer look ahead. several four d theaters are ♪

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>> welcome back it is 6:40, 68 degrees, sky6 live hd taking a live look at the center city skyline. it has been a nice 4th of july weekend. i hope you're enjoying it. one more good day left. >> reporter: it depends on how you feel about heat and humidity. some of you may say this is

great. i was happy in december. let's go live on sky 6. let's get you back outside, here's the view in cape may. that will make many people happy. sitting on the sand, it will be a fantastic beach day. you will not see a sea breeze, it will be a land breeze, temperatures are not expected to climb that much. it should be nice down there today. get on out and enjoy it. storm tracker 6 live double scan, i'll tell you what, whsms whsms -- when was the last time you needed the radar. this is the 7th or 8th weekend where we've had crystal-clear skies and beautiful weather. yesterday was nice and today will be nice, as well. 66 degrees, dewpoints in the 50s, winds out of the south/southwest at 6 miles per hour. pressure is holding steady. lancaster, 57. wilmington, 61. not much of a breeze.

it was breezy yesterday, winds are generally out of the north/northwest. today they are shifting out of the southwest. that's the beginning of the early signs of a pattern change, which i will show you in a second. that will bring in the heat and humidity during next week. enjoy the day today, because it will be changing. once the sun begins to climb the winds will pick up. we'll see gusts anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour throughout the afternoon, but certainly not an overall windy day. we have high, thin clouds working across the state of pennsylvania posing no threat. overall pattern looks nice and pleasant. just like we talked about yesterday. this pocket of warm air is over the northeast that brought a picture-perfect weekend to the delaware valley.

that pocket of air works out to sea and it turns hazy, hot and humid. tuesday is down right stifling with heat indices or feels-like temperatures close to 100 degrees. combination of sun and clouds, no big deal. tomorrow morning, same thing, high, thin clouds and mostly sunny skies, the warm front punches through late in the day. 90% of the viewing area stays dry tomorrow. when the warm front punches through, maybe a couple of isolated showers west of the city develop most of us us stay dry. tuesday, sticky, combination of sun and clouds throughout the morning. during the afternoon there's a better chance fewer a lot of us to see -- for a lot of us to see the pop-up showers and thunderstorms. tuesday and wednesday we'll have the better chance of seeing the showers and storms. here's the feels-like temperatures. tuesday afternoon by 2:00 p.m. this will be closer to 100 degrees, the model right now

saying 97 in philadelphia. and trenton 94. for today, 85 degrees in kutztown, reading 86. lancaster, 84. glass borough, 87. salem, 85. 85 for millville and dover. sea isle 82 handle breeze. atlantic city, same thing lots of sunshine. breezy during the day. the mountains, looks nice, 78 degrees under a mostly sunny sky. high, thin clouds. the jersey shore, sitting on the sand, 78 degrees. you'll see a lot of sunshine out there, just a few high, thin clouds, 82 degrees is the forecasted high down the shore. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 94 for monday that starts what appears to be heat wave number two. hazy hot and humid, breezy, 94.

tuesday, hot and humid, thunderstorms, 96. feels-like temperatures landfall like 100 degrees come tuesday arch. wednesday, threat of showers and thunderstorms, 92. thursday, the numbers pull back a little bit, but muggy, high of 86. friday, 86, saturday, 87. we keep the pattern going where the weekends are nice and sunny and all the miserable weather hams during the week. >> paul mccartney returns to the stage after a month. he performed last night in albany, new york. he had to cancel due to a virus that led to a brief hospital stay in japan. he will perform in pittsburgh tomorrow night, but has no planned stops in philadelphia. diets high in protein are popular, but do we need to eat all that protein?

we take a closer look. >> reporter: blame it on greek yogurt. soon after it's introduction sales of greek yogurt went through the roof and food manufacturers notice. a slew of new products tout more protein. cheerios, protein pretzels and flap jacks with 15 grams of the stuff. oscar meyer has more. here's the question do i need to be eating that much more protein. >> reporter: the recommendation is 46 grams per day day for women and 56 for men. >> reporter: translate that into normal eating habits. yogurt and fruit par at a for

breakfast, tuna salad, afternoon snack of an apple and four ounce fish filet with rice. diets like atkins and the idea that protein is good for losing weight has given the food trend a big marketing boost. >> protein promotes lean muscle mass and high protein foods might make sense if you have dietary challenges, i have a picky eater who won't eat meat, so sneaking pancakes -- protein into pancakes i like that. >> too much protein could lead to kidney stones and too much protein could lead to ketosis

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>> a man is accused of driving while intoxicated with his two kids in the car. officers arrested paul descimo of mays landing. he is is a facing charges of child endangerment and heroin possession. the four and five-year-old inside the vehicle were returned to their mother. a video shows the leader of the so-called isis terror organization. this shows him leading prayers

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philadelphia. winds of change, another heat wave is about to grip our area. >> and the rough surf is easing as we wrap up the holiday weekend at the jersey shore. let go outside to meteorologist chris sowers and the accuweather forecast. another nice beach day, right? >> reporter: another nice beach day, another nice day to do anything outside. just like yesterday, we have low humidity, but we'll have high, thin clouds. another picture perfect day. ship bottom, 67 degrees, southwesterly breeze, 5 to 15 miles per hour. the surf is beginning to ease a little bit. we had waves 4 to 6 feet. today, 2 to 4 feet. atlantic city at the airport, 67. on the boardwalk, 67. ocean