another picture-perfect day. >> reporter: another heat wave on the way. let's get you outside and show you the peco building. we have a decent amount of sunshine with a few high, thin clouds mixed in. today promises to be a very comfortable day with low humidity levels awful of this promises to change by tomorrow. 75 in millville. trenton, 71. allentown, 70. poconos 66, not too bad up there. dover, 74. wilmington, 74 and lancaster got down to 53 degrees this morning they are rebounding into the 60s. satellite and radar composite just a few high, thin clouds running the mason dixon line. high pressure in control and that promise to bring sunshine. accuweather says mainly sunny skies, a few high, thin clouds. yesterday topped out at 83. today in the mid 80s. very comfortable in the humidity department.

the heat returns and the humidity makes a rouge come back, as well. it will put feels-like temperatures close to 100 degrees. it will feel increasingly more uncomfortable as the week progresses and there's gusty thunderstorms, as well. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when i come back. >> we begin with a violent confrontation with a housing authority officer and a group of men crewing on south street. police say the charger was holding up traffic and the housing authority officer told the driver to get moving. a passenger got out and aimed the gun at the officer. the officer identified himself and got out of his personal vehicle. the driver tried to hit the officer with his car. the driver of the charger took off with his passenger. those men and two others in the car were arrested after police tracked down the vehicle at 6th street. the search is on for a

serial burglar in south jersey. d. a. i. auto repair shot at route 130. officers responded to major league auto store and the firestone store and crazy cow restaurant. police plan to check surveillance video in the area to identify suspects. the investigation continues into what sparked a horrific fire in southwest philadelphia. four young people were killed, dozens are homeless. annie mccormick has more. moaning. >> reporter: fire spread in one home and spread to four more

trapping brothers and 4-year-old twin girls. the twins father remembered his girls who loved sunday school and music. >> my little girl loved to play and they loved to read. they love art and sing. he said the girl's mother was inside at the time of the fire and jumped to safety. family members say she tried to get back in. >> she is a mother, everybody bring their children to her to take care of the children. >> reporter: fire officials believe it began on the front porch and spread. there were two working smoke detecters inside. firefighters responded in 3 minutes. >> the members of the fire station are heart broken. >> reporter: mayor nutter spoke to the victims including people displaced. outside officials boarded up the home and neighbors dropped off balloons and teddy bears near the site. >> pray for their souls and may

god be with them. >> reporter: the red cross is assisting 29 people who were displaced from the fire, they are asking for any financial, clothing donations. at this point the fire is under investigation, no word on a cause. reporting from southwest philadelphia, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> 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. the church will not accept financial contributions. to donate money go to red cross philly.org. if you are affected and need help, call (215)299-4889. we've been keeping up up to date on the story on our 6abc news app and 6abc.com. there we have information how to

help thoat affected by the deadly -- those affected by the deadly fire you can get the news app for free. >> "action news" was as medics treated the injured from an accident near rittenhouse. a car and suv collided. two people were taken to temple hospital for treatment. galloway police have arrested a man while drive while intoxicated with two kids in his car. he arrested on route 30 on the garden state parkway. he is being held on ten thousand dollars bail for child endangerment, dui, heroin possession and reckless driving. a budget bill is sitting on pennsylvania governor tom

corbett's desk, but he hadn't signed it. he has ten days to sign it or veto the entire thing or veto parts. his secretary said the governor is considering whether the spending plan takes too many risks without balancing the budget. >> businesses along the jersey shorepoints are hoping to recoop some of their losses after rain and rough surf dampened the start of the holiday weekend. "action news" was in ocean city last night as police went for a walk on the boardwalk. businesses are feeling the pinch from the hurricane arthur winds and rains on friday. but the holiday weekend was not a complete washout. >> we came down this morning, we are having a blast with the kids, my daughter and my wife and little boy. >> we've been coming to ocean

city for 17 years, we love it. we love the fact that the family is together. >> this has been an awesome weekend. the weather is great, great crowds down the shore and we're looking forward to fireworks. >> fireworks lit up the night sky over ocean city last night. happening today, firing shows delayed on the 4th due to the bad weather will be held at the jersey shore. atlantic city show begins at 9:30, fireworks in avalon begin at 9, at the 30th street beach. both delayed because of hurricane arthur unwelcomed 4th of july visit. the super scooper ice cream festival continues at noon on penns landing all the proceeds benefit the fight against pediatric leukemia. the money eventually goes to the children's hospital of philadelphia. the all you can eat is partly of the wawa america welcome

celebration in philadelphia. there were more celebrations on penns landing last night. a huge fireworks display lit up the night sky over the delaware river. all eyes were glued to the vibrant display of color choreographed to music. if you're looking for more holiday weekend celebration to enjoy use our 6abc news app there you will find pictures and videos from the 4th of july celebrations from across the region plus the fireworks shows delayed due to the rainy weather on friday. >> today will be a tough day getting ready to go back to work. there's much more to come on "action news," young hero, an 11-year-old girl knew just what had to do when her grandmother suffered a heart attack. >> look mom, no hands.

look live through sky6 live hd, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we are looking at another heat wave this week. we'll be right back.

>> the remnants of hurricane arthur have left behind flooding, downed trees and damage in nova scotia this weekend. the form is blamed for knocking

out power to 200,000 people. arthur brought winds of nearly 70 miles per hour. the storm has caused flight cancellations and delays in halifax. >> reporter: it would be nice if it was the only one. we are checking a below normal tropical season. let's go outside looking at the battleship new jersey, it's a very quiet, sunday morning, very tranquil and comfortable. we love that during the month of july. enjoy today, it promises to be a good one. tomorrow everything goes downhill, especially if you don't like the heat and humidity. 73 degrees, dewpoint 54. wind out of the west, southwest at 9 miles per hour. pressure reading 30.13 inches holding steady. north and west we go temperatures 07 degrees, maybe cooler at saint david, 65.

fleetwood 70. south jersey we're warming up nicely. vineland, 75. glassboro, 75. dover, 72. smyrna showing a temperature reading of 74. bay temperatures up to 76, so will the water is very, very comfortable on the delaware bay. a little bit colder on the ocean front thanks to what was hurricane arthur. it cooled the waters off a little bit. dewpoints from philadelphia and north, 54 for philadelphia. allentown, 55. the poconos 52. as long as numbers stay close to the 60-degree mark it will be comfortable. that's where we are expecting it to stay later on. satellite and radar showing bright blue, hmm that guy right there conditions to dominate the pattern. the winds will shift out of the

southwest later on. that will warm us up, yesterday's high was 83. tomorrow we top out at 86,le 7. tomorrow the warm front moves through, that's when it feel oppressive, 94, 95, with feels-like temperatures in the upper 90s of course there's future tracker 6 -- that's only tomorrow, wait until you see tuesday. future tracker 6, nice through the afternoon into the evening hours. tomorrow it starts out quiet, late in the day we get a few isolated showers from that point west. if we were to his -- to see the showers west of philadelphia, it would be around 6:00, 7:00 p.m. the jersey shore, organization water temperatures in the low 60s, in the bay, mid 70s.

on the beach, 82 degrees is the forecasted high. more specifically on the water we'll see the breeze kick up a little bit. out of the southwest 15 to 20 miles per hour. waves beginning to ease up, the surf has been rough. there's a chance moderate risk of rip currents pay close attention to the lifeguard. uv index is high apply the sunscreen. mostly sunny and pleasant 86 degrees. now for tonight, 62 outlying suburbs. 70 for center city. a very comfortable evening for the delaware valley. 86 today, 94 tomorrow, here's the sticky day, 96 tuesday. that heat index will be close to 100, if not higher. wednesday, hot and humid, 92. good chance for pop-up thunderstorms. thursday, sunshine expected a little bit cooler, but muggy, high of 86. friday, 85, not too bad,

saturday, sun and clouds, comfortable 87. looks like heat wave number two is going to be a doozy, but doesn't last long. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> competitors with an appetite for the florida keys signature dessert stepped into the lime let. they said yes without using their hands. it was staged the same day as the unveiling of the key lime pie that measures 92 inches

>> welcome back, it is 9 8:18, 74 degrees -- it is 9:18,

74 degrees on this holiday weekend. gorgeous out there, enjoy it while it last, another heat wave is on the way. a diet rich in can a -- canolla oil may be good for people who have diabetes. those who ate canolla oil lost more weight and had drop in blood sugar. researchers looked at the numbers and couldn't find any evidence that cancers were being detected earlier than when women were getting the standard mammograms. we're enjoying wonderful weather this weekend but it did become unbearable last week for humans and our furry friends.

have the nearns at -- veterinars at the university of pennsylvania, said they see sick pets because dogs and cats can't survive high temperatures. >> temperatures inside a parked car can reach 120 degrees in a matter of minutes. le and cracking that window is not going to prevent that. summer is bug season make sure your pets are vaccinated against ratios and -- rabies and heart worm. a young california girl is being hailed a hero for saving her grandmother's life. 11-year-old kendall stillwell kept her composure when her grandmother had a heart attack.

she performed cpr she said she knew something was wrong. >> i heard these noises i turned my head to nann and she was drenched in sweat. so i ran to her side and did cpr. >> when paramedics arrived you could bet they were surprised that she was handling the emergency. the doctors said she suffered a major heart attack. get this she taught her cpr in case her dad ever needed the life saving technique.

>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 9:23 sunday morning time for the boat report. we'll start out with satellite and radar. for the boaters it's all about the wind direction. yesterday with the high pressure sliding to the southeast we had a north/northwest breeze which is a land breeze on the oceanfront. today the high is shifting so the winds is shifting out of the southwest for the oceanfront it will be a land breeze. for the communities in cumberland it will be a bay breeze that will cool you guys off a little bit. speaking of the delaware bay it's a little breezy. winds out of the southwest at is a miles per hour. it's choppy as well. a small craft advisory goes up for the oceanfront after 2:00 p.m., waves 2 to 4 feet. winds out of the southwest of

cape may 17 miles per hour. >> a local theater is forced to close its doors despite a successful season. lisa thomas-laurey has more. >> reporter: the announcement to close comes on the heels of a banner year for the prince theater. 60,000 people visited more than 200 performances and events and films. >> we had a sold out cabaret series. >> reporter: it came under the leadership of herb lockman who died in may. he and his wife raised the theater out of bankruptcy. he successfully launched a fundraising initiative that restored the prince.

last month think like a man ii. but with lockman's death, this building founded as the american movie theater festival in 18984 and reborn as the prince music theater in 99 won't be able to make a full recovery. >> how successful we were coming out of the first year. >> reporter: the prince needs $1.6 million to remain active for another season. for now it has the funds only to stay open until the end of november. lisa thomas-laurey channel 6 "action news." >> brett michaels forever immortalized at the hard rock cafe. he is from butler. >> i'm a barbecuer, i was working on the pittsburgher, this will be good and i said all

of a sudden we segued into a international player, in all my days i never knew it was going to happen. the brett michael salad at the hard rock. >> it helps charitable causes for people affected by child cancer to diabetes. it helps military families and pets. ed sheerin is breaking records with his new album. the album has sold 182,000 copies since last sunday beating the previous record sold by cold play ghost stories. >> and he was just here headlining wawa welcome america. >> forget the putting iron we'll show you this new way to

play golf. those stories and more, plus, meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-

>> memorial outside a charred remains of a southwest philadelphia row home where four young lives were lost this weekend. hillary clinton answers critics about the money she

earned for speaking at college also. another comfortable summer day, but things are changing for the new week. meteorologist chris sowers is tracking it all, it's going to get hot. that's right it's on a monday, everybody goes back to work anyway. lament it get as hot as it wants. today looks great, if you're down the shore, a perfect beach day, maybe breezy, but sunshine and comfortable temperatures. speaking of the shore we'll head down there right now. ship bottom, present temperature reading, 75 degrees, winds are gusting out of the southwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. beach haven, 75. will also at the airport, 75. same number for the boardwalk, 74. sea isle, 76. same number for avalon. 75 in wildwood, cape may cooler, air temperature of 73. look at the water off the coast of cape may. it is 76 degrees, it's like batting water. waves choppy -- it's bike bath water, waves choppy, 2 to

4 feet. nothing like 48 hours ago. in terms of breeze you can see the shore communities it will be a little bit cooler. landslide breeze for the oceanfront, a bay breeze for cumberland county on the bay. if you're heading down the jersey shore as you want to get an early jump on traffic and leave early this number may make you change your minds. 82 degrees, breezy sunshine, as real nice looking day, poconos pleasant sunshine and high of 78. as eva mentioned, it all changes tomorrow. 86 degrees today, 94 tomorrow, it doesn't take into account the humidity. when i come bank i'll have heat wave number two in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> the investigation continues into a tragic fire in southwest philadelphia that killed four young children.

a memorial is growing at the site of the three-alarm blaze on the 6500 block of gestner street. 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. she couldn't get back inside to save had your 4-year-olds. 1-month-old boy and 4-year-old brother died in the fire. 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 think the flames may have started on the front porch of one of the homes. the commissioner said crews visited the property last year and installed two smoke alarms.

yesterday he made an urgent plea to residents to plan, and practice their own family escape plan in case of fire. cleanup continues at the site of this house fire in trenton, new jersey. the action cam found crews sifting through the second floor damage on the 400 block of grand street this morning. the two-alarm fire spread to a pair of adjacent homes after 7:00 a.m. there are no reports of any injuries, the cause is under investigation. police in delaware say two men were killed after a driver who was speeding from the scene of one crash then collided head on with another car. it happened at mark road and chestnut street yesterday. state police say 53-year-old was speeding away from the crash on naamans road when he hit the center line and traveled into the path of another car.

both he and the driver from wilmington were killed. neither was wearing a seat belt. 16-year-old was struck at the jersey shore hit on the 200 block of rio grande avenue in wildwood. he is being treated in intensive care in children's hospital in philadelphia. >> we are yelling his name, yelling for him, he would like, he got kind of sombafied and rolled over. >> the passenger side mirror was recovered at the scene. a rare shark attack is putting swimmers on edge at a popular beach in california. the 7-foot long great white shark bit a man along

manhattan beach yesterday. the shark was trying to free itself from a hook that was sloan into the water by a fisherman. the swimmer swam into the fishing line and was bitten on the rib cage. >> the shark jumped in front of the swimmers and then we started hearing like screaming loud noise, help, or whatever i'm bit. we thought he was joking, because this area never had a shark attack. >> the man was conscious and breathing on his own and taken to the hospital. he is being treated for puncture wounds and expected to be okay. there's 101 great white shark attacks of humans off the california coast since 1950, 13 fatal. overseas israel said it arrested a number of jewish suspects in the killing of a palestinian teenager. it sparked days of violent protests. meanwhile, the victim's cousin

an american teenager was brutally beaten by israeli troops. they say the boy attacked officers and resisted arrests while protesting his cousin's death. >> reporter: 15-year-old american appearing in front of a judge in an israeli court today released after being held without charges since thursday. the unrelenting brutality of this video that is sending shock waves around the world as one israeli policeman pins the young teen down another stomps on his head. his family said a rise are sophomore born and raised in tampa florida. this is what he looked like afterwards. he was on vacation visiting his family in jury jerusalem. >> those scenes are like this everyday, they say okay we'll

deal with it, us as americans it's not humid. >> reporter: it was his cousin 16-year-old who was killed on wednesday after he was abducted and set on fire believed to have been carried out by israelis looking for revenge of the murder of three jewish teens. it is believed he was part of a group of violent teens who said he resisted arrest who called the video altered and bias. >> what do you say to the police officers who beat your son? >> why? why? why did you have to brutally beat him to almost to death? >> reporter: so far there has been no punishment for the policeman in the video israel said they launched appear investigation, as for the condition of his release they will apply when the family

leaves jerusalem on the 16th. >> adding to the tense in the middle east, palestinian militants have stepped up rocket attacks on southern israel. hundreds of protesters threw rocks near the home of the netanyahu. the crowds held up the signs showing the faces of three israeli teens who were killed. many blame hamas for the boy's deaths. a video posted this weekend allegedly shows the leader of the so-called isis tryst organization. this -- terrorist organization. this shows him leading prayers. speaking arabic he outlined a vision that promotes holy war during ramadan.

new york firefighters are mourning the loss of one of their own. he became trapped in the burning highrise while searching for victims. 100 firefighters were called to the 21 story building in brooklyn. two other crew members suffered minor injuries, bellis was a 17 year veteran of the department. leaker snoanld said when -- snowdon when the government was spying on foreigner, it collected names and e-mails addresses or other details belonging to u.s. citizens or residents. the post reports that those intercepted messages of suspects helped identify us computer hackers a secret nuclear

project. hillary country said she donated the speaking fees that she earned at the universities in the last year 1/2. clinton tells abc news that the money has gone to the clinton foundation for what she called it's quote, life changing and life saving work. 9:40 now, there's more to come on sunday morning "action news." the game of golf that involves using your foot and no nine irons. police lend a helping hand to protect their community against flooding. looking live through sky6 hd over wilmington, delaware, a beautiful day shaping up for it. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast and chains are coming, find out when we

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>> prisoners are helping with sandbagging in clarksville, missouri, 50 prisoners arrived yesterday to help other volunteers. frasmers say the river with crest this -- forecasters say the river will crest ten feet above flood stage. >> it's beautiful out there. >> reporter: let's get you outside, we have a comfortable temperature. if you have plans to lay on the beach, it's a great beach day. it will be a land breeze, it will be gusty anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour. other than that it looks pretty nice. we'll see temperatures in the low 80s on the sand. 75 degrees back here in philadelphia at this hour, actually make that 73. dewpoint, 54, wind out of the west/southwest at 9 miles per hour. pressure reading starting to climb from 30.13 inches.

wildwood, 75. philadelphia, 73. everybody warming up nicely at this point. reading 72 and allentown a cooler 70. winds speeds depends on where you are live, we're not seeing winds north and west of the city. gusty south and east, the delaware bay and the oceanfront. we're seeing sustained winds at 10 miles per hour. the gusts out of the southwest are approaching 20 miles per hour. it will be wind along the water than what they will be dealing i understand atlantic. 18 inland, 26 in atlantic city. overall pattern looks nice, one more day of low humidity levels and comfortable temperatures. it slides out to sea when we pick you mean the heat and humidity again. it will last three days or increase each and everyday until a cold front knocks this out of

sea when another pleasant air mass comes out of the canada. the heat and humidity that arrives on the front end will be hot and humid. future tracker 6 nothing going on today, combination of sun and clouds, same thing tomorrow, 11:30 tomorrow morning, we're looking at sunshine. models hinting showers west of the city, west of lancaster, reading and allentown. the western portion of the lehigh valley county poconos there's a small chance of a pop-up shower late in the day on monday, we get into tuesday with all the heat and humidity, we'll see pop-up showers and thunderstorms late in the day. one or two could be on the stronger side, but for the most partly if we're going to see severe weather it will be confined to wednesday. that's when the the weather peaks, that's when we'll get the showers and thunderstorms rumbling. i think it will be wednesday when we have a shot of severe

weather. 82, the model says 98. a heat advisory will go into effect tuesday afternoon. downing town, 85. philadelphia, 86. berlin and glassboro, 87. middletown, 85. cape may topping out at 80 degrees, sea isle city and atlantic city 82. poconos temperatures hanging out in the 70s. >> reporter: 78 degrees mostly sunny skies and comfortable. the jersey shore nice and comfortable down there, as well. again, the winds will be at your back, it will be gusty, 15 to 25 miles per hour. 82 degrees on the sand, mostly sunny skies aapply the sunscreen . tomorrow, 92.

tuesday, hazy, hot and humid, 96. wednesday, cold front slides through we'll see numerous showers and storms. thursday, sticky, but manageable. 86 degrees, friday, sunny and 85, saturday, smooth sailing 87 degrees. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> a birthday celebration a century in the making was filled with thanks and praise in up he shall darby this weekend. ♪ [singing gospel music]. >> you see nettie crawley, friends and family threw her a 100th birthday bash. everybody sang along, it took three cakes to feed all the guests who came out. happy birthday to you

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>> turning to sports, the phillies wrap up their series against pittsburgh today, they will be looking to avoid a sweep by the pirates, jeff skeverski has all your sunday morning sports. >> reporter: what happened two week ago, the phillies were 3 1/2 games out of first place?

this morning they are 12 games out. in dead last all by themselves. they hit another low point against the pirates. the phillies season continues to go down the river in pittsburgh. david buchananen gives up a 2-run homer. only one team in baseball has allowed more runs in the first inning. they make it interesting in the 9th. "bye-bye birdie," the solo shot, the phils get within 1. but he is not able to lead them to a victory. phils lose 3-2. they have lost 12 of their 15 games. they are seasonal 13 under 500. the worse start in 17 years. phils might rats back at it -- phils pirates back at it today. sixers noelle playing in his first game of any kind since

tearing the acl. he have makes an impression against the orlando magic. 57 seconds into the game, the first basket into the game. later in the first, how about the basket and the foul. sixers fans holding their breath right there, but impressive in that debut. so how duffel to be out there? >> it was fun, i have to work on my stamina a little bit, so i can continue to play at the high level i was playing at. it will come through more games. it's been 18 months, it's a long patient wait. last year i had to be patient, and learn watch watching the other guys in the league. >> reporter: not all good news out of the orlando, sixers lose pierre jackson to a right torn achilles. >> reporter: sixers are the leading candidate to acquire jeremy lane. the rockets guard is on the

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>> welcome back it is 10:00 a.m. on this sunday, july 6. in the news, charred frames are all that is left of several row homes after a three-alarm fire that claimed the lives of four young children. details on how to help the victims' families and the other victims trying to rebuild their lives. we have a live report. >> several businesses are targeted by thieves in burlington county overnight. >> running out of time, governor corbett has yet to put his signature on a new budget bill. but first, chris sowers is at the "action news" big board with a look around the area today. >> reporter: 77 degrees in philadelphia. millville, 78. sea isle, 76. on the boardwalk in atlantic city, 7 of. still in the 60s in the poconos. satellite and radar composite showing high pressure system dom dom -- dominates the weather

pattern. because the winds below clockwise we had northeast wind yesterday. even though today will be nice and comfortable, the high tomorrow is there, that will strengthen the southwesterly wind. lots of heat and humidity off the screen all that goes flying across the delaware valley. it will be breezy out there, you'll see a decent amount of sunshine, a few mixed high, thin clouds, 10:00 a.m., 77 degrees, 3:00 p.m. we're up to 86 degrees. very comfortable humidity levels not too bad. we'll talk the heat and humidity that's on the way in the seven-day forecast when i come back in just a bit. guys? >> the big story on "action news" this sunday morning is the call for donations to help dozens of people burned out of their homes in a tragic fire. >> the blaze destroyed 8 row homes, four young children were killed in the fire. those who survive have little

more than clothing on their back. amy buckman is outside christ international baptist church where doe facings are going to help victims of the fire. >> reporter: you can see on the front steps of the church many goods donated by the folks in the neighborhood and beyond is just around the corner from where the tragic fire curled. there will be a service when people will come together to mourn the deaths of the four young children and try to begin the healing process. more than 24 hours after the fire that ripped through 8 homes on the 6500 block of gestner street. this tightly knight -- tightly knit community is in palin. they are mourning -- is in pain,

they are mourning twin girls and two brothers. >> my little girls, they loved art and sing. >> reporter: it is not just the family who are shaken. members of the fire department who arrived on the scene within 3 minutes of getting the call are at a loss. >> they gave all they had. the members of that station are heart broken. >> reporter: 18 fire victims are staying at the red cross and they are helping another ten with financial assistance. while the church is expecting physical donations of food, blankets, toys and clothing and other necessities, the red cross that will be taking financial donations for folks who want to help. live in southwest philadelphia. i'm amy buckman channel 6 "action news." nydia? >> looks like the donations are pouring in. we've been keeping up up to date on the story on our 6abc news

app and 6abc.com there we have information to help those affected by the deadly fire. a violent confrontation and housing authors officer and four men in a car. the officer opened fire on this white dodge charge after the driver tried to hit the officer with the does an. this started at 8th and south when the car was holding up traffic. the housing authority officer told the car to get moving. that's when police say a passenger got out and aimed a gun at the officer and took off running. the driver and three other men in the car were arrested after police tracked down the vehicle. it is surge is on for a serial burglar in south jersey, police say someone broke into four business in the edgewater park burlington county overnight. the first happened at the dai

repair shop. a car place next-door and tire store and nearby restaurant. it is unclear what the thieves got away with. police plan to check surveillance cameras in the area to identify suspects. two people were rushed to the hospital after a crash on the lincoln drive near rittenhouse street in fairmont park last night. police say a car and suv collided. two people were taken to temple university hospital for treatment. galloway township police have arrested a man from atlantic county for allegedly driving while intoxicated with two kids in the car. he arrested on route 30 at the garden state parkway. a concerned driver called 911 about a car driving erratically. he is being held for child endangerment, dui and heroin possession and reckless drive.

the children were returned to their mom unharmed. governor corbett received the no new taxes bill on tuesday, he has ten days to sign it veto the entire thing or veto certain parts. his secretary sailed the governor is considering whether the spending plan takes too many risks to balance the budget and whether it's acceptable for some sort of relief from rising pension costs. businesses along the jersey shore are looking to recoup their losses after rain and rough surf on friday. live look at cape may, it's a gorgeous day on the beach. go out and enjoy it. businesses at the shore are feeling the pinch from hurricane arthur's winds and rains on friday. but the holiday weekend was not a complete washout. >> we came down this morning

and we're having a blast with the kids, my daughter and wife and my little man here. >> we've been coming to ocean city for 17 years, we love it, we love the fact that the family is together. >> this has been an awesome weekend, the weather has been great, great crowds down the shore and we're looking the other forward to fireworks. >> fireworks delayed by the bad weather will be held at the jersey shore. atlantic city will have them begin at 9:30, avalon will have them at 30th street beach at 9:00 p.m. both delayed by hurricane arthur's unwelcomed 4th of july visit. you can have good treats today, the super scooper ice cream festival at penns landing, $7 all the ice cream you can eat. all net proceeds benefits

pediatric leukemia. the money eventually goes to the children's hospital, philadelphia. the all you can eat is part of the wawa america welcome celebration. there were more celebration on penns landing last night. a huge fireworks display lit up the night sky over the delaware river. all eyes were glued to the vibrant display choreographed to music. if you're looking for more holiday celebration to enjoy get our 6abc news app. you can get an updated list of local fireworks shows including the ones that were delayed due to the rainy weather on friday. you can get the latest from accuweather. >> still ahead on "action news" sunday morning, one man in wisconsin shows his love for

those transformer movies in his own front yard. huge trees are pulled out of the ground, some of the damage left behind from hurricane arthur. looking live the festival peer at penns landing, if you're around there, you can get some free ice cream. actually it's not free, but the [ gecko ] what a lovely night in philadelphia.

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arthur have left hind flooding -- behind flooding, down trees and damage in nova scotia. arthur brought winds of nearly 70 miles per hour, knock out power for 200,000 people. it caused flight cancellations and delays at the airport in halifax. thousands of homes in new england are in the dark because of arthur. officials in nantucket opened a shelter for one thousand people who missed the last boat leaving the island. the rain is gone, but water advisory remain in effect for small boats and swirnls along the shore -- swimmers along the shore. those advisory are for our area, as well. >> reporter: the small craft advisory is in effect today, as well. when arrest -- arthur was in the

southern atlantic, the ocean temperatures were in the high 70s, once it got up here it was in the 50s. the water has warmed up a little bit, but it's cooler than it was prior to arthur passing on by. that's the view, cape may, temperatures are climbing in the mid 70s. 77 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 55. winds picking up out of west at 16 miles per hour gusting to 20. pressure reading 20.11 inches. 74 in quakertown. pilots, 76. chester up to 80 degrees. glassboro, 80. hammonton, 76. gandys beach 78 degrees and 76 right there in sea isle city. the good news, the dewpoints are low, so it's nice and comfortable, as long as we stay under the 60-degree mark we're

okay. most locations are below that 60-degree mark. the exception being dover and millville and wildwood. during the day we'll get the mixing taking place in the at, the drier air sitting 5,000 feet up, that will rush to the surface, everybody will dry out. it will feel nice out there. the satellite and radar composite, again, not too much to talk about. high pressure is in control. it will be a warm warmer day, we'll see mostly sunny skies, the high is rushing out to sea. it allows the warm front to punch through tomorrow. once that pulls through, we get into the heat and humidity again. even though that cold front appears to be close by, it will put an end to all the humidity, it only gets so far and it will retreat back to the north. a recent enforcing cold front arrives -- a reinforcing cold front arrives wednesday night into thursday morning that will

push the hole air mass out to sea. until then it's sticky. today, sun and clouds. tomorrow morning, a few clouds buildings in the afternoon. far western suburbs there's an isolated shower 76. jersey shore, 78 degrees, mostly sunny skies on the sand, 82 degrees, right there on the beaches. the seagulls pass on by. it should be a nice beach day. winds out of the southwest, 15 to 25 miles per hour, there could higher gusts, waves expected to build 2 to 4 feet. small craft advisory goes in effect for the oceanfront. a moderate risk for rip currents. uv index is high, apply the sunscreen. philadelphia, 86 degrees, sunny and pleasant, nice and quiet. overnight tonight, tranquil

evening mainly clear, 70 for center city. heat wave number two begins monday, breezy hot and humid, 94. feeling like 97, 98. tuesday, hot and humid, thunderstorms late in the day. 96 it will feel like 100, maybe 101. wednesday it still remains hot and humid, a couple of thunderstorms late 92. probably feeling like 96, 97. all three days even though you see 90s, the temperatures will feel hotter than the numbers you see in front of you, thursday, sunshine, 86. friday looks good and saturday looks good. it's july i guess we should expect it. >> don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> topping our some people scene this morning, more legal trouble for former scandal star columbus short. the 31-year-old was arrested for public intoxication.

in may short stated not guilty to felony battery for a fight at that injured a man in a restaurant. short announced he will not be returning to the abc hit scandal for its 4th season. paul mccartney has returned to the stage for the first time in two months. he he performed last night in albany new york. he had to cancel international shows due to a virus that led to a brief hospital stay in japan. he'll perform in pittsburgh tomorrow night, but no planned stops in philadelphia. a unique way to recycle and get people back into the workforce. in detroit an organization is turning illegally dumped tires into other things. >> in detroit innovation is

used. >> reporter: tires picked up from detroit are being repurposed. >> the tread is being used for sandals. >> reporter: first came the mud mats and now detroit tread sandals. >> lots of people have gone on other places, kenny, over the world where they saw people were making sandal out of tires. >> reporter: to make it happen, people at the social services enlisted the help of college of creative studies. they have a product that can sell a product that is creating jobs. >> we're employing people for whom employment is hard to get. maybe they have not graduated high school or can't read or perhaps homeless. >> reporter: so far the program is a win/win.

detroit gets cleaned up and employees get a fresh start. >> we have a paycheck and a purpose, mission, it's all good.

>> welcome back it is 10:19. 77 degrees, a gorgeous day

today, go out and enjoy it, it's getting sticky and hot this week. >> time for the unusual pictures of the week. this morning it shows an unusual swing set. a south dakota man has a deal for you, if you ever wanted to own your own town. the town is being sold for $400,000. benson is the sole owner of swett. it's still southeast of rapids city. ment town once had a population of 40 people. a post office and houses and grocery store, now it's just a bar, and workshop and three trailers and a house. benson and his wife still live in the town. >> i love this, kids can make music while they swing

incolorado. each swing is connected to a recording of a musical instrument. the higher the kids swing the higher the note. it is set up at the green box arts festival in green mountain falls. this creation is turning a lot of heads in wisconsin. george built his own life transformers. it stands 24 feet high. it was created from old automobile. a lot of people who drive by stop and take pictures and ask questions about the giant transformer. he said he is still trying to decide on a name for his new resident. a man came up with a unique way to propose to his girlfriend. he incorporated the mardi gras dance troop for this new orleans

pros posal. -- proposal. one by one the dancers began to give her roses. he dropped to one knee there he goes and asked his girlfriend to marry him. >> as you can imagine she said yes. >> she never saw this proposal coming. that is awesome. >> i don't know that i would want other women dancing for me for my proposal. [laughter]. >> meteorologist chris sowers takes another look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a moment. >> we'll be right back. ♪

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>> coming up this morning, 11 scl 230 is inside story, here's matt o'donnell with a preview. thanks, guys, i hope you're having a great holiday weekend. coming up on inside, budgets in pennsylvania and new jersey, some passed on time, others not. we have the franklin and marshall college poll, booze for governor corbett, but good news for philadelphia schools. top law enforces rebuke kathleen kane over whasd about the dusk -- about what she said about the jerry sandusky investigation. that's coming up on inside story at 11:30 a.m. >> reporter: let's get the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: it's a good day to get out on the beach you will get a sunburn in less than 15 minutes, apply the sunscreen.

83 degrees by noon, 86 by 4:00 p.m. today is pleasant, tomorrow the opposite, hazy, hot and humid, tuesday, 96 feeling like 100, wednesday, 92 feeling like mid 90s. this week with george stephanopoulos is next. martha ravitz has more on the palestinian boy who was allegedly beaten by israeli policemen. rising tensions in the middle east where an palestinian teen was beaten by israeli police. police say he aattacked them. thousands of mothers and children seek refuge in the united states. we talked to the people on the front lines including texas

government rick perry. our power house round table is here to weigh in on all the politics of the week, all that coming up on this week. nydia and eva, back to you. >> "action news" continues at noon, here's some of the stories we're working on for you, a southwest philadelphia community is coming together to help the families that lost four children and 8 homes in a deadly fire. >> in "healthcheck," new warnings for babies who are teething. now for chris sowers, eva pilgrim and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han have a great morning, we'll see you at noon!

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starting right now on abc's "this week" -- boiling point. >> turn around and go back. >> children and mothers pouring across the southern border. we go straight to the front lines of this rapidly unfolding crisis with the head of the border patrol and the governor whose state has been most affected, rick perry of texas. then on the brink. four teens killed threatening to set the middle east tinder box on fire. we're on the ground with the breaking details. plus, two hotly debated laws on marijuana and guns taking effect this week. will they put families at risk and could they be coming to your state next? good morning. i'm martha raddatz. as we come on the air this holiday weekend, we're tracking two big developing sri