>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david tamala edwards, karen rogers >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, it's 6 o'clock on this tuesday july 8th. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us and we are following breaking news. >> gunfire breaks out in a bucks county neighborhoods. we are live on the scene of a deadly shooting investigation. >> anguish turns to anger over a deadly fire in southwest philadelphia. hear how the mayor is responding to to the protesters. >> get ready for the warmest most uncomfortable day of the week and accuweather is tracking the chance of an evening thunderstorm. >> david is out there feeling it right now. we have matt pelman filling in for karen. good morning. >> so far so good. a little warm. not feeling all that humid since the sun is just barely coming up over the hordes son. generally when you get it on

your shoulders you start to feel that sticky air. on satellite and radar not a whole lot happening precipitation-wise right now. we had some thunderstorms to our north last night. there will be more tonight as that cold front gets closer to us. 76 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. a little bit on the muggy side. 68 in allentown. 74 in wilmington. 73 in trenton and low 70's down the shore. and as we roll through the day, it's going to be a hot one. by 9 o'clock, 80 degrees. by noon, 88. get your chores done early, if you can 'cause this afternoon we're back into the 90's. 3 o'clock 93 and your high today is 94 degrees. slight chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm through the afternoon but again most of the action probably holds off until this evening. what about tomorrow? i'll have the latest in the accuweather seven day. matt, roads have been looking over so far. still that way. >> yeah, believe it or not. keep your fingers crossed david. one of those chores people are getting done early this morning was little road construction and we're hearing that they shifted the traffic pattern around on the

northbound side of 42 up at 295 at this point as you can see it's not causing any sort of extra delays as we look live here by creek road. but there is some building northbound volume coming up from turnersville, blackwood and deptford already in south jersey this morning. also in overnight work on 95 southbound side at girard avenue. set up new barriers here butter again at this point not impeding traffic a whole lot. just some building volume as you head done towards center city from allegheny avenue. on the big picture, speeds still look okay. you just see a little bit of that slowing on southbound 95. don't forget in cobbs creek we had that big building collapse yesterday so spruce street still blocked off around 60th. maybe stay down on pine instead and there's still a broken down tractor-trailer in plymouth meeting along ridge pike at colwell lane by conicelli. also most of our overnight construction is gone but there is still a zone on the northbound northeast extension past quakertown taking out the right lane and of course we have the ongoing work closure along 495 in delaware but at

this point to get around that on 95 those travel times are right on time with no complaints in the first state on this tuesday morning. matt. >> thank you, matt. we have been following breaking news all morning in bucks county where gunfire left one man dead and two people wounded. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in bristol township where this happened with an update on what we know so far. katherine. >> reporter: well, matt investigators are trying to figure out what happened overnight. two people remain in the hospital with gun shot wounds. police have not said their conditions at this point. one man was pronounced dead on the scene here this morning and you can see that this scene remains closed off here in bristol township. a mobile command unit has pulled in since the last time we spoke and there are a number of police vehicles here on the scene. police say this home has been described as a problem home by neighbors. they did not go into detail but they continue to gather evidence and collect interviews here this morning. police were called to the home on the 900 block of winder drive around 12:45.

when they arrived they found one man inside the home, he had been shot and already died. another man was injured. the second injured man was able to go to a neighbor's home to call 911 and police say that was the only 911 call to come in about this. what was happening before those shots were fired remains under investigation. >> it was very quiet. we had no reports of anything. in fact, our first idea that anything was wrong was when one of the victims went to a neighbor's house. at this point there were no reports of any gun shots in the neighborhood. even after the incident, we still didn't get any reports of any gun shots. >> reporter: and back here live where you can see winder drive remains closed off. police say they have no known suspects at this point. multiple shots were fired inside the home but so far no weapon has been recovered. police are waiting for a search warrant to be able to go through the home more thoroughly. katherine scott chacks. >> a southwest philadelphia

community is calm this morning after a night of angry protests over the response time to a weekend fire that killed four young children. last night a line of police separated the protesters from ladder four engine 40. the firehouse around the corner from the deadly blaze. demonstrators say firefighters took too long to get to the fire. the fire commissioner derek sawyer says once fire radio got the call that it was a house fire, firefighters arrived on the scene in three minutes. mayor michael nutter says firefighters are not to blame for the children's death. >> members of the philadelphia fire department and in particular the members serving at engine 40 and ladder four responded in a very timely fashion to this fire. any information being put out by other individuals that indicates otherwise is absolutely, positively, directly incorrect.

>> officials say they are going to release dispatch calls that will show just how quickly firefighters responded. you can learn more about the deadly fire on our free 6abc news app. we have a slide show of photos including those of the four young victims, plus we've posted a way you could help the families affected by the fire. >> those closest to a woman who was shot and killed by a stray bullet in wilmington delaware mourn her loss during a vigil and called for justice. dozens of people gathered outside the home of 44 year old crystal brown last night. she was caught in the middle of a shootout on sunday night just as she was walking out of the adams market near seventh and adams streets. brown's mother says the killer stole a wonderful person from this world. >> my daughter was a kind person. she would do anything forbe anybody. she loved the kids. she would take the kids to the store, buy them things. this is her aunt. she loved her aunt. she would always look out for her aunt she looked out for

her father and i. she was a good person. she was an intelligent young lady. she was such a good person. she didn't and deserve this. >> brown's mother call on the person who fired the gone do the right thing and turn himself in. >> new at 6:00 a father wants to extend a big thank you to their first responders who saved his son from a 40-foot fall. 25 year old james galiardi plumed from a cliff in albany township berks county. he rolled 200 feet down the mountain that he had been hiking. it took nearly 50 people to rescue him. >> i think the whole thing is just knowing that he's safe now and that he had just a wonderful rescue recovery. we had excellent care for him. >> he suffered a spinal fracture, broken ribs and a concussion. he is now in stabilization condition. >> a new study on the impact of the minimum wage may put pressure on lawmakers federally and local to give

eight boost. maribel aber is live at the nasdaq in times square with details. maribel. >> reporter: good morning, matt. states increasing the minimum wage are adding jobs faster than states with lower wages. so, 13 states hiked the wage at the beginning of the year. all have had a better rate of job growth than the other 37 states. this is according to a study from the center for economic policy and research. and corruption has closed its, crumbs had locations at the cherry hill mall and christiana mall in delaware. finally the dow managed to stay above that 17,000 level but barely. one trading session after setting a record the dow along with the s & p and nasdaq all posted losses. right now futures pointing to a lower open. that's the latest in business news from the nasdaq market site. back to you matt and erin. >> thanks maribel. see you later. >> so it's going to be another hot one out there. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are dry. as we take a look outside sun is coming up over the horizon and lots of brightness against

the buildings and the aircraft down there at philadelphia international airport. you'll need your sunglasses headed out on the roads this morning too from the locks of that shot. 76 degrees in philadelphia right now, 74 in wilmington, 73 in trenton and low 70's at the boardwalks in sea isle city and up the coast in atlantic city. future tracker 6 shows you that there's a little chance of precip between now and noon mainly north and west, a couple of showers may pop through. rest of the afternoon is probably mainly dry. we'll allow for a little pop-up shower or thunderstorm but the bigger issue is probably later tonight as some thunderstorms try to roll down ahead of a cold front off to our north and west. the center of the action will be likely from about the i-95 corridor back through the northern and western suburbs. any storms that do form will be capable of producing some gusty winds and some heavy downpours along with lightning, maybe even a little hail. wouldn't be surprised to see a thunderstorm warning or two pop later on tonight, okay, so that's mainly in the evening hours. up in allentown we're looking at a hot one, a high of 91,

sun and clouds, a thunderstorm can't be ruled out late in the day or especially this evening. down the shore, well, it looks like most that of shower and thunderstorm activity is well to your north and west. so, during the day a bit humid, clouds and sun but it looks like you're dry on the beach and 87 degrees for your high at 3 o'clock. u.v. index is running high of course both at the water and elsewhere around the region so sunscreen important today. 94 degrees is the high in philadelphia. clouds and sun, humid, a thunderstorm can't be ruled out late in the day and especially in the evening and it's a little bit breezy after times. as we roll through the day, well, the time to get out there and take a jog or do some exercise of some sort is definitely early. we'll be at 77 degrees by 8 o'clock. by 11 o'clock, 83, still not too bad but we do spend most of the afternoon in the 90's and our high today will be that 94 around 3:30. then tomorrow future tracker 6 shows that you we're still somewhat unsettled. during the morning not a lot going on. during the afternoon a spotty shower or thunderstorm is still possible. and your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast going for a high of 94 today, hot, humid,

most of our showers and thunderstorms probably holding off until the evening hours. and then tomorrow, warm and humid, 89 and then another chance of a shower or a thunderstorm. thursday things change for the better. a mix of clouds and sun, a high of 86. we're posting the slight chance of a spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon but in general i think this is a transition day to better weather as the front goes down to our south and puts all that more humid unstable air farther to our south and then friday beyond that front sunny and nice, the best day of the week with a high of 85. on saturday clouds and sun, 87. a spotty thunderstorm is possible. we'll probably feel the humidity come back up a bit on saturday. of course we got that 6abc union game on saturday night and we're hoping though spotty thunderstorms avoid that and then 88 on sunday with another spotty storm possible. not a washout this weekend. >> 6:11 now. we continue to follow a developing story overseas where a powerful typhoon is pushing toward the main lands of japan. >> an overnight break through

in the case of an abandoned baby in new york city. matt. >> ongoing work zone in chester county just north of exton along route 100 near ship road. traffic moving well between the bypass and the turnpike. how is it moving on six other roadways? we'll check the other cameras in 60 seconds after the break. >> the beast is unleashed in spain. the running of the bulls later on "action news." >>

>> ♪ >> welcome back now. it's 6:14. your looking live at sky 6 hd at a hazy shot of cape may and the beach is the place you want to be today because it is going to be hot. >> indeed. especially on paved surfaces matt. >> ooh, yes, on those roads, the steam just kind of comes up and comes off the vehicles around you. sounds like a pleasant ride later on today, doesn't it? well, let's check the ride right now with six cameras in just 60 seconds during the 6 o'clock hour hon channel 6. can you tell which number we like. i got my stopwatch on my phone. here we go. starting in chester county on the 30 bypass right by 322 eastbound you'll see a little sun glare but right now no major volume delays just off of the 30 bypass here at 322. they opened a new park and ride last week so if you want to park and carpool with some of your friends that's an option for you. keep in it mind. here in center city camera two the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill expressway some building westbound volume as we see at

this hour most mornings headed towards 76 but at this point we're not parked yet. camera three is the roosevelt boulevard south of broad street. looking good. no major delays in either direction. we're starting to see volume in camera four. 95 by cottman. southbound go the taillights into the work zone. crowded and then again approaching the work zone at girard. camera five its 95 in delco, northbound come the headlights into some sun glare headed past the commodore barry bridge. no big delays just yet went made it to camera six, the ben franklin bridge looking live from camden headed towards center city just fine headed westbound. eastbound into camden a little construction. that's my time. matt and erin. >> way to go matt. developing overseas typhoon neoguri has swept across okinawa taking direct aim at mainland japan. the storm is blamed for at least one death. more than 500,000 people have been urged to evacuate. hundreds of flights have been canceled. the storm is losing strength as it approaches japan's

largest islands. neoguri's size and slow movement is expected to cause more outages flooding and landslides. >> new york city police are talking to the woman who they say abandoned her baby at a subway station. they say the woman pushed the baby's stroller onto the platform when the train arrived. then she got onto the train. a commuter took the 10-month-old to the police. police took the 20-year-old mother into custody overnight. she told police she couldn't take care of the little girl. no word on whether or not she'll be charged. >> in today's tech bites tablets take over the competition. here's abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: in today's tech bites more tablets fewer pc's. sales of the hand held devices are rising while those of personal computers are falling. by next year tablet sales will pass those of desktops and laptops. there will be more inexpensive tablets and bigger screens. the mobile payment company isis is changing its name to avoid confusion with the violent militant group in the middle east. no word yet on what the new name will be.

the app launched just last year. the open door online real estate service hopes to replace signs like this getting homeowners a nearly instand offer and even without any new details on how it works, some of the best known names in silicon valley have already invested $10 million in open door. now you can explore the world's largest cruise ship without any worries about sea sickness. google street view has added a virtual tour of royal caribbean's giants allure of the seas. those are your tech bites. i'm tahman bradley. >> 618 now. firefighters have to battle, the heat along with the flames to overcome a reading house fire. >> plus we will show you the annual running of the bulls. it has begun in spain. david. >> warm out there right now with temperatures inching their way up through the 70's. i keep getting your great vacation pictures. here is kneel who was in the poconos recently. looks like kneel has a boat. are we going to see sunshine in the poconos this morning or anywhere else around the region? looks that way. most of our clouds are off to

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first prescription free at mybreo.com >> new on "action news," a berks county family lost >> new on "action news," a including a two-year-old child. the fire broke out yesterday in the 1500 block of mineral spring road in reading. firefighters had to call in assistance from neighboring towns due to the afternoon heat. >> going to see some of that afternoon heat again today. a little toasty. get out now, do your errands, have your fun whatever. here on 422 it's a pretty fun ride so far this morning i suppose. yes, overnight would be a good time to do the road construction i think. this morning no major volume delays yet if you're coming in from pottstown or limerick on 422. just a little building eastbound volume headed toward valley forge national park. don't forget speaking of that construction they're going to do it in the heart of the midday here in trappe montgomery county today, each

day through friday, 9:00 until 4:00 main street 113 going close between ridge pike and route 29. stick with 29 or seventh avenue to get around that new blockage. the regional rails they look good on time so far this morning david. >> my twitter follower jane in north philadelphia reports 77 degrees right now. if you want to play follow me on twitter as david murphy 6abc. everybody is in the 70's right now pretty much. if you're catching the bus going to be after 80 degrees degrees by 9 o'clock, and 88 by noon and hopefully we have ac's running in all our vehicles today, 93 degrees by 3 o'clock and your high today is going to be 94 degrees. that's at about 3:30. 90 by 6 o'clock and through this afternoon and especially this evening there is the chance of a spotty gusty thunderstorm popping up, okay. on the airport board looks like all green aircraft, no delays at any of our most traveled destinations although in chicago some showers and a thunderstorm have begun to pop up so maybe some delays there. erin. >> in that reading fire i made an error. actually five people made it out safely including a

two-year-old child so that's actually good news. a new study out of johns hopkins suggests people younger than 21 may be drawn in by ads from top alcohol brands. researchers found men between 18 and 20 years old were nine times as likely to report being influenced by ads from popular brands than pie ads from less popular brands. for women in that same age group we were five and a half times as likely to be influenced by the ads. the study only looked at magazine ads, though, from 2011. >> the sixers return to action tonight against houston in summer league play. center nerlens noel is expected to play. he suited up for the first summer league game and then sat out on sunday just as a precaution noelle missed last season because of knee surgery. chase utley led the way against the brewers in milwaukee. he hit a two run homer to help the phillies to a three to two win. cole hamels had a strong

outing on his way to his first win in a month. the two teams face each other. >> there are new overnight developments in the oscar pistorius case. >> and katherine scott is updating breaking news in bucks county. katherine. >> reporter: matt, a triple shooting in bristol township. we are live with all the latest details

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>> breaking now on "action news" a heavy police presence is on the scene of a deadly shooting in bucks county and so are we. >> angry protesters points the finger at the city fundraise a >> angry protesters points the now philadelphia officials are firing back. >> a rollercoaster derails with riders on board. we have brand new video and reaction to their rescue. good morning, 6:30 on this tuesday. tam is off. erin o'hearn joins us. karen is off, matt pelman is here along with david murphy. good morning. >> good morning everybody. we're off to a sunny start. it is another warm one, though. take a look at satellite and radar. the sun will share the sky with clouds a little bit later today. you can see those clouds out to the west ahead of an approaching cold front. looks like most of the daytime is dry with just a couple of pop-up showers and maybe an odd thunderstorm. 76 degrees, dry right now in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington, 68 in allentown and again it's sunglasses all around on your way out the door. as we roll through the day,

you got any exercising to do you might want to get it done early because by 9 o'clock we'll be at 80 and by noon 88. like yesterday it will be a little bit on the humid side today. and then 93 degrees by 3 o'clock. your high today, 94 just a tick better than yesterday, probably hitting that at about 9:30 and by 6 o'clock down to 90 again. a late day shower or thunderstorm possible but i think most of our thunderstorms probably hold off until the evening hours and with that mix of sun and clouds expected we do have another sunburn alert for you today. u.v. index running high so if you're headed to the pool, the beach or anywhere else outdoors for an extended period of time make sure you get the sunscreen going. matt war roads looking like. >> i was starting to get a little freaked out by how good things were looking on the road. we have a delay on 95 southbound side slowing around cottman and then past the betsy ross bridge through this point in allegheny into girard but this is stuff we're used to every single morning. make sure you take the shades as you head out this morning there's a lot of sun glare but no huge delays yet on the roosevelt boulevard.

schuylkill just starting to slow on the westbound side there between city and belmont. speeds have dropped into the 30's. don't forget in cobbs creek spruce street still blocked off near 60th the scene of yesterday's building collapse. pine street easily gets you around that. we still have that broken down truck in plymouth meeting along ridge pike at colwell lane but that's off to the side so no big deal on that one and our construction on the northbound side of the northeast extension past quakertown has cleared. both lanes reopened there as you head north towards the lehigh valley. speaking of construction, we've got some of course on the ben franklin bridge eastbound side headd in camden that's not really impeding traffic too much. if you're on 42 those travel times not too bad just yet n delaware same situation on 95. travel times almost right on time in each direction as you continue to detour around the 495 closure. matt. >> thank you, matt. let's get to that breaking news in bucks county where police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and two people wounded. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live on the

scene in bristol township with the latest. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, matt. police are still trying to determine what exactly happened here, a triple shooting overnight. one man was pronounced dead on the scene, two men were taken to the hospital with gun shot wounds. police have not confirmed their condition at this time. this remains an active scene in bristol township. winder degree drive is closed off while this investigation is under way. police were called to the home on the 900 block of winder around 12:45 this morning. when they arrived they found one man dead inside the home, another man was injured. a second injured man was that able to go to a neighbor's home to call 91 and and police say that was the only 911 call to come in about this. multiple shots were fired inside the home but the circumstances surrounding the shot, what was happening before those shots were fired, this all remains under investigation. >> right now bucks county detectives are processing the scene. we do have detectives that are interviewing so we're just trying to get as much

information gathered as possible to try to at least get some leads on this shooting. >> reporter: and police say this home has been known as a problem house by neighbors but they did not elaborate on that. police have no known suspects here. this all remains under investigation. again, winder drive remains closed off in bristol township this morning after a triple shooting here overnight. we're live in bristol township, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> chopper six was overhead in southwest philadelphia last night during an evening of anger and accusations over firefighters' response time to a deadly weekend blaze. the neighborhood, though, has since returned to calm this morning. police stood between protesters and the focus of their anger ladder four engine 40. demonstrators claim firefighters delayed their response to the blaze but fire commissioner derrick sawyer told the community yesterday that once firefighters got the call of a louse fire they responded within three

minutes. sawyer says firefighters are crushed over the children's deaths. >> their hearts are broken. it's no way, no how that these members would not respond in a timely manner to save life. >> mayor michael nutter says firefighters are not to blame for the deaths. officials say they plan to release the 911 calls connected to the saturday morning fire and we will bring that to you as soon as we get it. download our free 6abc news app to stay updated on the fire investigation. we have also posted information for those interested in helping the families that lost their homes. >> 6:35. new this morning, philadelphia police are searching for the shooter who gunned down a man in a minivan. it happened in the city's parkside section late last night. police say the gunman fired 12 shots at the 21-year-old victim from point blank range in the 1600 block of south wilton street. detectives are still working on a motive but they do say the victim had prior run-ins

with the law. we're learning more this morning about the rider stuck and on a rollercoaster at the six flags in california. about two dozen people dangled 20 feet in the air when the ninja ride derailed last night. rescue crews lowered everyone to safety. the four people in the front car have minor injuries. young witnesses near the scene heard screaming. >> it sounded like they were like panicking. >> yeah. >> 'cause they didn't know what to do. >> they were just confused and scared then didn't really know what was going on. >> a park spokeswoman says a branch that fell on the track is responsible for the coaster derail. the park remained opened and the other rides were in operation during that rescue effort. >> happening today, the pennsylvania state senate will vote on a bill that would allow philadelphia to hike cigarette taxes to raise money for public schools. the two dollars per pack increase would help close the district's 93 million toms budget gap by more than half. last week the statehouse approved the same bill sending it back to the senate for

final approval. the senate has already approved the measure once before. >> and it is going to be a hot one today. >> yeah, once again. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you at least you're dry for the morning commute. as you look outside we have lots of sun up over the horizon and it's a warm sunshine that's building in along with some is somewhat noticeable humidity so a little sticky out there this morning and want to take it a little bit easy today. 76 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia, dewpoint is at 65, which is moderately humid enough to feel it certainly. winds light at 8 miles per hour probably getting a little bit breezy at times as we roll through the day n terms of precipitation, by about noon we are looking at the potential of a little shower popping through especially north side and west of philadelphia. but in general, it looks like the day is mainly dry. it will be later in the evening hours when we see a line of showers and thunderstorms start to build in from the west and where these thunderstorms hit they could produce strong gusty winds downpours maybe even a little hail. i wouldn't be surprised if later tonight we get

thunderstorm watches and regions posted across the region especially from i-95 off to the north and west suburbs. that's where most of the action will be tonight. temperatures, well, if you have exercising to do or something like that, early is the better choice. 77 degrees by 8 o'clock. that's not too bad. by 8:00 a.m. we'll be in the mid 80's and we spend most of the afternoon in the 90's. by 2 o'clock 92 degrees. 94 is your high around 3:30 which is rider when we hit yesterday's 93-degree high. 92 by 5 o'clock. chance of a pop-up shower, maybe a late day thunderstorm but most of your action in the evening. high temperatures will be in the 90's in many spots across the region including allentown, reading, trenton and down through the i-95 corridor. if you're down the beach in cape play or atlantic city, you get a little bit of a break, mid to upper 80's. at times there will be a pop-up shower around went might see a couple more strong thunderstorms in places tomorrow as well, okay. we'll have more fine tuning of that idea when we see you later tonight and tomorrow. hot and humid today, 94 degrees.

accuweather says it will be on the hot side certainly and most of our thunderstorms probably in the evening hours although we can't rule out something popping during the afternoon. warm and humid again on wednesday, 89 again. a pop-up shower or thunderstorm possible at times and then thursday that's really our transition day. clouds and sun, 86. we're posting the chance of a spotty shower or a thunderstorm but most of the day is dry and it is getting less humid during the day as that front pushes to our south and then behind it on friday sunny and nice, 85 degrees. that's a good one and then that warm front comes back reintroducing a little bit of humidity for saturday and sunday. we'll be in the 80's and there could be a spotty thunderstorm both saturday and sunday but not a washout this weekend, okay? >> that's good. >> okay. thanks, david. >> thanks, david. 6:39. breaking news in the mideast. violence is escalating between israel and hamas amid an urgent plea from president obama. >> no sure thing. a vacationer accuses two beach bums of being bandits matt.

>> kind of like a day at the beach on the roads this morning. we have some broken down vehicles to talk about, one here on the southbound side of 26 street across the schuylkill expressway. it's off to the side. not causing a huge possible policemen. another vehicle stalled on 202. we'll slow that to you after the break. >> we will tell you about the star wars fan frenzy. that's later on "action news"

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international airport. 77 degrees on city avenue getting to a high of 94. it's going to be hot. look out for thundershowers later on today. >> matt pelman standing by with a problem on 202. >> yes, it's disabled vehicles and construction that are keeping me in business this morning erin and matt. so we could have much worse problems. but a vehicle did stall on 202 northbound side approaching 29 and so already you're looking at very heavy traffic coming north of the 30 bypass through this point at the exit for malvern. the vehicle now pushed off into the exiting lane but for awhile it was blocking one of the main lanes here in the work zone so that's why already you're seeing the sizable delay in chester county on northbound 202. better news in plymouth meeting montgomery county. the disabled truck close to conicelli along ridge pike at colwell lane is out of the way but on the eastbound schuylkill speeds starting to drop, just 31 miles per hour by conshohocken. on the westbound side of 76, well, that's even worse, 19 miles per hour as you travel between city and belmont in the normal slow

spot and 95 has plenty of slow speeds as always, 27 miles per hour southbound by cottman, 28 by the betsy ross bridge and then just 19 as you travel through the work zone at girard avenue. speaking of work zones a new one started yesterday going through the end of july. during the mid days they're closing providence road between springfield road by the pen pines diner one of my favorites and lansdowne avenue is your other closure point so baltimore avenue to the north or 13 to the south some possible alternates around the new providence road closure and in falls township bucks county, today they begin a long term closure of old route 13 for the next couple weeks between penn valley road and mill creek parkway. we've had construction out there for awhile but it's today that the road closes entirely. just stick with 13, new 13 instead of old 13 for the next couple weeks. matt. >> all right, matt, thank you. breaking overnight israel has launched a military offensive against hamas. ices real leaders say it has hit the gaza strip 50 times to

try to suppress rocket attacks against israel. it follows the abduction and murder of both israeli and palestinian teens and president obama wrote an editorial which you published in an israeli newspaper calling for both sides to put an end to acts of retribution. investigators in georgia want to review the medical records of the toddler who died in his father's swelters suv. 22 month old cooper harris died on june 18th. the boy's father justin ross harris is charged with murder. police are reviewing computer drives and other electronic devices recovered from harris' vehicle. both harris and his wife have admitted to researching hot car deaths on line but say it was not with criminal intender. >> a teen's drowning in ocean city, new jersey, has prompted lifeguards to stay on the job longer. the beaches at eighth, ninth and 12 streets will be protected from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day. 14 year old corinthian hammond died after being swept out to sea at ninth street when lifeguards were off duty.

>> a vacationer took video of some beach thieves caught in the act in florida. >> you need some help? >> do you know how to do it? >> do you know how to do it. >> yeah. this is our stuff. >> this is yours? >> yeah. >> the man behind the camera says the two women were taking down his canopy and all the beach gear that belongs to him. he forwarded the video to his sister and wife who called 911. by the time beach patrol arrived the guilty women had left. since nothing was taken the family did not press charges but they did decide to publicly shame the pair on youtube. >> 6:46 now. still ahead on "good morning america" the racy airline safety video that has some people outraged. >> and a very creative editor posts video claiming to be from the new star wars movie. it is going viral this morning and we'll show it to you. david. >> boy, if he would just apply himself think of the things he could -- well, anyway. it is warm and humid. my twitter follower katie from drexel hill reports 75 degrees right now and in fact across

the region a lot of us are in the 70's, a couple of 60's north and west. temperatures across the

>> time now for a preview of "good morning america." >> dan harris joins us lie from the "gma" studios for a look at what's coming up in about 11 minutes from now. hi, dan. >> reporter: good morning to both of you this morning. coming up on "gma" the rollercoaster nightmare. nearly two dozen people

trapped for hours 30 feet above the ground, four them sent to the hospital. more on exactly what went wrong here. then new details in the oscar pistorius trial. his defense team finally resting its case this morning. the judge announcing the next phase in the trial. we'll tell you what's coming up in this case on the show. plus caught on camera, dramatic rescue at a beach in california. two men saving a teenager who had fallen into rough water and lost consciousness. we'll have details on this story and the outrage over a race see in flight safety video featuring scantilly clad models: we have diane keaton and chris culper. >> some of our vehicles already throwing in the towel on this hot morning. we've had enough, we're breaking down on 202 northbound side approaching route 29 in malvern. there's a broken down vehicle blocking the exiting lane and you can see the resulting

northbound backlog from just north of 30 through this point on up to approaching 29. also a broken down truck here in mount laurel burlington county along 295 northbound at route 73. the good news with this one is it's off to the side so speeds are in the mid 60's as you head toward that broken down tractor-trailer. 42 a little bit of sluggish northbound traffic from 41 to 295 but david it could be worse here. >> yeah, sure could. we have sun up over the horizon. 73 degrees in pottstown, 70 in saint davids, 74 in chester and in center city and a across the river in south jersey 75 in vineland and a lot of mid 70's from the shore up to cinnaminson and the same story from hockessin down to dover in delaware. as you're rolling through the day, got any errands to run might be more comfortable to get them done early. 80 degrees at 9 o'clock. by noon up closer to 90 and we spends the afternoon in the 90's with a high of 94 degrees around 3:30 this afternoon. we'll still be at 90 at 6 o'clock.

there's a slight chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm today, a much better chance of that later on this evening and erin some of those storms tonight could be strong. >> thanks so much david. the new star wars movie in production people all over the world are waiting for a glimpse of some new foot tap. now a few creative minds have gone out of the way to fake a new movie set. even though it's fake it's still fun to watch. according to the youtube description it was filmed in germany at the frankford airport. it shows what it might look like if all those star wars vehicles were waiting to be deployed to be used in the movie. one of people magazine's hottest bachelors may already be off the market. joe mag nhl o is spending a lot of time with sophia vegara

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>> top stories at 6:55. a triple shooting in bristol township bucks county left one a triple shooting in bristol police are waiting for a search warrant to get into what they are calling a problem home. two other men were injured by the gunfire.

a southwest philadelphia neighborhood returned to calm overnight after a protest last night. residents say they're in the satisfied with firefighters' response time to the weekend blaze that killed four children. officials say firefighters arrived at the scene three minutes after getting word of house fire. the pennsylvania state senate is due to vote on a bill today that would let philadelphia increase cigarette taxes in the city by two dollars a pack. revenue would go to help the city school district balance its budget. >> there have been times this morning where we've been saying where is everybody. we have found some of them here on 202 stuck behind this disabled vehicle northbound right at route 29. both lanes are opened now but it is heavy coming north of 30 through this point at malvern. david. >> christine reports seeing 75 degrees in reading right now on twitter and 76 currently in philadelphia so that's close. as we go through the day it's going to be hot again, a high of 94. we'll probably hit that around 3:30. you can see how we quickly march up towards the 90 by lunchtime. slight chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm today. most of your action will hold

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good morning, america. breaking overnight, roller coaster nightmare. nearly two dozen people trapped for hours 30 feet above the ground. four sent to the hospital. what caused this ride at a popular amusement park to go off the rails? also breaking right now, the defense rests. oscar pistorius' lawyers finally wrapping up their case after more than four months of grueling questioning. why the judge is adjourning for one month. what this shocking video will play on the burden. he's right there. >> dramatic beach rescue. two men diving in to save a teen caught up in a violent rip current. the frightening struggle caught on camera. how they managed to pull him to safely. >> just settle in and relax. >> oh, too hot to handle? these swimsu