>> we are following a developing story on this thursday july 10, an hours long standoff in texas ends with a man accused of mass murder giving himself up overnight. police say he killed 6 members of his own family. >> philadelphia police say a woman was held hostage by her boyfriend in germantown and subject to unspeakable violence. >> we have a wild ride to the hospital caught on a go pro camera. see the dramatic birth that

happened outside the hospital. tam is off, nydia han joins us. >> good morning, let's head over to david murphy, good morning to you, david. >> reporter: good morning, matt and nydia. we had showers that donald most of the area but -- dodged most of the area, but did hit south jersey and delaware. temperatures are warm this morning, 76 degrees in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington, 72 in trenton. 74 in sea isle city. if you're up in allentown or out toward reading you're in the 60s partly cloudy skies mild conditions temperatures in the 70s, a little bit on the sticky side. as we roll through the day, 77 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 83 by noon, 84 by 3:00 p.m., i think we'll hit that 86-degree high earlier in the afternoon, 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. we're down to 80. there's a chance of a spotty

shower or thunderstorm during the afternoon or evening. most will be closer to the shore and south jersey and delaware, in a moment i'll show you future tracker 6. some parts of pennsylvania may get clipped by this, better weather as we head toward the weekend. >> new details are coming in about a mass murder in suburban hughes tan. a father is in -- houston. a father is in custody. the man surrendered overnight after a dramatic chase, taman bradley has the story. >> reporter: a dramatic chase through streets near houston followed by a tense 3 hour stand off ended with the authorities getting their suspect. the unidentified man killed 6 people including four children. >> i don't know what could have happened. >> reporter: around 6:00 p.m., the police rushed to the house after the suspect's 15-year-old

girl daughter called 911 despite being shot in the head, she managed i.d. the shooter. the gunman and his wife are estranged and all the children were theirs. the wounded 15-year-old girl told authorities he planned to go to the grandparents home and kill them. that tip intercepted the suspect. >> we stationed the constable deputies on the street about five minutes after we did that, he comes driving up. >> reporter: the man fled the scene followed by 2 dozen vehicles. an armored vehicle rammed into his car. after hours of negotiations, the man emerged from his car and was arrested. taman bradley abc news

washington. the search continues for a shooter who gunned down a man in the middle of the street. the action cam was on the 100 block of east 22nd street in wilmington, delaware. a 27-year-old man was shot several times and pronounced at the hospital. police are trying to figure out what might have motivated the shooting. the red cross is helping # # -- 7 victims from an overnight house fire. the crews contained the fire to the basement of the home. no jitters were reported. the -- no injuries were reported. the cause is under investigation. the search is on for two armed and brazen bandits who attacked a 91-year-old woman in philadelphia. she left the senior center and opened the door and walked in on two men burglarizing her home. the men attacked her, but she fought back, you'll hear from washington coming up at

5:00 a.m. >> philadelphia police say they will charge a man for holding his live-in girlfriend hostage and raping her. "action news" was on green lane in germantown when officers freed the 27-year-old woman. she found her in the bathroom gagged with her wrists bound. her 40-year-old boyfriend surrendered shortly after a s.w.a.t team arrived. >> she did have a romantic relationship with this male. however we are getting information that she tried break off the relationship. >> the relationship was on the rocks, they were always arguing and fighting. >> he is a nice guy artist and liked antiques, gentle person. >> the woman is being evaluated at the hospital. police have not released the name of the suspect. >> city officials released the names of residents in southwest

philadelphia. the parents of the children poured out their emotions last night. some residents along the 6500 block of gesner street believed the response was too slow. crews rejecting that saying they arrived within 3 minutes. >> the city say we out there for contract information are we stupid we lost four kids. i expect them to come on the news and say i'm with you all. >> the fire victims were liberian children. >> a woman suspected of hitting a bicycle its in ridley park is charged with hitting her boyfriend. she kept driving after the

incident. the teenage victim was critically injured and lost his leg below the knee. >> happening today, the family of a missing delaware woman will hold a press conference to seek information from the public regarding her whereabouts. >> 33-year-old was last seen last tuesday about 4:00 a.m. leaving her neighborhood in new castle after being forced into her own car. her car license number 404893. she was described as 120 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. anyone with information contact investigators. >> a look at our first look at, breakfast, looking for more sales generally mills is adding more cinnamon and fiber. they are rolling out fiber packed better for you cookies.

harley davidson is recalling 66,000 motorcycle hims, because the front -- motorcycles, because the front wheels lock up. stocks bounce back on wall street, futures suggest we're heading for a lower open. l.g. has created a device to keep track of your children. it pinpoints the child's location through an android app. you can call the device, if the child doesn't answer it will allow you to listen in, because it has a built-in microphone. >> pennsylvania govenor tom corbett will hold a news conference to talk about whrel sign the state budget.

he has not indicated he will sign the budget sent to him last week, he could veto part of it or let it become law without his signature. if the state legislature does not pass a tax hike for cigarettes by august 14, he may have to delay the opening of the school. that means the house has to vote on it, again, but the house is out on summer recess, it isn't scheduled to return until august 4 for a special session. >> 4:39 the debate over a confrontation between a california highway patrol officer and grandmother that was caught on camera. a trip to the gym lands one woman in the hospital, but not for the reason you think. >> reporter: today is a transition day, it will be less humid, but we have a chance of pop-up shower or thunderstorm.

i'll have the latest on future tracker 6 and get you ready for the weekend.

>> the work continues to clean up from tuesday night's storms. crews have yet to remove a large tree branch that fell in the west oak section of philadelphia. utility crews are hard at work to restore power for those

without electricity. peco outage number is down to just over 8,000 customers. the majority in chester county at the height of the storm, more than 200,000 peco customers had lost electricity, so the that's down significantly. >> the weather looking better today, in a lot of ways. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you all the rain this morning is off the coast. you might hear thunder rumble in off the water as thunderstorms pull away from you. as we look outside we have sky 6 there's the airport. looks like a dry morning if you're flying out of the philadelphia. 76 degrees currently in the city, you're dewpoint still up there at 68. so we're starting out the morning rather humid, but we expect the humidity to dip a little bit during the day. winds southwest at 3 miles per hour, they will turn around a little bit out of the northeast.

future tracker shows me between now and noon there's a chance of showers in the south jersey and southern delaware region, in particular. as we go through the rest of the afternoon it's mainly dry and most of our significant rain will be closer to the coast. there could be pop-up showers here or there, as we go through the evening hours. doesn't look all that bad on future tracker in terms of rain today. the best chance is in south jersey and delaware. 71 degrees in philadelphia. 81 by 2:00 p.m. we hit that high of 86 degrees before sliding back to 81. if you're down the shore or southern delaware the humidity might take longer before it starts to feel less humid. everybody is in the 80s today. the closer you get to the coast, the closer you get to 80 on the

nose. some of the models are putting in a little bit of a pop-up sprinkle or shower at times in the afternoon. it doesn't look like much, i wouldn't cancel plans for tomorrow or tomorrow night. clouds and sun today, 86 degrees, a spotty shower or thunderstorm possible. most of the action centered in south jersey and delaware, although something could pop in pennsylvania later on this evening. nice and warm, then, on friday, 87 degrees, again we're allowing for a slight chance of a a little bit of rain, most of the day is dry and it's generally nice. saturday, partly sunny, probably dry 87 degrees is the high there. that's the 6abc union game at ppl park at night and the phillies home, too, should be a good night for all of that. sunday high of 88 there's a couple of afternoon thunderstorms beginning to pop on sunday, monday, hot, 92 degrees, unsettled could be strong storms on monday afternoon and evening.

maybe a lingering storm on tuesday and dry on wednesday. >> a woman said this video of a california highway patrol officer punching a woman is unjustifiable brutality. the shocking video shows 51-year-old marlene pen knock being punched. the officer has not been identified we know he is on desk duty as the investigation continues. >> new this morning, a gaping hole in a glass window that's all that remains of a woman's close call. the frequent accident happened in new york city, a chisel from a construction site smashed into the 4th floor of the adjacent highrise. a woman was hit by the flying

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>> welcome back we are looking at traffic situation i-95 at girard avenue. construction crews are gone from the southbound lanes in the on going work zones. all lanes are reopened, as you can see and there are no drivers coming in from bucks county or northeast philadelphia. roads are dry and there is not as much debris as yesterday morning. montgomery county, 309 near welsh road traffic moving well between fort washington and quakertown. in lower gwynedd watch out for a water main break closing lower welsh road. >> good morning thursday morning let's talk about the travel forecast we have the state of arizona. it is the thick of monsoon season starts in mid june and lasts through the month of september. you see thundershowers break

out, that's an issue out west. that's an issue for people traveling out that way. phoenix, expecting monsoon thundershowers and that's the same thing in las vegas and denver, colorado. you can see them moving across the plains right now. minneapolis, saint paul, thundershowers, chicago and detroit look good if you're flying there, as well as dallas, in houston it's stormy in the gulf of mexico, in houston you can see the thundershowers along with florida which is the case everyday in the summer. along the east coast just a chance of spotty thundershowers i'm throwing up all these, hartsville, jackson, washington, d.c. and new york city area airports that's the story, nydia, back to you. >> new castle county delaware, a dad is accused of stuffing heroin into his daughter's diaper. he was caught shoplifting and

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>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, july 10. tam is off, nydia han joins us, we have news you didn't see last

night. >> one person is killed when a pick up truck and car collide in delaware. >> a woman talks to "action news" about the struggle to defend herself and her home against two young intruders. >> two new jersey commuters were devastated during enter super-storm sandy. >> we have david murphy and matt pellman in for karen. >> reporter: good morning, guys we had rain skirt parts of the region in south jersey and delaware and one thunderstorm in the lehigh valley that's gone. we have clearing to the west, we expect partly sunny skies with a slight chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm in parts of the region today. 75 in philadelphia. 73 in wilmington. 70 in trenton. 73 in the city. in the 60s in reading and allentown. humidity not so bad here, but from philadelphia south it feels rather muggy. that will change a little bit during the day. as we roll through the day, warm, 77 b