tenoniddle re.ilery.owy ofsweek>> let mett es in am ton, 57 in glassboro and we changed to 59 degrees in dover, delaware. we have a cool start, but it's a bright start. satellite and radar showing the clear skies we have throughout the region. the humidity nice and low today. a what to expect. nice and bright, cool, 56 at philadelphia international. 8:00 a.m., the suburbs it will take longer to get the temperatures up there. today's high, 85 degrees, mostly sunny skies, low humidity, just a bit of a change for the weekend, details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> reporter: a-plus on

yesterday. >> reporter: i try. >> reporter: we're hoping for big things today. don't hope much from me when it comes to south philadelphia. they are doing construction work in the southbound lanes of the walt whitman bridge. yesterday at this hour they were letting the right lane get by. this morning they are holding all southbound traffic from time to time. that's what they are doing right now, as you can see, looks like they are moving around a little bit. any minute they should let the southbound traffic by again, but at the moment all southbound traffic halted along i-95. if you want to bail for the westbound vine, take that to the eastbound schuylkill expressway to the platt bridge until the construction clears out. they open the new ramp from the southbound side of cottman avenue, old ramp closed last april. only the schuylkill expressway everything looks good. in upper p closinggypta b

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tell russian military intelligence we have shot down a plane. >> reporter: more than half the passengers onboard are dutch, none have been verified as american. >> katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a local terror expert said the downing of flight 17 would encourage terrorists who would like to bring down civilian planes. tookkr t international airlih it was declared safe by the u.n. aviation arm. our coverage of the crash of flight hh17 continues with our 6abc news app. you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. >> our other major international story israeli ground forces are pushing into

gaza. israel launched the operation last night after two thousand airstrikes on gaza failed to stop hamas rockets from raining down on israeli industries. among those hurt what is a toddler who had parent shrapnel wounds from tank she will also. israelis say one of its soldiers has been killed. new this morning, two we'll were hurt in a two-vehicle crash in bridesburg section. a car and pick up truck collided at 11:30. the impact sent both vehicles into a concrete barrier into i-95. both drivers suffered head, neck and back injuries and they were taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition. temple university is raising tuition again. the board of trustees proved an

increase -- approved an increase for undergratts this -- undergraduates. in order to competent it increased the amount of money available for financial aid and scholarship. >> karen, it's been so pleasant recently, i'm wondering if you have anything to do with this? >> reporter: i think i have everything to do with this, but that's just me. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're looking good and looking dry, we're going to start this day off with a look at sky 6 philadelphia international, i've got no complaints today it's friday, looking good, nice and bright. the dewpoint, 51. the wind out of the north, northwest at 5 and the pressure is rising with high pressure building in. you can see the high pressure protecting us from the clouds over here. and looking good. we're nice and clear.

we'll start off bright, even yesterday, a lot of low clouds hung in philadelphia and new jersey. 8:00 a.m., 71. 11:00 a.m., 78. and 2:00 p.m., 83. and:00 p.m., 84 coming down from a high of 85. it stays decent for saturday. it's not as bright, we'll see a lot of cloud cover around 83 for degrees for your high in the city. let's take a look at the shore and poconos. 67 degrees, the water trying to warm up at the shore. as you're heading to the shore, sunny and pleasant, 80 degrees. saturday sunshine high clouds and 8. sunday you'll see clouds and sun, 78. a lot of clouds in the picture, but it stays dry for the forecast. as we look at the poconos, it wants to move ever so slowly. you want to might want to move

slowly on the weekend, too. as you head to the poconos it's a good day, it will be brighter along the coastline. things looking good, we'll be talking temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. we can go ahead and look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. today is beautiful, 85 degrees, bright sunshine and looking good. tomorrow we'll see lots of clouds around, it's dry and comfortable, low humidity a decent day. tomorrow, sunshine, clouds and high of 83. we have a model suggesting do we see a shower late on sunday night. i think the weekend is basically dry. monday, more humid 87 degrees. tuesday, warm and 89. wednesday we turn up the heat. look at these temperatures, 91 degrees, wednesday and thursday, we're turning up the humidity, so feeling very sticky. we'll see the chance for a couple of thunderstorms around. we've got a dry looking forecast coming your way, starting off cool and temperatures heating up

by the end of the seven day. 5:10. next, typhoon is heading toward a chinese island. it slammed into the philippines leaving hind death and destruction. >> a truck driver crashed into another truck driver and pennsylvania state police say they are glad he did, he likely prevented a tragedy. here's the ramp of i-95 southbound to cottman avenue open for business. several other streets are not open, we've got crashes and downed poles to talk about after the break. >> a sidewalk stunt done in the nation's capital. interesting to see what happens, i would like to see them bring it around here, stick around for the morning buzz. >> all right.

>> ooh that's a blue for blue swayed shoes there, mr. o'donnell. >> thank you very much. >> that's beautiful. as you look out over the ben franklin bridge it's a cool 66 degrees. >> i love it, tam looks at clouds, matt and she sees suede. >> reporter: she thinks elvis. inthat's what you like. >> i do. >> reporter: we have a stoppage here i-95 in south philadelphia because of construction, i think the crews are saying it's time for the weekend let's wrap it up and get out of here, they are off to the side. they have the southbound lanes reopened as you pass under the walt whitman bridge. we're moving once again heading

down toward broad street and philadelphia international airport. if you're trying to get out of town for the weekend. not too far away from the airport, there's a problem popping up at 70th and essington avenue. it's a crash involving overturned vehicle and downed wires. one person is injured in the accident. we're advising you to stay away from that area, use island avenue and lindbergh boulevard as the possible alternates. time for the suburban traffic report. let's head to parksberg route ten is blocked between highland and friendship church road. and we have that broken down vehicle on the ramp from 422 westbound to oaks. over in south jersey, overnight construction along 130 southbound between church road and 70. a couple of lanes out of

commission there until 6:00 a.m. let's grab the ipad doing the commuter report we have slow speeds between quakertown and lansdale. they are pacing traffic through that area because of construction. >> typhoon rammasun barreled through 9 philippines drenching the capital of manila. the knocked out power to whole provinces. him. >> residents in one new york state neighborhood made a gruesome discovery. they discovered a badly decomposed head in hemsted. police are working to identify the remains and trying to determine if these grizzly

discoveries are connected. a driver in northeastern pennsylvania pulled in front of a run away truck on purpose to help slow it down. joseph dlains delancecy were carrying water, the woman driver lost her breaks, that's when he drove in front of the her truck to slow it down. the woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the sixers continue their summer league action in las vegas. noelle was back he missed the past two games because of an ankle injury. the sixers fell to the bulls. >> there are more fears on wall street heightened by the escalating tensions in the middle east and the plane crash in the ukraine.

>> new research looks into what universities are doing or not doing about alcohol-linked problems on campus. >> reporter: we're on the cool side with temperatures in the mid 50s in the suburbs. we'll be nice and bright. satellite and radar shows no clouds right now. it's a different story on the weekend, det

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around. >> reporter: if you're drivioki. b the norristown line won't be running in norristown, shuttle busing running instead between elm street and the transportation center. >> reporter: it's nice and bright, 9:00 a.m., 73. noon, 80 degrees. 3:00 p.m., 85. that will be your high for today. and by 6:00 p.m. coming down from that high. still mostly sunny skies and low humidity. beautiful today, 85 is the e of clouds and high of 83. it's dry and low humidity not as bright and pretty. sunday, sunshine, 84 degrees, tuesday, warm and 89. looks like the heat, the humidity really come up, as well as chance fewer thunderstorm, wednesday into thursday, that looks like our most active period, tam. >> a new study suggests

university do not have a strong enough response to alcohol abuse by students. university by minnesota reachers asked campus police chiefs about their responses to alcohol-linked problems on champ pus. they found serious violations like physical assaults or property damage led to citations in only one in three cases. only one in six were referred to screening for problem drinking. less than ten% were reported to outside law enforcement. scientists are creating a pacemaker that doesn't need any batteries. they insert a gene into the heart of sick pigging. scientists say this is a leap forward towarding developing an alternative to electronic pacemakers that are implanted into 300,000 americans each year. >> u.s. stocks are heading

downward at the opening bell because of what is going on in the ukraine and middle east. >> reporter: investors are disappointed in housing earnings and the major asian markets are down, too. american families will spend $670 to send kids back to school. high school students slightly more expensive and college student costs are up 9%. planet of the apes will be challenged by sex tape with cameron diaz. taco bell will offer bacon, sausage, bacon potato, that gives taco bell 15 items on it's breakfast menu.

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>> developing right now on "action news," a new piece of the puzzle emerges from the wreckage in the ukraine. >> the treanl reignites owe on the -- the tragedy reignites the conflict in the country where many have fled. >> the ground invasion of gaza claims it's first casualty as diplomats scramble to contain the crisis. >> good morning, everyone, 5:30, david is off, karen rogers is here along with matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: it's starting off cool. we're down to 54 in quakertown.

55 in oxford. 58 in browns mills. 57 in vineland. 58 in dover, delaware. so doesn't feel like july. satellite and radar showing we're nice and clear. that's one of the reasons we've allowed clear skies that has dropped the temperatures even more. we had cloud cover in south jersey and delaware. nice and bright 66 in the city. 8:00 a.m., 71 degrees, as you look at the day ahead. today it's a good one. low