"action news," planes will be taking off to tel aviv. we have the update on travel restrictions in the middle east. >> there's new information about the mother and daughter badly burned in philadelphia during a food truck explosion earlier this month. hear the tweet that made a passenger a target. good morning, thursday, july 24. matt and tam are off, eva pilgrim is joining us. we have david in to do accuweather and matt pellman has traffic. good morning. >> cloudy skies we're on the humid side during yesterday's hot and humid afternoon. we have left overshowers to the south and west of us. some of this is pulling apart into chester county. we have showers in parts. cumberland and northern gloucester county. during the morning we have to allow for scattered showers. we had storms last night and my

twitter follower, miles in towning down, tweeted me these pictures in downingtown coming in from the north and west. you can see the heavy weather is off the coast and we'll get showers. hopefully we'll see the break in the clouds in the afternoon. 71 in wilmington. 68 in allentown. 69 in trenton, 73 in sea isle city. as we roll through the day, 735 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon, 79 anticipate drying out. 84 by 3:00. that's the high. 81 degrees by 6:00 p.m. with increasing sunshine as the day goes on especially in the western suburbs and hopefully if philadelphia, as well. beautiful weather heading into the weekend and change during the weekend. details coming up. >> okay, david, we're not worried about sun glare, but a crash in plymouth meeting, just

beyond the mid county toll plaza. we have a vehicle facing sideways across the left lane. we have emergency crews on the scene. we had an ambulance that pulled away five minutes ago, they stopped all northbound traffic when the ambulance left. for now, the right lane is getting by as you head toward lansdale. there's not a huge delay at the moment. 476 wawch for a crash -- watch out for a crash blocking macarthur road and schadt avenue. here on the ben franklin bridge, they want through and changed the zipper wall around so you have your four westbound lanes coming into center city. eastbound right lane continues as you head toward camden. burlington bristol bridge, opening was cancelled because of the weather, so everything is normal there.

>> developing overnight, faa lifted the ban on flights between the united states and israel after reassessing the security during the middle east conflict. katherine scott is live with more on the story. good morning, catherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, faa said they are satisfied with security precautions in place to insure safe flight into tel aviv so they did lift the ban. there's a u.s. airways flight scheduled to take off if u.s. airways resumes service, they are assessing the situation and make a decision as soon as possible. ike richmond's daughter alan is in israel, she plans to fly home sunday,. >> we've been informed that her flight is on hold. the. >> reporter: on tuesday hamas rocket landed win a mile of the airport.

many nonisraeli airlines cancelled flights. last night the federal aviation administration lifted the ban flying in and out of tel aviv. alana's group is booked on a european airline out of tel aviv. >> i try to remain as calm as possible when talking to her. >> reporter: s as the battle rage in gaza many spoke out against hamas. >> if you read hamas' charter, it says not only do they stand for the destruction of israel, but they want to kill every single jew around the world. >> reporter: across the street 100 people were holding a pro palestine rally saying the people killed in this conflict were civilians. >> why they kill the kids, why kill the men, why kill the

woman, it's not fair like that. >> reporter: for u.s. airways customers with travel plans to tel aviv, the airline said their flexible ticketing policy and traveling advisory remains in effect through august 31, so if you want to change your plans, you can do so without change fees. >> a mother and daughter severely burned in a food truck explosion have both died. they were inside the truck when it exploded in hunting park. the explosion was blamed on a leaky propane tank. the daughter died tuesday night, her mother passed away on sunday. a late night shooting sent one person to the hospital in gloucester county new jersey. police surrounded the home in williamstown after 10:00 p.m. the victim is at cooper medical

center. there's no word on who shot the person or why. >> 35:35, a fast food worker on the main line is handy bars accused of dishing out crack cocaine while on the clock. police arrested 29-year-old alan trammel tuesday night. this week's bust followed four undercover purchases. >> 157 dime bags, that's a significant amount of crack cocaine in the community. more upsetting he is out dealing in the parking lot with the crack cocaine and back in preparing food. >> it is estimated he made $1,500 a week after paying off his supplier. they want on for almost a year. the owner of the location had no comment. >> happening today, workers at the showboat casino in atlantic city are holding a rally to protest the planned closing.

local 54 work are want to know why caesar is closing a casino that's making money. a spokesperson said they are hoping to finds a buyer without one the showboat will shut its doors for good on august 31. him. >> no matter what's going on, there's something to look forward this afternoon. >> reporter: we have a few showers around and it is mug, but you're right, tam we are looking at a day of improvement. we have showers off to the west, and some through parts of the southern portion of the region, i'll show you that in a second. there's the philadelphia international airport. we're looking muggy. dry in most spots. as you take a look at radar we have showers creeping through parts of new castle county delaware, salem county and cumberland county, new jersey. this is falling apart out to the

west, but it will pop flue parts of the region as we as we go through the morning. we'll get you the current conditions across the region, as we do i'll before you in the always on seven-day forecast on your hd screens. 70 degrees is the -- 73 degrees the temperature. still humid right now. winds out of the north at 10. the dewpoint will fall as we go through the afternoon. satellite and radar is showing storms that came through the overnight. we have clearing out to the west. future tracker 6 has some of the clearing coming into the northern and western suburbs by noon. it will cloudy over a good portion of the region. as we go through the afternoon and into the early evening. the clouds are thinner and there are breaks. over by the shore it takes a little longer to get full sun and you can see the stars a little bit better.

73 by 8:00 a.m., 11:00, 78. we should be close to drying out by then. 2:00 p.m., 82 degrees, high of 84 around 3:00. notice how we'll minimize the clouds as the day goes on, at least across the northern and western suburbs and the humidity will drop during the day. high temperatures in time low 80s to mid 80s. cape may, 78 degrees. if you're going to the ballgame, it will be an afternoon of improvement, mix of clouds and increasing sunshine and lowering humidity during the final game with the giants. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 84. lowering humidity, clouds and showers giving way to sun in the afternoon. sunny and beautiful tomorrow, 84 degrees is your high. it will be a gorgeous night for both the union and philly. if you have any outdoor plans on friday or friday evening i would keep them. mostly sunny on saturday, 88.

maybe a tad more humid on saturday. sunday, hot, 91, the humidity will build back in. monday, a spotty, but strong storm possible and then back to nice weather on tuesday and wednesday with humidity back down on the manageable side, okay? >> thank you, david. a drawn out execution raised more controversies over a lethal injection and prompts the governor of arizona to launch an investigation. 202 king of prussia near the new container store we're drying out and volume is light at this point. there's a new crash in montgomery and we'll check one on the northeast extension coming up. >> when we come back, a town out west develops a product to deter hungry bears, wait until you see how they tested

>> breaking right now a passenger plane has disappeared from the radar in africa. algeria's national airline said it lost contract with the plane about an hour after it took off, no word on how many people are on the flight. we'll bring you details as they come in.light. >> let's get a check of the traffic report with matt pellman, hopefully it hadn't

gotten too bad yet. >> reporter: knock on wood, we'll do whatever we have to, so far it's not too bad, except on the northeast extension there's a crash north of the mid county toll plaza not causing a big delay at this point. you can see the vehicles passing in the right lane, they are tapping the brakes to see what's going on. at this point it's not a huge jam. we have a vehicle involved facing side ways. a tow truck on the scene to get rid of that. couple of other vehicles involved. you can get to the east/west turnpike. there was not a lot of overnight construction because of the not-so-ideal weather. a vehicle into a sign near township line and church road. in white hall township macarthur road is shut down intersection is block there because of a crash, avoid that,

maybe stay on mach chunk road. bedminster township, bucks county. valley road is closing. they are closing brandywine creek road from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. stick with stroudsburg road to get around that construction blockage. best of yourburlington township, animals by the road. watch out for our animal friends. >> a bizarre burglar case has baffled investigators in florida. cameras captured three crooks who took off their underwear and roamed around the restaurant in the nude. they took hamburger meat and red

peppers which they found along the beach in florida. january brewer has ordered a review of the execution process after a botched process. the execution that should have taken ten minutes took two hours. relatives of the inmate's -- >> everybody from what i heard said it is horrible. you don't know what that is. >> southwest airline has has apologized to a father whose family was kicked off a plane because of a tweet. he complained about a gate agent on twitter when she wouldn't

grant him priority seating because his children were with him. they had to wait. >> i said, real nice way to treat an a-list -- i tweeted rudest agent in denver. seat 39 not happy, at southwest airlines. >> the gate attendant said the message was a threat to her safety. watson and her family were removed from the flight for a short time until he deleted the tweet. >> the way to keep bears from visiting you in your neighborhood. >> the death of a teen pilot who was trying to set a new aviation record. there go the storms, they are gone, this morning all we're dealing with is lingering showers, i'll have more on that on storm tracker 6 live and

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inconvenience for a permanent improvement. that's what we're dealing with in i-95. it's in advance of the repaving that's going to happen in the southbound lanes by 420, all lanes open, but bumpy as you travel through delco. there's a broken down vehicle at 273 taking out the center lane. not causing a huge jam at this point. mass transit is on time. >> reporter: we have showers moving through the region. we have steadier stuff out to the west. what is your vierving is -- whas your -- surviving is a couple of sprinkles own showers. 68 in pottstown, 66 in saint davids, 07 in chester and center city. it's muggy as you head outside. 69 in hammonton.

a lot of low 70s in south jersey and delaware of as we roll through the day. not a bad afternoon to do errands. in fact it might be better than early as we have the early showers around. 84 by 3:00 p.m. the humidity will drop as the day goes on. eva and tam? >> thank you, david. relatives of the victim of a deadly plane crash in taiwan are on the the way to the wreckage. the black box has been found. 48 people were killed and ten others survived. the plane went down on the tourist island yesterday as the typhoon swept across the country. two people aboard the plane were french citizens. the rest were native of taiwan. the family of a teen pilot killed over the pacific ocean is speaking out about the crash. the teen haris suleman and

barbara bueno his father, hoped to set a record for the fastest flight around the world. the teen's father has not been found and relatives say the duo knew of the risk. >> they did prepare for the risk. they want to survival training they took a course on how to survive around ocean landing or an ocean crash. but, you know, you can plan all you want, but sometimes things don't go the way you planned. >> the family is holding out that babar is still alive. crews search the water off american samoa. a dire warning from a top official for the philadelphia school district. >> the government has lifted the ban on flights to israel, but will carriers start flying there? katherine scott has an update at

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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here on sky6 live hd looking out over the platt bridge.ok here on sky6 live hd 5:56, 72 degrees, getting up to 84 later today. from our delaware newsroom, state police want your help officials say resign nayhart contacted a woman interested in

buying an acura for $1,500. they took her money, but the woman did not get the car. 34-year-old joseph towns of cape may county taught english at middle township high school. he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with one of his students. he is charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. >> parents and school advocates got an update on the budget crisis in philadelphia, and the outlook isn't good. the process speghts -- prospects of getting cigarette tax approval, if it is not put into effect, it will affect the funds

for the schools. >> brand new at 6:00, a suspected drug grower is caugh

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>> good morning, 6:00 a.m., thursday, july 24, matt is off, eva pilgrim is joining us, we're following developing news. >> the faa lifts the bans on flights in and out of israel even as israeli troops battle hamas militants. police release a key clue in the search for a hit-and-run driver. >> we have