♪ >> good morning, we're following a developing story on this thursday, july 31. police in philadelphia are looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian and then took off. we have the details. >> the deadly ebola virus is spreading across west africa, what u.s.-based organization are doing to fight the growing threat. new this morning, a teen set himself on fire because of that's going viral on the internet. >> we have choices to tell you about, let's go to meteorologist

david murphy for the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: good morning, guys, we have a little bit of cloud cover to the west, but it could be a dry day. there's a possibility of a passing, spotty thunderstorm. best chance is in the northern and western suburbs. dry for now, 66 in philadelphia. cool and comfortable again. nobody in the 50s outside the poconos and millville right now, but still cool in places like trenton and allentown and reading. 68 in sea isle city along the boardwalk in ac. 64 by 6:00. and 68 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 71 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 83 by 3:00 p.m., i think we may hold off until 4:00 when we hit

that high of 84. a chance of a spotty thunderstorm we'll look at future tracker's play on that, we know we have higher humidity returning tomorrow. it's in the seven day. >> police are searching for the driver of a dark colored vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run on the boulevard. police say a man struck a man at f street at 4:00 a.m. the victim is in stable condition with head and chest injuries. no arrests have been made. developing right now, gunfire rang out in camden county overnight. the shooting happened on the 700 block of teal court. the woman was shot standing in front of her house while her child slept inside. neighbors said the victim moved

into the apartment, she is in critical condition. a philadelphia police officer is on desk duty after shooting a suspect in the strawberry mansion section. this happened on the 3200 block of page street yesterday afternoon. officers were surrounding a home looking for a man in connection with an earlier shooting. investigator say the alleged gunman came out of the home and pointed the gun at the police, they say when the officer fired. the officer who shot him turned over the gun to superfluous spending an investigation. our katherine scott will have a live report just ahead at 5:00 a.m. new this morning, police arrest a man for a brutal assault on a woman in southwest philadelphia. it may not have been the first time. the woman was walking down the the street, when attacker came you mean behined her and tried to choke her. a police task force heard her

cries for help. this is similar to another attack on the same street on sunday. >> i grabs her from behind by her headphones, he uses the headphones to strangle her, she passes out, he tries to drag her into the driveway, she comes to. police have not identified the attacker, but plan to charge him with attempted murder. the survivor of the carjacking that left three dead in the city's tioga section is home and shared her story. she said she did seeing the -- she remembered seeing the white suv bearing down, she felt kiesha williams was like herite family. >> if god hadn't been there

with his hand on me, i would have been dead. >> brown was greeted by a bitter sweet sight, motorcycle group held a vigil or for the victims and walked to brown's house in a show of support. >> the knife attack happened at 24th and chestnut streets, when police arrived they found a mantua stab wound to the chest. "action news" was on the scene as another man was led away in handcuffs, detectives have not identified that suspect. the father accused of punching a delaware county wawa customer for oogling at his daughter is out of jail. the 47-year-old victim was treated for head wounds after the attack at the convenience store on 69 street in upper

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of cape may saw a snake eating a seagull on tuesday. police in animal control believe it's a pet someone let loose. neighbors hope it will be gone and soon. >> now time to take a look at business, more americans are relying on their income and savings and lesson loans to cover the cost of college. sally mae said 42% of costs covered by parents or students or income or savings is covered boy 40%. target started an online registry so the future students can get dorm room necessities without having to spend a dime themselves. stocks are mixed on wednesday, right now they are pointing for a mixed opening. a new report said $20 million americans may be

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u.s. is on high alert after the peace correspond pulls people from west africa. we have nothing showing on storm tracker 6 live double scan this morning, that could change as we head into the afternoon, especially in the northern and western suburbs and the humidity comes back tomorrow and there's an adjustment for saturday's forecast, a lot to talk about when we come back with the the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. what can i get you?

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>> 4:41 what do we have in store on this thursday? >> reporter: it will be warm and damp in time northern and western suburbs. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry for the morning commute. as we look outside, we'll have a nice morning building. we'll have sunshine, tranquil conditions in center city. the wind are light and temperatures once again not treating us badly as we start out. 66 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint, 56. creeping up a little bit from where it was yesterday, but not humid. winds are light, west/southwest at 5 miles per hour. the satellite and radar imagery shows there's sprinkles and showers falling apart well to the north. but there's another batch that will slide to the northern suburbs later today. up until noon we're dry, but as we go into the afternoon hours,

every now and then there could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm that will pop through. that's the 7:00 a.m. view, mainly north of philadelphia. keep your eyes on that later today and the evening. 68 degrees, by 8:00 a.m., that's not too shabby. 78 by 11, 82 by 2:00, high of 84 around 4:00 p.m. before we are back to 82 by 5. the spotty thunderstorm mainly north, hopefully most of you miss out on that. high temperatures, 83 in trenton, 84 in philadelphia and wilmington. down the upper 70s at the shore, light winds with the mix of sun and clouds, we'll go back and forth between the sun and clouds today. tomorrow a couple of features will be conspiring to make us cloudier, there's a boundary off to the north that's been sitting by us. tomorrow there's a showers and thunderstorms developing.

looks like most of this will be centered off to the north, on saturday, however, a system coming up from the south will throw showers and thunderstorms through the region in the morning hours. in the afternoon it stays cloudy and unsettled. as we take a look at the tropics, a little bit less of a chance of this area of tropical storm bertha. i wanted to tell you we're easing back off that. today, 84 degrees, a mixture of clouds and sun, warm and humid friday, 82. another chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. the farther north and west you go the better chance you have of that. saturday, humid, we're calling for downpours and thunderstorms in the afternoon, in the afternoon, it's mainly cloudy, but we're tapering off to a few

showers, sunday, 81 degrees, humid and thunderstorms around, as well. stays unsettled on monday, but we improve on tuesday. >> an angry husband is dead after he exchanged gunfire with sheriff's deputies. the violence began yesterday when valleyry michael called 911 for help. the victim facebook took off an ran to her father's home, the man unloaded on the house killing the father-in-law and wounding state troopers and killing a 10-year-old boy. ebola is spreading in west africa and it's spreading fear around the world. the peace corp is excavating

it's workers. >> reporter: the largest ebola crowd break in history is creating concern. two american missionaries who contracted the virus are in isolation, they are showing improvement. they are firm about their resolve to stay in liberia and care for those who are there. the u.s. peace corp is pulling hundreds of volunteers from syria leon and guinea. bee bola spread through contact with bodily fluids. in liberia they are checking customers two leave. >> the public health infrastructure here is excellent in the u.s., i'm not concerned

about ebola coming from africa and causing an outbreak. >> reporter: hospitals are on alert and emergency rooms are asking patients their recent travel history. child chances of ebola coming to the u.s. is low, they say it needs swift action. leaders across africa head to washington for a summit with obama, twig on as scheduled, but several officials from other countries including liberia will skip the meeting. "good morning america" will continue our coverage of the ebola outbreak at 7:00 a.m. you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores.

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the small delay has broken up. the betsy ross bridge in the background has no problem. but that is not the case in delaware county. i-95 at 420, construction crews are wrapping up paving work in both direction, northbound the lanes are blocked, southbound they are closed. ment crews should be out of there shortly, until then you should expect delays heading to or from philadelphia international airport. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, thank you, tam. it is 45:12, thursday morning, let's check the travel forecast, if you're traveling across the country. thundershowers moving across texas, dallas-fort worth, houston, thundershowers possible throughout the day. florida gets thousand in the

afternoon when it -- thundershowers in the afternoon when it gets hot. hartsville jackson could get thundershowers, as well here. minneapolis, detroit and chicago could see thundershowers in the afternoon hours, as well. out here, monsoon season out in the west, denver, which isn't affectedded by those, but salt lake city and las vegas could see thundershowers spotty here and there and could cause delays. >> a patient thief targeted a young woman who was having dinner with friends inside a kensington restaurant it was caught on tape. this is on july 19 when authorities say the suspect walked in case the area and kohl's his victim. the man carefully grabs her purse from the back of the chair and waits another few minutes and stuffs the bags under his shirt and walks off.

>> new on "action news," pouring rubbing alcohol on your chest and lighting it on fire, believe it or not, this is something that people are encouraging others to do in an online challenge. a 15-year-old boy accepted the challenge, he got the idea from facebook after seeing videos of something called the fire challenge. the videos never showed the after effects. >> you could get caught on fire and die, wherever you're at get caught on fire. i hope most kids look at that and learn from that experience an not do what he did. >> firefighters said burns like those can stay with you for the rest of your life. child services are involved. an axe flew off a truck and landed on the freeway. a monster storm heading to

the east coast, hundreds of great whites raining down on the

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>> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this thursday, july # -- 31. we have news you didn't see last night. >> a car crash leave three people hurt. >> bullets fly in a philadelphia neighborhood and a police officer is involved. >> highway horror, an axe comes out of nowhere, and crashes into a windshield. >> geese, we'll