>> good morning, thursday, july 31, let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers they are taking a look at accuweather. >> reporter: yeah, tam, you ryan had a little thing. >> hey -- >> reporter: you're a married woman. we're going to see a fair amount of sunshine keeping your eyes on this area of precipitation as this tries to swing through the northern suburbs as there could be a spotty shower or thunderstorm. but i believe it will be dry for. 66 in allentown and wilmington, 67 in sea isle city. as we head outside we're looking at clouds and sun, comfortable 64 by 4 by 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 68. 71 by 9:00. up close to 80 by noon.

high of 84 probably hitting around 4:00. there's an increase in humidity tomorrow and we're starting to introduce a better chance of rain through part of weekend, i'll have details coming up. >> let's take you outside to delaware county, this is i-95 at 4:30, last time i showed you the shot we had the cones out, they were doing the construction with the paving, now looking good at this hour. in fact on the big picture, no accidents, blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95, all in good shape. mostly we're talking speeds in the 50s, a concert tonight at the mann center. cruel see extra congestion there, but no congestion just yet. we were jammed yesterday on the ben franklin bridge today you're good to go. burlington bristol bridge, construction has cleared, traffic pattern back to normal matt and tam. >> thank you, karen. we're following two developing stories this morning.

in camden a shooting left a mother in critical condition. according to police someone shot her in the neck outside her apartment on teal court while her children were inside asleep. a neighbor told "action news" that the victim had recently moved into that apartment. >> police are searching for the driver of a dark-colored vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run on the boulevard. police say a driver plowed into a man near f street in northeast philadelphia at 12:30 a.m. the force of the impact sent the man flying on the sidewalk. the victim is in stable condition with head and chest injuries no arrests have been mailed. >> a philadelphia police officer is on desk duty after shooting a suspect in the city's strawberry mansion section. this happened on page street. police were surrounding the home looking for a man from an earlier shooting. the person came out of the home

pointed a gun at police and that's when the officer fired. we'll have more on the showdown coming up in a live report at 6:00 a.m. new this morning, here, police arrested a man for brutal assault on a woman in southwest philadelphia. they are looking into the possibility that he attacked daze earlier. a woman was walking down the street, when the attacker came up from behind and and a wire around her neck and started choking her. a police task force in the area heard her cries for help. police say it is similar to an attack on the same street on sunday. >> he grabs her from behind by her headphones, he uses the headphones to strangle her, she passes out, she comes to and continues to fight the male. >> reporter: the attacker stole $7 from the victim and walked away. police have not identified the suspect under arrest, but plan to charge him with attempted

murder. >> the survivor of the carjacking that left three children dead in the city's tioga section is back home this morning and sharing her heart wrenching story. she told "action news" she remembered seeing the white suv barrelling toward her. she thought of kiesha williams and her three children as her own family. >> that's something i will think about the rest of my life. not only the kids that passed and their mother, i would thing about the fact if god wasn't there with his hand on me, i would have been dead. >> 5:35, u.s. state department has no plans at this point to issue travel warnings to county affected by ebola outbreak, but the peace corp is pulling

volunteers out of several african nations. two peace corp workers may have been exposed to the virus are in isolation, ebowl will a has no -- ebola has no vaccine and no treatment. israel said it has demolished most of the 32 tunnels found between gaza and israel. hamas uses them to sneak across the border. hamas is fighting a seven year block aid. conditions for cease-fire would include disarming hamas. a house that was the subject of a controversy for decades is going on the auction

block. trump offered coking a million dollars but she wouldn't sell. the starting bid is is one $99,000. residents were divided whether or not she should sell to trump, many say she missed her chance to cash in. >> when you have something worse a dollar and you get offered 20, it's stupid not to sell. >> years ago one of the properties next-door sold to trump for $2 million. >> the mlb trade deadline is at 4:00 p.m. u.s.a. today is reporting that a blockbuster phillies trade is in the works exit could involved ryan howard and many hours. the him team is proposing a mega trade. the paper said the dodgers could be nibbling on making a deal for the phillies, but asking cole hamels. in return for any deals involving top players, the

phillies want top prospects. "action news" will be following the story throughout the day. it could fall apart and nothing hams. >> all that happening it's probably a slim chance. it depends on how much phillies are willing to eat. as far as hamles, i'll believe it when i see it, there are a lot of other starting pitchers available, i guess it depends on who goes where. >> you'd be a great analyst. i have to do whether now, no rain out there, as we look outside, things are getting brighter as we get ready for sun coming over the horizon. the temperature, 66 degrees, and the dewpoint, 56 degrees. there's satellite light, this

first batch of showers is missing us, but there's a second batch that might rotate through the afternoon and evening. we're dry in the early afternoon and later this afternoon into the early evening hours maybe this stuff survives particularly in the northern and western suburbs, but it's spotty and most of you will stay dry, especially in south jersey and delaware. 68 decreases by 8:00 a.m., 78 by 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 82. there's the high, 84 degrees, probably get that later in the day today, say 4:00 p.m. we'll be at 82 at 5:00 p.m. lie temperatures across the region if you're in the lehigh valley you'll get up to 80. down the shore a little bit below that, always once again moderating influence of the ocean holds you in the 70s. tomorrow cloudier in the morning in the after there's a chance of spotty showers and thunderstorms popping up, most of this is centered north appear west of philadelphia. saturday another system comes up from the south and gets us wet

in the morning. i'll talk about that in a moment. yesterday i mentioned there was 70% chance of this cluster of precipitation become a tropical storm. bertha. there's chance of that now. 84 degrees, spotty thunderstorm in the afternoon. 82 warm and humid on friday, possible thunderstorm here or there friday. that system from the south will give us a wet morning on saturday. there could downpours and thunderstorms mixed in. in the afternoon we probably start to dry, there may be spotty showers or thunderstorms around in the afternoon or evening. most of the rain on saturday is centered in the morning, the way things look right now. humid with a mostlymostly and thunderstorm possible. 86 degrees, on monday, it looks like we could be settling down and drying out in time for

tuesday. >> 5:39. next up and new this morning, a plane comes crashing down out west while we're learning about the tragedy in a store parking lot. >> there are fears that a dangerous fad could be growing among teens. an online challenge encourages them to light themselves on fire. >> reporter: we're clear and dry right now in northern liberties with no problems in delaware avenue. we'll take you to chester county and warn you about construction coming your way. >> a 9-year-old girl is burned not because of any challenge, she was charging her all aboard cupcake! (girl) where are all the seats...

excuse me, excuse me... can i sit here? ahhh... sure. (sigh) i'm maisy and i'm six. hi maisy, i'm tanner. you nervous? yeah, a little. don't be.

>> welcome back you're taking a live look at one of our favorite shots from around the region,g a the beach down the shore in cape may. it is 5:43, 68 degrees, getting up to a nice 84 later this morning. >> let's find out what's jamming things up during the commute, karen. >> reporter: time for the suburban traffic report. we're off to a good start today. no problems, no accidents, but we have construction. let's go outside live, this is chester county, route 100, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., construction will be out and causing restrictions as will. look for that. on the maps, northeast extension northbound construction blocking the right lane and southbound near lehigh valley.

watch for that construction. on the pennsylvania turnpike, construction has cleared and things are looking better eastbound and westbound. salem county, this is the new jersey turnpike northbound between exit 1 and 2, with we have construction block the left lane until 10:00 a.m. the only reason we have you have they have restrictions is because of construction. no backups. if you have the free waze app, 202, cow path road, welsh road. no problems right there. it's a little cool out there, but not as cool as yesterday morning, 61 in manner's creek. 60 in pottstown, 61 in center city, yesterday we were in the upper 50s in the city at this hour. new jersey, 58 in browns mill, 55, the cool spot in hammonton, new jersey. >> reporter: thank you, karen. this is new this morning an he elderly plane passenger died when a single engine aircraft

crashed into a parking lot. small plane clipped the top of a target store in san diego it landed near the loading dock away from the main entrance and customer cars. the plane caught fire, but was extinguished before it reached the fuel tank. a suspected cop killer is in custody, accused of gunning down scott patrick during a routine traffic spot. police tracked him down later in the day and say he opened fire again. police shot back,, -- wounding him and a woman in the mini van. former penn football player died while driving on a trip in florida yesterday.

the 22-year-old was with a group diving for lobsters, when he decided to dive one more, he was a standout linebacker and planned to play one more year with the hurricanes where he was about to enter law school. his coach said he was a terrific young man. >> this story is unusual, an ipod burned a younger girl. the electrical fire spread through the bedroom. emergency crews want parents to know this is not a common problem with ipods. >> we get a lot of calls on them when something something -- malfunctions or they put something else into the outlet.

>> a roaming reptile rattles residents in a jersey shore town. >> the dangerous fad endangers teens. >> reporter: i love getting vacation pictures all summer long. down in south carolina, heather and her pal enjoying the ok buddy, aim it at us.

there you go. so it's kfc night. [cheering] last week we hosted. yes, this week the kids invited us to their place. sorry i was late. i had a little trouble with the rope ladder. he fell twice. but look at all this food we've got.

yeah we got this delicious kfc meal and they threw in 2 extra sides for free. for free! and i love what you've done with the drapes. are those your bedsheets? [laughing] ♪ >> a family is speaking out about a near miss their baby had with a rare tornado that touched down in in -- in boston.

a the baby was in the back seat, a piece of debris flew through the window. >> the baby had glad all over her, so much glass in her head. it's a miracle we're ilive today. >> firefighters came to the family's rescue, the baby is expected to make a full recovery. >> reporter: thank god she will be okay, sweet little thing. let's go outside and check out delaware county, the blue route approaching route 3, no problems between the blue route and i-95. we're looking good, how about delaware, the state we'll check the travel times no delays, we're looking good on i-95 through delaware and of course 495 remains closed, david. >> on the big board, we have temperatures in the 60s. 66 in philadelphia. 63 in allentown. 65 in reading, 63 in wilmington

and 67 in sea isle. 83 by 3:00 p.m., high of 84 striking at 4:00 p.m. the father north and west you are in the suburbs, you have a better chance after 3 or so you have of seeing a spotty shower or thunderstorm. the northern and western suburbs this is part of the day where you get your stuff down. not bad today low humidity. >> new on "action news," a man is dead after his angry rampage against his wife led him to fire on sheriff's deputies. he prayed his father in law's home. the violence began when the woman called for help saying her husband was holding her at gunpoint. she managed to get away and ran to her father's home. the man unloaded on the house killing the father-in-law and

10-year-old boy he was then killed by a state trooper. apple allen said a friend found a pet bobbinger lying dead in the front yard. a a worker admitted he had run over the animal and had to keep going. ups said the employee did follow protocol and the claim will be settled by a third party insurance agent. >> more and more reports are popping up across the country where teens are falling victim to a suburbing game. youngsters -- disturbing new game. youngsters set themselves on fire using rubbing alcohol. in texas, 14-year-old boy accepted the challenge and his sister put out the fire. >> 5:52 up next.

a jersey shore community is buzzing about a snake on the loose. it could be up to 1 feet long. >> plus, more news you didn't see last night. a teacher from north jersey is accused of doing something unethical and illegal. >> make sure you take take as you head out the door. the new

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>> welcome back you're taking a live look here out across the ben franklin bridge. 5:56, 68 degrees getting up to 84. there are five people charged in the armed robbery from the caesars, two masked men robbed security workers of boxes filled with cash. the suspects and two others face charges from robbery to receiving stolen property. the father accused of punching a wawa customer for looking at his daughter is free on bail. gary edwards was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct. the 27-year-old victim was treated for head wounds. there's a snake on the loose in cape may, county, new jersey.

a woman snapped this picture of the snake eating a seagull. animal control officers don't know what species they are dealing with, and reports range it is 23 feet to 12 feet. they warned residents to keep a close eye on pellets until the snake is cost. vendors are getting ready for huge crowds at the musikfest. organizers expect 1 million people to attend the ten day festival this year. for a complete list of performances, met to 6abc.com. i'll be there saturday to help open up wheezer. all be there on saturday night for the all american rejects. >> an all american cast. >> not everybody leans on loans for

>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, july 31, we have news you didn't see last night. >> a fiery two-car crashed in delaware leave three people hurt. >> bullets fly in a philadelphia neighborhood and police officer is volunteered o- involved. >> highway horror, an axe comes out of nowhere crashing into a windshield. >> let's go over to david murphy and see what to expect on this thursday, and karen rogers has your morning commute, good morning. >> reporter: , looks nice out