>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this friday, august 1. we're following breaking news. >> gunshots rang out in the middle of a burglary call in northeast philadelphia. breaking details in a live report. >> developing right now, the meeft cease-fire -- middle east cease-fire looks like is though it's already broken. >> hundreds of employees in philadelphia schools are wondering about their jobs now that harrisburg delays

much-needed legislation. >> a pedestrian has been hit and killed and police are now testing the driver of that suv for dui. you can see the dam of the car crumble the to the left. scene. there's a pole that was hit looks as if it was split in half. this is the southbound lanes of academy, investigators are testing the driver for dui. if you were driving in the area, expect detours. >> karen will be talking about that in a moment, but first david murphy with the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: all right, guys, feeling comfortable out here, even though it's muggier this morning, we have a fair amount of cloud cover cro overhead. take a look at cloud cover that will bring rain overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. 72 is the current temperature. 63 degrees in allentown, 65 in reading, 68 in trenton. low 70s in much of south

jersey. here's how it will go, 76 by 9:00 a.m., 80 by noon, 3:00 p.m., that's the high, 82 degrees, back into the upper 70s by 6:00. we're looking at spotty pop-up showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. we're posting a scattered shower for musikfest as that big wonderful concert series opens. craig thatcher, it's a free band allman brothers show tonight. those showers will be scattered, the temperature is 76, i could see the concert grounds being dry tonight a pretty good chance of the. as we head outside, karen, we'll talk about the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, there's an issue on saturday and little one on sunday. >> reporter: we'll get to the breaking news of the fatal accident in northeast philadelphia. the action cam is live on the scene. there you can see the vehicle involved, the tape surrounding this area, because we've got

academy road southbound blocked between murrell avenue and the president street. you can see the damage to the vehicle and the debris all over the roadway. the vehicle hit a pole took down the pole, covering the roadway a long with a wheel from the vehicle there. they have academy road blocked between murrell avenue and president street. they have to do the accident investigation not just the cleanup here. i wouldn't you need got to stick to knights road or the boulevard to avoid that. in wilmington, delaware, chopper 6 was overhead, you can see 4935 southbound lanes reopened yesterday at 5:00 p.m. that's the moment of them coming through. it's been closed since early june. this is good news for everyone heading down the shore for the weekend. you can take 495 southbound. if you're taking 495 northbound into the city it's closed between terminal avenue and 1th street. it will be closed for two more weeks while they continue the

repairs of the bridge. stick to i-95 or 295 as the alternates. >> we begin with breaking news, two ban -- bandits who planned to rob a northeast philadelphia home one is dead. katherine scott has an update on this breaking story. >> reporter: good morning, tam, there are a number of private surveillance carpets in the area, police -- cameras in the area, police hope it will help in the investigation. k-9 unit are looking for the one suspect who got away. the other suspect is dead at the scene. police say two suspects wearing masks and gloves had been waiting for the homeowners in northeast philadelphia early this morning when the homeowners arrived around 12:45, the men forced them inside the home at

gunpoint and the burglary alarm sounded when police got there one of the men took his mask off and answered the door and said everything was fine. the officer requested i.d. the suspect went back inside and sent out the homeowner and show them identification. le she said yes, everything was okay, but was able to signal that something was wrong. the one suspect was trying to top the other homeowner from leaving the house and that's when the suspect saw the officer. >> he turned the gun toward the officer's head. the officer in a defensive mode put his left hand up and basically pulled out a gun. the suspect we believe discharges 3 times the officer, thank god the officer was not struck. back here live on the scene, police are still parked by the vehicle that may be involved in the investigation, the officer shot back multiple times who hit the suspect who was pronounced

dead, a gun was found lying next to the suspect. while all this was going on the other suspect fled out the back door, else at large, police are looking for him, as for why the men chose this house to begin with, that's under investigation. live in northeast philadelphia, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> lawmakers in harrisburg have dealt a setback to philadelphia schools. she cancel a vote on a cigarette tax increase that would help bridge a gap in school funding. 1,000 district employees could face layoffs saturday. it would have added $2 on each pack of cigarettes sold in the city giving the district $45 million in the first fiscal year, but republicans say there's no concensus on the bill leaving city officials outraged. >> we should not be in this position in the filler if i -- e

first place. now the funding could be in jeopardy. >> we have news coming in from overseas, the cease-fire is coming apart and both sides are blaming each other. a heavy change of fire left four dead and dozens wounded. this happened two hours into the cease-fire. what was supposed to be a 72 hour truce was brokered by john kerry and the united nations. egypt is said to host indirect talks in cairo. more than 1,000 palestinians and nearly 60 israelis have been killed since the fighting broke out on the 8th of july. "good morning america" of course will continue our coverage on the crisis in the middle east. that is coming up at 7:00 a.m. after "action news." >> investors are wandering if

the selloff on wall street might be the first shoe to drop in a wider selloff. new jobs data is due to be released and maribel aber is following this at the nasdaq at time square. >> economists are forecasting a gain of 230,000 jobs. yesterday stock also tumbled on worries -- stocks tumbled on worries over argentina and futures point to a lower open. nearly 50% of single parents said their children's education was their primary motivation for developing a long term financial plan. finally the chef behind the cronut is at it again. this time he has come up with an

ice cream sunday in a can. it's called pop it was created to celebrate art an pop culture, it's like a assumed you mean root beer float. we have wine in a box. >> you bought a whole box of wine? seinfeld reference. , i like things in a can. >> winery said wine in a box is a good way to preserve it. as we look outside we have a fair amount of clouds around there will be early sun mixing with the clouds and clouds get thicker as the day goes on. temperatures are on the warm side, too, 72 degrees in philadelphia. 73 in wilmington, just 63 in allentown, but we spent a couple of mornings in the 50s in the lehigh valley, so a little bit milder there, as well. 68 in trenton, and low 70s along the boar walked in

atlantic city -- boardwalk and atlantic city and 'isle. future tracker 6 shows how clouds will get thicker in the afternoon hours and we'll have a shower or two in the afternoon, and that will carry into the rush hour and evening. in a a lot of places you may mills out on any of that. a spotty shower or thunderstorm, possible in allentown, otherwise mostly cloudy, 82. him of course musikfest starts down the road in bethlehem, you'll be okay for the concert tonight. 73 degrees by noon, 76 at the shore, again, a shower or storm can't be ruled out. mainly dry, cloudy down the coast. mostly cloudy with sunny breaks here or there in philadelphia. 82 is the forecasted high it will be more humid than over the last couple of days. 73 by 8:00 a.m., 79 by 11:00 a.m. 81 at 2:00 p.m. with the high of 82 around 3:00.

by 5:00 p.m. we're back down in the upper 70s. in the afternoon, the spotty shower exists. and then we get into saturday there's a southern system that gets closer to us. you canning see on future tracker this will push heavy downpours down the shore. i could see the rain coming up as far north as allentown early on. during the afternoon hours looks like most of that filters away and we wind up with improvement. rain in the morning on saturday, but better in the afternoon. poconos, 74 clouds and a storm today. a thunderstorm around on sunday, they are racing at the poconos, speedway, too, down the shore, 76 humid with rain on saturday, 76 with a possible storm on sunday, most of the rain is centered in the morning hours down the shore. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, warm and humid today, 82, a spotty shower or thunderstorm can't be ruled out. saturday most of the rain is early in the morning and during the day we expect a largely dry

out, although it will remain mostly cloudy, there could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon, but the heavy hitter more concentrated rain in the morning, 81 is the high on saturday -- 79 is the high on saturday. humid with a spotty thunderstorm here or there, 81 the high. monday, still under settled with a thunderstorm we're back into dry weather tuesday, wednesday, and thursday is a little on the bubble. >> it's now 6:12 and robbed on the job, a firefighter comes back from the call torched his wallet missing. >> a day of summer fun takes a terrible turn for students down in south carolina. >> reporter: we were jammed i-95 at 420, but the paving work is cleared and the delay is gone. we have a new problem an accident involving a fuel tanker, when "action news" comes

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boulevard instead. learning details about this accident involving a fuel tanker that ran into a drainage ditch it's out here causing a problem on clump road they shut it down between wrights root and allentown road. in london grove we have an accident route 1 oxford bypass northbound, that's the exit for avendale. good news in wilmington, delaware, we have southbound lanes of 495 reopened. they reopened them earlier they have been shut down since june. they reopened it yesterday at 5:00 p.m. earlier than expected. for everyone heading to the shore, the beaches in delaware, use 495 southbound. northbound is shut down, it will be shut down for about another two weeks, you want to stick to

i-95, 13 or 295, because 495 shut down between terminal 5e6 and 1th street. 63 in allentown, and 71 in millville. with a shower or thunderstorm coming later today you might be dealing with that at times during the evening commute a high of 82 tam. >> new on "action news" a woman is accused of ripping off a firefighter all caught on camera. police say this is video of the woman going into the revere massachusetts firehouse and swiping the wallet. the firefighter was on a call and left the wallet to dry out. she is accused of going on a shopping spree racking up $400 of charges on the firefighters credit card. more than a dozen students were hurt after a water slide collapsed. le fire officials say ten to 15

people were on the slide even though a sign on the stairs said only one person should be on the slide at the time. most of the injuries were said to be minor. >> still to come, why the phillies didn't pull the trigger on any trades yesterday. >> new research finds homemade school lunches may be backing when it comes to healthy choices. >> reporter: all right, guys, take a look at temperatures are they are they warm side. 72 in wilmington, 68 in trenton. we'll be back with the day-park forecast and get you to the airport, as well. >> when david is not available and there are times, you can stay on top of the changing weather situation with the 6abc.com. this is available on our storm tracker 6 live app we'll be right back.

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students in the philadelphia school district. >> keep those umbrellas handy, we have potentially stormy weather over the next several days. >> good morning, it is friday, 6:30 on the clock and we have breaking news, we have a fatal crash in northeast philadelphia, it happened at 3:11. ful this suv ran into the pole behind it, it is on the ground and ran into a pedestrian killing that pedestrian, the pedestrian identified as a man in his 20s. the suv remained at the scene and police are testing the driver for dui. but a fatal accident here on academy road in northeast philadelphia. >> karen rogers has more on that, so we're going to start with her and then we'll head over to david murphy with accuweather. >> reporter: good morning, we have more details on the horrible accident scene in northeast philadelphia. a fatal accident scene that's affecting traffic. let's go back to the shot with

the action cam on the scene. you can see the wreckage of the vehicle, you can see the police tape roping off academy road southbound. academy road southbound is blocked at this point. we have a number of emergency workers on the scene. several police officers, there you see the traffic northbound. northbound is open. as you look southbound they have to clean up the debris and downed pole, debris on the roadway, a wheel on the roadway. they have begun the accident investigation, as well. that could take a couple of hours, academy road southbound is blocked, stick to knight road or the boulevard instead of academy road southbound. we want to go back to the maps and check out chester county, this involving a motor cycle, happening right now in chester county on the pennsylvania turnpike westbound approaching route 29 an accident involving a motorcycle, we've got emergency workers out there, they are blocking the right lane, you want to expect the delays west

of valley forge. in salford, montgomery county, an accident involving a fuel tanker that ran into a drainage ditch. it's closing allentown road stick to ridge road. the action cam was on the scene in wilmington, delaware, yesterday at 5:00 p.m. they opened 495 southbound. if you're heading to the beaches in delaware, you can use 495 southbound. no traffic on the northbound lanes, stick to i-95 or 13 or 295 instead, david. >> reporter: that's grooz, -- good news, indeed. we have satellite and radar showing cloud cover welling up the coast. we have rain that could break apart that could be in the form of spotty showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. 72 is the temperature, dry, muggy.

low 70s down the shore. 76 by 9:00 a.m., 80 by noon, 82 is the high by 3:00 p.m. 76 by 6:00 p.m. tonight is opening night for musikfest, it starts at 7:00 p.m. at the steel stacks, craig thatcher band doing allman brothers. when i step inside your weekend call from accuweather. >> more breaking news, a philadelphia police officer shot and killed an armed man inside a northeast philadelphia home overnight. police say the began as a burglary call. "action news" reporter, katherine scott live on the 900 block of wakeling street. >> reporter: police are searching for one suspect, the other was ro -- pronounced on the scene after he pointed a gun at police and police were forced

to shoot back. a there's a police vehicle parked next to the vehicle that could be connected to the investigation. police say two suspects wearing masks and gloves have been waiting for homeowners early this morning. when the homeowners arrived home at 12:45, the men forced them inside the home at gunpoint the burglary alarm sounded. one of the men answer the the door and told police everything was fine. but that officer from the 15th district requested identification. the suspect sent out the homeowner and told her to show i.d. to the police, she said everything was okay, but signaled that something was wrong. the officer went inside, at that point the suspect was trying to stop the homeowner from leaving the home, he pointed the gun at the police officer's head and fired three shots and missed. >> the officer himself fired in

his gun multiple times and struck the suspect who was hit inside the foyer area and dropped to the ground. >> reporter: and back here live where police are keeping an eye on on a vehicle that could be connected to the investigation it's parked around the corner of the home. while all this was going on the other suspect fled out the back door. a k-9 unit was called in and searched the area for the suspect, but so far he remains at large. there are private surveillance cameras in the area that police are hoping will help in the investigation. as for the officer involved in the shooting he was not injured, but placed on desk duty which is protocol not indicating that he did anything wrong. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> police in the city of chester are investigating two separate shootings. shots rang out on west third

street at 1:30 a.m. police arrived found a man lying on the street dead. 18 to 20 shell casings littering the streets. witnesses saw three people running away. several hours earlier a man was shot in the neck and he is until critical condition. no arrests or motives in either case. a cease-fire in gaza has been broken after hours. heavy shelling has been reported and 27 people killed and 100 wounded. hamas and israel are blaming each other for unleashing the mortar fire that broke that truce. four cease-fires have been announced since the conflict began and each have been broken within a few hours. u.s. health officials are warning americans not to go to three west african nations hit by the ebola outbreak. more than 100 people have been

sickened and 700 people have died. a medevac jet left georgia apparently to head to africa to bring dr. ken brandtly back to the u.s. the nurse who is kick with the ebowl -- ebola and being brought back to the u.s. has improved slightly but still is not out of the woods. >> crews is accused of stabbing to death a woman on the 800 block of tulip street. detectives say witnesses pointed to crews as the killer. -- cruz as the killer. the cash-strapped philadelphia school district have experienced another set back. lawmakers have cancel a vote on the cigarette tax without the

increase, 1300 employees will get notices. the bill will authorize a tax increase of $2 per pack to generate $45 million in the school's first fiscal year. >> i'm annoyed and disappointed and frustrated and frustrated because we're at a point two weeks before we have to make operational decisions to educate children. >> republican house leaders say legislators failed to reach a concensus on the bill so the house postponed the vote. the house will not ravine until september 15, schools are scheduled to open september 8. the mayor said that will not happen without the extra tax revenue. >> let's go your weather, looks like we're going to have a wet weekend. >> reporter: saturday morning is the wettest. storm tracker 6 live showing you we're dry, as we look outside we have sky 6 down the shore in cape may looking cloudy along the water and we are looking at

generally speaking a cloudier day today than what we've had recently. 72 is the current temperature in philadelphia. 67 is the dewpoint that's the indication of more humid air in place today. winds are light out of the south/southwest at 3 miles per hour. satellite and radar. we're going to see a build up in cloudy cover. we'll show eu89 to you on future -- it to you on future tracker 6. at noon there's pop up showers and rumble of thunder and more in the afternoon and evening. this is not a washout, it's spotty precipitation activity. we expect some of you not to see anything at all and others to get a brief hit. 73 degrees by 8:00 a.m., 79 by 11:00 of course 81 at 2:00 p.m. high of 82 around 3:00 p.m. 79 degrees with a shower or thunderstorm in a couple of spots. 80 in allentown, 81 in reading,

83 in trenton. upper 70s down the shore between cape may and will also. future tracker 6 on saturday shows you early in the morning there will be rain welling up above a coastal low pressure system down to our south. at times we could see downpours into the morning. future tracker wants to break that up early in the morning. through the afternoon an evening there's not a lot going on, just a spotty shower or pop up thunderstorm. i think we're okay for most of our afternoon activities. up in the poconos we have racing this weekend. today a couple of afternoon showers and probably okay form the early racing. saturday, 71 degrees, clouds and possibility of a shower, hopefully not during the racing. sunday, humid, high of 73 degrees and spotty thunderstorm is possible. pretty much the same story down the shore, 71 in the water this weekend, more or less, 79 degrees mostly cloudy today, a morning washout on saturday,

improvement in the afternoon, clouds and sun on sunday a possible thunderstorm popping up here or there, high temperatures in the 70s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in philadelphia, 82 warm and humid today, a spotty shower around. morning rain in philadelphia giving way to afternoon clouds and maybe the return of sunshine. a spotty shower can't be ruled out, but driern the afternoon than the morning, 79 is the high. sund, humid, clouds and sun, pop-up showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening. sunday is not a washout. unsettled on monday, mid 80s and humid, a couple of more thunderstorms, tuesday and wednesday are dry and we don't have to worry about any other storm activity until thursday. >> that's one less thing to worry about. >> reporter: right, one less thing. explosions ripping a part a city over seas hurling cars an concrete into the area.

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following this bad, fatal accident in northeast philadelphia. we have a closeup shot with the action cam live on the scene in northeast philadelphia. you can see the wreckage from the vehicle and the police tape still blocking off this roadway. it happened at 3:30 a.m. it could be closed for a couple of hours, they haven't begun to pick up the debris and downed pole out there. this is academy road southbound you want to watch for that. there you can see the downed pole and the debris the accident investigation gening in northeast -- beginning in northeast philadelphia. stick with knights road or the boulevard. we have an accident with a fuel tanker that ran into a drainage ditch. they shut down clump mill road. stick with ridge road to get around any problems there. the big picture, the blue route, i-95 no accidents. we had a disabled vehicle on the

ramp to the schuylkill expressway westbound, the schuylkill expressway is not in bad shape knowsly in the 40s -- mostly in the 40s, i-95 27 miles per hour getting jammed from the blink to girard. in wilmington, delaware, chopper 6 was overhead you can see traffic moving, 495 southbound go figure, it was shut down since june and opened early since they fixed the in the southbound lanes, if you're heading to the shore, you're looking better, but northbound it shut down for a couple of weeks, stick with i-95 or 13 or 295 instead. the temperature 72 degrees in philadelphia. not as cool as it's been, storms coming and spotty showers for the evening so that could effect your evening commute. >> this is new, incredible video showing the moment a catastrophic series of deadly

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during the afternoon there's a slight chance of spotty pop-up shower or rumble of thunder. i want to remind you on saturday night starting in the afternoon i'll be up at musikfest with tamala edwards at the 6abc tent, later that night, tam and i will be at the all american rejects concert. if you go to my facebook page you can enter tore a chance to win a couple of tickets. i have a union blog on my facebook page tweeting that out, as well. matt and tam. >> now it's time to check in with "g.m.a." and see what they have coming up. we have amy robach joining us live always she usually does to tell us what we're about to see. >> reporter: we're talking about two american missionaries

infected with ebola. richard besser is live at emory university in atlanta with the latest on the outbreak. a health alert about birth control pills a new study between the correlation between certain types of pills and increased in breast cancer. he sold 100 million albums worldwide we have the global sensation live in central park. i believe he'll be heating things up on this friday morning, it's just a thought. >> it's a correct thought amy, i'll be tuning in. >> we'll take a short break and come back with

>> welcome back here top stories on "action news," the driver of an suv hit and killed a man who was walking on academy road in northeast philadelphia. this happened at 3:00 a.m. this morning. the driver is being tested for dui. a philadelphia police officer shot and killed a burglary suspect in northeast philadelphia after investigators say he fired a gun at them. the suspect fired three shots at the officer's head they all missed. lawmakers in harrisburg cancelled a vote on the cigarette tax fund that was designed to help philadelphia

schools and now class will start late. there's an early commute a495 in wilmington, the bridge was shut down on june 2 because of tilting support columns. the nice weather helped crews make repairs faster than expected. they hope to open the northbound lanes by labored. >> reporter: labor day. >> reporter: northbound lanes are not open, stick with i-95, 295 instead. a fuel tanker ran into a ditch in lower salford. clump mill road is closed. >> reporter: 82 degrees by 3:00 p.m., more humid, this afternoon there's a chance of spotty shower or thunderstorm. for musikfest it opened with a free concert at the sands steel

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good morning, america. breaking right now a jet plane heading to america, ebola patient on board at this hour. the two missionaries infected with the deadly virus will travel one at a time inside a special airtight isolation pod. now new travel warnings and fear of the virus grows. the first time it will be on american soil, the disease. breaking overnight, tropical storm bertha gathering strength in the atlantic. powerful winds and heavy rain churning towards the eas coast and florida. ginger is tracking its path. newly unearthed audio of former president clinton the day before the september 11th attacks. >> and i could have gotten -- i could have killed him. >> the chilling tape reveals just how close he came to taking out osama bin laden and why he did not pull the trigger. ♪ i don't wanna live in a world without you ♪ >> we don't want to live in a world without