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meteorologist chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast. we are hoping not too long. let's go live on sky 6. there's the view of the philadelphia international airport. we'll go over to storm tracker 6 live double scan, as anticipated most of the rain is east of the city at this point. jersey shore getting walloped, we're seeing drenching downpours from cape may to seaside heights. we'll see this over the next several hours. in the afternoon, we'll see things wind down and taper off, the afternoon is not that bad. it will shut off you will the precipitation we're seeing this morning. philadelphia, 68. millville, 67, atlantic city, 67 and sea isle city, 67 degrees.

we're seeing steady rains across central south jersey and delaware, and we'll see the rain moorvel away and by 6:00 p.m. we may see sunshine and 79 degrees. what's ahead here, it turns humid you'll notice the humidity increasing by tomorrow. it's an unsettled weekend, we have more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for sunday. one thing you'll notice there are no 90s in the seven-day forecast. it will get warmer, and noticeably more humid, but we'll steer clear of the 90s. we'll check storm tracker 6 live and make a few zooms for you and have all the timings on future tracker and the seven day. a little girl sitting on her porch in the grays ferry section of philadelphia, was killed by a stray bullet. the fight started and three other people were injured.

>> i believe there was an argument, the offender, shot one male and there were other rounds that struck people that were not involved in the argument. >> police say the gunman fled on a bicycle, they did take one man into custody for questioning, they are calling him a person of interest. in south philadelphia, a ambulance responding to a shooting in that area, medics were rushed to 13th and katherine before 11:30 when their vehicle slammed into a honda civic. the driver of the car was hurt, as for the shooting itself, a 30-year-old man was killed no word on a suspect or motive. investigators in new jersey are investigating a triple shooting, this happened in the unit block of walnut street in salem city. there's no word on how badly the victims were hurt or whether any arrests have been made. chopper 6hd was over the scene as police search for a car

that reportedly went in the delaware river in the bridesburg section. the report came in from a dock of the 5300 block of tacony street. witnesses say they saw a cargo off the ramp and into the water. there's no sight of the car or the person in the water. upper darby police scoured indian rock park looking for two bodies after a man confessed to their murders. the man is already behind bars for allegedly killing two others, he said he murdered two more and buried them at the park. melissa magee -- annie mccormick has the details. >> reporter: 30-year-old john gontz is in jail for murder. he contacted police for another double murder. >> during the course of interviewing him, he said he

killed two people inside his apartment in february 2012, he dismembered their bodies inside the bath tubl and put them in -- tub and put them in tote bags. he claims he stabbed the victims after an argument. he is already awaiting trial for the murders of two teenage boarls from overbrook. today's confession came from him when he addressed the authorities on his on. >> the guy is in prison awaiting a capital murder case for shooting two kids in a drug robbery. he has a long criminal record, this is his information, he has nothing to gain by it. >> reporter: the dispute was over a prostitute. the names he has given given to police were not released to to us, upper darby police say they

have no missing cases or cold cases with those victims' name. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> protesters took to the streets of center city to demand funding for philadelphia schools. they demonstrated outside governor tom corbett's office on south broad street. parents, educators enstudents learned that the budget crisis will not be solved by harrisburg anytime soon. the votes for a cigarette tax hike has been postponed. officials say that is threatening to delay the start of school. it will be a head to head matchup, the governor's rails will be between tom corbett and tom wolf. two others trying to get on the

ballot couldn't get on the ballot in time. the house of representatives has passed a bill to address the crisis at the u.s./mexico border. it would allow the u.s. to send the unaccompanied youth back home without hearings. it would shut down a program created by president obama granting work permits to 700,000 immigrants brought here illegally as children. president obama said the house knows the bill won't pass in the senate because they have gone home. >> i'm going to have act alone, we don't have enough resources, we've run out of money. >> members of the house hispanic caucus republicans are using the border crisis what the caucus is calling their extreme agenda. >> employers added 200,000 jobs

last month. the unemployment rate went up to 6.2%. that it may sound counter intuitive say it's a good sign because it encowrms also people -- encourages people to look for work. >> musikfest starts tonight in bethlehem, tonight's big act, all american rejects. the rain didn't damper the spirits of those who watched. for 30 years, musikfest provide 30 years of preconcerts. kenneth moten and melissa magee took center stage to welcome everyone. >> you can find a link to by tickets and see reasons why you should top by our 6abc booth while at the show. there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning,

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of just $100. >> flooding inundated some roads in houston, during the friday commute. 6 irntion of rain came -- 6 inches of rain came down and several drivers got caught in it. making the morning drive a little bit of a mess. our morning drive, there was ponding on the road. >> reporter: the ride in for me usually takes a half-hour, it took 45 minutes, the rain was coming down hard in south jersey. take the slow if you're out there. let's go live on storm tracker 6 live, we're expecting the drenching downpours to continue throughout the morning hours and in the afternoon we'll catch a break in the action and things will quiet down at a little bit. temperature-wise not too bad, we've seen worse in august. trenton, 66. sea isle city, 67 and on the

boardwalk in atlantic city, 67 degrees. here's storm tracker 6 live double scan what's going on we actually have a stalled out frontal system that's hugging the coast, and along that front, we're seeing waves of energy, or small areas of low pressure kind of riding that system. you'll notice not one batch, but two batches of moisture with the second one developing off the coast of the carolinas. as we zoom in closer, you can see the heavier downpours in tuckerton, mays landing and oceanville and will also. farther to the north we're egg -- atlantic city. farther to the north you can see heavier downpours on route 9 or the garden state parkway. believe it or not, it only takes speeds of 30 miles per hour to create hydroplaning. go easy this morning until the

drenching downpours move out. believe it or not, it's a bermuda high that's causing the rain. the high is causing an atmospheric road block not allowing the frontal system to push off the coast keeping everything in place. as long as that front is over the eastern seaboard it will acts the focal point for showers and thunderstorms. future tracker 6 shows during the late morning hours in the first part of the afternoon we'll see clearing taking place at least as far as the rain is concerned. we'll deal with heavy cloud, and later i wouldn't be surprised if you see a few peeks of sunshine. overnight, partly cloudy skies, a threat of pop-up shower or thunderstorm, but the heavy downpours will hold off once again until we get into sunday afternoon, when this hole system could reload and things start flaring up again.

the heaviest moisture will occur in the next couple of hours. here's what to expect, east of i-95, steady soaking rain right through 7:00. ponding on roads is a good bet, visibility will come down as well with the heavy drenching downpours, be prepared for a quick-changing traveling conditions across south jersey and delaware. the poconos, sprint cup series continues, a few showers expected during the morning and dry by afternoon, 69 degrees, maybe afternoon thunderstorms sunday, 72. jersey shore there will not be a good beach day, warning you, heavy drenching downpours and the threat of a couple of showers 76. humid for sunday, thundershowers are possible during the arch and high of 77. philadelphia, morning rains transitioning over to afternoon clouds with perhaps a leftover shower, 79 degrees a forecasted the high. cloudy leftover showers possible

in the evening. 64 in the suburbs, 68 in center city. if you're traveling to the musikfest, 7:00 p.m., all american rejects take the stage, 72 degrees will be the temperature at that time. if you're heading to citizens bank park for the billy joel concert that looks good, as well. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, sunday, humid, thundershowers, 81 degrees, clouds. monday, taste muggy, 86 degrees, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, 89 degrees. >> don't forget you can take 6abc.com with you wherever you go, the smart design facilities any device, pick it up by visiting 6abc.com at any time anywhere. the cheney dragons are a

city little league baseball team. it's more than boys playing ball. kenneth moten has their story. >> reporter: the dragons are trying to do something special. take a look around this south philadelphia baseball field. it's easy to see this will little league team is diverse. >> it's a special group. >> now these all star players from all over the city are 12 and 13 years old. they are state champions after winning the little league state championship sunday in skippack township. is to realize after the final out what you just did and look over at the crowd, all the parents crying, the champs head to the mid atlantic regional tomorrow. >> hopefully we can keep on going, but to go there is good to have the experience of being

at regionals. hopefully they will win. >> south philadelphia 8th grader, monae davis said to her it's more than baseball. >> i'm chieght to put the name out there to let everyone know the inner city kids can make a difference in the baseball industry. kenneth moten channel 6 "action news."

>> welcome back, sky6 live hd, taking a live look at the plimg, you can see -- platt bridge, you can see a little bit of the rain coming down there. the bridge wet if you're driving around. be careful there's puddling on the roads, doesn't take much speed to lose control in rain

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vegetables. 4% of snacks met two of the child and adult program standards. finding time to work out is not easy, especially if you're a new mom, but a creative class is making things easier. ali gorman has the details. >> reporter: they come with sneakers and strollers and babies and toys to get back in shape and meet other moms. trainer, casey, started the mommy and me class in roxborough, to help new moms fit in fitness. their kids are not just welcome, they are part of the workout. >> they incorporates a lot of things with the kids, if one runs away she'll run after them. for raiching which is a graphic i also at "action news" needs more time with her daughter

audrey. >> when we do the stroller run around the track or integrate her with some of the workouts, they loves it. >> we bring a bag full of toys, they plateauing, he loves to run around and he can count backwards, so it's funny. >> reporter: erin o'donnell said it took time, and she is back in great shape. it may be play time for the kids, but not for the mom. >> a ton of cardio and we wednesday with a bit of correspond to tighten that tummy back up. >> it def

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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. saturday, august 2, here some of the stories we're following for you on "action news," deadly fire a home in delaware is destroyed by a blaze overnight. one of the american aid workers suffering from the ebola virus is due to arrive in the u.s. in hours. we're tracking rain falling across the tri state region all morning, chris sowers joins us with a look at the accuweather forecast. if we were trying to pretend like the winning streak didn't end last weekend. >> reporter: yeah, what was it, last week broke the ten week winning streak, we're on a two week losing streak. i think you need