makes an embarked plea for -- i am -- impassioned plea for more funding. embarked plea for -- i >> good morning, it's thursday, david murphy is off, karen rogers is here along with matt pellman. >> reporter: good morning, we have lots of sunshine, but i hope you like it cool. 48 degrees in tanersville. coatsville, 51. 52 in saints david. in the city, 56 degrees. 54 in browns mills and 54 in glass bother -- glassboro. satellite and radar showing no problems there, the clouds are trying to erode as they come down in the region. we have high pressure up above, 9:00 a.m., 59 degrees, cool despite the sunshine, noon, 73.

3:00 p.m., 78 that will be the high for today. 6:00 p.m., 77 degrees. looking good for you for the afternoon as long as you like it, a little below average, matt. >> reporter: that's for sure. halfway through august, doesn't feel like it karen. good morning to you. it is, howfer, be -- however looking like 5:30 on the roads ways. the construction crews are clearing out by passyunk avenue in both directions. another portion of 76 the pennsylvania turnpike westbound by valley forge we had overnight work there, as well. those crews have packed you mean and left. we have the police activity in coatsville closing south 1st avenue between modena road and oak street. in oxford, chester county, there's a motorcycle crash to avoid 896 newark road at route

10, lime stone road. there is a crash in upper moreland, montgomery county along bonnet lane at spring lane stay to the south on mill road. burlington brings tall bridge -- brings tall bridge, triple b that's good to go. black horse pike and 42 we have restrictions going on until 6:00 a.m., southbound slowing, as well at the moment. >> we begin with the new developments in ferguson, missouri. there's been a dramatic shift in the response to the on going protests in the police shooting in the unarmed teens. crowds lined the streets honoring horns and chanting peacefully. the missouri governor led the turn around by putting state highway patrol in charge of security in the saint louis suburbs after days of violent clashes with the county police.

the officials with the county are expected to release the name of the officer who shot and killed the teen. >> step back and look at something in a different environment and we decided we do needed to something different and we're doing that. >> after 6 days being able to protest in peace without fire guns, down our shoulders and in our faces it's a wonderful thing. >> thousands have taken part in a national moment of silence against police brutality. one of the rallies was held in love park last night. we'll have more on the local response in the next half-hour. >> it's an uneasy morning for works in the philadelphia school district. katherine scott is live outside district headquarters, good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam there's a lot of uncertainty and confess about what the school year will look like for philadelphia schools and we are expecting to get some of the answers today.

the district of philadelphia has dealt with a 81 million-dollar budget short fall. they have been counting on a 2-dollar cigarette tax, however, last month the ledge -- legislators failed to reach a vote. the governor will advance $265 million, but that money is budgeted and won't resolve the deficit. school is going to to start september 8. there is a question whether the schools will open on time, whether 1300 employees will be laid off, and whether the school rooms will be packed with kids. >> legislators need to go back to work, we need to vote for the cigarette tax and get it done. we need to understand that, let's be clair, what we had --

clear, what we had in school last year, was barely adequate and that may be too strong a statement. there's a press conference scheduled for 10:00 a.m. this morning, "action news" will be there, we continue to follow this story. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a philadelphia fire station is reopening after its -- it's doors after toxic fumes made firefighters sick and caused it to close. the action cam was in roxborough as federal state and environmental officials visited fire company 66. final tests were conducted and it is been confirmed that the fumes and hazards have been remediated. >> 35:35, the delaware and lehigh valleys are getting ready to roar for the taney dragons. they play their first game this afternoon in the little league world series. the team took in the experience

in the procession of their competitor as they kicked off the series yesterday. >> any team that mailed it ths this -- made it this far is a good team. >> you can cheer the dragons at philadelphia city hall where there will be a pep rally and viewing of the game. you can watch it at home on espn at 3:00 p.m. stay with us with "action news" for continuing coverage from williamsport, chad perdelli is there with the taney dragons you can follow him on twitter at chad perdelli. >> we can hang out and watch it at home. >> my family room is always gorgeous. rnlts you may want -- >> reporter: you may venture outside, i know how you like to chop wood. we're dry and looking good, we

have a good start to the day. come on outside it's a friday we're looking live at the center city skyline. we're looking good out there right now. we'll see lots of sunshine through the morning hours. the temperature 60 degrees, it's on the cool side. the dewpoint, 50 degrees, humidity unusually low for this time 6 year. the winds out of the north/northwest at 8 miles per hour. the pressure 29.93 inches. let's look at satellite and radar. we have clear conditions, the clouds up to the north not impacting us. we have high pressure overhead, we have sunshine and clouds this afternoon. it's a pretty day, but temperatures way below average. 65 degrees by 8:00 a.m., 11, 70. 2:00 p.m., 76. 5:00 p.m., 77 coming down from a high of 78. if you're at the shore, 74 degrees ocean water temperature. not too bad. the air temperature not much above that. 78. sunny and pleasant today. tomorrow, mostly sunny and 80.

saturday night into sunday we'll see sunshine mixing with the clouds, can't rule out a shower, the raint is not a big -- the rain is not a big deal, but we could see a shower at any point watch for that. 82. in the poconos, 69 is the high, tomorrow, sunshine and clouds, 74. sunday, lots of clouds and chance of thundershowers, 74. looks like saturday is the better of the two weekend days as we've been warning you. sunny and cool today, 78. tomorrow is down right beautiful, warmer, 82, but comfortable. sunday it's more humid, we see some sunshine mixing with lots of clouds, can't rule out a shower at any point. may get one sneaking in in the middle and one in the afternoon, it won't be a lot of rain, 86. monday, partly sunny skies and 84. tuesday, humid with showers around and 84. wednesday, clouds and sunshine, 85. thursday, partly sunny skies and

84 degrees. thursday at this point looks dry. today is beautiful, but cool. saturday looks fabulous. >> awesome. thanks, karen. 5:39. we have news you didn't see last night including the safe return of two young amish kidnapped from their family farm. >> family and friends remember the crowning man gunned down outside a concert for peace. >> reporter: we're looking good by broad street, tail lights looking good at the work zone toward front street that will last another 20 minutes. we have a new crash in chester county coming up after the break. >> all right, matt. robin will sharrie -- robin

. >> beautiful picture comes from comaip, new jersey, we're getting it on our sky 6 camera, live. >> 5:42, 62 degrees on city avenue. it's chilly for august, it will only get up to 78 which is quite low for august. >> we're enjoying that, but matt pellman are we going to enjoy the roads out there. >> reporter: i think you will this morning, it's national relaxation day today, matt and tam. what better place to enjoy it in than cape may. you'll see lots of shore traffic today.

in lynville area. right now traffic looks fine traveling between exton and ewchlin. coatsville we have police activity blocking south 1st avenue stay with us on 82 to get around that. in upper oxford, chester county. it's a motorcycle crash that we're watching along 896 at route 10 lime stone road. more construction today this is scheduled to be the last day in mar borough township. hill road will close between 29, 8 to 4:00 p.m. stick with knight or deep creek road. salem county we have work on the new jersey turnpike northbound between exits 1 and 2 taking out a lane until 10:00 a.m.

time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. in warrington, bucks county, animals near the road, you don't want to hit them, that's for sure. >> the killer who shot a man to death at a peace concert wednesday night is out there on the loose. friends and family held a vigil for the victim in olney last night. 20-year-old alex gravira was shot. his family said he was working at macy's, putting himself through school and planning on working in the medical field and known for his smile. >> i just need the person whoever did this to come forward, i want justice to be served, i want him to feel our pain. >> local teens had organized wednesday's concert in response

to recent gun violence. >> there's details about the death of a mother jailed because her mother skipped school. the berks county coroner said she died of natural causes. she served 24 hours of her two day sentence when she passed away. her cell mate said correction officers failed to provide proper care when she said she was not feeling well. >> reporter: a parent can face five deface in jail for every day their child skips schools. january -- jan harding ingested a chemical known as lye that was in her drink. she mistook the cleaning powered for sugar and stirred it into her tea. she spit it out, but the damage may be done, doctors will

determine whether she suffered any tears to her stomach or esophagus. two amish sisters are back after a possible abduction. authorities spent 24 hours searching for fanny and delilah miller. it is believe more than one person abducted them. what happened during their disappearance, remains a mystery. >> 5:46 a hollywood actor dares a prominent "action news" anchor to take the als ice bucket challenge. >> a would be thief tried to drag away the goods, but he got dragged into jail instead. >> reporter: we're in the low

have you seen tom corbett's ads attacking me... get real. it's tom corbett who's been sticking it to the middle class on taxes. corbett cut a billion dollars from education... ...now almost 80% of school districts plan to raise property taxes. meanwhile, we're the only state that doesn't charge oil and gas companies an extraction tax. but corbett raised your gas taxes through the roof. i'm tom wolf, i'll be a governor who stands up for the middle class for a change.

>> to the beach now and babies, lots of them, ocean city held its 105th annual baby parade. the little ones were decked out in costumes and new jersey played a staring role. jersey tomatoes, core brothers ice cream and surfer or two. for some babies it was time to take a nap. >> the big story on "action news" is if jim gardner accepts the als ice bucket challenge dump. >> that's the son of dave roberts passing the baton to jim journalism. the viral effort is raising money for als, jim has accepted the challenge, and you will see the results tonight on "action

news". >> reporter: i can't wait to see that. >> reporter: the question is will he go for a big bucket or dixie cup? interesting to watch. let's watch i-95 in delco, where things are moving roughly. we had rough commutes on i-95 earlier in the week, but this morning the tail lights moving from the blue route to the airport are getting along just fine. no word on when 495 northbound is going to reopen. it's not open yet. septa trolley routes, 10, 11, 13, 34, 36 still being diverted to 40th and market through monday morning, this is the last weekend for it. >> reporter: let's check the forecast for it. if you're running errands. 9:00 a.m., 65. it's cool, noon, 73. bright sunshine, 3:00 p.m.,

78 degrees. that's the high today. 6:00 p.m., 77 coming down from that high. if you're heading out of town, here's the travel forecast. philadelphia no weather related problems, boston, 63 looking good. chicago, 55 dry. charlotte, atlanta, newark, new york city looking good with no delays as you head out of the town today. >> robin williams wife revealed information about her late husband's health after his suicide. he was in the early stages of park sons disease. he was struggling with depression and anxious and sober at the time of his death. >> a britain new york delivery man is doing more than owe 'brooklyn, new york delivery man is doing more than that delivering packages.

>> i said to the mom, did he want to get married? i have a nice girl for him. >> people thought it was a joke. >> he was afraid to get married, you see him there with his new wife. >> reporter: he was at the couple's wedding where ups cookies were on the menu. >> if you want to keep up with the latest headlines take them with you anytime anywhere with the new 6abc.com, it has a new smart design that will facility any device you're using a is tablet, a smart phone, you name it, check out 6abc.com.

>> welcome back you're taking a live look as the sun rises over another pretty morning. delaware and lehigh valleys. 35:55, 62 degrees getting up to 78 later today. a thief who made off with a safe from a north carolina pharmacy thought it was a clever way to bust it open. you can see the safe tied to the getaway car bouncing down the highway. what the suspect did not factor in was a police cruiser and see

what was going on. the officer caught the incident on the dash cam before making the arrest. an arrest has been made for breaking into the home of murder victim connie anderson. murray was strangled in pennypack park her husband is charged with her murder. >> the search continues for a hit and run driver who seriously injured a young man in new jersey. a surveillance camera took a shot of this car of two men and a woman inside. the accident happened on silvan avenue in mercer county. the vehicle ran over ryan hamilton trapping him under the law the car because the driver took off. >> i don't sleep at night, because i'm saying to myself how do you do that. hamilton is recovering from severe injuries. residents from west philadelphia had a chance to

move from -- into a hitech police hub. they have been looking for a new building to row place the out-dated round house at 8th and race in center city. >> and american automakers recalls vehicles that could roll away even when they are put in park.

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6:00 a.m., august 15 here's what's happening. >> the superintendent of philadelphia schools will make an announcement this morning on whether the cash-strapped district has enough money to keep functioning. >> hundreds call for palace in honor of the missouri teen who died at the hands of police. >> play ball, the taye dragons are getting ready for their world series debut. >> david murphy is off, karen rogers is outside, and matt pellman has traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we have a chilly start, a nice cool breeze, below average for this time of career, 51 in manners creek, 52 in saints david and 5 in center city right now. 54 degrees in browns mills in new jersey. 55 in hammonton.