title. good morning, 5:30, august 18. as you said a win is a win is a win. >> reporter: exiting story, buildings out there in central pennsylvania. so we have clear skies overhead in philadelphia. pleasant of sunshine on the way. le there is cloud cover out to the west. there's a line of it, it does look like it will advance toward the east. so later this afternoon, we'll see clouds through delaware and portions of south jersey and hopefully avoiding philadelphia or clipping philadelphia just a little bit. starting out with sun and ending up failure sunny on the northern half of the region. 66 degrees is the temperature if philadelphia. 06 in wilmington. 50 ross in allentown, trenton and reading. 55 in millville and 6 in sea isle city. as we look at the temperatures through the day, 77 by noon. 83 degrees by 3:00 p.m., the high today will be 84 degrees we'll hit that around 3:30

before dipping back to 81 degrees by 6:00 p.m. lots of sunshine across the region once again means sunscreen that will be important. things can i change tomorrow and the next day, it will be more humid and we'll have the details coming up. >> reporter: let's look at the roads and this is a look at i-95 southbound traffic heading toward center city no delays just yet. i-95 northbound ramp to girard is reopened after being closed for the weekend for construction. good timing for your morning commute. on the big picture, speeds in the 50s, blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95. phils play tonight at 7:05, cruel see extra congestion in south philadelphia. let's check the walt whitman bridge, we've got construction here, we've got three lanes coming in each direction on the walt whitman bridge. normally westbound for the morning commute you have four lanes, you may see a slow go web on the walt whitman bridge. the disabled vehicle cleared on warminster road so has the

construction eastbound on the turnpike, tam. >> thank you, karen. and developing right now, the justice department has ordered a second autopsy on michael brown, the missouri teenager who was shot anticipate cold by a police officer while new details of brown's death have reignited rioting in the streets. erin o'hern has the latest at the big board. >> reporter: what started out as a peaceful protest escalated into a new surge of raw emotion and violence on the streets of ferguson, missouri. overnight the governor issued an executive order to deploy the national guard to the suburb in an attempt to restore peace and order. the video some of the most violent clashes between protesters and police happened in the overnight hours. police launched tear gas and smoke canisters into the crowd. police maintain that officer darren wilson who who is seen

here in the facebook photo was in a altercation with michael brown before firing his gun. results reveal the unarmed teen was shot 6 times including twice in the head and it appears that the shots were not fired at close range. ron johnson addressed the violence in the overnight press conference. >> molotov cocktails were thrown. there were shootings and looting and vandalism and other acts of violence that clearly appear not to have been spontaneous. >> as we mentioned attorney general eric holder has ordered a federal medical examiner to perform another autopsy citing a request by the family members and the quote, extraordinary circumstances surrounding the case. area schools were supposed to open today, but tam they will remain closed. >> thank you for that erin. >> remember you can keep up

with the changes events in ferguson, missouri by heading to our website. there are autopsy results and photos of the intense confrontation between protest is and police. two joggers are recovering from a violent ambush on kelly drive. two men jumped a man and woman from behind hitting the pair in their heads. the attackers took off toward the art museum. the investigation into the assault continues this morning. now to an "action news" exclusive, a 19-year-old skate boarder has confessed to his role in the attack on a philadelphia park ranger. the violence was caught on camera. katherine scott is live on the scene in love park with the candid interview only you'll see on 6abc. >> reporter: "action news" will track down one of the men you see in the cell phone video who

appears to be the main aggressor. he told "action news" he was sorry he did it, but he wishes he could take it back. let's look at the cell phone video. in that video you can see the philadelphia park ranger is beaten and kicked and stompled and spit when the ranger tried to enforce the no skate boarding rule. a pilots man who goes by curtis claims the ranger grabbed his friend, the witnesses say he never threw a punch, but held up his firsts. he did not fight back on purpose, because he worried he would lose his job, several bystanders tried to verbally intervene, but the others ran off. curtis said he would deal with authorities when the time culls. >> i lost my cool who are not from philly. i know i messed up, i know what i did was wrong, but i can't take it back, if i could i

would. >> and we are being told that philadelphia park ranger is doing okay, he did have some head injuries, but seriously injured. live in love park, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thank you,. happening today, jury selection gets underway in a trial for a bucks county teen charged with rapes of ten young girls. josh benson is accused of forcing himself only girls ages 14 to 17 beginning back in 2009. benson moved to bensalem from utah when the rapes started. he met his victims through online dating sites or at the mall. >> 5:36, the taney dragons brought home victory last night at the little league world series in williamsport, and boy was it a nail by by biter.

in the 5th, a #-run homer, made it 6-3. it was tide up to up and down to the last play. the texas short stop overthrew first place and that sealed it for the dragons, taney takes the win 7-6. >> it was the awesome, even though we were down we never gave up, we kept on trying that's what philly is about. yes it is. the heart-stopping win puts the dragons one step closer to the world series championship, they play las vegas on wednesday night stay with us with "action news" for the continuing coverage of the taney dragons, chad perdelli will have live reports and get our updates on the website 6abc.com, i have all the push alerts and apps for 6abc, it was nice to wake up and see that on my phone this morning. >> lots of highlights over and

over again. >> reporter: great end to the day, and great start to the day. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're precipitation free to begin your workweek. as we look outside we have sky 6 and dry conditions at the airport, if you're traveling out of town today, no weather-related issues up and down the east coast that's the way it's looking now. temperature, 66 degrees, the dewpoint, 55 degrees, so not all that humid. winds are calm, it's not a hold on to your hat morning at all. there's sunshine on the way up over the horizon. we have clouds out to the west these have tendency to filter closures to us as the day goes on. the main concern is wilmington south through parts of south jersey, later in the day, cloudy cover starting to well up, hopefully not making it all the way to the city, most of us in for a sunny afternoon. those down south in parts of south jersey and delaware, you might be dealing with increase in cloud cover. 67 degrees by 8:00 a.m., 11:00,

74. tuesday, 82 arena 3:30, 84. the wind is coming down out of the dry northwest. 83 in wilmington, pretty even numbers, you get to the shore we're a little bit cooler, as usual. 80 in atlantic city and 78 on the cape may peninsula. for the phillies, nice night for baseball, the phils coming home for a little league serials against the mariners. 79 degrees for the first pitch, 72 in the 9th inning. overnight tonight, there's a chance of a couple showers buildings in here and there. by are 5:00 a.m., we may have have something to show you on radar, but looks like it clears out, and tomorrow we get a little more humid and we still have a mixture of clouds and sun, and remaining dry tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're going for lots of sun today with southern areas picking up more clouds as the day goes on, high

of 84. are a slight chance afternoon overnight shower, more humid tomorrow, clouds and sun, 84. wednesday, clouds and sun, 83. still on the sticky side. with a front coming in from the west there will be a chance of pop-up shower or thunderstorm. looks like thursday will have the best chance of showers and thunderstorms. 80 is the high, the eagles are at home, on 6abc, at lincoln financial field for a preseason matchup. hopefully it's dry, but we have to keep our eyes on radar thursday night. thursday, 80. couple of lingering showers, but not a washout. friday is a transition day toward much better weather. saturday, mostly sunny, 80. and if you're heading to the union on sunday, they are holing on to the final playoff position. it's a great sunday 82.

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construction will block a lane, you're okay right now, but in a few hours that will cause you a delay. we have a vehicle fire this is happening in north hills, montgomery county. the mount carmel avenue at maple avenue, watch for crews on the scene right now with this vehicle fire. in burlington county, on the new jersey turnpike, southbound near exit 7. construction is blocking the right lane for a few hours that will wrap up at 7:00 a.m. westville road is closed through friday at 5:00 p.m. because of utility work that began this morning that will last all week, stick to hartford as a good alternate for that. if you're waking up at the shore, you had a nice weekend you're coming back in. let's check the commuter traffic report on the garden state parkway no problems, if you're about to head on the atlantic city expressway, travel toward the city and looking good, no problems on the area bridges,

either. looking good, you might want to expect extra delays on the walt whitman bridge westbound because you only have three lanes instead of four during the morning commute. check the suburbs, 54 in manners creek, 56 in quakertown, 59 in center city. no weather related problems. dry and clear, 56 in hammonton, tam. >> thank you are karen. a couple of accused kidnapping sexually assaulting two young amish sisters could be hit with additional charges as early as today. that's according to district attorney in saint lawrence new york. yesterday they unrecovered hard drives from the home of stephen howl and nicole vaisey. more than two den calls came into the los angeles county police after a 15-year-old boy

posted this picture of gun on instagram on saturday. they believe he made a threat to get a reaction from friends, but had no true intention of carrying out an attack. area school district plans to increase security as a precaution. an american who recently visited sierra leone is being tested in new mexico for ebola virus as a precaution. state health officials say the woman is in stable condition, but not considered a probably case. in liberia looters rated a quarantine center taking items infected with the virus, 30 patients were staying in monrovia and many fled. the rioting was cause patients were brought there from other parts of the capital. this explosion is being blamed on a botched heist from a gas station in florida. it's a seen that could become

increasingly common. here how it work, thieves park advance over the tank and open a hidden trap door and drop a line into the tank and siphon the gasoline. gasoline thieves are behind the theft of $89 million worth of gasoline every year. >> one school district has a plan to improve every student's health how it may make sitting on the sidelines obsolete. a good seminar tan rushes in to -- samaritan rushes in to save children from a burning car and disappears. >> reporter: it's going to be 84 degrees, it's right around average. 68 is the on the nose for your average low. we're looking at a change in sky cover for parts of the .

>> new this morning, one school is taking a new step to stop slackers in gym class. students are required to wear heart rate monitors to make sure they are being physically active. they will cruise the results to write-up a report card. the measure takes effect in a school district in iowa when classes resume. >> reporter: checking in with my daughter, she does not work up a sweat. let's take you outside, hey, i don't blame her. this is northeast philadelphia, academy road we're clear and dry, we're looking good this morning. how about hatfield, montgomery county. 40-foot road and montgomery drive, a disabled vehicle causing issues. septa regional rails, elwin

line, new schedules they begin today. 56 in quakertown, 57 in pottstown, 56 in fleetwood, berks county. 56 in chester. we're up in the 60s in a couple of spots like dover. 67 in sea isle city. as we roll through the day it will be warm, 69 degrees 9:00 a.m., 77 by phenomenon, 83 by 3, high of 84 degrees, in philadelphia, the northern and western suburbs we'll maintain fairly sunny skies, there will be cloud cover from the south and areas in the state of delaware. a good portion of south jersey will transition over to more clouds during the afternoon than what we got in the morning. >> the u.s. is expanding it's campaign of airstrikes in iraq. the iraqi forces confirmed the 16 airstrikes conducted over the past two days helped occurred issue forces -- kurdish forces

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>> welcome back this monday morning, time now, 5:56 we're looking live outside over the platt bridge. the sun is up and shining. the temperature right now 65 degrees, new from our delaware newsroom this morning, the police are investigating robbery as a potential motive for a shooting in minquadale. a 40-year-old man is in critical condition with a gunshot to the chest. no arrests have been made. >> reading police are looking for two suspects in a deadly gang stabbing from the weekend. investigators say the victim showed up to fight one of the suspects on saturday, but then was scrummed by 6 more people. it happened on the 300 -- jumped by 6 more people. all seven of the men belong to

street gangs. state police in north hampton county are searching for a mystery man who rescued two children from a burning car and disappeared. this is aftermath of the fire on route 33 north in bush kill township. a stranger helped a woman pull had your 2-year-old an 2-month-old son from a smoking car before the car erupted into flames. everyone is doing fine, but the man left without giving his name. >> good thing he stepped in. a taste of the fall harvest heats up the summer. a starbucks seasonal brew is back by popular demand one month early. a freak crash outside a lehigh valley landmark claims the life of a long time

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>> good morning, 6 am on this monday, august 18. matt o'donnell is off, sharrie williams is joining us, we're following developing news. >> national guard troops arrive in ferguson, missouri when peaceful protests take a violent turn. >> skate boarders, spit, stomp and beat a philadelphia park ranger. there's encouraging news for shows thousands of atlantic city employees facing layoffs. >> first up, let's find out what to expect in weather and traffic and go over to david and karen. >> reporter: welcome aboard, sharrie, it's good to have you here. we have cloud