>> good morning everyone, 6:00 a.m. on this monday, august 25, tam is off, erin o'hern joins us, we have news you didn't see last night. including the close call for a driver in south jersey whose out of control minivan went up in flames. >> two women are found with gunshot wounds to the head inside their philadelphia home. >> residents in california are

assessing the damage after getting jolted by a major earthquake. >> we're hearing a lot more alarm clocks as school starts for a lot of people. >> reporter: it's that time of year, guys, hardly a cloudy in sight as you take a look at the coast. we have cloud cover to the south and west, but generally speaking clear skies and the 50s in allentown and now in reading, as well. 62 in sea isle city and atlantic city at the boardwalk. as we roll through the day, 71 degrees by 9:00. around 3:30. basically living in the 80s day long. there's an upswing in humidity, i'll talk about that coming up.. schools in the philadelphia district do not back to school this week. we do not expect the big delays on i-95 by cottman until next week. this morning we're looking at

light traffic at this point, once up get to allegheny and girard it starts to get heavier heading toward center city. the boulevard, getting word of a new crash, in the northbound lanes by grant avenue at the luk oil station. watch out for emergency crews responding to that scene this morning. they are investigating an overnight crash in hatfield, montgomery county that continues to close north broad street by medical campus drive. vehicle struck a pole, split some two, it was a horrible scene. you want to stick with walnut or lion street. on the northeast extension between lansdale and quakertown we have a work zone taking out the right lane. no big issues on 422 coming in from pilots heading toward valley forge. they reopened the northbound lanes of 495. in the southbound direction of

route 13 there's a disabled vehicle, but matt, no big deal, because that's off to the side. >> another accident, it's new this morning, an out-of-control minivan crashed into a parking lot and burst into flames. it happened along route 38 in mount laurel shortly before 11:00 p.m. it appeared the driver suffered a medical problem and lost control of the vehicle. the minivan jumped the cush -- curb and ran into the bushes and caught fire. it did not spread to the restaurant. >> a person was raped and robbed overnight. the action cam was on the scene as police used crime tape to block off the back of this house located in the 2300 block of north park avenue. no word on the condition of the victim or if the police arrested a suspect. the special victims unit is investigating. philadelphia police have a murder mystery on their hands. victims are two women found shot

in the head. katherine scott is live at police headquarters with what we know at this point. good morning katherine. >> reporter: good morning, matt, so far there have been no arrests in this case there are a lot of unanswered confess and homicide detectives are hoping people will come forward with information. you can see the detectives and members of the crime scene unit on that mayfair scene over the weekend as they continue to investigate the case. family members have identified the victims as dolly everybody's and ruby -- evans and ruby thomas. police received a call about shots fired around 5:30 saturday evening. officers found the front door open, one woman was dead on the living room couch with a i think single gun shot wound to the head. the other victim was on the floor of the bedroom one shot to the back of the head. friends of the victims are

regal. >> anybody who know anything about dolly and what's going on, please come forward, she is one of the sweetest persons you could ever meet. she would give you the shirt off her back. >> and if you have any inrmion homicide detectives want to hear you, we'll post a tip line at 6abc.com. we're live at police headquarters, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> residents in california's wine country continue to clean up after yesterday's earthquake. the 6.0 quake was the strongest to rattle the san francisco bay area in 25 years. the tremor ruptured gas lines which ignited fires including this one at a mobile home park. the quake crumble napa valley's most historic buildings. the local medical center treated 200 people for heart aacks and broken bones. 6.9 magnitude

or the lates first floor apartment and tied new at 6:00 a.m., arm up the couple at gunpoint. they realized they had the wrong people. the so they want upstairs and robbed the husband and wife in that apartment instead. they got $4,000 in rent money the couple recently collected. the u.s. government is dipping into some people also benefits because they have unpaid education atlanta. >> reporter: government is going going after social security benefits to pay back student ps loans, 150,000 americans had their social benefits garnishede region. 57 in allentown, 58 in trenton. 59 in reading and 58 in dover, a

lot of upper 50s and low 60s across the region as you head outside this morning. satellite and radar showing any significant cloud cover, we have a little out west,ing but not a whole lot locally. 84 is the high in allentown, mainly sunny skies, pleasant conditions and humidity fairly low. on the beach, in atlantic city, 80 is the high, ocean water temperatures in the mid 70s. the farther south you go along the jersey coast down toward cape may, the better chance you have of topping out in the mid to upper 70s. high of 77 in cape may. 84 degrees is the high in philadelphia. mostly sunny and pleasant winds are light, only running 6 to 12 miles per hour. here's how we'll roll today, still in the 60s by 8:00 a.m., well in the 70s by 11 and parking in the 80s the entire afternoon and 84 hitting around 4:00 p.m.

if you're watching the phillies the nationals are in town. they are the hottest team in baseball, we'll see how the phillies handle that. low humidity and nice down the ballpark tonight. mostly sunny tomorrow, high pressure is still in control. there's a frontal boundary out to the west that will be getting closer, wednesday ahead of that front we'll see an uptick in humidity. we have a tropical storm down in the carribean starting to push out in the atlantic over the next 24 hours. it will be a category one hurricane cristobol. if you're heading to bermuda, maybe choppy weather there, but along the east coast, you want to be careful of rip currents buildings over the next several days. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 84 mostly sunny today, more sunshine in play tomorrow, high of 85 a couple of pretty nice ones. hot and humid on wednesday, high of 90. a shower or thunderstorm is

possible especially at 9. looks like the system has a chance of getting through here by thuday, so we recover to partly sunny skies, looks nice for the eagles at night. 6abc covering that final preseason contest in case you're not going. partly sunny and 81 on friday. more humid over the weekend. >> up next, more stories you didn't see last night. including the deadly mystery floating at sea off the southern florida coast. the father of michael brown urges a day of silence to honor the memory of his late son. >> reporter: no him traffic trouble this morning along the schuylkill expressway by passyunk avenue. we'll have midday construction on passyunk this week. a big work project begins today in montgomery county and crash in gloucester county after the break. microsoft gamers are going back to the future. we'll they will you about the deloran next in tech bytes,

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>> a black cat wandered on to the pitch or the field during the l.a. barcelona match. that delayed the match. people were eventually able to chase the cat off the field. >> that's something to be intimidated by the crowd. >> i wonder which way the cat would go on a penalty kick. >> straight ahead. you would never miss that way. >> things don't look so bad this morning, i'm not even kitten, [laughter] as we look live. i stole that from rick williams. good morning, everybodylaing project on 23. ridge pike could be another alternate. shuttle busing continues on the route 10 trolley between 33rd

and market and 63rd and pal -- malvern. the 16 trolley is not running you're on the buses instead. upper 60s own 50s across the region. 9:00 a.m., we're up in the 70 and up to 8 by noon today. 3:00 p.m., 83 degrees. the high today is 84 we'll hit that around 4:00 p.m. we'll just hold on that for a couple of hours. humidity will be low today. it's a pleasant one out there. on the big board at the airport, all green aircraft. no major delays in our most commonly traveled destinations. a little more cloud cover in chicago, fairly high ceiling, but no delays reported there, either 0. >> the american heart association released its first policy statement on electronic cigarettes. the group backed the group expresses great concern about ecigarettes and under regulations to keep them

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>> developing now on "action news," northern california's biggest quake in 25 years spurring a state of emergency. tourist from the delaware valley who are returning from the region describe the damage. >> new this morning, a montgomery county crash tears a vehicle in two, we're gathering new information on the victims who were inside the car. >> the whirlwind continues for the little league world series team from philadelphia. the players are in new york city today as they continue to travel the triumphant road back home. good morning, 6:30, monday, august 25. tam is off, as well as karen rogers. we have erin o'hern and matt pellman, good morning. >> reporter: it's been a miracle summer for those kids so much fun to watch. we have sun up over the region. get the shades ready.

comfortable, too, 63 degrees in philadelphia. a lot of suburbs in the 50s, trenton, allentown, reading and lancaster, and millville and dover. low 60s down the shore right now. sunny and warm, 71 by 9:00. up to 80 by noon. in the mid 80s for most of the afternoon. 83 at 3:00 p.m., 84 around 4:00 p.m. it does look like it gets stickier in the accuweather forecast. i'll tell you when that happens when i step inside with the complete forecast, matt. >> reporter: we have a couple of sticky situations on the roads mr. murphy, but not here, on 42, volume is heavy on 42 as people come back from the shorepoints. today we're not jammed, but volume is heavy already.

we're watching a nasty crash on delsea drive, a vehicle ran into a tree, a medical chopper has been called to the scene, this is north of the red pine inn. stay on academy street or buck road as alternates to delsea drive to get around the restrictions there. route 1 northbound side of grant avenue there's a crash in the outer drive by the luk oil station. we have a crash at ford road and investigation at hatfield montgomery county, closing off north broad street by lansdale hospital. lucky our overnight construction on the northeast extension northbound between lansdale and quakertown has cleared. in perkiomen watch out four a wreck at ott road and gravel pike. no major issues on 422 eastbound from pilots. great news from the delaware valley drivers, northbound 495 reopened on saturday, both

directions of travel available to you for your monday morning commute. >> we are at the big board following the cleanup and recovery from the earthquake in northern california. it was centered south of napa which is north of san francisco. it is homes to hundreds of wineries. the 6.0 quake was the strongest to rattle the san francisco bay area. it ignited fires at a mobile home park. it cramped the napa valleys historic buildings and caused roads to buckle. a tourist from delaware county said most wineries had minor damage to the production equipment, however, bottles were tossed in a pile. >> it sounded like a bomb was going off next to my house. >> the local medical center said it treated 200 people for conditions from broken bones to

heart attacks. "action news" is talking to people from our region who happened to be in the quake zone. some returned to philadelphia area last night. they said they had a hard time was longest5y montgompoycelost . this happened at 1:00 a.m. in the 1600 block of north broad street. police closed the road to investigate. e was seen leavingaware want to. south kirkwood street when a man was killed there yesterday afternoon. the jeep has pennsylvania license plate with jdv. call dover police. this is brand new surveillance from the holdup on friday. a man walked behind a counter at a dunkin' donuts on west lehigh avenue. he threatened the workers with a

handgun and ran away with cash. the suspect is considered to be armed and dangerous. the trial begins in the child abduction case that starts the week ahead. christina ruguster abducted a child from a elementary school last year. christopher murray strangled his wife connie murray. her body was found in pennypack park. this is the last weekend to try your luck at showboat casino. showboat is one of four casinos folding in ac in this calendar year. revel unwinds operations through

labored. trump plaza closes september 16. taney dragons arrived home to a huge welcome yesterday. they were greeted by hundreds of screaming fans during a the city rolled out the red carpet who catapulted their start to a run inspt. hopes this will change the face of baseball in the future. >> hopefully it changes a lot, it won't be all like the media on one girl, it will be like the whole team. >> mayor nutter has announced the city will hold the parade for the dragons on wednesday and once you we know about the citys plans to honor the team we'll pass them along to you. >> you can watch the team after "action news" at 7:00 a.m. >> david joins us with today's forecast. by the way, weds parade looking

good? >> reporter: we're looking at showers and thunderstorms at night, not during the day, might be humid, matt. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we're looking at nothing out there, there's sky 6 at the airport, and you can see the sun coming up nice and bright. and there's that radar, and we have no precipitation in play whatever what the -- whatsoever. 63 degrees, the dewpoint, 58 which is nice. winds north/northwest at 5 miles per hour. the air pressure is over 30 inches. high pressure will be a factor, cloudy cover getting knocked out high pressure being provided by a canadian high shifting out of the new england. 8:00 a.m., 68 degrees, 11:00 a.m., 77 degrees, 82,

82 degrees, 84 around 4:00 p.m. we'll slip back into the low 80s by dinnertime. unless dinnertime is 5:00 p.m. in your house. 84 in allentown, 85 in reading, 84 the high in philadelphia. low 80s in trenton and millville. cape may we'll get up to 77 degrees on the peninsula. if you've got phillies ticket, 79 degrees for the first pitch under the stars and 71 degrees in the 9th inning. the washington nationals hot coming into town. high pressure sinla, althougwil. we have tropical storm cristobol down in the carribean will make a move up to the north, far away from us, where we don't have to worry about cloud cover or rain.

but with the category one off ip currents down the shore. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 84, mostly sunny today, let's do it again tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, high of 85. hot and humid on wednesday we'll get up to 90. we haven't had a whole lot of that this summer, but it could haen wednesday. we have a frontal boundary moving through, and showers at night. thursday, the temperatures drop down to 86 degrees,1 friday, t one, for endit a onsarday is dry, but humid. the. >> white is good to wear when it is hot outside. clever, matt. >> the mile high hack attack,

cyber trols cause problems in the sky. >> reporter: good morning, erin we're watching a crash at ott road and perkiomen pike one ofm-

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the delaware and lehigh valleys. that's great for a lot of people out there, the ones who are returning to school this week. 64 degrees on city avenue, getting up to 84 today. probably a lot of grumbling going on. >> reporter: matt sounds happy, are your kids going back to school, matt? >> next week. >> reporter: welcome back from vacation, matt. good morning everyone, i hope you had a nice weekend. we're looking at building traffic on the schuylkill expressway. it's that time of the morning eastbound from montgomery drive into girard. not far off, i want to warn you again, they are going to be closing the mlk drive 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. between sweetbrier and eakens oval. mlk will be out of commission because of the on going work on spring garden street and the overhead bridges there.

stick to the schuylkill expressway or stick to the kelly while they do that work. i-95 they are doing slowing southbound in the normal spot from the betsy ross bridge into girard. speeds in the 20s. on i-95 northbound midday today, if you're out and about on south street and the walt whitman bridge they will block a lane 9 to 3. that will give you delays. the roosevelt boulevard as you travel northbound by grant avenue there's a crash by the luk oil station. one in bristol, bucks county, there's one at ford road to avoid. and one at susquehanna road at fitzwater town road. new paving along conshohocken state road, 23, working 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,ing blocking the road entirely at times. stick with lancaster avenue as the alternate. bolderren down and chesterfield

road a crash at fenten lane. >> an american hostage held by a group linked to al qaeda in syria. peter curtis was held by a different group than isis which killed american journal i also also -- journalist jim foley. john kerry said he had been working with two dozen countries to get his release. american airline also had an emergency landing yesterday due to a bomb threat posted on twitter, a massive cyber attack on sonny play station was taking place. sonny online president john smedley would not go into detail

about the scare. >> you cooperated with them in phoenix. >> of course. >> reporter: down why these hackers are targeting and making threats? >> i can't comment, sorry. >> the fbi is investigating the threat. no bomb was found on the plane. >> new this morning, there's been another security breach on. nypd arrested a 24-year-old climber atop one of the beams. the russian tourist scaled the to your to take photos. additional security was placed at the bridge after german artists scaled the bridge to place white flags in place of the american flag. >> taney dragons will be on "good morning america." >> reporter: it's a nice morning, 74 degrees by

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83 by 3:00 p.m., 84 is the high today we'll probably hit that around 4:00 p.m. erin and matt. 63:51, time for a preview of "good morning america." >> amy robach joins us live at time square chin later on will be -- which i know later on will be inhabited by taney dragons. >> reporter: very exciting, coming up next on "good morning america" we'll start off talking about the state of emergency in effect for northern california after the bay area was hit by the biggest earthquake in 25 careers. 6.0 quake killing one and injuring 200 others. and american journalist who waucted a terrorist group in syria has been freed after two years in captivity. in the horrifying case of james

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an out-of-control minivan crashed in a parking lot in burlington county, new jersey and burst into flames. investigators say it appears the driver suffered a medical problem and lost control of the vehicle. philadelphia's taney dragons are in new york city and will appear on "good morning america" this morning. mayor nutter said the city will host a parade for the little league world series team on wednesday. >> bright morning out slowing traffic on i-95 through bridge to girard. wood chipper is out there taking care of a down tree on the delsea drive. >> reporter: lots of sunshine, 71 degrees by 9:00. 80 by noon, heading to a high of 84 degrees around 4:00 p.m. looks like nice, light winds and humidity behaving itself for the most part. >> best of luck to all the kids heading to school for the first

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