>> good morning, everyone, it is 5:00 a.m., september 1, labor day. tam is off, erin o'hern joins us, here's what's happening. >> a deadly crash takes the lives of three bucks county teens. >> another blow to atlantic city's crumbling gambling mecca, the revel casino will be shuttered this weekend. >> severe storms slams parts of the delaware valley, we may have more pop up storms in the area today. >> karen rogers filling in for david murphy. matt pellman in with traffic.

>> reporter: a holiday you have off, you don't want to see widespread storms. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. we can nothing by spread. there will be storms, but not widespread. looking in malvern, chadsford and media, you're getting a shower, as well as the city and a along the coastline near chads worth and speed well. 74 in philadelphia.ne near chads 72 in allentown. 73 in millville. it's warm and mucky. feeling the humidity out there today for sure. as we look at the day ahead, 9:00 a.m., 77. lots of clouds, shower around in spots. noon 83 degrees, chance for a shower or thunderstorm at any point this afternoon. they will not be widespread it's going to be here or there. le most of the day will be dry. 3:00 p.m., 85 degrees, 6:00 p.m., 87 coming down from your high of 88.

so very warm, very muggy, chance for a shower, i'm going to show you future tracker 6 in a minute to help you plan the day. >> reporter: look at that, karen rogers, summer has arrived. good morning everybody, we start the morning with a problem coming out of ac. there's a crash with a downed pole blocking the ramp from the black horse pike to the westbound lanes of acx. if that's the ramp you use, go to the back horse pike to the garden state parkway and get to the will also expressway. there's high water on the white horse pike near plemg pike taking out the -- flemming pike taking out the right lane. not everything is open around the art museum and the benjamin franklin parkway as they continue the cleanup from the made in america festival this weekend.

the closures are scheduled to last until tomorrow morning. i think there's a chance they open things earlier depending on how the cleanup goes. because of the closures expect detours on septa bus routes, a number of them that's running in a pattern that's not usual. matt. >> thanks, matt. an entire community in bucks county is in mourning. three sophomores from council rock high school south were killed when their suv crashed in the poconos. >> reporter: the gray skies over council rock high school south matched those in the community grieving the loss of ryan lesher, seamus digney, and cullen keffer. they were killed when the suv crashed in wayne county. >> one day you wake up, everything is good and by the end of the day, everything comes crashing down. state police are investigating the rollover crash. we don't know who was driving, but the victims were in the suv

with three other teens who were injured. ryan lesher who played basketball and soccer attended st. john's methodist, sunday the church opened the door for anyone who wanted to talk. the youth pastor as known resign for decades. >> ryan was full of energy, and full of vitality. >> reporter: the tragic loss with so many in this tight knit north hampton township community who knew the young men. >> they were so young, i knew all three of them, i was shocked. >> reporter: seamus digney was the youngest of 8 children and attended council rock south and loved playing sports. ryan lesher played will lacross. we can't thank you enough.

>> times are tough in the community, everybody comes together, so show support and we are strong and we'll get through situations like this. >> reporter: council rock south will be open 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. grief counsel are will be here for parents and students. the other teens who were injured are recovering, we are told that at least one is a student here. reporting in holland, bucks county, kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> happening today, revel casino and hotel will begin its two day closing process. the hotel will shut its doors at 11:00 a.m. gaming inside the resorts casino will stop tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. revel opened in 2012 it was the first new casino on the boardwalk since 2003. it filed for bankruptcy for the second time in june. it is one of three casinos

closing along the boardwalk. showboat went dark yesterday. trump plaza is expected to close september 16. players yet to collect their showboat winnings will not be shortchanged. anyone holding chips can redeem them at harrahs or ceasers. showboat parent company said pier credits and reward credits can be honored at 40 locations nationwide. >> more children across the region will be returning to school. that tops our look ahead. pen valley is opening up their doors for youngsters for the first time after the summer break tomorrow. 53 miss america hopefuls from all over the country will begin arriving in atlantic city on wednesday. the peanut will issue $45 million in scholarship money. 2015 miss america competition

will broadcast live on 6abc from boardwalk hall one week from sunday. the multimillion dollar transformation of dill worth plaza into public park will open to the public on thursday. the plaza outside city hall has been under construction since january, 2012. the a 3-day celebration will follow. it will feature a cafe and ice rink in the winter. >> strong storms are moving through the region left behind it's share of damage in south jersey. "action news" was in clarks borough, gloucester county. people who live there, said the winds took down trees and limbs. a swing set was flipped on to its side. nobody was hurt. >> we're looking out for more spotty storms. >> reporter: they will not be as strong as yesterday, we had a 60-foot tree come down in south jersey, as well a 53-mile an hour wind.

it's not going to be that bad. let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. it's kind of quiet out there. let's go in tighter with our street-level view double scan. pottstown, a little sprinkle. malvern, 202, chads folder, a heavier -- chadsford, a heavier downpour, media, sprinkles. not a big deal. let's look outside, it's not looking bad. sky6 live hd live in hd, it's muggy as you look at the center city skyline. that temperature is 74 degrees already. the dewpoint 71. him a lot of moisture in the at. feeling muggy out there this morning. the winds out of the west/southwest. predominantly southerly flow. we have the storms that moved through yesterday and into the overnight hours. you get the idea from the flow pulling up from the southwest, mostly, you can see lots of

clouds and spotty showers. we won't see the same line of strong storms move through. le much of the day is going to be dry, the trouble is any one spot could see a shower or downpour. this is future tracker at 1:00 p.m., not everybody is getting it, but a spotty thunderstorm here or there. it could produce quite a downpour. 4:30, around the coastline, down in delaware, near the city. 7:30 not a whole lot going on. it's spotty in nature, you can't say don't head to the shore, most of the day is a dry, you have to be mindful that you could see a thunderstorm at any point. clouds and sunshine, a thunderstorm around one or two at times. much of the day is dry. noon, 82. 3:00 p.m., 84 degrees. it's a good beach day, keep an eye to the sky. very humid, thunderstorms, 88 degrees, you see the progression of temperatures,

8:00 a.m., 74, 11:00 a.m., 81, 2:00 p.m., 84, and 5:00 p.m., 88 degrees. it's humid, 88 degrees is the high. tomorrow, hot and humid, 94. so even hotter with a chance for a strong thunderstorm that could produce drenching or flooding downpours tomorrow. wednesday, less humid, dry and pretty, 88. thursday, sunny warm with sunshine, not as humid. friday, hot and humid, 90. we haven't seen many 90-degree days all summer and here we are leading into september and we're getting one. saturday, cloudy, 85. anticipate sunday, 80 degrees. >> time now, 5:10. the growing pressure on president obama to take a tougher stance on isis forces in iraq and syria. >> a day at new york city beach

ends with three people getting a big shock. >> reporter: roads are dry, like this one, city avenue at conshohocken avenue at wynnfield. we have other roads that are closed and ramps that are closing later this week. we'll talk about the big impact that will have on traffic after the break. >> coming up, the 6 flags theme park in san antonio is getting a four dimensional rollercoaster we'll explain in the morning buzz.

>> 5:13, taking a live look at atlantic city, some of the casinos still operating, sunny the revel begins to unwind operations today. it is 74 degrees on city avenue.

going to be hot today and look out for the possibility of drenching downpours. >> and can you believe it's the first day of september. labor day. summer is almost unofficially over, right. >> reporter: not a lot of people on the roads probably. >> reporter: not so far, i guess one of the good things about having to work, i made the trek back from the shore last night. i beat the traffic. those of you coming back from ac and other shorepoints this evening, you'll have company on the roads. this morning in the burbs it's a quiet start on this monday. we have water in a few spots from the downpour, one along the white horse pike, approaching flemming pike the right lane is blocked because of flooding. if you're on way way back from the shore from ac and you normally get on the northbound side of the exreas -- expressway from the black horse pike, stay

on 40 and 322 over to the garden state parkway, hop on the northbound for just a tick and you can get on the westbound side of the ac expressway and head toward belmawr. here's a construction project i wanted to warn you about, it doesn't start today because of the holiday. they will be blocking the ramps that connects 422 eastbound with the armond hammer boulevard. that's something to watch out for in the coming days. of course we'll be keeping you posted. camera time king of prussia, schuylkill expressway and 202 nice and clear. mill folder, along the northeast extension, no construction, reports of fog, not widespread, but something to watch out for. >> thanks so much. members from congress from both sides of the aisle, want

president obama to take decisive action against isis. democratic senator diane feinstein said the board of education president is too cautious in his approach. senator john mccain sailed isis must be defeated not contain the. three people were injured in a lightning strike on a new york city beach. storms rolled through yesterday evening. police closed the beach for safety reasons. three victims were alert and conscious as they were taken to the hospital. >> the phillies begin a series in atlanta this afternoon while outfielder, john mayberry junior heads north to toronto in a trade. he spent 6 seasons with the phillies. in the trade phillies picked up pierre. he will suit up for the reading phillies.

mayberry has been on the d. l.since last month. phillies had a chance to climb out of last place with a win in new york. dominic brown hit his first homer in more than a month. but it wasn't enough, the phillies lose 6-5. they have lost 13 of 19 games against the melts, thankfulthy did thankfulthy -- they don't play them until next season. >> a local carnals patient's rat -- a local cancer patient's rap video is going viral for all the right reasons. >> reporter: visit 6abc.com/weather .

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can you please remeaned me. >> that's a cancer patient at children's hospital. he took one of the rappers songs and remade it in hopes of meeting the hip hop icon. he wanted to show the everyday life of a cancer patient in his own unique way. it's not clear if it caught the attention of jay-z yet. >> i love his enthusiasm creativity, go. >> reporter: all the best to him. as we head outside we have a decent ride with not a lot of volume you would expect. ful on the mass transit front we're on a holiday schedule which means a sunday schedule. new scheduleses are going into effect on septa subways and buses. yesterday, today and tomorrow we're in the pattern of changing over the schedules.

trolleys route 10 and 14 are back to normal. there's been chunks on 11 and 13 that is has come to an end. there's a number of detours on a bunch of septa buses because of the clean up of made in america festival. >> reporter: people were talking about fog in the area. it's not a problem if philadelphia, ten mile visibility. 2.5 in allentown, there's than a mile in the poconos, 3 in reading, 2.5 in lancaster. as you head northwest of the city, you get a touch of fog. not widespread issues, just low clouds left over. looking at the day ahead, 9:00 a.m., 77 degrees. still a shower in spots. we're seeing spotty showers right now. by noon, 83. by 3:00 p.m., 85. by 6:00 p.m., 87 coming down from your high of 88. you can see we put a chance for a thunderstorm under each time

period because at any time this afternoon we could see a quick thunderstorm. but most of the day will be dry. if you're outside watch for the chance of a thunderstorm, erin. >> thanks, karen. in "healthcheck," an experimental drug has shown striking advances in prolonging the lives of people with heart failure. it slows the risk of dieing from cardiovascular causes. heart failure are the top reason the elderly are hospitalize and the leading cause of death. >> labor day is like black friday. >> reporter: labor day discounts may exceed those of brac friday. appear is like expected to unveil a mobile payment system next week allowing you to use

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july of next yore. >> we have breaking news to get to right now. the action cam has arrived at the scene, i'm told a remaining fire, you can clearly see that from these images here. this is in the roxborough section of philadelphia at ridge avenue and schurrs lane, this is a dry cleaning business. there will be traffic restricts because of this. it's a raging fire burning at a dry cleaning business in the roxborough section, broke out 27 minutes ago. we'll continue to follow this story with the action cam remaining at the scene.

>> a bucks county community comes together to mourn the deaths of three students kill in a weekend car crash. >> the show is over for the showboat casino hotel in atlantic city. another casino hotel begins

emptying out today after a little more than two years in business. >> we'll have the efforts to clean up the benjamin franklin parkway following the made in america festival. good morning, everybody, september 1, 5:30. tam is off, erin o'hern joins us. >> can you believe it's september 1. crobl august is gone -- i don't believe august is gone. >> reporter: i was grieving the loss of summer yesterday. but i'm glad to be here with you guys. we had strong storms. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we have a sprinkle near norristown and media. one near the city and long the new jersey turnpike here not far from medford. we're looking at a couple of sprinkles, nothing like the storm. today we'll see not see widespread thunderstorms, we'll ge