>> good morning, karen rogers is off, matt pellman has you covered with traffic and david murphy has what's happening in accuweather, good morning. >> reporter: looks like we have a lack of significant cloud cover close by, we'll see clouds fill in, it will be warm out. cool 0 start out, my twitter follower kristin in harrisburg said it's 65. 62 in trenton, low 70s down the shore. as we head outside to catch the school bus. we're back into that season for most of us. pleasant to start out the day. as we roll in the afternoon, 75 by 9:00 a.m., 83 by noon, 89 by

3:00 p.m., and back to 84. tomorrow, it's more stick request and we could have thunderstorms mixed in. how long does that pattern last? that's coming up in the seven day. >> reporter: we're watching out for the bus this morning, but not watching out for another problems on the vine street expressway. this was the scene of the blockage, from the eastbound side of the vine to the southbound side of i-95 as you can see it's blocked no longer. everything reopened on the vine. there's the ben franklin bridge in the background, they will open a third line for the morning rush, but we could see delays it won't be four lanes it will be three this morning. overnight work on the boulevard 9th to whitiker the inner drive. they are working on i-95 southbound close to bartram ticking out the left lane. there's a fire on funston at

51st. in bensalem there's a local power outage because of a blown transformer, peco on the way to the scene, you might find dark traffic lights in that area. >> detectives know they could be dealing with a murder coverup involving a burned out car and a man who had been shot and found in the flames. annie mccormick is following the investigation live outside police headquarters. annie. an investigation with a lot of the elements. police say it's early in the investigation, they do believe both crime scenes are related. they are, woulding to identify the victim that was discovered in the vehicle, they say he was so badly burned it's going to take sometime. this is video of that car fire that a viewer did take. it was inside that car that crews did discover a man dead in the passenger seat. now, that happened in an alley

in the olney section of the city around 8:00 p.m. already northwest detectives were close by in the 400 block of roseland investigates reports of witnesses of shots fire in the vehicle matching the description of the one on fire. witnesses say a peacialg in -- passenger in the vehicle, may have been shot in the head, at this point they don't have the cause of death confirmed. one of the witnesses claims that the victim is her brother, the shooting was reported around 4:00 p.m. detectives called local hospitals, they say they were taking witness statements and officers were on foot patrol looking for the vehicle described in the shooting when they saw smoke and flames nearby. >> right now it's an investigation in progress. we're processing the crime scene, eventually, the body will be transported to the office of the medical examiner where the body will not only receive an autopsy, but be identified to

find out who in fact this person actually is. >> reporter: again, it was witnesses who also included family members who say the passenger in the vehicle was shot in the head. you'll hear from the family members in the next half-hour. but, again, police have not confirmed how the passenger died or who the passenger is. last night police say they were looking for a heavy-set man running from the scene and jumped into a red vehicle. if you have any information you are under to contact police. reporting live from police headquarters, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you four that. president obama will meet with european allies to go over the strategy to deal with isis and the crisis in ukraine. the world leaders in wales for a nato summit. estonia president obama announced plans to put together

international coalition to combat isis. the terror group executed its second american hostage and threatens to act again if the americans continue the airstrike in iraq. it is likely intelligence is staking out isis abroad at and home. tomlinson said we have to work with the assumption that isis is already in the county and gather satisfied in support of and against that theory. >> my concern with isis their flexibility and their adapt ability and their ability to move. >> the alert is somewhere between elevate the and immanent. >> hundreds gathered at the university of central florida for a vigil for the latest isis target stephen sotloff.

he was described as a brave journalist. the family had a message for the terrorists who took part in his beheading. >> this week we mourn but we'll emerge from this ordeal. our village is strong, well not allow our evidence to hold us hostage with the solely weapons they pose. >> sotloff was jewish and held an israeli citizenship. police look for the gunman who shot up a father. the gunman in the surveillance pumped 6 bullets into a father of four who was trying to get a sandwich. the shooting happened at 50th and haverford avenue in west philadelphia on friday afternoon. edward lynn is in the hospital fighting for his life. his wife said he'll be paralyzed

from the waist down. >> this is my husband and i love him, we have to stop with this not wanting to tell, this is something's life we're talking about. >> police have received several tips since "action news" first showed the video, but there are have been no arrests. >> the philadelphia school district has good news going into the school year not one single school will be designated as persistentsly dangerous. it rereflects the trend across the district. first day of school in philadelphia coming up on monday. >> let's talk about today we'll look ahead to what the weather looks like on monday. what can you tell us. >> reporter: monday, more comfortable. yea! the kids are heading to the school bus, philly next week him we're dry this morning for your

thursday start up. as we look outside we have the promise of a fair amount of sunshine coming you mean later on this morning. right now at the airport, clear skies overnight for the most part, tranquil conditions, a couple of hits to the forecast. it's going to be warm, probably a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. not all that humid, tomorrow will be stickier out there and you will feel the dinners. 69 degrees, the dewpoint a little bit over that humid threshhold of 60. it's on its way down once again. i expect i had to be failure manageable today. couple winds, as we mentioned. there will be some clouds popping up through the day it will be a mostly to partly sunny day overall. 8:00 a.m., 72. not too bad. 81 by 11:00, well spend most of the afternoon in the upper 80s. the high today is 3:00 is 89.

human not too bad to do -- humidity not too bad today, but warm. 87 in reading, 88 in toms river. 85 in millville, down the shore, somewhere between 82 and 84. depending on where you are. as we look at tomorrow, future tracker 6 shows you there's clouds in play, it's more humid as a warm front passes us. as we get into the afternoon and evening there's a chance of pop-up showers or thunderstorms. the current run doesn't allow for it outside of delaware. there could be a couple of spotty systems or cells. 89 today, staying dry, sun and occasional patchy clouds, overnight tonight it's muggy, tomorrow, warm and very humid high of 89 and spotty thunderstorm is possible. saturday a cold front comes at us. ahead of it it will be humid, warm, 89 and there's a better chance in the afternoon and evening of a line of showers and

thunderstorms coming through on saturday, okay, you can pretty much book that. it will be a good night to have storm tracker 6 live on your smart phone on that storm tracker 6 live app, okay, good day to keep an eye on radar. looks like that moves 0u69 here quickly -- out of here quickly saturday night. sunday, humidity drops and temperatures come down to a much more manageable high of 78 great day for the eagles opener. lots of sun on monday and more clouds and tuesday and wednesday. >> the hunts is on for a man who attacked his own family with a ma shed chety. -- machete. >> a science mishap injuries children with an comploation out west. >> reporter: explosion out west. >> reporter: some of the ramps closed yesterday we'll tell you

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plaza it's going to be a park now because it's going to have grass and a whole a lot of other stuff. "action news" will be there. >> looking good and we're going to have a nice ride to work this morning. >> reporter: we're looking at a nice easy ride, let's get suburban, this is the scene along i-95 close to the scutter falls bridge. headlights come southbound off the bridge, heading toward 41 there are no issues at this point. we've seen slightly heavier traffic the last couple of days as the philadelphia city school teachers are back in the classroom. they are not teaching yet, they have those inservice days, not until monday when the kids go back will they have school. bucks county we have a local

power outage because of a blown transformer joshua drive in bensalem. northeast and he knows twep mid county and -- mid -- northeast extension, mid county and lansdale they are taking out a lane. 422, ramps blocked for reconstruction through november they are detouring you to the is an sanatoga interchange. it will be extra bills to get to -- busy to get to the eastbound side of hanover street. 2955 vehicle stopped on the shoulder of the northbound side of mount laurel that's not a big deal. developing now, a science experiment went terribly wrong

at a nevada museum putting 8 children in the hospital. >> ready? a parent happened to be video taping the experiment and captured the screams. the small chemical explosion happened in reno yesterday. 13 people suffered as i had burns on their -- acid burns on their bodies. >> a man in the poconos is on the run after he slashed his wife and teenage son with a machete. it happened in the family home in monroe county. paul brown's 19-year-old son tried to intervene. he and his mother had to escape they had scalp wounds. s.w.a.t teams surrounded the home, but brown fled. authorities have discovered a body a mile away from her

home. the 8-year-old vanished from her bedroom early tuesday morning. police are working to determine if the remains belong to the little girl. at the time of her disappearance, investigators found no signs of forced entry or a struggle. >> a new honorary member of the delaware football team will be an inspiration from the sidelines, danny feltwell is battling lymphoma. he looks ups to the players, but the team said the feeling is mutual. >> i look at him, he is my hero. to have it resip indicate feels good also. he means more to me that i could ever explain. >> danny will suit up in his new uniform and sit on the sidelines when the hens face delaware state.

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the kids shorts and ts we're in the 60s. later this afternoon we'll be in the 80s. it won't be that humid, but warm. if you're running errands. 75 degrees by 9:00 a.m. noon, 83. as we get into the afternoon we'll be spending most of the time in the upper 80s. 89 is the high at 3:00 p.m. we'll still be at 84 at 6:00 p.m. not all that humid, a few patchy clouds developing as the day goes on. >> new this morning, here, another newspaper announced it will no longer use the name redskins in stories about washington's team. they will not use the team's logo. the paper called it a throw back to an era of perniciously casual racial altitudes. the washington post will no longer use the name redskins on its editorial page. the new cast of "dancing

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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this thursday, september 4 here's what's happening. >> a gruesome discovery in a burning car leads to a murder investigation in philadelphia. >> a delaware man she shed tean fronts of our camera after the murder of his business partner, but police say you're be lieuing at an act. >> >> transformation