pelman who is in for karen. good morning. >> plenty of sunshine up over the horizon with just a few clouds left over in a couple of spots. take a look at satellite and see how the cloud cover overnight was much more pronounced but now it's really evaporating. temperatures are still a bit cool to start out. we're at 52 degrees in philadelphia. 50 in wilmington. most of the suburbs in the upper 40's and a bit of a breeze blowing. by 8 o'clock we're at 54. by noon 62. and then in the afternoon we do get milder than yesterday with temperatures sitting in the upper 60's. 3 o'clock 68 and then we'll probably hit a high of 69 degrees at about 4 o'clock this afternoon. we're looking at an enhanced risk of brush fires spreading today because of the low humidity and a bit of a breeze blowing around at times. dry forest too so be careful about flicking cigarettes out the car one dough. pollen on the high side the next couple days but expect to ease back on thursday and friday and to earn that right we'll have to take on cooler weather cloudier weather and perhaps a little damp conditions with some showers

around both days. i'll have details on that coming up in the exclusive accuweather 7-day. for now matt war roads looking like. >> kind of a predictable tuesday morning on the roadway. we're okay with that, though but the predictions are always that things are going to be very slow on 95 southbound david and indeed they are. as we look live entering the work zone at cottman we're jammed from academy into cottman. again the betsy ross bridge into girard. that travel time 20 minutes more than what it would be ideally to get if woodhaven into the vine street expressway in center city. but if you're headed toward 95 on the vine street expressway that broken down vehicle that i told you about a bit ago is now gone. however, still some fire activity in west philadelphia along catherine street at cobbs creek parkway. it was a corner bar fire overnight. sixty-second street might be a better bet than katherine for you in the neighborhood this morning. and if you're out and about in east falls right by philadelphia university watch out for more work today along schoolhouse lane by henry avenue. that was kind of a mess yesterday. speaking of messes from yesterday, they're still cleaning up from the big

tractor-trailer accident and fire in lower providence but the chunk of south park avenue that's blocked keeps shrinking. an updating from lower providence is now it's been eagleville and job roads. to get around that use eagle road trooper road or sunny side avenue as some alternates. earlier crash on 422 eastbound: this matt and tam is just normal morning volume. >> okay, thanks matt. breaking right now chaos continues in parts of the city of baltimore. rioters have set police cars on fire and torched several buildings. >> schools are closed dan residents are being told to stay in place. stay in your home until officials can somehow get a handle on this situation. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn picks up our coverage at the big board. erin i think people still in shock from the images they've seen. >> reporter: parts of baltimore are a war zone. this is video showing police in riot gear trying to get protesters off the street and

you can see the fires burning behind them. we also have this video its a rite-aid engulfed in flames one of several businesses that was torched. and it's one of several fires burning across baltimore. 15 officers were hurt in the riots and more than two dozen people have been arrested. now, as we mentioned the governor of maryland has declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard but there are still pockets of unrest in the city that has been overtaken by what mayor stephanie rawlings blake calls thugs. the violence started shortly after high school let out and young people began looting a local mall and liquor store. i want the you to take a look at some video right here because the police commissioner referred to it in the press conference much this is a mother who confronted her son and confronted him rather aggressively when she realized his intention to join these extraordinarily violent riots. she herself is trying to physically remove him from the scene yelling at him to go home.

now the commissioner commended her for her efforts. while the mayor explained why controlling this situation has been so difficult and community leaders emphasized that these riots are discrediting what was intended to be a peaceful movement and the riots are disrespecting the family of freddie gray. >> we saw on one scene you have one mother who grabbed her child who had a hood on his head and she started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed. i wish i had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight. >> it is a very delicate balancing act to make sure that you protect people's right to free speech. their right to protest. the fact that people exploited the opportunity to protest with violence and looting doesn't mean that i don't have a duty to protect people's right to be heard. >> the family was very clear that this was a day of sacred closure in the funeral so for us to come out of the burial and walk into this is absolutely inexcusable.

>> reverend bryant said these young people in particular need to refocus on what this movement is supposed to be about. now, from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. a curfew begins tonight. all public schools have closed today. of course we're going to keep you updated on this story throughout our newscast and of course on 6abc.com. tam. >> okay, thank you, erin. our coverage of the baltimore riots continues on 6abc.com. and our own kenneth moton is also there in maryland. look for his reports later today on "action news." >> 6:35 now and developing the search for the gunman who shot up four cars in a west philadelphia street. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live where it happened at 60th and trevor son streets. katherine. >> reporter: matt, no one was injured in all of this but four cars were damaged and we're hearing that one home was hit by a bullet as well and you can see that police were on the scene this morning or actually just wrapping up driving away right now. they've been on the scene investigating this.

the scene was taped off overnight to preserve the evidence. the detectives wanted to come back when it was daylight so they could take a better look at what happened here last night. this happened around 11 o'clock along west jefferson street near 60th in west philadelphia. police believe the shooter may have been targeting a house on the block. at least four cars were hit. you can see broken glass in the street from the shattered windows. another bullet is lodged in one home. the scene was taped off overnight and so far there's no word if there's any surveillance cameras on any of these houses that could help with this investigation. they just opened up the road just while we were on air, the police cars drove away. the tape has been wrapped up so you can get through jefferson by 60th now but again this remains under investigation. if you have any tips, southwest detectives want to hear from you. we're live in west philadelphia, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thanks katherine. also developing, the action cam was in oxford circle as philadelphia police recovered a knife that they say was used in an overnight stabbing. they found it on the 6100

block of castor avenue. the attack happened on the 1400 block of steven street about a block away. police say someone slashed a man with a 7-inch blade during a fight, then they say the attacker actually drove the victim to the hospital where officers arrested him. the victim is in critical condition. >> the number of those confirmed dead in saturday's earthquake in nepal now exceeds 4400. a montgomery county couple is relieved that their family members survived the disaster. the rogers' adult children kent and nadine left the comforts of hatboro and moved to nepal. they care for orphans as part of the nonprofit losing arms mission. when the quake struck this past weekend the parents ran to their computer and found a facebook post saying their children were safe. >> so relieved. i feel blessed to have been spared the agony of not knowing. >> they don't have a plan right now. they are just living under tarps. >> with aftershocks still

occurring, it's understandable why people are outside and not wanting to go inside but that's also createing a new problem as tens of thousands of people in that area are out there without clean water or sanitation. "good morning america" will have the latest coming up right after "action news." >> happening dat beginning of race week in philadelphia. it culminates with a blue cross broad street run on sunday. city officials plan to hold a pep rally at the city hall courtyard at 10:30. the 10-mile race is so popular organizers hold a lottery for registration. officials will reveal details on the run today, which is the country's most popular 10-mile race. >> hm. >> some picture. >> yeah. >> a lot of people. >> that's why it's so popular. >> right. storm tracker six live double scan shows that you today isn't a bad day for a run. we've got no rain and as we take a look outside we are cool relatively comfortable. i'm questioning or suggesting a jacket as you step outside because we are a bit on the cool side but obviously lots of bright sunshine melting

away those early clouds. 52 degrees currently in philadelphia, the winds out of the northwest at 13 miles per hour. and it will get a little more breezy than that as we go through the day. boy you can really see how the clouds overnight have evaporated and that flow of dry air coming down out of the mountains to the north. as we take a look at temperatures today, 54 by 8 o'clock but by 11 o'clock we're up to a more comfortable 60 and during the afternoon we'll spend most of the time in the upper 60's. by 2 o'clock 67. your high of 69 is late today. probably around 4 o'clock. and i could see us still sitting on that by 5 o'clock before gradually dipping down into the mid 60's later this evening. high temperatures up and down the board. 68 degrees in allentown, 69 in reading, very similar in the lehigh valley as to what we'll see in the i-95 corridor. the closer you get to the shore the cooler you get. low 60's in atlantic city and cape may but everybody under the sun with that breeze. speaking of sunshine with highs near 70 and lots of sunshine nice weather out there, the u.v. index is running high and we do want to remind that you it's a great day to put on that sunscreen.

tomorrow probably the same story as the uv will once again be on the bright side. tomorrow at 12:30 in the afternoon you can see how future tracker six still has us on the sunny side. we may see a few more clouds dig in as the afternoon goes on. and then all eyes will be down to the south as we'll see an area of low pressure that will develop a coastal low and that will bring some cloud cover up in our direction and perhaps a couple of showers. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, 69 is today's high. sunny and breezy. then tomorrow nice and warm, 74 degrees. sun in the morning. a few more clouds as the day goes on. then we get that coastal system making its move towards the northeast. will make us more cloudier on thursday with some sunny breaks. a high of 67 and a chance of a shower around. then friday down to 61 degrees. it looks like a cloudy day, a couple of more showers or at least some drizzle possible. but that storm kicks off the coast in time for the weekend and on saturday we're looking warmer and nice with a high of 70 degrees. great for the union kickoff right here on 6abc at 4:00

p.m. i'll be helping them preview that game on 610 a.m. this afternoon. the union's 90th minute show. stop by chickie's and pete's in drexel hill if you want to watch that show live. sunday sunny and warm 76 degrees. looking niles for the broad street run in the morning and nice for whatever you want to do in the afternoon. >> good. >> all right. thank you david. >> okay. >> it is 6:41. up next more stories you didn't see last night including the bus stop scare for a group of children nearly hit by a speeding suv. >> power lines in the path avenue storm in the south snapped like twigs. matt. >> sun glare along the 30 bypass. eastbound side from this point at 340 out to 113. coming up delays on the schuylkill and the latest on the crash in lower providence in just a few minutes. >> a teacher is hailed as a hero for risking his own life to go after a student with a gun in his school. his story is next up on "action news."

there's over two hundred thousand students in philadelphia. jim kenney and tony williams are fighting over public schools versus charters. i think they're both wrong...it's making sure they all get a good education. teachers should have their contracts respected. they also should be held accountable. and it's wrong philadelphia gets less school funding than other parts of pennsylvania. i'll work with harrisburg to change that. but if they refuse i'll take them to federal court. as mayor i'll do what's right for them.

>> ♪♪ >> 6:44. sun starting to soak the region including the ben franklin bridge. it is 51 degrees. getting up to 69 today so a little warmer than yesterday. a little breezy in the afternoon. >> let's go to matt pelman see what your commute looks like. >> it is so bright out there this morning. not that we're complaining. don't get me wrong. we like the bright sunshine. but it is slowing us down with some sun glare in a few spots like here on the schuylkill expressway. you can see that sun reflecting off the overhead signs there and eastbound is kind of heavy now from the blue route on in toward the

curve again from just past the blood. you know, it's all the normal stuff mixed in with a little bit of sun glare on this tuesday morning. here's something new as of yesterday during the mid days 8:00 to 4:00 each day this week they're closely weedily road in congress push between hughes road and gulph road. stick with croton road or gypsy road. did he have ton vonn state road closed during the mid days through late may around the time of memorial day. the leftover from yesterday morning that we continue to deal with is in lower providence montgomery county. the continued closure of south park avenue and after looking at that scene from yesterday morning the accident with the trucks and the big fire that resulted it's not surprising that the road is still closed. closure points continue to be eagleville road and joad road. it's a short stretch of south park that's closed but remains blocked nonetheless. those of that you use it as a

cut through in the morning can't do that. might want to stay on egypt road or use trooper or stay up on sunny side avenue to get around it. a new crash in southampton bucks county by the 1111 along maple avenue at street road. northampton chink pin road closed. matt. >> damage a tornado left behind in that louisiana. storm knocked out power to 100,000 people at one point. utility crews cut that number by more than half. another rounds of severe weather is expected in the northern gulf states today. the severe storms that swept through louisiana also did this. blowing several train cars off of a rail bridge. the rail cars were empty and did not contain any hazardous materials. >> classes resume at a washington state high school today where a teacher tackled a student who had a gun. freddie olson raced towards the 16-year-old shooter jumping on him before any more shots were fired and indeed no

one was hit. detectives say the teen shooter may have actually wanted to be shot and killed by the school's resource officer. they think that because he never aimed his weapon at anyone firing instead into the ceiling and the floor. that young man is now in juvenile detention. grief counselors will be on campus today. and this new video will make your heart skip a beat and your blood boil. a speeding souvenirly plowed into those three children who were about to step onto their school bus in washington state. their mothers were there watching in horror. amazingly nobody was hurt. police are investigating that incident and putting out this video hoping somebody knows who was behind wheel of that suv. >> 6:47. we're following breaking news from baltimore and so is "good morning america." a live preview team's coverage of the rioting just 100 miles southwest of us is coming up. david. >> all right guys we're dressing the canned in jackets this morning. we have temperatures down around 50 degrees and it's a little breezy. this afternoon still breezy but warmer. maybe t-shirts after schooling.

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>> our coverage of what is happening in baltimore will continue with "good morning america." >> dan harris we're checking in with you. we know you have a team there and you'll pick up when we go off the air at 7:00. good morning. that's exactly right tam. good morning to you and to matt. great to be with you on a tuesday morning. as you say coming up on "gma" we'll cover the breaking news overnight. baltimore erupting there it is, the city on edge after riots broke out on the street after the funeral for a man

who died after being in police custody. we've got team coverage on the ground in baltimore giving us the latest on how police are responding to this violence. plus this morning dramatic opening statements in the trial of a man who massacred 12 people in that movie theater in aurora colorado almost three years ago. james holmes pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. will the jury buy the defense? our legal analyst dave abrams is here to give us his take. we're kicking off "gma" survival week with a terrifying situation. what would you do if you were stranded at sea. matt gutmann gets some life saving tips from an expert and then he puts those tips to the test in the waters of mexico. coming up only on "gma" and a very busy tuesday morning. back now to you guys. >> dan that matt gutmann is fearless. he'll do anything. >> reporter: i have a simple investigation when it comes to

matt gutmann which is better thane him than me. >> good idea. >> thanks dan. >> no need to be afraid of morning commute. it's better than yesterday. as we head to the maps there's a new crash to watch out for in flourtown bethlehem pike at wise avenue by the wawa. just starting to get a bit sluggish on the westbound turnpike by fort washington but not too bad there yet. same on 42 northbound some heavy volume from the black horse pike up to 55. then it breaks up at this point at creek road as you head toward 295 and don't forget njt's river line running every 30 minutes again this morning because of signal issues. david. >> temperatures are in the 40's in the northern and western suburbs. 49 in pottstown, 47 in fake quakertown. close to 50 in center city and chester and pretty much the same story across the river in south jersey. 48 in cinnaminson and buena and woodbine and upper 40's from hockessin to dover. this afternoon will be mild but breezy. 69 degrees will be your high today. we'll hit that right in here rather late in the day around

4 o'clock but we spend the majority of the afternoon under bright sunny skies with that breeze. we'll be back with your top stories. >> ♪♪ it's a money maker. i mean, i just feel like our children are paying the price for these high stakes tests and their teachers are stressed out about it. so, teachers aren't benefiting. they're not getting information from these tests that are helpful for teaching. kids aren't benefiting because they don't even know what they got right or wrong. they just know that they feel really bad about it. parents aren't benefitting because i don't get any more information about my child. so the only people that could possibly be benefitting from this are corporations who are making the tests and selling the tests.

>> maryland's governor declared a state of emergency and city schools are closed in the city of baltimore. riots erupted after funeral service for freddie gray. he's the black man who

suffered a fatal spinal injury while he was in police custody. the maryland national guard has been called in to restore order. police are searching for the person who shot up four cars along a west philadelphia street overnight. investigators believe gunman may have been targeting a home. no one was hurt. and a blaze in eastampton burlington county left a home gutted. firefighters lacked access to water supplies in the somewhat rural area when which made that fire fight a bit double. no one was home at the time of the blaze. >> little bright out there this morning and more than a little bit slow on 95 southbound side approaching academy to cottman. again the betsy ross bridge into girard have our normal morning delays on 422 as well and in lower providence south park avenue still closed because of yesterday's crash. david. >> all right matt. cool to start out with temperatures around 50. by 9 o'clock we'll be at 56. and then you see how we climb to the upper 60's this afternoon. that high of 69 probably late in the day around 4 o'clock. lots of sun, a bit of a breeze. shout out to my son andrew who turns 17 today.

>> great birthday. >> almost a man. >> that's right . >> [laughter] >> he looks like it. >> almost andrew. >> happy birthday andrew. >> more matt pelman karen rogers dave murphy tamala edwards i'm matt o'donnell. "gma" is next. head to facebook and twitter when we're not on the air so you can talk to us.

good morning, america. breaking overnight. baltimore erupts. [ screaming ] >> a state of emergency declared. the national guard ready to deploy. as the city explodes in violence. >> a pharmacy and nursing home burned to the ground. residents warned too stay indoors. rioters clash with police. more than a dozen officers injured. new video this morning of the devastateing earthquake. terrified people running for their lives. buildings crumbling to the ground. the desperate search for survivors. and the rescue on mt. everest, climbers trapped on the world's tallest mountain. close