are students the big story on "action news" is the series of holdups at gun point in north philadelphia now police want your help tracking down the men responsible and sara bloomquist is live at one of the scenes of the arm robberies with the details. >> reporter: these two suspects are definitely targeting temple students some of them sitting on their front steps some of them late at night like the victims of this block are doing the cameras are installed everywhere and these young men look like college students themselves were caught again and again on video these are the men police want to identify on the prowl on the streets of philadelphia, one ran up and robbed a group of young people they struck six times between may 14th west of temple campus the victims were students that had cell phones and backpacks taken.

>> it's scary and there are incorporation dentses in the past and it's not surprising, just reminds me to stay on my toes and be aware of my surroundings. >> lease say the suspects themselves look like college students same age and wearing a backpack and concealing the weapon and getting the victims to let down their guard. >> i'm trying to sell incense, would you like to buy something from me and they'll take the backpack, the uptick happened after most students left campus for the summer and fewer people may make more people more vulnerable late at night. there is a little bit of a risk for sure. surveillance cameras are everywhere they captured the suspects again and again police believe it's a matter of time

before they are captured and charged with multiple crimes. most of robberies happen between 10:00 and midnight. temple police want to remind students that the universities entering the quieter months all the same public safety services are available, and they are encouraging studentses to use them. if you can identify the young men call philadelphia police central detectives i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> police are looking for the suspects who stole a car and cash in a north philadelphia smash and grab, police say that the car's owner was inside of a grocery store filling up an atm with money when the suspect struck, they used a rock and grabbed a backpack with $42,000 inside. if you know anything about this

case call philadelphia police. today's hot and dry weather has new jersey forest fire crews on alert. they set backfires today in ocean county after a suspicious fire charred about 25 acres in jackson township firefighters say that the danger for fires could last for the next few days "action news" reporter nora muchanic is following the fire service to keep damage to minimum, she will have more in our next half hour, from fires to flooding concerns about high waters were the topic of discussion in wilmington, delaware congressman john carnie got a look at drainage issue in the southwest neighborhood part of congressman carnie's week long swing around delaware to discuss the change of climate change in the diamond state. and now the accuweather forecast, there is one word to sum up today's weather and that is hot. sky 6 hd is live over atlantic city giving you the view where

many beach goers took advantages of a sea breeze and it was full of sun and that is about to change. cecily tynan is outside with the very latest. >> reporter: hi sharrie it feels like a summer day making this one of the warmest days so far this year and it dropped down to 87 and the poconos 80 degrees and wilmington 83 the exception down the shore with the sea breeze, the ocean temperature a chilly 57 degrees on the beaches and temperatures in the upper 60s. we do need the rain, desperately, it's been a warm and very dry may temperature its so far this month running 5 degrees above normal and this could be one of the top three warm of the mays in recorded history in philadelphia, and dry so far this month we received only a half inch of rain and that is two and a half inches below normal. the good news is i am tracking showers and thunderstorms on the

way, double scan live showing low pressure moving up towards the great lakes and if you look at the line of showers and thunderstorms extending through cincinnati through atlanta, some of those are moving our way tomorrow and that is great news, if you look at the next five days we have a good chance of wet weather on wednesday and it drys out by friday another chance of wet weather by the weekend and we'll talk about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily, in other news amtrak installs cameras inside of cabs after a deadly derailment in port richmond they are working to piece together what brandon bostian was doing before the crash and bostian suffered a head injury and does not remember what happened. the new cameras will face inward and record the engineer's actions eight people were killed in the derailment and 200 others were injured. >> from the delaware newsroom a

50-year-old man is charged with rape, after having can't with his 13-year-old relative. bobby harrell was arrested in dover police say he was baby sitting the girl at the time and her mother called police about the alleged assault and harrell is in jail on $64,000 bond. a former bus driver was arrested after he sexual assaulted multiple children david dunn drove bus number 82 in the marple school district and is charged with indecent assault against a minor. from our new jersey newsroom tonight, it appears that the doors at the former revel casino in atlantic city will remain shuttered this summer. the new owner says that it is doubtful that any of the non-gambling attractions would be reopen before labor day the

acr energy agreed to call temporary electrical service going at the casino and he is working on getting an alternative power supplier and to give several weeks notice before connecting to another power supply. the 4th of july is just weeks away and the ben franklin parkway will be the place to party. mayor michael nutter announced the star studded lineup and walter perez has details on the announcement live on the parkway. >> reporter: hey guys, it's something that gets bigger and better every single year and the wawa welcome america celebration is the biggest outdoor concert in the country and no one does july 4th quite like philadelphia. there was certainly plenty to celebrate today at the african-american museum in philadelphia, where the lineup for thing wawa welcome america celebration was announced by mayor nutter including the

marquee performers and the roots will serve as the house band for the philly 4th of july jam it's the best house band any city could have and they will be joined by top national and international stars. >> including miguel and country music star jennifer nettles. and 6 abc is the proud sponsor of this sell brings of free family fun running from june 27th to july 4th it will be filled with theater presentations lots of food and block parties, including the massive wawa hoagie build around city hall. >> what started 22 years ago as a small hoagie around city hall is now a 5 ton hoagie that serves over 21000 people that day at noon, it culminates with

the july 4th fireworks extravaganza. >> nothing says summer more than the 4th of july wawa welcome america celebration. we own the 4th of july. >> so once again it is an eight day extravaganza, so lots to do during that stretch, the full itinerary can be found at 6abc.com. reporting live from the parkway walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> sounds like fun. >> thank you. >> time for the "action news" traffic report most folks went back to work and school today. matt pellman is in the traffic center and getting home is a challenge as always. >> you get to go back home in a backup. it didn't take long a few tics up on the thermometer and the road buckled at 422, when two pieces of concrete come on top of each other on the eastbound lanes east of the oaks interchange on 422 you can see

the pieces on top of each other and they are pulling the pieces up from the roadway, penndot has the right lane blocked and the cars are dipping over the buckles, definitely heavy traffic on the 422 eastbound. we are watching a crash on the northeast extension southbound past the interchange taking out the right lane and getting slowing there and a southbound ship, you want the turnpike connecter, and a new paving project got underway in mount laurel along creek road, you can avoid that, and stay on hartford road instead. and look for a downed pole near the baskin robbins. >> exactly. everything looks like a rocky road out there any way. >> that is a good flavor. more ahead on "action news" at 5:00 parts of houston are still under water this afternoon after another round of deadly weather

from mother nature and the federal government is offering to help and now the dangers of walking and texting or talking, coming up in health check. and cecily is tracking storms.

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president barack obama has offered federal assistance by those affected by historic flooding in texas. an old dump truck was used to rescue people trapped by floodwaters today. we are starting to see the damage left by this weekend's store its the roof of a furniture store has clapped and many trees have been uprooted. the city of cleveland has reached a settlement with cleveland's use of excessive force after a white police officer was acquitted of manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed black woman and unarmed black man. now there are new use of force

guidelines and accountability reforms and bias free policing. a virus rarely seen in the united states claimed the life of a man in a new jersey hospital last night. he traveled from west africa where the illness is more common ali gorman is at the big board with more. the officials confirm he has lasso fever and was flown from liberia from morocco to jfk if new york. it's most common in nigeria and liberia and sierra leone unlike ebola the risk of dying is much lower and there is no risk to the general public, and they are trying to loebt people that may have had contact with the man, he flew on may 17th the next day he went to the hospital

feeling tired with a fever and sore throat but did not say he was travelled to west africa and then his symptoms got worse and he was admitted to the hospital and the cdc confirmed lasso fever yesterday but the man did not survive, the virus is spread by rodents, there was a case in new jersey in 2004, the victim then was in trenton, there is no word of where in new jersey this patient was from or what hospital he visited but we expect to learn more information in the coming days. in other news today this is a common sight people walking and texting at the same time a new stud yes shows the number of people getting hurt while walking and texting and talking on the phone doubled from 2005 to 2010, and the numbers keep going up. >> we see all types of injuries that are attributed to a fall of some kind, broken wrists and

road rash and occasionally a broken hip. to avoid getting hurt while texting, stop and stay put. if you are just talking this is good advice, many are caught up in their conversation and are not paying attention. more people were hurt while walking and talking than walking and texting. >> all right thank you ali. >> still to come on "action news" a multibillion dollar deal is about to create a cable giant, and pizza hut is revamping its menu.

pizza hut is ditching artificial ingredients nationwide all natural -- will be off their recipes by july. and taco bell stores will also follow suit. executives made the changes because of customer demand. charter struck a $55 billion deal to buy time warner cable. after comcast dropped its plan

to buy time warner they will combine the fourth largest cable companies but will go through a tough review from officials in washington, d.c. some philadelphia foster parents got well deserved recognition today. >> it was the first ever foster parent of the year aaward. they were honored for their work nurturing their children and each honoree was nominated by the agency they work with. unsung here owes. coming up we'll check the forecast for you, sky 6 hd live in cape may, going down to cape may. don't you wish we were. cecily tynan has accuweather when we come back.

cecily tynan is keeping an eye on the temperature and the mercury. >> 88 in philadelphia matching the warmest day for this year. lots of sunshine and sky 6 hd temple university camera, filtered sunshine through a bit

of a haze and humidity is up a notch from over the weekend and it feels like summer 87 degrees in philadelphia average high for this time of year is 77 so well above normal. allentown and reading 88 degrees and trenton 88 and millville cooler and 80 the sea breeze kicking in at the jersey shore and temperatures on the beaches in the upper 60s, and the dew points now are generally in the low to mid-60s, the dew points are rising as we head into the holiday weekend, a little more humid and possibly warmer. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we condition get any rain here they have the opposite problem in texas houston yesterday receive storm systems with 10 inches of rain causing deadly flooding and

oklahoma 10 ifrpgs of rain, they need drying out and we need rain and satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we do have an opportunity tomorrow. low pressure will be heading up across the great lakes and then you can see the line of some showers and thunderstorms and that will be moving through as we head through the afternoon and the evening hours not everybody will get the storms but we do have an opportunity. and as far as severe weather with the potential for wind and hail the low pressure will pass to the north, the best chance is the lehigh valley but for most of our viewing area, it will be the opportunity for downpours. future tracker showing tomorrow morning mainly dry and a couple of showers popping up and most of the activity holds off until later in the day. thunderstorms in the northwestern suburbs in philadelphia after 8:00, and not everyone will get them and a few will have drenching downpours the five day at 5:00, warm and humid and a couple of afternoon

thunderstorms and 89 degrees and thursday a few more scattered thunderstorms in new jersey, and 86 and partly sunny and 85 and warm and muggy and 88 and a cold front brings showers and thunderstorms and monday is looking pretty wet and adam will talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. finally tracking an opportunity for rain. much more to come heart stopping moments on a florida beach when a bounce house for children goes flying into the air and we'll tell you what happened next. >> and a bike riding thief get a taste of his own medicine from the woman he robbed. incredible.

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"action news" tips with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody rick williams and melissa magee. hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight a northeast philadelphia man accused of killing his wife in a fit of rage appears before a judge and we'll tell you what happened in court, a group of roving thieves attacks a group in old city. and dry conditions and heat are upping the wild fire danger in

our area. we'll show you how wild fire crews are getting ahead of a potential disaster now the details, connie murray's body was found in pennypack park last august and her husband bobby murray plead guilty to killing her. "action news" reporter vernon odom has the story tonight. >> christopher murray age 49 is a convicted wife killer and he plead guilty this morning admitting to strangling his wife connie one night last august in pennypack park they had a dispute over text messages he received from a female friend they had two children ages 17 and 12 and when her body was found his story fell apart. >> it's gut-wrenching to know

his daughter was out looking for her mother with him knowing full well what he did. i can't understand it. >> in courtroom 1105, he stood up and was sobbing and said i accept full responsibility for my actions and i never intended this to tap and i'm story. >> the judge immediately sentenced him to the 20 to 40 year sentence for third degree murder. >> he is getting the maximum sentence, he will not see the light of day for the next 20 years, connie murray's family was emotionally drained and they left court without common he will soon leave philadelphia bound for a state penitentiary where he will spend 20 to 40 years behind bars. the son of allentown's police chief is on trial for

allegedly pulling a gun on two undercover officers in an aparent case of road rage, that he pulled the gun as they tried to pass his car in august his girlfriend and 1-year-old child was in the car at the time and he was worry that people were following him and fitzgerald faces charms of careless driving and simple assault. we are reporting a -- that killed a man the victim when to connell rec center armed with a gun and allegedly went to shoot someone and his gun jammed and someone in the crowd shot and killed him. police recovered cashed and a cell phone in the scene. the suspects drove away in a dark colored car. police are looking for a bike thief that struck in port

richmond. the 28-year-old female victim told authorities that a man riding a bicycle came up behind her and grabbed her cell phone from her hands she ran after him and pulled him off the bike, he pushed the victim and ran off. police are looking for three men and a woman responsible for two separate robberies within 30 minutes in old city, this is surveillance video from one of the crimes and in both situations they approached their victims they assault them and steal their backpacks bags and cell phones. the attacked happened at 8th and walnut and the other attack at south 6 and street before 2:30 a.m. now officials in the crozier medical center are asking for the public's help to identify a john doe he suffered injuries in bridgeton so far doctors are not able to contact family

members and the man was not carrying identification his name may be valentine. sweltering heat coupled with dry conditions increased the threat of wild fires across the region, scenes like this from earlier this month is an example of what can happen. as nora muchanic tells us fire officials have a plan of attack. >> we want to make sure everyone is careful, the word is out there, it's very dry conditions. >> dale has his crews hosing down hot spots at the wildlife area in jackson and monday night's suspicious fire that burned 29 acres is an example of tinder boxes in the area right

now. >> the win has picked up and it's hot and it all contributes to the spread of fire. >> the fire that catches can easily burn acres of trees and below grown as well. forests right now are carpeted with inches of dry material that adds up to gasoline feeding a fire. >> the piles of dry leaves and even the soil is dry, the fire starts to burn underground also. the concern fire service has all 21 of its tower staffed. they are perched 25 feet in the air scanning for smoke on the tree tops. >> i get my reading and drop the map and where the two springs cross that is it. we get within a mile. >> in lacey township can you see on a good day for 60 miles and the skyline or the casinos

in atlantic city, that allows spondsers to call in fire crews and respond immediately. >> a cigarette could start a fire in the wrong spot. >> i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> please are are searching for three men that broke into a northeast philadelphia home and attacked a person inside. it happened on the 2100 block of tyson avenue, officers arrived just as the men were heading out the front door and the three turned around and took off through the back. the victim suffered minor injuries. a tractor trailer hauling sod ended up on its side in salem county, and chopper 6 was over the wreck on route 40 at carnie's point and it's ub clear what caused the driver to tip the rig but crews had to scoop

up the sod and stop a diesel spill that caused traffic headaches for part of the morning. >> speaking of traffic lets get a check. >> drivers may be soddy if they take 422 the first road buckle of the season is here in the eastbound lanes of 422 east of the oaks interchange and penndot is out there trying to make quick repairs and traffic is getting by in the right lanes, look at the cars going over the bump, caused by the buckle, the westbound jam is worse with normal after noop volume. >> plepy of volume along 95 with speeds in the teens and we are prepping for an opening in the tacony palmyra bridge. and ed sheeran is in town and there is traffic there. and the westbound lane of the schuylkill will close between

30th and the vine starting at 9:00 for construction at that point use 95 westbound to get around the blockage. back over to you. hope you are not too sod. >> thank you matt. still to come on "action news," a fun filled day at the beach turns into a nightmare when this bounce house goes tumbling into the air and one city is banning together to help their community and we'll tell you how. one of the hottest days of year we are tracking an opportunity for widespread rain on wednesday. i'll have the timing in the accuweather forecast. jaime apody has harsh words about phillies fans from ruben amaro.

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a waterspout came into ft. lauderdale day into and sent a bounce house into the air and there were children in the house, and the waterspout formed on the water and suddenly came ashore, two of the children were treated for minor fractures and the third is hospitalized in

stable condition tonight. how scary. the city of bald more is reeling from a surge in violence there were eight murders over the holiday weekend alone, nonfatal shootings are up 66%, the mayor is disheartened by the rise in violence but believes the police can put a stop to the crimes but the officers can be blamed on part by the officers who are stopped being proactive because they lost confidence in their leadership. >> we are going to back each other up and answer the 911 calls from the dispatcher. >> baltimore's police commissioner says they are going through a tough time and the office who spoke out is currently looking for another job. president obama is looking to the senate to approve the

patriot act. >> the government's power to search america's television records will expire at midnight. the president is demanding that the president take action immediately. the senate did not act and the problem we have now is that those authorities run out at midnight on sunday. >> so i strongly urge the senate to work through this recess. president george w. bush signed the bill into law within weeks of 9/11 terror aattacks. >> in california, the broken pipeline behind last night's oil spill may be fixed by the end of today. the opener of the ruptured pipeline that caused the devastating spill is in the process of being removed. they believe up to 100,000 gallons of oil spilled during

the break and at least one sea lion has been killed and countless amount of fish. jaime apody is live in the sports center. >> ruben amaro is already the most disliked man in sports his latest commons will not win him anymore admirers. forget that they had the worst start in history and the topic is why haven't the team called up their top prospects and ruben's sponis taking a shot at the fans, they don't understand the game, they don't understand the process, there is a process and then they [ bleep ] and complain because we don't have a plan. no surprise this has not gone over well, and a short time later later later ruben amaro apologized.

>> i want to apologize because i am a fan myself. i know the passion our fans have for our sport and all the sport fz philly and the comments were not meant to rng our fans and i want to apologize for that. >> on my facebook page fans are not happen write. >> eagles began organized activities today and there was one notable absence the no show, there is no secret that the pro bowl guard is unappy with his connect and he made it clear he would like to be traded and chip kelly said he would like to be traded. he was the only eagle not in attendance, the first mandatory mini camp is june 19 and. they were stuck until 2:30 in the morning because of the

flash flooding in the houston area closed the highway near his house. it could have been a greater loss had steph curry been injured after this horrible fall in the third quarter, he missed a quarter and miraculously had had no concussion symptoms and he told a local reporter he would be fine. the wnba season is just getting started and the san antonio stars picked up one of our own. her name is britney rinko she finished at depaul where she was player of the year, this is britney's father who was paralyzed in a road rage incidents, the driver that rear ended him got out of the car and shot him in the neck. >> it shaped me as a person and i'm going from me and my dad

doing everything and taking me to my basketball games and football practices and it was like then i'm going to nothing. he is just in the hospital for years. it was like now what? good britney turned her anger into proactive on the basketball court. how this may have helped her dream come true coming up at 6:00. >> wishing britney the best, a great story. commune leaders in wilmington from all walks of life are working together to take a stand against official injustices and crime they lined the steps of the public safety building in unity to end police brutality and speak out on black on black crime and it's time to face the challenges head-on and take back the community. >> it's time for us men to take

on our community, the best we can. the community leaders are calling on members of the younger generations to join them in their efforts to find solutions, the next gathering is next thursday in rodney square at 5:00. it's the end of an era at the university of delaware the john dickinson and rodney dorms are closing, they were built in 1966, and now the buildings have passed their prime and it's not sustainable to keep them clean and safe, the new dormitories that will replace them are set to open up in the fall.

it got hot under the color meteorologist, adam joseph, is here. >> don't say he is hot, he will take it way literal here, lets look at double scan live, take a look at if we have a chance to cool rick off, with a downpour or two. a pretty clean radar sweep we have drone 6 in the air at belmont plateau overlooking the center city skyline, a decent am of sunshine and from this vantage point there are trees swaying with the spring win off

the atlantic. the almanac if philadelphia 9 was the high temperature that was the hottest day of the year so far, the low this morning a balmy 65 degrees well above the normals of 57 and 77 degrees, the shore is the place to be to beat the heat and humidity 66 in sea isle city and 6 in cape may and the wind is coming in off the atlantic still only in the upper 50s and that has bumped the temperatures down in millville to 80 degrees, and 83 in wilmington the warm of the spots well to the west of the ocean and temperatures now are in the upper 80s for allentown untrenton, showers and downpours are arcing their way around our region and if we look to the south and west, chicago to cincinnati, the severe weather with this system that dumped all of that heavy rain in texas

yesterday will go to canada but we'll get clipped by the southern edge of this system but it doesn't have the dynamics of severe weather, warm and hupd and 67 to 69 for the overnight low with winds relaxing a bit to 10 miles per hour, early tomorrow morning on wednesday could be a scattered downpour around and areas start dry tomorrow early in the afternoon, sun and clouds and humid and warm and we are waiting for the area west of the storms and downpours to track through and that will happen around 7:00 for the i-95 corridor and they will sink to the south and heavy downpours and a little bit of lightning in there and strong winds and hail and an isolated tornado and all the energy will remain north of the poconos. tomorrow at the shore a mixture of sun and clouds and southerly win again keeping the temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s, and a risk for

downpours at the shore will hold off until probably after sunset. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast humid with afternoon downpours and a few thunderstorms at 89 degrees, similar to today and still a chance for scattered storms and 86 as the front stalls and friday partly sunny and 85 degrees and lower humidity on friday before it returns over the weekend, and 88 on saturday and dry and a good chance of showers and thunderstorms sunday into monday with temperatures really falling below average on monday of 73 hopefully the gardens gets a drink of water tomorrow. as the humid air moves in and a chance of stormy weather, check our radar at 6abc.com/weather.

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gladwyne montessori changed their school into old rome they took on roles to play senators and towns people and gladiators and ancient philosophers today the students got the chance to step back in time. >> looks fun. >> right now jim gardner is standing by with these stories next at 6:00 philadelphia police release details as they search for a predator that they believe is behind two attacks on women. also high schools are offering a helping hand to two young kids that were born with only one. see the incredible creations next. now for adam joseph, cecily tynan, monica malpass and the entire "action news" team, i'm rick williams, have a nice evening.

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then sexually assaulted her and they believe the suspect is the same as an assault back in march. chad pradelli is live at special victims in hunting park. you have all the details. >> reporter: jim investigators believe that the two crimes are linked for several reasons, both happened inside of a home in the early morning hours the suspect demanded money and more importantly, he was wearing orange or red gloves in both attacks, the suspect was hanging out in a shower before the row home before the sexual assault yesterday morning. the masked intruder gained access through an unlocked door, after her roommate left for a brief period, they waited until she was asleep and entered the victim's room. immediately put his hand over her mouth and quieted