and a look back at the legacy of the vice-president's son coming up. > potentially heavy showers and storms are moving towards our area. get out there this morning. before the worst of it arrives. >> let's go outside to meteorologist chris sowers who is tracking it all for us. >> got to give me a second. hi to run out here i missed my cue i'm a little out of breath. we had showers and thunderstorms in the forecast later today the heavier storms arrive overnight tonight with most of us sound asleep and especially tomorrow. that's when things get interesting. let's take a quick look at temperatures. warm and sticky out here once again. 70 in philadelphia, 71 millville. reading coming in at 71. allentown 70. trenton 6 8. again what you're got seeing there is new don't people turz which are well up into the 6 0s. you combine two and it makes it rather uncomfortable here. satellite 6 and action radar showing heavy thunderstorms. you can clearly see them there. they're associated with a good cold front.

right now not too active. not too many lightning strikes there. this activates in time as we get the daytime heating we expect to see numerous thunderstorms flaring up. also towards the top of screen note shades of blue across the great lake states. frost and freeze advisories look how cold temperatures behind this front. it's 38 right now international falls. 40 green bay. sault ste marie 40 in chicago shy town only 42 at this hour and piece of cooler air will make its way in here monday and tuesday. earlier in the week there were some signs that the core of that cold air could get here and there were ideas we could actually stay in the low 60s for highs monday and tuesday and now looks like a piece slides through. nonetheless significantly cooler monday. day planner warm and sticky out there. 89 the forecasted high and feels like the 90s. in a few minutes taking about

possibility of drenching down tours people and schooler temperatures ur in the 7 day forecast. >> flags in delaware will fly at half staff in memory of former state attorney general beau biden. >> he lost his battle with cancer last night. >> the prod son dad, serviceman and civil servant gone at just 46 years old. >> "action news" learned beau biden was surrounded by his entire family, his wife, their two children, natalie and hunter and his father joe biden and jill. he died of brain cancer. in part, it is with broken heart that holly hunter, ashley and jill and i announce passing off our husband brother and son beau after he battled brain cancer with same integrity kurming and strength he demonstrated every day of his life. beau biden worked to establish

rule of law in wharton kosovo and making or in delaware national guard iraq war veteran and what areed bronze star. he was dying fosed in august of 201 and underwent successful surgery mb abdomener son in houston followed by normal course of treatment of chemo and radiation and was given a clean bill of health in 2013. spring of this year he suffer aid recurrence and immediately sought aggressive treatment. he was admitted to walter reed earlier this week. despite a valiant fight beau biden passed away. >> i'm dann cuellar "channel 6 action news". vice-president joe biden called his son the finest manny of us have ever known. beau helped nominate his dad for vice-president 01 democratic national convention. >> tonight, mr. chairman it's my great honor tore place into nomination for of the office of vice-president of the united states my father, my hero, joe

biden. so i move to suspend the rules to knowledge that by acclamation joe biden as democratic advise precedential candidate. >> he's exception father and exceptional vice-president and leader and i'm hop order are to be part of that. >> joy biden graduated from the university of pennsylvania. before the tint he served five years. federal prosecutors in philadelphia. in 197 at age three he was seriously injured in a family tragedy in a crash that killed his mother and infantd sister. he was sworn in while at the bedside of his son. after a stroke in 010 beau biden said sometimes it's not good to look too far down the 'roid. having a plan has never worked for me because life always intervenes. >> dann cuellar mentioned beau biden served his country in the

national guard. as he rose in power he never forgot the soldiers. >> it's also reminder reminder that our veterans of our nation every day, is a day of service for them. and every day say day of sacrifice. >> bode biden was still in the delaware army national guard at the tile of his passing. >> beau biden was planning a run for governor at the time of his death. uring during his time at state attorney general he established a straight predator unit and proposed tougher bail restrictions for criminal defendant and depended death benty. reaction to beau biden's death comes in overnight we have commends in the next half hour. >> developing this morning. secretary of state john kery is in the hospital fol a bike crash in switzerland. he's in jen ever afore nuclear

talks with iran. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for updates. 7:06 now turning to a story developing overnight philadelphia police are looking for leads in a double shooting. and someone shot two young men as he walked down the street. 11 shell casings were found. a but ethylene oxide wept into front whip owe of a truck. one was taken to university of the pennsylvania and the other or tape to hahnemann. >> there's no report that four americans are held by rebel fighters in wash to be. the report citing unnamed sources say they are being detained in capital sana it's been opened as a report to push

the u.s. choseed embassy in yes ma'am ep due to concerns about terrorist activity much of it anti-american in the country. >> that is preparing for subject night show down whether it will let patriot act surveillance laws expire. they are set to expire on wednesday. last week the senate the failed to reach a deal to keep provisions intact. the country will face a serious lapse in national security if a deal is not reached. the opponents say privacy concerns and civil liberties trust fears over national security. democratic nominee for mayor of philadelphia goes one-on-one on inside story here this morning on 6abc. jim kenny faces questions from brian. >> does top sean risk worse. >> the police officer has field in daipinger has the ability to mat someone down.

2% results in no weapon con fis occasions and no arrests. next sunday republican mayoral melissa marie bailey, takes on questions on inside story. >> there's more to come on"action news" war violence outside a concert in south jersey and new trouble spec using in the house for dennis castor. >> not only do we watch of hos bit of drown force and it eyes across parts of our

>> endless rain storms fool cross texas. dallas county sheriff department

said a 7-year-old girl was killed after a crash threw her into floodwaters and she was swept away. 31 people were killed in storms that begun in texas and oklahoma over memorial day weekend. >> some rivers are starting to recede now. so many tragic stories coming out of the situation. >> pattern is about to change all baw of developing el nino usually puts weather in the heartland of the nation. all shifts east and texas will dry out. now east coast turn. let's go live on sky6 and show you the view. lovely shot in cape may. patchy haze and fog right here along the beach. everybody else doing okay visibility-wise. 71 in philadelphia. still in 60s on the stand. 65 do you point. winds south 10 miles an hour and that's saving grace today. if you're note a fan of heat and humidity the wind picks up and it feels better out there especially on the water the seabreeze keeps you 10 to 15 cooler than inland location.

dover 71. lancaster and reading showing 71. dew points well up into the 60s. up comfortable. dover 71. exact number of new orlean this morning. that gives you an idea how uncomfortable it is. dew points climb later this afternoon in tomorrow mid 60s we don't like that. then it comes down as we get to tuesday, wednesday, thursday friday lovely, feels nice. almost refreshing. canadian air settles in for end of week. satellite 6 there's the front there pushing towards the southeast over the next 24 to 48 hours and as it interacts with warm soupy air showers and thunderstorms developing. as we look closer at double scan life showers western portions of montgomery count write and eastern portions of montgomery county and all this is pushing rapidly off the north east. this is maybe one or two showers quickly pulling through. bulk of the day is dry. combination of sun and clouds.

00, future tracker painting picture for you nothing going on. later this afternoon looks like everything okay. after 6 that's when the fronts starts approaching. so let's say the lehigh valley, poconos, maybe far western suburbs that's when you see showers and thunderstorms and city is dry. we see the sure and storms in the east and today is dry good portion of area. some storms as they player up could contain drenching downpours and tomorrow afternoon looks ike a mess. front sits over top of us. numerous showers and storms develop. drenching downpours a possibility. there's a threat for severe weather in the area shaded in yellow. later this evening into first part of overnight it's basically i-95 corridor north and west strong gusty winds that would be the main call pretty. monday evening we have not seen rain over the last month. looks like we get it all back in one shot here.

anywhere from 1.5 to 2" of rain could fwal drenching downpours. for poconos you're the area that has best chance of seeing thunderstorms today. 74 degrees. clouds and sun. be on the lookouts for popup thunderstorms. maybe heavy downpours. jersey store staying dry. combination of sun and clouds. preezy on the sand and humid once again. 76. that's forecasted high. occasion temperature still until mid 50s. we have to get that number up. 89 for philadelphia, surprise expected. clouds humid late day thunderstorm. i'm ready to nix that altogether. it's late evening hours when you see that. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast shows numerous showers and storms, 80. some lingers to tuesday morning and clearing by afternoon. 78 degrees. wednesday is than tas 76. friday 83 and partly sunny and humidity lefts comfortable. saturday sunshine and comfortable and high of 87.

iffy tonight and tomorrow otherwise good. >> thanks, chris. >> changes in weather by tracking 6abc stromtracker app. liver radar forecast and severe weather alerts and plus you can support what you're seeing in your area a free download from your mobile device. >> there's a whopping 423 million up for grabs in two lotteries powerball and mega millions. there were no winners last night however one ticket sold in pennsylvania was a match five power play winner and that's worth 5 million. and wednesday's drawing worth 188 million. you can see that during "action news" at 11. >> and the mega millions jackpot is worth 25 million you can see that here during "action news" at 11 on tuesday night. good luck. >> we'll be right

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>> several injured in a melee outside a country music concert in camden the fight broke out in a parking lot near the susquehanna bank center not on the actual property wxt radio coner is was held there mast night didn't want to caulk on cam what because she and her son were attacked by a number of people. >> avenue come he -- thrown in the ground. punches in face and other guy in the hospital on a streper came over and punched her again. i put my harm around her try to pulled her away and got stabbed in the hand. >> two victims were sent to cooper university for treatment. "action news" reached out to live nation. the company who put on the event we have not heard back if

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>> welcome back 7:22. travel forecast. satellite 6 and action radar. most of the action is actually now east of mississippi river. this has been the area here over the last several weeks. lots of heavy rain. severe weather tornadoes all this shifting east. now it will be this part of the subject country. right here drenching downpours and maybe a bought of severe weather. temperature-wise cold front through the great lakes. look at the temperatures on backside. 42 in chicago. bismarck 46. there in 0s here the daeper shade of blue feeling like winter. northern tier states summery like. jacksonville coming in muggy 68. philadelphia actually warmer than jacksonville 71.

making or hubs philadelphia quiet 71. logan reporting rain. no delays as of yet. 66. chicago made way and o'hare same things no delays 42 feeling like winter and 7 atlanta aquiet and newark is quiet snre this plane is fly ago are on the world with no fuel it's called solar impulse as you good get byit name it's powrd by the sun. the plane took off from china for the longest leg to hawaii. two pilots are taking turns flying the singer seater. they hope it race as wareness of renewal energy resources. >> police officer and neighbors from abington came to the rescue. it was for a duck stuck if a way we are here happen positive to duck was saved and released in a

pond nearby. >> phillies continue to struggle. this weekend against the rockies has been, well rocky. here's jeff skversky. >> reporter: can phillies finally stop bleeding today when they finish fip ali against the rockies. they have not won since last saturday and trying avoid 7 in a row. season worst 1 games under 500 are philadelphia phillies. it's not even june and it already feels like the dog days of summer. it was save a pe at the park day yesterday and phillies trying to keep the fans from barking. ryan howard says go fetch. doubled down the right field line. chase utley scores. >> gives up two homers up including this to michael mc henrey. then in the 7th in comes louis garcia and out koz pim ultive to

the upper deck. >> they've now hit a any low point. >> future of the phillies may be right aron the corner. top prospect making debut in reading. rough patch. but he can wing a bap with it's rbi single and it's difference. reading wins 4-3 over rich sglond after only one win over first two months of year union are finally getting it together. they're playing best soccer of the season. last night going for three in a row. union on the road. they strike early. fifth minute le bass tan le toux on the steam breaks hiscy leens and and penalty kick union lose 2-1 ending two game winning

streak. >> and arena football league in atlantic city against las vegas. america's favorite playground mrongz to dan roden baulk 7 touch towns. marco thomas catches five. winner winner chicken dinners soul, jaws happy they win. >> how about nascar, dover 200 these drivers may not like the monster lap two car gets loose and takes another car and scott comes back down the track and d-boned by jamie dicks meanwhile chris bushier races scott free and wins race at dover, maz finishes second. >> can you wait depy hamlin is on the pole. i'm jeff skversky, have a dwraet day. chicago plaque hawks are going back to the stanley cup finals. hawks beat anaheim 5-3 game 7

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>> beau biden former delaware attorney general and son of vice-president joe biden, has died of brain cancer. >> and at age 46 beau left behind a leg sixt it's 7:29 more on passing ahead. first outside we go to

meteorologist chris sowers and a quick preview of the accuweather forecast. >> good morning you to nydia. not bad out here now. sticky once again. we're getting a nice breeze and actually feels all right out here. let's head down to jersey shore. if you're down on the beach you will enjoy another beautiful afternoon yesterday and sunshine down on the sand. temperatures pulled back thanks to seabreeze. today a repeat performance. ship bottom 61 degrees at this hour. same number beach haven. look at ocean temperature chilly. 55 rights now. seasonal build 2 to 3 feet. atlantic city at the airport closing in on 70. wildwood 68, cape may 64. if you do boating or fishing later this afternoon here's what you can expect. combination of sun and clouds, high tide is actually occurring now. the second high tide won't be until 6 or 7:00 this evening. again seas building 2 to 4 feet winds south strengthening 10 to 20 miles an hour.

if you lay on the sand you may have to contend with blowing sand. action raw dar wider picture showing numerous showers and thunderstorms offer northwest. cold front has pushed through buffalo where they're now down to 48 this morning. we're sitting at 71. we sdpekt that cooler air to start rushing on in hereby the time we get to monday afternoon and tuesday. now it's in between right now in that cooler weather pulling in little time frame in between the two we could see active weather. citizens bank park if you head down there phillies taking on colorado rockies game number 3. let's see if we can get a win. sun and clouds, warm, sticky, don't forget suncreen. 86 when they get this going at 1: 35 and by ninth inning 88. you factor in humidity feels like 90 or maybe 91, 92 give orty. it's uncomfortable out there. the thing we're really concerned about over the next 24 to 48 hours drenching downpours in the

forecast and possibility of small stream flooding. i'll focus more on that what i see you guys again in ten minutes. guys. >> chris. thank you. the death of beau biden son vice-president joe biden. >> he died last night of a battle with brain cancer. >> "action news" reporter nora muchanic is live in greenville, delaware saturday across there and across the country nora. >> st. joseph's on brandywine is behind me. it's joe biden and beau biden family church and no doubt as 7:30 mass begins this morning lots of prayers will be going up for beau biden who is absolutely be loved political figure as his father is here in delaware. now, beau biden was devout catholic and gifted politician who serve twod terms in -- as delaware attorney general and rather than run for a third term he told supporters in january he hoped to run for governor next year. that was not to be after

entering walter reed medical septemberner washington last week he suck onlyed to brain cancer. these -- at the age of 46 surrounded there by family. now for as bright a star as future was in politics those who knew beau biden said he was all about family. he leaves behind his wife hallie and hunter and natalie, 9 and 11, brother and sister and parents dr. jill and vice-president joe biden with whom he shared a close relationship. he was a major and deployed to iraq for a year and helped in post war kosovo developing a criminal justice system there. he suffered a minor stroke in 2010. 2013 had lesions removed from braen and appeared to be recovered. this spring, there was a recurrence of his brain cancer. and despite aggressive efforts, doctor koz not treat it successfully. funeral arrangements have not been announced yesterday.

but this is a terribly sad time for biden family for friends of family, of course, all of delaware at this point. at this point, governor jack markle ordered all flags in delaware be flown at half staff. live in greenville. i'm nora muchanic, "channel 6 action news." >> what a legacy he leaves nora, thank you. president obama 'released this statement today mish i and i humbly pray for got lord to watch over beau biden and protect his family here on earth. delaware governor jack markle bext aeu was outstanding attorney general lawyer, soldier erin father i feel friv ledged to have served with him and dell dl is a better mraisz thanks to him. >> tom carper said beau respected all that was good about delaware and our country. complete package bright, hard working, loyal to his family, love, sop, brother, husband,

fire principal handsome, well spoken, and assuming and heart of servant too. his future seems to know no bounds. >> and this have chris koonz throughout his life beau never side away from doing the right thing even when it meant doing the hard thing. he served community and country with honor and that's how he will be remembered. >> charlie copeland chair map of the delaware republican party said he served his country and citizens of delaware with hon are and dignity. >> our coverage of the life and death of beau biden continues on 6abc.com. we'll have live reports later this morning on "action news." >> it is 7:5 now we learned name of new jersey state trooper killed in a crash yesterday morning. the trooper has been identified as 24-year-old anthony raspa based out of the of hamilton township station mercer county he and his partner were driving in monmouth county when squad car hit a deer.

his partner suffered minor injuries. new this morning a two vehicle crash sent two people in the hospital in philadelphia overnight happened near 40 and girard avenue parkside section at 11:are 15 last night. impact of the car caused one vehicle to rollover briefly trapping the two people inside. and a 50-year-old woman and 12-year-old boy were taken to the hospital in stable condition. no word yet if either driver faced charges. >> there's new trouble this morning for former house speaker dennis master she is accused of sexual misconduct and abc mary bruce has more on potential second victim. >> allegations of sexual abuse by dennis hastert may be growing. there is a second individual allegedly victimized by former house speaker. a close friend that spop with him says hastert is surprised by the indictment. >> his baffled for it. >> once the most powerful man in congress he is now charged

with bank fraud and lying to fbi after he allegedly promised to pay 3.5 million hush money to cover up his past misconduct. sources say the man he was paying was a former student at yorkville nice illinois. where hastetr was teacher and wrestling coach. sources say it's unlukely the mystery man that received payments will be charged with extorsion. >> in this stwition date hastert denied he is victim of extorsion. >> the second alleged unknown victim neither asked for nor received any money from hasters one of former wrestling stars tells "abc news" this is not the hastert he knew. >> not one time over last 45 years i have heard anything negative against him. >> the indictment ales he tried toy mask cash withdrawals to skirt reporting requirements taking out just under 10,000 in 100 separate transactions

according to indictment when asked about he he told fbi he took out money because he deposit think the banking system was safe, saying i kept the cash. >> that was abc mary bruce reporting. "good morning america" will have a report at 8 after "action news". >> former baltimore mayor and govern nor martin o'maley announced his can decembery on the democratic side. >> to you and to all that can hear my voice i declare that i'm a candidate for president of the united states. and i am running for you. >> o'maley holds campaign event today in new hampshire. in 2007 he endorsed hillary rodham clinton precedential bid. now he's taking her on accusing clintons and bush families of cozying up to wall street. despite that clinton took to twit to officially welcome o'maley to the race. vernon odom senator sanders is running on democratic side.

>> later this morning it's this week here on 6abc martin o'maley talks about his campaign that's at 10:30. >> jeb bush said again yesterday he is considering a run for the whitehouse. speaking in tennessee he laid out a game plan for the republicans. >> the next republican that will win will campaign in the latino community and campaign among asian americans and in black church he's and campaign on college campuses. >> former florida governor is calling for reauthor daition of the patriot act which was enacted under the presidency of brother george w. bush debate on reauthorization resumesed in senate. >> there's more to come on "action news" this sinned including freebie. >> experience king of instruments huge organ at the kimle center 6abc loves the arts previews or gone day. >> a live look at wilmington.

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for the love of dog™. >> okay today wire looking at unsettlele weather tonight and tomorrow. >> wetter yes but not until tonight into tomorrow. also today looks good. here's the view in cape may. and i was just talking to eva. eva says this is her favorite niece south jersey. >> me too. >> nydia both.

>> love cape say. there's the shot right now lovely shot. you can see patchy haze. beaches are clear. sun glistening off the water there. it should be a lovely day there on the sand. temperatures run anywhere from 10 to 15 cooler right there on the water. then when we're expecting inland. if you're tired of all heat and hultty already head down to the shore. feels better, 71 in philadelphia 71 millville dover coming in at 71. poconos 66 and sea isle city a comfortable 65 degrees. satellite 6 and action radar there's the system that we're watching well off northwest. as it closes in on delaware valley and encounters warm, soupy air sitting on top of us. nurm russ showers and thunderstorms flaring up. fortunately that is not until after 6 or 7:00 this evening. most of the day is dry. with that said a couple loan renegade cells pushing through montgomery and bucks county. no lightning strikes reported on this. just a quick downpour. future tracker most of today is dry. at least through 4:30 nothing

going on we continue to sthet in motion. midnight hour we see showers and storms across the midnight hours. and tomorrow morning, lots of clouds around. make a few faekz of sunshine. and by tomorrow afternoon here's where everything strrt to change front sits over top of us and focal point for the showers and storms. look at this by the evening showers look at colors here you get into reds and purplish colors you see those on future track erin those are heavy downpours lasting all evening long. when all said and done you see flooding small stream flooding but been dry. incredible toy mention flooding with the fact we had an inch of rain in the last 40 days. a lot of this comes down in short period of time. later this evening if we pick up thunderstorms between let's say 7 and midnight a the lot of lightning strikes possible. downpours that's greatest

threat. winds some storms could produce winds in excess of 55 miles an hour. not much of a risk of hail and tornadoes. again overnight tonight into tomorrow when most of this happens. anywhere from one and a half to two and a half inch of of rain. in a moderate drought across the far wesh suburbs and levies and poconos. much needed rain. if we do in fact see the rain predicted now that will wipe all of this out. nascar taking place later this afternoon. combination of sun and clouds. sicky, 9:00 68. by 1:00, 85. no threat for showers and thunderstorms. at least that's the way it looks as of now. jersey shore otion temperature callly. 56. at least is nice and comfortable on the sand. seabreeze, sun and clouds and sticky down there. occasion temperatures look at this now only in the are a50s on a long the ocean front. nice day to head out, fortescue money island, do flounder fishing. nice stuff there on the bay

waters. western suburbs upper 80s. 88 reading allentown 87. philadelphia 89. trenton 87. wilmington 87 as well and the exclusive accuweather forecast 7 day forecast numerous showers and thunderstorms by tomorrow afternoon 82. some linger into tuesday morning otherwise clearing, 78 then wednesday on feels fantastic out there. season any and pleasant, 76. thursday sunny and nice 77 and friday sunny and nice again 83 and then saturday looks good as well. >> all right great. >> thanks, chris. >> the "action news" morning team as you covered tomorrow no matter what the weather wake up with matt tam david and karen starting 4:30. >> clinical trials are vital part of improving medical care. locally one of the most exciting trials is on groundbreaking new treatments for luke i'm a.

>> dr. susan firth that heads one trial, busy life, forgetfulness orself conscious nus about being different all play a role. >> there's a really high rick of rejecting the transplant. >> a peer coach helps him. >> i have a part time job i go and smoomz ki work until 10:00 at night and not get home until

10:30, 10:45. >> he gets cellphone remind wherz medicals are due as well as text messages. and he has another clever helper. >> i drive now so i have a key chain with extra pills in it so if i'm not home at the time i can be able to take them. >> kevin wants regimen down pat by fall when he goes to la stool pursue big dream. >> my life goal is to print myself a 3d viable kidney that i'll be able to use. >> dr. firth says whether the goal is to learn to take drugs better or test effectiveness of new drugs it would not be possible without clinical trials and families that volunteer for them. i'm erin o'hearn, "channel 6

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largest mechanically based or gone in a concert hall. >> we wanted to showcase what the oregon could do and pollutes and bells and. >> today is jam packed with games, performances and activities to enterser taken hundreds of kids and families. >> you will hear music from lord of rings and story time with kids and the little engine that could and sing along twinkle twinkle little start and interactive opportunity top touch it and make sounds and see how they can get it to make noise. >> artistic director jay wall says the summer months give the kimle center opportunity top let kids of all age ages experience musical theater. >> there's not "action news" a lot of opportunity experience musical theater in inter active direct way for them. >> it's called grow up great and held one saturday a month. >> reaching kids just walking and just encountering the world

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82 for monday. monday issue being numerous showers and storms and drenching downpours and possibility of small stream flooding. >> thank you chris 7:56 a few minutes a way from saying good morning to "good morning america". >> ever a, nydia, good morning coming up on gma leading with agonizing loss for vice-president joe biden siz hop beau former attorney general of delaware died at brain cancer at the age of 46. on a more hopeful note this morning could texas and rest of south central u.s. finally be out of the woods after more than a week of record rain. our rob marciano is there on the ground with latest developments and big news in the forecast. and on lighter note check this out couple who met on twitter dated on skype and got married live on periscope the live streaming app why did they do that we'll get to that on gma on a busy sunday.

>> yes. "good morning america" sweekd next on channel 6. "action news" continues a little later this morning. >> we'll have reaction to the death of beau biden delaware former attorney general and his dad vice-president joe biden is heartbroken again. >> chris sowers will have more on the exclusive accuweather forecast. for eva pilgrim, chris sowers and entire "action news" team have a great sunday we'll see

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breaking overnight, remembering good morning, america. breaking overnight, remembering beau biden. >> beau, i love you. so proud of you. >> the vice president's son losing his battle with brain cancer. >> i know him as an incredible father and a loving grandfather. >> an iraq war vet and delaware's former attorney general, a special bond between father and son. this morning, the tributes to his short, accomplished life. weather alert. cities swamped. the incredible before and after pictures. this baseball stadium under water and the blinding rains. with the death toll rising from the fierce floods, could there finally, finally be good news in the forecast? breaking news, john kerry's bicycling accident. the secretary of state taking a