>> a hit and run leaves a man critically injured in the hunting park section of philadelphia. we're live with the latest details. >> a firestorm is raging over the confederate flag. top law macanese south lawmakers in south carolina are calling for to it come down. >> another unsettled day is on top for us today and we're tracking the very latest for you. >> good morning, it's 5:30 here on this tuesday june 23rd. matt o'donnell is off. i'm here with nydia han. let's head over to meteorologist, david murphy. he's got a lot to tell you and karen rogers is taking a look at the commute. good morning. >> we'll start out with the issue of the heat and humidity. heat advisory in effect starting at 11 o'clock this morning. it doesn't end until 6 o'clock. its for all the central counties in the region especially trenton wilmington and philadelphia. high temperatures are going to get well into the 90's so definitely a drink -- day for cool drinks and light loose fitting clothing. as we take a look at the storm situation everything we have

on the map right now is back by the great lakes but this line of thunderstorms is going to be moving closer to us and later this afternoon and this evening we'll see it drop through with perhaps some strong gusty winds. temperatures right now are warm and muggy. 76 degrees in philadelphia, 66 in allentown, 73 in trenton 75 in wilmington, 75 down the shore and your dewpoints, they are back. after drop in humidity yesterday, we've got a lot of dewpoint numbers in the 70's. any time you get over 70 it's what we consider oppressive humidity and that's basically what you got if philadelphia all the way to the shore. a little better up in allentown but still sticky there as well. heading out the door over the next couple hours muggy under partly sunny skies. 79 by 8:00 a.m. and as we roll through the day the heat is on today. we'll be up into the 90's as soon as noon, maybe even 11 o'clock. your high today is this 95-degree reading here at 3 o'clock and any time after about three or 4 o'clock especially starting out in the northern and western suburbs and then cruising down through philadelphia by later in the afternoon we do have that chance of strong gusty thunderstorms and karen, these

actually are going to be strong enough in some cases where we definitely want to take cover. i'll have more on all of that coming up. >> so we have to be careful of that for the evening commute. for the morning commute we're dry, we're clear. pretty light volume through the area. no extra overnight construction and no delays on i-95 as we're looking live here approaching cottman. that's your southbound traffic headed towards center city. moving just fine. i'm right now looking live at the vine street expressway here approaching the schuylkill. the vine has reopened in both directions so no problems here but it's going to close again each night so we're going to be watching for those closures starting at 11 o'clock during this week. i know that's been giving a lot of people headaches and those headaches will continue. in north coventry township chester county a downed pole from an earlier accident it was closing 422 in both directions. eastbound reopened but westbound 422 is still blocked between route 100 and 662. if you're in this area you can just stick to 724 as your alternate. in blue bell we had a fire location but the crews have just left the scene so it's clear on pemberton road at

stenton avenue. construction blocking two lanes, the right lane and the center lane on the turnpike westbound past norristown so a few things going out to watch for this morning, tam. >> okay, thank you karen. and breaking this morning let's go over and take a look at this. at least two fire hydrants are opened and look at that spraying water across the road. the hi hydrants were discovered open around 5:00 this morning on holstein avenue near 78th street in southwest philadelphia. police are there on the scene so is the fire department. they've been notified to come and shut those things off. traffic, you see that safe light truck gingerly making its way through many people are being cautious. hopefully they'll get these turned off before there's flooding in the road. a man is fighting for his life this morning. he was struck by a car and then just left for dead. now police are looking for the driver responsible for the crime. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in north philadelphia. she's got the details. good morning katherine. >> reporter: good morning tam. and police have that striking vehicle but the search is on

for the driver. the victim remains in critical condition at the hospital and investigators here at the accident investigation district are looking for tips. this happened around 10:15 last night in hunting park. police were called out to the 600 block of eerie around 10:15 for the report of a man on a bicycle that had been struck. he was rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition. the driver fled the scene but police soon located the vehicle, a ford f-150. it did have some front end damage but so far no one has been taken into custody and again, the search is on for the driver. police haven't yet said if they know who they're looking for, if they have any description but they want to hear from you if you have any information that could help lead to this driver. we're live in north philadelphia, katherine scott channel6 "action news." >> okay, katherine, thank you. and new here on "action news," two people in south jersey were injured after gunfire erupted in two locations just blocks from each other. atlantic city police tell us the first shooting happened around 1:30 this morning on the 300 block of north

carolina avenue. there a man was shot in the arm and the leg. the second victim was shot a few blocks away on med terrain and kentucky avenues. he was shot in the leg. both are recorder in stable condition. no word yet on if these shootings are connected or if anybody has been arrested. and philadelphia police are looking for the gunman who opened fire on a packed kensington block shooting both adults and children. it happened yesterday afternoon on the 700 block of east hilton street. police say the lone gunman sprayed the block with pellets. a shot gun was found at the scene. two of the adults are still in critical condition. two other adults as well as a 10-year-old an three-year-old are in stable condition. another 10-year-old was released from the hospital. >> the heated debate ovary moving the confederate battle flag from south carolina's state capitol has arrived in mississippi. this was set off by last week's church massacre in charleston when the suspect of that massacre is said to have used the confederate flag as a symbol of hatred.

erin o'hearn is lie at the big board with the details on this debate. emotional on both sides, erin. >> reporter: it is nydia. this is a decades long debate that as you said may have reached a ting point since the massacre in a charleston church last week. south carolina's governor nikki haley is demanding state lawmakers move quickly to take down the confederate flag in front of the state building. and take a look at this. it's mississippi's state flag which has a confederate emblem on it. now one of that state's top lawmakers is calling for it to be removed. and many say the confederate symbol represents hatred also associated with racial violence slavery and segregation. but back in 2001, mississippi voters decided by a two to one margin to keep the state flag it has used since 1894. since then, bills that proposed to change the flag have gained no track. no inn south carolina haley says she's not against the heritage the flag represents but said yesterday it is time for a change but some family members of the charleston

church shooting victims are skeptical of her timing of the announcement. >> for many people in our state the flag stands for traditions that are noble. for those who wish to show their respect for the flag on their private property, no one will stand in your way. but the statehouse is different. and the events of this past week call upon us to look at this in a different way. >> last week her position was we don't have time for this debate right now. last week her position was there will be a day for to us discuss this. and over the weekend pictures go viral and how soon and how fast people change their opinions. >> reporter: south carolina senators tim scott and lindsey graham said they agree the confederate flag should be removed. you can head to my facebook page, i'll be posting an article that looks at seven different states which have imagery on their flags which to many evoke the confederacy.

tam back to you. >> thank you. president obama made some remarks on race and debates are raging about the point he was making but he used the n-word to make it. he appeared on a podcast show called wtf. >> racism, we are not cured of it. clearly and it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say (bleep) in public. that's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. >> now, some people didn't like that the president actually said the word rather than using the common phrase "the n-word." marin says the president was speaking candid about topics related to the church massacre in charleston. mr. obama has addressed the issue of race a number of times before including after the shootings of trayvon martin in 20's 12 and michael brown in ferguson in 2014 and the death in baltimore earlier this year. >> going to feel like triple

digits in fill today. >> hot and humid and strong thunderstorms. storm tracker six double scan shows you there's nothing over land rider now. as we take a look outside we have sky6 and your crooking at the sun trying to poke through the clouds over the ben franklin bridge. we'll see a sun and clouds mix for the first part of the day. later in the afternoon clouds get thicker and we have a line of storms coming through. temperature currently is 76 degrees and how about that dewpoint? all the way up to 70. any time we get that number at 70 or higher we start talking oppressive humidity and actually points south of philadelphia have dewpoints above 70 so once that sun does break through it's definitely going to feel steamy. winds out of the south at 7 miles per hour and maintaining a south or southwesterly flow today. in terms of storms, looks like we're fine past lunchtime and into the early afternoon. by 3 o'clock the model still only wants to put a couple spotty guys here and there. pretty quickly after 3 o'clock and right on up until 5 o'clock you can see how there is that chance that the northern and western suburbs and even down close to philadelphia start to the blow up a number of these spotty storms and everywhere they hit

they're producing drenching downpours and perhaps some strong gusty winds as well. by 7 o'clock some of these are still plowing through philadelphia a little bit of lingering activity in the northern and western suburbs and by 9 o'clock, it looks like most of this is centered closer to the shore and then by 11 o'clock, it's mainly out of here. but along the way, we do have some several threats. the biggest one will be strong gusty winds out of these storms. , see how the storm prediction center has us in orange over the region and that's a moderate chance ann little better than usual chance that anything that pops does have the potential for producing strong gusty winds. some of these storms have a low probabilities of hail. that wouldn't be out of the question in a few areas. from about the i-95 corridor and up to the northwest there's the chance of an isolated tornado. the better chance of that is probably up in new england but i wouldn't be surprised if we saw one or two of these popping up briefly here or there. the bottom line is you look at all of these threats and you know if you hear thunder this afternoon or this evening you head indoors to the lower floors just in case. the other part of the story of course is the heat.

by 11 o'clock we're at 88 and then we spends the afternoon in the 90's with a high today of 95 degrees and of course it will feel like it's about a hundred as nydia said because of that high humidity. your seven-day from accuweather 95 is today's high. hot, humid uncomfortable. that line of afternoon thunderstorms rolling through starting in the northwest and then ending up at the shore this afternoon and this evening. sunny and nice behind this on wednesday with a high of 87. lower humidity. great for the union match at ppl park at night and then on thursday sun mixes with clouds, 84 is the high. there is the chance of an afternoon or evening shower or thunderstorm. we're hoping it holds off until after the tall ships arrive. our parade of sail special of course here on 6abc starts at 2 o'clock but that will be a little iffy. we'll see about that. friday cloudy. it's not going to be a washout but it will be damp with occasional rain. 77 the high. and then breezy and cool on saturday. and how about low 70's for the weekend? there may be some showers saturday night into sunday but nice temperatures. >> sounds lovely. >> yes. >> thank you david. >> thanks, david.

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>> ♪♪ >> that's pretty. as long as we stay inside and just look at it, it will stay pretty. you're taking a live look here up at the skies above atlantic city. it is 5:45. 77 degrees. but it is going to feel like a hundred dave murphy is telling us as we get later into the day. >> yeah, it is a pretty shot let's hope your commute is pretty. let's go to tuesday topic with karen. >> yeah, we have a few problems in your traffic report. so let's start right now in the suburbs and we're looking at the roosevelt boulevard southbound at mascher street. we've got a new accident coming in, only one lane getting by at this point. watch for this accident on the boulevard in the inner drive. might just want to stick to the outer drive instead here and now in your suburban traffic report 422 westbound blocked between route 100 and 662. we've got this accident that brought down a pole causing issues this morning. they've opened the eastbound but westbound is still blocked

so stick to 724 to avoid any problem there. and outside live on 422 this is at trooper. no delays as you see that traffic eastbound moving okay at this point so coming in from limerick or royersford, you're looking pretty good right there. the action cam is on the scene and you see the water that is flooding the roadway here in southwest philadelphia. and that's because we've got at least two different fire hydrants out there that are going off. were he can see police on the scene at this point up ahead kind of warning traffic in this area because the water's flooding the roadway at this point. this is holstein avenue and south 78th street and you can stick to island avenue instead and you see how the water's just kind of running off. so creating a problem in southwest philadelphia. we've police on the scene with that thanks to the action cam for showing us that one. a hazard on the road 495 northbound in claymont. watch for something on the road causing an issue there. 69 degrees in quakertown but a warm 76 degrees right now in

philadelphia. we are headed up to 95 and what was starting at 77 in woodbine already this morning, nydia. >> all right, karen, thank you. happening today, a hearing will kick off for new england patriots quarterback tom brady who is appealing the nfl's findings about the deflated football. nfl commissioner roger goodell will hear brady's case in new york. brady was suspended for four games and the patriots were fined $1 million and docked a pair of draft picks. the league's attorney says the super bowl champions illegally used underinflated footballs in the afc title game. brady has den need being involved. law enforcement has trapped the trail of those two escaped prisoners to a hunting camp in upstate new york. the camp near the prison and the two convicted murderers are pleased to be in the area. hundreds of officers from new york and across the can country are on site searching for david sweat and richard matt. they've been on the run now for more than two weeks.

>> the six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will go to trial on october 13th. gray died in april after allegedly injuring his spine while he was in police custody. his death sparked riots in baltimore and protests nationwide. those officers now face charges including involuntary manslaughter illegal arrests and misconduct. if convicted, they could face decades in prison. >> authorities in canada are investigating a video that shows a man jumping on a moose and briefly riding the animal. the video was believed to have been taken in northern british columbia. a hunter saw it posted on social median contacted conservation officers. >> they're harassing the moose, they're harassing the boat. there's no question what they're doing is illegal under the wildlife act. it's cruel to the animal. the animal is obviously stressed out. >> the people in the video face fines up to $100,000. the facebook page that originally posted the video is no longer up. >> 5:48 now and a man's family

fishing excursion turned into a bit avenue rare catch in south jersey. >> this is not the kind of hole golfers want to see along the greens. david. >> hot and steamy across the region today. that's going to drive plenty of people to the beach and the pool but don't forget there's enough sun out there especially early in the day to require the sunscreen. strong storms a possibility later this afternoon. and high heat and humidity. i'll have the day planner forecast to map all of that out for you. >> ♪♪

>> a man's family fishing excursion turned into a rare catch in burlington county. ron rossi showed "action news" this pacu fish he caught in swedes lake yesterday. he had to look online to figure out what kind of fish is this its a fish native to south america related to the

piranha but has a different set of teeth and jaw line is that far less likely to attack and desire human flesh. that's a good thing for mr. rossi. state officials believe, excuse me, the fish are starting to end up in our water from pet owners who are overwhelmed by just how big they can get. >> they throw it back in. >> or eat it. >> teddy roosevelt said they are delicious. >> better you eat it than it eat you. all right, let's take a look outside. we've got problems on the roadway. this is the boulevard at broad street. we're fine here but southbound on the boulevard at mascher in the inner drive an accident with only one lane getting by. watch for that causing a problem this morning. here's a new accident involving a tractor-trailer in west norton. this is the boulevard of the generals at george washington avenue so watch for that accident involving a tractor-trailer. and mass transit is on time, dave. >> 70's and muggy this morning as we start out karen and by 9 o'clock all the way up to 82 and into the low 90's around lunchtime and the humidity is definitely going to be back full force today. so, a day for cool drinks and

taking it easy. 95 is your high. the other issue thunderstorms and they are going to start to come down out of the northern and western suburbs after about three or 4 o'clock. they'll probably be in and around i-95 corridor around the commute and over by the shore by later this evening. you can see how temperatures drop a little bit but it is going to be hot and humid and at times stormy and in terms of the storms later this afternoon and this evening several risks, lightning definitely going to see that; downpours definitely a high risk of that where these storms hit and strong winds. there is an isolated chance of a brief tornado out of this too. obviously guys when you see or the lightning or hear the thunder this afternoon or this evening head indoors to the lower floors. nydia. >> david thank you. there's a new kind of golf hazard on a kansas city area golf course and this one is not man-made. take a look at the massive

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>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday june 23rd. matt o'donnell is off. nydianydia han is joining us. >> a a search for a driver involved in a hit and run that left a man critically injured. >> an suv slams into a philadelphia home trapping a woman beneath the vehicle. you'll flea a good samaritan who rushed to that scene. >> breaking right now the action cam is in southwest philadelphia where several fire hydrants are open and you can see spraying water across