>> ♪♪ >> hit and run leaves a man critically injured in the hunting park section of philadelphia. we're live with details. >> a firestorm raging over the confederate flag. top lawmakers in south carolina are calling for it to come down. now another state may follow suit. >> from steamy to stormy. an unsettled day on tap for us today. we're tracking the very latest. good morning out there, it's 6:30 on this tuesday june 23rd. matt o'donnell is off. i'm here with nydia han. let's go out to dave murphy. he's got a lot to tell you when it comes to accuweather and karen rogers has been watching traffic. good morning. >> steamy and stormy that graphic you just put up there tam says it all. we're off to a muggy start. as you take a look at heat advisories on tap it hits at 11 o'clock and goes until 6 o'clock this evening and we're mostly concerned with those urban centers and all of those counties highlighted in orange in the central portion of the region where temperatures will be well into the 90's today and the heat index will make it feel like

near 100 with oppressive humidity and a lot of that area. the other issue is the thunderstorms. right now we've got a line of them popping north of pittsburgh and starting to push to the east of the steel city. looks like in our case most of these will hold off until later this afternoon but once they hit they could be strong and gusty. 77 degrees in philadelphia, 75 wilmington, still in the 60's in allentown. 74 trenton, 75 in sea isle city. check out the dewpoints. every time we get numbers above 70 on this map it means oppressive humidity and most of the region right now is in that oppressive zone. how about that 76-degree dewpoint in dover? that's just an indication of how saturated the air is and how uncomfortable it's going to be. as we roll through the day by 8 o'clock, 79 degrees. by noon, though, 91 and your high today will be 95 feeling like 100 and again any time after about three or 4 o'clock, starting in the northern and western suburbs we'll be on the lookout for some strong gusty drenching thunderstorms. i'll have more details on what to expect from those storms

and future tracker six showing you how they're going to roll through the region. that's coming up in the exclusive accuweather 7-day. karen. >> all right, we have a dry commute now but we've got big problems already. this is the northeast extension northbound. all lanes are blocked because of an accident northbound on the northeast extension between quakertown and lehigh valley. that's exit 44 and exit 56. all lanes blocked. you've got to stick to 309 as your alternate to deal with this accident that's causing problems right here on the northeast extension. in north coventry township we have an issue here an earlier accident brought down a pole and that downed pole still causing issues here in chester county. so route 22 westbound, for route 422 westbound is blocked between route 100 and 662 and they've also blocked the ramp from route 100 northbound to 422. so, you've got a couple things blocked because of this downed pole here. stick to 724 or use high street to get around the alternate there. looking live on the schuylkill expressway you see no weather related problems but we're slow nonetheless. looking live here in conshohocken, eastbound traffic headed towards gladwyne pretty slow from the

blue route to the curve. westbound heavy from past the boulevard to gladwyne at this point, tam. >> okay, thank you, karen. a man is fighting for his life this morning. he was hit by a car and then just left there 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. police have the vehicle. they did locate that. but the search is on for the driver. the victim remains at the hospital in critical condition and accident investigators here are searching for tips. this happened last night around 10:15 in hunting park. police were called out to the 600 block of erie avenue after a man a 40-year-old man who was on his bicycle was struck. he was rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition. the driver fled the scene. police soon found the vehicle a ford f-150. it did have some front end damage but so far no one has been taken into custody and the search is still on for the driver. police haven't said yet if they know who they're looking

for or if the suspect is the owner of that vehicle. this all remains under investigation. but accident investigators want to hear from you if you have any tips. we are 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 if each other. atlantic city police tell us the first shooting happened around 1:30 in the morning on the 300 block of north carolina avenue. there the man was shot in the arm and the leg. the second victim was shot on mediterranean and kentucky avenues. he was shot in the leg. both are reportedly in stable condition. no word yet on if the shootings are connected or if anyone has been arrested. it is 6:34 and philadelphia police are looking for the gunman who opened fire on a packed kensington block shooting adults and children. it happened yesterday afternoon on the 700 block of east hilton street. police say the lone gunman sprayed that 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. 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 where the suspect of that massacre is said to have used the confederate flag as a symbol of hatred. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is lie at the big board with the details on this debate emotional on both sides erin. >> reporter: that's right. it's been an emotional debate for seconds. as you said it may have reached a tipping point since the church massacre last week. now, south carolina's governor nikki haley is demanding state lawmakers move quickly to take down the confederate flag in front of the state capitol building. take a look at this. this is mississippi's state flag which has a confederate emblem on it. one of the state's top lawmakers calling for it to be removed. many say the symbol represents hail tread 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 to traction. meanwhile in south carolina, haley says she's not against the heritage the flag represents but said yesterday it is time for a change. some family members of the charleston church shooting victims are skeptical of the timing of her 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 us to 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've poster an article that looks at seven different states which have imagery on their flags that to many evoke the confederacy. tam back to you. >> erin thank you. president obama made some remarks on race yesterday. now a debate has grown up not around the point he was making but that he used the n-word to make it. mr. obama stopped by mark marin's garage studio to appear on his podcast show called wtf. >> racism, we are not cured of it. clearly. and -- and it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say (bleep) in public. that's not the measure of weather racism still exists or not. >> some people didn't like the president saying the actual word rather than that common phrase the n-word but marin says the president was speaking candidly about topics

related to the church massacre in charleston. mr. obama has addressed the issue of race a number of times including after the shooting of trayvon martin in 20's 12 michael brown in ferg see is that the police custody death of freddie gray in baltimore earlier this year. >> 6:38. time nor accuweather. two issue of concern. >> the first is heat and humidity that's going to be the big issue for most of the day for most people but later this afternoon and this evening the chance of some strong thunderstorms. right now we are dry. as we take a look outside, we have sky6 and hazy sunshine at the shore and elsewhere building across the region and it definitely feels muggy as you head outside across the delaware and lehigh valleys. your temperature in philadelphia currently is 77 and how about that dewpoint? we don't see it that high that often but we're up to 72 even at this early hour and a dewpoint over 70 indicates what we begin to feel as oppressive humidity. winds are out of the south-southwest. the source region for humid air, 8 miles per hour and so everyone starting to get sticky. in terms of those storms, it looks like for most of the day

we will probably see maybe just a passing shower or a thunderstorm and by 3 o'clock we'll be on the lookout for some of this stuff beginning to development between 3:00 and 5:00 model consistently interested in putting the action in the northern and western suburbs down to about philadelphia. notice how these storms are a little on the spotty side. but where they hit they're producing drenching downpours and some additional issues that i'll talk about in a moment. as we go up to 7 o'clock philadelphia still getting hammered by this as well as the rest of the i-95 corridor. some lingering stuff in the northern and western suburbs and then by 9 o'clock it looks like most of this action is shifting over by the shore. some of this pretty heavy thunderstorm activity. severe weather probabilities though are fairly high, at least compared to where they usually are. the storm prediction center has us in this orange zone which is a moderate chance of any storm that forms producing strong wind gusts potentially as high as 60 miles per hour. that would be enough to bring down trees and wires. there's also a lower risk but

a risk nonetheless of some hail from some of these storms and from about the i-95 corridor and on through the northern and western suburbs there's even a chance of an isolated tornado. i'll tell you the support for this is probably a little better up in new england but the fact that the storm prediction center is even mentioning this combination of problems tells you that if you hear thunder or see lightning later today or tonight you head indoors to the lower floors because some of these storms could potentially be strong. the other part of the story of course, is the temperature. 79 degrees by 8 o'clock. 88 by 11 o'clock. and then by 2 o'clock 94 degrees with a high of 95 this afternoon. and remember, there is a heat advisory because the combination of this temperature and that high humidity is going to feel like it's about 100 degrees at times today. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast shows that 95 today for your high. hot, humid uncomfortable. later in the afternoon and evening the chance of a strong thunderstorm popping. there was and then all that's over on wednesday. it's sunny and much nicer

good weather for the union. 84 is your high on thursday, parade of sail at 2 o'clock. some point in the afternoon and evening a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. hopefully it does not hinder the tall ships coming up the the delaware. friday 77 and for the weekend it now looks as though we have a shot at going all the way back into the low 70's. there is the chance of some rain on saturday night. and perhaps into sunday morning. the weekend does not look like a washout. best of all looks like it's going to be rather comfortable. >> especially after those temperatures. >> thanks. 6:41. all new here at 6:00 a.m. on "action news" people in japan mark 70 years since that brutal battle at okinawa. >> a man suspected of harassing wildlife caught on camera. karen. >> the 30 bypass at 322 where traffic is moving okay, just a bit slow eastbound from 322 to 113. a couple of big accidents on a jam on i-95. all that were when we come back. >> happening today, the

deflate-gate show down between tom brady and the commissioner of the nfl. they come face to face. details coming up.

>> ♪♪ >> welcome back. breaking news to show you. the aftermath cold city illinois near chicago. after they suffered through a tornado touching down around 9 o'clock last night. you see all the emergency workers, they've been busy all night long. a number of flooded out roads. they had to get people out of their homes. one person seriously injured. a number of buildings have damp including a fire chief telling abc news houses that

were once there they're just not there anymore. so, this morning they're trying to get up and figure out the damage. look at the roof on that building and figure out what they do next. and of course the question is that storm that is coming in this direction, what it will bring us by the end of the day. >> it is 6:45. let's go to karen rogers for an update on traffic. >> we've got a lot going on with traffic this morning even though no weather related problems. roads are dry but what a jam we have on i-95 and that's your husband traffic is traffic trying to come towards center city, jammed past academy to could the plan and again from the betsy ross bridge through girard. we're looking live here nearly nearly nearly a gain. most in extension northbound completely blocked between quakertown that's exit 44 and lehigh valley. that's exit 56. you've got to stick to 309 as your alternate to deal with this accident blocking all lanes and we're just now getting more details about this big accident in burlington county new jersey right on 295 northbound. that's at the exit for florence-columbus, that's exit

number 52. we're hearing that a vehicle ran off the road way and hit a tree brought down a tree here. there are injuries on the scene and a medevac helicopter has been called to the scene and they may need to be blocking all lanes on 295 northbound. currently expect slowing here and other waze app i pulled up speeds of five, 10 miles an hour right now. people calling it a complete stand still on 295 northbound. now that accident officially off to the shoulder at this point. we may see some of those delays start to go but that's a big problem on 295. meanwhile also in new jersey an accident right on the new jersey turnpike. this is northbound at exit one just coming off of the delaware memorial bridge so lots of accidents going on out there this morning. don't forget you can get the traffic with the #6abc traffic. i've been tweeting all the details to these. 75 degrees in warrington, 73 in chester 77, warm already in center city. in new jersey, it's 76 in cinnaminson and 76 in dover delaware. headed up to a hot and humid 95 tam. >> thank you karen. this is new here at 6:30 a

memorial service in japan this morning marks 70 years since the battle of okinawa. it was one of the bloodiest conflicts of world two. more than 200,000 people died, many of them japanese civilians. 14,000 u.s. troops also died. some in japan oppose a current plan to relocate a military base for them the war's battle scars linger. >> tom brady appealing thes finding about those deflated footballs. nfl commissioner roger goodell will hear his case in new york. the patriots were fined $1 million and docked a pair of draft picks. the attorneys say the super bowl champions used under inflated footballs in the afc championship game. brady denied knowledge. a man jump on a moose and briefly riding the animal. the video is believed to have been taken in northern british columbia.

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>> time for a preview of "good morning america." >> dan harris joins us with a look at what's coming up after "action news." good morning, dan.

>> reporter: good morning, tam and nydia. great to be with you on a tuesday morning. coming up on "gma" severe weather slamming the midwest. mourn a dozen reported tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms hitting areas where millions of people live. we're in the storm zone live with the very late of the this morning. also coming up an exclusive look at one of those escaped killers. a chilling tape of richard matt from almost 20 years ago. are police finally closing in on these two fugitives? on a much lighter note janet jackson is back with a new album on the way. we'll take a listen to the diva's pop single in seven years. a busy tuesday morning. back now to you guys. >> thank you, dan. >> lot in the show. >> all kinds of problems coming in on the roadways. latest accidents here, this is wilmington, 495 northbound between terminal of ath street. an accident involving an overturned vehicle blocking the left lane. expect slowing there. at new accident montgomery county on county line road at cherry lane. dave. >> warm and muggy start today with temperatures in the 70's and by 9 o'clock karen, we'll be up to 82. after that it's off to the

races. 91 at noon. 95 is your high at 3 o'clock but its going to feel like 100 because of the high humidity. so, a heat advisory in effect real from about 11 o'clock this morning straight through dinnertime. it is going to be active. we also have some thunderstorms possible in the afternoon and early evening and as you take a look these could be strong and gusty. in fact we have a high risk of lightning, downpours and also strong winds from any storms that form this afternoon and early this evening. some of them could produce hail and even though there's a low risk of tornadoes i wouldn't be surprised if an isolated tornado popped up somewhere in this system in the northeast. so if you hear thunder or see lightning later today or tonight, nydia definitely take cover indoors and head to the lower floors. >> good reminder. thank you david. a t-shirt sale in north carolina is the case of very bad timing. a store on oak island is selling shark attack shirts. the problem is as you know two people were recently attacked and severely injured by a shark on oak island. the store's owner says the shirts were ordered two weeks before the attack. she also says no one has

complained to her and business remains steady. >> rap mogul sean "diddy" combs arrested after allegedly getting into a fight with a football coach at ucla yesterday. that's where his son justin combs plays as defensive back. diddy is facing assault charges over a deadly weapon and police say that deadly weapon was a kettlebell. the coach was yelling at his son during a conditioning system. combs confronted the coach. the jurassic park made more than 300 million in u.s. theaters ally loan. worldwide injure jurassic is expected to cross the 1 billion mark later that it is week.

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>> andrea bocceli and philadelphia orchestra will perform during the pope's visit to philadelphia. >> lots of problems on the roads. 295 northbound all lanes temporarily blocked at florence-columbus because of an accident there that brought down a tree. serious accident, dave. >> really humid this morning. and staying that way this afternoon. your high at 3 o'clock will be 95 degrees. it will feel like 100 degrees because of the heat index and this afternoon some strong gusty thunderstorms are also possible. heat advisory kicks in at

11 o'clock and ends at 6 o'clock. and those are the hours when the heat and humidity are going to combine in those central counties and be the worst. >> hot times summer in the city. we will be back here in 30 minutes. for all of us we lope you're able to keep it cool today. >> ♪♪

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good morning, america. breaking overnight, havoc in the heartland. damaging tornadoes touching down. >> we're close to this. >> these telephone poles whipping in the wind. transformer exploding. >> there's whole houses down. we need units over here. >> homes destroyed. this firehouse collapsing. a drone captures roofs ripped off churches with more than 70 million people in the path of severe weather right now. also this morning, inside the mind of a killer. exclusive new video of one of those escaped vicks. the disturbing tape of richard matt taken right before he went to prison. brandishing a weapon and giving new insight into the man at the center of this massive manhunt. sean "diddy" combs arrested. the music mogul charged with assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly attacking a football coach at his son's