"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon in the news another black church is destroyed by fire in south carolina, what investigators have said about the possible

cause. and the state of pennsylvania is without a budget after the governor vetoed the entire spending plan. >> and the investigation into whether tornadoes touched down yesterday, the weather service is checking videos like this and decide what type of wind created the damage at the lehigh valley airport and chester county. chad pradelli is standing by live in honey brook this hour. >> reporter: rick, meteorologists with the national weather service gathered at the honey brook township building a half hour ago and they went out to assess the damage, they will use what they have out there along with another key piece of evidence they have to determine what tore through this area yesterday. >> this is home video of a possible tornado forming yesterday afternoon, meteorologists out of mount

holly, new jersey say it's key in determining if this storm was indeed a twister. >> from the vantage point, it looks like there was that well defined funnel. the funnel is the appendage coming from the base but not necessarily hitting the ground and see if the damage occurred underneath the tunnel to verify a possible tornado. >> they will assess the damage up to morgantown road. roofs were ripped off and trees toppled over, the damage was minimal but frightening nonetheless for those in the middle of it. michael watched the powerful winds rip apart his neighbor's houses. >> get where it's safe and not worry about the stuff and get the animals and stay away from harm's way.

>> not laying down in one direction, that is more indicative of straight line wins and more chaotic in a sense. >> and the national weather service says that later this afternoon, they will head up to the allentown area where there may have been a second possible tornado, fortunately through all of this nobody was injured. live in honey brook chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. >> this is some of the other damage chad just mentioned near the lehigh valley airport. "action news" reporter eva pilgram is headed to whitehall township where a state of emergency was declared yesterday afternoon and she will have a live report coming up at 12:30. afternoon storms are a possible again and not predicted to be as bad as yesterday most of area is enjoying dry conditions with a mix of clouds and sun as we look live from sky 6 hd in atlantic city,

meteorologist, david murphy at the big board with the latest. it was getting steamy out there david. >> it was on the humid side and not oppressive humidity and we have yet to get the cold front that will knock the humidity down. nothing showing on stormtracker 6 live double scan that was of course a different story last evening, if you take a look at these storms as they barrel through the afternoon hours it's this one right here that the weather service is investigating, a kidney bean shape, and a notch right there and you look at it with dual pull and stormtracker 6 live double scan double scan technology and other equipment and views we have on the radar adjusting and assessing the wind in that. we can see tight rotation and the indication of a tight tornado there. other storms coming close to allentown produced funnel clouds and the weather service is here

now and will be there to assess the potential damage. there were other storms that came close to philadelphia that produced hail and no funnel clouds that we can tell. in chester county we have other bullets through the region through philadelphia and montgomery and chester border, there war flash flooding and quarter size hail. it's in these counties you may enkoupter downed trees and wires, if you see wires don't walk near them or cross over them. funnel clouds were reported here and we'll see if it's a confirmed tornado on the ground and golf ball hail and homes damaged here another area you may have problems. and on twitter, lee marie showed drefrming downpours that we had and we may still have blocked storm drains and here is a still of that picture from

whitehall township taken by mike, not only is the porch here but i noticed looking at this for the third time, there was branches down and whole trees down, we'll look at the noon forecast just a couple of minutes ahead. >> thank you. >> amtrak had delays along the northeast corridor because of the weather yesterday trains ran late between philadelphia and washington, keystone service was suspended between philadelphia and harrisburg, crews are to clear trees that fell on the tracks during the storms. stay ahead of the summer's ever changing weather with the 6 abc storm tracker 6 app you'll find the latest forecast and the live radar and updates from social media by following the "action news" weather team on facebook and twitter. >> we are following breaks news from chopper 6 hd at this hour,

police are on the locate of an accident involving a suv. it's flipped over there on your screen, this is whitaker avenue and luzerne street. at least one person was trapped in the suv for a time and had to be extricated from the vehicle. no word yet on the extent of the injuries and what may have caused the accident and police are on the scene of this one-vehicle accident to an suv, and we'll keep you posted as more information becomes available to us. a fiery accident on the schuylkill expressway, three people died when a car crasheded and burst into flames earlier this morning katherine scott spoke to investigators and has this report from winfield heights. >> three people died in this crash and the sole survivor was in the hospital this morning, police briefly did speak to that survivor but he was very injured and disoriented. police are hope that people come

forward if they have any information on how they got out of that vehicle and information that led up to the crash intense flames from the violent crash on the schuylkill expressway the black kia optima was heading west on montgomery drive at 2:30 this morning when the driver lost control and the car hit the concrete median and flipped on its side and burst into flames. it's unclear how the driver got out of vehicle. >> one subject was ejected or pulled from the crash and we don't know yet. if anyone assisted we ask them to help us here. >> crews cleared away the wreckage and the mangled vehicle was towed to the police barracks in winfield heights. three people did not survive, and it's too early to know the

speed or cause of crash but they are hooking at weather for the cause of crash. >> so far police have not released the victims names they are working to locate family members and the cause of this crash remains under investigation, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." pennsylvania enters a new fiscal year today without a budget, governor tom wolf vetoed the entire spending plan, the first full budget veto in pennsylvania in 30 years the republican backed $30 million america measure is packed with gimmicks that don't add up and republicans say there are no tax increases. governor wolf is meeting with legislatures this afternoon for a possible negotiation. >> a big announcement, the first step to restoring ties between

the u.s. and cuba, president barack obama made the historic announcement from the rose garden at the white house. the united states has agreed to formerly establish diplomatic relations with the country of cuba and open up embassies in our respective countries. >> the u.s. closed its embassy in havana in 1961 during the height of the cold war and the opening the embassy is havana is expected to happen this summer. president obama and secretary of state, john kerry will travel to cuba for the embassy opening in late july. a man was shot while driving his van in philadelphia, and police are still looking for the shooter, it happened past midnight on chalmer avenue the man's windshield was shot out when it was hit with six bullets, he was shot once in the leg and the victim was taken to the hospital in critical but

stable condition. drexel university laid off several employees. they developed a new program for smaller classes and less students and they had to lay off employees. another historic black church burns to the grown and what may have sparked the fire last night in south carolina. and another victim of a recent shark attack how he got away from the shark that pulled him under.

criminal investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed a black church in south carolina they do not think it was the work of an arsonist, the same church was burned by the klu klux klan in 1995. it was the seventh blaze to ignite in the south the last few weeks it does not appear that they are related. authorities are continuing to investigate the. white house is adding new security to keep out intruder

the secret service started to install sharp metal spikes on the perimeter fence this is just a temporary measure to fine a long-term solution two intruders scaled the fence last year and one made it into the executive mansion before he was tackled. oregon adopted the new law today for medical marijuana, anyone over 21 can possess an ounce and they are discouraging people from calling 911 to report smokers in public. oregon is the fourth state allow recreational pot. a man attacked by a shark this past weekend is talking about his terrifying ordeal. patrick thornton talked about his ordeal this morning with gma. >> a wave came over and splashed on top of us and i turned my

body so my back was to the waves and i felt a tug at my foot. >> the 5 foot shark took a big chunk out of thornton's right leg while swimming off waters at avon beach in the outer banks he got the shark off when he punched him several times and was bit again on the back when he jumped back in the water to get his 8-year-old son. >> wow. the reason colleges are forced to prove their degrees are worth the money. >> and two people are fired after a selfie session in the cockpit. "action news" will be right back.

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. meteorologist, david murphy, is back now and it it was one crazy afternoon yesterday. >> it sure was, stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you that since the morning showers and the overnight predawn thunderstorms scooted off the coast we have not seen anything else pop around the region so good news there. taking a look outside sky 6 hd in center city sun mixing with clouds and hazy on the humid side. 83 is your current temperature and still a bit on the sticky side particularly if you are out in the sun and exerting yourself. wins are not that strong at 6 miles per hour. 77 in reading and 78 in

wilmington and 80 in millville and 80 along the boardwalks in atlantic city and in sea isle city. south philadelphia last evening, ray tweets us this picture of a circulating cloud that produced gusty winds and i believe hail frel from this one. an interesting picture. it's on my facebook page. and lehigh valley golf ball-size hail fall tlg and the same one that investigators are looking for possible tornado damage. and a funnel cloud was spotted by a trained spotter. 64 in cedarville and golf ball-size hail and nickel size hail from up north and similar type of reports coming from western chester county and in through chester and delaware county yesterday as well. satellite shows you the main brunt of that precipitation is out of here and frontal boundary out to the west with and this

energy is to our north and if we see anything pop around here it's few and far between. most of the heavy action is to the north and a pop-up shower or thunder and by 8:00 or 9:00 tonight it's completely gone the severe weather has shifted up to the north where you saw the heavier weather and nothing severe here and i think we need a break. up in allentown warm and humid and afternoon thunderstorm or shower can't be ruled out. down the shore we have the possibility of rip currents do be careful, only swim near the lifeguards, 83 is the forecast high and philadelphia a high of 87 degrees with a mix of clouds and sun and we have to allow for a spotty shower or thunderstorm. and 70 is the overnight low and a shower in a couple of neighborhoods but otherwise no problems, for the phillies dry and humid for the first pitch

and 77 for the ninth inning, the high is 87 degrees and warm and humid and a thunderstorm is not out of the question but most of you remain dry sun giving way to clouds and 84 and chance of showers down the coast and not much in philadelphia and points north, clouds and sun on friday and perhaps rain in the morning with lower humidity and high of 82 4th of july clouds and sun and 84 and may feel humid during the day a slight chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm most fireworks displays are probably okay, it will be an important night to check out the forecast on 6abc.com and on "action news" before you head out. >> i'm going to tweet you on the 4th of july david. >> that would be very special. >> best 4th ever. >> more ahead on our next half hour of "action news" at noon, coming up at 12:30 a deliveryman attacked on a

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"action news" at 12:30 now, cleanup efforts are underway in the delaware and lehigh valleys after a summer storm swept through the area, the state department released another batch of hillary clinton's emails and later shocking email from inside of the cockpit of a commercial airliner the opportunity for a selfie that grounded several pilots for good. >> the cleanup is underway after strong storms sparked tornado warnings in southeast pennsylvania, trees were toppled and parts of roofs were ripped off and streets were flooded. the national weather service started to investigate if a tornado caused this damage to happen and the lehigh valley was also hit hard. eva pilgram is live now with that part of our coverage. >> >> reporter: t