>> good morning we're following a developing story on this thursday, a police officer and a womanner hurt after two separate shootings in camden. >> in an "action news" exclusive, a murder victim's son talk about forgiveness and the life their mother left behind. >> a grandmother is rescued a live days after crashing her car into a are a recent. >> good morning, it is thursday, two days away from the big holiday. let's go over to david murphy and karen for weather and traffic. >> reporter: we're off to a tranquil start not too bad in

philadelphia. we'll start out with sunshine and clouds increase as the day goes on. there will be rain, most of it will be centered in the southern half of the region. if you're down the shore this afternoon, you'll get a period of rain. 71 in philadelphia. 65 in wilmington, 61 in allentown, 64 in trenton. 73-degree readings along the boardwalk, a little bit humid but nice temperatures to do the early morning stroll. 68 by 6:00. 72 by 8:00. as we roll through the day it's going to be warm, but not too bad. 82 degrees 3:00 p.m., 8 we'll see showers south of philadelphia. and, of course, we have the holiday weekend coming into focus. >> reporter: let's hit the roads as we head out, we have construction closing the vine

street expressway, approaching the schuylkill expressway, still an issue but schedule to open at 5:00 a.m. burlington bristol bridge is closed until 5:00 a.m. we've got a big accident happening right now 309 southbound blocked at bethlehem pike stick to the northeast extension 64 miles per hour that's the best alternate. 309 southbound shut down with an early morning accident. looking live here's the schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive traffic moving nicely no weather-related problems hitting us, an easy ride between there and the blue route. matt and tam. >> police in camden have a scene on their hands as they try to get to the bottom of several shootings. bullets injured a number of cars injurying a police officer and woman in two separate incidents. katherine scott is live along

27th street with the details. >> reporter: good morning, tam these two shootings happened about 2 hours apart about a mile 1/2 from each other the one that happened, a 29-year-old woman was driving her car when she was hit by a bullet. police believe she was caught in the middle of a gun battle. camden county police remain on the scene you can see the car she was driving. it has the headlights on parked on the sidewalk crashed under the investigation. this happened after 1:30 on the 200 block of south 27th street. she was driving through the intersection at benson when she was hit in the back, she lost control of the car and the car crashed. she was rushed to cooper university hospital in critical condition. police took a man into custody on the scene and they located the other suspect when he showed up at kennedy hospital with with a gunshot wound in the shoulder. she remains in critical

condition. police believe she was caught in the crossfire. at 11:30 an unmarked police car was shot while on patrol at park boulevard at had don -- haddon avenue. glass shattered and hit the camden county officer. the officer was taken to cooper and treated for cuts. at this point there's no word on who fired the shots but police want to hear from you if you have information in either of these cases. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> happening today, crews will continue their search for a missing swimmer in gloucester county, new jersey official officials say a man was swimming in a quarry on the 4600 block of jackson road in monroe township and never reassure faced. rescue cruise plan to resume the search at 7:00.

homicide detectives continue to solve the murder case of regina runner holmes. "action news" spoke to her children. they told annie mccormick they are ready to forgive the person who killed her earlier this week. >> reporter: 85-year-old regina holmes death was a 1980 from the type of life he had led. she was found with her throat slit and beaten to death. the car was discovered in north philadelphia. detectives believe robbery was the motive. >> the people who murdered our mom, treated an 85-year-old frail woman like she was a sack of beans and man handled her body like she was an object. everything she did in her life is what would she and what she wanted to do with life.

>> reporter: holmes' two sons sat down and wanted to bring attention to the crimes against the elderly. >> we feel sorry for for the people something must have happened to make their hearts so cold. they need to be capture. >> reporter: her whole life she looked out for the underdog and participated in the civil rights movement. now her son is asking anyone who knows any information look out for her. >> they took her death but they didn't take her life away. >> reporter: philadelphia police is working around the clock as for any homicide in the city of philadelphia, if you have any information that leads to an arrest you could get a 20,000-dollar reward, call

215-546-tips. reporting outside of police headquarters, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> three teen girls are on the menld in the hospital after being hit by a car in newark, delaware. new castle county authorities say two vehicles collided at kirkwood highway and darwin drive yesterday. one vehicle went off the road on the sidewalk and struck the girls. the teen and the 88-year-old driver were taken to the hospital. comedian bill cosby will not face charges that he sexually assaulted a woman in atlantic city city. former actress lily bernard said cosby drugged and raped her. a california court has ruled that cosby has to answer to another accuser who claims cosby molested her when she was 15 years old. plans are underway for u.s.

and cuba to reopen their embassy in each others' country. they want american radio and tv broadcast aimed at the island to stop. president obama agreed on ending the quarg -- embargo but said he is facing resistance from commerce. president obama will come to philadelphia on july 14 to address the naacp. he will speak on social and economic challenges and civil rights in the 21st industry. many diocese have allowed priests to perform civil same sex wedding.

under the new laws, episcopal clergy can decline. >> it is hoagie day part of the wawa welcome america festival, 150 wawa associates are building hoagies and loading them on to a refridge rated truck, you'll be able to get your hoagie for free. matt and i kick off our live coverage with the celebration of freedom ceremony and the independence day parade. you'll want to tune in for the phillies 4th of july jam on the parkway. rick williams and cesily tynan host along with karen rogers and summary judgment summary judgment. the concert is followed by fireworks display over the museum of art. >> guaranteed to be are a blast. >> yes. >> online shopping is becoming more secure. a credit card company is cutting back on fraud.

it involves your smart phone. >> a grandmother involved in a crash stuck in a ravine for days survives how she stayed alive. >> reporter: we'll see showers or thunderstorm pop through parts of the region, particularly down the shore, i'll have future tracker 6 show you that, and we'll set you up for the holiday weekend. that's all ahead from accuweather!

>> new this morning a heat wave is baking western europe with temperatures up to 104 degrees in some places. an all time record high was set in united kingdom the mercury soared to 98.6 degrees, i'm glad we're not dealing with that around here. >> i think the if you are keeps them cool, because it blocks the sun slight. >> zooology with matt o'donnell only on "action news." you might be write. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are currently dry across the region. but we haven't quite gotten the clouds in, they will come in and we'll see rain. as we look outside we're looking at the moon you can

howell -- howl at it this morning if you want, this is from our sky 6 camera down by philadelphia international airport. we're looking at clear skies for now. the clouds have a tendency to get thicker as the day goes on, eventually we'll wind up seeing rain, perhaps later this morning down the shore not to which in philadelphia, the northern suburbs staying dry we'll talk about that in a moment. temperature, 71, dewpoint, 60. winds are calm currently. as we look at the tornado that was confirmed in western chester county honeybrook pennsylvania it was determined this was an ef1 tornado with maximum winds 90 miles per hour. the damage path was 1.5 miles long. in white hall township in lehigh county the damage was straight lined winds from a micro burst

the other day in gloucester county was macro burst it's a little bit wide wider. i always tell you it only takes 30 seconds of a strong wind gust to knock down trees and cause the problems we have. here comes the cloud cover on future tracker, you can see by 11:00 or 12 we'll develop showers in the southern half of the region. it's not that we can't get clipped in philadelphia, but it's going to be farther south. northern suburbs maybe a spritz up there. by 6:00 p.m., it's exiting the coast. in philadelphia, sun giving way to clouds, mainly dry 81 degrees by 11:00. 2:00 p.m., 83 high of 84, probably by 3:00 p.m. back to the low 80s by

5:00 p.m. 82 in trenton. # 4 in -- 84 in philadelphia. probably in the 70s in the southern tier with the rain coming through. not a total washout down the shore, but not the best of days. if you have rainless conditions as you want to get in the water keep in mind there's rip currents down the shore, not the best day on the beach with the showers and thunderstorms. down south in rehoboth beach bethany, rip currents in the water, we'll see showers and down in areas close to rehoboth beach and bethany there's a chance of a strong thunderstorm. tonight, phillies first pitch 6:00 p.m., 7 # in -- 74 in the 9th inning. today's high, 84. sun and clouds and showers along the coastline and coastal

counties. clouds and sun on friday, 82. slight chance of a shower late at day or at night. 4th of july, mix of clouds and sun, 81 degrees, there's a slight chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm. most of the fireworks displace are or be check radar on yore storm tracker 6 live app or "action news." it's warm on sunday and monday it's dry. >> 75-year-old texas grandmother is alive after spending two days trapped in a ravine. this is how her family found her dangling from the hill side. she swerved to avoid an animal that that cause her to go over the side of the road. she used a hammer to hit the windshield and escape. she was unabled to get up the ravine and drank sprite and pond

water and prayed for help. >> i said lord if you're going to take me, take me now if not get me out of here. >> two days later she heard her grandson holderring her name. her prayers were answered. >> let's go to the big board and take a be look at business, are the airlines fixing ticket prices limiting seats in order to drive up the prices for you. developing glen straub is suing stockton university for the unfulfilled deal to convert showboat into a college campus. he has a contract to buy the showboat from stockton but that deal has to close today. stocks closed higher in

hopes that some deal will be reached with greece and it's debt. the market is showing slightly higher open this morning. mast card plans to introduce an app that will let you use your fingerprint or your thumb. >> all those movies he used to see that. >> a family ought on the water turned weird in california can a dolphin swimming along their boat got too close for comfort. a school is fiflty -- filthy and unsafe. the pictures that will make you cringe when we come right back.

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meet one today. visit theshelterpetproject.org. adopt. >> matt was just saying how much he likes me, thank you matt. let's look outside at the vine street expressway. he might not have been saying that. the construction is clear you're good to go, take the vine. the 309 southbound crews have left the scene the accident has

cleared. 309 has opened at bethlehem pike in richland township. you're good to go on 309. burlington bristol bridge closed in both directions with the construction, it doesn't reopen for another ten minutes. watch for that. in the meantime stick to the turnpike connector bridge. construction going on 295 southbound between 168 and 42. watch for crews restrictioning the roadway there. >> matthew, thank you karen. detectives investigating 6 burglaries in philadelphia believe they have been carried out by the same man. 6 restaurants were burglarized since may 12. the latest burglary happened at 13th and pine streets. police continue their search for the serial burglar. >> philadelphia city controller said many city schools are unsafe and unsanitary.

he has the pictures to approve it. take a look at the disgusting photos. you can see mold, exposed he is a. and cockroaches. >> next up a man's selfie on the betsy ross brooklyn bridge is raising confess over security concerns.

>> new this morning, a tennessee man is getting a lot of attention for a selfie he took on the brooklyn bridge. he standpoint it with his go pro camera. he claimed he didn't know that climbing the bridge was forbidden and nobody was there to stop him. police do not consider the incident a breach in security. >> new this morning a spotting a dolphin on the water is an amazing sight, but for one family it got too close. the dolphin was swimming along the boat. one jumped up and landed in the boat and came down on a person and broke her ankles. she went back to shore with the

dolphin on the boat and with the help of trainings got the dolphin back in the water. >> police show surveillance of a man tumbling on the tracks in philadelphia. you'll see one officer who pulled him to safety. "action news" is coming right back.

♪ >> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m., on this thursday, july 2, developing this morning,. >> police in camden are on the hunt for the gunman behind two separate shootings that left a police officer and woman hurt. >> quick accident by septa police to avert a twreaj tragedy on the tracks. >> we're clicking down to the fourth of july tradition, ladies and gentlemen it is wawa hoagie day. >> let's see how the holiday is shaping up with accuweather david murphy has that, and karen rogers has