>> good morning everyone, it is 5:00 a.m. friday, july 3. >> a philadelphia neighborhood erupts in gunfire overnight two are dead and two others injured and what police say was an attempt at an overnight robbery. >> we have the latest on a fiery train crash in tennessee. thousands are out of their homes, a dark cloud of toxic fumes hover overnight. we have a bright start to the holiday weekend, unfortunately it doesn't last, but we'll have fireworks in the forecast. >> reporter: we're off to a bright start this morning, we

have cloud cover out to the west that will filter in at times. overall we'll call it partly sunny, there's a decent chance of a nice, bright start. 62 in allentown comfortable up north, a little bit humid in the i-95 corridor, stickier down the shore 66-degree temperatures for the early morning stroll on the boardwalk. 66 degrees heading out the door the 6:00. 70 by 8:00. mainly clear and comfortable for the most part, this afternoon not overall humid in most parts of the region. 74 by 9:00. 81 by noon, the high is 83-degree mark that will hit on or about 3:00 p.m. back to 80 on 6:00 p.m. it looks like the 4th of july will feature clouds and showers i'll have that coming up matt. >> reporter: this ride into work this morning, should be easy, breezy no problems what so

whatsoever. schuylkill expressway is dry no construction overnight. on the left side of the screen is the mlk drive. kelly drive closes at 10:00 for the independence day regatta. one of the many closures that we'll see for the festivities for the holiday. we have a crash in north cover tree hanover that cleared out. we have reports of a water main break in collegeville by the community park along park avenue at west third avenue. hamilton township, mercer county a truck flipped over on the the ramp 195 eastbound hamilton square road. they are cleaning up a downed pole in absecon boulevard at 30. it's blocked at illinois avenue. if you want to use the ac expressway it's emptier than last night. this is breaking this morning, police say the night did not go the way a would-be

robber intended. there was gunfire that left two people dead, including the suspected robber. katherine scott is live at the on going scene in nicetown. >> reporter: investigators are trying to work out the details but they believe this is a quad droople owe two people died and two are in stable condition. officers remain on the scene homicide detectives, the crime scene unit there's a lot of evidence markers that could signify bullets or bullet fragments. bullets hit a home and multiple cars, a lot of gunfire in the neighborhood of tie ago ga nicetown. it happened around 2:30 a.m. police believe the people stopped the people on the 1900 block of juniata street. someone in the group had an assault rifle and exchanged

gunfire. the robber was hit and radio tried to to get away and ran down the bruiner street and died. another man was shot in the torso and passed away, as well. the crime scene unit and homicide detectives are on the scene as police try to piece together what happened. >> unfortunately right now i don't see any surveillance cameras. oarnl -- other than the victims we don't have any other victims until we canvass the area. we'll do our due diligence. >> reporter: juniata is closed off and bruiner street, as well. police believe there are more people involved. they believe there were multiple people here that have left the scene and hoping to talk to them at is at some point. live in tioga nicetown, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a few hours earlier a man

was shot walking down a philadelphia street on the 2100 block of west hunting park avenue at 12:30 a.m. the man in his 20s was shot in the groin he managed to walk himself walt's devil island bar and someone called a ambulance. there's no word on a suspect or motive. developing now a toxic cloud of smoke hovering above a tennessee town following the train derailment is starting to subside. five thousand people remain out of their happies in maryville this morning. the csx freight train crashed. dozens are being treated for respiratory issues. they are not drinking the tap water. a two-alarm blaze broke out inside an industrial buildings

that houses a beauty supply office and tr finishing there was a concern about hazardous materials inside. nobody was injured. we are awaiting world on how the fire started. >> there's no mistaking the identity of a man stealing air bags out of a shop in feltonville. video shows the suspect removing air bags from k and j auto repair on east wyoming avenue. thieves have been targeting hondas and acuras, because there's a lot of them on the roads and demand is high. air theft is driving him out of business. >> we work hard to get everything straight and someone comes in and screw everything up it's really bad it's ashame. >> the other than said he knows the suspect thief he said it's a guy named alex who used to work for him. >> happening today more wawa

welcome america events, the first ever liberty block party gets underway at 5th and 6th street at market and chestnut will be shut down. later the philly pops perform an free concert at independence mall. that starts at 8:00 p.m. 6abc is part of a wawa welcome make a sell briggs, tam and i kick off the celebration of the independence freedom ceremony and the parade. tune in for the 4th of july jam on the parkway tomorrow night. rick williams and cesily tynan hosts the coverage along with karen rogers and adam joseph. the concert begins at 7:00 followed by the fireworks display at the museum of art. >> it's special to be there where the nation was born, the question is whether they are coming out tomorrow morning or tomorrow night, what can they expect with the weather. >> reporter: tomorrow night is looking okay, but there looks to be showers around in the southern half of the region

during the day tomorrow, unfortunately. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are dry for your friday. of course today is the beginning of the holiday weekend for a lot of you. looks like it's a great start. we have the moon outside on sky 6, we'll see the sun before we transition to partly sunny skies later on. 63 in wilmington, 62 in allentown. it might be humid across the region from philadelphia to the shore. not too bad with temperatures of 66 on the boardwalks. the overnight cloud cover cleared out. we'll see early sunshine and it is possible we'll see clouds filtering in. looks like it will be cloudier to the south and the north overall we'll go partly sunny allentown, high of 80. warm comfortable, down the shore today look out for rip currents one more time in the water, otherwise it will be nice, high of 678 degrees in

philadelphia we'll go for a high high of 83. partly sunny warm, maybe a little bit humid, but not too bad. winds out of the northeast at 6 to 12 miles per hour. we'll start out at 70 at 8:00. 79 at 8:00. 83-degree high hitting at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, there's going to be a wave of low pressure riding along a front to our south. it will start to pull off the coast as we go through the day but the wrap around flow around it will give us clouds and probably suppress the high to 75 degrees the way things are looking now for the 4th. there's a chance of wrap around scattered showers with the system. as we take a look at future tracker 6 we'll track that for you, the latest run this is just in on the model shows sprinkles around early but the bigger issue will be in the afternoon or late morning as some showers maybe thunderstorms start to build up into the region, most of the heavier stuff down closer to the low by the shore but by 2:00 in the afternoon some of it

might be up as far as philadelphia. the farther north you go through the region, the better chance you have of remaining dry. it looks like the stuffer will get out of here by dinnertime or so, that means the fireworks will be okay. the fireworks in philadelphia. we'll go cloudy, but dry, 77 at 7:00 p.m. 72 11:00 p.m. the concert on the parkway if this works out will be dry. i would keep my eye on the forecast if you're heading out for the fireworks to make sure that cleared out. at the shore moderate chance of rip currents possible today. saturday not great, clouds and showers, 74 is the high, sunday at the shore 78 degrees and we rebound to partly sunny skies in philadelphia, 83 today no problems, there could be a shower or thunderstorm late tonight. clouds and showers at times on saturday, 75. hopefully dry for fireworks

sunday, a nice one in the city, 83. partly sunny. as we move through the monday through wednesday period we'll tweak that a bit to allow for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm. that will be a keep your organize to -- your eyes to the skies. soaring hot air balloons turn to chaos when two balloons collide. >> this holiday weekend take a walk, if you walk and think about where you walk it can improve your state of mind. >> reporter: or take a drive that could be therapeutic at times. other times not so much. this morning it's looking good 422 by trooper road. it's a little bit hazy out there. and check the blue route after the break. an old favorite takes the top spot on the list of new jersey's best beaches. that's later in the morning buzz.

>> welcome back you're taking a live look here, out across philadelphia international airport. might be a little bestowed is a lot of -- saiflt people are getting ready to go someplace else for the holiday. >> reporter: if you have to head to work, at least you'll see on the way there that's a positive thing. coming out of the burbs as we check the blue route delco looking good, we had a truck stopped on the shoulder, he moved out of the way.

>> reporter: headlights coming past mcdade boulevard no issues. we expect volume to be light. tonight 7:00 we'll have the swarthmore lions independence eve 8k. they are over aachievers in swatter more. that's at -- we have an overturned truck on the ramp hamilton square road. use exit 2 citizen alternate. in absecon without the westbound lanes. absecon boulevard stay on delilah road to shore road to get around that blockage. let's do the community report. if you're heading to the poconos no problems on the northeast

extension a vehicle stopped on the shoulder in south white hall. matt and tam. >> two news crews became the big story after they were held up at gunpoint during a live report. they are covering a deadly shooting along pier 14 in san francisco. an armed man approached the photographer and pointed the gun. another crew intervened. the other photographer was pistol whipped. they grabbed the camera and jumped into a getaway car. the attack was a string of incidents on news crews in the bay area. a collarful scene of soaring hot air balloon turned tragic in utah. the balloons were rising 1200 feet in the air when a flying pig was hit by another balloon. luckily the pilot was able to make an emergency landing. he suffered only minor injuries. >> triple crown winner american

pharoah is not hanging up the horse shoes. it will run at monmouth park in north jersey august 2. . phillies were swept by the second worst team in baseball. the brewers beat them 8-7 in the 4th game of the series solidifying the phillies as the team with the worst record in the major lesion. they head to atlanta tonight. >> they were in the world series just a few years ago. >> 2008. >> the federal government is punishing american automaker. >> see how a kayaker avoids getting carved up by a bunch of sharks down south. >> reporter: down the shore we have threats of rip currents, otherwise it's a nice one 70s in the ocean upper 70s along the beach in the south jersey shore. same thing in rehoboth beach with temperatures in the 70s.

we'll have the day planner forecast and in case you're getting out of town for the holiday we'll have your severe weather chances across the country.

>> an aggressive shark capsized a a kayak along the coast of stewart. he was fishing when a bull shark swammed under the law the boat and tipped the kayak over. he swam faster than he ever swam before back on the nearby boat. >> reporter: that's incentive for fast swimming. anybody heading to the beach to see the sharks, homefully not if you're heading to 42 and the ac expressway it's nice and open and clear a whole lot more elbow room than last night. that's for sure. hey, did you hear this good news, if you're traveling between sea isle and avalon,

last friday they reopened the townsend inlet bridge. if you're using mass transit we're on the holiday schedule, in most cases david that's a saturday schedule. >> reporter: temperatures in the 60s, 83 by 3:00 p.m. that's the high, it will be a nice day sun and clouds mix. a lot of sun overall special early. in terms of severe weather looks like a swath from the carolinas through atlanta and tennessee and missouri toward dallas and oklahoma city included, denver might pick up a little bit here or there, as well. if you're flying to those destinations in the afternoon, look for the potential delays. nothing major on the boards at the airport and no rain in our most commonly traveled destinations. >> measles is being blamed for a woman's death in washington state. she is the first person in 12

years to die from the disease most likely exposed at a medical facility during a recent outbreak. she did have outstandings standings -- outstandings -- outstanding issues, and health issues. she didn't have the common rash. researchers followed 38 healthy individuals after they were instructed to go on a 90 minute walk through the city while the others were told to walk through nature. the people who went through nature had less rumination, and people who walked through nature had less blood blow linked to sadness abbey -- and depression. >> reporter: topping america's

money, big trouble for chrysler. the automaker failed to tell the owners and government about recalls and didn't fix the problems. chrysler faces fines and may be forced to boy buy vehicles. whole foods promised that customers finding pricing mistakes will get their items for free. women only make 70% as much as men. next tuesday a brooklyn bar is charging 77% of what it charges men for their drinkers. >> reporter: the gender pay gap. tuesday, by the way this happens to be the july 7 at 77. fourth of july you're buying drinks. >> reporter: all right ill. >> reporter: that's america's money.

>> drivers who travel over four new jersey bridges could get a break on their tolls. a delaware port authority committee recommends a credit after people cross a bridge 18 or more times during a month. it would apply to people who use the walt whitman bridge, betsy ross bridge or the commodor barry bridge. the plan goes to the board of commissioners for a vote. >> what is your favorite shore town? >> i love cape may. >> i love cape may.

every year they do the top beaches online. ocean city. and they just want to make people more connected to the coastline and promote tourism. ocean city won back in 2009. this year's runner's up. wildwood, wildwood crest sea isle city, north wildwood, and brigantine. wildwood. >> i know you see that video manco pizza. philadelphia police make a possible break in the murder of a east mount airy woman. >> a 91-year-old philadelphia woman has worries because of a crumbling house next-door. "action news" gets novels --

involved and gets answers.

>> breaking now on "action news," police say two people were killed when a robbery went awry and they say the robber is among the dead. >> police are working the case in the murder of an east mount

airy woman and what item they have that is making connections in the case. >> we're following the forecast for the jersey shore the poconos and the all-important fireworks display. >> go to work, friday, july 3. karen rogers is off getting ready for her part in the july 4th jam. let's go over to david murphy for a look at weather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: today is the extended holiday period for a lot of people because a lot of businesses are closed. today is a nice start today we have sunshine, clouds building in later on. overall we'll go mostly to partly sunny skies, 67 in philadelphia. low 60s in reading and trenton. 66 in sea isle city, a tad humid in some neighborhoods. 66 by 6:00 a.m. 70 by 8:00 a.m. as we roll through the day, it will be a nice one partly