>> good morning, everyone, it is 6:00 a.m. on this friday, july 3 breaking this morning. >> a philadelphia neighborhood erupts in gunfire overnight, two people are dead and at least two others are injured in what police say was an attempted stickup. >> we have more on the fiery train crash in tennessee. thousands are out of their homes as a dark plume of toxic fumes hover overhead. >> we have a beautiful day today, but it won't last, we have rain in the forecast. >> reporter: overall sun will overtake us, that will be the rule for the morning and perhaps partly sunny skies as the day goes on.

take a look at satellite, you can see how overnight cloud cover exited the region. there's a sweep coming into washington, d.c. we'll see that in the afternoon. 68 degrees in philadelphia. nice on the terrace currently. 59 in allentown. cool in the lehigh valley and 66 along the boardwalks. today we're going for a warm afternoon. noon, 81. 3:00 p.m., 83 that's your high by 6:00 p.m. 80, failure comfortable and partly sun skies overall. we're tweaking the forecast for tomorrow the 4th looks cloudier and there's a chance of showers sweeping through at times, the question can become can we dry out for fireworks tonight. matt pellman i'll run through that coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. so many confess, but i know you have so many answers. good morning david happy friday happy independence day weekend and happy drivers across the board this morning. as we look live at i-95 no southbound delay at the work

zone. nice light volume, schuylkill expressway is in the clear, 0 how often can we say that? we have police activity in nicetown at 17th and cuyahoga. we have a bunch of closures like the regatta along kelly drive the independence day festivities along the parkway and independence hall. though closures take effect in a few hours. langhorne, mannor, stay theft of the pennsylvania turnpike. we have a downed traffic signal brocking the westbound lanes of 30 by illinois avenue use delilah road or shore road or route 9 as alternates on this holiday friday morning. >> breaking this morning

police saycy 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 scene in tioga-nicetown. >> reporter: investigators believe this started as a robber, they are trying to work out the details. in the end four people were shot, two died, including the alleged robber. he still had his ski mask on. investigators remain on the scene. homicide detectives and members of the crime scene unit are piecing this together, you can see the evidence markers on the street here. this happened at 2:30 a.m. police believe the robber stopped a group of people on the 1900 block of juniata street. someone in the group had an assault rifle and changed gunfire. the robber was hit and ran down to bruiner street and he died.

another man was shot in the torso, he died. a man and a woman are in stable condition at the hospital. the crime scene unit and homicide detectives are on the scene to piece together what happened. >> unfortunately rienl i don't see any sure -- unfortunately i don't see any surveillance cameras. other than the victims we don't have any victims until our men come out and canvass the area. >> reporter: a lot of gunfire, a bullet hit a home, several cars shot up. police are trying to gather all the evidence. they believe there were more people here, they are not sure who fired the assault rifle. they are hoping someone can come forward and get more information about the case. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you katherine. a few hours earlier a man was shot walking down a philadelphia street. this happened on the 2100 block of west tie ago -- tioga avenue.

he a man was shot in the groin and walked into walt's devil island bar and someone called a ambulance, there's no word on a suspect or motive. >> a toxic cloud of smoke hover above a tennessee town following the train derailment is starting to subside. five thousand people are out of their homes this morning. the chemical is used to make plastics and exploded in the crash. it is dangerous if inhaled many have been treated for respiratory ailment. philadelphia police department will name officers who are involved in shootings. until now the department refused to name officers citing safety

policy. under commissioner ramsey the officers' name will be released 72 hours after the shooting. in business news markets are closed for the 4 account of july holiday weekend. ford is recalling # hundred thousand vehicles. a software glitch could cause the engine to run even when the ignition is turned off. ford does not know of any injuries that have been caused by the problems. it affects 2015 focus own other vehicles. air b and b is legal in philadelphia. it's taxable. it allows to rent out anything from the a room in the home to the entire home i felt. a lot of people have listed their places for the pope's visit in september. more wawa welcome america's events liberty block party gets underway at 1:00 p.m. 5th and street between market and chestnut will be shut down.

philly pops concert gets underway at 8:00 p.m. tam and i kick off the celebration of freedom ceremony and the independence day parade from 10:00 a.m. to noon. tune in for the jam on the parkway. rick williams and cesily tynan host the coverage along with karen rogers and adam joseph. the concert begins a7:00 p.m. followed by the fireworks display at the museum of art. >> david says you need to be prepared when it comes to fireworks on saturday. keep your eye on the forecast and the radar. the change for tomorrow, there will be more clouds and showers i'll show you that now. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we're dry to start out, of course today is the beginning of the holiday weekend for a lot of you because it's the observance day wraiflt

businesses -- where a lot of businesses are closed. 68 degrees is the forecast currents temperature in philadelphia. 62 in trenton. we have slipped into the upper 50s in allentown and mid 60s and long the shore. there you see the lack of cloud cover, a little bit more sweeping through washington right now. as we go through the morning we'll transition to partly sunny skies there will be more clouds to the south than the north. in the lehigh valley, warm, 80 not all that humid. down the shore sticky, but not bad, 78 degrees, i will reminds once again we're looking at rip currents along the beach. swim near the lifeguards and nowhere else. in philadelphia, comfortable 83 winds on the light. 70 by 8:00 a.m. 79 by 11:00. we're spending the afternoon in

the 80s and high of 83 around 8:00 p.m. tomorrow wave of low pressure is to the south starts to push off the coast. the wrap around flow around it will produce clouds tomorrow and suppress the high temperatures to 75 given the increase in cloud cover. there's a chance of scattered showers as the flow interacts with a trough coming through. as we look at future tracker 6 we're look at fairly dry conditions in the morning, but we get into the late morning hours the latest model run wants to bring showers and thunderstorms up from the south. once we get into lunch time, even as highs a philadelphia there's a chance of shower activity. there could be a problem for early afternoon parades or picnics as we get later into the afternoon hours though, it looks like this has a chance of pulling away from us, we may be cloudy but we would be looking at drier conditions. that would set us up for good conditions for the fireworks.

sure it might be cloudy, but dry, that's the important thing. 77 by 7:00 p.m. 72 in philadelphia by 11:00 p.m. i would still keep my eyes on the forecast just in case this changes and the storm is slower to leave. but looks like we'll be dry in the evening. at the shore risk of rim currents, clouds and showers sunday, 78 and partly sunny on the beach. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, partly sunny today, 83. tomorrow, 75 a lot of clouds around showers at times during the day. you have to watch out for but looks like the southern half of the region has the best chance. hopefully drying out in time for fireworks at night. sunday 83 degrees, partly sunny skies, another change to the forecast. we'll add the chance of a thunderstorm, monday tuesday and wednesday, i think the best chance is wednesday because it looks like the frontal boundary will be closer to us.

so a little bit bumpy early next week. >> still ahead more stories you didn't see last night including the hot air balloon bust high over a holiday event in utah. later a kayaker is scrambling to get out of the water we'll tell you why. >> reporter: the blue route between villanova and the schuylkill expressway, hopefully they take steps to remove the ladder. >> total recall why the internet could be ruining your memory next in tech bytes.

welcome back you're taking a live look here down the shore into cape may. the waves crashing in a lot of folks will be enjoying the beach this holiday weekend. 6:14, 67 degrees right now. >> looks like the raked the beach right now. >> reporter: i'm ready for a little breakfast at uncle bill's pancake. good morning matt and tam, good morning everybody. if you're ready for the super highway get ready for this, police activity by highland avenue taking out the right

lane. what traffic is hoagd northbound away -- heading northbound away from the turnpike has to funnel into the left lane, something to watch out for and be aware of. we have lots of closures because of holiday festivities, here's the run down, kelly drive closes at 10:00 a.m. between strawberry mansion and fountain green stays closed for the independence day regatta. of benjamin franklin parkway starts to close at 9:30, they will open the out bound inner drive for the afternoon commute. they will open that outbound inner drive and close it after the rush. we'll have closures by independence hall because of the block party today and festivities tomorrow as well. swarthmore they have the

independence day 8k run. absecon boulevard at illinois avenue downed pole is blocking the westbound lane. if you're trying to get between sea isle and avalon they reopen the townsend inlet bridge. that's good news for you on this holiday weekend. >> a colorful scene of soaring hot air balloons taking part in indpoans day -- independence day festival tack a tragic turn. the fly pig was hit by another balloon, the balloon was ripped on impact, and started falling from the sky. the pilot made a safe landing and suffered minor injuries. a man is caught stealing air bags from a cars parked in feltonville on east wyoming avenue. he have breaks windows to get at

the air bags. theives are stealing them because the demand is high. >> we worked harold to get everything -- hard to get everything straight and someone comes in and screws everything up. that's really bad. >> the other than said he knows the suspected thief he said it's a guy named alex who used to work for him. >> fighting fraud with selfies. >> reporter: tech bytes paying with a selfie. in the future there are identities where you have to take a picture with your smart phone. >> reporter: want more likes for facebook post timing is everything. messages posted on tuesday and wednesday get more likes. >> reporter: those put up in the middle of the night when your friends are asleep don't do well.

most like shares and comments are posted within two hours of the original message. researchers say we're suffering from digital amnesia. because we expect our devices to store information or find it for us half half of us can't remember our partner's phone numbers. >> reporter: i have digital amnesia. >> reporter: those are tech bytes. researcher testing a ground breaking drug that could ease fears for family history of diabetes. >> reporter: i want to show you the possibility of rip currents down the shore high temperatures in the upper 70s if you're going to swim today it's going to be nice on the beach and the water be careful of the rip currents and only system with by the lifeguards. we'll have the day planner next and check out the fear weather across the country in case you're traveling.

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waiting with baited breath to find out with the ladder. it got moved off the road. penndot got out there and moved the ladder off to the side of the road. 476 northbound between villanova and the schuylkill all lanes open not much traffic in them. check it off the list. there's a crash along kryble mill road. if you're heading for a train or bus don't forget we're on holiday schedule in most cases that means a saturday schedule. >> reporter: as we were saying i'm glad penndot took the steps otherwise we would have run up another accident. sunny and 74 by 9:00 a.m. 81 by noon, 83 is the high at # -- 3:00 p.m. humidity on the low side. mostly sunny skies we're looking at severe weather from

the carolinas through atlanta. northern alabama and mississippi, missouri and saint louis, kansas, dallas, you get the picture if you're flying into the areas you might want to check with the airline or keep your eyes on the e-mails. all green aircraft for now no rain in the most commonly traveled destinations. >> new in "healthcheck," scientists are testing whether insulin in pill form will help diabetes. they are testing the pill for type one. they are given an insulin or placebo everyday. the children who were taking the pill their insulin was changing. a woman died from measles in washington state. most likely exposed during a recent outbreak. she had several other health

conditions and suppressed immune system. she didn't show the bright red rash which is the most common symptom. american pharoah is not hanging up its horse shoes yet it will run in a race in monmouth. phillies were swept in the fourth game with the brewers it solidifies they are the team with the worst record in major lesion. a washington fisherman who nearly became shark bait. >> katherine scott is on the scene where a robbery suspect was killed. >> reporter: matt, four people shot, two died when a robbery turns into a shootout in tioga nicetown we're live with the details on the case at 6:30.

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>> two news crews were covering a deadly shooting in san francisco. an armed man approached a photographer and pointed a gun. another crew tried to intervene one of the photographers were pistol whipped. they grabbed the crew's camera and jumped into a getaway car. it is one of several attacks on news crews in the bay area and prompted news crews to higher security. might have to compete with clouds, the call from accuweather is next. >> we're gathering new details on the breaking story this morning, a deadly quadruple shooting in philadelphia.

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two people were killed when the robbery went awry and they say the robber is among the dead. >> police make a break in the murder afternoon east mount airy woman. find out what they have in their custody. >> we have the weather for the shore, the poconos and fireworks. >> karen rogers is off getting ready for her partly in the festivities tomorrow night. let's go outside to david murphy with all the all-important accuweather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: good morning everyone we have sun coming up brightly over the horizon. take a look at satellite we have clouds to the west that will filter in as the day goes on, we're looking at nothing worse than partly sunny skies, 68 in philadelphia. low 60s in reading lancaster and trenton. millville, mid 60s in sea isle and boardwalk in atlantic city.